but he for our profite that we myght be partakers of his holynesse 11 No chastisyng for the present seemeth to be ioyous but greeuous Neuerthelesse afterwarde it bryngeth the quiet fruite of ryghteousnesse vnto thē which are exercised therby 12 Strayghten vp therfore the handes which were let downe and the weake knees 13 And make ryght steppes vnto your feete lest that which is haltyng turne you out of the way but let it rather be healed 14 Folowe peace with all men and holynesse without the which no man shall see the Lorde 15 Takyng heede that no man fall away from the grace of God lest any roote of bitternesse spryngyng vp trouble you and therby many be defyled 16 Let there be no fornicator or vncleane person as Esau which for one morsell of meate solde his birthryght 17 For ye knowe howe that afterwarde when he woulde haue inherited the blessyng he was reprobated For he founde no place of repentaunce though he sought it with teares 18 For ye are not come vnto the mount that is touched vnto burnyng fyre and vnto storme and darkenesse and tempestes of weather 19 And sounde of a trompe the voyce of wordes which voyce they that heard it wisshed away that the worde should not be spoken to them 20 For they dyd not abyde that which was commaunded If a beast touche the mountaine it shal be stoned or thrust through with a darte 21 And so terrible was the syght which appeared that Moyses sayde I feare and quake 22 But ye are come vnto y e mount Sion and to the citie of the lyuyng God the celestiall Hierusalem and to an innumerable companie of Angels 23 And vnto the congregation of the first borne written in heauen and to God the iudge of all and to the spirites of iust and perfect men 24 And to Iesus the mediatour of the newe couenaunt and to the blood of sprinklyng that speaketh better then that of Abel 25 See that ye despise not hym that speaketh For yf they escaped not which refused hym that spake on earth much more shall we not escape yf we turne away from hym that speaketh from heauen 26 Whos 's voyce then shoke the earth nowe hath declared saying Yet once more wyll I shake not the earth only but also heauen 27 And this yet once more signifieth remouyng of those thynges which are shaken as of thynges which are made that the thynges which are not shaken may remayne 28 Wherfore we receauyng a kingdome which can not be moued let vs haue grace wherby we may so serue God acceptablie with reuerence godly feare 29 For our God is a consumyng fyre ¶ The .xiij. Chapter 1 He maketh vs vnto loue 2 to hospitalitie 3 to thynke vpō such as be in aduersitie 4 to mayntayne wedlocke 5 to auoyde couetousnesse 7 to make much of them that preache Gods worde 9 to be ware of straunge learnyng 13 to be content to suffer rebuke with Christ 15 to be thankful vnto god 17 obedient vnto our gouernours 1 LEt brotherly loue continue 2 Be not forgetfull to lodge straungers For therby some hauyng lodged Angels were vnawares therof 3 Remember them that are in bondes as bounde with them And them which suffer aduersitie as also ye your selues beyng in the body suffered aduersitie 4 Wedlocke is honorable among all men and the bed vndefiled But whoremongers and adulterers God wyll iudge 5 Let your conuersation be without couetousnesse beyng content with such thynges as ye haue For he hath sayde I wyll not fayle thee neither forsake thee 6 So that we may boldely saye the Lorde is my helper and I wyll not feare what man may do vnto me 7 Remember them which haue the ouersyght of you which haue spoken vnto you the worde of God Whose ende of conuersation ye consideryng folowe their fayth 8 Iesus Christe yesterday and to day and the same for euer ☜ 9 ☞ Be not caryed about with diuers strange doctrines For it is a good thing that the heart be stablisshed with grace not with meates which haue not profited thē that haue ben occupied therin 10 We haue an aulter wherof they haue no ryght to eate which serue in the tabernacle 11 * For the bodyes of those beastes whose blood is brought into the holy place by the hie priest for sinne are burnt without the tentes 12 Therfore Iesus also that he myght sanctifie y e people with his owne blood suffered without the gate 13 Let vs go foorth therfore vnto hym out of the tentes bearyng his reproche 14 For here haue we no continuyng citie but we seke one to come 15 By hym therfore do we offer sacrifice of laude alwayes to God that is the fruite of lippes confessyng his name 16 To do good to distribute forget not for with such sacrifices God is pleased 17 ☞ Obey them that haue the ouersight of you and submit your selues for they watche for your soules as they that must geue accomptes that they may do it with ioy and not with griefe for that is vnprofitable for you 18 Pray for vs For we trust we haue a good conscience in all thynges wyllyng to lyue honestlie 19 But I desire you the more earnestlie that ye so do that I may be restored to you the sooner 20 The God of peace that brought agayne from the dead our Lorde Iesus the great sheephearde of the sheepe through the blood of the euerlastyng couenaunt 21 Make you perfect in all good workes to do his wyll workyng in you that which is pleasaunt in his sight through Iesus Christe to whom be prayse for euer and euer Amen ☜ 22 And I beseche you brethren suffer the worde of exhortation for I haue written vnto you in fewe wordes 23 Knowe ye that brother Timothe is delyuered With whom yf he come shortly I wyll see you 24 Salute all them that haue the ouersight of you and all the saintes They of Italie salute you 25 Grace be with you all Amen ¶ Written from Italie by Timotheus ⧠The Epistle of Saint James ¶ The first Chapter ¶ 2 He exhorteth to reioyce in trouble 6 to be feruent in prayer with stedfast beliefe 17 to loke for all good thynges from aboue 21 to forsake all vice and thankfully to receaue the worde of God 22 not only hearyng it speakyng of it but to do therafter in dede 27 What true religion is 1 IAmes a seruaunt of God and of the lorde Iesus Christ to y e twelue tribes which are scattred abroade greetyng 2 ☞ My brethren count it all ioy whē ye fall into diuers temptations 3 Knowyng this that the trying of your fayth worketh patience 4 And let patience haue her perfect worke that ye may be perfect sounde lackyng nothyng 5 If any of you lacke wisdome let him aske of God that geueth to all men indifferentlie
the archers founde him and he was wounded of shooters 4 Then saide Saul to his harnesse bearer Drawe thy sword and thrust me through therwith that these vncircumcised come not and do me shame But his harnesse bearer would not for he feared exceedingly So Saul caught a sword and fell vpon it 5 And when his harnesse bearer saw that Saul was dead he fell on a sword also and dyed 6 And thus Saul and his three sonnes and al they of his house dyed together 7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley sawe how they fled and that Saul his sonnes were dead they forsoke their cities and ran away and the Philistines came and dwelt in them 8 And it fortuned that on the morowe when the Philistines came to strip the dead bodies they founde Saul and his sonnes ouerthrowen in mount Gilboa 9 And when they had stript him they toke his head and his harnesse and sent them into the lande of the Philistines rounde about to shewe them vnto their idols and to the people 10 And they put his harnesse in the house of their god and set vp his head in the temple of Dagon 11 And when all they of Iabes in Gilead hearde all that the Philistines had done to Saul 12 They arose all the strongest of them and fet away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sonnes and brought them to Iabes and buried the bones of them vnder an oke in Iabes and fasted seuen dayes 13 So Saul dyed for his trespasse that he trespassed against the Lorde in that he kept not the word of the Lorde and in that he sought and asked counsaile of a woman that wrought with a spirite 14 And asked not of the Lorde and therefore he slue him and turned the kingdome vnto Dauid the sonne of Isai ¶ The .xj. Chapter 3 After the death of Saul Dauid is annoynted in Hebron 5 The Iebusites rebell against Dauid from whom he taketh the towre of Sion 6 Ioab is made captayne 10 His valiaunt men 1 THen all Israel gathered them selues to Dauid vnto Hebron saying 2 Beholde we be thy bones and thy fleshe And moreouer in tyme past euen when Saul was king thou leddest Israel out in And the Lorde thy God sayde vnto thee Thou shalt feede my people Israel and thou shalt be captayne ouer my people Israel 3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron and Dauid made a couenaunt with them in Hebrō before the Lorde And they annoynted Dauid king ouer Israel according to the worde of the Lorde by the hande of Samuel 4 And Dauid and all Israel went to Hierusalem which is Iebus where as were the Iebusites the inhabiters of the lande 5 And the inhabiters of Iebus sayde to Dauid Thou commest not in here Neuerthelesse Dauid wan the castel of Sion which is called the citie of Dauid 6 And Dauid sayde Whosoeuer smyteth the Iebusites first shal be the principall captayne and a lorde So Ioab the sonne of Zaruia went first vp and was made the chiefe captayne 7 And Dauid dwelt in the castell Sion and therefore they called it the citie of Dauid 8 And he built the citie on euery syde euen from Millo round about and Ioab repaired the rest of the citie 9 And Dauid prospered waxed great the Lorde of hoastes was with him 10 These are the principall men of power whom Dauid had and that claue to him in his kingdome with all Israel to make him king according to the word of the Lorde ouer Israel 11 And this is the number of the mightie men whom Dauid had Iosobeam the sonne of Hachmoni the chiefe among thirtie he lift vp his speare against three hundred and wounded them at one tyme. 12 After him was Eleazar his vncles sonne an Ahothite which was one of the three mightiest 13 He was with Dauid at Pasdammim and there the Philistines were gathered together to battaile And there was there a parcell of grounde full of barly and the people fled before the Philistines 14 And they stept foorth into the middest of the fielde and saued it and slue the Philistines and the Lorde gaue a great victorie 15 And the three of the thirtie chiefe captaynes went to a rocke to Dauid into the caue Adullam And the hoast of the Philistines abode in the valley of Rephaim 16 And when Dauid was in the holde the Philistines watch was at Bethlehem that same tyme. 17 And Dauid longed and sayde Oh that one woulde geue me drinke of the water of the well that is at the gate at Bethlehem 18 And the three brake through the hoast of the Philistines and drewe water out of the wel that was by y e gate at Bethlehem and toke it and brought it to Dauid Neuerthelesse Dauid woulde not drinke of it but rather offered it to the Lorde 19 And sayd my God forbyd it me that I shoulde do this thing Shall I drinke the blood of these men that haue put their liues in ieoperdie for with the ieoperdie of their liues they brought it therefore he would not drinke it And this did these three mightiest 20 And Abisai the brother of Ioab he also was captayne among three For he lyft vp his speare against three hundred and wounded them and had a name among the three 21 Yea among three he was more honorable then the two for he was their captayne Howbeit he attayned not to the first three 22 Banaia y e sonne of Iehoiada the sonne of a very strong man which had done many actes of Cabzeel he slue two strong lions of Moab went downe and slue a lion in a pit in time of snowe 23 And he slue an Egyptian whose stature was euen fiue cubites long and in the Egyptians hand was a speare lyke a weauers beame And the other went downe to him with a waster plucked the speare out of the Egyptians hand and slue him with his owne speare 24 Such thinges did Banaia the sonne of Iehoiada and had the name among the three mightiest 25 And was honorable among thirtie but attayned not vnto the first three And Dauid made him of his counsaile 26 The other men of armes were these Asahel the brother of Ioab Elhanan his vncles sonne of Bethlehem 27 Samoth the Harodite Helez the Pelonite 28 Ira the sonne of Ickes the Thekoite Abieser the Anatothite 29 Sibbecai the Husathite Ilai the Ahohite 30 Maharai the Nepthophathite Heled the sonne of Baana the Nethophathite 31 Ithai the sonne of Ribai of Gibea that pertayned to the children of Beniamin Benaia the Phirathonite 32 Hurai of the riuers of Gaas Abiel the Arbathite 33 Azmaueth the Baharumite Elihaba the Salabonite 34 The sonnes of Hassem the Gezonite Ionathan the sonne of Sage an Hararite 35 Ahiam the sonne of Sacar the Hararite Eliphal the sonne of Vr. 36 Hepher the Mecherathite Ahia the Pelonite 37 Hezro the Carmelite
6 Neuerthelesse lo thou requirest trueth in the inwarde partes of me therfore thou wylt make me learne wisdome in the secrete part of myne heart 7 Purge thou me with hyssop and I shal be cleane washe thou me and I shal be whyter then snowe 8 Make thou me to heare some ioy and gladnesse let the bones reioyce which thou hast broken 9 Turne thy face from my sinnes and wype out all my misdeedes 10 Make thou vnto me a cleane heart O Lorde and renue thou a ryght spirite within me 11 Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy spirite from me 12 Geue me agayne the comfort of thy saluation and confirme me with a free wyllyng spirite 13 Then wyll I teache thy wayes vnto the wicked and sinners shal be conuerted vnto thee 14 Deliuer me from blood O Lorde the Lorde of my saluation and my tongue shall sing with a ioyfull noyse of thy iustice 15 O Lorde open thou my lippes and my mouth shall set foorth thy prayse 16 For thou desirest no sacrifice els I would geue it thee thou delightest not in a burnt offering 17 Sacrifices for God is a mortified spirite O Lorde thou wylt not despise a mortified and an humble heart 18 Be thou beneficiall vnto Sion according to thy gracious good wyll buylde thou the walles of Hierusalem 19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousnes with burnt offeringes and oblations then wyll they offer young bullockes vpon thyne aulter The argument of the .lij. psalme ¶ Dauid inueyeth against Doeg and describeth his and all other mischeuous mens natures and doynges which the godly perusing be more incited to put their whole confidence in God and to prayse God ¶ To the chiefe musition a wyse instruction of Dauid when Doeg the Edomite came to Saul and tolde him saying Dauid is come to the house of Achimelek 1. Sam. 21. 