fyue cubytes longe brode y t it maye be foure square thre cubytes hye thou shalt make hornes vpon the foure corners of it shalt ouer laye it with brasse Make ashpaÌ„nes shouels basens fleshokes cole paÌ„nes All y e apparell therof shalt thou make of brasse Thou shalt make a gredyron also like a nett of brase foure brasen rynges vpon the foure corners of it from vnder vp aboute the altare shalt thou make it so that the gredyron reach vnto y e myddest of the altare Thou shalt make staues also for the altare of Fyrre tre ouer layed with golde and shalt put the staues in the rynges that the staues maye be on both the sydes of y e altare to beare it withall And holowe with bordes shalt thou make it like as it is shewed the in the mount And to y e habitacion thou shalt make a courte an hangynge of whyte twyned sylke vpoÌ„ y e one syde an C. cubytes loÌ„ge towarde the south xx pilers vpon xx brasen sokettes the knoppes w t their whopes of syluer Likewyse vpon y e north syde there shal be an hanginge of an C. cubytes loÌ„ge twenty pilers vpon twenty brasen sokettes and their knoppes w t their whopes of syluer But vpon the west syde the bredth of y e courte shal haue an hanginge of fiftie cubites longe ten pilers vpon ten sokettes VpoÌ„ the east syde also shal the bredth of the courte haue fiftie cubytes so that the hangynge haue vpon one syde fyftene cubites and thre pilers vpoÌ„ thre sokettes And vpon y e other syde fiftene cubytes also and thre pilers vpoÌ„ thre sokettes And in the courte gate there shal be an hangynge twenty cubytes brode of yalowe sylke scarlet purple and whyte twyned sylke wrought with nedle worke and foure pilers vpon their foure sokettes All the pilers rounde aboute the courte shall haue syluer whopes syluer knoppes sokettes of brasse And the length of y e courte shal be an huÌ„dreth cubytes the bredth fiftie cubytes the heygth fyue cubytes of whyte twyned sylke and y e sokettes therof shal be of brasse All y e vessels also of the habitacion to all maner seruyce and all the nales of it and all the nales of the courte shal be of brasse Commaunde y e children of Israel y t they bringe vnto y e the most cleare pure oyle oliue beaten to geue lighte y t it maye allwaye be put in the laÌ„pes in the Tabernacle of wytnes without the vayle that hangeth before the wytnesse And AaroÌ„ and his sonnes shal dresse it from the euenynge vntyll y e mornynge before the LORDE This shal be vnto you a perpetuall custome for youre posterities amonge the children of Israel The XXVIII Chapter ANd thou shalt take vnto the Aaron thy brother and his sonnes froÌ„ amonge the childreÌ„ of Israel that he maye be my prest namely Aaron his sonnes Nadab Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar thou shalt make holy clothes for AaroÌ„ y i brother honorable and glorious shalt speake vnto all them that are wise of hert whom I haue fylled with the sprete of wiszdome that they make garmentes to Aaron for his consecracion that he maye be my prest These are y e garmentes which they shal make a brestlappe an ouerbody cote a tunycle an albe a myter and a girdell Thus shal they make holy garmentes for y e brother AaroÌ„ and his sonnes that he maye be my prest They shal take therto golde yalow silke scarlet purple and whyte sylke The ouerbody cote shal they make of golde yalow sylke scarlet purple whyte twyned sylke of bâ—oderd worke that it maye be festened together vpon both the sydes by y e edges therof And his gyrdell vpoÌ„ it shall be of y e same woâ—maÌ„shippe stuff euen of golde yalowe sylke scarlet purple whyte twyned sylke And thou shalt take two Onix stones and graue in them the names of the children of Israel Syxe names vpon the one stone and the sixe other names vpon the other stone acordinge to the order of their age This shalt thou do by the stonegrauers that graue signettes so that y e stones with the names of the children of Israel to be set rounde aboute with golde and thou shalt put them vpon the two shulders of the ouer body cote that that they maye be stones of remembraunce for the children of Israel that Aaron maye beare their names vpon both his shulders before the LORDE for a remembraunce Thou shalt make hokes of golde also and two wretheÌ„ cheynes of pure golde and shalt fasten them vnto the hokes The brestlappe of iudgment shalt thou make of broderd worke euen after the worke of the ouerbody cote of golde yalow sylke scarlet purple and whyte twyned sylke Foure square shall it be and dubble an hande bredth longe and an handebredth brode And thou shalt fill it with foure rowes full of stones Let the first rowe be a Sardis a Topas and a Smaragde The seconde a Ruby a Saphyre and a Dyamonde The thirde a Ligurios an Achatt and an Ametyst The fourth a Turcas an Onix and a Iaspis In golde shall they be sett in all the rowes and shal stonde acordinge to y e twolue names of the children of Israel grauen of the stonegrauers euery one with his name acordinge to the twolue trybes And vpon the brestlappe thou shalt make wrethen cheynes by y e corners of pure golde and two golde rynges so that thou fasteÌ„ the same two rynges vnto two edges of the brestlappe and put the two wretheÌ„ cheynes of golde in the same two rynges that are in two edges of the brestlappe But the two endes of y e two wrethen cheynes shalt thou fasten in the two hokes vpon the ouerbody cote one ouer agaynst another And thou shalt make two other rynges of golde and fasten them vnto y e other two edges of y e brestlappe namely to y e borders therof wherwith it maye hange on the ynsyde vpon the ouerbody cote And yet shalt thou make two rynges of golde and fasten them vpon the two edges beneth to the ouerbody cote vpon the outsyde one ouer agaynst anothe where the ouerbody cote ioyneth together And the brestlappe shall be fastened by his rynges vnto the rynges of the ouerbody cote with a yalow lace that is maye lye close vpon the ouerbody cote and that the brestlappe be not lowsed from the ouerbody cote Thus shall Aaron beare the names of the children of Israel in y e brestlappe of iudgment vpon his hert whan he goeth into the Sanctuary for a remembraunce before the LORDE allwaye And in the brestlappe of iudgment thou shalt put light and perfectnesse that they be vpon AaroÌ„s hert whan he goeth in before the LORDE and that he maye beare the iudgment of the children of Israel vpon his hert before the LORDE allwaye Thou shalt make the tunykle also to the ouerbody cote all of yalow sylke and
bred shalt thou kepe Seuen daies shalt thou eate vnleueÌ„ded bred like as I coÌ„maunded the in the tyme of the moneth Abib for in the moneth Abib thou wentest out of Egipte * All y t first breaketh the Matrix is myne soch as shal be male amoÌ„ge y e catell y t breaketh the Matrix whether it be oxe or shepe But the first of thyne Asse shalt thou bye out w t a shepe yf thou redeme it not then breake his necke All the first borne of thy children shalt thou redeme And se that no man appeare before me â—mpâ—ye Sixe dayes shalt thou labo r vpon y e seâ—eÌ„th daye shalt thou rest both from plowinge and reapynge The feast of wekes shalt thou kepe with the firstlinges of the wheate haruest and the feast of yngaderynge at y e yeares ende Thryse in a yeare shal all yo r men children appeare before the Souernoure euen the LORDE and God of Israel Whan I shal cast out the Heithen before the enlarge y â— borders there shal no man desyre thy loÌ„de for so moch as thou goest vp thre tymes in the yeare to appeare before y e LORDE thy God Thou shalt not offer the bloude of my sacrifice w t leueÌ„ded bred And the offerynge of the Easter feast shal not remayne ouer night vntill the mornynge The firstlinges of y e first frutes of thy loÌ„de shalt thou brynge in to the house of the LORDE thy God Thou shalt not seith a kydd whyle it is yet in his mothers mylke And the LORDE saide vnto Moses wryte these wordes for because of these wordes haue I made a couenaunt with the with Israel And he was there with the LORDE fourtye dayes and fourtye nightes and ate no bred and dranke no water And he wrote in the tables the wordes of the couenauÌ„t euen ten verses Now whaÌ„ Moses came downe fro mouÌ„t Sinai he had the two tables of wytnesse in his hande wyst not y t the skynne of his face shyned because he had talked with him And whaÌ„ Aaron all the childreÌ„ of Israel sawe y t the skynne of his face shyned they were afrayed to come nye him TheÌ„ Moses called them And they returned vnto him both Aaron all the chefest of the coÌ„gregacion And he talked w t them Afterwarde came all the children of Israel vnto him And he coÌ„maunded theÌ„ all y t the LORDE had sayde vnto him vpon the mount Sinai Now whan he