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
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
and off his abhominacions which he dyd and that were founde in him beholde they are wrytten in the boke of the kynges of Israel and Iuda And Ioachim his sonne was kynge in his steade Eight yeare olde was Ioachim whan he was made kynge and reigned thre monethes and ten dayes at Ierusalē and dyd y t which was euell in the sighte of y e LORDE But whā the yeare came aboute Nabuchodonosor sent thither and caused him be fetched vnto Babilon with the costly vessels and Iewels of the house of the LORDE and made Sedechias his brother kynge ouer Iuda and Ierusalem One and twentye yeare olde was Sedechias whan he was made kynge reigned eleuen yeare at Ierusalem and dyd that which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE his God and submytted not himselfe before the face of the prophet Ieremy which spake out of the mouth of the LORDE He fell awaye also from Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon which had taken an ooth of him by God and was styfnecked and hardened his hert that he shulde not conuerte vnto the LORDE God of Israel And all y e chefe amonge the prestes and the people multiplyed their synnes acordinge to all the abhominacions of the Heythen and dyfyled the house of the LORDE which he had sanctified at Ierusalem And the LORDE God of their fathers sent vnto them early by his messaungers for he spared his people and his habitacion but they laughed the messaungers of God to scorne and despysed his wordes and had his prophetes in derision so lōge tyll the indignacion of the LORDE increased ouer his people and there was no remedye of healinge For he broughte the kynge of the Caldees vpon them and caused for to slaye all their yonge men with the swerde in the house of their Sanctuary and spared nether yonge māner virgin nether aged ner graūd father but gaue them all in to his hande And all the vessels in the house of God greate and small the treasures in the house of y e LORDE and the treasures of the kynge and of his prynces all this caused he to be caried vnto Babilon And they brent the house of God and brake downe the wall of Ierusalē and all the palaces therof brent they with fyre so that all the costly ornamentes of it were destroyed And loke who escaped y e swerde hī caried he awaye vnto Babilon they became his seruaūtes the seruauntes of his sonnes tyll the Persians had the empyre that y e worde of the LORDE by the mouth of Ieremy mighte be perfourmed euen vntyll the londe had ynough of hir Sabbathes for all the tyme of the desolacion was it Sabbath vntyll the seuentye yeares were fulfylled But in the first yeare of Cyrus the kynge of Persia that the worde of the LORDE spoken by the mouth of Ieremy mighte be fulfylled the LODDE raysed vp the sprete of Cyrus the kynge of Persia that he caused it be proclamed thorow out all his empyre yee and by wrytinge also sayenge Thus sayeth Cyrus the kynge of Persia The LORDE God of heauen hath geuen me all the kyngdomes in the londe and hath commaunded me to buylde him an house at Ierusalem in Iuda Who soeuer now amonge you is of his people the LORDE his God be with him and let him go vp The ende of the seconde boke of the Cronicles The first boke of Esdras What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Cyrus otherwyse called Cores the kynge of Persia geueth the Iewes lycōce to go agayne to Ierusalem and to buylde it Chap. II. The nombre of them that wente vp from Babilon vnto Ierusalem Chap. III. The people resorte to Ierusalem the prestes buylde the altare kepe the feastes and sacrifices and prepare to buylde the temple Chap. IIII. The Heythen wolde buylde with them and because they are not suffred therfore laboure they with their councell and letters to hynder the buyldinge of the temple Chap. V. In this tyme prophecied Aggeus and Zachary The officers of the Heythen forbyd the buyldinge and hynder it Chap. VI. Darius renueth the commaundement of Cyrus and geueth the Iewes lycēce to buylde the temple Chap. VII Artaxerses sendeth Eszdras vnto Ierusalem with a charge vnto the officers beyonde the water Chap. VIII The nombre of them that wente vp with Eszdras vnto Ierusalem Chap IX Eszdras is sory that the people haue myxte them selues with the Heythenish wemen Chap. X. They make a couenaunt to put awaye their Heythenish wyues The first Chapter IN the first yeare of Cyrus kynge off Persia that the worde of the LORDE spoken by the mouth of Ieremy might be fulfilled the LORDE stered vp the sprete of Cyrus kynge of Persia y t he caused it be proclamed thorow out all his empyre yee and by wrytinge also sayenge Thus sayeth Cyrus the kynge of Persia The LORDE God of heauē hath geuen me all the kyngdomes in the londe and hath commaunded me to buylde him an house at Ierusalem in Iuda Who soeuer now amonge you is of his people the LORDE his God be with him and let him go vp to Ierusalem in Iuda and buylde the house of the LORDE God of Israel He is y e God that is at Ierusalē And who so euer remayneth yet in eny maner of place where he is a straunger let the mē of his place helpe him with syluer and golde with good and catell of a good frewill for the house of God at Ierusalem Then gat vp the pryncipall fathers of Iuda and Ben Iamin and the prestes and Leuites and all they whose sprete God had raysed to go vp and to buylde the house of the LORDE at Ierusalē And all they that were aboute them strengthed their hande with vessels of syluer and golde with good and catell and Iewels besydes that which they gaue of their awne frewill And kynge Cyrus brought forth the vessels of the LORDES house which Nabuchodonosor had takē out of Ierusalem and put in his gods house But Cyrus y e kynge of Persia brought thē forth by Mithredath the treasurer and nombred thē vnto Seszbazar the prynce of Iuda And this is the nombre of them thirtye basens of golde and a thousande basens of syluer and nyne and twentye knyues thirtye cuppes of golde and of other syluer cuppes foure hundreth and ten and of other vessels a thousande So that all the vessels both of golde and syluer were fyue thousande and foure hundreth Seszbazar broughte them all vp with them that came vp out of the captiuyte off Babilon vnto Ierusalem The II. Chapter THese are the childrē of the londe that wente vp out of the captiuyte whō Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon had caried awaye vnto Babilon and came agayne to Ierusalem and in to Iuda euery one vnto his cite and came with Zorobabel Iesua Nehemias Seraia Reeleia Mardachai Bilsan Mispar Begeuai Rehum and Baena This is now the nombre of the men of the people of Israel The children
thou LORDE of thy goodnesse haddest made my hill so stronge But as soone as thou turnedest thy face fro me I was brought in feare TheÌ„ cried I vnto y e O LORDE yee vnto y e LORDE made I my prayer What profit is there in my bloude yf I go downe to corrupcion Maye the dust geue thankes vnto ye Or shal it declare thy faithfulnesse Heare O LORDE and haue mercy vpon me LORDE be thou my helper And so thou hast turned my heuynesse in to ioye thou hast put of my sack cloth gyrded me w t gladnesse That my hono r might synge prayses vnto the w t out ceassynge O LORDE my God I wil geue thankes vnto the for euer The XXX A psalme of Dauid IN the O LORDE is my trust let me neuer be put to coÌ„fucion but delyuer me in thy rightuousnesse Bowe downe thine eare to me make haist to delyuer me be thou my stronge rocke and a house of defence that thou mayest saue me For thou art my stronge holde my castell O be thou my gyde lede me for thy names sake Drawe me out of the nett y t they haue layed priuely for me for thou art my streÌ„gth Into thy hondes I commende my sprete thou hast â—â—lyuered me O LORDE thou God of treuth I hate them that holde of vanities and my trust is in the LORDE I will be glad and reioyse in thy mercy for thou hast considred my trouble thou hast knowne my soule in aduersite Thou hast not delyuered me ouer in to the hoÌ„des of the enemie but hast set my fete in a large rowme Haue mercy vpon me O LORDE for I am in trouble myne eye is consumed for very heuynesse yee my soule and my body My life is waxen olde with heuynesse and my yeares w t mournynge My streÌ„gth fayleth me because of my aduersite and my bones are corrupte I am become a very reprofe amonge all myne enemies my neghbours they of myne owne acquauntaunce are afrayed of me they y t seme in the strete coÌ„veye them selues fro me I am clene forgotten and out of mynde as a deed man I am become like a broken vessell For I haue herde the blasphemy of the multitude euery man abhorreth me they haue gathered a councel together agaynst me and are purposed to take awaye my life But my hope is in y e O LORDE I saye thou art my God My tyme is in thy honde delyuer me from the honde of myne enemies from them y t persecute me Shewe thy seruaunt the light of thy countenaunce helpe me for thy mercies sake Let me not be confounded o LORDE for I call vpon the let the vngodly rather be put to confucion and brought vnto the hell Let the lyenge lippes be put to sylence which cruelly diszdanedly despitefully speake agaynst the rightuous O how greate and manifolde is thy good which thou haist hyd for them that feare y e O what thinges bringest thou to passe for them that put their trust in the euen before the sonnes of men Thou hydest them priuely by thine owne presence from the proude men thou kepest them secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tonges Thankes be to the LORDE for he hath shewed me maruelous greate kyndnesse in a stronge cite For when the sodane feare came vpon me I sayde I am cast out of thy sight Neuertheles thou herdest myne humble prayer when I cried vnto the. O loue the LORDE all ye his sayntes for the LORDE preserueth the faith full and plenteously rewardeth he the proude doer Be stroÌ„ge therfore take a good herte vnto you all ye that put youre trust in the LORDE The XXXI A psalme of Dauid BLessed are they whose vnrightuousnesse is forgeuen and whose synnes are couered Blessed is the man vnto whom the LORDE imputeth no synne in whose sprete there is no gyle For whyle I helde my tonge my bones consumed awaye thorow my daylie complaynynges And because thy hande was so heuy vpon me both daye and night my moysture was like the drouth in Sommer Sela. Therfore I confessed my synne vnto the and hyd not myne vnrightuousnesse I saide I will knowlege myne offence and accuse my self vnto the LORDE and so thou forgauest me the wickednesse of my synne Sela. For this shal euery saynte make his prayer vnto the in due season therfore shall not the greate water floudes come nye him Thou art my defence in the trouble that is come aboute me O coÌ„passe thou me aboute also with the ioye of delyueraunce Sela. I wil enforme the and shewe the the waye wherin thou shalt go I wil fasten myne eyes vpon the. Be not ye now like horses mooles which haue no vnderstondinge Whose mouthes thou must holde with bytt brydle yf they wil not obeie the. Greate plages shall y e vngodly haue but who so putteth his trust in the LORDE mercy shall compasse him on euery syde Be glad o ye rightuous and reioyse in the LORDE be ioyfull all ye that are true of herte The XXXII A psalme of Dauid EEioyse in y e LORDE o ye rightuous for it becommeth well the iust to be thankfull Prayse the LORDE with harpe synge psalmes vnto him with the lute and instrument of ten strynges Singe him a new songe yee synge lustely vnto him with a good corage For the worde of y e LORDE is true and all his workes are faithfull He loueth mercy iudgment y e earth is full of the goodnesse of the LORDE By the worde of the LORDE were the heauens made all the hoostes of them by y e breth of his mouth He gathereth y e waters together as it were in a bottell laieth vp the depe in secrete Let all the earth feare the LORDE and let all them that dwell in the worlde stoÌ„de in awe of him For loke what he sayeth it is done and loke what he coÌ„mauÌ„deth it stondeth fast The LORDE bryngeth the councell of the Heithen to naught and turneth the deuyces of the people But the couÌ„cell of the LORDE endureth and the thoughtes of his hert from generacion to generacion Blessed are the people that holde the LORDE for their God blessed are the folke whom he hath chosen to be his heretage The LORDE loketh downe from heauen beholdeth all the children of men from his stronge seate he considreth all them y t dwell in the worlde He only hath fashioned all the hertes of them knoweth all their workes A kynge is not helped by his owne greate hoost nether is a giaunte saued thorow the might of his owne streÌ„gth A horse is but a vayne thynge to saue a man it is not the power of his streÌ„gth that can delyuer him Beholde the eye of the LORDE loketh vnto them that feare him 〈◊〉 put their trust in his mercy That he maye delyuer their soules from death and to fede them
backe thine enemies The kinge of Israel euen the LORDE himself is with the so that 〈…〉 nomore to feare eny myszfortune In that tyme it shall be sayed to Ierusaâ—lem feare not and to Sion let not thine hâ—ndes be slacke for the LORDE thy God is with the it is he that hath power to saue he hath a special pleasure in the and a maruelous loue towarde the yee he reioyseth ouer the 〈◊〉 gladnesse Soch as haue bene in heuynâ—sse wil I gather together and take out of thy congregacion as for the shame and 〈◊〉 that hath bene layed vpon the it shal be fâ—â—re from the. And lo in y t tyme wil I destroyâ— all those that vexe the I wil helpe the 〈◊〉 and gather vp the cast a waye yee I wil get them honoure and prayse in all loÌ„des where they haue bene put to shame At y e same tyme wil I bringe you in and at the same tyme wil I gather you I wil get you a name and a good reporte amonge all people of the earth when I turne backe youre captiuyte before youre eyes saieth the LORDE The ende of the prophet Sophony The Prophet Aggeus What Aggeus conteyneth Chap. I. He exorteth the people to buylde vp the teÌ„ple and reproueth theiâ— loÌ„ge tarieÌ„ge Chap. II. He geueth the rulers a corage Of the ornameÌ„tes and glory of the seconde temple wherby is vnderstoÌ„de the church of the faith full The first Chapter In the seconde yeare of kynge Darius in the vj. moneth the first daye of the moneth came the worde of the LORDE by the prophet Aggeus vnto Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel y e prynce of Iuda and to Iesua the sonne of Iosedec the â—ye prest sayenge Thus speaketh the LORDE of hoostes and saieth This people doth saye The tyme is not yet come to buylde vp the LORDES house Then spake the LORDE by the prophet Aggeus sayed Ye yo r selues can fynde tyme to dwell in syled houses and shal this house lye waist Considre now youre owne wayes in youre hertes saieth y e LORDE of hoostes ye sowe moch but ye bringe litle in Ye eate but ye haue not ynough ye drinke but ye are not fylled ye decke youre selues but ye are not warme he y t earneth eny wage putteth it in a broken purse Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes CoÌ„sidre youre owne wayes in youre hertes get you vp to the mountayne fetch wod buylde vp to the house that it maye be acceptable vnto me and that I maye shewe myne honoure saieth the LORDE Ye loked for moch and lo it is come to litle though ye brynge it home yet do I blowe it awaye And why so saieth the LORDE of hoostes EueÌ„ because that my house lyeth so waist and ye renne euery man vnto his owne house Wherfore the heauen is forbyddeÌ„ to geue you eny dew and the earth is forbydden to geue you encrease I haue called for a drouth both vpoÌ„ the londe vpon the mountaynes vpon corne vpon wyne vpon oyle vpon euery thinge that the grounde bryngeth forth vpon men and vpon catell yee and vpon all handy laboure Now when Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel Iesua the sonne of Iosedec the hye prest with the remnaunt of the people herde the voyce of the LORDE their God the wordes of the prophet Aggeus like as the LORDE their God had sent him the people dyd feare the LORDE Then Aggeus the LORDES angel sayed in the LORDES message vnto the people I am w t you saieth the LORDE So the LORDE waked vp the sprete of Zorobabel the prynce of Iuda and the sprete of Iesua the sonne of Iosedec the hye prest and the sprete of the remnaunt of all the people y t they came laboured in the house of the LORDE of hoostes their God The II. Chaptyr VPon the xxiiâ—j daye of the sixte moneth in the secoÌ„de yeare of kinge Darius the xxi daye of the seuenth moneth came the worde of the LORDE by the prophet Aggeus sayenge speake to Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel prynce of Iuda and to Iesua the sonne of Iosedec the hye prest and to the residue of y e people saye Who is left amoÌ„ge you that sawe this house in hir first beuty But what thinke ye now by it Is it not in youre eyes eueÌ„ as though it were nothinge Neuerthelesse be of good chere o Zorobabel saieth the LORDE be of good conforte o Iesua thou sonne of Iosedec hye prest take good hartes vnto you also all ye people of the londe saieth the LORDE of hoostes and do acordinge to the worde for I am with you saieth the LORDE of hoostes like as I agreed with you when ye came out of the londe of Egypte my sprete shal be amonge you feare ye not For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes Yet once more will I shake heaueÌ„ and earth the see and the drye loÌ„de Yee I will moue all Heithen the comforte of all Heithen shall come so wil I fyll this house with honoure saieth the LORDE of hoostes The syluer is myne the golde is myne saieth the LORDE of hoostes Thus y e glory of the last house shal be greater theÌ„ the first saieth the LORDE of hoostes in this place wil I geue peace saieth the LORDE of hoostes The xxiiij daye of the ix moneth in these conde yeare of kinge Darius came the worde of the LORDE vnto the prophet Aggeus sayenge Thus saieth y e LORDE God of hoostes Axe the prestes concernynge the lawe saye Yf one beare holy flesh in his cote lappe with his lappe do touch the bred potage wyne oyle or eny other meate shall he be holy also The prestes answered saide No. Then sayde Aggeus Now yf one beynge defyled with a deed carcase touch eny of the se shall it also be vnclene The prestes gaue answere sayed yee it shall be vnclene TheÌ„ Aggeus answered and sayde Euen so is this people this nacion before me saieth y e LORDE and so are all the workes of their hoÌ„des yee and all that they offre is vnclene And now I praye you coÌ„sidre from this daye forth and how it hath gone with you afore or euer there was layed one stone vpoÌ„ another in the temple of the LORDE that when ye came to a corne heape of xx busshels there were scarceten and that when ye came to the wyne presse for to poure out L. pottes of wyne there were scarce xx For I smote you with heate blastinge hale stones in all the labours of youre hondes yet was there none of you that wolde turne vnto me saieth the LORDE Considre then from this daye forth and afore namely from the xxiiij daye of the ix moneth vnto the daye that the foundacion of the LORDES temple was layed Marck it well Is not the sede yet in the barne haue not the vynes the fygetrees
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
vnto the battayll agaynst the Israelites and came on by the hyll syde vnto the topp that loketh ouer agaynst Dothaim from the place which is called Belma vnto Chelmon y t lyeth towarde Eszdrelon Now whan the childrē of Israel sawe so greate a multitude of the Assirians they fell downe flat vpon y e grounde strowed aszshes vpon their heades prayed w t one acorde y t the God of Israel wolde shew his mercy vpon his people And so they toke their weapens sat betwixte the mountaynes in y e narow place kepte the waye daye night But whyle Holofernes was goinge aboute he founde the water springe which from the south syde was conueyed in to the cite by a condyte this cōmaunded he to be directe another waye to cut their condite in sunder There were welles also not farre from the walles which they vsed secretly more for pleasure then for necessite Then wente the Ammonites the Moabites vnto Holofernes and sayde The children of Israel trust nether in speare ner arowe but haue taken in and kepe the mountaynes and hilles That thou mayest ouercome them therfore without y e strykynge of eny battayll sett mē to kepe the welles that they drawe no water out of them so shalt thou destroye thē without swerde or at the least they shall be so feble that they must be fayne to geue ouer the cite which they thinke not able to be wōne for so moch as it lieth in the moūtaynes These wordes pleased Holofernes well and all his men of warre and he set an hundreth men at euery well rounde aboute And whan this watch had endured twentye dayes the Cisternes and all that had water fayled them that dwelt in the cite of Bethulia so that in y e whole cite they had not drynke ynough for one daye for the people had water geuen them daylie in a measure Then came the men and women yonge personnes and children all vnto Osias and sayde all with one voyce God be iudge betwixte vs and the for thou hast dealt euell with vs thou woldest not speake peaceably with the kynge of the Assirians therfore hath God solde vs in their handes and there is no man to helpe vs where as we are brought downe before their eyes in thirst and greate destruccion Therfore gather now together all the people that be in the cite that we maye all yelde oure selues wyllingly vnto y e people of Holofernes for better it is y t we be captyue and prayse the LORDE with oure lyues then to be slayne and perishe and to be laughed to scorne shamed of euery man whan we se oure wyues and children dye before oure eyes We take heauen earth this daye to recorde and the God of oure fathers which punysheth vs acordinge to the deseruynge of oure synnes and geue you warnynge y t ye geue vp the cite now in to y e power of Holofernes hoost that oure ende maye be shorte with the swerde which els shal endure longe for wante of water and for thirst Whan they had spokē out these wordes there was a greate wepynge and howlynge in the whole congregacion and that of euery man and they cryed an whole houre longe vnto God with one voice sayenge we haue synned with oure fathers we haue done amysse we haue dealt wickedly Thou y t art gracious haue mercy vpon vs punysh oure vnrighteousnes with thine owne scourge and geue not those ouer that knowlege the vnto a people which knoweth the not lest they saye amonge the Heithen where is their God And whan they were so weery with this crienge and wepynge that they helde their tunges Osias stode vp with watrye eyes and sayde O take good hertes vnto you deare brethren and be of good cheare and let vs wayte yet these fyue dayes for mercy of the LORDE peraduenture he shal cut awaye his indignacion and geue glory vnto his name But yf he helpe vs not whan these fyue dayes are past we shall do as ye haue sayde The VIII Chapter ANd it happened whan these wordes came to the eares of Iudith a wyddow which was the daughter of Merari the sonne of Idox the sonne of Ioseph the sonne of Osias the sonne of Elai y e sonne of Iammor the sonne of Iedeon the sonne of Raphoim the sonne of Achitob the sonne of Melchia the sonne of Euam y e sonne of Nathania the sonne of Salathiel y e sonne of Symeon the sonne of Ruben And hir huszbande was called Manasses which dyed in the dayes of the barlye haruest For whyle he was byndinge y e sheeues together in the felde the heate came vpon his heade and he dyed at Bethulia his cite and there was he buried beside his fathers Now was Iudith his desolate wyddow thre yeares six monethes And in the hyer partes of hir house she made hirself a preuy chambre where she dwelt beynge closed in with hir maydēs She ware a smock of hayre and fasted all the dayes of hir life excepte the Sabbathes and new moones the solempne dayes that the people of Israel kepte She was a very fayre and beutyfull personne Hyr husbande also had left her greate riches a plenteous housholde greate vnmoueable possessions and many catell This Iudith was a woman of a very good reporte with euery one for she feared the LORDE greatly and there was no body that speake an euell worde of her Whā this Iudith herde how Osias had promised the people that after the fyffte daye he wolde geue vp y e cite vnto the Assirians she sent for the elders Chambri and Charmin and whan they came to her she sayde what thinge is this wherin Osias hath consented y t yf God helpe not within fyue dayes he wil geue ouer the cite to the Assirians What are ye that ye tempte the LORDE This deuyce optayneth no mercy of God but prouoketh him vnto wrath and displeasure Wyl ye set the mercy of y e LORDE a tyme appoynte him a daye after youre wyll Neuertheles for so moch as the LORDE is pacient let vs rather amende oure selues pouringe out teares and besekynge him of grace For God threateneth not as a mā nether wyll he be prouoked vnto wrath as the children of men And therfore let vs hertely fall downe before him and serue him with a meke sprete and with wepynge eyes saye vnto the LORDE that he deale with vs acordinge to his owne wyll and mercy that like as oure hert is now vexed brought lowe thorow the pryde of them it maye so be comforted thorow his grace in so moch as we folowe not the synnes of oure fathers which forsoke their God worshipped other goddes for the which synne they perished with the swerde were spoyled brought to shame of all their enemies As for vs we knowe none other God but onely him for whose cōforte let vs tary with mekenesse He shall requyre and make inquisicion for oure
and pouerte greueth the hert in tentacion offence Take no heuynes to hert dryue it awaye and remembre the last thinges Forget it not for there is no turnynge agayne Thou shalt do him no good but hurte thy self Remembre his iudgmēt thine also shal be likewyse vnto me yesterdaye vnto the to daye Let the remembraunce of the deed ceasse in his rest and cōforte thy self agayne ouer him seynge his sprete is departed from him The wyszdome of the scrybe is at cōuenyent tyme of rest he y t ceasseth from exercyse labo shal be wyse He that holdeth y e plough hath pleasure in proddynge dryuynge y e oxen goeth aboute w t soch workes he can speake of oxen He setteth his hert to make forowes is diligent to geue y e kyne fodder So is euery carpenter also work master that laboureth still night daye he carueth graueth cutteth out his desyre is in sondrye connynge thinges and his hert ymagineth how he maye conyngly cast an ymage his diligence also watchinge perfourmeth the worke The yronsmyth in like maner bydeth by his stythie doth his diligence to laboure the yron The vapoure of the fyre brenneth his flesh and he must fight with the heate of the fornace The noyse of the Hammer soundeth euer in his eares and his eyes loke still vpon the thinge y t he maketh He hath set his minde there vpon that he wyll make out his worke and therfore he watcheth how he maie set it out and brynge it to an ende So doth the potter syt by his worke he turneth y e whele aboute with his fete he is diligent carefull in all his doynges his laboure and worke is without nombre He fashioneth the claye with his arme and w t his fete he tēpereth it His hert ymagineth how he maye make it pleasaunt his diligence is to clense the ouen All these hope in their hādes euery one thinketh to be connynge in his worke Without these maye not the cities be manteyned inhabited ner occupied yet come they not hye in the congregacion they vnderstande not the couenaunt of y e lawe they can not declare equyte iudgment they can not fynde out the darck sentēces but thorow them shal the creature of y e worlde be manteyned their prayer concerneth onely the worke labo r of cōninge The XXXIX Chapter BVt he y t applyeth his mynde to vnderstande the lawe of God doth diligently seke out y e wyszdome of them of the olde tyme exercyseth him self in the prophetes He kepeth y e sayenges of famous men and preasseth to the vnderstandinge of darck sentēces of wyszdome He seketh out y e mysterye of secrete sayēges and exercyseth him self therin cōtynually He doth seruyce amonge greate men appeareth before the prynce He goeth in to a straunge countre trauaileth thorow it loke what good or euell is amōge men he proueth it seketh it out He purposeth in his hert to resorte early vnto the LORDE y t made him to praye before the hyest God He openeth his mouth in prayer prayeth for his synnes When the greate LORDE wil he shal be filled w t the sprete of vnderstādinge y t he maie then poure out wyse sentences geue thankes vnto the LORDE in his prayer He shal ordre his deuyce and lede his knowlege aright geue him vnderstandinge of secrete thinges He shal shew forth the sciēce of his lerninge reioyce in the couenaunt of the lawe of the LORDE The whole congregacion shal cōmende his wyszdome it shal neuer be put out The remembraunce of him shal neuer be forgotten his name shal contynue from one generacion to another His wyszdome shal be spoken of the whole congregacion shall openly declare his prayse Whyle he liueth he hath a greater name thē a thousande besyde after his death the same name remayneth vnto him Yet wyll I speake of mo men of vnderstandinge for I am full as the Moone Herkē vnto me ye holy vertuous childrē brynge forth frute as the rose that is planted by the brokes of the felde and geue ye a swete smell as Libanus Florish as the rose garden synge a songe of prayse O geue thākes vnto God ouer all his workes Geue glory and honoure vnto the LORDE shew his prayse with youre lippes Yee euen with the songe of youre lippes with harpes playenge and in geuinge thankes vnto him saye after this maner All y e workes of the LORDE are exceadinge good and all his commaundementes are mete and conuenient in due season A mā nede not to saie what is y t what is that for at time conuenient they shal all be sought At his cōmaundement y e water was as a wall at the worde of his mouth y e waters stode still In his commaundement is euery thinge acceptable and reconcyled and his health can not be minished The workes of all flesh are before him there is nothinge hydd from his eyes He seith from euerlastinge to euerlastinge and there is nothinge to wonderfull or hye vnto him A man nede not to saye then what is this or that For he hath made all thinges to do good vnto man His blessynge shall renne ouer as the streame and moysture the earth like a floude of water Like as he maketh the water for drouth so shall his wrath fall vpon the Heithen His wayes are playne and right vnto y e iust but the vngodly stomble at them For the good are good thinges created from the begynnynge and euell thinges for the vngodly All thinges necessary for the life of man are created from the begynnynge water fyre yron and salt meel wheate and hony mylke and wyne oyle and clothinge All these thinges are created for the best to the faithfull But to the vngodly shal all these thinges be turned to hurte and harme There be spretes that are created for vengeaūce and in their rigorousnes haue they fastened their tormentes In the tyme of the ende they shal poure out their strēgth and pacifie y e wrath of him that made them Fyre hayle honger and death all these thinges are created for vengeaunce The teth of wylde noysome beestes the scorpions serpentes and the swerde are created also for vengeaunce to the destruccion of the vngodly They shall be glad to do his commaundementes and whan nede is they shal be ready vpon earth and whan their houre is come they shal not ouerpasse the commaundement of the LORDE Therfore haue I taken a good corage vnto me from the begynnynge and thought to put these thinges in wrytinge and to leaue thē behynde me All y e workes of the LORDE are good and he geueth euery one in due season and whan nede is So that a man nede not to saye this is worse then that For in due season they are all pleasaunt and good And therfore prayse the LORDE with
agaynst And whā they had appoynted hī adaye there came many vnto hī in to his lodginge vnto whō he expoūded y e kyngdome of God preached vnto thē of Iesu out of y e lawe and out of the prophetes euē frō mornynge vntyll the euē And some beleued y e thinge y t he sayde but some beleued not But whā they agreed not amōge thē selues they departed whā Paul had spokē one worde Full well hath the holy goost spokē by y e prophet Esay vnto o fathers sayde Go vnto this people and saye With eares ye shal heare not vnderstōde with eyes shal ye se not perceaue For y e hert of this people is waxed grosse they heare hardly w t their eares their eyes haue they closed y t they shulde not once se w t their eyes heare w t their eares vnderstōde ī their hertes and be cōuerted y t I mighte heale thē Be it knowne therfore vnto you y t this saluaciō of God is sent vnto y e Heythē and they shal heare it And whā he sayde y t y e Iewes departed had a greate disputacion amonge thēselues But Paul abode two whole yeares in his owne hyred dwellinge receaued all thē y t came in vnto hī preachinge y e kyngdome of God and teachinge those thinges which concerne the LORDE Iesus with all boldnesse vnforbydden The ende of the Actes of the Apostles wrytten by S. Luke which was present at y e doynges of them The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Romaynes The Summe of this Epistle Chap. I. Paul declareth his loue towarde the Romaynes sheweth what the gospell is with the frute therof and rebuketh the beestlynesse of the flesh Chap. II. He rebuketh the Iewes which as touchinge synne are like the Heythē yee worse then they Chap. III. He sheweth what preferment the Iewes haue and that both the Iewes and Gētiles are vnder synne and are iustified only by the grace of God in Christ. Chap. IIII. He declareth by the exāple of Abrahā that faith iustifieth and not the lawe ner the workes therof Chap. V. The power of faith hope and loue ▪ and how death raigned frō Adā vnto Christ ▪ by whō only we haue forgeuenesse of synnes Chap. VI. For so moch as we be delyuered thorow christ from synne we must fashion oure selues to lyue as the seruauntes of God and not after oure awne lustes The vnlike rewarde of righteousnes and synne Chap. VII Christ hath delyuered vs from the lawe and death Paul sheweth what the flesh and outwarde man is and calleth it the lawe of the membres Chap. VIII The lawe of the sprete geueth life The sprete of God maketh vs Gods children and heyres with Christ. The abundaunt loue of God can not be separated Chap. IX Paul complayneth vpon the hard hertes of the Iewes that wolde not receaue Christ and how the Heythē are chosen in their steade Chap. X. The vnfaithfulnes of the Iewes Two maner of righteousnesses Chap. XI All the Iewes are not cast awaye therfore Paul warneth the Gentiles that be called not to be hye mynded ner to despyse the Iewes for the iudgmētes of God are depe and secrete Chap. XII The swete conuersacion loue and workes of soch as beleue in Christ. Chap. XIII The obedience of men vnto their rulers Loue fulfilleth the lawe It is now no tyme to folowe the workes of darknesse Chap. XIIII The weake ought not to be despysed No man shulde offende anothers conscience Agayne for outward thinges shulde no man condemne another Chap. XV. The infirmite and fraylnesse of the weake ought to be borne with all loue and kyndnesse after the ensample of Christ. Chap. XVI A chapter of salutacions He warneth them to bewarre of mens doctryne and commendeth vnto them certayne godly men that were louers and brethren in the trueth The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Romaynes The first Chapter PAVL the seruaunte of Iesus Christ called to be an Apostle put aparte to preach the Gospell of God which he promysed afore by his prophetes in y e holy scriptures off his sonne which was begottē of y e sede of Dauid after the flesh and mightely declared to be the sonne of God after the sprete which sanctifieth sence the tyme that he rose agayne from the deed namely Iesus Christ oure LORDE by whom we haue receaued grace and Apostelshippe amonge all Heythen to set vp the obedience of faith vnder his name of whom ye are a parte also which are called of Iesus Christ. To all you that be at Rome beloued of God and sayntes by callynge Grace be w t you and peace frō God oure father and the LORDE Iesus Christ. First I thanke my God thorow Iesus Christ for you all that youre faith is spoken of thorow out all the worlde For God is my witnesse whom I serue in my sprete in the Gospell of his sonne that without ceassynge I make mencion of you besekinge allwayes in my prayers that I mighte once haue a prosperous iourney by the will off God to come vnto you For I longe to se you that I mighte bestowe vpon you some spirituall gifte to strēgth you that is that I mighte be conforted with you thorow yo faith myne which we haue together But I wolde ye shulde knowe brethren how that I haue often tymes purposed to come vnto you but haue bene let hither to that I mighte do some good amonge you like as amonge other Gentyles I am detter both to the Grekes and to the vngrekes to the wyse and to the vnwyse Wherfore as moch as ī me is I am ready to preach the Gospell vnto you at Rome also For I am not ashamed of the Gospell of Christ for it is the power of God which saueth all that beleue theron the Iewe first also the Greke for in it y e righteousnes that is of value before God is opened which cōmeth out of faith ī to faith As it is wryttē The iust shal lyue by his faith For y e wrath of God is declared from heauen vpon all vngodlynes and vnrighteousnes of mē which witholde the trueth of God in vnrighteousnes because that it which maye be knowne of God is manifest with thē For God hath shewed it vnto thē that the inuisible thinges of God that is his euerlastinge power and Godheade mighte be sene whyle they are considered by the workes from the creacion of the worlde so that they are without excuse in as moch as they knewe that there is a God and haue not praysed him as God ner thanked him but became vayne in their ymaginacions and their foolish hert was blynded Whan they counted them selues wyse they became fooles and turned y e glory of the incorruptible God in to y e symilitude of y e ymage of a corruptible mā of byrdes of foure foted of crepinge
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
wyl geue my lawes in their hertes and 〈…〉 myndes wyl I wryte them and their synnes and iniquities wil I remēbre nomore And where remyssion of these thinges is there is nomore offerynge for synne Seynge now brethrē that we haue a fresure intraunce in to that Holy place by the bloude of Iesu which he hath prepared vnto vs for a new and lyuynge waye thorow the vayle that is to saye by his flesh and seynge also that we haue an hye prest ouer the house of God let vs drawe nye with a true hert in a full faith sprenkled in oure hertes from an euell conscience and washed in oure bodies with pure water and let vs kepe the profession of oure hope without wauerynge for he is faith full that hath promysed and let vs considre one another to y e prouokinge of loue and of good workes and let vs not forsake the fellishippe that we haue amōge oure selues as the maner of some is but let vs exhorte one another and that so moch the more because ye se that the daye draweth nye For yf we synne wylfully after that we haue receaued the knowlege of the trueth there remayneth vnto vs nomore sacrifice for synnes but a fearfull lokynge for iudgment and violente fyre which shal deuoure y e aduersaries He y t despyseth Moses lawe dyeth without mercy vnder two or thre witnesses Of how moch sorer punyshment suppose ye shal he be counted worthy which treadeth vnder fote the sonne of God and coūteth the bloude of y e Testamēt wherby he is sanctified an vnwholy thinge doth dishonoure to the sprete of grace For we knowe him that hath sayde Vengeaunce is myne I wil recompence sayeth the LORDE And agayne The LORDE shal iudge his people It is a fearfull thinge to fall in to the handes of the lyuynge God But call ye to remēbraūce y e dayes y t are past ī y t which after ye had receaued lighte ye endured a greate fighte off aduersities partly whyle all mē wōdred gased at you for the shame and tribulacion that was done vnto you and partly whyle ye became cōpanyons of them which so passed their tyme For ye haue suffred with my bōdes and toke a worth y e spoylinge of youre goodes and that with gladnes knowynge in youre selues how that ye haue in heauen a better an enduringe substaunce Cast not awaye therfore yo r confidence which hath so greate a rewarde For ye haue nede of pacience that after ye haue done the wil of God ye mighte receaue the promes For yet ouer a litle whyle and then he that shal come wyl come and wyl not tary But the iust shal lyue by his faith And yf he withdrawe himselfe awaye my soule shal haue no pleasure in him As for vs we are not of those which withdrawe them selues to damnacion but of them that beleue to the wynnynge of the soule The XI Chapter FAith is a sure confidence of thinges which are hoped for and a certaynte of thinges which are not sene By it y e Elders were well reported of Thorow faith we vnderstonde that the worlde and all the thinges which are sene were made of naughte by the worde of God By faith offered Abell vnto God a more plenteous sacrifice by the which he optayned wytnesse that he was righteous God testifyenge of his giftes by the which also he beynge deed yet speaketh By faith was Enoch takē awaye that he shulde not se death and was not founde because God had taken him awaye For afore he was taken awaye he had recorde that he pleased God But without faith it is vnpossible to please God For he that commeth vnto God must beleue that God is y t he is a rewarder of them that seke him By faith Noe honoured God after y t he was warned of thinges which were not sene prepared the Arke to y e sauinge of his housholde thorow the which Arke he condemned the worlde and became heyre of the righteousnes which commeth by faith By faith Abraham whā he was called obeyed to go out in to the place which he shulde afterwarde receaue to inheritaunce and he wente out not knowynge whither he shulde go By faith was he a straunger in the lōde of promes as in a straunge countre dwelt in tabernacles and so dyd Isaac Iacob heyres with him of the same promes for he loked for a cite which hath a foundacion whose buylder and maker is God By faith Sara also receaued strength to be with childe and was delyuered of a childe whan she was past age because she iudged him to be faithfull which had promysed And therfore spronge there of one yee euen off one which was as good as deed concernynge the body so many in multitude as the starres off the skye and as the sonde off the See shore which is innumerable All these dyed acordinge to faith and receaued not the promyses but sawe thē afarre off and beleued them and saluted them and cōfessed that they were straungers pilgrems vpō earth For they that saye soch thinges declare that they seke a naturall countre And doutles yf they had bene myndefull off that countre from whence they came out they had leysure to haue returned agayne But now they desyre a better that is to saye a heauēly Wherfore God is not ashamed of thē euē to be called their God for he hath prepared a cite for them By faith Abrahā offered vp Isaac whā he was tempted and gaue ouer his onely begotten sonne in whom he had receaued the promyses of whom it was sayde In Isaac shal thy sede be called For he considered y t God was able to rayse vp agayne from the deed Therfore receaued he him for an ensample By faith Isaac blessed Iacob and Esau concernynge thinges to come By faith Iacob whan he was a dyenge blessed both the sonnes off Ioseph bowed himselfe towarde the toppe of his cepter By faith Ioseph whan he dyed remembred y e departynge of the childrē of Israel gaue cōmaundemēt concernynge his bones By faith Moses whā he was borne was hyd thre monethes of his Elders because they sawe that he was a proper childe nether feared they the kynges cōmaundemēt By faith Moses whan he was greate◠refused to be called the sonne of Pharao◠doughter and chose rather to suffre aduersite with the people of God then to enioye y e pleasures of synne for a season and estemed the rebuke of Christ greater riches then the treasure of Egipte for he had respecte vnto the rewarde By faith he forsoke Egipte and feared not the fearcenes of the kynge for he endured euē as though he had sene him which is inuisible By faith he helde Easter and the effusion of bloude lest he which slewe the firstborne shulde touche them By faith they passed thorow the reed See as by
