entryng in of the tabernacle the aulter of burntsacrifice with his brasen gredyren his staues and all his vessels the lauer his fote the hangynges of the courte with his pyllers theyr sockettes the hangynge in the dore of the courte the pynnes of the habitacyon the pynnes of the courte w t theyr cordes the ministrynge garmentes to minystre in the holy place the holy vestimentes for Aaron the preest the vestimentes of his sonnes that they maye ministre in And all the companye of the chyldren of Israel departed from the presence of Moses And euery one came as many as theyr hertê couraged them as many as theyr spirites made them wyllyng brought a present for the Lorde to the makynge of the tabernacle of wytnesse for al his vses and for the holy vestimentes And they came bothe men and women euen as many as were wyllyng herted and brought bracelettes earynges cheynes whiche Iewels were all of golde â–ª al the men brought a waueofferyng of golde vnto the Lorde And euery man with whom was fouÌ„de yelow sylke purple scarlet whyte sylke gootes heere red skynnes of rammes tarus skynnes brought them Al that dyd heaue vp an oblacyon of golde brasse brought an heaueofferynge vnto the lorde And al men with whom was found Sethim wod for any maner worke of the ministracyoÌ„ brought it And al the women that were wyse herted dyd spyn with theyr handê brought the spon worke bothe the yelow sylke purple scarlet and whyte sylke And all the women whom theyr owne herte moued span gootes heete wysely And the Lordes brought Onix stones stones to be set in the Ephod and in the brestlap and spyce oyle for lyght for the anoyntyng oyle and for the swete sence And the chyldreÌ„ of Israel brought a wyllyng offeryng vnto the lorde both men women as many as had wyllyng hertes to bryng for all maner workes whiche the Lorde had coÌ„maunded to be made by the hande of Moses And Moses sayd vnto the chyldren of Israel beholde the lorde hath called by name Bezaleel the sonne of Ury the son of Hur of the trybe of Iuda hath fylled hym with the spirite of god in wysdome vnderstandyng in knowledge in all maner worke to fynde out curyous workes which are made in gold syluer and brasse In the crafte of stones to set them in caruyng of wood to make any maner of subtyll worke And he hath put in his herte ☞ that he may teache both he and Ahaliab the son of Ahisamach of the trybe of Dan. Them hath he fylled with wysdome of herte to worke all maner of grauen subtyl and nedle worke in yelowe sylke purple in scarlet and whyte sylke and in weuyng And to do all maner of worke subtyll feates ¶ The thynges that Bezaleel and Ahaliab made CAPI XXXVI ANd Bezaleel wrought and Ahaliab and all wyse herted men to whome the lorde gaue wysdome vnderstandyng to knowe howe to worke all maner worke for the seruyce of the Sanctuarye and all that the Lorde had commaunded And Moses called Bezaleel Ahaliab and al the wyse herted men and suche as the Lorde had gyuen wysdome vnto and as many as theyr hertes couraged to come vnto that worke to worke it And they receyued of Moses al the present whiche the chyldren of Israel had broughte for the worke of the seruyce of the Sanctuarye to make it â–ª And besyde that they brought gyftes vnto it euery day in the mornynge And all the wyse men that wrought all the holy worke came euery man froÌ„ his worke whiche they made and spake vnto Moses saynge The people brynge to moche and more then ynough for the seruyce and worke whiche the Lorde hath commaunded to be made And then Moses gaue a coÌ„maundement and they caused it to be proclaymed thorowout the hoost saynge Se that neyther man nor woman prepare any more worke for the present of the sanctuary so the people were forbydden to bryng for the stuffe they had was suffycyent for all the worke to make it and to moche All the wyse harted men therfore and they that wrought for the habitacyon made x. curteynes of whyte twyned sylke yelowe sylke purple and scarlet †with pyctures of brodered worke made he them The lengthe of one curteyne was xxviii â–ª cubytes and the bredth iiii and the curteynes were all of one syse And he coupled fyue curteynes by themselues and other fyue by themselues And he made lowpes of yelow sylke along by the edge of one curteyne euen in the seluege of the couplyng curteyu And likewyse he made on the syde of the couplynge curteyne on the other syde Fyftye lowpes made he in the one curteyne and fyftye in the edge of the couplynge curteyne on the other syde the lowpes helde one curteyne to an other And he made fyftie rynges of golde coupled the curteynes one to an other with the rynges so was it made one dwellyng place And he made eleuen curteynes of gootes heere to be a tente ouer the tabernacle The length of a curteyne had thyrty cubytes and was foure cubytes brode and they all eleuen of one syse And he coupled fyue curteynes by themselues syx by themselues he made l. loupes alonge by the bordre of the vtmost couplynge curteyne and fyftie in the edge of the other couplynge curteyne †That they myght be ioyned togyther And he made l. rynges of brasse to couple the tent togyther that it myght be one And he made a couerynge vpon the tent of rammes skynnes red and yet another of taxus skynnes aboue that And he made standynge bordes for the Tabernacle of Sethym wood The length of a boorde was ten cubytes the bredth one cubyte and an halfe One borde had two fete wherby they were ioyned one to an other And thus made he for all the bordes of the Tabernacle And he made twenty bordes for the south syde of the habitacyon and fortye sockettes of syluer vnder the. xx bordes â–ª two sockettes vnder one borde for his two feete and two sockettes vnder an other boorde for his two feete †vvhere the sockettes of the sydes ende in the corner And for the other syde of the dwellynge whiche is towarde the north he made twentye boordes and theyr fourtye sockettes of syluer two sockettê vnder one boorde and two sockettes vnder the other And towarde the west ende of the tabernacle †That is to saye at the ende of the Tabernacle vvhich enclyneth tovvarde the see He made vi boordes and two other boordes made he in the corners of the habitacyon for eyther syde they were ioyned close benethe and aboue with a clampe and thus they dyd to both the corners And there were viii bordes and. xvi sockettes of syluer vnder euery boorde two sockettes And he made barres of Sethim wood v. for the boordes
Be thou and all thy companye before the Lorde bothe thou they and Aaron to morowe And take euery maÌ„ his sencer and put sence in them that ye maye offre before the lorde euery man of the two hundred fyftie take his sencer thou also Aaron that euery one may haue his sencer And they toke euerye man his sencer and put fyre in them and layd sence theron and stode in the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse with Moses and Aaron And Corah gathered all the congregacyon agaynst them vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the glory of the Lorde appeared vnto al the congregacyon And the Lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayenge Seperate your selues from among this congregacion that I may consume them atonce And they fell vpon theyr faces and sayde O moost myghtye God of the spirites of all flesshe yf one man hath synned wylte thou be wrothe with all the multitude And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto the congre gacyon and say Get you away from aboute the dwellynge of Corah Dathan Abiram And Moses rose vp and wente vnto Dathan and Abiram and the elders of Israell folowed hym And he spake vnto the congregacyon saynge departe from the tentes of these wycked men and touche no thynge of theyrs lest ye perysshe in all theyr synnes And so they gat them from the dwellynge of Corah Dathan and Abiram on euery syde And DathaÌ„ and Abiram came out and stode in the dore of theyr tentes with theyr wyues theyr sonnes and theyr lytell chyldren And Moses sayd Hereby ye shall knowe that the lorde hath sent me to do al these workes and that I haue not done them of myne owne mynde If these men dye the common deathe of all men or they be ☞ visited after the visitacyon of al men then the Lorde hath not sent me But yf the Lorde make a newe thyng the earth open her mouth swalow them vp withall that they haue and they go downe quycke in to hell then ye shall vnderstand that these meÌ„ haue prouoked the lorde And it fortuned that as soone as he had made an ende of speakynge all these wordes the grounde cloue a sondre that was vnder them the earth opened her mouth swalowed them vp theyr houses all the men that were with Corah and all theyr goodes And they and all that they had wente downe alyue vnto hel the erth closed vpon them they peryshed from among the coÌ„gregacion And all Israel that were aboute them fled at the crye of them And they sayde leest the earthe swalowe vs vp also And there came out a fyre from the Lorde and consumed the two hundred fyftie men that offered sence And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge Speake vnto Eleazar the sonne of Aaron the preest that he take vp the sencers out of the burnyng and skatter the fyre here and there for the ☞ sencers of these synners are halowed in theyr deathes and let them make of them thyn beaten plates for a couerynge of the aulter For they offered them before the lorde and therfore they are halowed and they shall be a sygne vnto the chyldren of Israel And Eleazar the Preest toke the brasen sencers which they that were burnt had offered and bet them thyn for a coueryng of the aulter to be a remembraunce vnto the chyldren of Israell that no straunger whiche is not of the seede of Aaron come nere to offre sence before the Lorde that it happen not vn to hym lyke as vnto Corah and his companye as the Lorde sayde of hym by the hande of Moses But on the morowe all the multitude of the chyldren of Israell murmured agaynste Moses Aaron sayeng Ye haue kylled the people of the lorde And it fortuned that wheÌ„ the multitude was gathered agaynst Moses and Aaron they loked towarde the tabernacle of wytnesse And beholde †vvhen they vvere entred in to it the cloude couered it the glorye of the lorde appeared And Moses Aaron came before the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Get you from amonge this congregacyon that I maye consume them quyckely And they fell vpon theyr faces And Moses sayd vnto Aaron take a sencer and put fyre therin out of the aulter and powre on sence and go quyckely vnto the coÌ„gregacyon that thou mayst opteyne forgyuenesse for them For there is wrath gone out from the Lorde and there is a plage begon And Aaron toke as Moses coÌ„maunded him and ran in to the myddes of the coÌ„gregacion and beholde the plage was begonne among the people and he put on sence and made an atonement for the people And when he stode bitwene the deade and them that were alyue the plage ceased They that dyed in the plage were xiiii thousande and seuen hundred besyde them that dyed aboute the busynesse of Corah And Aaron went Agayne vnto Moses before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and the plage ceased ¶ Aarons rod buddith and beareth blossoms CAPI XVII ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and take of euery prynce of them a rod after the houses of theyr fathers Euen xii roddes and wryte euery mans name vpoÌ„ his rod. And wryte Aarons name vpon the rod of Leui for euery rod is for a house of theyr fathers and put them in the tabernacle of wytnesse euen in the place where I mete you And the mans rod whom I chose shall blossome And I wyl make cease from me the grudgyngê of the chyldren of Israel wherby they grudge agaynst you And Moses spake vnto the chyldren of Israell and all the princes gaue hym euery prince accordynge to theyr fathers houses a rod euen â—ii roddes the rod of Aaron was among the roddê And Moses put the roddê before the lorde in the tabernacle of wytnes And on the morow Moses went in to the tabernacle of wytnesse and beholde the rod of Aaron for the house of Leui was budded and bare blossoms almondes And Moses brought out all the roddes from before the Lorde vnto al the chyldren of Israel they loked vpon them toke euery man his rod. And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses brynge Aarons rod agayne before the wytnesse to be kept for a token of the chyldrens rebellyoÌ„ and that theyr murmurynge maye cease fro me and that they dye not And Moses dyd as the Lorde coÌ„maunded hym euen so dyd he And the chyldren of Israel spake vnto Moses saynge beholde we are wasted away and consumed we al come to nought who soeuer cometh nygh the dwellyng of the lord dyeth Shall we vtterly consume away ¶ The offyce of the leuytes The tythes and fyrst fruytes must be gyuen them Aarons herytage CAPI XVIII ANd the Lorde sayd vnto Aaron Thou and thy sonnes and thy fathers house with the ☞ shal beare the faute of that whiche is done amysse in the holy place And
the Lorde with these shalte thou ouerthrow Siria vntyl they be brought to nought And all the Prophettes prophesyed euen so sayenge Go vp to Ramoth in Gilead and it shall prospere with the for the lorde shall delyuer it in to the hande of the kyng And the messenger that went to call Michea spake to hym saynge Beholde the wordes of the prophettê speake good to the kyng w t one assent let thy wordes therfore be lyke one of theyrs that thou speake that whiche is pleasaunt And Miceha sayd as truely as the Lorde lyueth euen what my God saythe that wyll I speake And when he was come to the kyng the kyng sayd vnto hym Michea shulde we go to Ramoth in Gilead to fyght or leaue of And he sayd go vp and all shall be well and they shal be delyuered in to your hande And the kyng sayd to hym So so many tymes do I charge the that y â— saye nothynge but the truthe to me in the name of the lorde Then he sayde I dyd se all them of Israell scattered in the mountaynes as shepe that haue no shepheerde And the lorde sayd these haue no mayster let them returne euery man therfore to his house in peace And the kynge of Israel sayd to Iehosaphat dyd I not tell the that he wolde not prophesye good vnto me but euyll But he sayde agayne therfore heare ye the worde of the Lorde I saw the Lorde syt vpon his seat and al the company of heuen stode on his ryght hande on his lefte And the Lorde sayde who shall deceyue Ahab kynge of Israel that he may go vp be ouerthrowen at Ramoth in Gilead And he sayd one sayth this an other that And there came out a spirite and stode before the Lorde sayde I wyll deceyue hym And the Lorde sayde vnto hym Wherin And he sayde I wyl go out and be a lyenge spirite in the mouth of all the prophettê And the Lorde sayd thou shalte deceyue hym and shalte preuayle go out and do euen so And nowe therfore beholde the Lorde hath put a lyenge spirite in the mouthes of al these thy prophettes and the Lorde hath spoken euyl agaynst the. And Zedekia the son of Chanana wente to and smote Michea vpon the cheke sayd by what waye wente the spirite of the Lorde from me to speake with the And Michea sayd thou shalte se the day when thou shalte go in from chambre to chambre for to hyde thy selfe And the kynge of Israel sayde Take ye Michea brynge hym to Ammon the gouernoure of the citye and to Ioas the kynges sonne and ye shal say thus sayth the kyng Put this felowe in the pryson house fede hym with breade of affliction water of trouble vntyll I come agayne in peace And Michea sayde yf thou come agayne in peace then hath not the Lorde spoken to me And he sayde herken toâ—ye people euery one of you And so the kyng of Israel Iehosaphat the kynge of Iuda went vp to Ramoth in Gilead And the kyng of Israel sayd vnto Iehosaphat I must chaunge me when I go to the battayle but se that thou haue thyne owne apparell vpon the. And the kynge of Israell chaunged hym selfe they came to battayle But the kynge of Siria had coÌ„maunded the captaynes of the charettes that were with hym saynge se that ye fyght not agaynste small or greate saue agaynst the kynge of Israell onely And when the captaynes of the charettê saw Iehosaphat they sayd it is the kynge of Israel therfore they compassed about hym to fyght But Iehosaphat cryed out and the Lorde helped hym and God chased them away from hym For it came to passe that wheÌ„ the captaynes of the charettê perceyued that it was not the kynge of Israell they turned backe agayne from hym And a certayne maÌ„ drewe a bowe with all his myght and smote the kynge of Israell bytwene the ioyntes of his habergeon And he sayd to his charet maÌ„turne thyne hande that thou mayst cary me out of the hoost for I am wounded And the battell ceased that daye Howbeit the kynge of Israel caused the charet to stande styll agaynst the Siriaâ—s vntyll euen And about the tyme of the sonne goyng downe he dyed ¶ After Iehosaphat was rebuked by the prophet Iehu he called agayne the people to the honour â–ª â—â—gâ— of the lorde god CAPI XIX AND Iehosaphat the kynge of Iuda came home agayne in peace to Ierusalem And Iehu the sonne of Hanam the seat went out to mete hym and sayd to kyng Iehosaphat Woldest thou helpe the vngodly and loue them that hate the Lorde Therfore is wrath come downe vpon the from before the Lorde Neuerthelesse there are some good actes founde in the in that thou haste ☞ hewen downe the groues out of the lande and hast prepared thyne herte to seke God And so Iehosaphat dwelt at Ierusalem and turned and went out to the people from Beer seba to mount Ephraim and brought them agayne vnto the Lorde God of theyr fathers And he set Iudges in the lande thorowout all the strong cityes of Iuda citye by citye and sayd to the Iudges take hede what ye do for ye execute not the iudgementes of man but of God whiche is with you in the iudgement Wherfore nowe let the feare of the lorde be vpon you and take hede and be doynge For there is no vnryghteousnesse with the lorde our God that he shulde haue any respecte of persones or take rewardes Moreouer in Ierusalem dyd Iehosaphat set of the Leuites and of the preestes and of the auncient fathers of Israel in the iudgement and cause of the Lorde And they returned agayne to Ierusalem And he charged them saynge Thus shal ye do in the feare of the Lorde with the truthe and a pure herte What cause soeuer come to you of your brethren that dwel in theyr cities bitwene blood blood bytwene lawe and coÌ„maundement bytwene statutes and ordinaunces ye shall warne them that they trespasse not agaynste the Lorde and so wrath come vpon you and on your brethren Thus do and ye shall not offende And beholde Amaria the hygh preest is amonge you in all matters of the Lorde and Zebadia the son of Ismael a ruler of the house of Iuda he is ouer suche busynesses as coÌ„cerne the kynge there be offycers of the Leuites also before you Take courage to you therfore and he doynge manfully and the lorde shall be with suche as be good ¶ The merueylouâ—â—â—ittorye that the lorde gaue Iehosaphaâ— kynge of Iuda agaynste the Moabites and the Chyldren of Ammon and them of Seir. CAPI XX. AFter this also it fortuned that the chyldren of Moab the chyldren of AmmoÌ„ and with them other of the Ammonites came agaynst Iehosaphat to battayle And there came some that tolde Iehosaphat sayenge there cometh a great multitude agaynst the from the other syde the see and out of Siria And beholde they be in Hasason
straunger let the men of that place helpe hym with syluer and golde with good and cattell besyde that which they wyllynglye offer for the house of God that is at Ierusalem Then gat vp the principall fathers of Iuda and Ben Iamin and the preestes and Leuites and all they whose spirite God had raysed to go vp and to buylde the house of the Lorde whiche is at Ierusalem And all they that were aboute them strengthed theyr hande with vessels of syluer and golde with good and cattell and Iuels in so moche that euery one shewed hym selfe lyberall And kynge Cyrus brought forthe the vessels of the house of the Lorde whiche Nabuchodonozer had taken out of Ierusalem and had put in the house of his God Those dyd Cyrus the kynge of Persia brynge forthe by the hand of Mithridates the treasurer nombred them vnto Sesbazar the prince of Iuda And this is the nombre of them thyrtie chargers of golde a thousand changers of syluer nyne and twentye knyues thyrtye basyns of golde and of other syluer basyns foure hundred and ten and of other vessels a thousand All the vessels of golde syluer were v. M. and foure hundred All these dyd Sesbazar carye awaye with them that came vp out of the captiuite of Babilon vnto Ierusalem ¶ The nombre of them that returned from the captiuyte CAPI II. THese are the chyldren of the lande that went vp out of the captiuite whom Nabuchodonozer the kynge of BabiloÌ„ had caried away vnto Babilon and came agayn vnto Ierusalem and in to Iuda euery one vnto his citye They that came with Zorobabel are these Iesua Nehemiah Saraea Reâ—laia Mardochai Bilsan Mispar Biguai Rehum Baana This is the nombre of the men of the people of Israel The children of Phares two thousand an hundred seuentye and two the chyldren of Saphatia thre hundred seuentye and two the chyldren of Arath seuen hundred seuenty and fyue the chyldren of the captayne of Moab amonge the chyldren of Iesua and Ioab two thousande eyght hundred twelue the chyldren of Elam a thousande two hundred fyfty foure the chyldren of Zathu nyne hundred and fourty fyue the chyldren of Zaccai seuen hundred and. lx the chyldren of Bani syxe hundred fourty and two the chyldren of Bebai syxe hundred and thre and twentye The chyldren of Asgad a thousand two hundred and two twentye the chyldren of Adonicam syxe hundred and syxtye and syxe The chyldren of Beguai two thousande fyftye syxe the chyldren of Adin foure hundred fyftie foure the chyldren of Ater of Hezekia nyntye eyght the chyldren of Bezai thre hundred and thre and twentye The chyldren of Iora an hundred and twelue The chyldren of Hasum two hundred and thre and twentye The chyldren of Gebar nyntye and fyue the chyldren of Bethleem an hundred and thre and twentye the men of Netopha syxe and fyftye The men of Anathoth an hundred and eyght and twentye The chyldren of Asmaueth two and fourtie The chyldren of Kiriath Iarim euen the children of Cephira and Beeroth seuen hundred and thre and fourtye The chyldren of Harama and Geba syxe hundred and one twentye The men of Michmas an hundred and two and twentye The men of Bethel Hai two hundred and thre and twentye The chyldren of Nebo two and fyftye The chyldren of Magbis an hundred and syxe and fyftye The chyldren of the other Elam a thousand two hundred foure and fyftye the chyldren of Harim thre hundred and twentye the chyldren of Lodhadid and Ono seuen hundred and fyue twentye the chyldren of Iericho thre hundred and fyue and fourtye the chyldren of Senaa thre thousande syxe hundred and thyrtye The preestes of the chyldren of Iedaia of the house of Iesua nyne hundred seuentye and thre the chyldren of Immer a thousande and two and fyftye the chyldren of Phashur a thousande CC. and. xlvii The chyldren of Harim a thousande and seuentene The Leuites The chyldren of Iesua Cadmiell of the chyldren of Hodauia seuenty and foure The syngers the children of Asaph an hundred and xxviii The chyldren of dore kepers The chyldren of Sallum the children of Ater the chyldren of Talmon the chyldren of Akub the childreÌ„ of Hatita the chyldren of Sobai al togyther an hundred and. xxxix The Nethenims the chyldren of Ziha the chyldren of Hasupha the chyldren of Tabaoth the chyldren of Ceros the Chyldren of Sieha The chyldren of Padon the chyldren of Lebanah the chyldreÌ„ of Hagaba the chyldren of Akub the chyldren of Hagab the chyldren of Samlai the chyldren of Hanan the chyldren of Giddell the chyldren of Gahar the chyldren of Reaâ—a the chyldren of Razin the chyldren of Necoda the chyldren of Gasam the chyldren of Usa the chyldren of Passeah the chyldren of Bessai the chyldren of Asna the chyldren of Mehunim the chyldren of Nephussim the chyldren of Bacbuc the chyldren of Hacuba the chyldren of Hathur The chyldren of Bazluth the chyldren of Mehira the chyldren of Harsa the chyldren of Barcom the chyldren of Sisara the chyldren of Thamah the chyldren of Neziah the chylden of Hatipha The chyldren of Salomons seruauntes the chyldren of Sotai the chyldren of Sophereth the chyldren of Peruda the chyldren of Iaala the chyldren of Darcon the chyldren of Giddel the chyldren of Sephatiah the chyldren of Hattil the children of Pochereth Hazbaim the chyldren of Ami. All the Nethimms and the chyldren of Salomons seruauntes were all togyther thre hundred nynetye two And these went vp from Thelmelah and from Thel Harsa Cherub Addon and Immer But they could not discerne theyr fathers house theyr seede whyther they were of Israell The chyldren of Delaia the chyldreÌ„ of Tobia the chyldren of Necoda syxe hundred and two fyftye And of the chyldren of the preestes The chyldren of Hebaia the chyldren of Hakoz the chyldren of Berzilai whiche toke one of the doughters of Berzilat the Gileadite to wyfe and was called after theyr name these sought theyr euidence among them that had the register of byrth were not found therin therfore were they put from the preesthode And ☞ Hathirsatha sayde vnto them that they shuld not eate of the most holy tyl there rose vp a preest to weare ☞ Urim Thumim The hole congregacion togyther was two fourtye thousande thre hundred thre score besyde theyr seruauntes and maydens of whom there were vii thousande thre hundred and seuen and thyrtye And there were amonge them two hundred syngynge men women Theyr horses were seuen huÌ„dred and syxe and thyrtie Theyr Mules two hundred fyue and fourtye and theyr Camels foure hundred fyue and thyrtie Theyr Asses syxe thousande seuen hundred and twentye And certayne of the cheyfe fathers wheÌ„ they came bycause of the house of the lorde at IerusaleÌ„ they offred them selues wylling for the house of god to set it in his place gaue golde after theyr abilite vnto the tresure of the worke
and dyggeth vp the grounde But myne eyes loke vnto the O Lorde God in the is my trust Oh cast nat out my soule Kepe me from the snare which they haue layde for me and from the trappes of the wycked doers Let the vngodly fall into theyr owne nettes to geyther vntyll I be gone by them ¶ The. cxlij Psalme ¶ The instrucâ—yon of Dauid a prayeâ— when he was in the caue I Cryed vnto the Lorde with my voyce yee euen vnto the Lorde dyd I make my supplycacyon I powred out my complaintes before him and shewed hym of my trouble When my sprete was in heuynesse thou knewest my pathe in the waye wherin I walked haue they preuely layed a snare for me I loked also vpon my ryght hande and se there was no man that wolde knowe me I had no place to fle vnto and no man cared for my soule I cryed vnto the O Lorde and sayd thou art my hope and my porcyon in the lande of the lyuynge Consydre my complaynte for I am brought very lowe O delyuer me froÌ„ my persecutours for they are to stronge for me Brynge my soule out of prysoÌ„ that I maye geue thaÌ„kes vnto thy name which thynge yf thou wylt graunte me then shall the ryghteous resorte vnto my company ¶ The. cxliij Psalme ¶ A Psalme of Dauid when his owne sonne persecuted hym HEARE my prayer O Lorde and consyder my desyre herken vnto me for thy trueth and ryghteousnesse sake And entre nat into iudgemente with thy seruaunte for in thy syght shall no man lyuynge be iustifyed For the enemye hath persecuted my soule he hathe smyten my lyfe downe to the grounde he hathe layed me in the darckenesse as the deade men of of the worlde Therfore is my sprete vexed within me and my herte within me is desolate Yet do I remembre the tymes past Imuse vpon all thy workes Yee I exercyse my selfe in the worckes of thy handes I streatche forth myne handes vnto the my soule cryeth vnto the out of the thyrsty lande Heare me O Lorde and that soone for my sprete waxeth faynte hyde nat thy face from me left I be lyke vnto them that go downe into the pytte O let me heare thy louynge kyndenesse by tymes in the morninge for in the is my trust she we thou me the waye that I shulde walke in for I lyfte vp my soule vnto the. Delyuer me O Lorde fro myne enemyes for I resorte vnto the. Teache me to do the thynge that pleaseth the for thou arte my God let thy louynge sprete leade me forth vnto the laÌ„de of ryghteousnes Quycken O lorde for thy names sake and for thy ryghteousnesse sake brynge my soule out of trouble And of thy goodnesse scater myne enemyes abrode and destroye all them that vexe my soule for I am thy seruaunte ¶ The. cxliiij Psalme ¶ Of Dauid BLessed be the Lorde my refuge whiche teacheth my handes to warre and my fyngers to fyght My hope and my castell my defence and my delyuerer my shylde in whome I trust whiche gouerneth the people that is vnder me Lorde what is man that thou haste suche respecte vnto hym Or the sonne of man that thou so regardest hym Man is lyke a thynge of naught hê time passeth away like a shadow Bowe thy heauens O Lorde and come downe touche the mountaynes and they shall smoke Sende forth the lyghtynyng and scater them shute out thyne arowes and consume them Sende downe thyne hande from aboue deliuer me and take me out of the greate waters from the hande of straunge chyldren Whose mouth talketh of vanyte and theyr ryght hande is a right hande of wyckednes I wyl synge a newe song vnto the O God and syng prayses vnto the vpon a ten strynged lute Thou that geuest vyctory vnto Kynges and hast delyuered Dauid thy seruaunte from the parell of the swerde Saue me and delyuer me from the hande of straunge chyldren whose mouth taketh of vanite and theyr ryght hande is a ryght hande of iniquite That our sonnes maye growe vp as the yonge plaÌ„tes that oure daughters may be as the polyshed corners of the temple That oure garners may ⧠The Prouerbes of Salomon ¶ The prayse of wysdome We maâ—e nat harken vnto the voluptuous prouocacyon and inâ—ysynges of synners wysdome coÌ„ptayneth to be despysed of al men and prophecyeth destruccyon vnto her desspisâ—â—â— CAPITVLO I. THe Prouerbes of Salomon the sonne of DAVID kynge of Israell to learne wisdome and instruccyon and to perceyue the wordes of vnderstandynge and thereby to receaue prudence ryghtuousnesse iudgement and equytye That the very simple myght haue wyt and the yonge men myght haue knoweledge and vnderstandynge By hearynge the wyse man shal come by more wysdome and he that is endewed with vnderstandynge shall optayne wyt to perceyue a parable and the interpretacyon thereof the wordes of the wyse and the darcke speaches of the same The feare of the Lorde is the begynnynge of wysdome But fooles despyse wysdome and instruccyon My sonne heare thy fathers doctryne and forsake nat the lawe of thy mother for that shal brynge grace vnto thy heade and shall be as a cheyne aboute thy necke My sonne consente not vnto synners yf they entyse the and say come with vs we wyl laye wayte for bloud and surcke preuely for the innocent without a cause we shall swalow them vp lyke the hell and deuoure them quycke whole as those that go downe into y â— pyt So shal we fynde all maner of costely ryches fyll our houses w t spoyles Cast in thy lot amoÌ„g vs let vs haue al one purse My soÌ„ne walke not y â— with them refrayne thy fote froÌ„ theyr way For their fete runne to euyl and are hasty to shed bloude But in vayne is y â— net layed forth before the byrdes eyes Yea they theÌ„ selfes lay wayte one for anothers bloud one of them wold sleye another These are the wayes of all suche as be couetous y â— one wolde rauysh anothers lyfe Wysdome tryeth without putteth forth her voyce iÌ„ y â— stretê She calleth before y â— coÌ„gregacion in y â— opeÌ„ gates sheweth her wordes thorowe y â— citie sayeng O ye childreÌ„ how longe wyl ye loue childeshnesse how long wyl y â— scorners delyte in scornynge y â— vnwyse be enemyes vnto knowledge â–ª O turne you vnto my correccyon â—o I wyll expresse my mynde vnto you and make you vnderstande my wordes I haue called and ye refused it I haue stretched out my hande and no man regarded it but all my councels haue ye dyspised and set my correccyon at naught Therfore shall I also laugh in your destruccyon and mocke you when that thynge that ye feare commeth vpon you euen when the thynge that ye be afrayed of falleth in sodenly lyke a storme and your misery like a tempest yee when trouble and heuinesse commeth vpon you Then shal they
more fauoure at the last then he that flatereth hym Who so robbeth his Father and mother and sayeth it is no synne the same is lyke vnto a destroyer He that is of a proude stomake stereth vp strife but he that putteth his truste in the Lorde shal be well fedde He that trusteth in his owne herte is a foole but he that walketh wysely shall be safe He that gyueth vnto the poore shall not lacke but he that turneth awaye his eyes from suche as be in necessytie shall suffre greate pouerte hym selfe When the vngodly are come vp men are fayne to hide them selues but when they peryshe the ryghtuous increase CAPI XXIX HE THAT is styfnecked and wyll nat be refourmed shal sodaynly be destroyed without any helpe When the ryghtuous haue the ouer hande the people are in prosperite but when the vngodly bereth rule there the people mourne Who so loueth wysdome maketh hys Father a glad man but he that kepetheÌ„ company with harlottes spendeth away that he hath With true iudgement the kynge setteth vp the lande but yf he be a man that is couetous he turneth it vp syde downe Who so flatereth hys neyghbour layeth a nette for his fete âšœ The synne of the wycked is his owne snare but the ryghtuous doth synge and reioyse The ryghtuous consydreth the cause of the poore but the vngodly regardeth no vnderstandynge Wycked people brynge a cytie in decaye but wyse men set it vp agayne If a wyse man go to lawe with a foole whether he deale with hym frendly or roughely he getteth no reste The bloude thyrstye hate the ryghtuous but the iuste ☞ seke hys soule A foole powreth out hys sprete all together but a wyse man kepeth it in tyl afterwarde If a Prynce delyte in lyes all his seruauntes are vngodly The poore and the lender mete togyther and the Lorde lyghteneth bothe theyr eyes The seate of y â— Kynge that faythfully iudgeth the poore shall contynue sure for euer more The rodde and correcion mynysâ—re wysdome but yf a chylde be nat loked vnto he bryngeth his mother to shame When the vngodly come vp wyckednes increaseth but the ryghtuous shal se theyr fall Nurtoure thy sonne with correccyon thou shalt be arrest yea he shal do the good at thyne herte When the worde of god is not preached the people peryshe but well is him that kepeth the lawe A seruaunt wyll not be the better for wordes for though he vnderstande yet wyll he nat regarde them Yf thou seest a man that is hastye to speake vnaduysed thou mayst trust a foole more then hym He that delycately bryngeth vp his seruauÌ„t from a child shal make hym his mayster at length An angry man stereth vp stryfe and he that beareth euyll wyll in his mynde doth moche euyll After pryde commeth a fall but a lowely sprete bryngeth greate worshyppe Who so kepeth company with a thefe hateth his owne soule he hereth blasphemyes and telleth it not forthe He that feareth men shal haue a fall but who so putteth his truste in the Lorde is without daunger Many there be that seke the Prynces fauoure but euery mans iudgement commeth from the Lorde The rightuous abhorreth the vngodly but as for those that be in the ryght waye the wycked hate them âšœ A chylde that kepeth the worde shal be without destruccyon ¶ The putenes of the worde of God and what we ought to requyre of God with certayne wonderfull thynges that are in this worlde CAPI XXX THE wordes of Agur the sonne of Iakei and the Propherye that the same man spake vnto Ithiel euen vnto Ithiel and Uchall I am more foolysshe then any man and haue no mans vnderstandynge I neuer lerned wysdome nor had knoweledge of holy thynges Who hathe clymmed vp into Heauen Who hathe come downe from thence Who hathe holden the wynde faste in hys hande Who hathe comprehended the waters in a garmente Who hathe sette all the endes of the worlde What is hys name or his sonnes name Canste thou tell All the wordes of God are pure and cleane for he is a shylde vnto all them that put theyr truste in him Put y u nothynge vnto his wordes lest he reproue the and thou be founde a lyar Two thinges haue I requyred of the that thou wylt not denye me before I dye Remoue frome vanyte lies geue me neyther pouerte nor ryches onely graunte me a necessary what were errour and folishnes And I perceâ—ued that thys was but a vexacyon of mynde for where muche wysdome is there is also great trauaile aud disquyetnes and the more knowledge a man hathe the more is hys care ¶ Aboundaunce of rychesse of pleasure and of buyldynge are vayne thynges CAP. II. THen sayde I thus in my herte Nowe go to I wyl take myne ease and haue good dayes But lo that is vanite also in so muche that I sayde vnto laughter thou arte mad and to myrthe what doest thou So I thought in my herte to withdrawe my flesshe from wyne to applye my mynde vnto wysdome and to comprehende folishnesse vntyll the tyme that amonge all the thynges whiche are vnder the Sunne I myght se what were beste for men to do so long as they lyue vnder heauen I made gorgyous fayre worckes I buylded me houses and planted vyneyardes I made me orchardes and gardeÌ„s of pleasure and planted trees in them of all maner frutes I made pooles of water to water the grene and frutefull trees withall I boughte seruauntes and maydens and had a greate housholde As for catell and shepe I had more substaunce of them then all they that were before me in IerusaleÌ„ I gathered syluer golde together euen a treasure of kinges and landes I prouyded me syngers wemen whiche coulde playe of instrumentes to make men myrth and pastyme I gat me psalteries and songes of musycke And I was greater and in more worshype then all my predecessours in Ierusalem For wysedome remained with me and loke whatsoeuer myne eyes desyred I let them haue it and wherin soeuer my hert delyted or had any pleasure I with helde it nat froÌ„ it Thus my hert reioysed in all that I dyd this was my porcyon of all my trauayle But when I considred all the worckes that my handes had wrought and al the labour that I had taken therin lo all was but vanite and vexacyon of mynde and nothynge of any value vnder the Sunne Then turned I me to consydre wysdome errour and folyshnesse for what is he among men that myght be compared to me the kyng in such worckes and I sawe that wysdome excellethe folyshnesse as farre as lyghte dothe darckenesse For a wyse man hath hys eyes in his head but the foole goeth iÌ„ the darckenesse I perceaued also that they bothe had one ende Then thought I in my minde Iâ— it happen vpon the foole as it dothe vnto me what nedeth me theÌ„ to labour eny more for wysdome So
This is the beast that I sawe at the water of Cober Nowe when the Cherubyns went the wheles wente with them and when the Cerubyns shoke theyr wynges to lyfte them selues vpwarde the wheles remayned nat behynde but were with theÌ„ also Shortly when they stode these stode also And when they were lyfte vp the wheles were lyfte vp also with them for the sprete of lyfe was in the wheles Then the glory of the Lorde was lyfte vp from the thresholde of the temple remayned vpon the Cherubins And the Cherubyns flackred wyth theyr wynges lyfte them selues vp froÌ„ the earth so that I sawe when they wente and the wheles with theÌ„ And they stode at the easte syde of the porte that is in the house of the Lorde So the glory of the Lorde was vpon them Thys is the beast that I sawe vnder the God of Israel by the water of Cobar And I perceaued that it was the Cherubyns Euery one had foure faces and euery one foure wynges and vnder they re wynges as it were mens handes Nowe the fygure of theyr faces was euen as I had sene them by the water of Cober and so was the countenaunce of them Euery one in hys goynge wente strayght forwarde CAPI XI Who they were that seduced the people of Israel Againste these he prophecyeth shewynge them howe they shal be scatred abroade The rennynge of the herte of commeth God â–ª otherwyse can we nat walke in his commauÌ„dementes He threteneth them that leaue vnto theyr owne councelles MOreouer the sprete of the Lorde lyfte me vp and brought me vnto the Easte porte of the Lordes house And beholde there were xxv meÌ„ vnder the dore amonge whome I sawe Iaayaniah the soÌ„ne of Azur and Pheltiah the sonne of Bananiah the rulers of the people Then sayde the Lorde vnto me Thou sonne of man these men ymagyn myschefe and a wycked councell take they in this cytie sayinge Tush there is no destruccyon at hande let vs buylde houses this Ierusalem is the cauldron and we be the flesh Therfore shalt thou prophecye vnto them yee prophecye shalt thou vnto them O sonne of man And with that fell the sprete of the Lorde vpoÌ„ me and sayde vnto me Speake thus sayeth the Lorde On thys maner haue ye spoken O ye house of Israel and I knowe the ymagynacyons of youre hertes Many one haue ye murthured in thys cytie and fylled the stretes full of the slayne Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God The sleyne meâ— that ye haue layed on the grounde in thys cytye are the flesh and thys cytye is the cauldron But I wyll brynge you out of it ye haue drawen out the swearde eueÌ„ so wyll I also brynge a swearde ouer you sayeth the Lorde God I wyll dryue you out of thys cytie and delyuer you into your enemyes hande and wyll condemne you Ye shal be slayne in all the coastes of Israel I wyll be auenged of you to lerne you for to knowe that I am the Lorde Thys cytie shall not be youre cauldron neyther shall ye be the flesh therin but in y â— coastes of Israell wyll I punysh you that ye maye knowe that I am the Lorde in whose commaundementes ye haue nat walked not kepte his lawes but haue done after the customes of the Heathen that lye round aboute you Nowe wheÌ„ I preached Pheltiah the sonne of Bananiah dyed Then fell I downe vpon my face cryed with a loude voyce sayeng O Lorde God wylt thou theÌ„ vtterly destroye all the remauÌ„t in Israel And so y â— worde of the Lorde came to me on thys maner thou sonne of man thy brethren thy knyffolke and the holy house of Iuda whiche dwell at Ierusalem saye They be gone farre from the Lorde but the lande is geuen vs in possessyon Therfore tell them thus sayeth the Lorde God I wyll sende you far of amonge the Gentyles and skatre you amonge the nacyons and I wyll halowe you but a lytle in the landes where ye shall come Tell them also thus sayeth the Lorde God I wyll gather you agayne out of the nacyons and brynge you from the countryes where ye be scatered wyll geue you the lande of Israel agayne and thyther shall ye come And as for all impedimentes and all youre abhomynacyons I wyll take them awaye And I wyll geue you one herte and I wyll plaÌ„te a newe sprete within youre bowels That stony herte wyll I take out of youre bodye and geue you ☞ a flesshy hert that ye maye walke in my commaundementes and kepe myne ordinaunces and do theÌ„ that ye may be my people and I your God But loke whose hertes are dysposed to folowe theyr abhomynacyons and wycked lyuenges those mens dedes wyll I brynge vpon theyr owne heades sayeth the Lorde God After thys dyd the Cherubyns lyfte vp theyr winges and the wheles went with them and the glorye of the Lorde of Israel was vpon them So the glorye of the Lorde wente from the myddest of the cytie and stode vpon the mounte of the cytye towarde the east But the wynde toke me vp and in a vision which came by the sprete of God it brought me agayne into Caldea amonge the presoners Then the visyon that I had sene vanished away fro me So I spake vnto the presoners all the wordes of the Lorde which he had shewed me ¶ The parable of the vessels of the captyuytie The exposicyon of the parable by which the takynge of kyngs â—eâ—ikiah is signified Another parable wher by the dystresse of honger and thryst is sygnyfyed CAPI XII THE worde of the Lorde came vnto me sayinge Thou sonne of man thou dwellest in the myddest of a frowarde housholde whiche haue eyes to se and yet se nat eares haue they to heare and yet heare they nat for they are an obstinate houshold Therfore O thou sonne of man make thy gere rydy to flyt and go forth by fayre daye lyght that they maye se. Yee euen in theyr syght shalte thou go from thy place to another place yf paraduenture they wyl consydre that they be an vnobedyent housholde Thy gere that thou haste made redy to flyt withall shalt thou beare out by fayre daye lyghte that they maye se and thou thy self shalt go forth also at eueÌ„ in theyr syght as a man dothe when he flytteth Dygge thorowe the wall that they maye se and beare thorowe it the same thynge that thou tokeste vp in theyr syght As for thy selfe thou shalte go forth in the darcke Hyde thy face that thou se not the earthe for I haue made the a shewtoken vnto the house of Israel Nowe as the Lorde commaunded me so I dyd the gere that I had made redy brought I oute by daye At euen I brake downe an hole thorowe the wall wyth my hande and when it was darcke I toke the gere vpon my shoulders and bare them out in theyr syght And in the mournynge came the worde of the
glorious power hath he sent me out to the Heathen whiche spoyleth you for who so toucheth you shal touche the aple of his owne eye Beholde I wyl lyft vp myne hande ouer theÌ„ so that they shal be spoyled of those which afore serued them ye shall knowe y t the Lorde of hostes hathe sent me Be glad reioyse O daughter of SyoÌ„â— for lo I am come to dwell in the myddest of the sayeth the Lorde At the same tyme there shal many HeatheÌ„ cleue to the Lorde shal be my people Thus wyl I dwell in the myddest of the thou shalt knowe that the Lorde of hostes hath sent me vnto the. The Lorde shal haue Iuda in possession for hys parte in the holy grouÌ„de shal chose IerusaleÌ„ yet agayne Let al flesh be styl before y â— Lorde for he is rysen out of hys holy place ¶ Of the lawe and hye estate of Chryste vnder the fygure of Iesua the preste A prophetye of Chryste CAPI III. AND he shewed me Iesua y â— hye preste standynge before the angel of y â— Lorde and Satan stode at his ryght hande to re syste him And y â— Lorde sayde vnto Satan The Lorde reproue the thou Satan yee y â— Lorde that hath chosen Ierusalem reproue the. Is nat this a brande takeÌ„ out of y â— fyre Nowe Iesua was clothed in vnclene rayment stode before the angel which answered sayde vnto those y â— stode before hym take awaye y â— foule clothes froÌ„ him And vnto hym he sayde Beholde I haue takeÌ„ away thy synne froÌ„ the wyl decke y â— with chauÌ„ge of raymeÌ„t He sayd moreouer set a fayre myter vpoÌ„ his heade So they set a fayre myter vpoÌ„ his heade put on clothes vpoÌ„ hym the angel of the Lorde stode there Then the angell of the Lorde testyfyed vnto Iesua and spake thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes If thou wylt walke in my waies kepe my watch thou shalt rule my house kepe my courtes and I wyl geue the place amonge these y â— stande here Heare O Iesua y â— hye preste y u thy frendes y t dwell before the for they are woÌ„derous people Beholde I wyll brynge forth the braunche of my seruauÌ„t for lo y â— stone y â— I haue layed before Iesua vpoÌ„ one stone shal be vij eyes Beholde I wyl hewe him out sayth y â— Lord of hoostes and take awaye the synne of that lande in one daye Then shall euery man call for his neyghboure vnder the vyne and vnder the fygge tree sayeth the Lorde of hoostes The vysioÌ„ of the golden candelstycke the exposicioÌ„ therof CAPI IIII. AND the angell y â— talked with me came agayne waked me vp as a man that is raysed out of his slepe sayde vnto me What seyst thou And I sayde I haue loked beholde a candelstycke all of gold with a boll vpon it is vij lampes therin and vpoÌ„ euery laÌ„pe vij stalkes And two olyue trees therby one vpon the ryght syde of the boll the other vpoÌ„ the left syde So I answered and spake to the angell that talked with me saienge O my Lorde what are these The angel that talked with me answered and sayde vnto me knowest thou not what these be And I sayde No my Lorde He answered and sayde vnto me This the worde of the Lorde vnto Zorobabell sayeng Neyther thorowe an hoost of men nor thorowe strength but thorowe my sprete sayeth the Lorde of hoostes What art thou y u greate mountayne before Zorobabel thou must be made euen And he shal brynge vp the fyrst stone so that man shal crye vnto him good Lucke good lucke Moreouer the worde of the Lorde came vnto me sayenge The handes of Zorobabel haue layed the fouÌ„dacion of this house his handes shall also fynyshe it y â— ye maye knowe howe y â— the Lorde of hoostes hathe sent me vnto you For he y â— hath bene despysed a lytle season shal reioyce wheÌ„ he seyth the tynne weyght in Zorobabels haÌ„de The vij eyes are the Lordes whiche go thorowe the whole world TheÌ„ answered I sayde vnto him What are these ij oliue trees vpoÌ„ y â— ryght left syde of the caÌ„del stike I spake moreouer sayde vnto hym what be these two olyue brauÌ„ches which thorowe the two goldeÌ„ pypes emptye theÌ„ selues into y â— golde He answered me sayde knowest thou not what these be And I sayd no my lord TheÌ„ sayde he These are y e two olyue brauÌ„ches y e stande before the ruler of the whole earth ¶ The vysyon of the flyenge boke sygnyfienge the curse of theues suche as abuse the name of God By the vysion of the measure ye signified the bryngyng of Iuda to BabyloÌ„ CAPI V. SO I turned me lyftinge vp myne eyes and loked and beholde a flyenge boke And he sayde vnto me what seyst y u I answered I se a flyenge boke of xx cubytes longe and. x. cubytes brode Then sayde he vnto me This is the curse that goeth forth ouer the whole earth for all theues shal be iudged after this boke al swearers shal be iudged accordynge to the same and I wyll brynge it forth sayeth y â— Lorde of hoostes so that it shall come to the house of the thefe to the house of him that falsely sweareth by my name shall remayne in his house and coÌ„sume it with the tymbre stones therof Then the angel that talked with me went forth sayde vnto me lyfte vp thyne eyes and se what is thys that goeth forth And I sayde what is it He answered thys is a measure goynge out He sayde moreouer Euen thus are they y e dwel vpon the whole earth to loke vpon And beholde there was lyfte vp a taleÌ„t of leade lo a womaÌ„ sat in y â— myddest of the measure And he sayde thys is vngodlynes So he cast her into the myddest of the measure and threwe the lompe of leade vpon her mouth Then lyfte I vp myne eyes and loked beholde there came out two wemen and the wynde was in theyr wynges for they had wynges lyke the wynges of a storcke they lyft vp the measure betwyxte the earth the heauen Then spake I to the angell that talked with me whyther wyll these beare the measure And he sayd vnto me into the laÌ„de of Synear to buylde theÌ„ an house whiche when it is prepared the measure shall be set there in his place ¶ By the foure charettes he descrybeth the prosperyte of foure kyngdomes CAPI VI. MOreouer I turned me lyftyng vp min eyes loked behold there came four charettê out from betwixte ij hylles whiche hilles were of brasse In the fyrst charet were red horse in the second charet were blacke horse in the thyrd charet were whyte horse in the fourth charet were horses of diuers
mountaynes in the naro we place and kepte the waye day and nyght But whyle Holofernes was goynge aboute he founde the water sprynge whiche from the South syde was conueyed into y e cytie by a coÌ„dite this coÌ„maunded he to be directe another waye to cut their coÌ„dite in sunder There were welles also not farre from the walles whiche they vsed secretely more for pleasure then for necessyte Then wente the Ammonites y â— Moabytes vnto Holofernes sayd The chyldreÌ„ of Israell trust neyther in speare nor arowe but kepe and defende the mountaynes and hylles That thou mayest ouercome theÌ„ therfore without y â— strykynge of any batayle set men to kepe the welles that they drawe no water out of them so shalt thou destroy them without swearde or at the least they shall be so feble that they must be fayne to geue ouer the cytye Whiche they thynke not able to be wonne for so muche as it lyeth in the mountaynes These wordes pleased Holofernes well all his meÌ„ of warre and he set an hundreth at euery well rounde aboute And when this watch had endured twentye dayes the Cisternes all that had water fayled them that dwelt in the cyte of Bethulia so that in the whole cyte they had not dryncke ynough for one daye for the people had water geuen them daylye in a measure Then came the men and wemen yonge personnes and chyldren all vnto Osias sayde all with one voyce God beâ—udge betwyxte vs and the for thou hast dealt euyl with vs thou woldest not speake peaceably with the Kynge of the Assyrians therfore hathe God solde vs in theyr handes and there is no maÌ„ to helpe vs where as we are brought downe before theyr eyes in thirst and great destruccyon Therfore gather nowe together al the people that be in the cytie that we maye all yelde our selues wyllyngely vnto the people of Holofernes for better it is that we be captyue and prayse the Lorde with oure lyues then to be slayne and peryshe and to be laughed to scorne shamed of euery man when we se our wyues and children dye before our eyes We take heauen and earth this daye to recorde and the God of oure fathers whiche punysshed vs accordynge to the deseruyng of our synnes and gaue you warning that ye geue vp the cyte nowe into the power of Holofernes hoste that our ende maye be shorte with the swearde whiche els shall endure long for want of water and for thyrste When they had spoken out these wordes there was a great wepyng howlyng in the whole coÌ„gregacion and y t of euery man and they cried an whole hour long vnto God w t one voyce saying we haue synned w t our fathers we haue done amyse we haue dealte wyckedly Thou y â— art gracious haue mercy vpon vs punysh our vnryghtuousnes with thyne owne scourge geue not those ouer y â— knowledge the vnto a people which knowe the not least they say amonge the Heythen where is their God And when they were so wery with thys cryenge and wepynge that they helde theyr tonges Osias stode vp with watrye eyes and sayde O take good hertes vnto you deare brethren and be of good cheare and let vs wayte yet these fyue dayes for mercye of the Lorde peraduenture he shal cut away his indignacyon and geue glorye vnto hys name But yf he helpe vs not when these fyue dayes are paste we shall do as ye haue sayde ¶ Of the vertuous woman Iudith whiche reproueth the aunciâ—â—tâ—s because they tempted the Lorde She also moueth them to encorage and herteÌ„ the people and sheweth her councel agaynst the enemyes of the Iewes CAPI VIII AND it happened when these wordes came to the eares of Iudith a wyddow whiche was the daughter of Merari the sonne of Idox the sonne of Ioseph the soÌ„ne of Osia the sonne of Elai the sonne of Iammor the sonne of Iedeon the sonne of Raphoim the sonne of Achitob the soÌ„ne of Melchia the sonne of Euam the sonne of Nathania the sonne of Salathiel the sonne of Simeon the sonne of Ruben And her husband was called Manasses whyche dyed in the dayes of the barlye harueste For whyle he was byndynge the sheues together in the felde the heate came vpon his heade and he dyed at Bethulia his cytye and there was he buryed besyde his fathers Nowe was Iudyth hys desolate wyddowe thre yeares and syxe monethes And in the hygher partes of her house she made her selfe a preuye chambre where she dwelt beyinge closed in with her maydens She ware a smocke of hearre and fasted al the dayes of her lyfe excepte the Sabbathes and newe mones and the solempne daies that the people of Israel kepte She was a very fayre and beautifull persone Her husband also had left her great ryches a plentuous housholde great vnmouable possessioÌ„s and many catell This Iudith was a woman of a very good reporte with euery one for she feared y â— Lorde greatly and there was no body that spake an euel worde of her WheÌ„ this Iudith herde how Osias had promysed the people y t after the fyfte day he wolde giue vp the cyte vnto the AssiriaÌ„s she sent for the elders ChaÌ„bri Charmy when they came to her she sayde what thynge is this wherin Osias hath coÌ„sented that if god helpe not wtin fyue dayes he wyll geue ouer the cytie to the Assirians What are ye y â— ye tempte the Lord This deuice optayneth no mercy of God but prouoketh hi vnto wrath and displeasure Wyll ye set the mercy of the Lorde a tyme and appoyute hym a day after your wyll Neuerthelesse for so muche as the Lord is pacyente let vs rather repent pouryng out teares and beseching him of grace For God threateneth not as a man neyther wyll he be prouoked vnto wrath as the chyldren of men And therfore let vs hertely fall downe before him and serue him with a meke sprete and with wepynge eyes say vnto the Lorde that he deale with vs accordyng to his owne wyll and mercy that lyke as our hert is now vexed and brought lowe thorowe the pryde of them it maye so be conforted thorowe hys grace in so muche as we folowe not the synnes of our fathers which forsoke theyr God and worshypped other Goddes for the whiche synne they peryshed with the swearde were spoyled brought to shame of all theyr ennemyes As for vs we knowe none other God but onely hym for whose comforte let vs tary with mekenesse He shal requyre and make inquysicion for our bloude frome the vexacions of our enemyes he shall brynge downe all the Heythen that ryse vp against vs and put them to dyshonoure euen the Lorde our God Therfore deare brethren seynge ye are the honorable elders in the people of God vnto whom all the people haue respecte and vpon whom the lyfe of the people standeth lyft vp theyr hertes with your exhortacyon that they maye call
lye with no maner of beast to defyle thy selfe therwith neyther shal any womā stande before a beast to lye downe therto for it is abhominacyon Ye shall not defyle youre selues in any of these thynges wherin al the nacyons are defyled which I cast out before you wherthorowe the lande is defyled and I wyll visyte the wyckednesse therof vpon it yea and the lande it selfe hath cast out her inheriters Ye shall kepe therfore myne ordinaunces and my iudgementes and cōmyt noone of these abhominacyons neyther any of you nor any straūger that soiourneth among you for all these abhominacyons haue the men of the lande done whiche were there before you and the lande is defyled Shall not the lande spew you out also yf ye defyle it as it spewed out the people that were before you For who soeuer shall cōmyt any of these abhominacyons the same soules that commyt them shal peryshe from among theyr people Therfore shal ye kepe my watche that ye cōmyt not one of these abhominable customes whiche were commytted before you that ye defyle not your selues therin I am the lorde your God ¶ A repeticyon of the lawes perteynynge to the x. cōmaundementes A consyderacyon for the poore Wytchcraft is forbydden CAPI XIX ANd ✚ the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge Speake vnto al the multitude of the chyldren of Israel and say vnto them Ye shal be holy for I the Lorde your God am holy Ye shall feare euery man his father and his mother kepe my Sabboths I am the Lorde your God Ye shal not turne vnto ydols nor make you Goddes of metall I am the lorde your god If ye offre a peaceofferynge vnto the Lorde ye shal offre it that ye maye be accepted It shall be eaten the same day ye offre it and on the morowe And yf ought remayne vntyll the thyrde daye it shall be brent in the fyre And yf it be eaten the thyrde day it is vncleane not accepted He that eateth it shall beare his synne bycause he hath defyled the halowed thynge of the Lorde and that soule shall perysshe from amonge his people When ye reape downe the rype corne of your lande ye shal not repe downe the vttermost border of your felde neyther shalt thou gather that which is lefte behynde in thy haruest Thou shalte not plucke in all thy vyneyarde cleane neyther gather in the grapes that are ouerscaped But thou shalte leaue them for the poore and straunger I am the Lorde your God ⊢ ✚ Ye shall not steale neyther lye neyther deale falsely one with an other Ye shal not swere by my name in vayne neyther shalte thou defyle the name of thy God I am the Lorde Thou shalte not do thy neyghboure wrong neyther rob hym violently neyther shall the workemans laboure abyde with the vntyll the mornynge Thou shalte not curse the deafe neyther put a stomblyng blocke before the blynde but shalte feare thy God I am the lorde ▪ Ye shall do no vnryghteousnes in iudgement Thou shalt not fauour the pore nor honour the myghty but in ryghteousnesse shalte thou iudge thy neyghbour Thou shalte not go vp and downe as a preuy accuser among thy peple neyther shalt thou stande agaynst the blood of thy neyghbour I am the Lorde Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thyne herte but shalte in any wyse rebuke thy neyghbour that thou bere not syn for his sake Thou shalt not aueng thy selfe nor be myndfull of wronge agaynst the chyldren of thy people but shalte loue thy neyghboure euen as thy selfe I am the lorde ⊢ Ye shall kepe myne ordinaunces Thou shalte not let cattell gendre with a contrarye kynde neyther sowe thy felde with myngled seede neyther shalt thou put on any garment of lynnen and wollen Who soeuer lyeth and medleth with a woman that is a bonde mayde neuertheles appoynted to a husbande but not redemed nor fredome gyuen her she shal be scourged with a lethren whyp they shall not dye bycause she was not free And he shall brynge for his trespace vnto the lorde before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse a ram for a trespace offryng And the preest shal make an attonement for hym with the ram which is for the trespace before the Lorde concernynge his synne which he hath done the synne which he hath done shall be forgyuen hym When ye come to the lande and haue planted all maner of trees conuenient to be eaten of ☞ ye shall put away the foreskyn of euery one with the fruyte therof euen thre yere shal they be vncircumcised vnto you shal not be eaten of But in the fourth yere al the fruyte of them shall be holy and cōmendable to the Lorde In the fyfth yere shall ye eate of the fruyte of them and ye may gather in the increace of them I am the Lorde your God ☞ Ye shal not eate vpon blood neyther shal ye vse wytchcraft ☞ nor obserue tymes Ye shal not rounde the lockes of your heades neyther shalte thou marre the tuftes of thy beerde Ye shall not rente your flesshe ☞ for any soules sake nor prynte any markes vpon you I am the Lorde Thou shalte not make thy doughter common that thou woldest cause her to be an hoore lest the land also fal to hooredome and be full of wyckednesse Ye shall kepe my Sabboths and feare my sanctuary I am the Lorde Ye shall not regarde them that worke with spirites neyther seke after sothe sayers to be defyled by them I am the Lorde your God Thou shalte ryse vp before the hoorehead and reuerence the face of the olde man and drede thy god I am the Lorde If a straunger saiourne with the in your lande ye shall not vexe hym But the straunger that dwelleth with you shall be as one of your selues and thou shalte loue hym as thy selfe for ye were straūgers in the lande of Egypt I am the Lorde your God Ye shall do no vnryghtousnesse in Iudgemente in meteyearde in weyght or in measure True balaunces true weyghtes ☞ A true Epha and a true Hin shal ye haue I am the Lorde your god which brought you out of the land of Egypt Therfore shall ye obserue al my ordinaunces and al my iudgementes and do them I am the Lorde ¶ They that gyue of theyr seede to Moloch shall dye therfore Other goodly lawes CAPI XX. ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge This shalt thou say vnto the chyldren of Israell who soeuer he be of the chyldren of Israell or of the straungers that dwell in Israel that gyueth of his seed vnto Moloch let hym be slayne the peple of the lande shall stone hym And I wyl set my face agaynst that man wyll destroye hym from amonge his people bycause he hath gyuē of his seede vnto Moloch for to defyle my sanctuary and to polute my holye name And though that the people of the