1 WHy boastest thy self thou tiraunt of mischiefe the goodnes of God dayly endureth 2 Thy tongue imagineth wickednes and deceaueth like a sharpe raser 3 Thou hast loued vngratiousnes more then goodnes and to talke of falshood more then of righteousnes Selah 4 Thou hast loued to speake all wordes that may do hurt O thou deceiptfull tongue 5 Therfore the Lord wyll destroy thee for euer he wyll take thee and plucke thee out of thy dwelling and roote thee out of the lande of the liuing Selah 6 The righteous also shall see this and they wyll be afraide and laugh hym to scorne 7 Saying lo this is the man that put not the Lorde to be his strength but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches and strengthed him selfe in his wickednesse 8 As for me I am lyke a greene oliue tree in the house of the Lorde my trust is in the tender mercy of the Lorde for euer and euer 9 I will alway confesse it vnto thee for that thou hast done it and I wyll hope in thy name for it is good in the sight of thy saintes The argument of the .liii. psalme ¶ Dauid declareth the originall roote with the fruites and punishment of the wicked how they oppresse cruelly the people of God whom neuerthelesse God by his prouidence defendeth and wyll deliuer from the bloodie handes of the wicked whose vngodlynes he detesteth alwayes ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Mahalah a wise instruction of Dauid 1 THe foole hath sayde in his heart there is no God they haue corrupted them selues haue made their wickednes abhominable he is not that doeth good 2 The Lorde looked downe from heauen vpon the chyldren of men to see if there were any that did vnderstand and seeke after the Lorde 3 But they dyd all go out of the way they dyd altogether become abhomible there was also none that would do good no not one 4 Wyll not the workers of iniquitie vnderstande eating vp my people as if they eated bread that they do not call vpon God 5 They shal be greatly there afraide where no cause of feare is for the Lord wyll breake the bones of hym that besiegeth thee thou wylt put them to shame because the Lorde hath despised them 6 Who is he that wyll geue saluation vnto Israel out of Sion when the Lord wyll reduce his people out of captiuitie Iacob wyll reioyce and Israel wyll be glad The argument of the .liiii. psalme ¶ Dauid brought into marueylous daunger through the treason of Ziphims who were counterfayted Israelites calleth earnestly vpon God from whom receauing succour he thanketh him with a free heart acknowledging the benefite ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Neginoth a wyse instruction of Dauid when the Zaphims came and sayd vnto Saul hath not Dauid hyd him selfe amongst vs 1. Sam. 23. .26 1 SAue me O Lorde for thy name sake iudge me accordyng to thy mightie power 2 Heare my prayer O Lord and hearken vnto the wordes of my mouth 3 For straungers are rysen vp against me and tirauntes whiche haue not the Lorde before their eyes seeke after my soule Selah 4 Behold God is an ayde vnto me the Lorde is with them that vpholde my soule 5 He wyll rewarde euyll vnto mine enemies destroy thou them according to thy trueth 6 I wyll sacrifice vnto thee with a true wyllyng heart I wyll confesse thy name O God because it is good 7 For he hath deliuered me out of all my trouble and mine eye hath seene auengaunce vpon mine enemies The argument of the .lv. psalme ¶ Dauid desireth God to heare his prayers he declareth his griefes and afflictions he wisheth auengment of his enemies who pretending frendship and familiaritie craftyly seeketh his dishonour Finally he sheweth what comfort he hath taken in that God wyll helpe him and destroy his aduersaries ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Neginoth a wise instruction of Dauid 1 O Lorde geue eare vnto my prayer and hide not thy selfe from my petition 2 Take heede vnto me and heare me I can not choose but mourne in my prayer and make a noyse 3 Deliuer me from the voyce of the enemie and from the present affliction of the wicked for they are minded to do me mischiefe and are set malitiously against me 4 My heart trembleth within me and the feare of death is fallen vpon me 5 Fearefulnes and trembling are come vpon me and an horrible dread hath ouerwhelmed me 6 And I sayde O that I had wynges like a doue for then woulde I flee away and be at rest 7 Lo then woulde I fleeing get me away farre of and remayne in the wyldernesse Selah 8 Then woulde I make hast to escape from the stormie wynde and from the tempest 9 Destroy their tongues O Lorde and deuide them for I haue seene oppression and strife in the citie 10 They do compasse it day and night within the walles mischiefe also and labour are in the midst of it 11 Malice is in the midst of it disceipt and guyle go
after and the people which shal be borne shall prayse the Lorde 17 For he hath loked downe from his high sanctuarie out of heauen did God beholde the earth 18 That he might heare the mourninges of such as be in captiuitie and delyuer the children of death 19 That they may declare y e name of God in Sion and his prayse at Hierusalem 20 When people were gathered together kyngdomes to serue God he afflicted my strength in the way he shortened my dayes 21 But I say O my God take me not away in the middest of myne age as for thy yeres they endure throughout all generations 22 Thou hast before tyme layde the foundation of the earth and the heauens are the worke of thy handes 23 They shall perishe but thou wylt remayne styll they all shall waxe olde as doth a garment and as a vesture thou wylt chaunge them and they shal be chaunged 24 But thou art and thy yeres can not fayle the children of thy seruauntes shal dwell and their seede shal be maynteyned in thy syght ¶ The argument of the .ciii. psalme ¶ The prophete stirreth vp hym selfe and all that is within hym to blesse God for such benefites as both he hym selfe and all the Israelites haue at his handes receaued in that he pardoneth their sinne redeemeth them from death and maketh his holy wyll knowen vnto them beyng men miserable and of a short lyfe Finally he calleth vpon angels and all sortes of men with all their power to blesse God who is kyng of heauen and earth 1 BLesse God O my soule and all that is within me prayse his holy name 2 Blesse God O my soule and forget not all his benefites 3 Who forgeueth all thy wickednesse and healeth all thine infirmities 4 Who redeemeth thy lyfe from destruction and crowneth thee with mercie and louyng kyndnesse 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good thynges causyng thy youth lyke an Egles to be renued 6 God executeth iustice and iudgement for all them that are oppressed with wrong 7 He made his wayes knowen vnto Moyses his workes vnto the children of Israel 8 God is full of compassion and pitie loth to be angry and exceedyng great in mercie 9 He vseth not to continue in chydyng neither reserueth he his anger for euer 10 He dealeth not with vs accordyng to our sinnes nor rewardeth vs according to our wickednesse 11 For accordyng to the hyghnesse of heauen aboue the earth his mercie preuayleth to them that feare hym 12 Loke howe farre distaunt the east is from the west so farre a sunder setteth he our sinnes from vs. 13 Yea lyke as a father pitieth his owne children euen so is God mercifull vnto them that feare hym 14 For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but dust 15 The dayes of man are as the dayes of an hearbe he florisheth as a flowre in the fielde 16 For the winde passeth ouer it and it is no more seene and the place therof knoweth it no more 17 But the mercifull goodnesse of God endureth for euer and euer vpon them that feare hym and his righteousnesse vpon childers children 18 Euen vpon such as kepe his couenaunt and thinke vpon his commaundementes to do them 19 God hath prepared his seate in heauen and his kyngdome ruleth ouer all 20 Blesse God O ye his angels mightie in operation who fulfyll his worde in hearkening vnto the voyce of his word 21 Blesse God all ye his hoastes you his ministers that do his pleasure 22 Blesse God all you his workes in all places of his dominion O my soule blesse thou God The argument of the .ciiij. psalme ¶ The prophete blesseth God the creatour and gouernour of all thinges by whose prouidence man beast hath the vse of the ayre cloudes angels earth hilles valleys bread drinke trees sunne moone day nyght and sea 1 MY soule blesse thou God O God my Lord thou art become exceeding great thou hast put on glory and maiestie 2 Who is decked with light as it were with a garment spreadyng out the heauens like a curtayne 3 Who seeleth his vpper chaumbers with waters and maketh the cloudes his charriot and walketh vpon the wynges of the wynde 4 He maketh his angels spirites and his ministers a flaming fire 5 He hath layde the earth sure vpon her foundations that it can neuer moue at any tyme. 6 Thou coueredst it with the deepe lyke as with a garment the waters stande vpon the hilles 7 At thy rebuke they flee at the noyse of thy thunder they bluster downe apace 8 The hilles mount aloft and the valleys settle downe beneath vnto the place where thou hast layde a foundation for them 9 Thou hast set them their boundes which they shall not passe neither shall they returne agayne to couer the earth 10 Who also causeth the springes which runne betweene the hilles to flowe into the riuers 11 All beastes of the fielde drinke therof and the wylde asses quench their thirst 12 The foules of the ayre haue their habitation nigh vnto them singing out of the midst of the bowes of trees 13 He watereth the hilles from aboue the earth is replenished with the fruite of thy workes 14 He causeth grasse to growe for cattell * and hearbes for the vse of man 15 That he may bryng foorth foode out * of the earth both wine that maketh glad the heart of man and oyle to make hym haue a chearefull countenaunce also bread to strengthen mans heart 16 The trees of God be satisfied euen the Cedars of Libanus which he hath planted 17 Wherin the birdes make their nestes in the fyrre trees the storke buyldeth 18 The high hilles are a refuge for goates and so are the stonie rockes for comes 19 He hath made the moone for certayne seasons and the sunne knoweth his goyng downe 20 Thou makest darknes and it is night wherein all the beastes of the forrest do go abrode 21 The Lions do roare after a pray and in seeking their meate of God 22 When the sunne ariseth they recoyle backe and lay them downe to rest in their dennes 23 Man goeth foorth to his worke and to do his seruice vntyll the euening 24 O God howe manyfolde are thy workes thou hast made them al in wisdome the earth is ful of thy ryches 25 So is the sea it selfe large and wyde in compasse wherein are thinges creeping innumerable both small and great beastes 26 There go the shippes and there is that Leuiathan whom thou hast made to take his pastime therin 27 These wayte all vpon thee that thou mayest geue them meate in due season 28 When thou geuest it them they gather it and when thou openest thyne hand they are filled with that which is good 29 When thou hydest thy face they are troubled when thou takest away their spirite they dye and are turned agayne to their dust 30 When thou sendest
he shal be brought lowe 13 And vpon all high and stout Cedar trees of Libanus and vpon all the okes of Basan 14 And vpon all the high mountaynes and vpon all the high hilles 15 And vpon euery high towre and vpon euery fenced wall 16 And vpon all the shippes of Tharsis and vpon all pictures of pleasure 17 And the pride of man shal be brought downe and the loftinesse of men shal be made lowe and the Lorde alone shal be exalted in that day 18 As for the idols he shall vtterly abolishe 19 And they shall creepe into holes of stone and into caues of the earth for feare of the Lorde and for the glorie of his maiestie when he ariseth to destroy the wicked ones of the earth 20 In the selfe same day shall man cast away his gods of siluer and his gods of golde into the holes of Mowles and Backes which he neuerthelesse had made to hym selfe to honour them 21 And they shall creepe into the cliftes of the rockes and into the toppes of the harde stones for feare of the Lorde and for the glorie of his maiestie when he ariseth to destroy the wicked ones of the earth 22 Ceasse therfore from man in whose nosethrilles there is breath for wherin is he to be accompted of The .iij. Chapter 1 The mischiefes that God sendeth on common weales for the contempt of his worde 14 The couetousnesse of rulers reproued 16 The proude nicenesse of women punished to their shame 1 FOr lo the Lorde God of hoastes doth take away from Hierusalem and Iuda all maner of stay all stay of meate and drynke 2 The captayne and the souldiour the iudge and the prophete the prudent and the aged man 3 The captayne of fiftie the honorable the senatour the cunnyng artificer and the eloquent oratour 4 And I shall geue children to be their princes and babes shall rule ouer them 5 And the people shall eche one of them violently oppresse another and euery one agaynst his neyghbour The boy shall presume agaynst the elder and the person of lowe degree agaynst the honorable 6 Yea one shall take a friende of his owne kinrede by the bosome and say thou hast clothyng thou shalt be our head and stay this ruine with thy hande 7 Then shall he sweare and say I can not helpe you there is neither meate nor clothyng in my house make me no ruler of the people 8 For Hierusalem and Iuda must decay because that both their wordes and counsayles are agaynst the Lorde to prouoke the presence of his maiestie to anger 9 Their very countenaunce bewrayeth thē yea they declare their owne sinnes themselues as Sodome they hide it not Wo be to their owne soules for they haue rewarded euyll vnto them selues 10 Say to the ryghteous that it shall go well with them for they shall eate the fruite of their owne studies 11 But wo be vnto the wicked for it shal be euyll with hym for he shal be rewarded after his owne workes 12 Children are extortioners of my people and women rule ouer them O my people thy leaders deceaue thee and corrupt the way of thy footsteppes 13 The Lorde is here to commune of the matter standeth to iudge the people 14 The Lorde shall enter into iudgement with the elders and princes of his people and shall say to them It is ye that haue burnt vp my vineyarde the spoyle of the poore is in your houses 15 What meane ye that ye bray as in a morter my people and grinde the faces of the poore saith the Lorde God of hoastes 16 Moreouer the Lord hath said seing the daughters of Sion are waxen proude walke with stretched foorth neckes and wanton lokes goyng and trippyng nicely and tinckelyng with their feete 17 Therfore shall the Lorde shaue the heades of the daughters of Sion and shall discouer their filthinesse 18 In that day shall the Lord take away the gorgiousnesse of the attire about their feete the caules and the rounde tires after the fashion of the moone 19 The sweete perfumes and the bracelettes and the mufflers 20 The bonnettes and the sloppes and the head bandes and the tablettes and the earynges 21 And rynges and nose iewels 22 The costly apparell and the vayles and the wimples the crispyng pinnes 23 And the glasses and the fine linnen and the hoodes and the lawnes 24 And in steade of good smell there shal be stincke and in steade of their girdle a rent and for well set heere there shal be baldnesse in steade of a stomacher a sacke cloth sunne burnyng for beautie 25 Thy men shal perishe with the sword and thy valiaunt souldiours in the battayle O Hierusalem 26 And her gates shall mourne and bewayle and she beyng desolate shall syt vpon the grounde The .iiij. Chapter 1 The miserie of the stubburne 3 A promise of Gods fauour to the residue 1 IN that day seuen women shall take holde of one man saying we wyll finde our selues meate and apparell only let vs be called by thy name to take our shamefull reproofe from vs. 2 In that day shall the budde of the Lorde be beautifull and glorious and the fruite of the earth shal be excellent and pleasaunt for them that are escaped of Israel 3 Then shall the remnaunt in Sion and the remnaunt at Hierusalem be called holy namely all such as are written among the lyuyng in Hierusalem 4 After that the Lorde hath washt away the filthinesse of the daughters of Sion and hath purged the blood out from Hierusalem in the spirite of iudgement and in the spirite of fire 5 And vpon all the dwellynges of the hylles of Sion and vpon her congregations the Lord shall create a cloude and smoke by day and the shynyng of a flamyng fire by night for all the glorie shal be preserued 6 And there shal be a tabernacle for a shadowe in the day time from the heat a safe place and refuge from weather and rayne The .v. Chapter 1 Of Christe and his vineyarde 8 with an execration of couetousnesse 11 drunkennesse 19 and contempt of Gods worde 1 NOwe wyll I syng my beloued friende a song of my friende touching his vineyard My beloued friende hath a vineyarde in a very fruiteful plenteous grounde 2 This he hedged and gathered out the stones from it and planted it with the choysest vine In the middest of it builded he a towre also made a wine presse therin and he loked that it shoulde bring him grapes and it brought foorth wylde grapes 3 Nowe O citezen of Hierusalem and man of Iuda iudge I pray thee betwixt me and my vineyarde 4 What more coulde haue ben done for it that I haue not done Wherfore then hath it geuen wylde grapes where I loked to haue had grapes of it 5 Well nowe I shall tell you howe I will do with my vineyarde I will take the hedge from it that it may perishe and