thorow my poore ministracyon here in I maye geue them that can do better some occasyon so to do exhortyng the most deare reader in the meane whyle on Gods behalfe yf thou be a heade a Iudge or ruler of y e people that thou let not the boke of this lawe departe out of thy mouth but exercise thyselfe therin both daye and nyghte and be euer readyng in it as longe as thou lyuest that thou mayest lerne to feare the Lorde thy God not to turne asyde from the commaundement nether to the right hande ner to the lefte left thou be a knower of personnes in iudgmēt and wrest the righte of the straunger of the fatherles or of the wedowe and so y e curse to come vpon the. But what office so euer thou hast wayte vpon it and execute it to the mayntenaunce of peace to the welth of thy people defendynge the lawes of God and the louers therof and to the destruccyon of the wicked Yf thou be a preacher and hast the ouersighte of the flocke of Christ awake and fede Christes shepe with a good herte spare no laboure to do them good seke not thy selfe bewarre of fylthy lucre but be vnto y e flocke an ensample in y e worde in cōuersacyon in loue in feruentnes of y e sprete and be euer readynge exhortynge teachynge in Gods worde that the people of God renne not vnto other doctrynes and lest thou thy selfe whan thou shuldest teach other be founde ignoraunt therin And rather then thou woldest teach the people eny other thynge then Gods worde take the boke in thyne hande reade the wordes euē as they stonde therin for it is no shame so to do it is more shame to make a lye This I saye for soch as are not yet experte in the scripture for I reproue no preachyng without the boke as longe as they saye the trueth Yf thou be a man that hast wyfe and childrē first loue thy wyfe acordynge to the ensample of the loue wherwith Christ loued the cōgregacion and remembre that so doynge thou louest euen thyselfe yf thou hate her thou hatest thine awne flesh yf thou cherishe her and make moch of her thou cherisest makest moch of thyselfe for she is bone of thy bones flesh of thy flesh And who so euer thou be that hast children bryng them vp in the nurtour and informacion of the Lorde And yf thou be ignoraunt or art otherwyse occupied laufully that thou canst not teach them thy selfe then be euen as diligent to seke a good master for thy childrē as thou wast to seke a mother to beare them for there lieth as great weight in the one as in y e other Yee better it were for thē to be vnborne then not to feare God or to be euel brought vp which thynge I meane bryngynge vp well of children yf it be diligently loked to it is the vpholdinge of all comon welthes and the negligence of the same the very decaye of all realmes Fynally who so euer thou be take these wordes of scripture in to thy herte and be not onely an outwarde hearer but a doer therafter and practyse thyselfe therin that thou mayest fele in thine hert the swete promyses therof for thy consolacion in all trouble for the sure stablyshinge of thy hope in Christ and haue euer an eye to y e wordes of scripture that yf thou be a teacher of other thou mayest be within the boundes of the trueth or at the leest though thou be but an hearer or reader of another mans doynges thou mayest yet haue knowlege to iudge all spretes and be fre from euery erroure to the vtter destruccion of all sedicious sectes straunge doctrynes that the holy scrypture maye haue fre passage and be had in reputacion to the worshippe of the author therof which is euen God himselfe to whom for his most blessed worde be glory domynion now euer Amen The bokes of the hole Byble ▪ how they are named in Englysh and Latyn how longe they are wrytten in the allegacions how many chapters euery boke hath and in what leafe euery one begynneth ¶ The bokes of the fyrst parte Abbreuiacion Boke Chapters Leafe Gen. Genesis the fyrst boke of Moses l. Fyrst Exo. Exodus the seconde boke of Moses xl xxiiii Leui. Leuiticus the thyrde boke of Moses xxvii xlii Num. Numerus the fourthe boke of Moses xxxvi lv Deut. Deuteronomion the fyfth boke of Moses xxxiiii lxxiiii ¶ The bokes of the seconde parte Abbreuiacion Boke Chapters Leafe Ios. Iosue the boke of Iosua xxiiii ii Iud. Iudicum the boke of the Iudges xxi xiii Ruth Ruth the boke of Ruth iiii xxiiii I. Reg. Regum the fyrst boke of the kynges xxxi xxvi II. Reg. Regum the seconde boke of the kynges xxiiii xl III. Reg. Regum the thyrde boke of the kynges xxii lii IIII. Reg. Regum the fourth boke of the kynges xxv lxvi I. Par. Paralipomenon y e I. boke of y e Cronicles xxx lxxix II. Par. Paralipomenon y e II. boke of y e Cronicles xxxvi xci I. Esd. Esdre the fyrst boke of Esdras x. cvii. II Esd. Esdre the seconde boke of Esdras xiii cxi Hester Hester the boke of Hester x. cxvii ¶ The bokes of the thyrde parte Abbreuiacion boke Chapters Leafe Iob. Iob the boke of Iob. xlii fyrst Psal. Psalterium the Psalter cl xii Pro. Prouerbia the prouerbes of Salomon xxxi xxxviii Eccle. Ecclesiastes the preacher of Salomon xii xlvii Cant. Cantica Canticorū Salomons balettes viii l. ¶ The Prophetes Abbreuiacion Boke Chapters Leafe Esa. Esaias Esay the prophete lxvi ii Iere. Ieremias Ieremy the prophete lii xxiiii Tren Trent the lamentacions of Ieremy v. xlix Bar. Baruc Baruc the prophete vi li. Eze. Ezechiel Ezechiel the prophete xlviii lv Dan. Daniel Daniel the prophete xii lxxvii Ose. Oseas Oseas the prophete xiiii lxxxiiii Ioel. Ioel Ioel the prophete iii. lxxxvii Amo. Amos Amos the prophete ix lxxxviii Abd. Abdias Abdy the prophete i. xc Ion. Ionas Ionas the prophete iiii xci Mich. Micheas Micheas the prophete vii xcii Na. Naum Naum the prophete iii. xciiii Aba Abacuc Abacuc the prophete ▪ iii xcv Soph. Sophonias Sophony the prophete iii. xcvi Agg. Aggeus Aggeus the prophete ii xcvii Zacha. Zacharias Zachary the prophete xiiii xcvii Mal Malachias Malachy the prophet iii. ci III. Esdre Esdre the thyrde boke of Esdras ix ii IIII. Esdre Esdre the fourth boke of Esdras xvi viii Tob. Tobias the boke of Tobias xiiii xx Iudith Iudith the boke of Iudith xvi xxiiii Certayne Chapiters of Hester vi xxx Sap. Sapientia the boke of wysdome xix xxxii Eccli Ecclesiasticus Iesus Syrac li. xxxix Sus. Susanna the storye of Susanna i lvii Bel. Bel the storye of Bell. i. lviii I. Mac. Machabeorum the fyrst boke of the Mach. xvi lix II. Mac. Machabeorū The secōde boke of the Mac. xv lxxiii The new Testament Abreuiacion Boke Chapters Leafe·
Pharao awaked And he slepte agayne and dreamed the seconde tyme. And he sawe that seuen eares of corne grewe vpon one stalke full and good Afterwarde he sawe seuē thynne and blasted eares come vp and the seuen thynne eares deuoured the seuen greate and full eares Then Pharao awaked and sawe that it was a dreame And whan it was daye his sprete was troubled and he sente out caused to call all the soythsayers in Egipte all the wyse men and tolde them his dreame But there was none that coude tell Pharao the interpretacion of it Then spake the chefe butlar vnto Pharao and saide This daye do I remembre my fawte Whan Pharao was angrie with his seruauntes and put me in preson with y e chefe baker in y e chefe marshals house we dreamed both in one night euery mā his dreame hauinge his owne interpretacion Then was there with vs a yonge man an Hebrue the chefe marshals seruaunt vnto whom we tolde it and he declared oure dreames vnto vs vnto euery mā acordinge to his dreame And as he declared it vnto vs so came it to passe For I was restored vnto myne office and he was hanged Then Pharao sent and called for Ioseph and they let him out of the dongeon And he let himself be shauen and chaunged his clothes and came in vnto Pharao Then saide Pharao vnto him I haue dreamed a dreame and there is no man that can interprete it but I haue herde tell of the that whā thou hearest a dreame thou declarest it Ioseph answered Pharao and sayde God shall geue Pharao a prosperous answere yee well without me Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph I dreamed that I stode by a water syde and beholde out of the water there came seuen kyne fat-fleshed and goodly and wente fedinge in y e medowe And after them I sawe other seuē kyne come out thynne euell fauoured and leenfleshed So euell fauoured sawe I neuer in all the lande of Egipte And the seuen leene and euell fauoured kyne ate vp the seuen first fat kyne And whan they had eatē them vp a man conde not perceaue that they had eaten them were as euell fauoured as they were afore Then I awaked And I sawe agayne in my dreame seuen eares of corne growinge vpō one stalke full and good Afterwarde there spronge vp seuen wythred eares thynne and blasted and the seuen thynne eares deuoured the seuen good eares And I haue shewed it vnto my soithsayers but they can tell me nothinge therof Ioseph answered Pharao Both Pharaos dreames are one God sheweth Pharao what he wil do The seuen good kyne are seuen yeares and the seuen good eares are seuen yeares also It is one dreame The seuen leene and euell fauoured kyne that came vp after them are seuen yeares And the seuen thynne and blasted eares shal be seuen yeares of derth This is now the thinge which I tolde Pharao that God sheweth Pharao what he wyll do Beholde there shal come seuen yeares w t greate plenteousnes in y e whole lande of Egipte and after the same there shall come seuen yeares of derth so that all this plenteousnes shal be forgotten in y e lande of Egipte and the derth shall consume the lande so that the plenteousnes shal not be perceaued in the lande because of the derth that commeth therafter for it shall be very greate Where as Pharao dreamed the seconde tyme it signifieth that this thinge is surely prepared of God and that God wil shortly brynge the same to passe Let Pharao now prouyde for a man of vnderstondinge wyszdome whom he maye set ouer the lande of Egipte and se that he ordene officers in the londe and take y e fifth parte of the lande of Egipte in the seuen plenteous yeares and gather all y e foode y t shal come of the plenteous yeares that they maye laye vp corne vnder Pharaos power for sustenaunce in the cities and kepe it y t there maye be foode founde prepared for the lande in the seuen deare yeares which shall come vpon the lande of Egipte that the lande be not destroyed of honger The sayenge pleased Pharao well and all his seruaūtes And Pharao sayde vnto his seruauntes How might we fynde soch a man in whom is the sprete of God And sayde vnto Iosep For so moch as God hath shewed y e all this there is none of soch vnderstondinge wyszdome as thou Thou shalt be ouer my house and acordinge vnto thy worde shall all my people obeye onely in the kynges seate wyll I be more then thou And he sayde Beholde I haue set the ouer the whole lande of Egipte And he toke of his ringe from his hāde and gaue it Ioseph in his hāde and clothed him with whyte sylke and honge a cheyne of golge aboute his neck and made him ryde vpō the seconde charet and caused it be proclamed before him that men shulde bowe their knees vnto him as to him whō Pharao had set ouer the whole lande of Egipte And Pharao sayde vnto Ioseph I am Pharao without thy wyll shall no man moue his hande or his fote in all the lāde Egipte And he called him Zaphnath Paena gaue him a wife euen Asnath the doughter of Potiphar the prest of On. So Ioseph wente out for to vyset the lande of Egipte And he was thirtie yeare olde whan he stode before Pharao And he departed from Pharao and wente thorow all the lande of Egipte And the londe dyd so those seuen plenteous yeares and they gathered all the foode of the seuen yeares that were in the lande of Egipte layed it in the cities Loke what foode grewe in the felde rounde aboute euery cite they put it therin So Ioseph layed vp the corne in stoare and that moch aboue measure as the sonde of the see in so moch y t he left of nombrynge of it for it coude not be nombred And vnto Ioseph there were borne two sonnes before y e derth came whom Asnath the doughter of Potiphar prest of On bare vnto him And the first called he Manasses for God sayde he hath caused me to forget all my laboure and all my fathers house The seconde called he Ephraim for God sayde he hath caused me to growe in y e lande of my trouble Now whan y e seuen plenteous yeares were ended in Egipte then beganne the seuen deare yeares to come wherof Ioseph had sayde And there was derth in all landes but in all the lāde of Egipte there was foode Now whan the lande of Egipte beganne to suffre honger also the people cryed vnto Pharao for bred But Pharao sayde vnto all y e Egipcians Go vnto Ioseph what he sayeth vnto you y t doo So whan there was derth in all y e lāde Ioseph opened all y t was by him solde vnto the Egipcians Thus y e derth preuayled in the lande all countrees came to Egipte to bye at Ioseph for the derth was
Iacob an Allmightie God but my name LORDE haue I not shewed vnto them My couenaunt also haue I made with them that I wil geue them the londe of Canaan the londe of their pilgremage wherin they haue bene straungers Morouer I haue herde the complaynte of the children of Israel whom y e Egipcians oppresse with laboure and haue remembred my couenaunt Therfore saye vnto the childrē of Israel I am the LORDE wil brynge you out from yo r burthens in Egipte wil rydd you from youre laboure and wil delyuer you thorow a stretched out arme greate iudgmētes and will receaue you for my people will be yo r God so that ye shal knowe that I the LORDE am yo r God which brynge you out from the burthen of Egipte and will brynge you in to the lande ouer the which I haue lift vp my hande to geue it vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob y e same wil I geue vnto you for a possession I the LORDE Moses tolde this vnto the childrē of Israel But they herkened not vnto him for very anguysh of sprete for sore laboure Thē spake the LORDE vnto Moses sayde Go thy waye speake vnto Pharao the kynge of Egypte y t he let the childrē of Israel go out of his lande But Moses spake before y e LORDE saide Beholde y e childrē of Israel herkē not vnto me how shulde Pharao thē heare me And I am also of vncircumcised lyppes So the LORDE spake vnto Moses Aaron gaue thē a commaundemēt vnto the childrē of Israel vnto Pharao the kynge of Egipte y t they shulde brynge the childrē of Israel out of Egipte These are y e heades of the house of their fathers The children of Ruben the first sonne of Israel are these Hanoch Pallu Hezron Charmi These are the generacions of Ruben The children of Simeon are these Iemuel Iamin Ohad Iachin Zophar and Saul the sonne of the Cananitish woman These are the generacions of Symeon These are the names of the childrē of Leui in their generaciōs Gerson Kahath and Merari Leui was an hundreth and seuen thirtie yeare olde The children of Gerson are these Libni and Semei in their generacions The childrē of Kahath are these Amram Iezear Hebron Vsiel Kahath was an hundreth thre thirtie yeare olde The children of Merari are these Maheli and Musi These are y e generacions of Leui in their kynreds And Amram toke his vncles doughter Iochebed to wife which bare him Aaron Moses Amram was an C. vij thirtie yeare olde The childrē of Iezear are these Korah Nepheg Sichri The children of Vsiel are these Misael Elzaphan Sithri Aaron toke Elizaba y e doughter of Aminadab Nahassons sisters to wife which bare him Nadab Abihu Eleasar Ithamar The childrē of Korah are these Assir Elkana Abiassaph These are y e generaciōs of y e Korahites Eleasar Aarons sonne toke one of the doughters of Putiel to wife which bare him Phineas These are the heades amonge the fathers of the generacions of the Leuites This is y t Aaron Moses vnto whom y e LORDE sayde Bringe y e childrē of Israel out of the lande of Egipte w t their armies It is they namely Moses Aaron y t spake vnto Pharao the kynge of Egipte y t they might brynge the children of Israel out of Egipte The same daie spake y e LORDE vnto Moses in y e lande of Egipte sayde I am y e LORDE speake thou vnto Pharao y e kynge of Egipte all y t I saye vnto ye. And he answered before y e LORDE Beholde I am of vncircumcised lippes how shall Pharao thē heare me The VII Chapter THe LORDE sayde vnto Moses Beholde I haue made the a God ouer Pharao Aarō y e brother shal be y e prophet Thou shalt speake all y t I cōmaūde y e but Aaron y e brother shal speake vnto Pharao y t he maye let the childrē of Israel go out of his lande Neuertheles I wil harden Pharaos hert y t I maye multiplye my tokens wonders in the londe of Egipte And Pharao shal not heare you y t I maye shewe my hande in Egipte brynge myne armyes euen my people the childrē of Israel out of y e lande of Egipte by greate iudgmētes And y e Egipcians shal knowe y t I am the LORDE whan I shal stretch out my hande vpon Egipte and brynge the children of of Israel out from amonge them Moses and Aaron dyd as the LORDE cōmaūded them And Moses was fourescore yeare olde Aaron thre foure score yeare olde whan they spake vnto Pharao And y e LORDE sayde vnto Moses Aaron Whan Pharao sayeth vnto you Shew youre wonders then shalt thou saye vnto Aaron Take thy staff and cast it before Pharao it shal turne to a serpent Then wēte Moses Aaron in vnto Pharao dyd as the LORDE cōmaunded them And Aaron cast his staff before Pharao before his seruauntes it turned to a serpēt Then Pharao called for y e wyse men Sorcerers And the Sorcerers of Egipte also dyd like wyse with their Sorceries and euery one cast his staff before him they turned vnto serpentes But Aarons staff deuoured their staues So Pharaos hert was hardened and he herkened not vnto them euen as the LORDE had sayde And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses The hert of Pharao is hardened he refuseth to let y e people go Get y e vnto Pharao in the mornynge he holde he shal come vnto y e water mete thou him vpō the waters brynke take y e staff which turned to a serpēt in thine hande saye vnto him The LORDE God of the Hebrues hath sent me vnto the sendeth y e worde Let my people go that they maye serue me in the wyldernesse but hither to thou woldest not heare Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE Hereby shalt thou knowe y t I am y e LORDE Beholde w t the staff y t I haue in my hande wil I smyte the water which is in y e ryuer it shal be turned in to bloude so that the fishes in the ryuer shall dye the ryuer shall stynke it shall greue the Egipcians to drynke of y e water of the ryuer And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses Saye vnto Aaron Take y e staff stretchout thine hāde ouer y e waters of Egipte ouer their ryuers brokes pondes ouer all water poles y t they maye be turned to bloude that there maye be bloude in all y e lande of Egipte both in vessels of wodd and stone Moses Aaron dyd as y e LORDE cōmaunded them lift vp the staff smote the water y t was in the ryuer before Pharao his seruauntes all the water in the ryuer was turned in to bloude the fysh in the ryuer dyed the ryuer stanke so y t the Egipcians
Moses and Aaron nombred acordynge to the worde of the LORDE by Moses The children of Gerson were nombred also in their kynreds and fathers houses from thirtie yeare and aboue vntyll fyftie all that were mete for the warre to haue office in y e Tabernacle of witnesse and the summe was two thousande syxe hundreth and thirtie This is y e summe of the kinred of the childrē of Gerson which all had to do in the Tabernacle of wytnesse whom Moses and Aaron nombred acordinge to y e worde of y e LORDE The children of Merari were nombred also acordinge to their kynreds and fathers houses from thirtie yeare and aboue vntyll fyftye all that were mete for the warre to haue office in the Tabernacle of witnesse the summe was thre thousande and two hundreth This is the summe of the kynred of the childrē of Merari whom Moses and Aaron nombred acordinge to the worde of the LORDE by Moses The summe of all the Leuites whom Moses and Aaron with the captaynes of Israel tolde after their kinreds and fathers houses from thyrtie yeare and aboue vntyll fyftye all that wente in to do euery one his office and to beare the burthen in y e Tabernacle of wytnesse was eight thousande fyue hundreth and foure score which were nombred acordinge to the worde of the LORDE by Moses euery one to his office charge ▪ as the LORDE commaunded Moses The V. Chapter ANd y e LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Commaunde the children of Israel y t they put out of the hoost all y e lepers and all that haue yssues and that are defyled vpon the deed both men and womē shall they putt out of the hoost that they defyle not their tentes wherin I dwell amonge them And y e children of Israel dyd so and put them out of the hoost as y e LORDE had sayde vnto Moses And the LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel saye vnto them Whan a man or woman doth a synne to eny body and offendeth ther with agaynst the LORDE then hath that soule a trespace vpon it And they shall knowlege their synne that they haue done and shall make amendes for their trespace euen with the whole summe and put y e fifth parte more therto and geue it vnto him agaynst whom they haue trespaced But yf there be noman to make the amendes vnto for the offence y t he hath trespaced agaynst him then shal the reconcylynge be made vnto the LORDE for the prest besydes the ramme of the attonemēt wherwith he shal be reconcyled Likewyse all the Heue offerynges of all that the children of Israel halowe vnto the LORDE and offre vnto the prest shall be his And who so haloweth enythinge it shal be his And who so geueth the prest eny thinge it shal be his also And the LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake to the children of Israel and saye vnto them Whan eny mans wife goth asyde and trespaceth agaynst him eny mā lye with her fleshlye and the thinge be yet hyd from his eyes and is not come to light that she is defiled and he can brynge no witnesse agaynst her for she was not takē therin and the sprete of gelousye kyndleth him so that he is gelous ouer his wife whether she be vncleane or not vncleane then shal he brynge her vnto the prest and brynge an offerynge for her euen the tenth parte of an Epha of barlye meele and shal poure no oyle theron ner put frankensence vpon it for it is an offerynge of gelousy and an offeringe of remembraunce that remembreth synne Then shall the prest beynge her and sett her before the LORDE and take of the holy water in an earthen vessell and put of y e dust that is on the floore of the habitacion in to the water And he shal set the wife before y e LORDE and vncouer hir heade and the offeringe of remembraunce which is an offeringe of gelousy shall he laye vpon hir handes And the prest shal haue in his hande bytter cursinge water and shal coniure the wife saye vnto her Yf no man haue lyē with the and thou hast not gone asyde from thy huszbande to defyle thy self then shall not these bytter cursinge waters hurte the. But yf thou hast gone asyde from thy huszbande so that thou art defyled and some other man hath lyen with the besyde thy huszbande then shall the prest coniure the wife with this curse and shal saye vnto her The LORDE sett the to a curse and a coniuracion amonge thy people so that the LORDE make thy thye rotte and thy wombe to berst So go this cursed water in to thy body that y e wombe berst and thy thye rotte And the wife shal saye Amen Amen So the prest shall wryte this curse in a byll and wash it out with the water and shall geue the wife of the bytter cursinge waters to drynke And whā the cursinge water is gone in her so y t it is bytter vnto her then shal the prest take the gelousy offerynge out of the wyues hande and waue it for a meat offerynge before the LORDE and offre it vpon the altare namely he shall take an handfull of the meat offerynge for hir remēbraunce burne it vpō the altare then geue the wife the water to drinke And whā she hath dronken the water yf she be defyled and haue trespaced agaynst hir huszbande then shal the cursinge water go in to her and be so bytter that hir wombe shal berst and hir thye shall rotte and the wife shal be a curse amonge hir people But yf the same wife be not defyled but is cleane then shall it do her no harme so that she maye be with childe This is the lawe of gelousy whan a wyfe goeth asyde from hir huszbande and is defyled Or whan y e sprete of gelousy kyndleth a man so that he is gelous ouer his wyfe y t he brynge her before the LORDE and that y e prest do all w t her acordinge vnto this lawe And y e man shal be giltlesse of the synne but the wife shall beare hir myszdede The VI. Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel and saye vnto them Whan a man or woman separateth them selues to vowe a vowe of abstinence vnto the LORDE he shal absteyne from wyne and strōge drynke Vyneger of wyne of stronge drynke shal he not drynke ner that is pressed out of grapes he shall nether eate fresh ner drye grapes so longe as his abstinence endureth Morouer he shall eate nothinge that is made of the vyne tre from the wyne cornels vnto the hulle As longe as the vowe of his abstynence endureth there shall no rasoure come vpon his heade tyll the tyme be out which he absteyneth vnto the LORDE for he is holy And he shall let the heer of his heade growe and stonde bare openly All the
before me and saye Geue vs flesh that we maye eâ—te I am not able to beare all this people alone for it is to heuy for me And yf thou wylt deale thus w t me O kyll me then yf I haue founde fauoure in thy sight that I se not my wrechednesse And the LORDE saide vnto Moses Gather vnto me seuentye men amonge the Elders of Israel whom thou knowest y t they are the Elders in y e people and officers ouer them and brynge them before the Tabernacle of witnesse and set them there with the then wil I come downe and talke with the euen there take of thy sprete that is vpon the and putt it vpon them that they maye beare the burthen of the people with the y t thou beare not all alone And vnto y e people thou shalt saye SaÌ„ctifye yo r selues agaynst tomorow y t ye maye eate flesh for youre wepynge is come into the eares of the LORDE ye that saye Who shal geue vs flesh to eate for we were well at ease in Egipte Therfore shal the LORDE geue you flesh to eate not one daye not two not fyue not ten not twentye dayes longe but a moneth longe tyll it go out at youre noses and tyll ye lothe it euen because ye haue refused the LORDE which is amonge you and haue wepte before him sayde Wherfore wente we out of Egipte And Moses sayde Sixe hundreth thousande fote men are there of the people amoÌ„ge whom I am and thou sayest I wyll geue you flesh to eate a moneth loÌ„ge Shal the shepe and oxen be slayne to be ynough for them Or shal all the fishes of the see be gathered together to be sufficient for them The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Is the LORDES hande shortened then But now shalt thou se whether my wordes shall be fulfilled in dede or no And Moses weÌ„te out and tolde the people y e worde of the LORDE and gathered the seuentye men amonge the Eldest of the people set them rounde aboute the Tabernacle Then came the LORDE downe in a cloude spake vnto him toke of the sprete y t was vpon him put it vpon the seuentie Elders And whan the sprete rested vpon them they prophecied and ceassed not But in the hoost there remayned yet two men of whom the one was called Eldad y e other Medad the sprete rested vpoÌ„ them For they were wrytten vp also yet were they not gone out vnto the Tabernacle and they prophecied in the hoost Then ran there a lad tolde Moses sayde Eldad and Medad prophecie in the hoost Then answered Iosua y e sonne of Nun Moses seruaunte whom he had chosen and sayde My lorde Moses for bydde them But Moses sayde vnto him Art thou gelous for my sake wolde God y t all the people of y e LORDE coulde prophecie and that y e LORDE wolde geue them his sprete So Moses and the Elders of Israel gat them to the hoost Then wente out the wynde from y e LORDE caused quayles to come from the see scatred theÌ„ ouer the hoost here a dayes iourney there a dayes iourney rounde aboute y e hoost two cubytes hye aboue y e earth Then the people stode vp all that daye and all y t night and all the nexte daye and gathered quayles and he that gathered the leest gathered ten Homers they kylled them rounde aboute the hoost But whyle y e flesh was yet betwene their tethe or euer it was vp the wrath of the LORDE waxed whote amonge the people and slewe them with an exceadinge greate slaughter Therfore is the same place called the graues of lust because the voluptuous people were buried there From the lustgraues toke the people their iourney vnto Hazeroth and abode at Hazeroth The XII Chapter ANd Miriam Aaron spake agaynst Moses because of his wife the Morian which he had taken because he had takeÌ„ a Morian to wife and they sayde Doth the LORDE speake onely thorow Moses Speaketh he not also by vs And the LORDE herde it But Moses was a very meke man aboue all men vpon earth And haistely spake the LORDE vnto Moses and to Aaron and to Miriam Go out ye thre vnto y e Tabernacle of wytnesse And they wente out all thre Then came the LORDE downe in the cloudy piler stode in the dore of the Tabernacle called Aaron Miriam they both weÌ„te out And he sayde Heare my wordes Yf eny man be a prophet of the LORDE vnto him wil I shewe my self in a vision or wil speake vnto him in a dreame But not so w t my seruaunt Moses which is faithfull in all my house Mouth to mouth speake I vnto him he seyth the LORDE in his fashion not thorow darke wordes or licknesses Wherfore were ye not afrayed then to speake agaynst my seruaunt Moses And y e wrath of the LORDE waxed whote ouer them he turned him awaye and y e cloude also departed from the Tabernacle And beholde then was Miriam become leporus as it were snowe And Aaron turned him vnto Miriam and sawe that she was leporous and sayde vnto Moses Oh my lorde put not the synne vpon vs which we haue foolishly committed and synned that she be not as one that commeth deed out of his mothers wombe It hath eaten vp half hir flesh allready But Moses cried vnto the LORDE sayde Oh God heale her The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Yf hir father had spytte in hir face shulde she not be ashamed seuen dayes Let her be shut out of y e hoost seueÌ„ dayes after y t let her be receaued agayne So Miriam was shut out of the hoost seueÌ„ dayes the people wente no farther tyll Miriam was receaued againe Afterwarde departed the people from Hazeroth and pitched in y e wildernesse of Paran The XIII Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Sende forth men to spye out y e lande of Canaan which I wil geue vnto y e children of Israel of euery trybe of their fathers a man and let them all be soch as are captaynes amonge them Moses sent theÌ„ out of the wildernes of Paran acordinge to the worde of the LORDE soch as were all heades amonge the children of Israel and these are their names Samma the sonne of Zacur of the trybe of Ruben Saphat the sonne of Hori of the trybe of Simeon Caleb y e sonne of Iephune of the trybe of Iuda Igeal the sonne of Ioseph of the trybe of Isachar Hosea the sonne of Nun of y e trybe of Ephraim Palti the sonne of Raphu of the trybe of Ben Iamin Gadiel the sonne of Sodi of y e trybe of Zabulon Gaddi the sonne of Susi of the trybe of Ioseph of Manasse Ammiel the sonne of Gemalli of the trybe of Dan. Sethur y e sonne of Michael of the trybe of Asser. Nahebi
the water of stryfe He that sayeth vnto his father and to his mother I se him not and to his brother I knowe him not and to his sonne I wote not of him those haue obserued thy wordes and kepte y e couenaunt they shal teach Iacob thy iudgmentes and Israel thy lawe they shal laie incense before thy nose burnt offeringes vpon thine altare LORDE blesse thou his power accepte the workes of his handes smyte the loynes of them y t ryse vp agaynst him of them that hate him that they lifte not vp them selues And to Ben Iamin he saide The beloued of the LORDE shal dwell in hope on him All the daye longe shal he wayte vpon him and shal dwell betwene his shulders And to Ioseph he sayde His londelieth in the blessynge of the LORDE there are noble frutes of heauen of the dew and of the depe that lyeth beneth There are noble frutes of the increase of the Sonne and noble rype frutes of y e monethes And of y e toppes of the mountaynes of olde and of the hilles allwaye and of the noble frutes of y e earth and of 〈◊〉 fulnesse therof The good will of him that dwelleth in the buszshe come vpon the heade of Ioseph and vpon y e toppe of his heade that was separated frō amonge his brethren His bewtye is as a firstborne oxe and his hornes are as y e hornes of an Vnicorne with the same shal he puszshe the nacions together euen vnto the endes of the worlde These are the thousandes of Ephraim and the thousandes of Manasse And vnto Zabulon he sayde Reioyse Zabulon of thy outgoynge but reioyse thou Isachar of thy tentes They shall call the people vnto y e hyll and there shal they offre y e offeringes of righteousnes For they shal sucke the abundaunce of the see and the treasures hyd in the sonde And to Gad he sayde Blessynge haue Gad which maketh rowme He dwelleth as a lyon and spoyleth the arme and the toppe of the heade And he sawe his begynnynge that y e heape of the teachers laye hydd there and came with the rulers of the people and executed the righteousnesse of the LORDE and his iudgment on Israel And to Dan he sayde Dan a yonge lyon he shal flowe from Basan And to Nephtali he saide Nephtali shal haue abundaunce of pleasure shal be full of the blessynge of the LORDE his possession shal be towarde the west and south And to Asser he sayde Asser be blessed w t sonnes accepted be he with his brethren and dyppe his fote in oyle Yron and brasse be on thy shues Thyne age be as thy youth There is no God as the God of the iust He that sytteth vpon heauen be thy helpe And his glory is in the cloudes that is the dwellynge of God from the beginnynge and vnder the armes of the worlde And he shal dryue out thyne enemye before the and saye Be destroyed And Israel shall dwell safe alone The eye of Iacob shal be vpon y e londe where corne and wine is heauen also shal droppe with dewe Happye art thou Israel who is lyke vnto the O thou people y t art saued by the LORDE which is thy helpe shylde and the swerde of thy glorye Thyne enemies shal pyne awaye and thou shalt treade vpon the height of them The XXIIII Chapter ANd Moses wente from the felde of y e Moabites vp vnto mount Nebo vpō y e toppe of moūt Pisga ouer agaynst Iericho And the LORDE shewed him all the londe of Gilead vnto Dan and all Nephtali and the londe of Ephraim and Manasse and all the londe of Iuda vnto y e vttemost see and towarde the south and the region of the playne of Iericho the cite of the palme trees euen vnto Zoar. And the LORDE sayde vnto him This is the londe that I sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob and sayde I wyll geue it vnto thy sede Thou hast sene it with thine eyes but thou shalt not go ouer thither So Moses y e seruaunt of the LORDE died there in the londe of the Moabites acordinge vnto the worde of y e LORDE And he buried him in a valley in the londe of the Moabites ouer agaynst the house of Peor And noman knewe of his graue vnto this daye And Moses was an hundreth and twentye yeare olde whan he dyed his eyes were not dymme and his chekes were not fallen And the children of Israel weped for Moses in y e felde of the Moabites thirtie daies and the dayes of the wepynge and mournynge for Moses were fulfilled And Iosua the sonne of Nun was filled with y e sprete of wyszdome for Moses had layed his hande vpon him and the children of Israel herkened vnto him and dyd as the LORDE commaunded Moses And there arose no prophet more in Israel like vnto Moses whom the LORDE knewe face to face in all tokens and wonders which the LORDE sent him to do in y e londe of Egipte vnto Pharao and to all his seruaūtes and his londe and in all this mightie hande and greate visions which Moses dyd in the sighte of all Israel The ende of the fifte boke of Moses called Deuteronomion The seconde parte of the olde Testament The boke of Iosua The boke of the Iudges The boke of Ruth The first boke of the Kynges The seconde boke of the Kynges The thirde boke of the Kynges The fourth boke of the kynges The first boke of the Cronicles The seconde boke of the Cronicles The first boke of Eszdras The seconde boke of Eszdras The boke of Hester The boke of Iosua What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. After the death of Moses God cōmaūdeth Iosua to get him vp and to go with the people ouer Iordane in to the londe of promes Chap. II. Two spyes are sent vnto Iericho and Rahab lodgeth them Chap. III. Iosua goeth forth with the people vnto Iordane The Leuites are ordeyned to go beforewith the Arke The one parte of Iordane stondeth styll the other renneth downe and the people go thorow it drye shodd Chap. IIII. Twolue stones doth Iosua cause to be taken out of Iordane and setteth them vp at Gilgall for a remembraunce Chap V. The kynges beyonde Iordane are afrayed The people in Gilgall are circumcysed They eate the Passeouer and vnleuended bred Chap. VI. How Iericho is wonne and taken Chap. VII The Israelites are put to flight before their enemies because one of thē had stollen of it that shulde haue bene damned and vtterly destroyed The trespacer is stoned vnto death Chap VIII The cite of Hai is wonne the people slayne the kynge taken alyue and hanged the cite brent Iosua buyldeth an altare vnto the LORDE The blessynges and curses are red Chap. IX The Heythen kynges prepare thē selues agaynst Israel The Gabaonites saue their lyues by crafte and suttyltie Chap. X. The Heythen laye sege to Gabaon but Iosua helpeth them and wynneth a greate felde commaundeth the Sonne
couenaunt with the â—â—dwellers of this londe but breake downe their altares Neuertheles ye haue not herkâ—â—ed vnto my voyce Wherfore haue ye done this Then saide I morouer I wil noâ— dryue them out before you that they mayâ— be a fall vnto you and their goddes a 〈◊〉 And whan y e messaunger of the LORDE had spoken these wordes vnto all the children of Israel the people lefte vp their voyce wepte and called y e name of the place Bochim and offred there vnto the LORDE For whan Iosua had sente awaye y e people and the childreÌ„ of Israel were gone euery one to his enheritauÌ„ce for to take possession of the londe the people serued the LORDE as longe as Iosua lyued and y e Elders which lyued longe after Iosua and y t sawe all the greate workes of the LORDE which he dyd for Israel Now whan Iosua the sonne of Nun the seruaunt of the LORDE was deed whan he was an huÌ„dreth and ten yeare olde they buried him in y e border of his inheritaunce at Timnath Here 's vpon mount Ephraim on the north syde of mount Gaas And whan all the same generacion was gathered vnto their fathers there came vp after them another generacion which knew not the LORDE ner the workes that he had done for Israel Then wroughte the children of Israel euell before the LORDE and serued Baalâ—m and forsoke y e LORDE the God of their fathers which broughte them out of the londe of Egipte and folowed other goddes the goddes of the nacions that dwelt rounde aboute them worshipped them displeased the LORDE for they forsoke y e LORDE euer more and more and serued Baal and Astaroth Then y e wrath of the LORDE waxed whote vpoÌ„ Israel he delyuered theÌ„ in to y e handes of those y t spoyled theÌ„ that they mighte spoyle them solde theÌ„ in to the handes of their enemies rouÌ„de aboute they were not able to withstonde their enemies eny more but what waye so euer they wolde out y e haÌ„de of the LORDE was agaynst theÌ„ to their hurte euen as the LORDE sayde and sware vnto them and they were sore oppressed Now whan the LORDE raysed them vp iudges which helped them out of the hande of soch as spoyled theÌ„ they folowed not the iudges nether but wente a whoringe after other goddes worshipped them and were soone gone out of y e waye y t their fathers walked in to heare the coÌ„maundementes of the LORDE dyd not as they dyd But whan y e LORDE raysed vp iudges vnto them the LORDE was with y e iudge and helped them out of the hande of their enemies as longe as the iudge lyued For the LORDE had pitie of their complaynte which they made ouer those y t subdued theÌ„ and oppressed them Neuertheles whan the iudge dyed they turned backe and marred all more theÌ„ their fathers so that they folowed other goddes to serue them and to bowe them selues vnto them they wolde not fall from their purposes ner from their obstinate waye Therfore waxed the wrath of the LORDE allwaie so whote ouer Israel that he sayde For so moch as the people haue transgressed my couenaunt which I commaunded their fathers folowe not my voyce I wil from hence forth dryue out none of the Heythen whoÌ„ Iosua lefte behynde him whaÌ„ he dyed that by them I maye proue Israel whether they wil kepe the waye of the LORDE to walke therin as their fathers dyd or not Thus the LORDE suffred all these nacions so that in a shorte tyme he droue them not out whom he had not geuen ouer in to Iosuas hande The III. Chapter THese are the nacions whom the LORDE suffred to remayne y t by them he mighte proue Israel which had no vnderstondinge in the warres of Canaan onely because y t the trybes of the childreÌ„ of Israel might knowe lerne to warre which afore had no knowlege therof namely The fyue lordes of y e Philistynes all the Cananites Sidonians the Hethites y t dwelt vpon mount Libanus fro mount Baal Hermon vntyll a man come vnto Hemath The same remayned that Israel mighte be proued by them that it mighte be knowne whether they wolde herken to the commaundementes of the LORDE which he commaunded their fathers by Moses Now whan the children of Israel dwelt thus amoÌ„ge the Cananites Hethites Amorites Pheresites Heuites Iebusites they toke their doughters to wyues gaue their doughters vnto their sonnes serued their goddes and wroughte wickednes before the LORDE forgat the LORDE their God serued Baalim Astaroth Then y e wrath of y e LORDE waxed whote ouer Israel he solde theÌ„ vnder the haÌ„de of Cusan Risathaim kynge of Mesopotamia so y e childreÌ„ of Israel serued Cusan Risathaim viij yeare TheÌ„ cried the childreÌ„ of Israel vnto the LORDE the LORDE raysed theÌ„ vp a sauio r which delyuered theÌ„ namely Athniel y e sonne of Kenas Calebs yongest brother And the sprete of the LORDE came vpon him he was iudge in Israel wente out a warre fare And y e LORDE delyuered Cusan Risathaim the kynge of Syria in to his haÌ„de so y t his hande was to stroÌ„ge for him Then was the londe in rest fortye yeares And Athniel the sonne of Kenas dyed But the children of Israel dyd yet more euell before the LORDE Then the LORDE strengthed Eglon the kynge of y e Moabites agaynst y e childreÌ„ of Israel because they wrought wickednesse before y e LORDE And he gathered vnto him y e childreÌ„ of Ammon the Amalechites weÌ„te and smote Israel and conquered the cite of the palme trees And the children of Israel serued Eglon y e kynge of y e Moabites eightene yeare TheÌ„ cried they vnto the LORDE And the LORDE raysed theÌ„ vp a sauioure namely Ehud the sonne of Gera y e sonne of Iemini which was a man that mighte do nothinge with his righte hande And whaÌ„ the childreÌ„ of Israel sent a present by him vnto Eglon the kynge of the Moabites Ehud made him a two edged dagger of a spanne longe gyrded it vnder his garmeÌ„t vpoÌ„ his righte thye broughte y e present vnto Eglon the kynge of y e Moabites As for Eglon he was a very fat man And whan he had delyuered the presente he let the people go that had caried the present and he himselfe turned backe from the Idols at Gilgall caused to saye thus vnto the kynge I haue a secrete thinge to tell the O kynge And he commaunded to kepe sylence all they that stode aboute him wente out from him And Ehud came in vnto him He sat in a syled Sommer perler which was for him selfe alone And Ehud saide I haue somwhat to saye vnto the of God TheÌ„ rose he vp froÌ„ his seate But Ehud put forth his lefte hande toke the dagger from his righte thye thrust