ye remayned in other placê That which was â— one froÌ„ the tyme they departed froÌ„ Cades bâ—â—ne vnto the battayle agaynst the kynges Sehon and Og. CAPI II. THen we turned our face and toke our iourney in to the wyldernesse euen by the way of the red see as the lorde spake vnto me And we compassed mounte Seir a longe tyme. And the Lorde spake vnto me saynge Ye haue compassed this mountayne longe ynough turne you northwarde And warne thou the people sayenge Ye shall go thorow the coost of your brethren the chyldren of Esau whiche dwell in Seir and they shall be afrayde of you take ye good hede vnto your selues therfore Ye shall not prouoke them for I wyl not gyue you of theyr lande no not so moche as a fote bredth bycause I haue gyuen mounte Seir vnto Esau to possesse Ye shal bye meate of them for money to eate and ye shall procure water of them for money to drynke For the lorde thy God hath blessed the in all the workes of thy hande He knewe thy entrynge in to this great wyldernesse this xl yeres and the Lorde thy god hath bene with the so that thou hast lacked nothynge And when we were departed from our brethren the chyldreÌ„ of Esau which dwelte in Seir the playne way from Elath from Ezâ—on Gaber we turned and went by the way of the wyldernesse of Moab And the lorde sayd vnto me Thou shalte nor fyght agaynst the Moabitê neyther prouoke them to battayle for I wyll not gyue the of theyr lande to possesse bycause I haue gyuen At vnto the chyldren of Loth to possesse The terrible people the Emims dwelte therin in tymes past a people great many and tall as the Enakims whiche also were taken for gyauntes as the Enakims whom the Moabites call Emyms The Horims dwelt in Seir before tyme whose possessyon the chyldren of Esau occupied destroyed them before them and dwelte in theyr steade as Israel dyd vnto the lande of his possessyon which the lorde gaue them Nowe ryse vp sayde I and get you ouer the ryuer Zared and we went ouer the ryuer zared The space in which we came from Cades barne vntyl we were come ouer the ryuer Zared was .xxxviii. yeres vntyll al the generacyon of the men of warre were wasted out from among the hoost as the Lorde sware vnto them For in dede the hande of the Lorde was agaynst them to destroy them froÌ„ among the hoost tyll they were coÌ„sumed And so it came to passe that all the men of warre were consumed and dead from among the people And the lorde spake vnto me sayenge Thou shalte go thorowe Ar the coost of Moab this day and when thou comest nygh vnto the chyldren of Ammon thou shalte not lay syege vnto them nor moue war agaynst them For I wyl not gyue the of the lande of the childreÌ„ of Ammon a possessioÌ„ but I haue gyuen it vnto the chyldreÌ„ of Loth to possesse That also is taken for a lande of gyauntes and gyauntes dwelte therin an olde tyme whom the Ammonites call Zanzumims A people that was great many and tall as the Enakims But the Lorde destroyed them before them and they succeded them in the enherytaunce dwelt in theyr steade as he dyd for the Chyldren of Esau whiche dwell in Seir when he destroyed the Horyms before them they conquered theyr possessyon and dwelte in theyr steade vnto this day And the Auims which dwelte in Hazatim euen vnto Aza the Caphthorims whiche came out of Caphthor destroyed them and dwelte in thyr steade Ryse ye vp therfore take your iourney ouer the ryuer Arnon Beholde I haue gyuen in to thy hande Sehon the Amorite kyng of Hesbon and his lande Go to therfore and conquete and prouoke hym to vattayle This daye wyll I begyn to sende the feare and drede of the vpon all nacyons that are vnder all the heuen so that they whiche heare speake of the shall tremble and quake before the. And so he sent messengers out of the wyldernesse of Kedemoth vnto Sehon kyng of Hesbon with wordê of peace saynge I wyll go thorowe thy lande I wyll go along vy the hye waye I wyll neyther turne vnto the ryght hande nor to the lefte Thou shalte sell me meate for money for to eate gyue me water for money for to drynke Only graunt me that I may go thorowe on my fote as the chyldren of Esau whiche dwel in Seir and the Moabites whiche dwell in Ar dyd vnto me vntyll I be come ouer Iordan in to the lande whiche the Lorde our god gyueth vs. But Sehon the kynge of Hesbon wolde not let vs passe by hym for the Lorde thy god hardened his spirite made his hert tough bycause he wold delyuer hym into thy hande as it is come to passe this day And the lorde sayd vnto me beholde I haue begon to set Sehon and his land before the go to and conquere and possesse his lande Then bothe Sehon and all his people came out agaynst vs to fyght at Iaza And the lorde set him before vs and we smote him and his sonnes and all his people And we toke all his cityes the same ceason and slewe the men women chyldren of all the ctiyes and lette nothynge remayne saue the cattell onely we caught to our selues and the spoyle of the cyties whiche we toke froÌ„ Aroer which is by the brynke of the ryuer of Arnon and from the citye that is in the ryuer vnto Gilead there was not one cytie to strong for vs The Lorde our God delyuered all vnto vs onely vnto the lande of the chyldren of Ammon thou camest not nor vnto euery place of the ryuer Iabocke nor vnto the cyties in the mountaynes nor vnto what soeuer the Lorde our god forbad vs. ¶ Thynges that chaunced from the victorye of the two kynges Sehon and Og vnto the Institucyon of Iosua in Moses strade CAPI III THen we turned and went vp the way to Basan And Og the kyng of Basan came out agaynst vs he and al his people to battayle at Edrai And the Lorde sayd vnto me Feare hym not for I wyll delyuer hym and all his people his lande in to thy hande and thou shalte do vnto hym as thou dydest vnto Sehon kynge of the Amorites whiche dwelte at Hesbon And so the Lorde our god delyuered into our handes Og also the kyng of Basan and all his folke And we smote hym vntyl none was lefte hym alyue And we toke all his cyties the same ceason neyther was there a cytie which we toke not from them euen thre score cyties thorowout all the region of Argob the kyngdom of Og in Basan All these Cytyes also were made stronge with hye walles gates and barres besyde vnwalled townes a great meanye And we vtterly destroyed them as we dyd vnto Sehon kynge of Hesbon bryngyng to nought all the cyties with men women and chyldren
a Leuite come out of any of thy cities of al Israel where he is a soiour ner and come with al the lust of his herte vnto the place which the Lorde hath chosen He shal ministre in the name of the lorde his god as his other brethren the Leuites do which remayne there before the lorde And they shal haue lyke porcions to eate besyde that which cometh to hym of the patrimonye of his elders When thou arte come vnto the lande whiche the Lorde thy god gyueth the se that thou learne not to do after the abhominacions of those nacyons Let there not be founde among you any one that maketh his Sonne or doughter to go thorowe the fyre or that vseth wytchcraft or a choser out of dayes or that regardeth the fleynge of foules or a sorcerer or a charmer or that couÌ„selleth with spirites or a soth sayer or that asketh †the trueth at them that be deade For all that do suche thynges are abhominacion vnto the Lorde and bycause of these abhominacions the Lorde thy God dothe caste them out before the Thou shalte be perfyte therfore †and vvithout ble mysshe in the syght of the Lorde thy god For these nacions which thou shalt conquere herken vnto chosers out of dayes and vnto sorcerers but the lorde thy god hath not suffered the so to do The Lorde thy God wyll styrre vp vnto the a prophete among you euen of thy brethren lyke vnto me vnto hym ye shall herken accordynge to all that thou desyredst of the Lorde thy god in Horeb in the day of the gatherynge togyther when thou saydest Let me heare the voyce of my lorde god no more nor se this greate fyre anye more that I dye not And the Lorde sayd vnto me they haue well spoken I wyll rayse them vp a prophete from amonge theyr brethren lyke vnto the wyl put my wordes in his mouth and he shall speake vnto them all that I shal coÌ„maunde hym And who soeuer wyl not herken vnto the wordes whiche he shall speake in my name I wyll requyre it of hym But the prophete whiche shall presume to speake a worde in my name which I haue not coÌ„maunded hym to speake or that speaketh in the name of straunge Gods the same prophete shall dye And yf thou saye in thyne herte howe shall we knowe the worde which the Lorde hath not spoken †This token shalt thou haue Euen when a prophete speaketh in the name of the lorde ☞ yf the thyng folow not nor come to passe that is the thing which the lorde hath not spoken But the prophete hath spoken it presumptuously Thou shalte not therfore be afrayde of hym ¶ The fraunâ—â—eseâ— townes The punyshment of hym that beareth false wytnesse CAPI XIX WHen the Lorde thy God hath roted out the nacyons whose lande the lorde thy god gyueth the and thou succedest in theyr enheritaunce and dwellest in theyr cities and in theyr houses thou shalte appoynte iii. cities for the in the myddes of the lande whiche the lorde thy god gyueth the to possesse it ☞ thou shalt prepare the way and deuyde the coostes of thy lande whiche the Lorde thy God gyueth the to enherite into iii. partes that who soeuer coÌ„mytteth murther may flee thyther For this cause must the steer fâ—ee thyther that he may lyue Who so kylleth his neyghboure ygnorauntly and hated hym not in tyme passed And when a man goeth vnto the wood with his neyghboure to hewe wood †thynkyng no harme as his hand fetcheth a stroke with the axe to cut downe the tree the heade slyppeth from the hafte smyteth his neyghbour that he dyeth the same shall flee vnto one of the same Cities lyue Leest the executer of bloode folowe after the sleer whyle his herte is hote and ouertake hym bycause the way is longe and slee hym yet there is no cause worthy of death in hym in as moche as he hated hym not in tyme past Wherfore I coÌ„mauÌ„de the saynge thou shalt appoynte out iii. cities for the. And yf the lorde thy god enlarge thy coostes as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers and gyue the all the lande which he sayd he wolde gyue vnto thy fathers thou shalte kepe all these coÌ„maundementes to do them whiche I commaunde the this daye that thou loue the Lorde thy god and walke in his wayes euer and adde iii. cities mo for the vnto those iii. that innocent blood be not shed in thy lande whiche the lorde thy god gyueth the to enheryte and so ☞ blood come vpon the. But and yf any man hate his neyghbour and lay awayte for hym and ryse agaynst hym and smyte hym that he dye and then fleeth vnto any of these cities the elders of his citie shall sende and fetche hym thence delyuer hym in to the handes of the iustyce of blood that he may dye Thyne eye shall not spare hym but thou shalte put away innocent blood froÌ„ Israel that it maye go well with the. Thou shalt not remoue thy neyghbours marke whiche they of olde tyme haue set in thyne enheritaunce that thou shalte enherite in the lande whiche the lorde thy god gyueth the to enioy it One wytnesse shal not ryse agaynst a man for any maner trespasse or for any maner syâ—ie or for any maner faute that he offende in But at the mouth of two wytnesses or of thre wytnesses shal the matter be stablysshed If an vnryghteous wytnesse ryse vp agaynst a man to accuse hym of trespasse then bothe the men whiche stryue togyther shall stande before the Lorde before the Preestes and the Iudges whiche shall be in those dayes and the Iudges shall make diligent inquisicion And yf the wytnes be fouÌ„de false and that he hath gyuen false wytnesse agaynst his brother theÌ„ shal ye do vnto hym as he had thought to do vnto his brother thou shalte put euyll away from the. And other shall heare feare and shall henceforth coÌ„myt no more any suche wyckednes among you And thyne eye shal haue no compassion but ☞ soule for soule eye for eye tothe fortothe hande for hande fote for fote ¶ Who ought to go to battayle The Lawe of armes The â—anaanites must they kyll CAPI XX. WHeÌ„ thou goest out to battayle agaynst thyne enemyes and seest horses charettes and people mo then thou be not afrayde of them for the Lorde thy God is with the whiche brought the out of the lande of Egypte And when ye are come nygh vnto battayle the preest shall come forth to speake vnto the people and shall say vnto them Heare O Israel ye encountre this day with your enemyes in battayle let not your hertes faynte neyther feare nor be amased nor abrede of them For the lorde your god goeth with you to fyght for you agaynst your enemyes and to saue you And let the offycers speake vnto the people saynge If any
passage vnto mounte Nebo whiche is in the lande of Moab ouer agaynst Ierico And beholde the lande of Canaan which I gyue vnto the chyldren of Israel to possesse And dye in the mounte whiche thou goest vp vnto thou shalte be gathered vnto thy people As Aaron thy brother dyed in mounte Hor and was gathered vnto his people bycause ye trespassed agaynst me amonge the chyldren of Israel at the waters of stryfe at Cades in the wyldernesse of Zin For ye sanctified me not amonge the chyldren of Israel Thou shalte therfore se the lande before the and shall not go thyther vnto the lande whiche I gyue the chyldren of Israel ¶ Moses dyenge blesseth all the trybes of Israell CAPI XXXIII THis is the blessynge wherwith Moses the man of God blessed the chyldren of Israel before his deathe and sarde The Lorde came from Smay and shewed his beames from Seir vnto them and appeared from mount Pharan he came with thousandes of ☞ sayntes and in his ryghte hande a lawe of fyre for them And he loued the people All his sayntes also are in thy handes They †were smytten to go after thy feete and to receyue of thy wordes Moses gaue vs a lawe to be an enheritaunce of the congregacyon of Iacob And he was in Israell kynge when the heades of the people and the tribes of Israell were gathered togyther Let Ruben lyue not dye be fewe in nombre This same also happen to Iuda And he sayd heare lorde the voyce of Iuda â–ª brynge hym vnto his people his handes shal be good ynough for him yf thou helpe hym agaynst his enemyes And vnto Leut he sayde ☞ Thuminâ— and Urim shall be with the and with euery one that is godly in the. Thou diddest proue hym also in the temptacyon and stryuedst with hym at the waters of stryfe He that hath sayd vnto his father and to his mother I haue not sene hym ☞ And he that knewe not his brethren nor knewe his owne chyldreÌ„ those are they that haue obserued thy worde and shall kepe thy couenaunte They shall teache Iacob thy iudgementes and Israell thy law They shal put sence before thy nose and the burâ—sacrifice vpon thyne aulter Blesse lorde his fyrst fruytes and accepte the worke of his handes smyte the loynes of them that ryse agaynst hym of them that hate hym that they ryse not agayne And of Ben Iamin he sayde The Lordes derlyng shall dwel in safetie vpon hym and the Lorde shall couer hym all the day long he shall dwell bytwene his shoulders And of Ioseph he sayd blessed of the lorde is his lande for the fruytes of heuen thorow the dewe and sprynges that lye bynethe and for the swete fruytes of the encrease of the sonne and rype fruytes of the moone For the fyrst fruyte of the principal mountaynes and for the Fruytes that the hylles brynge forth for euer and for the fruytê of the earth and fulnesse therof and for the good wyll of hym that dwelte in the Busshe shall the blessynge come vpon the heade of Ioseph vpon the top of the head of hym that was seperated from among his brethreÌ„ ☞ his fyrst borne oxe hath beautye and his hornes are as the hornes of an vnicorne And with them he shall trouble the nacions togyther euen vnto the endes of the worlde These are also the many thousandes of Ephram and the thousandes of Manasses And vnto Zabulon he sayde Reioyse Zabulon in thy goyng out thou Isachar in thy tentes They shall call the people vnto the hyll there they shal offre offerynges of ryghteousnesse For they shal sucke of the aboundaunce of the see and of treasure hyd in the sande And vnto Gad he sayde blessed be the rowme maker Gad he dwelleth as a Lyon that catcheth the arme with the heed He saw therfore his begynnynge that there was a porcyon there to hyde the lawe gyuer and he came with the heades of the people executed the ryghtousnes of the lorde his iudgementes with Israel And vnto Dan he sayd Dan is a lyons whelpe he shall flow from Basan And vnto Nepthali he sayd Nephthali hath aboundance of Gods good pleasure and is fylled with the blessynge of the lorde shall haue his possessyons towarde the souhtwest And to Aser he sayd Aser shall be blessed with chyldren he shal be acceptable vnto his brethren and shall dyp his foote in oyle Thy dwellyng be Yron and brasse and thyne age be as thy youth There is none lyke vnto the God of Israel which though he syt vpon the heuen as vpon an horse yet is he thy helper whose glorye is in the celestyall places The eternall God is thy refuge and vnder the armes of the euerlastyng god shalte thou lyue He shall cast out the enemye before the say destroy Israel then shall dwel in safetie and alone And the eye of Iacob shall be vpon a lande of corne wyne and his heuens shall drop the dewe Happye arte thou O Israell who is lyke vnto the O people that arte saued in the Lorde whiche is the shylde of thy helpe swerde of thy glory Thyne enemyes haue lost theyr strength to the warde thou shalte ☞ treade vpon the hyght of them ¶ Moses dyeth Israell wepeth Iosua succedeth in Moses roume CAPI XXXIIII ANd Moses went from the playne of Moab vp in to mount Nebo and vnto the top of the hyl that is ouer agaynst Iericho And the Lorde shewed hym all the lande of Gilead euen vnto Dan all Nephthali and the lande of ☞ Ephraim and Manasse and the lande of Iuda euen vnto the vttermost see and the south and the region of the playn of Iericho the Citie of paulme trees euen vnto Zoar. And the Lorde sayde vnto hym This is the lande which I sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob sayenge I wyll gyue it vnto thy seede I haue caused the also to se it with thyne eyes but thou shalte not go ouer thyther So Moses the seruaunt of the lorde dyed there in the lande of Moab accordyng to the worde of the Lorde And he buryed hym in a valey in the lande of Moab ouer agaynste the house of Peor but no maÌ„ knoweth of his sepulcre vnto this day Moses was an hundred and twentye yere olde when he dyed his eye was not dym nor his naturall coloure abated And the chyldren of Israel wepte for Moses in the playn of Moab thyrtie dayes And the dayes of wepynge and mournynge for Moses were ended And Iosua the sonne of Nun was full of the spirite of wysdome for Moses had put his handes vpon hym And the chyldren of Israel were obedient vnto hym and dyd as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses And there arose not a prophete synce in Israel lyke vnto Moses whom the Lorde knewe face to face accordynge vnto all the myracles and wonders whiche the Lorde sent hym to do in
place And take the seconde bullocke and offre burntsacrifice vpoÌ„ the wod of the groue whiche thou shalte cut downe Then Gedeon toke ten men of his seruauntes and dyd as the Lorde bad hym But bycause he durst not do it by day for feare of his fathers houshold of the men of the citye he dyd it by nyght And when the men of the citye were vp earlye in the mornyng Beholde the aulter of Baal was broken and the groue cut downe that was by it and the seconde bullocke offered vpoÌ„ the aulter that was made And they sayde one to another Who hathe done this thynge and when they enquyred and asked they sayde Gedeon the sonne of Ioas hathe done this thynge Then the men of the citye sayd vnto Ioas bryng out thy sonne that he may dye bycause he hath destroyed the aulter of Baal cut downe the groue that was by it And Ioas sayde vnto all that stode by hym wyll ye entreate for Baal or wyll ye be his defeÌ„ders ☞ he that hath medled against hym let hym dye or the mornynge If he be a God let hym be auenged of hym that caste downe his aulter And from that daye was Gedeon called ☞ Ierobaal bycause his father had sayd Let Baal be auenged of hym that hath broken downe his aulter All the Madianites therfore the Amalekites and they of the east were gathered togyther and went and pytched in the valey of Izreel But the spirite of the lorde came vpoÌ„ Gedeon And he blewe a trompet and called Abiezar to folowe hym and sent messengers thorout al Manasses and called them which also dyd folowe hym And he sent messengers vnto Aser Zabulon and Nephthalim and they came to mete hym And Gedeon sayd vnto god yf thou wylt saue Israel in my hande as thou hast sayde Beholde I wyll put a fleece of wolle in the thresshynge place And yf the dewe come on the fleece only and it be drye vpon all the earthe besyde then shall I be sure that thou wylte saue Israel by my hande as thou saydest And it came so to passe For he rose vp early on the morow and thrust the fleece togyther and wrong the dewe therout fylled a bowle of water And Gedeon sayde agayne vnto God be not angrye with me that I speake once more For I wyll proue once agayne by the fleece Let it be drye onely vpon the fleece and dew vpon all the grounde And god dyd so that same nyght For it was drye vpon the fleece only and there was dew on all the grounde ¶ Gedeon with iii. hundred men ouercoÌ„meth the Madianites Oreb and zeb are sleyne CAPI VII THen Ierobaal otherwyse called Gedeon and all the people that were with him arose vp early and pytched besyde the well of Harad so that the hooste of the Madianites were on the North syde of the rocke that boweth towarde the valey And the Lorde sayd vnto Gedeon the people that are with the are to many for me to gyue the Madianites into theyr handes leest Israell make theyr vaunte agaynst me saye myne owne hande hath saued me Nowe therfore make a proclamacyon in the eares of the people say Yf any man drede or be afrayde let hym returne get him soone from mount Gilead And there departed returned of the people xxii thousande there abode ten M. And the lorde sayd vnto Gedeon the people are yet to many bryng them downe vnto the water and I wyll trye them vnto the there And of whom I saye vnto the this shall go with the the same shal go with the. And who soeuer I say vnto the this shall not go with the the same shall not go So he broughte downe the people vnto the water the lorde sayd vnto Gedeon as many as lape the water with theyr tongê as a dog doth put them by them selues and so do them that knele downe vpon theyr knees to drynke And the nombre of them that put theyr handê to theyr mouthes and laped were thre hundred men But all the remenaunt of the people kneled downe vpon theyr knees to drynke water And the Lorde sayde vnto Gedeon By these iii. hundred men that laped water wyll I saue you and delyuer the Medianytes in to thyn hande And let al the other people go euery man vnto his place They therfore of the people toke vyrtayles with them theyr trompettes And he sent at the rest of Israel euery man vnto his tent and coÌ„forted those thre hundred with hym And the hoost of Madian was beneth hym in a valeye And it fortuned that the same nyght the lorde sayde vnto hym Aryse get the downe vnto the hoost for I haue delyuered it in to thyne hande But and yf thou feare to go downe then go thou and Pharah thy lad downe to the hoost and thou shalte herken what they say and so shall thyne handes be stronge to goo downe vnto the hoost Then went he downe and Pharah his ladde euen harde vnto the men of armes that were in the hoost And the Madianytes the Amalekytes and al they of the East laye alonge in the valey lyke a multytude of Greshoppers and theyr Camelles were withoute nombre euen as the sande by the see syde in multytude And when Gedeon was come Beholde there was a maÌ„ that tolde a dreame vnto his neyghbour and sayde Beholde I dreamed a dreame and me thought that a loofe of barlye breade tombled into the hoost of MadiaÌ„ and came vnto a tent and smote it that it fel and ouerturned it that the tent laye alonge And his felowe answered and sayde this is nothynge els saue the swerde of Gedeon the sonne of Ioas a man of Israell for in to his hande hath God deliuered Madian and all the hoost When Gedeon herde the tellynge of the dreame and the ☞ interpretacyon of the same he worshypped and returned vnto the hoost of Israell sayde Up for the lorde hath delyuered in to youre hande the hooste of Madian And he deuyded the thre hundred men in to thre companyes and gaue euerye man a Trompet in his hande with an emptye pytcher and lampes therin and sayd vnto them loke on me do lykewyse that when I come to the syde of the hooste euen as I do so do you When I blowe with a trompet and all that are with me blawe ye with trompettes also on euery syde of the hoost and say Here is the swerde of the Lorde and of Gedeon And so Gedeon and the thre hundren men that were with hym came vnto the syde of the hoost in the begynnynge of the mydle watch and raysed vp the watche men And they blewe with theyr trompettes brake the pytchers that were in theyr handes And all the thre companyes blewe with trom pettes and brake the pytchers and helde the lampes in theyr lefte handes and the trompettes in theyr ryght to blowe withall And they cryed the swerde of
strong man and mete for the warre he toke hym vnto hym ¶ Saul is roÌ„maunded to kyll Aninlecke He is disobedient to the voyce of God Samuel moutneth for Saul CAPI XV. Samuel sayd vnto Saul the lorde sent me to anoynt the to be kyng ouer his peple Israel Nowe therfore herken y â— vnto the voyce of the wordes of the Lorde Thus sayeth the lorde of hoostes I remembre that which Amalec dyd so Israel how they layd wayte for them in the way as they came out of Egypte Now therfore go smyte Amalec and destroy ye al that perteyneth vnto them and se thou haue no compassyon on them †and couet nothynge that they haue slee both man and woman infant suklyng oâ—e and shepe camel and asse And Saul gathered the people togyther and nombred them in Telaim two hundred thousande foote men and ten thousande men of Iuda And Saul came vnto a citye of Amalec set watche in the valley And Saul sayde to the Kenites go departe get you downe from among the Amaleckites leest I destroy you w t them for ye shewed mercy to all the chyldren of Israel when they came out of Egypte And so the Kenites departed from among the Amaleckites And Saul smote the Amaleckites from Heuila as y u comest to Sur that lyeth before Egypte and toke Agag the kyng of the Amaleckites alyuc vtterly destroyed al the people w t the edge of the swerde But saul the people spared Agag the better shepe the fatter oxen the lambes all that was good wolde not destroy them But all that was foule and nought worth that they destroyed vtterly Then came the worde of the lorde vnto Samuel sayenge It repenteth me that I haue made Saul kynge For he is turned from me hath not perfourmed my coÌ„maundementes And Samuel was enyl apayde cryed vnto the lord all nyght And when Samuel arose early to mete Saul in the mornyng it was tolde Samuel that Saul was come to Carmell beholde he ☞ hath made hym there a place is returned and departed gone downe to Gylgal And Samuel sayd to Saul †Saul offered burntsacrifyce vnto the lorde of the fyrst of the spoyles vvhich he had brought froÌ„ Amalec And vvhen Samuel vvas come vnto Saul Saul sayd vnto hym Blessed be thou in the Lorde I haue fulfylled the coÌ„maundament of the lorde Samuel sayd what meaneth theÌ„ the bleatyng of the shepe in myne eares and the noyse of the oxen which I heare Saul an swered they haue brought them from the Amaleckites For the people spared the best of the shepe of the oxen to sacrifice them vnto the lorde thy God And the remenaunt haue we destroyed vtterly Samuel sayd to Saul let me tell the what the lord hath sayd to me this nyght And he sayd vnto him say on Samuel sayd when y u wast lytel in thyne owne sight wast y u not made the head of the tribes of Israel And the lorde anoynted the kynge ouer Israel And the lorde sent the on a iourney sayd Go vtterly destroy those synners the Amaleckites fyght agaynst them vntyll y u vtterly destroy theÌ„ And wherfore hast y u not herkened vnto the voyce of the lorde but hast turned to the pray hast done that which is wycked in the syght of the lorde And Saul sayd vnto Samuel yea I haue herkened vnto the voyce of the Lorde haue gone the way which the lorde sent me vnto haue brought Agag the kyng of Amalec haue vtterly destroyed the Amaleckites But the peple toke the spoyle shepe oxeÌ„ the cheyfest of the thin ges which shuld haue bene destroyed to offre vnto the lorde thy God in Gylgal And Samuel sayd hath the lord as great pleasure in burntsacrifices offryngê as wheÌ„ the voyce of the lord is obeyed Beholde to obey is better then sacrifice to herken is better theÌ„ the fat of raÌ„mes For rebellyon is as the synne of wytcherafte stoburnes is as the wickednes of Idolatrie Bycause y u hast cast awaye the worde of the lorde therfore hath the lorde cast away the also froÌ„ beyng kyng And Saul sayd to Samuel I haue synned for I haue gone further theÌ„ the sayeng of the lorde thy wordê bycause I feared the people obeyed theyr voyce Now therfore take away my syn turne agayne with me that I may worship the lorde And Samuel sayde vnto Saul I wyl not returne with the for y u hast cast away the worde of the lorde the lorde hath cast away the that y u shalt not be kyng ouer Israel And as Samuel turned hym selfe to go away he caught the lap of his coote it rent And Samuel sayd vnto hym the lorde hath rent the kyngdom of Israel from the this daye hath gyuen it to a neyghboure of thyne that is better theÌ„ thou ☞ The strength of Israel wyl not begyle nor repent for he is not a maÌ„ that can repent He sayd I haue synned But nowe honour me before the elders of my people before Israel and turne agayne with me that I maye worshyp the Lorde thy god And so Samuel turned agayne and folowed Saull And Saull worshypped the Lorde Then sayd Samuel Brynge ye hyther to me Agag the kyng of the Amaleckites And Agag came vnto hym ☞ delicately And Agag sayd truely the bytter death cometh on And Samuel sayde As thy swerde hathe made women chyldelesse so shall thy mother be chyldelesse aboue other women And Samuel hewed Agag in peces before the Lorde in Gilgal And then Samuell departed to Rama And Saul wente home to his house to Gibea Saul And Samuel came no more to se Saul vntyll the day of his death Neuerthelesse Samuel mourned for Saul and the lorde ☞ repented that he had made Saul kynge ouer Israel Dauid is anoynted kyng An â—uyl spirite cometh vpon Saul CAPI XVI THe Lorde sayde vnto Samuel Howe longe wylte thou mourne for Saul seynge I haue cast hym away from reygnyng ouer Israel Fyl thyne horne with oyntment and come that I maye sende the to Isai the Bethleemite for I haue prouyded me a king among his sonnes And Samuel sayd how can I go For yf Saul heare it he wyll kyll me The Lorde answered Take an Heyfer with the and saye I am come to offre to the Lorde And call Isai to the offeryng I wyl shewe the what y u shalte do And thou shalte anoynt hym whom I name vnto the. And so Samuel dyd as the Lordâ— bad hym came to Bethleem the elders of the towne were astonyed at his comynge and sayde Comest thou peaceably He answered Yea I am come to offre vnto the Lorde ☞ Sanctifie your selues and come with me to the offerynge And he sanctified Isai his sonnes bad them to the offerynge And when they were come he loked on
Eliab and sayd ☞ Surely the Lordes anoynted is before hym But the lorde sayd vnto Samuel loke not on his facion or on the heyght of his stature bycause I haue refused him for God seyth not as man seyth For maÌ„ loketh on the outwarde apperauÌ„ce but god beholdeth the herte Then Isai called Abinadab made hym come before Samuel And he sayd neyther hath the Lorde chosen this Then Isai made SaÌ„ma come and he sayde neyther yet hath the Lorde chosen hym Agayne Isai made seuen of â–ª his sonnes to come before Samuel And Samuel sayd vnto Isai the lord hath chosen none of these And Samuel sayd vnto Isai are here al thy chyldren He sayd there is yet a lytel one behinde that kepeth the shepe And Samuel sayd vnto Isai sende and fet him for we wyl not syt downe tyl he be come hyther And he sent brought hym in And he was browne of an excellent beautye and well fauoured in syght And the Lorde sayde Aryse and anoynte hym for this is he Therfore Samuel toke the horne with the oyntment and anoynted him in the myddes of his brethren And the spirite of the Lorde came vpon Dauid from that day forwarde And Samuel arose vp and wente to Rama But the spirite of the Lorde departed frome Saul and an euyll spirite sent of the Lorde vexed hym And Sauls seruauntes sayde vnto hym beholde â–ª an euyl spirite sent of god vexeth the let our lorde therfore coÌ„maunde his seruauntes that are before the to seke a man that is a coÌ„nyng player with an harpe that wheÌ„ the euyll spirite sent of god cometh vpon the he may play w t his hande thou shalte be eased Saul sayd vnto his seruauntes prouyde me a man then that can playe well bryng hym to me Then answered one of his seruauntes sayd Beholde I haue sene the son of Isai the Bethleemite that can playe vpon instrumentes and is an actiue felowe and a maÌ„ of war and prudent in doynge of feates well made and the Lorde is with hym Wherfore Saul sente messengers vnto Isai sayd sende me Dauid thy son whiche is with the shepe And Isai toke an asse laden with breade a flacket of wyne a kyd and sent them by Dauid his son vnto Saul And Dauid came to Saul stode before hym he loued hym very wel and he was made his harnes bearer And Saul sent to Isai sayeng let Dauid remayne with me for he hath founde fououre in my syght And so it fortuned that when the euyll spirite sente of God came vpon Saul Dauid toke an harpe and played with his hande and so Saul was refresshed and dyd amende and the euyll spirite departed from hym ¶ Dauid ouercometh great Golâ—ath CAPI XVII THe Philistines gathered theyr hoost to battayle and came togyther to Socoh whiche is in Iuda pytched bytwene Socoh Azekah in the coost of Dammim And Saul and the men of Israel came togyther pytched in the oke valley put them selues in aray to fyght agaynst the Philistines And the Philistines stode on an hyll on the one syde Israel stode on an hyll on the other syde there was a valey bitwene them And there came a man bytwene them both out of the tentê of the Philistines named Goliath of Gath. vi cubites an handbredth longe and had an helmet of brasse vpon his heade and a coote of mayle aboute him And the weyght of his coote of mayle was fyue thousand spcles of brasse And he had bootes of brasse vpon his legges a shelde of brasse vpon his shoulders And the shafte of his speare was lyke a weuers beame And his speare head wayed vi huÌ„dred sâ—cles of pron And one bearyng a shelde went before hym And he stode and cryed agaynst the hoost of Israel and sayde vnto them Why are ye come out in aray to battayle am not I a Philistine and you seruauntes to Saul chose ye a man from amonge you and let hym come downe to me And yf he be able to fyght with me and to beate me then wyll we be your seruauntes But yf I can ouercome hym and beate hym then shall ye be oure seruauntes and serue vs. And the Philistine sayde I defye the hoost of Israell this daye gyue me a man that we may fyght togyther When Saul and all Israel herde those wordes of the Philistine they were discouraged greatly afrayde Dauid was the son of an Ephrathite †of vvhom mencyon is made before of Bethleem Iuda named Isai whiche had eyght sonnes And was an olde man in the dayes of Saul and came to age amonge meÌ„ And the. iii. eldest sonnes of Isai went and folowed Saul to the battayle And the names of his thre sonnes that went to battayle were Eliab the eldest the nexte Abinadab and the thyrde SaÌ„ma Dauid was the least And the thre eldest went after Saul Dauid also went and departed from Saul to fede his fathers shepe at Bethleem And the Philistine came forthe in the mornyng euenyng ☞ continued xl dayes And Isai sayde vnto Dauid his sonne take for thy brethreÌ„ an Epha of this parched corne these ten loues and bryng it vnto the hoost to thy brethren And cary these x. freshe cheses vnto the captayne and loke howe thy brethreÌ„n fare ☞ fet out theyr pledge And Saul and they all the men of Israell were in the oke valey fightyng w t the Philistines And Dauid rose vp early in the mornyng lefte the shepe with a keper toke and wente as Isai had coÌ„maunded hym came within the compasse of the hoost And the hoost went out in aray and showted in the battayle for Israel the Philistines had put them selues in aray the one agaynst the other And Dauid toke downe the gere froÌ„ hym put them vnder the handes of the keper of the vessels ran into the hoost came saluted his brethreÌ„ And as he talked w t them beholde there stode a man in the myddes Goliath the Philistine by name of Gath out of the araye of the Philistines spake of the maner aboue rehersed that Dauid herde it And all the meÌ„ of Israel when they sawe the man ran away from hym and were sore afrayde And euery man of Israel sayd Sawe ye this man come forth euen to reuyle Israell is he come And to hym that beateth hym wyll the kyng gyue great ryches and wyll gyue hym his doughter therto yea make his fathers house free in Israel And Dauid spake to the men that stode by and sayde What shall be done to the man that beateth this Philistine and taketh away the shame froÌ„ Israell And what is this vncircuÌ„cysed Philistine that he shuld reuyle the host of the lyuyng god And the people answered hym after this maner saynge so shal it be done to the man that beateth hym And Eliab his eldest brother herde when he
came vpon Saul and ☞ he prophesyed in the myddes of the house And Dauid played with his hande lyke as at other tymes and there was a Iauelyn in Sauis hande And Saul â—oke the Iauelyn and sayd I wyl nayle Dauid to the wall with it And Dauid auoyded out of his presence two tymes And Saul was afrayde of Dauid bycause the Lorde was with hym was departed from Saul Therfore Saul put hym from hym and made him a captayn ouer a thousande and ☞ he went out and in before the people And Dauid behaued hym selfe wysely in all his wayes and the Lorde was with hym Wherfore when Saul sawe that he was so excedyng wyse he was afrayd of hym But all Israel and Iuda loued Dauid bycause he went out and in before them And Saul sayde to Dauid Beholde my eldest doughter Merob her I wyl gyue the to wyfe Onely play the man with me fyghte the Lordes battayles For Saul thought myne hande shall not be vpon hym but the hande of the Philistines And Dauid answered Saule what am I and what is my lyfe of the kynred of my father in Israel that I shulde be son in lawe to the kynge Howbeit wheÌ„ the tyme was come that Moreb Sauls doughter shulde haue bene gyuen to Dauid she was gyuen vnto Adriel a Meholothite to wyfe How beit Michol Sauls doughter loued Dauid And they shewed Saul and the thyng dyspleased hym not And Saul sayd I wyll gyue hym her that she may be a snare to hym and that the hand of the Philistynes maye be agaynst hym Wherfore Saul sayd to Dauid thou shalte this day be my son in law in the other doughter And Saul coÌ„maunded his seruauntes to comen with â–ª Dauid secretly and say Beholde the kyng hath a fauoure to the and all his seruauntes loue the be now therfore the kynges sonne in lawe And Sauls seruauntes spake those wordes in the eares of Dauid And Dauid sayde semeth it to you a lyght thyng to be a kynges sonne in lawe I am a poore man and of small reputacion And the seruauntes brought Saule worde agayne sayenge of this maner spake Dauid And Saul sayd this wyse shall ye say to Dauid the king careth for none other dowry but for an hundred foreskynnnes of the Philistines to be auenged of the kingê enemyes But Saul thought to make Dauid fal into the handes of the Philistines And when his seruauntes tolde Dauid these wordê it pleased Dauid wel to be the kynges son in lawe And ☞ or the dayes were expyred Dauid arose with his men and went and slue of the Philistines CC. men and Dauid broughte theyr foreskynnes satisfied the kyng therof to be his sonne in lawe Wherfore Saul gaue hym Michol his doughter to wyfe And Saul sawe and vnderstode howe that the Lorde was with Dauid that Michol his doughter loued hym he was the more afrayde of Dauid and Saul became alway Dauids enemy The lordes of the Philistines vsed ☞ to go forth And it fortuned that when they went forth Dauid behaued hym selfe wyselyer theÌ„ al the seruauntes of Saul so that his name was moche set by ¶ Saul coÌ„maundeth to flee Dauid Micholl his wyfe saueth hym CAPI XIX SAul spake to Ionathas his sonne and to all his seruauntes that they shulde kyll Dauid But Ionathas Sauls sonne had a great fauour to Dauid and Ionathas tolde Dauid saynge Saul my father gothe aboute to fley the. Now therfore take hede to thy selfe vntyll the mornyng abyde in some secret place and hyde thy selfe And I wyl go out stande by my father in the felde where thou art wyll comen with my father of the and what soeuer I se I wyll tell the. And Ionathas spake good of Dauid vnto Saul his father sayde vnto hym let not the kynge syn agaynst his seruaunt Dauid for he hath not synned agaynst the and his workes haue ben toward the very good For he dyd ☞ put his lyfe in his hande slue the Philistine and the Lorde brought to passe a great helth for al Israel Thou sawest it thou reioysed wherfore then wylte thou syn agaynst innocent bloode sley Daiud without a cause And Saul herkened vnto the voyce of Ionathas and sware as truely as the lorde lyueth he shal not dye And Ionathas called Dauid and shewed hym all those wordes brought Dauid to Saul And he was in his presence as in tymes past And the war began agayn and Dauid wente out and foughte with the Philistines slue them with a great slaughter and they fled from hym And the euyll spirite sent of the Lorde was vpon Saul as he sat in his house hauynge a Iauelyn in his hande and Dauid played with his hande And Saul entended to nayle Dauid to the wall with the Iauelyn But he ryd hym selfe out of Sauls presence as he smote the speare †vvith a vayne stroke in to the wall And Dauid fled and was saued that same nyght Saul also sent messengers vnto Dauyds house to watche hym and to sley hym in the mornyng And Michol Dauyds wyfe tolde it hym saynge If thou saue not thy selfe this nyght to morow thou wylte be sleyne And so Micholl let Dauid downe thorowe a wyndowe and he went and fled and was saued And then she toke an ymage and layde it in the bed put a pyllowe stuffed with gootê heere vnder the heade of it couered it with a cloth And when Saul sent messengers to fetch Dauid she sayd he is sycke And Saul sent the messengers agayne to se Dauid sayenge Brynge hym to me bed and all that I may sley hym And wheÌ„ the messengers were came in Beholde there lay an ymage in the bed with a pyllow of gootes heere vnder the head of it And Saul sayde to Micholl why hast thou mocked me so and sent away myne enmye that he is escaped Michol answered Saul For he sayde vnto me let me go or els I wyll kyll the. And so Dauid fled and escaped and came to Samuel to Rama tolde hym all that Saul had done to hym And he and Samuel went and dwelte in ☞ Naioth And one tolde Saul sayenge Beholde Dauid is at Naioth in Rama Saul sente messengers to fet Dauid And wheÌ„ they saw a company ☞ of Prophetes prophesyenge and Samuel standyng fast by them the spirite of god fell vpon the messengers of Saul they prophesyed to And when it was tolde Saul he sent other messengers and they prophesyed likewyse And Saul sent messengers yet agayne the thyrde tyme and they prophesyed also Then went he hym selfe to Rama and came to a great well that is in Sechu he asked and sayde where are Samuell and Dauid And one sayde Beholde they be at Naioth in Rama and he went thyther euen to Naioth in Rama and the spirite of God came vpon hym also and he wente prophesyenge vntyll he came to Naioth in Rama And he stripte of
prayse the O lorde amonge the nacyons wyll synge vnto thy name Whiche sheweth great saluacion for his kyng dealeth mercyfully with his anoynted euen with Dauid and with his seede for euermore ¶ The last coÌ„municatyon of Dauid and the descryptyoâ— of the myghtye men to hym belongynge CAPI XXIII THese be ☞ the last sayenges of Dauid Dauid the son of Isai sayd And the maÌ„ which was made the anoynted of the god of Iacob the noble Psalmist of Israel sayde the spirite of the lord spake by me his word was in my tonge The God of Israell spake ☞ of me euen the moost myghtye of Israel sayde he that beareth rule ouer men oughte to rule iustly in the feare of God And as the mornyng lyght when the sonne is vp a mornyng in which are no cloudê to let the brightnesse and as the grasse of the earth is by the vertue of the rayne ☞ Is not my house so with God For he hath made with me an euerlastyng couenaunt perfyte and sute in all poyntes and this is truely all my heâ—che and all my desyre that it growe But the vngodly man of Belial shal be as a thorne clene plucked vp whiche can not be taken w t handes But the maÌ„ that shall touche them must haue yron or a longe helue Or els muste they be burnt with fyre in the same place These be the names of the myghtye men whom Dauid had ☞ one that sat in the seat of wysdome beyng cheyfest among thre â–ª pleasaunt was he and strong he slue eyght hundred at one tyme. After hym was Eleazar the son of Dodi the son of Ahohi one of the thre worthyes with Dauid which defied the Philistines that were there gathered togyther to battayle WheÌ„ the men of Israell were gone vp he arose layde on the Philistines vntyl his hande was wery claue vnto the swerde And the Lorde gaue great victorye the same day And the people †vvhiche had fled returned went after hym to run to the spoyle After hym was SaÌ„ma the son of Age the Hararite the Philistines gathered togyther besyde a towne where was a parcell of lande ful of rice the people fled from the Philistines But he stode in the myddes of the grouÌ„d and defended it slue the Philistines And the lorde gaue great victory These thre whiche were of the thyrtie cheyfe captaynes went downe to Dauid in the haruest tyme vnto the caue AdullaÌ„ the hoost of the Philistines abode in the valey of Gyauntes And Dauid was then in an holde And the souldiours of the Philistines were in Bethleem And Dauid longed and sayde Oh that I had of the water that is in the wel by the gate of Bethleem for to drynke And the thre myghtye brake thorowe the hoost of the Philistines and fet water out of the well of Bethleem that was by the gate and toke brought it to Dauid Neuerthelesse he wolde not drynke therof but offred it vnto the lorde and sayde the Lorde forbyd that I shulde do so Is not this the blood of the meÌ„ that went in ieoperdye of theyr lyues and therfore he wolde not drynke it And these thynges dyd these thre myghtye men Abisai the brother of Ioab the sonne of Seruiah was cheyfe among the thre and he lyfte vp his speare agaynst thre hundred and slue them and had the name among the thre For he was nobler man then the thre and was theyr captayne Howbeit he atteyned not vnto †the fyrst thre And Banaiahu the sonne of Iehoiada the son of a myghty man valyaunt in actes of Kabzeel slue two strong lyons euen lyons of Moab He went downe also slue a lyon in a pyt in tyme of snowe And he slue an Egyptian a goodly byg man whiche had a speare in his hande But he went downe to him with a staffe and plucked the speare out of the Egyptians hande and slue hym with his owne speare These thynges dyd Banatahu the son of Iehoiada and had the name among the thre worthyes He was honourable among thirtie but he atteyned not to the fyrst thre And Dauid made hym of his couÌ„sell Asahel the brother of Ioab also was one of the thyrtie TheÌ„ Elhanam the son of Dodo of Bethleem SaÌ„ma the Haronite Elica the Harodite Helez the Paltite Ira the sonnes Akes the Thekoite Abiezer of Anathoth Meobnal the Husathite zelmon an Ahohite Maharai the Netophathite Heleb the sonne of Baanah an Netophathite Ithai the son of Ribai out of an hyl of the chyldren of Beniamin Banaiahu the Phirathonite Hedai of the ryuer of Gaas Abialbon the Arbaâ—hice Asmaueth a Barhumite Elihaba a Saalbonite the sonnes of Iasen Ionathas SaÌ„ma the Hararite Ahiam the son of Sarer an Hararite Eliphelet the son of Aisbai the son of a Maachathite Eliam the son of Aithophel the Gilonite Hezrai y â— Carmelite Paarai the arbite Igall the son of Nathan of Zoba Banithe Gadite Zelec an Amonite Naharai a Berothite which was the harnes bereâ— of Ioab the sonne of Zaruia Ira the Iethrite Gareb the Iethrite Uria the Hethit thyrtye and seuen in all ¶ Dauid causeth the people to be nombred and therfore is Israell plaged with Pestilence so that in thre dayes there dyed ixi thousande CAPI XXIIII ANd agayne the Lorde was wrothe agaynst Israell and ☞ Dauid moued hym agaynst them in that he sayd go and nombre Israel and Iuda For the kyng sayde to Ioab the captayne of his hoost go thou abrode nowe thorowout all the trybes of Israell euen from Dan to Beer seba and nombre ye the people that I maye knowe the nombre of them And Ioab sayde vnto the kyng I beseche the Lorde thy God to make the people as many mo as they be yea an C. tymes so many mo that the eyes of my lorde the kyng may se them And what is the cause that my Lorde the kynge hath a lust to this thynge Notwithstandynge the kynges worde preuayled agaynst Ioab and agaynst the captaynes of the hoost And Ioab the captaynes of the hoost went out from the presence of the kyng to nombre the people of Israel And they passed ouer Iordan pytched in Aroer on the ryght syde of the Citye that lyeth in the myddes of the valey of Gad ouer agaynst Iazer And theÌ„ they came to Gilead to the nether lande where was a newe habitacion from thence they came to Dan Iaan aboute to Sidon came to the strong holde of Tyre and to all the cityes of the Heuites of the Cauanites then went out to the south of Iuda euen to Beer seba And so when they had bene abrode thorowout al the lande they returned to Ierusalem agayne after the ende of ix monethes and. xx dayes And Ioab delyuered vp the nombre suÌ„me of the people vnto the kyng And there were in Israel ix C. thousande meÌ„ of myght that drewe swerdes And the men
take possessyon of the vyneyarde of Naboth the Iezraelite whiche he denyed to gyue the for money for Naboth is not alyue but deade And when Ahab herde that Naboth was deade he stode vp to go downe to the vyneyarde of Naboth the Iezraelyte and to take passessyon of it And the worde of the Lorde came vnto Elia the Thesbite sayenge vp go downe to mete Ahab kynge of Israell whiche is in Samaria For to he is gone downe to the vyneyarde of Naboth to take possessyon of it And therfore shalte thou say vnto hym thus sayth the lorde hast thou kyssed gotten possessyon And y â— shalte speake vnto hym saynge Thus sayth the lorde in the place where dogges lycked the bloode of Naboth shall dogges lycke euen thy bloode also And Ahab sayd to Elia hast thou fouÌ„de me O y â— myne enemye He answered I haue founde the for y â— arte euen ☞ solde to worke wyckednesse in the syght of the lorde Behold I wyll bryng euyll vpon the and wyll make cleane ryddaunce of thy posterite wyl destroy from Ahab euen hym that maketh water agaynst the wall hym that is shut vp lefte behynde in Israell and wyl make thyne house lyke the house of Ieroboam the son of Nebat lyke the house of Baasa the son of Ahia for the prouocacioÌ„ wherwith thou hast prouoked and made Israel to synne And of Iezabell spake the lorde sayenge dogges shal eate Iezabell in the passession of Iezrael And he that dyeth of Ahab in the towne hym shall dogges eate he that dyeth in the feldes him shal the foules of the ayre eate But there was none lyke Ahab which dyd euen sell hym selfe to worke wyckednesse in the syght of the Lorde and that bycause Iezabell his wyfe prycked hym forwarde He dyd excedynge abhominably in folowyng foule ydols accordyng to all thyngê as dyd the Ammorites whom the lorde cast out before the chyldren of Israel And it fortuned that wheÌ„ Ahab herde those wordes he rent his clothes and put sacke cloth aboute his flesshe and fasted laye in sacke cloth went †bare fote And the worde of the Lorde came to Elia the Thesbyte sayenge Seest thou howe Ahab humbleth hym selfe before me bycause he so submytteth him selfe before me I wyll not bryng that euyl in his dayes But in his sonnes dayes wyll I bring euyl vpoÌ„ his house And they coÌ„tynued 〈◊〉 yere without war bytwene Siria Israel ¶ Foure hundred false Prophettes do counsell Ahab and Iehosaphat to warre agaynst Ramoth only Michea prophesyeth the trueth for whiche he iâ— smytten and putte in pryson Of Ahazia otherwyse called Ochosias CAPI XXII ANd in the thyrde yere dyd Iehosaphat the kynge of Iuda come downe to the kyng of Israel And the kyng of Israel sayd vnto his seruauntes knowe ye not that Ramoth in Gilead is oures and we syt styll and take it not out of the hande of the kynge of Siria And he sayde vnto Iehosaphat Wylte y â— come with me to battayle agaynst Ramoth in Gilead And Iehosaphat sayde vnto the kyng of Israel I wyll be as thou arte and my people shal be as thyne and my horses as thyne And Iehosaphat sayde vnto the kynge of Israel Aske counsel I pray the at the word of the Lorde to daye And then the kynge of Israel gathered the prophets togyther vpoÌ„ a foure hundred men and sayd vnto them shal I go agaynst Ramoth in Gilead to battayle or shall I let it alone And they sayde go vp for the Lorde shall delyuer it in to the handes of the kynge And Iehosaphat sayd is there here neuer a prophet of the Lorde more that we myght enquyre of hym And the kyng of Israel sayd vnto Iehosaphat there is yet one man Michea the sonne of Iimla by whom we maye aske counsayle of the lorde But I hate hym for he doth not prophesye good vnto me but euyll And Iehosaphat sayd let not the kyng say so TheÌ„ the kyng of Israel called a chamberlayne and sayde fetche Michea the sonne of Iimla hyther atonce And the kyng of Israell and Iehosaphat the kyng of Iuda sat eyther in his seate and theyr apparel on them in the voyde place besyde the entryng in at the gate of Samaria and al the prophets prophesyed before them And Zedekia the son of Canaana made hornes of yron and sayde thus sayth the Lorde â–ª with these hornes shalt thou pushe the Sirians vntyl thou haue made an ende of them And all the Prophettes prophesyed euen so sayenge Go vp to Ramoth in Gilead and prosper for the Lorde shall delyuer it in to the kynges hands And the messenger that was gone to call Michea spake vnto hym sayenge Beholde the wordes of the prophets speake good vnto the kynge with one mouth let thy worde therfore I pray the be lyke the worde of euerye one of them to speake that which is good And Michea sayd as truely as the Lorde lyueth what soeuer the Lorde saythe vnto me that wyll I speake And so he came to the kyng and the kyng sayd vnto hym Michea ought we to go agaynst Ramoth in Gilead to battayle or to be styll He answered vnto hym go and prosper the Lorde shall delyuer it into the hande of the kynge And the kynge sayde vnto hym So and so many tymes do I charge the that y â— tel me nothynge but that whiche is true in the name of the lorde He sayd I saw all them of Israel scattered vpon the hylles as shape that haue not a shepheerde And the lorde sayd these haue no mayster let euery maÌ„ returne to his house in peace And the kyng of Israel sayde vnto Iehosaphat dyd I not tell the that he wolds prophesie no good vnto me but euyll And he sayde agayne heare thou therfore the worde of the lorde I sawe the lorde syt on his seate and all the hoost of heuen stode aboute hym on his ryght hande on his lefte And the Lorde sayde who shall persuade Ahab that he maye go and fal at Ramoth in Gilead And one sayd on this maner and an other on that And there came forth a certayn spirite and stode before the Lorde and sayd I wyll persuade hym And the Lorde sayde vnto hym wherwith And he sayde I wyll go out and be a false spirite in the mouth of all the prophettes He sayde thou shalte persuade hym and preuayle go forth then do euen so Nowe therfore beholde the Lorde hath put a lyenge spirite in the mouth of all these thy prophettes and the lorde hath spâ—spoken euyll towarde the. But Zedekia the son of Canaana went to and smote Michea on the cheke and sayde When went the spirite of the lorde from me to speake vnto the And Michea sayde Beholde thou shalte se in that daye when thou shalt go froÌ„ chambre to chambre to hyde the. And the kynge of Israel sayde take Michea and carye hym