the acceptable yere of the Lorde and the day of the vengeaunce of our God that I might comfort all them that are in heauinesse 3 That I might geue vnto them that mourne in Sion that I might geue I say beautie in steede of asshes ioyfull oyntment for sighing pleasaunt rayment for an heauie minde that they might be called trees of righteousnesse a planting of the Lorde for hym to reioyce in 4 They shall buylde the long rough wildernesse and set vp the olde desert they shall repayre the waste places and suche as haue ben voyde throughout many generations 5 Straungers shall stande and feede your cattell and the aliauntes shal be your plowmen and dressers of your vines 6 But ye shal be named the priestes of the Lorde and men shall call you the seruauntes of our God ye shall enioy the goodes of the gentiles and triumph in their substaunce 7 For your great reproofe you shal haue double ioy and for shame shall they haue ioy of their portion for they shall haue double possession in their lande and euerlasting ioy shal be with them 8 For I the Lorde whiche loue right and hate robberie though it were offered me shall make their workes full of faythfulnesse and make an euerlasting couenaunt with them 9 Their seede also and their generation shal be knowen among the gentiles and among the people all they that see them shall knowe that they are the hye blessed seede of the Lorde 10 And therefore I am ioyfull in the Lorde and my soule reioyceth in God For he hath put vpon me the garment of saluation and couered me with the mantle of righteousnesse * He shal decke me lyke a bridegrome and as a bride that hath her apparell vpon her 11 For like as the ground bringeth foorth her fruite and as the garden shooteth foorth seede so shall the Lorde God cause righteousnesse and prayse to floorishe foorth before all the heathen The .lxij. Chapter 1 A prophecie of the comming of Christe 1 FOr Sions sake wyll I not holde my tongue and for Hierusalems sake I wyll not ceasse vntill their righteousnesse breake foorth as the shining light and their saluation as a burning lampe 2 Then shall the gentiles see thy righteousnesse and all kynges thy glory Thou shalt be named with a newe name whiche the mouth of the Lorde shall shewe 3 Thou shalt be a crowne in the hande of the Lorde and a glorious garlande in the hande of thy God 4 From this tyme foorth thou shalt neuer be called the forsaken and thy lande shall no more be called the wildernesse but thou shalt be called My pleasure is in her and thy lande shal be called The maried woman for the Lorde loueth thee and thy land shal be ioyned in mariage 5 And lyke as a young man taketh a virgin to mariage so shal thy sonnes be maried vnto thee and as a bridegrome is glad of his bride so shall thy God reioyce ouer thee 6 I haue set watchmen vpon thy walles O Hierusalem which shall neither ceasse day nor night to preache the Lorde and ye also that remember the Lorde ye shall not kepe him close 7 Nor leaue to speake of him vntill Hierusalem be set vp and made the prayse of the worlde 8 The Lorde hath sworne by his right hand and by his strong arme that from hencefoorth he wyll not geue thy corne to be meate for thyne enemies nor thy vine wherein thou hast laboured to be drinke for the straungers 9 But they that haue gathered in the corne shall eate it and geue thankes to the Lorde and they that haue borne in the vine shall drinke it in the court of my sanctuarie 10 Go you go you thorowe the gates make cleane the way for the people make playne make playne the foote path and take away the stones out of it and set out a token for the people 11 Beholde the Lorde proclaymeth vnto the endes of the worlde tell the daughter Sion See thy sauiour commeth beholde he bringeth his recompence with hym and his worke go before hym 12 For they whom the Lorde deliuereth shal be called the holy people and as for thee thou shalt be named the greatlye occupied and not the forsaken citie The .lxiij. Chapter 7 Of the redemption promised to the people 1 WHat is he this that commeth frō Edom with red coloured clothes from Bosra He is honourablye arrayed and commeth in mightyly with his power I am he that teacheth righteousnesse and am of power to helpe 2 Wherefore then is thy clothing red and thy rayment like his that treadeth in the wine presse 3 I haue troden the presse my selfe alone and of all people there is not one with me Thus wyll I treade them downe in my wrath and set my feete vpon them in myne indignation and their blood shal be sprong vpon my clothes and so wyll I stayne all my rayment 4 For the day of vengeaunce is assigned in my heart and the yere when my people shal be deliuered is come 5 I loked about me and there was no man to shewe me any helpe I marueyled that no man helde me vp Then I helde me by myne owne arme and my feruentnesse sustayned me 6 And thus wyll I treade downe the people in my wrath and bathe them in my displeasure and vpon the earth will I lay their strength 7 I wyll declare the goodnesse of the Lorde yea and the prayse of the Lorde for all that he hath geuen vs for the great good that he hath done for Israel whiche he hath geuen them of his owne fauour and according to the multitude of his louing kindnesses 8 For he sayde These no doubt are my people and no shrinking chyldren and so was he their sauiour 9 In their troubles he was also troubled with them and the angell that went foorth from his presence deliuered them of very loue and kindnesse that he had vnto them he redeemed them he hath borne them and caried them vp euer since the worlde began 10 But after they prouoked hym to wrath and vexed his holy spirite he was their enemie and fought against them hym selfe 11 Yet remembred Israel the olde time of Moyses and his people saying where is he that brought them from the water of the sea with them that feede his sheepe Where is he that hath geuen his holy spirite among them 12 He led them by the right hande of Moyses with his glorious arme deuiding the water before them wherby he gat him selfe an euerlasting name 13 He led them in the deepe as an horse is led in the playne that they shoulde not stumble 14 As a tame beast goeth in the fielde and the spirite of God geueth hym rest thus O God hast thou led thy people to make thy selfe a glorious name withall 15 Loke downe then from heauen and beholde from the dwelling place of thy sanctuarie and thy glorie Howe is it that
saide vnto me This is the worde of the Lorde vnto Zorobabel saying Neither through an hoast of men nor through strength but through my spirite saith the Lorde of hoastes 7 What art thou great mountaine before Zorobabel thou must be made euen and he shall bring foorth the head stone therof with showtinges crying Grace grace vnto it 8 Moreouer the word of the Lord came vnto me saying 9 The handes of Zorobabel haue layde the foundation of this house his hands shal also finishe it and thou shalt knowe that the Lorde of hoastes hath sent me vnto you 10 For who hath despised the day of small thinges they shall reioyce and shall see the stone of tynne in the hande of Zorobabel these seuen are the eyes of the lord which go through y e whole worlde 11 Then aunswered I saide vnto him What are these two olyue trees vpon the right left side of the candelsticke 12 I spake moreouer and saide vnto him What be these two olyue braunches which through the two golden pypes emptie them selues into the golde 13 He aunswered me said Knowest thou not what these be I said no my lord 14 Then said he These are the two oliue braunches that stand with the ruler of the whole earth ⧠The .v. Chapter 1 The vision of the fleeing booke signifying the curse of theeues and such as abuse the name of God 6 By the vision of the measure is signified the bringing of Iuda to Babylon 1 SO I turned me lifting vp myne eyes loked and beholde a fleeing booke 2 And he saide vnto me what seest thou I aunswered I see a fleeing booke of twentie cubites long and ten cubites broade 3 Then saide he vnto me This is the curse that goeth foorth ouer the whole earth for al theeues shal be iudged after this booke al pariured persons shal be iudged according to the same 4 And I wil bring it foorth saith the lord of hoastes so that it shall enter into the house of the theefe and into the house of him that falsely sweareth by my name and shall remayne in his house and consume it with the timber stones therof 5 Then the angel that talked with me went foorth and saide vnto me Lyft vp thyne eyes and see what is this that goeth foorth 6 And I said what is it He aunswered This is a measure going out He saide moreouer EueÌ„ thus are they that dwel vpon the whole earth to loke vpon 7 And behold there was lyft vp a talent of lead and lo a woman sate in the middest of the measure 8 And he said This is vngodlinesse So he cast her into the middest of the measure and threwe the lumpe of lead into the mouth of the measure 9 Then lyft I vp myne eyes and loked beholde there came out two women and the winde was in their winges for they had winges lyke the winges of a storke and they lyft vp the measure betwixt the earth and the heauen 10 Then spake I to the angel that talked with me Whyther wyll these beare the measure 11 And he saide vnto me Into the land of Sinnaar to builde it an house it shal be established set there vpon her owne place ¶ The .vi. Chapter 1 By the foure charrets he describeth the prosperitie of foure kingdomes 1 MOreouer I turned me lyfting vp myne eyes and loked and behold there came foure charrets out from betwixt two hylles which hylles were of brasse 2 In the first charret were red horses in y e seconde charret were blacke horses 3 In the third charret were white horses in the fourth charret were horses of diuers colours and strong 4 Then spake I and saide vnto the angel that talked with me O Lord what are these 5 The angel aunswerd saide vnto me These are the foure spirites of the heauen which be come foorth to stand before the ruler of all the earth 6 That with the blacke horse went foorth into the lande of the north the white folowed them and the speckled horses went foorth toward the south 7 And the strong horses went out required to go and take their iourney ouer the whole earth And he saide Get you hence go through the worlde So they went throughout the worlde 8 Then cryed he vpon me spake vnto me saying Beholde these that go toward the north shal stil my wrath in the north countrey 9 And the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying 10 Take of the prisoners that are come from Babylon namely Heldai Tobiah Idaia and come thou the same day and go vnto the house of Iosiah the sonne of Zophonia 11 Then take golde and siluer make crownes therof and set them vpon the head of Iosua the sonne of Iosedech the hie priest 12 And speake vnto him thus saith the lord of hoastes Behold the man whose name is the braunche he shall growe vp out of his place and he shal build vp the temple of the Lorde 13 Yea euen he shal builde vp the temple of the lord he shal beare the prayse he shal sit vpon the lordes throne and haue the domination A priest shal he be also vpon his throne a peaceable counsell shal be betwixt them both 14 And the crowne shal be to Helem to Tobiah to Idaia to Hen the sonne of Zophoni for a memoriall in the temple of the Lorde 15 And such as be farre of shall come and build in y e temple of the lord that ye may know how that the lord of hoastes hath sent me vnto you And this shal come to passe if ye wyll hearken diligently vnto the voyce of the Lorde your God ¶ The .vij. Chapter 5 The true fasting 11 The rebellion of the people is the cause of their affliction 1 AND in the fourth yere of king Darius the word of the lorde came vnto Zacharia in the fourth day of the ninth moneth which is called Casâ—eu 2 What time as Sarasar Rogommelech and the men that were with them sent vnto the house of God for to pray before the Lorde 3 And that they shoulde speake vnto the priestes which were in the house of the Lorde of hoastes and to the prophetes saying should I wepe in the fifth moneth abstayne as I haue done nowe certaine yeres 4 Then came the worde of the Lorde of hoastes vnto me saying 5 Speake vnto al the people of the land and to the priestes say When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth seuenth moneth now this threescore ten yeres did ye fast vnto me 6 When ye did eate also drincke did ye not eate drincke for your owne selues 7 Are not these the wordes which the Lord spake by his prophetes aforetime when Hierusalem was yet inhabited wealthy she and the cities round about her wheÌ„ there dwelt men both toward the
1 THE heauy burthen which the Lorde hath deuised for Israel Thus saith the Lorde which spread the heauens abrode layde the foundatiō of the earth and gaue man the breath of lyfe 2 Beholde I wyll make Hierusalem a cuppe of surfet vnto all the people that are rounde about her yea Iuda him selfe also shal be in the siege against Hierusalem 3 At the same time wyll I make Hierusalem an heauy stone for all people so that al such as lyft it vp shal be torne and rent and all the people of the earth shal be gathered together against it 4 In that day saith the Lorde I wyll make al horses astonyed and those that ryde vpon thē to be out of their wittes I wyll open myne eyes vpon the house of Iuda and smite all the horses of the people with blindnesse 5 And the princes of Iuda shall say in their heartes The inhabiters of Hierusalem shall geue me consolation in the Lorde of hoastes their God 6 In that time wyll I make the princes of Iuda lyke an hot burning ouen with wood and like a fire brand among the strawe so that they shall consume al the people rounde about them both vpon the right hande and the left Hierusalem also shal be inhabited againe namely in the same place where Hierusalem standeth 7 The Lorde shall preserue the tentes of Iuda as afore time so that the glorye of the house of Dauid and the glory of the citezins of Hierusalem shal not be exalted against Iuda 8 In that day shall the Lorde defende the citezins of Hierusalem so that the weakest then among them shal be as Dauid and the house of Dauid shal be as gods house and as the angel of the Lorde before them 9 At the same tyme wyll I go about to destroy all such people as come against Hierusalem 10 Moreouer vpon the house of Dauid vpon the citezins of Hierusalem wyll I poure out the spirite of grace compassion so that they shall loke vpon me whom they haue pearsed and they shal lamēt for him as men mourne for their onely begotten sonne yea and be sory for him as men are sory for their first childe 11 Then shal there be a great mourning at Hierusalem like as the lamentation at Adadremmon in the fielde of Mageddon 12 And the lande shal bewaile euery kindred by them selues alone the kindred of the house of Dauid by them selues and their wyues by them selues the kindred of the house of Nathan them selues and their wyues by them selues 13 The kindred of the house of Leui them selues alone and their wyues by them selues the kindred of the house of Semei them selues alone and their wyues by them selues 14 In lyke maner all the other generations euery one by them selues alone and their wyues by them selues The .xiii. Chapter 1 Of the well of grace and trueth 2 Of the cleane riddaunce of Idolatrie and of false prophetes 1 IN that time shall the house of Dauid and the citezins of Hierusalem haue an open wel to washe of sinne and vncleannesse 2 And then saith the Lorde of hoastes I wyll destroy the names of the idols out of the lande so that they shal no more be put in remembraunce As for the false prophetes also and the vncleane spirites I wyl take them out of the lande 3 So that if any of them prophecie any more his owne father and mother that begat him shal say vnto him Thou shalt dye for thou speakest lyes vnder the name of the Lord yea his owne father and mother that begat him shall wounde him when he prophecieth 4 And then shal those prophetes be confounded euery one of his vision when he prophecieth neither shal they weare heere cloth any more to deceaue men withall 5 But he shal be fayne to say I am no prophete I am an husbandman for so am I taught by man from my youth vp 6 And if it be saide vnto him How came these woundes then in thyne handes He shal aunswere Thus was I wounded in the house of myne owne friendes 7 Aryse O thou sworde vpon my shephearde and vpon the man that is my felow saith the lord of hoastes smite the shepheard the sheepe shal be scattred abroade and so wyll I turne my hande to the litle ones 8 And it shall come to passe saith the Lorde that in all the lande two partes shal be rooted out but the third part shall remayne therein 9 And the same third part wyl I bring through the fire wyl cleanse them as the siluer is cleansed yea and trye them lyke as golde is tryed then shal they call vpon my name and I wyll heare them I wyll say it is my people and they shall say Lorde my God ⧠The .xiiij. Chapter 1 The wasting of the Churche vnder the figure of Hierusalem 9 Of the kingdome of the Lorde 1 BEholde the day of the Lorde commeth and thy spoyle shal be deuided in the middest of thee 2 For I wyll gather together all the heathen to fight against Hierusalem so that the citie shal be wonne the houses spoyled and the women defiled the halfe of the citie shall go away into captiuitie and the residue of the people shal not be caryed out of the citie 3 After that shall the Lorde go foorth to fight against those heathen as men vse to fight in the day of battaile 4 Then shall his feete stand vpon the mount Oliuet that lyeth vpon the east side of Hierusalem and the mount Oliuet shall cleaue in two eastwarde and westwarde so that there shal be a great valley and the halfe mount shal remoue toward the north the other towarde the south 5 And ye shall flee vnto the valley of my hylles for the valley of the hylles shall reache vnto Asal yea flee shall ye lyke as ye fled for the earthquake in the dayes of Oziah king of Iuda and the Lorde my God shall come and all the sainctes with him 6 In that day shall there be no cleare light but darke 7 This shal be that speciall day which is knowen vnto the Lorde neither day nor night but about the euening time it shal be light 8 In that time shall there waters of lyfe runne out from Hierusalem the halfe part of them towarde the east sea and the other halfe towarde the vttermost sea and shall continue both sommer and winter 9 And the Lorde him selfe shal be king ouer all the earth At that time shall there be one Lorde onely and his name shall be but one 10 All the lande shal be turned as a plaine from Gibea to Remmon towardes the south of Hierusalem She shal be set vp and inhabited in her place from Beniamins port vnto the place of the first port and vnto the corner port and from the towre of Hananeel vnto the kinges wine presses 11 There shal men dwell and there shal