hande and with the ende of it he touched the flesh and the vnleuended floure and the fyre came out of the rocke and consumed the flesh and the vnleuended floure And the angell of the LORDE vanyshed out of his sighte Now whā Gedeon sawe that it was an angell of y e LORDE he sayde O LORDE LORDE haue I thus sene an angell of y e LORDE face to face The LORDE sayde vnto him Peace be with the feare not thou shalt not dye Thē Gedeon buylded an altare there vnto y e LORDE called it The LORDE of peace The same stondeth yet vnto this daye at Apra y t belōgeth vnto the father of y e Esrites And in y e same night sayde y e LORDE vnto him Take a fedd bullocke frō amōge thy fathers oxen another bullocke of seuen yeare olde and breake downe the altare of Baall which is thy fathers and cut downe the groue that stondeth by it and buylde thou an altare vnto the LORDE y e God aboue vpon the toppe of this rocke and make it ready and take the other bullocke and offre a burnt offerynge with the wodd of the groue that thou hast hewen downe Then toke Gedeon ten men of his seruauntes and dyd as y e LORDE sayde vnto him but he was afrayed to do this by daye tyme for his fathers house and the people in y e cite and so he dyd it by nighte Now whan the people in the cite rose vp early in the mornynge beholde Baals altare was broken and the groue hewen downe by it and the other bullocke a burnt offerynge vpon the altare that was buylded one sayde vnto another Who hath done this And whan they soughte made searche it was sayde Gedeon the sonne of Ioas hath done it Thē sayde the people of y e cite vnto Ioas Brynge forth y e sonne He must dye because he hath broken Baals altare and hewen downe the groue therby But Ioas sayde vnto all them that stode by him Wyl ye stryue for Baal Wil ye delyuer him He y t stryueth for him shal dye this mornynge Yf he be God let him auēge him selfe because his altare is broken downe From y t daye forth was he called Ierubaal because it was sayde Let Baal auenge him selfe that his altare is broken downe Whan y e Madianites now y e Amalechites the childrē towarde the south had gathered thēselues together were passed thorow Iordane had pitched their tentes in the valley of Iesrael the sprete of the LORDE endued Gedeon he caused the trompet to be blowne called the house of Abieser that they shulde folowe him he sent messaungers vnto all Manasse called them y t they shulde folowe him also and he sent messaungers likewyse vnto Asser Zabulon Nephtali which came vp to mete him And Gedeon sayde vnto God Yf thou wilt delyuer Israel thorow my hande as thou hast saide thē wil I laye a flese of woll in the courte yf y e dew be onely vpon y e flese drye vpon all the grounde then wyll I perceaue that thou shalt delyuer Israel thorow my hande as thou hast sayde And it came so to passe And whan he rose vp early on the morow he wrāge y e dew out of the flese and fylled a dyszshe full of water And Gedeon sayde vnto God Be not wroth at me that I speake yet this one tyme. I wyl proue yet but once with the flese let it be drye onely vpon the flese and dew vpon all the grounde And God dyd so the same nighte so that it was drye onely vpon the flese and dew vpon all the grounde The VII Chapter THen Ierubaal that is Gedeon gat him vp early and all the people that was with him and pitched their tentes besyde the well of Harod so that he had the hoost of the Madianites on the north side behynde the hyll of More in the valley But the LORDE sayde vnto Gedeon The people that be with y t are to many for me to delyuer Madian in to their hande lest Israel boost them selues agaynst me and saye My hande hath delyuered me Cause a proclamacion now to be made in the eares of the people and saye He that feareth and is afrayed let him turne backe and get him soone fro mount Gilead Then returned there of the people aboute a two and twenty thousande so that there was left but ten thousande And the LORDE sayde vnto Gedeon The people are yet to many brynge them downe to the water there wyl I proue them for y e and of whom I saye that he shal go w t the the same shal go with the but of whō I saie that he shal not go with the the same shall not go And he broughte the people vnto y e water And the LORDE sayde vnto Gedeon Whosoeuer licketh of the water with his tūge as a dogg licketh make him stonde asyde and lykewyse who soeuer falleth downe vpō his knees to drynke Then was the nombre of them that had licked out of the hande to the mouth thre hundreth men And the LORDE sayde vnto Gedeon Thorow the thre hūdreth which haue licked wyl I delyuer you and geue ouer the Madianites in to thy hāde As for the other people let them go euery one vnto his place And they toke vytayles with them for y e people and their trompettes but the other Israelites let he go euery one vnto his tente And he strengthed himselfe with the thre hundreth men and the Madianites hoost laye before him beneth in the valley And the same night sayde the LORDE vnto him Vp and go downe in to the hoost for I haue geuen them ouer in to thy hande But yf thou be afrayed to go downe then let y e seruaunt Pura go downe with the vnto the hoost y t thou maiest heare what they saie after that shalt thou be bolde and thy honde stronge that thou mayest go downe in to the hoost Than wente Gedeon downe with his seruaunt vnto y e vttemost parte of y e watchmē of armes y t were in y e hoost And y e Madianites and Amalechites and all the children of the south had layed them selues beneth in the valley as a multitude of greshoppers and their Camels were not to be nombred for multitude euē as the sonde on y e see shore Now whan Gedeon came beholde one tolde another his dreame sayde Beholde I haue dreamed a dreame Me thoughte a bakē barlye lofe came rollinge downe to y e hoost of y e Madianites and whan it came to the tente it smote it and ouerthrew it and turned it vpsyde downe so that the tente fell Then answered the other That is nothinge els then y e swerde of Gedeon the sonne of Ioas y e Israelite God hath geuē ouer the Madianites with all the hoost in to his hande Whan Gedeon herde this dreame tolde the interpretacion of
fathers house and now come ye to me whan ye are in trouble The Elders of Gilead sayde Therfore come we now againe vnto the that thou mayest go with vs and fighte agaynst the châ—ldren of Ammon and be oure captayne ouer all that dwell in Gilead Iephthae sayde vnto the Elders of Gilead Yf ye fetch me agayne to fighte agaynst the childreÌ„ of Ammon and the LORDE delyuer them before me shal I then be youre heade The Elders of Gilead saide vnto Iephthae The LORDE be hearer betwene vs yf we do not as thou hast sayde So Iephthae weÌ„te with the Elders of Gilead And the people made him heade and duke ouer them And Iephthae spake all this before the LORDE at Mispa Then sente Iephthae messaungers to the kynge of the children of Ammon and caused to saye vnto him What hast thou to do with me that thou coÌ„mest vnto me to fight agaynst my londe The kynge of the childreÌ„ of AmmoÌ„ answered Iephthaes messaungers Because that Israel toke awaye my londe whan they departed out of Egipte from Arnon vnto Iabock and vnto Iordane geue it me agayne now therfore peaceably But Iephthae sent yet mo messaungers to y e kynge of the children of Ammon which sayde vnto him Thus sayeth Iephthae Israel hath taken no londe nether from the Moabites ner from the children of Ammon for when they departed out of Egipte Israel walked thorow the wyldernes vnto the reed see and came to Cades and sent messaungers to the kynge of the Edomites and sayde Let me go thorow thy londe But the kynge of y e Edomites wolde not heare theÌ„ They sent lykewyse vnto the kynge of the Moabites which wolde not also Thus Israel abode in Cades and compased the loÌ„de of the Edomites and Moabites and came on the eastsyde of the londe of the Moabites and pitched beyonde Arnon and came noâ— within the coaste of the Moabites For Arnon is the border of the Moabites And Israel sent messaungers vnto Siâ—hon the kynge of the Amorites at Heszbon and caused to saye vnto him Let me go thorow thy londe vnto my place Neuertheles Sihon wolde not trust Israel to go thorow the border of his londe but gathered all his people and pitched at Iahza and foughte with Israel Howbeit the LORDE God of Israel gaue Sihon with all his people in to Israels haÌ„de so that they slewe them Thus Israel conquered all the londe of the Amorites that dwelt in y e same countre And they toke possessioÌ„ of all the borders of the Amorites from Arnon vnto Iabok from y e wyldernesse vnto Iordane So y e LORDE God of Israel droue awaye the Amorites before his people of Israel and wilt thou coÌ„quere them Is it not so yf thy God Camos gaue the oughte to possesse woldest thou not possesse it What so euer the LORDE oure God hath geueÌ„ vs before vs to possesse that shal we conquere and take in possession Hast thou better right thinkest thou theÌ„ Balac the sonne of Ziphor the kynge of y e Moabites Dyd he euer go to lawe or fighte agaynst Israel Though Israel haue dwelt now vpoÌ„ a thre huÌ„dreth yeare in Hesbon and in the vyllages therof in Aroer and in the vyllages therof and in all the cities that lye by Arnon Why dyd not ye rescue it at the same tyme I haue not offended the thou doest me euell to fighte agaynst me The LORDE geue sentence this daie betwene Israel and the children of Ammon Neuertheles the kynge of the children of Ammon wolde not heare y e wordes of Iephthae which he sent vnto him Then came y e sprete of the LORDE vpon Iephthae and he wente thorow Gileaâ—â—nd Manasse and thorow Mispa which lieth in Gilead and fro Mispa that lieth in Gilead vnto y e children of Ammon And Iephthae vowed a vowe vnto the LORDE and sayde Yf thou wilt delyuer the childreÌ„ of Ammon in to my hande what so euer commeth first out at the dore of my house in my waye whan I returne agayne peaceably from the childreÌ„ of Ammon that same shal be the LORDES and I wyl offre it for a burtn offerynge So Iephthae wente vpon the children of Ammon to fighte against them And y e LORDE gaue them in to his hande and he smote theÌ„ from Arâ—er tyll thou comest vnto Minnith euen twentye cities and vnto the playne of y e vynyardes a very greate slaughter and thus were the children of Ammon subdued before the children of Israel Now whan Iephthae came to Mispa vnto his house beholde his doughter wente out to mete him with tabrettes and daunces and she was his onely childe he had els nether sonne ner doughter And whan he sawe her he rente his clothes sayde Alas my doughter thou makest my hert soroufull and discomfortest me for I haue opened my mouth vnto the LORDE and can not call it agayne She sayde My father yf thou hast opened thy mouth vnto the LORDE then do vnto me as it is proceaded out of y e mouth acordinge as the LORDE hath aueÌ„ged the of thyne enemies the children of Ammon And she sayde vnto hir father Do this for me geue me leue to go downe vpoÌ„ the mountaynes two monethes that I maye bewepâ— my virginite with my playfeeres He sayde Go thy waye And he let her go two monethes Then wente she with her playefeeres and bewayled hir mayden heade vpon the mountaynes And after two monethes she came agayne vnto hir father And he dyd vnto her acordinge as he had vowed And she had neuer bene in daunger of eny man And it was a custome in Israel that the doughters of Israel shulde go euery yeare and mourne for the doughter of Iephthae the Gileadite foure dayes in the yeare The XII Chapter ANd they of Ephraim made insurreccion wente northwarde sayde vnto Iephthae Wherfore weÌ„test thou to the battayll agaynst the children of Ammon hast not called vs that we mighte go with the We wil burne thy house and the with fyre Iephthae sayde vnto theÌ„ I and my people had a greate matter with y e children of Ammon and I cried vpon you but ye helped me not out of their handes Now whan I sawe y t there was no helper I put my soule in my honde and wente agaynst the children of Ammon and the LORDE delyuered them in to my hande Wherfore come ye vp to me to fighte agaynst me And Iephthae gathered all the men in Gilead foughte agaynst Ephraim And the men in Gilead smote Ephraim because they sayde Ye Gileadites are as they y t fle awaye before Ephraim and dwell amoÌ„ge Ephraim Manasse And the Gileadites toke y e ferye of Iordane from Ephraim Now whaÌ„ one of y e fugityue Ephraites dyd saye Let me go ouer y e men of Gilead sayde Art thou an Ephraite yf he answered No they bad him saye Schiboleth he sayde Siboleth coulde not speake it righte
then they toke him slew him at y e ferye of Iordane so y t the same tyme there fell of Epraim two fortye M. Iephthae iudged Israel sixe yeares And Iephthae y e Gileadite dyed was buried in one of the cities of Gilead After him iudged ▪ Israel one Ebzan of Bethleem which had thirtie sonnes and as many doughters and his thirtie doughters gaue he forth to mariage and thirtie doughters toke he from without for his sonnes and iudged Israel seuen yeare and died and shulders loynes and wēte downe dwelt in the stone clyffe at Etam Then wente the Philistynes vp and layed sege vnto Iuda pitched at Lechi But they of Iuda sayde Wherfore are ye come vp against vs They answered we are come vp to bynde Samson y t we maye do vnto him as he hath done vnto vs. Then wēte there thre M. men of Iuda downe to the stone clyffe of Etam sayde vnto Samson Knowest thou not that the Philistynes raigne ouer vs Wherfore hast thou done this then vnto vs He sayde As they dyd vnto me so haue I done vnto thē agayne They sayde vnto him We are come downe to bynde the to delyuer y t into the hāde of the Philistynes Samson sayde vnto thē Then sweare promyse me y t ye wyll not slaye me They answered him We wyll not kyll the we wil but bynde the delyuer the in to their hande wyl not slaye ye. And they bounde him with two new coardes caried him from the stone And whan he came vnto Lechi the Philistynes shouted and rāne vnto him But y e sprete of y e LORDE came vpon him the coardes aboute his armes were like thredes burnt in the fyre so y t the bondes were lowsed from his hondes And he founde the cheke bone of a deed asse then put he forth his hande and toke it slewe a thousande men therwith And Samson sayde With an olde asses cheke bone yee euē with the cheke bone of an asse haue I slayne a thousande men And whan he had sayde y t he cast y e cheke bone out of his hande called the place Ramath Lechi But whā he was sore a thyrst he called vpō the LORDE saide Soch greate health hast thou geuē by the hāde of thy seruaunt but now must I dye a thyrst fall in to y e hande of y e vncircūcised Thē God opened a gome tothe in y e cheke bone so y t water wēte out whan he dranke his sprete came agayne he was refreszshed Therfore vnto this daye it is yet called y e well of y e cheke bone of him y t made intercession And he iudged Israel in the tyme of the Philistynes twētye yeare The XVI Chapter SAmson wente vnto Gasa there he sawe an harlot laye with her Thē was it saide vnto the Gasites Samson is come hither And they compased him aboute caused to laye wayte for him preuely watched all the nighte in the gate of y e cite all that nighte they helde them styll sayde Abyde tomorow whan it is lighte we wyll slaye him But Samson laye vnto mydnighte then rose he at mydnighte toke holde on both y e syde portes of y e gate of the cite w t both the postes lifte them out with the barres layed them vpon his shulders bare them vp to y e toppe of y e mount ouer agaynst Hebron After this he fell in to the loue of a woman by y e broke of Sorek whose name was Dalila vnto whom the prynces of the Philistynes came vp and sayde vnto her Persuade him and loke wherin he hath soch greate strēgth how we maye ouercome him y t we mighte bynde him subdue him so wyll we geuethe euery man a M. and an C. syluerlinges And Dalila sayde vnto Samson I praye the tell me wherin thy greate strēgth is how thou mightest be bounde to be subdued Samson sayde vnto her Yf I were bounde with seuē roapes of fresh senowes which are not yet dryed vp I shulde be weake and as another man Thē the prynces of the Philistynes broughte vp vnto her seuen new roapes which were not yet dryed vp And she bounde him therwith But there was wayte layed for him besyde her in the chamber and she sayde vnto him The Pilistynes vpon the Samson Neuertheles he brake the roapes in sunder euē as a twyned threde breaketh whan it hath catched the heate of the fyre And it was not knowne wherin his strength was Then sayde Dalila vnto Samson beholde thou hast begyled me dyssembled with me tell me yet wherwithall mayest thou be bounde He answered her Yf they bounde me with new coardes wherwith no labo r hath bene done I shulde be feble as another man Then toke Dalila new coardes bounde him withall and sayde The Philistynes vpō the Samson but there was wayte layed for him in the chamber And he brake them from his armes euen as it had bene a threde Dalila sayde vnto him Yet hast thou begyled me dessembled w t me O tell me yet wherwithall mightest thou be bounde He answered her Yf thou playtest seuē hayri◠lockes of my heade together in a fyllet and fastenest them in with a nayle I shulde be weake And she saide vnto him The Philistynes vpō the Samson But he awaked out of his slepe drue out y e playted hayrie lockes with the nale and the fyllet Thē sayde she vnto him How cāst thou saye y t thou louest me where as thine hert is not yet with me Thre tymes hast thou disceaued me and not tolde me wherin thy greate strength is So whan she was euery daye importune vpon him w t her wordes wolde not let him haue rest his soule was faynte euen vnto the death he shewed her his whole hert sayde vnto her There came neuer rasoure vpon my heade for I am a Nazaree of God fro my mothers wombe Yf I were shauen my strength shulde departe fro me so that I shulde be weake and as all other men Now whan Dalila sawe that he had opened all his hert vnto her ▪ she sent called for the prynces of the Philistynes sayde Come yet once vp for he hath opened his whole hert vnto me Thē came the prynces of the Philistynes vp vnto her broughte the money w t them in their handes And she made him to slepe vpon hir lappe called one which shoue of the seuē hayrie lockes of his heade And she beganne to vexe him Thē was his strength departed frō him And she sayde vnto him The Philistynes vpon the Samson Now whā he awoke out of his slepe he thoughte I wil go forth as I haue done afore tyme ease my selfe knewe not y t the LORDE was departed from him But the Philistynes toke him put out his eyes and broughte him downe to Gasa bounde him w
londe of Zuph Saul sayde vnto the childe that was with him Come let vs go home agayne lest my father let go the asses and take care for vs. He sayde Beholde here is an honorable man of God in this cite all that he sayeth commeth to passe Let vs go thither now perauenture he maye shewe vs oure waye which we go But Saul saide vnto his childe Though we shulde go what brynge we the man For the bred is gone out of o r walet and els haue we no gifte to brynge the man of God what haue we The childe answered agayne and sayde Beholde I haue the fourth parte of a syluer Sycle by me y e same wyll we geue the man of God that he maye shewe vs oure waye Afore tyme in Israel whan a man wente to axe councell at the LORDE he sayde Come let vs go to the Seer for they that now are called prophetes were called Seers afore tyme Saul sayde vnto his childe Thou hast well spoken come let vs go And whan they wente vnto the cite where the man of God was and came vp to the cite they founde damsels which were gone forth to drawe water vnto them they sayde Is the Seer here ▪ They answered them and sayde Yee Beholde he is there make haist for he came in to the cite this daye because the people haue a sacrifice to do to daye in the hye place Whan ye come in the cite ye shal fynde him afore he go vp to the hye place for to eate for the people wyll not eate tyll he come For he shall blesse the offerynge then shal they eate that are called Therfore go yo r waie vp for euē now shal ye finde him And whan they came vp to the cite and were euen in the myddes of the cite beholde Samuel came forth in their waye and wolde go vp to the hye place But the LORDE had opened Samuels eare the daye afore or euer Saul came and sayde Tomorow aboute this tyme wyll I sende a man vnto the out of the lōde of Ben Iamin him shalt thou anoynte to be prynce ouer my people of Israel that he maye delyuer my people from the hande of the Philistynes for I haue loked vpon my people and their crye is come before me Now whan Samuel behelde Saul the LORDE answered him lo y t is the man of whom I tolde the that he shulde raigne ouer my people Then came Saul vnto Samuel vnder y e gate and sayde Tell me I praye the where is the Seers house Samuel answered Saul and sayde I am the Seer Go vp before me vnto the hye place for ye shall eate with me to daye tomorow wyll I lett the go and all that is in thyne hert wyll I tell the and as for the Asses which were lost thre dayes agoo care not thou for them for they are founde And to whom shall belonge all that is pleasaunt in Israel Shall it not belonge vnto the and to all thy fathers house Saul answered Am not I a sonne of Iemini and of the smallest trybe and my kynred the leest amonge all the kynreds of y e trybe of Ben Iamin Why speakest thou so thē vnto me Samuel toke Saul his childe brought them in to the perler where they shulde eate and satt them aboue those that were called of whom there were aboute a thirtie men And Samuel sayde vnto the coke Geue me the porcion that I gaue the and bad the kepe it by the. Then the coke toke vp a shulder and bare it forth and set it before Saul And Samuel sayde Beholde this is left laye it before the and eate for it was kepte for the agaynst this tyme whan I called the people Thus Saul ate with Samuel the same daye And whan they were gone downe from the hye place vnto the cite he talked with Saul in the chamber And they rose vp early on the morow And whan the mornynge sprynge arose Samuel called Saul in the chamber and sayde Vp y t I maye sende the thy waye And Saul gat him vp they both wēte forth together he and Samuel And whan they came downe to the ende of the cite Samuel sayde vnto Saul Speake vnto y e childe that he go on forth before vs but stōde thou styll now that I maie shew◠the what God hath sayde The X. Chapter THen toke Samuel a glasse of oyle and poured it vpō his heade and kissed him and sayde Seist thou that the LORDE hath anoynted the to be the prince ouer his enheritaūce Whan thou goest now fro me thou shalt fynde two men besyde Rachels graue in the coast of Ben Iamin at Zelzah which shal saie vnto the The asses are founde whom thou wentest to seke and beholde thy father hath put the asses out of his mynde and taketh thoughte for the and sayeth What shall I do for my sonne And whan thou goest on forth from thence thou shalt come to the Oke of Thabor there shall thre men fynde the which go vp vnto God towarde Bethel one beareth thre kiddes another thre loaues of bred the thyrde a bottel with wyne and they shall salute the and geue the two loaues which thou shalt take of their hande After that shalt thou come to the hyll of God where the Philistynes watch is and whā thou comest there in to the cite there shall mete the a company of prophetes commynge downe from the hye place and before them a Psaltery and tabret a pype and a harpe and they them selues prophecienge And the sprete of the LORDE shall come vpon the and thou shalt prophecye with them and shalt be chaunged in to another man Whan these tokens now come vnto the then do what so euer commeth vnder thyne hande for God is with the. Thou shalt go downe before me vnto Gilgall Beholde thither wyl I come downe vnto the that thou mayest offre burnt offerynges and deed offerynges Seuen dayes shalt thou tarye till I come to the and shewe the what thou shuldest do And whan he turned his shulder to go from Samuel God chaunged him another hert and all these tokēs came the same daye And whan they came vnto the hill beholde there met him a company of prophetes and the sprete of God came vpon him so that he prophecyed amonge them But whā they which knewe him before sawe him that he prophecied with the prophetes they sayde all amonge them selues What is happened vnto the sonne of Cis Is Saul also amonge the prophetes And one y t was there answered and sayde Who is their father Hereof came the prouerbe Is Saul also amonge the prophetes And whā he had left of prophecienge he came vp to the hyll Sauls vncle sayde vnto him and to his childe Whither wente ye They answered To seke the asses And whan we sawe that they were awaye we came vnto Samuel Then sayde Sauls vncle Tell me what sayde Samuel vnto you Saul answered his
mayest anoynte me him whom I shall shewe the. Samuel dyd as the LORDE sayde and came to Bethleem Then were the Elders of the cite astonnyed and wente forth to mete him and sayde Is thy commynge peaceable He sayde Yee I am come to do sacrifice vnto the LORDE Sanctifye youre selues come with me to the sacrifice And he sanctified Isai and his sonnes and called them to the sacrifice Now whaÌ„ they came in he behelde Eliab thoughte whether he shulde be his anoynted before the LORDE But y e LORDE sayde vnto Samuel loke not vpon his countenaunce ner vpon the tallnesse of his person For I iudge not after the sighte of man A man hath respecte vnto the thinge that is before his eyes but the LORDE loketh vpon the hert Then Isai called Abinadab broughte him before Samuel And he sayde This hath not the LORDE chosen Then Isai broughte Samma But he sayde This also hath not the LORDE chosen Then broughte Isai his seuen sonnes before Samuel Neuertheles Samuel saide vnto Isai The LORDE hath chosen none of these And Samuel sayde vnto Isai Are here all the childreÌ„ He sayde There is yet one y t leest of all and beholde he kepeth the shepe TheÌ„ sayde Samuel vnto Isai Sende cause him to be fetched for we will not syt downe at the table vntyll he come Then sent he caused him be broughte And he was well coloured w t fayre eyes of a beutyfull countenaunce And the LORDE saide Aryse and anoynte him that is he TheÌ„ toke Samuel his oyle hoâ—e anoynted him amonge his brethreÌ„ And the sprete of the LORDE came vpoÌ„ Dauid froÌ„ y e daye forth As for Samuel he gat him vp wente vnto Ramath But the sprete of the LORDE departed from Saul and an euell sprete from y e LORDE vexed him Then sayde Sauls seruauntes vnto him Beholde an euell sprete from God vexeth the. Let oure lorde saie vnto his seruauntes which stonde before him y t they seke a man which can playe vpon the harpe and instrumente that whan the euell sprete of God coÌ„meth vpon the he maye playe w t his hande to ease the withall Then sayde Saul vnto his seruauÌ„tes Prouyde me a maÌ„ that can playe well vpon the instrumente brynge him vnto me Then answered one of the children sayde Beholde I sawe a sonne of Isai y e Bethleemite which can playe vpon the instrumeÌ„te an honest valeauÌ„t man and one y t hath vnderstoÌ„dinge in matters is welfauoured TheÌ„ Saul sent messaungers vnto Isai sayeÌ„ge Sende me Dauid y e sonne which is with the shepe Then toke Isai an asse w t bred a bottell w t wyne and a kyd and sent it vnto Saul by Dauid his sonne So Dauid came to Saul stode before him he loued him well and he became his wapen bearer And Saul sente vnto Isai sayeÌ„ge Let Dauid remayne before me for he hath founde fauo r in my sighte Now whan the sprete of God came vpoÌ„ Saul Dauid toke y e harpe played w t his hande so was Saul refreszshed eased the euell sprete departed from him The XVII Chapter THe Philistynes gathered their hoost to y e battayl and came together to Socho in Iuda pitched their tentes betwene Socho Aseka at the ende of Damin But Saul the meÌ„ of Israel came together pitched in the Oke valley prepared them selues to the battayll agaynst the Philistynes And the Philistynes stode vpon a hyll on the one syde and the Israelites vpon a hyll on the other syde so that there was a valley betwene them Then stepte there forth from amoÌ„ge the Philistynes a stoute bolde man named Goliath of Gath sixe cubites and an hande breth hye and had an helmet of stele on his heade and a fast habergion vpon him and the weight of his habergion was fyue thousande Sicles of stele and harnesse of stele had he vpon his legges and a shylde of stele vpon his shulders and the shaft of his speare was like a weuers lome and the yron of his speare had sixe hundreth Sicles of yron and his wapen bearer wente before him And he stode and called vnto the hoost of Israel and sayde vnto them Wherfore are ye come forth to prepare youre selues to the battayll Am not I a Philistyne and ye the seruauntes of Saul Chose one amonge you to come downe vnto me yf he can fighte agaynst me and slaye me then wil we be youre seruauntes but yf I can ouercome him and slaye him then shal ye be oure seruauntes to do vs seruyce And the Philistyne sayde I haue spokeÌ„ diszdanedly vnto the hoost of Israel this daye Geue me one and let vâ— fighte together Whan Saul and all Israel herde these wordes of y e Philistyne they were astonnyed and sore afrayed But Dauid was the sonne of a man of Ephrata of Bethleem Iuda whose name was Isai which had eight sonnes and was an olde man in Sauls tyme and was well strycken in age amonge men And the thre eldest sonnes of Isai were gone with Saul to the battayll And there names were these Eliab the first borne Abinadab the seconde and Samma the thirde But Dauid was the yongest of all So whan the thre eldest were gone with Saul to the battayll Dauid wente agayne from Saul to kepe his fathers shepe at Bethleem But the Philistyne stepte forâ—h early in the mornynge and at euen and stode there fortye dayes Isai sayde vnto Dauid his sonne Take this Epha of firmentye for thy brethren and these ten loaues of bred and runne to the hoost vnto thy brethren these ten new cheses and brynge them to y e captayne and loke how thy brethren do whether it go well with them or no and take what they byd the. But Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in the Oke valley and foughte agaynst the Philistynes Then Dauid gat him vp early in the mornynge and commytted the shepe to y e keper and toke his burthen wente his waye as Isai commaunded him and came to the teÌ„t And the hoost was gone forth and had prepared them selues and cried in the battayl For Israel had set them selues in araye and the Philistynes were agaynst their hoost in their araye also Then lefte Dauid the vessell that he bare with the keper of the stuffe and ranne to the hoost and wente in and saluted his brethren And whyle he was yet talkynge with them beholde then came vp the stoute bolde man whose name was Goliath the Philistine of Gath out of the Philistynes hoost and spake like as afore and Dauid herde it But euery man of Israel whan he sawe the man fled from him and was sore afrayed of him And euery man in Israel sayde Haue ye sene the man commynge vp hither For he is come vp hither to speake diszdanedly vnto Israel And who so euer smyteth him him wyll the kynge make ryche and geue him his doughter
that daye forth Saul loked sowerly vpoÌ„ Dauid The nexte daye after came the euell sprete of God vpon Saul and prophecyed in y e myddes of the house But Dauid played on the instrumente with his hande as he was wonte daylie And Saul had a iauelynge in his hande and cast it and thoughte I wyll stycke Dauid fast to the wall Neuerthelesse Dauid turned himselfe twyse awaye from him And Saul was afrayed of Dauid for the LORDE was with him and was departed from Saul Then Saul put him from him and set him to be prynce ouer a thousande men and he went out and in before the people And Dauid behaued himselfe wysely in all his doynges and the LORDE was with him Now whan Saul sawe that he was so exceadynge wyse he stode in feare of him But all Israel and Iuda loued Dauid for he wente out and in before them And Saul sayde vnto Dauid Beholde my greatest doughter Merob wyl I geue the to wyfe be stronge now gouerne the warres of the LORDE For Saul thought my haÌ„de shal not be vpon him but the hande of y e Pilistynes Neuertheles Dauid answered Saul Who am I what is my life the kynred of my father in Israel that I shulde mary the kinges doughter But whan the tyme came that Merob y e doughter of Saul shulde haue bene geueÌ„ vnto Dauid she was geuen vnto Adriel y e Meholathite to wyfe Neuerthelesse Mâ—chol Sauls doughter loued Dauid Whan this was tolde Saul y e matter pleased him well he sayde I wyl geue him her y t she maye be a snare vnto him that the handes of y e Philistynes maye come vpon him And he sayde vnto Dauid This daye shalt thou be my doughters huszbaÌ„de y e secoÌ„de time And Saul spake vnto his seruauÌ„tes Talke w t Dauid secretly saye Beholde the kinge hath pleasure in the and all his seruauntes loue the mary thou therfore the kynges doughter And Sauls seruauntes spake these wordes in the eares of Dauid But Dauid saide Thynke ye it but a small matter to mary the kynges doughter As for me I am but a poore symple man And Sauls seruauntes tolde him agayne and sayde Soch wordes hath Dauid spoken Saul sayde Then saye ye vnto Dauid The kynge desyreth no dowry but onely an hundreth foreszkynnes of the Philistynes that vengeaunce maye be taken of the kinges enemies Howbeit Saul thought to cause Dauid be slayne by the haÌ„des of the Philistynes Then his seruauntes tolde Dauid these wordes and Dauid was contente with the matter to mary the kynges doughter And after a fewe dayes Dauid gatt him vp and wente with his men and smote two hundreth men amonge the Philistynes And Dauid broughte their foreszkynnes and made their nombre sufficient vnto the kynge y t he mighte mary the kynges doughter TheÌ„ Saul gaue him his doughter Michol to wyfe And Saul sawe and perceaued that the LORDE was w t Dauid And Michol Sauls doughter loued him Then was Saul the more afrayed and became his enemye as loÌ„ge as he lyued And whan the prynces of the Philistynes weÌ„te forth Dauid behaued him selfe more wysely then all the seruauntes of Saul in their outgoynge so that his name was in greate reputacion The XIX Chapter SAul spake to Ionathas his sonne and to all his seruauntes that they shulde kyll Dauid Neuerthelesse Ionathas the sonne of Saul loued Dauid exceadingly and tolde him and sayde Saul my father goeth aboute to slaye the. Kepe the therfore I praye the in the mornynge and abyde in secrete and hyde the. But I wyll go forth and stonde besyde my father in the felde where thou art and wyll speake of the vnto my father and what soeuer I se I shal brynge the worde And Ionathas reported y e best of Dauid vnto Saul his father and sayde vnto him Oh let not the kynge synne agaynst his seruaunt for he hath not synned agaynst the and his doynge is very necessary for the he put his lyfe in his hande also and smote the Philistyne the LORDE dyd a greate health vnto all Israel this hast thou sene and reioysed therof Wherfore wylt thou then offende agaynst innocent bloude that thou woldest kyll Dauid without a cause Then herkened Saul vnto the voice of Ionathas and sware As truly as the LORDE lyueth he shal not dye Then Ionathas called Dauid and tolde him all these wordes and brought him to Saul so that he was in presence like as afore tyme. But there arose a battayll agayne and Dauid wente forth and fought agaynst the Philistynes and smote a greate slaughter so that they fled before him Neuertheles y e euell sprete of the LORDE came vpon Saul and he sat in his house and had a iauelynge in his hande But Dauid plaied vpon the instrument with his haÌ„de And Saul thoughâ— with the iauelinge to sticke Dauid fast to the wall Howbeit he wente asyde froÌ„ Saul and the iauelynge smote in the wall And Dauid fled and escaped that night Notwithstondinge Saul sent his messaungers to Dauids house that they shulde laye wayte for him and kyll him in the mornynge Michol Dauids wyfe tolde him this and sayde Yf thou saue not thy soule this night thou shalt dye tomorow Then Michol let him downe thorow the wyndow so that he wente his waye fled and escaped And Mickol toke an ymage and layed it in the bed and laied a goates szkinne at the heade of it and couered it with clothes Then Saul sent messauÌ„gers to fetch Dauid But she sayde He is sicke Neuerthelesse Saul sent messaungers to se Dauid sayde Bringe him vp to me with the bed that he maye be slayne Now whan the messaungers came beholde the ymage laye in the bed and a goates szkynne at the heade of it Theâ— sayde Saul vnto Michol Why hast thou begyled me and let myne enemye go that he mighte escape Michol sayde vnto Saul He sayde vnto me Let me go or I wyl kyll the. Aâ— for Dauid he fled and escaped and came to Samuel vnto Ramath and tolde him all y t Saul had done vnto him And he wente w t Samuel and they abode at Naioth And it was tolde Saul Beholde Dauid is at Naioth in Ramath Then Saul sente messaungers to fetch Dauid And they sawe a company of prophetes prophecienge and Samuel had the ouersight of them Then came the sprete of God vpon the messaungers of Saul so that they prophecyed also Whan this was tolde Saul he sent other messaungers which prophecied likewyse Then sente he messaungers the thyrde tyme and they in like maner prophecyed Then wente he himselfe also vnto Ramath and whan he came to the greate well which is at Secho he axed and sayde Where is Samuel and Dauid Then was it tolde him beholde at Naioth in Ramath And he wente thither euen vnto Naioth in Ramath And y e sprete of God came vpon him also and he weÌ„te prophecied till he came vnto Naioth in
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