came fyre of God downe from heuen consumed hym his fyftie And the kynge went agayne and sent the thyrde captayne ouer fyftie with his fiftie men And the thyrde captayne ouer fyftie went vp and came fell on his knees before Elia and besought hym and sayde vnto hym O man of god let my lyfe and the lyfe of these fyfiye thy seruauntes be precyous in thy syght Beholde there came fyre downe from heuen burnt vp the two fore captaynes ouer fyftie with theyr fyfties therfore let my lyfe nowe be precyous in thy syght And the angell of the Lorde sayde vnto Elia Go downe w t hym be not afrayde of hym And he arose and went downe with hym vnto the kyng And he sayd vnto hym thus sayth the lorde for as moche as thou hast sent messengers to aske counsayle at Beelzebub the god of Ekrom as though there had bene no god in Israell whose worde thou myghtest like after Therfore thou shalte not come downe of the bed on whiche thou arte gone vp but shalt dye the death And so he dyed accordyng to the worde of the lorde which Elia had spoken And Iehoram †his brother began to reygne in his steade in the seconde yeare of Iehoram the son of Iehosaphat kyng of Iuda bycause he had no sonne The rest of the wordes that concerne Ahazia what thynges he dyd are they not wrytten in the boke of the cronicles of the kynges of Israel ¶ Elia deuydeth the waters with his maritell He â—s taken vp in to heuen The bâ—tter and venemous watâ—rs are healed The chyldren that mocke Hesâ—â—â—us otherwyse câ—llâ—d Elisa are rent in peces CAPI II. ANd it chaunced that when the Lorde wolde take vp Elia in to heuen ☞ by a whyrlewynde Elia went with Elisa froÌ„ Gilgal And Elia sayde vnto Elisa tary here I pray the for the Lorde hath sent me to Bethel Elisa sayd vnto hym as surely as the lorde lyueth and as thy soule lyueth I wyll not leaue the. And they came downe to Bethel And the chyldren of the Prophets that were at Bethell came out to Elisa and sayde vnto hym knowest thou not howe that the Lorde wyll take away thy mayster ☞ froÌ„ thy heade this day He sayde I know it also holde ye youre peace And Elia sayde vnto hym Elisa tary here I praye the for the lorde hath sent me to Iericho He sayd as surely as the lord lyueth and as surely as thy soule lyueth I wyll not leaue the and so they came to Iericho And the chyldren of the Prophettes that were at Iericho came to Elisa and sayde vnto hym Knowest thou not that the Lorde wyll take awaye thy mayster from thy heade this day He answered I knowe it also holde ye youre peace And Elia sayd vnto hym tary I pray the here for the lorde hath sent me to IordaÌ„ He sayd as surely as the Lorde lyueth as thy soule lyueth I wyll not leaue the. And so they two went togyther And fyftye meÌ„ of the sonnes of the prophets came stode on the other syde a far of they two stode by Iordan And Elia toke his mantell and wrapte it togyther smote the waters and they were deuided parte the one way and parte the other so that they two went ouer thorowe the drye lande And it fortuned that as soone as they were ouer Elia sayd vnto Elisa aske what I shall do for the or I be taken away from the. And Elisa sayd I praye the ☞ let thy spirite be double vpon me And he sayde thou hast asked an harde thyng Neuerthelesse yf thou se me when I am taken away from the thou shalte haue it so yf thou do not it shal not be And it fortuned that as they went walkyng and talkyng Beholde there appeared a charet of fyre and horses of fyre and parted them both a sonder And Elia wente vp thorowe the whyrle wynde in to heuen And Elisa sawe cryed O my father O my father the charet of Israel and the horsemen therof he sawe hym no more and he toke his owne clothes and rente them in two peces He toke vp also the mantell of Elia that fell from hym and went backe agayne and stode by Iordans syde toke the mantell of Elia that fell from hym and smote the waters †and they parted not a sonder and he sayd where is the lorde god of Elia and he hym selfe And when he had smytten the waters they parted this waye that way and Elisa went ouer And when the chyldren of the prophettes which were at Iericho sawe hym from a farre they sayde the spirite of Elia doth rest on Elisa they came to mete hym and fell to the grounde before hym and sayde vnto hym Se there be with thy seruauntes fyftie strong men ☞ let them go and seke thy mayster haply the spirite of the lorde hath taken hym vp cast him vpon some mountayne or in to some valley And he sayd Ye shall sende none And when they say vpon hym tyl he was ashamed he sayd send They sent therfore fyftie men whiche sought hym thre dayes but founde hym not And when they came agayne to hym whiche taried at Iericho he sayd vnto them dyd I not say vnto you that ye shulde not go And the men of the citye sayd vnto Elisa Beholde Syr the dwellynge of this citye is pleasaunt as thou my lorde seest but the waters is nought and the grounde bareyne He sayde brynge me a newe cruse and put salte therin And they brought it to hym And he went vnto the spryng of the waters and cast the salte in thyther and sayde thus sayth the Lorde I haue healed this water there shall not come henceforth eyther death or bareynnesse So the waters were healed vnto this daye accordynge to the sayenge of Heliseus which he spake And he went vp from thence vnto Bethel And as he was goynge vp the waye there came lytell chyldren out of the citye and mocked hym and sayd vnto hym go vp thou balde heade go vp thou balde heade And he turned backe and loked on them and cursed them in the name of the Lorde And there came two she Beares out of that wood and tare xlii chyldren of them And he went from thence to mount Carmel from thence he turned agayne to Samaria ¶ The kynges of Israell Iuda and Edom lacke water whiche they obteyne through the prayer of Heliseus The kynge of Moab fygh eth agaynst Israell CAPI III. I Ehoram the son of Ahab began to reygne vpon Israel in Samaria the. xviii yere of Iehosaphat kyng of Iuda and reygned twelue yeres And he wrought euyll in the syght of the Lorde but not lyke his father and lyke his mother for he put awaye the ymages of Baal that his father had made Neuerthelesse he ☞ cleaued vnto the synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat whiche made Israel to synne and departed not therfrom And Mesa kyng of
male stues that were by the house of the Lorde where the women woue hangynges for the groue And he brought all the Preestes out of the cytyes of Iuda and defyled the hylaulters where the Preestes had burnt incense euen from Geba to Beerseba destroyed the aulters of the gates that were in the enterynge of the gate of Iosua the gouernour of the citye whiche were as a man goeth in on the lefte hande of the gate of the citye Neuerthe lesse the Preestes of the hylaulters came not vp to the aulter of the Lorde in Ierusalem saue onelye they dyd eate of the swete breade amonge theyr brethren And he defyled ☞ Topheth whiche is in the valeye of the chyldren of Hinnom bycause no man shulde offer his Sonne or his doughter in fyre to Molech he put downe ☞ the horses that the kynges of Iuda had gyuen to the sonne at the enterynge in of the house of the Lorde by the chambre of Nathanmelech the chamberlayne whiche was ruler of the suburbes and burnt the charettes of the Sonne with fyre And the aulters that were on the top of the parloure of Ahaz whiche the kynges of Iuda had made and the aulters whiche Manasse had made in the two courtes of the house of the Lorde dyd the kynge breake downe and ran thence and cast the dust of them in to the broke Cedron And the hylaulters that were before Ierusalem on the ryght hande of the mounte Oliuete whiche Salomon the kynge of Israell had buylded for Astaroth the Idoll of the Zidons and for Chamos the Idoll of the Moabites and for Milchom the abhomynable Idoll of the Chyldren of Ammon those the kynge ☞ defyled and brake the ymages and cut downe the groues and fylled theyr places with the bones of men Moreouer the aulter that was at Bethell the hylaulter made by Ieroboam the Sonne of Nabat whiche made Israell syn bothe the aulter and also the hyll he brake downe and burnt the hyl aulter and stampte it to powder and burnt the groue And as Iosia turned hym selfe he spyed the graues that were in the mount and sent and set the bones out of the graues and burt them vpoÌ„ the aulter to pollute it accordynge to the worde of the Lorde that the men of god proclaymed whiche tolde the same wordes Then he sayd what graue stone is yonder that I se And the men of the citye tolde hym it is the sepulchre of the man of God whiche came from Iuda and tolde the selfe same thynges that thou hast done to the aulter of Bethell And he sayde let hym be se that no man moue his bones And so his bones were saued with the bones of a Prophet that came out of Samaria â–ª And in all the houses of the hylaulters in the cityes of Samaria whiche the kynges of Israell had made to angre †the Lorde withall those Iosia put out of the waye and dyd to them accordynge to all the actes that he had done in Bethel And he sacrifyced all the Preestes of the hylaulters that were there euen vpon the aulters and burnt mennes bones vpon them and returned to Ierusalem And the kynge commaunded all the people saynge kepe the feast of Passeouer vnto the Lorde your God as it is wrytten in the boke of this couenaunt There was no Passe â—â—er holden lyke that from the dayes of the iudges that iudged Israell and in all the dayes of the kynges of Israell and of the kynges of Iuda In the. xviii yere of kynge Iosia was this Passeouer holdeÌ„ to the lorde in Ierusalem And therto workers with spirites and sothsayers ymages ydolles and al the abhominacions that were spyed in the lande of Iuda and in Ierusalem those dyd Iosia put out of the waye to perfourme the wordes of the lawe whiche were wrytten in the booke that Helkia the Preest founde in the house of the Lorde lyke vnto hym was there no kynge before hym that turned to the Lorde with all his herte w t all his soule and all his myght accordyng to all the lawe of Moses neyther after hym arose there any soche as he Notwithstandynge the Lorde turned not from the fearcenesse of his greate wrath wherwith he was angrye agaynst Iuda bycause of all the prouocacyons that Manasse had prouoked hym withall And the Lorde sayde I wyll put Iuda also out of my syght as I haue done away Israell and wyll cast of this citye Ierusalem whiche I haue chosen and the house of whiche I sayd my name shall be there The rest of the wordes that concerne Iosia and all that he dyd are they not wrytten in the booke of the cronicles of the kynges of Iuda In his dayes Pharao ☞ Necho kynge of Egypt went vp agaynst the kynge of Assyria to the ryuer of Euphrates And kynge Iosia went agaynst hym and was sleyne of hym at Magyddo when he had sene hym And his seruauntes caryed hym â—â—â—ad from Magiddo brought hym to Ierusalem and buryed hym in his owne sepulchre And the people of the lande toke ☞ Iehoahaz the Sonne of Iosia and anoynted hym and made hym â–ª kynge in his fathers steade Iehoahaz was xxiii years olde when he began to reygne and reygned thre monethes in Ierusalem His mothers name also was Hamiel the doughter of Ieremia of Libna And he dyd euyl in the syght of the lorde accordynge to all thynges as his Fathers had done And Pharao Necho put hym in bondes at Rebla in the lande of Hamath that he shulde not reygne in Ierusalem and put the lande to a trybute of an hundred talentes of syluer and a talent of golde And Pharao Necho made Eliakim the sonne of Iosia kynge in the rowme of Iosia his father and turned his name to Iehoakim and toke Iehoahaz awaye whiche when he came to Egypte dyed there And Iehoakim gaue the syluer and the golde to Pharao and taxed the lande to gyue the money accordynge to the request of Pharao requirynge of euery man accordynge to theyr abilyte syluer and golde euen of the people of the lande to gyue vnto Pharao Necho Iehoakim was xxv yere olde when he began to reygne and he reygned a. xi yeare in Ierusalem His mothers name also was Zebuda the doughter of Pedaia of Ruma And he dyd that which was euyll in the syght of the Lorde accordynge to all thyngê as his fathers had done ¶ Iehoakim dyeth Ierusalem is beseyged of the Babilonians Iehoachin yeldeth hym selfe to the kynge of Babilon And in his roume came Mathaniah which was called zedekia CAPI XXIIII IN his dayes came Nabuchodonezer kyng of BabiloÌ„ vp and Iehoakim became his seruaunte thre yere and then turned and rebelled agaynst hym And the Lorde sent vpon hym ☞ men of warte from among the Caldeys from amonge the Sirians out of the Moabites and from the chyldren of Ammon and sent them agaynst Iuda to destroy it accordynge to the sayenge of the Lorde whiche he spake by his seruauntes
me thorowe therwith that these vncircumcysed come not and do me shame But his weapon berer wolde not for he feared excedingly So Saul caught a swerde and fell vpon it And when his haâ—nes berer sawe that Saul was deade he fell on a swerde also and dyed And thus Saul and his thre sonnes and all they of his house dyed togyther And wheÌ„ all the men of Israel that were in the valley â–ª sawe howe they fled and that Saull and his sonnes were deade they forsoke theyr cityes and ran away and the Philistines came and dwelte in them And it fortuned that on the morow when the Philistines came to strype the deade bodies they founde Saull his sonnes ouerthrowen in mount Gilboe And wheÌ„ they had strypte hym they toke his heade and his harnesse and sent them in to the lande of the Philistines rounde aboute to shewe them vnto theyr ydols and to the people And they put his harnesse in the house of theyr God and set vp his heade in the temple of Dagon And when al they of Iabes in Gilead herde all that the Philistines had done to Saull they arose all the strongest of them and fet away the body of Saull and the bodyes of his sonnes and brought them to Iabes and buryed the bodyes of them vnder an ooke in Iabes fasted seuen dayes So Saul dyed for his trespasse that he trespassed agaynst the lorde in that he kepte not the worde of the lorde and in that he sought and asked counsayle of a womaÌ„ that wrought with a spirite and asked not of the Lorde And therfore he slue hym and turned the kyngdom vnto Dauid the sonne of Isai. ¶ After the death of Saull is Dauid anoynted in Hebron The Iâ—busites rebell agaynst Dauid from whiche he taketh the â—oure of Sion His men are nombred CAPI XI THen all Israell gathered them selues to Dauid vnto Hebron saynge Behold we be thy bones thy flesshe And more ouer in tyme past euen wheÌ„ Saul was kyng thou leddest Israel out and in And the lorde thy God sayde vnto the thou shalte fede my people Israell and thou shalte be captayne ouer my people Israel Therfore came al the elders of Israel to the kyng to Hebron and Dauid made a couenaunt with them in Hebron before the Lorde And they anoynted Dauid kyng ouer Israel accordyng to the worde of the Lorde ☞ by the hande of Samuel And Dauid and all Israel went to Ierusalem whiche is Iebus where as were the Iebusites the enhabitours of the lande And the enhabitours of Iebus sayde to Dauid thou comest not here Neuerthelesse Dauid wan the castell of Sion whiche is called the citye of Dauid And Dauid sayde who so euer smyteth the Iebusites fyrst shall be the principall captayne and a Lorde So Ioab the sonne of Zâ—ruia wente fyrst vp and was made the cheyfe captayne And Dauid dwelt in the castell therfore they called it the citye of Dauid And he buylte the Citye on euery syde euen from Millo rounde about Ioab repayred the rest of the Citye And Dauid prospered and waxed great and the Lorde of hoostes was with hym These are the principall men of power whom Dauid had and that claue to hym in his kyngdom with all Israell to make hym kyng according to the word of the lorde vnto Israel And this is the nombre of the mighty men whom Dauid had Iasobeam the sonne of Hachmoni the cheyfe amonge thyrtye he lyfte vp his spere agaynst thre hundred and wounded them at one tyme. After hym was Eleazar his vncles son an Ahothyte whiche was one of thre myghtyest He was with Dauid at Pasdammin and there the Philistines were gathered togyther to battayle And ther was there a parcell of grounde full of barley and the people fled before the Philistines And ☞ they stepte forth in to the myddes of the felde and saued it and slue the Philistines And the lorde gaue a great victorye And the thre of the thyrtye cheyfe captaynes went to a rocke to Dauid in to the caue Adullam And the hoost of the Philistines abode in the valley of Rephaim And when Dauid was in the holde the Philistines watche was at BethleeÌ„ that same tyme. And Dauid longed and sayd Oh that one wolde gyue me drynke of the water of the well that is at the gate at Bethleem And the thre brake thorowe the hoost of the Philistines and drewe water out of the well that was by the gaâ—e at Bethleem and toke it brought it to Dauid Neuerthelesse Dauid wolde not drynke of it but rather offered it to the Lorde and sayde My God forbyd it me that I shulde do this thynge Shall I drynke the bloode of these men that haue put theyr lyues in ieoperdye for with the Ieoperdye of theyr lyues they brought it therfore he wolde not drynke it And this dyd these thre myghtyest And Abâ—sai the brother of Ioab he also was captayne among thre for he lyftâ— vp his speare agaynst thre hundred and wounded them and had a name amonge the thre Yea amonge thre he was more honourable then the two for he was theyr captayne Howbeit he attaynted not vnto the †fyrst thre Banaia the sonne of Iehoiaba the sonne of a verye stronge man dyd greater actes then Cabzeell for he slue two stronge lyons of Moab and went downe and slue a Lyon in a pyt in tyme of snowe And he slue an Egyptian whose stature was euen fyue cubytes longe and in the Egyptians hand was a speare lyke a weauers beame And the other went downe to hym with a waster plucked the speare out of the Egyptians hande and slue hym with his owne speare Soch thynges dyd Banaia the sonne of Iehoiada and had the name among the thre myghtest and was honourable amonge thyrtye but attayned not vnto the fyrst thre And Dauid made hym of his counsayle The other men of armes were these Asahell the brother of Ioab Elhanan his vncles sonne of Bethleem Sammoth the Harodite Helez the Pelonite Ira the sonne of Iâ—kes the Thekoite Abieser the Anatothite Sibaâ—ai the Husathite Ilai the Ahohite Maharai the Nethophathite Heled the son of Baâ—na the Nethophatite Ithai the sonne of Ribai of Gibea that perteyneth to the chyldren of Beniamin Benaia the Phirathonite Huâ—ai of the ryuers of Gaas Abiell the Arbathite Azmaneth the Baharumite Elihaba the Saalbonite The sonnes of Assem the Gezonite Iona than the sonne of Sage an Haraite Ahiam the sonne of Sacar the Haâ—aite Eliphal the sonne of Ur. Hepher the Mecherathite Ahia the Pelonite Hezro the Carmelite Naari the sonne of Ezbai Ioell the brother of Nathan Miâ—har the sonne of Hari Zelegam the Ammonite Naharai a Berothite the bearet of the harnesse of Ioab the son of Zeruia Ira the Iithrite and Gareb a Iethrite Uria the Hethite and Zahad the sonne of Ahlai Adina the sonne of Siza a Rubenite a captayne of the Rubenites and thyrtye with hym Hanan the Sonne of
Iuda loked aboute beholde the battayle was before and behynde and they cryed vnto the Lorde the preestes blewe with the trompettê and the men of Iuda gaue a showte And as the men of Iuda showted it came to passe that God smote Ieroboam and all Israel before Abia and Iuda And the chyldren of Israel fled before Iuda and God deliuered them in to theyr hand And Abia and his people slue a great slaughter of them There fell downe wounded of Israell fyue hundred thousande chosen men And so the chyldren of Israell were broughte vnder at that tyme and the chyldren of Iuda preuayled bycause they leaned vnto the Lorde God of theyr fathers And Abia folowed after Ieroboam and toke cityes from hym Bethell with the townes belongynge therto Iesana with the townes that longed therto EphroÌ„ with her townê And Ieroboam recouered no strength agayne in the dayes of Abia. And â–ª the lorde plaged hym and he dyed But Abia waxed myghtye maryed xiiii wyues begat xxii sonnes xvi doughtes The rest of the actes of Abia his customes his sayengê are wrytten in the storie of the prophet Iddo ¶ Of Asa kynge of Iuda CAPI XIIII SO Abia slepte with his fathers and they buryed hym in the Citye of Dauid and Asa his sonne reygned in his steade In whose dayes the lande was in quietnesse ten yere And Asa dyd that was good and ryght in the eyes of the Lorde his God for he toke away straung aulters the hyl aulters brake downe the ymages and cut downe the groues and coÌ„maunded Iuda to seke the lorde god of theyr fathers to do accordyng to the lawe coÌ„maundmentes And he put away out of all the cityes of Iuda the hyl aulters and the ymages and the kyngdom was quiet before hym And he buylt strong cityes in Iuda bycause the lande was in rest and he had no warre in those yeres For the lorde had gyued hym rest Therfore he sayd to Iuda let vs buylde these cityes and make aboute them walles towres gates and barres for the lande is yet in rest before vs bycause we haue sought the Lorde our God We haue sought hym and he hath gyuen vs rest on euery syde And so they buylte and it prospered with them And Asa had an armye of men that bare scheldes speares out of Iuda thre hundred thousande and out of Ben Iamin that bare scheldes and drewe bowes two hundred and. lxxx thousande all these were valiaunt men And there came out agaynst them Zarah the blacke Morian with an hoost of x. hundred thousande and thre hundred charettes and came as farre as Maresa And Asa went out before hym and they ioyned the battayle in the valley of Zephata besyde Maresa And Asa cryed vnto the Lorde his God and sayd Lorde it is no harde thynge with the to helpe eyther many or them that haue no power helpe vs therfore O Lorde God for we trust to the in thy name we go agaynst this multitude Thou arte the lorde our god and no man shall preuayle agaynst the. So the Lorde smote the blacke Moores before Asa Iuda and the blacke Moores fled And Asa and the people that was with hym folowed after them vnto Gerar. And the blacke Moores hoost was ouerthrowen that there was none of them lefte but were destroyed before the lorde before his hoost And they caryed away a myghty great pray And they smote all the cityes rounde aboute Gerar. For the feare of the Lorde came vpon them And they spoyled all the Cityes and there was excedynge moche spoyle in them They smote also the tentes of cattell and caryed awaye plentye of shepe and Camelles and returned to Ierusalem ¶ Kynge Asa by the monicion of the prophet Azaria sacrifyeth vnto the Lorde He depryueth his mother of her dominyon CAPI XV. ANd the spirite of God came on Azaria the sonne of Oded And he went out to mete Asa and sayd vnto hym heare me Asa and all Iuda and Beniamin The lorde is with you whyle ye be with hym and when ye seke hym he wyll be founde of you and agayne when ye forsake hym he also wyll forsake you And truely for a long ceason in Israel no man sought the true god no man regarded the preest that taught them no man cared for the lawe And when any man in his trouble dyd turne vnto the Lorde god of Israel and sought hym he was founde of them And in that tyme there was no peace to hym that dyd go out and in But great sedicyon was there among all the enhabitoures of the earth And nacyon was destroyed of nacyon and citye of citye for god dyd moue all aduet syte amonge them Play ye therfore the men and let not your handê slacke for your worke shall be rewarded And when Asa herde those wordes and the prophesie of Azaria the son of Oded the prophet he toke courage and put awaye the abhominable ydolles out of all the lande of Iuda and Beniamin and out of the cityes whiche he wanne in mount Ephraim and renued the aulter of the Lorde that was before the porche of the Lorde And he gathered all Iuda and Beniamin the straungers with them out of Ephraim Manasse and Simeon For there fell many to hym oute of Israell when they sawe that the Lorde his god was with hym So they assembled at Ierusalem the thyrde moneth the fyftenth yeare of the reygne of Asa. And they offred vnto the lorde the same tyme of the spoyle whiche they had brought vii C. oxen and. vii M. shepe And they made a couenaunt to seke the lorde God of theyr fathers with al theyr herte and all theyr soule And who soeuer wolde not seke the lorde God of Israel shulde dye for it whyther he were small or greate man or woman And ☞ they sware vnto the Lorde with a loude voyce showtyng and blowynge with trompettes and shaulmes And all they in Iuda reioysed at the othe for they had sworne vnto the Lorde with all theyr herte sought hym with all theyr lust and he was founde of them And the Lorde gaue them rest rounde aboute on euery syde And kyng Asa put Maacha his mother out of auctoryte bycause she had made an abhominable ydoll †of Priapus in a groue and Asa brake downe her ydoll and stamped it burnt it at the broke Cedron But all the hyll aulters were not taken away out of Israell though the herte of Asa was perfyte all his dayes And he brought in to the house of god the thynges that his father had dedicate and that he hym selfe had dedicate euen syluer golde Iuels And there was no more war vnto the xxxv yere of the reygne of Asa. ¶ Asa for feare of Baasa kynge of Israell maketh a couenaunt with Benhadad kynge of Siria CAPI XVI IN the. xxxvi yeare of the reygne of Asa came Baasa kyng of Israel vp agaynst Iuda buylte
Thamar whiche is Engadi And Iehosaphat feared and set hym selfe to seke the Lorde and proclamed fastynge thorowout all Iuda And they that were in Iuda gathered them selues togyther to aske counsayle of the Lorde And they came out of al the cityes of Iuda to make intercessyon to the Lorde And Iehosaphat stode bytwene the congregacyon of Iuda and Ierusalem in the house of the lord before the newe courte and sayde O Lorde God of our fathers arte not thou god in heuen reygnest not thou on al the kyngdoms of the hethen And in thyne hande is power myght and there is no man that is able to withstand the. Arte not thou our God which dydest cast out the enhabitours of this lande before thy people Israell and gauest it to the seed of Abraham thy louer for euer And they dwelte therin and haue buylte the a temple therin for thy name sayenge If euyl come vpon vs as the swerde of iudgement pestilence or hongre then yf we stande before this house in thy presence for thy name is in this house and crye vnto the in oure tribulation heate thou and helpe And now beholde the chyldren of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir by whom thou woldest not let them of Israel go when they came out of the lande of Egypte but they departed from them and destroyed them not Se how they rewarde vs to come for to cast vs out of thy possessyon which thou hast gyuen vs to enherite O our god wylt thou not iudge them for we haue no myght agaynste this great company that cometh agaynst vs. Neyther wote we what to do but our eyes be vnto the. And all Iuda stode before the lorde with theyr yong ones theyr wyues and theyr chyldren there was Iehasiel the son of Zacharia the son of Benaia the son of Ieâ—el the son of Mathania a Leuite of the sonnê of Asaph vpoÌ„ hym came the spirite of the lorde euen in the myddes of the coÌ„gregacyon And he sayd herken al Iuda ye enhabitours of Ierusalem thou kyng Iehosaphat Thus sayth the lorde vnto you be not afrayde nor faynte herted by reason of this great multitude for the battayle is not yours but gods To morowe go ye downe agaynste them for they come vp at Ziz and ye shall fynde them at the ende of the broke before the wyldernesse of Ieruel Ye shall not nede to fyght in this battayle but step forth and stande beholde the helpe of the Lorde which is with you feare not nor let your hertes fayle you Oye of Iuda and of Ierusalem Tomorow go out agaynst them for the lorde wyll be w t you And Iehosaphat bowed his face to the earth and all Iuda and the enhabitoures of Ierusalem fel before the lorde worshyppyng the lorde And the Leuites of the chyldren of the Cahathites and of the chyldren of the Corahites stode vp to prayse the Lorde God of Israell with a loude voyce on hye And when they arose early in the mornynge they gatte them out vnto the wyldernesse of Thekoa And as they went out Iehosaphat stode sayd heare me O Iuda ye enhabitoures of Ierusalem Put your truste in the Lorde your God that ye may be founde faythfull Gyue credence to his prophettes and so shall ye prospere And he gaue the people counsell and set some to synge vnto the Lorde and to prayse hym in the beautie and holynesse and to go out before the armye as they went and to say prayse the Lorde for his mercy lasteth euer And what tyme as they began to laude and prayse then the lorde styrred vp certayne of the chyldren of Ammon and Moab which layde wayte for them that were of Mounte Seir whiche were come agaynst Iuda And they were ouerthrowen with strokes among them selues For the chyldren of Ammon and Moab rose agaynst the enhabiters of mount Seir. And they siue and destroyed them And when they had made an ende of the enhabitours of Sier euery one helped to destroy an other amonge them selues And when Iuda came to the edge of the wyldernesse they loked vnto the multitude And beholde they were dead carcasses fallen to the earth none escaped And when Ieosaphat and his people came to take away the spoyle of them they founde amonge them abundaunce of goodes rayment pleasaunt Iuels which they toke for them selues more then they coulde cary away so that they were thre dayes in gatheryng of the spoyle it was so moche And the fourth day they assembled in the valley of blessing for there they blessed the Lorde And therfore they called the name of the same place the valley of blessyng vnto this day And so all the men of Iuda Ieru salem returned with Iehosaphat theyr heade for to go agayne to Ierusalem with gladnes for the Lorde had made them to reioyse ouer theyr enemyes And they came to Ierusalem with psaltryes and harpes shaulmes euen vnto the house of the Lorde And the feare of god fel in the kyngdomes of al landes when they had herde that the lorde fought agaynst the enemyes of Israell And so the realme of Iehosaphat was in tranquilyte and his god gaue hym test on euery syde And Iehosaphat reygned vpon Iuda was .xxxv. yere olde wheÌ„ he began to reygne and reygned .xxv. yere in Ierusalem And his mothers name was Asuba the doughter of Silhi And he walked in the way of Asa his father and bowed not therfrom doynge that whiche was ryght in the syght of the Lorde Howbeit the hyll aulters were not taken away for the peple had not yet prepared theyr hertes vnto the God of theyr fathers The rest of the actes of Ieosaphat fyrst and last beholde they are wrytten among the sayengê of Iehu the sonne of Hanani whiche noted them in the boke of the kynges of Israel After this dyd Ieosaphat kyng of Iuda ioyne hym selfe with Ahaziahu kynge of Israell whose mynde was to do wyckedly He coupled hym selfe with hym to make shyppê to go to Tharsis And they made the shyppê in Ezion Gaber And Eliezer the son of Dodanah of Maresa prophesied agaynst Iehosaphat saynge bycause thou hast ioyned thy selfe with Ahaziahu the Lorde hath broken thy workes And the shyppes were broken that they were not able to go to Tharsis ¶ Ieosaphat dyeth and Iehoram succedeth hym which putteth his brethren to death is oppressed of the Philistines and dyeth of the Flyâ—â— CAPI XXI I Ehosaphat also slepte with his fathers was buryed with his fathers in the citie of Dauid and Iehoram his son reygned in his steade and he had brethren which were the sonnes of Iehosaphat Asaria Iehicl Zacharia Asaria Michael and Sephattahu All these were the sonnes of Iehosaphat kynge of Iuda And theyr father gaue them many great gyftes of golde and syluer and other specyal substaunce with stronge cityes in Iuda But the kyngdome gaue he to Iehoram for he was the eldest And Iehoram arose vp agaynst the kyngdom of
fountaynes without the citie and they dyd helpe hym For there gathered many of the people togyther and stopt al the welles and the broke that ranne thorow the myddes of the lande sayenge Why shal the kyngê of Assur come and fynde moch water And Hezekia wente to lustelye and buylte vp all the wall where it was broken and made ordynaunce vpon the towres and to the other wal without and repayred Millo in the citye of Dauid made many dartes and sheldes And he set captaynes of war ouer the people and gathered them togyther to hym in the large strete of the gate of the Citye and spake tentellye to them sayenge Plucke vp your hertes be stronge Be not afrayde nor discouraged for the kynge of Assur and for al the multitude that he hath with hym for there be mo with vs then with hym With hym is an arme of flesshe But with vs is the lorde our god for to helpe vs to fyght our battayls And the people toke a courage thorowe the wordes of Hezekia kyng of Iuda After this dyd Sennacherib kynge of Assur sende of his seruauntes to Ierusalem but he hym selfe remayned besyde Lachis hauyng all his power with hym vnto Hezekia kyng of Iuda vnto al Iuda that were at Ierusalem sayenge Thus sayeth Sennacheryb Kynge of Assur wherein do ye trust O ye that dwell in Ierusalem which is beseyged Doth not Hezekia entyce you to gyue ouer your selues vnto death hunger thyrst sayenge the lorde our god shal ryd vs out of the hande of the kynge of Assur Hath not the same Hezekia put downe his hygh places and his aulters and coÌ„maunded Iuda and Ierusalem sayenge Ye shall worshyp before one aulter and burne incense vpon the same Knowe ye not what I and my fathers haue done vnto the people of all landêâ— were the Gods of the people of other landes able or myghtye to saue theyr landes out of my hande which of all the gods of those nacyons that my fathers destroyed coulde delyuer his peple out of myne hande And shal your god be able to delyuer you out of myne hand wherfore now let not Hezekia deceyue you nor persuade you of this fassyoÌ„ nor yet byleue hym For as no God among all nacions kyngdomes was able to ryd his peple out of myne hande and out of the hande of my fathers howe moche lesse shal your gods be able to kepe you out of myne hande And yet mo thynges dyd his seruauntes speake agaynst the Lorde God and agaynst his seruaunt Hezekia And Sennacherib also wrote a letter to rayle on the Lorde God of Israel and spake agaynst hym sayngeâ— as the gods of the nacions of other landes haue not bene able to delyuer theyr people out of myne hande Euen so shal not the God of Hezekia delyuer his people out of myne hande And they cryed w t a loude voyce in the Iues speche vnto the peple of Ierusalem that were on the wall to feare them and to make them faynt heried and that they myght so take the citye And they spake agaynst the god of Ierusalem as agaynst the Gods of the nacions of the earth which were the worke of the handes of men But Hezekia the kyng the prophet Isal the son of Amoz prayed agaynst the blasphemye cryed vp to heuen And the Lorde sent an angel which destroyed all the men of war and the lordes and captaynes of the hoost of the kyng of Assur that he turned his face agayne with shame towarde his owne lande And when he was come into the house of his God they that came of his owne body slue hym there w t the swerde And so the lorde saued Hezekia the enhabitours of Ierusalem out of the hande of Sennacherib kynge of Assur and from the hande of all other and maynteyned them on euery syde And many brought offerynges vnto the Lorde to Ierusalem presentes to Hezekia kyng of Iuda so that he was magnifyed in the syght of all nacions from thence forth In those dayes Hezekia was sycke vnto the death and prayed vnto the Lorde which answered hym and shewed hym a wonderful myracle But Hezekia dyd not agayne vnto God accordyng to it that he had shewed hym for his herte arose there came wrath vpon hym and vpon Iuda and Ierusalem Notwithstandyng Hezekia submytted hym selfe after that his herte was rysen vp he the enhabitours of Ierusalem the wrath of the Lorde came not vpon them in the dayes of Hezekia And Hezekia had excedynge mocherychesse and honoure And he gat hym treasures of syluer and golde precious stones spices sheldes and of all maner pleasaunt Iuelles made store houses for the fruytes of corne for wyne and oyle and stalles for al maner of beastes and foldes for shepe And he made hym cityes and had of shepe and oxen great aboundaunce For God had gyuen hym substaunce excedynge moche This same Hezekia stopped the vpper water spryngê of Gihon brought them downe to the west syde of the citie of Dauid And Hezekia prospered in all his workes And when the prynces of Babilon sent vnto hym Ambassadoures to enquyre of the wondre that chauÌ„ced in the lande God lefte hym to trye hym that all that was in his herte myghte be knowen The rest of the dedes of Hezekia and his goodnesse beholde they are wrytten in the vision of Isai the prophet the sonne of Amoz in the boke of the kynges of Iuda and Israel And Hezekia slepte with his fathers and they buried him in the most worthy place of the sepulchres of the sonnes of Dauid and all Iuda and the enhabytours of Ierusalem dyd him worshyp at his death And Manasse his sonne reygned in his steade ¶ Manasse is taken prysoner and after that he rometh 〈◊〉 â–ª he destroyeth the Iâ—â—lles he dyeth and after hym succedeth â—â—uion which is kylled of his owne people and Iosâ—a his son reygneth in his steade CAPI XXXIII MAnasse was xii yere olde when he began to reygne and he reygned iv yere in Ierusalem But he dyd euyll in the syght of the Lorde lyke vnto the abhominacions of the hethen whom the Lorde cast out before the chyldren of Israel For he went to buylte the hylaulters whiche Hezekia his father had broken downe And he reared vp aulters for Baalim made groues and worshypped all the hoost of heuen serued them And he buylt aulters in the house of the lord where as the Lorde yet had sayd In Ierusalem shal my name be for euer And he buylt aulters for all the hoost of heuen in the two courtes of the house of the lord And he burnt his chyldren in fyre in the valley of the sonne of Hinnom He was a sorcerer he regarded the cryenge of byrdes vsed inchauntment maynteyned workers with spirites Sears of fortunes and wrought moche euyll in the syght of the Lorde to angre hym withall And he put
After all this when Iosia had prepared the temple Necho kynge of Egypte came vp to fyght agaynst Catâ—amis besyde Euphrates and Iosia went out agaynst hym which sent messengers to hym sayde What haue I to do with the thou kynge of Iuda Be not thou agaynst thy selfe this daye For my waâ— is agaynst an other house and God bad me make haste Leaue of therfore and medle not with God which is w t me lest he destroy the Neuertheles Iosia wolde not turne his face from hym but rather toke aduyse to fyght with hym and herkened not vnto the wordes of Necho out of the mouthe of God and came to fyght in the valley of Magedo and the shuters shot dartes at kynge Iosia And the kyng sayd to his seruauntes carye me away for I am sore wounded His seruauntes therfore had hym out of that charet and put hym †as a Kyng in an other charet that they had And when they had brought hym to Ierusalem he dyed and was buryed in the sepulchre of his fathers And all Iuda and Ierusalem mourned for Iosia And Ieremia lamented Iosia and all syngyng men and syngyng women mourned for Iosia in theyr lamentacyons to this daye and made the same lamentacyons an ordinaunce in Israell and beholde they be wrytten in the lamentacions The rest of the actes of Iosia and his goodnesse whiche he dyd in folowynge the wrytyng of the lawe of the Lorde and his sayenges fyrst and last Beholde they are wrytten in the boke of the kynges of Israel and Iuda ¶ After Iosia reygneth Iehoahaz after Iehoahaz â—cho as him after Iehoâ—â—im Iehoatin after Iehoaâ—iâ— â—â—â—chia in whose tyme all the people were caryed away to Babilon and were brought agayne thâ— ixx. yeare after by hynge Lâ—â—uâ— otherwyse called â—hores CAPI XXXVI ANd the people of the lande toke Iehoahaz the son of Iosia and made hym kynge in his fathers steade in Ierusalem And Iehoahaz was thre twentye yere olde when he began to reygne he reygued thre monethes in Ierusalem And the kynge of Egypte put hym downe at Ierusalem and merced the lande in an hundred talentes of syluer and a talent of golde And the kyng of Egypte made Eliakim his brother kyng vpoÌ„ Iuda and Ierusalem and turned his name vnto Iehoakim And Necho toke Iehoahaz his brother and caryed hym to Egypte Iehoakim was fyue and twentie yere olde whâ— he began to reygne and he reygned xi yere in Ierusalem and he dyd euyll in the syghte of the Lorde his God Agaynst hym came vp Nabuchodonozer kyng of Babilon bound hym with two chaynes to carye hym to Babilon The kyng Nabuchodonozer also caryed of the vessels of the house of the Lorde to Babilon and put them in his temple at Babilon The rest of the actâ—â— of Iehoakim and his â—bhominations whithe he dyd carued yma ges that were layde to his charge beholde they are wrytten in the boke of the kynges of Israel and Iuda and Iehoacin his sonne reygned in his steade Iehoacin was eyghte yere olde when he began to reygne he reygneb thre monethes and ten dayes in Ierusalem and dyd euyll in the syght of the Lorde And when the yere was out kynge Nabuthod onozer sente and fet hym to Babilon w t the goodly vessels of the house of the Lorde made Zedekia his fathers brother kynge ouer Iuda and Ierusalem Zedekia was one and twentye yere olde when he began to reygne and reygned eleuen yere in Ierusalam And he dyd euyl in the syght of the lorde his God and humbled not hym selfe before Ieremia the Prophet at the mouth of the Lorde And he rebelled agaynst Nabuchodonozer whiche had receyued an othe of hym by God But he was styffe necked and to harde herted to turne vnto the lorde God of Israel Moreouer al the rulers the preestes and the people trespassed more syâ—nyng after al maner of abhominacyons of the hethen and poluted the house of the Lorde â–ª whiche he had halowed in Ierusalem And the Lorde god of theyr fathers sent to them by his messengers rysynge vp besymes and sendynge for he had compassyon on his people and on his dwellyng place But they mocked the messengers of God and despysed his wordes and myssevsed his prophettes vntyll the wrathe of the lorde arose agaynâ— his people and tyl there was no remedye And 〈…〉 he broughte vpon them the kynge of â—â—â—â—ey whiche slue theyr yonge men w t the sweâ—â—e in theyr holy temple and spared neyther yonge man mayden olde man nor hym that stowped for age He gaue them all in to his hande And al the vessels of the house of God bothe great and small and the treasures of the house of the Lorde and the treasures of the kynge â–ª and of his lordes Al these caryed he to Babilon And they burnt the house of God brake downe the wall of Ierusalem and burnt all the places therof with fyre and destroyed all the goodly Iuels therof And the reste that had escaped the swerde caryed he to Bablon where they were bonde to hym and his chyldren vntyll the tyme that Persia haâ— the empyre to fulfyl the worde of the Lorde by the mouth of Ieremia vntyll the lande had heâ— pleasure of her Sabbothes for as longe as she lay desolate she kepte Sabboth bnâ—yl seuentye yeres were fulfylled And the fyrste yere of Cyrus kyng of Persia wheÌ„ the worde of the Lorde spoken by the mouth of Ieremia was fynysshed the Lorde styrred vp the spirite of Cyrus kyng of Persia that he made a proclamacyon thorowout all his kyngdom and that by wrytynge sayenge Thus sayth Cyrus kynge of Persia All the kyngdomes of the earth hath the Lorde God of heuen gyuen me and hath charged me to buylde hym an house in Ierusalem that is in Iuda Wherfore who soeuer is amonge you of all his people the Lorde his God be with hym and let hym go vp ⧠The ende of the seconde boke of the Cronicles ⧠The fyrst boke of Esdras ¶ Cyrus sendeth agayne the people that was in captiuyâ—e â–ª and restoreth them theyr holy vessels and coÌ„maundeth them to buylde agayne the temple CAPI Primo IN the fyrst yere of Cyrus kyng of Persia that the word of the lorde spoken by the mouth of Ieremi myghte be fulfylled the lorde styrred vp the spirite of Cyrus kyng of Persia that he caused to be proclaymed thorowout all his empyre and to be wrytten saynge Thus sayth Cyrus the kyng of Persia The Lorde God of heuen hath gyuen me all the kyngdomes of the earthe and hath commaunded me to buylde hym an house at Ierusalem whiche is in Iuda Who soeuer nowe among you is of his people the Lorde his God be with hym and let hym go vp to Ierusalem in Iuda buyld the house of the Lorde God of Israell He is the God that is at Ierusalem And who soeuer remayneth yet in any maner of place where he is a
a rocke of stone And nowe shall he lyfte vp my heade aboue myne enemyes rounde aboute me Therfore wyl I offre in his dwellyng the oblacion of thankes geuynge I wyll synge and speake prayses vnto the Lorde Herken vnto my voyce O Lorde when I crye vnto the haue mercy vpon me and heare me My herte hathe talked of the Seke ye my face thy face Lord wyl I seke O hyde nat thou thy face fro me nor caste thy seruaunt awaye in dyspleasure Thou hast ben my succoure leaue me nat neyther forsake me O God of my saluacyon WhaÌ„ my father and my mother forsake me the Lorde taketh me vp Teache me thy waye O lord leade me the ryght waye because of myne enemyes Delyuer me nat ouer into the wyll of myne aduersaryes for there are false wytnesses rysen vp agaynste me suche as speake wronge I beleue verely to se the goodnes of the Lorde in the lande of the lyuyng O tary thou the Lordes ley sure be stronge and he shal conforte thyne herte and put thou thy truste in the Lorde ¶ The. xxviij Psalme ¶ A Psalme of Dauid VNto the wyll I crye O Lorde my strength thynke no scorne of me lest yf thou make the as thoughe thou hardest nat I become lyke them that go downe into the pytte Heare the voyce of my humble peticions when I crye vnto the whaÌ„ I holde vp my haÌ„des towarde the mercy seate of thy holy teÌ„ple O plucke me nat awaye âšœ neyther destroye me with the vngodly wycked doers whiche spake fryndely to theyr neyghbours but ymagin mischefe in theyr hertes Rewarde theÌ„ accordyng to theyr dedes and accordynge to the wycked nesse of theyr owne inuencions Recompense them after the worke of theye handes paye them that they haue deserued For they regarde nat the workes of the Lorde nor the operacyon of hys handes therfore shall he breake them downe and nat buylde them vp Praysed be the Lorde for he hath harde the voyce of myne humble petyons The Lorde is my strengthe and my shylde my herte hathe trusted in hym and I am helped therfore my herte daunseth for ioye and in my songe wyll I prayse hym The Lorde is theyr strength and he is the wholsome defence of hys anoynted O Saue thy people and geue thy blessynge vnto thyne enheritauÌ„ce fede them set them vp for euer ¶ The. xxix Psalme ¶ A Psalme of Dauid at the perfourmynge of the Tabernacle BRynge vnto the Lorde O ye myghtie âšœ bring yonge raÌ„mes vnto the Lorde ascribe vnto the Lorde worshippe streÌ„gth Geue the Lorde the honoure due vnto hys name worshippe the Lorde with holy worshippe It is the Lorde that commaundethe the waters It is the gloryous God that maketh the thonder it is the Lorde that ruleth the see The voice of the Lorde is myghtye in operacyon the voyce of the Lorde is a gloryous voyce The voyce of the Lorde breaketh the Cedre trees yee the Lorde breaketh the Ceders of Libanus He made them also to skyppe lyke a Calfe Libanus also and Sirion like a yong vnycorne The voyce of the Lorde deuydeth the flames of fyre the voice of the Lorde shaketh the wyldernesse yee the Lorde shaketh the wyldernesse of Cades The voyce of the Lord maketh the hyndes to bryng forth yonge and dyscouereth the thycke busshes and in hys temple doth euery man speke of his honoure The Lorde sitteth aboue the water floude and the Lorde remayneth a kyng for euer The Lorde shal geue streÌ„gth vnto his people the Lorde shall blesse hys his people in peace ¶ The. xxx Psalme ¶ A Psalme and songe of the dedicacyon of the house of Dauyd I Wyll magnyfye the O Lorde for thou haste set me vp and nat made my foes to triumphe ouer me O Lorde my God I tryed vnto the and thou haste healed me Thou Lorde hast brought my soule out of hel thou hast kepte my lyfe from them that go downe to the pyt Synge praises vnto the Lorde O ye Sayntes of hys and geue thankes vnto hym for a remembraunce of hys holynesse For hys wrath endureth but the twynclynge of an eye and his pleasure is in lyfe heuynesse maye endure for a night but ioy coÌ„meth againe in the morniÌ„g And in my ê“sperite I sayd I shal neuer be remoued thou Lord of thy goodnesse hadst made my hyll so stronge Thou dyddeste turne thy face fro me and I was troubled Then cryed I vnto the O Lorde and gat me to my Lorde right humbly What profit is there in my bloude whan I go downe to the pyt Shall the duste geue thanckes vnto the Or shall it declare thy trueth Heare O Lorde and haue mercy vpon me Lorde be thou my helper Thou haste turned my heuynesse in to ioye thou hast put of my sacke clothe and gyrded me with gladnesse Therfore shall euery good man synge of thy prayse without seassynge O my God I wyll geue thanckes vnto the for euer ⧠☞ ⧠¶ The. xxxi Psalme ¶ To the chaunter a Psalme of Dauyd IN the O Lorde haue I put my trust let me neuer be put to confusion deliuer me in thy ryghteousnesse Bowe downe thine eare to me make haste to delyuer me be thou my stronge cocke a house of defence that thou mayest saue me For thou arte my stronge holde and my castell Be thou also my gyde and leade me for thy names sake Drawe me out of the net that they haue layed pryuely for me for thou arte my strength Into thy haÌ„des I commende my spyryte For thou hast delyuered me O Lorde thou God of treuth I haue hated them that holde of supersticious vanities and my truste hathe bene in the Lorde I wyll be glad and reioyse in thy mercy for thou haste coÌ„sydred my trouble and haste knowen my soule in aduersyte Thou hast nat shut me vp in to the haÌ„de of the enemye but hast set my fete i a large rowme Haue mercy vpon me O Lorde for I am in trouble myne eye is consumed for very heuynesse yee my soule and my bely For my lyfe is waxen olde with heuynesse and my yeares with mournynge My strengthe fayleth me because of myne inyquyte and my bones are consumed I became a reprofe amonge all myne enemyes but specyally amonge my neyghbours and they of mine acquaintauÌ„ce were afraied of me and they that dyd se me without fled from me I am forgotten as a deed man which vanisheth out of the ryght waye of theÌ„ that lyue I am become lyke a broken vessel For I haue herde that blasphemye of the multytude euery maÌ„ abhorreth me while they coÌ„spyre together agaynst me and are purposed to take awaye my lyfe But my hope hath bene in the O Lorde I haue sayde thou arte my God My tymes is in thy hande delyuer me from the hande of myne enemies and from them that persecute me Shewe thy seruaunt the light of thy couÌ„tenauÌ„ce
and saue me for thy mercyes sake Let me nat be confounded O Lorde for I haue called vpon the let the vngodly be put to confucion and be put to syleÌ„ce in the graue Let the lyenge lyppes be put to sylence whiche cruelly disdaynfully and despytfully speake agaynste the ryghtuous O howe plentyfull is thy goodnes whiche thou hast layed vp for them that feare theâ— and that thou hast prepayred for them that put theyr truste in the euen before the sonnes of men Thou shalte hyde them pryuely by thyne owne presence frome the prouokynges of al men thou shalte kepe them secretely in thy Tabernacle from the stryfe of tonges Thanked be the Lorde for he hathe shewed merueylous greate kyndenesse in a stronge cytie And when I made haste I saide I am caste out of thy sight of thyne eyes Neuertheles thou herdeste the voyce of my prayers when I cryed vnto the. O loue the Lorde al ye his sayntes for the Lorde preserueth theÌ„ that are faythfull plentuously rewardeth he the proude doer Be stronge he shal strength your herte all ye y t put your trust in the Lorde ¶ The. xxxii Psalme ¶ An instruccyon of Dauyd BLESSED is he whose vnrightuousnes is forgyuen and whose synne is couered Blessed is the man vnto whome the Lorde imputeth no synne and in whose sprete there is no gyle For whyle I helde my tonge my bones consumed awaye thorowe my daylye complaynynge For thy hande is heuy vpon me day and nyght and my moysture is lyke the drough in Sommer Sela. I wyll knoweledge my synne vnto the myne vnryghteousnesse haue I nat hyd I sayd I wyl coÌ„fesse my sinnes vnto the Lorde so thou forgauest the wyckednesse of my synne Dela For this shall euery one that is godly make hys prayer vnto the ☞ in due season but in the greate water floudes they shall nat come nye hym Thou arte my defeÌ„ce thou shalte preserue me froÌ„ trouble thou shalt coÌ„passe me about with soÌ„ges of delyuerauÌ„ce Sela. I wyl enfourme the teach the i the way wherin y u shalt go I wyll gyde y â— with myne eye Ye shal nat be lyke a horse mule whiche haue no vnderstaÌ„ding And whose mouthes must be holdeÌ„ w t byt brydle leste they fall vpoÌ„ y â— Great plages remayne for y â— vngodly but who so putteth his trust in y â— Lorde mercy embraceth hi on euery syde Be glad O ye righteous reioyse in y â— Lorde and be ioyfull all ye that are true of hrete ¶ The. xxxiii Psalme REioyce in the Lorde O ye ryghtuous for it becommeth well the iuste to be thankful Prayse the Lord with harpe synge Psalmes vnto him with the lute and instrument of ten strynges Synge vnto the Lorde a newe soÌ„ge synge prayses lustely âšœ vnto hym with a good corage For the worde of the Lorde is true and all his workes are faythful He loueth ryghtuousnes and iudgement the earth is ful of the goodnesse of the Lorde By the worde of the Lorde were the heauens made and all the Hoostes of them by the breth of his mouth He gathereth the waters of the see togyther as it were vpon a heape and layeth vp the depe in secret Let al the earth feare the Lorde stande in awe of him all ye that dwell in the worlde For he spake and it was done he commaunded and it stode fast The Lorde bryngeth the councell of the Heithen to nought and maketh the deuices of the people to be of none effecte âšœ and casteth out the councels of Prynces The councell of the Lorde shall endure for euer and the thoughtes of his hert from generacyon to generacyon Blessed is the people whose God is the Lorde Iehouah and blessed is the folke that haue chosen beÌ„ to be theyr inheritaunce The Lorde loked downe frome Heauen and behelde all the chyldren of men from the habitacion of his dwellyng he consydreth all them that dwel in the earthe He tashyoneth all the hertes of them and vnderstandeth all theyr workes There is no kynge that can be saued by the multitude of an hoste neyther is any myghty man delyuered by muche strength A horse is counted but a vayne thynge to saue a man neyther shal he delyuer any maÌ„ by his greate strength Beholde the eye of the Lorde is vpon them that feare him and vpon them that put theyr truste in his mercye To delyuer theyr soules from deathe and to fede theÌ„ in the tyme of dearth Our soule hath paciently taried for the Lorde for he is our helpe and our shylde For oure herte shall reioyce in hym because we haue hoped in his holy name Let thy mercyful kyndnesse O Lorde be vpon vs lyke as we haue put our trust in the. ¶ The. xxxiiij Psalme ¶ Of Dauyd when he chaunged his speache before Abimilech whiche droue him awaye and he departed I Wyll all waye gyue thankes vnto the Lorde hê prayse shal euer be in my mouth My soule shal make her bost i the Lorde the humble shall here therof and be glad O prayse the Lorde with me and let vs magnyfye his name together I soughte the Lorde and he hearde me yee he delyuered me out of all my feare They had an eye vnto him and were lyghtened and theyr faces were nat ashamed Lo the poore cryeth and the Lorde heareth hym yee and saueth hym out of all hys troubles The Aungell of the Lorde tarieth rounde about them and feare hym and delyuereth them O taste and se howe gracious the Lorde is blessed is the man that trusteth in him O feare the Lorde ye that be his sayntes for they that feare him lacke nothyng The lyons do lacke suffre hunger but they whiche seke the Lorde shall wante no maner of thyng that is good Come ye children and herken vnto me I wyl teach you the feare of the Lorde What man is he that listeth to lyue and woloe fayne se good daies Kepe thy tonge from euell and thy lyppes that they speake no gyle Eschue cuyll and do good seke peace and ensue it The eyes of the Lorde are ouer the rightuous his eares are open vnto their prayers The countenaunce of the Lorde is agaynst them that do euyll to rote out the re membraunce of them from the earth The rightuous crye and the Lorde heareth theÌ„ and delyuereth them out of all theyr troubles The Lorde is nye vnto them that are of a contrayte herte and wyll saue suche as be of an humble sprete Greate are the troubles of the ryghteous but the Lorde delyuereth hym out of all He kepeth all his bones so that nat one of them can be broken Eut mysfourtune shal slaye the vngodly and they that hate the rightuous shal be desolate The Lorde delyuereth the soules of his seruauntes and all they y â— put theyr trust in him shal nat be destitute The â–ª xxxv
wombe Be nat afrayed O Iacob my seruaunte thou ryghteous whom I haue chosen For I shall powre water vpon the drye grounde and ryuers vpon the thurstye I shal poure my sprete vpoÌ„ thy sede and myne encrease vpoÌ„ thy stocke They shal growe together lyke as the grass and as the wyllowes by the waters syde ☞ One shall saye I am the Lordes Another shall call hym selfe after the name of Iacob The thyrde shall subscribe with his hande vnto the Lorde and geue hym selfe vnder the name of Israel Thus hathe the Lorde spoken euen the Kynge of Israel his redemer the Lorde of Hostes I am the fyrste and the last and without me is there no God For what is he that euer was lyke me which am froÌ„ euerlastiÌ„ge Let hym shewe hys name and do where thorowe he maye be lykened vnto me Let hym tel you forth playnely thinges that are past and for to come yee and that without any feare or stoppe For haue nat I euer tolde you hytherto and warned you Ye can beare me recorde youre selues Is there any God excepte me or any maker that I shulde nat knowe hym All caruers of ymages are but vayne and the carued ymages that they loue can do no good They must beare recorde them selues that seynge they can neyther se nor vnderstande they shal be coÌ„founded Who dare then make a God or fashion an ymage that is profytable for nothynge Beholde al the felowshyppe of them muste be brought to confusyon Let all the workemasters of them come and stande together froÌ„ amonge men they muste be abashed and confouÌ„ded one with another The smyth taketh yron and tempereth it with hoate coales fashio neth it with hammers maketh it with all the strength of his armes yee sometyme he is faynt for very hunger so thurstye that he hathe no more power The carpenter or ymage caruer taketh measure of the timbre and spredeth forth his lyne he marketh it with some coloure he playneth it he ruleth it and squareth it and maketh it after the ymage of a man accordynge to the bewty of a man that it maye stande in the house Moreouer he goeth oute to hewe downe Cedre trees He bryngeth home Elmes and Okes and other tymbre of the wod Or els the Fyrre trees whiche he planted hym selfe and such as the rayne hath nouryshed whiche wood serueth for men to burne Of this he taketh and warmeth hym selfe with all he maketh afyre of it to bake breade And afterwarde maketh a God there of to honoure it and an Idole to knele before it One pece he burneth in the fyre with another he rosteth flesh that he maye eate roste his belyfull with y â— thyrde he warmeth hym selfe and sayeth Aha I am well warmed I haue bene at the fyre And of the resydue he maketh hym a God an Idole for hym selfe He kneleth before it he worshyppeth it he prayeth vnto it and sayeth delyuer me for thou arte my God Yet men neyther consydre nor vnderstande that their eyes are stopped that they can nat se and theyr hertes that they caÌ„not perceaue They pondre nat in theyr myndes for they haue neyther knowledge nor vnderstandynge to thynke thus I haue brente one pece in the fyre I haue baked bred with the coles thereof I haue rosted flesh with all and eaten it shall I nowe of the resydue make an abhomynacyon and fall downe before a roten pece of wood Thus he dothe but lese hys labour and hys herte whyche is dysceaued dothe turne hym asyde so that none of them can haue a fre conscyence to thynke maye nat I erre Consydre thys O Iacob and Israel for thou art my seruaunt I haue made the that thou myghttest serue me O Israel forget me nat As for thyne offences I haue dryuen them awaye lyke the cloudes and thy synnes as the myst Turne the agayne vnto me for I haue redemed the. Be glade ye heauens whom the Lorde hathe made let all that is heare beneth vpoÌ„ the earth be ioyfull Reioyse ye mountaynes and woddes with all the trees therof for the Lorde hathe redemed Iacob and and shewed hys glorye vpon Israel Thus sayeth the Lorde thy redemer euen he that fashyoned the from thy mothers wombe I the Lorde do all thynges my selfe alone I onely spryde out the heauens and I onely haue layde the foundacyon of the earth I destroye the tokens of wytches and make the Sothsaiers foles As for the wyse I turne them bacwarde and make theyr connynge folyshnesse He dothe set vp the purpose of his seruauÌ„t and fulfylleth the councell of his messaungers Concernynge Ierusalem he sayth It shal be inhabyted And of the cyties of Iuda They shal he buylded agayne I wyll repayre theyr decaied places He sayeth to the grounde be drye And I wyll drye vp thy water floudes He sayth of Cyrus ☞ He is myne herdeman so that he shall fulfyll all thynges after my wyll He sayeth also of Ierusalem It shall be buylded and of the teÌ„ple It shall be fast grounded ¶ The delyueraunce of the people by Cyrus The coÌ„mynge of Chryste and callynge of the Gentyles CAPI XLV THVS sayeth the Lorde vnto Cyrus his Kynge whom he leadeth by the ryght hande that the people maye fall downe before hym I wyll lose the gyrdle of kyngys that they shall opeÌ„ the gates before thy face and nat to shut theyr dores I wyll go before the and make the croked streight I shall breake the brasen dores and burste the yron barres I shall geue the the hyd treasures and the thynge whiche is secretly kepte that thou mayest knowe that I the Lorde God of Israel haue called the by thy name and that for Iacob my seruauÌ„tes sake and for Israel my chosen For A called the by thy name and ordeyned the or euer thou knewest me Euen I the Lorde before whoÌ„ there is none other for without me there is no God I haue prepared the or euer thou knewest me that I myght be knowen from the rysynge of y â— sunne to the goynge downe of the same y â— all is nothing without me For I am the Lorde and there is els none It is I that created y â— lyght darckenes I make peace and trouble yee euen I the Lorde do all these thynges âšœ ye heauens from aboue droppe downe and let the cloudes rayne ryghteousnes The earth open it selfe and brynge forth health that therby ryghteousnes maye florysh Euen I the Lorde brynge it to passe Wo be vnto hym that stryueth with his maker the potsherde with the potter Sayeth the claye to y â— potter What makest thou or thy worke serueth for nothynge Wo be vnto him that sayeth to his father Why begettest thou And to hê mother why bearest thou Thus sayeth the Lorde euen the holy one and maker of Israel Aske me of thynges for to come concerning my sonnes put me in remembraunce as touchynge the