touchyng thy lyfe I am not sent to shewe thee for I do not knowe it The .v. Chapter 1 In the latter tymes trueth shal be hyd 6 Vnrighteousnesse and all wickednesse shall raigne in the worlde 23 Israel is reiected and God deliuereth them 35 God doth all thyng in season 1 NEuerthelesse as concernyng the tokens marke this Behold the dayes shall come that they which dwell vpon earth shal be taken in a great number and the way of the trueth shal be hyd and the lande shal be barren from faith 2 But iniquitie shal be increased aboue that which nowe thou seest or that thou hast hearde long ago 3 And the lande that thou seest nowe to haue rule shalt thou shortly see waste 4 But yf God graunt thee to lyue thou shalt see after the thirde trumpet that the sunne shall sodaynly shyne agayne in the night and the moone three tymes in the day 5 And blood shall droppe out of wood and the stone shall geue his voyce and the people shal be vnquieted 6 And euen he shall rule whom they hope not that dwell vpon earth and the foules shall flitte 7 And the Sodomitishe sea shall cast out the fishe and make a noyse in the nyght which many haue not knowen but they shal all heare the voyce therof 8 There shal be a confusion also in many places and the fire shal be oft sent out agayne and the wylde beastes shall chaunge their places and menstruous women shall beare monsters 9 And salt waters shal be founde in the sweete and all friendes shall fyght one agaynst another then shall all wyt and vnderstandyng be hyd and put asyde into their secrete places 10 And shal be sought of many and yet not be founde then shall vnryghteousnesse and voluptuousnesse haue the vpper hande vpon earth 11 One lande also shall aske another and say Is ryghteousnesse that maketh a man righteous gone through thee And it shall say no 12 At the same tyme shall men hope but nothyng obteyne they shall labour but their wayes shall not prosper 13 To shewe thee such tokens I haue leaue and if thou wylt pray agayne and weepe as nowe and fast seuen dayes thou shalt heare yet greater thynges 14 Then I awaked and a fearfulnesse went through all my body my mynde was feeble so that I almost sowned withall 15 So the angel that was come to talke with me helde me comforted me and set me vp vpon my feete 16 And in the seconde nyght it came to passe that Salathiel the captayne of the people came vnto me saying Where hast thou ben and why is thy countenaunce so heauy 17 Knowest thou not that Israel is committed vnto thee in the lande of their captiuitie 18 Vp then and eate and forsake vs not as the sheephearde that leaueth his flocke in the handes of wicked wolues 19 Then sayde I vnto hym Go thy wayes fro me and come not nye me And he hearde it and as I sayde so went he his way from me 20 And so I fasted seuen dayes mournyng and weepyng lyke as Vriel the angell commaunded me 21 And after seuen dayes so it was that the thoughtes of my heart were very greeuous vnto me agayne 22 And my soule receaued the spirite of vnderstandyng and I began to talke with the most hyghest agayne 23 And sayde O Lorde Lorde of euery wood of the earth and of all the trees thereof thou hast chosen thee one only vineyarde 24 And of all landes of the whole worlde thou hast chosen one pyt and of all floures of the grounde thou hast chosen thee one lilie 25 And of all the deapthes of the sea thou hast fylled thee one ryuer and of all builded cities thou hast halowed Sion vnto thy selfe 26 And of all the foules that are created thou hast named thee one doue and of all the cattell that are made thou hast prouided thee one sheepe 27 And among all the multitudes of peoples thou hast gotten thee one people vnto this people whom thou louedst thou gauest a lawe that is proued of all 28 And nowe O Lorde why hast thou geuen this one people ouer vnto many and vpon the one roote thou hast prepared others and why hast thou scattered thy one only people among many 29 Which treade them downe yea which haue euer withstande thy promises and neuer beleued thy couenauntes 30 If thou didst so much hate thy people yet shouldest thou punishe them with thine owne handes 31 Nowe when I had spoken these wordes the angell that came to me the nyght afore was sent vnto me 32 And sayde vnto me Heare me and I wyll instruct thee hearken to the thyng that I say and I shall tell thee more 33 And I sayde Speake on my Lorde Then sayde he vnto me Thou art sore troubled in mynde for Israels sake Louest thou that people better then he that made them 34 And I sayde No Lorde but of very griefe and compassion haue I spoken for my reynes payne me euery houre because I woulde haue experience of the way of the most hyest and seke out part of his iudgement 35 And he sayde vnto me That thou mayest not And I sayde Wherfore Lorde wherunto was I borne then or why was not my mothers wombe then my graue that I myght not haue seene the miserie and trouble of Iacob and the wearyng out of the stocke of Israel 36 And he sayde vnto me Number me the thynges that are not yet come gather me together the droppes that are scattered abroade make me the floures greene agayne that are withered 37 Open me the places that are closed and bring me foorth the wyndes that in them are shut vp shewe me the image of a voyce and then I wyll declare to thee the thyng that thou labourest to knowe 38 And I sayde O Lorde Lorde who may knowe these thynges but he that hath not his dwellyng with men 39 As for me I am vnwise howe may I then speake of these thynges wherof thou askest me 40 Then sayd he vnto me Lyke as thou canst do none of these thynges that I haue spoken of euen so canst thou not fynde out my iudgement or in the ende the loue that I haue promised vnto my people 41 And I sayde Beholde O Lorde yet art thou nye vnto them that be reserued tyll the ende and what shal they do that haue ben before me or we that be nowe or they that shall come after vs 42 Aâ— sayde vnto me I wyll lyken my iudâ—ment vnto a ryng Lyke as there is no slacknesse of the last euen so there is no swiftnesse of the first 43 So I aunswered and sayde Couldest thou not make those that haue ben made and be nowe and that are for to come at once that thou mightest shewe thy iudgement the sooner 44 Then aunswered he me and sayde The creature may not haste aboue the maker neither may the worlde holde them at once that
God shall helpe thee shortly 14 And Tobias saide vnto him Canst thou bring my sonne to Gabelus vnto the citie of Rages in Medea and when thou commest againe I shall pay thee thy hyre 15 And the angell saide vnto him I shall leade thy sonne and bring him to thee againe 16 Then Tobias aunswered him Tell me I pray thee of what house or of what tribe art thou 17 The angel Raphael saide vnto him Seekest thou after the kinred of an hireling or an hired man him selfe for thy sonne to go with him 18 But that I make thee not carefull I am Azarias the sonne of great Hanamas 19 And Tobias aunswered Thou art come of a great kinred but I pray thee be not displeased that I desire to know thy kindred 20 The angell said vnto him Thy sonne shall I leade foorth safely and bryng him whole sounde to thee againe 21 Then aunswered Tobias and saide well go on your way and God be in your iourney and his angell beare you company 22 So when they had prepared all thinges that they woulde take with them in their iourney Tobias bade his father and his mother farewell and they went on their way both together 23 Nowe when they were gone his mother began to weepe saide The staffe of our age hast thou taken away and sent him from vs. 24 Woulde God that money had neuer ben for the which thou hast sent him away 25 For our pouertie was sufficient for vs why we shoulde haue counted it rychesse that we saw our sonne here 26 Then saide Tobias vnto her Weepe not our sonne shall go safely and come to vs againe sounde and thyne eyes shall see him 27 For I trust that the good angell of God shall beare him company and order well all the thinges that he doth so that he shall come to vs againe with ioy 28 At these wordes his mother left of from weeping and held her peace The .vj. Chapter 2 Tobias deliuered from the fishe 8 Raphael sheweth him certaine medicines 19 He conducteth him toward Sara 1 SO Tobias went on his way and a dogge folowed him and the first night they abode by the water of Tigris 2 Then went he out to washe his feete and beholde there came foorth an horrible fishe to deuour him 3 Of whom Tobias was afrayde and cryed with a loude voyce saying Lord he commeth vpon me 4 And the angell saide vnto him Take him by the gyll and drawe him to thee And he did so and drew him vpon the lande and the fishe began to leape at his feete 5 Then saide the angell vnto him Take out the bowels of this fishe as for the heart the gal and the lyuer keepe them by thee for these thinges are necessary and good for medicines 6 Tobias did so and rosted the flesh and they tooke it with them in their iourney the residue they salted as much as was sufficient for them tyll they came to Rages a citie of the Medes 7 Then Tobias asked the angell and saide vnto him I pray thee brother Azaria tell me whereto are these thinges good of the fishe that thou hast bidden me keepe 8 The angell aunswered him and said If thou layest a peece of the heart vpon the coales the smoke thereof dryueth away all maner of euill spirites whether it be from man or from woman so that from thencefoorth the same shall come no more vnto them 9 The gal is good to annoynt or to strike the eyes withall where as there is any blemishe in them so that they shal be whole 10 And Tobias saide vnto him Where wilt thou that we remaine The angell aunswered 11 And saide Here is a nye kinsman of thyne and of thy tribe one Raguel by name which hath a daughter called Sara hath neither sonne nor daughter but her 12 All his good belongeth vnto thee and thou must mary her 13 And therefore desire her of her father and he shall geue her thee to wyfe 14 Then aunswered Tobias and saide As I vnderstand she hath ben maryed vnto seuen husbandes and they all are dead and I haue heard say that the deuill slue them 15 I am afrayd therfore lest such thinges happen vnto me also which if it came to passe seeing I am the onely sonne of my father and my mother I should bryng them in their age with sorowe to their graues 16 Then saide the angell Raphael vnto him Heare me I wyll tell thee what they be of whom the deuil hath power 17 Namely they that receaue mariage after such a fashion that they shut God out from them and from their heart and geue them selues to their owne lust euen as it were an Horse Mule which haue no vnderstanding vpon such hath the deuill power 18 But when thou takest her and art come in to the chamber withhold thy selfe from her three dayes and geue thy diligence vnto nothing but vnto prayer with her 19 And in the first night rost the lyuer of the fishe and the deuill shal be driuen away 20 The second night shalt thou be receaued into the company of the holy patriarches 12 The third night shalt thou obtayne the blessing of God so that whole children shall be borne of you 22 After the third night take the mayden in the feare of God and more for the desire of children then for any fleshely lust that in the seede of Abraham thou mayest obtayne the blessing in children ¶ The .vii. Chapter Tobias maryeth Sara Raguels daughter 1 THen went they in to Raguel which receaued them ioyfully 2 And when Raguel loked vpon Tobias he saide vnto Anna his wyfe How lyke is this young man vnto my sisters sonne 3 And when he had spoken this he said Whence be ye ye young men and our brethren They saide Of the tribe of Nephthali out of the captiuitie of Niniue 4 Then said Raguel vnto them Know ye my brother Tobias They saide yea we know him well 5 And when he had spoken much good of him the angell saide vnto Raguel Tobias of whom thou askest is this young mans father 6 Then Raguel bowed him selfe downe and wept and toke him about the necke and kissed him 7 And saide Gods blessing haue thou my sonne for thou art the sonne of a good vertuous man 8 And Anna his wyfe and Sara his daughter wept also 9 Now when they had talked together Raguel bade kill a wether to make a feaste And when he had exhorted them to sit downe to dinner 10 Tobias saide I wyll neither eate nor drinke here this day except thou first graunt me my petition and promise me to geue me thy daughter Sara 11 When Raguel heard this he was astonied for he knewe what had happened vnto the other seuen men that went in vnto her and he began to feare that it shoulde chaunce vnto him also in lyke maner And while he stoode so in doubt and gaue the young man no aunswere 12 The angell
of vngodlines 24 Insomuch that their sinnes and misdeedes had the vpper hande so sore that at the last they were driuen out of the lande for the same 25 Yea he sought out and brought vp all wickednes tyll the vengeaunce came vpon them ¶ The .xlviij. Chapter The prayse of Elias Elizeus Ezechias and Esaias 1 THen stoode vp Elias the prophete as a fyre and his worde brent lyke a cresset 2 He brought an hunger vpon them and in his zeale he made theÌ„ fewe in number for they might not away with the commaundementes of the Lorde 3 Through the worde of the Lorde he shut the heauen three times brought he the fire downe 4 O Elias howe honorable art thou in thy wonderous deedes who may make his hoast to be lyke thee 5 One that was dead thou raysedst vp from death and in the worde of the hyest thou broughtest him out of the graue againe 6 Thou hast cast downe kinges and destroyed them and the honorable from their seate 7 Vpon the mount Sâ—na thou heardest the iudgement vpon horeb the iudgement of the vengeaunce 8 Which diddest annoynt kinges to recompence and ordaynedst prophetes after thee 9 Thou wast taken vp in the storme of fire in a charet of fixie horses 10 Thou wast ordayned in the reproouinges in time to pacifie the wrath of the Lorde before it raged to turne the heartes of the fathers vnto the children to set vp the tribes of Iacob againe 11 Blessed were they that sawe thee and were garnished in loue for we lyue in lyfe but after death we shall haue no such name 12 Elias was couered in the storme but Elizeus was filled with his spirite while he lyued he was afrayde of no prince and no man might ouercome him 13 There coulde no worde deceaue him and after his death his body prophecied 14 He did wonders in his lyfe in death were his workes maruaylous 15 For all this the people amended not neither departed they from their sinnes tyll they were caryed away prisoners out of the lande and were scattered abrode in all countries so that of them there remayned but a very litle people and a prince vnto the house of Dauid 16 Howbeit some of them did right and some heaped vp vngodlynes 17 Ezechias made his citie strong conueyed water into it digged through the stony rocke with iron and made vp a wall by the water side 18 In his time came Sennacherib vp and sent Rabsakes lyft vp his hande against Sion defied them with great pride 19 Then trembled their heartes and handes so that they sorowed lyke a woman trauayling with childe 20 So they called vpon the Lord which is mercifull and lyft vp their handes before him immediately the Lorde heard them out of heauen 21 He thought no more vpon their sinnes nor gaue them ouer to their enemies but deliuered them by the hande of Esaias 22 He smote the hoast of the Assyrians and his angel destroyed them 23 For Ezechias had done the thing that pleased the Lorde and remayned stedfastly in the way of Dauid his father as Esaias the great faithfull prophete in the sight of God had commaunded him 24 In his time the sunne went backward and he lengthened the kinges lyfe 25 With a right spirite prophecied he what shoulde come to passe at the last and to such as were sorowfull in Sion he gaue consolation wherewith they