seyth not And this coÌ„maundement haue we of him that he which loueth God shulde loue his brother also The V. Chapter WHo so euer beleueth that Iesus is Christ is borne of God And who soeuer loueth him that begat loueth him also which was begotten of him By this we knowe that we loue Gods children whan we loue God and kepe his commaundementes For this is the loue of God that we kepe his commaundementes and his commaundemeÌ„tes are not greuous For all that is borne of God ouer commeth the worlde and this is the victory that ouercommeth the worlde eueÌ„ oure faith Who is it y t ouercommeth the worlde but he which beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God This is he that coÌ„meth with water and bloude euen Iesus Christ not with water onely but with water and bloude And it is the sprete that beareth wytnes for the sprete is the trueth For there are thre which beare recorde in heauen the father the worde and the holy goost these thre are one And there are thre which beare recorde in earth the sprete water and bloude and these thre are one Yf we receaue the witnesse of men the witnesse of God is greater for this is the wytnesse of God which he testifyed of his sonne He that beleueth on y e sonne of God hath the wytnes in him selfe He that beleueth not God hath made him a lyar And this is that recorde euen y t God hath geueÌ„ vs euerlastinge life And this life is in his sonne He that hath the sonne of God hath life He that hath not the sonne of God hath not life These thinges haue I wrytteÌ„ vnto you which beleue on the name of the sonne of God that ye maye knowe how that ye haue eternall life and that ye maye beleue on y e name of the sonne of God And this is the fre boldnesse which we haue towarde him that yf we axe eny thinge acordinge to his wyll he heareth vs. And yf we knowe that he heareth vs what so euer we axe then are we sure that we haue y e peticions which we haue desyred of him Yf eny man se his brother synne a synne not vnto death let him axe and he shal geue him life for theÌ„ y t synne not vnto death There is a synne vnto death for the which saye I not that a man shulde praye All vnrighteousnes is synne and there is synne not vnto death We knowe that whosoeuer is borne off God synneth not but he that is begotteÌ„ of God kepeth himselfe y t wicked toucheth him not We knowe that we are of God the worlde is set alltogether on wickednes But we knowe that the sonne of God is come and hath geuen vs a mynde to knowe him which is true and we are in him y t is true in his sonne Iesu Christ. This is the true God and euer lastinge life Babes kepe youre selues from ymage The seconde Epistle of S. Ihon. The summe of this epistle He wryteth vnto a certayne lady reioyseth that her children walke in the trueth exhorteth theÌ„ vnto loue warneth them to bewarre of soch disceauers as denye that Iesus Christ came in the flesh prayeth them to contynue in the doctryne of Christ and to haue nothinge to do with them that bringe not this lernynge THE Elder To y e electe lady and hir childreÌ„ whom I loue in the trueth not I onely but all they also that haue knowne the trueth for the truthes sake which dwelleth in vs and shal be with vs for euer Grace mercy and peace be with you froÌ„ the LORDE Iesus Christ y e sonne of the father in the trueth and in loue I am greatly reioysed that I haue founde amonge thy children them that walke in y e trueth as we haue receaued a commaundement of the father And now lady I beseke the not as though I wrote a new commaundement vnto the but the same which we haue had from the begynnynge that we loue one another And this is the loue that we walke after his commaundementes This is the commaundement as ye haue herde froÌ„ the begynnynge that we shulde walke therin For many disceauers are come in to the worlde which confesse not y t Iesus Christ is come in the flesh this is a disceauer and an Antechrist Take hede to youre selues that we lose not that which we haue wrought but that we maye receaue a full rewarde Who so euer transgresseth and abydeth not in the doctryne of Christ hath not God he that abydeth in y e doctryne of Christ hath both the father and the sonne Yf eny man come vnto you and brynge not this doctryne receaue him not in to the house nether salute him for he that saluteth him is partaker of his euell dedes I had 〈◊〉 any thinges to wryte vnto you neuertheâ—â—â—â— I wolde not wryte w t papyre and ynke 〈…〉 to come vnto you and to 〈…〉 mouth that oure ioye 〈…〉 â—hildren of thy electe sister The thirde Epistle of S. Ihon. The summe of this epistle He is glad of Gaius that he walketh in the trueth exhorteth him to be louynge vnto the poore christen in their persecucion sheweth the vnkynde dealynge of Diotrephes and the good reporte of Demetrius THE Elder To the beloued Gaius whom I loue in the trueth My beloued I wysshe in all thinges that thou prospere and fare well euen as thy soule prospereth I reioysed greatly whan the brethren came and testified of the trueth that is in y e how thou walkest in the trueth I haue no greater ioye theÌ„ to heare that my childreÌ„ walke in the trueth My beloued thou doest faithfully what so euer thou doest to the brethren and to strauÌ„gers which haue borne witnesse of thy loue before the congregacion and thou hast done well that thou dyddest brynge them forwarde on their iourney worthely before God For because of his names sake they wente forth and toke nothinge of the Heythen We therfore oughte to receaue soch that we mighte be helpers vnto the trueth I wrote to the congregacion but Diotriphes which loueth to haue the preemynence amonge them receaued vs not Wherfore yf I come I wil declare his dedes which he doeth ieastinge vpoÌ„ vs with malicious wordes nether is he therwith coÌ„tent Not onely he himselfe receaueth not the brethreÌ„ but also he forbyddeth them that wolde and thrusteth them out of the congregacion My beloued folowe not y t which is euell but that which is good He that doeth well is of God but he that doeth euell seyth not God Demetrius hath good reporte of all men and of the trueth yee and we oure selues also beare recorde and ye knowe that oure recorde is true I had many thinges to wryte but I wolde not with ynke and pen wryte vnto the. But I trust shortly to se the and so wyl we speake together mouth to mouth Peace be with the. The louers salute the. Grete the louers
Smoke wente vp from his nose and consumynge fyre out of his mouth coles were kyndled therof He bowed the heauens and came downe and it was darke vnder his fete He sat vpon Cherub and dyd flye and appeared vpon the fethers of the wynde He made darknes his pauylion rounde aboute him thicke water in the cloudes of y e ayre At the brightnesse of him were the fyre coles kyndled The LORDE thondered from heaueÌ„ and the Hyest put forth his voyce He shot his arowes and scatered them he lightened and discomfited them The pourynges out of the See were sene and the foundacions of the earth were discouered at the chydinge of the LORDE at the breth of the sprete of his wrath He sent downe from aboue and receaued me and drue me out of many waters He delyuered me fro my stronge enemye from them that hated me for they were to mightie for me They ouertoke me in the tyme of my trouble but the LORDE was my succoure He broughte me forth in to liberty he delyuered me because he had a fauoure vnto me The LORDE shal rewarde me after my righteousnes and acordinge to the clennes of my handes shal he recompence me For I haue kepte y e waye of the LORDE haue not bene vngodly agaynst my God For I haue an eye vnto all his lawes and haue not put his ordinaunces fro me Therfore wil I be perfecte vnto him and wyl eshue myne awne wickednes So shal y e LORDE rewarde me after my righteousnes acordinge to the cleÌ„nes of my handes in his eye sighte With the holy shalt thou be holy and w t the perfecte thou shalt be perfecte With the cleane thou shalt be cleane and with the frowarde thou shalt be frowarde For thou shalt saue the poore oppressed people and shalt set thine eyes agaynst the proude to brynge them downe For thou O LORDE art my lanterne The LORDE shal lighte my darknesse For in y e I shal discoÌ„fite an hoost of men in my God I shal leape ouer the wall The waye of God is perfecte y e wordes of the LORDE are tryed in the fyre he is a shylde for all theÌ„ that put their trust in him For where is there a God excepte y e LORDE Or who hath eny strength without oure God God hath streÌ„gthed me with power and made playne a perfecte waye for me He hath made my fete like hartes fete hath set me vp an hye He teacheth my handes to fighte and bendeth the stele bowe with myne armes And thou hast geuen me the shylde of y e health and with y e louynge correccion shalt thou multiplye me Thou hast enlarged my goinge vnder me and myne ankles haue not slyded I wyl folowe vpon myne enemies and destroye theÌ„ and wyl not turne backe agayne tyll I haue broughte them to naught I wil coÌ„sume them and thrust them thorow that they come not vp they shal fall vnder my fete Thou hast girded me with strength to y e battayll and hast subdued them vnder me y t rose vp agaynst me Thou hast made myne enemies to turne their backes vpoÌ„ me that I might destroye them that hate me They shal crye but there shal be no Sauioure yee euen vnto the LORDE but he answereth them not I wil beate them as small as the dust of the earth euen as y e claye of the stretes wil I make them thynne and sprede them out abrode But me shalt thou delyuer from the stryuynges of the people and shalt kepe me to be y e heade of the Heythen A people whom I haue not knowne â–ª shal serue me The straunge children haue denyed me at the hearynge of the eare shal they herkeÌ„ vnto me The straunge children are waxen olde are shut vp in their presons The LORDE lyueth and blessed be my God and magnified be the strength of my health God seyth that I be auenged and subdueth the people vnto me He bryngeth me out fro myne enemies from them y t ryse vp agaynst me shalt thou exalte me and from y e cruell man shalt thou delyuer me For this cause wyl I geue thankes vnto the amonge the Heythen and synge prayses vnto thy name Which doth greate health for his kynge sheweth mercy vnto Dauid his anoynted and to his sede for euermore The XXIII Chapter THese are the last wordes of Dauid Dauid the sonne of Isai sayde The man that was set vp to be y e anoynted of the God of Iacob a pleasaunt dyter of songes of Israel sayde The sprete of the LORDE hath spoken by me and the vtteraunce therof is done thorow my tunge He sayde The God of Israel hath spokeÌ„ vnto me the strength of Israel the gouernoure amonge men the righteous gouernoure in the feare of God As the lighte is in y e mornynge whan the Sonne aryseth so that for the brightnesse therof no cloude remayneth and as the grasse loketh vpon the earth thorow the rayne euen so shal my house be with God For he hath made an euerlastinge couenaunt with me well appoynted on euery syde and sure For this is all my health pleasure that it shal growe But the Belial shal be vtterly cleane roted out as the thornes which meÌ„ take not in their haÌ„des And they y t touch them shal destroye them w t yrons speares in the fyre shal they be brent that they maye be broughte to naught These are the names of Dauids Worthies Iasabeam y e sonne of Hachmoni the chefest amonge thre which lifte vp his speare slewe eight hundreth at one tyme. After him was Eleasar the sonne of Dodi the sonne of Ahohi amonge the thre Worthies with Dauid whan they spake despytefully to the Philistynes and were gathered together to the battayll and the men of Israel wente vp Then stode he vp and smote the Philistynes tyll his hande was so weery that it crompâ—ed with the swerde And the LORDE gaue a greate victory at the same tyme so that the people turned after him to spoyle After him was Samma the sonne of Age y e Hararite WhaÌ„ the Philistynes had gathered themselues in a company and in the same place there was a pece of loÌ„de full of small corne and the people fled before the Philistynes theÌ„ stode he in the myddes of y e pece of londe â–ª delyuered it smote y e Philistynes And God gaue a greate victory And these thre pryncipall amonge thirtie came downe in the haruest vnto Dauid in to the caue of Adullam the hoost of y e Philistynes laye in y e valley of Rephaim But Dauid was at the same tyme in the castell and y e Philistynes people laye at Bethleem And Dauid was desyrous and sayde Wolde God y t some man wolde fetch me a drynke of water out of the well at Bethleem vnder the gate TheÌ„ brake the thre Worthies in to the hoost of the Philistynes and drue of the water out of the well
kepe them from colde So that when the showers in the mountaynes haue rayned vpon them they be all wett they haue none other sucoure but to kepe them amonge the rockes They spoyle the suckinge fatherlesse children and put the poore in preson In so moch that they let them go naked without clothinge and yet the 〈◊〉 beare the sheeues The poore are 〈◊〉 to laboure in their oyle mylles yee 〈…〉 treade in their wyne presses and yet 〈…〉 thyrst The whole cite crieth vnto tâ—e LORDE with sighinge the soules of the â—layne make their complaynte But God destroyeth them not for all this where as they not w t stoÌ„dinge are rebellious and disobedient enemies which seke not his light and waye ner turne agayne in to his path Tymely in the mornynge do they aryse to murthur the symple and poore in the night they go a stealinge The eye of the vngodly is like the aduouterer that wayteth for the darcknesse and sayeth thus in him self Tush there shal no maÌ„ se me so he disgyseth his face In the night season they search the houses and hyde them selues in the daye tyme but wil not knowe y e light For as soone as the daye breaketh the shadowe of death commeth vpoÌ„ them and they go in horrible darcknesse The vngodly is very swyft O y t his porcioÌ„ also vpoÌ„ earth were swyfter then y e runnynge water which suffreth not y e shipmaÌ„ to beholde the fayre pleasauÌ„t vyniardes O y t they for the wickednesse which they haue done were drawen to the hell sooner theÌ„ snowe melteth at the heate O y t all coÌ„passion vpon theÌ„ were forgotteÌ„ y t their daynties were wormes that they were clene put out of remembraunce vtterly heweÌ„ downe like an vnfrutefull tre For they manteyne the baren make them y t they can not beare vnto wyddowes they do no good They plucke downe the mightie w t their power when they them selues are gotten vp they are neuer without feare as longe as they liue And though they might be safe yet they wil not receaue it for their eyes loke vpon their owne wayes They are exalted for a litle but shortly are they gone brought to extreme pouerte takeÌ„ out of the waye yeâ— vtterly plucte of as the eares of corne Is it not so Who wil theÌ„ reproue me as a lyar saye y t my wordes are nothinge worth The XXV Chapter THen answered Baldad the Suhite sayde Power feare is with him aboue that maketh peace sittinge in his hynesse whose men of warre are innumerable and whose light aryseth ouer all But how maye a man coÌ„pared vnto God be iustified Or how can he be clene that is borne of a woman Beholde the Moone shyneth nothinge in comparison to him the starres are vnclene in his sight How moch more theÌ„ maÌ„ that is but corrupcion and the sonne of man which is but a worme The XXVI Chapter IOb answered and sayde O how helpest thou the weake what comforte geuest thou vnto him that hath no streÌ„gth Where is y e couÌ„cell y t thou shuldest geue him which hath no wyszdome Wilt thou so shewe thine excellent rightuousnes Before whom hast thou spoken those wordes Who made the breth to come out of y e mouth The giauntes worthies y t are slayne lye vnder y e worlde w t their coÌ„panions yee all they which dwell beneth in the hell are not hyd froÌ„ him the very destruccion it self caÌ„ not be kepte out of his sight He stretcheth out y e north ouer the emptie haÌ„geth y e earth vpoÌ„ nothinge He byndeth y e water in his cloudes that they fall not downe together He holdeth back his stole that it caÌ„not be sene and spredeth his cloudes before it He hath coÌ„pased the waters w t certayne boundes vntill the daye night come to an ende The very pilers of heaueÌ„ treÌ„ble quake at his reprofe He stilleth the see with his power thorow his wyszdome hath he set forth y e worlde With his sprete hath he garnished the heaueÌ„s with his hande hath he wounded the rebellious serpeÌ„t This is now a shorte summe of his doynges But who is able sufficiently to rehearce his workes Who can perceaue and vnderstonde y e thondre of his power The XXVII Chapter IOb also proceaded and weÌ„te forth in his communicacion sayeÌ„ge As truly as God lyueth which hath taken awaye my power fro me the Allmightie that hath vexed my mynde My lippes shall talke of no vanite and my tonge shal speake no disceate whyle my breth is in me and as longe as the wynde that God hath geuen me is in my nostrels God forbydde that I shulde graunte youre cause to be right As for me vntill myne ende come wil I neuer go fro myne innocency My rightuous dealynge wil I kepe fast not forsake it For my conscience reproueth me not in all my conuersacion Therfore myne enemy shal be founde as the vngodly he y t taketh parte agaynst me as the vnrightuous What hope hath y e Ypocrite though he haue greate good and though God geue him riches after his hertes desyre Doth God heare him the sooner wheÌ„ he crieth vnto him in his necessite Hath he soch pleasure delyte in the Allmightie that he darre allwaye call vpon God I wil teach you in the name of God the thinge that I haue of y e Allmightie wil I not kepe from you Beholde ye stonde in yo r owne conceate as though ye knew all thinges Wherfore then do ye go aboute w t soch vayne wordes sayeÌ„ge This is the porcion that the wicked shall haue of God the heretage that Tyrauntes shal receaue of y e Allmightie Yf he get many childreÌ„ they shal perish w t the swearde his posterite shall haue scarcenesse of bred Loke whom he leaueth behinde him they shal dye be buried no man shall haue pite of his wyddowes Though he haue as moch money as the dust of the earth raymeÌ„t as ready as the claye he maye well prepare it but the godly shal put it vpon him and the innoceÌ„t shal deale out the money His house shal endure as the moth as a bothe that the watch man maketh When the rich man dyeth he carieth nothinge with him he is gone in y e twincklynge of an eye Destruccion taketh holde vpoÌ„ him as a water floude y e teÌ„pest stealeth him awaye in the night season A vehement wynde carieth him hence departeth a storme plucketh him out of his place It ruszsheth in vpon him and spareth him not he maye not escape from the power therof Than clappe meÌ„ their hoÌ„des at him yee and ieast of him wheÌ„ they loke vpon his place The XXVIII Chapter THere are places where syluer is molteÌ„ where golde is tryed where yron is dygged out of the grounde stones resolued to metall
and I sayde O LORDE thou spakest vnto thy creature from the begynnynge euen the first daye and saydest Let heauen and earth be made and thy worde was a perfecte worke And then was there the sprete and the darcknesses were yet on euery syde and sylence there was no mans voyce as yet from the. Then commaundedst thou a fayre light to come forth out of thy treasures that thy worke might appeare and be sene Vpon the seconde daye thou maydest the sprete of the firmament and commaundedst it to parte asunder to make a deuysion betwixte the waters that the one parte might remayne aboue and the other beneth Vpon the thirde daye thou broughtest to passe y t the waters were gathered in the seuenth parte of the earth Sixe partes hast thou dryed vp and kepte them to the inteÌ„t y t men might sowe and occupie huszbandrie therin As soone as thy worde wente forth the worke was made For immediatly there was greate in numerable frute many dyuerse pleasures desyres of temptacion floures of chaungeable coloure and smell and this was done the thirde daye Vpon the fourth daye thou coÌ„maundedst that the Sonne shulde geue his shyne and y e Moone hir light the starres didest thou sett in ordre and gauest them a charge to do seruyce euen vnto man that was for to be made VpoÌ„ the fifth daye thou saydest vnto the seuenth parte where the waters were gathered that they shulde bringe forth diuerse beastes foules and fishes And so it came to passe that the domme water and without soule brought forth lyuynge beastes at the commaundement of God that all people might prayse thy wonderous workes Then didest thou preserue two soules y e one thou calldest Enoch and the other Leuiathan and didest separate the one from the other for the seuenth parte namely where the water was gathered together might not holde them both Vnto Enoch thou gauest one parte which was dryed vp the thirde daye that he shulde dwell in the same parte wherin are a thousande hilles But vnto LeuiathaÌ„ thou gauest the seuenth parte namely the moyst and hast kepte him to deuoure what thâ—â— wylt and whan Vpon the sixte daye thou gauest coÌ„maundement vnto the earth that before the it shulde brynge forth beastes catell and all y e crepe besydes this Adam also whom thou maydest lorde of all thy creatures Of him come we all and the people also whom thou hast chosen specially vnto thy self All this haue I sayde now and spoken before the that I might shewe how that the worlde is made for oure sakes As for the other people which also come of Adam thou hast sayde that they are nothinge but be like a spetle and hast lickened the abundauÌ„ce of them vnto a droppe that falleth from the rofe of the house And now O LORDE the HeitheÌ„ which haue euer bene reputed as nothinge haue begoÌ„ne to be lordes ouer vs and to deuoure vs but we thy people whom thou hast called y e first borne thy only begotten and thy feruent louer are geuen in to their handes and power Yf the worlde now be made for oure sakes why haue we not the inheritaunce in possession with the worlde How longe shal this endure The VII Chapter ANd it happened after that I had spoken out these wordes there was sent vnto me an angell which had bene by me also the nightes afore and he sayde vnto me Vp Eszdras and heare the wordes that I am come to tell the. And I sayde speake on LORDE my God TheÌ„ sayde he vnto me The see is sett in a wyde place y t it might be depe and greate but the intrauÌ„ce is narow and small like a ryuer For who wolde go in to the see to loke vpon it and to rule it Yf he wente not thorow the narow how might he come in to the brode Item another A cite is buylded and sett vpon a brode felde and is full of all goodes the intraunce is narow and sodane like as yf there were a fyre at the right hande and a depe water at the left and as it were onely one strate path betwixte theÌ„ both so small that there coude but one man go there Yf this cite now were geuen to an heyre he neuer wente thorow this parlous waye how wolde he receaue his inheritauÌ„ce And I sayde It is so LORDE Then sayde he Euen so is Israel also a porcion And why for their sakes haue I made the worlde whan Adam traÌ„sgressed my statutes then was y e thinge iudged that was done â–ª Then were y e intraunces of the worlde made narow full of sorow and trauayle They are but few euell full of parels and laboure For the intraunces of the fore worlde were wyde and sure and brought immortall frute Yf they now which are entred in to this worlde maye not comprehende these strayte and vayne thinges moch lesse maye they coÌ„prehende and vnderstonde the secrete thinges Why disquietest thou thy self then seynge thou art but a corruptible maÌ„ And what woldest thou knowe where as thou art but mortall And why hast thou not receaued in to thine hert the thinge that is for to come but that is present TheÌ„ sayde I O LORDE LORDE thou hast ordened in thy lawe that the righteous shulde inheret these thinges but that the vnfaithfull and vngodly shulde perishe Neuertheles the righteous shall suffre strayte thinges and hope for wyde for they that haue lyued vngodly suffred strayte thinges shal not se the wyde And he saide vnto me There is no iudge aboue God and none that hath vnderstondinge aboue the Hyest For there be many y t perish because they despyse y e lawe of God that is sett before them For God hath geuen strayte commaundement to soch as come that they knowe what they do and how they shulde lyue and yf they kepte this they shulde not be punyshed Neuertheles they were not obedient vnto him but spake agaynst him ymagined vayne thinges purposed to synne and sayde morouer that there was no God that God regarded it not His wayes haue they not knowne his lawe haue they despysed denyed his promyses in his statutes ordinaunces haue they not bene faithfull stedfast and haue not perfourmed his workes And therfore Eszdras vnto the full plenty and to the emptye emptynesse Beholde the tyme shal come y t these tokens which I haue tolde the shal come to passe the bryde shall appeare the earth y t now passeth awaye shal be shewed whoso euer is delyuered from y e foresayde euels shal se my woÌ„ders For my sonne Iesus shal be openly declared w t those y t be w t him they y t remayne shal be mery in foure hundreth yeares After these same yeares shall my sonne Christ dye and all men that haue life and y e worlde shal be turned in to the olde sylence seuen dayes like as in the fore iudgmentes so that no man shall
his hāde dryed vp And they axed him sayenge Is it laufull to heale vpon the Sabbath because they might accuse him But he sayde vnto thē Which of you is it yf he had a shepe fallē in to a pytte vpon the Sabbath that wolde not take him and lift him out And how moch is a man better then a shepe Therfore it is lefull to do good vpon the Sabbath Then sayde he to the mā Stretch forth thine hande And he stretched it forth and it was whole agayne like vnto the other Then wente the Pharises out and helde a councell agaynst him how they might destroye him But whā Iesus knew therof he departed thence moch people folowed him and he healed them all and charged them y t they shulde not make him knowne that the thinge might be fulfylled which was spoken by Esay the prophet which sayeth Beholde this is my seruaunt whom I haue chosen and my beloued in whom my soule delyteth I wil put my sprete vpon hī and he shal shewe iudgment vnto the Heithē He shal not stryue ner crye nether shal eny man heare his voyce in the stretes A brosed rede shal he not breake and flax that beginneth to burne shal he not quench tyll he sende forth iudgment vnto victory And in his name shal the Heithen trust Then was there brought vnto him one possessed of a deuell the which was blynde and domne and he healed him in so moch y t y e blynde and domne both spake and sawe And all the people were amased and sayde Is not this the sonne of Dauid But whan the Pharises herde that they sayde He dryueth the deuyls out none other wyse but thorow Beelzebub the chefe of the deuyls Neuertheles Iesus knew their thoughtes and sayde vnto them Euery kyngdome deuyded within it self shal be desolate and euery cite or house deuyded in it self maye not contynue So yf one Sathan cast out another thē is he at variaunce within him self how maye then his kyngdome endure But yf I cast out deuils thorow Beelzebub thorow whom do youre childrē cast them out Therfore shal they be youre iudges But yf I cast out the deuyls by the sprete of God then is the kyngdome of God come vpon you Or how cā a man entre in to a stronge mans house and violently take awaye his goodes excepte he first bynde the stronge mā thē spoyle his house He that is not w t me is agaynst me he y t gathereth not w t me scatereth abrode Therfore I saye vnto you All synne and blasphemy shal be forgeuen vnto men but the blasphemy agaynst the sprete shal not be forgeuen vnto men And whosoeuer speaketh a worde agaynst the sonne of man it shal be forgeuē him But whosoeuer speaketh agaynst the holy goost it shal not be forgeuen him nether in this worlde ner in the worlde to come Either make the tre good and his frute good also or els make the tre euel his frute euel also For the tre is knowne by the frute O ye generaciō of vypers how can ye speake good whan ye youre selues are euell For of y e abundāce of y e hert y e mouth speaketh A good man out of the good treasure of his hert bringeth forth good thinges an euel man out of his euell treasure bringeth forth euell thinges But I saye vnto you that of euery ydell worde that mē haue spoken they shal geue accomptes at y e daye of iudgmēt Out of thy wordes thou shalt be iustified out of thy wordes thou shalt be cōdemned Then answered certayne of the scrybes and Pharises and sayde Master we wolde fayne se a tokē of the. And he answered and saide vnto thē This euell and aduouterous generacion seketh a token and there shal no token be geuen thē but the token of the prophete Ionas For as Ionas was thre dayes and thre nightes in the Whalles bely so shal the sonne of mā be thre dayes and thre nightes in the hert of the earth The men of Ninyue shal ryse in the last iudgment with this generacion and shal condemne it for they dyd pēnaunce acordinge to y e preachinge of Ionas And beholde here is one greater thē Ionas The quene of the south shal aryse in the last iudgmēt with this generacion and shal condēne it for she came from the vttemost partes of the earth to heare y e wyszdome of Salomon And lo here is one greater then Salomon Whan the vncleane sprete is gone out of man he walketh thorow dry places sekinge rest fyndeth none Thē saieth he I wil turne agayne in to my house frō whence I wēte out And whan he cōmeth he fyndeth it emptye swepte and garnyshed Then goeth he his waye taketh vnto him seuen other spretes worse then him self and whan they are entred in they dwell there And the ende of that man is worse then the begynnynge Euen so shal it go w t this euell generacion Whyle he yet talked vnto the people beholde his mother his brethrē stode without desyringe to speake w t him Then sayde one vnto him Beholde thy mother and thy brethren stonde without wolde speake w t the. Neuertheles he answered sayde vnto him that tolde him Who is my mother who are my brethren And he stretched forth his hande ouer his disciples sayde Beholde my mother and my brethrē For who soeuer doth y e wyll of my father which is in heauē the same is my brother sister and mother The XIII Chapter THe same daye wente Iesus out of y e house and sat by the see syde moch people resorted vnto him so y t he wēte in to a shyppe and satt him downe and all the people stode vpō the shore And he spake many thinges vnto thē in symilitudes sayenge Beholde The sower wente forth to sowe and as he sowed some fell by the waye syde Then came the foules ate it vp Some fell vpon stony grounde anone it spronge vp because it had no depth of earth But whan the Sonne arose it caught heate and for so moch as it had no rote it withred awaye Some fell amōge the thornes the thornes grewe vp and choked it Some fell vpō good groūde gaue frute some an hundreth folde some sixtie folde some thirtie folde Who so hath eares to heare let hī heare And the disciples came vnto him and sayde Why speakest thou to thē by parables He answered and sayde vnto thē Vnto you it is geuen to knowe the mystery of the kingdome of heauen but vnto them it is not geuen For whoso hath vnto him shal be geuē and he shal haue abundaunce But who so hath not from him shal be taken awaye euē that he hath Therfore speake I vnto thē by parables for with seynge eyes they se not with hearinge eares they heare not for they