thither to seke the. And whan they sayde He is not here he toke an ooth of the same kyngdome and nacion that they had not founde the. And now thou sayest Go tell y e LORDE beholde Elias is here Now whan I were gone from the the sprete of the LORDE shulde take y e awaye I can not tell whither and yf I then came and tolde Achab and founde the not he shulde slaye me But thy seruaunt feareth the LORDE from his youth vp Hath it not bene tolde my lorde what I dyd whan Iesabel slewe the prophetes of the LORDE how that I hyd an hundreth of the LORDES prophetes here fiftye and there fiftye in the caues and prouyded for them with bred and water And thou sayest now Go thy waye tell thy lorde Elias is here that he maye slaye me Elias saide As truly as y e LORDE Zebaoth lyueth before whom I stōde I wil shewe my selfe vnto him this daye Then wēte Abdia to mete Achab tolde him And Achab wēte for to mete Elias And whan Achab sawe Elias Achab sayde vnto him Art thou he that troublest Israel He sayde I trouble not Israel but it is thou and thy fathers house because ye haue forsaken the commaundementes of the LORDE and walke after Baal Go to sende forth now and gather me all Israel together vnto mount Carmell and the foure hundreth and fiftye prophetes of Baal and the foure hundreth prophetes of y e groue which eate of Iesabels table So Achab sent vnto all the children of Israel gathered the prophetes together vnto mount Carmell Then stepte Elias vnto all the people sayde How longe halte ye on both y e sydes Yf the LORDE be God thē walke after him but yf Baal be he thē folowe him And the people gaue him no answere Thē sayde Elias vnto the people I onely am lefte a prophet of y e LORDE but Baals prophetes are foure C. and fiftie mē Geue vs now two bullockes let them chose one bullocke hewe him in peces laye him vpō the wod put no fyre theron so wil I take y e other bullock laye him vpō the wod put no fyre theron also call ye then vpō the name of yo r god I wil call vpō the name of the LORDE loke which God now answereth with fyre let the same be God And all the people answered sayde That is righte And Elias sayde vnto Baals prophetes Chose ye one bullock and do ye it first for ye are many and call ye vpon the name of youre god laye no fyre theron And they toke the bullock which he gaue them prepared it called vpon the name of Baal from the mornynge vntyll the noone daye and sayde O Baal heare vs. But there was nether voyce ner answere And they hopped aboute the altare as their vse was to do Now whan it was noone daye Elias mocked them and sayde Crye loude For he is a god peraduēture he is musynge or hath somwhat to do or is gone some iourneye or happlye he slepeth so that he wolde be waked vp And they cried loude and prouoked thē selues with knyues botkens as their maner was tyll y e bloude folowed But whan y e noone daye was past they prophecied vntyll the tyme that the meat offerynge shulde be offered there was nether voyce ner answere ner one to regarde them Then sayde Elias vnto all the people Come hither all ye people vnto me And whan all y e people came to him he repayred y e altare of the LORDE y t was broken toke twolue stones acordinge to the nombre of y e trybes of the childrē of Iacob vnto whom the worde of the LORDE spake and sayde Thy name shal be Israel and of y e stones he buylded an altare in the name of the LORDE made a pytt rounde aboute the altare like two forowes in the corne londe prepared the wod hewed y e bullock in peces and layed him vpon the wod sayde Fetch foure pitchers full of water and poured it vpō the burnt offerynge and vpon the wod And he sayde Do it yet once And they dyd it once agayne And he sayde Do it y e thirde tyme. And they dyd it the thirde tyme. And y e water ranne aboute the altare and y e pytt was full of water also And whan the tyme was to offer y e meat offerynge Elias stepte forth and sayde O LORDE God of Abraham of Isaac and of Israel let it be knowne this daye that thou art God in Israel and I thy seruaunt and that I haue done all this acordinge vnto y e worde Heare me O LORDE O heare me y t this people maye knowe how that thou art the LORDE God that thou mayest afterwarde turne their hertes Then fell downe the fyre of the LORDE and consumed the burnt offeringe the wodd the stones and the earth and licked vp the water that was in the pytt Whan all the people sawe that they fell vpon their faces and sayde The LORDE is God y e LORDE is God Elias sayde vnto them Laye handes vpon Baals prophetes y t none of them escape And they toke them And Elias broughte them downe vnto y e broke Cyson slewe thē there And Elias sayde vnto Achab Go vp eate drynke for it soundeth as though it wolde rayne sore And whan Achab wēte vp to eate drinke Elias ascēded vp to the toppe of Carmel bowed him selfe downe to the earth put his heade betwene his knees sayde vnto his lad Go vp and loke towarde the See He wente vp loked sayde There is nothinge He sayde Go agayne seuen tymes And at the seuēth tyme he sayde Beholde there goeth vp a litle cloude out of the see like a mans hande He sayde Go vp and saie vnto Achab Bynde y e charet go downe y t the rayne ouertake the not And or a mā coulde turne him the heauen was blacke w t cloudes wynde there came a greate rayne But Achab rode his waie departed vnto Iesrael And the hāde of y e LORDE came vpō Elias and he gyrde his loynes ranne before Achab tyll he came vnto Iesrael The XIX Chapter ANd Achab tolde Iesabel all y t Elias had done how he had slayne all Baals prophetes w t the swerde Thē sent Iesabel a messaunger vnto Elias sayenge The goddes do this that vnto me yf I tomorow aboute this tyme make not thy soule as one of these Then was he afrayed gat him vp wente where he wolde came vnto Berseba in Iuda and lefte his lad there But he him selfe wente a daies iourney in to y e wyldernes came in sat him downe vnder a Iuniper tre wyszshed vnto his soule y t he mighte dye sayde It is now ynough LORDE take my soule for I am no better then my fathers And he layed him downe slepte vnder the
the Iesraelite which he denyed to geue the for money for Naboth lyueth no more but is deed And whan Achab herde y e Naboth was deed he rose to go downe vn-the vyniarde of Naboth the Iesraelite and to take possession of it But the worde of the LORDE came to Elias the Theszbite and sayde Get the vp and go downe to mete Achab the kynge of Israel which is at Samaria beholde he is in Naboths vynyarde in to the which he is gone downe to take possession of it and talke thou with him and speake Thus sayeth the LORDE Thou hast slayne and taken in possession And thou shalt talke morouer vnto him and saye Thus sayeth the LORDE Euen in the place where the dogges licked vp Naboths bloude shall the dogges licke thy bloude also And Achab sayde vnto Elias Hast thou euer founde me thine enemye He saide Yee I haue founde the because thou art euen solde to do euell in the sighte of the LORDE Beholde I wyll brynge mysfortune vpon the and take awaye thy posterite and wil rote out from Achab euen him that maketh water agaynst the wall and him that is shut vp and lefte behynde in Israel and thy house wyll I make as the house of Ieroboam y e sonne of Nebat and as the house of Baesa the sonne of Ahia because of y e prouocacion wherwhith thou hast prouoked me vnto wrath and made Israel to synne And ouer Iesabel spake the LORDE also and sayde The dogges shal deuoure Iesabel in y e felde of Iesrael Who so of Achab dyeth in y e cite him shal the dogges eate vp and who so dyeth in the felde the foules vnder the heauen shall eate him vp So cleane solde to do myschefe in y e sighte of the LORDE hath no man bene as Achab for his Iesabel hath so disceaued him and he maketh him selfe a greate abhominacion that he goeth after Idols acordīge vnto all as dyd the Amorites whom the LORDE expelled before the children of Israel But whan Achab herde these wordes he rēte his clothes put a sack cloth on his body fasted and slepte in sack cloth and wente aboute hanginge downe his heade And the worde of the LORDE came to Elias the Theszbite sayde Hast thou not sene how Achab humbleth him selfe before me For so moch now as he hūbleth him selfe in my sighte I wil not brynge that plage whyle he lyueth but by his sonnes life wil I brynge mysfortune vpon his house The XXII Chapter ANd there passed ouer thre yeares that there was no warre betwene the Sirians Israel But in the thirde yeare wente Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda downe to the kynge of Israel And the kynge of Israel sayde vnto his seruauntes Knowe ye not y t Ramoth in Gilead is oures and we syt styll and take it not out of the hande of the kynge of Syria And he sayde vnto Iosaphat Wilt thou go with me to the battaill vnto Ramoth in Gilead Iosaphat sayde vnto the kynge of Israel I wyll be as thou my people as thy people and my horses as thy horses And Iosaphat sayde vnto y e kynge of Israel Axe this daye at the worde of the LORDE Then the kynge of Israel gathered the prophetes aboute a foure hundreth men and sayde vnto them Shal I go vnto Ramoth in Gilead to fighte or shal I let it alone They sayde Go vp y e LORDE shal delyuer it in to y e kinges hande But Iosaphat sayde Is there not one prophet here more of y e LORDE that we maye axe at him The kinge of Israel saide vnto Iosaphat Here is yet a man one Micheas the sonne of Iemla at whom we maye axe of the LORDE but I hate him for he prophecieth me no good but euell Iosaphat sayde Let not the kynge saye so Then called the kynge of Israel a chamberlayne and sayde Brynge hither soone Micheas the sonne of Iemla As for the kynge of Israel and Iosaphat y e kinge of Iuda they sat ether of them vpon his seate arayed in their garmentes in the place at y e dore of the porte of Samaria and all y e prophetes prophecied before thē And Sedechias the sonne of Cnaena had made him hornes of yron and sayde Thus sayeth the LORDE With these shalt thou puszshe at y e Syrians tyll thou brynge them to naughte And all the prophetes prophecied likewyse and sayde Go vp vnto Ramoth in Gilead thou shalt prospere right well the LORDE shal delyuer it in to the kynges hande And the messaunger that wente to call Micheas sayde vnto him Beholde The wordes of y e prophetes are with one acorde good before the kynge let thy worde therfore be as their worde and speake thou good also Micheas sayde As truly as the LORDE liueth loke what the LORDE sayeth vnto me y t wyl I speake And whan he came to the kynge the kynge sayde vnto him Micheas shal we go vnto Ramoth in Gilead to fight or shall we let it alone He sayde vnto him Yee go vp thou shalt prospere righte well the LORDE shall geue it in to the kynges hande But the kynge sayde vnto him agayne I charge y t that thou saye no other thinge vnto me but the trueth in the name of y e LORDE He sayde I sawe all Israel scatred abrode vpon the mountaynes as the shepe that haue no shepherde And the LORDE saide Haue these no lorde Let euery one turne home agayne in peace Then sayde y e kinge of Israel vnto Iosaphat Tolde not I y e that he wolde prophecye me no good but euell He sayde Heare now therfore the worde of the LORDE I sawe the LORDE syt vpon his seate and all the hoost of heauen stōdinge by him at his righte hande at his lefte And the LORDE saide Who wil disceaue Achab to go vp fall at Ramoth in Gilead And one sayde this another that Then wēte there forth a sprete stode before the LORDE and sayde I wyl disceaue him The LORDE sayde vnto him Wherwith He sayde vnto him I wyll go forth and be a false sprete in the mouth of all his prophetes He saide Thou shalt disceaue him and shalt be able go forth and do so Beholde now the LORDE hath geuē a false sprete in y e mouth of all these y e prophetes and the LORDE hath spoken euell ouer the. Then stepte forth Sedechias the sonne of Cnaena and smote Micheas vpon the cheke and sayde What is the sprete of the LORDE departed fro me to speake with the Micheas sayde Beholde thou shalt se it in y t daye whan thou shalt go frō one chamber to another to hyde the. The kynge of Israel sayde Take Micheas and let him remayne with Amon the ruler of the cite and with Ioas the kynges sonne and saye Thus sayeth the kynge Put this man in preson and fede him with bred and water of trouble tyll I come agayne in peace Micheas sayde Yf
Moabites also fell awaye from Israel whan Achab was deed And Ochosias fell thorow y e grate in his chāber at Samaria and was deed sicke and sent messaungers and sayde vnto them Go youre waye and axe councell at Beelzebub the god of Ekron whether I shall recouer from this sicknesse But the angell of y e LORDE sayde vnto Elias the Theszbite Vp go mete the messaungers of the kynge of Samaria and saie vnto them Is there no God in Israel that ye go to axe councell at y e god of Ekron Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE Thou shalt not come from the bed wheron thou lyest but shalt dye the death And Elias wente his waye And whā y e messaunges came to Ochosias agayne he sayde vnto thē Why come ye agayne They sayde vnto him There came vp a man in oure waye and sayde vnto vs Go againe to the kinge that hath sent you and saye vnto him Thus saieth the LORDE Is there no God in Israel y t thou sendest to axe coūcel at Beelzebub y e god of Ekrō Therfore shalt thou not come from y e bed wheron thou lyest but shalt dye the death He sayde vnto them What maner of man was it that mett you and sayde this vnto you They sayde vnto him He had a rough heer vpon him and a letheren gyrdell aboute his loynes He sayde It is Elias the Theszbite And he sent vnto him a captaine ouer fiftye with the same fyftye And whan he came vnto him beholde he sat aboue vpon the moūt He sayde vnto him Thou mā of God the kynge sayeth Thou shalt come downe Elias answered the captayne ouer fyftye and sayde vnto him Yf I be a man of God the fyre fall downe then from heauen and cōsume the and thy fyftie Then fell there fire from heauen and consumed him and his fyftye And agayne he sent another captayne ouer fyftye vnto him with his fyftye which answered and sayde vnto him Thou man of God thus sayeth the kynge Come downe in all the haist Elias answered and saide Yf I be a mā of God y e fire fall downe from heauen and consume the and thy fyftye Then fell the fyre of God from heauen consumed him and his fyftye Agayne he sent vnto him the thirde captayne ouer fyftye with his fyftie Now whan he came to him he kneled to Elias and besoughte him and sayde vnto him Thou man of God let my soule and y e soules of thy seruauntes these fyftye be somwhat worth in thy syghte Beholde the fyre fell downe from heauen and hath consumed the fyrst two captaynes ouer fyftye w t their fyftyes But now let my soule be somwhat worth in thy sighte Then saide the angel of the LORDE vnto Elias Go downe with him and feare him not And he gatt him vp and wente downe with him vnto y e kynge And he sayde vnto him Thus saieth the LORDE Because thou hast sent forth messaūgers and caused to axe councell at Beelzebub the god of Ekron as though there were no God in Israel to axe coūcell at his worde therfore shalt thou not come from the bed wheron thou hast layed the but shalt dye y e death So he dyed acordynge to the worde of the LORDE which Elias sayde And Ioram his brother was kynge in his steade in the seconde yeare of Ioram the sonne of Iosaphat kynge of Iuda for he had no sonne What more there is to saye of Ochosias what he dyd beholde it is wryttē in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel The II. Chapter WHan the LORDE was mynded to take vp Elias in the tempest Elias and Eliseus wente from Gilgall And Elias sayde to Eliseus Tary thou here I praye the for the LORDE hath sent me vnto Bethel But Eliseus sayde As truly as the LORDE liueth and as truly as thy soule lyueth I wyll not forsake the. And whan they came downe vnto Bethel the prophetes children that were at Bethel wēte forth to Eliseus and sayde vnto him Knowest thou not that the LORDE wyl take thy lorde awaye from thy heade this daye He saide I knowe it well holde ye youre peace And Elias sayde vnto him Eliseus tary thou here I praye the for the LORDE hath sent me vnto Iericho Neuerthelesse he sayde as truly as the LORDE lyueth and as truly as thy soule lyueth I wyl not forsake the And whan they came vnto Iericho the prophetes children which were at Iericho stepte forth to Eliseus and sayde vnto him Knowest thou not that the LORDE wyll take y e lorde awaye from thy heade this daie He sayde I knowe it well holde ye yo r peace And Elias sayde vnto him I praie the tary here for y e LORDE hath sent me vnto Iordane But he sayde As truly as the LORDE lyueth and as truly as thy soule lyueth I wil not forsake the. And they wente both together But fyftye men of y e prophetes children wēte forth and stode ouer agaynst thē a farre of but they both stode by Iordane Then toke Elias his cloke and wrapped it together and smote the water which deuyded it selfe on both the sydes so that they wēte dry shod thorow it And whan they were come ouer Elias sayde vnto Eliseus Axe what I shall do for the afore I be taken awaye from the. Eliseus saide That thy sprete maye be vpō me to speake twyse as moch He sayde Thou hast desyred an harde thinge neuertheles yf thou shalt se me whā I am taken awaye from the it shal be so Yf no thē shal it not be And as they were goinge together and he talked there came a fyrie charet with horses of fyre and parted thē both asunder And so wente Elias vp to heauen in the storme But Eliseus sawe it cryed My father my father the charetman of Israel and his horsmē And he sawe him nomore And he toke holde of his clothes and rente them in two peces and toke vp Elias cloke that was fallen from him and turned backe and stode by the shore of Iordane and toke the same cloke of Elias which was fallen from him and smote it in the water and saide Where is now the LORDE God of Elias And he smote it in to the water and then parted it asunder on both the sydes and Eliseus wente thorow And whan the prophetes children which were at Iericho ouer agynst him sawe him they sayde The sprete of Elias resteth vpō Eliseus and so they wēte forth to mete him and worshipped him to the groūde and sayde vnto him Beholde there are fiftye valeaunt mē amonge thy seruauntes let them go and seke thy lorde peraduenture the sprete of the LORDE hath taken him and cast him vpon some mountaine or in some valley But he saide Sende them not Neuertheles they constrayned him tyll he was ashamed and sayde Let them go And they sent fiftye men which soughte him thre dayes but they founde him not and came agayne vnto him And he abode at Iericho and
and haue made you prestes of youre awne euen as the people of the londes Who so euer commeth to fyll his hande with a yonge bullocke and seuen rammes shal be preste vnto them that are not goddes But with vs is y e LORDE oure God whoÌ„ we forsake not and the prestes that minister vnto the LORDE the children of Aaron and the Leuites in their busines and euery mornynge and euery euenynge kyndle they the burnt offerynges vnto the LORDE and the swete incense and prepare the shewbred vpoÌ„ the pure table and the golden candilsticke with his lampes to be kyndled euery euenynge for we wayte vpoÌ„ the LORDE oure God As for you ye haue forsaken him Beholde God is the captayne of oure hoost and with vs are his prestes and the blowynge trompettes to trompe agaynst you Ye children of Israel fight not agaynst the LORDE God of yo r fathers for ye shal not prospere Neuertheles Ieroboam made a preuy watch on euery syde to come vpon them behynde so that they were before Iuda and y e preuy watch behynde Now whaÌ„ Iuda turned them beholde there was battayll before theÌ„ behynde Then cryed they vnto y e LORDE the prestes tromped with the trompettes whaÌ„ euery man in Iuda gaue a shoute God plaged Ieroboam and Israel before Abia and Iuda And the children of Israel fled before Iuda and God gaue them in to their handes so that Abia his people dyd a greate slaughter vpon them and there fell wounded of Israel fyue hundreth thousande chosen men Thus were the children of Israel subdued at that tyme but the children of Iuda were comforted for they put their trust in y e LORDE God of their fathers And Abia folowed vpon Ieroboam and wanne cities froÌ„ him Bethel with the vyllages therof Iesana w t hir vyllages and Ephron with the villages therof so that Ieroboam came nomore to strength as longe as Abia lyued And the LORDE smote him that he dyed Now whan Abia was strengthed he toke fourtene wyues and begat two and twentye sonnes and sixtene daughters What more there is to saye of Abia and of his wayes and his doynges it is wrytten in the storye of the prophet Iddo And Abia fell on slepe with his fathers and they buryed him in 〈◊〉 cite of Dauid and Asa his sonne was 〈◊〉 in his steade In his tyme was the londe 〈◊〉 rest ten yeares The XIIII Chapter ANd Asa dyd that which was goodâ— right in the sighte of the LORDE his God and put awaye the straunge â—â—tares and the hye places and brake the pâ—lers and hewed downe the groues and sayde vnto Iuda that they shulde seke the LORDE God of their fathers and to do after y e lawe and commaundementes And the hye places and ymages put he awaye out of 〈◊〉 the cities of Iuda and the kyngdome haâ— rest before him And he builded stroÌ„ge cities in Iuda whyle the londe was in quietnes whyle there was no warre agaynst him 〈◊〉 the same yeares for y e LORDE gaue him rest And he sayde vnto Iuda Let vs buylde vp these cities and fense them rounde aboâ—te with walles and towres with portes and barres while the londe is yet with vs for we haue soughte tâ—e LORDE oure God and he hath geuen vs rest on euery syde So they buylded and it wente prosperously with theÌ„ â–ª And Asa had an hoost of meÌ„ which bare sâ—â—des speares out of Iuda thre C. thousande and out of Ben Iamin two huÌ„dreth and foâ—re score thousande that bare shyldes coulde shute w t bowes and all these were mightie stronge men But Serah the Moryan came out against theÌ„ w t an hoost of a thousande times a thousande and with thre hundreth charettes and came vnto Maresa And Asa wente forth agaynst him And they prepared them selues to the battayll in the valley Zephatâ— beside Maresa And Asa called vpon y e LORDE his God and sayde LORDE it is no differeÌ„ce w t y e to helpe by fewe or by many Helpe vs O LORDE oure God for oure trust is in the in thy name are we come forth against this multitude LORDE oure God let no man preuayle agaynst the. And the LORDE smote the MoriaÌ„s before Asa and before Iuda so that they fled And Asa with y e people that was by him folowed vpon them vnto Gerar. And the MoriaÌ„s fell so that none of them remained alyue but were smytten before the LORDE and before his hoost And they caried exceadinge moch spoyle from thence And he smote all the cyties aboute Gerar for a fearfulnesse of the LORDE came vpon them And they spoyled all the cities for there was moch spoyle in them They smote the tentes of the catell also and toke many shepe and Camels and came agayne to Ierusalem The XV. Chapter ANd the sprete of God came vpoÌ„ Asarias the sonne of Obed which wente forth to Asa and sayde vnto him Heare me Asa and all Iuda Ben Iamin The LORDE is with you whyle ye are with him and yf ye seke him he wylbe founde of you But yf ye forsake him he shal forsake you also Neuertheles there shal be many dayes in Israel that there shal be no true God no prest to teach no lawe And whan they turne in their trouble vnto the LORDE God of Israel and seke him he shal be founde At that tyme shall it not be well with him that goeth out and in for there shal be greate vproures vpon all them y t dwell on the earth For one people shall all to smyte another one cite another for God shal vexe them w t all maner of trouble But be ye stronge and let not youre handes be feble for youre worke hath his rewarde Whan Asa herde these wordes and the prophecieÌ„ge of Asarias the sonne of Obed the prophet he toke a corage vnto him and put awaye the abhominacions out of all y e londe of Iuda and Ben Iamin and out of the cities that he had wonne vpon mount Ephraim and renued the LORDES altare which stode before the porche of the LORDE And all Iuda and Ben Iamin gathered them selues together and the straungers with them out of Ephraim Manasses and Simeon for there fell many vnto him out of Israel whan they sawe that the LORDE his God was with him And they resorted vnto Ierusalem in the thirde moneth of the fyftenth yeare of the reigne of Asa and the same daye offred they vnto the LORDE of the spoyle that they had broughte seuen huÌ„dreth oxen and seuen thousande shepe And they entred in to y e couenaunt that they wolde seke the LORDE God of their fathers with all their hert and with all their soule And who so euer wolde not seke y e LORDE God of Israel shulde dye both small greate both man and woman and they sware vnto the LORDE with loude voyce with shoutinge with trompettes and with shawmes And all Iuda were glad ouer the ooth for
y e LORDE but I hate him for he prophecieth me no good but allwaye euell namely Micheas the sonne of Iemla Iosaphat sayde Let not the kynge saye so And the kynge of Israel called one of his chamberlaynes sayde Brynge hither soone Micheas the sonne of Iemla And the kynge of Israel and Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda sat either of them vpon his seate arayed in their garmentes Euen in the place at the dore of the porte of Samaria sat they and all y e prophetes prophecied before them And Sedechias the sonne of Cnaena had made him hornes of yron and sayde Thus sayeth the LORDE With these shalt thou puszshe at the Syrians tyll thou brynge them to naughte And all the prophetes prophecied likewyse sayde Go vp vnto Ramoth in Gilead and thou shalt prospere and y e LORDE shal delyuer it in to the kynges hande And the messaunger that wente to call Micheas spake vnto him and sayde Beholde y e wordes of the prophetes are with one acorde good before the kynge let thy worde I praye the be as one of theirs and speake thou good also But Micheas sayde As truly as the LORDE lyueth loke what my God sayeth vnto me y t wyl I speake And whan he came to the kynge the kynge sayde vnto him Micheas shulde we go vnto Ramoth in Gilead to the battayll or shulde we let it alone He saide Go vp and ye shal prospere It shal be geuē you in youre handes But y e kynge sayde vnto him I charge y e yet agayne that thou tell me nothinge but y e trueth in the name of the LORDE Then saide he I sawe all Israel scatered abrode vpō the mountaynes as the shepe y t haue no shepherde And the LORDE sayde Haue these no lorde Let euery one turne home agayne in peace Thē sayde the kynge of Israel vnto Iosaphat Dyd not I tell the y t he wolde prophecie me no good but euell And he sayde Therfore heare ye the worde of the LORDE I sawe the LORDE syt vpon his seate and all the hoost of heauen stondinge at his righte hande at his lefte And the LORDE sayde Wo wyll disceaue Achab the kynge of Israel that he maye go vp fall at Ramoth in Gilead And whan one sayde thus another so there came forth a sprete and stode before y e LORDE and sayde I wyl disceaue him The LORDE sayde vnto him Wherwith He sayde I wyll go forth and be a false sprete in the mouth of all his prophetes And he sayde Thou shalt disceaue him and shalt be able go thy waye and do so Beholde now the LORDE hath geuen a false sprete in the mouth of all these thy prophetes and the LORDE hath spokē euell agaynst the. Then stepte forth Sedechias the sonne of Cnaena and smote Micheas vpon the cheke and sayde Which waye is the sprete of y e LORDE departed fro me to speake thorow the Micheas sayde Beholde thou shalt se it whan thou commest in to y e ynmost chamber to hyde the. But the kynge of Israel sayde Take Micheas and let him remayne w t Amon the ruler of the cite and with Ioas the sonne of Melech and saye Thus sayeth the kynge Put this man in preson and fede him w t bred and water of trouble tyll I come agayne in peace Micheas saide Yf thou commest agayne in peace then hath not the LORDE spoken thorow me And he sayde Herken to all ye people So the kynge of Israel and Iosaphat y e kynge of Iuda wente vp vnto Ramoth in Gilead And y e kynge of Israel sayde vnto Iosaphat Chaunge thy clothes and come to the battayll in thine araye And y e kynge of Israel chaunged his rayment came in to the battayll But the kynge of Syria had commaunded the rulers of his charettes Ye shal fighte nether agaynst small ner greate but onely agaynst the kynge of Israel Now whan the rulers of the charrettes sawe Iosaphat they thoughte It is y e kynge of Israel and they wēte aboute to fighte agaynst him But Iosaphat cryed and the LORDE helped him And God turned them from him for whan the rulers of the charettes sawe that it was not y e kynge of Israel they turned back from him But a certayne man bended his bowe harde shot the kynge of Israel betwene the mawe and the longes Thē sayde he vnto his charet man Turne thine hāde and cary me out of the hoost for I am wounded And the battayll was sore the same daye And the kynge of Israel stode vpon his charet agaynst the Syrians vntyll the euenynge and dyed whā the Sonne wente downe The XIX Chapter BVt Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda came home agayne in peace vnto Ierusalem And Iehu y e sonne of Hanani the Seer wēte forth to mete him sayde vnto kynge Iosaphat Shuldest thou so helpe the vngodly and loue them that hate the LORDE And for this cause is y e wrath vpō the from the LORDE neuertheles there is some good founde in the that thou hast put the groues out of the londe and hast prepared thine hert to seke God So Iosaphat abode at Ierusalem And he wente agayne amonge the people from Berseba vnto moūt Ephraim and broughte them agayne to the LORDE God of their fathers And he set Iudges thorow out the londe in all the stronge cities of Iuda and a certayne in euery cite And sayde vnto the Iudges Take hede what ye do for ye execute not the iudgment of man but of the LORDE and he is with you in iudgmēt therfore let the feare of the LORDE be with you and bewarre and do it for with the LORDE oure God there is no vnrighteousnes ner respecte of personnes ner acceptinge of giftes And at Ierusalem dyd Iosaphat ordeyne certayne of the Leuites and prestes and of the awnciēt fathers of Israel for y e iudgment of the LORDE and ouer the matter of the lawe and caused them to dwell at Ierusalem and commaunded them and sayde Se that ye do thus in the feare of the LORDE in faithfulnes in a perfect hert In all causes that come vnto you from youre brethren which dwell in their cities betwene bloude and bloude betwene lawe and commaundement betwene statutes and ordinaunces ye shal enforme them y t they synne not against the LORDE and so the wrath to come vpon you and youre brethren Do thus and ye shal not offende Beholde Amaria the prest is chefe ouer you in all causes of y e LORDE so is Sabadia the sonne of Ismael prynce in the house of Iuda in all the kynges matters Ye haue officers likewyse the Leuites before you Take a good corage vnto you and be doynge and the LORDE shal be with the good The XX. Chapter AFter this came the childrē of Moab the children of Ammon and certayne of Amanim w t them to fighte against Iosaphat And they came and tolde Iosaphat and sayde There cōmeth a greate multitude agaynst the
from beyonde the See of Syria beholde they are at Hazezon Thamar that is Engaddi And Iosaphat was afrayed set his face to seke y e LORDE caused a fast to be proclamed in all Iuda And Iuda came together to seke the LORDE And out of all y e cities of Iuda came they to seke the LORDE And Iosaphat stode amoÌ„ge y e coÌ„gregacion of Iuda Ierusalem in the house of y e LORDE before the new courte and sayde O LORDE God of oure fathers art not thou God in heauen and hast domynion in all the kyngdomes of the Heythen And in thy hande is strength and power and there is no man that can withstoÌ„de the. Hast not thou o r God expelled the inhabiters of this londe before thy people of Israel and hast geueÌ„ it vnto the sede of Abraham thy louer for euer so that they haue dwelt in it haue buylded the a Sanctuary vnto y e name therin and sayde Yf there come eny plage swerde iudgmeÌ„t pestilence or derth vpon vs we wyll stonde before this house euen before the for thy name is in this house and wyll crye vnto the in oure trouble and thou shalt heâ—re and shalt saue vs. Beholde now the children of Ammon of Moab they of mount Seir vpon whom thou woldest not suffre the children of Israel to go whan they wente out of the londe of Egipte but they were fayne to departe from theÌ„ and not to destroye them and beholde they deale contrarely with vs and come to thrust vs out of the inheritaunce that thou hast geuen vs in possession O oure God wylt thou not iudge them For in vs is no strength to withstonde this greate multitude that commeth agaynst vs. We knowe not what we shulde do but oure eyes loke vnto the. And all Iuda stode before the LORDE with their children wyues and sonnes But vpon Iehasiel the sonne of Zacharias the sonne of Benaia the sonne of Iehiel the sonne of Mathania the Leuite of y e children of Assaph came the sprete of the LORDE in the myddes of the congregacion and sayde Geue hede all thou Iuda and ye inhabiters of Ierusalem and thou kynge Iosaphat Thus sayeth the LORDE vnto you Be not ye afrayed nether feare ye this greate multitude for it is not ye that fighte but God Tomorow shal ye go downe vnto theÌ„ And beholde they go vp by Sis and ye shal fynde them at the reed see by the broke before the wyldernes of Ieruel for ye shall not fighte in this cause Do ye but steppe forth and stonde and se the health of the LORDE that is with you Feare not O Iuda and Ierusalem and be not afrayed tomorow go ye forth agaynst them and the LORDE shal be with you TheÌ„ Iosaphat bowed him selfe w t his face to the earth all Iuda the inhabiters of Ierusalem fell before the LORDE worshipped the LORDE And the Leuites of y e childreÌ„ of the Kahathites of the children of the Corahites arose to prayse the LORDE God of Israel w t loude voyce on hye And they gat them vp early in y e mornynge and weÌ„te forth by the wyldernesse of Thekoa And whan they were goynge out Iosaphat stode sayde HerkeÌ„ vnto me O Iuda ye indwellers of IerusaleÌ„ Put youre trust in the LORDE yo r God ye shal be safe and geue credence vnto his prophetes ye shall prospere And he gaue councell vnto y e people and appoynted the syngers vnto y e LORDE and them that gaue prayse in the bewtye of holynes to go before the harnessed meÌ„ to saye O geue thankes vnto the LORDE for his mercy endureth for euer And whan they beganne to geue thankes and prayse the LORDE caused the hynder watch that was come agaynst Iuda to come vpon the childreÌ„ of Ammon Moab them of mount Seir and they smote them Then stode the children of Ammon Moab agaynst them of mount Seir to damne them and to destroye them And whan they had destroyed them of mount Seir one helped another to destroye them selues also And whan Iuda came to Mispa vnto the wyldernes they turned them towarde the multitude and beholde the deed bodies laye vpoÌ„ the earth so that none was escaped And Iosaphat came with his people to deuyde the spoyles of them And they founde amonge them so moch goodes and rayment and precious Iewels which they toke from them that they coulde not beare them And thre dayes were they deuydinge the spoyle for it was so moch On the fourth daye came they together in to the valley of blessynge for there blessed they the LORDE Therfore is the place called the valley of blessinge vnto this daye So euery man of Iuda Ierusalem turned back agayne Iosaphat before them to go to IerusaleÌ„ with ioye for y e LORDE had geuen them gladnesse on their enemies And they entred in to Ierusalem with psalteries harpes trompettes vnto the house of the LORDE And there came a feare of God ouer all the kyngdomes in the londes whan they herde that the LORDE had foughte agaynst y e enemies of Israel Thus was y e kyngdome of Iosaphat in quyetnes God gaue him rest on euery syde And Iosaphat reigned ouer Iuda was fyue thirtie yeare olde whan he was made kynge reigned fyue twentye yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Asuba the doughter of Silhi And he walked in the waye of his father Asa departed not asyde from doynge y t which was righte in the sighte of the LORDE sauynge that y e hye places were not put downe for the people had not yet prepared their hert to the God of their fathers What more there is to saye of Iosaphat both the first the last beholde it is wrytten in the actes of Iehu y e sonne of Hanani which he noted vp in the boke of the kynges of Israel Afterwarde dyd Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda agree w t Ahasia the kynge of Israel which was vngodly in his doynges And he agreed with him to make shippes for to go vpon the see And they made the shippes at Ezeon Gaber But Elieser the sonne of Dodana of Maresa prophecied agaynst Iosaphat and sayde Because thou hast agreed with Ahasia therfore hath the LORDE broken thy workes And so y e shippes were broken mighte not go vpon the See The XXI Chapter ANd Iosaphat fell on slepe w t his fathers was buried w t his fathers in the cite of Dauid Ioram his sonne was kynge in his steade And he had brethreÌ„ the sonnes of Iosaphat Asaria Iehiel Zacharias Asaria Michael Sephatia All these were the children of Iosaphat kynge of Iuda And their father gaue them many giftes of syluer golde Iewels w t stronge cities in Iuda But the kyngdome gaue he vnto Ioram for he was the first borne But whan Ioram came vp ouer his fathers kyngdome had gotten the power of it he
e prest had commaunded and euery one toke his men that entred on the Sabbath w t those y t wente of on the Sabbath for Ioiada y e prest suffred not those two companies to parte asunder And Ioiada y e prest gaue the captaynes ouer hundreds speares shyldes and kynge Dauids weapens which were in the house of God and set all the people euery one w t his weapen in his hande from the righte corner of the house vnto the lefte corner of the altare and to the house warde aboute the kynge And they broughte forth the kynges sonne set the crowne vpon his heade and gaue them the wytnesse made him kynge And Ioiada w t his sonnes anoynted him sayde God saue the kynge But whan Athalia herde the noyse of y e people y t ranne together and praysed y e kynge she wente forth to the people in to y e house of the LORDE and loked and beholde y e kynge stode in his place at y e intraunce and the rulers and trompettes aboute y e kynge and all the people of the londe were glad blewe the trompes and there were syngers y t coulde playe w t all maner of musicall instrumentes But she rēte hir clothes sayde Sedicion sedicion Neuertheles Ioiada y e prest gat him forth with the captaynes ouer hundreds and rulers of the hoost and sayde vnto them Brynge her forth betwene y e walles who so euer foloweth her shal be slayne with y e swerde for the prest had cōmaunded that she shulde not be slayne in y e house of the LORDE And they layed handes on her And whan she came at the intraunce of the horsgate of the kynges house they put her to death there And Ioiada made a couenaunt betwene him and all the people and the kynge y t they shulde be the people of the LORDE The wēte all the people in to the house of Baal and destroyed it brake downe his altares ymages slewe Mathan the prest of Baal before the altare And Ioiada appoynted y e officers in the house of the LORDE amōge the prestes Leuites whom Dauid had ordeyned for y e house of the LORDE to offre burnt sacrifices vnto y e LORDE as it is wrytten in the lawe of Moses w t ioye songes made by Dauid And y e porters set he at y e gates of y e house of y e LORDE y t none shulde entre which were defiled w t eny maner of thinge And he toke the captaynes ouer hūdreds and the mightie men and lordes of y e people and all the people of the londe and brought the kinge downe from the house of the LORDE and broughte him thorow the hye porte of the kynges house and caused the kinge sit vpon the seate royall And all the people of the lōde were glad and the cite was at rest But Athalia was slayne with the swerde The XXIIII Chapter IOas was seuen yeare olde whan he was made kynge and reigned fortie yeare at Ierusalē His mothers name was Zibea of Berseba And Ioas dyd that which was right in the sight of the LORDE as longe as Ioiada the prest lyued And Ioiada gaue him two wiues he begat sonnes doughters Afterwarde deuysed Ioas to renue the house of the LORDE gathered together the prestes and Leuites sayde vnto thē Go forth vn to all the cities of Iuda gather the money of all Israel to repayre y e house of God yearly and do it righte soone but the Leuites made no haist Then the kynge called Ioiada the pryncipall and sayde vnto him Why lokest thou not vnto the Leuites y t they bringe in from Iuda and Ierusalem the colleccion which Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE appoynted to be gathered amōge Israel for the Tabernacle of witnes For y t vngodly Athalia hir sonnes haue waisted the house of God and all that was halowed for the house of the LORDE haue they bestowed on Baalim Then commaunded the kynge to make a chest and to set it without at the intraunce of the house of the LORDE caused it to be proclamed in Iuda and Ierusalē that they shulde bringe in to the LORDE the collecciō which Moses the seruaūt of God appointed vnto Israel in y e wildernes Thē were all y e rulers glad so were all y e people brought it and cast it in to the chest tyll it was full And whan the tyme was y t the Leuites shulde brynge the Arke at y e kinges cōmaundement whan they sawe y t there was moch money therin then came the kinges scrybe he y t was appoynted of the chefe prest and emptyed the chest and caried it againe in to his place Thus dyd they euery daye so that they gathered moch money together And y e kinge Ioiada gaue it vnto y e workmasters of y e house of the LORDE and they hired masons carpenters to repayre the house of y e LORDE and men that coulde worke in yron and brasse to repayre the house of y e LORDE And the labourers wrought so that y e repairinge in y e worke wente forwarde thorow their hande and they set the house of God in his bewtye and made it stronge And whan they had perfourmed this they brought the resydue of the money before the kynge and Ioiada wherof there were made vessels for the house of the LORDE vessels for the ministracion and burnt offeringe spones and ornamentes of golde and siluer And they offred burnt offerynges allwaye in the house of the LORDE as longe as Ioiada lyued And Ioiada waxed olde and had lyued longe ynough and dyed was an hundreth and thirtie yeare olde whan he dyed and they buried him in the cite of Dauid amonge the kynges because he had done good vnto Israel and towarde God his house And after the death of Ioiada came the rulers in Iuda and worshipped the kynge Then consented the kynge vnto thē And they forsoke the house of the LORDE God of their fathers and serued y e groues and ymages Then came y e wrath of the LORDE vpō Iuda and Ierusalem because of this trespace of theirs Yet sent he prophetes vnto thē y t they shulde turne vnto the LORDE they testified vnto thē but they wolde not heare And the sprete of God came vpon Zachary the sonne of Ioiada the prest which stode ouer y e people sayde vnto thē Thus sayeth God Wherfore do ye transgresse the cōmaundementes of the LORDE which shall not be to yo r prosperite for ye haue forsaken y e LORDE therfore shal he forsake you Neuertheles they conspyred agaynst him stoned him at y e kynges cōmaundement in y e courte of the house o◠the LORDE And Ioas y e kinge thought not on the mercy y t Ioiada his father had done for him but slewe his sonne Notwithstondinge whā he dyed he sayde The LORDE shal loke vpon it and requyre