the beholders of starres come on nowe and delyuer the yea and let theÌ„ shew when these newe thynges shall come vpon the. Beholde they shal be lyke stâ—awe which yf it be kyndled with fyre no maÌ„ may rydde it for the vehemencye of the flame And yet it geueth no synders to warme a maÌ„ by nor cleare fyre to syt by Thus are they with whom thou hast weryed thy selfe and thus are thy marchauntes that haue bene with the from thy youth Euery one shall shewe the hys erroneous waye yet shall none of them defende the. ¶ The ypocryse of the Iewes is reproued The Lord alone wylbe worshypped which hathe chosen vs and whiche socoureth vs for hys owne sake ¶ CAPI XLVIII HEARE thys O thou house of Iacob ye that are called by the name of Israel and are come out of one stocke with Iuda whiche sweare by the name of the Lorde and beare wytnes by the God of Israel but nat with trueth and ryght whiche are called fre men of the holy cytie and are grounded vpon the God of Israel whose name is the Lorde of Hostes. The thynges that I shewed you euer sence the begynnynge Haue I nat brought them to passe immediatly as they came out of my mouth and declared them And they are come Howe be it I knowe that thou arte obstinate and that thy necke hathe an yron veyne and that thy browe is of brasse Neuerthelesse I haue euer sence the beginnynge shewed the of thynges for to come and declared theÌ„ vnto the or euer they come to passe that thou shuldest nat saye myne Idol hathe done it my carued or molten ymage hathe shewed it Heare and consyder al these thynges whether it was ye that prophecyed them But as for me I tolde the before at the begynnynge newe and secrete thynges y â— thou knowest nat of And some done nowe nat of olde tyme wherof thou neuer hardest before they were brought to that thou canst not saye Beholde I knewe of them Moreouer there be some wherof thou haste nether herde nor knowen nether haue they bene opened vnto thyne eares afore tyme. For I knewe that thou woldest malicyously offende therfore haue I called the a transgressour euen from thy mothers wombe Neuertheles for my names sake I haue with drawen my wrath for myne honours sake I haue ouersene the so that I haue not rooted the out Beholde I haue pourged the and not as syluer I haue chosen the in the fyre of affliccyon And that onely for myne owne sake yea euen for myne owne sake For I geue my honour to none other that thou shuldest not despyse me Herken vnto me O Iacob and Israell whome I haue called I am euen he that is I am the fyrste and the last My hande hath layde the foundacion of the earthe my ryght hande hath spanned ouer the heauens Assone as I call them they are there Gather you al together and herken which of yonder goddes hath declared this The Lorde hath a loue ☞ vnto him and he shal perfourme his wil agaynste Babell and declare his power agaynst the Caldees I my self alone euen I haue tolde you this before Yea I dyd call him and brynge him forth and he shall giue a prosperous iourney Come nye and heare this haue I spoken any thynge darckely sence the begynnyng when a thynge begynneth I am there Wherfore the Lorde God and his sprete hath sent me And thus sayeth the Lord god thy redemer the holy one of Israell I am the Lorde thy God whiche teacheth the profytable thinges leade the the waye that y â— shuldest go O that y â— haddest regarded my commaundementes then had thy welthynes bene as the water streame thy ryghtu ousnes as the waues flowynge in the See Thy sede also had be lyke as the saÌ„de in the see the frute of thy body lyke the grauell stones therof Thy name shulde not be roted out nor destroyed before me Go away from Babylon flye from the Caldees with a mery voyce speke of this declare it abrode and go forth vnto the ende of the world say they The Lord hath redemed hys seruaunt Iacob that they suffred no thurst he led theÌ„ thorowe the wyldernesse and caused the waters to flowe out vnto them from out of the rocke He claue the rocke a sonder and the water gushed out As for the vngodly they haue no peace sayeth the Lorde ¶ Thryst shal gather together all nacyons be they neuer so fo farre of CAPI XLIX YE Iles harken vnto me take hede ye people from farre The Lorde hath called me fro my byrth and made mencyon of my name fro my mothers wombe ☜ he hath made my mouth like a sharpe swerde vnder the shadowe of his hande hath he defended me and hyd me in hys quyuer ☜ as a good arowe and saide vnto me Thou arte my seruaunte Israel I wyll be honoured in the. Then answered I I haue lost my laboure I haue spent my strength in vayne Neuertheles I wyll coÌ„mytte my cause and my worke vnto the lorde my god And nowe sayth the Lorde euen he that fashyoned me from my mothers wombe to be his seruaunte that I maye brynge Iacob agayne vnto hym howbeit Israel wyl not be gathered vnto hym agayne In whose syght I am greate whiche also is my Lorde my God and my strength And he sayde It is but a small thynge that thou art my seruaunt to sette vp the kynreddes of Iacob and to restore the destruccyon of Israell For I haue made the the lyght of the Gen tyles that thou mayst be my helth vnto the ende of the worlde Moreouer thus sayth the Lorde the redemer and holy one of Israell because of the abhorrynge and despisynge amonge the Gentyles concernynge the seruaunt of all them that beare rule Kynges and Prynces shall se and aryse and worshyp because of the Lorde that is faythfull and because of the holy one of Israell whiche hath chosen the. And thus sayth the Lorde In the tyme accepted haue I hearde the and in the daye of saluacioÌ„ haue I helped the. I wyl preserue the and make the to be the attonement of the people that thou mayste helpe vp the earth agayne and chalenge agayne the scattered herytages That thou mayst saye to the prysoners go forth and to them that are in darknesse come into the lyght that ☞ they maye fede in the hye wayes and gette theyr liuynge in all hye places There shall neither hunger nor thurste heate nor sunne hurte them For he that fauoureth theym shall leade them and geue them drynke of the sprynge welles I wyll make wayes vpon al my mountaynes and my fote pathes shal be exalted And beholde they shall come from farre lo some from the north and west some from the south * Reioyce ye heauens and synge prayses y â— earthe Talke of ioy ye hilles for God hath comforted hys people
that thou do nat after thyne owne ymaginacion nether seke thine owne wyll nor speake thyne owne wordes Then shalte thou haue thy pleasure in the Lorde whiche shall carye the hye aboue the earthe and fede the with the herytage of Iacob thy father for y â— Lordes owne mouth hath so promysed ¶ The Lorde is myghtye to saue and readye to heare oure requestes CAPI LIX BEHOLDE the Lordes hande is nat so shortened that it can nat helpe neyther is his eare so stopped that it maye nat heare But youre mysdedes haue separated you from youre God and youre synnes hyde his face from you that he heareth you not For your handes are defyled with bloude and youre fingers with vnrighteousnes Your lyppes speake lesynnes and youre tonge setteth oute wyckednes No man regardeth ryghteousnes and no man iudgeth truly Euery maÌ„ hopeth in vayne thynges and ymagyneth disceate conceaueth weerynesse and bryngeth forthe euyl They brede cokatryce egges weaue the spyders webbe Who so eateth of theyr egges dyeth But yf one treade vpon them there commeth vp a serpent Theyr webbe maketh no clothe and they maye not couer theÌ„ with theyr labours Theyr dedes are y â— dedes of wyckednes and the worcke of robbery I haue set ☜ watchmen vpon thy walles O Ierusalem which shal neither cease daye nor nyght to preache the Lorde And ye also shall not kepe hym close nor leaue to speake of hym vntyll Ierusalem be set vp and made the prayse of the world The lorde hath sworne by his ryght hande and by his stronge arme that from hence forth he wyll not geue thy corne to be meate for thyne eue mâ—esâ—uor thy vyne wherin thou hast laboured to be drynke for the straungers But they that haue gathered in the corne shall eate it and gyue thankes to the Lorde and they that haue borne in the vine shal drinke it in the courte of my Sanctuary Stande backe and departe a sunder ye that stande vnder the gate make rowme ye people repayre the strete and take awaye the stones and set out a token for the people Beholde the Lorde proclaymeth vnto the endes of the worlde tel the daughter Sion se thy sauyour coÌ„meth beholde he bringeth his treasure with him and his workes go before him For they whom the Lorde de liuereth shal be called the holy people and as for the thou shalte be named the greatly occupied and not the forsaken cytie ¶ Of the redempcy on promysed to the people CAPI LXIII WHAT is he this that commeth frome EdoÌ„ with redde coloured clothes of Bosra whiche is so costely clothe and coÌ„meth in so nimbly with all his strength I am he that teacheth rightuousnes and am of power to helpe Wherfore then is thy clothyng reade and thy rayment lyke his y e treadeth in the wyne presse I haue troaden the presse my self alone and of al people there is not one with me Thus wyll I treade downe myne enemyes in my wrath and set my fete vpon them in my indignacyon And theyr bloude shal be sprong vpon my clothes and so wyll I stayne all my rayment For the daye of vengeaunce that I haue take in hanÌ„de the yere of my delyueraunce is come I loked aboute me and there was no maÌ„ to shewe me any helpe I marualed that no man helde me vp TheÌ„ I helde me by myne owne arme and my feruentnesse susteyned me And thus wyll I treade downe the people in my wrathe and bathe them in my displeasure and vpon the earth wyll I laye their strength I wyl declare the goodnesse of the Lord ye and the prayse of the Lorde for all that he hathe geuen vs for the greate good that he hath done for Israel whiche he hath geuen them of his owne fauoure and accordynge to the multitude of his louynge kyndnesses For he sayde These no doute are my people and no shrynkynge chyldren and so he was theyr sauyour In theyr troubles he forsoke them not but the Angell that wente forth from his presence delyuered them Of very loue and kyndnesse that he had vnto them redemed he them He hathe borne them and caryed theym vp euer sence the worlde beganne But after they prouoked him to wrath and vexed his holy minde he was theyr enemye and fought agaynste them hym selfe Yet remembred he the olde tyme of Moyses and his people Howe he brought them from the water of the see as a shepherde doth with his shepe howe he had giuen his holy spiryte amonge them howe he had led Moses by the ryght hande with his glorious arme howe he had deuided the water before theym wherby he gat hym selfe an euerlastyng name howe he led them in the depe as an hors is ledde in the playne that they shâ—lde not stumble The spirite of the Lord led them as a tame beast goeth in the felde Thus O God hast thou led thy people to make thy selfe a glorious name with all Loke downe then from heuen and beholde the dwellynge place of thy sanctuary and thy glory Howe is it that thy gelousy thy strength the multitude of thy mercyes and thy louynge kyndnesse wyll not be entreated of vs yet arte thou our father For Abraham knoweth vs not neyther is Israel acquainted with vs. But thou Lord arte our rather and redemer and thy name is euerlastynge O Lorde wherfore haste y â— led vs out of thy waye Wherfore haste y â— hardened our herces y â— we feare the not Be at one with vs agayne for thy seruauntes sake that are of the generacion of thyne herytage Thy people hathe had but lytle of thy Saynctuary in possessy on for our enemyes haue taken it in And we are become euen as we were from the begynnynge but thou arte not their Lorde for they haue not called vpon thy name ¶ The Prophete vnder the person of the Iewes be wayleth theyr exple and banyshement Mannes ryghtuousness is lyke a cloth fyled with the floures of a woman CAPI LXIIII. O THAT thou woldest cleue the heauen in sonder and come downe that the mountaynes myght melte away at thy presence lyke as at an hote fire and that the malycious myght voyle as the water dothe vpon the fyre Wherby thy name myght be knowen amonge thyne enemyes and that the Gentyles myght trymble before the. That thou myghtest come downe with thy wonderous straunge workes theÌ„ shuld the hylles melt at thy presence For sence the begynnynge of the worlde there was none excepte thou O God that hearde or perceaued neyther hathe any eye sene what thou dost for theÌ„ that put theyr trust in the. Thou helpest hym that doth ryght with cherefulnesse and them that thyncke vpon thy wayes But lo thou hast bene angrye for we offended and haue bene euer in synne and there is nat one whole We are all as an vnclene thynge and all oure ryghtuousnesses are as the clothes stayned with the floures of a woman we fal
There is gone aboute the lande a crye of a slaughter â—reat murthur namely on thê maner Howe happeneth it that the haÌ„mer of the whole worlde is thus broken and brosed in sonder Howe chauÌ„ceth it that Babylon is become a wyldernes amonge the Heathen on thys maner I my selfe haue layed wayte for the and thou art takeÌ„ vnawares art thou trapped snared for why thou haste prouoked the Lorde vnto anger The Lorde hathe opened his house of ordinaunce brought forth the weapens of his wrath For y â— thing that is done in the lande of the Caldees it is the Lorde of hostes worcke These thynges shal come vpon her at the laste they shall breake into her preuy chambres they shall leaue her as bare as stones that be layed together vpon heapes They shal so destroye her that nothing shal be left â–ª They shal sleye al theyr myghtie souldyers and put them to death Wo be vnto them for the daye and tyme of theyr vysitacion is at hande Me thynke I heare all ready a crye of them that be fled and escaped out of the lande of Babylon which shewe in SyoÌ„ the vengeaunce of the Lorde our God the vengeauÌ„ce of his temple yee a voyce of theÌ„ crye agaynst BabyloÌ„ Cal vp al the archers agaynst Babylon pytch your tâ—ntes rounde about her that none escape Recompence her as she hathe deserued and accordynge as she hath done so deale with her agayne for she hathe set vp her selfe agaynste the Lorde against the holy one of Israel Therfore shall her yonge men fall downe in the stretes and all her men of warre shal be roted out in that daye sayeth the Lorde Beholde I speake vnto the O thou proâ—de sayeth the Lorde God of Hostes for thy daye shall come euen the tyme of thy vysytacyon And the proude shall stomble and fall and no man shall helpe hym vp I wyll burne vp hys cytyes with fyre and it shall consume all that is rounde aboute hym Thus sayeth the Lorde of Hostes The chyldred of Israell and Iuda suffer violence together All they that haue them in captyuyte kepe them faste and wyll nat let them go but theyr auenger and redemer is myghtye whose name is the Lorde of Hostes he shall maynteyne theyr cause he shal make the lande shake and iudge them that dwel therin one with another The swearde shall come vpon the Caldees sayeth the Lorde vpon them that dwell in Babylon vpon theyr prynces and vpon theyr wyse men The swearde vpon theyr sothsayers as for those they shall become fooles The swearde vpon theyr worthyes so that they shall stande in feare The swearde vpon theyr horsmen and charettes and vpon all the comen people that dwell vnder them so that they shall all become lyke wemen The swearde vpon theyr treasure so that it shall be stolen awaye The swearde vpon theyr waters so that they shal be dryed vp For the lande worshyppeth ymages delyteth in straunge wondrefull thynges Therfore shall wylde beestes Apes and Estriches dwel therin for there shall neuer man dwel there neyther shall any man haue his habytacyon there for euermore Lyke as God destroyed Sodome and Gomorre with the cyties that laye there aboute sayeth the Lorde So shall no man dwell there also neyther shall any man haue there his habytacyon Beholde there shal come a people from the North with a great bonde of men and many kynges shall stande vp from the endes of the earth They beare bowes and buclers cruell are they and vnmercyfull Theyr voyce roareth lyke the ragyng see they ryde vpon horses come weapened to fyght agaynst the O Babilon As soone as the kynge of Babylon hereth tel of theÌ„ hys handes shall waxe feable Soro â—ee and heuynes shal come vpoÌ„ hiÌ„ as on a womaÌ„ trauelynge with chylde Beholde lyke as the Lyon commeth vp from the pleasaunt medowes of Iordane vnto the grene pastures of Ethan so wyll I dryue theÌ„ forth make them ruâ—â—e agaynst her But whom shal I chose out ordayne to such a thynge For who is lyke me or who wyl stryne with me or what shepherde may staÌ„de agaynste me Therfore heare the councel that the Lorde hathe geuen vpon Babylon and the deuyce that he hathe taken vpon the lande of the Caldees The least amonge the people shall teare them in peces and loke what pleasauÌ„t thyng they haue they shal laye it wast The noyse at the wynnynge of Babylon shall moue the earth and the crye shal be herde amonge the Gentyles ¶ Howe Babylon shulde be ouerthrowen Ieremy geueth his boke to Saraias CAPI LI. THVS hath the Lorde sayde beholde I wyll rayse vp a perlous wynde agaynst Babylon and her cytezeÌ„s that beare euell wyll agaynste me I wyll fende also in to Babylon fanners to fanne her out and to destroye her lande for in the daye of her trouble they shal be about her on euery syde Moreouer the Lorde hathe sayde vnto the bowe men and to them that clyme ouer the walles in brest plates Yee shal nat spare her yonge men kyll downe all her hoost Thus the sleyne shal fal downe in the lande of the Caldees and the wounded in the stretes As for Israel and Iuda they shall nat be forsaken of theyr God of the Lorde of Hostes of y e holyone of Israel no though they haue fylled al theyr lande full of synne Flye awaye from Babylon euery man saue his lyfe Let no man holde his tunge to her wyckednes for the tyme of the Lordes vengauÌ„ce is come yee he shall rewarde her agayne Babylon hathe bene in the Lordes hande ☞ a golden cuppe that maketh all landes droncken Of her wyne haue all people droncken therfore are they out of theyr wyttes But sodenly is Babylon fallen and destroyed Mourne for her brynge plasters for her woundes yf she maye peraduenture be healed agayne We wolde haue made Babylon whole sayeth they but she is nat recouered Therfore wyll we let her alone and go euery man into his owne countre For her iudgement is come into heauen and is gone vp to the cloudes And therfore come on we wyll shewe Syon the worcke of the Lorde oure God Make sharpe the arowes and fyll the quyuers for the Lodre shal rayse vp the sprete of the kynge of the Meeades whiche hath all ready a desyre to destroye BabyloÌ„ Thys shal be the vengaunce of the Lorde and the vengaunce of his temple Set vp tokens vpon the walles of Babylon make youre watch stronge set youre watch men in araye yee holde preuye watches and yet for all that shall the Lorde go forth with the deuyce whiche he hath taken vpon them that dwell in Babylon O thou that dwellest by the greate waters O thou that hast so great treasure and riches thyne ende is come the rekenynge of thy wynninges The Lorde of hoostes hath sworne by hym selfe that he wyll ouer whelme the with men
stretche my hande out vpon them and wyll make the lande waste So that it shal lye esolate and voyde from the wyldernesse of ☞ Deblothah forth thorow all theyr habytacions to learne them for to knowe that I am the Lorde ¶ The ende of all the lande of Israel shall sodenly come The cause of the destruccion therof The Prophete is commauÌ„ded to shewe the summe of the euylles that are at haÌ„de CAPI VII THE worde of the Lorde came vnto me on this maner The I cal O thou soÌ„ne of man Thus sayeth Lorde God vnto the lande of Israel The ende commeth yee verely the ende commeth vpon al the foure corners of the earth But nowe shall the ende come vpon the for I wyll sende my wrath vpon the wyll punyshe the accordynge to thy wayes and rewarde the after all thy abhominacyons Myne eye shall not ouerse the neyther wyll I spare the but rewarde the accordynge to thy wayes and declare thy abhominacyoÌ„s Then shall ye knowe that I am the Lorde Thus sayeth the Lord God Beholde one mysery and plage shall come after another the ende is here The ende I saye that wayteth for the is come all readye the houre is come agaynst the that dwellest in the lande The tyme is at hande the day of sedicyon is harde by and no glad tydynges vpon the mountaines Therfore I wyl shortly poute out my sore displeasure ouer the and fulfyll my wrath vpon the. I wyll iudge the after thy wayes and recompence the al thy abhomynacions Myne eye shal not ouerse the neither wyll I spare the but rewarde the after thy wayes and shewe thy abhomynacyons to learne you for to knowe how that I am the Lord that smyteth Beholde the day is here the daye is come the houre is runne out the rodde florisheth wilfulnesse waxeth grene malicious violeÌ„ce is growen vp and the vn godly waxen to a staf Yet shal there no complaynte be made for them nor for the trouble that shall come of these thynges The tyme coÌ„meth the daye draweth nye Who so byeth let him not reioyse he that selleth let him not be sory for why Trouble shall come in the myddest of all reste so that the seller shall not come agayne to the byer for neyther of them both shal lyue For the vision shall come so greatly oueral that it shall nat be hyndered No man also wyth his wickednes shal be able to saue his owne lyfe The troÌ„pettes shal blowe ye and make you all ready but no man shall go to the batayle for I am wrothe with al the whole multitude The swearde shal be without pestylence and honger within so that who so is in the felde shal be slayne with the swearde and he that is in the cytie shall peryshe with honger and pestylence And suche as escape and fle from among them shal be vpon the hylles lyke as the doues in the felde euery one shal be afrayed because of his owne wyckednesse All handes shal be let downe all knees shal be weake as the water they shall gyrde them selues with sacke cloth feare shall fal vpon them Theyr faces shal be confounded and theyr heades balde theyr syluer shall lye in the stretes and theyr golde shal be despysed Yee theyr siluer and golde may not delyuer them in the day of the fearful wrath of the Lorde They shall not satisfye theyr hongry soules neyther fyll theyr emptye bellyes therwith For it is become their owne decaye thorowe theyr wyckednes because they made thereof not onely costely Iewelles for theyr pompe and pryde but also abhomynable ymages and Idoles For this cause wyll I make them to be abhorred Moreouer I wil geue it into the handes of the straungers to be spoyled and to the wycked for tobe robbed and they shall destroye it My face wyll I turne from them my treasury shal be defyled for the theues shall go in to it and suspende it I wyll make cleane riddaunce for the lande is whole defyled with vntyghtueus iudgement of innocente bloude and the cite is full of abhominacions Wherfore I wyl brynge the most cruel tyrauntes from amonge the Heathen to take theyr houses in possession I wyll make the pompe of the proude to ceasse and they shall take in theyr Saynetuary When thys trouble commeth they shall seke peace but they shall haue none One myschefe and sorowe shal folowe another and one rumoure shall come after another Then shall they seke vysions in vayne at theyr Prophetes The lawe shal be gone from the prestes and wysdome frome the elders The kynge shal mourne the princes shal be clothed with heuynes and the haÌ„des of the people in the lande shall tremble for feare I wyll do vnto them after theyr owne wayes and accordynge to theyr owne iudgementes wyll I iudge them to learne them for to knowe that I am the Lorde ¶ An apperaunâ—e of the symylytude of God Ezechiel is brought vnto Ierusalem in the sprete The Lorde sheweth the Prophete the Idolatryes of the house of Israel and the fely of the Preastes CAPI VIII IT happened that in the syxte yeare the fyfth day of the syxte moneth I sat in my house and the Lordes of the councell of Iuda with me and the hande of the Lorde God fel euen there vpon me And as I loked vp I sawe as it were a lyckenesse of fyre from hys loynes downewarde and from his loynes vpwarde it shyned maruelous cleare lyke an angell to loke vpon This symylitude stretched out an hande and toke me by the hearrye lockes of my heade and the sprete lyft me vp betwyxte heaueÌ„ and earth and brought me in a vysyon to Ierusalem into the entrye of the inner porte that lyeth towarde the north there stode an ymage w t whom he that hath al thynges in his power was very wroth And beholde the glory of the God of Israel was in the same place euen as I had sene it afore in the felde And he sayde vnto me Thou sone of man O lyft vp thyne eyes and loke towarde the North. Then lyft I vp myne eyes towarde the north beholdeâ— besyde the porte Northwarde there was an aulter made vnto the ymage of prouocacion in the very entryng in And he sayde further more vnto me Thou sonne of maÌ„ â—â—â—st thou what these do Seyst thou the greate abhomycions that the house of Israel coÌ„mytteth in this place which ought â—â—t to be doâ—e 〈◊〉 my sainctuary But turne the about a thâ—â— shalt se yet greater abhomynaâ—ions And 〈◊〉 that brought he me to the cour◠〈◊〉 wheÌ„ I loked beholde there was an hole iÌ„ wal Then sayde he vnto me Thou soÌ„ne of man dygge thorowe the wal And wheÌ„ I dygged thorowe the wal beholde there was a dore And he sayde vnto me Go thy waye in and loke what wycked abhomynacyons they do here So I went in and sawe and beholde there were all maner ymages of wormes
Lorde vnto me sayinge Thou sonne of man yf Israel that frowarde housholde aske the and saye what doest thou there Then tell thē Thus sayeth the Lorde God This punyshmente toucheth the chefe rulers at Ierusalem all the house of Israel that dwell amonge them Tell them I am youre shew token lyke as I haue done so shall it happen vnto you Flyt shall ye also and go into captyuyte The chefest that is amonge you shall lade hys shulders in the darcke and get hym awaye He shall breake downe the wall to carye stuffe ther-thorowe He shall couer his face that he se nat the grounde with hys eyes My lyne wyll I sprede out vpon hym and catch him in my net and cary hym to Babylon in the lande of the Caldees whiche he shall nat se and yet shall he dye there As for al his helpers and all hys Hostes that be aboute hym I wyll scater thē towarde all the wyndes and drawe out a swearde after them So when I haue scatred them amonge the Heathen and strowed them in the landes they shall knowe that I am the Lorde But I wyll leaue a lytle nōbre of them frō the swearde hunger and pestilence to tel all theyr abhominacions among the Heathen where they come y ◠they maye knowe howe that I am the Lorde Moreouer the worde of the Lorde came vnto me sainge Thou sonne of man wyth a fearfull trēblyng shalt thou eate thy bred with carefulnesse sorow shalt thou drinke thy water And vnto the people of the lande speake thou on thys maner Thus sayeth the Lorde God to them that dwell in Ierusalem and to the lande of Israell Ye shall eate your bred with sorowe and drynke youre water with heuynesse Yee the lāde with the fulnesse therof shal be layde waste for the wyckednesse of them that dwel therin And the cyties y ◠nowe be well occupyed shall be voyde and the lande desolate that ye maye knowe howe that I am the Lorde Yet came the worde of the Lorde vnto me agayne sayinge Thou sonne of man what maner of by worde is that whiche ye vse in the lande of Israel sayinge Tush seynge that the dayes are so slacke in commyng all the vysyons are of none effecte Tell them therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God I wyll make that by worde to ceasse so that it shall no more be commenly vsed in Israell But saye thys vnto them The dayes are at hande that euery thynge whiche hathe bene prophecyed shal be fulfylled There shall no vysyon be in wayne nether any prophecie fayle amonge the chyldren of Israel For it is I the Lorde that speake it whatsoeuer I the Lorde speake it shal be perfourmed and nat be slacke in commynge Yee euen in your dayes O ye frowarde houshoulde wyll I deuyse some thyng and brynge it to passe sayeth y ◠Lorde God And the worde of the Lorde cam vnto me saying Beholde thou sonne of man The house of Israel saye in this maner Tush as for the vycyon that he hathe sene it wyll be many a daye or it come to passe It is farre of yet the thynge that he prophecyeth Therfore saye vnto them Thus sayeth the Lorde God All my wordes shall no more be slacke Loke what I speake that same shall come to passe sayeth the Lorde God ¶ The worde of the Lorde agaynst false prophetes whiche teach the people the councelles of theyr owne hertes CAPI XIII THE worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying Thou sōne of man Speake prophecye agaynst those prophetes that preache in Israel and saye thou vnto them that prophecye out of theyr owne hertes Heare the worde of the Lorde thus sayeth the Lorde God Wo be it vnto those folysh prophetes that folowe theyr owne sprete and speake where they se nothynge O Israel thy prophetes are like the foxes vpō the drye telde For they stande nat in y ◠gappes nether make they an hedge for the house of Israel that men myght abyde the parel in the daye of the Lorde Uayne thynges they se and tell lyes to mayntayne theyr preachynges with al. The Lorde saye they hath spoken it whā in very dede the Lorde hath nat sent them Uayne visyons haue ye sene and spoken falce prophecyes when ye saye the Lorde hathe spoken it where as I neuer sayde it Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God Because youre wordes be vayne and ye seke out lyes Beholde I wyll vpon you sayeth the Lorde God Myne handes shall come vpon y ◠prophetes that loke out vayne thynges and preache lyes they shall nat be in the councell of my people nor wrytten in the boke of the house of Israell neyther shall they come in the lande of Israell that ye maye knowe howe that I am the Lorde God And that for thys cause they haue dysceaued my people and tolde them of peace where no peace was One setteth vp a wall and they dawbe it with lowse claye Therfore tell them whiche dawbe it with vntempered morter that it shall fal For there shall come a greate shower of rayne greate stones shall fall vpon it and a sore storme of wynde shall breke it so shall the wall come downe Sall it nat then be sayde vnto you where is nowe the morter that ye dawbed it withal Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God I wyll breake out in my wrathfull dyspleasure with a stormy wynde so that in myne anger there shall come a myghtye shower of rayne hayle stones in my wrath to destroye withall As for the wall that ye haue dawbed with vntempered morter I wyll breake it downe make it euen with the grounde so that the foundacyon therof shall remoue and it shal fall yee and ye youre selues shal perysh in the myddest therof to lerne you for to knowe that I am the Lorde Thus wyll I perfourme my wrathe vpon thys wall and vpon them that haue dawbed it with vntempered morter and then wyll I saye vnto you The wall is gone and the dawbers are awaye These are the prophetes of Israell whiche prophecye vnto the cytye of Ierusalem and loke out vysyons of peace for them wher as no peace is saieth the Lorde God Wherfore O thou sonne of man set thy face agaynste the daughters of thy people whiche prophecye out of they re owne hertes and speake thou prophecye agaynste them and saye Thus sayeth the Lorde God Wo be vnto you that so we pylowes vnder all arme holes and bolsters vnder the heades bothe of yonge and old◠to catch soules with all For whan ye haue gotten the soules of my people in your captyuyte ye promyse them lyfe and dishonour me to my people for an hande full of barly and for a pece of breade whan ye kyll the soules of thē that dye nat and promes lyfe to thē that lyue nat Thus ye dissemble with my people that beleueth youre lyes Wherfore thus sayeth the Lorde God Be holde I wyll also vpon
a great trouble in the laÌ„de of Israel at that tyme. The very fyshes in the set the foules of the ayre the beastes of the felde and all the men that are vpon the earth shall tremble for feare of me The hylles also shall be turned vp syde downe the stayres of stone shal fal al walles shal syncke to the grounde I wyl cal for a swearde vpon them in al my mountaynes sayeth the Lorde God so that euery mans swearde shall be vpon another With pestylence and bloude wyl I punishe him stormy rayne and hayle stones fyre and brymstone wyll I cause to rayne vpon him and all his heape yee and vpon all that greate people that is with hym Thus wyll I be magnyfyed honoured and knowen amonge the Heathen that they may be sure howe that I am the Lorde ¶ He sheweth the destruccyon of Gog and Magog The graue of Gog and of his hooste He prophecyeth that Gog and his company shal be deuouted of byrdes and beastes Wherfore the house of Israell is wasted Their bryngynge agayne from captâ—uite is promysed CAPI XXXIX THerfore O thou sonne of man prophecye agaynst Gog and speake Thus sayeth the Lorde God Beholde O Gog thou chefe prynce at Mesech and Tuball I wyl vpon the and ☞ punyshe the with sixe plages and leade the from the North partes and brynge the vp to the mountaynes of Israel As for thy bowe I wyll smyte it out of thy left hande and cast thyne arowes out of thy ryght hande Thou with al thyne heape all the people that is with y â— must fall vpon the mountaynes of Israell Then wyll I geue the vnto foules and wylde beastes of the felde to be deuoured there must thou lye vpon the felde for euen I the Lord haue spoken it sayeth the Lorde God Into Magog and amonge those that syt so carelesse in the Iles wyll I sende a fyre they shal knowe that I am the Lord I wyl make also the name of my holynesse to be knoweÌ„ among my people of Israel I wyl not let my holy name be euyll spoken of any more but the very Hethen also shal knowe that I am the Lorde the holy one of Israel Beholde it commeth and shall be fulfylled in dede sayeth the Lorde God This is the daye wherof I haue spokeÌ„ They that dwell in the cyties of Israel shall go forth and set fyre vpon the weapeÌ„s and burne them shyldes and speres bowes and arowes bylles clubbes seuen yeares shall they be burnyng therof so that they shal els bryng no stickes frome the felde neyther haue nede to hewe downe any out of y â— wod For they shal haue weapens ynow to burne They shall robbe those that robbed theÌ„ and spoyle those that spoyled them sayeth the Lorde God At the same tyme wyll I geue vnto Gog a place to beburied in in Israel eueÌ„ the val ley where thorowe men go from the Easâ— to shall abhorre it There shall Gog and al his people be buried and it shal be called the valley of the people of Gog. Seuen monethes longe shall the house of Israell be buryenge of them that they maye clense the lande Yee all the people of the lande shall burye them O it shal be a glorious daye when I get me that honoure sayeth the Lorde God They shal ordayne meÌ„ also to be deed buriers euer goynge thorow the lande and appoynt them certayne places to bury those in whiche remayne vpon the felde that the lande maye be clensed From ende to ende shal they seke and that seuen monethes long Nowe those that go thorowe the lande where they se a mans bone they shall set vp a token by it tyll the deed buriers haue buryed it also in the valley of the people of Gog. And the name of the cite shal be called Hamonah Thê° shal they make the lande clene And thou sonne of man thus sayeth the Lorde God Speake vnto al the foules and euery byrde yee and to all the wylde beastes of the felde heape you together and come gather you rounde aboute vpon my slaughter that I haue slayne for you euen a great slaughter vpon the mountaynes of Israell eate fleshe and dryncke bloude Ye shal eate the fleshe of the worthies drynck the blode of the prynces of the lande of the wethers of the lambes of the goates and of the Oxen that be al slayne at Basan Eate the fat your bely full and dryncke bloude tyll ye be droÌ„ken of the slaughter whiche I haue slayne vnto you Fyll you at my table with horses and stronge horsemen with captaynes and all men of warre sayeth the Lorde God I wyll brynge my glory also amonge the Gentyles that all the Heathen maye se my iudgement that I haue kept and my hande whiche I haue layde vpon them that the house of Israel my knowe how that I am the Lorde theyr God from that daye forthe And the Heathen shal know that where as the house of Israel were led into captiuite it was for their wickednes sake because they offended me For the whiche cause I hyd my face from them and deliuered them into the handes of their enemyes that they myght al be slayne with the swearde â–ª Accordyng to theyr vncleÌ„nesse and vnfaythfull dealynges so haue I entreated them and hyd my face from them Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God Now wyll I bryng agayne the captiues of Iacob haue mercy vpon the whole house of Israel and be â—â—â—ous for my holy names sake All theyr confusion offence that they haue done agaynst me shall be taken awaye and so safely shall they dwell in theyr lande that no man shal make them afrayed And when I haue brought them agayne from among the people when I haue gathered them together out of their enemies landes and am praysed in them before many Heathen then shall they knowe that I am the Lorde their God whiche suffred them to be led into captiuite amonge the Heathen but nowe haue brought them agayne into theyr owne laÌ„de and not lefte one of them yonder After that wyll I hyde my face nomore from theÌ„ but wyl poure out my sprete vpoÌ„ the house of Israel sayeth the Lorde God ¶ The restorynge of the cytyes and of the temple that was to come is shewed vnto the Prophete CAPI XL. IN the. xxv yeare of our captyuite in the begynnyng of the yeare the. x. day of the moneth that is the. xiiij yeare after that the cyte was smyten downe the same daye came the hande of the Lorde vpon me and caryed me forth euen into y e lande of Israel brought he me in the vysyons of God set me downe vpon a maruelous hye mountayne wherevpon there was a buyldynge as it had bene of a cyte towarde the North. Thyther he caried me and behold there was a maÌ„ whose similitude was lyke brasse whiche had a threde of flax in his hande and meterodde also He stode in
to be vndiseased But Daniel exceaded al these Prynces lordes for the sprete of God was plentuous in hym so that the kynge was mynded to set hym ouer the whole realme Wherfore the Prynces and Lordes sought to pycke out in Daniel some quarel agaynst the kyngdome yet could they fynde none occasion nor faute vpon him For why he was so faythful that there was no blame nor dyshonesty founde in hym Then sayde these men we can get no quarell agaynst thys Daniel excepte it be in the law of his God Upon this weÌ„t the Prynces and Lordes together vnto the kyng sayde thus vnto him kyng Darius God saue thy lyfe foreuer Al the great estatê of the realme as the Prynces Dukes Senatours Iudges are determyned to put out a commaundement of the kynge and to make a sure statute namely that who so desyreth any petycion either of any God or man within this xxx dayes except it be onely of the O kyng the same person may be cast into the Lyons denne Wherfore O kynge confyrme thou this statute and make a wrytynge that the thynge which the Medes and Perses haue ordeyned be not altered nor broken So Darius made the wrytynge and confirmed it Nowe when Daniell vnderstode that the wrytynge was made he wente into hys house and the wyndowes of his wall towarde Ierusalem stode open There kneled he downe vpon his knees thre tymes a daye there he made hys petycion and praysed hys God lyke as his maner was to do afore tyme. Then these men made searche founde Daniell makynge his peticyon prayinge vnto his God So they came to the kyng spake before him concerning his commaundement saying O kyng hast thou not subscribed the statute y â— within xxx dayes who so requyreth his peticyon of any God or maÌ„ but onely of thyselfe O kyng he shal be cast into the denne of the Lyons The kynge an swered sayde yee it is true It must be as a lawe of the Medes and Perses that maye not be broken Then answered they and sayde vnto the kynge Daniel one of the prisoners of Iuda O kyng regardeth nether y â— nor thy statute that y u haste made but maketh his petycyon thre tymes a daye When the kynge hearde these wordes he was sore greued and wold haue excused Daniel to delyuer him put of the matter vnto the Sunne weÌ„t downe to the intent that he myght saue hym These men perceauyng y â— kinges mynde sayde vnto him knowe this O kynge that the lawe of the Medes and Perses is that y â— coÌ„maundement statute which the kynge maketh may not be altered Then y â— kyng bad them brynge Daniel and they cast hym into the Lyons denne The kynge also spake vnto Daniell and sayde thy God whom thou alwaye seruest euen he shall defendethe And there was brought a stone and layed vpon the hole of the denne this y â— kyng sealed with his owne ryng with the sygnet of his prynces that the kynges coÌ„maundement concerning Daniel shulde not be broken So the kyng wente into his palace and kepte him sober all nyght so that there was no table spred before hym neyther coulde he take any slepe But by times in the morning at the breake of the daye the kynge arose and went in all haste vnto the denne of the Lyons Nowe as he came nye vnto the denne he cried with a piteous voyce vnto Daniel yee the kynge spake and sayde vnto Daniel O Daniel thou seruaunt of the lyuyng God is not thy God whom thou alwaye seruest able to delyuer the from the lyons Daniel sayde vnto the kynge O Kynge God saue thy lyfe foreuer My God hathe sente hys aungell whiche hath shut y â— lyoÌ„s mouthes so that they myght not hurte me For why myne vngyltynesse is founde out before him And as for y â— O kynge I neuer offended y â— Then was the kynge exceadyng glad coÌ„maunded to take Daniel out of the denne So Daniel was brought out of the denne â–ª no maner of hurte was founde vpon hym For he put his trust in his God And as for those men whiche had accused Daniell the kyng commaunded to bryng them to cast theÌ„ in the Lyons denne them theyr chyldren theyr wyues So y â— lyoÌ„s had the maystrye of them and brake all their bones a sonder or euer they came at the grounde After this wrote kyng Darius vnto al people kynceddes and tuÌ„ges that dwelt in al landes peace be multiplied with you My commaundement is in all my dominyon kyngdome that men feare stande in awe of Daniels God For he is the lyuynge God whiche abydeth euer his kyngdome shal not fayle and his power is euerlastynge It is he that delyuereth and saueth he dath wonders and maruelous workes in heauen and earthe he hath preserued Daniel from the power of the Lyons This Daniel prospered in y â— raygne of Darius and Cirus of Persia. ¶ A vysyon of iiii beastes is shewed vnto Daniel The vysyon is interpreted of iiii kyngdomes of the worlde Of the power and increase of Antichryst Of the euerlastyng kyngdome of Chryste CAPI VII IN the fyrste yeare of Balthazar Kynge of Babylon sawe Danyell a dreame and a vysyon was in hys heade vpon hys bedde Whiche dreame he wrote and the somme of the matter is this Daniel spake and sayde I sawe in my vysyon by nyght and beholde the foure windes of the heauen stroue vpon the see and foure great beastes came vp from the see one vnlyke another The fyrst was as a lyon and yet had he Aegles wynges I sawe that his wynges were plucte from him and he taken awaye from the earthe that he stode vpon hys fete as a man and that there was geuen hym a mans herte Beholde y â— seconde beast was lyke a beare stode vpon the one syde Amonge his teeth in his mouth he had iij. great longe teeth it was sayde vnto him Aryse eate vp much flesh Then I loked and beholde there was another lyke vnto a leoparde this had wynges as a foule euen foure vpon the backe This beast had foure heades and there was power geuen him After this I sawe in a visyon by nyght and beholde the fourth beast was grymme and horrible and maruelous stronge It had great yron teeth it deuoured and destroyed stamped the resydue vnder his fete It was farre vnlyke the other beastes y t were before it for it had ten hornes wherof I toke good hede And beholde there came vp amoÌ„g them another lyke horne before whom there were thre of the first hornes pluckte awaye Beholde this horne had eyes lyke a man and a mouth speakynge presumptuous thynges I loked tyll the seates were prepared and tyl y u olde aged sat him downe His clothyng was as whyte as snowe and the hearres of hys heade lyke the pure wol Hys trone was lyke the fyrye
your olde men shal dâ—â—ame ☜ dreames your yong men shal se vysioÌ„s yee in those daies I wil poure out my sprete vpon seruauÌ„tes and maydens I wyl shewe wonters in heauen aboue and tokens in the earth beneth bloude fyre and the vapour of smoke The suÌ„ne shal be turned into darknes and the Moone into bloude before the great notable day of the Lorde come And the tyme shall conte that whosouer calleth on the name of the Lorde shal be saued For vpon the mount Syon and at Ierusalem there shal be a saluacion lyke as the Lorde hath promysed â—eâ— and among the other reÌ„naunt whom the Lorde shall call ¶ Of the iudgement of God agaynst the enemyes of his people CAPI III. FOr take hede in those dayes and at the same tyme when I turne againe the cap tyuite of Iuda and IerusaleÌ„ I shal gather al people together bryng theÌ„ in the valley of Iosophat there wyl I reason w t them because of my people my herytage of Israel whoÌ„ they haue scatred about in the nacyons parted my land yee they haue cast lot tes for my people the yonge men haue they set iÌ„ the bordel house solde the damsels for wyne y t they myght haue to drincke Thou Tirus and Sidon and all ye borders of the Philystynes what haue ye to do with me Wyll ye defye me well yf ye wyll nedes defye me I shall recompence you euen vpon your head that right worthely for ye haue taken away my syluer golde my sayre and goodly Iewels and brought theÌ„ into your goddes houses The chyldren also of Iuda and Ierusalem haue ye solde vnto y â— Grekes that ye myght brynge them farre from the borders of their owne countrees Beholde therfore I wyl rayse them out of the place where ye haue solde theÌ„ wyl rewarde you eueÌ„ vpon your head Your sonnes your daughters wyll I sel thorow the haÌ„des of the chyldren of Iuda and so they shall geue theÌ„ forth to sel vnto theÌ„ of Saba a people of a farre countre for the Lord him selfe hath sayd it Crye out these thynges among the GeÌ„tyles proclayme warre wake vp the gyauÌ„tes let them drawe nye let them come vp al the lusty warriours of theÌ„ Make you sweardes of your plowshares and speares of your sycles and sythes Let the weake man saye I am strong Mustre you come all ye Heathen rounde about gather you together there shal the Lorde laye all thy Gyauntes to the grounde Let the people aryse get theÌ„ to the valley of Iosaphat for there wyl I syt and iudge al HeatheÌ„ rouÌ„de about Lay to your sythes for ☞ the Haruest iâ— rype come get you downe the wyne presse is ful yee the wyne presses rounne ouer for their wyckednes is waxen great In the valley appoynted there shal be many many people for the daye of Lorde is nye in the valley appoynted The sunne moone shal be darkened the starres shall w t drawe their lyght The Lorde shal roare out of Syon crye out of Ierusalem that the heauens and the earth shall quake wtal But y â— Lord shal be a defence vnto his owne people and a refuge for the chyldren of Israel Thus shall ye knowe that I the Lorde youre God dwell vpon my holy mounte of Sion Then shal Ierusalem be holy there shall no strauÌ„gers go thorow her any more ☞ Then shall the mountaynes drope swete wyne and the hylles shall flowe with mylcke All the ryuers of Iuda shall haue water ynough and out of the Lordes house there shal flowe a spryng to water the broke of Sitim but Egypte shal be layed waste and EdoÌ„ shal be desolate because they haue dealte so cruelly with the chyldren of Iuda and shed innocent bloude in theyr lande Agayne Iuda shal be inhabited for euermore and Ierusalem from generacion to generacion for I wyll not leaue theyr bloude vnauenged And the Lorde shal dwell in Sion ¶ The ende of the Prophe cye of Ioel. ⧠The Booke of the Prophete Amos. ¶ The tyme of the Propherye of Amos. The worde of the Lorde agaynst â—â—ah egaynste Tyre agaynste Edom and agaynst the tonnes of Ammon CAPI I. THese are the sermons that were shewed vnto Amos whiche was one of the phepherdes at Thecua vpon Israel in the tyme of Osiah kyng of Iuda and in the tyme of Ieroboam the sonne of Ioah kynge of Israel two yeare ☜ before the earthe quake And he sayde The Lorde shall roare out of Syon and shewe his voyce from Ierusalem so that the pastu res of the shepherdes shal be in a myserable case the tope of Charmel dryed vp Thus sayeth the Lorde for thre and foure wycked nesses of Damascus I wyll not spare her because they haue thresshed Galaad with yron flayles But I wyll sende a fyre into the house of Hazael the same shal consume y â— pa laces of Benadab Thus wyll I breake the barres of Damascus and roce out the inhabyter from the felde of Auen And him that holdeth the scepter out of the pleasauÌ„t house so that the people shal be driuen out of fayre Syrya sayeth the Lord. Thus sayth y t Lord For thre foure wyckednesses of Gaza I wyl not spare her because they make the prisoners yet more capciue haue dryuen them into the lande of Edom. Therfore wyl I seÌ„de a fyre into the walles of Gaza which shal de uoure her houses I wyll rote out them that dwel at Asdod and him that holdeth the scepter of Ascalon stretch out mine hande ouer Accaron that the reÌ„mnaunt of the Philistynes shal perish sayeth the Lorde Thus sayeth the Lorde For thre foure wickednesses of the cyte of Tyre I wyl not spare her because they haue increased y â— cap tyutte of the Edomites haue not remeÌ„bred the brotherly couenauÌ„t Therfore wyll I sede a fyre into the walles of Tyre that shall consume her palaces Thus sayeth the Lord For thre foure wyckednesses of Edom I wyll not spare him because he persecuted his brother w t the swerde destroyed his mothers woÌ„de bare hatred very long so kept indignacyon al waye by hym Therfore wyl I sende a fyre in to Theman whiche shal de tâ—oure the palaces of Bosra Thus sayeth the Lorde For thre foure wyckednesses of the chyldren of A â–ª n non I wyll not spare them because they rypt vp the wemen great with chylde in Galaad to make the borders of theyr landes the wider Therfore I wyl kyndle a tyre in the walles of Rabbath that shal consume her palaces with a great crye in the day of barayle 〈◊〉 teÌ„pest and in the daye of storme so that theyr kynge shall go into captiuite he his Pryaces together sayeth the Lorde ¶ Agaynst Moab Iuda and Israel CAPI II. THus sayeth the Lorde For thre
and discouer her foundacious All her ymages shall be broken downe all her wynnynges shall be brent in the fyre yee all her ydols wyll I destroye for why they are gathered out of the hyre of an whore in to an whores hyre shal they be turned agayne Wherfore I wil mourne and make lamentacyon bare naked wyll I go I must mourne lyke the dragous and take sorowe as the Estriches for theyr wounde is past remedy And why it is come into Iuda hath touched the porte of my people at Ierusalem alredy Wepe not lest they at Geth perceyue it Thou at Betaphra welter thy selfe in y â— dust asshes Thou y â— dwellest at Sephyr get the hence wyth shame The proude shall boste nomore for very sorowe and why her neyghbour shall take froÌ„ her what she hath The rebellyous cytie hopeth y t it shall not be so euyll but for al y â— the plage shall come froÌ„ the Lord euen into the porte of IerusaleÌ„ The great noyse of the charettê shal fere theÌ„ that dwel at Lachis which is an occasion of the sine of the daughter of Syon for in y â— came vp the wyckednesses of Israel Yee she sent her coursers into the lande of Geth The houses of lyes wyl dysceyue the kinges of Israel And as for the O thou y â— dwel lest at Morassa I shall bryng a possessioner vpoÌ„ the the plage of Israel shall reath vn to Odolla Make the balde shaue the because of thy tender chyldren Make the clene balde as an Aegle for they shal be caryed away captiue from the. ¶ Thre atâ—ynges agaynst the synfull people CAPI II. OWo vnto theÌ„ that Imagin to do harme deuyse vngraciousnes vpoÌ„ their beddes to perfourme it in the cleare day for there power is agaynst God When they couet to haue laÌ„de they take it by violence they robbe men of theyr houses Thus they oppresse a man for his house euery maÌ„ for hê herytage Therfore thus sayeth y â— Lord Beholde against this houshold haue I deuised a plage wherout ye shal not plucke your neckes Ye shall no more go so proudly for it wyl be a perlous time In that day shal this terme be vsed and a mourning shal be made ouer you on this maner We be vtterly desolate the porcion of my people is translated Whan wyll he parte vnto vs the lande that he hath taken from vs Neuerthelesse there shal be no man to deuyde the thy porcyon in the congregacion of the Lord. Tush holde your tunge say they It shall not fal vpon this people we shal not come so to coÌ„fusion sayeth y â— house of Iacob Is the sprete of the Lord so cleane away or is he so mynded Truth it is my wordes are freÌ„dly vnto theÌ„ that lyue ryght but my people doth contrary therfore must I take part agaynst theÌ„ for they take away both cote cloke from the simple Ye haue turned your selues to fyght the wemen of my people haue ye shut out from their good houses and takeÌ„ away my excellent gyfres from theyr children Up get you hence for here shal ye haue no rest Because of theyr Idolatrye they are corrupte shall miserably perysh If I were a fleshly felowe a preacher of lyes and tolde them that they myght syt bybbyng and bollynge be dronkeÌ„ O that were a Prophete for this people But I wyl gather the in dede O Iacob dryue the reÌ„naunt of Israel all together I shall cary them one with another as a flocke in the folde and as the catel in theyr stalles that they may be dysquieted of other meÌ„ Who so breaketh the gappe he shal go before They shal breake vp y â— port go in out at it Theyr kynge shal go before theÌ„ the Lorde shal be vpon y â— head of theÌ„ ¶ Agaynst the tyranny of Prynces and false Prophetes â–ª CAPI III. HEare O ye heades of the house of Iacob ye leders of the house of Israell Shuld not ye knowe what were lawefull and ryght But ye hate the good and loue the euyll ye plucke of mennes skynnes and the flessh from theyr bones ye eate the flessh of my people flaye of theyr skynne ye breake theyr bones ye choppe theÌ„ in peces as it were into a cauldron as fleshe into a pâ—t Nowe the tyme shal come that when they call vnto the Lorde he shall not heare them but hyde his face from them because that thorow theyr owne ImaginacioÌ„s they haue dealte so wyckedly And as concernynge the Prophetes that dysceyue my people thus the Lorde sayeth agaynst them WheÌ„ they haue any chynge to byte vpon then they preache that al shal be wel but if a man put not some thynge into theyr mouthes they preache of warre agaynst him Therfore your vysyon shal be turned to nyght youre proheâ—yenge to darckenesse The Sunne shall go downe ouer those prophetes the day shal be darcke vnto them Then shal the visyon seers be ashamed and the sothsayers confounded yee they shal be fayne all the packe of them to stoppe theyr mouthes for they haue not Gods worde As for me I am ful of strength of y â— sprete of the Lorde full of iudgement boldnesse to shew the house of Iacob their wyckednes and the house of Israel theyr synne O heare this ye rulers of the house of Iacob ye iudges of y â— house of Israel ye that abhorre the thynge that is laufull wrest e asyde the thyng that is streight Ye y â— buylde vp Sion with bloude and Ierusalem w t doynge wronge O ye iudges ye geue sentence for gyftes O ye preastes ye teache for lucre O ye Prophetes ye prophecy for mony Yet wyll they be takeÌ„ as those that holde vpon god and say Is not the Lord among vs Tush there can no mysfortune happen vs. Therfore shall Sion for youre sakes be plowed lyke a felde Ierusalem shall become an heape of stones and the hyll of the temple shal be turned to an hye wodd ¶ Of the callynge of the Gentyles and conuâ—â—cyon of the Iewes CAPI IIII. BUt in the latter dayes it wyll come to passe y â— the hyl of the Lordes house shal be set vp hyer theÌ„ any mouÌ„taynes or hylles Yee y â— people shall prease vnto it the multitude of the GeÌ„tiles shall hast theÌ„ thyther sayeng Come let vs go vp to the hyll of y â— Lorde and to the house of the God of Iacob that he may teache vs his wayes that we may walcke in his pathes For the lawe shall come out of Syon the worde of God From Ierusalem and shall geue sentence amonge the multitude of the Heathen and re fourme the people of farre couÌ„trees so that of theyr sweardes they shall make plowshares sythes of theyr speares One people shall not lyft vp a
vpoÌ„ me sayth the Lorde vntyl the tyme y â— I stand vp for I am determyned to gather the people to brynge the kyngdomes together that I may poure out myne anger ye all my wrothful dysplesure vpoÌ„ theÌ„ For all y e worlde shall be coÌ„sumed w t the fire of my gelousi And theÌ„ wyl I cleÌ„se y â— lippes of the peple y â— they may euerychone call vpn the name of the Lorde serue hym with one shoulder Suche as I haue subdued and my chyldren also whom I haue scatered abrode shall brynge me presentes beyonde the waters of Etheopia In that tyme shalt thou no more be confounded because of all thy ymagynacyons wher thorow thou haddest offended me for I wyll take awaye the proude boosters of thyne honour from the so that thou shalt no more triumphe because of my holy hill In y â— also wyll I leaue a small poore symple people which shall trust in the name of y â— Lord. The remnaunt of Israell shall do no wyekednes nor speake lyes nether shall there any disceatful tunge be fouÌ„de in theyr mouthes For they shal be fed take theyr rest no maÌ„ shal make theÌ„ afrayed Geue thaÌ„kes O daughter Syon be ioyfull O Israel reioyce and be glad from thy whole herte O daughter IerusaleÌ„ for the Lorde hath takeÌ„ awaye thy punyshment and turned backe thyne enemyes The kynge of Israell euen the Lorde hym selfe is with the so that thou nedest nomore to feare any mysfortune In that tyme it shal be sayde to Ierusalem feare nat to Syon let nat thyne handes be slacke for the Lorde thy God is with the it is he that hath power to saue he hath a special pleasure in the a meruelous loue towarde the yee he reioyseth ouer the with gladnesse Such as haue bene in heuynesse wyll I gather together and take out of thy congregacyon as for the shame and reprofe that hath bene layed vpoÌ„ the it shal be farre froÌ„ the. And lo in that tyme wyll I destroye all those that vexe the I wyll helpe the lame and gather vp the cast awaye yee I wyl get them prayse and honoure in al landes where they haue bene put to shame At the same tyme wyl I brynge you in at the same tyme wyl I gather you I wyl get you a name and a good reporte amonge all people of the earth when I turne backe youre captiuite before youre eyes sayeth y â— Lorde ¶ The ende of the prophecye of Sophony ¶ The boke of the Prophete Aggeus ¶ The tyme of the Prophecye of Aggeus An ethartacyon to buylde the temple agayne CAPI I. IN the seconde yeare of kynge Darins in the. vj. moneth the fyrst daye of the moneth came the worde of y â— Lorde by the Prophete Aggeus vnto zorobabell the sonne of Salatyell the price of Iuda and to Iesuathe soÌ„ne of Iosedech the hye prest sayinge Thus speaketh the Lorde of hoostes and sayeth This people doth saye The tyme is nat yet come to buylde vp the Lordes house Then spake the Lorde that by prâ—â—hete Aggeus and sayde Ye youre selues can fynde tyme to dwell in syled houses shall this lye wast Considre nowe youre owâ—e wayes for oure hertes sayeth y â— Lorde of hoostes ye sowe much but ye bring litle iÌ„ ye care but ye haue not ynough ye drynck but ye are nat fylled ye decke your selues but ye are nat warme he that earneth any wages putteth it in a broken purse Thus sayeth the Lorde of hoostes CoÌ„sydre your owne wayes in your hertes get you vp to the mountayne fetch wod buylde vp y â— house that it maye be acceptable vnto me y â— I may shewe myne honour sayeth y â— Lorde Ye loked for much lo it is come to lytle though ye bryng it home yet do I blowe it awaye And why so sayeth y â— Lorde of hoostes Euen because y â— my house lyeth so wast ye renne euery maÌ„ vnto his owne house Wherfore y â— heaueÌ„ is forbyden to geue you any dewe the earth is forbydden to geue you encrease I haue called for a drouth bothe vpoÌ„ y â— lande vpoÌ„ the mouÌ„taynes vpoÌ„ corne vpoÌ„ wyne and vpoÌ„ oyle vpon euery thynge y â— the grounde bryngeth forth vpoÌ„ men and vpon catell yee and vpon all handy laboure Nowe wheÌ„ zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel Iesua the soÌ„ne of Iosidech the hye preste with the remnauÌ„t of the people herde the voyce of the Lord theyr God and the wordes of y â— prophete Aggeus lyke as the Lorde theyr God had sent hym the people dyd feare the Lorde Then Aggeus the Lordes angel sayde in the Lordes message vnto the people I am with you saieth the Lorde So the Lorde waked vp the sprete of zorobabel the soÌ„ne of Salathiel y â— prince of Iuda the sprete of Iesua y â— soÌ„ne of Iosedech the hye prest the sprete of y â— remnauÌ„t of all the people y â— they came laboured in the house of the Lorde of hoostes theyr God ¶ He sheweth that the goodlynes of the secoÌ„de temple shall excede the fyrst be cause of the commynge of Chryste CAPI II. VPON the. xxiiij daye of the. vi moneth in y â— seconde yeare of kynge Darius the. xxj daye of the seuenth moneth came the worde of y t Lorde by the prophete Aggeus sayeng speake to zorobabel y t soÌ„ne of Salathiel prynce of Iuda to Iesua the soÌ„ne of Iosedech y â— hye preste to the resydue of y â— people saye Who is left among you y â— sawe thys house in her fyrste bewtye But what thyncke ye now by it Is it not in your eyes eueÌ„ as though it were nothinge Neuerthelesse be of good â—â—ere O zorobabel sayeth y â— Lorde be of good coÌ„forte O Iesua y â— sonne of Iosedech hye preste take good hertes vnto you also all ye people of y â— lande sayeth the Lorde of hoostes do accordynge to y e worde for I am with you sayeth y e Lorde of hoostes lyke as I agreed w t you wheÌ„ ye came out of y â— lande of Egpt my sprete shal be among you feare ye not For thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes yet once more wyll I shake heauen earth the see and the drye lande yee I wyl moue all Heathen and the coÌ„forte of al Heathen shal come and so wyl I fyll thys house with honoure sayeth y â— Lorde of hoostes The syluer is myne the golde is myne sayeth the Lorde of hoostes Thus the glory of the last house shal be greater theÌ„ the fyrst sayeth the Lorde of hoostes and in this place wyll I geue peace sayeth the Lorde of hoostes The. xxiiij daye of the nynth moneth in the seconde yeare of kynge Darius came the worde of the Lorde vnto the prophete Aggeus sayenge Thus sayeth the