might comfort them selues for euermore 26 He shewed thinges that were for to come and secrete or euer they come to passe ¶ The .xlix. Chapter â–ª Of Iosias Ezechias Dauid Ieremie Ezechiel Zorobabel Iesus Nehemias Enoch and Ioseph 1 THe remembraunce of Iosias is lyke as wheÌ„ the apothecarie maketh many precious sweete smelling thinges together his remembraunce shal be sweete as hony in all mouthes and as the playing of musicke at a banket of wine 2 He was appoynted to turne the people againe and to take away all abhominations of the vngodlie 3 He directed his heart vnto the Lorde and in the time of the vngodlie he set vp the worship of God againe 4 All kinges except Dauid Ezechias and Iosias committed wickednes for euen the kinges of Iuda also forsoke the lawe of God 5 For they gaue their horne vnto other their honour worship also to a strauÌ„ge people 6 Therefore was the elect citie of the sanctuarie brent with fire and the streetes therof layd desolate and waste in the hande of Ieremie 7 For they entreated him euill which neuerthelesse was a prophete ordayned from his mothers wombe that he might roote out breake of and destroy and that he might builde vp and plant againe 8 Ezechiel sawe the glorie of the Lorde in a vision which was shewed him vpon the charet of the Cherubims 9 For he thought vpon the enemies in the rayne to do good vnto such as had ordered their wayes aright 10 And the bones of the twelue prophetes florished from out of their place for they gaue comfort and consolation vnto Iacob and deliuered them faithfully 11 How shal we prayse Zorobabel which was as a ring on the right hande 12 So was Iesus also the sonne of Iosedec these men in their times builded the house set vp the sanctuarie of the Lorde againe which was prepared for an euerlasting worship 13 And among the elect was Nehemias whose renowme was great which set vp for vs the walles that were broken downe made the portes and barres againe and builded our houses a new 14 But vpon the earth is there no man created lyke Enoch for he was taken vp from the earth 15 Neither was there a lyke man vnto Ioseph which was lord of his brethren and the vpholder of his people his bones were couered and kept 16 Seth and Sem were in great honour among the people and so was Adam aboue all the beastes when he was created The .l. Chapter 1 Of Simon the sonne of Onias 22 An exhortation to prayse the Lorde 1 SImon the sonne of Onias the hye priest which in his lyfe set vp the house againe and in his dayes made fast the temple 2 The height of the temple also was founded of him the double building and the hye walles of the temple 3 In his dayes the welles of water flowed out and were exceeding full as the sea 4 He toke care for his people and deliuered them from destruction he kept his citie made it strong that it shoulde not be besieged 5 How honorable was his conuersation among the people and when he came out of the house couered with the vaile 6 He gaue lyght as the morning starre in the middest of the cloudes and as the moone when it is full 7 He shined as the sunne in the temple of God he is as bright as the raynebowe in the faire cloudes 8 And florisheth as the floures and roses in the spring of the
diuers of them came frō farre 4 And his disciples aunswered hym From whence can a man satisfie these men with bread here in the wildernesse 5 And he asked thē Howe many loaues haue ye They sayde seuen 6 And he commaunded the people to sit downe on the grounde And he toke the seuen loaues and when he had geuen thankes he brake and gaue to his disciples to set before them And they dyd set them before the people 7 And they hadde a fewe small fysshes And when he had blessed he commaunded them also to be set before them 8 So they dyd eate and were suffised And they toke vp of the broken meate that was left seuen baskettes full 9 And they that had eaten were about foure thousand And he sent thē away 10 And anone he entred into a shippe with his disciples and came into the parties of Dalmanutha 11 And the Pharisees came foorth and began to dispute with hym sekyng of him a signe from heauen tempting him 12 And when he had sighed depely in his spirite he sayth Why doth this generatiō seke a signe Veryly I say vnto you there shall no signe be geuē vnto this generation 13 And he lefte them and went into the ship agayne departed ouer the water 14 And they had forgotten to take bread with them neither had they in the ship with them more then one loafe 15 And he charged thē saying ☞ Take heede beware of the leuen of the pharisees and of the leuen of Herode 16 And they reasoned among them selues saying We haue no bread 17 And Iesus knewe it and sayth vnto them Why reason ye because ye haue no bread Perceaue ye not yet neither vnderstande Haue ye your heart yet hardened 18 Haue ye eyes and see not and haue ye eares heare not Do ye not remember 19 When I brake fyue loaues among fyue thousande men howe many baskettes full of broken meate toke ye vp They say vnto hym twelue 20 When I brake seuen among foure thousande howe many baskettes of the leauynges of the broken meate toke ye vp They sayde seuen 21 And he sayde vnto them Howe happeneth it that ye do not vnderstande 22 ☞ And he came to Bethsaida they brought a blynde man vnto hym and desired hym to touche hym 23 And he caught the blinde by the hand and led him out of the towne and whē he had spyt in his eyes put his handes vpon him he asked him if he saw ought 24 And he loked vp saide I see men for I perceiue thē walke as they were trees 25 After that he put his handes agayne vpon his eyes made hym see And he was restored saw euery man clearely 26 And he sent hym home to his house saying neither go into the towne nor tell it to any in the towne ☜ 27 And Iesus went out his disciples into the townes that long to Cesarea Philippi And by the way he asked his disciples saying vnto them Whom do men say that I am 28 And they aunswered Some saye that thou art Iohn Baptist and some saye Elias Agayne some saye that thou art one of the prophetes 29 And he sayde vnto them But whom say ye that I am Peter aunswereth saith vnto him Thou art very Christe 30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of hym 31 And he began to teache them howe that the sonne of man must suffer many thynges be reproued of the elders and of the hie priestes scribes and be killed and after three dayes aryse agayne 32 And he spake that saying openly And Peter toke hym asyde and began to rebuke hym 33 But he turned about and loked on his disciples and rebuked Peter saying go after me Satā for thou sauerest not the thinges that be of God but the thinges that be of men 34 And when he had called the people vnto hym with his disciples also he said vnto them Whosoeuer wyll folow me let hym forsake hym selfe and take vp his crosse and folowe me 35 For whosoeuer wyll saue his life shall lose it But whosoeuer shall lose his life for my sake the Gospels the same shall saue it 36 For what shall it profite a man yf he wynne all the worlde and lose his owne soule 37 Or what shall a man geue for a raunsome of his soule 38 Whosoeuer therfore shal be ashamed of me and of my wordes in this adulterous and synnefull generation of hym also shall the sonne of man be ashamed when he commeth in the glorie of his father with the holy Angels ¶ The .ix. Chapter ¶ 2 The transfiguration of Christe 13 Elias is come 26 A dumbe spirite is cast out 29 Why the disciples coulde not cast it out 33 The disciples contende for superioritie 38 One casteth out deuyls that folowed not Christes disciples 43 Of the offences of hande foote or eye 49 Of seasonyng with salt 1 AND he saide vnto them Veryly I say vnto you ther be some of them that stande here whiche shall not taste of death tyll they haue seene y e kyngdome of God come with power 2 And after sixe dayes Iesus taketh Peter and Iames and Iohn and leadeth them vp into an hye mountayne out of the way alone and he was transfigured before them 3 And his rayment dyd shyne became very whyte euen as snowe so whyte as no fuller can make vpon the earth 4 And there appeared vnto them Elias with Moyses And they talked with Iesu 5 And Peter aunswered and sayth to Iesu Maister here is good beyng for vs let vs make also three tabernacles one for thee and one for Moyses and one for Elias 6 For he wist not what he saide for they were afrayde 7 And there was a cloude that shadowed them and a voyce came out of the cloude saying This is my beloued sonne heare hym 8 And sodenly when they had loked rounde about they sawe no man more then Iesus only with them 9 And as they came downe from the hyll he charged them that they should tell no man those thynges that they had seene tyll the sonne of man were rysen from the dead agayne 10 And they kept that saying with them and demaunded one of another what the rysing from the dead againe should meane 11 And they asked hym saying Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come 12 He aunswered and sayde vnto them Elias veryly when he commeth firste restoreth all thynges And the sonne of man as it is written of hym shall suffer many thynges be set at naught 13 But I saye vnto you that Elias is come they haue done vnto him whatsoeuer they would as it is writtē of him 14 And when he came to his disciples he sawe much people about them and the scribes disputyng with them 15 And strayghtway all the people whē they behelde hym were amased ran to hym
thee 20 And when the blood of thy wytnesse Steuen was shedde I also stoode by and consented vnto his death and kept the rayment of them that slue hym 21 And he sayde vnto me depart for I wyll sende thee farre hence vnto the gentiles 22 And they gaue him audience vnto this worde and then lift vp their voyces and sayde away with suche a felowe from the earth for it is no reason y t he shoulde lyue 23 And as they cryed and caste of their clothes and threwe dust into the ayre 24 The chiefe captaine cōmaunded hym to be brought into the castle bade that he shoulde be scourged and examined that he myght knowe wherefore they cryed so on hym 25 And as they boūde him with thonges Paul saide vnto y e Centurion that stoode by Is it lawfull for you to scourge a man that is a Romane and vncondempned 26 When the Centurion hearde that he went and tolde the vpper captaine saying Take heede what thou doest for this man is a Romane 27 Then the vpper captaine came saide vnto him Tel me art thou a Romane He sayde yea 28 And the chiefe captaine aunswered With a great summe obteyned I this freedome And Paul saide I was free borne 29 Then strayghtway departed frō him they which should haue examined him And the hie captaine also was afrayde after he knew that he was a Romane and because he had bounde hym 30 On the morowe because he woulde haue knowen the certaintie wherefore he was accused of the Iewes he loosed hym from his bandes and commaunded the hye priestes all the counsell to come together brought Paul foorth and set hym before them ¶ The .xxiij. Chapter 1 Paul commeth before the counsell 2 Ananias causeth hym to be striken 12 the captayne deliuereth hym 11 God comforteth hym 23 he is sent to Cesarea 1 AND Paul earnestlie beholdyng the counsell saide Men brethren I haue lyued in al good conscience before God vntyll this day 2 And y e hye priest Ananias commaunded thē that stoode by to smyte hym on the mouth 3 Then sayde Paul vnto him God shall smite thee thou paynted wall For sittest thou iudgest me after the lawe cōmaundest me to be smitten contrary to the lawe 4 And they that stoode by sayde Reuilest thou Gods hye priest 5 Then sayde Paul I wyst not brethren that he was the hye priest For it is written * Thou shalt not curse the ruler of thy people 6 But when Paul perceaued that the one part were saducees and the other pharisees he cryed out in the counsell Men and brethren I am a pharisee the sonne of a pharisee Of the hope resurrection of the dead I am iudged 7 And when he had so sayde there arose a debate betwene the pharisees and the saducees the multitude was deuided 8 For the saducees say that there is no resurrection neither Angel nor spirite But the pharisees confesse both 9 And there arose a great crye and whē the scribes which were of the pharisees part arose they stroue saying We fynde none euyll in this man But yf a spirite or an Angel hath spoken to hym let vs not striue agaynst God 10 And when there arose a great debate the chiefe captayne fearyng lest Paul shoulde haue ben pluckt asunder of thē cōmaunded the souldiers to go downe and to take him from among them and to bryng hym into the castle 11 And the nyght folowyng the Lorde stoode by hym and sayde Be of good cheare Paul for as thou hast testified of me in Hierusalem so must thou beare witnesse also at Rome 12 And when it was day certayne of the Iewes gathered them selues together and made a vowe saying that they woulde neither eate nor drynke tyl they had kylled Paul 13 And they were mo then fourtie men which had made this conspiracie 14 And they came to the chiefe priestes and elders and sayde We haue bounde our selues with a vowe that we wyll eate nothyng vntyll we haue slayne Paul 15 Nowe therfore geue ye knowledge to the vpper captayne and to the counsell that he bryng hym foorth vnto you to morrowe as though ye woulde knowe somethyng more perfectly of hym And we or euer he come neare are redy to kyll hym 16 And when Paules sisters sonne heard of their laying awaite he went entred into the castle and tolde Paul 17 And Paul called one of the vnder captaynes vnto hym and sayde Bryng this young man vnto the hye captayne for he hath a certayne thyng to shewe hym 18 And he toke hym and brought hym to the hye captayne and sayde Paul the prisoner called me vnto him and prayed me to bryng this young man vnto thee which hath a certayne matter to shewe thee 19 Then the hye captayne toke hym by the hande and went with hym out of the way and asked hym What is it that thou hast to tell me 20 And he sayde The Iewes are determined to desire thee that thou wouldest bryng foorth Paul to morowe into the counsell as though they would enquire somewhat of hym more perfectly 21 But folowe not thou their myndes For there lye in wayte for him of them mo thē fourtie men which haue bounde them selues with a vowe that they will neither eate nor drynke tyll they haue kylled hym And nowe are they redy and loke that thou shouldest promise 22 The vpper captayne then let y e young man depart and charged hym see thou tell it out to no man that thou hast shewed these thynges to me 23 And he called vnto hym two vnder captaynes saying Make redy two hundred souldyers to go to Cesarea and horsmen threescore and ten and spearemen two hundred at the thirde houre of the nyght 24 And delyuer them beastes that they may set Paul on and bryng hym safe vnto Felix the hye deputie 25 And he wrote a letter after this maner 26 Claudius Lysias vnto the most mightie ruler Felix sendeth greetinges 27 This man was taken of the Iewes and shoulde haue ben kylled of them Then came I with souldeirs rescued hym and perceaued that he was a Romane 28 And whē I would haue knowen the cause wherfore they accused hym I brought hym foorth into their counsell 29 Whom I perceaued to be accused of questions of their lawe but was not gyltie of any thyng worthy of death or of bondes 30 And when it was shewed me howe that the Iewes layde wayte for the man I sent hym strayghtway to thee and gaue commaundement to his accusers that the thynges which they haue agaynst hym they shoulde tell before thee Fare well 31 Then the souldyers as it was commaunded them toke Paul and brought hym by nyght to Antipatris 32 On the morowe they left the horsmen to go with hym and returned vnto the castle 33 Which when they came to Cesarea and delyuered the epistle to the deputie