grounde And Iesua Bani Serebia Iamin Acub Sabthai Hodaia Maescia Celita Asaria Iosabad Hanam Plaia and the Leuites caused y e people to geue hede vnto the lawe the people stode in their place And they red in the boke of the lawe of God distinctly and planely so that men vnderstode the thinge that was red And Nehemias which is Hathirsatha and Esdras the prest and scrybe and the Leuites y t caused the people to take hede sayde vnto all the people This daye is holy vnto the LORDE youre God be not ye sory therfore wepe not For all y e people wepte whaÌ„ they herde the wordes of the lawe Therfore sayde he vnto them * Go youre waye and eate the fat and drynke the swete and sende parte vnto them also that haue not prepared themselues for this daye is holy vnto oure LORDE be not ye sory therfore for the ioye of the LORDE is youre strength And the Leuites stylled all the people and sayde Holde youre peace for the daye is holy vexe not ye youre selues And all the people wente their waye to eate and drinke and to sende paâ—te vnto other and to make greate myrth for they had vnderstonde the wordes that were declared vnto them And on the nexte daye were gathered together the chefe fathers amonge all the people and the prestes and Leuites vnto Esdras the scrybe that he shulde teach them y e wordes of the lawe And they founde written in the lawe how that the LORDE had commaunded by Moses that the childreÌ„ of Israel shulde dwell in bothes in the feast of the seuenth moneth And so they caused it be declared and proclamed in all their cities at Ierusalem sayenge Go vp vnto y e mouÌ„t and fetch Olyue braunches Pynebraunches Myrtbraunches Palmebraunches braunches of thicketrees to make bothes as it is wrytten And y e people wente vp and fetched theÌ„ and made them bothes euery one vpon the rofe of his house and in their courtes and in the courtes of the house of God and in the strete by the Watergate and in the strete by Ephraims porte And all the congregacion of them that were come agayne out of the captyuite made bothes and dwelt therin for sence the tyme of Iosua the sonne of NuÌ„ vnto this daye had not the children of Israel done so and there was very greate gladnesse And euery daye from the first daie vnto the last red he in the boke of the lawe of God And seuen dayes helde they the feast on the eight daye the gatherynge together acordynge vnto the maner The IX Chapter IN the foure and twentieth daye of this moneth came the children of Israel together with fastinge and sack clothes and earth vpon them and separated the sede of Israel from all the straunge children and stode and knowleged their synnes and the wyckednesses of their fathers and stode vp in their place and red in the boke of the lawe of the LORDE their God foure tymes on the daye and they knowleged and worshipped the LORDE their God foure tymes on the daye And the Leuites stode on hye namely Iesua Bani Cadmiel Sebania Buni Serebia Bani and Chenani and cryed loude vnto the LORDE their God And the Leuites Iesua Cadmiel Bani Hasabenia Serebia Hodia Sebania Pethahia sayde Stonde vp prayse the LORDE oure God for euer and let thankes be geueÌ„ vnto the name of thy glorye which excelleth all thankesgeuynge and prayse LORDE thou art alone thou hast made heauen and the heauen of all heauens with all their hoost the earth and all that therin is the See and all that is therin thou geuest life vnto all and y e hoost of heauen bowe themselues vnto the. Thou art the LORDE God that hast chosen AbraÌ„ and broughte him out of Vr in Chaldea called him Abraham and founde his hert faithfull before the and madest a couenauÌ„t with him to geue vnto his sede the londe of the Cananites Hethites Amorites Pheresites Iebusites and Girgosites and hast made good thy wordes for thou art righteous And hast considered the mysery of oure fathers in Egipte and herde their complainte by the reed See and shewed tokeÌ„s and wonders vpoÌ„ Pharao and on all his seruauÌ„tes and on all his people of his londe for thou knewest y t they were presumptuous cruell against them so madest thou the a name as it is this daie And the reed See partedst thou in sunder before them so that they weÌ„te thorow the myddes of the See drye shod their persecuters threwest thou in to the depe as a stone in the mightie waters and leddest them on the daye tyme in a cloudy pyler and on the nighte season in a piler of fyre to shewe them lighte in the waye y t they wente Thou camest downe also vpoÌ„ mount Sinai and spakest vnto them from heauen and gauest them righte iudgmentes true lawes good commaundementes and statutes and declared vnto them thy holy Sabbath and commaunded them preceptes ordinaunces and lawes by Moses thy seruaunt and gauest them bred from heauen whan they were hongrye and broughte forth water for them out of the rock whan they were thyrstye and promysed them that they shulde go in and take possession of the londe where ouer thou haddest lyfte vp thine hande for to geue them Neuertheles oure fathers were proude and hardnecked so that they folowed not y e coÌ„maundementes and refused to heare and were not myndefull of the wonders y t thou dyddest for them but became obstynate and heady in so moch that they turned back to their bondage in their dishobedience But thou my God forgauest and wast gracious mercifull pacient and of greate goodnesse and forsokest them not And though they made a molten calfe and sayde This is thy God that broughte the out of the londe of Egipte and dyd greate blasphemies yet for sokest thou them not in the wyldernes acordinge to thy greate mercy And y e cloudy piler departed not from them on y e daye tyme to lede them the waye nether the piler of fyre in the night season to shewe them lighte in the waye that they wente And thou gauest them thy good sprete to enfourme them and withheldest not thy Manna from their mouth and gauest theÌ„ water whaÌ„ they were thirstie Fortye yeares longe madest thou prouysion for them in the wyldernesse so that they wanted nothinge their clothes waxed not olde and their fete swelled not And thou gauest theÌ„ kiÌ„gdomes nacions partedst theÌ„ acordinge to their porcions so that they possessed the londe of Sihon kynge of Heszbon the londe of Og y e kynge of Basan And their childreÌ„ multiplyedst thou as the starres of heauen and broughtest theÌ„ in to the londe wherof thou haddest spoken vnto their fathers that they shulde go in to it and haue it in possession And y e children wente in and possessed the londe and thou subdudest before theÌ„ the
flesh and ioyned me together with bones synowes Thou hast graunted me life and done me good and the diligent hede that thou tokest vpon me hath preserued my sprete Though thou hydest these thinges in thine hert yet am I sure that thou remembrest thē all Wherfore didest thou kepe me when I synned and hast not clensed me fro myne offence Yf I do wickedly wo is me therfore Yf I be rightuous yet darre I not lift vp my heade so full am I of confucion and se myne owne misery Thou huntest me out beynge in heuynesse as it were a Lyon and troublest me out of measure Thou bringest fresh witnesses agaynst me thy wrath increasest thou vpon me very many are the plages that I am in Wherfore hast thou brought me out of my mothers wombe O that I had perished that no eye had sene me Yf they had caried me to my graue as soone as I was borne then shulde I be now as though I had neuer bene Shall not my short life come soone to an ende O holde the fro me let me alone that I maye ease my self a litle afore I go thyther from whence I shal not turne agayne Namely to that londe of darcknesse shadowe of death yee in to that darck clowdy londe deadly shadowe where as is no ordre but terrible feare as in the darcknesse The XI Chapter THen answered Sophar the Naamathite and sayde Shulde not he that maketh many wordes be answered Shulde he that bableth moch be commended therin Shulde men geue eare vnto the only Thou wilt laugh other men to scorne shal no body mocke the agayne Wilt thou saye vnto God The thinge that I take in honde is perfecte I am clene in thy sight O that God wolde speake and open his lippes agaynst the that he might shewe the out of his secrete wyszdome how many folde his lawe is then shuldest thou knowe that God had forgotten the because of thy synnes Wilt thou fynde out God with thy sekynge wilt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the Allmightie He is hyer thē heauē what wilt thou do Deper thē hell how wilt thou then knowe him His length exceadeth the length of the earth and his bredth y e bredth of the see Though he turne all thinges vp syde downe close them in or thrust thē together who darre check him therfore For it is he that knoweth the vanite of men he seyth their wickednesse also shulde he not then considre it A vayne body exalteth him self and the sonne of man is like a wylde asses foale Yf thou haddest now a right herte liftest vp thine hondes towarde him yf thou woldest put awaye the wickednesse which thou hast in honde so that no vngodlynesse dwelt in thy house Then mightest thou lift vp thy face without shame thē shuldest thou be sure and haue no nede to feare Then shuldest thou forget thy misery and thynke nomore vpon it then vpon the waters that runne by Then shulde thy life be as cleare as the noone daye and sprynge forth as the mornynge Then mightest thou haue comforth in the hope that thou hast slepe quyetly when thou art buried Then shuldest thou take thy rest and no mā to make the afrayed yee many one shulde set moch by the. As for the eyes of the vngodly they shal be consumed and not escape their hope shal be misery and sorow of mynde The XII Chapter SO Iob answered and sayde Then no doute ye are the men alone and wyszdome shal perish with you But I haue vnderstōdinge as well as ye and am no lesse then ye Yee who knoweth not these thinges Thus he that calleth vpō God and whom God heareth is mocked of his neghboure the godly innocent man is laughed to scorne Godlynesse is a light despysed in y e hertes of the rich is set for them to stomble vpon The houses of robbers are in wealth and prosperite they that maliciously medle agaynst God dwel without care yee God geueth all thinges richely with his honde Axe the catell they shal enfourme the the foules of the ayre and they shall tell y e Speake to the earth and it shall shewethe Or to the fyshes of the see and they shal certifie the. What is he but he knoweth that y e hōde of the LORDE made all these In whose honde is the soule of euery lyuynge thinge and the breth of all men Haue not the eares pleasure in hearinge and the mouth in tastinge the thinge that it eateth Amonge olde personnes there is wyszdome and amonge the aged is vnderstōdinge Yee with God is wyszdome and strength it is he that hath councell foreknowlege Yf he breake downe a thinge who can set it vp agayne Yf he shutt a thinge who wil open it Beholde yf he witholde the waters they drye vp Yf he let thē go they destroye the earth With him is strength and wyszdome he knoweth both the disceauer and him that is disceaued He carieth awaye the wyse men as it were a spoyle and bryngeth the iudges out of their wyttes He lowseth the gyrdle of kynges and gyrdeth their loynes with a bonde he ledeth awaye the prestes in to captiuyte and turneth the mightie vp syde downe He taketh the verite from out of the mouth disapoynteth y e aged of their wyszdome He poureth out confucion vpon prynces and cōforteth them that haue bene oppressed Loke what lyeth hyd in darcknesse he declareth it opēly and the very shadowe of death bringeth he to light He both increaseth the people and destroyeth them He maketh them to multiplie and dryueth them awaye He chaungeth the herte of the prynces and kynges of the earth and disapoynteth them so that they go wādringe out of the waye and grope in the darcke without light stackeringe to and fro like droncken men The XIII Chapter LO all this haue I sene with myne eye herde with myne eare vnderstonde it Loke what ye knowe that same do I knowe also nether am I inferior vnto you Neuerthelesse I am purposed to talke with the Allmightie and my desyre is to comon with God As for you ye are work masters of lyes and vnprofitable Phisicians alltogether Wolde God ye kepte youre tonge that ye might be taken for wyse men Therfore heare my wordes and pondre the sentence of my lippes Will ye make answere for God with lyes and māteyne him with disceate Wil ye accepte y e personne of God and intreate for him Shal that helpe you when he calleth you to rekenynge Thynke ye to begyle him as a man is begyled Punysh you shall he and reproue you yf ye do secretly accepte eny personne Shall he not make you afrayed when he sheweth himself Shal not his terrible feare fall vpō you youre remembraunce shal be like the dust youre pryde shal be turned to claye Holde youre tonges now and let me speake for there is some thinge come
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
The CV psalme Halleluya O Geue thankes vnto the LORDE for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer Who can expresse y e noble actes of the LORDE or shewe forth all his prayse Blessed are they that allwaye kepe iudgment and do rightuousnes Remembre vs o LORDE acordinge to the fauoure that thou bearest vnto thy people o vyset vs w t thy sauinge health That we might se the pleasure of thy chosen that we might reioyse in the gladnesse of thy people and geue thankes with thine enheritaunce We haue synned with oure fathers we haue done amysse we haue dealt wickedly Oure fathers regarded not thy wonders in Egipte they kepte not thy greate goodnesse in remeÌ„braunce but were dishobedieÌ„t at the see eueÌ„ at the reed see Neuertheles he helped theÌ„ for his names sake that he might make his power to be knowne He rebuked the reed see and it was dried vp so he led theÌ„ thorow the depe as in a wildernesse Thus he saued them from the honde of the hater delyuered them from the honde of the enemie As for those y t troubled them the waters ouerwhelmed theÌ„ there was not one of theÌ„ left Then beleued they in his worde and songe prayse vnto him But within a whyle they forgat his workes wolde not abyde his councell A lust came vpoÌ„ them in the wildernesse so that they tempted God in the deserte Yet he gaue them their desyre and sent theÌ„ ynough at their willes They angred Moses in the teÌ„tes and Aaron the saynte of the LORDE So the earth opened swalowed vp Dathan and couered the congregacioÌ„ of Abiram The fyre was kyndled in their company the flame brent vp the vngodly They made a calfe in Horeb and worshipped the molteÌ„ ymage Thus they turned his glory into the similitude of a calfe y t eateth haye They forgat God their Sauio r which had done so greate thinges in Egipte Wonderous workes in the londe of Ham and fearfull thinges in the reed see So he sayde he wolde haue destroyed them had not Moses his chosen stonde before him in y e gappe to turne awaie his wrothfull indignacion lest he shulde destroye theÌ„ Yee they thought scorne of y t pleasaunt londe and gaue no credence vnto his worde But murmured in their tentes and herkened not vnto the voyce of the LORDE Then lift he vp his honde agaynst them to ouerthrowe them in the wildernes To cast out their sede amonge the nacions and to scater them in the londes They ioyned themselues vnto Baal Peor and ate the offeringes of the deed Thus they prouoked him vnto anger with their owne inveÌ„cions and the plage was greate amonge them Then stode vp Phineas and excuted iustice so the plage ceased And that was counted vnto him for rightuousnesse amonge all posterites for euermore They angerd him also at the waters of strife so that Moses was punyshed for their sakes Because they prouoked his sprete and he tolde theÌ„ planely with his lippes Nether destroyed they the Heithen as the LORDE commaunded them But were mengled amonâ—ge the Heithen and lerned their workes In so moch that they worshipped their ymages which turned to their owne decaye Yee they offred their sonnes their doughters vnto deuels And shed the innocent bloude of their sonnes and of their doughters whom they offred vnto the ymages of Canaan so that the londe was defyled wiâ—â— bloude Thus were they stayned w t theâ—â— owne workes and wente a whoringe with their owne invencions Therfore was the wrath of the LORDE kyndled agaynst his people in so moch that he abhorred his owne enheritaunce And gaue them ouer in to the honde of the HeitheÌ„ and they that hated them were lordes ouer them Their enemies oppressed theÌ„ and had them in subieccion Many a tyme dyd he delyuer them but they prouoked him with their owne inveÌ„cions and were brought downe for their wickednesse Neuerthelesse wheÌ„ he sawe their aduersite he herde their complaynte He thought vpoÌ„ his couenaunt and pitied theÌ„ â–ª acordinge vnto the multitude of his mercies Yee he made all those y t had led them awaye captiue to pitie them Delyuer vs o LORDE oure God gather vs from amoÌ„ge the Heithen that we maye geue thankes to thy holy name make oure boast of thy prayse Blessed be the LORDE God of Isâ— He sheweth his people the power of his workes that he maye geue them the heretage of the Heithen The workes of his hoÌ„des are verite iudgment all his coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes are true They stonde fast for euer euer are done in trueth equite He sent redempcion vnto his people he hath commaunded his couenaunt for euer holy reuerent is his name The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wyszdome a good vnderstondinge haue all they that do therafter the prayse of it endureth for euer The CXI psalme Halleluya BLessed is the man y t feareth the LORDE hath greate delite in his commaundementes His sede shall be mightie vpon earth the generacion of the faithfull shal be blessed Riches pleÌ„teousnesse shal be in his house his rightuousnes endureth for euer Vnto the godly there ariseth vp light in the darcknesse he is merciful louynge rightuous Wel is him that is mercifull lendeth gladly poÌ„dreth his wordes w t discrecion For he shal neuer be moued the rightuous shal be had in an euer lastinge remembraunce He wil not be afrayed for eny euell tydinges his herte stondeth fast beleueth in y e LORDE His herte is stablished he wil not shrencke vntill he se his desyre vpon his enemies He hath sparsed abrode geueÌ„ to the poore his rightuousnes remayneth for euer his horne shal be exalted w t honor. The vngodly shal se it it shal greue him he shall gnash w t his â—â—th consume awaye the desyre of the vn godly shal perish The CXII psal Halleluya PRayse the LORDE O ye seruauntes O prayse the name of the LORDE Blessed be the name of the LORDE froÌ„ this tyme forth for euermore The LORDES name is worthy to be praysed froÌ„ the rysinge vp of the Sonne vnto the goinge downe of the same The LORDE is hye aboue all Heithen and his glory aboue the heaueÌ„s Who is like vnto the LORDE oure God y t hath his dwellinge so hye which humbleth himself to beholde that is in heauen and earth Which taketh vp the symple out of the dust and lifteth the poore out of the myre That he maye set him amonge the prynces euen amonge the prynces of his people Which maketh the baren woman to kepe house and to be a ioyfull mother of children Halleluya The CXIII psalme WHen Israel came out of Egipte the house of Iacob from amonge that straunge people Iuda was his SaÌ„ctuary Israel his dominion The see sawe that and fled Iordan turned backe The mountaynes stripped like rammes the
vnto the ynmost partes of the body Who so iâ— slouthfull and slacke in his labo r is y e brother of him y t is a waister The name of y e LORDâ— is a stronge castell y e righteous flyeth vntâ— it and shal be saued But y e rich maÌ„s goodâ—â— are his stronge holde yee he taketh them 〈◊〉 an hye wall rouÌ„de aboute him After 〈◊〉 coÌ„meth destruccioÌ„ and hono r after lowlyneâ— He that geueth senteÌ„ce in a matter before 〈◊〉 heare it is a foole and worthy to be confouâ—â—ded A good stomacke dryueth awaye a 〈◊〉 disease but whaÌ„ y e sprete is vexed who mayâ— abyde it A wyse herte laboureth for knowâ—lege and a prudent eare seketh vnderstondiâ—â—ge Liberalite bryngeth a man to hono r and worshipe setteth him amonge greate 〈◊〉 â–ª The righteous accuseth hiÌ„ self first of all yf his neghbo r come he shal fynde him Thâ— lot pacifieth y e variauÌ„ce parteth y e mightâ— asunder The vnite of brethren is strongeâ— then a castell and they that holde together are like the barre of a palace A mans bely shal be satisfied with the frute of his owne mouth and with the increase of his lippes shal he be fylled Death and life stonde in the power of the tonge he that loueth it shal enioye the frute therof Who so fyndeth a wife fyndeth a good thynge receaueth an wholsome benefite of the LORDE The poore maketh supplicacion and prayeth mekely but the riche geueth a rough answere A frende that delyteth in loue doth a man more freÌ„dshipe and sticketh faster vnto him then a brother The XIX Chapter BEtter is the poore that lyueth godly theÌ„ the blasphemer that is but a foole Where no discrecion is there the soule is not well and who so is swifte on fote stombleth hastely Foolishnesse maketh a man to go out of his waye then is his herte vnpacient agaynst the LORDE Riches make many frendes but the poore is forsakeÌ„ of his owne frendes A false wytnesse shal not remayne vnpunyshed and he that speaketh lyes shal not escape The multitude haÌ„geth vpoÌ„ greate men euery man fauoureth him that geueth rewardes As for the poore he is hated amonge all his brethren yee his owne frendes forsake him he that geueth credeÌ„ce vnto wordes getteth nothinge He that is wyse loueth his owne soule and who so hath vnderstondinge shal prospere A false wytnesse shal not remayne vnpunyshed he y t speaketh lyes shal perishe Delicate ease becoÌ„meth not a foole moch more vnsemely is it a bonde man to haue y e rule of prynces A wyse man putteth of displeasure it is his hono r to let some fautes passe The kynges disfauo r is like y e roaringe of a LyoÌ„ but his freÌ„dshpe is like the dewe vpoÌ„ y e grasse An vndiscrete sonne is y e heuynes of his father a braulynge wife is like the topp of an house where thorow it is euer droppynge House riches maye a maÌ„ haue by y e heretage of his elders but a discrete womaÌ„ is the gifte of the LORDE Slouthfulnes bryngeth slepe an ydell soule shal suffer hoÌ„ger Who so kepeth the coÌ„maundemeÌ„t kepeth his owne soule but he y t regardeth not his waye shal dye He y t hath pitie vpon the poore leÌ„deth vnto y e LORDE loke what he layeth out it shal be payed him agayne ChasteÌ„ y e sonne whyle there is hope but let not y e soule be moued to slaye hiÌ„ For greate wrath bryngeth harme therfore let him go and so mayest thou teach him more nurtoure O geue eare vnto good councell be content to be refourmed that thou mayest bewyse here after There are many deuices in a maÌ„s herte neuertheles the couÌ„cell of y e LORDE shal stoÌ„de It is a mans worshipe to do good better it is to be a poore maÌ„ then a dyssembler The feare of the LORDE preserueth the life yee it geueth pleÌ„teousnes without the visitacioÌ„ of any plage A slouthfull body shuteth his honde in to his bosome so y t he can not put it to his mouth Yf thou smytest a scorneful personne the ignorauÌ„t shal take better hede yf thou reprouest one y t hath vnderstondinge he wil be y e wyser He y t hurteth his father or shuteth out his mother is a shamefull an vnworthy sonne· My sonne heare nomore the doctrine y t leadeth the awaye from the wordes of vnderstondinge A false wytnes laugheth iudgmeÌ„t to scorne the mouth of the vngodly eateth vp wickednes Punyshmentes are ordened for the scornefull and stripes for fooles backes The XX. Chapter WYne is a voluptuous thinge droÌ„ckennes causeth sedicion who so delyteâ—h therin shal neuer be wyse The kynge ought to be feared as the roaringe of a lyon who so prouoketh him vnto anger offendeth agaynst his owne soule It is a mans honoure to kepe himself from strife but they y t haue pleasure in braulinge are fooles eueryone A slouthfull body wyl not go to plowe for colde therfore shal he go abegginge in Sommer and haue nothinge Wyse councell in the herte of man is like a water in the depe of the earth but he that hath vnderstondinge bryngeth it forth Many there be that are called good doers but where shal one fynde a true faithful maÌ„ Who so ledeth a godly and an innocent life happie shal his children be whom he leaueth behynde him A kynge that sytteth in iudgment and loketh well aboute him dryueth awaye all euell Who can saye my hert is cleane I am innocent from synne To vse two maner of weightes or two maner of measures both these are abhominable vnto the LORDE A childe is knowne by his conuersacion whether his workes be pure and right As for the hearinge of the eare the sight of y e eye y e LORDE hath made theÌ„ both Delyte not thou in slepe lest thou come vnto pouerte but opeÌ„ thine eyes thou shalt haue bred ynough It is naught It is naught saye men whan they haue it but whan it is gone they geue it a good worde A mouth of vnderstoÌ„dinge is more worth then golde many precious stones and costly Iewels Take his garment that is suertie for a straunger take a pledge of him for y e vnknowne mans sake Euery maÌ„ liketh the bred that is gotten with disceate but at the last is mouth shal be fylled with grauell Thorow councell the thinges that men deuyse go forwarde with discrecion ought warres to be taken in honde Medle not with him that bewrayeth secretes and is a slaunderer and disceaueth with his lippes Who so curseth his father and mother his light shal be put out in the myddest of darcknesse The heretage that commeth to haistely at the first shal not be praysed at the ende Saye not thou I will recompence euell but put y e trust in the LORDE he shal defende ye. The LORDE abhorreth
Thyne owne frende and thy fathers frende se thou forsake not but go not in to thy brothers house in tyme of thy trouble Better is a frende at hōde then a brother farre of My sonne be wyse and thou shalt make me a glad herte so that I shal make answere vnto my rebukers A wyse man seynge the plage wyl hyde him self as for fooles they go on still and suffer harme Take his garment that is suertie for a straunger take a pledge of him for the vnknowne mans sake He that is to hastie to praise his neghboure aboue measure shal be taken as one y t geueth him an euell reporte A brawlynge woman and the rofe of the house droppynge in a raynie daye maye well be compared together He that refrayneth her refrayneth the wynde and holdeth oyle fast in his hōde Like as one yrō whetteth another so doth one man comforte another Who so kepeth his fyge tre shal enioye the frutes therof he that wayteth vpon his master shal come to honoure Like as in one water there apeare dyuerse faces euē so dyuerse men haue dyuerse hertes Like as hell destruccion are neuer full euen so the eyes of mē can neuer be satisfied Syluer is tryed in the moulde golde in the fornace so is a man whan he is openly praysed to his face Though thou shuldest bray a foole w t a pestell in a morter like otemeell yet wil not his foolishnesse go from him Se y t thou knowe the nombre of thy catell thy self and loke well to thy flockes For riches abyde not allwaye the crowne endureth not for euer The hay groweth y e grasse cōmeth vp herbes are gathered in y e mountaines The lambes shal clothe the for the goates thou shalt haue money to y e huszbondry Thou shalt haue goates mylck ynough to fede the to vpholde thy husholde to susteyne thy maydens The XXVIII Chapter THe vngodly flyeth no man chasynge him but the rightuous stondeth stiff as a lyon Because of synne y e londe doth oft chaunge hir prynce but thorow men of vnderstondinge wyszdome a realme endureth longe One poore man oppressinge another by violence is like a contynuall rayne that destroyeth y e frute They that forsake the lawe prayse y e vngodly but soch as kepe the lawe abhorre them Wicked men discerne not the thinge y t is right but they that seke after the LORDE discusse all thinges A poore man ledynge a godly life is better then the riche that goeth in frowarde wayes Who so kepeth the lawe is a childe of vnderstondinge but he y t fedeth ryotous men shameth his father Who so increaseth his riches by vaūtage wynnynge let him gather them to helpe the poore withall He that turneth awaye his eare from hearinge y e lawe his prayer shal be abhorred Who so ledeth y e rightuous in to an euell waye shal fall in to his owne pytt but y e iust shal haue the good in possession The rich man thynketh him self to be wyse but the poore that hath vnderstondinge cā perceaue him wel ynough When rightuous men are in prosperite thē doth honoure florish but when the vngodly come vp y e state of men chaungeth He that hydeth his synnes shall not prospere but who so knowlegeth them and forsaketh them shall haue mercy Well is him that stōdeth all waye in awe as for him that hardeneth his herte he shal fall in to mischefe Like as a roaringe lyon and an hongrie beer euen so is an vngodly prynce ouer the poore people Where the prynce is without vnderstondinge there is greate oppression wronge but yf he be soch one as hateth couetousnesse he shal longe raigne He that by violēce sheddeth eny mans bloude shal be a rennagate vnto his graue and no man shal be able to suco r him Who so leadeth a godly and an innocēt life shal be safe but he that goeth frowarde wayes shall once haue a fall He y t tylleth his londe shal haue plenteousnesse of bred but he that foloweth ydilnesse shal haue pouerte ynough A faithfull man is greatly to be commēded but he that maketh to moch haist for to be riche shal not be vngiltie To haue respecte of personnes in iudgment is not good And why he will do wronge yee euen for a pece of bred He that will be rich all to soone hath an euell eye and considereth not that pouerte shall come vpon him He that rebuketh a man shall fynde more fauoure at y e last thē he that flatreth him Who so robbeth his father and mother and sayeth it is no synne the same is like vnto a mortherer He that is of a proude stomacke stereth vp strife but he that putteth his trust in y e LORDE shal be well fedd He that trusteth in his owne hert is a foole but he that dealeth wisely shal be safe He that geueth vnto the poore shal not wante but he that turneth awaye his eyes from soch as be in necessite shall suffre greate pouerte himself Whan the vngodly are come vp men are fayne to hyde them selues but whē they perish the rightuous increase The XXIX Chapter HE that is stiffnecked wyll not be refourmed shal sodenly be destroyed w t out eny helpe Where y e rightuous haue the ouer hande y e people are in prosperite but where the vngodly beareth rule there y e people mourne Who so loueth wyszdome maketh his father a glad man but he y t kepeth harlottes spēdeth awaye y t he hath With true iudgment y e kynge setteth vp the londe but yf he be a man y t taketh giftes he turneth it vpsyde downe Who so flatreth his neghbo r layeth a nette for his fete The synne of y e wicked is his owne snare but y e righteous shal be glad and reioyse The righteous considreth the cause of the poore but the vngodly regardeth no vnderstondynge Wicked people brynge a cite in decaye but wyse men set it vp agayne Yf a wyse man go to lawe with a foole whether he deale with him frendly or roughly he getteth no rest The bloudethyrstie hate the rightuous but the iust seke his soule A foole poureth out his sprete alltogether but a wyse man kepeth it in till afterwarde Yf a prynce delyte in lyes all his seruauntes are vngodly The poore and the lender mete together the LORDE lighteneth both their eyes The seate of the kinge y t faithfully iudgeth the poore shal continue sure for euermore The rodde and correccion mynistre wyszdome but yf a childe be not loked vnto he bryngeth his mother to shame When the vngodly come vp wickednesse increaseth but the rightuous shall se their fall Nurtoure thy sonne with correccion and he shal comforte the yee he shal do the good at thine hert Where no prophet is there the people perishe but well is him that kepeth the lawe A seruaūt
wil not be the better for wordes for though he vnderstonde yet wil he not regarde them Yf thou seyst a man that is haistie to speake vnaduysed thou mayest trust a foole more then him He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a childe shal make him his master at length An angrie man stereth vp strife and he that beareth euell wyll in his mynde doth moch euell After pryde commeth a fall but a lowly sprete bryngeth greate worshipe Who so kepeth company w t a thefe hateth his owne soule he heareth blasphemies telleth it not forth He that feareth men shal haue a fall but who so putteth his trust in the LORDE shal come to honor. Many there be that seke y e prynces fauoure but euery mans iudgment commeth from the LORDE The rightuous abhorre the vngodly but as for those that be in y e right waye y e wicked hate them The XXX Chapter The wordes of Agur the sonne of Iake THe prophecie of a true faithfull man whō God hath helped whom God hath cōforted norished For though I am y e leest of all haue no mās vnderstōdīge for I neuer lerned wiszdome yet haue I vnderstōdinge am wel enfourmed in godly thinges Who hath clymmed vp ī to heauen Who hath come downe from thence Who hath holden y e wynde fast in his hāde Who hath cōprehended y e waters in a garment Who hath set all the endes of y e worlde What is his name or his sonnes name Canst thou tell All the wordes of God are pure cleane for he is a shylde vnto all them that put their trust in him Put thou nothinge therfore vnto his wordes lest he reproue the and thou be founde as a lyar Two thinges I requyre of the that thou wilt not denye me before I dye Remoue fro me vanite and lyes geue me nether pouerte ner riches only graunte me a necessary lyuynge Lest yf I be to full I denye y e saye what felowe is y e LORDE And lest I beinge constrayned thorow pouerte fall vnto stealinge and forsweare the name of my God Accuse not a seruaunt vnto his master lest he speake euell of the also and thou be hurte He that bryngeth vp an euell reporte vpō the generacion of his father and mother is not worthy to be commended The generacion that thynke them selues cleane shal not be clensed from their fylthynesse There are people y t haue a proude loke and cast vp their eye lyddes This peoples tethe are swerdes and with their chaft bones they consume and deuoure the symple of the earth and the poore from amonge mē This generacion which is like an horsleche hath two doughters y e one is called fetch hither the other brynge hither There be thre thinges that are neuer satisfied and the fourth saieth neuer hoo The hell a womans wombe and the earth hath neuer water ynough As for fyre it sayeth neuer hoo Who so laugheth his father to scorne and setteth his mothers commaūdement at naught the rauens pycke out his eyes in the valley and deuoured be he of the yongle Aegles There be thre thinges to hye for me and as for the fourth it passeth my knowlege The waye of an Aegle in y e ayre y e waye of a serpent ouer y e stone y e waye of a shippe in y e see y e waye of a mā w t a yonge womā Soch is the waye also of a wyfe y t breaketh wedlocke which wypeth hir mouth like as whā she hath eatē sayeth As for me I haue done no harme Thorow thre thinges the earth is disquieted the fourth maye it not beare Thorow a seruaūt y t beareth rule thorow a foole y t hath greate riches thorow an ydle houswife thorow an handmayden y t is heyre to hir mastres There be foure thinges in the earth the which are very litle but in wyszdome they exceade the wyse The Emmettes are but a weake people yet gather they their meate together in y e haruest The conyes are but a feble folke yet make they their couches amonge the rockes The greshoppers haue not a gyde yet go they forth together by heapes The spyder laboureth w t hir hādes y t in y e kynges palace There be thre thinges y t go stiftly but the goinge of the fourth is the goodliest of all A Lyon which is kynge of beastes geueth place to no man A cock ready to fight A rāme And a kynge y t goeth forth w t his people Yf thou be so foolish to magnifie y e self or medlest w t eny soch thinge thē laye thine hāde vpon y e mouth Who so chyrneth mylck maketh butter he that rubbeth his nose maketh it blede and he that causeth wrath bryngeth forth strife The XXXI Chapter THese are the wordes of Kynge Lamuel y e lesson y t his mother taught him My sonne thou sonne of my body O my deare beloued sonne geue not ouer thy substaunce mynde vnto women which are the destrucciō euē of kynges O Lamuel geue kinges no wyne geue kynges prynces no stronge drynke lest they beinge dronken forget the lawe regarde not y e cause of the poore of all soch as be in aduersite Geue stronge drynke vnto soch as are condempned to death wyne vnto those y t mourne that they maye drynke it forget their misery aduersite Be thou an aduocate stonde in iudgment thyself to speake for all soch as be dōme sucourles With y e mouth defende y e thinge y t is laufull and right and y e cause of y e poore and helplesse Who so fyndeth an honest faithful womā she is moch more worth thē perles The herte of hir husbande maye safely trust in her so that he shal haue no nede of spoyles She wil do him good not euel all y e dayes of hir life She occupieth woll flax laboureth gladly w t hir handes She is likē a marchauntes shippe that bryngeth hir vytayles from farre She is vp in y e night season to prouyde meate for hir housholde foode for hir maydens She considreth lōde byeth it and w t the frute of hir handes she planteth a vynyarde She gyrdeth hir loynes with strength and courageth hir armes And yf she perceaue that hir houswifrie doth good hir candle goeth not out by night She layeth hir fyngers to the spyndle hir hande taketh holde of y e rocke She openeth hir hande to y e poore yee she stretcheth forth hir hādes to soch as haue nede She feareth not y t the colde of wynter shal hurte hir house for all hir housholde folkes are duble clothed She maketh hir self fayre ornamētes hir clothīge is whyte sylke purple Hir huszbāde is moch set by in y e gates whē he sytteth amonge y e rulers of y e londe She maketh cloth of sylke selleth it and delyuereth a gyrdle vnto y e
him that ruleth it That were euen like as yf the rod dyd exalte it self agaynst him that beareth it or as though y e staff shulde magnifie it self as who saye it were no wodd Therfore shal the LORDE of hoostes sende him pouerte in his riches and burne vp his power as it were with a fyre But the light of Israel shal be y t fyre and his Sanctuary shal be the flame and it shal kyndle and burne vp his thornes and breyers in one daye yee all the glory of his woddes and feldes shal be consumed with body and soule As for himself he shal be as one chased awaye The trees also of his felde shal be of soch a nombre that a childe maye tell them After y t daye shal the remnaunt of Israel and soch as are escaped out of the house of Iacob seke no more coÌ„forte at him that smote them but shal conforte themselues with faithfulnesse and treuth in the LORDE the holy one of Israel The remnaunt yee and the Posteryte of Iacob shal coÌ„uerte vnto God the mighty one For though thy people o Israel be as the sonde of the see yet shal but the remnaunt of them only conuerte vnto him Perfecte is the iudgmeÌ„t of him that floweth in rightuousnesse and therfore y e LORDE of hoostes shal perfectly fulfil the thinge that he hath determyned in the myddest of the whole worlde Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God of hoostes Thou my people that dwellest in Sion be not afrayde for the kinge of the Assirians He shal wagg his staff at the yee and beate the with the rodd as the EgiptiaÌ„s dyd sometyme But soone after shal my wrath and my indignacion be fulfylled agaynst their blasphemies Morouer the LORDE of hoostes shal prepare a scourge for him like as was the punyshmeÌ„t of MadiaÌ„ vpoÌ„ y e mount of Oreb And he shal lift vp his rod ouer the see as he dyd somtyme ouer the Egiptians Their shal his burthen be taken from thy shulders and his yock from thy neck yee the same yock shal corrupte for very fatnesse He shal come to Aiath and go thorow toward Migron But at Machmas shal he muster his hooste and go ouer y e foorde Gaba shal be their restinge place Rhama shal be afrayde Gabea Saul shal fle awaye The voyce of y e noyse of thy horses o doughter Gallim shal be herde vnto lais and to Anathoth which also shal be in trouble Madmena shal tremble for feare but the citesyns of Gahim are maÌ„ly yet shal he remayne at Nob that daye After that shal he lift vp his honde agaynst the mount Sion and agaynst the hill of Ierusalem But se the LORde God of hoostes shal take awaye the proude from thence w t feare He shal hew downe the proude and fel the hie mynded The thornes of the wod shal be rooted out w t yron and Libanus shal haue a mightie fal The xj Chapter AFter this there shal come a rod forth of y e Kynrede of Iesse and a blossome out of his rote The sprete of the LORDE shal light vpon it the sprete of wysdome and vnderstondinge the sprete of councel and strength y e sprete of knowlege and of the feare of God and shal make him feruent in the feare of God For he shal not geue senteÌ„ce after the thinge y t shal be brought before his eies nether reproue a matter at the first hearinge but with rightousnesse shal he iudge the poore and with holynes shal he refourme the symple of the worlde He shal smyte y e worlde with y e staff of his mouth with y e breath of his mouth shal he slaye the wicked Rightuousnesse shal be the gyrdle of his loynes treuth and faithfulnesse the gyrdinge vp of his raynes TheÌ„ shal y e wolfe dwel with the laÌ„be and the leopâ—rde shal lye downe by the gote Bullokes lyons and catel shal kepe company together so that a litle childe shal dryue them forth The cowe and the Bere shal fede together and their yongones shal lye together The lyoÌ„ shal eate strawe like the oxe or the cowe The childe whyle he sucketh shal haue a desyre to the serpentes nest and wheÌ„ he is weened he shal put his hande in to the Cockatryce denne No man shal do euel to another no man shal destroâ— another in all the hill of my Sanctuary For the earth shal be ful of y e knowlege of y e LORDE euen as though the water of the see flowed ouer the earth Then shal the Gentiles enquere after the rote of Iesse which shal be set vp for a token vnto the Gentiles for his dwellinge shal be glorious At the same tyme shal the LORDE take in honde agayne to conquere y e remnaunt of his people which are lefft alyue From the AssiriaÌ„s Egiptians Arabians Morians Elamites Caldeyes AntiochiaÌ„s and IloÌ„des of the see And he shal set vp a tokeÌ„ amonge the Gentiles and gather together y e dispersed of Israel yee and the outcastes of Iuda from the foure corners of y e worlde The hatred of Ephraim and y e enmyte of Iuda shal be clene rooted out Ephraim shal beare no euel wil to Iuda and Iuda shal not hate Ephraim but they both together shal flye vpoÌ„ the shulders of the Philistynes toward the West and spoyle them together that dwell toward the East The Idumytes and the Moabites shal let their hoÌ„des fall and the Ammonites shal be obedient vnto them The LORDE also shal cleue the tunges of the EgipciaÌ„s see and with a mightie wynde shal he lift vp his honde ouer Nilus and shal smyte his seueÌ„ streames and make men go ouer drye shod And thus shal he make a waye for his people y t remayneth from the Assirians like as it happened to y e Israelites what tyme they departed out of the londe of Egipte The xij Chapter SO that then thou shalt saye O LORDE I thanke the for thou wast displeased at me but thou hast refrayned thy wrath and hast mercy vpon me Beholde God is my health in whom I trust and am not afrayde For the LORDE God is my strength and my prayse he also shal be my refuge Therfore with ioye shal ye drawe water out of the welles of the Sauioure and then shal ye saye Let vs geue thankes vnto the lorde and call vpon his name and declare his councels amonge the people and kepe them in remembraunce for his name is excelleÌ„t O synge praises vnto the LORDE for he doth greate thinges as it is knowne in all the worlde Crie out and be glad thou that dwellest in Sion for greate is thy prince the holy one of Israel The XIII Chapter THis is y e heuy burtheÌ„ of BabiloÌ„ which Esaye the sonne of Amos dyd se. Make some tokeÌ„s to the hie hilles call vnto them holde vp youre hoÌ„de that the prynces maye go in at the