wall that was a stoppe betwene vs and hath also thorow his flesh put awaye the cause off hatred namely the lawe of the commaundemeÌ„tes contayned in the lawe wrytten that of twayne he mighte create one new man in him selfe and make peace and to reconcyle both vnto God in one body thorow the crosse and so he slewe y e hatred thorow his owne selfe and came and preached peace in the Gospell vnto you which were afarre of and to theÌ„ that were nye For thorow him we both haue intraunce in â—ne sprete vnto the father Now therfore ye are nomore gestes and straungers but citesins with the sayntes of the housholde of God buylded vpon y e foundacion of y e Apostles and prophetes where Iesus Christ is y e heade corner stone in whom euery buyldinge coupled together groweth to an holy temple in the LORDE in whom ye also are buylded together to be an habitacion of God in the sprete The III. Chapter FOr this cause I Paul am a presoner of Iesus Christ for you Heythen acordinge as ye haue herde of y e office of the grace of God which is geuen me to you warde For by reuelacion was this mystery shewed vnto me as I wrote abouâ— in fewe wordes wherby whan ye rede it 〈◊〉 maye perceaue myne vnderstondynge in y e mystery of Christ which mystery in tymes past was not opened vnto the childreÌ„ of meÌ„ as it is now declared to his holy Apostles and prophetes by the sprete namely that the Heythen shulde be inheritours also and of the same body and partakers of his promes in Christ by the Gospell wherof I am made a mynister acordynge to the gifte of the grace of God which is geueÌ„ me acordinge to the workynge of his power Vnto me the leest of all sayntes is this grace geuen that I shulde preach amonge the HeytheÌ„ y e vnsearcheable riches of Christ and to make all men se what is the fellishippe of the mystery which froÌ„ the begynnynge of the worlde hath bene hyd in God which made all thiÌ„ges thorow Iesus Christ to the intent that now vnto the rulers and powers in heaueÌ„ mighte be knowne by the congregacion the manifolde wyszdome off God acordinge to y e eternall purpose which he hath shewed in Christ Iesu oure LORDE by whom we haue boldnesse and intraunce in all confideÌ„ce thorow faith on him Wherfore I desyre that ye faynte not because of my tribulacions y t I suffre for you which is youre prayse For this cause I bowe my knees vnto the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ which is the true father ouer all that is called father in heauen and in earth that he graunte you acordinge to y e riches of his glory to be strengthed with power by his sprete in y e inwarde maÌ„ that Christ maye dwell in youre hertes by faith that ye beynge roted and grounded in loue maye be able to coÌ„prehende with all sayntes what is the bredth and the length and the deepth and the heyth and to knowe the loue of Christ which loue yet passeth all knowlege that ye maye be fylled with all maner of fulnesse of God Vnto him that is able to do exceadinge abundauntly aboue all that we axe or vnderstonde acordinge to y e power that worketh in vs be prayse in the congregacion which is in Christ Iesu at all tymes for euer and euer Amen The IIII. Chapter I Therfore which am presoner in the LORDE exhorte you that ye walke as it becoÌ„meth yo r callinge wherin ye are called with all humblenes off mynde and mekenes and longe sufferinge forbearinge one another in loue and be diligent to kepe the vnite of the sprete thorow the bonde of peace One body and one sprete eueÌ„ as ye are called in one hope of youre callynge One LORDE one faith one baptyme one God and father of vs all which is aboue all and thorow all and in you all Vnto euery one of vs is geuen grace acordinge to the measure off the gifte off Christ. Therfore sayeth he He is gone vp an hye and hath led awaye captiuyte captyue and hath geueÌ„ giftes vnto men That he wente vp what is it but that he first came downe in to y e lowest partes of y e earth He that came downe is euen the same which is gone vp aboue all heauens to fulfill all And y e same hath set some to be Apostles some to be prophetes some to be Euangelistes some to be shepherdes teachers wherby the sayntes mighte be coupled together thorow comen seruyce to the edifienge of y e body of Christ tyll we all come vnto one maner of faith and knowlege of the sonne of God and become a perfecte man in to the measure of the perfecte age of Christ that we be nomore children waueringe caried aboute with euery wynde of doctryne thorow the wickednes of men and craftynes wherby they laye awayte for vs to disceaue vs. But let vs folowe the trueth in loue and in all thinges growe in him which is the heade euen Christ in whom all the body is coupled together and one membre hangeth by another thorow out all y e ioyntes Wherby one mynistreth vnto another acordinge to the operacion as euery membre hath his measure and maketh that y e body groweth to the edifienge of it selfe in loue This I saye therfore and testifye in the LORDE that ye walke nomore * as y e other Heythen walke in the vanite of their mynde blynded in their vnderstondinge beynge straungers froÌ„ the life which is in God thorow the ignoraunce that is in them because of the blyndnes of their hert which beynge past repentaunce haue geueÌ„ them selues ouer vnto wantonnes to worke all maner of vnclennes euen with gredynesse But ye haue not so learned Christ yf so be that ye haue herde of him are taught in him euen as the trueth is in Iesu. So then as concernynge the conuersacion in tyme past laye from you that olde man which marreth himselfe thorow disceauable lustes but be ye renued in the sprete of youre mynde and put on that new man which is shapen after God in true righteousnes and holynes Wherfore put awaye lyenge and speake euery man the trueth vnto his neghboure for as moch as we are membres one of another Be angrie but synne not Let not y e Sonne go downe vpoÌ„ youre wrath nether geue place to the bacbyter He that hath stollen let him steale nomore but let him laboure rather and do some good with his hondes that he maye haue to geue vnto him that nedeth Let no filthy communicacion proceade out of youre mouth but that which is good to edifye withall whaÌ„ nede is that it be gracious to heare And greue not the holy sprete of God wherwith ye are sealed vnto y e daye of redempcion Let all bytternes and fearsnes and wrath and
and wrath of allmightye God And hath on his vesture and on his thyghe a name wrytten Kynge of all kinges and LORDE of all lordes 〈◊〉 I sawe an angell stonde in the Sonne and he cryed with a lowde voyce sayenge to all the fowles that flye by them yddes vnder the heauen Come and gaddre youre selues togedder vnto the supper of the gret God that ye maye eate the fleszhe of kynges and of hye captaynes and the fleszhe of mighty men and the fleszhe of horsses and of theÌ„ that syt on them and the fleszhe of all free men and bondmen both of small and greate And I sawe the beeste and the kynges of y e earth and their warriers gaddred togedder to make battayle agaynste him that sat vpon the horsse and agaynst his sowdiers And the beeste was taken and with him that false prophet that wrought myracles before him with which he disceaued then that receaued the beestes marke and them that worszhipped his ymage The 〈◊〉 were cast in to a ponde of fyre burnynge w t brymstone and the remnaunte were slayne with the swearde of him that sat vpon the horsse which swearde proceded out of his mouth and all the foules were filled with their fleszhe The XX. Chapter ANd I sawe an angell come downe from heauen hauinge the keye of the bottomlesse pyt and a gret chayne in his honde And he toke the dragon that olde serpent which is the deuell and Satanas and he bounde him a thousand yeares and cast him in to the bottomlesse pyt and he bounde him and set a seale on him that he shuld disceaue the people nomoare tyll the thousand yeares were fulfilled And afâ—â—r that must he be lowsed for a littell 〈…〉 〈…〉 seates and they sat vpon 〈…〉 was geuen vnto 〈…〉 the soules of them that were beheaded for the witnes of Iesus 〈◊〉 for the worde of God which had not woâ—â—shipped the beest nether his ymage nether had raken his marke vpon their forheaâ—des or on their hondes and they lyued and raygned with Christ a thousand yeare brethe other of the deed men lyued not agayne vntill the thousand yeare were fyniszhed This is that fyrst resurreccion Blessed and holy is he that hath parte in the fyrst resurreccion On soch hath the seconde deeth no power but they shal be the prestes of God and of Christ and shall raygne with him a thousand yeare And when the thousand yeares are expyred Sathan shal be lowsed out of his preson and shal go out to deceaue the people which are in the foure quarters of the earth Gog and Magog to gadder them togedder to batayle whose nombre is as the sonde off the see and they went vp on the playne of the earth and compased the tentes of the sayntes aboute and the beloued cite And fyre cam doune from God out of heauen and deuoured them and the deuell that disceaued them was cast into a lake of fyre and brymstone where the beest and the false prophet were and shal be tormented daye and night for euermore And I sawe a gret whyte seate and him that sat on it from whole face fled awaye both the earth and heauen and their place was nomore founde And I sawe the deed both gret and small stonde before God And the bokes were opened and another boke was opened which is the boke of life and the deed were iudged of tho thinges which were wrytten in the bokes accordinge to their dedes and the see gaue vp her deed which were in her and deeth and hell delyuered vp the deed which were in them and they were iudged euery man accordynge to his dedes And deth and hell were cast in to the lake of fyre This is that second deeth And whosoeuer was not founde wrytten in the boke off life was cast in to the lake of fyre The XXI Chapter ANd I sawe a newe heauen and a newe earth For the fyrst heauen and the fyrst earth were vaniszhed awaye and there was nomore See And I Ihon sawe that holy cite newe Ierusalem come downe from God out of heauen prepared 〈…〉 garniszhed for hyr huszband And 〈…〉 a greate voyce from the seate sayen 〈…〉 the tabernacle of God is with 〈…〉 and he wil dwell with them And they 〈◊〉 his people and God himselfe shal be with theÌ„ and shal be their God And God shal wipe awaye all teares from their eyes And there shal be nomore deeth nether sorowe nether shal there be eny more payne for y e olde thinges are gone And he that sat vpon the seate sayde Beholde I make all thinges newe And he sayde vnto me wryte for these wordes are faithfull and true 〈◊〉 sayde vnt◠〈◊〉 it is done I am 〈…〉 begynnynge and 〈…〉 that is a thyrst 〈…〉 He that 〈…〉 I wil 〈…〉 But 〈…〉 and murthurers and whormongers and sorcerers and ydolaters all lyars shal haue their parte in the lake that burneth with fyre and brymstone which is the seconde death And there came vnto me one of the seuen angels which had the seuen vials full of the seuen last plages and talked with me sayenge come hydder I wil shewethe the bryde y e laÌ„bes wyfe And he caryed me awaye in y e sprete to a greate and an hye mouÌ„tayne and he shewed me the greate cite holy IerusaleÌ„ descendinge out of heauen from God hauynge the brightnes of God And her shynynge was lyke vnto a stone most precious euen a Iaspar cleare as cristall had greate and hye walles and had twolue gates and at y e gates twolue angels and names wrytten which are the twolue trybes of Israel on the est parte thre gates and on the north syde thre gates and towarde the south thre gates and from the west thre gates â–ª and the wall of the cite had twolue foundacioÌ„s and in them the names of the lambes twolue Apostles And he that talked with me had a golden rede to measure the cite with all and the gates therof and the wall therof And the cite was bylt foure square and the length was as large as the bredth of it and he â—â—asured the cite with the rede twolue M. furlonges and the length and the bredth and y e heyth of it were equall And he measured the wall therof an cxliiij cubittee after y e measure of a man which the angel had And the buyldinge of the wall of it was of Iaspar And the cite was of pure golde like vnto cleare glasse and y e foundacioÌ„s of the walles and of y e cite were garnyszhed with all maner of precious stones The fyrst foundacion was a Iasper the seconde a Saphyre y e thyrde a Calcedony the fourth a Smaragde the fyft a Sardonix the sixt a Sardâ—os the seuenth a Crysolite the eyght berall the nynth a Topas the tenth a Crysoprasos the eleueÌ„th a Iacyncte the twelfte an Amatist And the twolue gates were twolue pearles and euery gate was of
helpe of God ouerloke it better amende it Now wil I exhorte the who so euer thou be y e readest scripture yf thou fynde oughte therin y t thou vnderstondest not or that apeareth to be repugnaunt geue no temerarious ner haystye iudgmeÌ„t therof but ascrybe it to thyne awne ignoraunce not to the scrypture thynke y t thou vnderstondest it not or y t it hath some other meanynge or y t it is happlye ouersene of y e interpreters or wronge prynted Agayne it shall greately helpe y t to vnderstonde scripture yf thou marke not onely what is spoken or wrytten but of whom vnto whom with what wordes at what tyme where to what intent with what circumstaunce consyderynge what goeth before and what foloweth after For there be some thynges which are done wrytteÌ„ to the intente y t we shulde do lykewyse as whan Abraham beleueth God is obedient vnto his worde defendeth Loth his kynsman from violent wronge There be some thynges also which are wrytteÌ„ to the intente y t we shulde eschue soch lyke As whan Dauid lyeth with Vrias wyfe causeth him to be slayne Therfore I saye whan thou readest scripture be wyse circumspecte whan thou commest to soch straunge maners of speakynge darke sentences to soch parables similitudes to soch dreames or vysions as are hyd from thy vnderstondynge coÌ„mytte them vnto God or to the gyfte of his holy sprete in them y t are better lerned then thou As for the commendacyon of Gods holy scripture I wolde fayne magnifye it as it is worthy but I am farre vnsufficieÌ„t therto therfore I thoughte it better for me to holde my tonge then with few wordes to prayse or commeÌ„de it exhortynge y e most deare reader so to loue it so to cleue vnto it so to folowe it in thy daylye conuersacyon y t other men seynge thy good workes the frutes of y e holy goost in the maye prayse the father of heauen geue his worde a good reporte for to lyue after the lawe of God to leade a vertuous conuersacyon is the greatest prayse y t thou canst geue â—nto his doctryne But as touchynge the euell reporte and disprayse that the good worde of God hath by the corrupte and euell conuersacyon of some y t daylye heare it and professe it outwardly with theyr mouthes I exhorte y e most deare reader let not y t offende the ner withdrawe thy mynde froÌ„ the loue of y e trueth nether moue y e to be partaker in lyke vnthankfulnes but seynge y e lighte is come in to the worlde loue nomore the workes of darknes receaue not the grace of god in vayne Call to thy remembraunce how louynge mercifull God is vnto the how kyndly and fatherly he helpeth the in alâ— trouble teacheth thyne ignoraunce healeth the in all thy sycknesse forgeueth the all thy synnes fedeth y e geueth the drynke helpeth y e out of preson norysheth the in straunge countrees careth for the seyeth y t thou wante nothynge Call this to mynde I saye that earnestly and consydre how thou hast receaued of god all these benefites yee and many mo then thou canst desyre how thou art bounde lykewise to shewe thy selfe vnto thy neghboure as farre as thou canst to teach him yf he be ignoraunt to helpe him in all his trouble to heale his sycknes to forgeue him his offences and that hartely to fede him to cherish him to care for him and to se y t he wante nothyng· And on this behalfe I beseke the thou y t hast y e ryches of this worlde and louest God with thy harte to lyfte vp thyne eyes and se how greate a multitude of poore people renne thorow euery towne haue pitie on thyne awne flesh helpe them with a good harte and do with thy councell all that euer thou canst that this vnshamefast beggynge maye be put downe that these ydle folkes maye be set to laboure that soch as are not able to get theyr lyuynge maye be prouyded for At the leest thou y t art of councell with soch as are in auctoryte geue them some occasyon to cast theyr heades together and to make prouysyon for the poore Put the in remembraunce of those noble cityes in other countrees that by the auctoryte of theyr prynces haue so rychely aÌ„d well prouided for theyr poore people to the greate shame deshonestye of vs yf we lykewyse receauynge y e worde of God shewe not soch lyke frutes therof wolde God y t those men whose office is to maynteyne y e comon welth were as diligent in this cause as they are in other Let vs bewarre by tymes for after vnthankfulnes there foloweth euer a plage the mercyful hande of God be with vs defende vs that we be not partakers therof Go to now most deare reader syt the downe at the Lordes fete and reade his wordes as Moses teacheth the Iewes take them in to theyr herte let thy talkynge communicacion be of them whan thou syttest in thyne house or goest by y e waye whan thou lyest downe whan thou ryseth vp And aboue all thynges fasshyon thy lyfe coÌ„uersacion acordyng to the doctryne of the holy goost therin that thou mayest be partaker of y e good promyses of god in the Byble be heyre of his blessynge in Christ. In whom yf thou put thy trust be an vnfayned reader or hearer of hys worde with thy hert thou shalt fynde swetenesse theryn spye woÌ„derous thynges to thy vnderstondynge to the auoydynge of all sedicyous sectes to the abhorrynge of thy olde synfull lyfe to the stablyshynge of thy godly conuersacyon In the first boke of Moses called Genesis thou mayest lerne to knowe the almightye power of god in creatynge all of naught his infinite wysdome in ordryng the same his ryghteousnes in punyshynge y e vngodly his loue fatherly mercy in comfortynge the righteous with his promes c. In the seconde boke called Exodus we se the myghtye arme of god in delyuerynge his people from so greate bondage out of Egypte and what prouysyon he maketh for them in the wildernes how he teacheth them with his wholsome worde and how the Tabernacle was made and set vp In the thyrde boke called Leuiticus is declared what sacrifices the prestes Leuites vsed and what theyr office ministracyon was In the fourth boke called Numerus is declared how the people are nombred and mustred how the captaynes are chosen after y e trybes kynreds how they weÌ„te forth to y e battayll how they pitched theyr tentes how they brake vp The fyfth boke called Deuteronomium sheweth how that Moses now beynge olde rehearseth the lawe of god vnto y e people putteth them in remembraunce agayne of all the wonders benefices that god had shewed for them and exhorteth them earnestly to loue y e Lorde theyr god to cleue vnto him to put their trust
in him and to herken vnto his voyce After the death of Moses doth Iosue brynge the people in to the loÌ„de of promes where God doth wonderous thynges for his people by Iosue which distributeth y e londe vnto them vnto euery trybe theyr possession But in theyr wealth they forgat the goodnes of God so that oft tymes he gaue theÌ„ ouer in to the hande of theyr enemies Neuertheles whan so euer they called faithfully vpon him and conuerted he delyuered them agayne as the boke of Iudges declareth In the bokes of the kynges is descrybed the regiment of good and euell prynces and how the decaye of all nacions commeth by euel kynges For in Ieroboam thou seyst what myschefe what ydolatrye soch like abhominacyon foloweth whaÌ„ the kynge is a maynteyner of false doctryne aÌ„d causeth the people to synne agaynst God which fallinge awaye from gods worde increased so sore amonge them that it was the cause of all theyr sorowe and misery the very occasion why Israel first and then Iuda were caryed awaye in to captyuite Agayne in Iosaphat in Ezechias and in Iosias thou seyst the nature of a vertuous kynge He putteth downe the houses of ydolatrye seyth that his prestes teach nothynge but y e lawe of God coÌ„maundeth his lordes to go with them and to se that they teach the people In these kynges I saye thou seyst the coÌ„dicyon of a true defender of y e fayth for he spareth nether cost ner laboure to manteyne the lawes of God to seke the welth prosperite of his people and to rote out the wicked And where soch a prince is thou seyst agayne how God defendeth him and his people though he haue neuer so many enemyes Thus wente it with theÌ„ in the olde tyme and euen after y e same maner goeth it now with vs God be praysed therfore aÌ„d graunte vs of his fatherly mercy that we be not vnthankfull lest where he now geueth vs a Iosaphat an Ezechias yee a very Iosias he sende vs a Pharao a Ieroboam or an Achab. In the two first bokes of Eâ—dras in Hester thou seyst the delyueraunce of the people which though they were but fewe yet is it vnto vs all a speciall coÌ„forte for so moch as God is not forgetfull of his promes but bryngeth them out of captiuite acordynge as he had tolde them before In the boke of Iob we lerne comforte and pacience in that God not onely punysheth the wicked but proueth tryeth the iust and righteous howbeit there is noman innocent in his sighte by dyuerse troubles in this lyfe declaryng therby y t they are not his bastardes but his deare sonnes and that he loueth them In the Psalmes we lerne how to resorte onely vnto God in all oure troubles to seke helpe at him to call onely vpon him to satle oure myndes by pacieÌ„ce how we ought in prosperite to be thankfull vnto him The Prouerbes and the Preacher of Salomon teach vs wysdome to knowe God oure owne selues and the worlde and how vayne all thynges are saue onely to cleue vnto God As for the doctryne of the Prophetes what is it els but an earnest exhortacion to eschue synne to turne vnto God a faythfull promes of the mercy aÌ„d pardon of God vnto all them y t turne vnto him and a threatenyng of his wrath to the vngodly sauynge that here and there they prophecye also manifestly of Christ of y e expulsion of the Iewes and callynge of the Heythen Thus moch thought I to speake of y e olde Testament wherin almyghtie God openeth vnto vs his myghtye power his wysdome his louynge mercy righteousnesse for the which cause it oughte of no man to be abhorred despysed or lyghtly regarded as though it were an olde scripture y t nothyng beloÌ„ged vnto vs or y t now were to be refused For it is Gods true scripture testimony which the Lorde Iesus commaundeth the Iewes to search who so euer beleueth not the scripture beleueth not Christ and who so refuseth it refuseth God also The New Testament or Gospell is a manyfest and cleare testymony of Christ how God perfourmeth his ooth and promes made in the olde Testament how the New is declared and included in the Olde and the Olde fulfylled and verifyed in the New Now where as the most famous interpreters of all geue sondrye iudgmentes of the texte so farre as it is done by y e sprete of knowlege in the holy goost me thynke noman shulde be offended there at for they referre theyr doinges in mekenes to the sprete of trueth in the congregacyon of god sure I am that there commeth more knowlege and vnderstondinge of the scripture by theyr sondrie translacyons then by all the gloses of oure sophisticall doctours For that one interpreteth somthynge obscurely in one place the same transâ—ateth another or els he him selfe more manifestly by a more playne vocable of the same meanyng in another place Be not thou offended therfore good Reader though one call a scrybe that another calleth a lawyer or elders that another calleth father mother or repentaunce that another calleth pennaunce or amendment For yf thou be not disceaued by mens tradicioÌ„s thou shalt fynde nomore dyuersite betwene these termes then betwene foure pens and a grote And this maner haue I vsed in my translacyon callyng it in some place pennaunce that in another place I call repentaunce and that not onely because the interpreters haue done so before me but that the aduersaries of the trueth maye se how that we abhorre not this worde peÌ„naunce as they vntruly reporte of vs no more then the interpreters of latyn abhorre penitere whan they reade resipiscere Onely oure hertes desyre vnto God is that his people be not blynded in theyr vnderstondyng lest they beleue pennaunce to be ought saue a very repeÌ„taunce ameÌ„dment or conuersyon vnto God and to be an vnfayned new creature in Christ and to lyue acordyng to his lawe For els shall they fal in to the olde blasphemy of Christes bloude and beleue that they theÌ„ selues are able to make satisfaccion vnto God for theyr awne synnes from the which erroure god of his mercy and pleÌ„teous goodnes preserue all his Now to conclude for so moch as all the scripture is wrytten for thy doctryne ensample it shal be necessary for the to take holde vpon it whyle it is offred the yee and with ten handes thankfully to receaue it And though it be not worthely ministred vnto the in this translacyon by reason of my rudnes Yet yf thou be ferueÌ„t in thy prayer God shal not onely sende it the in a better shappe by the mynistracyon of other that beganne it afore but shall also moue the hertes of them which as yet medled not withall to take it in hande and to bestowe the gifte of theyr vnderstondynge theron as well in oure language as other famous interpreters do in other languages And I praye God that
other Zilla And Ada bare Iabel of whom came they that dwelt in tentes and had catell And his brothers name was Iuball Of him came they that occupied harpes pypes And Zilla she also bare Tubalcain a worker in all connynge poyntes of metall yron And Tubalcains sister was called Naema And Lamech sayde vnto his wyues Ada and Zilla Heare my voyce ye wyues of Lamech and herken vnto my wordes for I haue slayne a man and wounded my selfe and haue kylled a yonge man and gotteÌ„ my self strypes Cain shal be aueÌ„ged seueÌ„ tymes but Lamech seuen and seuentie tymes Adam laye yet with his wyfe agayne she bare a sonne and called him Seth. For God sayde she hath apoynted me another sede for Abell whom Cain slew And Seth begat a sonne also and called him Enos At the same tyme beganne men to call vpon the name of the LORDE The V. Chapter THis is the boke of the generacion of man in the tyme whan God created man and made him after the symilitude of God Male and female made he them and blessed theÌ„ called their names Man in the tyme whan they were created And Adam was an hundreth and thirtie yeare olde and begat a sonne which was like his owne ymage and called his name Seth lyued therafter eight huÌ„dreth yeare and begat sonnes and doughters And his whole age was nyne hundreth and thirtie yeares and so he dyed Seth was an hundreth and fyue yeare olde and begat Enos lyued therafter eight hundreth and seuen yeare and begat sonnes and doughters And his whole age was nyene huÌ„dreth and twolue yeares and so he dyed Enos was nyentie yeare olde and begat Kenan and lyued therafter eight hundreth fyftene yeare and begat sonnes daughters And his whole age was nyene huÌ„dreth and fyue yeares and so he dyed Kenan was seueÌ„tie yeare olde and begat Mahalaliel and lyued therafter eight hundreth and fourtie yeare and begat sonnes doughters And his whole age was nyene hundreth and ten yeares and so he dyed Mahalaliel was thre score yeare olde fyue and begat Iared and lyued therafter eight hundreth and thirtie yeare and begat sonnes and doughters And his whole age was eight hundreth nyentie and fyue yeares and so he dyed Iared was an hundreth and two sixtie yeare olde and begat Henoch lyued therafter eight huÌ„dreth yeare and begat sonnes doughters And his whole age was nyene hundreth and two and sixtie yeare and so he dyed Henoch was fyue and thre score yeare olde and begat Mathusalah and led a godly conuersacion thre hundreth yeares therafter and begat sonnes doughters And his whole age was thre hundreth and fyue and thre score yeares And for so moch as he lyued a godly life God toke him awaye he was nomore sene Mathusalah was an uÌ„hdreth seueÌ„ and foure score yeare olde begat Lamech and lyued therafter seuen hundreth and two and foure score yeare and begat sonnes doughters And his whole age was nyene hundreth and nyene and trescore yeares and so he dyed Lamech was an hundreth and two and foure score yeare olde and begat a sonne called him Noe and sayde This same shall coÌ„forte vs in oure workes and in the sorowe of oure hondes vpon the earth which the LORDE hath cursed After this he lyued fyue huÌ„dreth and fyue nyentie yeare and begat sonnes and doughters And his whole age was seuen hundreth seuen and seuentie yeares and so he dyed Noe was fyue hundreth yeare olde and begat Sem Ham and Iaphet The VI. Chapter SO whan men beganne to multiplie vpon the earth and had begot them doughters the children of God sawe the doughters of men that they were fayre and toke vnto theÌ„ wyues soch as they liked Then sayde y e LORDE My sprete shal not allwaye stryue with man for he is but flesh also I wil yet geue him respyte an hundreth and tweÌ„ty yeares There were giauntes also in the worlde at that tyme. For whan the children of God had lyen with the daughters of men and begotten them children y e same children became mightie in the worlde and men of renowne But whan the LORDE sawe y t the wickednes of man was increased vpon y e earth and that all y e thought and imaginacion of their hert was but onely euell contynually it repented him that he had made man vpon the earth and he sorowed in his hert and sayde I wyll destroye man kynde which I haue made from the earth both man beest worme and foule vnder the heauen for it repenteth me that I haue made them Neuertheles Noe founde grace in the sight of the LORDE This is y e generacion of Noe. Noe was a righteous and parfecte maÌ„ and led a godly life in his tyme and begat thre sonnes Sem Ham and Iaphet Notwithstondinge y e earth was corrupte in y e sight of God and full of myschefe Then God loked vpon y e earth and lo it was corrupte for all flesh had corrupte his waye vpon the earth Then sayde God vnto Noe Then ende of all flesh is come before me for the earth is full of myschefe before them And lo I wyll destroye them with the earth Make the an Arcke of Pyne tre and make chambers in it and pitch it within and without with pitch and make it after this fashion The length shal be thre hundreth cubites the bredth fiftie cubites and the heyght thirtie cubites A wyndow shalt thou make aboue of a cubyte greate but the dore shalt thou set in the myddest in the syde of it And the Arke shalt thou make with thre loftes one aboue another For â—o I wyll bringe a floude of water vpon the earth to destroye all flesh wherin the breth of life is vnder the heaueÌ„ All that is vpon earth shal perishe But with the wyll I make a couenaunt and thou shalt go in to the Arcke with thy sonnes with thy wyfe and with thy sonnes wyues And of all creatures what so euer flesh it be thou shalt bringe in to the Arcke euen a payre the male and the female that they maye lyue w t the Of foules after their kynde of beastes after their kynde and of all maner wormes of the earth after their kinde Of euery one of these shal there a payre go in vnto the that they maye lyue And thou shalt take vnto the all maner of meate that maye be eaten and shalt laye it vp in stoare by the that it maye be meate for the and them And Noe dyd acordinge to all that God commaunded him The VII Chapter ANd y e LORDE sayde vnto Noe Go in to the Arcke thou thy whole house for the haue I sene righteous before me at this tyme. Of all cleane beastes take vnto the seuen and seuen the male and his female And of vncleane beastes a payre the male and his female Like wyse of the foules vnder the heauen
