hath beautie and his hornes are as the hornes of an vnicorne and with them he shall trouble the nations together euen vnto the endes of the worlde These are also ten thousandes of Ephraim and the thousandes of Manasses 18 And vnto Zabulon he sayde Reioyce Zabulon in thy goyng out and thou Isachar in thy tentes 19 They shall call the people vnto the hyll there they shall offer offeringes of righteousnesse For they shall sucke of the aboundaunce of the sea and of treasure hyd in the sande 20 And vnto Gad he sayde Blessed be he that inlarged Gad he dwelleth as a Lion that catcheth for a pray the arme with the head 21 He loked to hym selfe at the beginning because there was a portion of the law-geuer hid he came with the heades of the people and executed the ryghteousnesse of the Lorde and his iudgementes with Israel 22 And vnto Dan he sayde Dan is a Lions whelpe he shal leape frō Basan 23 And vnto Nephthali he sayde O Nephthali satisfied with Gods fauour and full with the blessing of the Lorde possesse thou the west and the south 24 And to Aser he sayde Aser shal be blessed with children he shal be acceptable vnto his brethren and shall dyp his foote in oyle 25 Thy shoes shal be iron and brasse and thy strength shall continue as long as thou lyuest 26 There is none lyke vnto the God of Israel which though he syt vpon the heauen as vpon an horse yet is he thine helper whose glorie is in the celestiall places 27 The eternall God is thy refuge and vnder the armes of the euerlastyng God shalt thou lyue He shall cast out the enemie before thee and say destroy them 28 Israel then shall dwell in safetie and alone and the fountayne of Iacob shal be vpon a lande of corne and wine and his heauens shall drop the deawe 29 Happy art thou O Israel who is like vnto thee O people that art saued in the Lorde which is the shielde of thy helpe and sworde of thy glorie Thine enemies haue lost their strength to thee warde and thou shalt treade vpon their hye places ¶ The .xxxiiij. Chapter 1 Moyses seeth all the lande of Chanaan 5 he dyeth 8 Israel weepeth 9 Iosuah succeedeth in Moyses roome 10 The prayse of Moyses 1 AND Moyses went from the playne of Moab vp into mount Nebo and vnto the top of the hyll that is ouer agaynst Iericho And the Lord shewed hym all the lande of Gilead euen vnto Dan 2 And all Nephthali and the lande of Ephraim Manasse and all the lande of Iuda euen vnto the vtmost sea 3 And the south and the playne of the valley of Iericho the citie of palme trees euen vnto Zoar. 4 And the Lorde sayd vnto hym This is the lande which I sware vnto Abraham Isahac and Iacob saying I wyll geue it vnto thy seede I haue caused thee also to see it with thine eies but thou shalt not go ouer thyther 5 So Moyses the seruaunt of the Lord dyed there in the lande of Moab accordyng to the worde of the Lorde 6 And he buryed hym in a valley in the lande of Moab ouer agaynst the house of Peor but no man knoweth of his sepulchre vnto this day 7 Moyses was an hundred and twentie yeres olde when he dyed his eye was not dymme nor his naturall force abated 8 And the children of Israel wept for Moyses in the playne of Moab thirtie dayes And the dayes of weepyng and mournyng for Moyses were ended 9 And Iosuah the sonne of Nun was ful of the spirite of wisdome for Moyses had put his handes vpon hym And the children of Israel were obedient vnto hym and dyd as the Lorde commaunded Moyses 10 And there arose not a prophete since in Israel lyke vnto Moyses whom the Lorde knewe face to face 11 Accordyng vnto all the miracles and wonders which the Lorde sent hym to do in the lande of Egypt before Pharao and all his seruauntes and before all his lande 12 And accordyng to all that mightie hande and all the great feare which Moyses shewed in the syght of all Israel VV. E. ¶ The ende of the fifth booke of Moyses called in the Hebrue Ellehaddebarim and in the Latine Deuteronomium ⧠The seconde part of the Byble conteyning these bookes The booke of Iosuah The booke of the Iudges The booke of Ruth The first booke of Samuel The seconde booke of Samuel The thirde booke of the kinges The fourth booke of the kinges The first booke of the Chronicles The seconde booke of the Chronicles The first booke of Esdras The seconde booke of Esdras The booke of Hester The booke of Iob. DROIT ET LOYAL ⧠The booke of Iosuah vvhom the Hebrewes call Jehosua ¶ The .j. Chapter 2 The Lorde incourageth Iosuah to inuade the lande of promise 5 The Lorde promiseth to assist Iosuah if he obey his worde 11 Iosuah commaundeth the people to prepare them selues to passe ouer Iordane 12 and exhorteth the Rubenites to execute their charge 1 AFter the death of Moyses the seruaunt of the Lord it came to passe also that the Lorde spake vnto Iosuah y e sonne of Nun Moyses minister