gaue him selfe a raunsome for all a testimonie in due tymes 7 Wherevnto I am ordeined a preacher and an apostle I tell the trueth in Christe and lye not a teacher of the gentiles in fayth and veritie ☜ 8 I wyll therefore that the men praye euerywhere lyftyng vp holy handes without wrath and reasonyng 9 Lykewyse also the women that they araye them selues in comely apparell with shamefastnesse and discrete behauiour not in brayded heere either golde or pearles or costly aray 10 But that becommeth women professyng godlynesse through good workes 11 Let the woman learne in scilence in all subiection 12 But I suffer not a woman to teache neither to vsurpe auctoritie ouer y e man but to be in scilence 13 For Adam was first fourmed then Eue. 14 And Adam was not deceaued but the woman beyng deceaued was in the transgression 15 Notwithstandyng through bearyng of chyldren she shal be saued yf they continue in fayth and loue and holynesse with modestie ¶ The .iij. Chapter 2 He declareth what is the office of ministers 11 and as touchyng their families 15 the dignitie of the Churche 16 the principall poynt of the heauenly doctrine 1 THis is a faithful saying Yf a man desire y e office of a bishop he desireth a good worke 2 A bishop therfore must be blamelesse the husband of one wyfe watchyng sober comely apparelled a louer of hospitalitie apt to teache 3 Not geuen to ouermuch wine no striker not greedy of fylthy lucre but gentle abhorryng fyghtyng abhorryng couetousnesse 4 One that ruleth well his owne house hauyng chyldren in subiection with all grauitie 5 For yf a man knowe not to rule his owne house howe shall he care for the Churche of God 6 Not a young scoler lest he beyng puffed vp fall into the condempnation of the deuyll 7 He must also haue a good report of thē which are without lest he fall into the rebuke and snare of the deuyll 8 Likewise must y e ministers be graue not double tongued not geuen to much wine neither greedy of fylthy lucre 9 Holdyng the misterie of the fayth in a pure conscience 10 And let them first be proued then let them minister beyng blamelesse 11 Euen so must their wyues be graue not euyll speakers sober faythfull in all thynges 12 Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wife and such as can rule their children well and their owne housholdes 13 For they that haue ministred well get them selues a good degree and great libertie in the fayth whiche is in Christe Iesus 14 These thynges write I vnto thee hopyng to come shortly vnto thee 15 But yf I tary long that thou mayest knowe howe thou oughtest to behaue thy selfe in the house of God whiche is the Church of the lyuyng God the pyller and grounde of trueth 16 And without doubt great is that misterie of godlynesse God was shewed in the flesshe was iustified in the spirite was scene among the angels was preached vnto the gentiles was beleued on in the worlde and was receaued vp in glorie ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 2 He teacheth hym what doctrine he ought to flee 6.8.11 and what to folowe 15 and wherin he ought to exercise hym selfe continually 1 NOwe the spirite speaketh euidently that in the latter tymes some shall depart from the fayth geuing heede vnto spirites of errour doctrines of deuyls 2 Which speake false in hypocrisie hauyng their conscience seared with an hotte iron 3 Forbidding to marrie commaunding to abstayne from meates whiche God hath created to be receaued with geuing thankes of them whiche beleue and knowe the trueth 4 For euery creature of God is good and nothyng to be refused yf it be receaued with thankes geuyng 5 For it is sanctified by the worde of God and prayer 6 Yf thou put the brethren in remembraunce of these thynges thou shalt be a good minister of Iesus Christ which hast ben norysshed vp in the wordes of fayth and of good doctrine which thou hast continually folowed 7 But cast away prophane old wiues fables Exercise thy selfe rather vnto godlynesse 8 For bodyly exercise profiteth litle but godlinesse is profitable vnto all thinges hauing promise of the lyfe that is nowe and of that which is to come 9 This is a sure saying by all meanes worthy to be receaued 10 For therfore we both labour and suffer rebuke because we haue hoped in the lyuyng God whiche is the sauiour of all men specially of those that beleue 11 These thynges commaunde teache 12 Let no man despise thy youth but be thou a paterne of the beleuers in worde in conuersation in loue in spirite in fayth in chastitie 13 Tyll I come geue attendaunce to readyng to exhortation to doctrine 14 Despise not the gyfte that is in thee which was geuen thee through prophesie with the laying on of handes by the auctoritie of the eldership 15 Haue a care of these thinges and geue thy selfe vnto them that it may be seene howe thou profitest in all thynges 16 Take heede vnto thy selfe and vnto doctrine and continue therein For in doying this thou shalt both saue thy selfe and them that heare thee ⧠The .v. Chapter 1 He teacheth hym howe he shall behaue hym selfe in rebukyng all degrees 3 an order concernyng wyddowes 17 The establyshyng of ministers 23 the gouernaunce of his body 24 and the iudgement of sinnes 1 REbuke not an elder but exhort him as a father the younger men as brethren 2 The elder women as mothers the younger as sisters in all chastitie 3 Honour wydowes whiche are wydowes in deede 4 But yf any wydowe haue chyldren or nephewes let them learne first to rule their owne houses godly and to recompence also their elder kynsefolkes for that is good and acceptable before God 5 And she that is a wydowe in deede and left alone hopeth in God and continueth in supplications and prayers nyght and day 6 But she that liueth in pleasure is dead beyng alyue 7 And these thynges commaunde that they may be blamelesse 8 But if any prouide not for his owne and specially for them of his housholde he hath denyed the fayth and is worse then an infidell 9 Let not a wydowe be chosen vnder three score yeres olde hauyng ben the wyfe of one man 10 And well reported of in good workes yf she haue brought vp chyldren yf she haue lodged straungers yf she haue wasshed the saintes feete yf she haue ministred vnto them that were in aduersitie yf she haue ben continually geuen to euery good worke 11 But the yonger wydowes refuse For whē they haue begun to waxe wanton agaynst Christe they wyll marrie 12 Hauyng dampnation because they haue cast away their first fayth 13 They learne to wander about from house to house idle yea not idle only but also tatlers and busybodies speakyng thynges which
should be made heyres accordyng to the hope of eternall lyfe 8 ☞ This is a faythfull saying And of these thynges I wyll that thou confirme that they which haue beleued in God myght be carefull to shewe foorth good workes These thynges are good and profitable vnto men 9 But foolishe questions and genealogies and contentions and striuinges about the lawe auoyde for they are vnprofitable and vayne 10 A man that is an aucthour of sectes after the first and the seconde admonition auoyde 11 Knowyng that he that is such is subuerted and sinneth beyng dampned of hym selfe 12 When I shall sende Artemas vnto thee or Tychicus be diligent to come vnto me vnto Nicopolis For I haue determined there to wynter 13 Bryng Zenas the lawyer Apollos on their iourney diligently that nothing be lackyng vnto them 14 And let ours also learne to excell in good workes to necessarie vses that they be not vnfruitefull 15 All that are with me salute thee Greete them that loue vs in the fayth Grace be with you all Amen ¶ Written from Nicopolis a citie of Macedonia ¶ The epistle of Saint Paul vnto Philemon ¶ 5 He reioyceth to heare of the fayth and loue of Philemon 9 whom he desireth to forgeue his seruaunt Onesimus and louyngly to receaue hym agayne 1 PAul a prisoner of Iesus Christ and brother Timotheus Vnto Philemō the beloued and our felowe labourer 2 And to the beloued Apphia and to Archippus our felowe souldier and to the Churche in thy house 3 Grace to you and peace from God our father and the Lorde Iesus Christ 4 I thanke my God makyng mention alwayes of thee in my prayers 5 Hearyng of thy loue and fayth which thou hast towarde the Lorde Iesus and towarde all saintes 6 That the felowshippe of thy fayth may be effectuall in the knowledge of euery good worke which is in you towarde Christe Iesus 7 For we haue great ioy consolation in thy loue because the bowels of the saintes are refresshed by thee brother 8 Wherfore though I myght be much bolde in Christe to inioyne thee that which is conuenient 9 Yet for loues sake I rather beseche thee beyng such a one as Paul the aged nowe also a prisoner of Iesus Christe 10 I beseche thee for my sonne Onesimus whom I haue begotten in my bondes 11 Which in tyme passed was to thee vnprofitable but nowe profitable to thee and to me 12 Whom I haue sent agayne Thou therefore receaue hym that is myne owne bowels 13 Whom I woulde haue retayned with me that in thy steade he myght haue ministred vnto me in the bondes of the Gospell 14 But without thy mynde woulde I do nothyng that thy benefite shoulde not be as it were of necessitie but willingly 15 For happyly he therfore departed for a season that thou shouldest receaue hym for euer 16 Not nowe as a seruaunt but aboue a seruaunt a brother beloued specially to me but howe much more vnto thee both in the fleshe and in the Lorde 17 If thou count me therfore a felowe receaue hym as my selfe 18 If he haue iniuried or oweth thee ought that lay to my charge 19 I Paul haue written it with myne owne hande I wyll recompence it Albeit I do not say to thee howe that thou owest vnto me euen thyne owne selfe 20 Yea brother let me enioy this pleasure of thee in the Lorde Comfort my bowels in the Lorde 21 Trustyng in thine obedience I wrote vnto thee knowyng that thou wilt also do more then I say 22 Moreouer prepare me also a lodgyng for I trust that through your prayers I shal be geuen vnto you 23 There salute thee Epaphras my felowe prisoner in Christe Iesus 24 Marcus Aristarcus Demas Lucas my felowe labourers 25 The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ be with your spirite Amen ¶ Written from Rome by Onesimus a seruaunt ¶ The Epistle of Saint Paul the Apostle vnto the Hebrewes ⧠The first Chapter ¶ 1 He sheweth the excellencie of Christe 4 aboue the Angels 7 and of their office 1 GOd which in time past at sundrie tymes and in diuers maners spake vnto the fathers in the prophetes 2 Hath in these last dayes spoken vnto vs in the sonne whom he hath appoynted heyre of all thynges by whom also he made the worldes 3 Who beyng the bryghtnesse of the glorie and the very image of his substaunce vpholdyng all thynges with the worde of his power hauing by him selfe pourged our sinnes hath syt on the ryght hande of the maiestie on hye 4 Beyng so much more excellent then the Angels as he hath by inheritaunce obtayned a more excellent name then they 5 For vnto which of the Angels sayde he at any tyme Thou art my sonne this day haue I begotten thee 6 And agayne I wyll be to hym a father and he shal be to me a sonne And agayne when he bryngeth in the first begotten sonne into the worlde he saith And let all the Angels of God worship hym 7 And vnto the Angels he sayth He maketh his Angels spirites and his ministers a flambe of fyre 8 But vnto the sonne he sayth * Thy seate O God shal be for euer and euer The scepter of thy kyngdome is a scepter of ryghteousnesse 9 Thou hast loued ryghteousnesse and hated iniquitie Therfore God euen thy God hath annoynted thee with the oyle of gladnesse aboue thy felowes 10 And thou Lorde in the begynnyng hast layde the foundation of the earth And the heauens are the workes of thy handes 11 They shall perishe but thou endurest and they shall waxe olde as doth a garment 12 And as a vesture shalt thou folde thē vp and they shal be chaunged but thou art the same thy yeres shall not fayle 13 But vnto which of y e Angels sayde he at any tyme Sitte on my right hande tyll I make thyne enemies thy foote stoole 14 Are they not all ministring spirites sent foorth into ministerie for their sakes which shal be heyres of saluation ⧠The .ij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth vs to be obedient vnto the newe lawe which Christe hath geuen vs 9 and not to be offended at the infirmitie lowe degree of Christe 10 because it was necessarie that for our sakes he shoulde take such an humble state vpon hym that he myght be lyke vnto his brethren 1 WHerfore we ought to geue the more earnest heede to the thynges which we haue heard lest at any tyme we should let them slippe 2 For yf the worde spoken by Angels was stedfast And euery transgression and disobedience receaued a iust recompense of rewarde 3 Howe shall we escape yf we neglect so great saluation which at the first began to be preached of the Lorde and was confirmed vnto vswarde by them that hearde it 4 God bearyng witnesse therto both with signes wonders also and with diuers powers and
them which are euyll and hast examined them which say they are Apostles and are not and hast founde them lyers 3 And hast suffred and hast patience and for my names sake hast laboured and hast not faynted 4 Neuertheles I haue somewhat against thee because thou hast left thy first loue 5 Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen and repent and do the first workes Or els I wyll come vnto thee shortly wyll remoue thy candlesticke out of his place except thou repēt 6 But this thou hast because thou hatest the deedes of the Nicolaitans which deedes I also hate 7 Let hym that hath an eare heare what y e spirite sayth vnto the Churches To hym that ouercommeth wyll I geue to eate of the tree of lyfe which is in the middes of the paradise of God 8 And vnto the Angel of the Churche of Smyrna write These thynges sayth he that is first and the last which was dead and is alyue 9 I knowe thy workes and tribulation and pouertie but thou art riche And I know the blasphemie of them which cal them selues Iewes and are not but are the synagogue of Satan 10 Feare none of those thynges which thou shalt suffer Beholde the deuyll shall caste some of you into prison to tempt you and ye shall haue tribulation ten dayes Be faythfull vnto the death and I wyll geue thee a crowne of lyfe 11 Let hym that hath an eare heare what the spirite sayth vnto y e Churches He that ouercommeth shall not be hurt of the seconde death 12 And to the Angell of the Churche in Pergamos write This saith he which hath y e sharpe sword with two edges 13 I knowe thy workes and where thou dwellest euen where Satans seate is and thou kepest my name and hast not denyed my fayth Euen in those dayes when Antipas my faythfull martir was slayne among you where Satan dwelleth 14 But I haue a fewe thynges agaynst thee because thou hast there them that maynetayne the doctrine of Balaam whiche taught in Balacke to put a stumblyng blocke before the chyldren of Israel that they shoulde eate of meate dedicate vnto idols commit fornicatiō 15 Euen so hast thou thē that maintayne the doctrine of the Nicolaitans which thyng I hate 16 Repent or els I wyll come vnto thee shortly and wyll fyght agaynst them with the sworde of my mouth 17 Let hym that hath an eare heare what y e spirite sayth vnto the Churches To hym that ouercommeth wyll I geue to eate Manna that is hyd and wyll geue hym a white stone and in the stone a newe name written which no man knoweth sauyng he y t receaueth it 18 And vnto the Angell of the Churche of Thyatira write This saith y e sonne of God who hath eyes lyke vnto a flambe of fyre and his feete are like fine brasse 19 I knowe thy workes and thy loue seruice and fayth and thy patience and thy deedes which are mo at the last thē at the first 20 Notwithstandyng I haue a fewe thynges agaynst thee because thou sufferest that woman Iesabel which called her selfe a prophetisse to teache and to deceaue my seruauntes to make them commit fornication and to eate meates offred vp vnto idols 21 And I gaue her space to repent of her fornication and she repented not 22 Beholde I wyll cast her into a bed and them that commit fornication with her into great aduersitie except they turne from their deedes 23 And I wyll kyll her chyldren with death all the Churches shall knowe that I am he which searcheth the raynes and heartes And I wyll geue vnto euery one of you accordyng vnto his workes 24 Vnto you I say and vnto other of thē of Thyatira as many as haue not this learnyng which haue not knowē the deepenesse of Satan as they say I wyll put vpon you none other burthen 25 But that which ye haue alredy holde fast tyll I come 26 And whosoeuer ouercommeth and kepeth my workes vnto the ende to hym wyll I geue power ouer nations 27 And he shall rule them with a rodde of yron and as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to sheuers 28 Euen as I receaued of my father so wyll I geue hym the mornyng starre 29 Let hym that hath an eare heare what the spirite sayth to the Churches ¶ The .iij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth the Churches or ministers to the true profession of fayth and to watchyng 12 with promises to them that perseuer 1 AND write vnto the Angel of the Churche that is at Sardis this sayth he that hath the seuen spirites of God and the seuen starres I knowe thy workes thou hast a name that thou lyuest and thou art dead 2 Be awake and strength the thynges which remayne that are redie to dye For I haue not founde thy workes perfect before God 3 Remember therfore howe thou hast receaued and heard and holde fast and repent If thou shalt not watche I wyll come on thee as a thiefe and thou shalt not knowe what houre I wyll come vpon thee 4 Thou hast a fewe names in Sardis which haue not defiled their garmētes and they shall walke with me in white for they are worthie 5 He that ouercommeth shal be thus clothed in whyte aray and I wyll not put out his name out of the booke of life and I will confesse his name before my father and before his Angels 6 Let him that hath an eare heare what the spirite sayth vnto the Churches 7 And write vnto y e Angel of the Church of Philadelphia this sayth he that is holy and true which hath the key of Dauid which openeth and no man shutteth and shutteth and no man openeth 8 I knowe thy workes Beholde I haue set before thee an open doore and no man can shut it for thou hast a litle strength hast kept my sayinges and hast not denyed my name 9 Beholde I make them of the synagogue of Satan which call them selues Iewes and are not but do lye Behold I wyll make them that they shal come and worshyp before thy feete and shall knowe that I haue loued thee 10 Because thou hast kept the wordes of my patience therfore I wyll kepe thee from the houre of temptation which wyll come vpon all the worlde to trie them that dwel vpon the earth 11 Beholde I come shortly Holde that which thou haste that no man take away thy crowne 12 Hym that ouercōmeth wyll I make a pyller in the temple of my God and he shall go no more out And I wyll write vpon him the name of my God and the name of the citie of my God newe Hierusalem which commeth downe out of heauen from my God and I wyll write vpon hym my newe name 13 Let hym that hath an eare heare what the spirite sayth vnto y e Churches 14 And vnto the Angel of the Churche which is in Laodicea write
