he deuide the inheritauÌ„ce with me 14 And he sayde vnto hym Man who made me a iudge or a deuider ouer you 15 And he sayde vnto them Take heede beware of couetousnes For no mans lyfe standeth in the aboundaunce of the thynges which he possesseth 16 And he put foorth a similitude vnto theÌ„ saying The grounde of a certaine ryche man brought foorth plentifull fruites 17 And he thought within him selfe saying What shall I do because I haue no rowme where to bestow my fruites 18 And he sayde this wyll I do I wyll destroy my barnes and buylde greater and therin wyll I gather all my fruites and my goodes 19 And I wyll saye to my soule Soule thou hast much goods layed vp in store for many yeres take thyne ease eate drynke and be mery 20 But God sayde vnto hym Thou foole this nyght wyll they fetch awaye thy soule againe froÌ„ thee Then whose shall those thynges be which thou hast prouided 21 So is he that gathereth riches to him selfe and is not ryche towardes God 22 And he spake vnto his disciples Therfore I say vnto you take no thought for your lyfe what ye shall eate neither for the body what ye shall put on 23 The lyfe is more then meate and the body is more then rayment 24 Consider the Rauens for they neither sowe nor reape whiche neither haue storehouse nor barne and God feedeth them ☜ Howe much more are ye better then fethered fowles 25 Which of you with takyng thought can adde to his stature one cubite 26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least why take ye thought for the remnaunt 27 Consider the Lylies how they growe they labour not they spinne not and yet I say vnto you that Solomon in al his royaltie was not clothed lyke one of these 28 If God so clothe the grasse whiche is to daye in the fielde and to morowe is cast into the furnasse howe much more wyll he clothe you O ye of litle fayth 29 And aske not ye what ye shall eate or what ye shall drynke neither be ye of doubtfull mynde 30 For all suche thynges do the Heathen people of the worlde seke for and your father knoweth that ye haue neede of these thynges 31 But rather seke ye after y e kyngdome of God and all these thinges shal be ministred vnto you 32 Feare not litle flocke for it is your fathers pleasure to geue you a kyngdome 33 Sell that ye haue and geue almes and prepare you bagges whiche waxe not olde euen a treasure that fayleth not in heauen where no thiefe coÌ„meth neither moth corrupteth 34 For where your treasure is there wyl your hearte be also 35 Let your loynes be girde about and your lyghtes brennyng 36 And ye your selues like vnto men that wayte for their Lorde when he wyll returne from the weddyng that when he commeth and knocketh they maye open vnto hym immediatly 37 Happy are those seruauntes whoÌ„ the Lorde when he commeth shall fynde wakyng Veryly I say vnto you that he shall girde him selfe and make them to syt downe to meate and wyll come foorth and minister vnto them 38 And yf he come in the seconde watche yea if he come in the thirde watche and fynde them so happye are those seruauntes 39 This vnderstande that yf the good man of the house knew what houre the thiefe woulde come he woulde surely watche and not suffer his house to be dygged through 40 Be ye therfore redy also for y e sonne of man wyll come at an houre when ye thynke not ☜ 41 Then Peter saide vnto him Maister tellest thou this similitude vnto vs or to all men 42 And the Lorde saide Who is a faythfull and wyse stewarde whom his lorde shall make ruler ouer his housholde to geue them their portion of meate in due season 43 Happye is that seruaunt whom his lorde when he commeth shall fynde so doyng 44 Of a trueth I saye vnto you that he wyll make hym ruler ouer all that he hath 45 But yf that seruauÌ„t say in his heart my lorde wyll deferre his commyng and shall begyn to smyte the seruauntes and maydens and to eate and drynke and to be dronken 46 The Lord of that seruaunt wyll come in a day when he thynketh not and at an houre when he is not ware and wyll hewe hym in peeces and geue hym his portion with the vnbeleuers 47 And the seruaunt that knewe his maisters wyll and prepared not hym selfe neither dyd accordyng to his wyll shal be beaten with many strypes 48 But he that knewe not and did coÌ„mit thynges worthy of strypes shal be beaten with fewe strypes For vnto whoÌ„soeuer much is geuen of him shal be much required and to whom men haue committed much of hym wyl they aske the more 49 I am come to sende fire on y e earth and what is my desire but that it be alredye kindled 50 Notwithstandyng I must be baptized with a baptisme and howe am I payned tyll it be ended 51 Suppose ye that I am come to sende peace on earth I tell you naye but rather deuision 52 For froÌ„ hencefoorth there shal be fyue in one house deuided three against two and two against three 53 The father shal be deuided against the sonne and the sonne against the father The mother agaynst the daughter and the daughter agaynst the mother The mother in lawe against her daughter in lawe and the daughter in lawe against her mother in lawe 54 He sayde also to the people When ye see a cloude rise out of the west straightway ye say there coÌ„meth a showre and so it is 55 And wheÌ„ ye see the south wynd blow ye say it wyll be hotte and it commeth to passe 56 Ye hypocrites ye can discerne the outwarde appearaunce of the skye and of the earth but howe is it that ye cannot discerne this tyme 57 Yea and why iudge ye not of your selues what is ryght 58 When thou goest with thine aduersarie to the ruler as thou art in the waye geue diligence that thou mayest be deliuered from hym lest he bryng thee to the iudge and the iudge deliuer thee to the iayler and the iayler caste thee into prison 59 I tel thee thou shalt not depart thence tyll thou haue made good the vtmost mite ¶ The .xiij. Chapter 1 Of the Galileans 4 and those that were oppressed at Siloe 6 Of the figge tree that bare no fruite 11 The woman hauyng a spirite of infirmitie healed 15 The vse of the Sabboth 18 He declareth by diuers similitudes what the kyngdome of God is 24 Fewe enter into the kyngdome of Christe 32 He reproueth Herode and Hierusalem 1 THere were present at the same seasoÌ„ certaine men that shewed him of y e Galileans whose blood Pilate hadde myngled with their owne sacriâ—e 2 And Iesus
When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wyne and knewe not whence it was but the ministers which drewe the water knewe the gouernour of the feast calleth the brydegrome 10 And sayth vnto hym Euery man at the begynnyng doth set foorth good wine and when men haue well dronke then that which is worse But thou hast kept the good wyne vntyll nowe 11 This begynnyng of miracles dyd Iesus in Cana of Galilee and shewed his glory his disciples beleued on hym ☜ 12 After this he went downe to Capernaum he and his mother and his brethren and his disciples and there continued not many dayes 13 ☞ And the Iewes Passouer was at hande Iesus went vp to Hierusalem 14 And founde sittyng in the temple those that solde oxen and sheepe and doues and chaungers of money 15 And when he had made as it were a scourge of small cordes he droue them all out of the temple with the sheepe oxen and powred out the chaungers money and ouerthrewe the tables 16 And saide vnto them that solde doues Haue these thinges hence and make not my fathers house an house of marchaundize 17 And his disciples remembred that it was written The zeale of thine house hath euen eaten me 18 Then aunswered the Iewes sayde vnto hym What token shewest thou vnto vs seeyng that thou doest these thynges 19 Iesus aunswered sayde vnto them Destroy this temple in three dayes I wyll reare it vp 20 Then sayde the Iewes fourtie and sixe yeres was this temple a buildyng and wilt thou reare it vp in three dayes 21 But he spake of the temple of his body 22 Assoone therfore as he was rysen from death agayne his disciples remembred that he thus had sayde And they beleued the scripture the wordes which Iesus had sayde 23 When he was in Hierusalem at the Passouer in the feast day many beleued on his name when they sawe his miracles which he dyd 24 But Iesus dyd not commit hym selfe vnto them because he knewe all men 25 And neded not that any shoulde testifie of man For he knewe what was in man ☜ ¶ The .iij. Chapter ¶ Christe teacheth Nicodemus 15 Of fayth 16 The loue of God towarde the worlde â—â— Condemnation 25 Iohn baptizeth 27 Iohn teacheth his disciples 1 THere was a man of the pharisees named Nicodemus a ruler of the Iewes 2 The same came to Iesus by night said vnto him Rabbi we knowe that thou art a teacher come from God for no man coulde do these miracles that thou doest except God were with him 3 Iesus aunswered sayde vnto hym Veryly veryly I say vnto thee except a man be borne agayne he can not see the kyngdome of God 4 Nicodemus sayth vnto hym Howe can a man be borne when he is olde can he enter into his mothers wombe and be borne agayne 5 Iesus aunswered Veryly veryly I say vnto thee except a man be borne of water and of the spirite he can not enter into the kyngdome of God 6 That which is borne of the fleshe is fleshe and that which is borne of the spirite is spirite 7 Maruayle not thou that I sayde to thee ye must be borne agayne 8 The wynde bloweth where it listeth and thou hearest the sounde therof but canst not tell whence it commeth and whither it goeth So is euery one that is borne of the spirite 9 Nicodemus aunswered and sayde vnto hym howe can these thynges be 10 Iesus aunswered sayde vnto hym Art thou a maister in Israel and knowest not these thynges 11 Veryly veryly I say vnto thee we speake that we do knowe testifie that we haue seene and ye receaue not our witnesse 12 If I haue tolde you earthly thynges and ye beleue not howe shall ye beleue yf I tell you of heauenly thynges 13 * And no man ascendeth vp to heauen but he that came downe from heauen euen the sonne of man which is in heauen 14 * And as Moyses lyft vp the serpent in the wyldernesse euen so must the sonne of man be lyft vp 15 That whosoeuer beleueth in hym perishe not but haue eternall lyfe ☜ 16 ☞ * For God so loued the worlde that he gaue his only begotten sonne that whosoeuer beleueth in hym shoulde not perishe but haue euerlastyng lyfe 17 For God sent not his sonne into the worlde to condempne the worlde but that the worlde through hym myght be saued He that beleueth on hym is not condempned 18 But he that beleueth not is condempned alredy because he hath not beleued in the name of the only begotteÌ„ sonne of God 19 And this is the condempnation that lyght is come into the worlde and men loued darknesse rather then lyght because their deedes were euyll 20 For euery one that euyll doeth hateth the lyght neither commeth to the light lest his deedes shoulde be reproued 21 But he that doeth trueth coÌ„meth to the lyght y t his deedes may be knowen howe that they are wrought in God ☜ 22 After these thynges came Iesus and his disciples into the lande of Iurie and there he taryed with theÌ„ * baptized 23 And Iohn also baptized in Enon besides Salim because there was much water there and they came and were baptized 24 For Iohn was not yet cast into prison 25 ☞ And there arose a question betwene Iohns disciples and the Iewes about purifiyng 26 And they came vnto Iohn and sayde vnto hym Rabbi he that was with thee beyonde Iordane to whom thou barest witnesse beholde the same baptizeth and all men come to hym 27 Iohn aunswered and sayde A man can receaue nothyng except it be geuen hym from heauen 28 Ye your selues are witnesses howe that I sayde I am not Christe but am sent before hym 29 He that hath y e bride is the bridegrome But the friende of the brydegrome which standeth heareth him reioyceth greatly because of y e brydegromes voyce This my ioy therfore is fulfylled 30 He must increace but I must decreace 31 He that commeth from an hye is aboue all He that is of the earth is earthlye and speaketh of the earth He that commeth from heauen is aboue all 32 And what he hath seene and hearde that he testifieth and no man receaueth his testimonie 33 He that hath receaued his testimonie hath set to his seale that God is true 34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the wordes of God For God geueth not the spirite by measure vnto hym 35 The father loueth the sonne and hath geuen all thynges into his hande 36 He that beleueth on the sonne hath euerlastyng lyfe He that beleueth not the sonne shall not see life but the wrath of God abydeth on hym ☜ ⧠The .iiij. Chapter ¶ 7 Christe weryed asketh water of the woman of Samaria 10 The liuely water 24 He teacheth true worshippe 26
shall prepare thy way before thee ☜ 11 ☞ Veryly I say vnto you among them that are borne of women arose not a greater then Iohn the Baptist Notwithstandyng he that is lesse in the kingdome of heauen is greater then he 12 From the dayes of Iohn the Baptist vntyll nowe the kingdome of heauen suffereth violence the violent plucke it vnto them 13 For all the prophetes and the lawe it selfe prophecied vnto Iohn 14 And if ye wyll receaue it this is Elias which was for to come 15 He that hath eares to heare let him heare 16 But whervnto shall I liken this generation It is like vnto litle children which sit in the markettes and call vnto their felowes 17 And say We haue pyped vnto you and ye haue not daunsed we haue mourned vnto you and ye haue not sorowed 18 For Iohn came neither eatyng nor drinking and they say he hath the deuil 19 The sonne of man came eatyng and drinking and they say beholde a glutton and an vnmeasurable drinker of wine and a friende vnto publicans sinners And wisdome is iustified of her children 20 ☞ Then began he to vpbrayd the cities which most of his mightie workes were done in because they repented not 21 Wo vnto thee Chorazin wo vnto thee Bethsaida for if the mightie workes which were shewed in you had ben done in Tyre or Sidon they had repented long ago in sackcloth and asshes 22 Neuerthelesse I say vnto you it shal be easier for Tyre and Sidon at the day of iudgement then for you 23 And thou Capernaum which art lift vp vnto heauen shalt be brought downe to hell For if the mightie workes which haue ben done in thee had ben done among them of Sodome they had remayned vntyll this day 24 Neuerthelesse I say vnto you that it shal be easier for the lande of Sodome in the day of iudgement then for thee ☜ 25 ☞ At that tyme Iesus aunswered and sayde I thanke thee O father Lorde of heauen and earth because thou hast hid these thinges from the wise and prudent and hast shewed them vnto babes 26 Euen so it is O father for so was it thy good pleasure 27 All thinges are geuen vnto me of my father And no man knoweth the sonne but the father neither knoweth any man the father saue the sonne and he to whomsoeuer the sonne wyll open him 28 Come vnto me all ye that labour sore and are laden and I wyll ease you 29 Take my yoke vpon you and learne of me for I am meeke lowly in heart and ye shall finde rest vnto your soules 30 For my yoke is easie and my burthen is lyght ☜ The .xij. Chapter Christe excuseth his disciples which plucke the eares of corne 1◠He healeth the dryed hande 2 helpeth the possessed that was blynde and dumbe 31 Blasphemie 34 The generation of vipers 3◠Of good wordes 3◠Of idle wordes 38 He rebuketh the vnfaithfull that woulde needes haue tokens 4 and sheweth who is his brother sister and mother 1 AT that tyme Iesus went on the Sabbath dayes through the corne and his disciples were an hungred and began to plucke the eares of corne to eate 2 But when the Pharisees sawe it they sayde vnto hym Beholde thy disciples do that which is not lawfull to do vpon the Sabbath day 3 But he sayde vnto them Haue ye not read what Dauid did when he was an hungred and they that were with him 4 Howe he entred into the house of God and did eate the shew bread which was not lawfull for hym to eate neither for them which were with hym but only for the priestes 5 Or haue ye not read in the lawe howe that on the Sabbath dayes the priestes in the temple prophane the Sabbath and are blamelesse 6 But I say vnto you that in this place is one greater then the temple 7 Wherfore if ye wist what this meaneth I will mercie not sacrifice ye woulde not haue condempned the giltlesse 8 For the sonne of man also is Lorde euen of the Sabbath day 9 And he departed thence and went into their synagogue 10 And beholde there was a man which had his hande dryed vp and they asked him saying Is it lawfull to heale vpon the Sabbath dayes that they might accuse him 11 And he sayde vnto them What man of you wyll there be that shall haue a sheepe if it fall into a pit on the Sabbath day wyll he not take holde of it and lift it out 12 Howe much more then is a man better then a sheepe Wherfore it is lawfull to do a good deede on the Sabbath dayes 13 Then saith he to the man Stretch foorth thy hande And he stretched it foorth and it was made whole like as the other 14 Then the Pharisees went out and helde a counsayle agaynst him howe they might destroy hym 15 But when Iesus knewe it he departed thence and great multitudes folowed him and he healed them all 16 And charged them that they shoulde not make him knowen 17 That it might be fulfylled which was spoken by Esaias the prophete saying 18 Beholde my childe whom I haue chosen my beloued in whom my soule well delighteth I wyll put my spirite vpon him and he shall shewe iudgement to the gentiles 19 He shall not striue nor crye neither shal any man heare his voyce in the streetes 20 A bruised reede shall he not breake and smokyng flaxe shall he not quenche tyll he sende foorth iudgement vnto victorie 21 And in his name shall the gentiles trust 22 Then was brought to him one possessed with a deuyll blinde and dumbe and he healed him insomuch that the blinde and dumbe both spake and sawe 23 And all the people were amased and sayde Is not this that sonne of Dauid 24 But when the Pharisees hearde it they sayde This felowe driueth the deuils no otherwise out but by Beelzebub the prince of the deuils 25 But whē Iesus knew their thoughtes he sayde vnto them Euery kingdome deuided agaynst it selfe shal be brought to naught and euery citie or house deuided agaynst it selfe shall not stande 26 And if Satan cast out Satan then is he deuided agaynst him selfe howe shall then his kingdome endure 27 Also if I by Beelzebub cast out deuils by whom do your children cast them out Therfore they shal be your iudges 28 But if I cast out the deuils by the spirite of God then is the kingdome of God come vpon you 29 Or els howe can one enter into a strong mans house spoyle his goodes except he first binde the strong man and then spoyle his house 30 He that is not with me is agaynst me and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abrode 31 Wherfore I say vnto you all maner of sinne and blasphemy shal be forgeuen vnto men but the blasphemy agaynst the spirite
And agayne Methusalah lyued after he begat Lamech seueÌ„ hundreth eightie and two yeres and begate sonnes and daughters 27 And all the dayes of Methuselah were nine hundreth sixtie nine yeres and he dyed 28 Lamech liued an hundreth eyghtie two yeres and begate a sonne 29 And called his name Noah saying This same shall comfort vs as concerning our worke sorowe of our handes about the earth which God cursed 30 And Lamech lyued after he begat Noah fiue huÌ„dreth ninetie fiue yeres and begate sonnes and daughters 31 And all the dayes of Lamech were seuen hundreth seuentie and seueÌ„ yeres and he dyed 32 Noah was fiue hundreth yere olde Noah begate Sem Ham Iapheth ¶ The .vj. Chapter 2 The cause of deluge 3 An hundred and twentie yeres geuen for conuersion amendement of lyfe 4 Giantes 5 The wickednesse of man prouoketh God 7 It repenteth God that he had made man 9 The generations of Noe the iust 13 God foretelleth vnto Noah hym selfe the generall deluge 15 The fashion of the arke 18 Who should enter the arke 1 AND it came to passe that when men began to be multiplied in the vpper face of the earth there were daughters borne vnto theÌ„ 2 And the sonnes of God also sawe the daughters of men that they were fayre they toke them wyues such as they liked from among them all 3 And the Lorde sayde My spirite shall not alwayes stryue with man because he is fleshe yet his dayes shal be an hundreth and twentie yeres 4 But there were Giantes in those dayes in y e earth yea after that the sonnes of God came vnto the daughters of meÌ„ and hadde begotten chyldren of them the same became myghtie men of the worlde and men of renowme 5 But God sawe that the malice of man was great in the earth and all the imagination of the thoughtes of his heart was only euyll euery day 6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man vpon the earth he was touched with sorowe in his heart 7 And the Lorde sayde I wyll from the vpper face of the earth destroy man whom I haue created from man vnto cattell vnto worme and vnto foules of the ayre For it repenteth me that I haue made them 8 But Noah founde grace in the eyes of the Lorde 9 These are the generations of Noah Noah was a iust man and perfect in his generations And Noah walked with God 10 Noah begat three sonnes Sem Ham and Iapheth 11 The earth also was corrupt before God and the same earth was fylled with crueltie 12 And God loked vpon the earth and beholde it was corrupt for all fleshe had corrupt his way vpon earth 13 And God sayd vnto Noah the ende of all fleshe is come before me for the earth is fylled with crueltie through them and beholde I wyl destroy them with the earth 14 Make thee an Arke of Pine trees Habitations shalt thou make in the arke and shalt pitch it within and with out with pitche 15 And of this fashion shalt thou make it The length of the arke shalâ—e three hundreth cubites the breadth of it fiftie cubites the height of it thirtie cubites 16 A wyndowe shalt thou make in the arke and in a cubite shalt thou finishe it aboue but the doore of the arke shalt thou set in the syde therof With three loftes one aboue another shalt thou make it 17 And beholde I euen I do bryng a fludde of waters vpon the earth to destroy all fleshe wherin is the breath of lyfe vnder heauen and euery thyng that is in the earth shall perishe 18 With thee also wyll I make my couenaunt and thou shalt come into the arke thou and thy sonnes thy wife and thy sonnes wyues with thee 19 And of euery lyuyng thyng of all fleshe payre of euery one shalt thou bryng into the arke to kepe them alyue with thee they shal be male female 20 Of fethered foules also after their kinde and of all cattell after their kinde of euery worme of the earth after his kynde two of euery one shall come vnto thee to kepe them alyue 21 And take thou with thee of all meate that is eaten and thou shalt lay it vp with thee that it may be meate for thee and them 22 * Noah therfore dyd according vnto all that God commaunded hym euen so dyd he ¶ The .vij. Chapter 1 Noah is commaunded to enter the arke 5 Noah entreth the arke 11 The ouerflowyng of the deluge 13 Who did enter with Noah 17 Howe great the waters of the fludde were 1 ANd the Lord said vnto Noah come thou and al thy house into y e arke for thee haue I seene ryghteous before me in this generation 2 Of euery cleane beast thou shalt take with thee seuen and seuen the male and his female but of vncleane cattell two the male and his female 3 Of foules also of the ayre seuen and seuen the male and the female to kepe seede alyue vpon the face of all the whole earth 4 For after seuen dayes I wyl rayne vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes all substaunce that I haue made wyll I destroy from the vpper face of the earth 5 Noah therfore did according vnto all that God commaunded him 6 And Noah was sixe hundreth yere olde when the fluddes of water came vpon the earth 7 And Noah came and his sonnes and his wyfe and his sonnes wyues with him to the arke because of the waters of the fludde 8 Of cleane beastes and of vncleane beastes and of foules and of euery such as creepeth vpon the earth 9 There came two two vnto Noah vnto the arke the male and the female as God had commaunded Noah 10 And so it came to passe after seuen dayes that the waters of the flud were vpon the earth 11 In the sixe hundreth yere of Noahs lyfe in the seconde moneth the seuenteene day of y e moneth in the same day were all the fountaynes of the great deepe broken vp and the wyndowes of heauen were opened 12 And the rayne was vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes 13 In the selfe same day entred Noah and Sem and Ham and Iapheth the sonnes of Noah and Noahs wyfe and the three wiues of his sonnes with theÌ„ into the arke 14 They and euery beast after his kinde and al the cattel after their kinde yea and euery worme that creepeth vpon the grounde after his kinde and euerye byrde after his kinde and euery fleeyng and fethered foule 15 And they came vnto Noah into the arke two and two of all fleshe wherein is the breath of lyfe 16 And they entryng in came male and female of all fleshe as God had commaunded him and