saying 2 Moyses my seruaunt is dead Nowe therefore arise go ouer this Iordane thou and all this people vnto the lande the whiche I to them the chyldren of Israel do geue 3 All the places that the soles of your feete shall treade vpon haue I geuen you as I sayde vnto Moyses 4 From the wyldernesse and this Libanon vnto the great riuer Euphrates all the lande of the Hethites euen vnto the great sea towarde the goyng downe of the sunne shal be your coast 5 There shal not a man be able to withstande thee all the dayes of thy life For as I was with Moyses so wyll I be with thee and wyll not fayle thee nor forsake thee 6 Be strong therfore and bolde for vnto this people shalt thou deuide y e lande for inheritaunce whiche I sware vnto their fathers to geue them 7 Only be thou strong and of a stoute courage that thou maiest obserue and do according to all the law which Moses my seruaunt commaunded thee Turne from the same neither to the right hande nor to the lefte that thou maiest do wisely in al that thou takest in hande 8 Let not the booke of this lawe departe out of thy mouth but occupie thy minde therein day night that thou maiest obserue and doe according to all y t is written therin For then shalt thou make thy way prosperous and then thou shalt do wisely 9 Haue not I cōmaunded thee that thou shouldest be strong hardie and not feare nor be faint hearted For I the Lorde thy God am with thee whyther soeuer thou goest 10 Then Iosuah commaunded the officers of the people
departed from the mount of the Lorde three dayes iourney and the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde went before them in y e three dayes iourney to search out a resting place for theÌ„ 34 And the cloude of the Lorde was vppon them by day when they went out of the campe 35 And when y e arke went foorth Moyses sayde Rise vp Lorde and let thine enemies be scattered and let them that hate thee flee before thee 36 And when the arke rested he sayde Returne O Lord vnto the many thousandes of Israel ¶ The .xj. Chapter 1 The people murmureth 4 They desire fleshe 6 They lothe Manna 11 The wauering fayth of Moyses 16 The Lorde deuideth the burthen of Moyses to seuentie of the auncientes and they prophesie 31 It raigneth quayles 33 The fleshe raueners are punished 1 ANd when the people dyd wickedly it was a displeasure in the eares of the Lorde And when the Lorde hearde it his countenaunce was prouoked to wrath and the fire of the Lord burnt among them and consumed them that were the vttermost of the hoast 2 And the people cryed vnto Moyses And when Moyses made intercession vnto the Lorde the fire quenched 3 And he called the name of the place Taberah because the fire of the Lorde burnt among them 4 And a number of people that was among them fell a lustyng and turned them selues and wept euen as dyd also the chyldren of Israel and sayd who shall geue vs fleshe to eate 5 We remember the fishe which we did eate in Egypt for naught the cucumbers melons leekes onions garleck 6 But now our soule is dryed away for we can see nothing els saue Manna 7 The Manna was as coriander seede and to see to lyke Bedellion 8 And the people went about and gathered it grounde it in milles or beat it in morters and baked it in pannes and made cakes of it And the taste of it was lyke vnto the taste of freshe oyle 9 And when the deawe fell downe vpon the hoast in the nyght the Manna fell vpon it 10 And when Moyses hearde the people weepe throughout their housholdes euery man in the doore of his tent the wrath of the Lord was kindeled exceedingly and it greeued Moyses also 11 And Moyses sayde vnto the Lorde Wherefore hast thou dealt cruelly with thy seruaunt And wherefore haue I not founde fauour in thy sight seyng that thou puttest the wayght of all this people vpon me 12 Haue I conceaued all this people Or haue I begotten them that thou shouldest say vnto me Cary them in thy bosome as a nurse beareth the suckyng chylde vnto the lande which thou swarest vnto their fathers 13 Where shoulde I haue fleshe to geue vnto all this people whiche weepe before me saying Geue vs fleshe that we may eate 14 I am not able to beare all this people alone seyng it is to heauie for me 15 If thou deale thus with me kyll me I pray thee if I haue founde fauour in thy sight y t I see not my wretchednesse 16 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Gather vnto me threscore and ten men of the elders of Israel which thou knowest that they are the elders of the people officers ouer them and thou shalt bryng them vnto the tabernacle of the congregation that they may stande there with thee 17 And I wyll come downe and talke with thee there and take of the spirite which is vpon thee and put vpon them and they shall beare the burthen of the people with thee lest thou