saying Great and marueylous are thy workes Lorde God almightie iust and true are thy wayes thou kyng of saintes 4 Who shall not feare thee O Lorde and glorifie thy name for thou only art holy And all gentiles shal come and worship before thee for thy iudgemētes are made manifest 5 And after that I loked and beholde the temple of the tabernacle of testimonie was open in heauen 6 And the seuen angels came out of the temple which had the seuen plagues clothed in pure and bryght lynnen and hauing their brestes girded with golden girdels 7 And one of the foure beastes gaue vnto the seuen angels seuen golden vials full of the wrath of God which lyueth for euermore 8 And the temple was full of the smoke of the glorie of God and of his power and no man was able to enter into the temple tyll the seuen plagues of the seuen angels were fulfylled The .xvi. Chapter ◠The angels powre out their vials full of wrath 6 and what plagues folowe therof 15 Admonition to take heede and watche 1 AND I hearde a great voyce out of the temple saying to y e seuen angels Go your wayes powre out your vials of wrath vpon the earth 2 And the first angell went and powred out his vial vpon the earth and there fell a noysome and a sore botch vpon the men which had the marke of the beast and vpon them which worshipped his image 3 And the second angell shed out his vial vpon the sea and it turned as it were into the blood of a dead man and euery lyuyng thyng dyed in the sea 4 And the thirde angell shed out his viall vpon the ryuers and fountaynes of waters and they turned to blood 5 And I hearde the angell of the waters say Lorde which art and wast thou art ryghteous holy because thou hast geuen such iudgementes 6 For they shed out the blood of saintes and prophetes and therfore hast thou geuen them blood to drynke for they are worthie 7 And I heard another out of the aulter say euen so Lorde God almightie true and ryghteous are thy iudgementes 8 And the fourth angell powred out his viall on the sunne power was geuen vnto hym to vexe men with heate of fyre 9 And men boyled in great heate and blasphemed the name of God whiche hath power ouer these plagues they repented not to geue hym glorie 10 And the fifth angell powred out his viall vpon the seate of the beast and his kyngdome waxed darke they gnewe their tongues for sorowe 11 And blasphemed the God of heauen for their sorowe and for theirs sores and repented not of their deedes 12 And the sixt angell powred out his vial vpon the great riuer Euphrates and the water dryed vp that the wayes of the kynges of y e east should be prepared 13 And I sawe three vncleane spirites like frogges come out of the mouth of y e dragon out of the mouth of the beast out of the mouth of the false prophete 14 For they are the spirites of deuyls workyng miracles to go out vnto the kynges of the earth and of the whole worlde to gather them to the battayle of that great day of God almightie 15 Beholde I come as a theefe Happie is he that watcheth and kepeth his garmentes lest he walke naked and men see his fylthynesse 16 And he gathered them together into a place called in the Hebrue tongue Armagedon 17 And the seuenth angell powred out his viall into the ayre And there came a great voyce out of the temple of heauen from the throne saying it is done 18 And there folowed voyces thundringes lyghtnynges and there was a great earthquake such as was not sence men were vpon the earth so mightie an earquake and so great 19 And the great citie was deuided into three partes and the cities of all nations fell And great Babylon came in remembraunce before God to geue vnto her the cup of the wyne of the fearcenesse of his wrath 20 Euery I le also fledde away and the mountaynes were not founde 21 And there fell a great hayle as it had ben talentes out of heauen vpon the men and the men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hayle for the plague therof was exceadyng great ⧠The .xvij. Chapter 3 The discription of the great whore 8 her sinnes and punishment 14 The victorie of the lambe 1 AND there came one of the seuē angels which had the seuen vials talked with me saying vnto me Come I wyll shewe vnto thee the iudgement of the great whore that sitteth vpon many waters 2 With whom haue committed fornication the kynges of the earth and the inhabiters of the earth are dronken with the wyne of her fornication 3 So he caryed me away in the spirite into the wildernesse And I sawe a woman sit vpon a scarlet coloured beast ful of names of blasphemie which had seuen heades and ten hornes 4 And the woman was arayed in purple and scarlet colour and decked with golde precious stone and pearles and had a cup of golde in her hande full of abhominations and fylthynesse of her fornication 5 And in her forehead was a name written a misterie great Babylon the mother of whoredome abhominations of the earth 6 And I sawe y e woman dronken with the blood of the martirs of Iesus And when I sawe her I wondred with great maruayle 7 And the angell sayde vnto me wherfore maruaylest thou I wyll shewe thee the misterie of the woman and of the beast that beareth her which hath seuen heades and ten hornes 8 The beast that thou seest was and is not and shall ascende out of the bottomlesse pyt and shall go into perdition and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder whose names are not written in the booke of lyfe from the begynnyng of the world when they beholde the beast that was and is not and yet is 9 And here is a mynde that hath wisdome The seuen heades are seuen mountaynes on whiche the woman sitteth They are also seuen kynges 10 Fyue are fallen one is and another is not yet come And whē he commeth he must continue a short space 11 And the beast that was and is not is euen the eyght and is one of the seuen and shall go into destruction 12 And the ten hornes which thou sawest are ten kynges which haue receaued no kyngdome as yet but shall receaue power as kynges at one houre with the beast 13 These haue one mynde and shal geue their power strength vnto the beast 14 These shall fyght with the lambe and the lambe shall ouercome them For he is Lorde of Lordes and Kyng of Kynges and they that are on his syde are called and chosen and faythfull 15 And he sayde vnto me The waters which thou sawest where the whore sitteth are people and folke nations and tongues 16 And the ten hornes which
thou sawest vpon the beast are they that shall hate the whore and shall make her desolate and naked and shall eate her fleshe and burne her with fire 17 For God hath put in their heartes to fulfyll his wyll and to do with one consent for to geue their kyngdome vnto the beast vntyll the wordes of God be fulfylled 18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great citie which raigneth ouer the kynges of the earth ⧠The .xviij. Chapter â— The louers of the worlde are sory for the fall of the whore of Babylon 4 An admonition to the people of God to flee out of her dominioÌ„ 20 But they that be of God haue cause to reioyce for her destruction 1 AND after that I sawe another angell come from heauen â–ª hauyng great power and the earth was lyghtened with his glorie 2 And â—e tryed myghtyly with a strong voyce saying Great Babylon is fallenâ—s fallen and is become the habitation of deuyls and the holde of all foule spirites and a cage of â—ll vncleane and hatefull byrdes 3 For all nations haue dronken of the wine of the wrath of her fornication the kinges of the earth haue committed fornication with her the marchauntes of the earth are waxed riche of the aboundaunce of her pleasures 4 And I hearde another voyce from heauen say Come awaye from her my people that ye be not partakers of her sinnes and that ye receaue not of her plagues 5 For her sinnes are gone vp to heauen and God hath remembred her wickednesse 6 Rewarde her euen as she rewarded you and geue her double accordyng to her workes and powre in double to her in the same cuppe which she fylled vnto you 7 And as much as she glorified her selfe lyued wantonly so much powre ye in for her of punishement sorowe for she said in her heart I sit being a queene and am no wydowe and shall see no sorowe 8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day death and sorowe and hunger and she shal be brent with fire for strong is the Lorde whiche shall iudge her 9 And they shal bewayl her the kinges of the earth shall lament for her which haue committed fornication with her haue lyued wantonly with her when they shal see the smoke of her burnyng 10 And shall stande a farre of for feare of her punishment saying Alas alas that great citie Babylon that myghtie citie for at one houre is thy iudgement come 11 And the marchauntes of the earth shall wepe and wayle ouer her for no man wyll bye their ware any more 12 The ware of golde and siluer and precious stones neither of pearle raynes and purple and sylke and skarlet and all thinne wood and all maner vessels of yuorie and all maner vessels of most precious wood and of brasse and yron and marble 13 And synamon and odours and oyntmentes and frankensence and wine and oyle and fine floure and wheate beastes and sheepe and horses charrets and bodies and soules of men 14 And the apples that thy soule lusted after are departed from thee and all thynges which were daintie and had in price are departed from thee and thou shalt fynde them no more 15 The marchauntes of these thynges whiche were waxed ryche shall stande a farre of froÌ„ her for feare of the punishment of her wepyng and waylyng 16 And saying Alas alas that great citie that was clothed in raynes and purple and skarlet and decked with golde and precious stones and pearles 17 For at one houre so great ryches is come to naught And euery shippe gouernour all they that occupie shippes and shippemen which worke in the sea stoode a farre of 18 And cryed when they sawe the smoke of her burnyng saying what citie is lyke vnto this great citie 19 And they cast dust on their heades cryed wepyng waylyng and saying Alas alas that great citie wherein were made riche all that had shippes in the sea by reason of her costlynesse for at one houre is she made desolate 20 Reioyce ouer her thou heauen and ye holy apostles and prophetes for God hath geuen your iudgement on her 21 And a myghtie angell toke vp a stone lyke a great mylstone and cast it into the sea saying With suche violence shall that great citie Babylon be cast shal be founde no more 22 And the voyce of harpers and musitions of pypers and trumpetters shall be heard no more in thee and no craftes man of whatsoeuer craft he be shall be founde any more in thee and the sounde of a myll shall be heard no more in thee 23 And the lyght of a candle shall shyne no more in thee and the voyce of the brydegrome and of the bryde shall be hearde no more in thee for thy marchaunts were the great men of y e earth and with thyne inchauntment were deceaued all nations 24 And in her was founde the blood of the prophetes and of the saintes and of all that were slayne vpon the earth ¶ The .xix. Chapter 1 Prayses are geuen vnto God for iudgyng the whore and for auengyng the blood of his seruauntes 10 The angell wyll not be worshipped 17 The fowles byrdes are called to the slaughter 1 ANd after that I heard a great voyce of much people in heauen saying Alleluia Saluation and glory and honour and power be ascribed to the Lorde our God 2 For true and ryghteous are his iudgementes for he hath iudged the great whore which dyd corrupt y e earth with her fornication and hath auenged the blood of his seruauntes of her hande 3 And agayne they sayde Alleluia and her smoke rose vp for euermore 4 And the xxiiij elders the foure beastes fell downe worshipped God that sate on the throne saying Amen Alleluia 5 And a voyce came out of the throne saying Praise our Lord God all ye that are his seruauntes ye that feare hym both small and great 6 And I hearde the voyce of much people euen as the voyce of many waters and as the voyce of strong thundringes saying Alleluia for the Lorde our God omnipotent raigneth 7 Let vs be glad reioyce geue honor to hym for the mariage of the lambe is come his wyfe made her selfe redy 8 And to her was graunted that she should be arayed with pure and goodly raynes For the raynes is the ryghteousnes of saintes 9 And he sayde vnto me write Happy are they which are called vnto the supper of the lambes mariage And he said vnto me These are the true sayinges of God 10 And I fell at his feete to worship him And he saide vnto me See thou do it not for I am thy felowe seruaunt and of thy brethren euen of them that haue the testimonie of Iesus Worship God For the testimonie of Iesus is the spirite of prophesie 11 And I sawe heauen open beholde a white horse and he that