fyue cubytes longe brode y t it maye be foure square thre cubytes hye thou shalt make hornes vpon the foure corners of it shalt ouer laye it with brasse Make ashpaÌ„nes shouels basens fleshokes cole paÌ„nes All y e apparell therof shalt thou make of brasse Thou shalt make a gredyron also like a nett of brase foure brasen rynges vpon the foure corners of it from vnder vp aboute the altare shalt thou make it so that the gredyron reach vnto y e myddest of the altare Thou shalt make staues also for the altare of Fyrre tre ouer layed with golde and shalt put the staues in the rynges that the staues maye be on both the sydes of y e altare to beare it withall And holowe with bordes shalt thou make it like as it is shewed the in the mount And to y e habitacion thou shalt make a courte an hangynge of whyte twyned sylke vpoÌ„ y e one syde an C. cubytes loÌ„ge towarde the south xx pilers vpon xx brasen sokettes the knoppes w t their whopes of syluer Likewyse vpon y e north syde there shal be an hanginge of an C. cubytes loÌ„ge twenty pilers vpon twenty brasen sokettes and their knoppes w t their whopes of syluer But vpon the west syde the bredth of y e courte shal haue an hanginge of fiftie cubites longe ten pilers vpon ten sokettes VpoÌ„ the east syde also shal the bredth of the courte haue fiftie cubytes so that the hangynge haue vpon one syde fyftene cubites and thre pilers vpoÌ„ thre sokettes And vpon y e other syde fiftene cubytes also and thre pilers vpoÌ„ thre sokettes And in the courte gate there shal be an hangynge twenty cubytes brode of yalowe sylke scarlet purple and whyte twyned sylke wrought with nedle worke and foure pilers vpon their foure sokettes All the pilers rounde aboute the courte shall haue syluer whopes syluer knoppes sokettes of brasse And the length of y e courte shal be an huÌ„dreth cubytes the bredth fiftie cubytes the heygth fyue cubytes of whyte twyned sylke and y e sokettes therof shal be of brasse All y e vessels also of the habitacion to all maner seruyce and all the nales of it and all the nales of the courte shal be of brasse Commaunde y e children of Israel y t they bringe vnto y e the most cleare pure oyle oliue beaten to geue lighte y t it maye allwaye be put in the laÌ„pes in the Tabernacle of wytnes without the vayle that hangeth before the wytnesse And AaroÌ„ and his sonnes shal dresse it from the euenynge vntyll y e mornynge before the LORDE This shal be vnto you a perpetuall custome for youre posterities amonge the children of Israel The XXVIII Chapter ANd thou shalt take vnto the Aaron thy brother and his sonnes froÌ„ amonge the childreÌ„ of Israel that he maye be my prest namely Aaron his sonnes Nadab Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar thou shalt make holy clothes for AaroÌ„ y i brother honorable and glorious shalt speake vnto all them that are wise of hert whom I haue fylled with the sprete of wiszdome that they make garmentes to Aaron for his consecracion that he maye be my prest These are y e garmentes which they shal make a brestlappe an ouerbody cote a tunycle an albe a myter and a girdell Thus shal they make holy garmentes for y e brother AaroÌ„ and his sonnes that he maye be my prest They shal take therto golde yalow silke scarlet purple and whyte sylke The ouerbody cote shal they make of golde yalow sylke scarlet purple whyte twyned sylke of bâ—oderd worke that it maye be festened together vpon both the sydes by y e edges therof And his gyrdell vpoÌ„ it shall be of y e same woâ—maÌ„shippe stuff euen of golde yalowe sylke scarlet purple whyte twyned sylke And thou shalt take two Onix stones and graue in them the names of the children of Israel Syxe names vpon the one stone and the sixe other names vpon the other stone acordinge to the order of their age This shalt thou do by the stonegrauers that graue signettes so that y e stones with the names of the children of Israel to be set rounde aboute with golde and thou shalt put them vpon the two shulders of the ouer body cote that that they maye be stones of remembraunce for the children of Israel that Aaron maye beare their names vpon both his shulders before the LORDE for a remembraunce Thou shalt make hokes of golde also and two wretheÌ„ cheynes of pure golde and shalt fasten them vnto the hokes The brestlappe of iudgment shalt thou make of broderd worke euen after the worke of the ouerbody cote of golde yalow sylke scarlet purple and whyte twyned sylke Foure square shall it be and dubble an hande bredth longe and an handebredth brode And thou shalt fill it with foure rowes full of stones Let the first rowe be a Sardis a Topas and a Smaragde The seconde a Ruby a Saphyre and a Dyamonde The thirde a Ligurios an Achatt and an Ametyst The fourth a Turcas an Onix and a Iaspis In golde shall they be sett in all the rowes and shal stonde acordinge to y e twolue names of the children of Israel grauen of the stonegrauers euery one with his name acordinge to the twolue trybes And vpon the brestlappe thou shalt make wrethen cheynes by y e corners of pure golde and two golde rynges so that thou fasteÌ„ the same two rynges vnto two edges of the brestlappe and put the two wretheÌ„ cheynes of golde in the same two rynges that are in two edges of the brestlappe But the two endes of y e two wrethen cheynes shalt thou fasten in the two hokes vpon the ouerbody cote one ouer agaynst another And thou shalt make two other rynges of golde and fasten them vnto y e other two edges of y e brestlappe namely to y e borders therof wherwith it maye hange on the ynsyde vpon the ouerbody cote And yet shalt thou make two rynges of golde and fasten them vpon the two edges beneth to the ouerbody cote vpon the outsyde one ouer agaynst anothe where the ouerbody cote ioyneth together And the brestlappe shall be fastened by his rynges vnto the rynges of the ouerbody cote with a yalow lace that is maye lye close vpon the ouerbody cote and that the brestlappe be not lowsed from the ouerbody cote Thus shall Aaron beare the names of the children of Israel in y e brestlappe of iudgment vpon his hert whan he goeth into the Sanctuary for a remembraunce before the LORDE allwaye And in the brestlappe of iudgment thou shalt put light and perfectnesse that they be vpon AaroÌ„s hert whan he goeth in before the LORDE and that he maye beare the iudgment of the children of Israel vpon his hert before the LORDE allwaye Thou shalt make the tunykle also to the ouerbody cote all of yalow sylke and
doest not heare me though I stonde before the yet thou regardest me not Thou art become myne enemye w t y i violeÌ„t haÌ„de thou takest parte agayâ—st me In tymes past thou didest set me vp an hye as it were aboue y e winde but now hast thou geueÌ„ me a very sore fall Sure I am y t thou wilt delyuer me vnto death where as a lodgyng is prepared for all meÌ„ lyuinge Now vse not meÌ„ to do violeÌ„ce vnto theÌ„ y t are destroyed all ready but â—here hurte is done there vse theâ— to helpe Dyd not I wepe in y e tyme of trouble Had not my soule coÌ„passion vpoÌ„ y e poore Yet neuerthelesse where as I loked for good euell happened vnto me and where as I waited for light there came darcknesse My bowels seeth w t in me take no rest for y e dayes of my trouble are come vpoÌ„ me Mekely lowly came I in yee without eny displeasure I stode vp in y e coÌ„gregacion commoned with theÌ„ But now I am a coÌ„panyon of dragons a felowe of Estriches My sâ—â—ynne vpoÌ„ me is turned to black my bâ—nes are breÌ„t w t heate my harpe is turned to sorow my pipe to wepinge The XXXI Chap. I Made a couenaunt w t myne eyes y t I wolde not loke vpoÌ„ a daÌ„sell For how greate a porcioÌ„ shal I haue of God froÌ„ aboue what enheritauÌ„ce froÌ„ y e Almightie on hie As for the vngodly he y t ioyneth himself to y e coÌ„pani of wicked doers shal not Farre be it from God that he shulde medle with wickednesse and farre be it from the Allmightie y t he shulde medle with vnrightuous dealynge but he rewardeth the workes of man and causeth euery man to fynde acordinge to his wayes For sure it is that God coÌ„demneth no man wrongeously and the iudgmeÌ„t of the Allmightie is not vnrightuous Who ruleth the earth in his steade Or whom hath he set to gouerne the whole worlde To whom hath he geuen his herte for to drawe his sprete and breth vnto him All flesh shal come together vnto naught all meÌ„ shal turne agayne vnto earth Yf thou now haue vnderstoÌ„dinge heare what I saye and herken to the voyce of my wordes Maye he be made whole that loueth no right Yf thou were a very innocent man shuldest thou then be punyshed For he is euen the same y t knoweth the rebellious kynges sayeth to princes Vngodly men are ye He hath no respecte vnto the personnes of y e lordly regardeth not the rich more theÌ„ poore For they be all the worke of his hondes In the twincklinge off an eye shall they be slayne and at mydnight when the people the tyrauntes rage then shal they perish aÌ„d be taken awaye with out hondes And whyâ— his eyes loke vpon the wayes of man and he seyth all his goinges There is no darcknes ner thicke shadowe y t can hyde the wicked doers from him For no maÌ„ shal be suffred to go into iudgment with God Many one yee innumerable doth he punyshe and setteth other in their steades For he knoweth their euell darcke workes therfore shal they be destroyed They that were in y e steade of Seers dealt like vngodly meÌ„ Therfore turned they back traytorously and vnfaithfully froÌ„ hiÌ„ wolde not receaue his wayes In so moch that they haue caused y e voyce of the poore to come vnto him now he heareth the coÌ„playnte of soch as are in necessite Yf he delyuer graunte pardoÌ„ who will iudge or condemne But yf he hyde awaye his countenaunce who wil turne it aboute agayne whether it be to the people or to eny man For the wickednesse synne of y e people he maketh an ypocrite to reigne ouer theÌ„ For so moch then as I haue begonne to talke of God I wil not hyndre the. Yf I haue gone amysse enfourme me yf I haue done wronge I wil leaue of Wilt thou not geue a reasonable answere Art thou afrayed of eny thinge â—eynge thou begaÌ„nest first to speake not I For els the men of vnderstoÌ„dinge wisdome that haue herde me might saye What caÌ„st thou speake As for Iob he hath nether spoken to the purpose ner wysely O father let Iob be well tryed because he he hath turned himself to y e wicked yee aboue his synnes he hath blasphemed which offence he hath done euen before vs in y t he stryueth agaynst God with his wordes The XXXV Chapter ELiu spake morouer and sayde Thinkest thou it right that thou sayest I am rightuous before God Seinge thou sayest so how doest thou knowe it What thinge hast thou more excelleÌ„t theÌ„ I y t am a synner Therfore will I geue answere vnto the thy frendes loke vnto the heaueÌ„ beholde it coÌ„sidre y e cloudes how they are hyer then thou Yf thou synnest what dost thou vnto him Yf thine offences be many how gettest thou his fauoure Yf thou be rightuous what geuest thou him Or what receaueth he of thy handes Of soch an vngodly personne as thou of y e sonne of man that is rightuous as thou pretendest to be there is a greate crie coÌ„playnte made by theÌ„ that are oppressed with violence yee euery man complayneth vpon the cruell arme of tyrauntes For soch one neuer sayeth Where is God that made me aÌ„d y t shyneth vpon vs that we might prayse him in the night Which geueth vs more vnderstoÌ„dinge then he doth the beastes of the earth and teacheth vs more then the foules off heaueÌ„ Yf eny soch complayne no maÌ„ geuâ—â—h answere and y t because of the wickednesse off proude tyrauntes But yf a man call vpon God doth not he heare him Doth not the Almightie accepte his crie WhaÌ„ thou speakest then shulde not he pardon the yff thou open thy self before him and put thy trust in him Then vseth he no violence in his wrath nether hath he pleasure in curious and depe inquisicions Therfore hath Iob opened his mouth but in vayne aÌ„d folishly hath he made so many wordes The XXXVI Chapter ELiu proceaded forth in his talkinge sayde holde the still a litle and I shal shewe the what I haue yet to speake on Gods behalfe I wil open vnto y e yet more of myne vnderstondinge and proue my maker rightuous True are my wordes no lye and the knowlege wherwithall I argue agaynst the is perfecte Beholde God casteth not awaye y e mightie for he himselff is mightie in power and wisdome As for the vngodly he preserueth theÌ„ not but helpeth the poore to their right He turneth not his eyes awaye from the rightuous he setteth vp kynges in their Trone and coÌ„firmeth them so that they allwaye syt therin But yf they be layed in preson and cheynes or bounde with the bondes of pouerte then sheweth he them their workes aÌ„d dedes and the synnes wherw t they haue vsed
in the deare tyme. Let oure soule paciently abyde the LORDE for he is oure helpe and shilde So shal oure herte reioyse in him because we haue hoped in his holy name Let thy mercifull kyndnesse o LORDE be vpon vs like as we put oure trust in the. The XXXIII A psalme of Dauid I Wil allwaye geue thankes vnto the LORDE his prayse shal euer be in my mouth My soule shall make hir boast in the LORDE the poore oppressed shal heare therof and be glad O prayse y e LORDE with me and let vs magnifie his name together I sought the LORDE and he herde me yee he delyuered me out of all my feare They that haue an eye vnto him shal be lightened their faces shall not be ashamed This poore man cried vnto the LORDE and he herde him yee and delyuered him out of all his troubles The angell of the LORDE pitcheth his tente rounde aboute them that feare him and delyuereth them O taist and se how frendly the LORDE is blessed is the man y t trusteth in him O feare the LORDE ye y t be his sayntes for they that feare him lacke nothinge The rich shal want and suffre hunger but they which seke the LORDE shal wāt no maner of thinge that is good Come hither o ye children herken vnto me I wil teach you the feare of the LORDE Who so listeth to lyue wolde fayne se good dayes Let him refrayne his tonge from euell and his lippes that they speake no gyle Let him eschue euell and do good Let him seke peace ensue it For the eyes of the LORDE are ouer the rightuous and his eares are open vnto their prayers But the face of the LORDE beholdeth them that do euel to destroye the remembraunce of them out of the earth When the rightuous crie the LORDE heareth them and delyuereth thē out of all their troubles The LORDE is nye vnto them y t are contrite in hert wil helpe soch as be of an hūble sprete Greate are y e troubles of the rightuous but the LORDE delyuereth them out of all He kepeth all their bones so y t not one of them is broken But miszfortune shal slaye the vngodly and they that hate y e rightuous shal be giltie The LORDE delyuereth the soules of his seruaūtes and all they that put their trust in him shal not offende The XXXIIII A psalme of Dauid STryue thou with them o LORDE that stryue w t me fight thou agaynst them that fight agaynst me Laye honde vpon the shylde and speare and stonde vp to helpe me Drawe out thy swearde and stoppe the waye agaynst them that persecute me saye vnto my soule I am y i helpe Let them be cōfounded and put to shame that seke after my soule let thē be turned back and brought to confucion that ymagin myschefe for me Let thē be as y e dust before the wynde and the angell of the LORDE scaterynge thē Let their waye be darcke and slippery and the angell of the LORDE to persecute them For they haue pryuely laied their nett to destroye me without a cause yee and made a pitte for my soule which I neuer deserued Let a sodane destrucciō come vpon him vnawarres and y e nett that he hath layed priuely catch him self that he maye fall in to his owne myschefe But let my soule be ioyfull in the LORDE and reioyse in his helpe All my bones shal saie LORDE who is like vnto the which delyuerest y e poore from those that are to stronge for him yee the poore and the nedy from his robbers False witnesses are rysen vp laye to my charge thinges that I knowe not They rewarde me euell for good to the greate discomforth of my soule Neuertheles when they were sick I put on a sack cloth I humbled my soule with fastinge and my prayer turned in to myne owne bosome I behaued myself as though it had bene my frende or my brother I wēte heuely as one y e mourneth for his mother But in my aduersite they reioyse and gather them together yee y e very lame come together agaynst me vnawarres makynge mowes at me ceasse not With y e gredy scornefull ypocrites they gnaszshed vpon me with theirteth LORDE whan wilt thou loke vpō this O restore my soule from y e wicked rumoure of thē my dearlinge from the lyons So wil I geue y e thankes in the greate congregacion prayse the amonge moch people O let thē not triūphe ouer me that are myne enemies for naught O let them not wyncke w t their eyes that hate me without a cause And why their comonynge is not for peace but they ymagin false wordes agaynst y e outcastes of the londe They gape vpon me w t their mouthes sayenge there there we se it with oure eyes This thou seist o LORDE holde not thy tonge thē go not farre fro me o LORDE Awake LORDE and stonde vp auenge thou my cause my God and my LORDE Iudge me o LORDE my God acordinge to thy rightuousnesse y t they triūphe not ouer me O let thē not saye in their hertes there there so wolde we haue it O let them not saye we haue ouercome him Let them be put to confucion and shame that reioyse at my trouble let thē be clothed with rebuke and dishonoure that boost thē selues agaynst me Let them also be glad and reioyse that fauoure my rightuous dealinge yee let them saye allwaye blessed be y e LORDE which hath pleasure in the prosperite of his seruaunt And as for my tonge it shall be talkynge of thy rightuousnes and of thy prayse all the daye longe The XXXV A psalme of Dauid MY hert sheweth me the wickednesse of the vngodly that there is no feare of God before his eyes For he dyssembleth before his face so longe till his abhominable synne be founde out The wordes of his mouth are vnrightuousnesse and disceate he wil not be lerned to do good He ymagineth myschefe vpon his bedde he will come in no good waye ner refuse the thinge that is euell Thy mercy O LORDE reacheth vnto the heauen and thy faith fulnesse vnto the cloudes Thy rightuousnesse stondeth like the stronge mountaynes thy iudgment like the greate depe Thou LORDE preseruest both mē the beestes How precious is thy mercy O God that the children of men maye put their trust vnder y e shadowe of thy wynges They shal be satisfied with the plēteousnesse of thy house and thou shalt geue them drynke of the ryuer of thy pleasures For by the is y e well of life in thy light shall we se light O sprede forth thy louynge kyndnesse vnto them that knowe the thy rightuousnes vnto thē that are true of hert O let not the fote of pryde ouertake me O let not the hande of y e vngodly cast me downe As for wicked doers they fall they
God of Abraham for God is farre farre hyer exalted then the mightie lordes of the earth The XLVII A psalme of the children of Corah GReate is y e LORDE hyelie to be praysed in y e cite of o r God eueÌ„ vpoÌ„ his holy hill The hill of Sion is like a fayre plaÌ„te wherof all the londe reioyseth vpon the north syde lyeth the cite of the greate kinge God is well knowne in hir palaces y t he is the defence of the same For lo kynges are gathered and gone by together They marveled to se soch thinges they were astonâ—ied sodeÌ„ly cast downe Feare came there vpon theÌ„ sorowe as vpoÌ„ a woman in hir trauayle Thou shalt breake y e shippes of the see thorow the east wynde Like as we haue herde so se we in the cite of the LORDE of hoostes in the cite of o r God God vpholdeth the same for euer Sela. We wayte for thy louynge kyndnesse o God in the myddest of thy temple O God acordinge vnto thy name so is y e prayse vnto the worldes ende thy right hoÌ„de is full of rightuousnes Oh let the mouÌ„t Sion reioyse y e doughters of Iuda be glad because of thy iudgmeÌ„tes Walke aboute Sion go rounde aboute her and tell hir towres Marke well hir walles set vâ— hir houses that it maye be tolde them y t come after For this God is o r God for euer euer and he shal allwaie be o r gyde The XLVIII A psalme of the children of Corah O Heare this all ye people pondre it well all ye that dwell vpoÌ„ the earth Hye lowe riche poore one w t another My mouth shal speake of wyszdome and my hert shal muse of vnderstondinge I wil encline myne eare to the parable shewe my darcke speach vpon the harpe Wherfore shulde I feare the euell dayes wheÌ„ the wickednesse of my heles coÌ„paseth me rounde aboute They that put their trust in their good boost them selues in the multitude of their riches No man maye deliuer his brother ner make agrement for him vnto God For it costeth more to redeme their soules so that he must let that alone for euer Yee though he lyue loÌ„ge se not y e graue For it shal be sene y t soch wyse meÌ„ shal dye perishe together as well as the ignoraunt and foolish leaue their goodes for other Loke what is in their houses it coÌ„tinueth still their dwellinge places endure from one generacion to another are called after their owne names vpon the earth Neuerthelesse maÌ„ abydeth not in soch hono r but is coÌ„pared vnto y e brute beastes becoÌ„meth like vnto theÌ„ This waie of theirs is very foolishnesse yet their posterite prayse it w t their mouth Sela. They lye in the hell like shepe death shal gnawe vpon them the rightuous shal haue dominacion of them in the moâ—â—nynge by tymes their streÌ„gth shal consumâ— hell shal be their dwellinge But God shal deliuer my soule from the power of hell when he receaueth me Sela. O be not thou afrayed whan one is made riche thâ— glory of his hense increased For he 〈◊〉 cary nothingâ— awaye w t him when he dyeâ— nether shal his pompe folowe him 〈◊〉 he lyueth he is counted an happie 〈◊〉 so loÌ„ge as he is in prosperite meÌ„ speake good of him But wheÌ„ he foloweth his fathers generacion he shal neuer se light eny more When a man is in honoure and hath no vnderstoÌ„dinge he is compared vnto the brute beastes and becommeth like vnto them The XLIX A psalme of Asaph THe LORDE euen the mightie God hath spokeÌ„ called the worlde from the rysinge vp of the sonne vnto the goinge downe of the same Out of Sion â—peareth the glorious beutie of God Oure God shal come and not kepe sylence there goeth befoâ—â— him a consumynge fyre and a mightie tempest rounde aboute him He shal call the heauens from aboue and the earth that he maye iudge his people Gather my sayntes together vnto me those y t set more by the couenaunt then by eny offeringe And the heauens shal declare his rightuousnesse for God is iudge himself Sela. Heare o my people let me speake let me testifie amonge you o Israel I am God euen thy God I reproue the not because of thy sacrifice y e burnt offeringes are allwaye before me I wil take no bullockes out of thy house ner gotes out of thy foldes For all the beestes of the felde are myâ—e and thousandes of catell vpon the hilles I knowe all the foules vpon the mountaynes and the wilde beastes of the felde are in â—y sight Yf I be hongrie I wil not tell â—he for y e whole worlde is myne and all that â—herin is Thynkest thou that I wil eate â—he flesh of oxen or drynke the bloude of goaâ—es Offre vnto God prayse and thankesgeuynge and paye thy vowes vnto the most â—yest And call vpoÌ„ me in the tyme of trouâ—le so wil I heare the that thou shalt thanâ—e me But vnto the vngodly sayeth God Why doest thou preach my lawes and taâ—est my couenaunt in thy mouth Where â—s thou hatest to be refourmed and castest â—y wordes behynde the Yf thou seist a â—hefe thou runnest with him and art partaâ—er with the aduouterers Thou lettest yeâ—outh speake wickednesse thy tonge payneth disceate Thou syttest and speakest aâ—aynst thy brother yee and slaundrest thine â—wne mothers sonne This thou doest whyâ—e I holde my tonge and thinkest me to be eâ—eÌ„ soch one as thy self but I wil reproue the set my self agaynst the. O considre this 〈◊〉 that forget God lest I plucke you awaie 〈◊〉 there be none to delyuer you Who so â—â—reth me thaÌ„kes and prayse he honoureth me this is the waye wherby I wil shewe him the sauynge health of God The L. A psalme of Dauid HAue mercy vpon me o God after thy goodnes acordinge vnto thy greate mercies do awaye myne offences Wash me well fro my wickednesse clense me fro my synne For I knowlege my fautes and my synne is euer before me Agaynst the only agaynst the haue I synned and done euell in thy sight that thou mightest be iustified in thy saynges and shuldest ouer come when thou art iudged Beholde I was borne in wickednesse and in synne hath my mother conceaued me But lo thou hast a pleasure in the treuth â–ª and hast shewed me secrete wyszdome O reconcile me with Isope and I shal be clene wash thou me and I shal be whyter then snowe Oh let me heare of ioye and gladnesse that the bones which thou hast broken maye reioyse Turne thy face fro my synnes and put out all my myszdedes Make me a clene hert o God and renue a right sprete within me Cast me not awaie from thy presence and take not thy holy sprete fro me O geue me the comforte of thy helpe agayne and stablish me with thy fre sprete Then
aboute the stretes Or euer the syluer lace be taken awaye and or the golden bende be broken Or the pott be broken at the well the whele vpon the Cisterne Or dust be turned againe vnto earth from whence it came and or the sprete returne vnto God which gaue it All is but vanite sayeth the preacher all is but playne vanite The same preacher was not wyse alone but taught the people knowlege also he gaue good hede sought out the grouÌ„de and set forth many parables His diligence was to fynde out acceptable wordes right scripture and the wordes of trueth For the wordes of y e wyse are like prickes and nales that go thorow wherwith men are kepte together for they are geuen of one shepherde onely Therfore bewarre my sonne that aboue these thou make the not many innumerable bokes nor take dyuerse doctrynes in hande to weery thy body withall Lat vs heare the conclucion of all thinges Feare God and kepe his comaundementes for that toucheth all men For God shall iudge all workes and secrete thinges whether they be good or euell The ende of Ecclesiastes called the Preacher Salomons Balettes called Cantica Canticorum The first Chapter O That thy mouth wolde geue me a kysse for y e brestes are more pleasaunt then wyne that because of the good and pleasaunt sauoure Thy name is a swete smellynge oyntment therfore do the maydens loue the yee that same moueth me also to renne after the. The kynge hath brought me into his preuy chambre We wil be glad reioyce in the we thynke more of thy brestes then of wyne well is them that loue the. I am black o ye doughters of IerusaleÌ„ like as the tentes of the Cedarenes and as the hanginges of Salomon but yet am I faire wel fauoured withal Maruell not at me y t I am so black why y e Sonne hath shyned vpoÌ„ me For whan my mothers childreÌ„ had euell wil at me they made me y e keper of the vynyarde Thus was I fayne to kepe a vynyarde which was not myne owne Tell me o thou whom my soule loueth where thou fedest where thou restest at the noone daye lest I go wronge and come vnto the flockes of thy companyons Yf thou knowe not y i self o thou fayrest amoÌ„ge women thaÌ„ go y e waye forth after y e fotesteppes of the shepe as though thou woldest fede y e goates besyde y e shepherdes tentes There wil I tary for the my loue w t myne hoost with my charettes which shal be no fewer then Pharaos Then shal thy chekes thy neck be made fayre hanged w t spaÌ„ges goodly iewels a neck bande of golde wil we make y e w t syluer bottons When the kynge sytteth at the table he shal smell my Nardus for a boÌ„dell of Myrre o my beloued lyeth betwixte my brestes A cluster of grapes of Cypers or of the vynyardes of Engaddi art thou vnto me O my beloued O how fayre art thou my loue how fayre art thou â–ª thou hast doues eyes O how fayre art thou my beloued how well fauored art thou Oure bed is decte with floures y e sylinges of oure house are of Cedre tre ouâ—e balkes of Cypresse The II. Chapter I Am the floure of the felde and lylie of the valleys as the rose amonge the thornes so is my loue amonge the daughters Like as the aple tre amonge the trees of the wodd so is my beloued amonge the sonnes My delite is to sitt vnder his shadowe for his frute is swete vnto my throte He bryngeth me in to his wyne seller and loueth me specially well Refresh me w t grapes coÌ„forte me with apples for I am sick of loue His left haÌ„de lyeth vnder my heade his right hande enbraceth me I charge you o ye doughters of Ierusalem by the Roes hyndes of the felde y t ye wake not vp my loue ner touch her till she be content herself Me thynke I heare the voyce of my beloued lo there commeth he hoppinge vpon y e mountaynes and leapinge ouer the litle hilles My beloued is like a Roo or a yonge hart Beholde he stondeth behynde o r wall he loketh in at the wyndowe pepeth thorow the grate My beloued answered sayde vnto me O stoÌ„de vp my loue my doue my beutyfull come for lo the wynter is now past the rayne is awaie gone The floures are come vp in the felde the twystinge tyme is come the voyce of the turtle doue is herde in oure londe The fyge tre bryngeth forth hir fyges the vynes beare blossoms and haue a good smell O stoÌ„de vp my loue my beutyfull and come my doue out of the caues of the rockes out of the holes of the wall O let me se thy countenaunce and heare thy voyce for swete is thy voyce and fayre is thy face Gett vs the foxes yee the litle foxes that hurte y e vynes for oure vynes beare blossoms My loue is myne and I am his which fedeth amoÌ„ge the lylies vntill the daye breake and till the shadowes be gone Come agayne preuely o my beloued like as a Roo or a yonge harte vnto the mountaynes The III. Chapter BY night in my bedd I sought him whom my soule loueth yee diligently sought I him but I founde him not I wil get vp thought I and go aboute the cite vpon the market and in all y e stretes will I seke him whom my soule loueth but whan I sought him I founde him not The watchmen that go aboute y e cite founde me Sawe ye not him whom my soule loueth So whan I was a litle past them I fouÌ„de him whom my soule loueth I haue got ten holde vpon him and wyl not let him go vntill I brynge him in to my mothers house and in to hir chambre that bare me I charge you o ye doughters of IerusaleÌ„ by the Roes and hyndes of the felde that ye wake not vp my loue ner touch her till she be content herself Who is this that commeth out of y e wyldernesse like pilers of smoke as it were a smell of Myrre frankencense and all maner spyces of the Apotecary Beholde aboute SalomoÌ„s bedsteade there stonde LX. valeaunt men of the mightie in Israel They holde swerdes euery one are experte in warre Euery man hath his swerde vpoÌ„ his thee because of feare in the night Kynge Salomon hath made himself a bedsteade of the wodd of Libanus the pilers are of syluer the coueringe of golde y e seate of purple y e grounde pleasauntly paued for the doughters of Ierusalem Go forth o ye doughters of Sion and beholde kynge Salomon in the crowne wherwith his mother crowned him in the daye of his mariage and in the daye of the gladnesse of his hert The IIII. Chapter O How fayre art thou my loue how fayre art thou thou hast doues eyes besyde that which