be constrayned to beare it alone 18 And say thou vnto the people Be halowed agaynst to morowe and ye shall eate fleshe for your whyning is in the eares of the Lorde seyng ye sayd Who shall geue vs fleshe to eate We were happy in Egypt Therefore the Lorde wyll geue you fleshe and ye shall eate 19 Ye shall not eate one day nor two nor fiue dayes neither ten nor twentie dayes 20 But euen a moneth long vntill it come out at the nostrels of you and it shal be lothsome vnto you because that ye haue cast the Lorde aside whiche is among you and haue wept before hym saying Why came we thus out of Egypt 21 And Moyses sayde Sixe hundred thousand footemen are there of the people among which I am And thou hast sayd I wyll geue them flesh that they may eate a moneth long 22 Shall the sheepe the oxen be slayne for them to finde them either shall all the fishe of the sea be gathered together for them to suffise them 23 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Shall the Lordes hande be waxed short Thou shalt see now whether my word shal come to passe vnto thee or not 24 And Moyses went out and tolde the people the saying of the Lorde and gathered the threscore and ten elders of the people and set them rounde about the tabernacle 25 And the Lord came downe in a cloude and spake vnto him and toke of the spirite that was vpon him and gaue it vnto the threscore ten elders And when the spirite rested vpon them they prophesied and dyd not ceasse 26 But there remayned two of the men in the hoast the name of the one was Eldad and the name of the other Medad And the spirite rested vpon them and thei were of them that were written and went not out vnto the tabernacle and they prophesied in the hoast 27 And there ran a young man and tolde Moyses and sayd Eldad and Medad do prophesie in the hoast 28 And Iosuah the sonne of Nun the seruaunt of Moyses one of his young men aunswered and sayde My lorde Moyses forbyd them 29 And Moyses sayd vnto hym Enuiest thou for my sake woulde God that all the Lordes people could prophesie and that the Lorde woulde put his spirite vpon them 30 And Moyses gate hym into the hoast he and the elders of Israel 31 And there went foorth a wynde from the Lorde and brought quayles from the sea let them fall about the hoast euen a dayes iourney rounde about on euery side of the hoast and they did flee in the ayre as it were two cubites hye ouer the earth 32 And the people stoode vp all that day and all that nyght and all the next day and they gathered quayles And he that gathered litle gathered ten homers ful And they spread them abrode for their vse rounde about the hoast 33 And whyle the fleshe was yet betweene their teeth yer it was chewed vp the wrath of the Lorde was â—dled against the people the Lorde smote the people with an exceedyng great plague 34 And he called the name of the place The graues of lust because the buried the people that lusted there 35 And the people toke their iourney from the graues of lust vnto Hazeroth and abode at Hazeroth ¶ The .xij. Chapter 1 Aaron and Miriam grudge agaynst
for that God and his wyll was knowen in it for that also that there God had geuen a notable victorie as declaryng him selfe to be the defendour of Hierusalem He setteth foorth the terrible iudgement power of God agaynst wicked enemies Finally he exhorteth all Israelites to the true worshyppyng of God ¶ To rhe chiefe musition in Neginoth the psalme of Asaph a song 1 IN Iurie is God knowen his name is great in Israel 2 At Shalem is his tabernacle and his dwellyng in Sion 3 There he brake the arrowes of the bowe the shielde the sworde and the battayle Selah 4 Thou art honourable and of more puissaunce then the mountaynes of robbers 5 The hygh couragious stomackes are spoyled they haue slept their slepe and the valiaunt souldiours coulde not finde their owne handes 6 At thy rebuke O God of Iacob both the charet and horse be brought to naught 7 Thou euen thou art dreadfull and who may stande in thy syght when thou begynnest to be angry 8 Thou causest thy iudgement to be hearde from heauen then the earth trembleth and is styll 9 When God ariseth to iudgement and to helpe all the afflicted vpon the earth Selah 10 The fearcenesse of man shall turne to thy prayse and the remnaunt of the fearcenesse thou wylt restrayne 11 Make vowes vnto God your Lorde perfourme them all ye that be rounde about hym bryng presentes vnto hym that is dreadfull 12 He abateth the spirite of princes he is dreadfull to the kynges of the earth ⧠The argument of the .lxxvii. psalme ¶ The prophete vttereth in a lamentation wonderfull cogitations of a sorowfull afflicted pensiue heart almost brought into desperation but consideryng the manifolde argument of Gods power and goodnesse declared to hym and to his fathers in