throughout their kinredes and houses of their fathers 43 From thirtie yeres olde and vp vnto fiftie yeres all that enter into the assemblie for the seruice of the tabernacle of the congregation 44 And the numbers of them after their kinredes were three thousand and two hundred 45 These be the summes of the kinredes of the sonnes of Merari which Moyses Aarō numbred according to the word of the Lorde by the handes of Moyses 46 And so al the numbers of the Leuites which Moyses Aaron and the Lordes of Israel numbred after their kinredes and housholdes of their fathers 47 From thirtie yeres olde and vp vnto fiftie yeres euery one that came to do his duetie office seruice and charge in the tabernacle of the congregation So the numbers of them were seuen thousande fiue hundred and fourescore 48 Accordyng to the worde of the Lorde dyd Aaron number them by the hande of Moyses euery one according to their seruice and charge Thus were they of that tribe numbred as the Lorde commaunded Moyses ' ¶ The .v. Chapter ' 7 The knowledgyng of sinne 8 The cleansyng of sinne 12 The lawe of gelousie ' 1 AND the Lorde spake ' vnto Moyses saying 2 Commaunde the children of Israel that they put out of the hoast euery leper and euery one that hath an issue whosoeuer is defiled by the dead 3 Both male and female shal ye put out euen out of the hoast shall ye put them that they defile not their tentes among which I dwell 4 And the children of Israel dyd so and put them out of the hoast euen as the Lorde spake vnto Moyses so dyd the children of Israel ' 5 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying 6 Speake vnto the children of Israel When a * man or woman shall commit any sinne that men cōmit and trespasse agaynst the Lorde when that person shall trespasse 7 Then they shall knowledge their sinne which they haue done and let hym restore againe the hurt that he hath done with his principall and put the fift part of it more therto and geue it vnto hym whom he hath trespassed agaynst 8 But and if the man haue no kinseman to restore the hurt vnto let the trespasse be made good vnto the Lorde and it shal be the priestes beside the Ramme of the attonement wherby an attonement shal be made for hym 9 And euery heaue offering that is made of the holy thynges of the children of Israel which they bring vnto the priest shal be his 10 And euery man 's halowed thynges shal be his whatsoeuer any man geueth the priest it shal be his ' 11 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 12 Speake vnto the children of Israel and say vnto them If any mans wyfe go aside and trespasse agaynst hym 13 So that another man lye with her fleshly and it be hid from the eyes of her husbande and is kept close that she is defyled and there is no witnesse against her neither she taken with the maner 14 And the spirite of gelousie commeth vpon hym so that he is gelous ouer his wyfe which is defyled or if the spirite of gelousie come vpon hym so that he is gelous ouer his wyfe which is yet vndefyled 15 Then let the man bring his wyfe vnto the priest and bring her offeryng with her the tenth part of an Epha of barly meale but let hym put no oyle vpon it nor put frankensence theron for it is an offeryng of gelousie an offeryng for a remembraunce causyng the sinne to be thought vpon 16 And the priest shall bryng her and set ' her before the Lorde ' 17 And the priest shall * take holy water in an earthen vessel and of the dust that is in the floore of the tabernacle the priest shal take it and put it into y e water 18 And let the priest set the woman before the Lorde and vncouer the womans head and put the offering of memoriall in her handes which is the gelousie offeryng and the priest shall haue bytter and cursed water in his hande 19 And the priest shall charge her by an othe and say vnto the woman If no man haue lyen with thee neither hast gone aside to vncleannesse without thy husbande then haue thou no harme of this bitter and cursed waters 20 But and if thou hast gone aside from thyne husbande and art defiled and some man hath lyen with thee beside thyne husbande 21 Then y e priest shal charge the woman with an othe of cursing the priest shall say vnto the woman the Lorde make thee accursed and detestable for the othe among the people when the Lord doth make thy thigh to rot thy belly swell 22 These cursed waters go into the bowels of thee that they may make thy belly swell and thy thigh to rotte And let the woman say Amen amen 23 And let the priest write these curses in a booke and shall blot them out with the bitter waters 24 And geue the woman those bitter and cursed waters to drinke y t those cursed and bitter waters may enter into her 25 And then the priest shall take the gelousie offeryng out of the womans hande and waue it before the Lorde and bryng it vnto the aulter 26 And the priest shall take an handfull of the offeryng for a memoriall burne it vpon the aulter and then make the woman drynke the waters 27 And when he hath made the woman drynke the waters if she be defiled and haue trespassed agaynst her husbande then shall the cursed and bytter waters go into her and her belly shal swell and her thigh shall rotte and the woman shal be a curse among her people 28 And yf the woman be not defiled but is cleane she shall haue no harme but shall conceaue and beare 29 This is the lawe of gelousie when a wyfe goeth aside from her husbande and is defiled 30 Or when the spirit of gelousie cōmeth vpon a man and he beyng gelous ouer his wyfe doth bryng her before y e Lord And the priest shall do to her accordyng vnto all this lawe 31 And the man shal be giltlesse and this ' woman shall beare her sinne ' ' ¶ The .vi. Chapter ' ' 2 The lawe of the consecration of the Nazarites 24 The blessyng of the people ' ' 1 AND the Lorde spake ' vnto Moyses saying 2 Speake vnto the children of Israel and say vnto them Whē either man or woman doth seperate them selues to vowe a vowe of a Nazarite to seperate them selues vnto the Lorde 3 He shall seperate him selfe from * wine and strong drynke and shall drynke no vineger of wine or of strong drinke nor shall drinke whatsoeuer is pressed out of grapes and shall eate no freshe grapes neither yet dried 4 As long as his abstinence endureth shall he eate nothyng that is made of the vine tree or of the cornels or of the huske of the grape 5 And
God heard the voyce of Manoah and the angel of God came agayne vnto the wife as she sate in the felde but Manoah her husbād was not with her 10 And the wife made haste and ranne shewed her husbande sayde vnto him behold the man appeared vnto me that came vnto me to day 11 And Manoah arose went after his wife and came to the man and sayde vnto him Art thou the mā that spakest vnto the woman And he sayde I am 12 Manoah sayde Nowe let thy saying come to passe Howe shall we order the childe and do vnto him 13 And the angell of the Lord sayd vnto Manoah The woman must absteyne from all that I sayde vnto her 14 She may eate of nothing that cōmeth of the vine tree nor drinke wine or strong drinke nor eate any vncleane thing but must obserue all that I bad her 15 Manoah sayde vnto the angell of the Lorde I pray thee let vs retayne thee vntill we haue made redy a kyd before thee 16 And the angel of the Lord sayde vnto Manoah Though thou make me abide I wil not eate of thy bread And if thou wilt offer a burnt offering thou must offer it vnto the Lorde For Manoah wist not that it was an angell of the Lorde 17 And Manoah sayde agayne vnto the angell of the Lord What is thy name that when thy saying is come to passe we may do thee worshippe 18 And the angel of the Lorde sayde vnto him * Why askest thou thus after my name which is secrete And so Manoah toke a kyd with a meat offring and offred it vpon a rocke vnto the Lorde And the angell did wonderously Manoah and his wife lokyng vpon 20 And whē the flambe came vp toward heauen from the aulter the angell of the Lorde ascended vp in the flambe of the aulter And Manoah and his wyfe loked vpon it and fell on their faces vnto the grounde 21 But the angel of the Lord did no more appeare vnto Manoah and his wyfe And then Manoah knewe that it was an angel of the Lorde 22 And sayd vnto his wyfe We shal surely dye because we haue seene God 23 But his wyfe sayde vnto him Yf the Lord would kyll vs he would not haue receaued a burnt offering and a meate offering of our handes neither woulde he haue shewed vs al these thinges nor woulde nowe haue tolde vs any suche 24 And the wyfe bare a sonne and called his name Samson And y e ladde grewe and the Lorde blessed him 25 And the spirite of the Lorde began to strengthen him in the hoast of Dan betweene Zaraah and Esthaol The .xiiii. Chapter 2 Samson desireth to haue a wyfe of the Philistines 6 He killeth a Lion 12 He propoundeth a riddle 19 He killeth thirtie 20 His wyfe forsaketh him and taketh another 1 SAmson went downe to Thamnath and sawe a womā in Thamnath of the daughters of the Philistines 2 And he came vp and told his father and his mother said I haue sene a woman in Thamnath of the daughters of the Philistines nowe geue me her to wyfe 3 Then his father and mother sayd vnto him Is there neuer a woman among the daughters of thy brethren among al my people but that thou must go and take a wyfe of the vncircumcised Philistines And Samson sayd vnto his father Geue me this woman for she pleaseth me well 4 But his father and mother wist not that it was the Lordes doyng and that he sought an occasion against the Philistines for at that time the Philistines raigned ouer Israel 5 Then went Samson and his father his mother downe to Thamnath and came to the vineyardes of Thamnath and beholde a young Lion roared vpon him 6 And the spirite of the Lord came vpō him and he tare him as he would haue rent a kydde and yet had nothing in his hande neither tolde his father and mother what he had done 7 And he went downe talked with the woman whiche seemed well fauoured in the sight of Samson 13 They aunswered him saying No but we will bynde thee delyuer thee vnto their handes but we wyll not kyll thee And they bounde hym with two new cordes and brought him from the rocke 14 And when he came to Lehi the Philistines showted agaynst him And the spirite of the Lord came vpon him and the cordes that were vpon his armes became as flaxe that was burnt with fire for the bandes loosed from of his handes 15 And he founde a newe iawe bone of an Asse put foorth his hande and caught it and slue a thousande men therwith 16 And Samson sayde With the iawe of an Asse heapes vpon heapes with the iawe of an Asse haue I slayne a thousande men 17 And when he had left speakyng he cast away the iawe bone out of his hande and called the place Ramath Lehi 18 And he was sore a thyrst and called on the Lord and sayde Thou hast geuen this great victory in the hande of thy seruaunt and nowe I must dye for thirst and fall into the handes of the vncircumcised 19 But God brake a great tooth that was in the iawe there came water therout and when he had drunke his spirite came agayne he was refreshed wherfore the name thereof was called vnto this day The well of the caller on which came of the iawe 20 And he iudged Israel in the dayes of the Philistines twentie yeres The .xvj. Chapter 1. Samson carieth away the gates of Azzah 18. He was deceaued by Delila 30. He pulleth downe the house vpon the Philistines and dyeth with them 1 THen went Samson to Azzah and sawe there an harlot and went in vnto her 2 And it was tolde the Azathites saying Samson is come hyther And they went about and layde a wayte for hym there all nyght in the gate of the citie and were styll all the nyght saying In the mornyng whan it is day we shall kyll hym 3 And Samson toke his rest tyll mydnyght and arose at mydnyght and toke the doores of the gate of the citie and the two postes and rent them of with the barre and all and put them vppon his shoulders and caryed them vp to the top of an hyll that is before Hebron 4 And after this he loued a woman by the ryuer of Sorek whose name was Dalila 5 Vnto whom came the lordes of the Philistines and sayde vnto her Perswade him and see wherin his great strenght lyeth and by what meanes we may ouercome him that we may bynde him and punishe hym and euery one of vs shall geue thee a leuen hundred siluer lynges 6 And Dalila sayde to Samson Oh tell me where thy great strength lyeth and how thou myghtest be bounde and brought vnder 7 Samson aunswered vnto her Yf they binde me with seuen greene wythes that were neuer dryed I
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
them in his temple at Babylon 8 The rest of the actes of Iehoiacim and his abhominations which he did and that which was found vpon him behold they are written in the booke of the kinges of Israel and Iuda and Iehoiacin his sonne raigned in his steade 9 And Iehoiacin was eyght yeres olde when he began to raigne and he raigned three monethes and ten dayes in Hierusalem and dyd euyll in the sight of the Lorde 10 And when the yere was out king Nabuchodonosor sent and fet him to Babylon with the goodly vessels of the house of the Lorde and made Zedekia his fathers brother king ouer Iuda and Hierusalem 11 Zedekia was one and twentie yeres old when he began the raigne and raigned aleuen yeres in Hierusalem 12 And he dyd euyl in the sight of the Lord his God and humbled not him selfe before Ieremia the prophete at the mouth of the Lorde 13 And he rebelled against king Nabuchodonosor which had receaued an oth of him by God but he was stifnecked and to hard hearted to turne vnto the Lord God of Israel 14 Moreouer all the chiefe of the priestes and the people trespassed wonderfully after all maner of abominations of the heathen and polluted the house of the Lorde which he had halowed in Hierusalem 15 And the Lorde God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers rising vp betimes and sending for he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place 16 But they mocked the messengers of God and despised his wordes and misvsed his prophetes vntill the wrath of the Lorde arose against his people and till there was no remedie 17 And so he brought vpon them the king of Chaldee which slue their young men with the sword in their holy temple and spared neither young man mayden old man nor him that stowped for age He gaue them all into his hande 18 And all the vessels of the house of God both great and small and the treasures of the house of the Lorde and the treasures of the king and of his lordes all these caryed he to Babylon 19 And they burnt the house of God and brake downe the wal of Hierusalem and burnt all the pallaices thereof with fire and destroyed all the goodly iewels therof 20 And the rest that had escaped the sword caried he to Babylon where they were bondmen to him his children vntill the time that Persia had the Empire 21 To fulfill the worde of the Lord by the mouth of Ieremia vntill the lande had her pleasure of her Sabbathes for as long as she lay desolate she kept Sabbath vntil threescore and ten yeres were fulfilled 22 And the first yere of Cyrus king of Persia when the worde of the Lorde spoken by the mouth of Ieremia was finished the Lorde stirred vp the spirite of Cyrus king of Persia that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdome and that by wryting saying 23 Thus sayth Cyrus king of Persia All the kingdomes of the earth hath the Lorde God of heauen geuen me hath charged me to buylde hym an house in Hierusalem that is in Iuda Wherfore whosoeuer is among you of all his people the Lorde his God be with him and let hym go vp E. VV. The ende of the seconde booke of the Chronicles ⧠The first booke of Esdras The first Chapter 1 Cyrus sendeth againe the people that was in captiuitie 8 and restoreth them their holy vessels 1 IN the first yere of Cyrus king of Persia that the worde of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Ieremia might be fulfilled the Lorde stirred vp the spirite of Cyrus king of Persia that he caused to be proclaymed throughout all his empyre and to be written saying 2 Thus saith Cyrus the king of Persia The Lorde God of heauen hath geuen me all the kingdomes of the earth * and hath commaunded me to build him an house at Hierusalem which is in Iuda 3 Whosoeuer nowe among you is of his people the Lord his God be with him and let him go vp to Hierusalem in Iuda and builde the house of the Lorde God of Israel he is the God that is at Hierusalem 4 And whosoeuer remayneth yet in any maner of place where he is a straunger let the men of that place helpe him with siluer and golde with good and cattaile beside that which they willingly offer for the house of God that is at Hierusalem 5 Then gat vp the principall fathers of Iuda and Beniamin and the priestes and Leuites and all they whose spirite God had raysed to go vp and to builde the house of the Lorde which is at Hierusalem 6 And all they that were about them strengthed their hande with vessels of siluer golde with goodes and cattaile and iewels besides all that was wyllingly offered 7 And king Cyrus brought foorth the vessels of the house of the Lord which Nabuchodonosor had taken out of Hierusalem and had put in the house of his God 8 Those did Cyrus the king of Persia bryng foorth by the hande of Mithridates the treasurer numbred them vnto Sesbazer the prince of Iuda 9 And this is the number of them thirtie chargers of golde a thousand chargers of siluer twentie and nine kniues 10 Thirtie basons of golde and of other siluer basons foure hundred ten and of other vessels a thousand 11 Al the vessels of golde and siluer were fiue thousand and foure hundred All these did Sesbazer cary away with them that came vp out of the captiuitie of Babylon vnto Hierusalem The .ij. Chapter The number of them that returned from the captiuitie 1 THese are the children of the prouince that went vp out of the captiuitie whom Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon had caried away vnto Babylon came againe vnto Hierusalem and into Iuda euery one vnto his citie 2 They that came with Zorobabel are these Iesua Nehemiah Saraiah Rehelaia Mardochai Bilsan Mispar Biguai Behum Baana This is the number of the men of the people of Israel 3 The children of Pharos two thousand an hundred seuentie and two 4 The children of Sephatia three hundred seuentie and two 5 The children of Arath seuen hundred seuentie and fiue 6 The children of the captaine of Moab of the children of Iesua and Ioab two thousand eyght hundred and twelue 7 The children of Elam a thousand two hundred fiftie and foure 8 The children of Zathu nine hundred ' and fouretie and fiue ' 9 The children of Zaccai seuen hundred ' and threescore ' 10 The children of Bani sixe hundred ' fouretie and two ' 11 The children of Bebai sixe hundred ' twentie and three ' 12 The children of Asgad a thousand ' two hundred twentie and two ' 13 The children of Adonicam sixe hundred ' sixtie and sixe ' 14 The childrē of Beguai two thousand ' fiftie and sixe ' 15 The children of Adin foure hundred ' fiftie and foure ' 16 The
roofe of the house dropping in a raynie day may well be compared together 16 He that stilleth her stilleth the winde and stoppeth the smell of the oyntment in his hande 17 Like as one iron whetteth another so doth one man comfort another 18 Whoso kepeth his figge tree shall eate the fruites thereof so he that wayteth vpon his maister shall come to honour 19 Like as in one water there appeare diuers faces euen so diuers men haue diuers heartes 20 Hell and destruction are neuer full euen so the eyes of men can neuer be satisfied 21 As is the fining pot for the siluer and the furnace for golde so is a man tryed by the mouth of him that prayseth him 22 Though thou shouldest bray a foole with a pestel in a morter like furmentie corne yet wyll not his foolishnes go from hym 23 Be thou diligent to knowe the state of thy cattell thy selfe and loke well to thy flockes 24 For riches abideth not alway and the crowne endureth not for euer 25 The hay groweth the grasse commeth vp and hearbes are gathered in the mountaynes 26 The lambes shall clothe thee and for the goates thou shalt haue money to thy husbandry 27 Thou shalt haue goates milke inough to feede thee to vpholde thy housholde and to sustayne thy maydens ¶ The .xxviij. Chapter 1 THE vngodly fleeth when no man pursueth him but the righteous are bolde as a Lion 2 For the wickednes of the lande the prince is oft chaunged but thorowe a man of vnderstanding and wysdome a realme endureth long 3 One poore man oppressing another by violence is like a raging rayne that destroyeth the fruite 4 They that forsake the lawe prayse the vngodly but such as kepe the lawe are greeued at them 5 Wicked men vnderstande not iudgement but they that seeke the Lord vnderstande all thinges 6 Better is he that walketh in his vprightnes then he that peruerteth his wayes and is riche 7 Who so kepeth the lawe is a chylde of vnderstanding but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father 8 He that by vsurie and vniust gaynes gathereth riches he shall lay them in store for a man that will pitie the poore 9 He that turneth away his eare from hearing the lawe his prayer shal be abhominable 10 Who so causeth the righteous to go astray by an euill way shall fall into his owne pit but the iust shall haue the good in possession 11 The riche man thinketh hym selfe to be wise but the poore that hath vnderstandyng can perceaue hym well inough 12 When righteous men do reioyce there is great glory but when the wicked come vp the man is tryed 13 He that hydeth his sinnes shall not prosper but whoso knowledgeth them and forsaketh them shall haue mercy 14 Well is hym that standeth alway in awe as for hym that hardeneth his heart he shall fall into mischiefe 15 As a roaring Lion and an hungrye Beare so is an vngodly prince ouer the poore people 16 Where the prince is without vnderstanding there is great oppression and wrong but if he hateth couetousnes he shall long raigne 17 He that by violence shedeth any mans blood shal be a runnagate vnto his graue and no man shal be able to succour hym 18 Whoso leadeth an innocent life shal be saued but he that goeth frowarde wayes shall once haue a fall 19 He that tylleth his lande shall haue plenteousnes of bread but he that foloweth idle persons shall haue pouertie inough 20 A faythfull man shal be fylled with blessinges and he that maketh haste to be riche shall not be vngyltie 21 To haue respect of persons in iudgement is not good for that man wyll do wrong yea euen for a peece of bread 22 He that wyll be riche all to soone hath an euyll eye and considereth not that pouertie shall come vpon hym 23 He that folowyng my preceptes rebuketh a man shall fynde more fauour at the last then he that flattereth hym 24 Who so robbeth his father and mother and sayth it is no sinne the same is the companion of a destroyer 25 He that is of a proude stomacke stirreth vp strife but he that putteth his trust in the Lorde shal be well fed 26 He that trusteth in his owne heart is a foole but he that dealeth wisely shal be safe 27 He that geueth vnto the poore shall not lacke but he that hydeth his eyes from them shall haue many a curse 28 When the vngodly are come vp men are fayne to hide them selues but when they perishe the ryghteous encrease The .xxix. Chapter 1 HE that is stifnecked and wyll not be refourmed shall sodaynly be destroyed without any helpe 2 When the ryghteous are in aucthoritie the people do reioyce but when the wicked beare rule the people mourne 3 Who so loueth wisdome maketh his father a glad man but he that kepeth companie with harlottes spendeth away that he hath 4 With true iudgement the kyng stablissheth the lande but yf he be a man that oppresse the people with gatherynges he turneth it vpside downe 5 Who so flattereth his neighbour layeth a net for his feete 6 The sinne of the wicked is his owne snare but the ryghteous doth syng and reioyce 7 The righteous considereth the cause of the poore but the vngodly regardeth no vnderstandyng 8 Scornefull men bryng a citie into a snare but wise men turne away wrath 9 If a wise man contendeth with a foole whether he be angry or laugh there is no rest 10 The bloodthirstie hate the righteous but the iust seeke his soule 11 A foole vttereth all his mynde at once but a wyse man kepeth it in tyll afterwarde 12 If a prince delight in lyes all his seruauntes are vngodly 13 The poore and the lender meete together and the Lorde lyghteneth both their eyes 14 The seate of the kyng that faithfully iudgeth the poore shall continue sure for euermore 15 The rodde and correction geueth wisdome but a childe left to his owne will bryngeth his mother to shame 16 When the vngodly are multiplied wickednesse encreaseth but the ryghteous shall see their fall 17 Nurture thy sonne with correction and thou shalt be at rest yea he shall do thee good at thine heart 18 When the worde of God is not preached the people perishe but well is hym that kepeth the lawe 19 A stubbourne seruaunt wyll not be the better for wordes for though he vnderstande yet will he not regarde them 20 Seest thou a man that is hastie to speake vnaduisedly there is more hope in a foole then in hym 21 He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a chylde shall make hym his maister at length 22 An angry man stirreth vp strife and he that beareth euyll will in his mynde doth much euyll 23 After pryde commeth a fall but a lowly spirite bryngeth