coloures and stroÌ„g Then spake I and sayde vnto the angel that talked with me O Lord what are these The angel answered sayde vnto me These are the. iiij windes of the heaueÌ„ which be come forth to staÌ„de before y â— ruler of all the earth That w t the blacke horse went into the laÌ„de of the north the white folowed them and the spekled horses wente forth towarde the south These horses were very stronge and wente out and sought to go and take theyr iourney ouer the whole earth And he sayde get you hence go thorowe the worlde So they went thorow out the worlde Then cryed he vpon me and spake vnto me sayeng beholde these that go towarde the North shall styll my wrath in the North countre And the worde of the Lord came vnto me sayeng Take of the presoners that are come froÌ„ Babylon namely Heldai Tobiah Idaia come y u the same day and go into the house of Iosiah the soÌ„ne of Sophony TheÌ„ take golde syluer make crownes therof and set theÌ„ vpon the heade of Iesua the soÌ„ne of Iosedeh the hye preste speake vnto him Thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes Beholde the maÌ„ whose name is the braunche and he that shal sprynge vp after him shal buylde vp the temple of the Lord yee euen he shall buylde vp the temple of the Lord. He shall beare the prayse he shal syt vpon the Lordes trone haue the domynacion A preste shall he be also vpon his trone and a peacable couÌ„cel shal be betwyxte them both And the crownes shal be in the temple of the Lorde for a remembraunce vnto Helem Tobiah Idaiah and Hen the sonne of Sophony And such as be farre of shal come and buylde the temple of the Lorde that ye may knowe howe that the Lorde of hoostes hath sent me vnto you And thys shall come to passe if ye wyl herken diligently vnto the voyce of the Lorde your God ¶ The estymacyon of fastynge without mercy The despysyng of charyte and the obstynaâ—ye of the people CAPI VII IT happened also in the fourthe yeare of kyng Darius that the worde of the Lord came vnto Zachary in the fourth day of the ninth moneth which is called Casteâ— what tyme as Sarasar and Rogomelech and the men that were with theÌ„ sent vnto Bethel for to pray before the Lord and that they shulde say vnto the prestes which were in the hous of the Lorde of hoostes and to the Prophetes Shulde I wepe in the fyfth moneth absteyne as I haue done nowe certayne yeares Then came the worde of the Lorde of hoostes vnto me sayenge Speake vnto all the people of the lande and to the preastes and saye when ye fasted and mourned in the fyfth seuenth moneth nowe this ixx. yeares dyd ye fast vnto me When ye dyd eate also dryncke dyd ye not eate and dryncke for your owne selues Are not these the wordes whiche the Lorde spake by his Prophetes afore tyme when IerusaleÌ„ was yet inhabited welthy she the cities roâ—de aboute her when there dwelt men both towarde the south in the playne countrees And the worde of the Lorde came vnto Zachary sayinge Thus sayeth the Lord of hoostes Execute true iudgemente shewe mercy and louynge kyndnesse euery man to his brother Do the wyddowe the fatherles the straunger and poore no wrong and let no man ymagen euyl against his brother in his herte Neuerthelesse they wolde not take hede but turned their backes stopped theyr eares that they shulde not heare yee they made their hertes as an AdamaÌ„t stone lest they shulde heare the lawe and wordes which the Lorde of hostes sent in his holy sprete by the prophetes afore tyme. Wherfore the Lord of hoostes was very wroth at them And thus is it come to passe that lyke as he spake and they wolde not heare eueÌ„ so they cried I wolde not heare sayeth the Lorde of hoostes but scaâ—red theÌ„ amonge all Gentyles whome they 〈…〉 not Thus the lande was made so deso 〈…〉 that there trauayled no man in it neyth 〈…〉 nor fro for that pleasauÌ„t lande was vtt 〈…〉 layed waste ¶ Of the returne of the people vnto Ierusalem and of the mercy of God towarde them Of good workes The callyng of the Gentyles CAPI VIII SO the worde of the Lord of hostes came vnto me sayeng Thus sayeth the Lord of hostes I was in a great gelousy ouer Sion yee I haue bene very gelous ouer her in a great dyspleasure thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes I wyl turne me agayne vnto Sion and wyll dwell in the myddest of Ierusalem so that IerusaleÌ„ shal be called a faythful and true cyte the hyll of the Lorde of hostes yee an holy hyll Thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes There shal yet olde men wemen dwell agayne in the stretes of Ierusalem yee such as go w t staues in theyr handes for very age The stretes of the cyte also shal be full of yong boyes and damsels playinge vpon the stretes Thus sayeth the Lord of hostes yf the resydue of this people thyncke it to be vnpossible in these dayes shulde it therfore be vnpossyble in my syght sayeth the Lord of hostes Thus sayeth the Lorde of hoostes Beholde I wyl delyuer my people froÌ„ the laÌ„de of the east and west and wyll brynge them agayne that they maye dwel at Ierusalem They shal be my people and I wyl be their God in trueth and ryghtuousnesse Thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes let your handes be stronge ye that nowe heare these wordes by the mouth of y â— prophetes which be in these dayes that the fouÌ„dacion is layed vpon the Lord of hostes house y â— the temple maye be buylded For why before these dayes neyther meÌ„ nor catel coulde wiÌ„ue any thyng nether myght any man come in out in rest for trouble but I let euery man go a gaynst his neyghbour Neuerthelesse I wyl now intreate the resydue of this people nomore as afore tyme sayeth the Lorde of hoostes but they shal be a sede of peace The vineyarde shal geue her frute the grouÌ„de shal geue her increase y â— heaueÌ„s shal geue their dewe I shall cause the reÌ„naunt of this people to haue all these in possession And it shal come to passe y â— lyke as ye were a curse among y â— the Heathen O ye house of Iuda ye house of Israell EueÌ„ so wyl I delyuer you y â— ye shal be a blessyng feare not but let your handes be stronge For thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes lyke as I â—â—â—ysed to punyshe you what tyme as 〈…〉 prouoked 〈◊〉 vnto wrath sayâ—th the Lorde of hostes spared not Euen â—o 〈◊〉 I 〈◊〉 now in these dayes for to do wâ—â— vnto the house of Iuda Ierusalem theefore feare ye not Now the thynges that ye shal do are these
poudre are wasted away Howleâ— O ye oke trees of Baasan for the myghtye stronge wodde is cut downe Men maye here the shepherdes mourne for their glory is destroyed MeÌ„ may here y â— lions whelpes rore for y â— pride of Iordane is wasted away Thus fayeth the Lorde my God Fode the shepe of the slaughter whiche shal be slayne of those that possesse theÌ„ yet they take it for no synne but they that sell them saye The Lord be thaÌ„cked I am rych yee their owne shepherdes spare them not Therfore wyl I nomore spare those that dwell in the lande â—sayeth the Lorde but lo. I wyll deliuer the people euery maÌ„ into his neighbours hand and into the hande of his kynge that they maye smyte the lande and out of theyr handes I wyll not delyuer them I my selfe fed the slaughter shepe a pore flocke verely and toke vnto me two staues the one I called louyng mekenes the other I called wo and so I kepte the shepe Thre shepherdes destroyed I in one moneth for I myght not a waye with them neyther had they any delyte in me Then sayde I I wyll fede you nomore the thyng that dyeth let it dye and that wyll perysh let it perysh and let the remnauÌ„t eate euery one the flesshe of his neighbour I toke also my louyng meke staff and brake it that I myght disanul the couenauÌ„t whiche I made with all people And so it was broken in that day Then the poore symple shepe that had a respecte vnto me knewe therby that it was the worde of the Lorde And I sayde vnto them yf ye thynke it good bryng hyther my pryce yf no then leaue So they wayed downe xxx syluer peÌ„s the value that I was prysed at And the Lorde sayde vnto me cast it vnto the potter a goodly pryce for me to be valued at of them and I toke the. xxx syluer pens and cast them to the potter in the house of the Lorde Then brake I my other staf also namely wo that I might lowse the brotherhead betwyxte Iuda Israell And the Lorde sayde vnto me Take to the also y â— staffe of a foolyshe shepherde for lo I wyll rayse vp a shepherde in the lande which shal not seke after the thiges that be lost nor care for suche as go astraye he shall not heale the wouÌ„ded he shall not norysh the thynge that is whole but he shall eate the fleshe of suche as be fat teare their clawes in peces O Idols shepherd that leaueth the flocke The swerde shal come vpon his arme vpoÌ„ his right eye Hê arme shal be clene dryed vp his ryght eye shal be sore blynded ¶ Of the destrucâ—â—on and buyldynge agayne of IerusaleÌ„ CAPI XII THe heuy burthen which the Lorde hath deuysed for Israell Thus sayeth the Lorde whiche spred the heauens abroade layde the foundacyon of the earth and gyueth man the breath of lyfe Beholde I wyl make Ierusalem a cuppe of surfet vnto all the people that are rounde aboute her Yee Iuda him self also shal be in the sege against Ierusalem At the same tyme wyll I make Ierusalem an heuy stone for all people so that al such as lyfte it vp shal be torne and rente and all the people of the earth shal be gathered together agaynst it In that daye sayeth the Lorde I wyll make al horses abashed and those that ryde vpon them to be out of theyr wyttes I wyl opeÌ„ myne eyes vpon the house of Iuda and smyte all y â— horses of the people with blyndnesse And the prynces of Iuda shall saye in theyr hertes The inhabyters of Ierusalem shal geue me coÌ„solacyon in the Lord of hoostes theyr God In that tyme wyl I make y â— princes of Iuda lyke an hote burnyng ouen with wood and lyke a cresset of fyre among the strawe so that they shall consume al the people rounde aboute them both vpon the ryght haÌ„de and the left Ierusalem also shal be inhabyted agayne namely in the same place where Ierusalem standeth The Lorde shall preserue the teÌ„tes of Iuda lyke as a fore tyme so that the glory of y â— house of Dauyd the glory of the cytesyns of Ierusalem shal be but lytle regarded in coÌ„paryson of the glory of Iuda In that day shal the Lorde defende the cytesyns of Ierusalem so that the weakest then among them shal be as Dauid and the house of Dauid shal be lyke as Gods house as the Angell of the Lorde before them At the same tyme wyll I go aboute to destroye all such people as come agaynst Ierusalem Moreouer vpon the house of Dauid and vpon the cytesyns of Ierusalem wyl I poure out the sprete of grace and prayer so y â— they shall loke vpoÌ„ me whoÌ„ they haue pearsed they shal bewepehi as meÌ„ mourne for their onely begotten sonne yee be sory for him as meÌ„ are sory for their fyrst chylde Then shall there be a great mournynge at Ierusalem lyke as the lamentacion at Adremnon in the felde of Maggadon And the lande shall be wayle euery kynred by theÌ„ selues The kynred of the house of Dauid theÌ„ selues alone their wiues by theÌ„ selues The kinred of the house of NathaÌ„ them selues alone their wiues by theÌ„ selues The kinred of y â— house of Leui theÌ„ selues alone their wiues by theÌ„ selues The kynred of the house of Semei them selues alone theyr wyues by them selues In lyke maner all the other generacioÌ„s euery chone by theÌ„ selues alone and their wiues by them selues ¶ Of the well of grace and truthe Of the cleue ryddaunce of Idolatrye and of false prophetes CAPI XIII IN that tyme shall the house of Dauyd and the cytesyns of Ierusalem haue an open well to washe of synne and vnclennesse And then sayeth the Lorde of hostes I wyll destroye the names of the Idoles les out of the lande so that they shal nomore be put in remembraunce âšœ As for the false prophetes also and the vncleane sprete I shal take them out of the laÌ„de So that yf any of them prophecie any more hys owne father mother that begat him shal say vnto him Thou shalt dye for thou speakest lyes vnder the name of the Lorde yee his owne father and mother that begat him shal wouÌ„de him wheÌ„ he prophecieth And then shall those prophetes be confounded euery one of his visioÌ„ when he prophecieth nether shall they weare sackclothê any more to disceaue men with all But he shall be fayne to say I am no Prophet I am an husbaÌ„de man for so am I taught by AdaÌ„ fro my youth vp And if it be sayde vnto him how came these wouÌ„des then iÌ„ thyne haÌ„des He shal answere Thus am I wounded in the house of myne owne frendes Aryse O thou swearde vpoÌ„ my shepherde and vpon the Prince of my peple sayeth the Lord of hostes Smyte the
euery place shal their sacryfyte be done a clene meat-offring offred vp vnto my name for my name is great among y e HeatheÌ„ saith y e Lorde of hostes But ye haue vnhalowed it iÌ„ that ye say y e aulter of y e Lord is not to be regarded the thiÌ„ge that is set therupon not worthy to be eaten Now say ye It is but labour and trauayle thus haue ye thought scorne at it saieth the Lorde of hostes offering robbery yee the lame and the sycke Ye haue brought me iÌ„ a meat offering shulde I accept it of your haÌ„de saieth the Lord Cursed be the disseÌ„bler which hath in his flocke one y t is male when he maketh a vowe offereth a spotted one vnto y e Lord. For I am a great kyng sayeth the lorde of hostes and my name is fearfull among the Heathen ¶ Threatenynges agaynste the Prestes beinge seducers of the people CAPI II. ANd nowe O ye prestes this coÌ„maundemente toucheth you yf ye wyll not heare it nor regard it to geue the glory vnto my name saieth the Lorde of hoostes I wyll sende a curse vpon you and wyl curse youre blessynges yee curse them wyll I yf ye do not take hede Beholde I shall corrupte youre sede and cast donge in your faces euen the donge of your solempne feastes and it shall cleue faste vpon you And ye shall knowe that I haue sente this commaundement vnto you that my couenauÌ„t whiche I made with Leui myghte stande sayeth the Lorde of hostes I made a couenaunt of lyfe peace with him this I gaue him that he myght stande in awe of me and so he dyd feare me had my name in reuerence The lawe of trueth was in his mouth there was no wyckednesse founde in his lyppes He walked with me in peace and equyte and dyd turne many one awaye from theyr synnes For the prestes lyppes shulde be sure knowledge y â— men may seke the lawe at his mouth for he is a messaunger of the Lorde of hostes But as for you ye are gone clene out of the way haue caused the multytude to be offended at the lawe ye haue broken the couenauÌ„te of Leui sayeth the Lorde of hoostes Therfore wyl I also make you to be despysed and to be of no reputacyon amonge all the people because ye haue not kept my wayes but haue bene percyall in the lawe Haue we not all one father Hath not one God made vs why doth euery one of vs theÌ„ despyse hys owne brother so breake the couenaunt of our fathers Now hath Iuda offeÌ„ded yee y â— abhomynacyoÌ„ is done in Israel in IerusaleÌ„ for Iuda hath defi led the SaÌ„ctuary of y â— Lord which he loued and hathe kepte the daughter of a straunge God But the lorde shal destroy the maÌ„ that doth this yee both the master the scoler out of the tabernacle of Iacob with hym y â— offreth vp meatoffring vnto the Lorde of hostes Now haue ye brought it to thê point agayne that the aulter of the Lord is couered with teres wepyng mourning so that I wyll nomore regarde the meat offeringe nether wil I receaue or accept any thyng at your haÌ„des And yet ye say wherfore Euen because that wher as the Lord made a coue nauÌ„t betwixt the and thy wyfe of thy youth thou hast despysed Yet is she thyne owne companyon and maryed wyfe So dyd not the one and yet had he an ex cellent spryte What dyd then the one He sought the sede promysed of God Therfore loke well to your spryte and let no man despyse the wyfe of his youth If y â— hatest her put her awaye saieth y â— Lorde God of Israell and geue her clothynge for the scorne sayeth the Lorde of hostes Loke well then to youre sprite and despise her not Ye greue the Lorde with youre wordes yet ye saye wherwith all haue we greued him In this that ye say All that do euyll are good in the syght of God and suche please him Or els where is the God that punysheth ¶ Of the messauÌ„ger of the Lorde Iohn Baptystâ— Of the â—aye of the Lorde and of Eliah CAPI III. BEholde I wyl sende my messaunger which shal prepare the way before me and the Lorde whom ye wolde haue shall soone come to his temple yee euen the messaunger of the couenaunte whome ye long for Beholde he commeth sayeth the Lorde of hostes But who maye abyde the daye of hys commynge Who shall be able to endure when he appeareth For he is lyke a goldsmythes fyre and lyke wasshers sope He shall syt hym downe to trye and to clense the syluer he shall pourge the chyldren of Leui and puryfy them lyke as golde and syluer that they maye brynge meatofferynges vnto the Lorde in ryghteousnesse Then shall the offeryng of Iuda and Ierusalem be acceptable vnto the Lorde lyke as from the begynnynge and in the yeares afore tyme. I wyll come and punyshe you and I my selfe wyl be a swyfte witnes agaynst y â— witches agaynst the aduouterers against false swearers yee agaiste those that wrongously kepe backe the hyrelynges dewtye whiche vexe the wyddowes and the fatherlesse and oppresse the strauÌ„ger and feare not me sayeth the Lorde of Hostes. For I am the Lorde that chaunge not ye O chyldreÌ„ of Iacob wyl not leaue of ye are gone awaye fro myne ordynaunces and sens the tyme of your forefathers haue ye not kept them Turne you now vnto me and I wyll turne me vnto you saieth y â— Lorde of Hostes ye saye Wherin shall we turne Shulde a man vse falshede and disceate with God as ye vse falshede and disceate with me yet ye saye wherin vse we disceat w t the In Tythes and heaue offringes Therfore are ye cursed with penury because ye disseÌ„ble with me all the sorte of you Brynge euery Tithe into my barne that there maye be meat in myne house proue me withall sayeth the Lorde of hoostes yf I wyll not open the wyndowes of heauen vnto you poure you out a blessynge with plenteousnesse Yee I shall reproue the consumer for your sakes so that he shal not eat vp the frute of your grounde neither shall the vyâ—â—rde be baren in the folde saieth the Lorde of hostes In so much that all people shall saye that ye be blessed for ye shall be a pleasauÌ„t lande saieth the Lorde of hoostes Ye speake harde wordes against me sayth the Lorde And yet ye saye what haue we spoken agaynst the ye haue sayde It is but loste laboure to serue God What profyt haue we for kepynge his coÌ„mauÌ„dementes for walkyng huÌ„bly before y â— Lorde of hoostes Therfore may we say that the proud are happy that they which deale with vngodlynes are set vp for they tempte God yet escape But they that feare god saye thus one to another
tabernacles sake Neuertheles they had his messauÌ„gers in derision loke what god spake vnto theÌ„ by his ê“phetes they made but a sport of it This drewe on so longe tyll the Lorde was wroth with his people for their vngodlynes and tyl he caused the kynges of y â— Cal dees to come vp whiche slew their yonge meÌ„ with the swerde yee euen in the compasse of their holy temple spared no body neither yong nor olde nether maden nor yonge maÌ„ but they were all delyuered into the power of the kinges of the Caldees and al the holy vessels of the Lorde and the kynges treasures toke they and caried them vnto BabiloÌ„ As for the house of the Lorde they weÌ„t vp into it and brent it brake downe the walles of Ierusalem set fyre vpon her towres destroyed al her noble buyldiges brought them to nought and the people that were not slayne with the swearde they caryed vn to Babylon Thus became they presoners boÌ„de meÌ„ of the kyng of Babilon tyll they were delyuered raygned for them selues when the wordes of the Lorde were fulfylled whiche he promysed them by the mouth of the Prophete Ieremy and tyl the lande had her rest namely all the tyme that it lay waste had it rest and quytnes lxxvij yeares ¶ Cyruâ— gyueth lyeence to the Iâ—â—â—es to returne to Ierusalem and restoreth them the vessele of the temple After that aâ—e there letters sende to Artaxerses whiche acâ—use the Iewes for buyldynge of the cytie and so is the buyldyng â—râ—uen of vntyll the. 11. yeare of Darius CAPI II. N Owe when the kyng Cyrus raygned uer the Persians when the Lorde wolde perfourme the worde that he had promysed by the mouth of the prophet Ieremy the Lorde raysed vp the sprete of Cyrus the kynge of Persians so that he caused thys wrytynge to be proclaymed thorowe out his whole realme sayinge Thus sayeth Cyrus the kyng of Persians The Lorde of Israel that hye Lorde hath made me kynge of the lande and commaunded me to buylde hym an house at IerusaleÌ„ in Iewry If there be any nowe of your people the Lorde be wyth hym and go vp wyth hym to Ierusalem And all they that dwell rounde aboute that place shall helpe them whether yt be wyth golde wyth syluer wyth gyftes horses and necessary catell and all other thynges that are brought wyth a fre wyll to the house of the Lorde at Ierusalem Then the principall men out of the trybes and vyllages of Iuda and Beniamin stode vp so dyd the prestes also and the Leuites whom the Lorde had moued to go vp and to buylde the house of the Lorde at Ierusalem And they that were about them helped them with al maner of gold and syluer and catell also and with many lyberall gyftes and thys dyd many one whose mynde was stered vp there to Kynge Cyrus also brought forth the vessels and ornamentes that were halowed vnto the Lorde whyche Nabuchodonosor the kynge of BabyloÌ„ had caryed awaye from Ierusalem and consecrated them to hys Idoll and ymage deliuered them to Mithrid atus his treasurer and by him they were delyuered to Salmanasar the debyte in Iewry And this was the noÌ„bre of them Two thousande iiij C. syluer boulles xxx syluer basens xxx baseÌ„s of golde ij M. and. iiij C. vessels of syluer and a thousande besyde All the vessels of gold and syluer were v. M. viij C. and. lx These were noÌ„bred vnto Salmanasar and to theÌ„ that were come agayne with hym to Ierusalem out of the captiuite of Babylon Nowe in y â— tyme of kynge Artaxerses the kynge of Persia these men Balemus and Mithridatus Sabellius Rathimê° Balthemus Semelius the Scribe other that dwelt in Samaria in other places vnder y â— dominioÌ„ therof wrote a letter vnto kynge Artaxerses wherin they complayned vnto the kynge of them in Iewry and Ierusalem The letter was made after thys maner Syr thy seruauÌ„tes Rathimus the story wryter Sabellius the Scribe other iudges of the courte in Celosyrya Phenyces Be it knowen manifeste to oure Lorde the kyng y t the Iewes which are come vp from you vnto vs into Ierusalem the rebellious and wicked cytye begynne to buylde it agayne and the walles aboute it and to set vp the temple a new Now yf this cytie the walles therof be set vp agayne they shall not onely refuse to geue trybutes and taxes but also rebell vtterly agaynste the kynge And for so moch as they take thys in hande now aboute the temple we thought it reasoÌ„ to thinke no scorne of it but to shewe it vnto oure Lorde the kynge and to certyfie hym therof to thintent that if it please the kinge he maye cause it to be sought in the bokes of olde and thou shalt fynde soche warning wrytten shalt vnderstande that this cytie hath all way bene rebelyous and disobedieÌ„t that it hath subdued kynges and cytyes that the Iewes whiche dwell therin haue euer bene a rebellyous obstynate vnfaythfull and fyghtyng people for the whiche cause thys cytye is wasted Wherfore nowe we certyfye our Lorde the Kynge y t yf thys cytye be buylded occupyed agayne and y e walles therof set vp a new â–ª thou canst haue no passage into Celosyria and Phenices Then wrote the kynge to Rathimus the story wryter to Balthemus to Sabelius y e Scribe to y e other officers dwellers in Syria and Phenices after thys maner I haue red the epistle which thou seÌ„test vnto me haue commaunded to make diligeÌ„t search haue founde y t the cytie hath euen resysted kynges y t the same people are dysobedient and haue caused much warre and that myghty kynges haue raygned in Ierusalem whiche also haue raysed vp taxes of Syria and Phenices Wherof I haue coÌ„mauÌ„ded those people y t they shal nat buylde the cytie that they make nomore in it and that they proceade no forther with the buyldynge for so much as it myght be the cause of warre and displeasure vnto kynges Nowe when Rathymus and Sabellius the Scribe the rulers in the laÌ„de had â—eâ— the wrytynge of kynge Artaxerses they gat them together and came in all the haste to Ierusalem with an hoost of horsmeÌ„ with muche people of fote forbad theÌ„ to buylde And so they lefte of from buyldynge of the temple of Ierusalem vnto the seconde yeare of y â— raygne of Darius kynge of perseans ¶ Dariâ—s maketh a feast The thre sentenses of the thre yonge men of whiche the fyrst is declared CAPI III. Kynge Darius made a greate feast vnto hys seruauntes vnto all his courte and to all the offycers of Medea Persia yee to all the debytes and rulers that were vnder hym from India vnto Ethiopia an hundreth xxvij countres So when they had eaten and droucken beynge satysfyed were gone home agayne Darius y â— kynge wente into his chambre layed hym
stablysh theyr fete As for the seruauntes whom I haue geuen the there shall nat one of them perysh for I wyl seke them from thy noÌ„bre vexe nat thy selfe For when the daye of trouble and heuynes coÌ„meth other shall wepe and be sorowfull but thou shalt be mery and plenteous The HeatheÌ„ shal be gelous but they shal be able to do nothynge agaynst the sayeth the Lorde My handes shall couer the so that thy children shal nat se the fyre enerlastyng Be ioyfull O thou mother with thy chyldren for I wyll delyuer the sayeth y â— Lorde Remembre thy deed chyldren for I shall brynge them out of the earth and shewe mercy vnto them for I am mercyfull sayeth the Lorde almyghty Embrace thy chyldren vntyll I come and shewe mercy vnto them for my welles runne ouer and my grace shall nat fayle I Esdras receaued a charge of the Lorde vpon the mount Oreb that I shulde go vnto Israell But when I came vnto Israell they set me at naught and despised the commaundemente of the Lorde And therfore I saye vnto you O ye HeatheÌ„ that heare and vnderstande Loke for youre shepherde he shall geue you euerlastynge rest for he is nye at hande that shall come in the ende of the worlde Be readye to the rewarde of the kyngdome for the euerlastynge lyght shall shyne vpon you for euermore Fle the shadowe of this worlde receaue the ioyfulnes of your glory I testifie my sauyour openly O receaue the gyfte that is geuen you be glad geuynge thankes vnto hym y â— hathe called you to the heauenly kyngdome Aryse vp and stande faste beholde the nombre of those that be sealed in the feast of the Lorde whiche are departed from the shadowe of the worlde and haue receaued gloryous garmentes of the Lorde Take thy nombre O Syon and shut vp thy puryfyed whiche haue fulfylled the lawe of the Lorde The nombre of thy chyldren whom thou longedest for is fulfylled beseche the power of the Lorde that thy people whiche haue bene called froÌ„ the begynnynge maye be halowed I Esdras sawe vpon the mount Syon a great people whom I coulde nat nombre and they all prysed the Lorde with songes of thankesgeuynge And in the myddest of them there was a yonge man of an hye stature more excellente then al they vpon euery one of theyr heades he set a crowne was euer higher and higher whiche I marueled at greatly So I asked the angel and sayd Syr what are these He answered and sayde vnto me These be they that haue put of the mortall clothynge and put on the immortal and haue testifyed and knowledged the name of God Nowe are they crowned receyue the rewarde Then sayde I vnto the Aungell what yonge personne is it that crowneth them geueth theÌ„ the palmes in theyr handes So he answered sayde vnto me It is y â— sonne of God whom they haue knowledged in the worlde Then begaÌ„ne I greately to coÌ„mende theÌ„ y â— stode so styfly for the name of the Lord And so the angel sayd vnto me Go thy way tell my people what maner of thinges and howe greate wonders of the Lorde thy God thou hast sene ¶ The wonderous workes whiche God dyd for the people are recited Esdras marueleth that God suffreth the BabiloniaÌ„s â–ª to haue rule ouer his people which yet are siners also CAPI III. IN the thyrtyeth yeare of the fall of the cytie I was at Babylon and laye troubled vpon my bed and my thoughtes came vp ouer my herte for I sawe the desolacion of Syon and the plentuous wealthe of them that dwelte at Babylon and my sprete was sore moued so that I beganne to speake ferefull wordes to the most hyest and sayd O Lorde Lord thou spakest at the begynnyng when thou plantedst the earth and that thy selfe alone and gauest commaundement vnto the people and a body vnto AdaÌ„ whiche was a creature of thy handes hast brethed in him the brethe of lyfe so he lyued before the and thou leddeste him into Paradyse whiche garden of pleasure thy ryght hande had plaÌ„ted or euer y â— earth was made And vnto him thou gauest commaundemente to loue thy way whiche he traÌ„sgressed and immedyately thou appoyntedst death in hym and in his gâ—neracions Of hym came nacyons trybes people and kynreddes out of nombre And euery people walcked after their owne wyll and dyd nyce thynges before the as for thy coÌ„maundementes they despysed them But in processe of tyme thou broughtest the water floude vpon those that dwelte in the worlde and destroyedst them And lyke as the death was in Adam so was y â— water floude also in these Neuerthelesse one of theÌ„ thou leftest namely Noe with his house holde of whome came all ryghtuous men And it happened that when they that dwelt vpon the earth beganne to multyplye and had gotten many chyldren and were a great people they begaÌ„ne to be more vngodly theÌ„ the fyrste Nowe when they all lyued so wyckedly before the thou dydest chose the a man froÌ„ amonge them whose name was Abraham Him thou louedst and vnto hym onely thou shewedst thy wyl and madest an euerlasting couenaunt with hym promysynge him that thou woldest neuer forsake his sede And vnto him thou gauest Isaac * vnto Isaac also thou gauest Iacob and Esau. As 〈◊〉 Iacob thou dydest chose him and put baâ—â—â— Esau. * And so Iacob became a greate multytude And it happened that when thou leddest his sede out of Egypt thou broughtest theÌ„ vp to the mounte Syon bowyng downe the heauens settynge fast the earthe mouynge the grounde makyng the depthes to shake and troublynge the worlde And thy glorye went thorowe foure partes of fyre and earthquakes and wyndes and colde that thoâ— myghtest geue the lawe vnto the sede of Iacob diligeÌ„ce vnto y â— generacion of Israel And yet tokest thou not away from them that wycked herte y â— thy lawe myght brynge forth frute in them For the fyrst Adam â—aâ—â— a wycked hert transgressed and was ouercome so be all they that are borne of 〈◊〉 Thus remayneth wickednes with th 〈…〉 in the herte of the people w t the wyckeâ—â—â—â— of the rote so that the good departed away and the euyll abode styll So the tymes passed awaye and the yeares were brought to an ende Then dydest thou rayse the vp a seruauÌ„t called Dauid whom thou coÌ„mauÌ„dedst to buylde a cyte vnto thy name and to offre vp incense and sacryfyce vnto the therin This was done nowe many yeares TheÌ„ the inhabiters of the cyte forsoke the in all thiÌ„ges dyd eueÌ„ as AdaÌ„ al his generacions had done for they also had a wicked hert And so thou gauest thy cyte ouer into the handes of thyne enemyes Are they of Babylon theÌ„ better and more ryghtuous then thy people that they shall therfore haue the domynyon of Syon For when I came there and sawe theyr vngodlynes
I said O Lord Lord now are we al ful of sine for our sake peraduenture it is not y t the barne of the ryghtuous shal not be fylled because of the sines of theÌ„ that dwel vpon the earth So he answered me sayd Go thy waye to a womaÌ„ with chylde and aske of her wheÌ„ she hath fulfylled her nyne monethes yf her chyldebed may kepe y â— birth any longer with in her Then sayd I No Lorde that can she not And he sayde vnto me In hell the secret places of soules are lyke the preuy chambre of a woman For lyke as a woman that trauayleth maketh haste when the tyme and necessyte of the byrthe is at hande Euen so doth she haste to delyuer it that is commytted vnto her Loke what thou desyrest to se it shall be shewed the from the begynnynge Then answered I sayde If I haue fouÌ„de fauoure in thy syght and yf it be possyble and yf it be mete therefore shewe me then whether there be more to come then is past or more paste then is for to come What is paste I knowe but what is for to come I knowe not And he sayde vnto me Stande vp vpon the ryght syde and I shall expounde the symylitude vnto the. So I stode and behold an whote burnynge ouen wente ouer before me and it happened that when the flamme was gone by the smoke had the vpper haÌ„dâ— After this there went ouer before me a watery cloude and sent downe much rayne with a storme when the stormy rayne was past the droppes remayned styll Then sayde he vnto me lyke as the rayne is more then the droppes and as the fyre exceadeth the smoke euen so the measure of the thynges that are past hath the vpperhande Then wente the droppes and the smoke aboue and I prayed and sayde May I lyue thynkest thou vntyll that tyme Or what shall happen in those dayes He answered me and sayde As for the tokeÌ„s wherof thou askest me I may tell the of them in a parte but as touchynge thy lyfe I may not shewe the for I am not sent therfore ¶ Esdras and the Angell comen together CAPI V. NEuerthelesse as concernynge the tokens marke this Beholde the dayes shall come that they whiche dwell vppon earth shal be taken in a greate nombre and the waye of the trueth shal be hyd the land shal be baren from fayth but iniquite shal haue the vpperhande lyke as thou hast sene nowe as thou hast herde longe ago And y â— lande that thou seyst now to haue rule shalt thou shortly se waste But yf God graunte the to lyue thou shalt se after the thyrde troÌ„pet that the suÌ„ne shal sodenly shyne againe in the night the mone thre times iÌ„ the day bloude shall droppe out of wodde and the stone shall geue his voyce the people shal be vnquyete and euen he shall rule whom they hope not that dwell vpon earthe the foules shall flyt the Sodomytshe see shall cast out his fysh make a noyse in the night which many shall not knowe but they shall all heare the voyce therof There shal be a coÌ„fusion also in many places and the fyre shal be oft sent agayne and the wylde beastes shall go theyr waye and menstruous wemen shall beare monstres salt waters shall be founde in the swâ—teâ—one frende shal fyght agaynst another then shal all wyt and vnderstandyng be hyd and put aside iÌ„to their secrete places shal be sought of many and yet not be fouÌ„deâ— then shal vnryghtuousnes and voluptuousnes haue the vpperhande vpon earth One laÌ„de also shal aske another and say Is ryghtuousnes gone thorowe the And it shall saye No. At the same tyme shall men hope but nothynge optayne they shall laboure but theyr wayes shall not prospere To shewe the suche tokens I haue leue and yf thou wylte praye agayne wepe as nowe and fast seuen dayes thou shalt heare yet greater thinges Then I awaked and a fearefulnes went thorowe all my body and my mynde was feble and carefull so that I almost sowned withall So the angell that was come to talke with me helde me coÌ„forted me and set me vpon my fete And in the seconde nyght it happened y e Salathiel the captayne of the people came vnto me saying Where hast thou bene and why is thy countenaunce so heuy Knowest thou not that Israel is coÌ„mitted vnto the in the lande of theyr captiuite Up then eate forsake vs not as y â— shepherde that leaueth his flocke in the handes of wycked wolues Then sayd I vnto hym Go thy way fro me come not nye me he herde it as I said so went he his way fro me And so I fasted seueÌ„ dayes mournyng wepyng lyke as Uriell the angel coÌ„maunded me And after seueÌ„ daies it happened y â— the thoughtes of my herte were very greuous vnto me agayne my soule receyued the sprete of vnderstandyng and I beganne to talke with the moste hyest agayne and sayde O Lorde Lord of euery wood of the earth and all the trees therof â— thou hast chosen the one onely vyneyarde and of all landes of the whole worlde thou hast chosen one pyt and of al floures of the grounde thou hast chosen the one lylye and of all the depthes of the see thou hast fylled the one ryuer and of all buylded cyties thou hast halowed Syon vnto thy selfe and of al the foules that are created thou hast named the one doue of all the catell that are made thou hast prouyded the one shepe and amoÌ„g all the multytudes of folckes thou hast gotten the one people vnto this people whom thou louedst thou gauest a law that is proued of all And nowe O Lorde why haste thou geuen this one people ouer vnto many and vpon the one rote thou hast prepared other why hast thou seatâ—ed thy one onely people among many whiche treade them downe yee whiche haue euer withstande thy promyses and neuer beleued thy couenauntes And thoughe thou werest enemye vnto thy people yet shuldest thou punysh them with thyne owne haÌ„des Nowe wheÌ„ I had spokeÌ„ these wordes y â— angell y â— came to me y â— nyght afore was sente vnto me snyde vnto me Heare me and herken to the thynge that I say I shal tel the more And I said Speke on my Lorde Then sayd he vnto me Thou arte sore vexed troubled for Israels sake Louest thou that people better theÌ„ hym that made them And I sayd to hym No Lorde but of very grefe coÌ„passion haue I spoken For my reines payne me euery hour because I wolde haue experieÌ„ce of the way of y e most hiest to seke out parte of his iudgmeÌ„t And he sayde vnto me y â— thou mayest not And I sayde Wherfore Lorde where vnto was I borne then Or why was not my mothers childbed then my graue So had I not sene
chaunged turned into another meanynge for euyll shal be put out and disceyte shal be quenched As for fayth it shall floryshe corrupcion shal be ouercome the truth which hath bene so longe without frute shal be declared And it happened when he talked w t me that I loked demurely vpon him before whome I stode and these wordes sayde he vnto me I am come to shewe the the tyme of the nyght for to come Yf thou wylte praye yet more and fast seuen dayes agayne I shall tell the more thinges and greater then before for thy voyce is hearde before the Hyest for why y ◠myghtye hathe sene thy ryghtuous dealynge he hath sene also thy chastyte which thou hast had euer sence thy youth and therfore hathe he sent me to shewe the al these thynges to saye vnto the Be of good comforte feare not and hast not w t the tymes that are paste to thyncke vayne thynges make not haste of the latter tymes And it happened after this that I wept agayne and fasted seuen dayes in lyke maner y ◠I myght fulfyll the thre wekes which he tolde me In the eyght night was my hert vexed withi me agayne I begāne to speke before the hyest for my sprete was greately set on fyre and my soule was in destresse I sayd O Lord thou spakest vnto thy creature frō the begynnyng euen the fyrst daye and saydest Let heauen earth be made and thy worde was a perfecte worcke And then was there the sprete and the darckenesses were yet on euery syde and sylence there was no mans voyce as yet from the. Then cōmaunded thou a fayre lyght to come forth out of thy treasures that thy workes myght appere and be sene Upon the seconde daye thou made est the sprete of the firmament and commaūdest it to part in sunder and to make a deuysion be twixte the waters that the one parte myght remayne aboue and the other beneth Upon the thyrde day thou broughtest to passe that the waters were gathered in the seuēth part of y ◠earth Sixe partes hast thou dryed vp and kepte them to thyntent that mē myght sowe occupye husbandry therin As soone as thy worde wente forth the worcke was made For immediatly there was greate innumerable frute and many diuerse pleasures desyres of tēptacyon floures of chaungeable coloure and smel and this was done the thyrde day Upon the. iiij daye thou cōmaundedst y ◠the Sunne shuld geue his shyne the mone her lyght the starres dydest thou set in ordre gauest thē a charge to do seruyce euen vnto man that was for to be made Upon the fyfth daye thou saydest vnto the seuenthe part where the waters were gathered that they shulde brynge forthe diuerse beastes foules and fysshes And so it came to passe that the domme water and without soule brought forth lyuynge beastes at the commaundement of God that all people myght prayse thy wonderous worckes Then dydest thou preserue two soules the one thou calledst Enoch and the other Leuiathan didest seperate the one from the other for the seuenth parte namely where the water was gathered together myght not holde them bothe Unto Enoch thou gauest one parte whiche was dryed vp the thyrde daye that he shulde dwel in the same part wherin are a thousande hylles But vnto Leuiathan thou gauest the seuēth part namely y ◠moyst and haste kepte him to deuoure what thou wylte and whan Upon the syxte daye thou gauest cōmaundement vnto the earthe that before the it shulde brynge forth beastes caxell and all that crepe and besydes this Adam also whome thou madest Lorde of all thy creatures Of hym come we all and the people also whom thou hast chosē specyally vnto thy selfe Al this haue I said nowe and spoken before the O Lord y t I myght shewe howe that the world is made for our sakes As for the other people whiche also come of Adam thou hast said that they are nothyng but be lyke a spetle hast lyckened the aboūdaunce of them vnto a droppe that falleth from the rofe of the house And nowe O Lorde the Heathen which haue euer bene reputed as nothynge haue begōne to be Lordes ouer vs and to deuour vs but we thy people whom thou hast called the fyrst borne thy onely begotten thy feruente louer are geuen into theyr handes and power Yf the worlde nowe be made for our sakes why haue we not the inherytaūce in possessyon with the worlde Howe longe shall this endure ¶ The Angell sheweth Esdras many thynges to come CAPI VII AND it happened after that I had spoken out these wordes there was sente vnto me an Angell whiche had bene by me also the nightes afore and he sayd vnto me Up Esdras and here the wordes that I am come to tell the. And I sayd speake on Lord my God Then sayd he vnto me The see is set in a wyde place that it might be depe and greate but the entraunce is narowe small lyke a ryuer For who wolde go into the see to loke vpon it and to rule it If he wente not thorow the narowe how myght he come into the brode Item another A cytie is buylded and set vpon a brode felde and is full of al goodes the entraūce is narowe and sodayne lyke as yf there were a fyre at the ryght hande and a depe water at the lefte and as it were onely one strayte path betwixte thē bothe so small that there coulde but one man go there If this cyte nowe were geuē to an heyre he neuer went thorowe the parlous waye how wolde he receyue his enheritaūce And I sayde It is so Lord. Then said he to me Euen so is Israel also a porcyon And why for theyr sakes haue I made the world and when Adam transgressed my statutes then was the thyng iudged that was done Thē were the entraūces of the worlde made narowe ful of sorowe trauayle They are but fewe ◠euil ful of parels labour For the entraunces of the fore worlde were wide sure and brought immortall frute If they nowe whiche are entred into this worlde maye not comprehende these strayte and vaine thinges muche lesse may they cōprehende and vnderstande the secrete thynges Why disquietest thou thy self thē seyng thou art but a corruptyble man And what woldest thou knowe where as thou art but mortall And why hast thou not receyued in to thyne herte the thynge that is for to come but that is present Then sayd I O Lord Lord thou hast ordayned in thy lawe that the ryghtuous shulde inherete these thīges but that the vnfaythful and vngodly shulde perysh Neuer thelesse the rightuous shal suffre strayte thīges hope for wide for they that haue liued vngodly and suffred strayte thynges shall not se the wyde And he sayd vnto me There is no iudge aboue God and none that hath vnderstandynge aboue the Hyest For there
it is and howe greate thou thynkest it after the measure of thyne eyes and then shalte thou heare as muche as thyne eares maye comprehende For thou art blessed aboue many other and arte called with the Hyest as the fewe But to morowe at nyght thou shalt remayne here so shall the Hyest shewe the vysioÌ„s of hye thynges whyche he wyll do vnto them that dwell vpon earth in the last dayes So I slepte y â— same nyght and the other lyke as he commaunded me ¶ In this Chapter in the. ii next ensuynge he entreateth of certen vysyons and of the interpretacyons therof CAPI XI THEN sawe I a dreame and beholde there came vp from the see an Aegle whiche had xii wynges thre heades And I sawe beholde he spred his wynges ouer all the earth and all the wyndes of the ayre blewe in theÌ„ so they were put together agayne And I behelde out of his fethers there grewe other lytle coÌ„trary fethers the heades rested the heade in the myddest was greater theÌ„ y â— other yet rested it with the residue Moreouer I sawe that the Aegle flewe with his wynges rayned vpoÌ„ earth and ouer all theÌ„ that dwel vpon the earth I sawe that all thinges vnder heauen were subiecte vnto hym no man spake agaynst hym no not one creature vpoÌ„ earth I sawe also that the Aegle stode vp vpon hys clawes gaue a sounde with his fethers and a boyce saynge after this maner watch not all together slepe euery man in his owne place and watch for a tyme but let the heades be preserued at the last Neuertheles I sawe that the voyce wente nat oute of hys heades but from the myddest of hys body And I nombred his coÌ„trary fethers and be holde there were eyght of them And I loked and beholde vpon the ryght syde there arose one fether rayned ouer all the earth And it happened that when it raygned the ende of it came and the place therof appeared nomore So the nexte folowynge stode vp and raygned and had a great tyme and it happened that when it raygned the ende of it came also lyke as the fyrst so that it appeared nomore Then came there a voyce vnto it sayd Heare thou that haste kepte in the earth so longe thys I saye vnto the before thou begynnest to appere nomore There shal none after the atteyne vnto thy tyme. Then arose the thyrde raygned as the other afore and appeared nomore also So went it with all the residue one after another so that euery one raygned and then appered nomore Then I loked and beholde inprocesse of tyme the fethers that foloweth were set vp vpon the ryght syde that they myght rule also and some of them ruled but within a whyle they appeared nomore for some of them were set vp but ruled nat After thys I loked and beholde the. xij fethers appeared no more and the two wynges and there was nomore vpoÌ„ the Aegles body but two heades that rested and syxe fethers Then sawe I also that the syxe fethers were parted in two and remayned vnder the heade that was vpon the ryght syde for the foure continued in theyr place So I loked and beholde they that were vnder the wynges thought to set vp them selues to haue the rule Then was there one set vp but shortly it appeared nomore the seconde was souer awaye then the fyrst And I behelde and lo y â— two thought also by theÌ„ selues to raygne and when they so thought beholde there waked one of the heades that were at rest namely it that was in the myddest for that was the greater of the two heades And theÌ„ I sawe that the two heades were fylled with hym the heade was turned with theÌ„ that were by hym and dyd eate vp the two vnder wynges that wolde haue raygned But thys heade put the whole earth in feare and bare rule in it ouer all those that dwelt vpoÌ„ earth with much labour and he had the gouernaunce of the worlde ouer al the foules y â— haue bene After this I loked and beholde the heade that was in y â— myddest sodenly appeared nomore lyke as the wynges then came the two heades whiche ruled vpon earth ouer those y â— dwell therin And I behelde lo the heade vpon the ryght syde deuoured it that was vpon the lefte syde And I herde a voyce which sayde vnto me loke before the and consydre the tnynge that thou seyest Then I sawe and beholde as it were a lyon that roareth rennynge hastely out of the wod he sent out a mans voyce vnto the Aegle sayd Heare thou I wyl talke with the the Hyest shal saye vnto y â— Is it nat thou y â— hast y â— victory of the foure beastes whoÌ„ I made ro raygne vpon earth and in my worlde and that the ende of their times might come thorow the â–ª And the fourtth came and ouerwanne all the beastes that were paste and had power ouer the worlde with great fearfulnes and ouer the whole coÌ„passe of the earth with the most wicked laboure so longe tyme â—welt he vpon the earth with disceate the earth hast thou iudged nat with trueth For thou hast troubled the meke thou haste hurte the peaceable quyete thou hast loued lyers destroyed y â— dwellynges of theÌ„ that brought forth frute and hast cast downe the walles of such as dyd y â— no harme Therfore is thy wrongeous dealynge and blasphemye come vp vnto the Hyest and thy pryde vnto the Myghty The Hyest also hath loked vpon the proude tymes and beholde they are ended theyr abhomynacyons are fulfylled And therfore appeare nomore thou Aegle thy horrible wynges thy wycked fethers and thy vngracyous heades thy synfull clawes and all thy vayne body that the earth maye be refreshed and come agayne to her selfe when she is delyuered from thy vyolence and that she maye hope for the iudgement mercy of hym that made her CAPI XII AND it happened when y â— Lyon spake these wordes vnto y â— Aegle I sawe beholde the heade that afore had the vpper hande appeared nomore nether did y â— foure wynges appere any more y t came to hym were set vp to raygne and theyr kyngdome was small full of vproure And I sawe beholde they appered nomore the whole body of y â— Aegle was brent the earth was in greate feare Then awaked I out of the traunce of my mynde from greate teare and sayde vnto my sprete Lo this hast thou geuen me in y â— thou searchest out the wayes of the Hyest â—o yet am I weery in my minde and very weake in my sprete lytle streÌ„gth is there in me for y â— great feare y â— I receaued this nyght Therfore wyll I nowe beseche the â—yest y â— he wil coÌ„forte me vnto the ende and I sayde Lorde Lorde yf I haue
the fyshes therof also before the Lord before the glory of his power For strong is his ryght hande y ◠holdeth the bowe his arowes that he shoteth are sharpe shal not mysse when they begynne to be shot into the endes of the worlde Beholde the plages are sente shall not turne agayne tyl they come vpon earth The fyre is kyndled and shal not be put out tyll it cosume the foundacions of the earth Like as an arowe whiche is shot of a myghtye archer returneth not backe warde euen so the plages that shal be sent vpon earth shal not turne agayne Wo is me wo is me who wil delyuer me in those dayes The begynnyng of sorowes and great mournyng the begynnyng of darth and greate death the begynnyng of warres and the powers shal stande in feare the begynnynge of euyls and they shal tremble euery one What shal I do in these thynges when the plages come Beholde honger and plage trouble and anguysh are sent as scourges for amendemēt But for all these thinges they shal not turne from theyr wyckednesse nor be alway minde full of the scourges Beholde vitailes shal be so good cheape vpon erath that they shall thinke thē selues to be in good case euen then shall myschefe growe vpon earth warres darth and great disquietnes For many of them y t dwel vpon earth shal perish of honger the other that escape the hongre shall the swerde destroy the deed shal be cast out as dong there shal be no mā to cōfort them For the earth shal be wasted the cities shal be cast downe there shal be no mā left to tyl the earth to sowe it The trees shal geue frute who shal plucke them of gather them The grapes shall be rype who shall treade thē For all places shal be desolate of men so y ◠one man shal desyre to se another or to here his voyce For of one whole cytie there shal be ten left two in the felde which shall hyde them selues in the thycke busshes and in the clyffes of stones lyke as whē there remayne thre or foure olyues vpon the olyue tree oras when a vyneyard is gathered there are left some grapes of them that diligentely sought thorowe the vyneyarde Euen so in those dayes there shal be thre or foure left for thē that search theyr houses with the swerde And the earth shal be left waste and the feldes therof shall waxe olde and her wayes and al her pathes shall grow full of thornes because no man shal trauaile there thorowe The daughters shal mourne hauynge no brydegromes the wemen shall make lamentacion hauyng no husbandes their daughters shal mourne hauīg no help of theyr brydgrome In the warres shal they be destroyed and theyr husbādes shal perish of hongre O ye seruauntes of the Lord here these thynges and marke thē Beholde the worde of the Lorde O receyue it beleue not the Goddes of whom the Lord speaketh Be holde the plages drawe nye are not slacke in tarieng Lyke as a trauaylynge woman which after the. ix moneth bryngeth forth a sonne when the houre of the byrthe is come an houre two or thre afore that the paynes come vpon her body and when the chylde cōmeth to the byrth they tary not the twyncke lynge of an eye Euen so shall not the plages be slacke to come vpon earth and the worlde shall mourne sorowes shall come vpon it on euery syde O my people heare my worde make you redy to the batayle and in all euyll be euen as pylgrems vpon earth He that selleth let him be as he that flyeth his waye and he that byeth as one that wyll see Whoso occupyeth marchaundyes as he that wynneth not he that buyldeth as he that shall not dwell therin he that soweth as one that shal not reape he that twysteth the vineyarde as he that shall not gather the grapes they that mary as they that shal get no chyldren and they that mary not as the wyddowes and therfore they that labour labour in vayne For straungers shall reape their frutes and spoyle their goodes ouerthrow their houses take their chyldren captiue for in captiuite and hongre shal they get chyldren And they that occupye their marchaundies with robbery howe longe decke they theyr cytyes theyr houses theyr possessyons and personnes the more wyll I punyshe them for theyr synnes sayeth the Lorde Lyke as an whore enuyeth an honest woman so shall ryghtuousnes hate iniquite when she decketh her selfe and shall accuse her to her face when he cōmeth that defendeth whiche shal make inquisicion for all synne vpon earthe And therfore be not ye lyke thereunto nor to the workes therof for or euer it be long iniquite shal be taken away out of the earth rightuousnes shall raygne amonge you Let not the symer saye that he hathe not synned for coles of fyre shall burne vpon his head which sayeth before the Lord God and his glory I haue not synned Beholde the Lord knoweth all the worckes of men their ymaginacions their thoughtes and theyr hertes For he spake but the worde let the earth be made and it was made let the heauen be made and it was made In his worde were the statres made he knoweth the nōbre of them He searcheth the groūde of the depe the treasures therof he hathe measured the see◠and what it conteyneth He hath shut the see in the myddest of the waters ▪ and with his worde hath he hāged the eart◠vpō the waters He spredeth out the heauen◠lyke a vawte vpō the waters hath he founded it In the deserte and drye wyldernes hathe he made springes of water and poles vpon the toppe of the mountaynes that the floudes myght poure downe frome the stony rockes to water the earth He made man put hys herte in the myddest of the bodye and gaue hym breth lyfe and vnderstandyng yee and the sprete of the Almyghty God which made al thynges and hath serched the grounde of all the secretes of the earth He knoweth your ymagynacyons and inuencions and what ye thynke when ye sīne and wolde hyde your synnes Therfore hath the Lorde searched and sought out all youre workes and he shall bewraye you all And when your synnes are brought forth ye shal be ashamed before men your owne synnes shal be your owne accusers ī that day What wyll ye do Or howe wyll ye hyde youre synnes before God and his Aungels Beholde God himselfe is the iudge feare him leue of from your synnes and forget your vnryghtuousnes medle nomore with them so shal God leade you forthe and delyuer you from all trouble For beholde the heate of a great multitude is kyndled ouer you they shall take awaye certayne of you and fede the slayne with Idols they that consent vnto thē shal be had in derision laughed to scorne and troden vnder fote For vnto the places
