shal I teach thy wayes vnto the wicked that synners maye be conuerted vnto the. Delyuer me from bloudegyltynesse o God thou that art the God of my health that my tonge maye prayse thy rightuousnesse Open my lippes O LORDE that my mouth maye shewe thy prayse For yf thou haddest pleasure in sacrifice I wolde geue it the but thou delytest not in burnt offerynges The sacrifice of God is a troubled sprete a broken and a coÌ„trite here o God shalt thou not despise O be fauorable and gracious vnto Sion that the walles of Ierusalem maye be buylded For then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of rightuousnesse with the burnt offerynges and oblacions then shal they laye bullockes vpon thine aulter The LI. A psalme of Dauid WHy boastest thou thy self thou Tyraunt that thou canst do myschefe Where as the goodnesse of God endureth yet daylie Thy tonge ymagineth wickednesse and with lyes it cutteth like a sharpe rasoure Thou louest vngraciousnesse more theÌ„ good to talke of lyes more then rightuousnesse Sela. Thou louest to speake all wordes y t maye do hurte O thou false toÌ„ge Therfore shal God cleane destroye the smyte the in peces plucke the out of thy dwellinge and rote the out of the londe of the lyuinge Sela. The rightuous shal se this feare and laugh him to scorne Lo this is the maÌ„ y t toke not God for his streÌ„gth but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches was mightie in his wickednesse As for me I am like a grene olyue tre in y e house of God my trust is in the tender mercy of God for euer euer I wil allwaye geue thankes vnto the for that thou hast done and wil hope in thy name for thy sayntes like it well The LII A psalme of Dauid THe foolish bodies saye in their hertes â–ª Tush there is no God Corrupte are they and become abhominable in their wickednesses there is not one that doth good God loked downe from heauen vpoÌ„ the children of men to se yf there were eny that wolde vnderstonde or seke after God But they are all gone out of y e waye they are all become vnprofitable there is none y t doth good no not one How caÌ„ they haue vnderstondinge that are the workers of wickednes eatinge vp my people as it were bred call not vpon God They are afrayed where no feare is for God breaketh the bones of them that besege the thou puttest them to confucion for God despiseth them Oh y t the sauynge health were geuen vnto Israel out of Sion Oh that the LORDE wolde delyuer his people out of captiuyte Then shulde Iacob reioyse Israel shulde be right glad The LIII A psalme of Dauid HElpe me o God for thy names sake and delyuer me in thy streÌ„gth Heare my prayer o God considre the wordes of my mouth For straungers are rysen vp agaynst me and the mightie which haue not God before their eyes seke after my soule Sela. But lo God is my helper it is he that vpholdeth my soule He shall rewarde euell vnto myne enemies and in thy treuth shalt thou destroye them A frewil offeringe wil I geue the and prayse thy name o LORDE because it is so comfortable For thou hast delyuered me out of all my trouble so that myne eye seyth his desyre vpoÌ„ myne enemies The LIIII A psalme of Dauid HEare my prayer o God and hyde not thy self fro my peticion Take hede vnto me and heare me how piteously I mourne coÌ„playne The enemie crieth so the vngodly commeth on so fast for they are mynded to do me some myschefe so maliciously are they set agaynst me My herte is heuy within me and the feare of death is fallen vpon me Fearfullnesse and tremblinge are come vpon me and an horrible drede hath ouerwhelmed me And I sayde O that I had wynges like a doue that I might fle somwhere and be at rest Lo then wolde I get me awaye farre of and remayne in the wildernesse Sela. I wolde make haist to escape from the stormy wynde and tempest Destroie their tonges o LORDE and deuyde them for I se vnrightuousnes strife in y e cite This goeth daye and night aboute the walles myschefe and vyce are in the myddest of it Wickednesse is therin disceate and gyle go not out of hir stretes Yf it were myne enemie that reuyled me I coude beare it or yf one that ought me euell will dyd threaten me I wolde hyde myself from him But it is thou my companyon my gyde and myne owne familier freÌ„de We had swete 〈◊〉 secrete communicacion together and louyngly walked we together in y e house of God Let death come hastely vpon them and let them go downe quick in to hell for wickednes is amonge them in their dwellinges As for me I will call vnto God and the LORDE shall helpe me In the eueninge mornynge and at noone daye wil I mourne and complayne and he shal heare my voyce It is he that delyuereth my soule in peace from them that laye waite for me for they are