had made an ende of talkynge w t theÌ„ he put a couerynge vpoÌ„ his face And whan he weÌ„te in before y e LORDE to talke w t him he toke y e couerynge of till he weÌ„te out agayne And whan he came forth spake w t the childreÌ„ of Israel what was coÌ„maunded him theÌ„ the childreÌ„ of Israel sawe his face how y t the skynne of his face shyned so he put the couerynge vpoÌ„ his face agayne tyll he wente in agayne to talke with him The XXXV Chapter ANd Moses gathered all the coÌ„gregacion of y e childreÌ„ of Israel together and sayde vnto them This is it y t the LORDE hath commaunded you to do Sixe dayes shall ye worke but the seuenth daye shall ye kepe holy a Sabbath of the LORLES rest Who so euer doeth eny worke therin shall dye Ye shal kyndle no fyre vpon the Sabbath daye in all youre dwellynges And Moses sayde vnto y e whole congregacion of the children of Israel This is it that the LORDE hath commaunded Geue from amonge you Heue offerynges vnto y e LORDE so that euery one brynge the LORDES Heue offerynge with a fre hert golde syluer brasse yalowe sylke scarlet purple whyte sylke and goates hayre reed skynnes of rammes doo skynnes and Fyrre tre oyle for the lampes and spyces for the anoyntinge oyle and for swete incense Onix stones and stones to be set in y e ouerbody cote and for the brestlappe And who so is wyse of hert amonge you let him come make what the LORDE hath commaunded namely the Habitacion with the tent couerynge therof the rynges bordes barres pilers sokettes The Arke w t the staues therof the Mercy seate the vayle the table with his staues all his apparell the shewbred The caÌ„dilsticke of light and his apparell and his lampes the oyle for the lightes The altare of incense with his staues The anoyntynge oyle and spyces for incense The hangynge before y e Tabernacle dore The alter of burnt offerynges with his brasen gredyron staues and all his apparell The lauer with his fote The hanginges of the courte with the pilers and sokettes therof the hangynge of the courte dore The nales of the habitacion and of y e courte with their coardes The mynistringe garmentes for the seruyce in the Holy y e holy vestimentes of Aaron the prest w t the vestimentes of his sonnes for y e prestes office Then wente all the congregacion of the childreÌ„ of Israel out fro Moses euery one brought the gift of his hert all that they wolde of fre will the same brought they for an Heue offerynge vnto the LORDE for y e worke of the Tabernacle of witnesse for all the seruyce therof for the holy vestimeÌ„tes Both men wemen that were of a wyllynge hert brought bracelettes earynges rynges gyrdels and all maner Iewels of golde Euery man also brought golde for Waue offerynges vnto the LORDE And who so euer fouÌ„de by him yalow sylke scarlet purple whyte sylke goates hayre reed skynnes of raÌ„mes and Doo skynnes brought it And who so euer houe vp syluer brasse brought it for y e Heue offerynge vnto the LORDE And who so euer founde Fyrre tre by him brought it for all maner of worke of the Gods seruyce And soch wemen as were wyse herted spanne with their haÌ„des and brought their sponne worke of yalow sylke scarlet purple and whyte sylke And soch wemen as had hye vnderstondinge in wyszdome spanne goates hayre As for y e prynces they brought Onix stones and set stones for y e ouerbody coate and for the brestlappe and spyces and oyle for y e lightes and for the anoyntinge oyle and for swete incense Thus the children of Israel brought fre wyllynge offerynges both man and wemeÌ„ for all maner of worke that the LORDE had commaunded by Moses to be made And Moses saide vnto the childreÌ„ of Israel Beholde y e LORDE hath called by name Bezaleel y e sonne of Vri y e sonne of Hur of the trybe of Iuda hath fylled him w t the sprete of God that he maye haue wyszdome vnderstondinge knowlege for all maner of worke to worke connyngly in golde syluer brasse to graue precious stones to set them to carue in wodd to make all maner of connynge workes and hath geueÌ„ instruccion in his hert both him and Ahaliab the sonne of Ahisamach of y e trybe of Dan. These hath he fylled w
flesh and ioyned me together with bones synowes Thou hast graunted me life and done me good and the diligent hede that thou tokest vpon me hath preserued my sprete Though thou hydest these thinges in thine hert yet am I sure that thou remembrest thē all Wherfore didest thou kepe me when I synned and hast not clensed me fro myne offence Yf I do wickedly wo is me therfore Yf I be rightuous yet darre I not lift vp my heade so full am I of confucion and se myne owne misery Thou huntest me out beynge in heuynesse as it were a Lyon and troublest me out of measure Thou bringest fresh witnesses agaynst me thy wrath increasest thou vpon me very many are the plages that I am in Wherfore hast thou brought me out of my mothers wombe O that I had perished that no eye had sene me Yf they had caried me to my graue as soone as I was borne then shulde I be now as though I had neuer bene Shall not my short life come soone to an ende O holde the fro me let me alone that I maye ease my self a litle afore I go thyther from whence I shal not turne agayne Namely to that londe of darcknesse shadowe of death yee in to that darck clowdy londe deadly shadowe where as is no ordre but terrible feare as in the darcknesse The XI Chapter THen answered Sophar the Naamathite and sayde Shulde not he that maketh many wordes be answered Shulde he that bableth moch be commended therin Shulde men geue eare vnto the only Thou wilt laugh other men to scorne shal no body mocke the agayne Wilt thou saye vnto God The thinge that I take in honde is perfecte I am clene in thy sight O that God wolde speake and open his lippes agaynst the that he might shewe the out of his secrete wyszdome how many folde his lawe is then shuldest thou knowe that God had forgotten the because of thy synnes Wilt thou fynde out God with thy sekynge wilt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the Allmightie He is hyer thē heauē what wilt thou do Deper thē hell how wilt thou then knowe him His length exceadeth the length of the earth and his bredth y e bredth of the see Though he turne all thinges vp syde downe close them in or thrust thē together who darre check him therfore For it is he that knoweth the vanite of men he seyth their wickednesse also shulde he not then considre it A vayne body exalteth him self and the sonne of man is like a wylde asses foale Yf thou haddest now a right herte liftest vp thine hondes towarde him yf thou woldest put awaye the wickednesse which thou hast in honde so that no vngodlynesse dwelt in thy house Then mightest thou lift vp thy face without shame thē shuldest thou be sure and haue no nede to feare Then shuldest thou forget thy misery and thynke nomore vpon it then vpon the waters that runne by Then shulde thy life be as cleare as the noone daye and sprynge forth as the mornynge Then mightest thou haue comforth in the hope that thou hast slepe quyetly when thou art buried Then shuldest thou take thy rest and no mā to make the afrayed yee many one shulde set moch by the. As for the eyes of the vngodly they shal be consumed and not escape their hope shal be misery and sorow of mynde The XII Chapter SO Iob answered and sayde Then no doute ye are the men alone and wyszdome shal perish with you But I haue vnderstōdinge as well as ye and am no lesse then ye Yee who knoweth not these thinges Thus he that calleth vpō God and whom God heareth is mocked of his neghboure the godly innocent man is laughed to scorne Godlynesse is a light despysed in y e hertes of the rich is set for them to stomble vpon The houses of robbers are in wealth and prosperite they that maliciously medle agaynst God dwel without care yee God geueth all thinges richely with his honde Axe the catell they shal enfourme the the foules of the ayre and they shall tell y e Speake to the earth and it shall shewethe Or to the fyshes of the see and they shal certifie the. What is he but he knoweth that y e hōde of the LORDE made all these In whose honde is the soule of euery lyuynge thinge and the breth of all men Haue not the eares pleasure in hearinge and the mouth in tastinge the thinge that it eateth Amonge olde personnes there is wyszdome and amonge the aged is vnderstōdinge Yee with God is wyszdome and strength it is he that hath councell foreknowlege Yf he breake downe a thinge who can set it vp agayne Yf he shutt a thinge who wil open it Beholde yf he witholde the waters they drye vp Yf he let thē go they destroye the earth With him is strength and wyszdome he knoweth both the disceauer and him that is disceaued He carieth awaye the wyse men as