and play the hypocrite and imagine abhominations against God to make the hungry leane and to withholde drinke from the thirstie 7 The weapons of the churlishe are euyll he deuiseth noysome deuises that he may beguyle the poore with deceiptfull wordes yea euen there as he should geue sentence with the poore 8 But the liberall person imagineth honest thynges and commeth vp for liberalitie vnto promotion 9 Vp ye riche and idle women hearken vnto my voyce ye carelesse daughters marke my wordes 10 Many yeres and dayes shall ye be brought in feare O ye carelesse women for the vintage shall fayle and the haruest shall not come 11 Be abashed you that lyue in aboundaunce tremble you that lyue carelesse cast of your rayment make your selues bare and put sackcloth about you 12 For as the infantes weepe when their mothers teates are dryed vp so shall you weepe for your faire fieldes and fruitfull vineyardes 13 My peoples fielde shall bryng thornes and thistles and so shall it be in euery house of voluptuousnesse and in euery citie that reioyceth 14 The palaces also shal be brokē and the greatly occupied cities desolate The towres and bulwarkes shall become dennes for euermore where wylde asses take their pleasure and sheepe their pasture 15 Vnto the tyme that the spirite be powred vpon vs from aboue and that the wildernesse be a fruitfull fielde and the plenteous fielde be reckened for a wood 16 Then shall equitie dwell in the desert and righteousnesse in a fruitfull lande 17 And the worke of righteousnesse shal be peace and her fruite rest and quietnesse for euer 18 And my people shall dwell in the innes of peace and in sure dwellynges in safe places of comfort 19 And when the hayle falleth it shall fall in the wood and the citie shal be set lowe in the valley 20 O howe happy shall ye be when ye shall safely sowe your seede beside all waters and dryue thyther the feete of your oxen and asses The .xxxiij. Chapter 1 Threatnyng agaynst the Assyrians 20 A destruction of them that shall see the Lorde 1 WO to thee that destroyest when thou wast not destroyed thou breakest y e league where as none hath broken it with thee for when thou shalt leaue destroying thou thy selfe shalt be destroyed and when thou ceassest from breakyng the league then shall they breake it to thee 2 O Lorde haue mercie vpon vs we haue put our whole trust in thee be an arme to such early and our health in the tyme of trouble 3 At that confuse noyse the people fled and at thine exaltyng the heathen were scattered 4 And the spoyles shal be gathered which shal be yours as are the gathetheryng of Bruchus and the multitude goyng to it shal be as Locustes running to and fro 5 The Lorde is exalted for it is he that dwelleth on hye he hath fylled Sion with iudgement and rygteousnesse 6 And a sure stablishyng of thy tymes shal be strength health wisdome and knowledge and the very feare of the Lorde shal be the treasure of it 7 Beholde the messengers shall crye without and the embassadours of peace shall weepe bitterly 8 Their streetes are waste there walketh no man therin God hath broken the appoyntment the cities are cast away and men are nothyng regarded 9 The desolate earth is in heauinesse Libanus is shamed and hewen downe Saron is like a wildernesse Basan and Charmel are spoyled of their fruites 10 And therfore saith the Lorde I wyll vp nowe nowe wyll I be aduaunces nowe wyll I be exalted 11 Ye shall conceaue stubble and beare strawe and your spirite shal be the fire that it may consume you 12 And the people shal be burnt like lime and as thornes burnt that are hewen of and cast in the fire 13 Nowe hearken to ye that are farre of howe I haue done and consider my power ye that are at hande 14 The sinners at Sion are afrayde a sodayne fearefulnesse is come vpon the hypocrites What is he among vs say they that shall dwell by the consumyng fire Which of vs may abyde the euerlasting heate 15 He that leadeth a godly life and speaketh the trueth he that abhorreth gaynes by violence and deceipt he that kepeth his hande that he touche no rewarde which stoppeth his eares that he heare no counsayle agaynst the innocent blood which holdeth downe his eyes that he see no euyll 16 He it is that shall dwell on hye whose safegarde shal be in a bulwarke of rockes to hym shal be geuen meate and his waters shall not fayle 17 Thine eyes shall see the kyng in his glorie euen the kyng of the farre countreys shall they see 18 Thine heart studied for feare thinking thus What shall then become of the scribe of the receauer of our money what of hym that taxed our fairest houses 19 There shalt thou not see a cruel people of a straunge tongue to haue so diffused a language that it may not be vnderstanded neither so straunge a speache but it shal be perceaued 20 Loke vpon Sion the head citie of our solempne feastes thyne eyes shall see Hierusalem that glorious habitation the tabernacle that neuer shall remoue whose nayles shal neuer be taken out worlde without ende whose cordes euery one shall neuer corrupt 21 For the glorious maiestie of the Lorde shall there be present among vs as a place where faire brode riuers and streames are through the which shall neither galley rowe nor great ship sayle 22 For the Lorde is our iudge the Lord is our lawe geuer the Lord is our king and he hym selfe shal be our sauiour 23 Thy tacklyng is loosed therfore it can not make fast the mast nor spread the sayle then there is dealed great spoyle yea lame men runne after the pray 24 There lyeth no man that saith I am sicke but all euyll is taken away from the people that dwell there The .xxxiiij. Chapter 1 The last destruction of the sinagoge in which the kingdome and priesthood of the people was translated to the Church and congregation of Christe 1 COme ye heathen and heare take heede you people hearken thou earth and all that is therin thou rounde compasse and all that dwelleth thervpon 2 For the Lorde is angry with all people his displeasure is kindled agaynst all the multitude of them he hath destroyed them and delyuered them to the slaughter 3 So that their slayne shal be cast out and their bodyes stincke that euen the very hylles shal be wet with the blood of them 4 All the starres of heauen shall waste and the heauens shall folde together lyke a roll and all the starres therof shall fall lyke as the leaues fall from the vines and figge trees 5 For my sworde shal be bathed in heauen and shall immediatly come downe to iudgement vpon Idumea and vpon the people which I haue cursed 6 And the Lordes sworde shal be full of blood and be
rusty with the fatnesse and blood of lambes and goates with the fatnesse of the kidneys of weathers For the Lord shall kyll a great offering in Bozra and a great slaughter in the lande of Idumea 7 There shall the vnicornes fall with them and the bulles with the giauntes and their lande shal be throughly soked with blood and their grounde corrupt with fatnesse 8 For it is the day of Gods vengeaunce and the yere of recompence for the reuenge of Sion 9 And his fluddes shal be turned to pitch and his earth to brimstone and therewith shall the lande be kindled 10 So that it shall not be quenched day nor nyght but smoke euermore and so foorth lye waste and no man shall go through it for euer 11 But Pellicanes Storkes great Owles and Rauens shall haue it in possession and dwell therin for God shall spreade out the line of desolation vpon it and the stones of emptinesse 12 Her nobles shall call and there is no kyngdome and all her princes shal be nothyng 13 Thornes shall growe in their palaces nettles thistles in their strong holdes that the dragons may haue their pleasure therin and that they may be a court for Estriches 14 There shall straunge visures monsterous beastes meete one another and the wylde kepe company together there shall the Lamia lye and haue her lodgyng 15 There shall the Owle make her nest builde be there at home bryng foorth her young ones there shall the Kytes come together eche one to his lyke 16 Seke through the booke of the Lorde and reade it there shall none of these thynges be left out there shall not one nor such lyke fayle for his mouth commaundeth and that same doth his spirite gather together or fulfyll 17 He hath cast the lot for them and to those beastes hath his hande deuided it by the line therfore those shall possesse it for euer from generation to generation shall they dwell therin ¶ The .xxxv. Chapter 1 Of the tyme and kyngdome of Christe 1 BVt the desert wildernesse shall reioyce the waste ground shall be glad and florishe as the Lilie 2 She shall florishe pleasauntly and be ioyfull and euer be geuing thankes more and more For the glorie of Libanus the beautie of Charmel and Saron shal be geuen her These shall knowe the honour of the Lorde the maiestie of our God 3 And therfore strength the weake handes and comfort the feeble knees 4 Say vnto them that are of a fearfull heart be of good cheare and feare not beholde your God commeth to take vengeaunce and you shall see the rewarde that God geueth God commeth his owne selfe and wyll delyuer you 5 Then shall the eyes of the blynde be lyghtened and the eares of the deaffe opened 6 Then shall the lame men leape as an Hart the dumbe mans tongue shall geue thankes for in the wildernesse there shall welles spryng and fluddes of water in the desert 7 The drye grounde shal turne to riuers and the thirstie to sprynges of water wheras dragons dwelt afore there shal growe sweete flowres greene russhes 8 There shal be foote pathes common streetes this shal be called the holy way no vncleane person shall go through it for the Lorde hym selfe shall go with them that way and the wayfayrer nor ignoraunt shall not erre 9 There shal be no lion no rauishyng beastes shall come therin nor be there but men redeemed shall go there free and safe 10 And the redeemed of the Lorde I say shall conuert and come to Sion with thankesgeuyng euerlastyng ioy shall they haue pleasure and gladnesse shal be among them and as for all sorowe and heauinesse it shall vanishe The .xxxvj. Chapter 1 Hierusalem is besieged by Sennacherib in the tyme of kyng Hezekias 1 IN the foureteenth yere of king Hezekias came Sennacherib kyng of the Assyrians downe to lay siege vnto all the strong cities of Iuda to conquer them 2 And the kyng of the Assyrians sent Rabsakeh from Lachis towarde Hierusalem agaynst Hezekias with an exceedyng hoast which set hym by the conduite of the ouer poole in the way that goeth through the fullers lande 3 And so there came foorth vnto hym Eliakim Helkias sonne the chiefe ouer the householde Sobâ—a the scribe and Ioah Asaphs sonne the secretarie 4 And Rabsakeh sayde vnto them Tell Hezekia that the great kyng saith thus vnto hym What presumption is this that thou trustest vnto 5 I sayde surely that thou trustest in vayne wordes when counsayle and strength are necessarie to battayle but nowe wherto trustest thou that thou rebellest agaynst me 6 Lo thou puttest thy trust in a broken staffe of reede I meane Egypt which he that leaneth vpon it goeth into his hande and shooteth it through euen so is Pharao the kyng of Egypt vnto all them that trust in hym 7 But if thou wouldest say vnto me We trust in the Lorde our God Is not he that God whose hygh places aulters Hezekia toke downe and commaunded Iuda and Hierusalem to worship only before this aulter 8 Nowe therfore deliuer hostages that thou rebell no more agaynst my Lorde the kyng of the Assyrians and I wyll geue thee two thousande horses yf thou be able to set men vpon them 9 Howe darest thou resist the power of the smallest prince that my Lorde hath howe darest thou trust in the charrets and horsemen of Egypt 10 Moreouer thinkest thou that I am come vp hyther to destroy this lande without the Lordes wyll The Lorde sayd vnto me Go vp agaynst this lande and destroy it 11 Then sayd Eliakim Sobna Ioah vnto Rabsakeh Speake to vs thy seruauntes we pray thee in the Syrians language for we vnderstande it well and speake not to vs in the Iewes tongue lest the folke heare which lyeth vpon the wall 12 Then aunswered Rabsakeh Hath my maister sent me to speake this only to thy maister and thee hath he not sent me to them also that lye vpon the wall that they may be compelled to eate their owne dunge and drinke their owne stale with you 13 And Rabsakeh stoode stiffe and cryed with a loude voyce in the Iewes tongue and sayde Nowe take heede howe the great kyng of the Assyrians geueth you warnyng 14 Thus saith the kyng Let not Hezekia deceaue you for he shall not be able to deliuer you 15 Moreouer let not Hezekia comfort you in the Lorde when he saith The Lorde without doubt shall defende vs and shall not geue ouer this citie into the handes of the king of the Assyrians 16 Hearken not to Hezekia for thus saith the kyng of Assyria Obtayne my fauour encline to me so may euery man enioy his vineyardes and figge trees and drynke the water of his cesterne 17 Vnto the tyme that I come my selfe and bryng you into a lande that is lyke your owne wherin is wheate wine which is both sowen with
for the breath of the Lord bloweth vpon them of a trueth the people are grasse 8 The grasse withereth and the floure fadeth away yet the worde of our God endureth for euer 9 Go vp vnto the hye hyll O Sion thou that bryngest good tidinges lyft vp thy voyce with power O thou preacher Hierusalem lyft vp without feare say vnto the cities of Iuda Beholde your God 10 Beholde y e Lorde God shal come with power and shall of him selfe beare rule with his arme beholde his rewarde with hym and his workes before hym 11 He shall feede his flocke like an heardman he shall gather the lambes together with his arme and cary them in his bosome and shall kyndly intreate those that beare young 12 Who hath measured the waters in his fist who hath measured heauen with his spanne and hath comprehended all the earth of the worlde in three measures who hath wayed the mountaynes and hylles in a ballaunce 13 Who hath directed the spirite of the Lorde or who gaue hym counsayle and shewed hym 14 Who is of his counsayle and geueth hym vnderstandyng and hath taught hym the path of iudgement who taught hym cunnyng and opened to hym the way of vnderstandyng 15 Beholde all people are in comparison of hym as a droppe of a bucket full and are counted as the least thyng that the ballaunce wayeth yea and the Isles he taketh vp as a very litle thyng 16 Libanus is not sufficient to minister fire to his offeryng and all the beastes therof are not inough for one sacrifice 17 All people in comparison of hym are reckened as nothyng yf they be compared with hym lesse then nothyng and as it that is not 18 To whom then wyll ye lyken God or what similitude will ye set vp to him 19 Shall the caruer make hym a carued image and shall the goldesmith couer hym with golde or cast hym into a fourme of siluer plates 20 Moreouer shal the image maker that the poore man which is disposed may haue some thyng to set vp also seeke out and choose a tree that is not rotten and carue thereout an image that moueth not 21 Knowe ye nothyng hearde ye neuer of it hath it not ben preached vnto you since the beginning haue ye not ben enfourmed of this by the foundation of the earth 22 It is he that sitteth vpon the circle of the world whose inhabiters are in comparison of him but as grashoppers he spreadeth out the heauens as a couering he stretcheth them out as a tent to dwell in 23 He bringeth princes to nothing and the iudges of the earth as though they were not 24 So that of them it may be sayde they be not planted nor sowne agayne neither their stocke rooted agayne in the earth for assoone as he bloweth vpon them they wither and fade away lyke the strawe in a whirle winde 25 To whom nowe will ye liken me and whom shall I be lyke saith the holy one 26 Lift vp your eyes on high and consider who hath made those thinges which come out by so great heapes and he calleth them al by their names there is nothing hid from the greatnesse of his power strength and might 27 Howe may then Iacob thinke or may Israel say My wayes are hid from the Lord and my God knoweth not of my iudgementes 28 Knowest thou not or hast thou not hearde that the euerlasting God the Lorde whiche made all the corners of the earth is neither weerie nor fainte and that his wysdome can not be comprehended 29 It is he that geueth strength vnto the weerie and power vnto the faint 30 Children are weerie and faint and the strongest men fall 31 But vnto them that haue their trust in the Lorde shall strength be increased Egles winges shall growe vpon them when they runne they shall not fall and when they go they shall not be weerie The .xlj. Chapter 2 Of the goodnesse and mercy of God towarde the people 1 BE styll you Ilandes and hearken vnto me let the people lay their strength together let them come hither and then shew their cause we will go to the lawe together 2 Who raysed vp the iust man from the east and called hym to go foorth who cast downe the people and subdued the kynges before him that he may throw them al to the ground with his sworde and scatter them lyke stubble with his bowe 3 He foloweth vpon them and goeth safely him selfe that in a way where before his foote had not troden 4 Who hath made and created these thinges euen he that called the generations from the beginning euen I the Lorde whiche am the first and with the last 5 The Isles sawe and did feare and the endes of the earth were abashed drewe nye and came hither 6 Euery man helped his neighbour and sayd to his brother be strong 7 The carpenter comforted the goldsmith and the goldsmith the hammerman saying sowder wyll do very well in it and they fastened it with nayles that it shoulde not be moued 8 But thou Israel art my seruaunt thou Iacob whom I haue chosē thou art the seede of Abraham my beloued 9 Thou art he whom I led from the endes of the earth for I called thee euen from among the glorious men of it and sayd vnto thee Thou art my seruaunt I haue chosen thee and not cast thee away 10 Be not afraide for I am with thee Melt not away as waxe for I am thy God to strength thee helpe thee and kepe thee with the right hande of my righteousnesse 11 Beholde all they that resist thee shall come to confusion and shame and thine aduersaries shal be destroyed brought to naught 12 So that who so seeketh after them shall not finde them thy destroyers shall perishe and so shall they that vndertake to make battayle against thee be as that is not as a thing of naught 13 For I the Lorde thy God wyll strengthen thy right hande euen I that say vnto thee Feare not I wyll helpe thee 14 Be not afraide thou litle worme Iacob and thou despised Israel for I wil helpe thee saith the Lorde and the holy one of Israel thy redeemer 15 Beholde I will make thee a treading cart and a newe flaile that thou mayest threshe and grinde the mountaines and bring the hilles to powder 16 Thou shalt fanne them and the winde shall carrie them away and the whirle winde shall scatter them but thou shalt reioyce in the Lorde and shalt delight in the holy one of Israel 17 When the thirstie and poore seeke water and finde none and when their tongue is drye of thirst I geue it them saith the Lorde I the God of Israel forsake them not 18 I bryng foorth fluddes in the hilles and welles in the playne fieldes I turne the wildernesse to riuers and the drye lande to conduites of water 19 I plant in the waste
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