anothers Chap. XIX The captiuyte off the kyngâ—s of Iuda The crueltie of kinges and princes Chap. XX. The greate vnthanfulnesse off the people Agayne the merciful longe sufferaunce of God Chap. XXI The swearde prophecyed to come vpon Israel and the Ammonites by the kynge of Babilon Chap. XXII The synnes wherfore IerusaleÌ„ was punished both the prophetes prestes rulers and comon people Chap. XXIII The Idolatry or whordome of Samaria and Ierusalem Chap. XXIIII The destruccion off Ierusalem and captiuyte of the people signified by the pot Chap. XXV Agaynst Ammon Moab Seir and the Palestynes Chap. XXVI He mourneth vpon the cite off Tyre otherwyse called Zor for the destruccion that was to come vpon her Chap. XXVII XXVIII Agaynst the prince of Tyre and agaynst Sidon Chap. XXIX XXX.XXXI.XXXII Plages vpon Egipte and the kynges therof Chap. XXXIII The office off a preacher The worde of God must be folowed in very 〈◊〉 and not only in mouth Chap. XXXIIII Agaynst euell shepherdes Christ the only true shepherde is promised Chap. XXXV Agaynst the mount Seir that is agaynst the Edomites Chap. XXXVI A promyse of the delyueraunce of Israel Chap. XXXVII A consolacion for the Israelites and a figure of the generall resurreccioÌ„ signified by the drye bones Chap. XXXVIII XXXIX Of Gog and Magog with their destruccion Chap. XL. From this chapter vnto the ende the prophet seith in a vision the buyldinge agayne of IerusaleÌ„ aÌ„d the temple Wherby is descrybed the mystery off the church off christ and saluacion of the faithfull in hiâ— â–ª The first Chapter IT chauÌ„sed in the xxx yeare the fifth daye off the fourth Moneth that I was amonge the presoners by the ryuer off Cobar where the heauens opened I sawe a vision of God Now the fifth daye off the Moneth made out the fyfth yeare off kynge Ioachims captiuyte At the same tyme came y e worde off the LORDE vnto Ezechiel the sonne off Buzi prest in the londe off the Caldees by the water of Cobar where the honde off the LORDE came vpoÌ„ him And I loked beholde a stormy wynde came out off the north with a greate doude full of fyre which w t his glistre lightened all rounde aboute And in y e myddest off the fyre it was all cleare and as it were the licknesse of foure beastes which were fashioned like a man sauynge that euery one had foure faces and foure wynges Their legges were straight but their fete were like bullockes fete and they glistred as it had bene fayre scoured metall Vnder their wynges vpon all the foure corners they had mens hondes Their faces and the it wynges were towarde the foure corners yet were the wynges so that one euer touched another When they wente they turned them not aboute but ech one wente straight forwarde Vpon the rightside off these foure their faces were like the face off a man and the fa off a Lyon But vpon the left side they had the face off an oxe and the face off an Aegle Their faces also and their wynges werespred out aboue so that two wynges off one touched euer two wynges off another and with the other two they couered their bodie Euery one when it wente it wente straight forwarde Where as the sprete led them thither they wente and turned not aboute in their goynge The fashion and countenauÌ„ce of the beestes was like hote coales off fyre euen as though burnynge cresshettes had bene amonge the beestes and the fyre gaue a glistre and out off the fyre there wente lighteninge WheÌ„ y e beestes weÌ„te forwarde backwarde one wolde haue thought it had lightened Now wheÌ„ I had well considered the beestes I sawe a worke off wheles vpon the earth with foure faces also like the beestes The fashion worke of the wheles was like the see The foure wheles were ioyned and made to loke vpon as it had bene one whele in another When one wente forwarde they wente all foure and turned theÌ„ not aboute iÌ„ their goinge They were large greate and horrible to loke vpon Their bodies were full off eyes rounde aboute them all foure WheÌ„ the beestes weÌ„te the wheles wente also with them And when the beestes lift them selues vp from y e earth the wheles were lift vp also Whyther so euer the sprete wente thither wente they also y e wheles were lift vp folowed theÌ„ for y e sprete of life was in the wheles When y e beestes weÌ„te forth stode still or lift them selues vp from the earth then the wheles also wente stode still were lift vp for y e breth off life was in the wheles Aboue ouer y e heades of the beestes there was a firmament which was fashioned as it had bene off the most pure Christall that was spred out aboue vpon their heades vnder the same firmament were their wynges layed abrode one towarde another and two wynges couered the body of euery beest And when thy wente forth I herde the noyse off their wynges like the noyse of greate waters as it had bene the voyce off the greate God and a russhinge together as it were off an hoost off men And when they stode still they let downe their winges Now when they stode still and had letten downe their wynges it thondred in the firmament that was aboue their heades Aboue the firmament that was ouer their heades there was the fashion off a seate as it had bene made off Saphir Apon the seate there sat one like a maÌ„ I behelde him and he was like a cleare light as it had bene all of fyre with in from his loynes vpwarde And beneth when I loked vpon him vnder y e loynes me thought he was like a shyninge fyre that geueth light on euery syde Yee the shyne and glistre y t lightened rounde aboute was like a raynbowe which in a raynie daye apeareth in the cloudes EueÌ„ so was the similitude wherin the glory off the LORDE apeared WheÌ„ I sawe it I fell vpon my face and herkened vnto the voyce off him that spake The II. Chapter THen sayde he vnto me Stonde vp vpon thy fete O thou sonne of maÌ„ and I will talke with the. And as he was commonynge with me the sprete came in to me and set me vp vpon my fete so that I marcked the thinge that he sayde vnto me And he sayde Beholde thou sonne off man I will sende the to the children off Israel to those runnagates and obstinate people for they haue takeÌ„ parte agaynst me and are runne a waye fro me both they and their forefathers vnto this daye Yee I will sende y e vnto a people y t haue rough vysages and stiff stomackes vnto whom thou shalt saye on this maner This the LORDE God himselff hath spoken y t whether they be obedient or no for it is a frauwarde housholde they maye knowe yet that there hath bene a prophet amonge them Therfore thou sonne off man feare theÌ„ not
rest in myne house ād florishinge in my palace sawe a dreame which made me afrayed ād the thoughtes that I had vpō my bed with the visions of myne heade troubled me Then sent I out a commission that all they which were of wiszdome at Babilō shulde be brought before me to tell me the interpretacion of the dreame So there came the soythsayers charmers Caldees and coniurers of deuels to whom I tolde the dreame but what it betokened they coude not shewe me till at the last there came one Daniel otherwyse called Balthasar acordinge to the name of my God which hath the sprete of the holy goddes in him to whom I tolde the dreame sayenge O Balthasar thou prynce of saythsayers For so moch as I knowe that thou hast the sprete of the holy goddes and no secrete is hyd from the tel me therfore what y e visiō of my dreame y t I haue sene maye signifie I sawe a vision in my heade vpon my bed and beholde there stode a tre vpon the grounde which was very hye greate and mightie y e heyth reached vnto the heauē and the bredth extended to all the endes of the earth his leaues were fayre he had very moch frute so y t euery mā had ynough to eate therin The beastes of the felde had shadowes vnder it and the foules off the ayre dwelt in the bowes therof Shortly all creatures fed of it I sawe in my heade a vision vpon my bed beholde a watcher euē an holy angel came downe from heauen and cryed mightely sayenge Hew downe the tre breake off his braunches shake of his leaues and scatre his frute abrode that all the beestes maye get them awaye from vnder him and the foules from his braunches Neuertheles leaue the grounde of his rote still in the earth and bynde him vpon the playne felde with cheynes of yron and stele With the dew of heauen shall he be wet and he shall haue his parte in the herbes of the grounde with other wylde beastes That mans herte off his shall be taken from him and a beastes herte shall be geuen him till seuen yeares be come and gone vpon him This erande of the watcher is a cōmaundemēt grounded and sought out in the councel off him that is most holy to lerne men for to vnderstonde that the hyest hath power ouer the kyngdomes off men ād geueth them to whom it liketh him and bryngeth the very outcastes off men ouer them This is the dreame y t I kynge Nabuchodonosor haue sene Therfore o Balthasar tell thou me what it signifieth for so moch as all the wyse men off my kyngdome are not able to shewe me what it meaneth But thou canst do it for y e sprete of the holy Goddes is in the. Then Daniel whose name was Balthasar helde his peace by the space of an houre ād his thoughtes troubled him So the kynge spake and sayde O Balthasar let nether the dreame ner the interpretacion theroff feare the. Balthasar answered sayenge O my LORDE this dreame happen to thyne enemies and the interpretacion to thyne aduersaries As for the tre that thou sawest which was so greate mightie whose heyth reached vnto the heauen and his bredth in to all the worlde whose leaues were fayre ād the frute moch vnder the which the beastes of the felde had their habitacion and vpon whose braunches the foules of the ayre dyd syt Euen thou o kynge art the tre greate strōge Thy greatnesse increaseth reacheth vnto the heauen so doth thy power to the endes ef the earth But where as the kynge sawe a watcher euen an holy angel that came downe from heauen and sayde hew downe the tre and destroye it yet leaue the groun-of the rote in the earth and bynde him vpon the playne felde with cheynes off yron and stele He shall be wet with the dew off heauen and his parte shal be with the beestes of the felde till seuen yeares be come and gone vpon him This o kynge is y e interpretaciō yee it is the very deuyce of him y t is hyest of all it toucheth my LORDE the kynge Thou shalt be cast out fro men and thy dwellinge shal be with the beestes of the felde with grasse shalt thou be fed like an oxe Thou must be wet with the dew of the heauen yee seuen yeares shall come and go vpon the till thou knowe that the hyest hath power vpon the kyngdomes of men geueth them to whom he lyst Morouer where as it was sayde that the rote of the tre shulde be be left still in the grounde it betokeneth y t thy kyngdome shall remayne whole vnto y e after thou hast lerned to knowe that the power commeth from heauen Wherfore o kinge be contēt with my councel that thou mayest lowse thy synnes with rightuousnesse ād thyne offences with mercy to poore people for soch thinges shall prolonge thy peace All these thynges touch the kynge Nabuchodonosor So after xij monethes the kynge walked vp and downe in the paalace off the kyngdome off Babilon and sayde This is the greate cite off Babilō which I myself with my power strength haue made a kynges courte for the honoure off my magesty Whyle these wordes were yet in the kynges mouth there fell a voyce from heauē sayengt O kinge Nabuchodonosor to the be it spokē Thy kyngdome shall departe from the thou shalt be cast out of mens company thy dwellinge shal be with the beestes off the felde so that thou shalt eate grasse like as an oxe till seuen yeares be come and gone ouer the euen vntill thou knowest that the hyest hath power vpon the kyngdomes off men and that he maye geue them vnto whom it pleaseth him The very same houre was this matter fulfylled vpō Nabuchodonosor so that he was cast out off mēs cōpany ate grasse like an oxe His body was wet with the dew of heauen till his hayres were as greate as Aegles fethers and his nales like byrdes clawes When this tyme was past I Nabuchodonosor lift vp myne eyes vnto heauen and myne vnderstondinge was restored vnto me agayne Then gaue I thankes vnto the hyest I magnified and praysed him that lyueth for euermore whose power endureth all waye and his kyngdome from one generacion to another in comparyson off whom all they that dwell vpon the earth are to be reputed as nothinge He handleth acordinge to his will amōge y e powers of heauen amonge the inhabitours of the earth and there is none that maye resiste his honde or saye what doest thou At the same tyme was myne vnderstondynge geuen me agayne and I was restored to the honoure of my kingdome to my dignite and to myne owne shappe agayne My greatestates and prynces sought vnto me and I was set in my kyngdome agayne so that I had yet greater worshipe Thē dyd I Nabuchodonosor loaue magnifie and prayse the kynge of heauen for all his workes
are true and his wayes right As for those that go on proudly he is able to brī bringe them downe The V. Chapter BAlthasar the kynge made a greate bancket to his thousande lordes withall these thousande he made greate cheare and when he was dronken w t wyne he commaunded to brynge him y e golden and syluer vessel which his father Nabuchodonosor had taken out of the temple at Ierusalem that the kynge and his lordes with his quene and concubynes might drīke therout So they brought the golden vessel that was takē out of the temple of the LORDES house at Ierusalem Then the kynge and his lordes with his quene and concubines dronke out of them They dronke wyne and praysed their Idols of golde syluer copper yron wodde and stone In the very same houre there appeared fyngers as it had bene of a mans honde writynge right ouer agaynst the candelsticke vpon the playne wall in the kynges palace and the kynge sawe the palme of y e honde y t wrote Then chaunged the kynge his countenaunce and his thoughtes troubled him so that the ioyntes off his body shoke and his knees smote one agaynst the other Wherfore the kynge cryed mightely that thy shulde brynge him the charmers Caldees and coniurers of deuels The kynge spake also to the wysemen of Babilon and sayde Who so can rede this wrytynge and shewe me the playne meanynge theroff shall be clothed with purple haue a cheyne off golde aboute his necke and rule the thirde parte off my kyngdome Vpon this came all the kynges wyse men but they coude nether rede the wrytinge 〈◊〉 shewe the kynge what it signified Thē was the kynge sore afrayed in so moch that his coloure chaunged and his lordes were so sorevexed So by reason off this matter y t had happened to the kynge his lordes the quene went vp herself in to the bancket house and spake vnto the kynge sayenge O kynge God saue thy life for euer Let not y t thoughtes trouble the and let not thy countenaunce be chaunged For why there is a man in y e kyngdome that hath the sprete off the holy goddes within him as it was sene in thy fathers dayes He hath vnderstondinge ād wysdome like the goddes Yee the kynge Nabuchodonosor thy father made this man chest of the soythsayers charmers Caldees and deuel coniurers because that soch an abundaunt sprete knowlege wisdome to expoūde dreames to open secretes and to declare harde dowtes was founde in him yee euen in Daniel whom the kynge named Balthasar Let this same Daniel be sente for and he shall tell what it meaneth Then was Daniel brought before the kinge So the kynge spake vnto Daniel and sayde Art thou that Daniel one off the presoners of Iuda whom my father the kynge brought out of Iewry I haue herde speake of the that thou hast the sprete of the holy goddes experience and vnderstōdinge and that there hath bene greate wisdome founde in the. Now haue there bene brought me wise and connynge charmers to rede this wrytynge and to shewe me the meanynge theroff But they coude not tell me what this matter signified Then herde I saye y t thou canst expounde darcke thinges and declare harde doutes Well than yf thou canst rode this writinge and shewe me the meaninge therof thou shalt be clothed w t purple haue a cheyne of golde aboute thy necke rule the thirde parte of my kyngdome Daniel answered and sayde before y e kynge As for thy rewardes kepe them to thy self or geue y e rych giftes to another yet not thelesse I wil rede the wrytynge vnto y e kinge and shewe him the interpretacion therof O kinge God the hyest gaue vnto Nabuchodonosor thy father y e dignite of a kynge w t worshipe hono r so y t all people kynreddes tunges stode in awe feare of him by reason off the hye estate that he had lent him For why he slewe whom he wolde he smoke whom it pleased him Agayne whom he wolde he set vp and whom he list he put downe But because his herte was so proude and his stomack set fast vnto wylfulnesse he was deposed from his kyngly trone and his magesty was taken from him He was shot out from amonge men his herte was like a beestes herte and his dwellynge was with the wylde Asses he was fayne to eate grasse like an oxe and his body was wet with the dew off the heauen till he knewe that the hyest had power vpon the kyngdomes of men and setteth ouer them whom he list And thou his sonne o Balthasar for all this hast not submitted thine hert though thou knewest all these thinges but hast magnified thy selff aboue the LORDE off heauen so that the vessels off his house were brought before the that thou and thy lordes with thy quene and concubynes might drynke wyne therout And hast praysed the Idols of syluer and golde copper and yron off wodde stone As for the God in whose honde consisteth thy breth ād all thy wayes thou hast not loaued him Therfore is the palme off this honde sent hither from him to token vp this wrytinge And this is the scripture that is written vp Mane Thetel Phares Now the interpretacion off the thynge is this Mane God hath nombred thy kyngdome and brought it to an ende Thetel Thou art weyed in the balaunce and art founde to light Phares Thy kyngdome is delt in partes and geuen to the Medes and Perses Then commaunded Balthasar to cloth Daniel with purple to hange a cheyne off golde aboute his necke and to make a proclamacion concernynge him that he shulde be the ruler off the thirde parte off his kyngdome The very same night was Balthasar the kynge off the Caldees slayne and Darius out of Media toke in the kyngdome beynge lxij yeare off age The VI. Chapter IT pleased Darius to set ouer his kīgdome an C and xx lordes which shulde be in all his kingdome aboute Aboue these he set thre prynces off whom Daniel was one that the lordes might geue accomptes vnto them and the kynge to be vndiseased But Daniel exceaded all these princes ād lordes for the sprete off God was plenteous in him so that the kynge was mynded to set him ouer the whole realme Wherfore the prynces and lordes sought to pyke out in Daniel some quarel agaynst the kyngdome yet coude they fynde none occasion ner fawte vpon him For why he was so faythful y t there was no blame ner dishonesty founde in him Then sayde these men we will get no quarell agaynst this Daniel excepte it be in the lawe off his God Vpon this wente the princes and lordes together vnto the kynge and sayde thus vnto him kynge Darius God saue thy life for euer All the great estates off the realme as y e prynces dukes senatours and iudges are determed to put out a commaundement off y e kynge and to make a sure
but let the heades be preserued at the last Neuertheles I sawe y t the voyce wente not out of his heades but from the myddest of his body And I nombred his cōtrary fethers beholde there were eight of them And I loked beholde vpon the right syde there arose one fether raigned ouer all the earth And it happened y t whan it raigned the ende of it came the place therof appeared no more So the nexte folowinge stode vp raigned had a greate tyme it happened y t whan it raigned the ende of it came also like as the first so that it appeared nomore Then came there a voyce vnto it sayde Heare thou y t hast kepte in the earth so lōge this I saye vnto the before thou begynnest to appeare nomore There shal none after y e atteyne vnto thy tyme. Then arose the thirde raigned as the other afore appeared nomore also So wēte it with all the residue one after another so y t euery one raigned thē appeared nomore Thē I loked beholde in processe of tyme the fethers y t folowed were set vp vpō the right syde y t they might rule also and some of thē ruled but within a while they appeared nomore for some of thē were set vp but ruled not After this I loked beholde y e xij fethers appeared nomore and the two wynges there was nomore vpon the Aegles body but two heades that rested sixe fethers Then sawe I also y t the sixe fethers were parted in two remayned vnder the heade y t was vpon the right syde for the foure cōtynued in their place So I loked and beholde they that were vnder the wynges thought to set vp them selues and to haue the rule Then was there one set vp but shortly it appeared nomore and the seconde were sooner awaye then the first And I behelde and lo the two thought also by thē selues to raigne whā they so thought beholde there waked one of the heades that were at rest namely it that was in the myddest for that was the greater of the two heades And then I sawe that the two heades were fylled with him and the heade was turned with them y t were by him ate vp y e two vnder wynges y t wolde haue raigned But this heade put y e whole earth in feare and bare rule in it ouer all those y t dwelt vpon earth with moch laboure and he had the gouernaunce of the worlde ouer all the foules that haue bene After this I loked and beholde the heade that was in the middest sodenly appeared nomore like as y e wynges then came the two heades which ruled vpon earth ouer those that dwelt therin And I behelde lo the heade vpon the right side deuoured it that was vpon the left syde And I herde a voyce which sayde vnto me loke before the and considre the thinge that thou seist Then I sawe and beholde as it were a lyon that roareth rennynge haistely out of y e wod and he sent out a mans voybe vnto the Aegle and sayde Heare thou I wyl talke with the and the Hyest shal saye vnto the Is it not thou that hast the victory of the foure beastes whom I made to raigne vpon earth and in my worlde and that y e ende of their times might come thorow thē And the fourth came and ouerwanne all the beastes that were past and had power ouer the worlde with greate fearfulnes and ouer the whole compasse of the earth w t the most wicked laboure and so longe time dwelt he vpon the earth with disceate the earth hast thou iudged not with trueth For thou hast troubled the meke thou hast hurte the peaceable and quyete thou hast loued lyers and destroyed the dwellynges of them that brought forth frute and hast cast downe the walles of soch as dyd the no harme Therfore is thy wrongeous dealynge and blasphemy come vp vnto the Hyest and thy pryde vnto the Mightie The Hyest also hath loked vpō the proude tymes and beholde they are ended and their abhominacions are fulfilled And therfore appeare nomore thou Aegle and thy horrible wynges and thy wicked fethers and thy vngracious heades and thy synfull clawes and all thy vayne body that the earth maye be refreshed and come agayne to herself whan she is deliuered from thy violence and that she maye hope for y e iudgment and mercy of him that made her The XII Chapter ANd it happened whā y e Lyō spake these wordes vnto y e Aegle y e heade y t afore had y e vpperhāde appeared nomore nether dyd y e foure wynges appeare eny more y t came to hī were sett vp to raigne their kyngdome was small full of vproure And I sawe beholde they appeared no more y e whole body of y e Aegle was brēt the earth was in greate feare Then awaked I out of the traunce of my mynde and from greate feare and sayde vnto my sprete Lo this hast thou geuen me in y t thou searchest out the wayes of the Hyest lo yet am I weary in my minde and very weake in my sprete and litle strēgth is there in me for the greate feare that I receaued this night Therfore wil I now beseke the Hyest y t he wyl comforte me vnto the ende I sayde LORDE LORDE yf I haue founde grace before thy sight and yf I am iustified with y e before many other yf my prayer be come vp before thy face cōforte me then and shew me thy seruaunt the interpretacion playne differēce of this horrible sight that thou mayest perfectly cōforte my soule for thou hast iudged me worthy to shew me y e last oftymes And he sayde vnto me this is the interpretacion of this sight The Aegle whom thou sawest come vp from the see is the kingdome which was sene in the vision of thy brother Daniel but it was no expounded vnto him for now I declare it vnto the. Beholde the dayes come that there shal ryse vp a kyngdome vpō earth and it shal be feared aboue all the kyngdomes y t were before it In the same kyngdome shal xij kynges raigne one after another For the secōde shal begynne to raigne and shal haue more tyme thē the other this do y e xij wynges signifie which thou sawest As for the voyce that spake and that thou sawest go out from the heades but not from y e body it betokeneth that after the tyme of that kyngdome there shall aryse greate stryuynges and it shal stonde in parell of fallynge neuertheles it shal not yet fall bot shal be set in to his beginnynge And y e eight vnderwynges which thou sawest hāge vnto y e wynges of hī betokē y t in hī there shal aryse eight kynges whose tyme shal be but small their yeares swift two of them shal beare But whan the middest
the honger shal the swerde destroye the deed shal be cast out as donge there shal be no man to coÌ„forte them For y e earth shal be waisted the cities shal be cast downe there shal be no man left to tyll y e earth to sowe it The trees shal geue frute who shal plucke theÌ„ of gather them The grapes shal be ripe who shal treade theÌ„ For all places shal be desolate of meÌ„ so that one man shal desyre to se another or to heare his voyce For of one whole cite there shal be ten left two in the felde which shall hyde theÌ„selues in the thicke buszshes in the clyffes of stones like as whan there remayne thre or foure olyues vpon the olyue tre or as whan a vynyarde is gathered there are left some grapes of them that diligeÌ„tly sought thorow the vynyarde Euen so in those dayes there shal be thre or foure left for theÌ„ y t search their houses w t the swerde And the earth shal be left waist the feldes therof shall waxe olde and hir wayes and all hir pathes shal growe full of thornes because no man shal trauayle there thorow The daughters shal mourne hauinge no brydegromes the wemen shal make lamentacion hauynge no huszbandes their daughters shal mourne hauinge no helpe of their brydegrome In the warres shall they be destroyed their huszbandes shal perish of honger O ye seruauntes of the LORDE heare these thinges marck theÌ„ Beholde the worde of the LORDE O receaue it beholde the plages drawe nye are not slack in tarienge Like as a trauaylinge woman which after y e ix moneth briÌ„geth forth a sonne whan the houre of the byrth is come an houre two or thre afore that the paynes come vpoÌ„ hir body whan the childe coÌ„meth to the byrth they tary not the twincklynge of an eye EueÌ„ so shall not y e plages be slack to come vpon earth the worlde shal mourne sorowes shal come vpoÌ„ it on euery syde O my people heare my worde make you redy to the battayll in all euell be euen as pylgrems vpon earth He y t selleth let him be as he that flyeth his waye he y t byeth as one that wil lese Who so occupieth marchauÌ„dies as he that wynneth not he that buyldeth as he that shall not dwell therin he that soweth as one y t shal not reape he that twysteth the vynyarde as he that shal not gather the grapes they that mary as they that shall get no children they y t mary not as the wyddowes therfore they y t laboure labo r in vayne For straungers shall reape their frutes spoyle their goodes ouer throwe their houses take their childreÌ„ captyue for in captiuyte honger shal they get children And they that occupie their marchaundies w t robbery how longe decke they their cities their houses their possessions personnes the more wil I punysh them for their synnes sayeth the LORDE Like as an whore enuyeth an honest woman so shall righteousnes hate iniquyte whan she decketh hir self and shall accuse her to hir face whan he coÌ„meth that defendeth which shal make inquysicioÌ„ for all synne vpoÌ„ earth And therfore be not ye like there vnto ner to the workes therof for or euer it be longe iniquite shal be taken awaye out of the earth and righteousnes shal raigne amonge you Let not the synner saye that he hath not synned for coles of fyre shal burne vpon his heade which saieth before the LORDE God his glory I haue not synned Beholde the LORDE knoweth all y e workes of men their ymaginacions their thoughtes their hertes For he spake but the worde let the earth be made it was made let the heaueÌ„ be made it was made In his worde were y e starres made he knoweth the nombre of them He searcheth the grounde of the depe the treasures therof he hath measured the see what it conteyneth He hath shut the see in the myddest of the waters and w t his worde hath he hanged the earth vpon the waters He spredeth out the heauen like a vowte vpon the waters hath he founded it In the deserte and drye wyldernes hath he made sprynges of water and poles vpoÌ„ the toppe of the mountaynes y t the floudes might poure downe from y e stony rockes to water the earth He made man and put his hert in the myddest of y e body and gaue him breth life and vnderstandinge yee and the sprete of y e Allmightie God which made all thinges and hath searched the grouÌ„de of all the secretes of the earth He knoweth youre ymaginacions inueÌ„cions and what ye thynke whan ye synne wolde hyde youre synnes Therfore hath y e LORDE searched and sought out all yo r woâ—kes and he shal bewraye you all And whan yo r synnes are brought forth ye shal be ashamed before men and youre owne synnes shal be youre accusers in that daye What wil ye do Or how will ye hyde youre synnes before God and his angels Beholde God himself is the iudge feare him leaue of from youre synnes and forget youre vnrighteousnesses and medle nomore with them so shal God lede you forth and delyuer you from all trouble For beholde the heate of a greate multitude is kyndled ouer you and they shal take awaye certayne of you and fede the ydle w t Idols and they that coÌ„sent vnto them shal be had in derision laughed to scorne trodden vnder fote For vnto the places there shal be a place and in the next cities a greate insurreccion vpon those that feare y e LORDE They shal be like mad men they shall spare no man they shall spoyle and waist soch as feare the LORDE their goodes shall they take from them and shute them out of their houses Then shall it be knowne who are my chosen they shal be tryed as the golde in the fyre Heare O ye my beloued saieth the LORDE beholde the dayes of trouble are at honde but I wil delyuer you from the same Be not ye afraied dispayre not for God is youre captayne Who so kepeth my coÌ„maundementes and preceptes sayeth the LORDE God let not youre synnes weye you downe let not youre vnrighteousnesses be lift vp Wo be vnto theÌ„ that are subdued vnto their synnes and tangled in their wickednesses like as a felde is hedged in with buszshes and the path therof couered with thornes y t no man maye trauayle thorow and so is he taken and cast in the fyre and brent The ende of the IIII. boke of Eszdras The boke of Tobias What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Of the kynred life and godly conuersacion of Tobias Chap. II The louynge compassion that Tobias sheweth in buryeÌ„ge the deed for the which cause he is hated and persecuted God nurtoureth him with blyndnes His wyfe casteth him in the teth Chap. III. Tobias prayeth