which they owe vnto me that turne they to mens lawes and doctrynes therfore wil I also shewe vnto this people a maruelous terrible and greate thinge Namely this I wil destroye the wisdome of their wise and the vnderstoÌ„dinge of their lerned men shal perish Wo be vnto them that seke so depe to hyde their ymaginacion be fore the LORDE which rehearce their couÌ„cels in y e darknes and saye who seith vs or who knoweth vs Which ymaginacion of yours is euen as when the potters claye taketh advisemeÌ„t as though the worke might saye to y e worke master make me not or as when an erthen vessel saieth of the potter he vnderstondeth not Se ye not that it is hard by that Libanus shal be turned in to Charmel and that Charmel shal be taken as a wodde Then shal deaf men vnderstonde the wordes of the boke and the eyes of the blynde shal se without eny cloude or darknes The oppressed shal holde a mery feast in the LORDE and the poore people shal reioyse in the holy one of Israel Then shal the furious people ceasse and y e mockers shal be put awaye and all they y t do wronge shal be rooted out soch as laboure to drawe meÌ„ vnto synne and y t disceaue him which reproueth them in the gate soch as turne good personnes to vanite And therfore the LORDE euen the defender of Abraham saieth thus vnto the house of Iacob Now shal not Iacob be ashamed nor his face coÌ„founded when he seith amonge his children whom my hondes haue made soch as halowe my name amonge them that they maye sancifie the holy one of Iacob and feare the God of Israel and that they which afore tyme were of an erroneous sprete haue now vnderstondinge and y t soch as before coude not speake are now lerned in my lawe The xxx Chapter WO be to those shrenkinge children saieth the LORDE which seke councel but not at me which take a webbe in honde but not after my will that they maye heape one synne vpon another They go downe in to Egipte and axe me no councel to seke helpe at the power of Pharao and coÌ„forte in the shadowe of the EgipciaÌ„s But Pharaos helpe shal be youre coÌ„fucion and the comforte in the Egipcians shadowe shal be youre owne shame You re rulers haue bene at Zoan and yo r messaungers came vnto Hanes But ye shal all be ashamed of the people y t maye not helpe you which shal not bringe you strength or comforte but shame and confucion Youre beastes haue borne burthens vpoÌ„ their backes towarde the South thorow the waye that is ful of parell and trouble because of the lyoÌ„ and lyones of the Cockatrice and shutynge dragon Yee the Mules bare youre substaunce and the Camels brought yo r treasure vpon their croked backes vnto a people that can not helpe you For the Egipcians helpe shal be but vane and lost Therfore I tolde you also y t youre pryde shulde haue an ende Wherfore go heÌ„ce and write them this in their tables and note it in a booke that it maye remayne by their posterite and be stil kepte For it is an obstinate people vnfaithful children children that will not heare the lawe of the LORDE They darre saye to the prophetes Intro mitte youre selues with nothinge and vnto y e Soythsayers tell us of nothinge for to come but speake frendly wordes vnto vs and preach vs false thinges Treade out of the waye go out of the path turne the holy one of Israel from vs. Therfore thus saieth the holy one of Israel In as moch as ye haue cast of youre bewtie and conforted youre selues with power and nymblenesse and put youre confidence therin therfore shal ye haue this myschefe agayne for youre destruction and fall like as an hie wall that falleth because of some rift or blast whose breakinge cometh sodenly And youre destruction shal be like as an ertheÌ„ pot which breaketh no man touchinge it yee and breaketh so sore that a man shal not fynde a sheuer of it to fetch fyre in or to take water with all out of the pyt For the LORDE God euen the holy one of Israel hath promised thus With stilsittinge and rest shal ye be healed In quyetnesse and hope shal youre strength lie Notwithstondinge ye regarde it not but ye will saie No for thus are we coÌ„strayned to fle vpoÌ„ horses And therfore shall ye fle we must ryde vpon swift beastes and therfore youre persecutours shal yet be swifter A thousand of you shal fle for one or at the most for fyue which do but only geue you euell wordes vntil ye be desolate as a ship mast vpon an hie mountayne and as a beaken vpon an hill Yet stondeth the LORDE waitinge that he maye haue mercy vpon you and lifteth him self vp that he maye receaue you to grace For the LORDE God is rightuous Happie are all thei that wate for him For thus o thou people of Sion and ye citisens of Ierusalem shal ye neuer be in heuynes for doutlesse he will haue mercy vpon the. As soone as he heareth the voyce of thy crie he will helpe the. The LORDE geueth you the bred of aduersite and the water of trouble But thine instructer fleyth not farre from the yf thine eyes loke vnto thine instructer and thine eares harken to his worde that crieth after the and saieth This is the waye go this and turne nether to the right honde nor the leffte Morouer yf ye destroye the syluer workes of youre Idols and cast awaye the golden coapes that ye deckt them withall as fylthynes and saie get you hence TheÌ„ wil he geue rayne to the sede that ye shal sowe in the earth and geue you breade of the encrease of the earth so that all shal be plenteous and abundaunt Thy catel also shal he fede in the brode medowes yee thyne oxeÌ„ and Muâ—es that till the grounde shal eate good fodder which is pourged w t y e fanne Goodly ryuers shal flowe out of all his mountaynes and hilles In the daye of the greate slaughter when the towers shal fall the Moone shal shyne as the Sonne and y e SoÌ„ne shyne shal be seueÌ„ folde and haue as moch shyne as in seuen dayes beside In that daye shal the LORDE bynde vp y e brussed sores of his people and heale their woundes Beholde the glory of the LORDE shal come from farre his face shal burne that no man shal be able to abyde it his lippes shal wagge for very indignacion and his tunge shal be as a consumynge fyre His breath like a vehement floude of water which goeth vp to the throte That he maye take awaye y e people which haue turned them selues vnto vanite and the brydle of erroure that lieth in other folkes chawes But ye shal synge as the vse is in y e night of the holy solempnite Ye shal
reioyse from youre hert as they that come with the pipe when they go vp to the mount of the LORDE vnto y e rock of Israel The LORDE also shal set vp the power of his voyce and declare his terrible arme with his angrie countenaunce yee and the flame of the consumynge fyre with earth quake tempest of wynde and hale stones Then shal the Assirian feare also because of the voyce of the LORDE which shal smyte him with the rodde And the same rodde which the LORDE wil sende vpon him shal moue the whole foundacion with trompet with noyse of warre and batell to destroye For he hath prepared the fyre of payne from the begynnynge yee euen for kynges also This hath he made depe wyde y e norishinge therof is fyre and wodde innumerable which the breath ofte LORDE kyndleth as it were a match of brymstone The xxxj Chapter WO vnto them that go downe in to Egipte for helpe and trust in horses and conforte them selues in Charettes because they be many and in horse mē because they be lustie and stronge But they regarde not the holy one of Israel and they aske no question at the LORDE Where as he neuertheles plageth y e wicked and yet goeth not from his worde whā he steppeth forth and taketh the victory agaynst the housholde of the frauwerde and against the helpe of euel doers Now the Egiptians are men and not God and their horses flesh and not sprete And as soone as the LORDE stretcheth out his honde then shal the helper fall and he that shulde haue bene helped and shal altogether be destroyed For thus hath the LORDE spokē vnto me Like as the Lyon or lyōs whelpe roareth vpon the pray that he hath gotten and is not afrayde though y e multitude of shepardes crie out vpon him nether abashed for all the heape of them So shal the LORDE of hoostes come downe from the mount Sion and defende his hill Like as byrdes flotre aboute their nestes so shal the LORDE of hoostes kepe saue defende and deliue Ierusalem Therfore o ye childrē of Israel turne agayne like as ye hahaue exceaded in youre goinge back For in y t daye euery man shal cast out his Idols of syluer and golde which ye haue made with youre synful hondes Assur also shal be slayne with the swerde not w t a mans swerde ▪ A swerde shal deuoure him but not a mans swerde And he shal fle from the slaughter and his seruauntes shal be taken prisoners ▪ He shal go for feare to his stronge holdes and his prynces shal fle from his badge This hath y e LORDE spokē whose light burneth in Sion and his fyre in Ierusalem The xxxij Chapter BEholde the kinge shal gouerne after y e rule of rightuousnes and y e princes shal rule acordinge to the balaunce of equite He shal be vnto mē as a defence for the wynde and as a refuge for the tempest like as a ryuer of water in a thurstie place and y e schadowe of a greate rock in a drie lōde The eyes of the seinge shall not be dymme and the eares of them that heare shal take diligēt hede The hert of the vnwise shal attayne to knowlege and the vnparfite tūge shal speake planely and distinctly Then shal the nygarde be no more called gentle ner the churle lyberall But the churle wil be churlishly mynded and his hert wil worke euell and playe the ypocrite and ymagyn abhominaciōs agaynst God to make the hungrie leane and to with holde drinke from the thurstie These are the perlous weapons of the cuvetous these be his shameful councels that he maye begyle the poore with disceatful workes yee euen there as he shulde geue sentence with the poore But the liberall person ymagineth honest thinges and commeth vp with honesty Vp ye rich and ydle cities harken vnto my voyce Ye careles cities marcke my wordes After yeares and dayes shal ye be brought in feare o ye carelesse cities For Haruest shal be out and the grape gatheringe shal not come O ye rich ydle cities ye that feare no parell ye shal be abashed and remoued when ye se the barennesse the nakednesse and preparinge to warre Ye shal knock vpō youre brestes because of the pleasaunt felde and because of the fruteful vynyarde My peoples felde shal bringe thornes and thistels for in euery house is voluptuousnes in the cities wilfulnes The palaces also shal be broken and the greatly occupide cities desolate The towers and bulwerckes shal be become dennes for euermore the pleasure of Mules shal be turned to pasture for shepe Vnto the tyme that y e sprete be poured vpon vs from aboue Then shal the wildernesse be a fruteful felde the plenteous felde shal be rekened for a wodde Then shal equyte dwel in the deserte and rightuousnesse in a fruteful londe And the rewarde of rightuousnesse shal be peace and hir frute rest and quietnesse for euer And my people shal dwel in the ynnes of peace in my tabernacle and pleasure where there is ynough in thē all And whē the hale falleth it shal fall in the wodde and in the citie O how happy shal ye be whē ye shal safely sowe youre sede besyde all waters dryue thither the fete of youre oxē asses The xxxiij Chapter THerfore wo vnto the o robber shalt not thou be robbed also and vnto the that laiest wait as who saye there shulde no waite be layde for the Wo vnto the which doest hurte euen so shalt thou be hurt also And as thou layest waite so shal wait be layde for the also LORDE be merciful vnto vs we wait for the. Thine arme is at a poynte to vyset vs but be thou oure health in the tyme of trouble Graūte that the people maye fle at the anger of thy voyce that at thy vpstondinge the Gentiles maye be scatred abrode and that their spoyle maye be gathered as the greshoppers are comonly gathered together in to the pyt Stonde vp LORDE thou that dwellest on hie Let Siō be fylled with equyte and rightuousnesse Let treuth and faithfulnesse be in hir tyme power health wisdome knowlege the feare of God are hir treasure Beholde their aungels crie with out the messaungers of peace wepe bytterly The stretes are waist there walketh no man therin the appoyntmen is broken the cities are despised they are not regarded the desolate earth is in heuynes Libanus taketh it but for a sporte that it is hewen downe Saron is like a wyldernes Basā Charmel are turned vpside downe And therfore saieth y e LORDE I wil vp now wil I get vp now wil I aryse Ye shal conceaue stubble and beare strawe youre sprete shal be the fyre that it maye consume you the people shal be burnt like lyme as thornes burne that are hewen of cast in the fyre Now herken to ye that are farre of how
on euery syde yet will we not vnderstōde He burneth vs vp yet syncketh it not in to oure hartes The xliij Chapter BVt now the LORDE that made the o Iacob and he that fashioned the o Israel saieth thus Feare not for I will defende ye. I haue called y e by thy name thou art myne owne When thou wentest in the water I was by the that the strōge floudes shulde not pluck y e awaye When thou walkest in the fyre it shal not burne y e and the flame shall not kindle vpon the. For I am the LORDE thy God the holyone of Israel thy Sauioure I gaue Egipte for y e delyueraunce the Moryās and the Sabees for the because thou wast deare in my sight and because I set by the and loued the. I pilled all men for the and delyuered vp all people for thy sake that thou shuldest not feare for I was with the. I wil bringe thy sede from the east and gather the together from the west I wil saye to the north let go And to the south kepe not backe But bringe me my sonnes from farre and my doughters from the endes of the worlde Namely all those that be called after my name For thē haue I created fashioned and made for myne honoure Bringe forth that people whether they haue eyes or be blynde deaf or haue eares All nacions shal come in one and be gathered in one people But which amonge yonder goddes shall declare soch thinges tell vs what is to come Let them bringe their witnesses so shal they be fre for thē men shal heare it and saye it is truth But I bringe you witnesses saith the LORDE euen those that are my seruauntes whom I haue chosen to the intent that ye might be certified and geue me faithful credence yee and to cōsidre that I am he before whom there was neuer eny God and that there shal be none after me I am only the LORDE and without me is there no Sauioure I geue warnynge I make whole I teach you that there shulde be no straunge God amonge you And this recorde must ye beare me youre selues saieth the LORDE that I am God And euen he am I from the begynnynge and there is none that can take eny thinge out of my honde And what I do can no man chaunge Thus saieth the LORDE the holyone of Israel youre redemer For youre sake I will sende to Babilon and bringe all the strongest of them from thence Namely the Caldees that boost them of their shippes Euen I the LORDE youre holy one which haue made Israel and am youre kinge Morouer thus saieth the LORDE Euen he that maketh a waye in the see and a footpath in the mightie waters which bringeth forth the charettes and horses the hooste and the power that they maye fall a slepe and neuer ryse and be extincte like as tow is quenched Ye remembre not thinges of olde and regarde nothinge that is past Therfore beholde I shal make a new thinge and shortly shall it apeare Ye shall well knowe it I tolde it you afore but I will tell it you agaane I will make stretes in the deserte and ryuers of water in the wildernesse The wilde beastes shal worshippe me the dragon and the Estrich For I shall geue water in y e wildernesse and streames in the deserte that I maye geue drīke to my people whom I chose This people haue I made for my self and they shal shewe forth my prayse For thou Iacob woldest not call vpon me but thou haddest an vnlust towarde me o Israel Thou gauest me not thy yonge beastes for burnt offringes nether didest honoure me with thy sacrifices Thou boughtest me no deare spice with thi money nether pouredest the fat of thy sacrifices vpon me Howbeit I haue not bene chargeable vnto the in offrīges nether greuous in Incense But thou hast ladē me with thy synnes and weeried me with thy vngodlynes Where as I yet am euen he only that for myne owne selfes sake do awaye thine offences forget thy synnes so that I wil neuer thinke vpon them Put me now in remembraunce for we will reason together shewe what thou hast for the to make the quyte Thy first father offended sore and thy rulers haue synned agaynst me Therfore I ether suspended or slewe the chefest prynces I dyd curse Iacob and gaue Israel into reprofe The xliiij Chapter SO heare now o Iacob my seruaunt and Israel whom I haue chosē For thus saieth the LORDE that made the fashioned the and helped the euen from thy mothers wombe Be not afrayde o Iacob my seruaunte thou rightuous whom I haue chosen For I shal poure water vpon the drie grounde and ryuers vpon the thurstie I shal poure my sprete vpon thisede and myne encrease vpō thy stocke They shal growe together like as the grasse and as the Willies by the waters side One will saye I am the LORDES Another wil call vnder the name of Iacob The thirde shal subscrybe with his honde vnto y e LORDE and geue him self vnder the name of Israel Morouer thus hath the LORDE spokē euen the kinge of Israel and his avenger y e LORDE of hoostes I am the first and the last and without me is there no God For what is he that euer was like me which am from euerlastinge Let him shewe his name and do wherthorow he maye be lickened vnto me Let him tell you forth planely thīges that are past and for to come yee and that without eny feare or stoppe For haue not I euer tolde you hytherto warned you Ye can beare me recorde youreselues Is there eny God excepte me or eny maker that I shulde not knowe him Wherfore all caruers of Idols are but vayne and their laboure lost They must beare recorde them selues that seinge they can nether se ner vnderstonde they shal be confounded Who shulde now make a god or fashiō an Idol that is profitable for nothinge Beholde all the felashippe of thē must be brought to confucion Let all the workmasters of them come and stonde together from amonge men they must be abashed and confoūded one with another The smyth taketh yron and tempreth it with hote coles and fashioneth it with hammers maketh it w t all the strength of his armes Yee somtyme he is faynt for very hunger and so thurstie that he hath no more power The carpenter or ymage caruer taketh me the tymbre and spredeth forth his lyne he marketh it with some coloure he playneth it he ruleth it ād squareth it and maketh it after the ymage of a man and acordinge to the bewtie of a man that it maye stonde in the temple Morouer he goeth out to hewe downe Cedre trees He bringeth home Elmes and okes and other tymbre of the wodd Or els the Fyrretrees which he planted himself ād soch as the rayne hath swelled which wodde serueth for
me Herken vnto me o Iacob Israel whō I haue called I am euen he that is I am y e first and the last My honde is the foundacion of the earth my right honde spanneth ouer the heauens As soone as I called thē they were there Gather you all together ād herken Which of yonder goddes hath declared this that the LORDE wil do by the kinge of Babilon whom he loueth fauoureth and by the Caldees his arme ▪ I my self alone haue tolde you this before Yee I shal call him and bringe him forth geue him a prosperous iourneye Come nye heare this haue I spokē eny thīge darckly sence the begynnynge whē a thīge begynneth I am there Wherfore the LORDE God with his sprete hath sent me And thus saieth the LORDE thine avenger the holyone of Israel I am y e LORDE thy God which teach the profitable thinges and lede y e the waye that thou shuldest go Yf thou wilt now regarde my cōmaundement thy welthynes shal be as the water streame thy rightuousnes as the wawes flowinge in the see Thysede shal be like as the sonde in the see the frute of thy body like the grauel stones therof Thy name shal not be roted out nor destroyed before me Ye shal go awaye from Babilon and escape the Caldees with a mery voyce This shal be spoken of declared abrode go forth vnto the ende of the worlde so that it shal be sayde The LORDE hath defended his seruaunte Iacob that they suffred no thurste whē they trauayled in the wildernesse He claue the rockes a sonder and the water gusshed out As for the vngodly they haue no peace saieth the LORDE MESSIAS The xlix Chapter HErken vnto me ye Iles and take hede ye people from farre The LORDE hath called me fro my byrth and made mēcion of my name fro my mothers wōbe he hath made my mouth like a sharpe swerde vnder y e shadowe of his honde hath he defended me and hyd me in his quyuer as a good arowe and sayde vnto me Thou art my seruaunt Israel I wil be honoured in the. Then answerde I I shal lese my laboure I shal spende my strength in vayne Neuertheles I wil commytte my cause and my worke vnto the LORDE my God And now saieth the LORDE euē he that fashioned me fro my mothers wombe to be his seruaūte that I maye bringe Iacob agayne vnto him howbeit Israel will not be gathered vnto hī agayne In whose sight I am greate which also is my LORDE my God and my strēgth Let it be but a smal thinge that thou art my seruaunt to set vp the kinreddes of Iacob to restore the destructiō of Israel yf I make the not also the light of the Gentiles that thou mayest be my health vnto the ende of the worlde Morouer thus saieth the LORDE the avēger and holy one of Israel because of the abhorringe and despisinge amonge the Gentiles concernynge the seruaunt of all them y t beare rule Kynges and prynces shal se and arise and worshipe because of the LORDE that he is faithfull and because of the holy one of Israel which hath chosen the. And thus saieth the LORDE In the tyme apoynted wil I be present with the. And in the houre of health wil I helpe the delyuer the. I wil make the a pledge for y e people so y t thou shalt helpe vp the earth agayne and chalenge agayne the scatred heretages That thou mayest saye to y e presoners go forth to them that are in darknesse come in to the light that they maye fede in the hie wayes get their lyuynge in all places There shal nether hunger ner thirste heate nor Sonne hurte them For he that fauoureth them shal lede them and geue them drīke of the springe welles I will make wayes vpon all my mountaynes and my fote pathes shal be exalted And beholde they shal come from farre lo seme from the north and west some from the south Reioyse ye heauens and synge prayses thou earth Talke of ioye ye hilles for God wil cōforte his people haue mercy vpon his y t be in trouble Then shal Sion saye God hath forsaken me and the LORDE hath forgottē me Doth a wife forget the childe of hir wombe ād the sonne whō she hath borne And though she do forget yet wil not I forget the. Beholde I haue written the vp vpon my hondes thy walles are euer in my sight They that haue broken the downe shal make haist to buylde the vp agayne and they that made the waist shal dwell in the. Lift vp thine eyes and loke aboute the all these shal gather them together and come to the. As truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE thou shalt put them all vpō the as an apparell and gyrde thē to the as a bryde doth hir Iewels As for thy londe that lieth desolate waisted destroyed it shal be to narow for thē that shal dwell in it And they y t wolde deuoure the shal be farre a waye Then the childe whō y e barē shall bringe forth vnto y e shal saye in thine eare this place is to narow syt nye together y t I maye haue rowme Then shalt thou thinke by thy self Who hath begottē me these seinge I am barē alōe a captyue an outcast And who hath norished thē vp for me I am desolate alone but frō whēce come these And therfore thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I will stretch out myne honde to the Gentiles and set vp my token to the people They shal bringe the thy sonnes in their lappes carie thy doughters vnto y e vpon their shulders For kinges shal be thy noursinge fathers and Quenes shal be thy noursinge mothers They shal fall before the w t their faces flat vpon the earth and lick vp the dust of thy fete that thou mayest knowe how that I am the LORDE And who so putteth his trust in me shal not be confounded Who spoyleth the giaunte of his pray or who taketh the presoner from the mightie And therfore thus saieth the LORDE The prisoners shal be taken from the giaunte and the spoyle delyuered from the violēte for I wil maynteyne thy cause agaynst thine aduersaries and saue thy sonnes And wil fede thine enemies with their owne fleshe and make thē drinke of their owne bloude as of swete wyne And all flesh shal knowe o Iacob that I am the LORDE thy Sauioure and stronge auenger Chap. I. THus saieth the LORDE Where is the bill of yo r mothers deuorcemēt that I sent vnto her or who is the vsurer to whō I solde you Beholde for youre owne offēces are ye solde because of youre transgression is youre mother forsakē For why wolde no mā receaue me when I came when I called no man gaue me answere Was my hōde clene smytē of that it
a man goeth forth wrothfully to recōpence his enemies to be avenged of his aduersaries Namely that he might recompence and rewarde the I lōdes wherthorow the name of the LORDE might be feared from the risynge of the Sōne and his magesty vnto the goinge downe of the same For he shal come as a violent waterstreame which the wynde of the LORDE hath moued But vnto Sion there shal come a redemer and vnto them in Iacob that turne from wickednesse saieth the LORDE I will make this conuenaunt with them sayeth y e LORDE My sprete that is come vpon the the wordes which I haue put in y t mouth shal neuer go out of thy mouth nor out of y e mouth of thy childrē no ner out of y e mouth of thy childers childrē from this tyme forth for euer more The lx Chapter ANd therfore get the vp by tymes for thy light cometh the glory of y e LORDE shal ryse vp vpō ye. For lo while y e darknesse cloude couereth the earth the people the LORDE shal shewe the light his glory shal be sene in the. The Gentiles shal come to thy light kynges to the brightnes y t springeth forth vpō ye. Lift vp thine eyes loke rounde aboute the All these gather thē selues come to the. Sonnes shal come vnto y e from farre doughters shal gather thē selues to the on euery side When thou seist this thou shalt maruel exceadingly and thine hert shal be opened when the power of the see shal be cōuerted vnto the that is whē the strength of the Gentiles shal come vnto the. The multitude of Camels shal couer y e the Dromedaries of Madiā and Epha All they of Saba shal come bringinge golde incense shewinge the prayse of the LORDE All the catel of Cedar shal be gathered vnto y e the rāmes of Nabaioth shal serue the to be offred vpō myne aulter which I haue chosen in the house of my glory which I haue garnished But what are these that fle here like the cloudes and as the doues flienge to their wyndowes The Iles also shal gather thē vnto me and specially the shippes of y e see that they maye bringe the sonnes from farre and their syluer and their golde with them vnto the name of the LORDE thy God vnto the holy one of Israel that hath glorified the. Straūgers shal buylde vp thy walles and their kīges shal do the seruyce For when I am angrie I smyte the and when it pleaseth me I pardon the. Thy gates shal stonde open still both daye and night and neuer be shut that the hooste of the Gentiles maye come and that their kinges maye be brought vnto the. For euery people kingdome that serueth not the shal perish and be distroyed w t the swerde The glory of libanus shal come vnto the The Fyrre trees Boxes Cedres together to garnish the place of my Sanctuary for I wil glorifie the place of my fete Morouer those shal come knelinge vnto the y t haue vexed the all they that despised y e shal fall downe at y e fote Thou shalt be called the cite of the LORDE the holy Sion of Israel Because thou hast bene forsakē and hated so that noman went thorow the I wil make the glorious for euer and euer ād ioyful thorow out all posterities Thou shalt sucke the mylck of the Gentiles and kinges brestes shal fede the. And thou shalt knowe that I the LORDE am thy Sauioure and defender the mighty one of Iacob For brasse wil I geue the golde and for yron syluer for wod brasse and for stones yron I wil make peace thy ruler and rightuousnes thyne officer Violence and robbery shal neuer be herde of in thy londe nether harme and destruction with in thy borders Thy walles shal be called health thy gates the prayse of God The Sonne shal neuer by thy daye light ād the light of the Moone shal neuer shyne vnto the but y e LORDE himself shal be thy euerlastinge light thy God shal be thy glory Thy Sonne shal neuer go downe thy Moone shal not be taken awaye for the LORDE himself shal be thy euerlastinge light ād thy sorouful dayes shal be rewarded ye. Thy people shal be all godly possesse the londe for euer the floure of my plantinge the worke of my hondes wherof I wil reioyce The yongest leest shal growe in to a thousande the symplest in to a stronge people I the LORDE shal shortly bringe this thinge to passe in his tyme. The lxj Chapter THe sprete of the LORDE God is w t me for y e LORDE hath anoynted me sent me to preach good tydīges vnto the poore y t I might bynde vp y e wounded hertes y t I might preach delyueraunce to y e captyue open the preson to thē that are bounde y t I might declare y e acceptable yeare of y e LORDE the daye of y e avēgeaunce of oure God that I might comforte all them that are in heuynesse that I might geue vnto them y t mourne in Sion bewty in the steade of asshes ioyful oyntmēt for sighinge pleasaunt raymēt for an heuy mīde That they might be called excellent in rightuousnesse a plātinge of the LORDE for him to reioyce in They shal buylde the lōge rough wildernes set vp y e olde deserte They shal repayre the waist places soch as haue bene voyde thorow out many generaciōs Straūgers shal stōde fede yo r catel the Aleauntes shal be yo r plowmē reapers But ye shal be named the prestes of the LORDE mē shall call you the seruaūtes of oure God Ye shall enioye the goodes of y e Gētiles tryūphe in their substaūce For yo r greate reprofe shame shal they haue ioye y t ye maye haue parte w t thē For they shal haue dubble possession ī their lōde euerlastinge ioye shal be w t them For I the LORDE which loue right ād hate robbery though it were offred me shal make their workes ful of faithfulnes make an euerlastinge couenaunt with them Their sede also and their generacion shal be knowne amōge the Gentiles and amōge the people All they that se them shall knowe that they are the hie blessed sede of y e LORDE And therfore I am ioyful in the LORDE my soule reioyseth in my God For he shall put vpon me the garmēt of health couer me with the mātle of rightuousnes He shal decke me like a brydegrome as a bryde that hath hir apparell vpō her For like as y e grounde bringeth forth frute as the gardē shuteth forth sede So shal the LORDE God cause rightuousnes and the feare of God to florish forth before all the Heithen The lij Chapter FOr Sions sake therfore wil I not holde my tūge
for Ierusalēs sake I will not ceasse vntill their rightuousnes breake forth as y e shyninge light their health as a burnynge lampe Then shal the Gētiles se thy rightuousnesse all kinges thy glory Thou shalt be named with a new name which the mouth of y e LORDE shal shewe Thou shalt be a crowne in the honde of the LORDE and a glorious garlāde in the hōde of thy God From this tyme forth thou shalt neuer be called the forsakē thy lōde shal nomore be called the wildernesse But thou shalt be called Hephziba that is my beloued y e londe Beula that is a maried womā for y e LORDE loueth y e thy lōde shal be inhabited And like as yonge mā taketh a doughter to mariage so shal God mary himself vnto y e sonnes And as a brydegrome is glad of his bryde so shal God reioyse ouer the. I wil set watchmē vpō thy walles o Ierusalem which shall nether ceasse daye nor night to preach y e LORDE And ye also shall not kepe him close nor leaue to speake of hī vntill Ierusalē be set vp made the prayse of the worlde The LORDE hath sworne by his right honde by his stronge arme that frō hence forth he wil not geue thy corne to be meate for thine enemies ner y e wyne wherī thou hast laboured to be drynke for y e straungers But they that haue gathered in the corne shal eate it geue thankes to the LORDE they that haue borne in the wyne shall drynke it in the court of my Sanctuary Stōde back departe a sunder ye y t stonde vnder y e gate make rowme ye people repayre the strete take awaye y e stones set out a tokē for the people Beholde y e LORDE proclameth in the endes of the worlde tel y e doughter Siō se thy Saluaciō cometh beholde he bringeth his treasure w t him his workes go before him For they whō y e LORDE delyuereth shal be called the holy people as for the thou shalt be named the greatly occupied and not the forsaken The lxiij Chapter WHat is he this that cometh from Edom with stayned reade clothes of Bosra which is so costly cloth cometh in so neēbly with all his strēgth I am he y t teacheth rightuousnes am of power to helpe Wherfore thē is thy clothinge reade thy raymēt like his y t treadeth in y e wyne presse I haue troddē the presse my self alone of all people there was not one with me Thus haue I trodē downe myne enemies in my wrath and set my fete vpō them in my indignacion And their bloude sprange vpō my cloothes so haue I stayned all my rayment For the daye of vengeaūce that I haue takē in honde the yeare of my delyueraunce is come I loked aboute me and there was no mā to shewe me eny helpe I fel downe and no man helde me vp Thē I helde me by myne owne arme my feruētnesse susteyned me And thus haue I troden downe the people in my wrath and bathed them in my displeasure In so moch that I haue shed their bloude vpon the earth I will declare the goodnesse of the LORDE yee and the prayse of the LORDE for all that he hath gyuen vs for the greate good y t he hath done for Israel which he hath gyuen them of his owne fauoure acordinge to the multitude of his louynge kindnesses For he sayde These no doute wil be my people and no shrēkinge children and so he was their Sauioure In their troubles he forsoke thē not but the angel that went forth from his presence delyuered them Of very loue kindnesse that he had vnto them redemed he them He hath borne them and caried them vp euer sence the worlde begāne But after they prouoked him to wrath and vexed his holy minde he was their enemie and fought agaynst them him self Yet remēbred he the olde tyme of Moses his people How he brought them from the water of the see as a shepherde doth with his shepe how he had geuen his holy sprete amonge them how he had led Moses by the right honde with his glorious arme how he had deuyded the water before them wherby he gat him self an euerlastinge name how he led them in the depe as an horse is led in the playne that they shulde not stomble The sprete of the LORDE led them as a tame beast goeth in the felde Thus o God hast thou led thy people to make thy self a glorious name with all Loke downe then from heauē and beholde the dwellinge place of thy sanctuary thy glory How is it y t thy gelousy thy strength the multitude of thy mercies and thy louynge kyndnesse wyl not be entreated of vs Yet art thou o r father For Abraham knoweth vs not nether is Israel acquanted with vs. But thou LORDE art oure father and redemer and thy name is euer lastinge O LORDE wherfore hast thou led vs out of thy waye wherfore hast thou hardened oure hertes that we feare the not Be at one with vs agayne for thy seruauntes sake y t are of the generaciō of thy heretage Thy people hath had but litle of thy Sanctuary in possessiō for oure enemies haue takē it in And we are become euen as we were from the beginnynge but thou art not their LORDE for they haue not called vpon thy name The lxiiij Chapter O That thou woldest cleue the heauen in sonder come downe that the mountaynes might melt awaye at thy presence like as at an hore fyre and that the malicious might boyle as the water doth vpon the fyre Wherby thy name might be knowne amōge thine enemies y t the Gētiles might trēble before ye. That thou mightest come downe with thy wonderous straunge workes then shulde the hilles melt at thy presence For sence the begynnynge of the worlde there was none excepte thou o God that herde or perceaued nether hath eny eye sene what thou dost for thē that put their trust in the. Thou helpest him that doth right with cherefulnesse and them that thynke vpon thy wayes But lo thou art angrie for we offende and haue bene euer in synne and there is not one whole We are all as an vnclene thinge all oure rightuousnesses are as the clothes stayned with the floures of a woman we fall euerychone as the leaf for oure synnes carie vs awaye like the wynde There is no man that calleth vpon thy name that stondeth vp to take holde by the. Therfore hydest thou thy face from vs and consumest vs because of oure synnes But now o LORDE thou father of ours we are the claye and thou art oure potter and we all are the worke of thy hondes Be not to sore displeased o LORDE and kepe not oure offences to lōge in thy remembraunce but considre that we all are thy people
the londe of the Caldees The leest amoÌ„ge the people shal teare them in peces loke what pleasaunt thinge they haue they shal laye it waist â–ª The noyse at y e wynnynge of Babilon shâ—â— moue the earth the crie shal be herde amonge the GeÌ„tiles The LI. Chapter THus hath the LORDE sayde Beholde I will rayse vp a perlous wynde agaynst Babilon hir citesens y t beare euell will agaynst me I wil sende also in to BabiloÌ„ fanners to fanne her out to destroye hir londe for in the daye of hir trouble they shal be aboute her on euery syde Morouer the LORDE hath sayde vnto the bowe men to them y t clymme ouer the walles in brest plates Ye shal not spare hir yongemeÌ„ kyll downe all hir hoost Thus the slayne shal fall downe in the londe of the Caldees and the wounded in the stretes As for Israel Iuda they shall not be forsakeÌ„ of their God of the LORDE of hoostes of the holyone of Israel no though they haue fylled all their londe full of synne Fle awaye from Babilon euery man saue his life Let no man holde his tunge to hir wickednes for the tyme of the LORDES vengeaunce is come yee he shal rewarde her agayne Babilon hath bene in the LORDES honde a golden cuppe y t maketh all londes droncken Of hir wyne haue all people droncken therfore are they out of their wittes But sodenly is Babilon fallen and destroyed Mourne for her brynge plasters for hir woundes yf she maye peraduenture be healed agayne We wolde haue made Babilon whole saye they but she is not recouered Therfore wil we let her alone go euery maÌ„ in to his owne countre For hir iudgmeÌ„t is come in to heauen is gone vp to the cloudes And therfore come on we will shewe Sion the worke of the LORDE oure God Make sharpe the arowes and fyll the quyuers for the LORDE shall rayse vp the sprete of the kynge of the Meedes which hath allready a desyre to destroye Babilon This shal be the vengeaunce of the LORDES and the vengeaunce of his temple Set vp tokens vpon the walles of Babilon make youre watch stronge set yo r watch men in araye yee holde preuye watches yet for all that shall the LORDE go forth with the deuyce which he hath taken vpon them that dwell in Babilon O thou that dwellest by the greate waters o thou that hast so greate treasure and riches thyne ende is come the rekenynge of thy wynnynges The LORDE of hoostes hath sworne by himself that he wil ouerwhelme the with men like greshoppers in nombre which with a corage shall crie Alarum Alarum agaynst the. Yee euen the LORDE of hoostes that with his power made the earth with his wiszdome prepayred y e rounde worlde with his discrecion spred out the heauens As soone as he letteth his voyce be herde the waters in the ayre waxe fearce He draweth vp the cloudes from the endes of the earth He turneth y e lightenynges to rayne he bringeth the wyndes out of their secrete places By the reason of wyszdome all men are become fooles Confounded be all the casters of ymages for y e thinge that they make is but disceate hath no breath Vayne is it worthy to be laughed at in the tyme of visitacion it shal perish Neuertheles the porcion of Iacob is none soch but he that made all thinges whose name is the LORDE of hoostes he is the rodde of his enheritaunce Thou breakest my weapens of warre yet thorow the I haue scatred the nacions kyngdomes Thorow the haue I scatred horse horse man yee the charettes soch as sat vpon them Thorow the I haue scatred man woman olde and yonge bacheler mayden Thorow the I haue scatred the shepherde his flocke the husbond man his catell the prynces the rulers Therfore wil I rewarde the cite of Babilon all hir citesyns the Caldees with all the euell which they haue done vnto Sion Yee that ye youre selues shall se it saieth the LORDE Beholde I come vpon the thou noysome hill saieth the LORDE thou that destroyest all londes I wil stretch out my honde ouer the cast the downe from the stony rockes wil make the a brente hill so that nether corner stones ner pinnacles ner foundacion stones shal be taken eny more out of the but waist desolate shalt thou lie foreuermore saieth the LORDE Set vp a tokeÌ„ in the londe blowe the trompettes amonge the Heithen prouoke the nacions agaynst her call the kyngdomes of Ararat Menni Ascanes agaynst her nombre out Taphsar agaynst her bringe as greate a sorte of horses agaynst her as yf they were greshoppers Prepare agaynst them y e people of the Meedes w t their kynges prynces all their chefe rulers yee and the whole londe that is vnder them The londe also shal shake be afrayed when the deuyce of the LORDE shall come forth agaynst Babilon to make the londe of Babilon so waist that no maÌ„ shal dwell eny more therin The Worthies of Babilon shal leaue the batell kepe them selues in stronge holdes their strength hath fayled them they shal be like women Their dwellinge places shal be brent vp their barres shal be broken One purseuaunt shal mete another yee one poste shal come by another to bringe the kinge of Babilon tydinges that his cite is taken in on euery syde the foordes occupyde the fennes brent vp and the souldyers sore afrayed For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel The doughter of Babilon hath bene in hir tyme like as a threszshinge floore but shortly shal hir haruest come Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon hath deuoured and distroyed me he hath made me an emptie vessell He swalowed me vp like a Dragon and fylled his bely with my delicates he hath cast me out he hath takeÌ„ my substaunce awaye the thinge that was left me hath he caried vnto Babilon saieth the doughter that dwelleth in Sion Yee my bloude also vnto the Caldees saieth Ierusalem Therfore thus saieth the LORDE Beholde I wil defende thy cause avenge the I will drynke vp hir see drye vp hir water sprynges Babilon shal become an heape of stones a dwellinge place for dragons a fearfulnes wondringe because no man dwelleth there They shall roare together like lyons as the yonge lyons when they be angrie so shal they beÌ„de them selues In their heate I shal set drynke before theÌ„ they shal be droncken for ioye Then shal they slepe an euerlastinge slepe neuer wake saieth the LORDE I shal carie them downe to be slayne like shepe like wethers gootes O how was Sesah wonne O how was the glory of y e whole londe taken how happeneth it that Babilon is so wondred at amonge the HeitheÌ„ The see is rysen ouer Babilon hath