balaūce and art founde wanting 28 PHERES thy kingdome is deuided and geuen to the Medes and Perses 29 Then commaunded Balthasar and they clothed Daniel with purple and a chayne of golde about is necke and made a proclamation concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdome 30 The very same night was Balthasar the king of the Chaldees slaine 31 And Darius of the Medes toke the kingdome being threescore two yeres of age ¶ The .vi. Chapter 1 Daniel is made ruler ouer the lordes 5 The imagination of an act against Daniel 7 The proclamation of the act wherof Daniel is accused vnto the king as a transgressour 16 He is put into a denne of lions by the commaundement of the king 23 He is deliuered by faith in God 24 Daniels accusers are put vnto the lions to be torne asunder 26 Darius by the proclamation of a decree magnified the God of Daniel 1 IT pleased Darius to set ouer his kingdome a hundred and twentie gouernours which should be ouer the whole kingdome 2 Aboue these he set three princes of whom Daniel was one that the gouernours might geue accomptes vnto them and the king shoulde haue no damage 3 Nowe this Daniel was preferred aboue the princes and gouerners for the spirite of God was plenteous in him so that the king was minded to set him ouer the whole realme 4 Wherfore the rulers and gouernours sought an occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdome but they coulde finde none occasion nor fault for he was so faithfull that there was no blame nor fault founde in him 5 Then saide these men We shall finde none occasion against this Daniel except we finde it against him concerning the lawe of his God 6 Vpon this went the princes and lordes together vnto the king and saide this vnto him King Darius liue for euer 8 Now O king confirme the decree and seale the writing that it be not chaunged according to the lawe of the Medes and Persians which altereth not 9 Wherefore king Darius sealed the writing and decree 10 Now when Daniel vnderstoode that he had sealed the writing he went into his house and the windowes of his chamber towarde Hierusalem stoode open there kneeled he downe vpon his knees three times a day he made his petition and praysed his God as he dyd afore time 11 Then these men assembled and found Daniel making his petition and praying vnto his God 12 So they came to the king spake before him concerning his cōmaundement saying O king hast thou not sealed the decree that within thirtie dayes whoso requireth his petition of any God or man but onely of thy selfe O king he shal be cast into the denne of lions The king aunswered and said Yea it is true according to the lawe of the Medes and Perses that altereth not 13 Then aunswered they and saide vnto the king This Daniel which is of the children of the captiuitie of Iuda O king regardeth neither thee nor thy decree that thou hast sealed but maketh his petition three times a day 14 When the king heard these wordes he was sore displeased with him selfe and set his heart on Daniel to deliuer him and he laboured till the sonne went downe to deliuer him 15 Then these men assembled vnto the king and said vnto him Knowe this O king that the lawe of the Medes Perses is that the commaundement statute which the king maketh may not be altered 16 Then the king commaunded and they brought Daniel and they cast him into the lions denne Nowe the king spake vnto Daniel saide Thy God whom thou alway seruest euen he wyll deliuer thee 17 And there was brought a stone laide vpon y e mouth of the denne this the king sealed with his owne ring and with the signet of his princes that the purpose concerning Daniel should not be chaunged 18 So the king went into his palace and remayned fasting neither was there any instrumentes of musicke brought in before him his sleepe went from him 19 But betimes in the morning at the breake of the day the king arose went in all haste vnto the denne of the lions 20 Now as he came nye vnto the denne he cryed with a pitious voyce vnto Daniel yea the king speake and saide vnto Daniel O Daniel thou seruaūt of the liuing God is not thy God whom thou seruest alway able to deliuer thee from y e lions 21 Then Daniel saide vnto the king O king liue for euer 22 My God hath sent his angel which hath shut the lions mouthes so that they might not hurt me for myne vngiltinesse is founde out before him and as for thee O king I neuer offended thee 23 Then was the king exceeding glad for him commaunded to take Daniel out of y e denne So Daniel was brought out of y e denne no maner of hurt was founde vpon him for he put his trust in his God 24 And as for those men which had accused Daniel the king commaunded to bring them to cast them into the lions denne them their children their wyues so the lions had the maisterie of them and brake all their bones asunder or euer they came at the grounde of the denne 25 After this wrote king Darius vnto al people nations tongues that dwelt in all landes Peace be multiplied vnto you 26 My commaundement is in all my dominion and kingdome that men feare and stand in awe of Daniels God for he is the liuing God which abideth euer his kindgome shall not fayle and his power is euerlasting 27 It is he that deliuereth and saueth he doth wonders and marueylous workes in heauen and in earth he hath preserued Daniel from the power of the lions 28 So this Daniel prospered in the raigne of Darius and in the raigne of Cyrus of Persia The .vii. Chapter 1 A vision of foure beastes is shewed vnto Daniel The vision is interpreted of foure kingdomes of the worlde 27 Of the euerlasting kingdome of Christe 1 IN the first yere of Balthasar king of Babylon sawe Daniel a dreame there were visions in his head vpon his head which dreame he wrote declared the summe of the matter 2 Daniel spake and saide I sawe in my vision by night and beholde the foure windes of heauen stroue vpon the great sea 3 And foure great beastes came vp from the sea one diuers from another 4 The first was as a lion and had Egles winges I beheld till his winges were pluckt from him and he lifted vp from the earth set vpon his feete like a man there was geuen him a mans heart 5 Behold an other beast which was the second was lyke a beare and stoode vpon the one side betwixt his teeth in his mouth he had three ribbes and it was saide vnto him thus Arise eate vp much fleshe 6 Then I loked and beholde there was
spirite of discipline fleeth from deceipt and withdraweth hym selfe from thoughtes that are without vnderstanding and is declared when wickednesse commeth 6 For the spirite of wysdome is louing and will not absolue hym that blasphemeth with his lippes for God is witnesse of his raynes and a true beholder of his heart an hearer of his tongue 7 For the spirite of the Lorde filleth the rounde compasse of the worlde and the same that vpholdeth all thinges hath knowledge also of the voyce 8 Therfore he that speaketh vnrighteous thinges can not be hid neither shall the iudgement of reprofe let him escape 9 And why inquisition shal be made for the thoughtes of the vngodly and the sounde of his wordes shall come vnto God so that his wickednesse shal be punished 10 For the eare of ielousie heareth all thinges the noyse of the grudginges shall not be hid 11 Therefore beware of murmuring whiche is nothing worth and refraine your tongue from sclaunder For there is no worde so secrete that it shall go for naught and the mouth that speaketh lyes slayeth the soule 12 O seeke not your owne death in the errour of your lyfe destroy not your selues thorowe the workes of your owne handes 13 For God hath not made death neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the liuing 14 For he created all thinges that they might haue their being and the generations of the worlde were healthfull and there is no poyson of destruction in them nor the kyngdome of hell vpon the earth 15 For righteousnesse is euerlasting and immortall but vnrighteousnesse bringeth death 16 Neuerthelesse the vngodly call it vnto them both with workes and wordes and whyle they thinke to haue it their friende they come to naught they haue made an agreement with it for they are worthy to be of her part ¶ The .ii. Chapter The imaginations and desires of the wicked and theyr counsayle against the faythfull 1 FOr the vngodly say reasoning with them selues but not a right our life is short and tedious and in the death of a man there is no remedie neither is there any man knowen to haue returned from the graue 2 For we are borne at all aduenture and we shal be here by more fortune after as though we had neuer ben for our breath is as a smoke in our nosetrilles and wordes as a sparke raysed out of our heartes 3 Whiche being extinquished our body shal be turned into ashes and our spirite shall vanishe as the soft ayre 4 Our life shall passe away as the trace of a cloude and come to naught as the miste that is driuen away with the beames of the sunne and put downe with the heate thereof Our name also shal be forgotten by litle and litle and no man shall haue our workes in remembraunce 5 For our tyme is a very shadowe that passeth away and after our ende there is no returning for it is fast sealed so that no man commeth agayne 6 Come on therefore let vs enioy the pleasures that are present and let vs chearefully vse the creatures like as in youth 7 Let vs fill our selues with good wine and oyntment and let there no flowre of the tyme escape vs 8 Let vs crowne our selues with rose buddes afore they be withered 9 Let there be no fayre medowe but our lust go thorowe it Let euery one of vs be partakers of our volupteousnes let vs leaue some token of our pleasure in euery place for that is our portion and this only our lot 10 Let vs oppresse the poore righteous let vs not spare the wydowe nor olde man let vs not regarde the heades that are gray for age 11 Let the lawe of vnrighteousnesse be our strength for the thing that is feeble is nothing worth 12 Therefore let vs defraude the righteous and why he is not for our profite yea he is cleane contrary to our doinges he checketh vs for offending against the lawe and slaundereth the faultes of our maner of liuing 13 He maketh his boast to haue the knowledge of God yea he calleth hym selfe Gods sonne 14 He is made vnto vs for reproffe of our thoughtes 15 It greeueth vs also to looke vpon him for his life is not like other mens his wayes are of another fashion 16 He counteth vs but vayne persons he withdraweth hym selfe from our wayes as from filthynes he commendeth greatly the latter ende of the iust and maketh his boast that God is his father 17 Let vs see then if his wordes be true let vs proue what shall happen in the ende of hym 18 For if the iust man be the sonne of god he wyll receaue hym and deliuer hym from the handes of his enemies 19 Let vs examine him with despitefull rebuke and tormenting that we may know his meekenesse and proue his pacience 20 Let vs condempne him with the most shamefull death for as him selfe saith he shal be rewarded of God 21 Suche thinges do they imagine and go astray for their owne wickednesse hath blinded them 22 As for the mysteries of God they vnderstande them not they neither hope for the rewarde of righteousnesse nor regarde the worship that holy soules shall haue 23 For God created man to be vndestroyed yea after the image of his owne lykenes made he hym 24 Neuerthelesse thorowe enuie of the deuyll came death into the worlde and they that helde of his side do finde it The .iij. Chapter 1 The conseruation and assuraunce of the ryghteous 7 The rewarde of the faythfull 11 Who are miserable 1 BVt the soules of the ryghteous are in the hande of God there shal no torment touche them 2 In the syght of the vnwise they appeared to die their ende is taken for miserie 3 And their departyng from vs to be vtter destruction but they are in rest 4 For though they suffer payne before men yet is their hope full of immortalitie 5 They are punished but in few thinges neuerthelesse in many thinges shal they be well rewarded for God proueth thē and findeth them meete for hym selfe 6 As golde in the furnace doth he trye them and receaueth them as a burnt offeryng and when the tyme commeth they shal be loked vpon 7 They shall shyne and runne through as the sparkcles among the stubble 8 They shal iudge the nations and haue dominion ouer the people and their Lorde shall raigne for euer 9 They that put their trust in him shall vnderstande the trueth and such as be faythfull shall perseuer with hym in loue for his saintes haue grace mercie and he hath care for his elected 10 But the vngodly shal be punished accordyng to their owne imaginations for they haue dispised the righteous and forsaken the Lorde 11 For who so dispiseth wisdome and nurture he is vnhappy and as for the hope of such it is but vayne their labours vnfruitfull and their workes vnprofitable 12 Their wyues are vndiscrete and
put on ryghteousnesse for a brestplate and take vnfaigned iudgement in steade of an helmet 20 The inuincible shielde of equitie shall he take 21 His fierse wrath shall he sharpen for a sworde and the whole compasse of the worlde shall fyght with hym agaynst the vnwise 22 Then shall the thunder boltes go ryght out of the lyghtnynges and come as out of the well bent bowe of the cloudes to the place appoynted 23 And as from an angry caster of stones there shall fall thicke hayles and the water of the sea shal be wroth agaynst them the fluddes shall runne roughly together 24 Yea a mightie wynde shall stande vp agaynst them and a storme shall scatter them abrode Thus vnrighteous dealyng shall bryng all the lande to a wildernesse and wickednesse shall ouerthrowe the royal seates of the mightie The .vj. Chapter 2 The callyng of kynges princes and iudges which are also exhorted to searche wisdome 1 WIsdome is beter then strength and a man of vnderstandyng is more worth then one strong 2 Heare therfore O ye kynges and vnderstande O learne ye that be iudges of the endes of the earth 3 Geue eare ye that rule the multitudes and glorie in the number of peoples 4 For the power is geuen you of the Lorde and the strength from the hyest which shall trye your workes searche out your imaginations 5 Howe that ye beyng officers of his kyngdome haue not geuen true iudgement haue not kept the lawe of ryghteousnesse nor walked after the wyll of God 6 Horribly and that ryght soone shall he appeare vnto you for an harde iudgement shall they haue that beare rule 7 Mercie is graunted vnto the lowest but they that be in aucthoritie shal be sore punished 8 For he which is Lorde ouer all shall except no mans person neither shall he stande in awe of any mans greatnesse for he hath made the small and great and careth for all a lyke 9 But the mightie shall haue the sorer triall 10 Vnto you therfore O ye kynges do I speake that ye may learne wisdome and not go amisse 11 For they that kepe holinesse holyly shal be iudged holy and they that haue learned such thinges shal finde defence 12 Wherfore set your delyght vpon my wordes and desire them so shall ye come by nurture 13 Wisdome is a noble thyng and neuer fadeth away yea she is easyly seene of them that loue her and founde of such as seke her 14 She preuenteth them that desire her that she may shewe her selfe vnto them 15 Who so awaketh vnto her betymes shall haue no great trauayle for he shal fynde her sittyng redy at his doores 16 To thynke therfore vpon her is perfect vnderstandyng and who so watcheth for her shall quickly be dispatched of care 17 For she goeth about sekyng such as are meete for her sheweth her selfe chearefully vnto thē in their goynges and meeteth them with all diligence 18 For the vnfaigned desire of reformation is her begynnyng to care for nurture is loue 19 And loue is the kepyng of her lawes and the kepyng of her lawes is the assuraunce of immortalitie 20 And immortalitie maketh a man familier with God 21 And so the desire of wisdome leadeth to the kyngdome euerlastyng 22 If your delyght be then in royall seates and scepters O ye kynges of the people set your lust vpon wisdome that ye may raigne for euermore 23 O loue the lyght of wisdome all ye that be rulers of the people 24 As for wisdome what she is howe she came vp I wyll tell you and wyll not hyde the mysteries of God from you but wyll seke her out from the begynnyng of her natiuitie and bryng the knowledge of her into lyght and wyll not kepe backe the trueth 25 Neither wyll I haue to do with consumyng enuie for such a man shall not be partaker of wisdome 26 But the multitude of the wise is the welfare of the worlde and a wise kyng is the vpholdyng of the people 27 O receaue nurture then through my wordes and it shall do you good The .vij. Chapter Wisdome ought to be preferred aboue all thynges 1 I My selfe also am a mortall man lyke as all other am come of the earthy generation of hym that was first made 2 And in my mothers wombe was fashoned to be fleshe in the tyme of tenne monethes beyng brought together in blood through the seede of man and the pleasure that came with sleepe 3 And when I was borne I receaued lyke ayre as other men and fell vpon the earth which is of like nature crying and weeping at the first as all other do 4 I was wrapped in swadlyng clothes and brought vp with cares 5 For there is no kyng that hath had any other begynnyng of birth 6 All men then haue one entraunce vnto lyfe and one goyng out in lyke maner 7 Wherfore I desired and vnderstandyng was geuen me I called and the spirite of wisdome came into me 8 I set more by her then by kingdomes and royal seates and counted riches nothyng in comparison of her 9 As for pretious stone I compared it not vnto her for all golde is but a litle grauell vnto her and siluer shal be counted but clay before her syght 10 I loued her aboue welfare beautie and purposed to take her for my lyght for her lyght can not be quenched 11 All good thynges together came to me with her and innumerable riches through her handes 12 And I was glad in all thynges because wisdome went before them and I knewe not that she was the mother of them 13 And I my selfe learned vnfaignedly and make other men partakers of her without enuie and hyde her riches from no man 14 For she is an infinite treasure vnto men which who so vse become partakers of the loue and friendshyp of God and are accepted vnto him for the giftes of wisdome 15 God hath graunted me to speake what my mynde conceaueth and to thynke as is meete for the thynges that are geuen me For it is he that leadeth vnto wisdome and teacheth to vse wisdome a ryght 16 For in his hande are both we and our wordes yea all our wisdome and knowledge of his workes 17 For he hath geuen me the true science of the thinges that are so that I know howe the worlde was made and the powers of the elementes 18 The begynnyng endyng and myddest of the tymes howe the tymes alter howe one goeth after another howe they are fulfylled 19 The course of the yere the ordinaunces of the starres 20 The natures of lyuyng thynges the furiousnesse of beastes the power of the wyndes the imaginations of men the diuersities of young plants the vertues of rootes 21 And all such thynges as are either secrete or manifest them haue I learned 22 For wisdome which is the worker of all thynges hath taught me
him thankes for his mercie endureth worlde without ende ⧠The story of Susanna vvhich is the thirteenth Chapter of Daniel after the Latine 8 The two gouerners are taken with the loue of Susanna 19 They take her alone in the garden 20 They solicite her to wickednes 23 She chooseth rather to obey God though it be to the daunger of her lyfe 34 She is accused 45 Daniel doth deliuer her 62 The gouernours are put to death 1 THere dwelt a man in Babylon called Ioacim 2 That toke a wyfe whose name was Susanna the daughter of Helcia a very faire woman and such one as feared God 3 Her father and her mother also were good people and taught their daughter according to the lawe of Moyses 4 Now Ioacim her husband was a great rich man and had a faire orchard ioyning vnto his house and to him resorted the Iewes commōly because he was a man of reputation among them 5 The same yere were there made two iudges such as the Lorde speaketh of The wickednes of Babylon commeth from the elders that is from the iudges which seeme to rule the people 6 These came oft to Ioacims house and all such as had any thing to do in the lawe came thyther vnto them 7 Now when the people departed away at noone Susanna went into her husbandes orchard to walke 8 The two elders seeing this that she went in dayly and walked they burned for lust to her 9 Yea they were almost out of their wittes and cast downe their eyes that they should not see heauen nor remember that God is a righteous iudge 10 For they were both wounded with the loue of her neither durst one shewe another his griefe 11 And for shame they durst not tell her their inordinate lust that they woulde faine haue had to do with her 12 Yet they layed wayte for her earnestly from day to day that they might at the leaste haue a sight of her 13 And the one said to the other Vp let vs go home for it is dinner time So they went their way one from an other 14 When they returned againe they came together enquiring out the matter betwixt them selues yea the one tolde the other of his wicked lust Then appoynted they a time when they might take Susanna alone 15 It happened also that they spied out a conuenient time when she went foorth to walke as her maner was and no body with her but two maydens and thought to washe her selfe in the garden for it was an hot season 16 And there was not one person there except the two elders that had hid them selues to beholde her 17 So she saide to her maydens Go fet me oyle and sope and shut the orchard doore that I may washe me 18 And they did as she bad them and shut the orchard doore and went out them selues at a backe doore to fetch the thing that she had commaunded but Susanna knew not that the elders laye there hid within 19 Now when the maydens were gone foorth the two elders gat them vp and ranne vpon her saying 20 Now the orchard doores are shut that no man can see vs we haue a lust vnto thee therefore consent vnto vs and lye with vs 21 If thou wylt not we shall bring a testimonial against thee that there was a young felowe with thee that thou hast sent away thy maydens from thee for the same cause 22 Susanna sighed and saide Alas I am in trouble on euery side though I folowe your minde it wyl be my death and if I consent not vnto you I can not escape your handes 23 Wel it is better for me to fall into your hande without the deede doing then to sinne in the sight of the Lorde 24 And with that she cryed out with a loude voyce the elders also cryed out against her 25 Then ranne there one to the orchard doore and smote it open 26 Now whē the seruauntes of the house heard the crye in the orchard they russhed in at the backe doore to see what the matter was 27 So when the elders tolde them the seruauntes were greatly ashamed for why there was neuer such a report made of Susanna 28 On the morowe after came the people to Ioacim her husband and the two elders came also ful of mischeuous imaginations against Susanna to bring her vnto death 29 And spake thus before the people Send for Susanna the daughter of Helchias Ioacims Wyfe And immediatly they sent for her 30 So she came with her father and mother her children and all her kindred 31 Now Susanna was a tender person and marueylous faire of face 32 Therefore the wicked men commaunded to take her clothes from her face for she was couered that at the least they might so be satisfied in her beautie 33 Then her friendes yea and all they that knew her began to weepe 34 These two elders stoode vp in the middest of the people layed their handes vpon the head of Susanna 35 Which wept and loked vp toward heauen for her heart had a sure trust in the Lorde 36 And the elders saide As we were walking in the orchard alone this woman came in with her two maydens whom she sent away from her and sparred the orchard doores 37 With that a young felowe which there was hid came vnto her and lay with her 38 As for vs we stoode in a corner of the orchard and when we sawe this wickednes we ranne to them and we sawe them as they were together 39 But we could not holde him for he was stronger then we Thus he opened the doore and gat him away 40 Now whē we had taken this woman we asked her what young felowe this was but she would not tel vs. This is the matter we be witnesses of the same 41 The common sorte beleeued them as those that were the elders and iudges of the people so they condemned her to death 42 Susanna cryed out with a loude voyce and saide O euerlasting God thou searcher of secretes thou that knowest all thinges before they come to passe 43 Thou wottest that they haue borne false witnesse against me and behold I must dye wheras I neuer did any such thinges as these men haue maliciously inuented against me 44 And the Lorde heard her voyce 45 For when she was led foorth to death the lord raysed vp the spirite of a young childe whose name was Daniel 46 Which cryed with a loude voyce I am cleane from this blood 47 Then all the people turned towarde him saide What meane these wordes that thou hast spoken 48 Daniel stoode in the middest of them and saide are ye such fooles O ye children of Israel that ye can not discerne nor know the trueth Ye haue here condēpned a daughter of Israel vnto death and knowe not the trueth wherefore 49 Go sit in iudgement againe for they haue spoken false witnesse against her 50 Wherefore the people