mayde that went with her Neuertheles God turned y â— kinges mynde that he was gentle y t he leaped oute of hys seate for feare and gat her i hys armes and held her vp tyll she came to her selfe againe He gaue her louing wordes also and sayde vnto her Hester what is the matter I am thy brother be of good chere thou shalt not dye for our commaundement toucheth the comoÌ„s not y â— Come nye And with that he helde vp his golden rod and layde it vpon her neck and embraced her frendly sayd talke with me Then sayd she I sawe y â— O Lorde as an Angell of God my hert was troubled for feare of thy magesty and clear nesse For excellent and wonderful art thou O Lorde and thy face is ful of amite But as she was thus speakyng vnto him she fel downe agayne for fayntnes for the whiche cause the kyng was afraied and all his seruauntes comforted her ¶ The Copye of the letters of Arthaxerses wherby he reuoketh those which he fyrst sende forth CAPI XVI THe greate Kynge Artaxerses whiche raineth from Iudia vnto Ethiopia ouer an hundreth and. xxvij landes sendeth vnto the Prices and rulers of the same landes suche as loue him hys frendly salutacion There be many y â— for the sondry frendshippes benefytes which are diuersly done vnto them for theyr worshyppe be euer the more proude and hye mynded vndertake not onely to hurte oure subiectes for plenteous benefytes maye they not suffre and begiÌ„ne to ymagin some thing against those that do them good and take not onely all vnthaÌ„kfulnes awaye froÌ„ men but in pryde and presumpcion as they that be vnmyndfull and vnthankefull for the good dedes they go aboute to escape the iudgemente of God that seyth all thinges whiche iudgement hateth punisheth al wyckednes It happeneth ofte also that they whiche be set in office by the hyer power vnto whom the busynes and causes of the subiectes are committed to be handled waxe proude and defyle them selues with sheddynge of innoceÌ„t bloude which bryngeth them to intollerable hurt Which also with false disceatfull wordes and with lyeng tales disceaue betray the innocent goodnes of Princes Nowe is it profitable and good that we take hede make search therafter and consider not onely what hath happened vnto vs of olde but the shamefull vnhonest noysome thinges that the debites haue now taken in hande before our eyes and therby to beware in tyme to come that we may make the Kyngdome quyete and peaceable for al men and that we myghte some tyme drawe it to chaunge and as for the thynge that nowe is presente before oure eyes to withstande it and to put it downe after the most frendly maner What tyme nowe as Aman the sonne of Amadathu the Macedonian a strauÌ„ger verely of the persians bloude and farre from oure goodnes was come in amonge vs as an aleaunt and had optained the frendship that we beare towarde all people so that he was called oure father and had in hye honoure of euery man as the next and principal vnto y â— King he coulde not forbeare him self froÌ„ his pryde hath vndertake not onely to rob vs of the kyngdome but of our lyfe With manyfolde disceate also hath he desired to destroye Mardocheus our helper preseruer whiche hath done vs good in all thinges and innoceÌ„t Hester the lyke partaker of oure kyngdome with all her people For his mynde was when he had taken theÌ„ oute of the waye and robbed vs of theÌ„ by this meanes to traÌ„slate the kingdome of the Persians vnto theÌ„ of Mocedonia But we fynde that the Iewes which were accused of the wicked that they might be destroyed are no euyll doers but vse reasonable and right lawes and that they be the chyldreÌ„ of the most Hye lyuynge God by whome the kyngdome of vs oure progenitours hath bene wel ordred hytherto Wherfore as for the letters and coÌ„maundementes that were put forth by Aman the sonne of Amadathu ye shall do well yf ye holde them of none effecte for he that set them vp and inuented theÌ„ hangeth at Susis before the port with all his kynted God which hath all thynges in his power hath rewarded hym after hys deseruynge And vpon thys ye shall puplysh and set vp the copy of thys letter in all places that the Iewes may frely and without hinderaunce holde them selues after theyr owne statutes and that they maye be helped and that vpon the. xiij day of the. xij moneth Adar they maye be auenged of them which in the tyme of theyr anguyshe and trouble wolde haue oppressed them For the God that gouerneth all thinges hath turned to ioye the day where in the chosen people shulde haue peryshed Moreouer among the hye soleÌ„pne dayes y â— ye haue ye shall holde thys daye also with al gladnesse that â—ow and in tyme to come thys daye maye be a remembrauÌ„ce to good for al such as loue the prosperite of the Persians but a remembraunce of destruccyon to those that be sedycious vnto vs. All cyties landes that do not thys shal horribly peryshe and be destroyed with the swerde and fyre and shall not onely be nomore inhabyted of men but be abhorred also of the wylde beastes and foules The ende of the reast of the boke of Esther ⧠The booke of wysdome ¶ Howe we ought to searche and enquyre after God and who â—e those that fynde hym Of the holy goost we ought to flye from backbytynge and murmurynge 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 CAPI I. O Sette your affeccion vpon ryghteousnesse ye that be iudges of the earth Haue a good opinioÌ„ of the Lorde and seke hym in the synglenesse of herte For he wyll be founde of them that tempte hym nat and appereth vnto suche as put theyr truste in hym As for frowarde thoughtes they separate from God but vertue yf it be alowed reformeth y â— vnwyse And why wysdome shall nat entre into a frowarde soule nor dwel in the body that is subdued vnto synne For the holy goost abhorreth fayned nurtoure and withdraweth hym selfe from the thoughtes that are without vnderstandinge and where wyckednes hathe the vpper hande he flyeth froÌ„ thence For the sprete of wysdome is louynge gentle and gracyous wyll haue no pleasure in hym that speaketh euell with his lyppes For God is a wytnesse of hys raynes a true searcher out of his herte and an hearer of his tonge For the sprete of the Lorde fylleth the rounde compasse of the worlde and the same that vpholdeth all thynges hathe knowledge also of the voyce Therfore he that speaketh vnryghteous thynges can not be hyd nether maye he escape the iudgemeÌ„t of reprofe And why inquisicion shal be made for the thoughtes of the vngodly and the reprote of hys wordes shal come vnto God so that his wickednes shal be punished for the eare of gelousy heareth all thynges and the noyse of the grudginges shall
in y e thynges wherin they synned they coulde not be hyd But as for suche as take hede vnto wysdome she shal delyuer them from sorowe WheÌ„ the ryghtuous fled because of his brothers wrath wysdome led him the ryght waye shewed him the Kyngdome of God gaue hym knowledge of holy thinges made him rych in his laboures brought to passe the thynges that he wente aboute In the disceatfulnes of such as defrauded hi she stode by hym made him ryche She saued him from the enemyes defended hym from the disceyuers She made hym stronge in battayle gaue him the vyctory that he myght knowe howe that wysdome is stronger then all thynges When the ryghtuous was solde she forsoke hym not but delyuered hym from synners She wente downe wyth hym into the dongeon and fayled hym not in the bandes â—yll she had broughte hym the scepter of the realme and power agaynst those that oppressed hym â–ª As for theym that had accused hym she declared them to be lyers and brought hym to perpetual worshyppe She deliuered the ryghtuous people fautelesse lede from the nacions that oppressed them She entred into the soule of the seruaunt of God and stode by hym in wonders and tokeÌ„s agaynst the horrible kinges She gaue the ryghtuous the rewarde of their labours and led theÌ„ forth a maruelous waye on the daye tyme she was a shadowe vnto them and a lyght of startes in the nyght season She brought theÌ„ thorowe y â— reed see caryed them thorowe the great water She drowned theyr enemyes in the see brought them out of the depe So the rightuous toke the spoyles of the vngodly and praysed thy holy name O Lorde and magnified thy victoryous hande with one accorde For wysdome openeth the mouth of the doÌ„me and maketh the tonges of babes to speake ¶ The miracles done for Israel The vengeauÌ„ce of synners The great power and mercy of God CAPI XI SHe ordred their worckes in the handes of the holy prophete so that they went thorowe the wildernes that was not inhabyted and pitched their tentes in the waste deserte They stode agaynst their enemies and were auenged of theyr aduersaryes When they were thyrstye they called vpon the and water was gyuen theÌ„ out of the most hye rocke and they re thyrst was quenched out of the harde stone For by the thynges where thorowe theyr enemyes were punished were the chyldren of Israell helped in theyr nede to theyr comforte For vnto the enemyes thou gauest mans bloude in steade of lyuynge water And where as they had scarcenesse in y â— rebuke when the chyldren were slayne thou gauest vnto thyne owne a plentuous water vnloked for declarynge by the thyrste that was at that tyme howe thou woldest bryng thyne owne vnto honoure and sleye their aduersaries For when they were tryed and nourtured with fatherly mercy they knowledged how the vngodly were iudged and punished thorowe the wrath of God These hast thou exhorted as a father and proued them but vnto y â— other thou hast bene a boysterous king layed hard to their charge condeÌ„pned theÌ„ Whether they were absent or presente theyr punyshment was alyke For their grefe was double namely mournynge and the remeÌ„braunce of thynges past But wheÌ„ they perceyued that their punishmeÌ„tes did theÌ„ good they thought vpon the Lorde and wondered at the ende For at y â— last they helde much of him of whome in the out castynge they thought scorne as of an obiecte Neuerthelesse the ryghtuous dyd not so when they were thyrstye but euen lyke as the thoughtes of the folyshe were so was also the wyckednes Where as certayne men nowe thorowe errour dyd worshyppe doÌ„me serpentes and vayne beastes thou sendedst a multitud of domme beastes vpon them for a vengeaunce that they myght knowe y â— loke where withall a man synneth by the same also shal he be punysshed For vnto thy almyghtye hande that made the worlde of naught it was not vnpossyble to sende amonge them an heape of Beeres or wood Lyons or cruel beastes of a straunge kynde suche as are vnknowen or spouâ—e fyre or cast out a smoking breth or shote horryble sparkes out of theyr eyes whiche myght not onely destroye them with hurtynge but also kyl them with their horyble syght Yee wythout these beastes might they haue bene slayne with one winde beyng persecuted of there owne workes and scatered abroade thorowe the brethe of thy power Neuertheles thou hast ordred all thinges in measure nombre weight For thou haste euer had great streÌ„gth myght who maye w t stande y â— power of thyne arme And why lyke as the smal thyng y â— the balauÌ„ce weyeth so is the worlde before y â— yee as a droppe of y â— mornynge dewe that falleth downe vpon the earth Thou hast mercy vpoÌ„ al for thou hast power of al thynges makest the as though thou sawest not the synnes of men because they shulde amende For thou louest all the thynges that are and hatest none of theÌ„ whoÌ„ thou hast made neither dydest thou ordayne or make any thynge of euyll wyll How myght any thyng endure yf it were not thy wyll Or howe coulde any thynge be preserued excepte it were called of the But thou sparest all for all are thyne O Lorde y u louer of soules ¶ The mercye of God towarde synners the workes of god are vnreprouable God gyueth leysoure to repent vs. CAPI XII O Lorde howe gracyous swete is thy sprete in al thingê Therfore chastenest y u theÌ„ measurably y t go wrong warnest theÌ„ concernyng y â— thinges wherin they offende y â— speakest vnto theÌ„ O Lorde exhortest them to leaue theyr wyckednes and to put theyr trust in y â— As for those olde inhabiters of thy holy lande thou myghtest not awaye w t theÌ„ for they coÌ„mitted abhominable worckes agaynst the as witch craft sorcery and Idolatry they slewe theyr owne chyldren wythout mercy they dyd eate vp mens bowels deuoured the bloude yee because of suche abhominacioÌ„s mysoeleuers offeringes thou slewest the fathers of the desolate soules by the handes of our fathers y â— the land whiche thou louest aboue al other myght be a dwellynge for the chyldren of God Neuertheles thou sparedst them also as men sendedst y â— foreruÌ„ners of thyne hooste euen hornettes to destroye them out by lytle lytle Not that thou wast vnable to subdue the vngodly vnto the rightuous in batayle or w t cruel beastes or with one roughe word to destroye them together But thy mynde was to dryue them out by lytle and lytle geuynge theÌ„ tyme place to amende knowyng well that it was an vnryghtuous nacyon wicked of nature and y â— their thought might neuer be altered For it was a cursed sede froÌ„ the beginnyng and feared no man Yet hast thou pardoned theyr synnes For who wyll saye vnto the why hast
â— hath made the replenyshed the with his goods Who so feareth the Lorde wyll receyue his doctryne and they that get them to hym by tymes shall fynde grace He that seketh the lawe shall be fylled withall As for hym that is but fayned he wyll be offended therat They that feare the Lorde shall fynde the iudgement and theyr ryghtuousnesse shal be kyndled as a lyght An vngodly man wyll not be refourmed but can help him self with the example of other in his purpose A man of vnderstandynge despyseth no good councell but a wylde and proude body hathe no feare Yee euen whan he hath dealt rashly w t another man but his owne doynges shall be his rebuke My sonne do nothyng without aduisement so shal it not repent the after the dede Go not in the waye where thou mayest fal nor where thou mayest stomble agaynst the stone Geue not thy selfe into a laborious slyppery waye and beware of thyne owne chyldren and take hede of theym that be of thyne owne housholde In all thy worckes put thy trust in God froÌ„ thy whole herte for that is the kepynge of the commaundementes Who so beleueth Gods worde taketh hede to the commaundementes and he that putteth hys trust in the Lorde shall wante nothynge ¶ The delyueraunce of hym that feareth God The answere of the wyse The lytle dyscrecyon of a foole Man is in the hande of God as the earthe is in the hande of the Potter We ought not to dyspose oure selues to become subiecte to other CAPI XXXIII THere shall no euyll happen vnto hym that feareth God but when he is in teÌ„tacyon the Lord shall delyuer hym and kepe hym frome euyll A wyse man hateth not the lawe but an ypocryte is as a shyp in raging water A man of vnderstandynge geueth credence vnto the lawe of God and the lawe is faythfull vnto hym Be sure of the matter then talke therof Be fyrst well instruct then mayest thou geue answere The herre of the foolysh is lyke a carte whele and his thoughtes renne aboute lyke the axell tree Lyke as a wylde horse y â— neyeth vnder euery one that sytteth vpon him so is it w t a scorneful frend Why doth one day excell another seyng al y â— dayes of the yeare come of the Sunne The wysdome of the Lorde hath so parted them a sunder so hath he ordayned the tymes solempne feastes Some of them hath he choseÌ„ halowed before other dayes And at meÌ„ are made of the grounde and out of the earthe of Adam In the multitude of science hath the Lord sundered them and made their wayes of diuerse fashyons Some of them hath he blessed made much of them halowed them and claymed them to hymselfe But some of theÌ„ hath he cursed brought theÌ„ lowe put them out of theyr estate Lyke as the claye is in the potters hande and all the ordrynge therof at his pleasure so are men also in the haÌ„de of hym that made them so that he may geue them as it lyketh hym best Agaynste euyll is good and agaynste death is lyfe so is the vngodly agaynst suche as fere God Behold these are the workes of the Hyest and there are euer two agaynst two one set agaynste another I am awaked vp last of all as one that gathereth after in haruest In the giftê of God and in his blessinge I am increased and haue fylled my wyne presse lyke a grape gatherer Behold how I haue not laboured onely for my selfe but for al such as loue nurtoure and wysdome Heare me O ye greate men of the people and herken with youre eares ye tulers of the coÌ„gregacyon Geue not thy sonne and wyfe thy brother and freÌ„de power ouer the whyle thou lyuest and geue not awaye thy substauÌ„ce and good to another lest it repent the and thou be fayne to begge therfore thy selfe As longe as thou lyuest and hast brethe let no man chauÌ„ge the For better it is thy children to pray the then that thou shuldest be sayne to loke in theyr haÌ„des In all thy worckes be excellent that thy honoure be neuer stayned At the tyme when thou shalt ende thy dayes fynysh thy lyfe distribute thyne inheritauÌ„ce The fodder the whyp and the burden be longed vnto the Asse Meate correccion worke vnto the seruaunt If thou set thy seruaunt to laboure thou shalt fynde rest But yf thou let him go ydel he shall seke libertye The yocke the whyp bowe downe the harde necke but tame thou thy euyll seruaunte with bondes and correccyon Sende him to laboure that he go not ydle For ydelnesse brigeth much euyll Set him to worke for that belongeth vnto him and becommeth him well If he be not obedieÌ„t binde his fete but do not to much vnto him in any wyse and without discrecyon do nothinge If thou haue a faythful seruauÌ„t let him be vnto the as thyne owne soule intreade him as a brother for in bloude hast y â— gotten him If thou haue a seruaunte holde him as thy selfe for thou hast nede of him as of thy selfe If thou intreatest him euyll and kepest him harde makest hym to be proude and to renne awaye from the thou canst not tell what waye thou shalt seke him ¶ Of dreames diuinacyons and euchauntementes We ought to confute vayne hope and lying The prayse of them that feare God Of dyuers workes of men God dothe not alowe the workes of an vnfaythfull man CAPI XXXIIII VNwyse people begile them selues with vayne and disceatful hope and fooles truste in dreames Who so regardeth dreames is lyke hym that wyll take holde of a shadowe and folowe after the wynde Euen so is it with the apperynges of dreames Before the face is the lycknes of a face Who caÌ„ be clensed of the vncleane Or what trueth can be spoken of a lyer Sothsayinge wytcrafte sorcery and dreamyng is but vanyte lyke as when a woman trauayleth w t childe and hath many fantasies in her hert Where as such visioÌ„s come not of God set not thine herte vpon them For dreames haue disceaued many a man and they fayled that put theyr trust therin The lawe shal be fulfylled without lyes wysdome is suffycieÌ„t to a faythful mouth What knowledge hath he that is not tryed A wyse man that is well instructe vnderstaÌ„deth muche he y â— hath good experience can talke of wysdome He that hath no experieÌ„ce knoweth lytle and he that erreth causeth muche wyckedues He y â— is not tryed what thinges knoweth he Who so foloweth no rule is full of wyckednes When I was yet in errour I lerned much also yee I was so lerned that I coulde not expresse it all and came oft in parell of death therouer tyll I was delyuered from it thorowe the grace of God Now I se that they which feare God haue the ryght sprete for theyr hope staÌ„deth in hym that can helpe theÌ„ And the eyes of the Lorde are on them that
in temptacyon and offente Take no heuynes to herte dryue it awaye and remember the last thynges Forget it not for there is no turning agayne Thou shalte do hym no good but hurt thy selfe RemeÌ„ber his iudgment thine also shal be lyke wyse vnto me yester daye vnto the to daye Let the remeÌ„braunce of y â— deed ceasse in hys rest and comforte thy selfe agayne ouer hym seing his spiryte is departed from hym The wysdome of the scrybe is at conuenyent tyme of rest he that ceasseth from exercyse and laboure shall be wyse He that holdeth the plough and hath plesure in proddyng and driuyng the oxen and goeth aboute with suche workes he can speake of oxen He setteth his hert to make forowes is dilygent to geue the kyne foder So is euery carpenter also workmaster that laboureth styl nyght and daye he carueth graueth cutteth out and his desyre is in sondry connynge thynges his hert ymagineth howe he maye cuÌ„nyngly cast an ymage his dilygence also and watchyng perfourmeth the worke The yronsmyth in lyke maner hydeth by his stythye and doth his dilygence to labour the yron The vapoure of the fyre brenneth his fleshe and he must fyght with the heaâ— of the fornace The noyse of the hammer soundeth euer in his eares and his eyes loke styll vpoÌ„ the thynge that he maketh He hath set hys mynde therupon that he wyll make out his worke and therfore he watcheth howe he maye set it out and bryngeth it to an ende So doth the potter syt by his worke he turneth the whele aboute with his fete he is dilygent and careful in all doynges and his laboure and worke is without nomber He fashioneth the claye with his arme and with his fete he temporeth it His herte ymagyneth howe he maye make it pleasaunte and his dilygence is to clense the ouen All these hope in theyr handes and euery one thyncketh to be cunnynge in his worke Without these maye not the cyties be maynteyned inhabited nor occupied and come not hâ—e in the congregacyon in the councell of the people they be not requyred they vnderstande not the couenaunte of the lawe they cannot declare equyte and iudgemeÌ„t they caÌ„not fynd out the darke sentences but thorowe them shall the creature of the worlde be maynteyned theyr prayer concerneth only the worke and labour of connynge ¶ A wyse man The workes of God Unto the good good thynges do profet but vnto the euell euen good thynges are euell CAPI XXXIX HE that applyeth hys mynde to vnderstande the law of God doth diligently seke out the wysdome of them of the old tyme and exerciseth him selfe in the Prophetes He kepeth the saynges of famous men and preseth to the to vnderstandynge of darcke sentences of wysdome He seketh out y â— mystery of secrete sayinges exerciseth him self ther in continually He doth seruice amoÌ„ge great men appeareth before the prince He goeth into a strauÌ„ge countre trauayleth thorowe it loke what good or euyll is among men he proueth it seketh it out He purposeth in his herte to resorte early vnto the Lord y â— made him to pray before the Hyest God He openeth his mouth in prayer prayeth for hys sinnes WheÌ„ the great Lorde wyll he shal be fylled with y â— sprete of vnderstandyng that he may then poure out wyse sentences geue thanckes vnto the Lorde in hys prayer He shall ordre his deuice and lede his knowledge a ryght and geue him vnderstanding of secrete thynges He shall shewe forth the science of his lernynge and reioyse in the couenaunt of the lawe of the Lord. The whole congregacyon shall commende his wysdome and it shall neuer be put out The remeÌ„braunce of him shal neuer be forgotten and his name shall continue from one generacioÌ„ to another Hys wysdome shal be spoken of amonge the people and the whole congregacyoÌ„ shal openly declare his prayse Whyle he lyueth he hath a greater name then a thousaÌ„de besyde after his death the same name remayneth vnto hym Yet wyll I speake of mo men of vnderstandynge for I am ful as the Moone Herken vnto me ye holy vertuous chyldren brynge forth frute as the rose y t is plaÌ„ted by the brokes of the felde and geue ye a swete smell as Libanus Florysh as the rose garden synge a songe of prayse O geue thaÌ„kes vnto God ouer all his worckes Geue glory and honoure vnto the Lorde shew his prayse with youre lyppes Yee euen with the â—onge of your lippes with harpes playing and in geuynge thanckes vnto hym saye after this maner All the worckes of the Lorde are exceadynge good and all his coÌ„ maundementes are mete and conueniente in due season A maÌ„ nede not to saye what is that what is that for at tyme conuenient they shall all be sought At his commaundemeÌ„t the water was as a wal and at the word of his mouth the water stode styll In his commaundement is euery thynge acceptable and reconcyled and his health can not be mynisshed The worckes of al flessh are before him and there is nothyng hyd from his eies He seyth from euerlastyng to euerlastynge and there is nothynge to wonderfull or hye vnto hym A man nede not to saye then what is thys or that For he hathe made all thynges to do good vnto man His blessynge shall renne ouer as the streame and moysture the earth lyke a floud of water Lyke as he maketh the water for drouth so shal his wrath fal vpon the Heathen His wayes are playne and ryght vnto the iust but the vngodly stomble at them For the good are good thinges created from the begynnyng euyl thynges for the vngodly Al thynges necessary for y â— lyfe of man are created froÌ„ the begynnyng water fyre yron salt meel wheat and hony mylke wyne oyle clothyng All these thynges are created for the best to the faythful But to the vn godly shal al these thinges be turned to the hurt harme There be spretes y t are created for vengeaunce in their rigorusnes haue they fastened theyr tormeÌ„tes In the tyme of the ende they shal poure out their strength pacifie the wrath of hiÌ„ that made theÌ„ Fire hayle hoÌ„gre deth al these thinges are created for vengeaunce The teeth of wylde noysome beastes the scorpions serpeÌ„tes and the swerde are created also for vengeauÌ„ce to the destruccyon of the vngodly They shal be glad to do his coÌ„maundementes and when nede is they shal be ready vpon earthe and when theyr houre is come they shall not ouerpasse the coÌ„maundement of the Lorde Thefore haue I taken a good corage vnto me from the begynnynge and thought to put these thinges in wrytinge to leaue theÌ„ behynde me All the workes of the Lord are good he geueth euery one in due season whan nede is so that a man nede not to say this is worse then that For
he hathe coÌ„maunded vs whiche we also haue not done nor harkened vnto his voyce for to walke in the coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes of the Lorde that he had geuen vnto vs. And now O Lorde God of Israel thou that haste brought thy people out of the lande of Egypte with a myghtye hande with tokens and wondres with thy greate power and out stretched arme and hast gotten thy selfe a name as it is come to passe this daye O Lorde our God we haue synned we haue done wyckedly we haue behaued our selues vngodly in al thy ryghteousnesses Turne thy wrath from vs we besech the for we are but a fewe lefte amonge the Heathen where y u hast scatered vs. Heare our prayers O Lorde and our peticyons brynge vs out of captiyte for thyne owne sake get vs fauoure in the syght of them whiche haue led vs awaye that all landes may knowe y â— thou art the Lorde our God and that Israell hys generacyon calleth vpon thy name O Lorde loke downe from thy holy house vpon vs enclyne thyne eare and heare vs open thine eyes Lord se vs. For the deed y â— be gone downe to theyr graues whose soules are out of theyr bodyes * ascribe vnto y â— Lorde nether praise nor ryghteous makyng but the soule that is vexed for the multitude of her synnes which goeth on heuely and weakely whose eyes be begynne to fayle yee suche a soule ascrybeth prayse and ryghtuousnesse vnto the Lorde O Lorde we poure out oure prayers before the and requyre mercy in thy syght O Lord oure God not for any godlynesse of our forefathers but because thou hast sente out thy wrath and indignacyon vpon vs according as thou dydest threaten vs by thy seruauÌ„tes the prophetes sayinge Thus sayeth the Lorde Bowe downe your shulders and neckes and serue y â— kyng of Babylon so shall ye remayne styll in the lande that I gaue vnto your fathers Yf ye wyll not do thys nor heare the voyce of the Lorde youre God to serue the kynge of Babylon I shall destroye you in y â— cities of Iuda within Ierusalem and without I wyll also take from you the voyce of myrth the voyce of ioye the voyce of the bridegrome the voyce of the bryde and there shall no maÌ„ dwell more in the lande But they wolde not herken vnto thy voyce to do the kyng of Babylon seruice and therfore hast thou perfourmed the wordes that thou spakest by thy seruauntes the prophetes namely that the bones of our kiges the bones of oure fathers shulde be translated out of theyr place And lo nowe are they layde out in y â— heat of the sonne and in the colde of the nyght deade in greate mysery with hunger wyth sweard with pestilence are clene cast forth As for the temple wherin thy name was called vpon thou hast layde it waste as it is to sethys day and that for the wyckednes of y â— house of Israell and the house of Iuda O Lorde oure God thou hast intreated vs after all thy goodnes accordynge to all that great louynge mercy of thyne lyke as thou spakest by thy seruaunte Moyses in the day whan thou dydest commauÌ„de hym to wryte thy lawe before y â— chyldren of Israel saying Yf ye wyll not herken vnto my voyce then shal thys greate multytude be turned into a very small people for I wyll scatre them abrode Notwithstandynge I am sure that this folke wyl not heare me for it is an hard necked people But in the lande of theyr captiuite they shal remembre them selues and learne to knowe that I am the Lorde theyr God whan I geue them an herte to vnderstande and eares to heare Then shall they prayse me in the lande of theyr captiuite and thyncke vpoÌ„ my name Then shall they turne them from theyr harde backes and from their vngodlynes Then shall they remeÌ„bre the thynges that happened vnto theyr forefathers whiche synned agaynst me So wyl I brynge them agayne into the laude which I promised with an othe vnto their fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob they shall be Lordes of it yee I wyll increase them not minish theÌ„ And I wyl make another couenaunt with them suche one as shall endure for euer namely that I wyl be theyr God they shal be my people I wyl nomore driue my people the chyldren of Israell out of the lande that I haue geuen them ¶ The people contynueth in theyr prayer begâ—nne for their delyueraunce He prayseth wysdome vnto the people shewinge that so greate aduersities came vnto them for the dyspysynge therof Onely God was the fynder of wysdome Of the incarnocyon of Chryste CAPI III. AND nowe O Lorde almyghtye thou God of Israell oure soule that is in trouble and oure sprete that is vexed cryeth vnto the heare vs â–ª O Lorde and haue pytie vpon vs for thou arte a mercyfull God be gracyous vnto vs for we haue synned before the. Thou endurest for euer shulde we then vtterly perysshe O Lorde almyghtye thou God of Israel Heare now the prayer of the deed Israelites and of theyr chyldren whiche haue synned before the and not herkened vnto the voice of the Lord their God for the which cause these plages hange now vpon vs. O Lorde remembre not the wyckednes of our forefathers but thynke vpon thy power and name nowe at this tyme for thou arte the Lorde our God the O Lord wyl we prayse For thou hast put thy feare in our hertes to the intent that we shuld call vpon thy name and prayse the in oure captyuyte and that we myght turne frome the wyckednesse of our forefathers that synned before the. Beholde we are yet this daye in our captyuyte where as thou hast scatred vs to be an abhominacion curse and synne lyke as it hathe happened vnto oure fathers also bycause of all theyr wyckednesse and departynge from the. O Israel here the commaundementes of lyfe poÌ„dre them well with thyne eares that thou mayest learne wysdome But how happeneth it Israell that thou art in thyne enemyes land thou art waxen olde in a strauÌ„ge countre and defyled with the deed Why art thou become lyke them y â— go downe to theyr graues EueÌ„ because thou hast forsakeÌ„ the well of wysdome For yf thou haddest waleked in y â— waye of God truely y â— shuldest haue remayned styll safe in thyne owne lande O learne then where discrecion is where vertue is where vnderstaÌ„dyng is that thou mayest knowe also frome whence commeth longe lyfe a necessary lyuing the lyghte of the eyes and quyetnes Who euer founde out her place or who came euer into hyr treasures Where are the prynces of the Heathen become and such as ruled the beastes vpoÌ„ the earth They that had theyr pastyme with y â— foules of the ayre they that hoorded vp syluer and gold wherin men trust so much and made no ende of theyr
cast the bad away So shall it be at the ende of the worlde The angels shall come seuer the bad from among the good shall cast them in to the fournace of fyre there shal be waylyng gnasshynge of teeth Iesus sayth vnto them haue ye vnderstande all these thynges They saye vnto hym yea lorde Then sayde he vnto them Therfore euery sâ—â—â—be which is taught vnto the kyngdom of heuen is lyke vnto a man that is an housholder which bryngeth forth out of his treasure thynges new and olde ⊢ And it came to passe that when Iesus had finyshed these similitudê he departed thence And when he came into his owne countrey he taught them in theyr synagogê in so moch that they were astonyed and sayd Whence cometh this wysdome powers vnto hym Is not this the carpenters sonne Is not his mother called Mary and his brethren Iames and Ioses and Symon and Iudas And are not all his systers with vs Whence hath he then al these thynges And they were offended at hym Iesus sayde vnto them A prophet is not without honoure saue in his owne countrey and in his owne house And he dyd not many myracles there bycause of theyr vnbylefe ¶ IohnÌ„ was taken and beheaded Chryst fedeth fyue thousande men with fyue loues and two fysshes and appeareth by nyght vnto his disciples vpon the see CAPI XIIII AT that tyme Herode the Tetrarcha herde of the fame of Iesu and sayd vnto his seruauÌ„tes this is IohnÌ„ the Baptyst He is rysen from the deade and therfore are myracles wrought by hym For Herode had taken IohnÌ„ and bounde hym and put hym in pryson bycause of Herodias his brother Philips wyfe For IohnÌ„ sayd vnto hym It is not lawfull for the to haue her And when he wolde haue put hym to death he feared the people bycause they counted hym as a prophet But when Herodes byrth day was kepte the doughter of Herodias dauÌ„sed before them pleased Herode Wherfore he promised with an othe that he wold gyue her what soeuer she wolde aske And she beynge instructe of her mother before sayde Gyue me here IohnÌ„ Baptystes heade in a platter And the kynge was sory Neuerthelesse for the othes sake and them whiche sat at the table he coÌ„mauÌ„ded it to be gyuen her and sent tourmentours beheaded IohnÌ„ in the pryson and his heade was brought in a platter and gyuen to the damsell and she brought it to her mother And his disciples came and toke vp his body and buryed it and wente and tolde Iesus When Iesus herde of it he departed thence in a shyp vnto a deserte place out of the way And when the peple had herde therof they folowed him on fote lefte the cityes And Iesus went forth sawe moche people and was moued with mercy towarde them and he healed of them those that were sycke And when the euen drewe on his disciples came to hym sayenge this is a deserte place and the houre is nowe past let the people departe that they may go in to the townes and bye them vytayles But Iesus sayde vnto them They haue no nede to go awaye Gyue ye them to eate They say vnto hym we haue here but. v. loues and two fysshes He sayde brynge them hyther to me And he coÌ„maunded the peple to syt downe on the grasse he toke the. v. loues and. iâ— fysshes lyft vp his eyes towarde heuen and ☞ blessed And wheÌ„ he had broken them he gaue the loues to his disciples and his disciples gaue them to the people And they dyd all eate and were suffysed And they gathered vp of the fragmentê that remayned xii baskettes full And they that dyd eate were aboute fyue thousande men besyde women and chyldren And streyght waye Iesus made his disciples to get vp into a shyp and to go before hym vnto the other syde whyle he sente the people away And when the people were sent awaye he went vp in to a mountayne to praye alone And when nyght was come he was there hym selfe alone But the shyp was nowe in the myddes of the see and was tost with waues for it was a coÌ„trary wynde And in the fourth watche of the nyght Iesus went vnto them walkyng on the see And when the discyples saw hym walkyng on the see they were troubled sayenge it is some spyryte they cryed out for feare But streyght waye Iesus spake vnto them sayenge be of good cheare it is I be not afrayde Peter answered hym and sayd Lorde yf it be thou byd me come vnto the on the water And he sayd come And when Peter was come downe out of the shyppe he walked on the water to go to Iesus But when he sawe a moghtye wynde he was afrayde And wheÌ„ he began to synke he cryed sayenge Lorde saue me And immediatly Iesus stretched forth his hande and caught hym and sayde vnto hym O thou of lytell fayth wherfore dydest thou doute And when they were come in to the shyp the wynde ceased Then they that were in the shyp came and worshypped hym sayenge of a trueth thou arte the son of God And when they were gone ouer they came into the lande of Genesereth And when the men of the place had knowledge of hym they sent out messengers in to all that countrey rounde aboute the coost brought vnto hym all that were sycke and besought hym that they myght touch the hemme of his vesture onely And as many as touched it were made safe ¶ Chryst excuseth his discyples and rebuketh the Scrybes and Pharyses for transgressynge the coÌ„maundement of God thorow theyr owne tradicyons The thynge that goeth in to the mouth defyleth not the man He delyuereth the woman of Canâ—â—â—yeâ— boughter healeth the multitude and with seuen loues and a few lytle fysshes fedeth foure thousande men besyde women and chyldren CAPI XV. ✚ THen came to Iesus Scribes and pharises whiche were come from Ierusalem sayenge Why do thy disciples transgresse the tradicions of the elders For they wasshe not theyr handes when they eate bread But he answered and sayd vnto them Why do ye also transgresse the coÌ„maundement of god bycause of your owne tradicion For God coÌ„maundeth sayenge honour father and mother and he that curseth father or mother let hym dye the death But ye saye euery one shall saye to his father and mother ☞ what gyfte so euer shulde haue come of me the same is turned vnto thy profyte and so shall he not honoure his father or his mother And thus haue ye made the coÌ„maundement of God of none effecte bycause of your owne tradicion Ypocrites ful wel dyd Esaye prophesye of you sayenge This people draweth nygh vnto me with theyr mouth honoureth me with lippes howbeit theyr hertes are farre from me but in vayne do they serue me teachynge the doctrines and preceptes of men And he called the people
nowe wel stryken in age And it came to passe that when Zacharye executed the preestes office before god as his course came accordyng to the custome of the preestes offyce his lot fell to burne insence And he went into the temple of the Lorde and the hoole multitude of people were with out in prayer whyle the insence was a burnyng And there appeared vnto hym an angell of the Lorde standyng on the ryght syde of the aulter of insence And when Zacharias sawe hym he was abasshed and feare came on hym But the angell sayde vnto hym feare not zachary for thy prayer is herde And thy wife Elizabeth shall beare the a sonne and thou shalte call his name IohnÌ„ and thou shalte haue ioye and gladnes many shall reioyce at his byrth For he shal be great in the syght of the Lorde and shall neyther drynke wyne nor strong drynke And he shal be fylled with the holy goost euen froÌ„ his mothers wombe and many of the chyldren of Israell shall he turne to theyr Lorde God And he shall go before hym in the spirite and power of Elias ☞ to turne the hertes of the Fathers to the chyldren and the vnbyleuers to the wysdom of the iust men to make redy a perfyte people for the Lorde And Zacharias sayd vnto the angell by what token shall I knowe this For I am olde and my wyfe well stryken in yeres And the angell answered and sayde vnto hym I am Gabriell that stande in the presence of God and am sent to speake vnto the and to shew the these glad tydyngê And beholde it shall come to passe that thou shalt be dombe and not be able to speake vntyll the day that these thynges be perfourmed bycause thou byleuâ—dst not my wordes whiche shal be â—ufylled in theyr season And the peple wayted for Zacharias and meruayled that he tarted in the temple And wheÌ„ he came out he coulde not speake vnto them And they perceyued that he had sene a visioÌ„ in the temple And he beckened vnto them and remayned spechlesse ✚ And it fortuned that as soone as the dayes of his offyce were out he departed in to his owne house And after those dayes his wyfe Elizabeth conceyued and hyd her selfe fyue monethes sayeng This wyse hath god delte with me in the dayes wherin he hath loked on me to take from me my rebuke amonge men And in the. vi moneth the angel Gabriell was sent from God vnto a citye of Galile named Nazareth to a virgyn spoused to a man whose name was Ioseph of the house of Dauid and the virgins name was Mary And the angell went in vnto her and sayd Hayle full of grace the Lorde is with the blessed arte thou among women When she saw hym she was abasshed at his sayeng and cast in her mynde what maner of salutacion that shulde be And the angel sayd vnto her feare not Mary for thou haste founde grace with God Beholde thou shalte conceyue in thy wombe and beare a sonne and shalt call his name Iesus He shal be great and shall be called the sonne of the hyghest And the Lorde God shall gyue vnto hym the seate of his father Dauid he shal reygne ouer the house of Iacob for euer of his kyngdome there shall be none ende Then sayd Mary vnto the angell Howe shall this be seynge I know not a man And the angell answered and sayd vnto her The holy goost shall come vpon the the power of the hyghest shall oueâ— shadowe the. Therfore also that holy thyng which shal be borne shal be called the sonne of God And beholde thy cosen Elizabeth she hath also conceyued a sonne in her age And this is her syxte moneth whiche was called bareyne for with god shal nothyng be vnpossyble And Mary sayd beholde the hande mayden of the Lorde be it vnto me accordyng to thy worde ⊢ And the angell departed from her ✚ And Mary arose in those dayes went into the mountaynes with haste ☞ in to the citye of Iurye and entred in to the house of Zachary and saluted Elizabeth And it fortuned that wheÌ„ Elizabeth herde the salutacion of Mary the babe sprange in her wombe And Elizabeth was fylled with the holy goost and cryed with a loude voyce sayde Blessed arte thou amonge women blessed is the fruyte of thy wombe And whence hapneth this to me that the mother of my Lorde shuld come to me For lo assone as the voyce of thy salutacyon sounded in myne eares the babe sprange in my wombe for ioye And blessed arte thou that haste byleued for those thynges shal be performed which were tolde the from the Lorde And Mary sayde My soule magnifyeth the Lorde And my spiryte hath reioysed in God my sauyoure ⊢ For he hath loked on the lowe degre of his hande mayden for lo nowe from henseforth shall all generacions cal me blessed Bicause he that is myghtye hath done to me greate thynges and holy is his name And his mercye is on them that feare hym from generacion to generacion He hath shewed strength with his arme he hath scattered them that are proude in the ymaginacyoÌ„ of theyr herte He hath put downe the myghtye froÌ„ theyr seates exalted them of lowe degre He hath fylled the hungrye with good thynges and sent awaye the ryche emptye He hath helped his seruaunt Israell in remembrauÌ„ce of his mercye Euen as he promysed to oure fathers Abraham to his seede for euer And Mary abode with her aboute iii. monethes and returned agayne to her owne house ✚ Elizabethes tyme came that she shulde be deliuered and she brought forth a sonne And her neyghbours and her cosyns herde howe the Lorde had shewed great mercy vpoÌ„ her and they reioysed with her And it fortuned that in the eyght day they came to circumcise the chylde and called his name Zacharias after the nâ—me of his father And his mother answered and sayd not so but he shall be called IohnÌ„ And they sayde vnto her There is none in thy kynred that is named with this name And they made sygnes to his father howe he wolde haue him called And he asked for wrytyng tables and wrote sayeng his name is IohnÌ„ And they maruay led all And his mouth was opened immediatly and his tongue also and he spake and praysed god And feare came on al them that dwelt nygh vnto them And all these sayengê were noysed abrode thorowout all the hyll countrey of Iurye and all they that herde them layde them vp in theyr hertes sayenge What maner of chylde shall this be And the hande of the Lorde was with hym And his father Zacharias was fylled with the holy goost and prophesyed sayeng Pray sed be the Lorde God of Israell for he hath ☞ visyted and redemed his people ⊢ And hath reysed vp an horne of saluacyon vnto vs in the house of his seruaunt Dauid Euen as he promysed
son of man hath not where to laye his heade And he sayde vnto an other folowe me And the same sayde Lorde suffre me fyrst to go and burye my father Iesus sayde vnto hym ☞ Let the deade burye theyr deade But go thou and preache the kyngdome of god And an other sayd Lorde I wyll folow the but let me fyrst go and byd them farewel whiche are at home at my house Iesus sayde vnto hym No man that putteth his hande to the plowe and loketh backe is apte to the kyngdome of God ⊢ ¶ He sendeth the seuenty before hym to preache and gyueth them a charge howe to behaue them selues he prayseth his heuenly father answereth the Scrybe that tempteth hym and by the exemple of the Samarytane sheweth who is a mans neyghbour Martha receyueth the lorde into her house Mary Magdalen is dilygent in hearynge his worde CAPI X. ✚ AFter these thynges the Lorde appoynted other seuentie †and tvvo also and sent them two and two before hym into euery citye and place whyther he hym selfe wolde come Therfore sayde he vnto them The haruest is greate but the labourers are fewe Praye ye therfore the Lorde of the haruest to sende forthe labourers in to his haruest Go your wayes Beholde I sende you forth as lambes amonge wolues Beare no wallet neyther scryppe nor shoes and ☞ salute no man by the waye In to what soeuer house ye entre fyrste saye Peace be to this house And yf the sonne of peace be there youre peace shall rest vpon hym yf not it shall returne to you agayne And in the same house tarye styll eatynge and drynkynge suche as they gyue For the labourer is worthy of his rewarde ⊢ Go not from house to house into what soeuer citye ye entre they receyue you eate suche thyngê as are set before you and heale the sycke that are therin and say vnto them the kyngdom of god is come nygh vpon you But into what soeuer citye ye enter they receyue you not go your wayes out in to the stretes of the same saye euen the very dust of youre Citye whiche cleueth on vs do we wype of agaynst you Notwithstandynge be ye sure of this that the kyngdom of god was come nygh vpon you I saye vnto you that it shal be easyer in that day for Zodome then for that citye Wo vnto the Chorazin wo vnto the Bethsaida For yf the myracles had ben done in Tyre and Sidon whiche haue bene done in you they had a great whyle a go repented of theyr synnes syttynge in heere clothe and asshes Neuertheles it shal be easyer for Tyre and Sidon at the iudgement then for you And thou Capernaum whiche arte exalted to heuen shalte be thrust downe to hel He that heareth you heareth me he that despyseth you despyseth me he that despyseth me despyseth hym that sent me And the seuentye turned agayne with ioye sayenge Lorde euen the very deuyls are subdued to vs thorow thy name And he sayd vnto them I sawe Satan as it had bene lyghtnyng fallynge downe from heuen Beholde I gyue vnto you power to treade on serpentes and scorpions and ouer all maner power of the enemye and nothynge shall hurte you Neuertheles in this reioyce not that the spirites are subdued vnto you but reioyce that your names are wrytten in heuen That same houre reioysed Iesus in the holy goost and sayd I thanke the O father Lorde of heuen and earth that thou haste hyd these thyngê from the wyse and prudent and hast opened them vnto babes Euen so father for so pleased it the. All thynges are gyuen me of my father No man knoweth who the sonne is but the father and who the father is saue the sonne and he to whom the sonne wyll shewe hym And he turned to his disciples and sayde secretly ✚ Happy are the eyes whiche se the thynges that ye se. For I tell you that many prophettes kynges haue desyred to se those thynges which ye se and haue not sene them and to heare those thynges whiche ye heare and haue not hearde them And beholde a certayne lawyer stode vp and tempted hym say enge Mayster what shall I do to enherite eternall lyfe He sayde vnto hym What is wrytten in the law How redest thou And he answered sayde loue the lorde thy God with al thy herte and with all thy soule and with al thy strength with all thy mynde and thy neyghboure as thy selfe And he sayde vnto hym Thou hast answered ryght This do and thou shalte lyue But he wyllynge to iustifie hym selfe sayde vnto Iesus And who is my neyghboure Iesus answered and sayde A certayne man descended from Ierusalem to Iericho fell among theues which robbed hym of his ray ment and wounded hym and departed leauynge hym halfe deade And it chaunced that there came downe a certayne preest that same waye and when he sawe hym he passed by And lykewyse a Leuite when he wente nygh to the place came and loked on hym and passed by But a certayne Samaritane as he iourneyed came vnto hym And wheÌ„ he sawe hym he had compassyon on hym and went to and bounde vp his woundes and powred in oyle and wyne and set hym on his owne beast and brought hym to a comen Inne made prouision for hym And on the morowe when he departed he toke out two pence and gaue them to the hoost and sayd vnto hym Take cure of him and what souer thou spendest more when I come agayne I wyl recompence the. Which nowe of these thre thynkest thou was neygh boure vnto hym that fell among the theues And he sayde he that showed mercy on him Then sayde Iesus vnto hym Go do thou lykewyse ⊢ ✚ It fortuned that as they went he entred into a certayne towne And a certayne womaÌ„ named Martha receyued him into her house And this womon had a syster called Mary whiche also sat at Iesus feete and herde his worde But Martha was combred aboute moche seruyng stode and sayd Lorde doest thou not care that my syster hath lefte me to serue alone Byd her therfore that she helpe me And Iesus answered sayde vnto her Martha Martha thou arte carefull troubled aboute many thynges Uerely ☞ one is nedefull Mary hath chosen the good parte whiche shall not be taken away from her ⊢ ¶ He teacheth his disciples to pray dryueth out a deuyl and rebuketh the blasphemous pharises They requâ—re sygnes tokens He eateth with the Pharise reprometh the ypocrisy of the Pharises scrybes and ypocrytes CAPI XI ANd it fortuned as he was prayenge in a certayne place when he ceased one of his disciples sayde vnto hym Lorde teache vs to praye as IohnÌ„ also taught his disciples And he sayde vnto them when ye pray say O our father which arte in heuen halowed be thy name Thy kyngdom come Thy
hym yea Lorde I byleue that thou arte Chryst the sonne of God whiche shulde come in to the worlde ⊢ And assoone as he had so sayd she went her way and called Mary her syster secretly sayenge The mayster is come calleth for the. Assoone as she herde that she arose quickely and came vnto hym Iesus was not yet come in to the towne but was in that place where Martha met hym The Iues then whiche were with her in the house and comforted her when they sawe Mary that she arose vp hastely and went oute folowed her sayenge She goeth vnto the graue to wepe there Then when Mary was come where Iesus was and sawe hym she cometh nygh vnto his fete and sayeth vnto hym Lorde yf thou haddest bene here my brother had not bene deade When Iesus therfore sawe her wepe the Iues also wepynge which came with her he groned in the spirite and was troubled in hym selfe and sayd Where haue ye layde hym They saye vnto hym Lorde come and se. And Iesus wepte Then sayd the Iues Beholde howe he loued hym And some of them sayd coulde not he which opened the eyes of the blynde haue made also that this man shulde not haue dyed Iesus therfore agayne groned in hym selfe and came to the graue It was a caue and a stone layde on it Iesus sayde take ye aways the stone Martha the syster of hym that was deade sayd vnto hym Lorde by this tyme he stynketh For he hath bene dead foure dayes Iesus sayeth vnto her Sayd I not vnto the that yf thou dydest byleue thou shuldest se the glory of God Then they toke awaye the stone from the place where he that had bene dead was layde And Iesus lyfte vp his eyes sayde Father I thanke the that thou hast herde me Howbeit I knewe that thou hearest me alwayes but bycause of the people whiche stande by I sayde it that they maye byleue that thou hast sent me And when he thus had spoken he cryed with a loude voyce Lazarus come forth And he that was deade came forth bound hand and fote with graue clothes and his face was bound with a napkin Iesus sayth vnto them loose hym and let hym go Then many of the Iues whiche came to Mary had sene the thynges which Iesus dyd byleued on hym ⊢ But some of them went theyr wayes to the pharises tolde them what Iesus had done ✚ Then gathered the hygh Preestes the Pharises a couusell sayde what do we For this man doeth many myracles Yf we let hym scape thus all men wyll byleue on hym and the Romaynes shall come take awaye bothe our rowme and the people And one of them named Cayphas beyng the hygh preest that same yere sayde vnto them Ye perceyue nothyng at all nor consyder that it is expedient for vs that one man dye for the people and not that all the people perysshe This spake he not of hym selfe but beynge hygh Preest that same yere he prophesied that Iesus shulde dye for the people and not for the people onely but that he shulde gather togyther in one the chyldren of God that were scattered abrode Then frome that daye forth they toke counsell togyther for to put hym to death Iesus therfore walked no more openly amonge the Iues but went his waye thence vnto a countrey nygh to a wyldernesse into a citye which is called Ephraim and there contynued with his disciples And the Iues Easter was nygh at hande and many wente out of the countrey vp to Ierusalem before the easter to purifie them selues TheÌ„ sought they for Iesus spake amonge them selues as they stode in the temple What thynke ye seynge he cometh not to the feast daye The hygh Preestes and Pharises had gyuen a coÌ„maundement that yf any man knew where he were he shulde shewe it that they myght take hym ⊢ ¶ Mary anoynteth Christes fete Iudas murmureth Christ â—r cuseth her and rydeth in to Ierusalem CAPI XII ✚ THen Iesus syxe dayes before Easter came to Bethany where Lazarus had bene dead whom he reysed from death There they made him a supper and Martha serued but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with hym Then toke Mary a pounde of oyntment called Nardus perfite and precious and anoynted Iesus fete and wyped his fete with her heere and the house was fylled with the odoure of the oyntment Then sayde one of his disciples euen Iudas Iscarioth Symons sonne whiche afterwarde betrayed him why was not this oyntment solde for thre hundred pence and gyueÌ„ to the poore This he sayde not that he cared for the poore but bycause he was a thefe and had the bagge and bare that whiche was gyuen Then sayde Iesus Let her alone agaynst the day of my burieng hath she kepte this For the poore alwayes shall ye haue w t you but me haue ye not alway Moche people of the Iues therfore had knowlege that he was there And they came not for Iesus sake onely but that they might se Lazarus also whom he reysed from death But the hygh Preestes helde a counsell that they myght put Lazarus to death also bycause that for his sake many of the Iues went away and byleued on Iesus ⊢ On the nexte day moche people that were come to the feast when they herde that Iesus shulde come to Ierusalem toke braunches of palme trees and went forth to mete hym and cryed Hosanna blessed is he that in the name of the Lorde cometh kynge of Israel And Iesus got a yong asse sat theron as it is wrytten Feare not doughter of Syon Beholde thy kynge cometh syttynge on an asses colte These thynges vnderstode not his disciples at the fyrst but when Iesus was glorified theÌ„ remembred they that soche thynges were wrytten of hym and that soche thynges they had done vnto him The peple that was with hym when he called Lazarus out of his graue and reysed him from death bare recorde Therfore met hym the people also bycause they hearde that he had done soche a myracle The pharises therfore sayde among them selues perceyue ye how we preuayle nothyng Beholde all the hole worlde goeth after hym There were certayne Grekes amonge them that came to worshyp at the feast the same came therfore to Phylip whiche was of Bethsaida a citye in Galile desyred hym sayenge Syr we wolde fayne se Iesus Philip came tolde Andrew And agayne Andrew Philip tolde Iesus And Iesus answered them sayeng the houre is come that the son of man must be glorified ✚ Uerely verely I say vnto you excepte the wheate corne fall into the grounde dye it abydeth alone Yf it dye it bryngeth forthe moche fruyte He that loueth his lyfe shal destroy it ☞ he that hateth his lyfe in this worlde shal kepe it vnto lyfe eternal Yf any man minister vnto me
other man Philip opened his mouth and began at the same scripture and preached vnto hym Iesus And as they went on theyr waye they came vnto a certayne water and the chamberlayne sayd Se here is water what doth let me to be baptised Philip sayd vnto hym If thou byleue with all thyne herte thou mayst And he answered and sayde I byleue that Iesus Chryst is the sonne of God And he coÌ„maunded the charet to stande styll And they went downe both into the water bothe Philip and also the chamberlayne and he baptised him And assoone as they were come out of the water the spirite of the lord caught awaye Philip and the chamberlayne sawe hym no more And he went on his way reioysyng but Philip was founde at Azotus And he walked thorowout the couÌ„trey preachyng in all the cityes tyll he came to Cesarea ⊢ ¶ Paull is conuerted and confoundeth the Iues. Peter reyseth Tabitha CAPI IX ✚ ANd Saul yet brethynge out threatnynges slaughter agaynst the disciples of the Lorde went vnto the hygh Preest desyred of hym letters to cary to Damasco to the Synagoges that yf he founde any of this way whyther they were men or women he myght bryng them bounde vnto Ierusalem And when he iourneyed it fortuned that as he was come nygh to Damasco sodenly there shyned round about hym a lyght from heuen and he fell to the earth herde a voyce sayenge to hym Saul Saul why persecutest thou me And he sayde what arte thou Lorde And the lorde sayd I am Iesus whom thou persecutest It is harde for the to kycke agaynst the pryckê And he both tremblynge and astonyed sayde Lorde what wylte thou haue me to do And the lorde sayd vnto hym Aryse and go in to the citye and it shall be tolde the what thou must do The men whiche iourneyed with hym stode amased hearyng a voyce but seyng no man And Saul arose frome the earth and when he opened his eyes he sawe no man But they led hym by the hande and brought hym in to Damasco And he was thre dayes without syght neyther dyd eate nor drinke And there was a certayne disciple at Damasco named Ananias and to hym sayd the Lorde in a vision Ananias And he sayd beholde I am here Lorde And the Lorde sayd vnto hym Aryse go in to the strete whiche is called streyghte and seke in the house of Iudas after one called Saul of Tharsus For beholde he prayeth and hath sene in a vision a man named Ananias comynge in to hym and puttynge his handes on hym that he myght receyue his syght Then Ananias answered Lorde I haue herde by many of this man how moche euyl he hath done to thy sayntes at Ierusalem here he hath auctoryte of the hygh Preestes to bynde all that call on thy name The lorde sayd vnto hym go thy way for he is a chosen vessel vnto me to beare my name before the Gentyls and kynges and the chyldren of Israel For I wyll shewe hym howe great thynges he must suffre for my names sake And Ananias went his way and entred in to the house put his hande on hym and sayde brother Saul the Lorde that appeared vnto the in the waye as thou camest hath sent me that thou myghtest receyue thy syght and be fylled with the holy goost And immediatly there fell from his eyes as it had bene scales and he receyued syght and arose and was baptysed and receyued meate and was comforted Then was Saul a certayne dayes with the disciples whiche were at Damasco And streyght way he preached Chryst in the Synagoges how that he was the sonne of god But all that herde hym were amased and sayde is not this he that spoyled them which called on this name in Ierusalem and came hyther for that entent that he myght brynge them bounde vnto the hygh Preestes But Saul encreased the more in strength and coÌ„founded the Iues which dwelte at Damasco affyrmynge that this was very Chryst. ⊢ And after a good whyle the Iues toke counsell togyther to kyll hym But theyr layynge awayte was knowen of Saull And they watched the gates day and nyght to kyl hym Then the discyples toke hym by nyght and put hym through the walle and let hym downe in a basket And when Saul was come to Ierusalem he assayde to couple hym selfe to the disciples but they were all afrayd of hym and beleued not that he was a discyple But Barnabas toke hym and brought hym to the apostles and declared to them howe he had sene the Lorde in the way and that he had spoken to hym and how he had done boldly at Damasco in the name of Iesu. And he had his conuersacion with them at Ierusalem speakyng boldely in the name of the Lorde Iesu. And he spake and disputed agaynst the Grekes but they wente aboute to sley hym Whiche when the brethren knewe they brought him to Cesarea and sent hym forth to Tharsus Then had the congregacyon rest thorowout al Iuery and Galile and Samary and were edified and walked in the feare of the Lorde and multiplied by the comforte of the holy goost And it chaunsed as Peter walked thorowout all quarters he came also to the sayntes whiche dwelte at Lydda And there he founde a certayne man named Eneas which had kepte his bed viii yeres and was sycke of the palsye And Peter sayde vnto hym Eneas the Lorde Iesus Chryste make the hole aryse and make thy bed And he arose immediatly And all that dwelte at Lydda Assaron sawe hym and turned to the Lorde There was at Ioppa a certayne woman a disciple named Tabitha whiche by interpretacion is called Dorcas the same was ful of good workes and almesse dedes whiche she dyd And it chaunsed in those dayes that she was sycke and dyed Whom when they had wasshed they layde her in a chamber But for as moche as Lydda was nygh to Ioppa and the disciples had herde that Peter was there they sent vnto hym two men desyrynge hym that he wolde not be greued to come vnto them Peter arose and came with them And when he was come they brought him in to the chaÌ„ber And all the wydowes stode rouÌ„de aboute hym wepynge and shewyng the cootes and garmentes whiche Dorcas made whyle she was with them And Peter put them al forth and kneled downe prayed and turned hym to the body and sayde Tabitha aryse And she opened her eyes and when she sawe Peter she sat vp And he gaue her the hande lyfte her vp And wheÌ„ he had called the sayntes and wydowes he shewed her alyue And it was knowen thorowout al Ioppa many byleued on the Lorde And it fortuned that he taryed many dayes in Ioppa with one Simon a tanner ¶ The visyon that Peter sawe Howe he was sente to Cornelius The heathen also receyue the spirite and are baptysed CAPI X. ✚ THere was a