Chapter FOr the which cause the LORDE oure God hath perfourmed his deuyce wherof he certified vs and oure heades that ruled in Ierusalē yee and oure kynges oure princes with all Israel and Iuda And soch plages hath y e lorde brought vpō vs as neuer came to passe vnder the heauē like as it is fulfilled in Hierusalem acordinge as it is written in the lawe of Moses that a man shulde eate y e flesh of his owne sonne the flesh of his owne doughter Morouer he hath delyuered them in to the hondes of all the kinges y t are rounde aboute vs to be confounded and desolate scatred thē abrode in all londes naciōs Thus are we brought beneth not aboue for we haue synned against the LORDE o r God not bene obedient vnto his voyce Therfore y e LORDE o r God is rightuous we with o r fathers as reason is are brought to opē shame as it is to se this daye And as for these plages y t are come vpon vs allready y e LORDE had deuyced thē for vs yet wolde we not praye vnto y e LORDE oure God y t we might euery mā turne frō his vngodly wayes So y e LORDE hath caused soch plages to come vpon vs for he is rightuous in all his workes which he hath cōmaunded vs which we also haue not done ner harkened vnto his voyce for to walke in y e cōmaundemētes of y e LORDE y t he had geuē vnto vs. And now o LORDE God of Israel thou that hast brought thy people out of the londe of Egipte with a mightie honde with tokens and wōdres with thy greate power ād outstretched arme and hast gotten thy selff a name as it is come to passe this daye O LORDE oure God we haue synned we haue done wickedly we haue behaued oure selues vngodly in all thy rightuousnesses Turne thy wrath frō vs we beseke the for we are but a few left amonge the Heithen where thou hast scatred vs. Heare o r prayers o LORDE oure peticiōs bringe vs out of captiuyte for thine owne sake get vs fauoure in the sight of thē which haue led vs awaye y t all lōdes maye knowe that thou art the LORDE oure God and that Israel and his generacion calleth vpon thy name O LORDE loke downe frō thy holy house vpon vs enclyne thine eare heare vs. For the deed y t be gone downe to their graues whose soules are out of their bodies ascribe vnto the LORDE nether prayse ner rigtuous-makynge but the soule that is vexed for the multitude of hir synnes which goeth on heuely and weakely whose eyes begynne to fayle yee soch a soule ascrybeth prayse and rightuousnesse vnto the LORDE O LORDE we poure out oure prayers before the and requyre mercy in thy sight O LORDE oure God not for eny godlynesse off oure forefathers but because thou hast sent out thy wrath indignacion vpon vs acordinge as thou dydest threaten vs by thy seruaūtes the prophetes sayenge Thus sayeth the LORDE Bowe downe youre shulders and neckes and serue the kynge of Babilon so shal ye remayne still in the londe that I gaue vnto youre fathers Yff ye will not do this ner heare the voyce of y e LORDE youre God to serue the kynge of Babilon I shall destroye you in the cities of Iuda within Ierusalem and without I will also take from you the voyce off myrth and the voyce of ioye the voyce of the brydegrome and the voyce of the bryde ād there shal no man dwell more in the londe But they wolde not herken vnto thy voyce to do the kynge of Babilon seruyce and therfore hast thou perfourmed the wordes that thou spakest by thy seruauntes the prophetes namely that the bones of oure kynges and the bones of oure fathers shulde be trāslated out of their place And lo now are they layde out in the heate of y e Sonne in the colde of y e night ād deed in greate mysery w t hunger w t swearde w t pestilence are clene cast forth As for the tēple wherin thy name was called vpon thou hast layde it waist as it is to se this daye y t for the wickednes of the house of Israel the house of Iuda ▪ O LORDE o r God thou hast intreated vs after all thy goodnes acordinge to all y e greate louinge mercy of thyne like as thou spakest by thy seruaunte Moses in the daye when thou didest cōmaūde him to wryte thy lawe before the children of Israel sayenge Yf ye will not herkē vnto my voyce thē shal this greate multitude be turned in to a very smal people for I wil scatre thē abrode Not withstōdinge I am sure that this folke will not heare me for it is an hardnecked people But in y e lōde of their captiuyte they shall remembre them selues lerne to knowe y t I am the LORDE their God when I geue thē an herte to vnderstōde eares to heare Then shal they prayse me in the lōde of their captiuyte thynke vpon my name Then shall they turne them frō their harde backes from their vngodlynes Then shal they remembre the thynges y t happened vnto their forefathers which synned agaynst me So will I bringe them agayne in to the londe which I promised w t an ooth vnto their fathers Abrahā Isaac Iacob they shal be lordes of it yee I wil increace thē and not minysh thē And I wil make another couenaūt with them soch one as shal endure for euer namely y t I will be their God and they shal be my people and I wil nomore dryue my people the children off Israel out of the londe y t I haue geuē thē The III. Chapter ANd now o LORDE allmightie thou God of Israel o r soule y t is in trouble o r sprete y t is vexed crieth vnto the heare vs o LORDE haue pite vpon vs for thou art a mercifull God be gracious vnto vs for we haue synned before ye. Thou endurest for euer shulde we thē vtterly perishe ▪ O LORDE almightie thou God of Israel Heare now y e prayer of y e deed Israelites of their childrē which haue synned before y e not herkened vnto the voyce of the LORDE their God for the which cause these plages hange now vpō vs. O LORDE remēbre not y e wickednes of o r forefathers but thinke vpō thy power name now at this tyme for thou art y e LORDE o r God y e o LORDE wil we prayse For thou hast put y e feare ī o r hartes to y e intēt y t we shulde call vpon y e name prayse y e in oure captiuyte and y t we might turne from the wickednesse of oure forefathers y t synned before the. Beholde we are yet this daye in oure captiuyte where as thou hast scatred vs
nether be afrayed off their wordes for they shall rebell agaynst the and despise ye. Yee thou shalt dwell amonge scorpions but feare not their wordes be not abashed at their lokes for it is a frauwerde housholde Se that thou speake my wordes vnto them whether they be obediēt or not for they are obstinate Therfore thou sonne of man obeye thou all thinges that I saye vnto y e and be not thou stiffnecked like as they are a stiffnecked housholde Open thy mouth and eate that I geue the. So as I was lokynge vp beholde there was sent vnto me an hande wherin was a closed boke and the hande opened it before me and it was written within and without full off carefull mourninges alas and wo. The III. Chapter THen sayde he vnto me thou sonne of mā eate that what so euer it be Yee eate that closed boke and go thy waye and speake vnto the children off Israel So I opened my mouth and he gaue me the boke for to eate and sayde vnto me Thou sonne of man thy bely shal eate and thy bowels shal be fylled with y e boke that I geue the. Then dyd I eate the boke and it was in my mouth sweter then hony And he sayde vnto me thou sonne of mā get the soone vnto the house off Israel ād shewe thē y e wordes that I cōmaunde the for I sende the not to a people that hath a straūge vnknowne or harde speache but vnto the house off Israel Not to many nacions which haue diuerse speaches and harde languages whose wordes thou vnderstōdest not Neuertheles yf I sent the to those people they wolde folowe the But the house off Israel wil not folowe y e for they will not folowe me Yee all the house off Israel haue stiff foreheades and harde hertes Beholde therfore I will make thy face preuayle agaynst their faces and harden thy foreheade agaynst their foreheades so that thy foreheade shall be harder then an Adamāt or flynt stone that thou mayest feare them y t lesse and be lesse afrayed off them for they are a frauwerde housholde He sayde morouer vnto me thou sonne off man take diligent hede with thine eares to y e wordes that I speake vnto the fasten them in thine herte and go to the presoners off thy people speake vnto them ād saye on this maner Thus the LORDE God hath spokē Whether ye heare or heare not With that the sprete toke me vp And I herde the noyse of a greate russhinge and remouynge off the most blissed glory off the LORDE out off his place I herde also the noyse off the wynges off the beestes that russhed one agaynst another yee and the ratlynge off the wheles that were by them which russhinge noyse was very greate Now when the sprete toke me vp and caried me awaye I wente with an heuy and a soroufull mynde but the honde off y e LORDE comforted me right soone And so in the begynnynge off the Moneth Abib I came to the presoners that dwelt by the water off Cobar and remaȳned in that place where they were and so continued I amonge them seuen dayes beinge very sory And when the seuen dayes were expyred the LORDE sayde vnto me Thou sonne off man I haue made the a watch man vnto the house of Israel therfore take good hede to the wordes and geue them warnynge at my commaundement Yff I saye vnto the concernynge the vngodly mā that without doute he must dye and thou geuest him not warnynge ner speakest vnto him that he maye turne from his euell waye and so to lyue Then shall the same vngodly man dye in his owne vnrightuosnes but his bloude will I requyre off thyne honde Neuertheles yff thou geue warnynge vnto the wicked and he yet forsake not his vngodlynesse then shall he dye in his owne wickednesse but thou hast discharged thy soule Now yf a rightuous mā go frō his rightuousnesse and do the thinge that is euell I will laye a stomblinge blocke before him and he shall dye because thou hast not geuen him warninge Yee dye shall he in his owne synne so that the vertue which he did before shall not be thought vpon but his bloude will I requyre of thine honde Neuertheles yf thou exhortest the rightuous that he synne not and so y e rightuous do not synne Then shall he lyue because he hath receaued thy warnynge and thou hast discharged thy soule And there came the hōde off the LORDE vpon me and he sayde vnto me Stonde vp and go in to the felde y t I maye there talke with the. So when I had rysen vp and gone forth into the felde Beholde the glory off the LORDE stode there like as I sawe it afore by the water off Cobar Then fell I downe vpon my face and y e sprete came in to me which set me vp vpon my fete and sayde thus vnto me Go thy waye and sparre thy selff in thyne house Beholde O thou sonne off man there shall chaynes be brought for the to bynde the w t all so that thou shalt not escape out off thē And I will make thy tunge cleue so the rofe off thy mouth that thou shalt be domme and not be as a chider with them for it is an obstinate housholde But when I speake vnto the then open thy mouth and saye Thus saieth the LORDE God who so heareth let him heare who so will not let him leaue for it is a frauwarde housholde The IIII. Chapter THou sonne off man take a tyle stone and laye it before the and descrybe vpon it the cite off Ierusalem how it is beseged how bulworkes and strōge diches are grauen on euery syde off it descrybe also tentes and an hoost off men rounde aboute it Morouer take an yron panne and set it betwixte the y e cite in steade off an yron wall Then set thy face towarde it besege it and laye ordinaunce agaynst it to wynne it This shal be a token vnto the house off Israel But thou shalt slepe vpon thy left syde and laye the synne of the house off Israel vpon the. Certayne dayes apoynted thou shalt slepe vpon that syde and beare their synnes Neuertheles I will apoynte the a tyme to put off their synnes and the nombre off the daies Thre hundreth xc dayes must thou beare the wickednesse off the house of Israel When thou hast fulfilled these dayes lye downe agayne and slepe vpon thy right syde xl dayes and beare the synnes off the house of Iuda A daye for a yeare a daye I saye for a yeare will I euer laye vpon the. Therfore set now thy face agaynst that beseged Ierusalem and discouer thine arme that thou mayest prophecie agaynst it Beholde I will laye chaynes vpon the that thou shalt not turne the from one syde to another till thou hast ended the dayes of thy sege Wherfore take vnto the wheate barly
were lifted vp aboue This is the beest that I sawe at the water of Cobar Now when the Cherubins wente the wheles wente with them when the Cherubins shoke their wynges to lift them selues vpwarde the wheles remayned not behynde but were with them also Shortly when they stode these stode also And when they were lift vp y e wheles were lift vp also with thē for the sprete of life was in the wheles Then the glory of the LORDE was lift vp from the thresholde of the temple and remayned vpon the Cherubins And the Cherubins flackred with their wynges and lift thē selues vp from the earth so that I sawe when they went and the wheles with them And they stode at the east syde of the porte that is in the house of the LORDE So the glory of the LORDE was vpon them This is the beest that I sawe vnder the God of Israel by the water of Cobar And I perceaued that it was the Cherubins Euery one had foure faces euery one foure wynges vnder their winges as it were mēs hondes Now the figure of their faces was euen as I had sene them by the water of Cobar so was the countenaunce of thē Euery one in his goinge wente straight forwarde The XI Chapter MOrouer the sprete of the LORDE lift me vp brought me vnto y e east porte of the LORDES house And beholde there were xxv men vnder the dore amōge whom I sawe Iaasanias the sonne of Asur Pheltias the sonne of Banias the rulers of the people Then sayde the LORDE vnto me Thou sonne of man These men ymagin myschefe and a wicked councel take they in this cite sayenge Tush there is no destruccion at honde let vs buylde houses This Ierusalem is the cauldron we be the flesh Therfore shalt thou prophecie vnto them yee prophecie shalt thou vnto them O sonne of man And with that fell the sprete of the LORDE vpon me and sayde vnto me Speake thus saieth the LORDE On this maner haue yee spokē O ye house of Israel and I knowe the ymaginaciōs of youre hertes Many one haue ye murthured in this cite filled the stretes full of the slayne Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God The slayne men that ye haue layed on the grounde in this cite are the flesh this cite is the cauldron But I wil bringe you out of it ye haue drawē out y e swearde euē so wil I also bringe a swearde ouer you saieth y e LORDE God I will dryue you out of this cite and delyuer you in to youre enemies honde wil condemne you Ye shal be slayne in all the coastes of Israel I wil be avenged of you to lerne you for to knowe that I am the LORDE This cite shal not be youre cauldron nether shal ye be the flesh therin but in the coastes of Israel wil I punysh you that ye maye knowe that I am the LORDE in whose commaundementes ye haue not walked ner kepte his lawes but haue done after the customes of the Heithen that lie rounde aboute you Now when I preached Pheltias the sonne of Banias dyed Then fell I downe vpō my face cried with a loude voyce O LORDE God wilt thou then vterly destroye all the remnaunt in Israel And so the worde of the LORDE came to me on this maner Thou sonne of man Thy brethren thy kynsfolke y e whole house of Iuda which dwell at Ierusalem saye They be gone farre from the LORDE but the londe is geuen vs in possession Therfore tell them thus saieth the LORDE God I wil sende you farre of amōge the Gentiles scatre you amonge the nacions I wil halowe you but a litle in the londes where ye shall come Tell them also thus saieth the LORDE God I wil gather you agayne out of the nacions bringe you from the countrees where ye be scatred will geue you the londe of Israel agayne thither shal ye come And as for all impedimentes all youre abhominacions I will take them awaye And I wil geue you one herte wil plante a new sprete within yo r bowels That stony herte wil I take out of youre body geue you a fleshy herte that ye maye walke in my commaundementes and kepe myne ordinaunces do them that ye maye be my people and I youre God But loke whose hertes are disposed to folowe their abhominacions and wicked lyuynges Those mens dedes will I bringe vpon their owne heades saieth the LORDE God After this dyd the Cherubins lift vp their winges and the wheles wente with them and the glory of the LORDE was vpon them So the glory of the LORDE wente vp from the myddest of the cite stode vpon the mount of the cite towarde the east But the wynde toke me vp in a vision which came by the sprete of God it brought me agayne in to Caldea amonge the presoners Then the vision that I had sene vanyshed a waye fro me So I spake vnto the presoners all the wordes of the LORDE which he had shewed me The XII Chapter THe worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of mā thou dwellest in the myddest of a frauwerde housholde which haue eyes to se yet se not eares haue they to heare and yet heare they not for they are an obstinate housholde Therfore O thou sonne of man make thy gere redy to flit and go forth by fayre daye light y t they maye se. Yee euē in their sight shalt thou go from thy place to another place yf peraduenture they wil considre y t they be an vnobedient housholde Thy gere that thou hast made redy to flit withall shalt thou beare out by fayre daye light that they maie se thou y i self shalt go forth also at euē in their sight as a mā doth whē he flitteth Dygge thorow the wall that they maye se and beare thorow it the same thinge that thou tokest vp in their sight As for thy self thou shalt go forth in the darcke Hyde thy face that thou se not y e earth for I haue made the a shew tokē vnto the house of Israel Now as y e LORDE cōmaunded me so I dyd y e gere that I had made redy brought I out by daye At euen I brake downe an hole thorow the wall with my honde when it was darcke I toke the gere vpō my shulders and bare them out in their sight And in the mornynge came the worde of the LORDE vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man yf Israel y t frauwerde housholde axe the and saye what dost thou there Then tell them Thus saieth the LORDE God This punyshment toucheth the chefe rulers at Ierusalem and all the house of Israel that dwell amonge them Tell them I am youre shew token like as I haue done so shal it happen vnto you Flyt shal ye also and go in to captiuyte The chefest that is
amonge you shall lade his shulders in the darcke and get him awaye He shal breake downe the wall to carie stuff there thorow He shal couer his face that he se not the grounde with his eyes My lyne will I sprede out vpon him and catch him in my net and carie him to Babilon in the loÌ„de of the Caldees which he shal not se yet shal he dye there As for all his helpers and all his hoostes that be aboute him I will scatre them towarde all the wyndes and drawe out a swearde after them So when I haue scatred them amonge the Heithen and strowed them in the londes they shal knowe that I am y e LORDE But I will leaue a litle nombre of them from the swearde hunger pestilence to tell all their abhominacions amonge the Heithen where they come that they maye knowe how that I am the LORDE Morouer the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man with a fearfull treÌ„blinge shalt thou eate thy bred with carefulnesse sorowe shalt thou drynke thy water And vnto the people of the londe speake thou on this maner Thus saieth the LORDE God to them that dwell in Ierusalem and to the londe of Israel Ye shall eate youre bred with sorowe and drynke youre water with heuynesse Yee the londe with the fulnesse therof shal be layde waist for y e wickednesse of them that dwell therin And the cities that now be well occupied shal be voyde and the londe desolate that ye maye knowe how that I am the LORDE Yet came the worde of the LORDE vnto me agayne sayenge Thou sonne of man what maner of byworde is that which ye vse in the londe of Israel sayenge Tush seynge that the daies are so slacke in commynge all the visioÌ„s are of none effecte Tell them therfore thus saieth the LORDE God I wil make that byworde to ceasse so that it shall nomore be comonly vsed in Israel But saye this vnto them The daies are at honde that euery thinge which hath bene prophecied shal be fulfilled There shall no vision be in vayne nether eny prophecie fayle amonge the children of Israel For it is I the LORDE that speake it and what so euer I y e LORDE speake it shal be perfourmed and not be slacke in commynge Yee euen in youre dayes O ye frauwarde housholde will I deuyse some thinge bringe it to passe saieth the LORDE God And the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Beholde thou sonne of man The house of Israel saye in this maner Tush as for the vision that he hath sene it will be many a daye or it come to passe Is it farre of yet the thinge that he prophecieth Therfore saye vnto them Thus saieth the LORDE God All my wordes shal nomore be slacke Loke what I speake that same shal come to passe saieth the LORDE The XIII Chapter THe worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayeÌ„ge Thou sonne of man Speake prophecie agaynst those prophetes that preach in Israel sayeth thou vnto them that prophecie out of their owne herâ—es Heare the worde of the LORDE thus saieth the LORDE God Wo be vnto those folish prophetes that folowe their owne sprete and speake where they se nothinge O Israel thy prophetes are like the foxes vpon the drie felde For they stonde not in the gappes nether make they an hedge for the house of Israel that meÌ„ might abyde the parell in the daye of the LORDE Vayne thinges they se tell lies to mayntene their preachinges withall The LORDE saye they hath spokeÌ„ it when in very dede the LORDE hath not sent them Vayne visioÌ„s haue ye sene spokeÌ„ false prophecies when ye saye the LORDE hath spoken it where as I neuer sayde it Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God Because youre wordes be vayne ye seke out lies Beholde I wil vpon you saieth y e LORDE Myne hondes shal come vpon the prophetes that loke out vayne thinges and preach lies they shal not be in the councell of my people ner written in the boke of the house of Israel nether shal they come in the londe of Israel that ye maye knowe how that I am the LORDE God And that for this cause they haue disceaued my people tolde them of peace where no peace was One setteth vp a wall they dawbe it with lowse claye Therfore tell them which dawbe it with vntempered morter that it shall fall For there shal come a greate shuwer of rayne greate stones shall fall vpon it a fore storme of wynde shal breake it so shal y e wall come downe Shal it not then be sayde vnto you where is now the morter that ye dawbed it withall Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God I will breake out in my wrothfull displeasure with a stormy wynde so that in myne anger there shal come a mightie shuwer of rayne hale stones in my wrath to destroye withall As for y e wall that ye haue dawbed with vntempered morter I wil breake it downe make it eauen with the grounde so that the foundacion therof shal remoue it shal fall yee ye youre selues shall perish in the myddest therof to lerne you for to knowe that I am the LORDE Thus wil I perfourme my wrath vpon this wall vpon them that haue dawbed it with vntempered morter and then will I saye vnto you The wall is gone the dawbers are awaye These are the prophetes of Israel which prophecie vnto the cite of Ierusalem loke out visions of peace for them where as no peace is saieth the LORDE God Wherfore o thou sonne of meÌ„ set thy face agaynst the doughters of y e people which prophecie out of their owne hertes speake thou prophecie agaynst them saye Thus saieth the LORDE God Wo be vnto you that sowe pilowes vnder all arme holes and bolsters vnder the heades both of yonge and olde to catch soules withall For when ye haue gotten the soules of my people in youre captiuyte ye promyse them life and dishonoure me to my people for an handfull of barly for a pece of bred when ye kyll the soules of them that dye not promyse life to them that lyue not Thus ye dyssemble with my people y t beleueth yo r lies Wherfore thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I wil also vpoÌ„ the pillowes wherwith ye catch the soules in flyenge theÌ„ will I take from youre armes let the soules go that ye catch in flyenge You re bolsters also wil I teare in peces delyuer my people out of youre honde so that they shal come nomore in youre hoÌ„des to be spoyled ye shal knowe that I am the LORDE Seinge y t with youre lyes ye discomforte the herte of the rightuous whom I haue not discomforted Agayne For so moch as ye corage the honde of the wicked so that he maye not turne from his wicked waye
nothinge vpon vsury he taketh nothinge ouer he withdraweth his honde from doinge wronge he hādleth faith fully betwixte man man he walbeth in my commaundementes kepeth my lawes perfourmeth thē faithfully This is a rightuous mā he shal surely lyue saieth the LORDE God Yf he now get a sonne that is a murthurer a shedder of bloude yf he do one of these thinges though he do not all he eateth vpon the hilles he defyleth his neghbours wife he greueth the poore and nedy he robbeth and spoyleth he geueth not the detter his pledge agayne he lifteth vp his eyes vnto Idols medleth with abhominable thinges he lendeth vpon vsury and taketh more ouer Shal this man lyue He shal not lyue Seinge he hath done all these abhominacions he shall dye his bloude shal be vpon him Now yf this man get a sonne also that seith all this fathers synnes which he hath done and feareth nether doth soch like Namely he eateth not vpon the mountaynes he lifteth not his eyes vp to the Idols of Israel he defyleth not his neghbours wife he vexeth no man he kepeth no mans pledge he nether spoyleth ner robbeth eny man he dealeth his meate with the hungrie he clotheth the naked he oppresseth not the poore he receaueth no vsury ner eny thinge ouer he kepeth my lawes and walketh in my commaundementes This man shal not dye in his fathers synne but shall lyue without fayle As for his father because he oppressed and spoyled his brother and dyd wyckedly amonge his people lo he is deed in his owne synne And yet saye ye Wherfore thē shulde not this sonne beare his fathers synne Therfore because the sonne hath done equyte and right hath kepte all my commaundementes and done them therfore shall he lyue in dede The same soule y t synneth shall dye The sonne shal not beare the fathers offence nenether shal the father beare the sonnes offence The rightuousnes of the rightuous shall be vpon himself and the wickednes of the wicked shal be vpon himself also But yf y e vngodly will turne awaye from all his synnes that he hath done and kepe all my commaundemētes and do the thinge y t is equall right doutles he shal lyue and not dye As for all his synnes that he dyd before they shall not be thought vpon but in his rightuousnes that he hath done he shal lyue For haue I eny pleasure in the death of a synner saieth the LORDE God but rather that he conuerte and lyue Agayne yf the rightuous turne awaye from his rightuousnes and do iniquyte acordinge to all the abhominacions that y e wicked mā doth shal he lyue All the rightuousnes that he hath done shall not be thought vpō but in the fawte that he hath offended withall and in the synne that he hath done he shal dye And yet ye saye Tush the waye of y e LORDE is not indifferēt Heare therfore ye house of Israel Is not my waye right Or are not youre wayes rather wicked When a rightuous mā turneth awaye from his rightuousnesse and medleth with vngodlynes he must dye therin Yee for the vnrightuousnes that he hath done must he dye Agayne when the wicked man turneth awaye from his wickednesse that he hath done and doth the thinge which is equall and right he shal saue his soule alyue For in so moch as he remembreth himself and turneth him from all the vngodlynes that he hath vsed he shall lyue and not dye And yet saieth the house of Israel Tush the waye of the LORDE is not equall Are my wayes vnright o ye house of Israel Are not youre wayes rather vnequall As for me I wil iudge euery man acordinge to his wayes O ye house of Israel saieth the LORDE God Wherfore be conuerted and turne you clene from all youre wickednesse so shal there no synne do you harme Cast awaye frō you all youre vngodlynesse that ye haue done make you new hertes and a new sprete Wherfore wil ye dye O ye house of Israel seynge I haue no pleasure in y e death of him that dyeth saieth the LORDE God Turne you then and ye shal lyue The XIX Chapter BVt mourne thou for the prynces off Israel saye Wherfore laye thy mother that lyonesse amōge the lyons norished hir yonge ones amōge the lyons whelpes One of hir whelpes she brought vp it became a lyon it lerned to spoyle and to deuoure folke The Heithen herde of him toke him in their nettes brought him in chaynes vnto the londe of Egipte Now when the damme sawe that all hir hope comforth was awaye she toke another of hir whelpes and made a lyon of him which wente amonge the lyons became a fearce lyon lerned to spoyle and to deuoure folcke he destroyed their palaces and made their cities waist In so moch that the whole londe and euery thinge therin were vtterly desolate thorow the very voyce of his roaringe Then came the Heithen together on euery syde out of all countrees agaynst him layed their nettes for him and toke him in their pytte So they bounde him with chaynes and brought him to the kinge of Babilon which put him in preson that his voyce shulde nomore be herde vpon the mountaynes of Israel As for thy mother she is like a vyne in thy bloude planted by the water syde hir frutes and braunches are growen out of many waters hir stalkes were so stronge that men might haue made staues therof for officers she grew so hie in hir stalkes So when men sawe that she exceaded y e heith and multitude of hir braunches she was roted out in displeasure and cast downe to the grounde The East wynde dryed vp hir frute hir stronge stalkes were broken of wythered and brent in the fyre But now she is planted in the wildernesse in a drye and thurstie grounde And there is a fyre gone out of hir stalkes which hath brēt vp hir braunches and hir frute so that she hath no mo stronge stalkes to be staues for officers This is a piteous and miserable thinge The XX. Chapter IN in the xvij yeare the x daye of the v Moneth it happened that certayne of the elders of Israel came vnto me for to axe councell at the LORDE and sat them downe by me Then came the worde of the LORDE vnto me on this maner Thou sonne of man Speake to the elders of Israel and saye vnto them Thus saieth the LORDE God Are ye come hither to axe eny thinge at me As truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE I will geue you no answere Wilt thou not reproue them thou sonne of man wilt thou not reproue them Shewe them the abhominacions of their forefathers tell thē Thus saieth the LORDE God In the daye when I chose Israel and lift vp myne honde vpon the sede of the house of Iacob shewed my self vnto them in the londe of Egipte Yee when I lifte
by Then shal it be sayde This waist lōde is become like a garden of pleasure and the voyde desolate and brokē downe cities are now stronge and fensed agayne Then the residue of the Heithen that lye rounde aboute you shal knowe that I am the LORDE which repayre that was broken downe and plant◠agayne that was made waist Euen I the LORDE haue spoken it wil do it in dede Thus saieth the LORDE God I wil yet once be founde agayne of y e house of Israel do this for them I shal increase them as a flocke of men Like as the holy flocke and the flocke of Ierusalem are in the hie solempne feastes so shal also the wilde waisted cities be fylled with flockes of men and they shal knowe that I am the LORDE The XXXVII Chapter THe honde of the LORDE came vpon me caried me out in the sprete of the LORDE let me downe in a playne felde that laye full of bones he led me rounde aboute by them ▪ beholde the bones that laye vpon the felde were very many maruelous drye also Then sayde he vnto me Thou sonne of man thinkest thou these benes maye lyue agayne I answered O LORDE God thou knowest And he sayde vnto me Prophecy thou vpon these bones speake vnto them Ye drye bones heare the worde of the LORDE Thus saieth the LORDE God vnto these bones Beholde I will put breth in to you that ye maye lyue I wil geue you synowes make flesh growe vpon you couer you ouer with skynne so geue you breth that ye maye lyue and knowe that I am the LORDE So I prophecied as he had cōmaunded me And as I was prophecienge there came a noyse and a greate mocion so that the bones ranne euery one to another Now whē I had loked beholde they had synowes and flesh grewe vpon them and aboue they were couered with skynne but there was no breth in them Then sayde he vnto me Thou sonne of man prophecie thou towarde the wynde prophecy and speake to the wynde Thus saieth the LORDE God Come o thou ayre from the foure wyndes blowe vpon these slayne that they maye be restored to life So I prophecied as he had commaunded me Then came the brethtn to them and they receaued life and stode vp vpon their fete a maruelous greate sorte Morouer he sayde vnto me Thou sonne of man these bones are the whole house of Israel Beholde they saye oure bones are dryed vp oure hope is gone we are clene cut of Therfore prophecie thou speake vnto them Thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I wil open youre graues o my people take you out of youre sepulcres bringe you in to the londe of Israel agayne So shall ye knowe y t I am the LORDE when I open youre graues bringe you out of them My sprete also wil I put in you ye shal lyue I wil set you agayne in youre owne londe and ye shal knowe that I am the LORDE which haue sayde it and fulfilled it in dede The worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man take a sticke and wryte vpon it Vnto Iuda to the children of Israel his companyons Then take another sticke and wryte vpon it Vnto Ioseph the stocke of Ephraim and to all the housholde of Israel his companyons And than take both these together in thine honde so shal there be one stycke therof Now yf the childrē of thy people saye vnto the wilt thou not shewe vs what thou meanest by these Then geue them this answere Thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I wil take the stocke of Ioseph which is in the honde of Ephraim and of the trybes of Israel his felowes and wil put them to the stocke of Iuda make them one stocke and they shal be one in my honde And the two stickes where vpon thou wrytest shalt thou haue in thine honde that they maye se and shalt saye vnto them Thus saieth the LORDE God beholde I wil take awaye the childrē of Israel from amonge the Heithen vnto whom they be gone and wil gather them together on euery syde and bringe them agayne in to their owne londe yee I wil make one people of thē in y e londe vpon the mountaynes of Israel and they all shal haue but one kinge They shall nomore be two peoples from hensforth nether be deuyded in to two kingdomes they shal also defyle thē selues nomore with their abhominacions Idols and all their wicked-doinges I wil helpe thē out of all their dwellinge places wherin they haue synned will so clense them that they shal be my people and I their God Dauid my seruaunt shal be their kinge they all shal haue one shepherde only They shal walke in my lawes and my commaundementes shal they both kepe fulfill They shal dwell in the londe that I gaue vnto Iacob my seruaunt where as youre fathers also haue dwelt Yee euē in the same londe shal they their children their childers children dwell for euermore and my seruaunt Dauid shal be their euerlastynge prynce Morouer I will make a bonde of peace with them which shal be vnto them an euerlastinge couenaunt I wil sattle thē also and multiplie them my Sanctuary wil I set amonge thē for euermore My dwellinge shal be w t them yee I wil be their God they shal be my people Thus the Heithen also shal knowe that I the LORDE am y e holy maker of Israel whē my Sanctuary shal be amonge them for euer more The XXXVIII Chapter ANd the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man turne thy face towarde Gog in the londe of Magog which is the chefe prynce at Mesech and Tubal prophecy agaynst him and saye Thus saieth the LORDE God O Gog thou chefe prynce of Mesech and Tubal beholde I wil vpon the and wil turne the aboute and put a bytt in thy chawes I wil bringe the forth and all thine hoost both horse horsmen which be all weapened of the best fashion a greate people that handle altogether speares shyldes and swerdes the Perses Moryans and with them the Lybians which all beare shyldes and helmettes Gomer and all his hoostes the house of Thogorma out of the north quarters and all his hoostes yee and moch people with the. Therfore prepare the set thy self in araye with all thy people that are come vnto the by heapes and be thou their defence After many dayes thou shalt be visited and in the latter yeares thou shalt come in to the lōde that hath bene destroyed with the swearde now is replenished agayne w t dyuerse people vpon the mountaynes of Israel which haue lōge lyen waist Yee they be brought out of the nacions dwell all safe Thou shalt come vp like a stormy wether to couer the lōde and as it were a darcke cloude thou with all thine
all be slayne with 〈…〉 Acordinge to their vn clennesse 〈◊〉 vnfaithfull dealinges so haue I entreated them and hyd my face from them Therfore thus saieth y e LORDE God Now will I bringe agayne the captyues of Iacob and haue mercy vpon the whole house of Israel and be gelous for my holy names sake All their confucion and offence that they haue done agaynst me shal be taken awaye and so safely shal they dwell in their londe that no man shal make them a frayed And when I haue brought theÌ„ agayne from amonge the people when I haue gathered them together out of their enemies londes and am praysed in them before many Heithen then shall they knowe that I am the LORDE their God which suffred them to be led in to captiuyte amonge the Heithen but now haue brought them agayne in to their owne londe and not left one of them yonder After that will I hyde my face nomore from them but will poure out my sprete vpon the house of Israel saieth the LORDE God The xl Chapter IN the xxv yeare of oure captiuyte in the begynnynge of the yeare the x daye of the moneth that is the xiiij yeare after that y e cite was smytten downe the same daye came the honde of the LORDE vpon me and caried me forth euen in to the londe of Israel brought heme in the visions of God and set me downe vpoÌ„ a maruelous hie mountayne whervpon there was a buyldinge as it had bene of a cite towarde the north Thither he caried me and beholde there was a man whose similitude was like brasse which had a threde of flax in his honde and a meterodde also He stode in the dore sayde vnto me marcke well with thine eyes herken to with thine eares and fasten it in thine hert whatso euer I shal shewe the for to the intent that they might be shewed the therfore art thou brought hither And what soeuer thou seyst thou shalt certifie the house of Israel therof Beholde there was a wall on the outsyde rounde aboute the house the meterodde that he had in his honde was six cubites longe a spanne So he measured the bredth of the buyldinge which was a meterodde and the heyth also a meterodde Then came he vnto the eastdore and wente vp the stares â— measured the postes of the dore 〈…〉 was a meterodde thicke 〈…〉 was a meterodde longe 〈…〉 the chambers were 〈…〉 of the dore within the 〈…〉 meterodde He measured als◠〈…〉 of the â—nnermer dore which 〈…〉 meterodde TheÌ„ measured he the entrie of 〈…〉 that conteyned eght cubites and his pilers two cubites and this entrie stode inwarde The chambers of the dore eastwarde were thre on euery syde alike brode and longe The pilers also that stode of both the sydes were of one measure After this he measured the wydenesse of the dore which was x cubites the heyth of the dore xiij cubites The edge before the chaÌ„bres was one cubite bâ—ode vpoÌ„ both the sydes the chambres six cubites wyde of either syde He measured y e dore from the rygge of one chaÌ„bre to another whose wydenesse was xxv cubites one dore stode agaynst another He made pilers also lx cubites hie rounde aboute the courte dore Before the inwarde parte vnto the fore entre of the ynnermer dore were fiftie cubites The chambers and their pilers within rounde aboute vnto y e dore had syde wyndowes So had the fore entries also whose wyndowes wente rounde aboute within And vpon the pilers there stode date trees Then brought he me in to the fore courte where as were chaÌ„bres paued workes made in y e fore courte rouÌ„de aboute xxx chaÌ„bres vpon one paued worcke Now the paued worke was a loÌ„ge besyde the dores and that was the lower paued worke After this he measured y e bredth from the lower dore vnto the ynnermer courte of the out syde which had an hundreth cubites vpon the east the north parte And the dore in the vttemost courte towarde the north measured he after the leÌ„gth and bredth his thre chambres also on either syde with his pilers fore entries which had euen the measure of the first doâ—e His heyth was fiftie cubites the bredth xxv cubites his wyndowes porches with his date trees had euen like measure as the dore towarde the east there where vij steppes to go vp vpoÌ„ their porche before them Now y e dore of the ynnermer courte stode straight ouer agaynst the dore that was towarde y e north east From one dore to another he measured an C cubites After that he brought me to the south syde where there stode a dore towarde y e south whose pilers and porches he measured these had the fyrst measure with their porches they had wyndowes rounde aboute like the first â—yndowes The heyth was I cubites y e 〈◊〉 xxv with steppes to go vp vpon his 〈◊〉 stode before him with his pilers and daâ—â— trees on either syde And the dore of the ynnermer courte stode towarde the south he measured from one dore to another an C cubites So he brought me in to y e ynnermer courte thorow the dore of the south syd â–ª which he measured it had the measure afore sayde In like maner his chambres pilers and fore entries had euen the fore sayde measure also And he had with his porches rounde aboute wyndowes of l cubites hye xxv cubites brode The porches rounde aboute were xxv cubites longe and v cubites brode and his porch reached vnto y e vttemost courte vpon his pilers there were date trees and viij steppes to go vp vpon He brought me also in to the ynmost courte vpon the east syde and measured the dore acordinge to y e measure afore sayde His chaÌ„bers pilers and porches had euen the same measure as the first had with his porches he had wyndowes rouÌ„de aboute The heith was l cubites y e bredth xxv cubites His porches reached vnto the vttemost courte his pilers also had date trees on either syde and viij steppes to go vp vpon And he brought me to the north dore and measured it which also had the foresayde measure His chaÌ„bres pilers and porches had wyndowes rounde aboute whose heyth was l cubites and the bredth xxv His pilers stode towarde the vttemost courte and vpon them both were date trees and viij steppes to go vp vpon There stode a chambre also whose intrauÌ„ce was at the dore pilers and there the burnt offringes were waszshed In the dore porche there stode on ether syde two tables for the slaughtinge to slaye the brent offringes synne offringes and trespace offringes thervpon And on the out syde as men go forth to the north dore there stode two tables Foure tables stode on ether syde of the dore that is viij tables whervpon they slaughted Foure tables were of hewen stone for the burnt offringes of a cubite and a half longe and brode