only shalt thou serue 11 Then the deuyll leaueth him and beholde the Angels came and ministred vnto hym ☜ 12 When Iesus had hearde that Iohn was delyuered vp he departed into Galilee 13 And left Nazareth and went dwelt in Capernaum whiche is a citie vpon the sea coast in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim 14 That it myght be fulfylled whiche was spoken by Esayas the prophete saying 15 The lande of Zabulon Nephthalim by the way of the sea beyonde Iordane Galilee of the Gentiles 16 The people which sate in darknesse sawe great lyght And to them whiche sate in the region and shadowe of death lyght is sprong vp 17 From that tyme Iesus began to preache and to saye Repent for the kyngdome of heauen is at hande ☜ 18 ☞ And Iesus walkyng by the sea of Galilee sawe two brethren Simon which was called Peter and Andrewe his brother castyng a nette into the sea for they were fysshers 19 And he saith vnto them Folowe me and I wyl make you fysshers of men 20 And they strayghtwaye lefte their nettes and folowed hym 21 And when he was gone foorth from thence he sawe other two brethren Iames the sonne of Zebedee Iohn his brother in the shippe with Zebedee their father mendyng their nettes and he called them 22 And they immediatly left the shippe and their father and folowed hym ☜ 23 ☞ And Iesus went about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues and preachyng the Gospell of the kingdome and healyng all maner of sicknesse and all maner of disease among the people 24 And his fame spread abrode throughout all Syria and they brought vnto hym all sicke people that were taken with diuers diseases and grypynges and them that were possessed with deuyls and those which were lunaticke and those that had the paulsie and he healed them 25 And there folowed him great multitudes of people from Galilee and from the ten cities and from Hierusalem and from Iurie and from the regions that lye beyonde Iordane ⧠The .v. Chapter ¶ In this Chapter and in the two next folowyng is conteyned the most excellent and louyng Sermon of Christe in the mount Which Sermon is the very key that openeth the vnderstandyng into the lawe In this fifth Chapter specially 3 he preacheth of the eyght beatitudes or blessynges 21 of manslaughter 22 wrath and anger 27 of adultrie 33 of swearyng 39 of sufferyng wrong 44 and of loue euen towarde a mans enemies 1 WHen he saw the multitude he went vp into a mountayne when he was set his disciples came to hym 2 And he opened his mouth taught them saying 3 Blessed are the poore in spirite for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen 4 Blessed are they that mourne for they shal be comforted 5 Blessed are the meke for they shall inherite the earth 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirste after righteousnes for they shal be satisfied 7 Blessed are the mercyfull for they shall obteyne mercy 8 Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God 9 Blessed are the peace makers for they shal be called the chyldren of God 10 Blessed are they which suffer persecution for righteousnes sake for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen 11 Blessed are ye wheÌ„ men reuyâ—e you and persecute you and lying shall say all maner of euyll saying agaynst you for my sake 12 Reioyce and be glad for great is your rewarde in heauen ☜ For so persecuted they the prophetes whiche were before you 13 ☞ Ye are the salt of the earth But yf the salt become vnsauery where in shall it be salted It is thencefoorth good for nothing but to be caste out and to be troden vnder foote of men 14 Ye are the lyght of the worlde A citie that is set on an hyll can not be hyd 15 Neyther do men lyght a candell and put it vnder a busshell but on a candelsticke and it geueth lyght vnto all that are in the house 16 Let your lyght so shyne before men that they may see your good workes and glorifie your father whiche is in heauen 17 Thynke not that I am come to destroy the lawe or the prophetes I am not come to destroy but to fulfyll 18 For truely I say vnto you tyll heauen and earth passe one iotte or one title of the lawe shall not scape tyll all be fulfylled 19 Whosoeuer therfore breaketh one of these least commaundementes and teacheth men so he shal be called the leaste in the kyngdome of heauen But who so euer doeth and teacheth so the same shal be called great in the kyngdome of heauen 20 For I say vnto you except your righteousnes excede the righteousnes of the Scribes and Pharisees ye shall not enter into the kyngdome of heauen 21 Ye haue hearde that it was sayde to them of the olde tyme thou shalt not kyll who so euer kylleth shal be in daunger of iudgement 22 But I say vnto you that who so euer is angry with his brother vnaduisedly shal be in daunger of iudgement And who so euer shall say vnto his brother racha shal be in daunger of a councell But whosoeuer shall saye thou foole shal be in daunger of hell fire 23 Therfore if thou bring thy gyft to the aulter and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought agaynst thee 24 Leaue there thy gyft before the aulter and go thy way first and be reconciled to thy brother and then come and offer thy gyft ☜ 25 ☞ Agree with thyne aduersarie quicklye whyles thou art in the waye with him lest at any tyme the aduersarie deliuer thee to the iudge and the iudge deliuer thee to the minister and then thou be cast into pryson 26 Veryly I say vnto thee thou shalt not come out thence tyll thou hast payde the vtmost farthyng 27 Ye haue hearde that it was sayde vnto them of olde tyme Thou shalt not commit adultry 28 But I say vnto you that whosoeuer loketh on a woman to luste after her hath committed adultry with her alredy in his heart 29 If thy ryght eye offende thee plucke it out and cast it from thee For better it is vnto thee that one of thy members perishe theÌ„ that thy whole body should be cast into hell 30 And yf thy ryght hande offende thee cut it of and cast it from thee For better it is vnto thee that one of thy members perishe then that all thy body shoulde be cast into hell ☜ 31 It is saide whosoeuer putteth away his wyfe let hym geue her a wrytyng of diuorcement 32 But I say vnto you that whosoeuer doeth put awaye his wyfe except it be for fornication causeth her to commit adultry And whosoeuer maryeth her that is diuorced committeth adultry 33 Agayne ye haue hearde that it was sayde vnto them of olde tyme Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe
disciples plucked the eares of corne and dyd eate and rubbed them in their handes 2 And certayne of the pharisees sayde vnto them Why do ye that which is not lawfull to do on y e Sabboth dayes 3 And Iesus aunswered them sayde Haue ye not read what Dauid dyd when he hym selfe was an hungred and they which were with hym 4 Howe he went into the house of God and dyd take and eate the shewe bread and gaue also to them that were with hym which was not lawfull to eate but for the priestes only 5 And he sayde vnto them The sonne of man is Lord also of y e Sabboth day 6 ☞ And it came to passe also in another Sabboth that he entred into the synagogue and taught And there was a man whose right hand was dried vp 7 And the scribes pharisees watched hym whether he woulde heale on the Sabboth day that they myght fynde howe to accuse hym 8 But he knewe their thoughtes and said to the man which had the withered hande Ryse vp and stande foorth in the myddes And he arose and stoode foorth 9 Then sayde Iesus vnto them I wyll aske you a question Whether is it lawfull on the Sabboth dayes to do good or to do euyll to saue ones lyfe or to destroy it 10 And he behelde them all in compasse sayde vnto the man Stretche foorth thy hande And he dyd so his hande was restored agayne as whole as the other 11 And they were fylled with madnesse and communed together among them selues what they myght do to Iesus ☜ 12 And it came to passe in those dayes y t he wēt out into a mountayne to pray continued all nyght in prayer to God 13 And assoone as it was day he called his disciples And of them he chose twelue whom he called Apostles 14 Simon whom he also named Peter and Andrewe his brother Iames and Iohn Philip and Barthelmewe 15 Matthewe and Thomas Iames the sonne of Alpheus Simon which is called Zelotes 16 And Iudas Iames brother and Iudas Iscariot which also was the traytour 17 ☞ And he came downe with them and stoode in the playne fielde and the company of his disciples and a great multitude of people out of all Iurie Hierusalem and frō the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon which came to heare hym and to be healed of their diseases 18 And they that were vexed with foule spirites and they were healed 19 And all the people preassed to touche hym for there went vertue out of hym and healed them all 20 And he lyft vp his eyes vpon his disciples and sayde Blessed be ye poore for yours is the kyngdome of God 21 Blessed are ye that hunger nowe for ye shal be satisfied Blessed are ye that weepe nowe for ye shall laugh 22 Blessed shall ye be when men hate you seperate you from their companie and raile on you put out your names as an euyll thyng for the sonne of mans sake 23 Reioyce ye in that day and be glad For beholde your rewarde is great in heauen ☜ For thus dyd their fathers vnto the prophetes 24 But wo vnto you that are riche for ye haue your consolation 25 Wo vnto you that are full for ye shall hunger Wo vnto you that nowe laugh for ye shall wayle and weepe 26 Wo vnto you when all men prayse you for so dyd their fathers to the false prophetes 27 But I say vnto you which heare Loue your enemies Do good to them which hate you 28 Blesse them that curse you And pray for thē which wrongfully trouble you 29 And vnto hym that smyteth thee on the one cheeke offer also the other And hym that taketh away thy cloke forbyd not to take thy coate also 30 Geue to euery man that asketh of thee And of hym that taketh away thy goodes aske them not agayne 31 And as ye woulde that men shoulde do to you do ye also to them lykewyse 32 For yf ye loue them which loue you what thanke haue ye For sinners also loue their louers 33 And yf ye do good for them which do good for you what thanke haue ye For sinners also do euen the same 34 And yf ye lende to them of whom ye hope to receaue what thanke haue ye For synners also lende to sinners to receaue such lyke agayne 35 But loue ye your enemies do good and lende lokyng for nothyng agayne and your rewarde shal be great and ye shal be the chyldren of the hyest for he is kynde vnto the vnkynde to the euyll 36 ☞ Be ye therfore mercifull as your father also is mercifull 37 Iudge not ye shall not be iudged Condemne not and ye shall not be condemned Forgeue ye shal be forgeuen 38 Geue and it shal be geuen vnto you good measure pressed downe shaken together and runnyng ouer shall men geue into your bosomes For with the same measure that ye meate withall shall other men meate to you agayne 39 And he put foorth a similitude vnto them Can the blynde leade the blynde Do they not both fall into the ditche 40 The disciple is not aboue his maister But whosoeuer wylbe a perfect disciple shal be as his maister is 41 And why seest thou a moate in thy brothers eye but considerest not the beame that is in thyne owne eye 42 Either howe canst thou say to thy brother Brother let me pull out the moate that is in thyne eye when thou seest not the beame that is in thyne owne eye Thou hypocrite caste out the beame out of thyne owne eye first then shalt thou see perfectly to pul out the moate that is in thy brothers eye ☜ 43 For it is not a good tree that bryngeth foorth euyll fruite Neither is that an euyll tree that bryngeth foorth good fruite 44 For euery tree is knowen by his fruite for of thornes do not mē gather fygges nor of busshes gather they grapes 45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth foorth that which is good And an euyll man out of the euyll treasure of his heart bryngeth foorth that which is euyll For of the aboundaunce of the heart his mouth speaketh 46 Why call ye me Lorde Lorde and do not as I byd you 47 Whosoeuer commeth to me heareth my sayinges and doth the same I wyll shewe you to whom he is lyke 48 He is lyke a man which built an house and digged deepe and layde the foundation on a rocke And when the waters arose the fludde beat vpon that house and coulde not moue it For it was grounded vpon a rocke 49 But he that heareth and doeth not is lyke a man that without foundation built an house vpon the earth agaynst which the fludde dyd beate and it fell immediatly And the fall of that house was great ¶ The .vij. Chapter
aunswered anâ—â—yde vnto them Suppose ye that these Galileans were greater sinners then all the others Galileans because they suffred such punishment 3 I tell you naye but except ye repent ye shall all lykewyse peryshe 4 Or those eyghteene vpon whiche the towre in Siloe fell and slewe them thynke ye that they were sinners aboue all men that dwelt in Hierusalem 5 I tell you naye but except ye repent ye shall all lykewyse peryshe 6 ☞ He tolde also this similitude A certaine man had a figge tree planted in his vineyarde and he came and sought fruite theron and founde none 7 Then sayde he to the dresser of his vineyarde Beholde this three yere I haue come sought fruite in this figge tree and finde none cut it downe why cumbreth it the grounde 8 And he aunswered sayde vnto him Lorde let it alone this yere also tyll I dygge rounde about it dongue it 9 And yf it beare fruite thou mayest let it alone and yf it beare not then after that shalt thou cut it downe 10 And he taught in one of their synagogues on the Sabboth dayes 11 And beholde there was a woman which had a spirite of infirmitie eyghteene yeres and was bowed together and coulde in no wyse lyft vp her head 12 When Iesus sawe her he called her to hym and sayde vnto her Woman thou art loosed from thy disease 13 And he layde his handes on her and immediatly she was made strayght and glorified God 14 And the ruler of the synagogue aunswered with indignation because that Iesus had healed on the Sabboth day sayde vnto the people There are sixe dayes in which men ought to worke in them therfore come that ye may be healed and not on the Sabboth day 15 But the Lorde aunswered hym and sayde Thou hypocrite doth not eche one of you on the Sabboth day loose his oxe or his asse from the staule and leade hym to the water 16 And ought not this daughter of Abraham whom Satan hath bounde lo eyghteene yeres be loosed from this bonde on the Sabboth day 17 And when he sayde these thynges all his aduersaries were ashamed and all the people reioyced on all the excellent deedes that were done by hym ☜ 18 Then sayde he What is the kyngdome of God lyke or whereto shall I compare it 19 It is like a grayne of mustarde seede whiche a man toke sowed in his garden and it grewe and waxed a great tree and the foules of the ayre made nestes in the braunches of it 20 And agayne he sayde Whervnto shall I lyken the kyngdome of God 21 It is lyke leuen which a woman toke and hyd in three peckes of meale tyll all was leuened 22 And he went through all cities and townes teachyng and iourneying towardes Hierusalem 23 Then sayde one vnto hym Lorde are there fewe that be saued And he sayde vnto them 24 Stryue to enter in at the strayte gate for many I say vnto you wyll seke to enter in and shall not be able 25 When the good man of the house is risen vp and hath shut to the doore and ye begyn to stande without to knocke at the doore saying Lorde Lorde open vnto vs and he shall aunswere and say vnto you I knowe you not whence ye are 26 Then shall ye begyn to say We haue eaten and dronken in thy presence and thou hast taught in our streates 27 And he shall say I tell you I knowe you not whence ye are depart from me all ye that worke iniquitie 28 There shal be weepyng gnasshyng of teeth when ye shall see Abraham and Isaac and Iacob and all the prophetes in the kyngdome of God and ye your selues thrust out 29 And they shall come from the east and from the west and from the north and from the south and shall syt downe in the kyngdome of God 30 And beholde there are last which shal be first And there are first which shal be last 31 The same day came there certaine of the pharisees and sayde vnto hym Get thee out and depart hence for Herode wyll kyll thee 32 And he sayde vnto them Go ye and tell that foxe beholde I cast out deuyls heale the people to day to morowe and the thirde day I shal be perfected 33 Neuerthelesse I must walke to day and to morowe and the day folowyng For it can not be that a prophete perishe any other where saue at Hierusalem 34 O Hierusalem Hierusalem which kyllest prophetes and stonest them that are sent vnto thee howe often woulde I haue gathered thy children together as a henne doth gather her young vnder her wynges and ye woulde not 35 Beholde your house is left vnto you desolate Veryly I say to you ye shall not see me vntyll the tyme come that ye shall say Blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lorde ⧠The .xiiij. Chapter ¶ 1 Christe eateth with the pharisee 4 Healeth the dropsie on the Sabboth 8 Teacheth humilitie 12 To feast the poore 15 Of the great Supper 28 He warneth those that wyll folowe hym to make their accomptes before by the parable of the sower 34 The salt of the earth 1 AND it came to passe that he went into the house of one of y e chiefe pharisees to eate bread on the Sabboth day they watched hym 2 And beholde there was a certayne man before hym which had the dropsie 3 And Iesus aunswered and spake vnto the lawyers pharisees saying Is it lawful to heale on the Sabboth day 4 And they helde their peace And he toke hym healed him and let him go 5 And aunswered them saying Which of you shal haue an asse or an oxe fallen into a pyt and wyll not strayghtway pull hym out on the Sabboth day 6 And they coulde not aunswere hym agayne to these thynges 7 He put foorth also a similitude to the ghestes when he marked howe they chose out the chiefe rowmes and sayde vnto them 8 When thou art bydden of any man to a weddyng syt not downe in the hyest rowme lest a more honourable man then thou be bydden of hym 9 And he that bad hym and thee come and say to thee geue this man rowme thou then begyn with shame to take the lowest rowme 10 But when thou art bydden go and syt in the lowest rowme that when he that bad thee coÌ„meth he may say vnto thee friende syt vp hyer Then shalt thou haue worshyppe in the presence of them that syt at meate with thee 11 For whosoeuer exalteth hym selfe shal be brought lowe And he that humbleth hym selfe shal be exalted ☜ 12 Then sayde he also to hym that bad hym to meate ☞ When thou makest a dinner or a supper call not thy friendes nor thy brethren neither thy kynsemen nor thy ryche neyghbours lest they also byd thee agayne and a recompence
be circumcised after the maner of Moyses ye can not be saued 2 So when there was rysen discention and disputyng not a litle vnto Paul and Barnabas agaynst them they determyned that Paul and Barnabas and certayne other of them shoulde go vp to Hierusalem vnto the Apostles and elders about this question 3 And after they were brought on their way by y e Churche they passed through Phenices and Samaria declaryng the conuersation of the gentiles and they brought great ioy vnto all the brethen 4 And when they were come to Hierusalem they were receaued of y e Church and of the Apostles and elders And they declared all thynges that God had done with them 5 Then rose vp certayne of the sect of the pharisees which dyd beleue saying that it was needefull to circumcise thē and to commaunde to kepe the lawe of Moyses 6 And the Apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter 7 And when there had ben much disputyng Peter rose vp and sayde vnto thē Ye men brethren ye knowe how that a good while ago God did chose among vs that the gentiles by my mouth shoulde heare the worde of the Gospel and beleue 8 And God whiche knoweth the heartes bare them witnesse and gaue vnto them the holy ghost euen as he dyd vnto vs 9 And put no difference betwene vs and them purifiyng their heartes by fayth 10 Nowe therfore why tempt ye God to put on the disciples neckes the yoke * which neither our fathers nor we were able to beare 11 But we beleue that through the grace of the Lorde Iesu Christe we shal be saued euen as they 12 Then all the multitude was scilent and gaue audience to Barnabas and Paul which tolde what signes and wonders God had shewed among the gentiles by them 13 And when they helde their peace Iames aunswered saying Men and brethren hearken vnto me 14 Simeon tolde howe God at the begynnyng dyd visite to receaue of the gentiles a people in his name 15 And to this agree the wordes of the prophetes as it is written 16 * After this I wyll returne and wyll buylde agayne the tabernacle of Dauid which is fallen downe and that which is fallen in decay of it wyll I buylde agayne and I wyll set it vp 17 That the residue of men myght seke after the Lorde and all the gentiles vpon whom my name is called sayth the Lorde which doth all these thynges 18 Knowen vnto God are all his workes from the begynnyng of the worlde 19 Wherfore my sentence is that we trouble not them which from among the gentiles are turned to God 20 But that we write vnto them that they absteyne themselues from fylthyneste of idols and frō fornication and from strangled and from blood 21 For Moyses of olde tyme hath in euery citie them that preache hym in the synagogues when he is read euery Sabboth day 22 Then pleased it the Apostles elders with the whole Church to sende chosen mē of their owne companie to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas That is Iudas whose sirname was Barsabas and Silas which were chiefe men among the brethren 23 And wrote letters by them after this maner 24 The Apostles and elders brethren sende greetinges vnto y e brethren which are of the gentiles in Antiochia Syria Cilicia Forasmuch as we haue heard that certayne which departed from vs haue troubled you with wordes cumbred your myndes saying ye must be circumcised and kepe the lawe to whō we gaue no such commaundent 25 It seemed therfore to vs a good thing when we were come together with one accorde to sende chosen men vnto you with our beloued Barnabas and Paul 26 Men that haue ieoparded their lyues for y e name of our Lorde Iesus Christe 27 We haue sent therefore Iudas and Silas which shall also tell you y e same thynges by mouth 28 For it seemed good to the holy ghost and to vs to charge you with no more then these necessarie thynges That is to say 29 That ye abstayne from thynges offered to idols and from blood and from strangled and from fornication From which yf ye kepe your selues ye shall do well So fare ye well 30 Nowe therfore when they were departed they came to Antioche and gathered the multitude together and delyuered the epistle 31 Which when they had read they reioyced of the consolation 32 And Iudas and Silas beyng prophetes exhorted y e brethren with many wordes and strengthed them 33 And after they had taryed there a space they were let go in peace of the brethren vnto the Apostles 34 Notwithstandyng it pleased Silas to abyde there styll 35 Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioche teachyng and preachyng the worde of the Lorde with other many 36 But after a certayne space Paul sayde vnto Barnabas Let vs go agayne and visite our brethren in euery citie where we haue shewed y e worde of the Lorde and see howe they do 37 And Barnabas gaue counsell to take with them Iohn whose sirname was Marke 38 But Paul woulde not take hym vnto their companie which departed from them from Pamphylia and went not with them to the worke 39 And the contention was so sharpe betwene thē that they departed a sunder one from the other and so Barnabas toke Marke sayled vnto Cypers 40 And Paul chose Silas and departed beyng committed of the brethren vnto the grace of God 41 And he went through Cyria Cilicia stablisshyng the Churches ¶ The .xvj. Chapter 1 Paul circumciseth Timothie 7 The spirite calleth them from one countrey to another 24 Lydia is conuerted 28 Paul and Silas imprisoned conuert the iaylour 37 and are delyuered because they be Romanes 1 THen came he to Derbe and to Lystra And beholde a certayne disciple was there named Timotheus a womans sonne which was a Iewesse and beleued but his father was a Greke 2 Of whom the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium reported well 3 Paul woulde that he should go foorth with hym and toke circumcised hym because of the Iewes which were in those quarters for they knewe all that his father was a Greke 4 And as they went through the cities they delyuered them the decrees for to kepe that were ordayned of y e Apostles and elders which were at Hierusalem 5 And so were the Churches stablisshed in the fayth and encreased in number dayly 6 Nowe when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia and were forbidden of the holy ghost to preache the worde in Asia 7 They commyng to Mysia sought to go into Bithynia but the spirite suffred them not 8 And they passyng through Mysia came downe to Troada 9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the nyght There stoode a man of Macedonia and prayed hym saying Come into Macedonia and helpe vs. 10 And after he had seene y e visiō immediatly we