starres the natures kindes of beastes the furiousnesse of beastes the power of y e wyndes the ymaginacions of meÌ„ the deuersities of yonge plantes the vertues of rootes all soch thinges as are secrete not loked for haue I lerned For the worckmaster of all thinges hath taught me wyszdome In hir is y e sprete of vnderstaÌ„dinge which is holy manifolde one onely sotyll curteous discrete quyck vndefyled playne swete louynge the thinge y t is good sharpe which forbyddeth not to do well geÌ„tle kynde stedfast sure fre hauynge all vertues circuÌ„specte in all thinges receauinge all spretes of vnderstaÌ„dinge beiÌ„ge cleane sharpe For wiszdome is neembler theÌ„ all neeÌ„ble thiÌ„ges she goeth thorow attayneth to all thiÌ„ges because of hir clennes For she is y e breth of y e power of God a pure cleane expressinge of y e clearnes of Allmightie God Therfore can no vndefyled thinge come in to her for she is y e bryghtnes of y e euerlastiÌ„ge light y e vndefiled myrro r of y e maiesty of God y e ymage of his goodnesse And for so moch as she is one she maie do all thinges beinge stedfast herself she renueth all amoÌ„ge y e people coÌ„veyeth she herself in to y e holy soules She maketh Gods frendes pâ—ophetes for God loueth no maÌ„ but him in whoÌ„ wyszdome dwelleth For she is more beutyfull then the Sonne and geueth more light then the starres and the daye is not to be coÌ„pared vnto her for vpoÌ„ y e daye coÌ„meth night But wickednesse can not ouer come wyszdome and foolishnes maye not be w t her The VIII Chapter WYszdome reacheth froÌ„ one ende to another mightely louiÌ„gly doth she ordre all thinges I haue loued her and laboured for her eueÌ„ fro my youth vp I dyd my diligeÌ„ce to mary my self w t her soch loue had I vnto hir beutye Who so hath y e coÌ„pany of God coÌ„meÌ„deth hir nobilyte yee the LORDE of all thinges himself loueth her For she is y e scolemastresse of y e nurto r of God y e choser out of his workes Yf a man wolde desyre riches in this life what is richer then wiszdome y e worketh all thiÌ„ges Thou wilt saye vnderstaÌ„dinge worketh What is it amoÌ„ge all thinges y t worketh more theÌ„ wyszdome Yf a man loue vertue righteousnes let him labo r for wyszdome for she hath greate vertues And why she teacheth sobernes prudence righteousnes streÌ„gh which are soch thinges as meÌ„ can haue nothinge more profitable in their life Yf a maÌ„ desyre moch knowlege she caÌ„ tell y e thinges y t are past discerne thinges for to come she knoweth y e sotilties of wordes caÌ„ expouÌ„de darcke senteÌ„ces She can tell of tokeÌ„s woÌ„derous thinges or euer they come to passe the endes of all tymes ages So I purposed after this maner I will take her vnto my coÌ„pany comoÌ„ louiÌ„gly w t her no doute she shal geue me good couÌ„cell speake coÌ„fortably vnto me in my carefulnes grefe For hir sake shal I be well and honestly taken amoÌ„ge the comoÌ„s lordes of y e councell Though I be yonge yet shal I haue sharpe vnderstandinge so y t I shal be maruelous in y e sight of greate meÌ„ y e faces of prynces shal woÌ„der at me WhaÌ„ I holde my toÌ„ge they shal byde my leysure whaÌ„ I speake they shal loke vpoÌ„ me yf I talke moch they shal laye their handes vpoÌ„ their mouth Morouer by the meanes of her I shal optayne immortalite and leaue behinde me an euerlastinge memoriall amoÌ„ge theÌ„ y t come after me I shal set y e people in ordre the nacions shal be subdued vnto me Horrible tyrauntes shal be afrayed whan they do but heare of me amonge the multitude I shal be counted good mightie in battayll WhaÌ„ I come home I shal fynde rest w t her for hir coÌ„pany hath no bytternes hir felashipe hath no tediousnesse but myrth ioye Now whan I coÌ„sidered these thinges by myself pondered them in my hert how y t to be ioyned vnto wyszdome is immortalite greate pleasure to haue hir frendshipe how y t in the workes of hir handes are infinite riches how that who so kepeth company w t her shal be wyse and that he which talketh with her shal come to honoure I wente aboute sekynge to gett her vnto me For I was a ladd of a rype wytt and had a good vnderstandinge But whan I grewe to more vnderstaÌ„dinge I came to an vndefyled body Neuertheles whan I perceaued that I coude not kepe myself chaist excepte God gaue it me y t was a poynte of wyszdome also to knowe whose gift it was I stepte vnto the LORDE and besought him and with my whole hert I sayde after this maner The IX Chapter O God of my fathers LORDE of mercies thou y t hast made all thiÌ„ges w t y i worde ordeyned maÌ„ thorow thy wyszdome y t he shulde haue dominioÌ„ ouer y e creature which thou hast made y t he shulde ordre y e worlde acordinge to equite righteousnes execute iudgmeÌ„t w t a true hert geue me wyszdome which is euer aboute y e seate put me not out froÌ„ amoÌ„ge y e children for I thy seruaunt sonne of y e handmayden am a feble personne of a shorte tyme and to yoÌ„ge to the vnderstandinge of iudgment and y e lawes And though a man be neuer so parfecte amonge the children of men yet yf thy wyszdome be not with him he shal be nothinge regarded But thou hast chosen me to be a kynge vnto y e people and the iudge of thy sonnes and daughters Thou hast coÌ„maunded me to buylde a temple vpon y e holy mount an aulter in the cite wherin thou dwellest a licknesse of thy holy tabernacle which thou hast prepared froÌ„ the beginnynge and thy wyszdome with y e which knoweth y e workes which also was w t y e whan thou maydest y e worlde knew what was acceptable in thy sight right in thy commaundementes O sende her out of thy holy heauens and from the trone of thy maiesty that she maye be with me laboure with me that I maye knowe what is acceptable in y e sight For she knoweth and vnderstandeth all thinges and she shal lede me soberly in my workes and preserue me in hir power So shal my workes be acceptable then shal I gouerne thy people righteously be worthy to syt in my fathers seate For what man is he that maye knowe the councell of God Or who can thinke what the will of God is For the thoughtes of mortall men are miserable oure forecastes are but vncertayne And why a mortall and corruptible body is heuy vnto the soule and the earthy mansion kepeth downe the vnderstandinge y t museth vpon many thinges Very hardly
euell will How might eny thinge endure yf it wer not y e will Or how coude eny thinge be preserued excepte it were called of y e But thou sparest all for all are thine o LORDE thou louer of soules The XII Chapter O LORDE how gracious swete is thy sprete in all thinges Therfore chastenest thou thē measurably that go wrōge and warnest them concernynge the thinges wherin they offende thou speakest vnto them o LORDE and exortest thē to leaue their wickednes and to put their trust in the. As for those olde inhabiters of thy holy londe thou mightest not awaye with them for they commytted abhominable workes agaynst the as wytch craft sorcery and Idolatry they slew their owne children without mercy they ate vp mens bowels and deuoured the bloude Yee because of soch abhominaciōs myszbeleues offeringes thou slewest the fathers of the desolate soules by the handes of oure fathers that y e londe which thou louest aboue all other might be a dwellinge for the childrē of God Neuertheles thou sparedest thē also as mē sendedst y e forerūners of thyne hoost euē hornettes to destroye thē out by lytle litle Not y t thou wast vnable to subdue y e vngodly vnto y e righteous in battayll or with cruell beestes or w t one rough worde to destroye thē together But y e mynde was to dryue thē out by lytle litle geuinge thē time place to amende knowinge well y t it was an vnrighteous nacion wicked of nature y t their thought might neuer be altered For it was a cursed sede from y e begynnynge feared no mā Yet hast thou pardoned their synnes For who wyl saye vnto the why hast thou done y t Or who wyl stōde agaynst thy iudgmēt Or who wil come before y e face an auēger of vnrighteous mē Or who wil blame y e yf y e people perish whō thou hast made For there is none other God but thou y t carest for all thinges y t thou mayest declare how y t y e iudgmēt is not vnright There darre nether kīge ner tyraūt in y e sight requyre accōptes of them whō thou hast destroyed For so moch thē as thou art righteous y e self thou ordrest all thīges righteously punishest euē hī y t hath not deserued to be punyshed takest him for a straūger an aleaunt in y e lōde of y e power For y e power is y e beginnynge of righteousnes and because thou art LORDE of all thinges therfore art thou gracious vnto all Whan men thinke y e not to be of a full strength thou declarest y e power boldly delyuerest thou them ouer y t knowe y e not But thou LORDE of power iudgest quyetly and ordrest us with greate worshipe for thou mayest do as thou wilt By soch workes now hast thou taught thy people that a mā also shulde be iust and louynge and hast made thy childrē to be of a good hope for euen when thou iudgest thou geuest rowme to amende from synnes For in so moch as thou hast punyshed and w t soch diligence delyuered y e enemies of thy seruaūtes which were worthy to dye where thorow thou gauest thē tyme place of amēdement y t they might turne frō their wickednes w t how greate diligence then punyshest thou thine awne childrē vnto whose fathers thou hast sworne made couenaūtes of good promises So where as thou doest but chasten vs thou punyshest o r enemies dyuerse wayes to y e intēt y t whā we punysh we shulde remēbre y e goodnesse whan we o r selues are punyshed to put oure trust in thy mercy Wherfore where as men haue lyued ignoraūtly vnrighteously thou hast punyshed thē sore euē thorow y e same thinges that they worshipped For they wente astraye very lōge in y e waye of erro r helde y e beestes which euē their enemies despysed for goddes lyuynge as children of no vnderstandinge Therfore hast thou sent a scornefull punyshment amonge them as amonge the chidrē of ignoraunce As for soch as wolde not be refourmed by those scornes rebukes they felt the worthy punishmēt of God For y e thinges y t they suffred they bare thē vnpaciētly beinge not contēt in them but vnwyllinge And whan they peryshed by y e same thinges that they toke for goddes they knowleged then that there was but one true God whom afore they wolde not knowe therfore came y e ende of their dampnacion vpon them The XIII Chapter VAyne are all men which haue not y e knowlege of God as were they that out of the good thinges which are sene knewe not him that of himself is euerlastinge Nether toke they so moch regarde of the workes that are made as to knowe who was the craftesman of them but some toke the fyre some the wynde or ayre some y e course of y e starres some y e water some toke Sonne and Moone or the lightes of heauen which rule y e earth for goddes But though they had soch pleasure in their beuty that they thought them to haue bene goddes yet shulde they haue knowne how moch more fayrer he is that made them For the maker of beuty hath ordened all these thinges Or yf they marueled at the power and workes of thē they shulde haue perceaued therby y t he which made these thinges is mightier then they For by the greatnesse beutye of the creature y e maker therof maye playnely be knowne Notwithstondinge they are the lesse to be blamed that sought God wolde haue founde him and yet myssed And why for so moch as they wēte aboute in his workes and sought after them it is a tokē that they regarded and helde moch of his workes y t are sene howbeit they are not wholy to be excused For yf their vnderstondinge and knowlege was so greate y t they coude discerne the worlde and y e creatures why dyd they not rather fynde out y e LORDE therof But vnhappie are they and amonge the deed is their hope that call thē God which are but the workes of mens handes golde syluer and the thinge that is founde out by connynge the similitude of beastes or eny vayne stone that hath bene made by hande of olde Or as whan a carpenter cutteth downe a tre out of the wodd and pareth of the barck of it connyngly and so with the one parte maketh a vessell to be vsed and dighteth meate with the residue As for the other parte that is left which is profitable for nothinge for it is a croked pece of wodd and full of knobbes he carueth it diligently thorow his vanite and acordinge to the knowlege of his connynge he geueth it some proporcion fashioneth it after the similitude of a man or maketh it like some beest straketh it ouer with reed and paynteth it and loke what foule spot is in it he casteth some coloure vpon it Then
thinges doth no hert vnderstonde but he vnderstandeth euery hert and who vnderstandeth his wayes No man seyth his storme and the most parte of his workes are secrete Who wil declare the workes of his righteousnes Or who shal be able to abyde them for the couenaunt is farre from some and the tryenge out of men is in the fulfillynge He that is humble of hert thinketh vpon soch thinges but an vnwyse and erroneous man casteth his mynde vnto foolish thinges My sonne herken thou vnto me lerne vnderstādinge and marck my wordes with thine hert I wyll geue the a sure doctrine planely shal I enstrucke the. God hath sett his workes in good ordre from the begynninge and parte of them hath he sundered from the other He hath garnyshed his workes from euerlastinge and their begynnynges acordinge to their generacions None of thē hyndered another nether was eny of them dishobedient vnto his worde After this God loked vpō the earth and fylled it with his goodes With all maner of lyuinge beastes hath he couered the grounde and they all shal be turned vnto earth agayne The XVII Chapter BOd shope man of the earth and turned him vnto earth agayne He gaue him the nombre of dayes and certayne tyme yee and gaue him power of the thinges that are vpō earth He clothed him with strength and made him after his owne licknes He made all flesh to stonde in awe of him so that he had the dominion of all beastes foules He made out of him an helper like vnto him self and gaue them discrecion and tonge eyes and eares and a hert to vnderstande and fylled them with instruccion vnderstandinge He created for them also the knowlege of the sprete fylled their hert with vnderstandinge and shewed them good and euell He sett his eye vpō their hertes declaringe vnto them his greate and noble workes that they shulde prayse his holy name together reioyse of his wonders be tellinge of his noble actes Besydes this he gaue them instruccion and the lawe of life for an heretage He made an euerlastinge couenaunt with them and shewed them his righteousnes iudgmentes They sawe his glory with their eyes and their eares herde the maiesty of his voyce And he saide vnto them bewarre of all vnrighteous thinges He gaue euery man also a commaundement concernynge his neghboure Their waies are euer before him and are not hyd from his eyes He hath sett a ruler vpon euery people but Israel is y e LORDES porcion All their workes are as the Sonne in y e sight of God his eyes are allwaye lokynge vpon their wayes All their vnrighteousnesses are manifest vnto him all their wickednesses are open in his sight The mercy y t a man sheweth is as it were a purse w t him and a mans good dede preserueth him as the apple of an eye At the last shall he awake rewarde euery man vpon his heade as he hath deserued and shal turne them together in to the nethermost partes of the earth But vnto them that wyll repent he hath geuē the waye of righteousnes As for soch as be weake he comforteth thē suffreth them and sendeth them the porcion of y e verite O turne then vnto the LORDE forsake thy synnes make thy prayer before the LORDE do the lesse offence turne agayne vnto the LORDE forsake thine vnrighteousnes be an vtter enemy to abhominacion lerne to knowe the righteousnes and iudgmentes of God stonde in the porcion that is sett forth for the in the prayer of the most hye God Go in to the porcion of the holy worlde with soch as be lyuinge and geue thankes vnto God Who wil prayse the LORDE in the hell Abyde not thou in the erroure of the vngodly but geue him thākes before death As for y e deed thankfulnesse perisheth from him as nothinge Geue thou thankes in thy life yee whyle thou art lyuynge whole shalt thou geue thankes and prayse God and reioyse in his mercy O how greate is the louynge kyndnesse of the LORDE and his mercifull goodnes vnto soch as turne vnto him For all thinges maye not be in man why the sonne of man is not immortall and he hath pleasure in the vanyte of wickednes What is more cleare thē the Sonne yet shal it fayle Or what is more wicked then the thinge that flesh and bloude hath ymagined and that same shall be reproued The LORDE seyth the power of the hye heauen and all are but earth and aszshes The XVIII Chapter HE that lyueth for euermore made all thinges together God onely is righteous remayneth a victorious kynge for euer Who shal be able to expresse the workes of him Who hath sought out the grounde of his noble actes Who shal declare the power of his greatnesse Or who will take vpon him to tell out his mercy As for the wonderous workes of y e LORDE there maye nothinge be taken from them nothinge maye be put vnto them nether maye the grounde of them be founde out But whan a man hath done his best he must begynne agayne and whan he thinketh to be come to an ende he must go agayne to his laboure What is man Wherto is he worth What good or euell can he do Yf the nombre of a mans dayes be allmost an hundreth yeare it is moch Like as the droppes of rayne are vnto y e see and as a grauell stone is in comparison of the sonde so are these few yeares to the dayes euerlastinge Therfore is y e LORDE pacient with them and poureth out his mercy vpon them He sawe and perceaued the thoughtes and ymaginacions of their harte that they were euell therfore heaped he vp his mercifull goodnes vpon them and shewed them the waie of righteousnes The mercy that a mā hath reacheth to his neghboure but y e mercy of God is vpon all flesh He chasteneth he teacheth and nourtureth yee euen as a shepherde turneth agayne his flock so doth he all them that receaue chastenynge nurtoure and doctryne Mercifull is he vnto them that stonde in awe of his iudgmentes My sonne whan thou doest good make no grudginge at it and what so euer thou geuest speake no discomfortable wordes Shal not the dew coole the heate Euen so is a worde better then a gift Is not a frendly worde a good honest gift but a gracious man geueth them both A foole shal cast a man in the tethe and that roughly a gift of the nygarde putteth out y e eyes Get the righteousnes before thou come to iudgmēt Lerne before thou speake and go to phisick or euer thou be sick examen and iudge thy self before the iudgment come and so shalt thou fynde grace in the sight of God Humble thy self afore thou be sick and in tyme of thy disease shewe thy conuersacion Let not to praye allwaye and stonde not in feare to be refourmed
heauen and in earth Go ye youre waye therfore and teach all nacions and baptyse them in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy goost and teach them to kepe all thinges what soeuer I haue commaunded you And lo I am with you euery daye vnto the ende of the worlde The ende of the gospell of S. Mathew The gospell of S. Marke What S. Marke conteyneth Chap. I. The office of Ihon the baptist The baptyme of Christ his fastynge his preachinge and the callynge of Peter Andrew Iames and Ihon. Christ healeth the man with the vncleane sprete helpeth Peters mother in lawe and clenseth the leper Chap. II. He healeth the man of the palsye calleth Leui the customer eateth with open synners and excuseth his disciples Chap. III. He helpeth the man with the dryed hande choseth his apostles and casteth out the vncleane sprete which the Pharises ascrybe vnto the deuell The brother sister and mother of Christ. Chap. IIII. The parable of the sower Christ stilleth the tempest of the see which obeyeth him Chap. V. He delyuereth the possessed from the vncleane sprete the woman from the bloudye yssue and rayseth the captaynes doughter Chap. VI. Christ preacheth at home and is not regarded He sendeth out his disciples Ihon baptist is taken and headed Christ fedeth fyue thousande men with fyue loaues and two fiszhes He walketh vpon the see Chap. VII The Pharises are not cōtent that the disciples eate with vnwaszhen handes but Christ rebuketh thē selues for breakinge the commaundementes of God healeth the woman of Canaans daughter and maketh the domme to speake Chap. VIII He fedeth foure thousande mē with vij loaues reproueth the Pharises that are so desyrous of tokens warneth his disciples to bewarre of their leuen maketh a blynde man to see axeth his disciples what men holde of him reproueth Peter telleth his disciples of his passion and exorteth them to folowe him ▪ Chap. IX The transfiguracion of Christ which healeth the childe that was possessed of a domme sprete teacheth his disciples to be lowly and to auoyde occasions of euell Chap. X. Christ geueth his answere concernynge mariage and that it is harde for th◠rich to come in to heauē reproueth the disdayne of his disciples lerneth thē to be meke and restoreth blynde Barthimeus to his sight Chap. XI Christ rydeth in to Ierusalem dryueth the marchauntes out of the temple curseth the fyge tre and confoundeth the Pharises Chap. XII He rebuketh the synne and vnthankfulnesse of the Iewes with a goodly symilitude taketh thē in their owne disceatfull questions exorteth to bewarre of their doctryne and lyuynge and commendeth the good wyll of the poore wyddowe Chap. XIII He warneth his disciples to bewarre of false teachers and disceauers comforteh them agaynst the trouble for to come tellinge them of the horrible destruccion of Ierusalem of his commynge and ende of the worlde Chap. XIIII The Magdalene anoynteth Christ. They eate the easter lambe and the supper of the LORDE Christ is taken and brought in to Caiphas house Peter denyeth him Chap. XV. The crucifienge of Christ and how he was buried Chap. XVI The resurreccion of Christ which appeareth vnto Mary Magdalene and to his disciples whom he sendeth forth in to the worlde to preach the gospell and ascēdeth vp in to heauen himself The gospell of S. Marke The first Chapter THis is the begynnynge of the gospell of Iesus Christ the sonne of God as it is wryttē in the prophetes Beholde I sende my messaūger before thy face which shal prepare thy waye before the. The voyce of a cryer is in the wyldernes Prepare the waye of the LORDE make his pathes straight Ihon was in the wyldernes and baptysed and preached the baptyme of amendment for the remyssion of synnes And there wente out vnto him the whole londe of Iewry and they of Ierusalem and were all baptysed of him in Iordan and knowleged their synnes Ihon was clothed with Camels heer and with a lethron gerdell aboute his loynes and ate locustes and wylde hony and preached and sayde There commeth one after me which is stronger then I before whom I am not worthy to stoupe downe and to lowse vp y e lachet of his shue I baptyse you with water but he shal baptyse you with the holy goost And it happened at the same tyme that Iesus came out of Galile from Nazareth and was baptysed of Ihon in Iordan And as soone as he was come out of the water he sawe that the heauens opened and the goost as a doue cōmynge downe vpon him And there came a voyce from heauē Thou art my deare sonne in whom I delyte And immediatly the sprete droue him in to the wyldernes and he was in the wyldernes fourtye dayes and was tempted of Sathan and was with the wylde beestes And the angels mynistred vnto him But after that Ihon was taken Iesus came in to Galile and preached the gospell of the kyngdome of God and sayde the tyme is fulfylled and the kyngdome of God is at hande Amende youre selues and beleue the gospell So as he walked by the see of Galile he sawe Symon and Andrew his brother castinge their nettes in the see for they were fyszhers And Iesus sayde vnto thē Folowe me and I wil make you fyszhers of mē And immediatly they left their nettes and folowed him And when he was gone a lytle further from thence he sawe Iames the sonne of Zebede and Ihon his brother as they were in the shyppe mendynge their nettes And anone he called them And they left their father Zebede in the shyppe with the hyred seruauntes and folowed him And they wente in to Capernaum and immediatly vpon the Sabbathes he entred in to the synagoge and taught And they were astonnyed at his doctryne for he taught them as one hauynge power and not as the Scrybes And in their synagoge there was a man possessed with a foule sprete which cried and sayde Oh what haue we to do with the thou Iesus of Nazareth Art thou come to destroye us I knowe that thou art euen y t holy one of God And Iesus reproued him and sayde holde thy tonge and departe out of him And the foule sprete tare him and cried with a loude voyce and departed out of him And they were all astonnyed in so moch that they axed one another amonge thē selues sayde What is this What new lernynge is this For he cōmaundeth the foule spretes with power and they are obedient vnto him And immediatly the fame of him was noysed rounde aboute in the coastes and borders of Galile And forth with they wente out of the synagoge and came in to the house of Symō and Andrew w t Iames and Ihon. And Symons mother in lawe laye had the feuers and anone they tolde him of her And he came to her and set her vp and toke her by y e hande and the feuer
sayde Thus hath y e LORDE done vnto me in y e dayes wherin he hath loked vpoÌ„ me to take awaye frome my rebuke amoÌ„ge men And in the sixte moneth was the angell Gabriel sent from God in to a cite of Galile called Nazareth vnto a virgin that was spoused vnto a man whose name was Ioseph of the house of Dauid and the virgins name was Mary And the angell came in vnto her and sayde Hayle thou full of grace the LORDE is with the blessed art thou amonge wemen WhaÌ„ she sawe him she was abaszhed at his sayenge and thought What maner of salutacion is this And the angell sayde vnto her Feare not Mary for thou hast fouÌ„de grace with God Beholde thou shalt coÌ„ceaue in thy woÌ„be beare a sonne shalt call his name Iesus he shal be greate shal be called y e sonne of the Hyest And the LORDE God shal geue him y e seate of Dauid his father he shal be kinge ouer y e house of Iacob for euer there shal be no ende of his kyngdome Then sayde Mary vnto the angell How shal this be seinge I knowe not a maÌ„ The angell answered sayde vnto her The holy goost shal come vpon the the power of the Hyest shal ouer shadowe the. Therfore that Holy also which shal be borne of the shal be called the sonne of God And beholde thy cosen Elizabeth she also hath coÌ„ceaued a sonne in hir olde age this is the sixte moneth of her which is reported to be barem for w t God is nothinge vnpossyble And Mary sayde Beholde here am I the hand 〈◊〉 of the LORDE be it vnto me as thou hast sayde And the angell departed froÌ„ her And Mary arose in those dayes and wente in to the mouÌ„taynes with haist into y e cite of Iewry and came in to y e house of Zachary and saluted Elizabeth And it fortuned as Elizabeth herde the salutacion of Mary the babe sprange in hir wombe And Elizabeth was fylled with the holy goost cried loude and sayde Blessed art thou amoÌ„ge wemen and blessed is the frute of y e wombe And how happeneth this to me that y e mother of my LORDE commeth vnto me Beholde whan I herde the voyce of thy salutacion the babe sprange in my wombe w t ioye And blessed art thou that hast beleued for y e thinges shal be perfourmed which were tolde y e froÌ„ y e LORDE And Mary sayde My soule magnifieth the LORDE And my sprete reioyseth iÌ„ God my Sauioure For he hath loked vpoÌ„ the lowe degre of his hande mayde Beholde froÌ„ hence forth shal all generacions call me blessed For he that is Mightie hath done greate thinges vnto me and holy is his name And his mercy endureth thorow out all generacions vpon them that feare him He sheweth strength with his arme and scatreth them that are proude in the ymaginacion of their hert He putteth downe the mightie from the seate and exalteth them of lowe degre He fylleth the hongrie with good thinges and letteth the riche go emptye He remeÌ„breth mercy and helpeth vp his seruaunt Israel Euen as he promysed vnto oure fathers Abraham and to his sede foreuer And Mary abode with her aboute thre monethes and then returned home agayne And Elizabethes tyme was come that she shulde be delyuered she brought forth a sonne And hir neghbours and kynsfolkes herde y t the LORDE had shewed greate mercy vpoÌ„ her they reioysed with her And it fortuned vpon the eight daye they came to circumcyse y e childe and called him Zachary after his father And his mother answered and sayde No but he shal be called Ihon. And they sayde vnto her There is none in y e kynne y t is so called And they made signes vnto his father how he wolde haue him called And he axed for wrytinge tables wrote sayde His name is Ihon. And they marueyled all And immediatly was his mouth and his toÌ„ge opened and he spake praysed God And there came a feare vpon all their neghbours And all this acte was noysed abrode thorow out all the hill countre of Iewry And all they y t herde therof toke it to hert and sayde What maner of man wil this childe be For the hande of the LORDE was with him And Zachary his father was fylled with the holy goost and prophecied and sayde Blessed be y e LORDE God of Israel for he hath vysited and redemed his people And hath set vp an horne of saluacion in the house of his seruaunt Dauid Euen as he promysed afore tyme by the mouth of his holy prophetes That he wolde delyuer vs froÌ„ oure enemies from y e hande of all soch as hate vs. And y t he wolde shewe mercy vnto oure fathers thynke vpoÌ„ his holy couenauÌ„t Euen the ooth y t he sware vnto oure father Abraham for to geue vs. That we delyuered out of y e haÌ„de of o enemies might serue him without feare all the dayes of oure life in soch holynes and righteousnes as is accepte before him And thou childe shalt be called a prophet of the Hyest for thou shalt go before y e LORDE to prepare his wayes And to geue knowlege of saluacion vnto his people for the remyssion of their synnes Thorow the tender mercy of oure God wherby the daye sprynge from an hye hath vysited vs. That he might geue light vnto them y t syt in darcknesse and shadowe of death and to gyde oure fete into the waye of peace And the childe grew and waxed stronge in sprete and was in the wyldernes tyll the tyme that he shulde shewe him self vnto the people of Israel The II. Chapter IT fortuned at the same tyme that there weÌ„te out a coÌ„maundement froÌ„ Augustus the Emperoure that the whole worlde shulde be taxed And this taxynge was the first that was executed whan Syrenius was leftenaunt in Siria And they wente all euery one to his owne cite to be taxed Then Ioseph gat him vp also froÌ„ Galile out of the cite of Nazareth into Iewry to y e cite of Dauid which is called Bethleem because he was of y e house and lynage of Dauid that he might be â—axed w t Mary his spoused wife which was w t childe And it fortuned whyle they were there y e tyme was come that she shulde be delyuered And she brought forth hir first begotteÌ„ sonne wrapped him inswadlinge clothes and layed him in a maunger for they had els no rowme in the ynne And there were in y e same region shepherdes in the felde by the foldes and watchinge their flocke by night And beholde y e angell of the LORDE stode by theÌ„ and y e brightnes of the LORDE shone rounde aboute them and they were sore afrayed And the angell sayde vnto them Be not afrayed Beholde I brynge you tydiÌ„ges of greate ioye which shall happen vnto all people