it were a spoyle and bryngeth the iudges out of their wyttes He lowseth the gyrdle of kynges and gyrdeth their loynes with a bonde he ledeth awaye the prestes in to captiuyte and turneth the mightie vp syde downe He taketh the verite from out of the mouth disapoynteth y e aged of their wyszdome He poureth out confucion vpon prynces and cōforteth them that haue bene oppressed Loke what lyeth hyd in darcknesse he declareth it opēly and the very shadowe of death bringeth he to light He both increaseth the people and destroyeth them He maketh them to multiplie and dryueth them awaye He chaungeth the herte of the prynces and kynges of the earth and disapoynteth them so that they go wādringe out of the waye and grope in the darcke without light stackeringe to and fro like droncken men The XIII Chapter LO all this haue I sene with myne eye herde with myne eare vnderstonde it Loke what ye knowe that same do I knowe also nether am I inferior vnto you Neuerthelesse I am purposed to talke with the Allmightie and my desyre is to comon with God As for you ye are work masters of lyes and vnprofitable Phisicians alltogether Wolde God ye kepte youre tonge that ye might be taken for wyse men Therfore heare my wordes and pondre the sentence of my lippes Will ye make answere for God with lyes and māteyne him with disceate Wil ye accepte y e personne of God and intreate for him Shal that helpe you when he calleth you to rekenynge Thynke ye to begyle him as a man is begyled Punysh you shall he and reproue you yf ye do secretly accepte eny personne Shall he not make you afrayed when he sheweth himself Shal not his terrible feare fall vpō you youre remembraunce shal be like the dust youre pryde shal be turned to claye Holde youre tonges now and let me speake for there is some thinge come
thus saieth the LORDE God As truly as I lyue I will haÌ„dle the acordinge to thy wrath and gelousy like as thou hast dealt cruelly with them that I maye be knowne amoÌ„ge them how I haue punyshed the. Yee and that thou also mayest be sure that I the LORDE haue herde all thy despyteful wordes which thou hast spokeÌ„ agaynst the mountaynes of Israel sayenge Lo they are made waist and geuen vs to deuoure Thus with youre mouthes ye haue made youre boost agaynst me yee multiplied youre pronde wordes agaynst me which I haue herde altogether Where vnto thus saieth y e LORDE God when the whole worlde is in wealth then wil I make the waist And like as thou o mount Seir wast glad because the heretage of the house of Israel was destroyed euen so wil I do vnto the also that thou and whole Edom shall be destroyed knowe that I am the LORDE The XXXVI Chapter THou sonne of man prophecie vpon the mountaynes of Israel speake Heare the worde of the LORDE o ye mountaynes of Israel Thus saieth the LORDE God Because yo r enemie hath sayde vpon you A ha y e hie euerlastynge places are now become ours prophecy therfore speake thus saieth y e LORDE God Seinge ye be waisted trodeÌ„ downe on euery syde become a possession vnto y e resydue of y e GeÌ„tiles which haue bâ—ought you in to meÌ„s mouthes vnto an euel name amonge y e people Therfore heare the worde of the LORDE God o ye mountaynes of Israel Thus saieth the LORDE God vnto the mountaynes and hilles valleys dales to the voyde wildernesses desolate cities which are spoyled and had in deâ—ision on euery syde amonge the resydue of the HeitheÌ„ Yee eueÌ„ thus saieth the LORDE God In the â—yre of my gelousy haue I taken a deuyce agaynst the resydue of the GeÌ„tiles and agaynst all Edom which haue takeÌ„ in my loÌ„de vnto theÌ„ selues for a possession which also reioysed froÌ„ their whole herte w t a despiteful stomacke to waist it and to spoyle it Prophecy therfore vpon the londe of Israel speake vnto y e mountaynes and hilles to valleys and dales thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde this haue I deuysed in my gelousy and terrible wrath For so moch as ye haue suffred reprofe of the Heithen therfore thus saieth the LORDE God I haue sworne that the Gentiles which lye aboute you shal beare youre confucion them selues And as for you o mountaynes of Israel ye shall shute out youre braunches and bringe forth youre frute to my people of Israel for it is harde by that it wil come Beholde I come vnto you and vnto you will I turne me that ye maye be tylled and sowen I wil sende you moch people which shal be all of the house of Israel the cities shal be inhabited and y e decayed places shal be repayred againe I wil prouyde you with moch people and catell which shal increase bringe frute I wil restore you also to youre olde estate and shewe you more kindnes theÌ„ euer ye had before wherby ye shal knowe y t I am the LORDE Yee people wil I sende vnto you o my folke of Israel which shal haue the in possession and thou shalt be their inheritaunce so that thou shalt nomore be without them Agayne thus saieth the LORDE God For so moch as they saye vnto you thou art an eater vp of men and a waister of thy people therfore thou shalt eate no mo men nether destroye thy people eny more saieth the LORDE God And I wil not suffre the for to heare thine owne confucion amonge the Gentiles from hensforth Thou shalt not beare the reprofe of the nacions ner cast out thine owne people enymore saieth the LORDE God Morouer the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge O thou sonne of maÌ„ when the house of Israel dwelt vpon their owne grounde they defyled them selues with their owne wayes ymaginacions so that in my sight their waye was like the vnclennesse of a menstruous woman Wherfore I poured my wrothfull displeasure vpon them because of the bloude that they had shed in the londe because of their Idols wherwith they had defyled them selues I scatred them also amonge the Heithen so that they were strowed aboute in the loÌ„des Acordinge to their wayes after their owne inuencions so dyd I punysh them Now when they were gone vnto the Hetthen and come in amonge them they dishonoured my holy name so that it was sayde of them Are these the people of God must go out of their owne londe Then spared I my holy name which y e house of Israel had dishonoured amonge the Gentiles to whom they came Therfore tell y e house of Israel Thus saieth the LORDE God I do not this for yo r sakes O house of Israel but for my holy names sake which ye dishonoured amoÌ„ge the Heithen when ye came to them Therfore I wil halowe my greate name agayne which amonge the GeÌ„tiles is euel spoken of for ye youre selues haue dishonoured it amoÌ„ge them And the Gentiles shal knowe that I am the LORDE when I am honoured in you before their eyes saieth y e LORDE God As for you I wil take you from amonge the Heithen and gather you together out of all countrees and bringe you agayne into youre owne londe Then will I poure cleare water vpon you ye shal be clene Yee from all youre vnclennesse and from all yo r Idols shal I clense you A new herte also wil I geue you and a new sprete wil I put in to you As for that stony hert I will take it out of youre body and geue you a fleszshy herte I wil geue you my sprete amonge you and can se you to walke in my commaundemeÌ„tes to kepe my lawes and to fulfill them And so ye shall dwell in the londe that I gaue to yo r forefathers ye shal be my people and I wil be youre God I wil helpe you out of all youre vncleÌ„nesse I wil call for the corne and wil increase it and wil let you haue no honger I will multiplie the frutes of the trees and y e increase of the felde for you so that ye shal beare no more reprofe of honger amoÌ„ge the HeitheÌ„ Then shal ye remeÌ„bre yo r owne wicked wayes and youre ymaginacioÌ„s which were not good so that ye shal take displeasure at youre owne selues by reason of youre synnes and abhominacions But I wil not do this for youre sakes saieth the LORDE God be ye sure of it Therfore o ye house of Israel be ashamed of youre synnes Morouer thus saieth the LORDE God what tyme as I shal cleÌ„se you from all youre offences then wil I make the cities to be occupied agayne and wil repayre the places that be decayed The desolate londe shal be buylded agayne which afore tyme laye waist in the sight of all them that weÌ„te