many agaynst me Yee euen God that endureth for euer shal heare me and brynge them downe Sela. For they wil not turne and why they feare not God Yee they laye hondes vpon soch as be at peace with him and so thei breake his couenaunt Their mouthes are softer then butter yet haue they batell in their mynde their wordes are smoother then oyle and yet be they very swerdes O cast thy burthen or care vpon the LORDE he shal norish the and not leaue the rightuous in vnquietnesse But as for them thou o God shalt cast them downe in to the pitte of destruccion The bloudthurstie and disceatfull shal not lyue out half their daies Neuerthelesse my trust is in the. The LV. A psalme of Dauid BE mercifull vnto me o God for 〈…〉 wil treade me downe they are 〈…〉 fightinge troublinge me 〈…〉 enemies treade me daylie vnder their fete for they be many y t proudly fight agaynst me Neuerthelesse wheÌ„ I am afrayed I put my trust in the. I wil comforte my self in Gods worde yee I wil hope in God and not feare What can flesh then do vnto me They vexe me daylie in my wordes all y t they ymagin is to do me euell They holdâ—â—lltogether kepe them selues close they marck my steppes how they maye catch my soule But in vayne for it shal escape theÌ„ and why thou o God in thy displeasure shalt cast downe soch people Thou tellest my flittinges thou puttest my teares in thy botell and nombrest them When so euer I call vpon the myne enemies are put to flight wherby I knowe that thou art my God In Gods worde wil I reioyse in the LORDES worde wil I comforte me Yee in God do I â—rust am not afraied what caÌ„ man theÌ„ do vnto me Vnto the o God wil I paye my vowes vnto y e wil I geue thaÌ„kes
hande and with the ende of it he touched the flesh and the vnleuended floure and the fyre came out of the rocke and consumed the flesh and the vnleuended floure And the angell of the LORDE vanyshed out of his sighte Now whā Gedeon sawe that it was an angell of y e LORDE he sayde O LORDE LORDE haue I thus sene an angell of y e LORDE face to face The LORDE sayde vnto him Peace be with the feare not thou shalt not dye Thē Gedeon buylded an altare there vnto y e LORDE called it The LORDE of peace The same stondeth yet vnto this daye at Apra y t belōgeth vnto the father of y e Esrites And in y e same night sayde y e LORDE vnto him Take a fedd bullocke frō amōge thy fathers oxen another bullocke of seuen yeare olde and breake downe the altare of Baall which is thy fathers and cut downe the groue that stondeth by it and buylde thou an altare vnto the LORDE y e God aboue vpon the toppe of this rocke and make it ready and take the other bullocke and offre a burnt offerynge with the wodd of the groue that thou hast hewen downe Then toke Gedeon ten men of his seruauntes and dyd as y e LORDE sayde vnto him but he was afrayed to do this by daye tyme for his fathers house and the people in y e cite and so he dyd it by nighte Now whan the people in the cite rose vp early in the mornynge beholde Baals altare was broken and the groue hewen downe by it and the other bullocke a burnt offerynge vpon the altare that was buylded one sayde vnto another Who hath done this And whan they soughte made searche it was sayde Gedeon the sonne of Ioas hath done it Thē sayde the people of y e cite vnto Ioas Brynge forth y e sonne He must dye because he hath broken Baals altare and hewen downe the groue therby But Ioas sayde vnto all them that stode by him Wyl ye stryue for Baal Wil ye delyuer him He y t stryueth for him shal dye this mornynge Yf he be God let him auēge him selfe because his altare is broken downe From y t daye forth was he called Ierubaal because it was sayde Let Baal auenge him selfe that his altare is broken downe Whan y e Madianites now y e Amalechites the childrē towarde the south had gathered thēselues together were passed thorow Iordane had pitched their tentes in the valley of Iesrael the sprete of the LORDE endued Gedeon he caused the trompet to be blowne called the house of Abieser that they shulde folowe him he sent messaungers vnto all Manasse called them y t they shulde folowe him also and he sent messaungers likewyse vnto Asser Zabulon Nephtali which came vp to mete him And Gedeon sayde vnto God Yf thou wilt delyuer Israel thorow my hande as thou hast saide thē wil I laye a flese of woll in the courte yf y e dew be onely vpon y e flese drye vpon all the grounde then wyll I perceaue that thou shalt delyuer Israel thorow my hande as thou hast sayde And it came so to passe And whan he rose vp early on the morow he wrāge y e dew out of the flese and fylled a dyszshe full of water And Gedeon sayde vnto God Be not wroth at me that I speake yet this one tyme. I wyl proue