consolacion agaynst trouble for to come taketh frō thē the heuynesse that they had because of his departinge and promiseth them the holy goost the spirite of comforte Chap. XV. The true vyne the huszbandman the braunches A doctryne of loue and a swete comforte agaynst persecucion Chap. XVI Cōsolacion agaynst trouble Prayers are herde thorow Christ. Chap. XVII The most hartely louinge prayer of Christ vnto his father for all soch as receaue the trueth and be his awne Chap. XVIII Christ is betrayed The wordes of his mouth smyte the officers to the grounde Peter smyteth of Malchus eare Iesus is brought before Anna Caiphas and Pilate Chap. XIX Christ is crucified He commendeth his mother vnto Ihon sheddeth his bloude and is buried Chap. XX. The resurreccion of Christ which appeareth to Mary Magdalene and to all his disciples to their greate comforte Chap. XXI He appeareth to his disciples agayne by the see of Tyberias and commaundeth peter earnestly to fede his shepe The gospell of S. Ihon. The first Chapter IN the begynnynge was the worde and the worde was with God and God was y e worde The same was in the begynnynge w t God All thinges were made by the same and without the same was made nothinge that was made In him was the life and the life was the light of men and the light shyneth in the darknesse and the darknesse comprehended it not There was sent from God a man whose name was Ihon. The same came for a witnesse to beare wytnesse of y e light that thorow him they all might beleue He was not that light but that he might beare witnesse of y e light That was the true light which lighteth all men that come in to this worlde He was in the worlde the worlde was made by him and y e worlde knewe him not He came in to his awne and his awne receaued him not But as many as receaued him to them gaue he power to be the children of God euen soch as beleue in his name Which are not borne of bloude ner of the wyl of the flesh ner of the wyl of man but of God And the worde became flesh and dwelt amonge vs and we sawe his glory a glory as of the onely begottē sonne of the father full of grace and trueth Ihon bare wytnesse of him cryed and sayde It was this of whom I spake After me shal he come that was before me For he was or euer I and of his fulnesse haue all we receaued grace for grace For the lawe was geuen by Moses grace and trueth came by Iesus Christ. No man hath sene God at eny tyme. The onely begottē sonne which is in the bosome of the father he hath declared the same vnto vs. And this is the recorde of Ihon whan the Iewes sent prestes and Leuites frō Ierusalem to axe him Who art thou And he confessed and denyed not And he confessed and sayde I am not Christ. And they axed him What thē Art thou Elias He sayde I am not Art thou the Prophet And he answered No. Then sayde they vnto him What art thou thē y t we maye geue answere vnto thē that sent vs What sayest thou of y e self He sayde I am y e voyce of a cryer in the wyldernesse Make straight y e waye of the LORDE As y e prophet Esay sayde And they that were sent were of y e Pharises And they axed him sayde vnto him Why baptysest thou then yf thou be not Christ ner Elias ner a prophet Ihon answered them and sayde I baptyse with water but there is one come in amonge you whom ye knowe not It is he that cōmeth after me which was before me whose shue lachet I am not worthy to vnlowse This was done at Bethabara beyonde Iordane where Ihon dyd baptyse The nexte daye after Ihon sawe Iesus commynge vnto him and sayde Beholde the lābe of God which taketh awaye the synne of the worlde This is he of whom I sayde vnto you After me commeth a man which was before me For he was or euer I and I knewe him not but that he shulde be declared in Israel therfore am I come to baptyse with water And Ihon bare recorde sayde I sawe the sprete descende from heauen like vnto a doue and abode vpon him I knewe him not But he that sent me to baptyse with water y e same sayde vnto me Vpon whom thou shalt se the sprete descende and tary styll on him the same is he that baptyseth with the holy goost And I sawe it and bare recorde that this is the sonne of God The nexte daye after Ihon stode agayne and two of his disciples And whā he sawe Iesus walkynge he sayde Beholde the lābe of God And two of his disciples herde him speake and folowed Iesus And Iesus turned him aboute and sawe them folowinge and sayde vnto thē What seke ye They sayde vnto him Rabbi which is to saye by interpretacion Master Where art thou at lodginge He sayde vnto them Come and se it They came and sawe it abode with him the same daye It was aboute the tenth houre One of the two which herde Ihon speake and folowed Iesus was Andrew the brother of Symon Peter the same founde first his brother Symon and sayde vnto him We haue founde Messias which is by interpretacion y e Anoynted and brought him to Iesus Whan Iesus behelde him he sayde Thou art Symon the sonne of Ionas thou shalt be called Cephas which is by interpretacion a stone The nexte daye after wolde Iesus go agayne in to Galile and founde Philippe and sayde vnto him Folowe me Philippe was of Bethsaida the cite of Andrew and Peter Philippe founde Nathanael and sayde vnto him We haue founde him of whō Moses in the lawe and y e prophetes haue wrytten euen Iesus the sonne of Ioseph of Nazareth And Nathanaell sayde vnto him What good can come out of Nazareth Philippe sayde vnto him Come and se. Iesus sawe Nathanael cōmynge to him and sayde of him Beholde a righte Israelite in whom is no gyle Nathanael sayde vnto him From whence knowest thou me Iesus answered and sayde vnto him Before y t Philippe called the whan thou wast vnder the fygge tre I sawe the. Nathanaell answered and sayde vnto hī Rabbi thou art y e sonne of God thou art y e kynge of Israel Iesus answered sayde vnto him Because I sayde vnto the that I sawe the vnder the fygge tre thou beleuest thou shalt se yet greater thinges thē these And he sayde vnto him Verely verely I saye vnto you Frō this tyme forth shal ye se the heauen open and the angels of God goinge vp downe ouer the sonne of man The II. Chapter ANd vpon the thirde daye there was a mariage at Cana in Galile and the mother of Iesus was there Iesus also and
worlde For his awne brethren also beleued not in him Then sayde Iesus vnto them My tyme is not yet come but youre tyme is allwaye ready The worlde can not hate you but me it hateth because I testifye of it that the workes of it are euell Go ye vp vnto this feast I wyll not go vp yet vnto this feast for my tyme is not yet fulfylled Whan he sayde this vnto them he abode styll in Galile But as soone as his brethren were gone vp then wente he vp also vnto the feast not openly but as it were secretly Then sought him y e Iewes at y e feast and sayde Where is he And there was a greate murmur of him amonge the people Some sayde He is good But other sayde No he doth but disceaue the people Howbeit no man spake frely of him for feare of the Iewes But in the myddes of the feast wēte Iesus vp in to the temple and taught And the Iewes marueyled and sayde How can he y e scrypture seynge he hath not lerned it Iesus answered them and sayde My doctryne is not myne but his that hath sent me Yf eny man wyl do his will he shal knowe whether this doctryne be of God or whether I speake of my self He that speaketh of himself seketh his awne prayse but he that seketh the prayse of him that sent him the same is true there is no vnrighteousnes in him Hath not Moses geuen you the lawe and none of you kepeth the lawe Why go ye aboute to kyll me The people answered and sayde Thou hast the deuell who goeth aboute to kyll the Iesus answered and sayde One worke haue I done and ye all maruayle Moses gaue you the circumcision not because it commeth of Moses but of y e fathers Yet do ye circumcyse a man vpon the Sabbath Yf a man receaue circūcision vpon the Sabbath that the lawe of Moses shulde not be broken diszdayne ye then at me because I haue made a mā euery whyt whole on the Sabbath Iudge not after the vtter appearaūce but iudge righteous iudgment Then sayde some of them of Ierusalem Is not this he whō they go aboute to kyll And beholde he speaketh boldely and they saye nothinge to him Do oure rulers knowe in dede that he is very Christ Howbeyt we knowe whence this is But whā Christ commeth no man shal knowe whence he is Then cryed Iesus in the temple as he taught and sayde Yee ye knowe me and whence I am ye knowe and of my self am I not come but he y t sent me is true whom ye knowe not But I knowe him for I am of him and he hath sent me Then sought they to take him but no mamlayed handes vpon him for his houre was not yet come But many of the people beleued on him and sayde Whan Christ commeth shall he do mo tokens then this doth And it came to the Pharises eares that y e people murmured soch thinges of him And the Pharises and hye prestes sent out seruauntes to take him Then sayde Iesus vnto them I am yet a litle whyle with you and then go I vnto him that hath sent me Ye shal seke me not fynde me and where I am thither can ye not come Then sayde the Iewes amonge them selues Whyther wil he go that we shal not fynde him Wyl he go amōge the Grekes that are scatred abrode and teach the Grekes What maner of sayenge is this that he sayeth ye shal seke me and not fynde me and where I am thither can not ye come But in the last daye which was y e most solempne daye of the feast Iesus stode vp cried and sayde Who so thyrsteth let him come vnto me and drynke He that beleueth on me as the scripture sayeth out of his body shal flowe ryuers of the water of life But this spake he of the sprete which they that beleue on him shulde receaue For the holy goost was not yet there because Iesus was not yet glorifyed Many of the people now whan they herde this sayenge sayde This is a very prophet Other sayde He is Christ. But some sayde Shal Christ come out of Galile Sayeth not the scripture that Christ shal come of the sede of Dauid and out of the towne of Bethleem where Dauid was Thus was there discencion amonge the people for his sake Some of them wolde haue taken him but no man layed handes on him The seruauntes came to the hye prestes and pharises and they sayde vnto them Why haue ye not brought him The seruauntes answered Neuer mā spake as this man doth Then answered them the pharises Are ye also disceaued Doth eny of the rulers or pharises beleue on him But the comon people which knowe not the lawe are cursed Nicodemus sayde vnto them he that came to him by night which was one of them Doth oure lawe iudge eny man before it heare him and knowe what he hath done They answered and sayde vnto him Art thou a Galilean also Searche and loke out of Galile aryseth no prophet And so euery man wente home The VIII Chapter IEsus wente vnto mount Oliuete and early in the mornynge came he agayne in to the temple and all the people came vnto him And he sat downe and taught them And y e scrybes and Pharises brought vnto him a woman taken in aduoutrye and set her there openly and sayde vnto him Master this woman was taken in aduontrye euē as the dede was adoynge Moses in the lawe commaunded vs to stone soch What sayest thou This they sayde to tempte him that they might haue wherof to accuse him But Iesus stouped downe and wrote with his fynger vpō the grounde Now whyle they contynued axynge him he lift him self vp and sayde vnto them He that is amonge you without synne let him cast the first stone at her And he stouped downe agayne and wrote vpon the grounde But whan they herde that they wente out one after another the eldest first and left Iesus alone and the woman stondinge before him Iesus lift himself vp and whan be sawe noman but the woman he sayde vnto her Woman where are thine accusers Hath noman condempned the She sayde LORDE no man Iesus sayde Nether do I cōdempne the Go thy waye and synne nomore Then spake Iesus agayne vnto them and sayde I am the light of the worlde He that foloweth me shal not walke in darknesse but shal haue the light of life Then sayde the Pharises vnto him Thou bearest recorde of thy self thy recorde is not true Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Though I beare recorde of my self yet my recorde is true for I knowe whence I came and whither I go but ye can not tell whence I come and whither I go Ye iudge after the flesh I iudge no man but yf I iudge my iudgment is true for I am not alone but
accompanied him in to Asia Sopater of Berrea and of Thessalonica Aristarchus and Secundus and Gaius of Derba and Timotheus but of Asia Tychicus and Trophimus These wente before and taried for vs at Troada but we sayled after the Easter dayes from Philippos vnto y e fyfth daye and came to them vnto Troada and taried there seuen dayes Vpon one of the Sabbathes whan the disciples came together to breake bred Paul preached vnto them wyllinge to departe on the morow and contynued the preachinge vnto mydnight And there were many lightes in the chamber where they were gathered together There sat a yonge man named Eutychos in a wyndow and fell in to a depe slepe whyle Paul was speakinge and was ouercome with slepe and fell downe from the thirde lofte and was taken vp deed But Paul wente downe and fell on him and enbraced him and sayde Make nothinge a doo for his soule is in hī Then wente he vp and brake the bred and ate and talked moch with thē tyll the daye brake and so departed As for the yōge man they broughte him alyue and were not a litle conforted But we wente afore in to the shippe and sayled towarde Asson wyllinge there to receaue Paul For so had he appoynted and wolde himselfe go on fote Whan he was come to vs vnto Asson we toke him in and came to Mitylenes and sayled from thence and came on the nexte daye ouer agaynst Chios and on the daye folowinge we aryued at Samos and taried at Tragilion and on the nexte daye came we to Mileton for Paul had determed to sayle ouer by Ephesus that he nede not to spende the tyme in Asia for he haisted to be at Ierusalem vpō the Whitsondaye yf it were possible for him But from Mileton he sent vnto Ephesus and called for the Elders of the congregacion Whan they were come to him he sayde vnto them Ye knowe sence the first daye that I came in to Asia after what maner I haue bene with you at all tyme and serued y e LORDE with all humblenesse of mynde and with many teares and tentacions which happened vnto me by y e layenges of wayte of the Iewes how y t I haue kepte backe nothinge y t was profitable but that I haue shewed you and taughte you openly and priuately from house to house And haue testifyed both vnto the Iewes to the Grekes * the repentaunce towarde God and faith towarde oure LORDE Iesus And now beholde I go bounde in y e sprete vnto Ierusalē not knowinge what shal happen there vnto me but y t the holy goost witnesseth in euery cite and sayeth that bondes and troubles abyde me there But I regarde none of them nether counte I my life bearer then my selfe that I maye fulfyll my course with ioye and the office y t I haue receaued of the LORDE Iesu to testifye the Gospell of the grace of God And now beholde I knowe that ye shal se my face nomore all ye thorow whom I haue gone and preached the kyngdome of God Wherfore I take you to recorde this daye that I am pure from the bloude of all men For I haue kepte nothinge backe but haue shewed you all the councell off God Take hede therfore vnto youre selues and to all the flocke amonge the which the holy goost hath set you to be Bishoppes to fede the congregacion of God which he hath purchaced thorow his owne bloude For this I knowe that after my departinge there shal enter in amonge you greuous wolues which shal not spare the flocke Yee euē from amonge youre awne selues shal men aryse speakynge peruerse doctryne to drawe disciples after them Therfore awake and remembre that by the space of thre yeares I ceassed not to warne euery one off you both nighte and daye with teares And now brethren I commende you vnto God and to y e worde of his grace which is mightie to edifye you and to geue you the enheritaunce amōge all them that are sanctified I haue not desyred syluer golde or rayment off eny off you For ye youre selues knowe that these handes haue mynistred vnto my necessities and them that were with me I haue shewed you all thinges how that so labouringe ye oughte to receaue the weake and to remembre the worde of the LORDE how that he sayde It is more blessed to geue then to receaue And whan he had sayde this he kneled downe and prayed with them all But there was moch wepynge amonge them all and they fell aboute Pauls necke and kyssed him and were sory most of all because of the worde which he had sayde that they shulde se his face nomore And they accōpanied him vnto the shippe The XXI Chapter NOw whan it fortuned that we had launched forth and were departed from them we came with a straight course vnto Coon and on the daye folowinge vnto the Rhodes and from thence vnto Patara And whan we founde a shippe ready to sayle vnto Phenices we wente aborde and set forth But whā we came within the sighte of Cypers we lefte it on the lefte hande and sayled vnto Syria and came vnto Tyre for there the shippe shulde laye forth the ware And whan we had founde disciples we taried there seuen dayes And they tolde Paul thorow the sprete that he shulde not go vp to Ierusalem And it fortuned whā we had fulfilled those dayes we departed and wente oure wayes and they all broughte vs on oure waye with wyues and childrē tyll we were come out of y e cite and wekneled downe vpō the shore and prayed And whan we had taken oure leue one off another we toke shippe but they turned agayne vnto theirs As for vs we ended the course from Tyre and came to Ptolomaida and saluted the brethren and abode with them one daye On the nexte daye we y t were with Paul departed and came vnto Cesarea entred in to the house of Philippe the Euangelist which was one of the seuē and abode with him The same had foure doughters which were virgins and prophecied And as we taried there mo dayes there came downe from Iewry a prophet named Agabus Whā he was come vnto vs he toke Pauls gerdell and bounde his hādes and fete and sayde Thus sayeth y e holy goost The man whose gerdell this is shal the Iewes bynde thus at Ierusalem and shal delyuer him in to the handes of the Heythē Whan we herhe this both we and they that were of the same place besoughte him that he wolde not go vp to Ierusalem Then answered Paul and sayde What do ye wepynge and breakynge my hert For I am redye not onely to be bounde but also to dye at Ierusalem for y e name of the LORDE Iesu. But whā he wolde not be persuaded we ceassed and sayde The will of the LORDE be fulfylled And after those dayes we were ready wente vp to Ierusalem There came with vs
one another Chap. XIII The nature and condicions of loue Chap. XIIII Paul sheweth that the gift of prophecie interpretinge or preachinge excelleth the gift of tunges and how they ought both to be vsed Chap. XV. The resurreccion of the deed Chap. XVI He putteth thē in remembraunce of the gadderynge for the poore christē at Ierusalē and concludeth his epistle with the salutacions of certayne louynge brethren The first Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Corinthians The first Chapter PAul called to be an Apostle of Iesus Christ thorow y e will of God and brother Sosthenes vnto the congregacion off God which is at Corinthum to them that are sanctified in Christ Iesus sayntes by callinge with all them that call vpon the name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ in euery place both off theirs and oures Grace be with you and peace from God oure father and from the LORDE Iesus Christ. I thāke my God allwayes on youre behalfe for the fauoure of God which is geuē you in Iesus Christ that in all poyntes ye are made ryche by him in euery worde and in all maner of knowlege euē as y e preachinge of Christ is confirmed in you so that ye wante nothinge in eny gifte and wayte but for the appearinge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ which shal strength you also vnto y e ende that ye maye be blamelesse in the daye of oure LORDE Iesus Christ. For God is faithfull by whō ye are called vnto the fellishippe of his sonne Iesus Christ oure LORDE But I beseke you brethrē thorow the name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ that ye all speake one thinge and let there be no discension amonge you but that ye be perfecte in one meanynge For it is shewed me my brethren of you by them which are of y e housholde of Cloes that there is stryfe amonge you I speake of that which euery one of you sayeth I holde of Paul Another I holde of Apollo ▪ The thirde I holde of Cephas The fourth I holde off Christ. Is Christ then deuyded in partes Was Paul crucified for you Or were ye baptysed in y e name of Paul I thanke God that I haue baptised none of you but * Crispus and Gaius lest eny shulde saye y t I in myne awne name had baptised I baptysed also y e housholde of Stephana Farthermore knowe I not whether I baptysed eny other For Christ sent me not to baptyse but to preach the Gospell not with wyszdome of wordes lest y e crosse of Christ shulde haue bene made of none effecte For the worde of y e crosse is foolishnesse to thē that perishe but vnto vs which are saued it is the power of God For it is wryttē I wyl destroye the wyszdome of the wyse wil cast away the vnderstondinge of y e prudēt Where are the wyse Where are y e scrybes where are y e disputers of this worlde Hath not God made the wyszdome of this worlde foolishnesse For in so moch as the worlde by the wyszdome therof knewe not God in his wyszdome it pleased God thorow foolish preachinge to saue them y t beleue For the Iewes requyre tokens and the Grekes axe after wyszdome But we preach Christ the crucified to the Iewes an occasion off fallinge and vnto the Grekes foolishnes But vnto them that are called both Iewes and Grekes we preach Christ the power of God and the wyszdome off God For the foolishnes of God is wyser then men and the weaknes of God is strōger thē men Brethren loke on youre callinge how that not many wysemē after the flesh not many mightie not many of hye degre are called but that foolish is before the worlde hath God chosen that he mighte cōfounde the wyse And that weake is before y e worlde hath God chosen y t he mighte confounde the mightye And the vyle and despysed before the worlde hath God chosen yee and that which is nothinge that he mighte destroye that which is oughte that no flesh shulde reioyse in his presence Of the same are ye also in Christ Iesu which of God is made vnto vs wyszdome and righteousnes and sanctifienge and redēpcion that acordinge as it is wrytten He that reioyseth shulde reioyse in the LORDE The II. Chapter ANd I brethrē whā I came vnto you came not w t hye wordes or hye wyszdome to shewe vnto you the preachinge of Christ. For I shewed not forth my selfe amonge you that I knewe eny thinge saue onely Iesus Christ euen the sam that ewas crucified And I was amonge you in weaknes and in feare and in moch tremblinge and my worde and my preachinge was not with entysinge wordes of mans wyszdome but in shewinge of the sprete and of power that youre faith shulde not stonde in the wyszdome of men but in the power of God That we speake of is wyszdome amonge thē y t are perfecte not y e wyszdome of this worlde nether of the rulers of this worlde which go to naughte but we speake of the wyszdome of God which is in secrete and lyeth hyd which God ordeyned before the worlde vnto oure glorye which none of y e rulers of this worlde knewe For yf they had knowne it they had not crucified the LORDE of glorye but as it is wrytten The eye hath not sene and the eare hath not herde nether hath it entred in to the hert of man that God hath prepared for them that loue him But God hath opened it vnto vs by his sprete For the sprete searcheth out all thinges yee euen the depenesses of the God heade For what mā knoweth what is in man saue the sprete of mā which is in him Euen so no man knoweth what is in God saue y e sprete of God As for vs we haue not receaued the sprete of this worlde but the sprete which cōmeth of God so that we cā knowe what is geuē vs of God which we also speake not with connynge wordes of mās wyszdome but with the cōnynge wordes of the holy goost and iudge spirituall matters spiritually Howbeit the naturall man perceaueth nothinge of y e sprete of God It is foolishnes vnto him and he can not perceaue it for it must be spiritually discerned But he that is spirituall discusseth all thinges and he is iudged of noman For who hath knowne y e mynde of the LORDE Or who shal enfourme him But we haue the mynde of Christ. The III. Chapter ANd I brethren coulde not speake vnto you as vnto spirituall but as vnto carnall euen as vnto babes in Christ. I gaue you mylke to drynke and not meate for ye mighte not then awaye withall nether maye ye yet euen now in so moch as ye are yet fleshlye For seynge there is enuyenge stryfe and discencion amonge you ▪ are ye not fleshly walke after y e maner of men For whan one sayeth I holde of Paul
another I holde of Apollo are ye not thē fleshlye What is Paul What is ▪ Apollo Euē mynisters are they by whom ye are come to the beleue and the same acordinge as the LORDE hath geuen vnto euery man I haue planted Apollo hath watred but God hath geuen the increace So then nether is he that planteth eny thinge nether he that watreth but God which geueth the increace As for him that planteth and he that watreth y e one is as the other but yet shal euery one receaue his rewarde acordinge to his laboure For we are Gods labourers ye are Gods huszbandry ye are Gods buyldinge Acordinge to the grace of God which is geuen vnto me as a wyse buylder haue I layed the foundacion but another buyldeth theron Yet let euery man take hede how he buyldeth theron For other foūdacion can noman laye then that which is layed the which is Iesus Christ. But yf enyman buylde vpon this foundacion golde syluer precious stones tymber haye stobble euery mās worke shal be shewed For the daye of the LORDE shal declare it which shal be shewed with fyre and the fyre shal trye euery mās worke what it is Yf eny mans worke that he hath buylde theron abyde he shal receaue a rewarde Yf eny mans worke burne he shal suffre losse but he shal be saued himselfe neuertheles as thorow fyre Knowe ye not that ye are the temple of God and that the sprete of God dwelleth in you Yf eny man defyle the tēple of God him shal God destroye For the temple of God is holy which ye are Let no mā disceaue himselfe Yf eny man thinke himselfe wyse amōge you let him become a foole in this worlde that he maye be wyse For the wyszdome off this worlde is foolishnes with God For it is wrytten He compaseth the wyse in their craftynesse And agayne The LORDE knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse that they are vayne Therfore let no man reioyse in men For all is youres whether it be Paul or Apollo whether it be Cephas or ▪ the worlde whether it be life or death whether it be presente or for to come All is youres but ye are Christes and Christ is Gods The IIII. Chapter LEt euery man this wyse esteme vs euen for the mynisters of Christ and stewardes of the secretes of God Now is there no more requyred of the stewardes then that they be founde faithfull It is but a small thinge vnto me that I shulde be iudged of you or of mans daye nether iudge I myne awne selfe I knowe noughte by my selfe yet am I not therby iustified It is the LORDE that iudgeth me Therfore iudge ye nothinge before y e tyme vntyll the LORDE come which shal brynge it to lighte that is hyd in darknesse and opē the councels of y e hertes and thē shal euery one haue prayse of God These thinges brethren haue I described in myne awne preson in Apollos for youre sakes that ye mighte lerne by vs that noman counte hygher of him self then aboue is wrytten that one be not puft vp agaynst another for eny mans cause For who preferreth the What hast thou that thou hast not receaued Yf thou hast receaued it why makest thou thē thy boost as though thou haddest not receaued it Now ye are full now ye are made riche ye raigne without vs and wolde God ye dyd raigne that we might raigne with you Me thynketh that God hath set forth vs Apostles for the lowest off all euen as those that are appoynted vnto death For we are agasynge stocke vnto y e worlde and to the angels and vnto men We are fooles for Christes sake but ye are wyse in Christ We weake but ye strōge Ye honorable but we despysed Euen vnto this daye we hōger and thyrst and are naked and are boffetted with fystes and haue no certayne dwellinge place and laboure and worke with oure awne handes We are reuyled and yet we blesse we are persecuted and suffre it We are euell spoken of and we praye We are become as it were the very outswepinges of y e worlde yee the of scowringe of all men vnto this tyme. I wryte not this to shame you but as my deare childrē I warne you For though ye haue ten thousande instructours in Christ yet haue ye not many fathers For I haue begotten you in Christ Iesu thorow y e Gospell Wherfore I exhorte you be ye my folowers For this cause haue I sent vnto you Timotheus which is my deare sonne and faithfull in the LORDE that he maye put you in remembraunce of my wayes which are in Christ euē as I teach euery where in all congregacions Some are puft vp as though I wolde come nomore at you But I wil come to you shortly yf the LORDE wyl and wyl knowe not the wordes of thē that are puft vp but y e power For the kyngdome of God is not ī wordes but in power What wil ye Shal I come vnto you w t the rodd or with loue and the sprete of mekenesse The V. Chapter THere goeth a commen reporte that there is whordome amōge you and soch whordome as is not once named amōge the Heythen that one shulde haue his fathers wife And ye are puft vp and haue not rather sorowed that he which hath done this dede mighte be put frō amōge you For I verely as absent in body but present in sprete haue determyned allready as though I were present cōcernynge him that hath done this dede in y e name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ whā ye are gathered together with my sprete and with the power of oure LORDE Iesus Christ to delyuer him vnto Sathan for the destruccion of the flesh that the sprete maye be saued in the daye of the LORDE Iesus You re reioysinge is not good Knowe ye not that a litle leuen sowereth the whole lompe of dowe Pourge out therfore the olde leuen that ye maye be new dowe like as ye are swete bred For we also haue an Easter lambe which is Christ that is offred for vs. Wherfore let vs kepe Easter not in y e olde leuen ner in the leuen of maliciousnes and wickednes but in the swete bred of purenesse and of the trueth I wrote vnto you in the Epistle that ye shulde haue nothinge to do with whoremōgers that meant I not at all of the whoremongers of this worlde ether of the couetous or of extorcioners or of thē that worshippe ymages for then must ye nedes haue gone out of the worlde But now haue I wryttē vnto you y t ye shulde haue nothinge to do with them Namely yf there be eny man that is called a brother and is an whoremonger or couetous or a worshipper of ymages ether a raylar or a dronkarde or an extorcioner with soch shal ye not eate For what haue I to do to