and in the market dayly with them that came vnto hym by chaunce 18 Then certaine philosophers of the Epicures and of the Stoickes disputed with hym And some saide What wyll this babler say Other some he seemeth to be a setter foorth of newe gods because he preached vnto them Iesus and the resurrection 19 And they toke hym and brought him into Marce streate saying Maye we not knowe what this newe doctrine wherof thou speakest is 20 For thou bryngest certaine straunge thinges to our eares We would knowe therfore what these thynges meane 21 For all the Athenians and straungers which were there gaue them selues to nothing els but either to tell or to heare some newe thyng 22 Then Paul stoode in the myddes of Marce streate and sayde ye men of Athens I perceaue that in all thynges ye are to superstitious 23 For as I passed by and behelde the maner howe ye worship your gods I founde an aulter wherin was written vnto the vnknowē god Whom ye then ignorauntly worship him shewe I vnto you 24 God that made the worlde all that are in it seing that he is Lorde of heauē and earth dwelleth not in temples made with handes 25 Neither is worshipped with mens handes as though he needed of any thing seing he him selfe geueth life and breath to all euery where 26 And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all y e face of the earth hath determined the tymes before appoynted and also the boundes of their habitation 27 That they shoulde seke the Lorde yf perhappes they myght haue felt and founde hym though he be not farre frō euery one of vs. 28 For in hym we liue and moue haue our beyng as certaine of your owne poetes sayde for we are also his ofspryng 29 Forasmuch then as we are the ofspring of God we ought not to thynke that the Godhead is lyke vnto golde siluer or stone grauen by art and mans deuice 30 And the tyme of this ignoraunce God wyncked at but nowe byddeth all men euery where to repent 31 Because he hath appoynted a day in the which he wyll iudge the worlde in ryghteousnesse by that man by whom he hath appoynted and hath offered fayth to all men in that he hath raysed hym from the dead 32 And when they hearde of the resurrection from the dead some mocked and other sayde we wyll heare thee agayne of this matter 33 So Paul departed from among them 34 Howe be it certaine men claue vnto hym and beleued among the whiche was Denys Areopagita and a woman named Damaris other with them ¶ The .xviij. Chapter 3 Paul preacheth at Corinth 19 Paul goeth agayne into Syria and commeth to Ephesus and Antioche 24 Of Apollos 26 Aquila and Priscilla 1 AFter these thynges Paul departed frō Athens came to Corinth 2 And found a certaine Iewe named Aquila borne in Ponthus lately come frō Italie with his wyfe Priscilla because that Claudius had commaunded all Iewes to depart from Rome and he came vnto them 3 And because he was of the same craft he abode with them and wrought for their craft was to make tentes 4 And he disputed in the synagogue euery Sabboth and exhorted the Iewes and the Grekes 5 And when Silas and Timotheus were come frō Macedonia Paul was constrayned by the spirite to testifie to the Iewes that Iesus was Christe 6 And when they sayde contrary and blasphemed he shoke his rayment said vnto them Your blood be vpon your owne heades From hencefoorth wyll I go blamelesse vnto the gentiles 7 And he departed thence and entred into a certaine mans house named Iustus a worshipper of God whose house ioyned harde to the synagogue 8 And one Crispus the chiefe ruler of the synagogue beleued on the Lorde with all his housholde and many of the Corinthians hearyng beleued and were baptized 9 Then spake the Lorde to Paul in the nyght by a vision Be not afrayde but speake and holde not thy peace 10 For I am with thee and no man shal inuade thee to hurt thee For I haue much people in this citie 11 And he continued there a yere and sixe monethes and taught the word of God among them 12 And when Gallio was the deputie of Achaia the Iewes made insurrection with one accord against Paul brought hym to the iudgement seate 13 Saying This felow counselleth men to worship God contrary to the lawe 14 And when Paul nowe was about to open his mouth Gallio sayde vnto the Iewes Yf it were a matter of wrong or an euyll deede O ye Iewes reason woulde that I shoulde beare with you 15 But yf it be a question of wordes and names or of your lawe loke ye to it your selues for I wyll be no iudge of such matters 16 And he braue them frō the iudgement seate 17 Then all the Grekes toke Sostenes the chiefe ruler of y e synagogue smote hym before the iudgement seate And Gallio cared for none of those thinges 18 And Paul after this taried there yet a good whyle and then toke his leaue of the brethren sayled thence into Syria Aquila Priscilla accompanying him And he shore his head in Cenchrea for he had a vowe 19 And he came to Ephesus and left thē there but he hym selfe entred into the synagogue reasoned with y e Iewes 20 When they desired him to tary longer tyme with them he consented not 21 But bade them farewell saying I must needes at this feast that commeth be in Hierusalem but I wyll returne agayne vnto you yf God wyll And he sayled from Ephesus 22 And whē he was come vnto Cesarea and ascended vp saluted the Churche he went to Antioche 23 And whē he had taried there a while he departed and went ouer al the countrey of Galatia and Phrygia by order strengthyng all the disciples 24 And a certaine Iewe named Apollos borne at Alexandria came to Ephesus an eloquent man and myghtie in the scriptures 25 The same was infourmed in the way of the Lorde and spake feruently in the spirite taught diligently the thynges of the Lorde and knewe but the baptisme of Iohn only 26 And the same began to speake boldly in the synagogue Whom when Aquila and Priscilla had hearde they toke him vnto them and expounded vnto him the way of God more perfectly 27 And when he was disposed to go into Achaia the brethrē wrote exhorting the disciples to receaue hym Which when he was come helped them much which had beleued through grace 28 For he ouercame the Iewes myghtilye and that openly shewyng by the scriptures that Iesus was Christe ¶ The .xix. Chapter 3 Of baptisme 6 Of the holy ghost geuen by Paules handes 9 The Iewes blaspheme the doctrine of Paul 13 The punyshment of the coniurers 24 Demetrius rayseth sedition 41 God delyuereth his and appeaseth the sedition
but with the fleshe the lawe of sinne ⧠The .viij. Chapter 1 The assuraunce of the faythfull 6 The fruites of the holy ghost 3 The weakenesse of the lawe 17 Of hope 18 Of patience vnder the crosse 29 Of the foreknowledge of God 1 THere is then no dampnation to them which are in Christe Iesu which walke not after the fleshe but after the spirite 2 For the lawe of the spirite of lyfe through Iesus Christe hath made me * free from the lawe of sinne and death 3 * For what the lawe coulde not do in as much as it was weake through the fleshe God sendyng his owne sonne in the similitude of sinfull fleshe euen by sinne condempned sinne in the fleshe 4 That the ryghteousnesse of the lawe myght be fulfylled in vs which walke not after the fleshe but after the spirite 5 For they that are carnall are carnally mynded But they that are spirituall are spiritually mynded 6 To be carnally mynded is death But to be spiritually mynded is lyfe peace 7 Because that the fleshly mynde is enmitie agaynst God For it is not obedient to the lawe of God neither can be 8 So then they that are in the fleshe can not please God 9 But ye are not in the fleshe but in the spirite yf so be that the spirite of God dwell in you If any man haue not the spirite of Christe the same is none of his 10 And yf Christe be in you the body is dead because of sinne but the spirite is lyfe for ryghteousnesse sake 11 But yf y e spirite of hym that raysed vp Iesus from the dead dwell in you euen he that raised vp Christe from the dead shall also quicken your mortall bodyes because that his spirite dwelleth in you 12 ☞ Therfore brethren we are detters not to the fleshe to lyue after the fleshe 13 For if ye liue after y e fleshe ye shall dye But if ye through the spirite do mortifie the deedes of the body ye shall lyue 14 For as many as are lēd by the spirite of God they are the sonnes of God 15 For ye haue not receaued the spirite of bondage agayne to feare but ye haue receaued the spirite of adoption wherby we cry Abba father 16 The same spirite beareth witnesse to our spirite that we are y e sonnes of God 17 If we be sonnes then are we also heyres the heyres of God and ioynt-heyres with Christe So that we suffer together that we may be also glorified together 18 ☞ For I am certaynely perswaded that the afflictions of this tyme are not worthy of the glory which shal be shewed vpon vs. 19 * For the feruent desire of the creature abydeth lokyng whē the sonnes of God shall appeare 20 Because the creature is subiect to vanitie not wyllyng but for hym which hath subdued the same in hope 21 For the same creature shal be made free from the bondage of corruptiō into the glorious libertie of y e sonnes of God 22 For we knowe that euery creature groneth with vs also and trauayleth in payne euen vnto this tyme. 23 Not only they but we also which haue the first fruites of the spirite and we our selues mourne in our selues and wayte for the adoption euen the deliueraunce of our body ☜ 24 For we are saued by hope But hope that is seene is no hope For howe can a man hope for that which he seeth 25 But and yf we hope for that we see not thē do we with pacience abide for it 26 Lykewyse the spirite also helpeth our infirmities For we knowe not what to desire as we ought but y e spirite maketh great intercession for vs with gronynges which can not be expressed 27 And * he that searcheth the heartes * knoweth what is the meanyng of the spirite for he maketh intercession for the saintes accordyng to the pleasure of God ☜ 28 ☞ For we knowe y t all thinges worke for the best vnto them that loue God to them which also are called of purpose 29 For those which he knewe before he also dyd predestinate that they shoulde be lyke fashioned vnto the shape of his sonne that he myght be y e first begotten among many brethren 30 Moreouer whom he dyd predestinate thē also he called And whom he called them also he iustified And whom he iustified them he also glorified 31 What shall we then say to these thynges If God be on our syde who can be agaynst vs 32 Which spared not his owne sonne but gaue hym for vs all Howe shall he not with hym also geue vs all thynges 33 Who shall lay any thyng to the charge of Gods chosen It is God that iustifieth 34 Who is he that can condempne It is Christe which dyed yea rather which is raysed agayne which is also on the ryght hande of God and maketh intercession for vs. 35 Who shall seperate vs from the loue of God Shall tribulation or anguishe or persecution either hunger either nakednesse either peryll either sworde 36 As it is written For thy sake are we kylled all daye long and are counted as sheepe for the slaughter 37 Neuerthelesse in all these thinges we ouercome through hym that loued vs. 38 For I am sure that neither death neither lyfe neither angels nor rule neither power neither thynges present neither thynges to come 39 Neither heygth nor deapth neither any other creature shal be able to seperate vs from the loue of God which is in Christe Iesu our Lorde ☜ ¶ The .ix. Chapter 1 Paul declareth his feruent loue towardes his nation 11 he treateth of election and reprobation 24 Also of the callyng of the gentiles 30 and of the castyng of of the Iewes 1 I Say y e trueth in Christ I lye not my conscience also bearyng me witnesse by the holy ghost 2 That I haue great heauinesse continuall sorowe in my heart 3 For * I haue wisshed my selfe to be cursed from Christe for my brethren my kynsmen as pertaynyng to y e fleshe 4 Which are the Israelites To whom pertayneth the adoption and the glory the couenauntes * and the lawe that was geuen and the seruice of God and the promises 5 Of whom are the fathers of whom as concernyng the fleshe Christe came which is God in all thynges to be praysed for euer Amen 6 And it can not be that the worde of God shoulde take none effect For they are not all Israelites which are of Israel 7 Neither are they all chyldren that are the seede of Abraham But in Isaac shall thy seede be called 8 That is to say They which are the chyldren of the fleshe are not the chyldren of God But they which be the childrē of promise are counted the seede 9 For this is a worde of promise About this tyme wyll I come and Sara shall haue a sonne 10 Not only this but also Rebecca was with chylde by
woulde haue plucked out your owne eyes and haue geuen them to me 16 Am I therfore become your enemie because I tell you the trueth 17 They are gelouse ouer you amisse Yea they intende to exclude you that ye shoulde be feruent to them warde 18 It is good alwayes to be zelous in a good thyng and not only when I am present with you 19 My litle chyldren of whom I trauayle in birth agayne vntyll Christe be fashioned in you 20 But I desire to be present with you nowe and to chaunge my voyce for I stande in doubt of you 21 Tell me ye that desire to be vnder the lawe do ye not heare the lawe 22 ☞ For it is written that Abraham had two sonnes the one by a bonde mayde the other by a free woman 23 But he which was of the bonde woman was borne after the fleshe but he which was of the free woman was borne by promise 24 Which thynges are spoken by an allegorie For these are two testamentes the one from the mount Sina which gendreth vnto bondage which is Agar 25 For Agar is the mount Sina in Arabia and bordreth vpon the citie which is nowe called Hierusalem and is in bondage with her chyldren 26 But Hierusalem which is aboue is free which is the mother of vs all 27 For it is written Reioyce thou baren that bearest no chyldren breake foorth and crye thou that trauaylest not For the desolate hath many mo chyldren then she which hath an husbande 28 But brethren we are after Isaac the chyldren of promise 29 But as then he that was borne after the flesshe persecuted hym that was borne after the spirite euen so is it now 30 Neuerthelesse what saith the scripture put away the bondwoman and her sonne For the sonne of the bond-woman shall not be heire with the sonne of the free woman 31 So then brethren we are not chyldren of the bonde woman but of the free ☜ ⧠The .v. Chapter 2 He laboureth to drawe them away from circumcision 17 and sheweth them the battell betwixt the spirite and the flesshe and the fruites of them both 1 STande fast therfore in the libertie wherwith Christe hath made vs free and be not intangled agayne with y e yoke of bondage 2 Beholde I Paul saye vnto you that yf ye be circumcised Christe shall profite you nothyng 3 For I testifie agayne to euery man which is circumcised that he is a detter to do the whole lawe 4 Christe is become but vayne to you as many of you as are iustified by the lawe are fallen from grace 5 For we through the spirite wayte for the hope of ryghteousnes by fayth 6 For in Iesus Christe neither is circumcision any thing woorth neither yet vncircumcision but fayth which worketh by loue 7 Ye dyd runne well who was a let vnto you that ye should not obey y e trueth 8 Not the perfection of hym that called you 9 A litle leauen doth leauen the whole lumpe of dowe 10 ☞ I haue truste towarde you in the Lorde that ye wyll be none otherwyse mynded But he that troubleth you shall beare iudgement whatsoeuer he be 11 And brethren if I yet preache circumcision why do I yet suffer persecution Then is the slaunder of the crosse ceassed 12 I woulde to God they were cut of which trouble you 13 For brethren ye haue ben called into libertie Only let not libertie be an occasiō to the flesshe but by loue serue one another 14 For all the lawe is fulfylled in one worde which is this Thou shalt loue thy neyghbour as thy selfe 15 Yf ye byte and deuoure one another take heede lest ye be consumed one of another ☜ 16 ☞ Then I say walke in the spirite and ye shall not fulfyll the lust of the flesshe 17 For the flesshe lusteth contrary to the spirite and the spirite contrary to the flesshe These are contrary one to the other so that ye can not do what ye woulde 18 But and yf ye be ledde of the spirite then are ye not vnder the lawe 19 The deedes of the flesshe are manifest which are these adulterie fornication vncleannesse wantonnesse 20 Worshippyng of images witchcrafte hatred variaunce zeale wrath strife seditions sectes 21 Enuyinges murthers drunkennesse gluttonies and such lyke of the whiche I tell you before as I haue tolde you in tyme past that they which do suche thinges shall not inherite the kingdome of God 22 But the fruite of the spirite is loue ioye peace long sufferyng gentlenesse goodnesse fayth 23 Mekenesse temperauncie agaynst such there is no lawe 24 They truely that are Christes haue crucified the flesshe with the affections and lustes ☜ 25 ☞ Yf we lyue in y e spirite let vs walke in the spirite 26 Let vs not be desirous of vayne glorie prouoking one another enuying one another ¶ The .vj. Chapter 1 He exhorteth them to vse gentlenesse towarde the weake 2 and to shewe their brotherly loue and modestie ◠also to prouide for their ministers 9 to perseuer 14 to reioyce in the crosse of Christe 15 to newnesse of lyfe 1◠and last of all wysheth to them with the rest of the faythfull all prosperitie 1 BRethren yf a man be taken in any fault ye which are spiritual restore such a one in the spirite of mekenes consideryng thy selfe lest thou also be tempted 2 Beare ye one anothers burthen and so fulfyll the lawe of Christe 3 For if any man seeme to him selfe that he is somewhat when he is nothyng the same deceaueth hymselfe in his owne fansie 4 But let euery man proue his owne worke then shall he haue reioyceyng only in his owne selfe and not in another 5 For euery man shall beare his owne burthen 6 Let hym that is taught in the word minister vnto hym that teacheth hym in all good thynges 7 Be not deceaued God is not mocked For whatsoeuer a man soweth that shall he also reape 8 For he that soweth into his flesshe shal of the flesshe reape corruption But he that soweth into the spirite shall of the spirite reape lyfe euerlastyng 9 Let vs not be weery in well doyng for in due season we shall reape yf we faynt not 10 Whyle we haue therefore tyme let vs do good vnto all men specially vnto thē which are of the housholde of fayth ☜ 11 Ye see how large a letter I haue written vnto you with myne owne hande 12 As many as desire with outwarde appearaunce to please carnally the same constrayne you to be circumcised onlye lest they shoulde suffer persecution for the crosse of Christe 13 For they thēselues which are circumcised kepe not the lawe but desire to haue you circumcised that they myght reioyce in your flesshe 14 God forbyd that I shoulde reioyce but in the crosse of our Lorde Iesus Christe wherby the world is crucified vnto