vnto the battayll agaynst the Israelites and came on by the hyll syde vnto the topp that loketh ouer agaynst Dothaim from the place which is called Belma vnto Chelmon y t lyeth towarde Eszdrelon Now whan the childrē of Israel sawe so greate a multitude of the Assirians they fell downe flat vpon y e grounde strowed aszshes vpon their heades prayed w t one acorde y t the God of Israel wolde shew his mercy vpon his people And so they toke their weapens sat betwixte the mountaynes in y e narow place kepte the waye daye night But whyle Holofernes was goinge aboute he founde the water springe which from the south syde was conueyed in to the cite by a condyte this cōmaunded he to be directe another waye to cut their condite in sunder There were welles also not farre from the walles which they vsed secretly more for pleasure then for necessite Then wente the Ammonites the Moabites vnto Holofernes and sayde The children of Israel trust nether in speare ner arowe but haue taken in and kepe the mountaynes and hilles That thou mayest ouercome them therfore without y e strykynge of eny battayll sett mē to kepe the welles that they drawe no water out of them so shalt thou destroye thē without swerde or at the least they shall be so feble that they must be fayne to geue ouer the cite which they thinke not able to be wōne for so moch as it lieth in the moūtaynes These wordes pleased Holofernes well and all his men of warre and he set an hundreth men at euery well rounde aboute And whan this watch had endured twentye dayes the Cisternes and all that had water fayled them that dwelt in the cite of Bethulia so that in y e whole cite they had not drynke ynough for one daye for the people had water geuen them daylie in a measure Then came the men and women yonge personnes and children all vnto Osias and sayde all with one voyce God be iudge betwixte vs and the for thou hast dealt euell with vs thou woldest not speake peaceably with the kynge of the Assirians therfore hath God solde vs in their handes and there is no man to helpe vs where as we are brought downe before their eyes in thirst and greate destruccion Therfore gather now together all the people that be in the cite that we maye all yelde oure selues wyllingly vnto y e people of Holofernes for better it is y t we be captyue and prayse the LORDE with oure lyues then to be slayne and perishe and to be laughed to scorne shamed of euery man whan we se oure wyues and children dye before oure eyes We take heauen earth this daye to recorde and the God of oure fathers which punysheth vs acordinge to the deseruynge of oure synnes and geue you warnynge y t ye geue vp the cite now in to y e power of Holofernes hoost that oure ende maye be shorte with the swerde which els shal endure longe for wante of water and for thirst Whan they had spokē out these wordes there was a greate wepynge and howlynge in the whole congregacion and that of euery man and they cryed an whole houre longe vnto God with one voice sayenge we haue synned with oure fathers we haue done amysse we haue dealt wickedly Thou y t art gracious haue mercy vpon vs punysh oure vnrighteousnes with thine owne scourge and geue not those ouer that knowlege the vnto a people which knoweth the not lest they saye amonge the Heithen where is their God And whan they were so weery with this crienge and wepynge that they helde their tunges 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 mercy of the LORDE peraduenture he shal cut awaye his indignacion and geue glory vnto his name But yf he helpe vs not whan these fyue dayes are past we shall do as ye haue sayde The VIII Chapter ANd it happened whan these wordes came to the eares of Iudith a wyddow which was the daughter of Merari the sonne of Idox the sonne of Ioseph the sonne of Osias the sonne of Elai y e sonne of Iammor the sonne of Iedeon the sonne of Raphoim the sonne of Achitob the sonne of Melchia the sonne of Euam y e sonne of Nathania the sonne of Salathiel y e sonne of Symeon the sonne of Ruben And hir huszbande was called Manasses which dyed in the dayes of the barlye haruest For whyle he was byndinge y e sheeues together in the felde the heate came vpon his heade and he dyed at Bethulia his cite and there was he buried beside his fathers Now was Iudith his desolate wyddow thre yeares six monethes And in the hyer partes of hir house she made hirself a preuy chambre where she dwelt beynge closed in with hir maydēs She ware a smock of hayre and fasted all the dayes of hir life excepte the Sabbathes and new moones the solempne dayes that the people of Israel kepte She was a very fayre and beutyfull personne Hyr husbande also had left her greate riches a plenteous housholde greate vnmoueable possessions and many catell This Iudith was a woman of a very good reporte with euery one for she feared the LORDE greatly and there was no body that speake an euell worde of her Whā this Iudith herde how Osias had promised the people that after the fyffte daye he wolde geue vp y e cite vnto the Assirians she sent for the elders Chambri and Charmin and whan they came to her she sayde what thinge is this wherin Osias hath consented y t yf God helpe not within fyue dayes he wil geue ouer the cite to the Assirians What are ye that ye tempte the LORDE This deuyce optayneth no mercy of God but prouoketh him vnto wrath and displeasure Wyl ye set the mercy of y e LORDE a tyme appoynte him a daye after youre wyll Neuertheles for so moch as the LORDE is pacient let vs rather amende oure selues pouringe out teares and besekynge him of grace For God threateneth not as a mā nether wyll he be prouoked vnto wrath as the children of men And therfore let vs hertely fall downe before him and serue him with a meke sprete and with wepynge eyes saye vnto the LORDE that he deale with vs acordinge to his owne wyll and mercy that like as oure hert is now vexed brought lowe thorow the pryde of them it maye so be comforted thorow his grace in so moch as we folowe not the synnes of oure fathers which forsoke their God worshipped other goddes for the which synne they perished with the swerde were spoyled brought to shame of all their enemies As for vs we knowe none other God but onely him for whose cōforte let vs tary with mekenesse He shall requyre and make inquisicion for oure
wildernesse Moses intreateth for the people Chap. XIX Like as the wicked are euer synnynge more and more so doth the wrath of God neuer ceasse tyll they be destroyed Of them that were punyshed in the tyme of Loth. The first Chapter O Set youre affeccion vpoÌ„ wyszdome ye that be iudges of the earth Haue a good opinion of the LORDE seke him in the synglenesse of hert For he will be fouÌ„de of them that tempte him not and appeareth vnto soch as put their trust in him As for frowarde thoughtes they separate from God but vertue yf it be alowed refourmeth y e vnwyse And why wyszdome shall not entre in to a frowarde soule ner dwell in the body that is subdued vnto synne For the holy goost abhorreth fayned nurtoure withdraweth himself froÌ„ y e thoughtes that are without vnderstondinge where wickednes hath the vpper haÌ„de he flieth from thence For the sprete of wyszdome is louynge gentle and gracious and wil haue no pleasure in him that speaketh euell with his lippes For God is a witnesse of his reynes a true searcher out of his hert and an hearer of his tonge For the sprete of y e LORDE fylleth the rounde compasse of the worlde and y e same that vpholdeth all thinges hath knowlege also of the voyce Therfore he that speaketh vnrighteous thinges can not be hydd nether maye he escape the iudgmeÌ„t of reprofe And why inquysicion shal be made for the thoughtes of the vngodly and the reporte of his wordes shal come vnto God so that his wickednes shal be punished For the eare of gelousy heareth all thinges and the noyse of the grudginges shal not be hydd Therfore bewarre of murmuringe which is nothinge worth and refrayne youre tonge from slauÌ„der For there is no worde so darck and secrete that it shall go for naught and the mouth that speaketh lyes slayeth the soule O seke not youre owne death in y e erroure of youre life destroye not youre selues thorow the workes of youre awne handes For God hath not made death nether hath he pleasure in the destruccion of the lyuynge For he created all thinges that they might haue their beynge yee all the people of the earth hath he made that they shulde haue health that there shulde be no destruccion in them and that the kyngdome of hell shulde not be vpon earth for righteousnesse is euerlastinge and immortall but vnrighteousnes bringeth death Neuerthelesse the vngodly call her vnto them both w t wordes workes whyle they thinke to haue a frende of her they come to naught for the vngodly that are confederate with her and take hir parte are worthy of death The II. Chapter FOr y e vngodly talke ymagin thus amonge them selues but not right The tyme of oure life is but short tedious when a man is once gone he hath nomore ioye ner pleasure nether knowe we eny man y t turneth agayne from death for we are borne of naught we shal be herafter as though we had neuer bene For oure breth is as a smoke in oure nostrels y e