sate vpon him was called faythfull and true and in ryghteousnesse he doth iudge and make battayle 12 His eyes were as a flambe of fire and on his head were many crownes and he had a name written that no man knewe but he hym selfe 13 And he was clothed with a vesture dipt in blood and his name is called the worde of God 14 And the warryers which were in heauen folowed hym vppon whyte horses clothed with whyte and pure raynes 15 And out of his mouth went a sharpe sworde that with it he shoulde smyte the heathen and he shall rule theÌ„ with a rodde of yron And he trode the wine-fat of fiercenesse and wrath of almightie God 16 And hath on his vesture and on his thygh a name written King of kinges and Lorde of lordes 17 And I sawe an angell stande in the sunne and he cryed with a loude voyce saying to all the fowles that flee by the myddes of heauen Come and gather your selues together vnto the supper of the great God 18 That ye may eate the fleshe of kinges and the fleshe of hye capitaynes and the fleshe of myghtie men and the fleshe of horses and of them that syt on them and the fleshe of all free men and bonde men and of small and great 19 And I sawe the beast and the kinges of the earth and their warryers gathered together to make battayle agaynst hym that sate on the horse and agaynst his souldyers 20 And the beast was taken and with hym that false prophete that wrought miracles before hym with which he deceaued them that receaued the beastes marke and them that worshipped his image These both were cast quicke into a ponde of fire burnyng with brymstone 21 And the remnaunt were slayne with the sworde of hym that sate vppon the horse whiche sworde proceaded out of his mouth and all the fowles were fylled with their fleshe ¶ The .xx. Chapter 2 Satan beyng bounde for a certayne tyme 7 and after let loose â—ereth the Churche greeuouslye 10.14 And after the worlde is iudged he and his are cast into the lake of fire 1 AND I sawe an angel come downe from heauen hauyng the key of the bottomelesse pytte and a great chaine in his hand 2 And he toke the dragon that olde serpent which is the deuyll and Satanas and he bounde hym a thousand yeres 3 And cast hym into the bottomlesse pit and he shut hym vp and set a seale on hym that he shoulde deceaue the people no more tyll the thousande yeres were fulfylled and after that he must be loosed for a litle season 4 And I sawe thrones and they sate vpon them and iudgement was geuen vnto them and I sawe the soules of them that were beheaded for the witnesse of Iesus and for the word of God and whiche had not worshipped the beast neither his image neither had taken his marke vpon their foreheades or in their handes and they lyued and raigned with Christe a thousand yeres 5 But the other of the dead men shall not lyue agayne vntyll the thousande yeres be finished This is the first resurrection 6 Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection For on such shal the seconde death haue no power but they shal be the priestes of God and of Christe and shall raigne with hym a thousande yeres 7 And when the thousande yeres are expired Satan shal be loosed out of his pryson 8 And shall go out to deceaue the people which are in the foure quarters of the earth Gog and Magog to gather them together to battayle whose number is as the sande of the sea 9 And they went vp in the playne of the earth and compassed the tentes of the saintes about and the beloued citie and fire came downe from God out of heauen and deuoured them 10 And the deuyll that deceaued them was cast into a lake of fire brymstone where the beast and the false prophete shal be tormented day nyght for euermore 11 And I sawe a great whyte throne and him that sate on it froÌ„ whose face fledde away both the earth and heauen and their place was no more founde 12 And I sawe the dead both great and small stand before God and the bookes were opened and another booke was opened which is the booke of lyfe and the dead were iudged of those thynges whiche were written in the bookes accordyng to their deedes 13 And the sea gaue vp her dead whiche were in her and death and hell delyuered vp the dead whiche were in them and they were iudged euery man accordyng to his deedes 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fyre This is the seconde death 15 And whosoeuer was not founde written in the booke of lyfe was cast into the lake of fire ¶ The .xxj. Chapter 3.14 The blessed estate of the godly 8.27 and the miserable condition of the wicked 11 The discription on the heauenly Hierusalem and of the wyfe of the Lambe 1 AND I sawe a newe heauen a new earth for the first heauen the first earthwere vanisshed awaye there was no more sea 2 ☞ And I Iohn sawe the holy citie newe Hierusalem come downe from God out of heauen prepared as a bride garnisshed for her husbande 3 And I hearde a great voyce out of heauen saying Beholde the tabernacle of God is with men and he wyll dwell with them and they shal be his people and God hym selfe shal be with them and be their God 4 And God shall wype away all teares from their eyes and there shal be no more death neither sorowe neither crying neither shall there be any more payne for the former thynges are gone 5 And he that sate vpon the throne said Beholde I make all thynges newe ☜ And he sayde vnto me write for these wordes are faythfull and true 6 And he sayde vnto me it is done I am Alpha and Omega the begynnyng and the ende I wyll geue to hym that is a thirst of the well of the water of lyfe freely 7 He that ouercommeth shall inherite all thynges and I wyl be his God and he shal be my sonne 8 But the fearefull and vnbeleuing and the abhominable and murtherers and whoremongers and sorcerers and idolaters all lyers shall haue their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brymstone which is the seconde death 9 And there came vnto me one of the seuen angels whiche had the seuen vyals full of the seuen last plagues and talked with me saying Come hyther I wyll shewe thee the bryde the lambes wyfe 10 And he caryed me away in the spirite to a great and an hye mountayne and he shewed me the great citie holy Hierusalem descendyng out of heauen froÌ„ God 11 Hauing the glorie of God and her shining was lyke vnto a stone most precious euen lyke a Iasper cleare as Cristall 12 And had walles great and hye had xij gates and at
the gates .xij. angels names written which are the names of the .xij. tribes of Israel 13 On the east syde three gates and on the north syde three gates and towards the south three gates and froÌ„ the west three gates 14 And the wall of the citie had .xij. foundations and in them the .xij. names of the lambes .xij. Apostles 15 And he that talked with me had a golden reede to measure the citie withall and the gates thereof and the wall therof 16 And the citie was buylt foure square the length was as large as y e breadth and he measured the citie with the reede twelue thousande furlonges and the length and the breadth and the heyght of it were equall 17 And he measured the wall thereof an hundreth and fourtie and foure cubites by the measure of man that is of the angell 18 And the buylding of the wall of it was of Iasper and the citie was pure golde lyke vnto cleare glasse 19 And the foundations of the wall of the citie were garnisshed with all maner of precious stones The first foundation was Iasper the seconde Saphire the third a Chalcedonie the fourth an Emeralde 20 The fifth Sardonix y e sixth Sardius the seuenth Chrysolite the eygth Beryl the ninth a Topas the tenth a Chrysoprasus the eleueÌ„th a Iacinct y e twelfth an Amatist 21 The .xij. gates were .xij pearles euery gate was of one pearle and the streate of the citie was pure golde as through shynyng glasse 22 And I sawe no temple therin For the Lorde God almightie and the Lambe are the temple of it 23 And the citie hath no neede of the sunne neither of the moone to lighten it For the glorie of God dyd lighten it and the Lambe is the lyght of it 24 And the people which are saued shall walke in the lyght of it and the kynges of the earth shall bryng their glorie and honor vnto it 25 And the gates of it are not shut by day for there shal be no nyght 26 And they shall bring the glory and honor of the gentiles vnto it 27 And there shall enter into it none vncleane thyng neither whatsoeuer worketh abhomination or maketh lyes but they only which are written in the lambes booke of lyfe ¶ The .xxij. Chapter 1 The riuer of the water of lyfe 2 The fruitfulnesse and lyght of the citie of God 6 The Lorde geueth euer his seruauntes warnyng of thynges to come 9 The angell wyll not be worshipped 18 To the worde of God may nothyng be added nor diminisshed therfrom 1 AND he shewed me a pure ryuer of water of lyfe cleare as Cristall proceadyng out of the throne of god and of the lambe 2 In the middes of the streate of it H. L. and of either side of the ryuer was there wood of lyfe which bare twelue maner of fruites and gaue fruite euery moneth and the leaues of the wood serued to heale the people withall 3 And there shal be no more curse but the throne of God and the lambe shal be in it and his seruauntes shal serue hym 4 And they shall see his face his name shal be in their foreheades 5 And there shal be no nyght there and they neede no candle neither lyght of the sunne for the Lorde God geueth them lyght and they shall raigne for euermore 6 And he sayde vnto me these sayinges are faythfull and true And the Lorde God of the holy prophetes sent his angell to shewe vnto his seruauntes the thynges which must shortly be fulfilled 7 Beholde I come shortly Happy is he that kepeth y e saying of the prophecie of this booke 8 I Iohn sawe these thynges hearde them And when I had hearde and seene I fell downe to worship before the feete of the angell which shewed me these thynges 9 And he sayde vnto me see thou do it not for I am thy felowe seruaunt and the felowe seruaunt of thy brethren the prophetes and of them which kepe the sayinges of this booke But worshippe God 10 And he sayde vnto me seale not the sayinges of the prophecie of this booke For the tyme is at hande 11 He that doeth euyll let hym do euyll styll and he which is filthie let hym be filthie styll and he that is ryghteous let hym be ryghteous styll and he that is holy let hym be holy styll 12 And beholde I come shortly and my rewarde is with me to geue euery man accordyng as his deedes shal be 13 I am Alpha and Omega the begynnyng and the ende the first and the last 14 Blessed are they that do his commaundementes that their power may be in the tree of lyfe and may enter in through the gates into the citie 15 For without shal be dogges and inchaunters and whoremongers and murtherers and idolaters and whosoeuer loueth or maketh â—easynges 16 I Iesus sent myne angell to testifie vnto you these thynges in y e Churches I am the roote and the generation of Dauid and the bryght mornyng starre 17 And the spirite and the bride say come And let hym that heareth say also come And let hym that is a thirst come And let whosoeuer wyll take of the water of lyfe freely 18 I testifie vnto euery man that heareth the wordes of y e prophecie of this booke If any man shall adde vnto these thynges God shall adde vnto hym the plagues that are written in this booke 19 And yf any man shall minishe of the wordes of the booke of this prophecie God shal take away his part out of the booke of lyfe and out of the holy citie and from the thynges which are writteÌ„ in this booke 20 He which testifieth these thynges sayth surely I come quickly Amen Euen so come Lorde Iesus 21 The grace of our Lord Iesus Christe be with you all Amen FINIS ⧠A Table to fynde the Epistles and Gospels read in the Church of Englande VVherof the first lyne is the Epistle and the other the Gospell Whose begynnyng thou shalt fynde in the booke marked with a hande as it were poyntyng forwarde and the ende with a hande poyntyng backwarde conteyned within these letters A. B. C. D. c. ¶ On the first Sunday in Aduent Owe nothyng to any Rom. xiii c. When they drewe nye Math. xxi a. ¶ On the seconde Sunday in aduent Whatsoeuer thynges are Rom. xv a. And there shal be signes Luk. xxi e. ¶ On the thirde Sunday in Aduent Let a man this wyse i Cor. iiii a. When Iohn beyng in prison Math. xi a. ¶ On the fourth Sunday in Aduent Reioyce in the Lorde Phil. iiii a. This is the recorde of Iohn i. b. ¶ On Christmas day God in tymes past Hebr. i. a. In the begynnyng was Iohn i. a. ¶ On saint Steuens day And Steuen beyng full of Act. vii c. Beholde I sende vnto you Math. xxiii d. ¶ On saint Iohns day That which was from i Iohn i. Iesus sayde vnto
the enemies (c) Because she vsed the aucthoritie power that God gaue her for the wealth of her people not to suppresse them after the maner of tirauntes (d) magiâ—rats that aâ—ore were hindered in the executing of their office marchants thâ—t then durst not iorney from citie to citie (e) A certaine place much oppressed with the enemies â–ª or a place vsed for marâ—haâ—dise to the which for feared 〈◊〉 the enemies there was afore no resorte (f) Whom the enemies of like vsed to skirmish vpoÌ„ to endauÌ„ger g To wyt thy that kept the people in captiuitie (h) In this reckâ—nyng vp of the instruments of this victorie she begynneth with her selfe as a roote of Ephraim and calleth these Chanaanites Amalek by illusion (i) It is lyke that some of the Beniamites ioyned them selues to Debora and vnlyke that she propheâ—eth here of the victorie of Saul agaynst Amalek wherof 1. Sa. 15. b. (k) They marueyled that they came not ouer Iordane to helpe them (l) And yet came to helpe and therfore thou Ruben canst haue no excuse (m) They dwelled farre of and their cities decayed easy for their enemies to get yf they left them but this excuse serueth not against Gods commaundement (n) A citie neare to Thabor and therfore without excuse that they came not to helpe (o) That is growe more and mâ— in strength and power to vanquishe â—heir enemies (a) Specially idolatrie as hereafter appeareth (b) That is the power or strength (c) That is for feare of the Madianites (d) That is by the Madianites (e) Affliction is a better â—emaster to theache the Lorde then proâ—peritie 〈…〉 g. 〈…〉 (f) Affliction assâ—â—teth forth and at the â—irst shewe argueth gods abâ—ence to destruction but â—st â—t faith 〈◊〉 fynde it gods messenger to reâ—enâ—â—unce and sâ—uation g The angel is called the Lorde for 〈◊〉 was the Lordes messenger or rather it was Christe the Lorde hym seâ— that dyd appeâ—re (h) Whiche â—ewe thou reâ—thou reâ— of me (i) Gedeon to be assured it was Gods message and not illusion of a spirit requireth a signe But Gods worde once confirmed by signes is to be beleued without signe (k A measure of drye thynges conteynyng about three bushels 3. Reg 18. f. Exod. 33. d. Iud. 13. d. (l) First idolatrie is to be destroyed and true religion restored and then the delyuery of the people or ciuile gouernaunce of the same to be taken in hande (m) Whiche was of seuen yeres feeding and kept to be offered to Baal n That is the 〈◊〉 Abiezer (a) God wyll not that any creature depriue hym of his glorie Deut. xx b. 1. Malach. 3. g (b) They shâ— depart as to vnmeete for this enterprise Drunke 〈◊〉 putâ— their 〈◊〉 to their 〈…〉 â—s â–ª and by â—pping (d) Whiche were in 〈◊〉 and parted â—t two times xxxi M. and â—i C. Iud 6 c. e These weak meanes God vsed â–ª to signifie that the whole victorie came of hym “ Or Brake their array 1. Reg. 14. c. (f For they fell a kyllyng one of another (g) Meanyng the passages or the fourds that theâ— shuld not escape Psal 83 b. Esa 10. f. (h) These places toke that names of the actes that were done there (a) Whiche haue slayne two princes Oreb Zeb (b) This last act of the whole â—triâ—e is more famous then the enterprise of one man of one familie (c) A â—tie â—nde Iorâ— in the 〈◊〉 of God which Iacob 〈◊〉 dyd when â—rtâ—d froÌ„â—ing his brother Esau (d) They can not beleue that Gedeon is able to ouer come the princes and therfore they mock him and churlyshly deny him relief (e) Hauing gotten the victorie (f) Euen nature forceth me to reuenge their deathes (g) Meaning that they would be ryd out of their payne at once or that they thought it dishonour to be put to death by a boy (h) That is thy posteritie (i) By such one as he shall chose according to the sentence of his holy worde to rule and to mayntayne his true religion (k) To be a testimonie of this victorie But afterward abused to idolatrie (l) An Eâ— piâ— wâ—by is the meâ—nt that theâ— were nether thaâ—full nor kynd nor louing nor beneâ— to the children of Ieroâ— (a) The desire of soueraintie where it rooteth â–ª sheedeth the innocent blood that is founde in his way as a woolfe deuoureth lambes (b) In this parable he setteth before their eyes their folly and vngratitude in choosyng a kyng with threatnyng telleth them what rewarde both they and their kyng shall haue (c) He alludeth to the vse of oyle in sacrifices lampes vnction of prophets priestes and kynges (d) Because wine was â—poynted by the lawe to 〈◊〉 drynkâ— offeryng for a sweete honour vnto the Lord Num. xv â— (e) Abimelech shall destroy the nobles of Sichem (g) Because the people consented with the king in frâ—â—ding innocent blood therfore God destroyed both the one and the other (h) By these wordes he mocked Gaal for the bragge he made afore agaynst Abimelech i That it shoulde be vnfrutful and neuer serue to any vse k That is of Baal Berith as afore Chap. 8. g. ii Re. x. l What strength the curse of heâ— men oppressed with wrong hath to bring the vengeance of God vpon the oppressours may appeare by this and likewyse by Elizeus the prophet “ Or gouerned (a) That was the vse of men of great authoritie and honour (b) Or the townes of Iair Deut. Chap. 3. “ Or Aâ—am “ Or Delâ—uered c That is the Rubenâ—tes Gadites and halfe the tribe of Manasses d By stâ—r 〈◊〉 them vp sâ— prophete â— Chap. â— Deut 32 c Neuer retriued to the priuiledge of â— wyfe That was the name of the owner of the lande (c) To make inuasions vpoÌ„ the enemies of the people of God and to line of the spoyle (d) God can bring the cast-away to haue rule ouer his oppressours Let no man therfore exalte him selfe and despise any man of Gods creation “ Hebr Added to commit Iud 2 b 3 b. 4 â— 6 â— 10. a. (a) Meaning he should haue a peculiar calling to serue God in separat from the common ordre of men “ Or wonderfull (b) It semeth that the angell appeared twyse in one day (c) Whom he thought to be a man but was in dede an angel (d) That is any thing that is forbid by the lawe (e) And not vnto me â—or to idols Or Merâ— For God sent fire from 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 then to sacrifice Exo 33. d. Iud vi c. g These graces that we haue receaued of God his accepting of our obedience are sure tokeÌ„s of his loue toward vs so that nothyng can hurt vs. “ Or to come vpon hym at tymes “ Heb â–ª take her for me 〈◊〉 wyfe (a) Theâ— speke in defence of Gods lawe that for byddeth maryage with straungers Deu. 7. a (b) At y e first but it is lyke they had vnderstandyng of Gods