giueth life breth to all men euery where hath made of one blode al nacioÌ„s of men for to dwel on al y â— face of the earth hath assigned before how long time also the endes of their inhabitacioÌ„ y e they shulde seke god if they might fele fynde him though he be not farre froÌ„ euery one of vs. For in him we lyue moue haue our beinge as certayne of your owne Poetes sayd For we are also his generacioÌ„ For asmuch then as ☞ we are the generacion of God we ought not to thincke that the Godhead is lyke vnto golde siluer or stone grauen by crafte ymagmation of man And the tyme of this ignorauÌ„ce God regarded not But now biddeth al men euery where repeÌ„t bicause he hath appoynted a day in the which he wyl iudge the world w t ryghtuousnes by that man by whoÌ„ he hath apoynted hath offered fayth to al men after that he had raysed him from death When they herde of the resurreccyon froÌ„ death some mocked other sayde we wyll heare the agayne of this matter So Paule departed froÌ„ among theÌ„ Howbeit certayne men claue vnto hi beleuedâ— among y â— whiche was Diomsius a senatoure a woman named Demaris and other with them ¶ Paule preached at Corinthum contynuing there a yere and a halfe goeth agayne into Syrta â–ª commeth to Ephesus Cesarâ— and Antioche Of Apollos Aqnda and Priscilla CAPI XVIII AFter this Paul departed froÌ„ Athens came to CoriÌ„thuÌ„ founde a certaine Iewe named Aquila borne in PoÌ„thus lately come froÌ„ Italie with his wyfe Priscilla because y e the Emperour Claudius had coÌ„mauÌ„ded al Iewes to depart froÌ„ Rome he drue vnto them because he was of the same craft he abode w t theÌ„ wrought there craft was to make teÌ„tes And he preached in the sinagoge euery Sabboth day âšœ settyng forth in the meane whyle the name of the Lorde lesus exhorted the Iewes and the Gentyls When Silas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia Paul was coÌ„strayned by the spirite to testifye to the Iewes that Iesus was very Christ. And when they sayde contrary blasphemed he shoke hys rayment and sayde vnto them your bloude be vpon your owne heades from hence forth wyl I go blamelesse vnto the Gentils And he departed thence entred into a certayne mans house named Iustus a worshypper of God whose house ioyned harde to the synagoge Howbeit one Crispus the chefe ruler of the sinagoge beleued on the Lorde with all his housholde many of the Corin thâ—aÌ„s whan they gaue audience beleued were baptysed Then spake the Lord to Paul in y â— nyght by a vision be not afrayed but speke and holde not thy peace for I am with the no man shal muade the that shal hurt the. For I haue muche people in this citie And he coÌ„tinued there a yeare and sixe mouethes and taught them the worde of God When Gallio was ruler of the couÌ„tre of Acaâ—a the Iewes made insurreccion â–ª with one accord agaynst Paul brought him to the iudgement seate saying this felow couÌ„celeth men to worshyp God contrary to the lawe And whaÌ„ Paul now was about to open his mouth Gallio said vnto the Iewes yf it were a matter of wroÌ„ge or an euyl dede Oye Iewes reason wolde that I shulde heare you but yf it be a question of wordes or of names or of your lawe loke ye to it your selues For I wyl be no iudge of suche matters and he draue them from the seate Then al the Grekes toke Sostenes the chefe ruler of the Synagoge smote him before the iudges seate And Gallio cared for none of those thynges Paule after this taried there yet a good whyle then toke his leaue of his brethren sayled thence into Ciria Priscilla Aquila accoÌ„panying him And ☞ he shore his head in Cenchrea for he had a vowe And he came to Ephesus left theÌ„ there but he him selfe entred into the Synagoge reasoned with the Iewes When they desyred him to â—ary loÌ„ger tyme with them he coÌ„sented not but bad them fare wel saying I must nedes at this feast that coÌ„meth be in Ierusalem but I wyl returne agayne vnto you yf god wyll And he departed from Ephesus and whan he was come vnto Cesarea asceÌ„ded vp saluted the congregacyon he departed vnto Antioche and wheÌ„ he had taryed there a whyle he departed and went ouer all the countre of Galacia and Phrigia by ordre strengthyng all the discyples And a certayne Iewe named Appollos borne at Alexandria came to Ephesus an eloquent man and mighty in the scriptures The same was informed in the waye of the Lorde and spake feruently in the spirit and taught diligently the thinges of the Lord knewe but the baptyme of Iohn onely And the same began to speake boldly in the Synagoge WhoÌ„ when Priscilla Aquila had herde they toke him vnto them expouÌ„ded vnto him the way of God more perfectly And when he was disposed to go into Acaia the brethren wrote exhortynge the dyscyples to receyue hym Whiche whaÌ„ he was come helped them much which had beleued thorowe grace For he ouer came the Iewes myghtely and that openly shewyng by the scriptures that Iesus was Christ. Of the xii meÌ„ that were baptised at Ephesus what miracles were done by Paul Demecriê° moueth sâ—dicioÌ„ in the cite CAPI XIX IT fortuned that while Apollo was at Corinthum Paul passed thorow the vpper costes came to Ephesus and founde certayne disciples said vnto them haue ye receyued the holy ghost seÌ„ce ye beleued And they sayde vnto him no we haue not herde whether ther be any holy ghost or no. And he sayde vnto them wher with were ye then baptised And they said with ☞ Iohns baptyme Then sayd Paul Iohn verely baptised with the baptyme of repentaunce saying vnto the people that they shulde beleue on him whiche shulde come after him that is on Christ Iesus When they herde this they were baptised in the name of the Lorde Iesu. And whan Paule layde his haudes vpon them the holy ghost came on them they spake with tonges and prophesyed and all the men were about twelue And he went into the sinagoge and behaued him selfe boldly for the space of thre monethes disputyng and gyuyng them exhortacions of the kyngdome of God ⊢ when diuers waxed hard herted beleued not but spake euyl of the way of the Lord that before the multitude he departed from them and seperated the disciples And he disputed daily in the scole of one called TiraÌ„nus And this coÌ„tynued by the space of two yeares so that al they which dwelt in Asia hearde the worde of the Lorde Iesu both Iewes and Grekes And God wrought special myracles by the handes of Paul so that from his body were brought vnto the sicke napkis partlettes
the diseases departed froÌ„ them and the euyl spirites went out of them Then certayne of the vagabâ—nde Iewes exorcistes toke vpon them to cal ouer them whiche had euyll spirites the name of the Lord Iesus sayige We adiure you by Iesu whoÌ„ Paul preacheth And there were seuen soÌ„nes of one Sceua a Iewe chefe of y â— prestes whiche dyd so And the euyll spirite answered and sayd Iesus I know Paul I knowe but who are ye And the man in whom the euyll spirit was ranne on them ouercame them and preuailed against theÌ„ so y t they fledde out of that house naked and wounded And this was knowen to all the Iewes Grekes also which dwelt at Ephesus and feare came on them all the name of the Lorde Iesus was magnified And many that beleued came coÌ„fessed shewed their workê Many of theÌ„ which vsed curtoê° craftes brought their bokê burned theÌ„ before all meÌ„ they couÌ„ted the price of theÌ„ fouÌ„de it l. M. siluerlingê So mightely grewe y â— worde of God preuayled After these thiges were ended Paul purposed in y â— spirit whaÌ„ he had passed ouer Macedonia Achaia to go to IerusaleÌ„ saying After I haue bene there I must also se Rome So seÌ„t he into Macedonia two of theÌ„ y t ministred vnto hiÌ„ euen Timotheus Erastus but he hiÌ„ self remayned in Asia for a season The same tyme there arose no lytel a do aboute that waye For a certayne man named Demetrius a siluer smyth which made syluer shrynes for Diana was not a lytle beneficial vnto the craftes men WhoÌ„ he called togyther w t the workmen of lyke occupacion and sayde Syrs ye know that by this craft we haue auauÌ„tage Moreouer ye se â— here that not alone at Ephesus but almost thorow out al Asia this Paul hath perswaded and turned away much people saying that they be not Goddes whiche are made with handes So that not onely this oure craft coÌ„meth into parell to be set at nought but also that the teÌ„ple of the great Goddesse Diana shuld be despised her magnyficeÌ„ce shulde be destroyed whom all Asia and the worlde worshyppeth When they herd these sayinges they were full of wrath cryed out sayinge Great is Diana of the EphesiaÌ„s And al the cite was on a rore they rushed into the comeÌ„ hal w t one assent caught Gaius Aristarcus meÌ„ of Macedonia Pauls coÌ„panioÌ„s WheÌ„ Paul wolde haue entred in vnto the people y â— disciples suffered him not But certayne of the chefe of Asia which were his freÌ„des sent vn to him desyringe him y t he wolde not preace into the comeÌ„ hal Some therfore cryed one thyng some another the Congregacion was al out of quiet the more parte knewe not wherfore they were come togyther Some of the coÌ„pany drue forth AlexaÌ„der the Iewes thrustyng hi forwardes Alexander beckened w t the hande wolde haue gyuen y â— people an answere WheÌ„ they knew that he was a Iewe there arose a shoute almost for the space of two houres of al men crying great is Diana of the Ephesians WheÌ„ the towne clarke had ceased the people he sayd ye men of Ephesus what maÌ„ is it that knoweth not howe that the cytie of y â— Ephesians is a worshipper of the great god desse Diana ☞ of the ymage which came from heauen Seinge then that nomaÌ„ sayth here agaynst ye ought to be coÌ„teÌ„t and to do nothyng rashly for ye haue brought hyther these men which are nether robbers of churches nor yet despisers of youre goddesse Wherfore yf Demetrius the craftes men which are with hym haue a matter agaynst any maÌ„ the law is opeÌ„ and there are rulers let them accuse one another But yf ye go aboute any other thyng it shal be determined in a lawful congregacion For we are in â—eopardy to be accused of this dayes vproure for asmuch as there is no cause wherby we may gyue a reckenyng of this concourse of people And when he had thus spoken he let the congregacion depart ¶ Paul goeth into Macedonia and into Grece At Troaâ— he raysed vp a deade body At Ephesus he calleth the elders of the Congregacyon togyther commyâ—â—â—th the kepynge of Gods flocke vnto them warneth them of false teachers â—â—â—keth his prayer with them and departeth to shyppe CAPI XX. AFter that the rage was ceased Paule called the disciples vnto him and toke his leaue of theÌ„ departed for to go into Macedonia And when he had gone ouer those parties had giuen theÌ„ a long exhortacion he came into Grece there abode iij. monethes And when the Iewes layde wayte for him as he was about to saâ—e into Syria he purposed to returne thorowe Macedonia There accoÌ„panyed him ito Asia Sopâ—ter of Berrea and of Thessalonia Aristarcus and SecuÌ„dus and Gayus of Derba Timotheus out of Asia Tychicus and Trophimus These goynge before taried vs at Troas And we sayled away from Philippos after the dayes of swete breade came vnto them to Troas in fyue dayes where we abode seuen dayes And vpoÌ„ one of the Saboth dayes whaÌ„ y â— disciples came togyther for to breke breed Paul preached vnto them redy to depart on the morow continued the preaching vnto to mydnyght And there were many lyghtes in the chambre where we were gathered togither and there sat in a wyndow a certayne yonge man named Euticus beyng falleÌ„ into a depe slepe And as Paul was preaching he was the more ouercome with slepe and fell downe from the thyrd lofte was takeÌ„ vp deed But whan Paule went downe he fel on him embrased him and sayd make nothyng a do for his lyfe is in him So wheÌ„ he was come vp agayne and had broken the bread eaten and talcked a long whyle euen tyll the mornyng at the last he departed And they brought the yong man alyue and were not a lytell comforted And we went afore to shyp and lowsed vnto Asson there to receyue Paule For so had he appointed and wolde him selfe go a fote When we were come togither at Asson we toke him in came to Mytilnes And we sayled thence and came the nexte daye ouer agaynst Chios And the nexte day we aryued at Samos taried at â—rogylon The nexte daye we came to Myleton for Paule had determined to sayle ouer by Ephesus because he wold not spende the tyme iÌ„ Asia For he hasted yf it were possyble for him to kepe at Ierusalem the daye of Pentecost And from Myleton he sent messaungers to Ephesus and called the elders of the congregacyon Whyche when they were come to hym he sayde vnto them Ye know from the fyrst daye that I came into Asia after what maner I haue bene with you at all ceasons seruynge the Lorde with all humblenes of mynde and with many teares and temptacions whiche happened vnto me by the
the teÌ„ple What saye I then that the ymage is any thynge or that it whiche is offered to ymages is anything Nay but this I saye that the thynges whiche the gentyls offer they offer to deuyls and not to God ✚ I wolde not that ye shulde haue felly shyp w t the deuyls Ye can not drynke of the cup of the Lorde of the cup of deuyls Ye caÌ„not be the partakers of the Lordes table and of y â— table of deuelles Ether do we prouoke the Lorde Are we stronger then he I maye do all thynges but all thynges are not expedient I maye do all thynges but all thynges edifye not Let no maÌ„ seke that whiche is his owne but let euery man seke that whiche belongeth to another Whatsoeuer is solde in the flesshe market that eate and aske no questyon for conscyence sake For the earth is the Lordes and all that therin is If any of them which beleue not byd you to a feast ye be dysposed to go whatsoeuer is set before you eate askinge no questyon for coÌ„science sake But and yf any man saye vnto you this is offred vnto ymages eate not of it for his sake that shewed it and for coÌ„science sake The earth is the Lordes all that therin is CoÌ„science I saye not thyne but of the other For why is my liberte iudged of another mannes coÌ„science For yf I take my parte with thankes why am I euell spoken of for that thynge wherfore I geue thankes Whether therfore ye eate or drynke or whatsoeuer ye do do all to the prayse of God ⊢ Se that ye geue none accasyon of euell nether to the Iewes nor yet to the gentyls nether to the congregacyon of God euen as I please all men in all thynges not sekynge myne owne profet but the profet of many that they myght be saued ¶ He rebuketh them for the abuse and misordre that they had aboute the Sacramente of the bodye and bloude of Chryste and bryngeth them agayne to the fyrst instruccyon CAPI XI BE ye the folowers of me as I am the folower of Christ. I coÌ„mende you brethren that ye remeÌ„ber me in al thinges and kepe the ordinaunces euen as I delyuered theÌ„ to you But I wold haue you to knowe that Chryst is the heed of euery maÌ„ And the man is the womans heed And God is Christes heed Euery man prayenge or prophesyinge hauinge any thynge on his heed shameth his heed Euery woman y â— prayth or prophesieeh bare headed dishonesteth her heade For y â— is euen all one as yf she were shauen If the womaÌ„ be not couered let her also be shorne If it be shame for a woman to be shorne or shaueÌ„ let her couer her heed A man ought not to couer his heed for as much as he is the ymage and glory of God But the woman is the glorye of the man For the man is not of the woman but the woman of the man Nether was the man created for the womans sake but the woman for the mannes sake For this cause ought the woman ☞ to haue power on her heed for the angels sakes Neuerthelesse nether is the man w t out the woman nether the womaÌ„ without the maÌ„ in the Lorde For as the woman is of the man euen so is the man by the woman but all of God Iudge in your selues whether it be coâ—ly y t a woman praye vnto God bare heeded Doth not nature it selfe teach you that it is a shame for a man yf he haue longe heete a prayse to a woman yf she haue longe heer For her heer is geuen her to couer her w t all If any maÌ„ lust to stryue we haue no suche custome nether the congregacyons of God This I warne you of and commende not that ye come not together after a better maner but after a worsse For fyrst of all when ye come together in the coÌ„gregacyon I heare that there is dissencioÌ„ amonge you and I partely beleue it For there must be sectes amonge you that they which are perfect amoÌ„ge you myght be knoweÌ„ ✚ When ye come together therfore in one place the Lordes supper can not be eaten For euery man begynneth afore to eate his owne supper And one is hongry another is dronken Haue ye not houses to eate to drynke in Despyce ye the congregacyon of God and shame them that haue not What shall I saye vnto you shal I praise you In this prayse I you not ⊢ ✚ That which I delyuered vnto you I receaued of the Lorde For the Lorde Iesus the same nyght in whiche he was betrayed toke breed and whan he had geueÌ„ thankes he brake it and sayde Take ye and eate this is my bodye whiche is broken for you This do ye in the remebraunce of me After the same maner also hâ— toke the cup when supper was done sayinge Thys cup is the newe Testament in my bloude This do as oft as ye dryncke it in remeÌ„braunce of me For as often as ye shall eate this breed and drynke this cup Ye shall shewe the Lordes deeth tyll he come Wherfore whosoeuer shall eate of this bread or drynke of the cup of the Lorde vnworthely shal be gylty of the body bloud of the Lorde But let a man examen hym selfe and so let hym eate of the breed and drynke of the cup. For he y â— eateth or drynketh vnworthely eateth drynketh his owne damnacion because he maketh no dyffereÌ„ce of the Lordes body For this cause many are weake sycke amonge you and many slepe For If we had iudged oure selues we shulde not haue bene iudged But when we are iudged of the Lorde we are chastened that we shulde not be damned with the worlde Wherfore my brethren when ye come together to eate cary one for another If any man honger let hym eate at home that ye come not together vnto coÌ„deÌ„nacyon ⊢ Other thynges wyl I set morder when I come ¶ The dyuersite of the gyftes of the holy gâ—oâ—â—e geuen to the comforth and edyfyenge of one another as the members of a mans body sâ—â—ue one another CAPI XII COncernynge spyrituall thynges brethren I wolde not haue you ignorauÌ„t ✚ â—e knowe that ye were gentils and went your wayes vnto domne ymages euen as ye were â—ed Wherfore I declare vnto you that no maÌ„ speakynge by the spirit of God defyeth Iesus Also no man can saye that Iesus is the Lorde but by the holy goost There are dyuersytes of gyftes yet but one spirit And there are dyfferences of admynystracyons and yet but one Lorde And ther are dyuers maners of operacions and yet but one God ☞ whiche worcketh all in all The gyft of the spirit is geuen to euery man to edifye withall For to one is geuen thorowe the spiryt the vtteraunce of wysdome To another is geuen the vtteraunce of knowledge by the
of the starres For one starre differeth from another in glory So is the resurreccyon of the deade It is sowen in corrupcyon it ryseth agayne without corrupcion It is sowen in dishonoure it ryseth agayne in honoure It is sowen in weakenes it ryseth agayne in power It is soweÌ„ a naturall body it ryseth agayne a spiritual body There is a natural body and there is a spiritual bodye as it is also writteÌ„ the fyrst man Adam was made a lyuyng soule and the last AdaÌ„ was made a quyckenyng spirite Howbeit that is not fyrst whiche is spirituall but that whiche is naturall then y â— which is spiritual ⊢ The fyrst man is of the earth erthy the seconde man is the Lord from heauen âšœ heuenly As is the earthy suche are they that are earthy And as is the heauenly suche are theyt hat are heauenly And as we haue borne the ymage of the erthy so shal we bere the ymage of the heauenly This saye I brethren ☞ that flesshe and bloude can not inheret the kingdome of god Nether doth corrupcyon enheret vncorrupcion Beholde I shewe you a mystery We shal not all slepe but we shall all be chaunged that in a moment in the twyncklyng of an eye by the last trompe For the trompe shall blowe the deade shal ryse incorruptible and we shal be chaunged For this corruptible must put on incorrupcion and this mortall must put on immortalite When this corruptyble hath put on incorrupcion and this mortal hath put on immortalite then shal be brought to passe the sayiÌ„g that is wrytten Death is swalowed vp in victory Death where is thy stynge Hell where is thy victory The stinge of death is synne the strength of synne is the lawe But thankes be vnto God which hath giueÌ„ vs vyctory thorow our Lord Iesus Christ Therfore my deare brethren be ye stedfast vnmouable alwayes ryche in the worcke of the Lord forasmuch as ye knowe how that your labour is not in vayne in the Lorde CAPI XVI ¶ He putteth them in remembraunce of the gatherynge for the pore Christen at Ierusalem and concludeth his Epistle with the salutacyons of certayne louyng â–ª brethren COncernynge the gatherynge for the Saynctes as I haue ordayned in the congregacyons of Galacia euen so do ye Upon some Saboth day let euery one of you put asyde at home laye vp what soeuer is mete that there be no gatherynges when I come When I am come whom soeuer ye shal alow by your letters them wyl I side to bring your liberalite vnto IerusaleÌ„ And yf it be mete that I go also they shall go 〈◊〉 me I wyll come vnto you whan I go oâ—â—â— to Macedonia For I wyl go thorowe ouâ—â— Macedonia With you ê‘auenture I wyâ—â—byde a whyle or els tary al winter y â— ye may bryng me on my way whyther soeuer I go I wyl not se you now in my passage but I truste to abyde a whyle with you yf God shall suffre me I wyll tary at Ephesus vntyll the fyftieth day For a great dore and â— frute full is opened vnto me and there are many aduersaryes If Timotheus come se that he be wtont fere with you For he worketh the worcke of the Lorde as I doâ—let no man therfore despyse him but conuaye hym forth in peace that he maye come vnto me For I loke for him with the brethren To speake of brother Appollo âšœ I certyfye you that I greatly desyred him to come vnto you w t the brethreÌ„ but his mynde was not at all to come at this tyme. Howbeit â–ª he wyll come when he shall haue conueniente tyme. Watche ye stande faste in the faythe quyte you lyke men be stronge Let al your busynes be done with loue Brethren ye knÌ„owe the house of Stephana âšœ and of Fortunatus and Archaâ—cus how that they are the fyrst frutes of Achaâ—a that they haue appoynted them selues to minister vnto the Saynctes I beseche you that ye be obedyent vnto suche to all that helpe labour I am glad of the commynge of Stephana fortunatus Achaicus for that whyche was lackyng vnto me on your parte they haue supplied For they haue coÌ„forted my spirite yours Loke therfore that ye knowe them that are suche The congregacyons of Asia salute you Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lorde and so doth the congregacion that is in their house âšœ with whom also I am lodged Al the brethren grete you Grete ye one another w t an holy kysse The salutacion of me Paule with myne owne hande If any man loue not this Lorde Iesus Christe the same be ☞ Anathema maranatha The grace of the Lorde Iesus Christ be w t you My loue be with you al in Christ Iesu Amen ¶ The fyrst Epystle to the CorinthaÌ„ns was sent from Philippos by Stephana and fortunatus Achaicus Timotheus ⧠The Seconde Epystle of S. Paule the Apostle to the Corinthians ¶ The consolacion of God in trouble The loue of Paule towarde the Corynthyans and his excuse that he came not vnto them CAPI I. PAul an Apostle of Iesu Christe by the wyl of God and brother Tymotheus Unto the coÌ„gregacyon of God whiche is at Corynthium w t all the Saynctes which are in al Achaia Grace be wyth you and peace from God our father from the Lorde Iesus Christ. Blessed be God the father of our Lord Iesus Christ which is the father of mercy â–ª and the God of al comforte whiche comforteth vs in al our tribulacioÌ„ in so much that we are able to comforte them whyche are in any maner of trouble with the same coÌ„fort wherwith we oureselues are comforted of God For as the affliccions of Christe are plentuous in vs euen so is our consolacion plentuous by Christ. Whether we be troubled for your consolacyon and health âšœ Or whether we be comforted it is for your comforte and saluacyon whiche saluacion sheweth her power in that ye suffre the same afflyccions whiche we also suffre or whether we be coÌ„forted for your consolacion and saluacion our hope also is stedfast for you in as muche as we knowe howe that as ye are parttakers of the affliccyons so shall ye be parttakers also of the consolacyon Brethren I wolde not haue you ignorauÌ„t of our trouble whych happened vnto vs in Asia For we were greued out of measure passyng strength so greatly that we despayred euen of life Also we receiued an answere of death in ourselues that we shulde not put our trust in ourselues but in God whiche rayseth the dead to lyfe agayne and whiche delyuered vs from so great a deth and doth delyuer On whom we trust that yet hereafter he wyl deliuer by the helpe of your praier for vs that by the meanes of many occasioÌ„s thankes may be gyuen of many on our behalfe for the grace gyuen vnto vs. For our
reioysynge is this euen the testymony of oure conscyence that in synglenes âšœ of hert and godly purenes not in fleshly wysdome but by the grace of God we haue had our coÌ„uersacyon in the world and most of all to you wardes We wryte none other thynges vnto you then that ye reade also knowe Yee and I trust ye shall fynde vs vnto the ende euen as ye haue founde vs partly for we are your reioysing euen as ye are ours in the day of the Lorde Iesus And in this confydence was I mynded fyrste to haue come vnto you that I myght haue had one plesure more with you and to passe by you into Macedonia and to haue come agayne out of Macedonia vnto you to be led forth of you towarde Iewry WhaÌ„ I thus wyse was mynded dyd I vse lyghtnes Or thynke I carnally those thynges whiche I thynke that with me shulde be yee yee and naye naye God is faythful For our preachyng to you was not yee and nay For Goddes sonne Iesus Christ which was preached among you by vs euen by me and Syluanus and Timotheus was not yee naye but by hym it was yee For all the promises of God by him are yee and are in him Amen vnto the lawde of God thorowe vs. For it is God whiche stablyssheth vs wyth you in Chryst and standeth by vs and hath annoynted vs whyche hath also sealed vs and hath gyuen the ernest of the spirite in our hertes ✚ I call God for a recorde vnto my soule that for to fauer you wyth all I came not any more vnto Corynthium Not that we be Lordes oueryoure FAYTH but are helpers of youre ioye For by Fayth ye stande ¶ He sheweth the cause of hys absence and exhorteth them to forgyue the man that was fallen and to receyue hym agayne with loue CAPI II. BUt I determyned this in myselfe that I wolde not come agayne to you in henynesse For yf I make you sorye who is it that shulde make me glad but the same whiche is made sory by me And I wrot thê same vnto you least yf I came vnto you I shuld take heuynes âšœ vpon heuines of them of whom I ought to reioyce This confidence haue I toward you al that my ioy is the ioy of you all For out of great afflyccyon and anguyshe of hert I wrote vnto you with many teares not that ye shulde be made sory but that ye might ê‘ceyue the loue which I haue most specially vnto you If any man hath caused sorow the same hath not made me sory but partely least I shulde greue you all It is suffycyent vnto the same man that he was rebuked of many So that now coÌ„trary wyse ye ought rather to forgyue hym and comforte hym least that same person shulde be swalowed vp wyth ouer muche heuynes Wherfore I exhorte you that loue maye haue strength ouer hym For thys cause verely dyd I writ that I myght knowe the profe of you whether ye shulde be obedyent in all thynges To whom ye forgyue any thyng I forgyue also For yf I forgaue any thynge to whom I forgaue it for your sakes forgaue I it in the syght of Christe lest Satan shulde preuent vs. For his thoughtes are not vnknowen vnto vs. ⊢ ✚ When I was come to Troada for Chrstê Gospels sake and a great dore was opened vnto me of the Lorde I had no rest in my spirite because I founde not Titus my brother but toke my leue of them went away into Macedonia Thanckes be vnto God whiche alwayes gyueth vs the vyctorye in Christ openeth the sauer of hê knowledge by vs in euery place For we are vnto God the swete sauoure of Chryste amonge them that are sauyd and among them whiche peryshe To the one parte are we the sauoure of death vnto deth And vnto the other part are we the sauour of life vnto lyfe And who is mete vnto these thynges For we are not as the most part are whiche choppe chauÌ„ge with the worde of god but euen out of purenes by the power of God in the syght of God so speake we in Christ. ¶ He prayseth the preachyng of the Gospel at ouâ— the preuchynge of the lawe CAPI III. WE begyn to prayse oureselues agayne Nede we as sorge other of Epystles of recommendacion vnto you or letters of recommendacyon from you Ye are oure Epystle wrytten in our hertes whyche is vnderstande red of al men for asmuch as ye declare that ye are the epystle of Christ ministred by vs written not with ynke but with the spirite of the liuyng God not in tables of stone but in flesshly tables of the herte ✚ Suche trust haue we thorowe Christe to god warde not that we are suffycyent of oureselues to thynke anythynge as of ourselues but yf we be able vnto anythynge the same coÌ„meth of god whiche hath made vs able to ministre the newe testament not of the letter but of the spirite For ☞ the letter kylleth but the spirite gyueth lyfe If the ministracyon of death thorow the letters fygured in stones was gloryous to that the chyldren of Israell coulde not beholde the face of Moses for the glory of his countenaunce whiche glory is done away why shal not the ministracyon of the spirite be much more glorious For if the ministâ—iÌ„g of condeÌ„nacion be glorious much more 〈◊〉 the ministracyon of ryghtuousnes â—â—ceaâ—e in glory ⊢ For no dout that which was that glorified is not once gloryfied in respecte of this excedynge glory For yf that whiche is destroyed was glorious muche more that whiche remayneth is glorious Seyng then that we haue suche trust we vse great boldnes do not as Moses which put a vayle ouer his face that the chyldren of Israel shuld not se for what purpose that serued whiche is put away But their myndes were blynded For vntyl this day remaineth the same couering vndertaken away in the lecture of the old testament which vaile shal be put awaye in Christe But euen vnto this daye when Moses is redde the vayle hangeth before their herts Neuerthelesse when they tourne to the Lord the vayle shal be taken awaye The Lorde no doute is a spirite And where the spirite of the Lord is there is libertie But we al beholde in a myrroure the glory of the Lord with his face open and are chaunged vnto the same similitude from glory to glory euen as of the spirite of the Lorde A true preacher 〈◊〉 oâ—â—â—â—â—t he corrupteth â—oâ— the worde â—â— God but seketh the honoure of Chryst. yet thought it bâ— with the parell of his lyst CAPI IIII. THerfore seynge that we haue suche an office euen as God hath had mercy on vs we go not out of kynde but haue caste from vs the clokes of vnhonestye walcke not in craftines nether handle we the worde of God disceitfully but open the trueth and
reporte our selues to euery maÌ„nes conscieÌ„ce in the syght of God ✚ If our Gospel be yet hyd it is hyd amonge them that are lost in whom the God of this worlde hath blynded the myndes of them whiche beleue not lest the lyght of the Gospell of the glorye of Christ whiche is the ymage of God shulde shyne vnto them ✚ For we preach not our selues but Christ Iesus to be the Lorde our selues your seruauÌ„tes for Iesus sake For it is God that coÌ„maunded the lyght to shyne out of darcknes which hath shyned in oure hertes for to giue the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Iesus Christ. But we haue this treasure in erthen vessels that the excellency of the power myght be Gods not ours We are troubled on euery syde yet are we not without shyfte We are in pouerty but not vtterly without somwhat We suffre persecucion but are not for saken therin We are cast downe neuertheles we perysh not We alwayes bere about in the bodye the dying of the Lorde Iesus that the lyfe of Iesu myght also appeare in our bodye For we whiche lyue are alwayes delyuered vnto deth for Iesus sake that the life also of Iesu myght appeare in our mortall fleshe So then death worcketh in vs but life in you ⊢ ✚ But seyng that we haue the same spirite of fayth according as it is wrytten I beleued therfore haue I spoken We also beleue therfore speake For we knowe that he whiche raysed vp the Lorde Iesus shall rayse vp vs also by the meanes of Iesus shal set vs with you For al thinges do I for your sakes that the plentuous grace by thanckes gyuen of many maye redâ—uÌ„de to the praise of God Wherfore we are not weryed But though our vtwarde man peryshe yet the in warde man is renued daye by daye For oure trybulacyon which is momentany and lyght prepareth an excedynge and an eternall wayght of glorye vnto vs whyle we loke not on the thynges whyche are sene but on the thynges whyche are not sene For the thynges whyche are sene are temporall but thynges whiche are not sene are eternall ⊢ CAPI V. ¶ The rewarde for suffrynge trouble FOr we knowe that yf our earthy mancion of this dwelling were destroyed we haue a byldyng of God an habytacyon not made with handes but eternall in heauen For therfore syghe we desyrynge to be clothed with our mansyon whiche is from heauen so yet yf that we be founde clothed and not naked For we that are in this tabernacle syghe and are greued because we wolde not be vnclothed but wold be clothed vpoÌ„ that mortalite might be swalowed vp of life He that hath ordeyned vs for this thyng is God which very same hath gyuen vnto vs the ernest of the spirite Therfore we are alwaye of good cheare and knowe that as long as we are at home in the body we are absent from god For we walcke in fayth not after outwarde appearauÌ„ce Neuertheles we are of good comfort and had leuer to be absent from the bodye to be preseÌ„t with God Whefore whether we be at home or from home we endeuour our selues to please hym For we must all appere before the iudgement seate of Chryste that euery man may receyue the worckes of his bodye accordynge to that he hath done whether it be good or bad ✚ Seyng then that we knowe howe the Lorde is to be feared We fare fayre wyth men For we are knowen well ynough vnto god I trust also that we are knoweÌ„ in your consciences For we prayse not our selues agayne vnto you but gyue you an occasyon to reioyce of vs that ye may haue some what agaynst theÌ„ which reioyce in the face and not in the herte For yf we be to feruent to god are we to feruent Or yf we kepe measure for your cause kepe we measure For y â— loue of Christ coÌ„strayneth vs bycause we thus iudge that yf one dyed for all then were all deade he dyed for all that they whych lyue shuld not hence forth lyue vnto them selues but vnto him whych dyed for them rose agayne ⊢ Wherfore hence forth knowe we no maÌ„ after the flesshe In so muche though we haue knowen Christ after the fleshe now yet heÌ„â—e forth know we him so no more Therfore yf any man be in Christ he is a newe creature Olde thynges are passed awaye beholde al thynges are become newe Neuertheles al thiÌ„ges are of God which hath reconcyled vs vnto hym self by Iesus Christ and hath gyuen to vs the offyce to preache the attonement For God was in Christ made agrement betwene the worlde and him self imputed not their synnes vnto them and hath commytted to vs the preachyng of the attonement Nowe then are we messengers in the rowme of Christ eueÌ„ as though God dyd beseche you thorowe vs. So praye we you in Christes stede that ye be reconcyled vnto God for he made him to ☞ be synne for vs whiche knewe no synne that we by his meanes shulde be that ryghtuousnesse whiche before God is alowed ¶ An exhortacyon to receyue the word of God with thankefulnesse and amendement of lyfe The dyligence of Paule in the Gospell and howe he warneth them to exchewe the company of the Heythen CAPI VI. WE also as helpers exhort you that ye receyue not the grace of god in vayne For he sayeth I haue herde the in a tyme accepted and in the day of saluacion haue I suckered the. Beholde nowe is that accepted tyme beholde nowe is the day of saluacyon Let vs gyue no occasyon of euyl that in our offyce be founde no faute but in al thinges let vs behaue our selues as the ministers of God In much pacieÌ„ce in affliccyons in necessyties in anguyshes in strypes in presonmeÌ„tes in strytes in laboures in watchiÌ„ges in fastinges in purenes in knowledge in loÌ„ge suffryng in kyndnes in the holy Ghoste in loue vnfaynedly in the word of truth in the power of God by the armour of ryghtuousnes of the ryght hande on the lefte be honoure and dishonour by euyl report good reporte as disceyuers and yet true as vnknowen and yet knoweÌ„ as dying behold we lyue as chastned not killed as sorowing yet alway mery as pore and yet make many ryche as hauyng nothyng yet possessyng al thynges O ye Corinthians our mouth is opeÌ„ vnto you Our hert is made large ye are in no strayte in vs but are in a strayte in youre owne bowels I promyse vnto you lyke reward as vnto chyldren Set your selues at large ✚ beare not ye the yocke with the vnbeleuers For what fellyshyp hath ryghtuousnes with vnryghtuousnes Or what company hath lyght wyth dackenesse Or what concorde hath Christe wyth Beliall Eyther what parte hath he that beleueth with an infydell Or howe
confermed afore of God vnto Chryste warde to make the promes of none effecte For yf the inheritaunce come of the lawe it commeth not nowe of promes But God gaue it vnto Abraham by promes Wherfore theÌ„ serueth y â— law The lawe was added because of traÌ„sgressioÌ„ tyl y â— seed came to whom the promes was made it was ordeyned by Angels in the hande of a mediator A mediator is not a mediator of one But God is one Is the lawe then agaynst the promes of God God forbyd For yf there had bene a lawe geuen whiche coulde haue geuen lyfe then no doute ryghtewesnes shulde come by the lawe But the scrypture ⧠The epystle of Saynt Paul the apostle vnto the Ephesyans ¶ The euerlastynge ordynaunce and eleccyon of God in sauynge all men thorowe Chryste Iesus his sonne we are ordened vnto good workes The dominion of Chryste CAPI I. PAul an apostle of Iesus Chryst by the wyl of God To the Saynctes whiche are at Ephesus and to them whiche beleue on Iesus Chryste Grace be with you peace from God oure father and from the Lorde Iesu Chryste Blessed be God the father of oure Lorde Iesus Chryst whiche hath blessed vs with all maner of spirituall blessynge in heuenly thynges by Chryste accordynge as he had chosen vs in him before the foundacions of the worlde were layde that we shuld be holy and without blame before him thorowe loue which ordeyned vs before thorow Iesus Christ to be heyres vnto him selfe ' accordynge to the good pleasure of hys wyll to the prayse of the glorye of his grace where with he hath made vs accepted thorow the beloued By whom we haue redempcyon thorowe his bloude euen the forgeuenes of synnes accordynge to the ryches of hys grace wher of he hathe ministred vnto vs aboundantly in all wysdome and prudence And hathe opened vnto vs the mystery of hys wyll accordynge to hys good pleasure whiche he had purposed in hym selfe to haue it declared when the tyme was ful come that he myght set vp all thynges perfectly by Chryste bothe the thynges whiche are in heuen and the thynges which are in earth euen by hym by whom we are made heyres and were therto predestinate accordynge to the purpose of hym by whose power al thinges are wrought accordynge to the purpose of hys owne wyll that we whiche before beleued in Christ shulde be vnto the prayse of his glorye In whom also ye beleue for asmuche as we haue harde the worde of trueth euen the Gospel of your saluacyon wherin when ye had beleued ye were sealed with the holy spirit of promes which is the earnest of our in herytauÌ„ce for the recoueringe of the purchased possessioÌ„ vnto y â— prayse of his glory Wherfore I also after that I hearde of the fayth which ye haue in the Lorde Iesu and loue vnto all the Saynctes cease not to geue thanckes for you makynge mencyon of you in my prayers that the God of oure Lorde Iesus Christ the father of glory may geue vnto you the spyryte of wysdome and of reuelacion by the knowledge of him selfe and lyghten the eyes of youre myndes that ye maye knowe what the hope is where vnto he hathe called you and howe ryche the glory is of his inherytaunce vpon the sainctes what is y â— exceding greatnes of his power to vs warde which beleue according to the workyng of that his myghty power whiche he wrought in Christe when he raysed him from the deed and set hym on hys ryght hande in heauenly thynges aboue all rule and power and myght and domynyon and aboue euery name that is named not in this worlde onely but also in the worlde to come and hathe put al thynges vnder his fete and hathe made hym aboue all thynges the heed of the congregacyon whiche is hys body and the fulnes of hym that fylleth all in all ¶ Paul sheweth them what maner of people they were before theyr conuersyon and what they are nowe in Chryste CAPI II. AND you hathe he quyckened where as ye were deed in â—reaspasses synnes in the whiche in tyme passed ye walked according to the course of this worlde euen after the gouerner that ruleth in the ayer the spirit that nowe worketh in the chyldren of vnbelefe amonge whom we al had oure conuersacyon also in tyme past in the lustes of oure flesshe and fulfylled the lustes of oure flesshe and fulfylled the wyll of the flesshe and of the mynde and ☞ were by nature the chyldren of wrath euen as well as other But God which is rych in mercy for his great loue wherwith he loued vs euen wheÌ„ we were deed by synnes quickened vs together in Chryst by garce are ye saued and raysed vs vp together with hym and made vs sytte together with him amonge them of heauen in Christe Iesu. That in tyme to come he myght shewe y â— exceadynge ryches of hys grace in kyndnes to vs warde thorow Chryst Iesu. For by grace are ye made safe thorowe fayth that not of youre selues It is the gyfte of God and coÌ„meth not of workes lest any maÌ„ shuld boast him selfe For we are his worckmanshyppe created in Christ Iesu vnto good workes whych god ordayned that we shulde walke in them Wherfore remeÌ„bre that ye beyng in tyme passed Gentyls in the flesshe were called vncircumcysyon from that whiche is called circumcision in the flesshe whiche circumcisyon is made by handes Remembre I say that at that tyme ye were without Christe beyng alâ—aÌ„tes froÌ„ the coÌ„meÌ„ welth of Israel straungers froÌ„ the testamentes of the promes and had no hope were without God in this worlde But nowe by the meanes of Christ Iesu ye whiche somtyme were farre of are made nye by the bloude of Christ. For he is our peace whiche hath made of both one and hathe broken downe the wall that was a stoppe bitwene vs and hath also put awaye thorowe hys flesshe ☞ the cause of hatred euen the lawe of commaundemeÌ„tes coÌ„tayned in the law wrytten for to make of â—wane one newe man in hym selfe so makyng peace and to reconcile both vnto God in one body thorow the crosse slew hatred thereby and came preached peace to you whiche were a farre of to them that were nyâ— For thorow hiÌ„ we both haue an entrauÌ„ce in one spirite vnto the father ✚ Nowe therfore ye are not straungers foreners but cytesyns with the sayntes and of the housholde of God and are bylt vpon the foundacion of the Apostles and Prophetes Iesus Christ him selfe beynge the head corner stone in whom what buyldyng soeuer is coupled togyther it groweth vnto an holy temple in the Lorde in whom ye also are buylt togyther to be an habitacion of God thorow the âšœ holy ghost ⊢ ¶ He sheweth the cause of hys presonmente desyreth them not to saynte because of his
trouble and prayeth God to make them stedfast in his spirits CAPI III. FOr thys â—ause I Paule am a prysoner of Iesus Christ for you Heythen If ye haue hearde of the ministracyon of the grace of God which is gyuen me to you ward for by reuelacyon shewed he the mystery vnto me as I wrote afore in fewe wordes wherby when ye reade ye may vnderstande my knowledge in the mystery of Christ whiche mistery in tymes passed was not opened vnto the soÌ„nes of men as it is nowe declared vnto his holy Apostles and Prophetes by the spyrit that the Gentyls shulde be inheritours also of the same body partakers of his promes in Christ by the meanes of the Gospell wherof I am made a mynyster accordynge to the gyfte of the grace of God whiche is gyuen vnto me after the workyng of his power Unto me the least of al saynctes is this grace gyuen that I shulde preache amonge the Gentylles the vnsearcheable ryches of Chryste and to make al men se what felowshyppe of the mysterye is * whyche frome the begynnyng of the worlde hath bene hyd in God whych made al thynges thorow Iesus Chryste to the intente that nowe vnto the rulers and powers in heauenly thynges might be knowen by the congregacion the manyfold wysdome of God accordyng to the eternall purpose whiche he wrought in Christ Iesu our Lord by whom we haue boldnesse and entrauÌ„ce with the confydence whiche is by the fayth of him ✚ Wherfore I desyre that ye faynt not because of my trybulacioÌ„s that I suffre for your sakes whiche is youre prayse For this cause I bowe my knees vnto the father of our Lorde Iesus Christ whiche is father ouer all that is called father in Heauen and in earth that he wolde graunt you accordynge to the ryches of hys glorye that ye may be strengthed with myght by his spirite in the inner man that Christ may dwell in your hertes by fayth that ye beyng roted and grouÌ„ded in loue myght be able to comprehende wyth all Saynctes what is that bredth and length deepth and heyth and to knowe the excellente loue of the knowledge of Christ that ye myght be fulfylled with al fulnes whiche commeth of God Unto hym that is able to do excedynge abouÌ„dantly aboue al that we aske or thinke accordyng to the power that worketh in vs be prayse in the coÌ„gregacyon by Iesê° Christ thoroweout all generacyons from tyme to tyme. Amen ¶ He exhorteth them vnto mekenes to laye asyde the olde conuersacyon of gredy lustes and to walcke in a newe lyfe CAPI IIII. I Therfore whyche am a prysonner of the Lordes exhorte you that ye walke worthy of the vocacyon wherwith ye are called with all lowlynes and mekenes wyth humblenes of mynde forbearynge one another thorowe loue and be diligent to kepe the vnite of the spirite thorow the bonde of peace beynge one body and one spirite euen as ye are called in one hope of your callynge Let there be but one Lorde one fayth one baptyme one God and father of all whyche is aboue al thorow al and in you all ⊢ ✚ Unto euery one of vs is gyuen grace accordynge to the measure of the gyfte of Christ. Wherfore he sayeth whan he went vp an hye he ledde captiuitye captyue and gaue gyftes vnto men That he ascended what meaneth it but that he also descended fyrste into the lowest partes of the earth He that desceÌ„ded is euen the same also that ascended vp aboue all heauens to fulfyl al thynges And the very same made some Apostles some Prophetes some Euangelystes some Shepherdes and Teachers to the edifying of the saynctes to the worke and ministracyon euen to the edifying of the body of Chryst tyll we al come to the vnyte of fayth and knowledge of the sonne of God vnto a perfecte man vnto the measure of the full perfecte age of Chryste ⊢ That we hence forth shulde be no more chyldren waueryng and caried about with euery wynde of doctryne by the wylynes of men thorowe craftynes wherby they laye a wayte for vs to deceyue vs. But let vs folowe the trueth in loue and in all thynges growe in hym whiche is the heade euen Christ in whom yf all the body be coupled knet togyther thorowe out euery ioynt wherwith one mynistreth to another accordynge to the operacyon as euery parte hath his measure he increseth the body vnto the edifying of it self thorowe loue ✚ This I say therfore and testyfye thorow the Lord that ye hence forth walke not as other Gentylles walcke in vanyte of their mynde while they are blynded in their vnderstandyng beyng farre from a godly lyfe by the meanes of the ignorancy that is in them because of the blyndnes of theyr hertes whiche beyng past repentaunce haue gyuen them selues ouer vnto wantoÌ„nes to worke all maner of vnclennes euen with gredines But ye haue not so learned Christ If so be that ye haue hearde of him haue bene taught in him as the truth is in Iesu as concernynge the conuersacyon in tyme past to laye from you that olde man whych is corrupte accordynge to the deceauable lustes ⊢ ✚ To be renued also in the spirite of your mynde to put on that new man which after God is shapen in rightuousnes and true holynes Wherefore put awaye lyinge and speake euery man trueth vnto hys neyghboure for as muche as we are members one of another ☞ Be angrye and synne not let not the soÌ„ne go downe vpon your wrath neyther giue place vnto the backbiter Let hym that stole steale nomore but let him rather labour with his handes the thyng whiche is good that he may giue vnto him that nedeth ⊢ Let no fylthy communicacion procede out of your mouth but that whiche is good to edyfy withal as oft as nede is that it may mynyster grace vnto the hearers And greue not ye the holy spiryte of God by whom ye are sealed vnto the daye of redempcyon Let all bytternes and fearsnesse and wrath and rorynge and cursed speakyng be put awaye from you with all malycyousnes Be ye curteous one to another mercyful forgeuyng one another euen as God for Christes sake hath forgeuen you ¶ He exhorteth them vnto loue warneth them to be ware of al vnclennesse He teacheth howe women shuld obey their husbandes and howe louyngly men ought to intreate theyâ— wyues CAPI V. BE ye therfore folowers of God as dere chyldren and walke in loue euen as Christe loued vs and gaue hym selfe for vs an offerynge and a sacrycye of a swete sauer to God As for fornicacyon and al vncleÌ„nes or couetousnes let it not be once named amonge you as it becommeth sanctes or fylthynes or folyshe talkynge or testyng which are not comly but rather gyuynge of thankes For this ye know that no whoremonger ether vncleane person or couetous person which is
a worshypper of ymages hath any enherytaunce in the kyngdome of Christ and of God Let no man deceyue you w t vayne wordes For because of suche thynges commeth the wrath of God vpon the chyldren of dysobedyencâ— Be not ye therfore companyons of theÌ„ Ye were somtime darckenes but now are ye lyght in the Lorde Walcke as chyldren of lyght For the fruyte of the spyryte consysteth in all goodnes and ryghtuousnes and trueth ⊢ Accepte that whyche is pleasynge vnto the Lorde and haue no felowshyppe wyth the vnfruytefull workes of darckenes but rather rebuke them For it is shame euen to name those thynges whiche are done of theÌ„ in secret but al thinges when they are rebuked of the lyghte are manyfest For whatsoeuer is manifest that same is light Wherfore he sayeth awake thou that slepest and stande vp from death and Christ shal gyue the lyght ✚ Take hede therefore howe ye walcke â—ircâ—â—spectly not as vnwise but as wyse meÌ„ auoydynge occasyon because the dayes are euyll Wherfore be ye not vnwyse but vnderstande what the wyl of the Lorde is and be not droncke with wyne wherin is excesse but be fylled with the spirite speakyng vnto youre selues in Psalmes and Hymnes and spiritual songes syngyng and making melodie to the Lord in your hertes gyuyng thankes alwayes for al thynges vnto God the father in the name of oure Lorde Iesus Christ submyttyng your selues one to another in the feare of God ⊢ Ye wemeÌ„ submyt your selues vnto your owne husbandes as vnto the Lorde For the husbaÌ„de is the wiues head eueÌ„ as Christ is the head of the congregacion the same is he that ministreth saluacion vnto the body Therfore as the congregacion is in subieccyon to Christ lyke wyse let the wemeÌ„ also be in subieccion to their husbandes in all thynges Ye husbaÌ„des loue your wyues eueÌ„ as Christ also loued the coÌ„gregacion gaue him selfe for it to sanctyfye it clensed it in the fountayne of water thorowe the worde to make it vnto him selfe a gloryous congregacioÌ„ without spot or wrynckle or any such thyng but that it shulde be holy without blame So ought men to loue their wyues as their owne bodyes He that loueth his wyfe loueth himself For no maÌ„ euer yet hated his owne flesshe but norysheth cheryssheth it eueÌ„ as the Lorde doth the congregacion For we are meÌ„bers of his body of hys flesshe of his bones For this cause shall a man leue father mother shal be ioyned vnto his wyfe and of two shal be made one flesshe This is a great secrete but I speake of Christ of the congregacion Neuerthelesse do ye so that euery one loue his wyfe euen as hym selfe And let the wyfe fere her husbande ¶ Howe chyldren shulde be haue them selues toward theiâ—â—â—rtutes Seruauntes towarde their maystees An exhorâ—â—â—yon to thâ— spiritâ—â—l baâ—â—aylâ— CAPI VI. C HyldreÌ„ obey your fathers mothers in the Lord for that is ryght Honour thy father mother the same is the fyrst coÌ„mauÌ„demeÌ„t in the promes that y â— mayest prospere lyue longe on the earth Ye fathers moue not your childreÌ„ to wrath but ye shal bring them vp thorow the nurtur informacion of the Lorde Ye seruauÌ„tes be obedyent vnto theÌ„ that are your bodely maisters with feare tremblyng euen with the synglenes of youre herte as vnto Christe not doynge seruyce vnto the eye â–ª as they that go about to please men but as the seruauntes of Christ doyng the wyl of god from the herte w t good wyl seruyng the Lorde not men Knowyng this that what soeuer good thiÌ„g any man doth the same shall he receyue agayne of god whether he be boÌ„de or fre And ye maisters do euen the same thynges vnto theÌ„ puttyng away threatninges Knowyng that your master also is in heauen nether is there any respecte of person with him ✚ Finally my brethren be stronge thorowe the Lord and thorow the power of his myght Put on all the armour of God that ye may stande agaynst the assautes of the deuyl For we wrestle not agaynst bloude and fleshe but agaynst rule agaynst power agaynst worldly rulers eueÌ„ gouerners of the derckenes of this worlde agaynst spiritual craftynes in heauenly thynges Wherfore take vnto you the whole armour of God that ye maye be able to resyst in the euyl day and stande perfect in all thinges Stande therfore your loynes gyrde with the trueth hauyng on the brest plate of ryghtuousnes hauyng shoes on your fete that ye maye be prepared for the Gospell of peace Aboue al take to you the shâ—ld of faith wherwith ye may quenche al the fyrie dartê of the wycked And take the helmet of saluacion the sweard of the spirite which is the worde of God ⊢ And pray alwayes w t al maner of prayer supplicacion in the spirite watche therunto with all instaunce supplicacion for al sanctes for me that vtteraunce may be gyuen vnto me that I maye open my mouth frely to vtter the secretes of my Gospel wherof I am messenger in bondes that therin I maye speake frely as I ought to speake But that ye may also knowe what condycyon I am in and what I do Tichicus the deare brother and faythfull mynyster in the Lorde shall shewe you of al thynges whom I haue sent vnto you for the same purpose that ye myght knowe what case we stande in and that ye myght comforte your hertes Peace be vnto the brethren and loue wyth fayth from God the Father and from the Lord Iesus Christ. Grace be with all them whiche loue our Lorde Iesus Christ vnfaynedly Amen ¶ Sente from Rome vnto the Ephesyans by Tichicus ⧠The Epystle of Saynte Paule the Apostle to the Phyllippians ¶ He exhorteth them to increase in loue in knowledge and experyence of Godly thynges CAPI I. PAule and Timothe the seruauÌ„tê of Iesu Christ. To al the saynctes in Christ Iesu whiche are at Philippos with the Byshops and Deacons Grace be vnto you and peace from God our father from the Lorde Iesus Christ. ✚ I thancke my God wyth all remembraunce of you all wayes in al my prayers for all you and pray with gladnes because ye are come into the fellowshyppe of the Gospel from the fyrst daye vnto nowe ✚ and am surely certyfyed of this that he whiche hath begoÌ„ne a good worke in you shall perfourme it vntyll the day of Iesus Christ as it becommeth me so iudge I of you all because I haue you in my herte forasmuch as ye all are coÌ„panyons of grace with me euen in my bondes and in the defendyng and stably shynge of the Gospell For God is my recorde howe greately I longe after you all from the very herte rote in Iesus Christe And thys I praye that your loue maye increace yet more and more in knowledge and in all vnderstandynge that ye may
myght walke worthy of the Lord that in all thynges ye may please beynge fruteful in all goad workes and encreasynge in the knowledge of God streÌ„gtned withat might thorowe hys gloryous power vnto all pacyence and longe sufferyng with ioyfulnes ⊢ geuyng thaÌ„kes vnto the father which hath made vs mete to be partakers of the inheritaunce of sayntes in lyght Which hath delyuered vs from the power of derknes and hath translated vs into the kyngdome of his dere sonne by whom we haue redepcion thorow his blode eueÌ„ the for gyuenes of synnes whyche is the ymage of the inuisible God fyrst begotten of al creatures For by him were al thinges created that are in heauen and that are in erth vylible and inuisible whether they be maiesty or Lordshyp eyther rule or power Al thynges were created by hym for him and he is before al thynges and by him al thynges haue theyr beyng And he is the heade of the body euen of the congregacyon he is the begynnyng and fyrst begotteÌ„ of the dead that in all thinges he myght haue the preeminence For it pleased the father that in him shulde all fulnes â—wel by hym to reconcyle al thyng vnto hym self to set at peace by him thorow the bloud of his crosse both thynges in heauen and thinges in earth And you which were somtyme farre of and enemyes because your myndes were set in euyll worckes hath he nowe yet reconcyled in the body of hys flesshe thorow death to make you holy and vnblameable with out faute in his owne syght yf ye contynue grounded and stablysshed in the fayth and be not moued awaye from the hope of the Gospell wherof ye haue herde howe that it is preached amonge all cratures which are vnder heauen wherof I Paule am made a mynister Nowe ioy I in my suffrynges for you and fulfyl that whiche is behynde of the passyons of Christ in my flesshe for his bodyes sake which is the congregacyon wherof I am made a minyster accordyng to the ordinaunce of God which ordynaunce was gyuen me vnto you warde to fulfyll the worde of God that mystery which hath bene hyd sence the worlde beganne sence the begynnyng of generacyons but now is opened to his Sainctes to whom God wolde make knowen what the glorious riches of this mistery is amonge the Gentyls whiche ryches is Christ in you the hope of glory whom we preach warnyng all men and teachynge all men in as wysdome to make all men perfect in Christ Iesu. Wherin I also laboure and stryue euen as farforth as his strength worketh in me myghtely ¶ What greate care Paule toke for all Congregacyons He eruorteth theÌ„ to be sted fast in Christe to be ware of 〈◊〉 teachers and worldely wysdome and descrybethâ— the 〈◊〉 Prophetes CAPI II. FOr I wolde that ye knewe howe great care that I haue for you and for them that are at Laodicia and for as many as haue not sene my person in the flesshe that their hertes myght be comforted whan they are knet togyther in loue and in al riches of full vnderstaÌ„dyng for to know the mystery of god the father of Chryste in whom are hyd al the treasures of wysdome and knowledge This I say lest any man shuld begyle you with entisyng wordes For though I be absent in the flesshe yet am I with you in the spirit ioyinge and be holdynge your order and your stedfast fayth in Christe As ye haue therfore receyued Christ Iesu the Lorde euen so walke ye in him so that ye be roted buylt in hym and stablished thorow fayth as ye haue learned therin be plentutuous with geuyng thankes ✚ Beware least any man spoyle you thorowe Pholosophy and dysceatful vanytye after the tradicyon of men and after the ordynaunces of the worlde and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth at the fulnes of the god head bodely ye are â—â—plete in him whiche is the head of al rule and power by whoÌ„ also ye are circuÌ„cysed with circuÌ„cisyd whych is done without handes for asmuch as ye haue put of the synful body of the flesshe thorow the circuÌ„cision that is in Chryst in that ye are buried with him thorow bap tyme in whom ye are also rysen agayne tho rowe fayth that is wrought by the operacy on of God whiche raysed him from death And ye whaÌ„ ye were dead thorow synne and thorowe the vncyrcumcysion of youre flesshe hath he guyckened with hym hath forgyuen vs all our trespaces ⊢ and hathe put out the haÌ„de wrytyng that was against vs contayned in the law wrytten and that hath he taken out of the way and hath faste ned it to his crosse and hath spoyled rule and power and hath made a shewe of them openly and hath tryumphed ouer them in his owne person Let no man therfore trouble your coÌ„scyen ce aboute meate and dryncke or for a pece of an holy daye or of the newe Mone or of the Saboth dayes whiche are shaddowes of thiÌ„ges to come but the body is in Christ. Let no man make you shot at a wronge marcke by the huÌ„blenes holynes of angels in the thynges which he neuer sawe beyng causelesse puft vp with his fleshly mynde and holdeth not the head wherof al the body by ioyn tes and couples receyueth norysshment and is knet together and increaseth with the increasyng that commeth of God Wherfore yf ye be dead with Christ from the ordinauÌ„ces of the world why as though ye yet lyued in the world are ye led with tradicions Touche not tast not handle not whiche al peryshe thorowe the very abuse after the commaundementes and doctrynes of men which thynges outwardly haue the symilitude of wysdome by superstycion and humblenes and by hurting of the body and in that they do the flesshe no worshyppe vnto the nede therof ¶ He putteth them in remembraunce of the spirytuall resurreccyon to laye asyde all maner of corrupte lyuyng to be frutefull in all godlynisie and vertue and sheweth all degrees their duetye CAPI III ✚ IF ye be then rysen agayne with Chryste seke those thiges which are aboue where Christe sytteth on the ryght hande of God Set youre affeccyon on thinges that are aboue and not on thynges whiche are on the earth For ye are dead and your lyfe is hyd with Christ in God When soeuer Chryste which is our lyfe shal shewe him selfe then shall ye also appere with him in glory ⊢ ☞ Mortyfie therfore your earthy membres fornycacion vnclennes vnnaturall lust euyll coucupyscence and couetousnes which is worshyppyng of ydoles for which thynges sake the wrathe of God vseth to come on the chyldren of vnbelefe amonge whom ye walcked somtyme when ye lyued in them But nowe put ye also awaye from you all such thinges wrath fearsnes maliciousnes cursed speaking filthy coÌ„municacion out of your mouth Lye not one to another