wordes as a sparck to moue oure herte As for o r body it shal be very aszshes y t are queÌ„ched o r soule shal vanish as y e soft ayre Oure life shall passe awaye as y e trace of a cloude come to naught as y e myst y t is dryueÌ„ awaye w t the beames of y e Sonne put downe w t the heate therof Oure name also shal be forgotten by litle litle no man shal haue oure workes in remembraunce For o r tyme is a very shadow y t passeth awaye after o r ende there is no returnynge for it is fast sealed so y t no maÌ„ coÌ„meth agayne Come on therfore let vs enioye y e pleasures y t there are let vs soone vse y e creature like as in youth We wil fyll oure selues w t good wyne oyntment there shal no floure of the tyme go by vs. We wil crowne o r selues w t roses afore they be wythered There shal be no fayre medowe but o r lust shall go thorow it Let euery one of you be partaker of oure volupteousnes Let vs leaue some token of o r pleasure in euery place for y t is oure porcion els gett we nothinge Let vs oppresse the poore righteous let vs not spare the wyddowe ner olde man let vs not regarde y e heades y t are gray for age Let y e lawe of vnrighteousnesse be oure auctorite for y e thinge y t is feble is nothinge worth Therfore let vs defraude the righteous whyâ—he is not for o r profit yee he is cleane coÌ„trary to o r doinges He checketh vs for offendinge agaynst y e lawe slaundreth vs as transgressours of all nurtor. He maketh his boost to haue y e knowlege of God yee he calleth him self Gods sonne He is the bewrayer of oure thoughtes It greueth vs also to loke vpon him for his lyfe is not lyke other mens his wayes are of another fashion He counteth vs but vayne personnes he w t draweth him self from o r wayes as from fylthynes he coÌ„mendeth greatly y e latter ende of the iust maketh his boast y t God is his father Let vs se then yf his wordes be true let vs proue what shal come vpon him so shal we knowe what ende he shal haue For yf he be y e true sonne of God he will receaue him delyuer him from the handes of his enemies Let vs examen him with despitefull rebuke and tormentinge that we maye knowe his dignite proue his pacience Let vs condemne him with the most shamefull death for like as he hath spoken so shal he be rewarded Soch thinges do the vngodly ymagin go astraye for their owne wickednes hath blynded them As for the misteries of God they vnderstonde them not they nether hope for the rewarde of righteousnesse ner regarde the worshipe that holy soules shall haue For God created man to be vndestroied yee after the ymage of his awne licknesse made he him Neuerthelesse thorow envye of the deuell came death in to the worlde and they that holde of his syde do as he doth The III. Chapter BVt the soules of y e righteous are in y e hande of God y e payne of death shal not touch theÌ„ In y e sight of the vnwyse they appeare to dye their ende is takeÌ„ for very destruccion The waye of the righteous is iudged to be vtter destruccion but they are in rest And though they suffre payne before men yet is their hope full of immortalite They are punished but in few thinges neuerthelesse in many thinges shal they be well rewarded For God proueth them fyndeth theÌ„ mete for himself yee as the golde in the fornace doth he trye them receaueth them as a brent
thinges doth no hert vnderstonde but he vnderstandeth euery hert and who vnderstandeth his wayes No man seyth his storme and the most parte of his workes are secrete Who wil declare the workes of his righteousnes Or who shal be able to abyde them for the couenaunt is farre from some and the tryenge out of men is in the fulfillynge He that is humble of hert thinketh vpon soch thinges but an vnwyse and erroneous man casteth his mynde vnto foolish thinges My sonne herken thou vnto me lerne vnderstādinge and marck my wordes with thine hert I wyll geue the a sure doctrine planely shal I enstrucke the. God hath sett his workes in good ordre from the begynninge and parte of them hath he sundered from the other He hath garnyshed his workes from euerlastinge and their begynnynges acordinge to their generacions None of thē hyndered another nether was eny of them dishobedient vnto his worde After this God loked vpō the earth and fylled it with his goodes With all maner of lyuinge beastes hath he couered the grounde and they all shal be turned vnto earth agayne The XVII Chapter BOd shope man of the earth and turned him vnto earth agayne He gaue him the nombre of dayes and certayne tyme yee and gaue him power of the thinges that are vpō earth He clothed him with strength and made him after his owne licknes He made all flesh to stonde in awe of him so that he had the dominion of all beastes foules He made out of him an helper like vnto him self and gaue them discrecion and tonge eyes and eares and a hert to vnderstande and fylled them with instruccion vnderstandinge He created for them also the knowlege of the sprete fylled their hert with vnderstandinge and shewed them good and euell He sett his eye vpō their hertes declaringe vnto them his greate and noble workes that they shulde prayse his holy name together reioyse of his wonders be tellinge of his noble actes Besydes this he gaue them instruccion and the lawe of life for an heretage He made an euerlastinge couenaunt with them and shewed them his righteousnes iudgmentes They sawe his glory with their eyes and their eares herde the maiesty of his voyce And he saide vnto them bewarre of all vnrighteous thinges He gaue euery man also a commaundement concernynge his neghboure Their waies are euer before him and are not hyd from his eyes He hath sett a ruler vpon euery people but Israel is y e LORDES porcion All their workes are as the Sonne in y e sight of God his eyes are allwaye lokynge vpon their wayes All their vnrighteousnesses are manifest vnto him all their wickednesses are open in his sight The mercy y t a man sheweth is as it were a purse w t him and a mans good dede preserueth him as the apple of an eye At the last shall he awake rewarde euery man vpon his heade as he hath deserued and shal turne them together in to the nethermost partes of the earth But vnto them that wyll repent he hath geuē the waye of righteousnes As for soch as be weake he comforteth thē suffreth them and sendeth them the porcion of y e verite O turne then vnto the LORDE forsake thy synnes make thy prayer before the LORDE do the lesse offence turne agayne vnto the LORDE forsake thine vnrighteousnes be an vtter enemy to abhominacion lerne to knowe the righteousnes and iudgmentes of God stonde in the porcion that is sett forth for the in the prayer of the most hye God Go in to the porcion of the holy worlde with soch as be lyuinge and geue thankes vnto God Who wil prayse the LORDE in the hell Abyde not thou in the erroure of the vngodly but geue him thākes before death As for y e deed thankfulnesse perisheth from him as nothinge Geue thou thankes in thy life yee whyle thou art lyuynge whole shalt thou geue thankes and prayse God and reioyse in his mercy O how greate is the louynge kyndnesse of the LORDE and his mercifull goodnes vnto soch as turne vnto him For all thinges maye not be in man why the sonne of man is not immortall and he hath pleasure in the vanyte of wickednes What is more cleare thē the Sonne yet shal it fayle Or what is more wicked then the thinge that flesh and bloude hath ymagined and that same shall be reproued The LORDE seyth the power of the hye heauen and all are but earth and aszshes The XVIII Chapter HE that lyueth for euermore made all thinges together God onely is righteous remayneth a victorious kynge for euer Who shal be able to expresse the workes of him Who hath sought out the grounde of his noble actes Who shal declare the power of his greatnesse Or who will take vpon him to tell out his mercy As for the wonderous workes of y e LORDE there maye nothinge be taken from them nothinge maye be put vnto them nether maye the grounde of them be founde out But whan a man hath done his best he must begynne agayne and whan he thinketh to be come to an ende he must go agayne to his laboure What is man Wherto is he worth What good or euell can he do Yf the nombre of a mans dayes be allmost an hundreth yeare it is moch Like as the droppes of rayne are vnto y e see and as a grauell stone is in comparison of the sonde so are these few yeares to the dayes euerlastinge Therfore is y e LORDE pacient with them and poureth out his mercy vpon them He sawe and perceaued the thoughtes and ymaginacions of their harte that they were euell therfore heaped he vp his mercifull goodnes vpon them and shewed them the waie of righteousnes The mercy that a mā hath reacheth to his neghboure but y e mercy of God is vpon all flesh He chasteneth he teacheth and nourtureth yee euen as a shepherde turneth agayne his flock so doth he all them that receaue chastenynge nurtoure and doctryne Mercifull is he vnto them that stonde in awe of his iudgmentes My sonne whan thou doest good make no grudginge at it and what so euer thou geuest speake no discomfortable wordes Shal not the dew coole the heate Euen so is a worde better then a gift Is not a frendly worde a good honest gift but a gracious man geueth them both A foole shal cast a man in the tethe and that roughly a gift of the nygarde putteth out y e eyes Get the righteousnes before thou come to iudgmēt Lerne before thou speake and go to phisick or euer thou be sick examen and iudge thy self before the iudgment come and so shalt thou fynde grace in the sight of God Humble thy self afore thou be sick and in tyme of thy disease shewe thy conuersacion Let not to praye allwaye and stonde not in feare to be refourmed