me and I vnto the worlde 15 For in Christe Iesu neither circumcision auayleth any thing nor vncircumcision but a newe creature 16 And as many as walke accordyng to this rule peace be on them and mercie and vpon the Israel that is of God 17 From hencefoorth let no man put me to busynesse For I beare in my body the markes of the Lorde Iesus 18 Brethren the grace of our Lorde Iesus Christe be with your spirite Amen The Epistle vnto the Galathians was sent from Rome ¶ The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul vnto the Ephesians ¶ The first Chapter After his salutation 4 he sheweth that the chiefe cause of their saluation standeth in the free election of God through Christe 16 he declareth his good wyll towarde them geuyng thankes praying God for their fayth 21 The maiestie of Christe 1 PAul an apostle of Iesus Christe by the wyll of God To the saintes which are at Ephesus and to the faythfull in Christe Iesus 2 Grace be with you and peace from God our father from the Lorde Iesus Christe 3 Blessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe whiche hath blessed vs in all spirituall blessyng in heauenly thynges by Christe 4 According as he had chosen vs in hym before the foundation of the world that we shoulde be holy and without blame before hym through loue 5 Who hath predestinate vs into the adoption of childrē by Iesus Christ vnto hym selfe according to the good pleasure of his wyll 6 To the prayse of the glorie of his grace wherein he hath made vs accepted in the beloued 7 In whom we haue redemption through his blood the forgeuenesse of sinnes accordyng to the rychesse of his grace 8 Wherein he hath abounded towarde vs in all wysedome and prudence 9 And hath opened vnto vs the misterie of his wyll accordyng to his good pleasure which he had purposed in himselfe 10 That in the dispensation of the fulnesse of the tymes he myght gather together in one all thinges in Christe both which are in heauen and which are in earth in hym 11 In whom also we are chosen beyng predestinate accordyng to the purpose of hym who worketh all thynges after the councell of his owne wyll 12 That we shoulde be vnto the prayse of his glorie whiche before beleued in Christe 13 In whom also ye after that ye heard the worde of trueth the Gospell of your saluation wherin also after that ye beleued were sealed with the holy spirite of promyse 14 Whiche is the earnest of our inheritaunce vnto y e redemption of the purchased possession vnto the prayse of his glorie 15 Wherfore I also after that I hearde of the fayth which ye haue in the Lorde Iesus and loue vnto all the saintes 16 Ceasse not to geue thankes for you makyng mention of you in my prayers 17 That the God of our Lorde Iesus Christe the father of glorie may geue vnto you the spirite of wisdome and reuelation in the knowledge of hym 18 The eyes of your myndes beyng lightened that ye maye knowe what the hope is of his callyng and what the richesse of the glorie of his inheritaunce is in the saintes 19 And what is the exceedyng greatnesse of his power to vswarde which beleue accordyng to the workyng of his myghtie power 20 Which he wrought in Christe when he raysed hym from the dead and set him on his ryght hande in heauenly places 21 Farre aboue all rule and power and myght and dominion and euery name that is named not in this worlde only but also in the worlde to come 22 And hath put all thynges vnder his feete and gaue him to be the head ouer all thynges to the Churche 23 Which is his body the fulnesse of him that fylleth all in all ¶ The .ij. Chapter 5 To magnifie the grace of Christe which is the only cause of saluation 11 he sheweth them what maner of people they were before their conuertiō 18 and what they are nowe in Christe 1 AND you that were dead in trespasses and sinnes 2 In the which in time passed ye walked according to the course of this worlde after the gouernour that ruleth in the ayre the spirite that nowe worketh in the chyldren of disobedience 3 Among whom we all had our conuersation also in tyme past in the lustes of our flesshe fulfyllyng the wyll of the flesshe and of the mynde were by nature the chyldren of wrath euen as other 4 But God which is ryche in mercie for his great loue wherwith he loued vs 5 Euen when we were dead by sinnes hath quickned vs together with Christ by grace are ye saued 6 And hath raysed vs vp together and made vs syt together in the heauenly in Christe Iesus 7 That in ages to come he might shew the exceedyng ryches of his grace in kyndnesse to vswarde through Christe Iesus 8 For by grace are ye made safe through fayth and that not of your selues it is the gyft of God 9 Not of workes lest any man shoulde boast hym selfe 10 For we are his workmanship created in Christe Iesus vnto good workes whiche God hath ordeyned that we shoulde walke in them 11 Wherfore remember that ye being in tyme passed gentiles in the flesshe called vncircumcision of that which is called circumcision in the flesshe made by handes 12 That at that tyme ye were without Christe beyng aliauntes from the common wealth of Israel and straungers frō the testamentes of promise hauyng no hope without God in this worlde 13 But nowe in Christe Iesus ye which sometyme were farre of are made nye by the blood of Christe 14 For he is our peace which hath made both one and hath broken downe the wall that was a stoppe betwene vs 15 Taking away in his flesshe the hatred euen the lawe of commaundementes conteyned in ordinaunces for to make of twayne one newe man in hym selfe so makyng peace 16 And that he myght reconcile both vnto God in one body through his crosse and slewe hatred thereby 17 And came and preached peace to you which were a farre of and to them that were nye 18 For through hym we both haue an entraunce in one spirite vnto the father 19 ☞ Nowe therefore ye are no more straungers and foreyners but citezins with the saintes and of the housholde of God 20 And are built vpon the foundation of the apostles and prophetes Iesus Christe hym selfe beyng the head corner stone 21 In whom all the buyldyng coupled together groweth vnto an holy temple in the Lorde 22 In whom ye also are buylded together for an habitation of God through the spirite ☜ ⧠The .iij. Chapter 1 He sheweth the cause of his imprisonment 13 desireth them not to faynt because of his trouble 14 and prayeth God to make them stedfast in his spirite 1 FOr this cause I Paul am a prisoner of Iesus
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
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
prayed in his prayer that it myght not rayne and it rayned not on the earth by the space of three yeres and sixe monethes 18 And he prayed againe and the heauen gaue rayne the earth brought foorth her fruite 19 Brethren yf any of you do erre from the trueth and another conuert hym 20 Let the same knowe that he which conuerteth the sinner from going astray out of his way shall saue a soule from death and shall hyde the multitude of sinnes ¶ The ende of the epistle of Saint Iames. ⧠The first epistle of Saint Peter the Apostle ¶ The first Chapter 2 He sheweth that through the aboundaunt mercie of God we are elect and regenerate to a lyuely hope 7 and howe fayth must be tried 10 that the saluation in Christe is no newes but a thyng prophecied of olde 13 he exhorteth them to a godly conuersation forasmuch as they are nowe borne a newe by the worde of God 1 PEter an Apostle of Iesus Christ to them that dwell here and there as straungers throughout Pontus Galatia Cappadocia Asia and Bithynia 2 Elect accordyng to the foreknoweledge of God the father vnto the sanctifiyng of the spirite through obedience sprinklyng of y e blood of Iesus Christ Grace peace be multiplied vnto you 3 Blessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe which accordyng to his aboundaunt mercie begat vs agayne vnto a lyuely hope by that that Iesus Christe rose agayne from death 4 To and inheritaunce immortall and vndefiled and that fadeth not away reserued in heauen for you 5 Which are kept by the power of God through fayth vnto saluation which is prepared alredie to be shewed in the last tyme. 6 In the which ye reioyce though nowe for a season â—yf nede require ye are in heauinesse through manifolde temptations 7 That the triall of your fayth beyng much more precious then golde that perisheth though it be tried with fyre myght be founde vnto laude glorie and honour at the appearyng of Iesus Christe 8 Whom ye haue not seene and yet loue hym in whom euen nowe though ye see hym not yet do you beleue reioyce with ioy vnspeakeable and glorious 9 Receauyng the ende of your fayth euen the saluation of your soules 10 Of which saluation haue y e prophetes enquired searched which prophesied of the grace that should come vnto you 11 Searchyng when or at what tyme the spirite of Christ which was in them shoulde signifie which spirite testified before the passions that should happen vnto Christe and the glorie that shoulde folowe after 12 Vnto which prophetes it was also declared that not vnto them selues but vnto vs they shoulde minister y e thinges which are nowe shewed vnto you of them which by the holy ghost sent downe from heauen haue in the Gospell preached vnto you the thynges which the Angels desire to beholde 13 Wherfore girde vp the loynes of your mynde be sober and trust perfectly on the grace that is brought vnto you by the reuelation of Iesus Christe 14 As obedient chyldren not fashionyng your selues vnto the former lustes of your ignoraunce 15 But as he which called you is holy euen so be ye holy also in all maner of conuersation 16 Because it is written be ye holy for I am holy 17 And yf so be that ye call on the father which without respect of person iudgeeth accordyng to euery mans worke see that ye passe the tyme of your dwellyng here in feare 18 ☞ Forasmuch as ye knowe howe that ye were not redeemed with corruptible thynges as siluer and golde from your vayne conuersation which ye receaued by the tradition of the fathers 19 But with the precious blood of Christ as of a lambe vndefiled without spot 20 Which was ordeyned beforehande euen before the worlde was made but was declared in the last tymes * for your sakes 21 Which by his meanes do beleue on God that raysed hym vp from death and glorified hym that ye might haue fayth and hope towarde God 22 Euen ye which haue purified your soules through the spirite in obeying the trueth with brotherly loue vnfayned see that ye loue one another with a pure heart feruentlye 23 For ye are borne a newe not of mortal seede but of immortal by the worde of God which lyueth and lasteth for euer 24 For all fleshe is as grasse and all the glorie of man is as the flowre of grasse The grasse withereth and the flowre falleth away 25 But the worde of the Lorde endureth euer ☜ And this is the worde which by the Gospell was preached vnto you The .ij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth them to lay aside all vice 4 shewyng that Christe is the foundation whervpon they builde 9 The excellent estate of the Christians 11 he prayeth them to abstayne from fleshlie lustes 13 to obey the rulers 18 howe seruauntes shoulde behaue them selues towarde their maisters 20 he exhorteth to suffer after the ensample of Christe 1 WHerefore lay asyde all maliciousnesse and all guile and faynednesse and enuie and all backbityng 2 And as newe borne babes desire ye y e milke of the worde which is without deceipt that ye may growe therby vnto saluatioÌ„ 3 If so be that ye haue tasted howe gratious the Lorde is 4 To whom ye come as vnto a lyuyng stone disalowed of men but chosen of God and precious 5 And ye as lyuely stones be you made a spirituall house an holy priesthood for to offer vp spirituall sacrifices acceptable to God by Iesus Christe â— Wherefore it is conteyned also in the scripture beholde I put in Sion a stone to be laide in the chiefe corner elect and precious and he that beleueth on hym shall not be confounded 7 Vnto you therfore which beleue he is precious but vnto them whiche beleue not the stone which the buylders refused the same is made the head of the corner 8 And a stone that men stumble at and a rocke wherat they be offended whiche stumble at the worde and beyng disobedient vnto the whiche thing they were euen ordeyned 9 But ye are a chosen generation a royall priesthood an holy nation a peculier people that ye should shewe foorth the vertues of hym that called you out of darknesse into his marueylous lyght 10 Which in time past were not a people but are nowe the people of God which sometime had not obteyned mercy but nowe haue obteyned mercy ☜ 11 ☞ Dearely beloued I beseche you as strauÌ„gers and pilgrimes abstaine from fleshly lustes whiche fight agaynst the soule 12 And see that ye haue honest conuersation among the gentiles that where as they backbite you as euyll doers they may by your good workes whiche they shall see prayse God in the day of visitation 13 Submit your selues therfore vnto al maner ordinaunce of maÌ„ for the Lordes sake whether it be vnto
sinneth hath not seene him neither knowen hym 7 Babes let no man deceaue you He that doeth righteousnes is ryghteous euen as he is righteous 8 He that committeth sinne is of the deuyll for the deuyll sinneth sence the beginning For this purpose appeared the sonne of God to loose the workes of the deuyll 9 Whosoeuer is borne of God sinneth not for his seede remayneth in him and he can not sinne because he is borne of God 10 In this are y e children of God knowē and the chyldren of the deuyll Whosoeuer doth not ryghteousnesse is not of God neither he that loueth not his brother 11 For this is the tidynges that ye heard from the begynnyng that ye shoulde loue one another 12 Not as Cain which was of that wicked and slewe his brother And wherfore slewe he hym Because his owne workes were euyll and his brothers good 13 ☞ Maruayle not my brethren though the worlde hate you 14 We knowe that we are translated from death vnto lyfe because we loue the brethren * He that loueth not his brother abideth in death 15 Whosoeuer hateth his brother is a manslear And ye knowe that no manslear hath eternall life abidyng in hym 16 Hereby perceaue we loue because he layde downe his lyfe for vs we ought to lay downe our lyues for the brethren 17 But who so hath this 〈◊〉 good and seeth his brother haue neede and shutteth vp his compassion from hym◠howe dwelleth the loue of God in hym 18 My babes let vs not loue in worde neither in tongue but in deede and in veritie 19 Hereby we knowe that we are of the trueth and shall assure our heartes before hym 20 For yf our heart condempne vs God is greater then our heart and knoweth all thynges 21 Dearely beloued yf our heart condempne vs not then haue we boldnesse towarde God 22 And whatsoeuer we aske we receaue of hym because we kepe his commaundementes and do those thynges which are pleasyng in his syght 23 And this is his cōmaundement that we beleue on the name of his sonne Iesus Christe and loue one another as he gaue commaundement 24 And he that kepeth his commaundementes dwelleth in him and he in him and hereby we knowe that he abideth in vs euen by the spirite which he hath geuen vs. ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 Difference of spirites 2 howe the spirite of God may be knowen from the spirite of errour ◠of the loue of God and of our neyghbours 1 DEarly beloued beleue not euery spirite but proue the spirites whether they are of God or not for many false prophetes are gone out into the worlde 2 Hereby shall ye knowe the spirite of God Euery spirite that confesseth that Iesus Christe is come in the fleshe is of God 3 And euery spirite which confesseth not that Iesus Christe is come in the fleshe is not of God And this is that spirite of antichriste of whom ye haue hearde howe that he shoulde come and euen nowe alredy is he in the worlde 4 Litle chyldren ye are of God haue ouercome them for greater is he that is in you then he that is in the worlde 5 They are of the world therfore speake they of the worlde the world heareth them 6 We are of God He that knoweth God heareth vs he that is not of God heareth vs not Hereby knowe we the spirite of veritie and the spirite of errour 7 Dearely beloued let vs loue one another for loue commeth of God And euery one that loueth is borne of God and knoweth God 8 He that loueth not knoweth not God for ☞ God is loue 9 In this appeared the loue of God to vs warde because God sent his only begotten sonne into the worlde that we myght lyue through hym 10 Herein is loue not that we loued God but that he loued vs and sent his sonne to be the agreement for our sinnes 11 Dearely beloued yf God so loued vs we ought also to loue one another 12 No man hath seene God at any time If we loue one another God dwelleth in vs and his loue is perfect in vs. 13 Hereby knowe we that we dwell in hym he in vs because he hath geuen vs of his spirite 14 And we haue seene and do testifie that the father sent the sonne to be the sauiour of the worlde 15 Whosoeuer confesseth that Iesus is the sonne of God in him dwelleth God and he in God 16 And we haue knowen and beleued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue and he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God and God in hym 17 Herein is the loue perfect in vs that we shoulde haue boldnesse in the day of iudgement For as he is euen so are we in this worlde 18 There is no feare in loue but perfect loue casteth out feare for feare hath paynefulnesse He that feareth is not perfect in loue 19 We loue hym for he loued vs first 20 If a man say I loue God yet hate his brother he is a lyer For how can he y t loueth not his brother whom he hath seene loue God whō he hath not seene 21 And this commaundement haue we of hym that he which loueth God shoulde loue his brother also ☜ The .v. Chapter 1. Of the fruites of fayth 14.20 The office aucthoritie diuinitie of Christe 21 agaynst images 1 WHosoeuer beleueth that Iesus is Christe is borne of God And euerie one that loueth him which begat loueth hym also which is begotten H. L. of hym 2 By this we knowe that we loue the chyldren of God when we loue God and kepe his commaundementes 3 For this is the loue of God that we kepe his commaundementes and his commaundementes are not greeuous 4 ☞ For all that is borne of God ouercommeth the worlde And this is the victorie that ouercommeth y e worlde euen our fayth 5 Who is it that ouercommeth y e worlde but he which beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God 6 This Iesus Christe is he that came by water and blood not by water only but by water and blood And it is the spirite that beareth witnesse because the spirite is trueth 7 For there are three which beare recorde in heauen the father the worde and the holy ghost and these three are one 8 And there are three which beare recorde in earth the spirite and water and blood and these three agree in one 9 If we receaue the witnesse of men the witnesse of God is greater For this is the witnesse of God that is greater which he testified of his sonne 10 He that beleueth on the sonne of God hath the witnesse in hym selfe ☞ He that beleueth not God hath made hym a lyer because he beleued not the recorde that God gaue of his sonne 11 And this is the recorde how that God hath geuen vnto vs eternall lyfe and this lyfe is in his sonne
familie (b) An olde maner of takyng an othe whereby the inferiour dyd testifie his subiection (c) Abraham taketh it to be his duetie to prouide his sonne a wyfe (d) He perswadeth by Gods former benefites that God wyll prosper his iourney (e) For that seemed to be agaynst Gods promise made vnto hym “ Aram Naharaiiim That is Syria of the two fluddes (f) Because the thyng he asked pertayned to the promise made to Abraham “ Make to meete before me to day (g) A wyse wyfe is properly the gyft of God Prou. xix (h) Gods gyftes commeÌ„ded in Rebecca which may be looked for in a wyfe “ Or ceasse to drinke (i) A iewell which is vsed about the face aboue the nose thrilles (k) Suche thynges as happeÌ„ in mens iourneys are gouerned by the prouidence of God (l) Whom the Lorde fauoured and by whose good wyll he had come thyther (m) In Abrahams seruaunt is set foorth y e conditions of faithful seruaunts (n) Wealth had by Gods gyft is sure maryage goodes (o) They myght thinke that he was borne for some notable matter (p) Though he was perswaded that an angell of God was a guide to hym in his iourney yet he prayeth not to hym “ Aboue her nosethrils (q) Mariages woulde be made faythfully and of good will and also openly (r) We should simply obey Gods wyll knowen (Å¿) The asseÌ„t of Rebeccaes parentes in her mariage “ Vessels “ Precious fruites (t) The fathers auctoritie ought not to take away the consent of the chylde in mariage “ Or Her consent (v) To possesse the gate signifieth to beare rule and ouercome (p) He sought some solitarines that he myght more freely lyft vp his mynde to god in prayer (q) The chiefest part of the husbands dutie consisteth therin Ephe. v. (a) Names of people y t came of the children of Dedan (b) They coulde not be partakers of that lande or the spirituall couenaunt with Isahac (c) Another state of lyfe to remayne after this is signified hereby (d) God is true in his promise who blessed the banished boy so meruelously (e) He lyued about .48 after his father “ Or he dwelt or fell “ Padan Aram. “ In the presence of his wyfe (f) God wold teach that the increase of the godly seede the Churche commeth only from hym “ Aâ—iue or with childe (g) She went to some secrete place to pray that she might haue some reuelation from heauen (h) The crueltie of his mind aunswered to the roughnes of his body (i) So Isahac was tempted twentie yeres with y e want of chyldren “ A man of the filed “ or simple “ Veneson in his mouth (k) The byrthryght was the sucsession unto the dignitie auctoritie of the father ouer his other brethren (l) Esaus earthy mind careth but for to satisfie his carnall desire (a) All the kinges of Gerar were called Abimelech as the kinges of Egypt Pharaos (b) Christe promised (c) Abrahams obedience caused not goodes promyse to be sure but gods free mercy See the .22 Chapter (d) He should haue shunned not folowed his fathers fault (e) Thinges can not long be kept close by dissimulation (f) A heathenishe king reproueth Isahac of his foolishe dissimulation (g) The breakinge of wedlocke amonge all nations was compted a great fault “ Found â—n hundreth measures “ Or Inâ—iâ—â—ed (h) Some greeues and troubles folowe wealth and riches (i) The enuious hurt other and pleasure not them selues “ Or pitched his tentes (k) Thus it wyll prosper that the godly take in hande “ Lyuyng “ Esek “ Sitnah “ Rehoboth (l) The comfort by Gods word is greater then by his external benefites (m) True religion must be proâ—sed before men (n) Esaus patience made his enemies his frendes “ In seyng we sawe (o) The godly declare them selues not to beare reuengyng myndes (p) He restoreth the name which his father gaue the place before Gen. xxi (q) The affinitie of the vngodly is daungerous troublesome “ A bitternesse of spirite The blessyng spokeÌ„ of here was not a coÌ„mon prayer but lawfull aucthoritie whereby the grace of Gods election was testified and Isahac put in possession of Gods promise (a) The knowledge of our mortalitie shoulde cause vs to see all thynges in order (b) Though Isahac dyd somethyng of affection yet he faythfully thought to resigne ouer to his sonne the ryght of the promised inheritaunce (c) Such peculier examples are not to be folowed of vs. (d) She settelled her selfe vppon Gods promise and not weyed the daungers that myght folowe (c) Iacob was not with out fault who myght haue taried vntyll god had chauÌ„ged his fathers mynde “ Or costly (f) One fault bryngeth another when Gods worde is once forsaken (g) His ignoraunce hyndered not Gods decree (h) That is he concluded with hymselfe that y e blessing was sure to Iacob (i) We must not so much beholde the outwarde doynges here as the prouision of God who would by such weakenesse haue his election declared (k) Isahac reioysed that he hath nowe a successour in Gods promises (l) Vnder these worldly blessinges the godly fathers embraced the heauenly promises (m) Esaus workes seme to be better then Iacobs were So the blessyng came of the meere gyft of God (n) What Gods ministers promise by his worde it shal be sure Hebre. xii (o) He dyd not truely repent him who forgettyng hym selfe accuseth another (p) The wicked lament their losses yet they amende not their wickednesse (q) The spiritual blessing only remayned in Iacob this was but a temporall blessyng (r) The wicked thinke by their power to ouerthrowe Gods iudgementes (Å¿) Trouble folowyng the hope of a better lyfe is patiently to be borne (t) The one by death and the other by y e iudgement of God agaynst murtheres (v) Which were Esaus wyues whose euyll maners she vseth as an argument to send Iacob away (a) Gods promises may be often repeated to the confirmation of the godlyes fayth “ Padan Aram. (b) He hath respect to the number of gentiles which should be ioyned to y e faithfull of Iacobs house (c) An example of hypocrites is here set foorth who seke no true meanes of repentaunce or amendement (d) He careth more to please his father theÌ„ God he thinketh of no fault but one yet he doth not correct y e throughly (e) It may signifie christ by whose meditation all graces come downe to vs and all helpe (f) Isahacs ministerie in blessyng his sonne is confirmed by god who geueth hym this land for a pledge of the spirituall inheritaunce (g) Christe promised (h) God taketh all the charge of his elect and neuer forsaketh them (i) Where God appeareth by the ministerie of angels or men accordyng to his worde there he is sayd to dwel (k) For a testimonie of the heauenly vision â–ª and of his thankes geuyng (l) Which was here builded afterwarde was first called Luz