tyme past he taketh good courage and trusteth of Gods helpe ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Ieduthun a psalme of Asaph 1 MY voyce was vnto the Lorde and I cryed my voyce was vnto the Lord and he hearkened vnto me 2 In the tyme of my trouble I sought the Lorde my hande all the nyght catched ceassed not my soule refused comfort 3 I called to remembraunce God and I was disquieted I conferred with my selfe and my spirite was wrapped in pensiuenesse Selah 4 Thou dydst kepe the watche of mine eies I was amased coulde not speake 5 I dyd thynke vpon the dayes past and on the yeres of the olde worlde 6 I called to remembraunce my psalme song on the musicall instrument in the nyght tyme I communed with myne owne heart searched out my spirites 7 What wyll the Lorde forsake me for euer wyll he be no more intreated to be fauourable 8 Is his mercie cleane gone for euer and is his promise made from one generatiō to another come vtterly to an ende 9 Hath God forgotten to be gratious and will he shut vp his louing kindnesse in displeasure Selah 10 And I sayde this is my death but the ryght hande of the most hyghest may graunt me yeres 11 I dyd call to remēbraunce the workes of God almightie for thy wonders done a great whyle a goe came into my mynde 12 I also gaue my selfe to muse of all thy workes and I talked of all thy actes 13 Thy way O Lorde is in holynesse who is so great a God as the Lorde 14 Thou art y e God that doth wonders thou hast made thy power knowen among the people 15 Thou hast redeemed thy people with a mightie arme the sonnes of Iacob and Ioseph Selah 16 The waters sawe thee O God the waters sawe thee they feared yea the depthes of them moued out of their place 17 Thicke cloudes powred downe rayne thinne cloudes gaue a noyse and thine arrowes went abrode into al corners 18 The sounde of thy thunder was rounde about the sky the lightnynges shone through the worlde the earth quaked and trembled 19 Thy way is in the sea and thy pathes in the great waters and thy footesteppes are not knowen 20 Thou dydst leade thy people lyke sheepe by the hande of Moyses and Aaron ¶ The argument of the .lxxviij. Psalme ¶ The prophete moueth his people to geue diligent eare vnto hym vtteryng the wonderfull benefites of God to the Iewes euen such as were cōmonly knowen amongst them and were to be declared of fathers vnto their children in all generations by the commaundement of God to the intent that they be not as their forefathers were rebelles and stubburne agaynst God and his worde For which cause they had euyll successe in battayle and were afflicted with sundry calamities yet they feelyng the smart of affliction made a countenaunce as though they sought God but it was hypocritically not forsakyng their sinnes and fleyng to Gods mercie wherfore God gaue the arcke to the Philistines as forsakyng the Israelites because they greued hym with hyll alters and images God also refused the tribe of Ephraim and chose the tribe of Iuda appoyntyng Dauid a sheephearde kepyng sheepe for to be kyng of his people ¶ A wise instruction of Asaph 1 HEare my lawe O my people enclyne your eares vnto the wordes of my mouth 2 I wyll open my mouth in a parable I wyll declare harde sentences of the olde tyme past 3 Which we haue hearde and knowen and such as our fathers haue tolde vs. 4 We wyll not hyde them from their children nay we wyll set foorth in wordes to the generation to come the prayses of God and his myght and wonderfull workes that he hath done 5 For he reuiued a statute in Iacob and gaue Israel a lawe in the whiche he commaunded our forefathers to teache their children 6 To the intent the posteritie shoulde knowe it and children whiche shal be borne that they shoulde ryse vp and declare it to their children 7 That they shoulde put their trust in God and not forget the workes of God but kepe his commaundementes 8 And that they be not as their forefathers were a rebellious and a mutable generation a generation that directed not their heart aright and whose spirite cleaued not stedfastly vnto God 9 Like as the children of Ephraim which beyng harnessed carying bowes turned their backes in the day of battayle 10 They kept not the couenaunt of God and they woulde not walke in his law 11 But they forgat his workes and his wonders which he had shewed them 12 Marueylous thinges dyd he in the sight of their fathers in the land of Egypt in the fielde of Zoan 13 He deuided the sea and let them go thorowe he made the waters to stande as on an heape 14 In the day time also he led them with a cloude and all the night through with a light of fire 15 He cloued the harde rockes in the wildernes gaue them drinke therof as it had ben out of the great deepe waters 16 He brought running streames out of a stonie rocke and