yet but once with the flese let it be drye onely vpon the flese and dew vpon all the grounde And God dyd so the same nighte so that it was drye onely vpon the flese and dew vpon all the grounde The VII Chapter THen Ierubaal that is Gedeon gat him vp early and all the people that was with him and pitched their tentes besyde the well of Harod so that he had the hoost of the Madianites on the north side behynde the hyll of More in the valley But the LORDE sayde vnto Gedeon The people that be with y t are to many for me to delyuer Madian in to their hande lest Israel boost them selues agaynst me and saye My hande hath delyuered me Cause a proclamacion now to be made in the eares of the people and saye He that feareth and is afrayed let him turne backe and get him soone fro mount Gilead Then returned there of the people aboute a two and twenty thousande so that there was left but ten thousande And the LORDE sayde vnto Gedeon The people are yet to many brynge them downe to the water there wyl I proue them for y e and of whom I saye that he shal go w t the the same shal go with the but of whō I saie that he shal not go with the the same shall not go And he broughte the people vnto y e water And the LORDE sayde vnto Gedeon Whosoeuer licketh of the water with his tūge as a dogg licketh make him stonde asyde and lykewyse who soeuer falleth downe vpō his knees to drynke Then was the nombre of them that had licked out of the hande to the mouth thre hundreth men And the LORDE sayde vnto Gedeon Thorow the thre hūdreth which haue licked wyl I delyuer you and geue ouer the Madianites in to thy hāde As for the other people let them go euery one vnto his place And they toke vytayles with them for y e people and their trompettes but the other Israelites let he go euery one vnto his tente And he strengthed himselfe with the thre hundreth men and the Madianites hoost laye before him beneth in the valley And the same night sayde the LORDE vnto him Vp and go downe in to the hoost for I haue geuen them ouer in to thy hande But yf thou be afrayed to go downe then let y e seruaunt Pura go downe with the vnto the hoost y t thou maiest heare what they saie after that shalt thou be bolde and thy honde stronge that thou mayest go downe in to the hoost Than wente Gedeon downe with his seruaunt vnto y e vttemost parte of y e watchmē of armes y t were in y e hoost And y e Madianites and Amalechites and all the children of the south had layed them selues beneth in the valley as a multitude of greshoppers and their Camels were not to be nombred for multitude euē as the sonde on y e see shore Now whan Gedeon came beholde one tolde another his dreame sayde Beholde I haue dreamed a dreame Me thoughte a bakē barlye lofe came rollinge downe to y e hoost of y e Madianites and whan it came to the tente it smote it and ouerthrew it and turned it vpsyde downe so that the tente fell Then answered the other That is nothinge els then y e swerde of Gedeon the sonne of Ioas y e Israelite God hath geuē ouer the Madianites with all the hoost in to his hande Whan Gedeon herde this dreame tolde the interpretacion of
posterite As for y e sede y t came vpon him which he loued he brought it not vtterly to naught but gaue yet a remnaunt vnto Iacob and a rote vnto Dauid out of him Thus rested Salomon with his fathers and out of his sede he left behynde him a very foolishnes of the people and soch one as had no vnderstoÌ„dinge namely RoboaÌ„ which turned awaye the people thorow his councell and Ieroboam y e sonne of Nabat which caused Israel to synne and shewed Ephraim the waye of vngodlynes In so moch that their synnes myszdedes had the vpper hande so sore that at the last they were dryuen out of the londe for the same Yee he sought out brought vp all wickednes tyll the vengeaunce came vpon them The XLVIII Chapter THen stode vp Elias the prophet as a fyre and his worde brâ—â—t like a creshett He brought an hoÌ„ger vpon theÌ„ and in his zele he made them few in nombre For they might not awaye w t the commauÌ„dementes of the LORDE Thorow the worde of the LORDE he shut the heauen and thre tymes brought he the fyre downe Thus became Elias honorable in his wonderous dedes Who maye make his boost to be like him One that was deed raysed he vp from death in the worde of y e Hyest he brought him out of the graue agayne He cast downe kynges and destroyed them and the honorable from their seate Vpon the mount Syna he herde the punyshment vpon Horeb the iudgmeÌ„t of the vengeaunce He prophecied recompensynge vnto kynges and ordeyned prophetes after him He was taken vp in the storme of fyre in a charett of horses of the LORDE He was ordeyned in the reprouynges in tyme to pacifie