iudge them that are without Do ye not iudge thē that are within As for them that are without God shal iudge them Put awaye frō you him that is euell The VI. Chapter HOw dare one off you hauynge busynes with another go to lawe before the vnrighteous and not before the sayntes Do ye not knowe that the sayntes shal iudge the worlde Yf the worlde then shal be iudged off you are ye not good ynough to iudge small matters Knowe ye not that we shal iudge the angels how moch more thinges that pertayne to the tēporall life Therfore yf ye haue iudgmentes of temporall matters take them that are despysed in the congregacion and set them to be iudges This I saye to youre shame Is there vtterly no wyse man amōge you What not one at all that can iudge betwene brother brother but one brother goeth to lawe with another and that before the vnbeleuers Now therfore is there vtterly a faute amōge you that ye go to lawe one with another Why rather suffre ye not wronge Why suffre ye not youre selues rather to be defrauded but ye youre selues do wrōge and defraude and that euen the brethrē Knowe ye not that y e vnrighteous shal not inheret the kyngdome of God Be not disceaued Nether whoremongers ner worshippers off ymages ner breakers off wedlocke ner weaklinges nether abusers of them selues with mankynde ner theues nether the couetous ner drōkardes ner cursed speakers ner extorcioners shal inheret the kyngdome of God And soch haue some of you bene but ye are waszhed ye are sanctified ye are made righteous by the name of the LORDE Iesus and by the sprete of oure God I maye do all thinges but all thinges are not profitable I maye do all thinges but I wil be broughte vnder no mās power Meates are ordeyned for y e bely the bely for meates But God shal destroye both it and them The body belongeth not vnto whordome but vnto the LORDE and the LORDE vnto the body God hath raysed vp the LORDE and shal rayse vs vp also by his power Knowe ye not that youre bodies are the mēbres of Christ Shal I now take the membres of Christ and make them the membres of an harlot God forbyd Or do ye not knowe that he which cleueth vnto an harlot is one body For they shal be two sayeth he in one fleszhe But he that cleueth vnto the LORDE is one sprete Fle whordome All synnes y t a man doth are without the body But he that commytteth whordome synneth agaynst his awne body Or knowe ye not that youre body is the temple of the holy goost Whom ye haue of God and are not youre awne For ye are dearly boughte Prayse ye God therfore in yo body in yo sprete which are Gods The VII Chapter AS concernynge the thinges wherof ye wrote vnto me I answere It is good for a man not to touche a woman Neuertheles to avoyde whordome let euery man haue his awne wife and let euery woman haue hir awne huszbande Let the mā geue vnto the wife due beneuolence likewyse also the wife vnto y e man The wife hath not power ouer hir awne body but the huszbande likewyse the man hath not power ouer his awne body but the wife Withdrawe not yo selues one frō another excepte it be with the consent of both for a tyme that ye maye geue youre selues vnto fastinge and prayer and thē come together agayne lest Sathan tempte you for yo incontynēcye But this I saye of fauoure and not of commaundemēt Howbeit I wolde rather y t all mē were as I am Neuertheles euery one hath his proper gifte of God one thus another so To them verely y t are vnmaried and to wedowes I saye It is good for thē that they abyde also as I do But yf they cannot absteyne let them mary For it is better to mary then to burne But vnto them that are maried commaunde not I but the LORDE that the wife separate not her selfe from the huszbande but yf she separate her selfe y t she remayne vnmaried or be reconcyled to hir huszbande and let not the huszbande put awaye his wife from him As for the other vnto thē saye I not y e LORDE Yf eny brother haue an vnbeleuynge wife and she is content to dwell with him let him not put hir awaye And yf a woman haue an vnbeleuynge huszbande and he is content to dwell with her let her not put him awaye For the vnbeleuynge huszbande is sanctified by the wife and the vnbeleuynge wife is sanctified by the huszbande or els were youre children vncleane but now are they holy But yf the vnbeleuynge departe let him departe A brother or a sister is not boūde in soch cases but God hath called vs in peace For what knowest thou O womā whether thou shalt saue y e mā Or what knowest thou O man whether thou shalt saue the woman But euen as God hath distributed vnto euery one and as the LORDE hath called euery man so let him walke and so orden I in all congregacions Yf eny man be called beynge circumcysed let him take no Heythenshippe vpon him Yf eny man be called in the Heythenshippe let him not be circumcysed Circumcision is nothinge and vncircumcision is nothinge but the kepynge of the commaundementes of God Let euery one abyde in the callynge wherin he is called Art thou called a seruaūt care not for it neuertheles yf thou mayest be fre vse it rather For he that is called in the LORDE beynge a seruaūte is a freman of the LORDE Likewyse he that is called beynge fre is a seruaūt of Christ. Ye are dearly boughte be not ye the seruauntes of men Brethren let euery one wherin he is called therin abyde with God As concernynge virgins I haue no commaundement of the LORDE neuertheles I saye my goodmeanynge as I haue optayned mercy of the LORDE to be faithfull I suppose it is good for y e present necessite for it is good for a man so to be Art thou bounde vnto a wife seke not to be lowsed Art thou lowsed frō a wife seke not a wife But yf thou take a wife thou synnest not And yf a virgin mary she synneth not Neuertheles soch shal haue trouble in the fleszhe But I fauoure you Howbeit this I saye brethren the tyme is shorte Farthermore this is the meanynge y t they which haue wyues be as though they had none and they that wepe be as though they wepte not and they that reioyse be as though they reioysed not they that bye be as though they possessed not they that vse this worlde be as though they vsed it not For the faszhion off this worlde passeth awaye But I wolde that ye shulde be without care He that is syngle careth for the thinges of the LORDE how he maye please the LORDE But he that is
remeÌ„brauÌ„ce of me For as oft as ye shal eate of this bred drynke of this cuppe ye shal shewe the LORDES death vntyll he come Wherfore who soeuer shal eate off this bred and drynke off this cuppe of the LORDE vnworthely shal be giltye of the body and bloude of the LORDE But let a man examen himselfe and so let him eate of this bred and drynke of this cuppe For he that eateth and drynketh vnworthely eateth drynketh his awne damnacion because he maketh no differeÌ„ce of the LORDES body Therfore are there so many weake and sicke amoÌ„ge you and many slepe For yf we iudged oure selues we shulde not be iudged But whan we are iudged we are chastened of y e LORDE that we shulde not be dâ—ned with the worlde Wherfore my brethren whan ye come together to eate tary one for another But yf eny man honger let him eate at home that ye come not together vnto coÌ„dempnacion As for other thinges I wil set them in order whan I come The XII Chapter AS concernynge spirituall giftes brethren I wolde not that ye were ignoraunt Ye knowe that ye were HeytheÌ„ and wente youre wayes vnto doÌ„me Idols eueÌ„ as ye were led Wherfore I declare vnto you that no man speakynge thorow the sprete of God defyeth Iesus And no man can saye that Iesus is the LORDE but by the holy goost There are dyuerse giftes yet but one sprete and there are dyuerse offices yet but one LORDE and there are dyuerse operacions yet is there but one God which worketh all in all The giftes of the sprete are geuen vnto euery man to profit the coÌ„gregacion To one is geuen thorow the sprete the vtteraunce of wiszdome to another is geuen the vtteraunce of knowlege acordinge to the same sprete to another faith in the same sprete to another the giftes of healinge in the same sprete to another power to do miracles to another prophecienge to another iudgment to discerne spretes to another dyuerse tunges to another the interpretacion of tunges These all doth y e same onely sprete worke and distributeth vnto euery man acordinge as he will For as the body is one and hath yet many membres neuertheles all the membres of the body though they be many are yet but one body euen so Christ also For we are all baptysed in one sprete to be one body whether we be Iewes or Gentyles whether we be bonde or fre and haue all dronkeÌ„ of one sprete For the body also is not one membre but many Yf the fote saye I am not y e hande therfore am I not a membre of the body is he therfore not a membre of y e body And yf the eare saye I am not the eye therfore am I not a membre of the body is he therfore not a membre of the body Yf all the body were an eye where were then the hearinge Yf all were hearinge where then the smellinge But now hath God set the membres euery one seuerally in the body as it hath pleased him Neuertheles yf all the meÌ„bres were one membre where were then the body But now are the membres many yet is the body but one The eye can not saye vnto the hande I haue no nede of the or agayne the heade vnto the fete I haue no nede of you but rather a greate deale the meÌ„bres of the body which seme to be most feble are most necessary and vpon those membres of the body which we thinke least honest put we most honestie on and oure vncomly partes haue most beutye on For oure honest membres neade it not But God hath so measured y e body and geuen most honoure vnto that meÌ„bre which had nede that there shulde be no stryfe in the body but that the membres shulde indifferently care one for another And yf one membre suffre all the membres suffre with him and yf one membre be had in honoure all the membres are glad with him also But ye are the body of Christ and membres euery one of another And God hath ordeyned in the congregacion first the Apostles secoÌ„dly prophetes thirdly teachers then doers of miracles after that the giftes of healinge helpers gouerners dyuerse tunges Are they all Apostles Are they all prophetes Are they all teachers Are they all doers of miracles Haue they all the giftes of healinge Speake they all with tunges Can they all interprete But covet ye the best giftes And yet shewe I you a more excellent waye The XIII Chapter THough I spake with the tunges of men and angels and yet had not loue I were euen as sowndinge brasse or as a tynklinge Cymball * And though I coulde prophecy vnderstode all secretes and all knowlege and had all faith â–ª so * that I coulde moue mouÌ„taynes out of their places and yet had not loue I were nothinge And though I bestowed all my goodes to fede y e poore and though I gaue my body euen that I burned and yet haue not loue it profiteth me nothinge Loue is pacient curteous loue envyeth not loue doth not frowardly is not puft vp dealeth not dishonestly seketh not hir awne is not prouoked vnto anger thynketh not euell reioyseth not ouer iniquytâ— but reioyseth in the trueth beareth all thinges beleueth all thinges hopeth all thinges suffreth all thinges Though prophecienges fayle or tunges ceasse or knowlege perishe yet loue falleth neuer awaye For oure knowlege is vnparfecte and oure prophecienge is vnparfecte But whaÌ„ that which is perfecte commeth then shal the vnparfecte be done awaye Whan I was a childe I spake as a childe I vnderstode as a childe I ymagined as a childe But as soone as I was a man I put awaye childishnes Now we se thorow a glasse in a darke speakynge but theÌ„ shal we se face to face Now I knowe vnperfectly but theÌ„ shal I knowe eueÌ„ as I am knowne Now abydeth faith hope loue these thre but the greatest of these is loue The XIIII Chapter LAboure for loue Couet spirituall giftes but specially that ye maye prophecye For he y t speaketh with tunges speaketh not vnto men but vnto God for no man heareth him Howbeit in y e sprete he speaketh misteries But he that prophecieth speaketh vnto men to edifienge to exhortacion and to coÌ„forte He that speaketh with tunges edifieth himselfe but he that prophecieth edifieth the coÌ„gregacion I wolde that ye all spake with tunges but rather that ye prophecied For greater is he that prophecieth then he that speaketh w t tuÌ„ges excepte he also expounde it that the congregacion maye haue edifienge But now brethren yf I come vnto you and speake with tunges what shal I profet you excepte I speake vnto you ether by reuelacion or by knowlege or by prophecienge or by doctryne Likewyse is it also in y e thinges that geue sounde and yet lyue not whether it be a pype or an harpe excepte they geue distyncte soundes from
last enemye that shal be destroyed is death for he hath put all thinges vnder his fete But whā he sayeth that all thinges are put vnder him it is manifest that he is excepted which put all thinges vnder him Whan all thinges shal be subdued vnto him then shal the sonne himselfe also be subiecte vnto him which put all thinges vnder him that God maye be all in all Or els what do they which are baptised ouer y e deed yf the deed ryse not at all Why are they then baptysed ouer the deed And why stonde we in ioperdy euery houre By oure reioysinge which I haue in Christ Iesu o LORDE I dye daylie That I haue foughte with beestes at Ephesus after y e maner of men what helpeth it me yf the deed ryse not agayne Let vs eate and drynke for tomorow we shal dye Be not ye disceaued Euell speakinges corruppe good maners Awake righte vp and synne not for some haue not y e knowlege of God This I saye to youre shame But some man mighte saye How shal the deed aryse And with what maner off body shal they come Thou foole y t which thou sowest is not quyckened excepte it dye And what sowest thou thou sowest not y e body that shal be but a bare corne namely of wheate or of some other But God geueth it a body as he wil and vnto euery one of y e sedes his owne body All fleszhe is not one maner of fleszhe but there is one maner fleszhe of men another of beastes another of fiszhes another of byrdes And there are heauenly bodies and there are earthy bodies but the heauenly haue one glory and y e earthy another The Sonne hath one clearnes the Moone hath another clearnesse and the starres haue another clearnesse for one starre excelleth another in clearnesse Euen so the resurreccion of the deed It is sowne in corrupcion and shal ryse in vncorrupcion It is sowne in dishonoure shal ryse in glory It is sowne in weaknesse and shal ryse in power It is sowne a naturall body shal ryse a spirituall body Yf there be a naturall body there is a spirituall body also As it is wrytten The first man Adam was made in to a naturall life and the last Adā in to a spiritual life Howbeit the spirituall body is not the first but y e naturall and then the spirituall The first man is of the earth earthy y e seconde mā is frō heauē heauēly As the earthy is soch are they also that are earthy and as y e heauenly is soch are they also y t are heauenly And as we haue borne the ymage of the earthy so shal we beare the ymage of the heauenly also This I saye brethren that flesh bloude can not inheret y e kyngdome of God nether shal corrupcion inheret vncorrupcion Beholde I saye vnto you a mystery We shal not all slepe but we shal all be chaunged and that sodenly and in the twinklynge of an eye at the tyme of the last trompe For the trompe shal blowe and the deed shal ryse vncorruptible and we shal be chaunged For this corruptible must put on vncorrupcion and this mortall must put on immortalite But whan this corruptible shal put on vncorrupcion and this mortall shal put on immortalite thē shal the worde be fulfylled that is wryttē Death is swalowed vp in victory Death where is thy stynge Hell where is y e victory The stynge of death is synne The strength of synne is the lawe But thankes be vnto God which hath geuē vs the victory thorow oure LORDE Iesus Christ. Therfore my deare brethrē be ye stedfast vnmoueable allwaye riche in the worke of the LORDE for as moch as ye knowe that youre laboure is not in vayne in the LORDE The XVI Chapter COncernynge the gadderynge that is made for the sayntes as I haue ordeyned in the congregacions of Galacia euen so do ye also Vpon some Sabbath daye let euery one of you put aside by himselfe and laye vp what so euer he thinketh mete that the colleccion be not to gather whan I come Whan I am come whom so euer ye shal alowe by youre letters thē wyll I sende to brynge youre liberalite vnto Ierusalem Neuertheles yf it be mete that I go thither also they shal go with me But I wil come vnto you whan I go thorow Macedonia for thorow Macedonia wyl I take my iourney With you peraduēture wil I abyde or els wynter that ye maye brynge me on my waye whither so euer I go I wyl not se you now in my passage for I hope to abyde a whyle with you yf the LORDE shal suffre me But I wil tary at Ephesus vntyll whitsontyde For a greate and frutefull dore is opened vnto me and there are many aduersaries Yf Timotheus come se that he be without feare with you for he worketh y e worke of the LORDE as I do Let no man therfore despyse him but conuaye him forth in peace that he maye come vnto me for I loke for him with the brethren As for brother Apollo be ye sure that I greatly desyred him to come vnto you with the brethrē And his mynde was not at all to come at this tyme but he wyl come whā he hath oportunyte Watch ye stonde fast in the faith quyte you like men and be stronge let all youre thinges be done in loue But brethren ye knowe the house off Stephana that they are the first frutes in Achaia and that they haue appoynted thē selues to mynister vnto the sayntes I exhorte you to be obedient vnto soche and to all that helpe and laboure I am glad of the cōmynge of Stephana and Fortunatus and Achaicus For loke what was lackynge vnto me on youre parte y t haue they suppleed they haue refreszhed my sprete and youres Knowe them therfore that are soch The congregacions of Asia salute you Aquila and Priscilla salute you moch in the LORDE and so doth the cōgregacion that is in their house All the brethren salute you Salute ye one another with an holy kysse The salutacion of me Paul w t myne awne hande Yf eny mā loue not the LORDE Iesus Christ the same be Anathema Maharan Matha The grace of the LORDE Iesus Christ be with you My loue be with you all in Christ Iesu. Amen The first Epistle to the Corinthians sent out of Asia by Stephana and Fortunatus and Achaicus and Timotheus The seconde Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Corinthians The summe of this Epistle Chap. I. The consolacion of God in trouble The loue of Paul towarde the Corinthians and his excuse that he came not vnto them Chap. II. He sheweth the cause of his absence and exorteth thē to forgeue the man that was fallen and to receaue him agayne with loue Chap. III. He prayseth the preachinge of the Gospell aboue the preachinge of the lawe Chap. IIII. A
in the coÌ„myng â–ª of the LORDE shal not come yer they which slepe For the LORDE himselfe shal come downe froÌ„ heauen with a shoute and voyce of y e Archangell and with the trompe of God and the deed in Christ shal aryse first then shal we which lyue and remayne be caught vp w t them also in the cloudes to mete the LORDE in the ayre and so shal we euer be with the LORDE Wherfore comforte youre selues one another with these wordes The V. Chapter BVt of y e tymes and seasons brethreÌ„ it is no nede to wryte vnto you For ye youreselues knowe perfectly that the daye of the LORDE shal come euen as a thefe in the nighte For whan they shal saye â–ª Tush It is peace there is no daunger then shall soden destruccion come vpoÌ„ theÌ„ euen as the payne of a woman trauaylinge with childe and they shal not escape But ye brethren are not in darknes that that daye shulde come on you as a thefe Ye are alltogether children of lighte and children of the daye We are not of the night nether of darknesse Therfore let vs not slepe as do other but let vs watch and be sober For they that slepe slepe in the nighte and they that be dronken are dronken in the nighte But let vs which are of the daye be sober armed w t the brestplate of faith and loue and with y e helmet of hope to saluacion For God hath not appoynted vs vnto wrath but to optayne saluacion by y e meanes of oure LORDE Iesu Christ â–ª which dyed for vs that whether we wake or slepe we shulde lyue together with him Wherfore comforte youre selues together and edifye one another euen as ye do We beseke you brethren that ye knowe them which laboure amonge you and haue the ouersighte of you in the LORDE and geue you exhortacion that ye haue theÌ„ the more in loue for their workes sake and be at peace with them We desyre you brethreÌ„ warne them that are vnruly coÌ„forte the feble mynded forbeare the weake be pacient towarde all men * So that none recompence euell for euell vnto eny man but euer folowe that which is good both amoÌ„ge youre selues and to all men Reioyse alwaye praye contynually in all thinges be thankfull for this is the wyll of God in Christ Iesu towarde you QueÌ„ch not y e sprete despyse not prophecieÌ„ges proue all thiÌ„ges kepe y t which is good Abstayne froÌ„ all suspicious thinges The very God â—f peace sanctifye you thorow out And I â—raye God that youre whole sprete soule â—ody be kepte blameles vnto y e coÌ„mynge of â—ure LORDE Iesus Christ. Faithfull is he which hath called you which wil also do it Brethren praye for vs. Grete all the brethreÌ„ with an holy kysse I charge you by y e LORDE that this epistle be red vnto all y e holy brethren The grace of oure LORDE Iesus Christ be with you Amen The first Epistle to the Tessalonians sent from Athens The seconde Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Tessalonians The summe of this epistle Chap. I. He thanketh God for their faith and loue and prayeth for the increase of the same Chap. II. He sheweth them that the daye of the LORDE shal not come till the departinge froÌ„ the faith come first and therfore he exhorteth them not to be disceaued but to stonde stedfast in the thinges that hâ— hath taught them Chap. III. He desyreth them to praye for him that the gospell maye prospere and geueth theÌ„ warnynge to reproue the ydle and yf they wil not laboure with their handes that they shal not eate The first Chapter PAVL and Siluanus and Timotheus To the congregacion of y e TessaloniaÌ„s in God oure father and in the LORDE Iesus Christ. Grace be with you and peace from God oure father and from the LORDE Iesus Christ. We are bounde to thanke God allwayes for you brethren as it is mete because that youre faith groweth exceadingly and the loue of euery one of you increaseth towarde another amoÌ„ge youre selues so that we oure selues make oure boast of you in the congregacions of God of youre pacieÌ„ce and faith in all youre persecucions and troubles that ye suffre which is a token of the righteous iudgment of God that ye are counted worthy of the kyngdome of God for the which ye also suffre For it is a righteous thinge with God to recoÌ„pence tribulacion vnto theÌ„ y t trouble you but vnto you which are troubled rest with vs whaÌ„ the LORDE Iesus shal shewe himselfe from heauen with the angels of his power and with flammynge fyre to geue vengeauÌ„ce vnto them that knowe not God and to them that obeye not the Gospell of oure LORDE Iesus Christ. Which shal be punyshed with euerlastinge damnacion from y e presence of the LORDE and from the glory of his power whan he shal come to be glorified in his sayntes and to be come maruelous in all them that beleue because ye haue beleued oure testimony vnto you of the same daye * Wherfore we praye allwayes for you that oure God make you worthy of y e callynge and fulfill all delectacion of goodnes and the worke of faith in power that y e name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ maye be praysed in you and ye in him acordinge to the grace of oure God and of the LORDE Iesus Christ. The II. Chapter WE beseke you brethren by the commynge of o r LORDE Iesus Christ and in that we shal assemble vnto him that ye be not sodenly moued froÌ„ youre mynde and be not troubled nether by sprete nether by wordes ner yet by letter which shulde seme to be sent from vs as though y e daye of Christ were at hande Let noman disceaue you by eny meanes For the LORDE commeth not excepte the departynge come first and that that Man of synne be opened euen the sonne of perdicion which is an aduersary and is exalted aboue all y t is called God or Gods seruyce so that he sytteth as God in the temple of God and boasteth himselfe to be God Remembre ye not that whan I was yet with you I tolde you these thinges And now ye knowe what witholdeth it eueÌ„ that it mighte be vttered at his tyme. For the mystery of the iniquyte worketh allready tyll he which now onely letteth be takeÌ„ out of the waye And then shal that wicked be vttered whom the LORDE shal coÌ„sume with y e sprete of his mouth shal destroye with the appearaunce of his commynge euen him whose commynge is after the workynge of Sathan with all lyenge power and signes and wonders and with all deceauablenes of vnrighteousnes amonge them that perishe because they receaued not the loue of y e trueth that they might haue bene saued â–ª Therfore shal God sende them stroÌ„ge deâ—â—sion that they shulde beleue lyes y t all they
that nothinâ—â— be lackynge vnto them And let oures 〈…〉 â—â—cell in good workes as farre 〈…〉 that they be not 〈…〉 〈…〉 with me salute the. Grete them that loue vs in the faith Grace be with you all Amen Wrytten from Nicopolis in Macedonia The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul vnto Philemon The summe of this Epistle He reioyseth to heare of the faith and loue of Philemon whom he desyreth to forgeue his seruauÌ„t Onesimus and louyngly to receaue him agayne PAul the presoner of Iesu Christ and brother Timotheus Vnto Philemon the beloued and oure helper and to the beloued Appia and to Archippus o r felowe soudyer and to the congregacion in thy house Grace be with you and peace from God oure father and from the LORDE Iesus Christ. I thanke my God makynge mencion all wayes of the in my prayers for so moch as I heare of thy loue and faith which thou hast on the LORDE Iesu and towarde all sayntes that oure comen faith maye be frutefull in the thorow knowlege of all y e good that ye haue in Christ Iesu. Greate ioye and consolacion haue I in thy loue For by the brother the sayntes are hertely refreshed Wherfore though I haue great boldnes in Christ to commaunde the that which becommeth the yet for loues sake I rather beseke y e though I be as I am eueÌ„ Paul aged and now a presoner also of Iesu Christ. I beseke the for my sonne Onesimus whom I haue begotten in my bondes which in tyme past was to the vnprofitable but now profitable both to the and me Whom I haue sent agayne but receaue thou him that is euen myne awne hert For I wolde haue kepte him styll with me that in thy steade he might haue mynistred vnto me in y e bondes of y e Gospell Neuertheles without thy mynde wolde I do nothinge that y e good which thou doest shulde not be of compulsion but wyllingly Happly he therfore departed for a season that thou shuldest receaue him for euer not now as a seruaunt but aboue a seruaunt euen a brother beloued specially to me but how moch more vnto y e both in y e flesh and in the LORDE Yf thou holde me for thy companyon receaue him then euen as my selfe But yf he haue hurte the or oweth the oughte that laye to my charge I Paul haue wrytten it with myne awne hande I wil recompence it so that I do not saye vnto y e how tâ—at thou owest vnto me euen thine owne selfe Euen so brother let me enioye the in the LORDE refresh thou my hert in the LORDE Trustinge in thine obedieÌ„ce I haue wrytten vnto the for I knowe that thou wilt do more then I saye Morouer prepare me lodginge for I hope that thorow youre prayers I shal be geuen vnto you There saluteth the Epaphras my felowe presoner in Christ Iesu Marcus Aristarchus Demas Lucas my helpers The grace of oure LORDE Iesu Christ be with youre sprete Amen Sent from Rome by Onesimus a seruaunt The first Epistle of the Apostle S. Peter The summe of this Epistle Chap. I. He sheweth that thorow the abundaunt mercy of God we are begotten agayne to a lyuely hope and how faith must be trâ—ed how the saluacion in Christ is no newes but a thinge prophecied of olde He exhorteth them to a godly conuersacion for so moch as they are now borne a new by the worde of God Chap. II. He exhorteth men to laye asyde all vyce sheweth that Christ is the foundacion wher vpon they be buylt prayeth them to absteyne froÌ„ fleshly lustes and to obeye worldly rulers How seruauntes shulde behaue them selues towarde their masters He exhorteth to suffre after the ensample of Christ. Chap. III. How wyues ought to ordre them selues towarde their huszbandes and in their apparell The dutye of meÌ„ towarde their wyues He exorteth all men to vnite and loue and paciently to suffre trouble Of true baptyme Chap. IIII. He exhorteth men to ceasse from synne to spende no more tyme in vyce to be sober and apte to prayer to loue ech other to be pacient in trouble and to bewarre that no man suffre as an euell doer but as a Cristen man and not to be ashamed Chap. V. A speciall exhortacion for all bisshoppes or prestes to fede the flocke of Christ and what their dutie is and what rewarde they shal haue yf they be diligeÌ„t He exhorteth yonge personnes to submytt theÌ„ selues to the elder euery one to loue another to be sober to watch that they maye resist the enemye The first Epistle of the Apostle S. Peter The first Chapter PETER an Apostle of Iesu Christ to theÌ„ that dwell here and there as straungers thorow out Pontus Galacia Capadocia Asia and Bithinia electe acordinge to the foreknowlege of God the father thorow sanctifienge of the sprete vnto obedience and sprenklynge of the bloude of Iesus Christ. Grace and peace be multiplied with you Blessed be God and the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ which acordinge to his greate mercy hath begotten vs agayne vnto a lyuely hope by the resurreccion of Iesus Christ from the deed to an vncorruptible and vndefyled inheritaunce which neuer shal fade awaye but is reserued in heauen for you that are kepte by the power of God thorow faith to saluacion which is prepared all ready to be shewed in the last tyme in the which ye shal reioyse though now for a litle season yff nede requyre ye are in heuynes thorow manyfolde temptacions that youre faith once tryed beynge moch more precious then the corruptible golde that is tryed thorow the fyre might be founde vnto laude glory and honoure at the appearynge of Iesus Christ whom ye haue not sene and yet loue him in whom now ye beleue â–ª though ye se him not Euen so shal ye reioyce also with vnoutspeakable and glorious ioye receauynge the endâ— of youre faith euen the saluacion of yourâ— soules Of which saluacion the prophetes haue enquyred and searched which prophecied off the grace that shulde come vpoâ— you searchinge whan or at what tyme thâ— sprete off Christ that was in them shuldâ— signifye which sprete testified before thâ— passions that shulde come vnto Christ anâ— the glory that shulde folowe after Vntâ— the which prophetes it was declared thâ—â— not vnto them selues but vnto vs thâ—â— shulde mynister the thinges which are noâ— shewed vnto you by them which thorow holy goost sent downe from heauen haâ—â— preached vnto you the thinges which 〈◊〉 angels delyte to beholde Wherfore gyrde op the 〈…〉 youre mynde be sober and trust 〈…〉 on the grace that is brought vnto you by the declarynge of Iesus Christ as obedient childreÌ„ not faszhionynge youre selues to yo r olde lustes of ignoraunce but as he which hath called you is holy eueÌ„ so be ye holy also in all youre conuersacion for it it wrytteÌ„ Be ye holy for I am holy And yf so be that ye call on