that do I. Yf I do now that I wil not then is it not I that do it but synne that dwelleth in me Thus fynde I now by the lawe y t whan I wyl do good euell is present with me For I delite in the lawe of God after the inwarde man but I se another lawe in my membres which stryueth agaynst y e lawe of my mynde and taketh me presoner in y e lawe of synne which is in my membres O wretched man that I am who shal delyuer me from the body of this death I thanke God thorow Iesus Christ oure LORDE So then w t the mynde I serue y e lawe of God but with the flesh the lawe of synne The VIII Chapter THen is there now no damnacion vnto theÌ„ that are in Christ Iesu which walke not after the flesh but after y e sprete For y e lawe of y e sprete y t bryngeth life iÌ„ Christ Iesu hath made me fre froÌ„ the lawe of synne death For what vnpossible was vnto y e lawe in as moch as it was weake because of the flesh y t perfourmed God sent his sonne in y e similitude of synfull flesh by synne daÌ„ned synne in y e flesh that the righteousnes requyred of the lawe mighte be fulfylled in vs which walke not after the flesh but after the sprete For they that are fleshly are fleshly mynded but they that are goostly are goostly mynded To be fleshly mynded is death but to be goostly mynded is life and peace For to be fleshly mynded is enemyte agaynst God syth it is not subdued vnto y e lawe of God for it can not also As for theÌ„ that are fleshlye they can not please God Howbeit ye are not fleshly but goostly yf so be that the sprete of God dwell in you But who so hath not the sprete of Christ the same is not his Neuertheles yf Christ be in you then is the body deed because of synne But the sprete is life for righteousnes sake Wherfore yf the sprete of him that raysed vp Iesus from the deed dwell in you then shal euen he also that raysed vp Christ from the deed quyckeÌ„ youre mortal bodies because y t his sprete dwelleth in you Therfore brethreÌ„ we are now detters not to the flesh to lyue after the flesh for yf ye lyue after y e fleshe ye must dye but yf ye mortyfye the dedes of the body thorow the sprete ye shal lyue For who so euer are led by the sprete of God are Gods childreÌ„ for ye haue not receaued the sprete of bondage to feare eny more but ye haue receaued y e sprete of adopcion wherby we crye Abba deare father The same sprete certifieth oure sprete that we are the childreÌ„ of God Yf we be childreÌ„ then are we heyres also namely the heyres of God and heyres annexed with Christ yf so be that we suffer together that we maye be also glorified together For I suppose that the affliccions off this tyme are not worthy of y e glorye which shal be shewed vpon vs. For the feruent loÌ„ginge of y e creature loketh for the appearinge of the children of God because the creature is subdued vnto vanyte agaynst hir will but for his wyll that hath subdued her vpon hope For the creature also shal be fre from the bondage of corrupcion vnto the glorious libertye of the childreÌ„ of God For we knowe that euery creature groneth and trauayleth with vs in payne vnto the same tyme. Not they only but we oure selues also which haue the first frutes of the sprete grone within in oure selues for the childshippe and loke for y e delyueraunce of oure bodye For we are sâ—ued iÌ„ dede howbeit iÌ„ hope but y e hope that is sene is no hope for how can a man hope for that which he seyeth But yf we hope for that which we se not theÌ„ do we thorow pacience abyde for it Likewyse the sprete also helpeth oure weaknesse for we knowe not what we shulde desyre as we oughte neuertheles y e sprete it selfe maketh intercession mightely for vs with vnoutspeakable gronynges Howbeit he y t searcheth the hert knoweth what the mynde of the sprete is for he maketh intercession for the sayntes acordinge to the pleasure of God But sure we are that all thinges serue for the best vnto them that loue of God which are called of purpose For those whom he knewe before hath he ordeyned also before y t they shulde be like fashioned vnto y e shappe of his sonne y t he mighte be the first begotteÌ„ amoÌ„ge many brethreÌ„ As for those whom he hath ordeyned before them hath he called also and whom he hath called theÌ„ hath he also made righteous and whom he hath made righteous them hath he glorified also What shal we saye then vnto these thinges Yff God be on oure syde who can be agaynst vs. Which spared not his owne sonne but hath geuen him for vs all how shal he not with him geue vs all thinges also Who wyl laye enythinge to y e charge of Gods chosen Here is God that maketh righteous who wil then condemne Here is Christ that is deed yee rather which is raysed vp agayne which is also on y e righte hande of God and maketh intercession for vs. Who will separate vs from the loue of God Trouble or anguysh or persecucioÌ„ or honger or nakednesse or parell or swerde As it is wrytten For thy sake are we kylled all the daye longe we are counted as shepe appoynted to be slayne Neuerthelesse in all these thinges we ouercome farre for his sake that loued vs. For sure I am that nether death ner life nether angell ner rule nether power nether thinges present nether thinges to come nether heyth ner loweth nether eny other creature shal be able to separate vs from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesu oure LORDE The IX Chapter I Saye the trueth in Christ and lye not wherof my conscience beareth me witnesse in the holy goost that I haue greate heuynesse contynuall sorowe in my hert I haue wyszhed my selfe to be cursed from Christ for my brethren that are my kynsmen after the flesh which are off Israel vnto whom pertayneth the childshippe and the glory and the couenauntes and lawe and the seruyce of God and the promyses whose are also the fathers off whom after the flesh commeth Christ which is God ouer all blessed for euer Amē· But I speake not these thinges as though the worde of God were of none effecte for they are not all Israelites which are of Israel nether are they all children because they are the sede of Abraham but in Isaac shal the sede be called vnto the that is They which are children after the flesh are not the children of God but the children of the promes are counted for the sede For this is a worde of the promes
in Christ. The III. Chapter· BEgynne we then agayne to prayse o selues Or nede we as some other of pistles of commēdacion vnto you or letters of commēdacion from you Ye are oure epistle wrytten in oure hertes which is vnderstonde and red of all mē in that ye are knowne how that ye are y e epistle of Christ mynistred by vs and wryttē not with ynke but with the sprete of the lyuynge God not in tables of stone but in fleshy tables of the hert Soch trust haue we thorow Christ to God warde not that we are sufficient of oure selues to thynke eny thinge as of oure selues but oure ablenesse commeth of God which hath made vs able to be mynisters of the new Testament not of the letter but of the sprete For the letter kylleth but the sprete geueth life But yf the mynistracion y t kylleth thorow the letter and was figured in stones was glorious so that the childrē of Israel mighte not beholde the face of Moses for y e clearnesse of his countenaūce which glory neuertheles is done awaye how shal not y e mynistracion of y e sprete be moch more glorious For yf the office that preacheth damnacion be glorious moch more doth the office that preacheth righteousnes exceade in glory For y e other parte that was glorified is nothinge glorified in respecte of this exceadinge glory For yf that which is done awaye be glorious moch more shal y t which remayneth be glorious Seynge then that we haue soch trust we vse greate