the wrath to turne y e hertes of the fathers vnto the children to set vp the trybes of Iacob agayne Blessed were they that saw the and were garnished in loue for we lyue in life Elias was couered in the storme but Heliseus was fylled with his mouth Whyle he lyued he was afrayed of no prynce and no man might ouercome him There coude no worde disceaue him after his death his body prophecied He dyd wonders in his life in death were his workes maruelous For all this the people amended not nether departed they from their synnes tyll they were caried awaye presoners out of the londe and were scatred abrode in all countrees so that of them there remayned but a very litle people and a prynce vnto y e house of Dauid Howbeit some of them dyd right some heaped vp vngodlynes Ezechias made his cite stronge conveyed water in to it dygged thorow the stony rock with yron made vp a well by the water syde In his tyme came Sennacherib vp and sent Rabsaches lift vp his hande agaynst Sion defyed them with greate pryde TheÌ„ trymbled their hertes and handes so y t they sorowed like a woman trauaylinge with childe So they called vpoÌ„ the LORDE which is mercyfull lift vp their haÌ„des before him Immediatly the LORDE herde theÌ„ out of heauen and delyuered them by the hande of Esay He smote the hoost of the Assirians his angell destroyed theÌ„ For Ezechias had done the thinge that pleased the LORDE remayned stedfastly in the waye of Dauid his father Which Esay was greate faithfull in his visions In his tyme y e Sonne weÌ„te backwarde he lengthened the kynges life With a right sprete prophecied he what shulde come to passe at the last to soch as were soroufull in Sion he gaue consolacion wherwhith they might coÌ„forte them selues for euermore He shewed thinges y t were for to come secrete or euer they came to passe The XLIX Chapter THe remembrauÌ„ce of Iosias is like as whan the Apotecary maketh many precious swete smellynge thinges together His remembraunce shal be swete as hony in all mouthes and as the playenge of Musick by the wyne He was appoynted to turne the people agayne to take awaye all abhominacions of y e vngodly He directed his hert vnto the LORDE in the tyme of the vngodly he set vp the worshipe of God agayne All kynges excepte Dauid Ezechias Iosias coÌ„mitted wickednes for euen y e kynges of Iuda also forsoke y e lawe of God For they gaue their horne vnto other their hono worshipe also to a straunge people Therfore was the electe cite of the SaÌ„ctuary brent with fyre and the stretes therof laye desolate waist for they intreated Ieremy euell which neuertheles was a prophet ordeyned from his mothers wombe that he might rote out breake of destroye that he might buylde vp plante agayne Ezechiel sawe the glory of the LORDE in a vision which was shewed him vpon the charet of the Cherubins For he thought vpon the enemies in y e rayne to do good vnto soch as had ordred their wayes a right And the bones of the twolue prophetes florish from out of their place for they gaue comforte consolacion vnto Iacob and delyuered theÌ„ faithfully How shall we prayse Zorobabel which was as a ringe in the right hande So was Iesus also the sonne of Iosedec these men in their tymes buylded the house set vp the Sanctuary of y e LORDE agayne which was prepared for an euerlastinge worshipe And Nehemias is allwaye to be coÌ„mended which set vp for vs the walles y t were broken downe made the portes barres agayne and buylded oure houses of the new But vpon earth is there no man created like Enoch for he was taken vp from y e earth And Ioseph which was lorde of his brethren the vpholder of his people His bones were couered kepte Seth Sem were in greate honoure amonge y e people and so was Adam aboue all the beastes whaÌ„ he was created The L. Chapter SYmon the sonne of Onias the hye prest which in his life set vp the house agayne in his dayes made fast the teÌ„ple The heyth of y e temple also was founded of him the dubble buyldinge the hye walles of the temple In his dayes the welles of water flowed out and were exceadinge full as the see He toke care for his people delyuered them from destruccion He kepte his cite made it stronge that it shulde not be beseged He dwelt in honoure and worshipe amonge his people and enlarged the intraunce of the house and the courte He geueth light as the mornynge starre in the myddest of the cloudes and as y e Moone whan it is full He shyneth as the Sonne in the temple of God He is as bright as y e rayne bowe in y e fayre cloudes florisheth as the floures and roses in the sprynge of y e yeare as the lilies by the ryuers of water Like as the braunches vpon the mount Libanus in tyme of Sommer as a fyre inceÌ„se that is