the prince and for the citie Chap. 44. c. b Meaning 〈◊〉 it shoulde 〈◊〉 (c) Euery way it shal be fiue twentie thousand (d) So that Iuda was on the north side of the princes and Leuites porcions and Beniamin on the south side (a) Reade 4. Reg. 24. a Ier. 25 a. (b) Which was a plaine by Babylon where was the temple of the great god and is here tataken for Babylon (c) Or â—ster of the Eunuches d Aswel to serue at the tâ—s as in other offices e Either because they would declare their power as conquerours to chaunge the names of theÌ„ they ouercâ—me or els for hatred of their Hebrew names (f) Or better liking (g) Meaning liberall sâ—tences naturall knowledge which was â—sed where theâ— were conuersaunt h So that he only was a prophete and none of the other for by dreames and visions God appeared to his prophetes Num. 12. a. (i) Of the three yeres aboue mencioned verse â— (k) That is he was esteemed in Babylon as a prophete and in aucthoritie so long as the commoÌ„ wealth stoode (a) The father and the sonne were both called by this name so 〈◊〉 it is ment of the sonne when he raigned alone for he raigned also after a seate with his father Or els in the seconde yere of his generall conâ— of other 〈…〉 b He vnderâ— is 〈…〉 and sciences It appeareth by the nature of the worde which signifieth as deuils that they wrought their wonders by the power of the deuill (c) That is the ChaldeaÌ„s tongue which the prophete mencioned here because he mynded to write his visions not in the Hebrue tongue but in the ChaldeaÌ„s which was familiar and knowen in many nations Ye seke occasion of delayes vntill some other affaires might happen and make me forget the matter Psal 113. a. (d) Hereby he smiteth the king with a certayne feare and reuerence of God that he might be the more apt to receaue the hye misteries that should be reuealed By this is vnderstanded the world f By golde siluer â–ª brasse and iron are meÌ„t the Chaldean Persian Macedonian Romane kingdome which shoulde successiuely rule the world till Christ which is here called the stone come hym selfe and destroy the last (g) The first monarchie of the ChaldeaÌ„s (h) The second of the Persians (i) That is of the Macedonians That is of the Romanes That is either by ciuil warres and discordes or els into two sortes of people the one shoulde be warlike and therfore compared to 〈◊〉 the other fâ—tious and seditious and therefore compared to clay earth They shal thinke to make them selues strong by mariages affinities yeâ— shall they neuer be ioyned in heartes Meaning the kingdome of Christ (o) It shal be eternal for the spirite that is in the church is life eternall Rom 8. b. That is that the kingdome of Christ should be set vp by god not by men (q) To perfourme his promesse made to him that should interprete his dreame as verse 6. r This confession was but a lod 〈◊〉 motion as it was 〈◊〉 Pharao Exâ— â–ª 9. â— but his heart was not touched as appeared soone afterwarde This he did not for ambition or priuate profite but for the benefite of his brethreÌ„ which before were sore afflicted now by these officers caled and relieued (t) Remained in the court as one of the kinges chiefe counsellours (a) Sewing that the idol is not knowne for an idol so long as it is with y e workeman but wheÌ„ the ceremonies and customes are recited and vsed and the consent of the people is there then of a blocke they thinke they haue made a god This was sufficient with the wicked at al times to approue their religion if the kinges authoritie were alleaged for the establishement therof not cosidering in the meane time what gods word dyd permit (c) The two daungerous weapons wherwith Satan assaileth the children of God is the consent of the multitude and the crueltie of the punishement (d) That is accused the Iewes with an outcrie (e) It semeth that they named not Daniel because he was greatly in the kings fauour thinking if these three had ben destroyed theâ— might haue better occasion to accuse Daniel after and this declareth that this politic of erecting this image was inuented by the malicious flatteâ— which sought nothing but the destruction of the Iewes whom they accused of rebellion and ingratitude f They should◠〈…〉 God if they should haue 〈…〉 in this holy cause and therfore they say that theâ— are resolued to die for gods cause (g) They ground on two poyntes tâ—st on the power prouideÌ„ce of God ouer the secondly on their cause which was gods glorie and the testifying of his true religion with their blood and so make open confession that they will not to much as outwardly 〈◊〉 to idolatrie (h) That is an angel of God as verse 28 â–ª (a) Meaning so farre as his dominion exâ—ended (b) Reade chap. 2. f. (c) This was another dreame beside that which he saw of the foure empires (d) Which was an angel of God (e) That is let him be depriued of natural reason and mans vnderstanding (f) This was the decree of God him selfe as appeareth in the 24. verse folowing but it is called the decree of the watchmen or angels because they brought it and reuealed it which the holy ones desire to come to passe so consenting to the decree of god that the proude might be brought downe â–ª the 〈◊〉 exalted Partly 〈…〉 great 〈…〉 in the 〈…〉 of this grâ—t 〈…〉 partâ— ones with 〈◊〉 of his 〈◊〉 â–ª whom God had commaunded the Iewes to 〈◊〉 wel to and pray for â— Ier. â—9 b â–ª Wherby he meaneth a long space as seuen yeres or seuen quarters of yeres or seâ—eÌ„ monethes for the interpretation is diuers Not that his sâ—pe or 〈◊〉 was chaunged into a beast but that he was either striken mad and so auoided mans companie or wâ—s cast out for his tirannie and so â—ndred among the beastes and ate hearbes and grasse (k) Daniel sheweth the cause why God thus punished him Ceasse froÌ„ prouoking god to anger any longer by thy â—es and where thou 〈◊〉 cruelly â—ssed 〈◊〉 poore â—e now merciful vnto them vâ—râ—ghteousneâ— so shall tâ— errours of the former 〈…〉 m After that Danâ—el 〈◊〉 declared this 〈◊〉 this his pryde declared in the next verse sheweth that it is not in maÌ„ to conuert to God except his spirite moue him seyng that these terrible threatninges could not moue him to repent â–ª (n) That is the seuen times or yeres mentioned in the verses .16 â–ª and 23. 25. (o) By whom it seemeth he was put from his kingdome before (p) He doth not onely prayse God for his deliueraunce but also confesseth his fault that God only may haue the glorie and man the shame and that he may be exorted and men cast downe (a) Daniel reciteth this historie of king Balthasar Euil
syghtes (b) The vilenesse of the punyshment declareth here that God detesteth pride and tyranny His gaundfather also was eaten of lice (c) The more that tyrantes go about to suppresse gods worde the more doth it increase and multiplie (a) The word signifieth to execute a publike office as the Apostles was so that here is shewed that they preached and prophesied dyd not offer a sacrifice or say masse at Antioche as some vntruely gather Actes xii d. Exod. vii a. and .viii. b. Actes viii b Iohn vi d. Actes xv g. Actes xii c. Exo xiiii a. Iosue xiii d Iudi. i. a. i Reg. viii a. i Reg. x. a. i Reg. viii a. i Reg. x. a. i Reg. xvi a. Psal 89. c. Psal 132. c. i Reg. vii b. Mark i. a. Luk. iii. c. Iohn i. d. Math. iii. b. Math. x. a. i Cor. ii b. Math. 27. c. Luk. xxiii d Actes i. â— Actes i. â— Psal ii a. Hebr. i. b. Esai lv b. (b) Meaning that he would faythfully accomplishe the promises which he made of his free mercie with the forefathers that Christ should be borne of the stocke of Dauid iii Reg. ii b. Luk. 24. g. Abacuc i. a. Acteâ— xi â— Math. x b. Esai xlix b. Luk. i. e. (c) These were welthie and substancial women and yet superstitious beyng led with a blynde zeale whom y e common people esteemed very Godly â–ª and therfore Luke speketh here of these women as y e worlde esteemed of them (d) This they dyd according to the commaundement of the Gospel for a witnesse of their trauayle that they came into their citie and offered to them the doctrine of the Gospel which they contemned and therby signified also that they so detested their companie for this their contempt that they woulde not haue the dust of their citie hange vpon their shoes 〈…〉 the worldâ— â–ª and 〈…〉 with God 〈◊〉 at 〈◊〉 with hym to be in peace with the worlde (b) The perâ—n oâ— the 〈◊〉 is an 〈…〉 of the â—ospel Esa xxxv b Math xv d. Luk. vii d. Actes 28. â— Actes x. d. Apo. xix b. and. xxii c. Gen. i. a. Psal cxlvi a Apo. xiiii b Actes xvii f Râ—m i. b. (c) They that a litle before woulde haue worshipped Paul as God nowe they are content that he shoulde be stoned as a wicked man â–ª such inconstancie is in theâ— ignoraunt multitude Actes xiii e ii Tim. iii. c. (d) Here we learne that when so euer we go about any wayghtie matter we ought with abstinence prepare our myndes vnto prayer that it may be the more earnest Galath â— Galath ii â— Actes i. b. Psal vii c. i para 28. b. Iohn xiii b. (a) He meaneth the holy lawe and not y e ceremonies only calleth at a yoke not able to be borne because no man not y t most holyest and perfect that euer was Christe only excepted was able to perfourme the same in all poyntes both outwardly accordyng to the letter â–ª and inwardly accordyng to the spirite (b) The prophete in this place prophecied of Christes commyng in the fleshe which shoulde buyld agayne y e tabernacle of Dauid which figured Gods Churche but then vtterly defaced and brought to ruine by the pharisaicall and Iewyshe superstitions Exod. xx a. Gen. ix a. Leuit. vii c. Iohn xiiii a Actes xii e. (c) God suffereth y e most perfect to fall and yet turne their infirmities to the settyng foorth of his glory as this â—reaâ—he of â—o 〈◊〉 cauâ—ed the Gospel to be preached in mo places Actes xv e. Rom. i. â— Act. xviii c. (a) Whiche coulde tell of thynges past and gesse of thynges to come which knowledge in many thinges God permitteth to the deuyll to this ende as Austen noteth that he myght y e more myghtelye deceaue those y t would beleue hym Mat. xvi d. Actes xix c ii Cor. xi f. Actes v. d. and .xii. b. Luk. â— Acte â— Iohâ— â— Luk. â— Acte â— Iohâ— â— Luk. xix g. Math. viii d Luk. â—4 g. Actes 28 â— Iohn xix c. (a) Like quarell pykynge they vsed agâ—inst Christ And these be the weapons whereby the world continually fyghteth agaynst the members of Christe treason and sedition Iohn v. g. Act. xviii b. (b) The Epicures were a sect of learned men whiche beyng without the knowledge of God helde opinion that ther was no lyfe or ioye after this life but that all mans felicitie dyd consist in y e pleasures of this worlde The Stoikes were an other kynde of learned men whiche lykewyse wantynge the knowledge of God affirmed y t mans whole felicitie happinesse did coÌ„sist in the qualities and vertues of the mynde Gene. i. a. Act. xiiii c. Psal xlvi a. Apo. xiiii b Act. vii f. Esai lxvi a. 4. Re. viii c. Gene. i. a. Act. xiiii c. Psal xlvi a. Apo. xiiii b Act. vii f. Esai lxvi a. 4. Re. viii c. i. Paral. v. c. Genes i. b. (c) The Apostle tearmeth vs the generation of God not that we be of y e substance and nature of God but because God hath created vs and by his sonne Iesus Christe hath redeemed vs and made vs his chyldren by adoption Rom. xvi a. ii Tim. iiii d Act. â—vii d. Math. x. b. Mark vi b. Act. xiii g. (a) By this hebrue speach he signifieth that he that dyeth and perysheth shall peryshe thorow his owne fault Iohn iiii g. Act. xvii b. (b) Cenchrea is a hauen at Corinth â–ª where Paul takyng shippe dyd sheare his head accordyng to his vowe For accordyng to the lawe of Moyses they that vowed them selues to God were coÌ„maunded to suffer their heere to grow as long as they would continue Nazarites and afterward to sheare it and to burne it This dyd Paul not forgettyng what he had before decreed with the Apostles touchynge the aboliâ—shyng of the 〈…〉 lest◠〈…〉 which 〈…〉 (c) Apollo beyng a wittie a learned maÌ„ was not ashamed to be taught instructed in the doctrine of christ of a poore craftes man and his wyfe (a) By the holye ghoste here he meaneth the visible graces of the holy spirite (b) By this place Iohns baptisme signifieth Iohns doctrine whiche therfore is so called for that he sealed his doctrine with the seale of baptisme in them that beleued (c) They that were baptized were not baptized with water beyng before baptized of Iohn with water but they were baptized with visible gyftes of the holy ghost which Saint Luke declaryng howe it was â–ª writeth that it was by the laying on of S. Paules handes Mark xvi d Actes v. c. Math. xvi d Math. vii e. Mark i. a. Act. xvi d. Psal cxv a. Act. xxi g. Act xx â— â— Tim. iiiâ— d 1 Re. xvii d. 4. Re. iiii f. Luk. vii c. Actes ix g. Lu. xxiiii â— (a) That is to saye I go by the impulsion and commaundement of y e holy ghost who draweth me as with â— bonde ii Tim. ii b. (b) That whiche apperteyneth to Christes manhod which is
to hym 22 Iudas sayth vnto hym not Iudas Iscariot Lorde what is done that thou wylt shewe thy selfe vnto vs and not vnto the worlde 23 Iesus aunswered sayde vnto hym If a man loue me he wyll kepe my sayinges and my father wyll loue hym and we wyll come vnto hym and dwell with hym 24 He that loueth me not kepeth not my sayinges And the word which ye heare is not myne but the fathers which sent me 25 These thynges haue I spoken vnto you beyng yet present with you 26 But the comforter which is the holy ghost whom the father wyll sende in my name he shal teach you all thinges bryng all thynges to your remēbraunce whatsoeuer I haue sayde vnto you 27 Peace I leaue with you my peace I geue vnto you Not as the worlde geueth geue I vnto you Let not your heartes be greeued neither feare 28 Ye haue hearde howe I sayde vnto you I go away and come agayne vnto you Yf ye loued me ye woulde veryly reioyce because I sayde I go vnto the father for the father is greater then I. 29 And nowe haue I shewed you before it come that when it is come to passe ye myght beleue 30 Hereafter wyll I not talke many wordes vnto you For the prince of this worlde cōmeth and * hath nought in me 31 But that the worlde may knowe that I loue the father And as the father gaue me commaundement euen so do I. ☜ Ryse let vs go hence ¶ The .xv. Chapter 5 The consolation betweene Christe and his members vnder the parable of the vyne 716 We must pray in the name of Christe 9 Christes loue towarde vs. 12 He exhorteth to mutuall loue 20 Of afflictions for Christes sake 26 The office of the holy ghoste when he commeth 1 I Am the true vine and my father is the husbandman 2 Euery braunche that beareth not fruite in me he will take away And euery braunche that beareth fruite wyll he pourge that it may bryng foorth more fruite 3 Nowe are ye cleane through the worde which I haue spoken vnto you 4 Byde in me and I in you As the braunche can not beare fruite of it selfe except it byde in the vine no more can ye except ye abyde in me 5 I am the vine ye are the braunches He that abydeth in me and I in hym the same bryngeth foorth much fruite For without me can ye do nothyng 6 Yf a man byde not in me he is cast foorth as a braunch and withereth and men gather them and cast them into the fyre and they burne 7 Yf ye byde in me and my wordes abyde in you aske what ye wyll and it shal be done for you ☜ 8 Herein is my father glorified that ye beare much fruite and become my disciples 9 As the father hath loued me euen so haue I loued you Continue ye in my loue 10 Yf ye kepe my commaundementes ye shall abyde in my loue euen as I haue kept my fathers commaundementes and abyde in his loue 11 These thynges haue I spoken vnto you that my ioy might remayne in you and that your ioy myght be full 12 ☞ This is my commaundement that ye loue together as I haue loued you 13 Greater loue hath no man then this y t a man bestowe his life for his frendes 14 Ye are my frendes yf ye do whatsoeuer I commaunde you 15 Hencefoorth call I you not seruaūtes for the seruaunt knoweth not what his Lorde doeth But you haue I called frendes for all thynges that I haue hearde of my father haue I made knowen to you 16 Ye haue not chosen me but I haue chosen you and ordayned you to go and bryng foorth fruite and that your fruite shoulde remayne that whatsoeuer ye aske of the father in my name he may geue it you ☜ 17 ☞ This commaunde I you that ye loue together 18 Yf the worlde hate you ye knowe that it hated me before it hated you 19 If ye were of the worlde the worlde would loue his owne Howbeit because ye are not of the worlde but I haue chosen you out of the worlde therfore the worlde hateth you 20 Remember the worde that I sayde vnto you the seruaunt is not greater then the Lorde If they haue persecuted me they wyll also persecute you If they haue kept my saying they wyll kepe yours also 21 * But all these thynges wyll they do vnto you for my names sake because they haue not knowē hym that sent me 22 Yf I had not come and spoken vnto them they shoulde haue had no sinne but nowe haue they nothyng to cloke their sinne withall 23 He that hateth me hateth my father also 24 Yf I had not done among them the workes which none other man dyd they shoulde haue had no sinne But nowe haue they both seene and hated not only me but also my father 25 But this commeth to passe that the worde myght be fulfylled that is written in their lawe They hated me without a cause ☜ 26 ☞ But when the comforter is come whom I wyl sende vnto you from the father euen the spirite of trueth which proceadeth of the father he shall testifie of me 27 And ye shall beare witnesse also because ye haue ben with me from the begynnyng ¶ The .xvj. Chapter 1 Christe comforteth the disciples puttyng them in remembraunce of affliction and trouble 7 Of the holy ghost and his office 1◠Of Christes ascension 23 To aske in the name of Christe 33 Peace in Christe afflictions in the worlde 1 THese thynges haue I sayde vnto you because ye shoulde not be offended 2 They shall excōmunitate you yea the time shall come that who so euer kylleth you wyll thynke that he doth God seruice 3 * And such thynges wyll they do vnto you because they haue not knowen the father neither yet me 4 But these thynges haue I tolde you that when the tyme is come ye may remēber then that I tolde you ☜ These thynges sayde I not vnto you at the begynnyng because I was present with you 5 ☞ But nowe I go my waye to hym that sent me none of you asketh me whyther goest thou 6 But because I haue saide such thinges vnto you your heartes are ful of sorow 7 Neuerthelesse I tell you the trueth it is expedient for you that I go away For yf I go not away that comforter wyll not come vnto you But yf I depart I wyll sende hym vnto you 8 And whē he is come he wyll rebuke the world of sinne and of righteousnes and of iudgement 9 Of sinne because they beleue not on me 10 Of righteousnes because I go to my father and ye shall see me no more 11 Of iudgement because * the prince of this worlde is iudged alredy 12 I haue yet many thynges to say vnto you but ye can not beare them away
nowe 13 Howebeit when he is come whiche is the spirite of trueth he wyl leade you into all trueth He shall not speake of himselfe but whatsoeuer he shal heare that shall he speake and he wyll shewe you thynges to come 14 He shall glorifie me For he shall receaue of mine and shal shewe vnto you 15 All thynges that the father hath are mine Therfore sayde I vnto you that he shall take of mine shew vnto you 16 ☞ After a whyle and ye shall not see me and agayne after a whyle ye shall see me for I go to the father 17 Then sayde some of his disciples betwene them selues What is this that he saith vnto vs after a whyle ye shâ—l not see me and againe after a whyle ye shal see me and that I go to the father 18 They sayde therefore What is this that he saith after a whyle we can not tell what he saith 19 Iesus perceaued that they would aske hym and sayde vnto them Do ye enquire among your selues of that I said after a whyle and ye shall not see me againe after a while ye shall see me 20 Veryly veryly I say vnto you ye shall wepe and lament the worlde shall reioyce ye shall sorowe but your sorowe shal be turned to ioy 21 A woman when she trauayleth hath sorowe because her houre is come but assoone as she is deliuered of the childe she remembreth no more the anguishe for ioy that a man is borne into y e world 22 And ye nowe therefore haue sorowe but I wyll see you agayne and your heartes shall reioyce and your ioy shall no man take from you ☜ 23 And in that day shall ye aske me no question ☞ Veryly veryly I say vnto you * whatsoeuer ye shal aske the father in my name he wyll geue it you 24 Hytherto haue ye asked nothyng in my name Aske ye shall receaue that your ioy may be full 25 These thynges haue I spoken vnto you by prouerbes The tyme wyl come when I shall no more speake vnto you by * prouerbes but I shall shewe you playnely of my father 26 At that day shall ye aske in my name And I say not vnto you that I wyll pray vnto my father for you 27 For the father hym selfe loueth you because ye haue loued me and haue beleued that I came out from God 28 I went out from the father and came into the worlde Agayne I leaue the worlde and go to the father 29 His disciples sayde vnto hym Lo nowe talkest thou plainely and speakest no prouerbe 30 Nowe are we sure that thou knowest all thynges nedest not that any man shoulde aske thee any question Therfore beleue we that thou camest from God ☜ 31 Iesus aunswered them Do ye nowe beleue 32 Beholde the houre draweth nye and is alredy come that ye shal be scattered euery man to his owne and shall leaue me alone And yet am I not alone For the father is with me 33 These wordes haue I spoken vnto you that in me ye myght haue peace For in the worlde shall ye haue tribulation but be of good cheare I haue ouercome the worlde ¶ The .xvij. Chapter 1 Christe prayeth to his father that their glory myght be made manifest 9 he prayeth for his Apostles 12 Iudas lost 14 The Apostles hated of the worlde 20 Christ prayeth for all those that receaue the trueth 1 THese wordes spake Iesus and lift vp his eyes to heauen and sayde Father the houre is come glorifie thy sonne that thy sonne also may glorifie thee 2 As thou hast geuen hym power ouer all fleshe that he shoulde geue eternall life to as many as thou hast geuen him 3 This is lyfe eternall that they myght knowe thee the only true God Iesus Christe whom thou hast sent 4 I haue glorified thee on the earth I haue finished y e worke which thou gauest me to do 5 And nowe glorifie thou me O father with thine owne selfe with the glory which I had with thee yer the worlde was 6 I haue declared thy name vnto y e men which thou gauest me out of y e world Thyne they were and thou gauest theÌ„ me and they haue kepte thy worde 7 Nowe they haue knowen y t al thinges whatsoeuer y u hast geuen me are of thee 8 For I haue geuen vnto them y e wordes which thou gauest me and they haue receaued them and haue knoweÌ„ surely that I came out from thee they haue beleued that thou dyddest sende me 9 I pray for them I pray not for * the worlde but for them * which thou hast geuen me for they are thyne 10 And all myne are thyne and thyne are myne and I am glorified in them 11 And nowe am I not in the worlde and they are in the worlde and I come to thee ☜ ☞ Holy father kepe through thine owne name theÌ„ which thou hast geuen me that they may also be one as we are 12 Whyle I was with them in y e worlde I kept them in thy name Those that thou gauest me haue I kept and none of them is lost but that lost chylde that the scripture myght be fulfylled 13 Nowe come I to thee and these wordes speake I in the worlde that they myght haue my ioy fulfylled in themseues 14 I haue geuen them thy worde and the worlde hath hated them because they are not of the worlde euen as I also am not of the worlde 15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the worlde but that thou kepe them from euyll 16 They are not of the worlde as I also am not of the worlde 17 Sanctifie them through thy trueth Thy worde is the trueth 18 As thou diddest sende me into y e world eueÌ„ so haue I also sent theÌ„ into y e world 19 And for their sakes sanctifie I my selfe that they also myght be sanctified through the trueth 20 Neuerthelesse I pray not for them alone but for theÌ„ also which shall beleue on me through their preachyng 21 That they all may be one as thou father art in me and I in thee and that they also may be one in vs that y e world may beleue that thou hast sent me 22 And the glorie which thou gauest me I haue geuen them that they may be one as we also are one 23 I in them and thou in me that they may be made perfecte in one and that the worlde may knowe that thou hast sent me and hast loued them as thou hast loued me 24 Father I wyll that they which thou hast geuen me be with me where I am that they may see my glorie which thou hast geuen me For thou louedst me before the foundation of the world 25 O ryghteous father the worlde also hath not knowen thee But I haue knowen thee and these haue knowen