boldnesse and do not as Moses which put a vayle before his face so that y e children of Israel mighte not se the ende of it that is done awaye But their myndes are blynded For vnto this daye remayneth the same coueringe vntakē awaye in the olde Testament whan they rede it which in Christ is put awaye But euen vnto this daye whan moses is red the vayle hangeth before their hertes Neuertheles whā they turne to the LORDE the vayle shal be taken awaye For the LORDE is a sprete where the sprete of the LORDE is there is libertye But now the glory of y e LORDE apeareth in vs all with open face and we are chaunged into the same ymage from one clearnes to another euē as of the sprete of the LORDE The IIII. Chapter THerfore seynge we haue soch an office euen as mercy is come vpon vs we faynte not but cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestye and walke not in craftines nether corruppe we the worde of God but open the trueth and reporte oure selues to euery mans conscyence in the sighte of God Yf oure Gospell be yet hyd it is hyd in them that are lost amonge whom the God of this worlde hath blynded y e myndes of them which beleue not that y e lighte of the Gospell of the glory of Christ which is the ymage of God shulde not shyne vnto them For we preach not o r selues but Iesus Christ to be the LORDE and oure selues youre seruauntes for Iesus sake For God that cōmaunded the light to shyne out of darcknesse hath geuen a cleare shyne in oure hertes y t by vs y e light of y e knowlege of the glory of God mighte come forth in the face of Iesus Christ. But this treasure haue we in earthen vessels that y e power which excelleth might be of God and not of vs. We are troubled on euery syde yet are we not without shift We are in pouertie but not vtterly without somwhat We are persecuted but we are not forsaken We are oppressed neuertheles we perish not We allwayes be are aboute in oure body the dyenge of the LORDE Iesus y t the life also of the LORDE Iesus might appeare in oure body For we which lyue are alwayes delyuered vnto death for Iesus sake that the life also of Iesus might appeare in oure mortall flesh Therfore is death now mightie in vs but life in you But seynge that we haue the same sprete of faith acordinge as it is wrytten I beleued and therfore haue I spokē we also beleue therfore we speake for we knowe that he which raysed vp y e LORDE Iesus shal rayse vs vp also by y e meanes of Iesus and shal set vs with you For all thinges do I for youre sakes that the plēteous grace by the thākesgeuynge of many maye redounde to the prayse of God Therfore are we not weery but though o r outwarde man be corrupte yet the inwarde is renewed daye by daye For oure trouble which is but temporall and lighte worketh an exceadinge and an eternall weighte of glorye vnto vs which loke not on the thinges that are sene but on them which are not sene For y e thinges which are sene are temporall but the thinges that are not sene are eternall The V. Chapter WE knowe surely y t yf oure earthy house of this dwellynge were destroyed we haue a buyldynge ordeyned of God an house not made with handes but euerlastynge in heauen And in the same sighe we also after oure māsion which is from heauen and longe to be clothed therwith so yet yf that we be founde clothed and not naked For as longe as we are in this tabernacle we sighe and are greued for we had rather not be vnclothed but to be clothed vpon that mortalite might be swalowed vp of life But he that hath ordeyned vs for this is God which hath geuen vs the earnest of the sprete Therfore are we allwaye of good cheare and knowe that as longe as we dwell here in the body we are not at home with the LORDE for we walke in faith and se him not Neuertheles we are of good comforte and had leuer to be absent from the body to be at home with the LORDE Wherfore whether we be at home or frō home we endeuoure oure selues to please him For we must all appeare before the iudgment seate of Christ y t euery one maye receaue in his body acordinge to y t he hath done whether it be good or bad Seynge then that we knowe how that the LORDE is to be feared we fare fayre with men but we are knowne well ynough vnto God I trust also that we are knowne in youre consciences We prayse not oure selues agayne vnto you but geue you an occasion to reioyse of vs y t ye maye haue to reioyse agaynst them which reioyse after the outwarde appearaunce and not after the hert For yf we do to moch we do it vnto God yf we kepe measure we do it for youre sakes For the loue of Christ constrayneth vs in as moch as we thus iudge that yf one be deed for all then are all deed And therfore dyed he for all that they which lyue shulde not hence forth lyue vnto them selues but vnto him which dyed for them and rose agayne Therfore hence forth knowe we noman after y
the father which without respecte of personnes iudgeth acordynge to euery mans worke se y t ye passe y e tyme of youre pilgremage in feare and knowe that ye were not redemed w t corruptible syluer and golde from youre vayne conuersacion which ye receaued by the tradicioÌ„s of the fathers but with the precious bloude of Christ as of an innoceÌ„t and vndefyled lambe which was ordeyned before the worlde was made but is declared in these last tymes for youre sakes which thorow him beleue on God that raysed him vp from the deed and hath geueÌ„ him the glory that ye might haue faith hope in God Euen ye which haue purifyed youre soules in obeyenge the trueth thorow the sprete for to loue brotherly without faynynge feruently one to loue another w t a pure hert as they that are borne a new not of corruptible sede but of vncorruptible eueÌ„ by the lyuynge worde of God which endureth for euer For all flesh is as grasse and all the glory of man is as the floure of grasse The grasse withereth the flâ—ure falleth awaye but the worde of the LORDE endureth for euer This is the worde that is preached amonge you The II. Chapter WHerfore laye asyde all maliciousnes and all gyle and ypocrisye and envye and all bacbytinge as new borne babes desyre that reasonable mylke which is without corrupcion that ye maye growe therin yf so be that ye haue taisted how frendly the LORDE is Vnto whom ye are come as to the lyuynge stone which is disalowed of men but chosen of God and precious And ye also as lyuynge stones are made a spirituall house and an holy presthode to offre vp spirituall sacrifices acceptable vnto God by Iesus Christ. Wherfore it is conteyned in the scripture Beholde I put in Sion an heade corner stone electe precious and he that beleueth on him shal 〈◊〉 be coÌ„founded Vnto you therfore which 〈…〉 he is precious but vnto them that 〈…〉 is y e same stone which the 〈…〉 made the heade stone in the 〈…〉 one to stomble at and a rock to be offended at namely in theÌ„ which stomble at y e worde and beleue not that wheron they were set But ye are that chosen generacion that kyngly presthode that holy nacion that peculier people y t ye shulde shewe the vertues of him which hath called you out of darknesse in to his maruelous lighte Euen you which in tyme past were not a people but now are the people of God which were not vnder mercy but now haue optayned mercy Dearly beloued I beseke you as straungers and pilgrems absteyne froÌ„ the fleshly lustes which fighte agaynst the soule and lede an honest conuersacion amonge the Heythen that they which bacbyte you as euell doers maye se youre good workes and prayse God in the daye of visitacion Submytte youre selues vnto all maner ordinaunce of men for the LORDES sake whether it be vnto the kynge as vnto y e chefe heade or vnto rulers as vnto them that are sent of him for the punyshment of euell doers but for the prayse of theÌ„ that do well For so is the will of God that ye with well doynge shulde put to sylence the ignoraunce of folishmen as fre and not as hauynge the libertye for a cloke of wickednes but eueÌ„ as the seruauntes of God Honoure all men Loue brotherly fellishippe Feare God Honoure the kynge Ye seruauÌ„tes obey youre masters with all feare not onely yf they be good and curteous but also though they be frowarde For that is grace yf a man for conscience towarde God endure grefe and suffre wronge For what prayse is it yf whaÌ„ ye be buffeted for yo r fautes ye take it paciently But yf whan ye do well ye suffre wronge and take it paciently that is grace with God For herevnto are ye called for so moch as Christ also suffred for vs leauynge vs an ensample that ye shulde folowe his fotesteppes which dyd no synne nether was there gyle founde in his mouth which whan he was reuyled reuyled not agayne whaÌ„ he suffred he threatened not but commyted the cause