the father which without respecte of personnes iudgeth acordynge to euery mans worke se y t ye passe y e tyme of youre pilgremage in feare and knowe that ye were not redemed w t corruptible syluer and golde from youre vayne conuersacion which ye receaued by the tradicioÌ„s of the fathers but with the precious bloude of Christ as of an innoceÌ„t and vndefyled lambe which was ordeyned before the worlde was made but is declared in these last tymes for youre sakes which thorow him beleue on God that raysed him vp from the deed and hath geueÌ„ him the glory that ye might haue faith hope in God Euen ye which haue purifyed youre soules in obeyenge the trueth thorow the sprete for to loue brotherly without faynynge feruently one to loue another w t a pure hert as they that are borne a new not of corruptible sede but of vncorruptible eueÌ„ by the lyuynge worde of God which endureth for euer For all flesh is as grasse and all the glory of man is as the floure of grasse The grasse withereth the flâ—ure falleth awaye but the worde of the LORDE endureth for euer This is the worde that is preached amonge you The II. Chapter WHerfore laye asyde all maliciousnes and all gyle and ypocrisye and envye and all bacbytinge as new borne babes desyre that reasonable mylke which is without corrupcion that ye maye growe therin yf so be that ye haue taisted how frendly the LORDE is Vnto whom ye are come as to the lyuynge stone which is disalowed of men but chosen of God and precious And ye also as lyuynge stones are made a spirituall house and an holy presthode to offre vp spirituall sacrifices acceptable vnto God by Iesus Christ. Wherfore it is conteyned in the scripture Beholde I put in Sion an heade corner stone electe precious and he that beleueth on him shal 〈◊〉 be coÌ„founded Vnto you therfore which 〈…〉 he is precious but vnto them that 〈…〉 is y e same stone which the 〈…〉 made the heade stone in the 〈…〉 one to stomble at and a rock to be offended at namely in theÌ„ which stomble at y e worde and beleue not that wheron they were set But ye are that chosen generacion that kyngly presthode that holy nacion that peculier people y t ye shulde shewe the vertues of him which hath called you out of darknesse in to his maruelous lighte Euen you which in tyme past were not a people but now are the people of God which were not vnder mercy but now haue optayned mercy Dearly beloued I beseke you as straungers and pilgrems absteyne froÌ„ the fleshly lustes which fighte agaynst the soule and lede an honest conuersacion amonge the Heythen that they which bacbyte you as euell doers maye se youre good workes and prayse God in the daye of visitacion Submytte youre selues vnto all maner ordinaunce of men for the LORDES sake whether it be vnto the kynge as vnto y e chefe heade or vnto rulers as vnto them that are sent of him for the punyshment of euell doers but for the prayse of theÌ„ that do well For so is the will of God that ye with well doynge shulde put to sylence the ignoraunce of folishmen as fre and not as hauynge the libertye for a cloke of wickednes but eueÌ„ as the seruauntes of God Honoure all men Loue brotherly fellishippe Feare God Honoure the kynge Ye seruauÌ„tes obey youre masters with all feare not onely yf they be good and curteous but also though they be frowarde For that is grace yf a man for conscience towarde God endure grefe and suffre wronge For what prayse is it yf whaÌ„ ye be buffeted for yo r fautes ye take it paciently But yf whan ye do well ye suffre wronge and take it paciently that is grace with God For herevnto are ye called for so moch as Christ also suffred for vs leauynge vs an ensample that ye shulde folowe his fotesteppes which dyd no synne nether was there gyle founde in his mouth which whan he was reuyled reuyled not agayne whaÌ„ he suffred he threatened not but commyted the cause vnto him that iudgeth righteously which his owne selfe bare oure synnes in his body vpon the tre that we shulde be delyuered from synne shulde lyue vnto righteousnes by whose strypes ye were healed For ye were as shepe goinge astraye but now are ye turned vnto the shepherde and Biszhoppe of youre soules The III. Chapter LIkewyse let the wyues be in subieccion to their huszbandes that euen they which beleue not the worde maye without the worde be wonne by y e coÌ„uersacion of the wyues whan they beholde yo pure conuersacion in feare Whose apparell shal not be outwarde w t broyded heer hanginge on of golde or in puttynge on of gorgious araye but let y e inwarde maÌ„ of y e hert be vncorrupte w t a meke a quyete sprete which before God is moch set by For after this maner in the olde tyme dyd y e holy wemeÌ„ which trusted in God tyer theÌ„selues were obedient vnto their huszbaÌ„des Euen as Sara obeyed Abraham and called him lorde whose doughters ye are as loÌ„ge as ye do well not beynge afrayed for eny trouble Likewyse ye men dwell with them acordinge vnto knowlege geuynge hono vnto the wife as to the weaker vessel as vnto theÌ„ y t are heyres with you of the grace of life that youre prayers be not let But in conclusion be ye all of one mynde one suffre with another loue as brethren be pitefull be curteous RecoÌ„pence not euell for euell nether rebuke for rebuke but coÌ„trary wyse blesse and knowe that ye are called therto euen y t ye shulde be heyres of y e blessynge For who so listeth to lyue and wolde fayne se good dayes Let him refrayne his tonge from euell and his lippes y t they speake no gyle Let him eschue euell do good Let him seke peace and ensue it For y e eyes of the LORDE are ouer the righteous his eares are open vnto their prayers But y e face of the LORDE beholdeth theÌ„ y t do euell And who is it that can harme you yf ye folowe that which is good Not withstoÌ„dinge blessed are ye yf ye suffre for righteousnes sake Feare not ye their threatnynge nether be troubled but sanctifye the LORDE God in youre hertes Be ready allwayes to geue an answere to euery maÌ„ that axeth you a reason of the hope that is in you and that with mekenes feare hauynge a good conscience that they which bacbyte you as euell doers maye be ashamed that they haue falsely accused youre good coÌ„uersacion in Christ. For it is better yf the wyll of God be so that ye suffre for well doynge theÌ„ for euell doynge For as moch as
yo siluer are cancred the rust of them shal be a witnes vnto you shal eate youre fleszhe as it were fyre Ye haue heaped treasure togedder in yo last dayes Beholde the hyre of the labourers which haue reped downe youre feldes which hyer is of you kept backe by fraude cryeth and the cryes of thē which haue reped are entred in to the eares of the LORDE Sabaoth Ye haue liued in pleasure on the earth and in wantannes Ye haue noryszhed youre hertes as in adaye of slaughter Ye haue cōdempned and haue killed the iust and he hath not resisted you Be pacient therfore brethren vnto the cōmynge of the LORDE Beholde the huszbāde man wayteth for the precious frute of y e earth and hath longe pacience there vpon vntill he receaue the erly and the latter rayne Be ye also pacient therfore and settle youre hertes for the commynge of the LORDE draweth nye Grodge not one agaynst another brethren lest ye be damned Beholde the iudge stondeth before the dore Take my brethren the prophetes for an ensample of sufferynge aduersitie and of longe pacience which spake in the name of the LORDE Beholde we counte them happy which endure Ye haue hearde of y e paciēce of Iob and haue knowen what ende the LORDE made For the LORDE is very pitifull and mercifull But aboue all thinges my brethrē sweare not nether by heauē nether by earth nether by eny other othe Let youre ye be ye and yo naye naye lest ye faule in to ypocricy Yf eny of you be euell vexed let hī praye Yf eny of you be mery let him singe Psalmes Yf eny be deseased amonge you let him call for the elders of the congregacion let thē praye ouer him and anoynte him with oyle in the name of the LORDE and y e prayer of faith shal saue the sicke and the LORDE shal rayse him vp and yf he haue cōmitted synnes they shal be forgeuen him Knowlege youre fautes one to another and praye one for another that ye maye be healed The prayer of a righteous man auayleth moche yf it be feruēt Helias was a mā mortall euen as we are and he prayed in his prayer that it might not rayne it rayned not on the earth by the space of thre yeares and sixe monethes And he prayed agayne and y e heauē gaue rayne y e earth brought forth her frute Brethren yf eny of you erre frō the trueth and another conuert him let y e same knowe that he which conuerted the synner from goynge astraye out off his waye shal saue a soule frō death and shal hyde the multitude of synnes The ende of the epistle of S. Iames. The Epistle of S. Iude. The summe of this epistle He rebuketh soch as beynge blynded with their owne lustes resist the trueth that we maye knowe them the better he sayeth they be soch as synne beastly agaynst nature and despise rulers c. He exhorteth vs to edifie one another to praye in the holy goost to continue in loue to loke for the cōmynge of the LORDE and one to helpe another out of the fyre IVdas the seruaunt of Iesus Christ the brother off Iames. To thē which are called and sanctified in God the father and preserued in Iesu Christ. Mercy vnto you and peace and loue be multiplied Beloued when I gaue all diligence to wryte vnto you of the commen saluacion it was nedefull for me to wryte vnto you to exhorte you that ye shulde continually laboure in the faith which was once geuē vnto the sayntes For there are certayne craftely crept in of which it was wrytten afore tyme vnto soche iudgement They are vngodly and turne the grace of oure God vnto wantānes and denye God the onely LORDE and oure LORDE Iesus Christ. My minde is therfore to put you in remēbraūce for as moche as ye once knowe this how that y e LORDE after that he had deliuered the people out of Egipt destroyed them which afterwarde beleued not The angels also which kept not their first estate but lefte their awne habitacion he hath reserued in euerlastinge chaynes vnder darcknes vnto the iudgement of the greate daye euen as Sodom and Gomor and the cities aboute them which in lyke maner defiled them selues with fornicacion and folowed straunge fleszhe are set forth for an ensample and suffre the vengeaunce of eternall fyre Lykewyse these dremers defyle the fleszhe despyse rulers and speake euell of them that are in auctoritie Yet Michael the archangell when he stroue agaynst the deuell disputed aboute the body of Moses durst not geue raylinge sentence but sayde the LORDE rebuke the. But these speake euell off those thinges which they knowe not and what thinges they knowe naturally as beastes which are without reason in tho thinges they corrupte them selues Wo be vnto thē for they haue folowed the waye of Cain and are vtterly geuē to the erroure of Balaam for lukers sake and peryszhe in the treason of Core These are spottes which of youre kindnes feast togedder without feare fedynge thē selues Cloudes they are withouten water caried about of wyndes and trees without frute at gadringe tyme twyse deed and plucked vp by the rotes They are the ragynge waues of the see fominge out their awne shame They are wandrynge starres to whō is reserued the myst of darcknes for euer Enoch the seuenth from Adam prophecied before of suche saienge Beholde the LORDE shal come with thousandes of sayntes to geue iudgemēt agaynst all men and to rebuke all that are vngodly amonge thē of all their vngodly dedes which they haue vngodly committed and of all their cruell speakynges which vngodly synners haue spoken agaynst him These are murmurers complaners walkynge after their awne lustes whose mouthes speake proude thynges They haue mē in greate reuerence because of avauntage But ye beloued remēber the wordes which were spoken before of the Apostles of oure LORDE Iesus Christ how that they tolde you y t their shulde be begylers in the last tyme which shulde walke after their awne vngodly lustes These are makers off sectes fleshlie hauynge no sprete But ye derlye beloued edifye youre selues in youre most holy faith prayenge in the holy goost and kepe youre selues in the loue of God lokinge for the mercy of oure LORDE Iesus Christ vnto eternall life And haue cōpassion on some separatinge thē and other saue with feare pullinge them out of the fyre and hate the fylthy vesture of the fleshe Vnto him that is able to kepe you that ye faule not and to present you fautlesse before y e presence of his glory with ioye y t is to saye to God oure saueoure which only is wyse be glory maiestie dominion power now and for euer Amen The Apocalips or reuelacion of S. Ihon. The summe of the Reuelacion Chap. I. Happie are they that heare the worde of God and kepe it He
thou art fallen and repent and do the fyrst workes Or elles I wyl come vnto the shortly and wil remoue thy caÌ„delstycke out of his place excepte thou repent But this thou hast because thou hatest y e dedes of the Nicolaitans which dedes I also hate Let him y t hath eares heare what y e sprete saith vnto the congregacions To him that ouercommeth will I geue to eate of the tree of life which is in the myddes of y e paradise of God And vnto the angell of the congregacion of Smyrna wryte These thinges saith he that is fyrst and the last which was deed and is aliue I knowe thy workes and tribulacion and pouerte but thou art ryche And I knowe the blaspheny of them which call them selues Iewes and are not but are the coÌ„gregacion of Sathan Feare none of tho thinges which thou shalt soffre Beholde y e deuell shal cast of you in to preson to tempte you and ye shal haue tribulacion x. dayes Be faithfull vnto the deeth and I wil geue y e a crowne of life Let him that hath ears heare what the sprete saith to the congregacions He that ouer coÌ„meth shal not be hurte of the seconde deeth And to the angell of the congregacion in Pergamos wryte This sayth he which hath the sharpe swearde with two edges I knowe thy workes and where thou dwellest euen where Sathans seat is and thou kepest my name hast not denyed my faith And in my dayes Antipas was a faithfull witnes of myne which was slayne amonge you where Sathan dwelleth But I haue a fewe thinges agaynst the that thou hast there theÌ„ that manyntayne the doctryne of Balaam which taught in Balak to put occasion of syn before the children of Israell that they shulde eate of meate dedicat vnto ydoles and to commyt fornicacion Euen so hast thou theâ—â— that mayntayne y e doctryne of the Nicolaytans which thinge I hate But be coÌ„uerted or elles I wil come vnto the shortly and wil fight agaynste theÌ„ with the swearde of my mouth Let him y t hath eares heare what the sprete saith vnto the coÌ„gregacions To him that ouer commeth wil I geue to eate maÌ„na that is hyd and wil geue him a whyte stone in the stone a newâ— name wrytteÌ„ which no man knoweth sauinge he that receaueth it And vnto the angell of the coÌ„gregacion of Theatira write This saith the sonne of God which hath his eyes lyke vnto a flame of fyre whose fete are like brasse I knowe thy workes and thy loue seruice and faith and thy pacience and thy dedes which are mo at the last then at the firste Notwithstondinge I haue a feawe thinges agaynst the that thou sufferest that woman Iesabell which called her selfe a prophetisse to teache and to deceaue my seruauntes to make them committ fornicacion and to eate meates offered vp vnto ydoles And I gaue her space to repeÌ„t of her fornicacion and she repented not Beholde I wil cast her into a bed and them that commit fornicacion with her in to gret aduersite excepte they turne from their dedes And I wil kyll her childreÌ„ with deeth And all the coÌ„gregacioÌ„s shal knowe y t I am he which searcheth the reynes and hertes And I wil geue vnto euery one of you acordynge vnto youre workes Vnto you I saye and vnto other of theÌ„ of Thiatyra as many as haue not this lernynge and which haue not knowen the depnes of Sathan as they saye I wil put vpoÌ„ you none other burthen but y t which ye haue already Holde fast tyll I come and whosoeuer ouercoÌ„meth and kepeth my workes vnto y e ende to him wil I geue power ouer nacions and he shal rule them with a rodde of yron and as the vessels of a potter shal he breake them to sheuers EueÌ„ as I receaued of my father so wil I geue him y t mornynge starre Let him y t hath eares heare what the sprete sayth to the coÌ„gregacions The III. Chapter ANd wryte vnto the angell of the congregacion off Sardis this sayth he that hath the seuen spretes of God the seuen starres I knowe thy workes thou hast a name that thou lyuest and thou art deed Be awake and strength the thinges which remayne that are redy to dye For I haue not founde thy workes perfecte before God Remember therfore how thou hast receaued and hearde and holde fast and repent Yf thou shalt not watche I wil come on the as a these and thou shalt not knowe what houre I wil come vpon y e Thou hast a fewe names in Sardis which haue not defyled their garmentes and they shal walke with me in whyte for they are worthy He that ouercommeth shal be clothed in whyte araye and I wil not put out his name out of the boke of life and I wil coÌ„fesse his name before my father and before his angels Let him y t hath eares heare what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacions And wryte vnto y e angell of the coÌ„gregacioÌ„ of Philadelphia this sayth he y t is holy and true which hath the keye of Dauid which openyth and no man shutteth and shutteth and no man openeth I knowe thy workes Beholde I haue set before the an open doore and no man can shut it for thou hast a lyttell strength and hast not denyed my name Beholde I shal geue some of the congregacion of Sathan which call them selues Iewes and are not but dolye Beholde I wil make them that they shal come worshippe before thy fete and shal knowe that I haue loued the. Because thou hast kept the wordes of my pacience therfore wil I kepe the from the houre of temptacion which will come vpon all the worlde to tempte them that dwell vpoÌ„ the earth Beholde I come shortly Holde that which thou hast that no maÌ„ take awaye thy crowne Him that ouer commeth will I make a pyllar in the temple of my God and he shal goo no more out And I will wryte vpon him the name of my God and the name of y e cite of my God newe Ierusalem which coÌ„meth downe out of heauen from my God and I will wryte vpoÌ„ him my newe name Let him that hath eares heare what the sprete saith vnto the congregacions And vnto the angell of the coÌ„gregacion which is in Laodicia wryte This sayth Amen the faithfull and true witnes the begynnynge of y e creatures of God I knowe thy workes y t thou art nether colde nor hot I wolde thou were colde or hote So then because thou art bitwene bothe and nether colde ner hote I wyll spew the out off my mouth because thou saist thou art riche and incresyd with goodes and hast nede of nothinge and knowest not how thou art wretched miserable poore blynde and nakyd I counsell the to bye of me golde tryed in the fyre that thou mayste be riche and whyte rayment that thou mayste be clothed that
his mouth water after the womā as it had bene a ryuer that he might cause her to be caught of y e floud And the earth holpe the woman and the earth opened her mouth and swalowed vp the ryuer which the dragon cast out of his mouth And the dragon was wroth with the womā and went and made warre with the remnaunt of hyr sede which kepe the cōmaundementes of God and haue the testimony of Iesus Christ. And I stode on the see sonde The XIII Chapter ANd I sawe a beest rise out of the see hauinge seuen heades and x. hornes and vpon his hornes x. crownes and vpō his heed the names of blasphemy And the beest which I sawe was lyke a catt of the mountayne and his fete were as the fete of a bear and his mouth as the mouthe of a lyon And y e dragō gaue him his power and his seate and greate auctorite and I sawe one of his heades as it were wounded to death and his dedly wounde was healed And all the worlde wōdred at the beest and they worshipped the dragon which gaue power vnto the beest and they worshipped the beest sayenge who is like vnto the beest who is able to warre with him And there was geuen vnto him a mouth to speake greate thinges blasphemies and power was geuen vnto him to do xlij monethes And he opened his mouth vnto blasphemy agaynst God to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle and them that dwell in heauen And it was geuen vnto him to make warre with the sayntes and to ouercome them And power was geuen him ouer all kynred tonge and nacion and all that dwell vpon the earth worshipt him whose names are not wrytten in the boke of life of the lambe which was kylled from the beginnynge of the worlde Yf eny man haue an eare let him heare He that leadeth in to captiuite shal go in to captiuite he that killeth with a swearde must be killed with y e swearde Heare is the pacience and the faith of the saynctes And I behelde another beest commynge vp out of the earth and he had two hornes like a lambe and he spake as dyd the dragō And he dyd all that the first beest coulde do in his presence and he caused the earth and them which dwell therin to worshippe the fyrst beest whose deedly woūde was healed And he dyd greate wonders so that he made fyre come downe from heauē in the sight of men And deceaued them that dwelt on the earth by y e meanes of those signes which he had power to do in the sight of the beest sayenge to them that dwelt on the earth that they shulde make an ymage vnto the beest which had the wounde of a swearde and dyd liue And he had power to geue a sprete vnto the ymage of the beest and that the ymage of the beest shulde speake and shulde cause that as many as wolde not worshippe the ymage of the beest shulde be kylled And he made all bothe smale and greate ryche and poore fre and bond to receaue a marke in their right hondes or in their forheades And that noman might by or sell saue he y t had y e marke or the name of the beest ether the nombre of his name Here is wiszdome Let him that hath wyt count the nombre of the beest For it is the nombre of a man and his nombre is sixe hondred thre score and sixe The XIIII Chapter ANd I loked and lo a lambe stode on the moūt Syon and with him C. and xliiij thousande hauynge his fathers name wrytten in their forheades And I herde a voyce from heauen as the sounde of many waters and as the voyce of a greate thondre And the voyce that I herde was as the harpers that playe vpon their harpers And they songe as it were a newe songe before the seate before y e foure beestes and the elders and no man coulde learne y t songe but the hondred and xliiij M. which were redemed from the earth These are they which were not defyled with wemen for they are virgyns These folowe the lambe whither soeuer he goeth These were redemed from men beynge the fyrst frutes vnto God and to the lambe and in their mouthes was founde no gyle For they are withoutē spot before the trone of God And I sawe an angell flye in the myddes of heauen hauinge an euerlastinge Gospell to preache vnto them that syt and dwell on the earth and to all nacions kinreddes and tōges and people sayēge with a lowde voyce Feare God and geue honour to him for the houre of his iudgement is come and worshippe him that made heauen and earth and the see and the fountaynes off water And there folowed another angell sayenge She is fallen she is fallen euē Babilon that greate cite for she made all nacions drynke off the wyne off hyr whordome And the thyrde angel folowed thē sayenge with a loude voyce Yf eny man worshippe the beest and his ymage and receaue his marke in his forhed or on his honde the same shall drynke of the wyne of the wrath of God which is powred in the cuppe of his wrath And he shal be punyszhed in fyre and brymstone before the holy Angels and before the lambe And the smoke of their torment ascendeth vp euermore And they haue no res◠daye ner nyght which worshippe the beast and his ymage and whosoeuer receaueth the prynt of his name Here is the pacience of sayntes Heare are they that kepe the commaundementes and the faith off Iesu. And I herde a voyce from heauen sayenge vnto me wryte Blessed are y e deed which here after dye in the LORDE Yee the sprete sayeth that they rest from their laboures for their workes folowe them And I loked and beholde a whyte cloude and vpō y e cloude one syttynge like vnto the sonne of man hauinge on his heed a golden crowne and in his hōde a sharpe sykle And another angell came out of the temple cryenge with a loude voyce to him that sat on the cloude Thruste in thy sycle and reepe for the tyme is come to reepe for the corne of the earth is rype And he that sat on y e cloude thrust in his sykle on the earth and the earth was reeped And another angell came out of the temple which is in heauen hauinge also a sharpe sykle And another angel came out from the aultre which had power ouer fyre and cryed with a loude crye vnto hym that had the sharpe syckle and sayde Thruste in thy sharpe syckle and gather the clusters of y e earth for hir grapes are rype And the angell thrust in his syckle on the erthe and cut downe the grapes of the vynyarde of the earth and cast them in to the greate wynefat of y e wrath of God the wynefat was trodden without the cite and bloude came out of the fat euen vnto the
horsse brydles by the space of a thousande and sixe hundreth furlonges The XV. Chapter ANd I sawe another signe in heuen grett mervellous .vii. angells havinge the seven laste plages for in thē is fulfylled the wrath of god And I sawe as it were a glassye see mingled with fyre and them that had gotten victory of the beest and of his ymage and of his marke and of the nombre of his name stonde on the glassye see hauinge y e harpes of God and they songe the songe of Moses the seruaunt of God and the songe of the lambe saynge Greate and maruellous are thy workes LORDE God almyghty iust and true are thy wayes thou kynge of sayntes Who shal not feare the O LORDE and gloryfie thy name For thou only are holy for all gētiles shall come and worshippe before the for thy iudgmentes are made manyfest And after that I loked and beholde the temple of the Tabernacle of testimony was open in heauen and the seuen angelles came out of the temple which had the seuen plages clothed in pure and bryght lynnē and hauynge their brestes gyrded with golden gerdelles And one of the foure beestes gaue vnto the seuen angelles seuen golden vialles full of the wrath of God which liueth for euermore And the temple was full of smoke for the glory off God and for his power and no man was able to entre in to the temple tyll the seuen plages of the seuē angels were fulfilled The XVI Chapter ANd I herde a greate voyce out of the temple sayenge to the seuen angels go youre wayes poure out youre vialles of wrath vpon the earth And the fyrst went and poured out his viall vpon the earth and there fell a noysom◠a sore botch vpon the men which had the marke of the beest and vpon them that worshipped his ymage And the seconde angel shed out his viall vpō the see and it turned as it were in to the bloud of a deed man and euery lyuinge thinge dyed in the see And the thyrde angel shed out his vyall vpon the ryuers and fountaynes of waters and they turned to bloude And I herde an angel saye LORDE which art and wast thou art righteous and holy because thou hast geuē soche iudgmentes for they shed the bloude of sayntes and prophetes and therfore hast thou geuen them bloude to drynke for they are worthy And I herde another angell out of the aulter saye euen so LORDE God almighty true and righteous are thy iudgmentes And the fourth angell poured out his viall on the Sonne and power was geuen vnto him to vexe men with heate of fyre And the men raged in gret heate and spake euell of the name of God which had power ouer those plages and they repented not to geue him glory And the fifte angell poured out his vyall vpon the seate of the beest and his kyngdome wexed derke and they gnewe their tonges for sorowe and blasphemed the God of heauē for sorowe and payne of their sores and repented not of their dedes And the sixte angell poured out his vyall vpon the gret ryuer Euphrates and the water dryed vp that the waye of the kynges of the Easte shulde be prepared And I sawe thre vncleane spretes kike frogges come out of the mouth of the dragon and out off the mouth off the beest and out off the mouth of the false prophet For they are the spretes of deuels workynge myracles to go out vnto the kynges of the earth and of the whole worlde to gaddre them to the battayle of that gret daye of God allmighty Beholde I come as a thefe Happy is he that watcheth and kepeth his garmentes lest he be founde naked and men se his filthynes And he gaddered them togedder in to a place called in the hebrue tonge Armagedon And the seuenth angell poured out his viall in to the ayre And there came a greate voyce out of heauen from the seate sayenge ▪ It is done And there folowed voyces 〈◊〉 dringes and lightnynges and there 〈…〉 gret earthquake soch as was not 〈…〉 were vpon the earth so myghty 〈…〉 quake and so greate And 〈…〉 was deuyded in to thre parties And the cities of nacions fell And greate Babilon came in remembraunce before God to geue vnto hyr the cuppe of wyne of the fearcenes of his wrath And euery yle fled awaye and the mountaynes were not founde And there fell a greate hayle as it had bene talentes out of heauē vpon the men and the men blasphemed God because of the plage of the hayle for it was greate and the plage of it sore The XVII Chapter ANd there cam one of the seuē angels which had the seuen vialles and talked with me sayenge vnto me Come I wil shewe the the iugdment of the greate whore that sytteth vpon many waters with whom the kynges of the earth haue commytted whordome and the inhabiters of the earth are dronken with the wyne of her fornicacion And he caryed me awaye into the wildernes in y e sprete And I sawe a woman syt vpon a rose colored beest full of names of blasphemie which had seuē heades ten hornes And y e woman was arayed in purple and rose color and decked with golde precious stone and pearles and had a cupp of golde in her honde full of abhominacions and fylthines of her wordome And in her forhed was a name wryttē a mistery greate Babilon the mother of whordome and abominaciōs of the earth And I sawe the wyfe dronkē with the bloude of sayntes and with the bloud of the witnesses of Iesu And when I sawe her I wondred with greate mervayle And the angell sayde vnto me wherfore meruayllest thou I wyl shewethe the mistery of the woman and of the beest that beerith her which hath seuen heades and ten hornes The beest that thou seest was and is not and shall ascende out of the bottomlesse pytt and shal go in to perdicion and they that dwell on the earth shal wondre whose names are not wrytten in the boke of life from the begynnynge of the worlde when they beholde the beest that was and is not And here is a mynde that hath wiszdome The seuen heades are seuen mountanes 〈◊〉 the woman sytteth they are also 〈…〉 Fyue are fallen and one is 〈…〉 is not yet come When he 〈…〉 continue a space And the 〈…〉 and is not is euē the eyght and is of the seuen and shal go in to destruccion And y e ten hornes which thou sawest are ten kynges which haue not yet receaued the kyngdome but shal receaue power as kynges at one houre with y e beest These haue one mynde and shal geue their power and strēgth vnto y e beeste These shal fyght with the lambe and the lābe shal ouercome them For he is LORDE of all lordes and kinge of all kinges and they that are on his syde are called and chosen and faithfull And he saide vnto me The waters which