you for ye youre selues knowe perfectly that the daye of the Lorde shal come euen as a thefe in the nyght For when they shal saye peace and all thynges are safe then shall soden destruccion come vpon them as sorowe coÌ„meth vpon a woman traualynge wyth chylde and they shall not scape But ye brethren are not in darcknes that that day shulde come on you as a thefe ✚ Ye are al the children of lyght and the chyldren of the daye We are not of the night nether of darcknes Therfore let vs not slepe as do other â–ª but let vs watch and be sober For they that slepe in that nyght and they that be droncken are droncken in the nyght But let vs which are of the day be sober armed with the brest plate of faith and loueâ— and wyth hope of saluacyon for an helmet For God hathe not apoynted vs to prouoke wrathe vnto oure selues but to obtayne saluacyon by the meanes of oure Lorde Iesu Christ which dyed for vsâ—tuâ—t whether we wake or slepe we shuld lyue together with hym Wherfore comforte youre selues together edify euery one another euen as ye do ⊢ We besech you brethrâ— that ye knowe them which labour among you and haue the ouer syght of you in the Lord and geue you exhortacyon that ye haue them in hye reputacyon thorowe loue for theyr worckes sake and be at peace wyth them ✚ We desyre you brethren warne them that are vnruly comforte the feble minded lyft vp the weake be pacyente towarde all men Se that none recompence euyll for euyll vnto any man but euer folowe that whiche is good both amonge youre selues and to all men Reioyce euer ☞ Praye contynually In all thinges geue thankes For thys is the wyll of God thorowe Christ Iesu towarde you Quenche not the spyrite Despyse not prophesyinges Examen all thynges kepe that which is good Abstayne front all cuyl appearaunce The very God of peace sanctyfye you thorowe out And I praye God that your whole spirite and soule and body may be preserued so that in nothing ye may be blamed in the commynge of oure Lorde Iesus Christ. Faythfull is he which called you which wyll also do it Brethren praye for vs. Grete all the bethren wyth an holy kysse I charge you in the Lord that this Epistle he red vnto all the holy brethren The grace of the Lorde Iesus Chryste be wyth you Amen ¶ The fyrste Epystle vnto the Thessalonyans was written from Athens ⧠The seconde Epistle of Sainct Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonyans ¶ He thanketh God for theyr fayth and 〈◊〉 and prayeth for the encrease of the same CAPI I. PAule and Syluanus and Tymotheus Unto the congregacyon of the Thessalonyans in God our father and in the Lord Iesus Chryst. Grace be vnto you and peace from God oure father and from the Lorde Iesus Chryste We are bounde to thanke god alwayes for you brethren as it is mete because that youre faythe groweth exceadyngly and euery one of you swymmeth in loue towarde another betwene your selues so that we our selues boaste of you in the congregacyons of God ouer your pacyence and fayth in all youre persecucyons and tribulacyons that ye suffre whiche is a token of the rightwes iudgement of God that ye are counted worthy of the kyngdome of God for whiche ye also suffre It is veryly a ryghtewes thyng with God to recompence trybulacyon to them that trouble you and to you whiche are troubled reste with vs when the Lorde Iesus shall shewe hym selfe from heauen wyth the Aungels of hys power wyth flamynge fyre which shall rendre vengeaunce vnto them that knowe not God and that obeye not the Gospell of oure Lorde Iesus Chryste whiche shall be punysshed wyth tuerlastynge damnacyon from the presence of the LORDE and from the glorye of his power when he shall come to be glorifyed in hys saynctes and to become maruelous in all them that beleue because oure testymony that we had to you was belieued euen the same daye Wherfore we praye alwayes for you that oure God wyll make you worthy of thys callynge and fulfyll all delectacyon of goodnes and the worcke of faythe wyth power that the name of oure Lorde Iesus Chryste maye be gloryfyed by you and ye by hym accordynge to the grace of oure God and of the Lorde Iesus Chryst. ¶ He sheweth them that the daye of the Lorde shall not come tyl the depuâ—ting from the cayâ—h come fyrst and therfore he exhorteth them not to be disâ—â—â—ued but to sta 〈…〉 in the thynges that he hath taught them CAPI II. WE beseche you brethren by the commynge of oure Lorde Iesu Christ and in that we shal assemble vnto hym that ye be not sodenly moued from youre mynde nor be troubled neyther by spyryte neyther by wordes nor yet by letter whiche shulde seme to come from vs as though the daye of Chryst were at hande Let no man deceaue you by any meanes for the Lorde shall not come excepte there come a departynge fyrste and that that synfull man be opened the sonne of perdicion whiche is an aduersary and is exalted aboue al that is called god or that is worshypped so that he dothe syt in the temple of god boastynge hymselfe to be god Remember ye not that when I was yet with you I tolde you these thynges And nowe ye knowe what withholdeth euen that he myght be vttered at hys tyme. For the mysterye of the inyquyte doeth all readye worcke tyll he whiche nowe onelye letteth be taken out of the waye And then shall that wycked be vttered whome the Lorde shal consume wyth the spyryte of his mouthe and shall destroye with the appearaunce of hys commyng ⊢ euen him whose comming is after the workynge of Satan with all lyinge power sygnes and wonders and with all deceuablenes of vnâ—ightwesnes among them that peryshe â–ª because they receaued not the loue of the truth that they myght be saued And therfore God shal sende them stronge delusyon that they shulde beleue lyes that all they myghte be damned which beleued not the trueth but had pleasure in vnryghtwesues But we are bounde to geue thanckes alwaye to god for you brethren beloued of the Lorde for because that god hathe from the begynnynge chosen you to saluacyon thorowe sanctyfyinge of the spyryte and thorowe beleuynge of the trueth wher vnto be called you by oure Gospell to obtayne the glorye of oure Lorde Iesu Christe ✚ Therfore brethren staÌ„de fast kepe the ordinauÌ„ces which ye haue learned whether it were by our preachiÌ„ge or by Epystle Our Lorde Iesu Christ hym selfe and God oure father whiche hathe loued vs hath geuen vs euerlastynge coÌ„solacyon and good hope thorowe grace comforte youre hertes stablysshe you in al good sayenge and doynge ¶ He desyreth them to praye for hym that the Gospel maye prospere and geueth them
are otherwyse cannot be hyd ¶ The dutie of seruauÌ„tes towarde theyr maysters â–ª Against suche an are not satisfyed with the worde of God â–ª Agaynst couetousnes A good lesson for ryche men CAPI VI. LEt as many seruauntes as are vnder the yoke counte theyr maysters worthye of all honoure that the name of God and his doctryne be not euell spoken of â—e that they whiche haue beleuynge maysters despise theÌ„ not because they are brethreÌ„ but rather do seruyce for as much as they are be leuyng beloued ê‘takers of the benefite These thynges teache and exhorte If any man folow other doctrine encline not vnto the wholsome wordes of oure Lorde Iesu Christ and to the doctrine which is accordynge to Godlynesse he is pufte vp and knoweth nothyng but wasteth his braynes about questions stryfe of wordes wherof sprynge enuye stryfe raylynges euell surmisynges vayne disputacyons of men that haue corrupt myndes and that are robbed of the truth which thynke y â— lucre is godlynes From them y â— are soch seperate thy self Godlynes is greate ryches If a man be coÌ„tent with that he hathe For we brought nothynge into the worlde nether maye we cary any thynge out But when we haue fode rayment we must therwith be content They that wylbe ryche fall into temptacyon and snares âšœ of the deuell into many folyshe and noysome lustes which drowne meÌ„ into perdicion and destruccyon For coueteousnes of money is the rote of all euel which whyle some lusted after they erred froÌ„ the sayth tauglyd theÌ„ selues with many sorowes But thou man of God flye suche thynges Folowe ryghtewesnes godlynes fayth loue pacyence â—eakenes Fyght the good fyght of fayth Laye hande on eternal lyfe wher vnto thou art also called hast professed a good professyon before many wytnesses I geue y â— charge i y â— syght of God which quickneth all thynges before Iesu Christ which vnder Poncius Pylate wytnessed a good witnessyng that y â— kepe the coÌ„mauÌ„dement be without spotte vurebukeable vntyll the apperynge of oure Lorde Iesus Christ whiche appearyng in his tyme he shall shewe that is blessed myghty onely kynge of kynges lorde of lordes whiche onely hathe immortalite dwelleth in the lyght that no man can attayne whom no man hath sene nether can se vnto whom be honoure and rule euerlastynge Amen Charge theÌ„ which are rych in this world that they be not hye mynded nor trust in vncertayne ryches but in the lyuynge God which geueth vs abouÌ„dauÌ„tly all thynges to enioye theÌ„ that they do good that they be ryche in good workes that they be redy to geue and gladly to dystribute layinge vp in store for them selues a good foundacyon against the tyme to come y â— they may obtayne eternall lyfe O Timothe saue y â— which is geâ—en the to kepe and a voyde vngostly vanytyes of voyces oposicions of science falsly so called whyche scyence whyle some profyssed they erred as coÌ„cernynge y â— fayth Grace be with the. Amen ¶ Sent from Laodicea which is the chefest cytie of Phri gia Pacaciana ¶ The secoÌ„de Epistle of Saynt Paul the Apostle vnto Timothe ¶ Panâ— exhorteth Timothe to stedfastnesse and pacyence 〈◊〉 persecucyon and to contynue in the doctryne that he had taught him A commendacyon of Onesyphorus CAPI I. PAul an Apostle of Iesu Christe by the wyll of God accordinge to the promes of lyfe whiche is in Christ Iesu. To Tymothe hys beloued soÌ„ne Grace mercy and peace from God the father and from Iesu Christe oure Lorde I thynke God whom I serue from myne elders with pure coÌ„scyence that without any ceasynge I make mencion of the in my prayers nyght and daye desyringe to se the myndfull of thy teares so that I am fylled with ioye when I call to remeÌ„brauÌ„ce the vnfayned fayth that is in the whiche dwelt fyrst in thy graund mother Lois and in thy mother Eunica I am assure that it dwelleth in the also Wherfore I warne the that thou stere vp the gyfte of God which is in y â— by the puttynge on of my handes For God hath not geueÌ„ to vs the spirit of feare but of power and of loue and of sobrenes Be not thou therfore ashamed of the testymony of oure Lord neyther be ashamed of me which am his prisoner but suffre thou aduersite wyth the Gospel accordyng to the power of God whiche saued vs and called vs with an holy callynge not accordynge to oure dedes but according to his owne purpose grace whiche was gyuen vs thorowe Christ Iesu before the worlde beganne but is nowe declared openly by the appearynge of our sauiour Iesu Christe whiche hath put away death and hath brought lyfe and immortalite vnto lyght thorowe the Gospell whervnto I am apoynted a preacher Apostle and a teacher of the Gentyls for the whiche cause â–ª I also suffre these thynges Neuerthe lesse I am not ashamed For I knowe and am sure that he in whom I haue put my trust is able to kepe that whych I haue comitted to his kepynge agaynst that day Se that thou haue the ensample of the holsome wordes whiche thou hast heard of me with fayth and loue that is in Christ Iesu That good thynge whiche was committed to thy kepyng hold fast thorow the holy ghost whiche dwelleth in vs. This y â— knowest howe that al they which are in Asia be turned from me Of which sorte are Phigelus and Hermogenes The Lorde gyue mercye vnto the housholde of Onesiphorus for he oft refresshed me and was not ashamed of my cheyne but when he was at Rome he sought me out very diligeÌ„tly fouÌ„de me The Lord grauÌ„t vnto him that he may fynde mercy with the Lord at that day And in how many thinges he ministred vnto me at Ephesus thou knowest very wel ¶ Lyke as in the fyrste Chapter so here he exhorteth hym to be constant in trouble to suffre manly and to abyde faste in the wholsome doctryne of our Lorde Iesus Christ. CAPI II. THou therfore my soÌ„ne be strong in the grace that is thorow Christ Iesu in the thynges that thou haste herde of me by many wytnesses The same commytte thou to faythful men which shal be apt to teach other also Thou therfore suffre afflyccyons as a good soudier of Iesu Christ. No man that warreth entaÌ„glith him self with worldly busynes and that because he maye please him which hath chosen him to be a soudier And though a man stryne for a mastery yet is he not crowned except he stryue lawfully The husband man that laboureth muste fyrst receyue of the frutes Consider what I say The Lorde gyue the vnderstandyng in all thynges ⊢ Remembre that Iesus Christ of the sede of Dauid rose agayne froÌ„ death accordyng to my gospel wherin I suffre trouble as an euyll doer eueÌ„ vnto bondes
Neuertheles in those sacrifices is there mencyon made of synnes euery yeare For the bloud of oxen and of goates can not take awaye synnes Wherfore when he cōmeth into the world he sayth Sacrifyce offerynge thou woldest not haue but a bodye haste thou ordeyned me Burnt offeriges also for synne hast thou not alowed Then sayde I lo I am here In the begynnynge of the booke it is written of me that I shulde do thy wyll O God Aboue when he sayeth sacryfyce and offeryng and burnt sacrifyces and sinne offerynges thou woldeste not haue neyther hast thou alowed thē which yet are offered by the law then sayd he Lo I am here to do thy wyll O God he taketh awaye the fyrst to stablysshe the latter by the which wyl we are sanctifyed by the offeringe vp of the body of Iesu Christ once for all And euery prest is ready dayly ministring and offring ofte tymes one maner of oblacyon whiche can neuer take awaye synnes But this mā after he hathe offered one sacryfyce for synnes is set downe for euer on the ryghte hande of God and from hence forth tarieth tyll his foes be made his forestole For with one offering hath he made perfecte for euer them that are sanctyfyed The holy goost himselfe also beareth vs recorde euen when he tolde before This is the testamēt that I wyll make vnto them after those dayes sayeth the Lorde I wyll put my lawes in theyr herte and in theyr mindes wyl I write them and their sines and iniquities wyl I remember nomore And where remyssyon of these thynges is there is nomore offerynge for synne Seinge therfore brethren that by the meanes of the bloude of Iesu we haue lyberty to enter into that holy place by the newe and liuing way which he hath prepared for vs through the vayle that is to say by his flesshe And seing also that we haue an hye prest which is ruler ouer the house of God let vs drawe nye with a true herte in a sure fayth sprynckeled in our hertes from an euyll conscience and wesshed in our bodies with pure water let vs kepe the profession of our hope w tout waueryng for he is faythful that promysed let vs cōsider one another to the intēt that we maye prouoke vnto loue and to good worckes not forsakynge the fellyshyppe that we haue among our selues as the maner of some is but let vs exhorte one another that so muche the more because ye se that the day draweth nye For yf we sinne wilfully after that we haue receaued the knowledge of the trueth there remaineth nomore sacrifice for sinnes but a fearfull loking for iudgemēt violēt fyre which shall deuoure the aduersaries He that despyseth Moses lawe dyeth without mercy vnder two or thre wytnesses how much sorer suppose ye shall he be punisshed which treadeth vnder fote the sonne of God counteth the bloude of the testamente wherwith he was sanctifyed as an vnholy thynge and doth dishonoure to the spyryte of grace For we knowe hym that hath sayde It belongeth vnto me to take vengeaunce I wyll recompence sayth the Lorde And agayne the Lorde shall iudge his people It is a fearfull thynge to fal into the handes of the lyuynge God Call to remembraunce the dayes that are passed in the whiche after ye had receaued lyght ye endured a greate fight of aduersities partly whyle all men wondred and gased at you for the shame and trybulacyon that was done vnto you partly whyle yee became cōpanyons of them which so passed their tyme. For ye became partakers also of y ◠afflyccyōs which happened thorow my bondes and toke in worth the spoylynge of your goodes and that with gladnes knowing in your selues howe that ye haue in heauen a better and an enduring substaūce Caste not awaye therfore youre confidence which hath a great recompence of rewarde For ye haue nede of pacyence that after ye haue done the wyl of god ye myght receaue the promes For yet a very lytell whyle and he that shall come wyl come wyl not tary But the iust shall lyue by fayth And yf he withdrawe him selfe my soule shal haue no pleasure in hym It is not we that withdrawe oure selues vnto dampnacyon but we partayne vnto fayth to the wynnyng of the soule ¶ What fayth is and a commendacyon of the same The sted fast beleue of the fathers in olde tyme. CAPI XI FAythe is a sure confydence of thynges which are hoped for and a certayntye of thynges which are not sene For by it the elders obtayned a good reporte Thorowe fayth we vnderstande that the worlde was ordeined by the worde of God and that thinges whith are sene were made of thynges which were not sene By faythe Abel offered vnto God a more plenteous sacryfyce then Cayn by whiche he obteyned wytnes that he was ryghteous God testyfyinge of hys gyftes by whiche also he beynge deed yet speaketh By fayth was Enoch translated that he shuld not se deeth nether was he founde for god had taken hym away For afore he was taken away he obteyned a good report that he pleased God but without faythe it can not be that any man shulde please him For he that commeth to God muste beleue that God is and that he is a rewarder of them that seke hym By faythe Noe beynge warned of God eschued the thynges whiche were as yet not sene and prepared the arcke to the sauynge of hys houssholde thorowe the which arcke he condempned the worlde and became heyre of the ryghtwesnes whyche is accordynge to fayth By fayth Abraham when he was called obeyed to go out into a place whiche he shulde afterwarde receaue to inheritaunce and he went out not knowynge whether he shulde go By faythe he remoued into the lande of promes as into a straunge countre whan he had dwelte in tabernacles and so dyd Isaac and Iacob heyres with him of the same promes For he loked for a cytye hauynge a foundacyon whose buylder and maker is God Thorowe fayth Sara also receaued strength to cōceaue and be with chylde and was delyuered of a childe when she was past age because she iudged hym faythfull which had promysed And therfore sprange there of one euen of one whiche was as good as deed so many in multytude as are the starres of the sky as the sande the which is by the see shore innumerable These all dyed accordynge to faythe ☞ whan they had not receaued the promyses but sawe them a farre of and beleued them and saluted them and confessed that they were straungers and pylgremes on the erthe For they that saye suche thynges declare that they seke a countre Also yf they had bene myndfull of that countre from whence they came out they had leasure to haue returned agayne but now they desyre a better that is to saye a heauenlye Wherfore God is not ashamed
but geueth grace vnto the lowlye Submit your selues therfore to God but resyst y â— deuyll and he wyll flye from you Drawe nye to God he wyll drawenye to you CleÌ„fe your haÌ„des ye synners pourge your hettes ye wauerynge mynded Suffre affliccions and mourne wepe Let youre laughter be turned to mournyng and your ioye to heuynes Humble youre selues in y â— sight of y â— lorde he shal lyft you vp Backbyte not one another drethren He y â— backbyteth his brother he that iudgeth his brother backbyteth the lawe and iudgeth the lawe But and yf thou iudge the lawe thou are not an obseruer of the lawe but a iudge There is one lawe geuer and iudge whiche is able to saue and to destroye What art thou that iudgest another Go to nowe ye that saye todaye and tomorowe let vs go into such a cytie and contynue there a yeare bye sell and wynne yet cannot ye tell what shall happen on y e morowe For what thinge is your lyfe It is euen a vapour that apereth for a lytel time and then vanyssheth a waye For that ye ought to saye yf the Lord wyll and yf we lyue let vs do this or yt. But now ye reioyce in your boastynges All soch reioysynge ys euyll Therfore to hym y t knoweth how to do good and doth yt not to hym it is synne ¶ He threteneth the wycked ryche men exhorteth vnto pacyence to beware of swerynge One to knoweledge his â—autes to another one to praye for another and one to laboure to brynge another to the trueth CAPI V. GO to nowe ye ryche men Wepe and howle on youre wretchednes that shal come vpon you You re ryches is corrupte your garmentes are motheaten Your gold and syluer is cankered and the rust of them shal be a wytnes vnto you shall eat youre flesshe as it were fyre ye haue heaped treasuere to gether âšœ eueÌ„ wrath to your selues in youre last dayes Beholde the hyre of the labourers whiche haue reaped downe your feldes whiche hyre is of you kept backe by fraude cryeth and the cryes of them whyche haue reaped are entred into y e eares of the Lorde Sabbaoth Ye haue lyued in pleasure on the earthe and bene wantan Ye haue norysshed youre hertes as ☞ in a daye of slaughter ye haue coÌ„dempned and kylled the iust and he hathe not resysted you ✚ Be pacieÌ„t therfore brethren vnto the coÌ„mynge of the Lorde Beholde the husbaÌ„de man wayteth for the precyous frute of the earth and hathe longe pacyence ther vpon vntyll he receaue that early and the latter rayne Be ye also pacient therfore settle your hertes for the commynge of the Lorde draweth nye Grudge not one agaynst another brethren lest ye be damned Beholde the iudge staÌ„deth before the dore Take my brethren the Prophetes for an ensample of sufferynge aduersytie of pacience whiche spake in the name of the Lorde ⊢ Beholde we counte them happy which endure Ye haue harde of the pacyence of Iob haue knowen what ende the Lorde made For the Lorde is very petyfull and mercyfull But aboue all thynges my brethren sweare not â–ª nether by heaueÌ„ nether by erth nether any other othe Let your yee be yee and youre naye naye lest ye fall into ypocrisy If any of you be vexed let hym praye If any of you be mery let hym synge Psalmes If any be diseased amonge you let him call for the elders of the congregacyon and let them praye ouer him and anoynte him with oyle in the name of the Lorde and the prayer of fayth shall saue the sycke and the Lorde shal rayse him vp and yf he haue coÌ„mytted synnes they shal be forgeuen him ✚ Knowledge youre fautes one to another and praye one for another that ye may be healed For the feruent prayer of a ryghteous man auayleth muche Helyas was a man mortall euen as we are and he prayed in his prayer that it myght not rayne and is rayned not on the earth by the space of thre yeares syx monethes And he prayed agayne and the heauen gaue rayne and the earth brought forth her frute Brethren yf any of you do erre from the trueth and another conuerte him let the same knowe that he whiche conuerteth the synner froÌ„ goynge a straye out of his waye shall saue a soule from deeth and shal hyde the multytude of synnes ¶ The ende of the epystle of Saynte Iames. ⧠The fyrst Epistle of Saynt Peter the Apostle ¶ He sheweth that thorowe the aboundaunt mercy of God we are begotten agayne to a lyuely hope and howe fayth muste be tryed howe the saluacyon in Chryst is no Newes â–ª but a thyng prophecyed of olde He exhorteth the to a godly conuersacyon for so muche as they are nowe borne a newe by the worde of God CAPI I. PEter an Apostle of Iesu Chryste to them that dwell here and there as strauÌ„gers thorowout Pontus Galacia Capadocya Asia and Bethynia electe according to the for knowledge of God the father thorowe the sanctifynge of the spirit vnto obedience and spryncklynge of the bloude of Iesus Chryste Grace be with you and peace be multiplyed Blessed be God the father of oure Lord Iesus Christ which accordyng to his aboundant mercy begat vs agayn vnto a lyuely hope by that that Iesus Christ rose agayne from death to an inherytaunce immortall and vndefyled and that peryssheth not reserued in heauen for you whyche are kepte by the power of God thorowe fayth vnto saluacion whyche is prepared alredy to be shewed in the last tyme in the whyche ye reioyse though now for a season yf nede requyre ye are in heuines thorow manifold temptacions that the trial of your fayth beyng much more precious then golde that perisheth risheth though it be tried with fyre might be founde vnto laude glory honour at the appearyng of Iesus Chryst whom ye haue not sene yet loue hym in whom eueÌ„ nowe though ye se him not yet do you beleue and reioyce with ioy vnspeakable and gloryous receyuynge the ende of your fayth euen the saluacyon of your soules Of which saluacion haue the Prophetes enquyred and searched whyche Prophesyed of the grace that shuld come vnto you searchynge when or at what tyme the spirit of Christ whiche was in them shuld sygnyfye whiche spirit testyfyed before the passyons that shuld happen vnto Christ and the glory that shulde folowe after vnto whiche Prophetes it was also declared that not vn to them selues but vnto vs they shuld minister the thinges which are now shewed vn to you of theÌ„ which by the holy ghost sente downe froÌ„ heauen haue in the Gospell preached vnto you the thingê which the angels defyre to beholde Wherfore gyrde vp the loynes of youre mide be sober trust perfectly on the grace that is brought vnto you by the declaryng of Iesus Christ as
obedyent childreÌ„ that ye gyue not your selues ouer vnto your old lustes by whiche ye were led whan as yet ye were ignorauÌ„t of Christ but as he which called you is holy euen so be ye holy also in all maner of conuersacyon because it is wrytteÌ„ Be holy for I am holy And if so be that ye cal on the father which without respect of person iudgeth accordig to euery mannes worcke se that ye passe the tyme of your pylgremage in feare ✚ For as much as ye knowe how that ye were not redemed wyth corruptyble thynges as syluer golde from your vayne conuersacion which ye receiued by the tradicion of the fathers but w t the precious bloud of Christ as of a lambe vndefyled and without spot which was ordayned before hande euen before the world was made but was declared in the last tymes for your sakes whiche by his meanes do beleue on God that raised hiÌ„ vp froÌ„ death glorified him that ye might haue fayth and hope towarde God euen ye whiche haue puryfyed your soules thorowe the spirite in obeyng the trueth wyth brotherly loue vnfained se that ye loue one another w t a pure herte ferueÌ„tly for ye are borne a newe not of mortal sede but of immortal by the word of God whiche lyueth lasteth for euer For all flesshe is grasse and all the glory of maÌ„ is as the floure of grasse The gras wyddereth the floure falleth away but the word of the Lord endureth euer ⊢ And this is the worde which by the Gospel was preached vnto you ¶ He exhorteth men to laye asyde al vyce to abstayne from fleshely lustes and to obey worldly rulers Howe seruauntes shulde behaue them selues towade theyr masters He exhorteth to suffre after the ensample of Chryst. CAPI II. WHerfore laye asyde all maliciousnes and all gyle and faynednesse enuy and all backbyeynge â— as newe borne babes desyre ye that myleke not of the body but of the soule which is w t out disceyte that ye may grow therby â— vnto saluacyon If so be that ye haue â—â—sted howe gracious the Lord is to 〈◊〉 â—e 〈◊〉 as vnto a lyuyng stone disalowed of 〈◊〉 â–ª but chosen of god precious ye as 〈◊〉 stones are made a spirituall house 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 presthode for to offre vp spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Iesus Christ. Wherfore it is contained also in the scripture â— beholde I put in Syon a stone to be layde 〈◊〉 the chefe corner electe precyous he that beleueth on him shall not be confounded Unto you therfore whych beleue he is precyous but vnto them whyche beleue not the stone which the buylders refused the same is begoÌ„ne to be the heade of y e corner a stone that men stomble at and a Rocke wherat they be offended whyche stomble at the worde and beleued not that wheron they were set But ye are a choseÌ„ generacioÌ„ a royal presthode an holy nacion a people whiche are woÌ„ne that ye shuld shew the vertues of him that called you out of darkenes into his maruelous lyght whych in tyme past were not a people but are now the people of God which somtime had not optayned mercy but now haue optayned mercy ⊢ ✚ Derely beloued I beseche you as straungers and pylgrems abstayne from fleshly lustes which fight against the soule se that ye haue honest coÌ„uersacion among the Gentyls that where as they backebyte you as euyll doers they maye se your good workes and prayse God ☞ in the day of visitacion Submyt your selues therfore vnto all maner ordininauÌ„ce of maÌ„ for the lordes sake whether it be vnto the kynge as vnto the chefe head either vnto rulers as vnto them that are sent of him for the punyshement of euyll doers but for the laude of them that do well For so is the wyll of God that wyth well doyngye maye stoppe the mouthes of foolysh ignoraunt men as fre not as hauing the lybertre for a cloake of maâ—ciou snes but euen as the seruauÌ„tes of God Honour all men Loue brotherly fellyshyppe Feare God honour the kynge SeruauÌ„tes obey your masters w t feare not onely yf they be good courteoê° but also though they be froward For it is thaÌ„k worthy ⊢ yf a maÌ„ for coÌ„scieÌ„ce towarde god cudure grefe suffre wronge vndeserued For what prayse is it yf when ye be buffered for your fautes ye take it pacieÌ„tly But yf when ye do well ye suffre wroÌ„g take it paciently then is there thanke w t God For here vnto verely were ye called for ✚ Christ also suffered for vs leauynge vs an ensample that ye shulde folow hys steppes which dyd no synne neyther was there gyle fouÌ„d in his mouth which when he was reuyled reuyled not agayne when he suffered he threatned not but coÌ„mytted the vengeaunce to him that iudgeth ryghtuously which his owne self bare our sines in his body on the tree that we beyng delyuered froÌ„ sine shuld liue vnto rightuousnes By whose strypes ye were healed For ye were as shepe goyng astray but are now turned vnto the shepherde Byshop of your soules ⊢ ¶ Howe wyues ought to ordre them selues towarde theyr husbandes and in theyr â—pparel The duety of men toward theyr wyues He erhorteth all men to vâ—ytie and loue and paâ—iently to suffre trouble Of baptyme CAPI III. LYkewyse ye wyues be in subieccyon to your husbandes that euen they which obey not the worde may without the worde be woÌ„ne by the conuersacyon of the wyues whyle they beholde your chast coÌ„uersacyon coupled w t feare Whose apparel shal not be outward with broyded heare and hangyng on of Golde eyther in puttyng on of gorgyous apparel but let the hyd man whâ—che is in the herte be without all corrupcyon so that the spirit be at rest quyete which spirit is before god a thyng much set by For after this maner in the olde tyme dyd the holy wemâ—â— which trusted in god tyer theÌ„ selues were â—â—â—â—yent to their husbandes eueÌ„ as Sara â—â—â—yed AbrahaÌ„ called him Lorde whoâ—â—â—â—â—â—hters ye are as loÌ„g as ye do wel are 〈◊〉 afrayde for any terrour Lykewyse ye meÌ„ dwel with them accordyng to knowledge gyuyng honoure vnto the wyse as vnto the weaker vessel as vnto the that are heires also of the grace of life that your prayers be not hyndred ✚ In conclusion be ye all of one mynde of one hart loue as brethren be pâ—tifull be curteous âšœ mâ—ke not reÌ„dryng euyl for euyl or rebuke for rebuke but coÌ„trarywise blesse knowing that ye are therunto called eueÌ„ that ye shuld be heyres of the blessyng For be that doth long after lyfe loueth to se good dayes let hi refrayne his tong froÌ„ euyl his lippes y â— they speake not gile Let hi eschue euyl do good let hi seke peace ensue
thrusteth them oute of the congregacyon Beloued folowe not that which is euyll but that which is good He that doeth well is of God but he that doeth euyll seyth not God Demetrius hathe good reporte of all men and of the trueth it selfe yee and we our selues also beare recorde and yeknowe that oure recorde is true I had many thynges to wryte but I wyl not with inke and penne wryte vnto the. I trust I shal shortly se the and we shal speake mouthe to mouthe Peace be vnto the. The louers salute the. Grete the louers by name ¶ He rebuketh such as beyng blynded with theyr owne â—ustâ—â— â–ª resyst the trueth and that we may knowe theâ— the better he sayeth they be suche as synne beastly agaynste nature and despise rulers c. He exhorteth vs to edyfy one another to praye in the holy gooste to contynue in loue to loke for the commynge of the Lorde and one to helpe another out of the fyre ⧠The epystle of Saynte Iude. IUdas the seruaunt of Iesus Christ the brother of Iames To them which are called and sanctified in god the father and preserued in Iesu Chryste Mercy vnto you and peace and loue be multyplyed Beloued when I gaue all dylygence to wryte vnto you of the commen saluacyon it was nedefull for me to wryte vnto you to exhorte you that ye shulde contynually laboure in the faythe whiche was once geuen vnto the sayntes For there are certayne vngodly men craftely crept in of which it was written afore tyme vnto suche iudgement They turne the grace of our god vnto wantannes and denye God whiche is the onely Lorde and our Lorde Iesus Christ. My mynde is therfore to put you in remembraunce for as much as ye once knowe this howe that the Lorde after that he had delyuered the people out of Egypt destroied them whyche afterwarde beleued not The angels also which kept not their first estate but lefte theyr owne habytacyon he hath reserued in euerlastynge chaynes vnder darkenes vnto the iudgement of the great day euen as Sodom and Gomor and the cytyes aboute them whiche in lyke maner defyled them selues with fornicacyon and folowed ☞ straunge flesshe are set forthe for an ensample and suffre the payne of eternall fyre Lykewyse these beynge disceaued by dreames defyle the flesshe despise rulers and speake euyll of them that are in auctoryte Yet Michaell the archangell when he stroue agaynste the deuyll and dysputed about the body of Moses durst not geue ray lynge sentence but sayde the Lorde rebuke the. But these speake euyll of those thynges whiche they knowe not and what thynges they know naturally as beastes which are without reason in tho thinges they corrupte themselues Wo be vnto them for they haue folowed the waye of Cayn and are vtterly geuen to the errouce of Balan * for lukers sake ‡ and perisshe in the treason of Core These are spottes which of your kindnes feast together withoute feare fedinge themselues Cloudes they are without water caryed about of wides trees without frute at gatherynge tyme twyse deed and plucked vp by the rotes They are the ragynge waues of the see fomynge out theyr owne shame They are wandrynge starres to whome is reserued the myste of darckenes for euer Enoch the seuenth from Adam prophesyed before of such sayinge Beholde the Lorde shall come with thousandes of saynctes to geue iudgement against al men and to rebuke al that are vngodly among them of all theyr vngodly dedes which they haue vngodly commytted and of all theyr cruell speakynges whiche vngodly synners haue spoken agaynst hym These are murmurers complayners walkynge after theyr owne lustes whose mouthes speake proude thynges They haue men in greate reuerence because of auauntage But ye beloued remember the wordes whyche were spoken before of the Apostels of oure Lorde Iesus Christ howe that they tolde you that there shulde be begylers in the last tyme whyche shulde walcke after theyr owne vngodly lustes These are makers of sectes fleshlye hauynge no spyryte But ye deâ—lye beloued edyfye youre selues in youre mosâ—e holy faythe prayinge in the holy goost and kepe youre selues in the loue of God lokynge for the mercy of oure Lorde Iesus Chryste vnto eternall lyfe And haue compassion of some separatynge them and other saue wyth feare pullynge them out of the fyre âšœ and haue compassyon on the other and hate the fylthy vesture of the flesshe Unto him that is able to kepe you fre from sinne and to present you fautlesse before the presence of his glorye with ioye âšœ at the commynge of our Lorde Iesu Christ to god our sauyoure thorowe Iesus chryst our Lorde which onely is wyse be glorye maieste domynion power âšœ before al worldes nowe and euer Amen ⧠The Reuelacyon of Saynte Ihon the dyuyne ¶ Happy are they that heare the worde of God and kepe it He wryteth to the seuen congregacyons in Asiâ— â—reâ—h seuen candelstyckes and in the myddes of them one lyke vnto the 〈◊〉 of man CAPI I. THe Reuelacyon of Iesus Christ which God gaue vnto him for to shewe vnto hys seruauntes thynges whiche muste shortely come to passe ✚ And whan he had sente he shewed by hys angell vnto hys seruauÌ„t Ihon which vare recorde of the worde of God and of the testymonye of Iesus Chryst and of all thynges that he sawe Happye is he that readeth and they that heare the wordes of the prophesye and kepe those thynges which are wrytten therin For the tyme is at hande Iohn to the seuen congregacions in Asia Grace be vnto you and peace froÌ„ him which is and which was and whiche is to come from the seuen spirites which are before his trone from Iesu Christ which is a faythfull wytnes and fyrst begotten of the deed and lorde ouer the kinges of the earth Unto him that loued vs wesshed vs from oure synnes in his owne bloude ⊢ and made vs Kynges and Prestes vnto God hys father be glory and dominion for euermore Amen Beholde he coÌ„meth with cloudes al eyes shall se him they also which pearsed hym And all kynredes of the earth shal wayle âšœ ouer hym Euen so Amen I am Alpha and Omega the begynnynge and the endynge sayeth the Lorde almyghty whyche is and which was and which is to come I Iohn youre brother and companion in tribulacyon and in the kyngdome pacieÌ„ce in Iesu Chryst was in the yle that is called Pathmos for the worde of God and for the wytnessing of Iesu Christ I was in the spirite on a sonday herde behynde me a great voyce as it had bene of a trompe sayinge I am Alpha and Omega the fyrste and laste That thou seyst wryte in a boke and sende it vnto the seuen coÌ„gregacions which are in Asia vnto Ephesus vnto Smiâ—na and vnto Pergamos and vnto Thiatira and vnto Sardis and vnto Philadelphia and vnto Laodieia And I turned backe to se the voyce that spake
the Potters house and there shall I tel the more of my mynde Nowe wheÌ„ I came to the Potters house I founde hym makynge hys worke vpon a whele The vessell that the Potter made of claye brake amonge his handes So he beganne a newe and made another vessell accordynge to hys mynde Then sayde the Lorde thus vnto me May nat I do with you as thys Potter dothe O ye house of Israel sayeth the Lorde Be holde ye house of Israell ye are in my hande euen as the claye in the Potters hande When I take in hande to rote out to destroye or to waste awaye any people or kyngdome yf that people agaynst whom I haue thus deuysed conuerte from theyr wyckednes I repeÌ„te of the plage that I deuysed to brynge vpon theÌ„ Agayne when I take in hande to buylde or to plante a people or a kyngdome yf the same people do euell before me and heare nat my voyce I repente of the good that I deuise to do for them Speake nowe therfore vnto whole Iuda and to theÌ„ that dwell at Ierusalem Thus sayeth the Lorde Beholde I am deuysynge a plage for you and am takynge a thynge in hande agaynste you Therfore let euery man turne from hys euell waye take vpon you the thynge that is good and do ryght But they sayde Nomore of this we wyll folowe oure owne ymaginacions and do euery maÌ„ accordyng to the wylfulnesse of his owne mynde Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde Aske amonge the Heathen yf any maÌ„ hath harde suche horryble thynges as the daughter of Syon hath done Shal nat the snowe that melteth vpon the stony rockes of Libanus moysten the feldes Or maye the sprynges of waters be so graueÌ„ awaye that they runne nomore geue moystnesse nor make frute full But my people hath so forgotten me that they haue made sacryfyce vnto vayne Goddes And whyle they folowed theyr owne wayes they are come out of the hye strete and gone into a fote waye nat vsed to betrodeÌ„ Where thorowe they haue brought theyr lande into an euerlastynge wyldernesse and scorne So that whosoeuer trauayleth therby shal be abashed and wagge theyr heades with an Easte wynde wyll I scater them before theyr enemye And when theyr destruccyon commeth I wyll turne my backe vpon theÌ„ but nat my face Then sayde they come let vs ymagin sumthing agaynste this Ieremy For ☞ the prestes shall nat be destitute of the lawe nether shal the wyseman be destitute of councel nor the prophetes destitute of the worde of God Come and ☞ let vs smyte hym with the tonge and let vs make all his wordes CoÌ„sydre me O Lorde and heare the voyce of myne enemyes shal they recompence euell for god for they haue dygged a pyt for my soule Remembre how that I stode before the to speake good for them and to turne awaye thy wrath from them Therfore let theyr chyldren dye of hunger and let them be oppressed with the swearde Let theyr wyues be robbed of theyr chyldren and become wyddowes let theyr husbaundes be slayne let theyr yonge men be kylled with the swearde in the felde Let the noyse be herde out of theyr houses when the murtherer commeth sodeÌ„ly vpon them For they haue dygged a pyt to take me and layed snares for my fete Yet Lord thou knowest all theyr councell that they haue deuised to sleye me Forgeue nat theyr wyckednes and let nat theyr synne be put out of thy syght but let them be iudged before the as the gyltie Thys shalt thou do vnto them in the tyme of thy indygnacyon ¶ He prophecyeth the destruccyon of Ierusalem for the coÌ„tempt and despysynge of the worde of God CAPI XIX THVS sayde the Lorde Go thy waye and bye the an erthen pytcher and bryng forth the Senatours and chefe preastes into the valley of the chyldren of Hennom whiche lyeth before the dore that is made of brycke and shewe them there the wordes that I shall tell the and saye thus vnto them Heare the worde of the Lorde ye kynges of Iuda and ye cytesyns of Ierusalem Thus sayeth the Lorde of Hostes the God of Israel Beholde I wyll brynge suche a plage vpon this place that the eares of all that heare it shall glowe And that because they haue forsaken me and vnhalowed this place and haue offred in it vnto straunge goddes whom neyther they theyr fathers nor the kynges of Iuda haue knowen They haue fylled thys place also with the bloude of innoceÌ„tes for they haue sett vp an aulter vnto Baal to burne theyr chyldren for a burnt offerynge vnto Baal whiche I neyther commaunded nor charged them neyther thought once there vpon Beholde therfore the tyme commeth sayeth the Lorde that this place shal nomore be called Topheth nor the valley of the chyldren of HennoÌ„ but the valley of slaughter For in this place wyll I sleye the Senatours of Iuda and Ierusalem and kyll them downe with the swearde in the syght of theyr enmyes and of them that seke theyr lyues And theyr deed carcases wyll I geue to be meate for the foules of the ayre and beestes of the felde And I wyl make thys cytie so desolate and despysed that who so goeth there by shall be abashed and â—east vpon her because of all her plages I wyll fede them also with the fleshe of theyr sonnes theyr daughters Yee euery one shall eate vp another in the besegynge and straytnesse wherwith theyr enemyes that seke theyr lyues shall kepe them in And y â— pitcher shalt thou breake in the syght of the meÌ„ that shal be with the and saye vnto them Thus sayeth the Lorde of Hostes Euen so wyll I destroye this people and cytie as a man breaketh an earthen vessell that cannat be made whole agayne In Topheth shall they be buryed for they shal haue none other place Thus wyll I do vnto thys place also sayeth the Lorde and to them that dwel therin yee I wyll do to this cytie as vnto Topheth For the houses of Ireusalem and the houses of the kynges of Iuda shal be defyled lyke as Topheth because of al the houses in whose parlers they dyd sacryfyce vnto all the Hooste of heauen and powred drynke offerynges vnto straunge goddes And so Ieremy caâ— from Topheth where the Lorde had sente hym to prophecie and stode in the courte of the house of the Lorde and spake to all the people Thus sayeth the Lorde of Hostes the God of Israel Beholde I wyll brynge vpon this cytie vpon euery towne aboute it al the plages that I haue deuised agayne them for they haue bene obstynate and wolde nat obeye my warnynges ¶ Ieremy is smytten and east into preson for preachyng of the worde of God He prophecyeth the captyuyiâ—e of Babylon He complayneth that he is a mockynge stoche for the worde of God He is compelled by the sprete to preache the worde CAPI XX. WHen Phashur
the preste the sonne of Emer chefe in the house of the Lorde harde Ieremy preache so sted fastly he smote Ieremy put hym in the stockes that are by the hye gate of Ben Iamin in the house of the Lorde The nexte daye folowynge Phashur brought Ieremy out of the stockes agayne Then sayde Ieremye vnto hym The Lorde shall call the nomore Phashur that is excellente and increasynge but Magor that is fearfull and afrayed euery where For thus sayeth the Lorde beholde I wyll make the afrayed euen thy selfe and all that fauoure the whiche shall perysh with the swearde of theyr enemyes euen before thy face And I wyll geue whole Iuda vnder the power of the kynge of Babylon which shal carye some vnto Babylon presoners and sleye some with the swearde Moreouer all the substaunce of thys lande all theyr precyous and gorgeous workes all costlynesse and all the tresure of the Kynges of Iuda wyll I geue into the handes of theyr enemyes whiche shall spoyle them carie them vnto Babylon But as for the O Phashur thou shalt be caryed vnto Babylon with all thyne housholde and to Babylon shalt thou come where thou shalt dye and be buryed thou and all thy fauourers to whom thou hast preached lyes O Lorde If I am disceaued theÌ„ hast thou disceaued me thou haste dealte strongly and hast preuayled and makest me strong agayn All the daye longe am I despysed and laughen to scorne of euery man because I haue now preached longe agaynst malycious Tyranny shewed theÌ„ of destruccyon For the which cause they cast the worde of the Lord in my teeth and take me euer to the worst Wherfore I thought from hence forth nat to speake of him nor to preach any more in his name But the worde of the Lorde was a very burnynge fyre in my herte and in my bones whiche when I wolde haue stopped I myght nat For why I harde so many derisions blasphemies yee euen of myne owne companions and of suche as were conuersaunte with me whiche wente aboute to make me afrayed sayinge vpon hym let vs go vpon hym to feare hym and make hym holde his tonge that we maye ouercome him and be auenged of hym But the Lorde stode by me lyke a myghtye gyaunte therfore my persecutours fell and coulde do no thynge They shall be sore confounded for they haue done vnwysely they shall haue an euerlastynge shame And nowe O Lord of Hostes thou righteous sercher whiche knowest the reynes and the very hertes let me se theÌ„ punished for vnto the I commytte my cause Synge vnto the Lorde and prayse him for he hathe delyuered the soule of the oppressed froÌ„ the hande of the vyolent Cursed be the day wherin I was borne vnhappye be the daye wherin my mother brought me forth Cursed be the man that brought my father the tydinges to make him glad saying thou haste gotton a sonne Lette it happen vnto that man as to the cyties whiche the Lorde turned vp syde downe when he had hearde longe the wycked rumoure of them because he slewe me nat as sone as I cam out of my mothers wombe and because my mother was nat my graue her self that the byrth myght nat haue come out but remayned styll in her Wherfore cam I forth of my mothers wombe To haue experience of laboure and sorowe and to leade my lyfe with shame CAPI XXI He ê“phecieth that zadekiah shall be takeÌ„ â— the cytie burned THESE are the wordes y â— the Lorde spake vnto Ieremy what tyme as kyng Zedekiah sent vnto him Phashur the sonne of Melchias and Sophonias the sonne of Maasias preste sayinge Aske councell at the Lorde we praye the of oure behalfe for Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babylon besegeth vs yf the Lorde peraduenture wyll deale with vs accordynge to his meruelous power take hym from vs. Then spake Ieremy Geue Zedekias this answere Thus sayeth the Lorde God of Israel beholde I wyll turne backe the weapens that ye haue in youre handes wherwith ye fyght agaynste the kynge of Babylon the Caldees which besege you rouÌ„de aboute the walles and I wyll brynge them together into the myddest of this cyrie and I myselfe wyll fyght agaynst you with an outstretched hande with a myghtie arme in greate displeasure and terrible wrath wyll smyte them that dwel in this cytie ye bothe men and catell shall dye of a greate pestilence And after thys sayeth the Lorde I shall delyuer Zedekias the kyng of Iuda and his seruantes his people and suche as are escaped in the cytie from the pestilence swearde and honger into the power of Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babylon Yee into the handes of theyr enemyes into y â— handes of those that folowe vpoÌ„ theyr lyues which shal smyte theÌ„ w t the swearde they shal nat pytie them they shal nat spare them they shall haue no mercy vpon them And vnto this people y u shalt saye Thus sayeth the Lorde beholde I laye before you the waye of lyfe and deathe Who so abydeth in thys cytie shal perish ether with the swearde with honger or with pestileÌ„ce But who so goeth out to holde on the Chaldees parte that besege it he shall saue hys lyfe and shall wynne his soule for a praye For I haue set my face agaynste this cytie sayeth the Lorde to plage it and to do it no good It must be geuen into the hande of the kynge of Babylon and be brent with fyre And vnto the house of the kynge of Iuda saye thus Heare the worde of y â— lorde O thou house of Dauid for thus saieth the Lorde Ministre ryghteousnes and that soone delyuer the oppressed from violente power or euer my terryble wrath breake out lyke a fyre and burne so that no man maye quench it because of the wyckednes of your ymaginacyons Beholde sayeth the Lorde I wyll come vpoÌ„ you that dwell in the valleies rockes and feldes and saye Tush who wyl make vs afrayed or who wyll come into oure houses For I wyll vyset you sayeth the Lorde because of the wyckednes of your inuencyons wyll kyndle suche a fyre in youre wod as shall consume all that is aboute you ¶ He exorteth the Kynge of Iuda to iudgemeÌ„t and ryghteousnes Why Ierusalem to brought into captyuyte The death of Selum the sonne of Iosua is prophecyed CAPI XXII THus sayde the Lorde Goo downe into the house of the kynge of Iuda and speake there these wordes and saye Heare the worde of the Lorde thou kynge of Iuda that syttest in the kyngly seate of Dauid thou and thy seruauÌ„tes and thy people that go in and out at thys gate Thus the Lorde commaundeth kepe equyte and ryghteousnesse delyuer the oppressed from the power of the vyolent do nat greue nor oppresse the straunger the fatherlesse nor the wyddowe shedde no innocent bloude in thys place And yf ye kepe
though I myght also reioyce in the fleshe Yf any other man thinketh that he hath wherof he myght trust in the flesheâ— I haue more being circuÌ„cised the eyght day of the kynred of Israel of the trybe of Beniamin an Ebrue borne of the Ebrues as coÌ„cernynge the lawe a Pharisaye as concernyng feruentnes I persecuted the coÌ„gregacyon as touchyng the ryghtuousnes which is in the lawe I was vnrebukable But the thynges that were vauntage vnto me those I counted losse for Chrystes sake Yee I thynke all thynges but losse for the excellencye of the knowledge of Christe Iesu my Lorde For whom I haue counted al thyng loste and do iudge them but vyle that I may wynne Christ and be founde in hym not hauynge myne owne ryghtuousnes of the lawe but that whiche is thorowe the fayth of Christe euen the ryghtuousnes whiche coÌ„meth of God thorow fayth that I may knowe him the vertue of his resurreccion the fellowshyp of his passions while I am coÌ„formable vnto his death yf by any meanes I myght attayne vnto the resurreccyon of the deade Not that I haue attayned vnto it al redy or that I am all redy perfecte but I folowe yf that I may coÌ„prehende that wherin I am comprehended of Christ Iesu. Brethren I couÌ„te not my selfe that I haue gotten it as yet but this one thing I say I forget those thinges whiche are behynde endeuoure my selfe vnto those thynges which are before and accordyng to the marke appoynted I preace to the rewarde of the hye callyng of God thorow Christ Iesu. Let vs therfore as many as be perfect be thus wyse mynded and yf ye be other wyse mynded God shall open the same also vnto you Neuerthelesse vnto that which we haue attayned vnto let vs procede by one rule that we may be of one accorde ✚ Brethren be folowers togither of me loke on them whiche walcke euen so as ye haue vs for an ensaÌ„ple For many walke of whom I haue tolde you often now tel you wepynge that they are the enemyes of the crosse of Christ whose ende is damnacion whose bely is their God glory to their shame whiche are worldly mynded But our coÌ„uersacion is in heaueÌ„ from whence we loke for the sauiour euen the Lord Iesus Christ whiche shal chaunge our vyle bodye that he may make it like vnto his glorious body accordig to the workyng wherby he is able also to subdue al thynges vnto him selfe ⊢ He saluteth certayne of them exhorteth them to be of honest conuersacyon and thanketh them because of the prouisyon that they made for him beynge in pryson CAPI IIII. THerfore my brethren derely beloued longed for my ioy crowne so coÌ„tinu in the Lord ye beloued I praye Euodias besech Smtiches that they be of one accord in the Lord. Yee I besech the faithful yock felowe helpe the wemen which laboured w t me in the Gospell with Element also and with other my laboure felowes whose names are in the boke of life ✚ Reioyse in the Lorde alwaye agayne I saye reioyce Let your softenes be knowen vnto al men The Lord is euen at haÌ„de Be careful for nothing but in all prayer supplicacion let your peticions be manifest vnto God wyth geuyng of thankes And the peace of God whiche passeth all vnderstandyng kepe youre hertes and myndes thorowe Christ Iesu. Furthermore brethren whatsoeuer thyn ges are true whatsoeuer thyngê are honest whatsoeuer thynges are iuste whatsoeuer thynges are pare whatsoeuer thynges are conuenyent whatsoeuer thynges are of honest reporte yf there be any vertue yf there be any prayse of lernyng those same haue ye in your minde which ye haue both lerned and receyued herde also sene in me those thynges do the God of peace shal be wyth you I reioyse in the Lord greatly that now at the last youre care is reuyued agayne for me in that wherin ye were also carefull but ye lacked oportunite I speake not because of necessite For I haue lerned in whatsoeuer estate I am therwith to be content I can both be lowe I can be hye Euery where in al thynges I am instructed both to be ful to be hongry both to haue plenty to suffre nebe I can do al thynges thorow Christ which strengneth me Notwithstandyng ye haue wel done that ye bare part with me in my tribulacyon Ye of Philippos knowe also that in the be gynnynge of the Gospell when I departed from Macedonia no coÌ„gregacion bare part with me as concernynge geuynge and receyuynge but ye onely For when I was in Thessalonica ye sente once and afterwarde agayne vnto my necessyte not that I desyre gyftes but I desyre abouÌ„dant frute on your parte Neuertheles I receyued al and haue plentye I was eueÌ„ fylled after that I recey ned of Epaphrodytus the thynges whyche were sent froÌ„ you an odoure of a swete smell a sacrifice accepted and pleasaunt to God My God shall supplye all youre nede thorowe hys gloryous ryches by Iesu Chryst. Unto God oure father be prayse for euermore AmeÌ„ Salute al the saynctes in Christ Iesu. The brethren which are with me grete you Al the saynctes salute you moste of all they whiche are of the emperours housholde The grace of our Lord Iesu Chryst be with you all Amen ¶ This Epystle was wrytten from Rome by Epaphrodytus ⧠The Epystle of Saynte Paule the Apostle to the Collossyans ¶ He gyueth thancked vnto God for theyr sayth loue and hope prayeth for theyr increase and sheweth howe we are the kyngedome of God optayned by Christe whiche to the heade of the Congregacyon CAPI I. PAul an Apostle of Iesu Christe by the wyl of God and brother Tymotheus To the Saynctes whych are at Collossa and brethreÌ„ that beleue in Christ. Grace be wyth you and peace frome God our father and from the Lorde Iesus Christe ⧠☜ â— We gyue thankes to God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe alwayes for you in our prayers For we haue hearde of your fayth in Christ Iesu and of the loue whiche ye beare to al sanctes for the hopes sake whiche is layed vp in store for you in heauen of which hope ye herd before by the true worde of the Gospell which is come vnto you eueÌ„ as it is into al the world is frutefull âšœ and groweth as it is also among you froÌ„ the day in the which ye herde of it had experyence in the grace of God thorowe the trueth as ye learned of Epaphra our dere felowe seruasit whiche is for you a faythfull minyster of Christ which also declared vnto vs your loue which ye haue in the spirite ✚ For this cause we also seÌ„se the daye we herde of it haue not ceasyd to praye for you and to desyre that ye myght be fulfylled wyth the knowledge of hys wyll in all wysdome and spiritual vnderstaÌ„dyng that ye