vnto him that iudgeth righteously which his owne selfe bare oure synnes in his body vpon the tre that we shulde be delyuered from synne shulde lyue vnto righteousnes by whose strypes ye were healed For ye were as shepe goinge astraye but now are ye turned vnto the shepherde and Biszhoppe of youre soules The III. Chapter LIkewyse let the wyues be in subieccion to their huszbandes that euen they which beleue not the worde maye without the worde be wonne by y e coÌ„uersacion of the wyues whan they beholde yo pure conuersacion in feare Whose apparell shal not be outwarde w t broyded heer hanginge on of golde or in puttynge on of gorgious araye but let y e inwarde maÌ„ of y e hert be vncorrupte w t a meke a quyete sprete which before God is moch set by For after this maner in the olde tyme dyd y e holy wemeÌ„ which trusted in God tyer theÌ„selues were obedient vnto their huszbaÌ„des Euen as Sara obeyed Abraham and called him lorde whose doughters ye are as loÌ„ge as ye do well not beynge afrayed for eny trouble Likewyse ye men dwell with them acordinge vnto knowlege geuynge hono vnto the wife as to the weaker vessel as vnto theÌ„ y t are heyres with you of the grace of life that youre prayers be not let But in conclusion be ye all of one mynde one suffre with another loue as brethren be pitefull be curteous RecoÌ„pence not euell for euell nether rebuke for rebuke but coÌ„trary wyse blesse and knowe that ye are called therto euen y t ye shulde be heyres of y e blessynge For who so listeth to lyue and wolde fayne se good dayes Let him refrayne his tonge from euell and his lippes y t they speake no gyle Let him eschue euell do good Let him seke peace and ensue it For y e eyes of the LORDE are ouer the righteous his eares are open vnto their prayers But y e face of the LORDE beholdeth theÌ„ y t do euell And who is it that can harme you yf ye folowe that which is good Not withstoÌ„dinge blessed are ye yf ye suffre for righteousnes sake Feare not ye their threatnynge nether be troubled but sanctifye the LORDE God in youre hertes Be ready allwayes to geue an answere to euery maÌ„ that axeth you a reason of the hope that is in you and that with mekenes feare hauynge a good conscience that they which bacbyte you as euell doers maye be ashamed that they haue falsely accused youre good coÌ„uersacion in Christ. For it is better yf the wyll of God be so that ye suffre for well doynge theÌ„ for euell doynge For as moch as
his brethren that he mighte be mercyfull and a faithfull hye prest in thinges concernynge God to make agrement for the synnes of y e people For in that he himselfe suffred and was tempted he is able to sucker them that are tempted The III. Chapter WHerfore holy brethren ye that are partakers of the heauēly callynge consyder the Embasseatour and hye prest of o r profession Christ Iesus which is faithfull to him that ordeyned him euen as was Moses in all his house But this man is worthy of greater honoure then moses in as moch as he which prepareth the house hath greater honoure in it then the house it selfe For euery house is prepared of some mā but he that ordeyned all thinges is God And Moses verely was faithfull in all his house as a mynister to beare witnes of those thinges which were to be spoken afterwarde But Christ as a sonne hath rule ouer his house whose house are we yf we holde fast the confidence and reioysinge of that hope vnto the ende Wherfore as y e holy goost sayeth Todaye yf ye shal heare his voyce harden not youre hertes as in the prouokynke in the daye of temptacion in the wyldernes where youre fathers tempted me proued me and sawe my workes fortye yeares longe Wherfore I was greued w t that generacion and sayde They erre euer in their hertes But they knewe not my wayes so that I sware in my wrath that they shulde not enter into my rest Take hede brethren that there be not in eny of you an euell hert of vnbeleue to departe from the lyuynge God but exhorte youre selues daylie whyle it is called to daye lest eny of you waxe harde harted thorow y e disceatfulnes of synne For we are become partakers of Christ yf we kepe sure vnto y e ende the begynnynge of the substāce so longe as it is sayde Todaye yf ye shal heare his voyce hardē not youre hertes as in the prouocaciō For some whan they herde prouoked Howbeit not all they y t came out of Egipte by Moses But with whom was he displeased fortye yeares longe Was he not displeased with them y t synned whose carcases were ouerthrowne in y e wyldernesse To whom sware he y t they shulde not enter in to his rest but vnto thē y t beleued not And we se y t they coulde not enter in because of vnbeleue The IIII. Chapter LEt vs feare therfore lest eny of vs forsakynge the promes of entrynge in to his rest shulde seme to come behinde for it is declared vnto vs as well as vnto thē But the worde of preachinge helped not thē whā they that herde it beleued it not For we which haue beleued enter in to his rest acordynge as he sayde Euen as I haue sworne in my wrath They shal not enter in to my rest And that spake he verely lōge after that the workes frō the begynnynge of the worlde were made For he spake in a certayne place of the seuēth daye on this wyse And God rested on the seuenth daye from all his workes And in this place agayne They shal not come in to my rest Seynge it foloweth thē that some must enter there in to and they to whom it was first preached entred not therin for vnbeleues sake therfore appoynteth he a daye agayne after so longe tyme and sayeth Todaye as it is rehearsed by Dauid Todaye yf ye shal heare his voyce then harden not youre hertes For yf Iosua had geuen them rest thē wolde he not afterwarde haue spoken of another daye Therfore remayneth there yet a rest vnto the people of God For he that is entred in to his rest ceasseth from his workes as God doth from his Let vs make haist therfore to enter in to that rest lest eny man fall after the same ensample of vnbeleue For y e worde of God is quycke and mightie in operacion and sharper thē eny two edged swerde and entreth thorow euen to the deuydinge of the soule the sprete and of y e ioyntes the mary and is a iudger of the thoughtes intētes of the hert nether is there eny creature invisible in y e sighte of him But all thinges are naked bare vnto y e eyes of hī of whō we speake The V. Chapter SEynge then that we haue a greate hye prest euē Iesus y e sonne of God which is entred in to heauen let vs holde oure profession For we haue not an hye prest which cā not haue cōpassion on o r infirmities but was in all poyntes tēpted like as we are but without synne Let vs therfore go boldely vnto the seate of grace that we maye receaue mercy and fynde grace to helpe in the tyme of nede For euery hye prest that is taken frō amōge men is ordeyned for men in thinges pertayninge to God to offer giftes and sacrifices for synne which can haue cōpassion on the ignoraunt and on them that are out of the waye for so moch as he himselfe also is compased aboute with infirmyte Therfore is he bounde to offer for synnes as well for him selfe as for y e people And nomā taketh y e honoure vnto himselfe but he that is called of God as was Aaron Euen so Christ glorified not himselfe to be made hye prest but he y t sayde vnto him Thou art my sonne this daye haue I begotten the. As he sayeth also in another place Thou art a prest for euer after y e order of Melchisedech And in y e dayes of his fleshe he offred vp prayers supplicacions w t strōge cryenge teares vnto him y t was able to saue him frō death was herde also because he had God in honoure And though he was Gods sonne yet lerned he obedience by those thinges which he suffred And he beynge made perfecte became the cause of euerlastinge saluaciō vnto all thē y t obeye him and is called of God an hye prest after the order of Melchisedech Wherof we haue many thinges to saye which are harde to be vttered because ye are dull of hearynge For where as concernynge the tyme ye ought to be teachers yet haue ye nede agayne y t we teach you the first preceptes of the worde of God and are become soch as haue nede of mylke and not stronge meate For euery one that is fed yet with mylte is vnexperte in the worde of righteousnes for he is but a babe But stronge meate belongeth vnto them y t are perfecte which thorow custome haue their wyttes exercysed to iudge both good and euell The VI. Chapter WHerfore let vs leaue the doctryne pertaynynge to the begynnynge of a Christen life and let vs go vnto perfeccion and now nomore laye y e foundacion of repētaunce from deed workes and of faith towarde God of baptyme of doctryne of layenge on of hādes of resurreccion of the deed of eternall iudgment