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
broken downe for the corne shal be destroied O what a sighinge make the catell the bullockes are very euel likynge because they haue no pasture and the shepe are fameszshed awaye O LORDE to the will I crie for the fyre hath consumed the goodly pastures of the wyldernesse and the flame hath brent vp all the trees of the felde Yee the wylde beestes crie also vnto the for the water ryuers are dryed vp and the fyre hath consumed the pastures of the wyldernesse The II. Chapter BLowe out y e trompet in Sion crie vpō my holy hill y t all soch as dwel in the londe maye trēble at it for y e daie of the LORDE commeth is harde at honde a darcke daye a gloomynge daye a cloudy daye yee a stormy daye like as the mornynge spredeth out vpō the hilles Namely a great mightie people soch as haue not bene sens y e begynnynge nether shal be after them for euermore Before him shal be a consumynge fyre behynde him a burnynge flame The londe shal be as a garden of pleasure before him but behinde him shal it be a very waist wildernesse there is no man that shal escape him They are to loke vpon like bayrded horses runne like horse men They skyppe vp vpon y e hilles as it were the sounde of charettes as the flame of fyre that consumeth the strawe and as a mightie people redy to the batell The folke shal be afrayed of him all faces shal be as blacke as a pot These shal rūne like giauntes leape ouer the walles like men of warre Euery mā in his goinge shal kepe his araie not go out of his Path. There shal not one dryue another but ech shal kepe his owne waye They shal breake in at the wyndowes not be hurte They shal come into the cite runne vpon the walles They shal clymme vp vpon the houses slyppe in at the wyndowes like a thefe The earth shal quake before him yee the heauens shal be moued the Sonne Moone shal be darckened and the starres shal withdrawe their shyne The LORDE shal shewe his voyce before his hoost for his hoost is greate stronge mightie to fulfill his commaundement This is y e greate and maruelous fearfull daye of the LORDE And who is able to abyde it Now therfore saieth the LORDE Turne you vnto me with all youre hertes with fastinge wepynge and mournynge rente youre hertes not youre clothes Turne you vnto the LORDE youre God for he is gracious mercifull longe sufferynge of greate compassion redy to pardone wickednes Then no doute he also shal turne forgeue after his chastenynge he shall let youre increase remayne for meat drynck offerynges vn to the LORDE youre God Blowe out with the trōpet in Sion proclame a fastynge call the congregacion gather the people together warne the congregacion gather the elders bringe the children suclynges together Let y e brydegrome go forth of his chābre the bryde out of her closet Let the prestes serue the LORDE betwixte the porch y e aulter wepinge sayenge be fauourable o LORDE be fauourable vnto thy people let not thine heretage be brought to soch confucion lest the Heithen be lordes therof Wherfore shulde they saye amonge the Heithen where is now their God Then shal the LORDE be gelous ouer his londe spare his people yee y e LORDE shal answere saye vnto his people Beholde I wil sende you corne wyne oyle so that ye shal haue plenty of them I wil nomore geue you ouer to be a reprofe amonge the Heithen Agayne as for him of the north I shal dryue him farre from you shute him out in to a drye and waist londe his face towarde the east see and his hynder partes towarde the vttemost see The stynke of him shall go vp and his fylthy corrupcion shal fall vpon himself because he hath dealte so proudly Feare not o londe but be glad and reioyse for the LORDE wil do greate thinges Be not ye afrayed nether o ye beastes of the felde for the pastures shal be grene and the trees shal beare their frute the fygetrees vinyardes shal geue their increase Be glad then o ye children of Sion and reioyse in the LORDE youre God for he hath geuen you the teacher of rightuousnes he it is y t shal sende you downe shuwers of rayne early and late in the first moneth so that y e garners shal be full of corne and the presses plenteous in wyne and oyle And as for the yeares that y e greszshopper locuste blasstinge caterpiller my greate hoost which I sent amonge you haue eaten vp I shal restore them to you agayne so that ye shal haue ynough to eate and be satisfied and prayse the name of the LORDE youre God that so maruelously hath dealte with you And my people shall neuer be confounded eny more Ye shall well knowe that I am in the myddest of Israel and that I am youre God yee and that there is none other and my people shall nomore be brought to confucion After this will I poure out my sprete vpon all flesh yo r sonnes yo r doughters shal prophecy yo r olde mē shal dreame dreames youre yonge men shal se visions Yee in those dayes I will poure out my sprete vpon seruauntes and maydens I will shewe wonders in heauen aboue and tokēs in the earth beneth bloude and fyre and the vapoure off smoke The Sonne shal be turned in to darcknesse y e Moone in to bloude before y e greate notable daye off the LORDE come And the tyme shal come y t who so euer calleth on the name of the LORDE shal be saued For vpon the mount Sion at Ierusalem there shal be a saluacion like as the LORDE hath promised yee amonge the other remnaunt whom the LORDE shall call The III. Chapter FOr take hede In those dayes at y e same tyme when I turne agayne the captyuite of Iuda Ierusalē I shal gather all people together brynge thē in to the valley of Iosaphat and there wil I reason with thē because of my people heretage of Israel whō they haue scatred aboute in the nacions parted my lōde yee they haue cast lottes for my people the yonge mē haue they set in the brodel house solde the Damsels for wyne y t they might haue to drīke Thou Tirus and Sidō and all ye borders of the Philistynes what haue ye to do with me Will ye defye me well yf ye will nedes defye me I shall recōpence you euen vpon youre heade y t right shortly for ye haue takē awaye my syluer golde my fayre goodly Iewels brought them in to youre gods houses The children also of Iuda and Ierusalem haue ye solde vnto the Grekes that ye
that dwell at Lachis which is an occasion of y e synne of y e doughter of Sion for in the came vp the wickednesses of Israel Yee she sent hir coursers in to the londe of Geth The houses of lies will disceaue the kynges of Israel And as for the o thou that dwellest at Morassa I shal brynge a possessioner vpon the ād the plage of Israel shal reach vnto Odolla Make the balde and shaue the because of thy tender children Make the cleane balde as an Aegle for they shal be caried awaye captyue from the. The II. Chapter WO vnto them that ymagyn to do harme and deuyse vngraciousnesse vpon their beddes to perfourme it in y e cleare daye for their power is agaynst God When they covet to haue londe they take it by violence they robbe men off their houses Thus they oppresse a mā for his house euery man for his heretage Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE Beholde agaynst this housholde haue I deuysed a plage wherout ye shal not plucke youre neckes Ye shal nomore go so proudly for it will be a perlous tyme In that daye shall this terme be vsed and a mournynge shal be made ouer you on this maner We be vtterly desolate the porcion off my people is translated Whan wil he parte vnto vs the londe that he hath taken from vs Neuerthelesse there shal be noman to deuyde the thy porcion in the congregacion off the LORDE Tush holde youre tunge saye they It shall not fall vpon this people we shall not come so to confucion sayeth the house off Iacob Is the sprete off the LORDE so clene awaye or is he so mynded Treuth it is my wordes are frendly vnto them that lyue right but my people doth the contrary therfore must I take parte agaynst them for they take awaye both cote and cloke from the symple Ye haue turned youre selues to fight the women off my people haue ye shot out frō their good houses and taken awaye my excellent giftes from their children Vp get you hence for here shall ye haue no rest Because off their Idolatry they are corrupte and shall myserably perish Yff I were a fleshly felowe and a preacher of lyes and tolde them that they might syt bebbinge and bollynge and be droncken O that were a prophet for this people But I will gather the in dede o Iacob and dryue the remnaunt off Israel all together I shall cary them one with another as a flocke in the folde and as the catell in their stalles that they maye be disquieted of other men Who so breaketh the gappe he shall go before They shall breake vp the porte and go in and out at it Their kynge shall go before them and the LORDE shal be vpon the heade of them The III. Chapter HEare o ye heades of the house of Iacob and ye leders of the house of Israel Shulde not ye knowe what were laufull and right But ye hate the good and loue the euell ye plucke of mens skynnes and the flesh from their bones Ye eate the flesh of my people ād flay of their skynne ye breake their bones ye choppe them in peces as it were in to a cauldron ād as flesh into a pot Now the tyme shall come that when they call vnto the LORDE he shall not heare them but hyde his face from them because that thorow their owne ymaginaciōs they haue dealte so wickedly And as concernynge the prophetes that disceaue my people thus the LORDE sayeth agaynst them When they haue eny thinge to byte vpon then they preach that all shal be well but yf a man put not some thinge in to their mouthes they preach of warre agaynst him Therfore youre vision shal be turned to night youre prophecyenge to darcknesse The Sonne shall go downe ouer those prophetes the daye shal be darcke vnto them Then shall the vision seers be ashamed y e sayth sayers confounded yee they shal be fayne all the packe of thē to stoppe their mouthes for they haue not Gods worde As for me I am full of strength of y e sprete of y e LORDE full of iudgment boldnesse to shewe the house of Iacob their wickednesse the house of Israel their synne O heare this ye rulers of the house of Iacob and ye iudges of the house off Israel ye that abhorre the thinge that is laufull and wraist asyde the thinge that is straight Ye that buylde vp Sion with bloude and Ierusalem with doynge wronge O ye iudges ye geue sentence for giftes O ye preastes ye teach for lucre O ye prophetes ye prophecy for money Yet wil they be takē as those that holde vpon God and saye Is not the LORDE amonge vs Tush there can no misfortune happen vs. Therfore shal Sion for youre sakes be plowed like a felde Ierusalē shall become an heape of stones and the hill of y e temple shal be turned to an hye wodde The IIII. Chapter BVt in the latter dayes it wil come to passe that the hill off the LORDES house shal be set vp hyer thē eny moūtaynes or hilles Yee the people shall preese vnto it and the multitude off the Gentiles shal haist them thither sayēge Come let vs go vp to the hill of the LORDE to the house of the God of Iacob that he maye teach vs his waye and that we maye walke in his pathes For the lawe shall come out off Sion ād the worde of God from Ierusalem and shall geue sentence amonge the multitude off the Heithen and refourme the people off farre coūtrees so that of their swerdes they shal make plowshares and sythes off their speares One people shall not lift vp a swerde agaynst another yee they shall nomore lerne to fight but euery man shal syt vnder his vinyarde and vnder his fyge tre and no man to fraye him awaye for the mouth off y e LORDE of hoostes hath spoken it Therfore where as all people haue walked euery man in y e name of his owne god we will walke in the name of oure God for euer and euer At the same tyme sayeth the LORDE will I gather vp the lame and the outcastes and soch as I haue chastened and will geue yssue vnto the lame and make of y e outcastes a greate people and the LORDE himself shal be their kynge vpon the mount Sion frō this tyme forth for euermore And vnto the O thou tower of Eder thou stronge holde off the doughter Sion vnto the shal it come euē the first lordshipe and kyngdome of the doughter Ierusalē Why thē art thou now so heuy is there no kynge in the are thy councelers awaye that thou art so payned as a woman in hir trauayle And now o thou doughter Sion be sory let it greue the as a wife laboringe with childe for now must thou get the out off the cite and dwell vpon the playne
owne eye Beholde I will lift vp myne honde ouer them so that they shal be spoyled of those which afore serued them ye shal knowe that the LORDE of hoostes hath sent me Be glad reioyce o doughter of Sion for lo I am come to dwell in the myddest of the saieth the LORDE At the same tyme there shal many Heithen cleue to the LORDE shal be my people Thus wil I dwel in the myddest of the thou shalt knowe that the LORDE of hoostes hath sent me vnto the. The LORDE shall haue Iuda in possession for his parte in the holy grounde shal chose Ierusalem yet agayne Let all flesh be still before the LORDE for he is rysen out of his holy place The III. Chapter ANd he shewed me Iesua y e hye prest stondinge before the angel of the LORDE and Satan stode at his right honde to resiste him And the LORDE sayde vnto Satan The LORDE reproue the thou Satan yee the LORDE that hath chosen Ierusalem reproue the. Is not this a brande takē out of the fyre Now Iesua was clothed in vnclene rayment and stode before the angel which answered sayde vnto those y t stode before him take awaye y e foule clothes from him And vnto him he sayde Beholde I haue takē awaye thy synne from the wil decke the with chaunge of raymēt He sayde morouer set a fayre myter vpon his heade So they set a fayre myter vpon his heade put on clothes vpon him and the angel of y e LORDE stode there Then the angel of the LORDE testified vnto Iesua spake thus sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Yf thou wilt walke in my wayes kepe my watch thou shalt rule my house kepe my courtes I wil geue the place amōge these that stonde here Heare o Iesua thou hye prest thou thy frendes that dwell before the for they are wōderous people Beholde I will bringe forth the braunch of my seruaunt for lo the stone that I haue layed before Iesua vpon one stone shal be vij eyes Beholde I will hewe him out saieth the LORDE of hoostes and take awaye the synne of that londe in one daye Then shall euery man call for his neghboure vnder the vyne vnder y e fygetre saieth the LORDE of hoostes The IIII. Chap. ANd y e angel that talked with me came agayne waked me vp as a man that is raysed out of his slepe sayde vnto me What seist thou And I sayde I haue loked and beholde a candelsticke all of golde with a boll vpon it his vij lampes therin vpon euery lampe vij stalkes And ij olyue trees therby one vpon the right syde of the boll the other vpon the left syde So I answered spake to the angel y t talked with me sayenge O my lorde what are these The angel that talked with me answered sayde vnto me knowest thou not what these be And I sayde No my lorde He answered sayde vnto me This is the worde of the LORDE vnto Zorobabel sayenge Nether thorow an hoost of men ner thorow strēgth but thorow my sprete saieth y e LORDE of hoostes What art thou thou greate mountayne before Zorobabel thou must be made eauen And he shal bringe vp the first stone so that men shall crie vnto him good lucke good lucke Morouer the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge The hondes of Zorobabel haue layed y e foundacion of this house his hondes also shal fynishe it that ye maye knowe how that the LORDE of hoostes hath sent me vnto you For he that hath bene despysed a litle season shal reioyce whē he seyth the tynne weight in Zorobabels honde The vij eyes are the LORDES which go thorow the hole worlde Then answered I sayde vnto him What are these two olyue trees vpon the right and left syde of the candilsticke I spake morouer sayde vnto him what be these ij olyue braunches which thorow y e two golden pipes emptie them selues in to the golde He answered me sayde knowest thou not what these be And I sayde No my lorde Then sayde he These are the two olyue braunches that stonde before the ruler of the whole earth The V. Chapter SO I turned me liftynge vp myne eyes loked beholde a flyenge boke And he sayde vnto me what seist thou I answered I se a flyenge boke of xx cubites longe x. cubites brode Then sayde he vnto me This is the curse y t goeth forth ouer the whole earth For all theues shal be iudged after this boke all swearers shal be iudged acordinge to the same I wil bringe it forth saieth the LORDE of hoostes so y t it shal come to the house of the thefe to the house of him that falsely sweareth by my name shal remayne in his house cōsume it with the tymbre stones therof Thē the angel that talked with me wente forth sayde vnto me lift vp thine eyes se what this is y t goeth forth And I sayde what is it He answered this is a measure goinge out He sayde morouer Euen thus are they y t dwell vpon the whole earth to loke vpon And beholde there was lift vp a talent of leade lo a woman sat in the myddest of the measure And he sayde This is vngodlynesse So he cast her in to the myddest of the measure threwe y e lompe of leade vp in to an hole Then lift I vp myne eyes loked beholde there came out ij women the wynde was in their wynges for they had wynges like the wynges of a Storke they lif◠vp the measure betwixte the earth the heauen Then spake I to the angel y t talked w t me whyther wil these beare the measure And he sayde vnto me in to the londe of Synear to buylde them an house which when it is prepared the measure shall be set there in his place The VI. Chapter MOrouer I turned me liftynge vp myne eyes loked beholde there came iiij charettes out frō betwixte two hilles which hilles were of brasse In the first charet were reade horse In the secōde charet were blacke horse In y e thirde charet were whyte horse In y e fourth charet were horses of dyuerse colours stronge Then spake I and sayde vnto the angel that talked with me O lorde what are these ▪ The angel answered sayde vnto me These are the iiij wyndes of the heauen which be come forth to stōde before the ruler of all y e earth That with the blacke horse wente in to the londe of the north the whyte folowed thē and the sprekled horses wente forth towarde the south These horses were very stronge wente out and sought to go and take their iourney ouer the whole earth And he sayde get you hence and go thorow the worlde So they wēte thorow out the
worlde Then cried he vpon me and spake vnto me sayenge Beholde these that go towarde y e north shal still my wrath in the north countre And the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Take of the presoners that are come from Babilon namely Heldai Tobias and Idaia come thou the same daye and go in to the house of Iosias the sonne of Sophony Then take golde and syluer and make crownes therof and set them vpon the heade of Iesua the sonne of Iosedec the hie prest and speake vnto him Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes Beholde the man whose name is the braunch he that shall springe vp after him shal buylde vp the temple of the LORDE yee euen he shall buylde vp the temple of the LORDE He shal beare the prayse he shall syt vpon the LORDES trone and haue the dominacion A prest shall he be also vpon his trone a peaceable councell shal be betwixte them both And the crownes shal be in the temple of the LORDE for a remembraunce vnto Helem Tobias Idaia and Hen the sonne of Sophony And soch as be farre of shal come and buylde the temple of the LORDE that ye maye knowe how that the LORDE of hoostes hath sent me vnto you And this shal come to passe yf ye wil herken diligently vnto the voyce of the LORDE youre God The VII Chapter IT happened also in the fourth yeare of kynge Darius that the worde of the LORDE came vnto Zachary in the fourth daye of the ix moneth which is calleth Casleâ— what tyme as Sarasar and Rogomelech and the men that were with them sent vnto Bethel for to praye before y e LORDE and that they shulde saye vnto the prestes which were in the house of the LORDE of hoostes and to the prophetes Shulde I wepe in the fyfte moneth and absteyne as I haue done now certayne yeares Then came the worde of the LORDE of hoostes vnto me sayenge Speake vnto all the people of the londe and to the prestes and saye when ye fasted and mourned in the v vij moneth now this lxx yeares dyd ye fast vnto me When ye ate also and dronke dyd ye not eate and drinke for youre owne selues Are not these the wordes which the LORDE spake by his prophetes afore tyme when Ierusalem was yet inhabited and welthy she and the cities rounde aboute her when there dwelt meÌ„ both towarde the south and in the playne countrees And the worde of the LORDE came vnto Zachary sayenge Thus saieth y e LORDE of hoostes Execute true iudgment shewe mercy and louynge kyndnesse euery man to his brother Do the wyddowe the fatherlesse the straunger and poore no wronge and let no man ymagen euell agaynst his brother in his hert Neuertheles they wolde not take hede but turned their backes and stopped their eares that they shulde not heare yee they made their hertes as an Adamant stone lest they shulde heare the lawe wordes which the LORDE of hoostes sent in his holy sprete by the prophetes afore tyme. Wherfore the LORDE of hoostes was very wroth at them And thus is it come to passe that like as he spake and they wolde not heare euen so they cried and I wolde not heare saieth the LORDE of hoostes but scatered them amonge all Gentiles whom they knewe not Thus the londe was made so desolate y t there traualed no man in it nether to ner fro for that pleasaunt londe was vtterly layed waist The VIII Chapter SO the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes I was in a greate gelousy ouer Sion yee I haue bene very gelous ouer her in a greate displeasure thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes I wil turne me agayne vnto Sion and wil dwel in the myddest of Ierusalem so that Ierusalem shal be called a faithfull and true cite the hill of the LORDE of hoostes yee an holy hill Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes There shall yet olde men and women dwel agayne in the stretes of Ierusalem yee and soch as go with staues in their hondes for very age The stretes of the cite also shal be full of yonge boyes and damselles playnge vpon the stretes Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes yf the residue of this people thynke it to be vnpossible in these dayes shulde it therfore be vnpossible in my sight sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes Beholde I wil delyuer my people from the londe of the east and west and wil brynge them agayne that they maye dwel at Ierusalem They shal be my people and I will be their God in trenth and rightuousnesse Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes let youre hondes be stronge ye that now heare these wordes by the mouth of the prophetes which be in these dayes that the foundacion is layed vpon the LORDE of hoostes house that the temple maye be buylded For why before these dayes nether men ner catel coude wynne eny thinge nether might eny man come in and out in rest for trouble but I let euery man go agaynst his neghboure Neuerthelesse I wil now intreate the residue of this people nomore as afore tyme saieth the LORDE of hoostes but they shal be a sede of peace The vynyarde shal geue hir frute the grounde shal geue hir increase and the heauens shal geue their dew and I shal cause the remnaunt of this people to haue all these in possession And it shall come to passe that like as ye were a curse amonge the Heithen O ye house of Iuda and ye house of Israel Euen so wil I delyuer you that ye shal be a blessynge feare not but let youre hoÌ„des be stronge For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes like as I deuysed to punysh you what tyme as youre fathers prouoked me vnto wrath sayeth the LORDE of hoostes and spared not Euen so am I determed now in these dayes for to do wel vnto the house of Iuda and Ierusalem therfore feare ye not Now the thinges that ye shal do are these Speake euery man the treuth vnto his neghboure execute iudgment truly and peaceably within youre portes none of you ymagyn euell in his hert agaynst his neghboure and loue no false oothes for all these are the thinges that I hate sayeth the LORDE And the worde of the LORDE of hoostes came vnto me sayenge thus sayeth the LORDE of hoostes The fast of the fourth moneth the fast of the fifth the fast of the seuenth and the fast of the tenth shal be ioye and gladnesse prosperous hye feastes vnto the house of Iuda Only loue the treuth and peace Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes There shall yet come people and the inhabiters of many cities and they that dwell in one cite shal go to another sayenge â–ª Vp let vs go and praye before the LORDE â—â—t vs seke the LORDE of hoostes I wil go with you
let it perish let the rēnaunt eate euery one the flesh of his neghboure I toke also my louynge meke staff ād brake it that I might disanuil the conuenaunt which I made with all people And so it was broken in that daye Then the poore symple shepe that had a respecte vnto me knewe therby that it was the worde of the LORDE And I sayde vnto them yff ye thynke it good brynge hither my pryce yf no then leaue So they wayed downe xxx syluer pens y e value that I was prysed at And the LORDE sayde vnto me cast it vnto the potter a goodly pryce for me to be valued at of them and I toke the xxx syluers pens and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORDE Then brake I my other staff also namely wo that I might lowse the brother heade betwixte Iuda and Israel And the LORDE sayde vnto me Take to the also the staff off a foolish shepherde for lo I will rayse vp a shepherde in the londe which shall not seke after the thinges that be lost ner care for soch as go astraye he shall not heale the wounded he shal not norish the thinge that is whole but he shall eate the flesh off soch as be fat and teare their clawes in peces O Idols shepherde that leaueth the flocke The swerde shal come vpon his arme and vpon his right eye His arme shal be clene dried vp and his right eye shal be sore blynded The XII Chapter The heuy burthen which y e LORDE hath deuysed for Israel THus saieth the LORDE which spred the heauēs abrode layde the foundacion of the earth and geueth man y e breath of life Beholde I will make Ierusalem a cuppe of surfet vnto all the people y t are rounde aboute her Yee Iuda himself also shal be in the sege agaynst Ierusalem At the same tyme will I make Ierusalem an heuy stone for all people so that all soch as lift it vp shal be toarne and rēte and all the people of the earth shal be gathered together agaynst it In that daye sayeth y e LORDE I wil make all horses abasshed and those that ryde vpon them to be out of their wyttes I will open myne eyes vpon the house of Iuda ād smyte all the horses of the people with blyndnesse And the prynces of Iuda shall saye in their hertes The inhabiters off Ierusalem shall geue me consolacion in the LORDE off hoostes their God In that tyme will I make the prynces of Iuda like an hote burnynge ouen with wodd and like a cress het off fyre amonge the strawe so that they shal cōsume all the people roūde aboute them both vpon the right honde and the left Ierusalē also shal be inhabited agayne namely in the same place where Ierusalem stondeth The LORDE shall preserue the tentes off Iuda like as afore tyme so that the glory of the house of Dauid and the glory of the cytesyns of Ierusalem shal be but litle regarded in comparison off the glory off Iuda In that daye shall the LORDE defende the citesyns of Ierusalem so that the weakest then amonge them shal be as Dauid and the house of Dauid shal be like as Gods house and as the angell off the LORDE before them At the same tyme will I go aboute to destroye all soch people as come agaynst Ierusalem Morouer vpon the house off Dauid and vpon the citesyns off Ierusalem will I poure out the sprete of grace and prayer so that they shal loke vpon me whom they haue pearsed and they shall be wepe him as men mourne for their only begotten sonne Yee and be sory for him as men are sory for their first childe Then shall there be a greate mournynge at Ierusalem like as the lamentacion at Adremnon in the felde off Maggadon And the londe shall bewayle euery kynred by thē selues The kynred off the house of Dauid them selues alone and their wyues by them selues The kynred off the house of Nathan them selues alone and their wyues by them selues The kynred off the house of Leui thē selues alone and their wiues by them selues The kynred of the house of Semei them selues alone and their wyues by them selues In like maner all the other generaciōs euerychone by them selues alone and their wyues by them selues The XIII Chapter IN that tyme shall the house off Dauid and the citesyns off Ierusalem haue an open well to wash of synne and vnclennesse And then sayeth the LORDE off hoostes I will destroye the names of Idols out off the londe so that they shal nomore be put in remembraunce As for the false prophetes also and the vnclene sprete I shall take them out of the londe So that yf eny off them prophecy eny more his owne father and mother that begat him shall saye vnto him Thou shalt dye for thou speakest lyes vnder the name off the LORDE Yee his owne father and mother that begat him shall wounde him when he prophecyeth And then shall those prophetes be confounded euery one off his vision when he prophecieth nether shall they weere sack clothes eny more to disceaue mē with all But he shall be fayne to saye I am no prophet I am an husbonde man for so am I taught by Adam fro my youth vp And yff it be sayde vnto him How came these woundes then in thine hondes He shall answere Thus am I wounded in the house off myne owne frendes Arise o thou swearde vpon my shepherde and vpon the prynce of my people sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Smyte the shepherde and the shepe shal be scatred abrode and so will I turne myne honde to the litle ones And it shal come to passe sayeth the LORDE that in all the londe two partes shal be roted out but the thirde parte shal remayne therin And the same thirde parte wil I brynge thorow the fyre and will clense them as the syluer is clensed Yee and trye them like as golde is tryed Then shall they call vpon my name and I wil heare them I will saye it is my people And they shal saye LORDE my God The XIIII Chapter BEholde the daye of the LORDE cōmeth that thou shalt be spoyled and robbed for I wil gather together all the Heithen to fight agaynst Ierusalem so that the cite shal be wonne the houses spoyled and the women defyled The half of the cite shal go awaye in to captiuyte and the residue of the people shal not be caried out of the cite After that shall the LORDE go forth to fight agaynst those Heithen as men vse to fight in the daye of batell Thē shall his fete stōde vpō the mount oliuete that lieth vpon the east syde of Ierusalē And y e mount olyuete shal cleue in two eastwarde westwarde so y t there shal be a greate valley the halff mount shal remoue towarde the north and the other
will curse youre blessinges yee curse them will I yf ye do not take hede Beholde I shal corruppe youre sede and cast donge in youre faces euen the donge of youre solempne feastes and it shal cleue fast vpon you And ye shall knowe that I haue sent this commaundement vnto you that my couenaunt which I made with Leui might stonde sayeth y e LORDE of hoostes I made a couenaunt of life and peace w t him this I gaue him that he might stonde in awe of me and so he dyd feare me aÌ„d had my name in reuerence The lawe of treuth was in his mouth and there was no wickednesse founde in his lippes He walked with me in peace aÌ„d equyte and dyd turne many one awaye from their synnes For the prestes lippes shulde be sure knowlege that men maye seke the lawe at his mouth for he is a messaunger of the LORDE of hoostes But as for you ye are gone clene out off the waye and haue caused the multitude to be offended at the lawe ye haue broken the couenaunt of Leui sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Therfore wil I also make you to be despised and to be of no reputacion amonge all y e people because ye haue not kepte my wayes but bene parciall in the lawe Haue we not all one father Hath not one God made vs why doth euery one off vs then despyse his owne brother and so breake the couenaunt of oure fathers Now hath Iuda offended yee the abhominacion is done in Israel and in IerusaleÌ„ for Iuda hath defyled the SaÌ„ctuary of the LORDE which he loued and hath kepte the doughter of a straunge God But the LORDE shal destroye the maÌ„ that doth this yee both the master the scolar out off the tabernacle of Iacob with him that offreth vp meatofferynge vnto the LORDE off hoostes Now haue ye brought it to this poynte agayne that the aulter of the LORDE is couered with teares wepynge and mournynge so that I will nomore regarde the meatofferynge nether wil I receaue or accepte eny thinge at youre hoÌ„des And yet ye saye wherfore Euen because that where as the LORDE made a couenauÌ„t betwixte y e and the wife off thy youth thou hast despysed her Yet is she thyne owne coÌ„panyon and maried wife So dyd not the one yet had he an excellent sprete What dyd then the one He sought the sede promised of God Therfore loke well to youre sprete let no man despyse y e wife of his youth Yf thou hatest her put her awaye sayeth the LORDE God of Israel and geue her a clothinge for the scorne sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Loke well then to youre sprete and despyse her not Ye greue the LORDE with youre wordes and yet ye saye wherwithall haue we greued him In this that ye saye All that do euell are good in the sight of God and soch please him Or els where is the God that punysheth The III. Chapter BEholde I wil sende my messaunger which shal prepare the waye before me and the LORDE whom ye wolde haue shal soone come to his temple yee euen the messaunger of the couenaunt whom ye longe for Beholde he commeth sayeth the LORDE of hoostes But who maye abyde the daye of his commynge Who shal be able to endure when he appeareth For he is like a goldsmythes fyre aÌ„d like wasshers sope He shall syt him downe to trye and to clense y e syluer he shal pourge the children of Leui and purifie them like as golde and syluer that they maye brynge meatofferinges vnto the LORDE in rightuousnes Then shall the offeringe of Iuda and Ierusalem be acceptable vnto the LORDE like as from the begynninge in the yeares afore tyme. I will come punysh you I my self wil be a swift wytnes agaynst the witches agaynst the aduouterers agaynst false swearers yee aÌ„d agaynst those that wroÌ„geously kepe backe the hyrelynges dewty which vexe the wyddowes the fatherlesse oppresse the straunger and feare not me sayeth the LORDE of hoostes For I am the LORDE y t chaunge not ye o children of Iacob wil not leaue of ye are gone awaye fro myne ordinauÌ„ces sens y e tyme of youre forefathers haue ye not kepte them Turne you now vnto me and I wil turne me vnto you sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Ye saye Wherin shal we turne Shulde a man vse falsede and disceate with God as ye vse falsede and disceate with me Yet ye saye wherin vse we disceate with the In Tythes and heaue offerynges Therfore are ye cursed with penury because ye dyssemble with me all the sorte of you Brynge euery Tythe in to my barne y t there maye be meat in myne house and proue me withall sayeth the LORDE of hoostes yf I wil not open the wyndowes of heauen vnto you and poure you out a blessinge with plenteousnesse Yee I shal reproue the consumer for youre sakes so that he shall not eate vp the frute of youre grounde nether shal y e vynyarde be baren in the felde sayeth y e LORDE of hoostes In so moch that all people shal saye that ye be blessed for ye shall be a pleasaunt loÌ„de sayeth the LORDE off hoostes Ye speake hard wordes agaynst me sayeth the LORDE And yet ye saye What haue we spoken agaynst the Ye haue sayed It is but lost laboure to serue God What profit haue we for kepynge his commaundementes and for walkinge humbly before the LORDE off hoostes Therfore maye we saye that the proude are happie and that they which deale with vngodlynesse are set vp for they tempte God and yet escape But they that feare God saye thus one to another The LORDE coÌ„sidreth and heareth it Yee it is before him a memoriall boke written for soch as feare the LORDE and remembre his name And in the daye that I wil make saieth y e LORDE of hoostes they shal be myne owne possession and I will fauoure them like as a man fauoureth his owne sonne that doth him seruyce Turne you therfore and considre what difference is betwixte the rightuous and vngodly betwixte him that serueth God aÌ„d him that serueth him not For marck the daye commeth that shall burne as an oueÌ„ and all the proude yee and all soch as do wickednesse shal be straw and the daye that is for to come shall burne theÌ„ vp sayeth the LORDE of hoostes so that it shal leaue them nether rote ner braunch But vnto you that feare my name shall the SoÌ„ne of rightuousnesse aryse health shal be vnder his winges Ye shal go forth multiplie as y e fat calues Ye shal treaded 〈◊〉 y e vngodly for they shal be like the 〈◊〉 vnder the soles of youre fete in the daye y t I shal make sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Remembre the lawe of Moses my seruaunt which I committed vnto him in â—reb for all Israel with the statutes and ordinaunces Beholde
of the prophet Ieremy and tyll the londe had hir rest namely all the tyme y t it laye wayest had it rest quyetnes lxxvij yeares The II. Chapter NOw whā kynge Cyrus raigned ouer the Persians whā the LORDE wolde perfourme the worde y t he had promysed by the mouth of the prophet Ieremy the LORDE raysed vp the sprete of Cyrus the kynge of the Persiās so y t he caused this wrytinge to be proclamed thorow out his whole realme sayenge Thus sayeth the kynge of y e Persians The LORDE of Israel that hye LORDE hath made me kynge of the lōde and commaunded me to buylde him an house at Ierusalem in Iewry Yf there be eny now of youre people y e LORDE be with him and go vp with him to Ierusalem And all they that dwell rounde aboute y t place shal helpe thē whether it be with golde with syluer with giftes with horses and necessary catell and all other thinges that are brought w t a fre wyll to the house of the LORDE at Ierusalē Then the pryncipall mē out of the trybes and vyllages of Iuda and Ben Iamin stode vp so dyd the prestes also the leuites whō the LORDE had moued to go vp and to buylde the house of the LORDE at Ierusalē And they that were aboute them helped them w t all maner of golde and syluer and catell also and with many liberall giftes and this dyd many one whose mynde was stered vp therto Kynge Cyrus also brought forth the vessels and ornamentes that were halowed vnto the LORDE which Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon had caried awaye from Ierusalem and consecrated them to his Idoll and ymage and delyuered them to Mithridatus his treasurer and by him they were delyuered to Salmanasar y e debyte in Iewry And this was the nōbre of them Two thousande and iiij C. syluer boules xxx syluer basens xxx basens of golde ij M. and iiij C. vessels of syluer and a thousande besyde All the vessels of golde and syluer were v. M.viij C. and lx These were nombred vnto Salmanasar and them that were come agayne with him to Ierusalē out of the captiuyte of Babilon Now in the tyme of kynge Artaxerses the kynge of Persia these men Balemus and Mithridatus Sabellius Rathimus Balthemus Semelius y e scrybe and other that dwelt in Samaria in other places vnder y e dominion therof Wrote a letter vnto kynge Artaxerses wherin they complayned vnto the kynge of them in Iewry and Ierusalem The letter was made after this maner Syr thy seruauntes Rathimus the story wryter Sabellius the Scrybe other iudges of thy courte in Celosyria and Phenices Be it knowne and manifest to o r lorde the kyn that the Iewes which are come vp frō you vnto vs into the rebellious and wicked cite begynne to buylde it agayne and the walles aboute it and to set vp the tēple of the new Now yf this cite and the walles therof be sett vp agayne they shal not only refuse to geue trybutes and taxinges but also rebell vtterly agaynst the kynge And for so moch as they take this in hande now aboute the temple we thought it reason to thinke no scorne of it but to shewe it vnto o r lorde the kynge to certifie him therof to the intent y t yf it please the kinge he maye cause it be sought in the bokes of olde and thou shalt fynde soch warnynge wrytten and shalt vnderstonde that this cite hath allwaye bene rebellious and disobedient that it hath subdued kynges and cities and that the Iewes which dwell therin haue euer bene a rebellious obstinate vnfaithfull and fightinge people for the which cause this cite is waysted Wherfore now we certifie oure lorde the kynge that yf this cite be buylded and occupied agayne the walles therof set vp a new thou canst haue no passage in to Celosyria and Phenices Then wrote the kynge to Rathimus the story wryter to Balthemus to Sabellius y e scrybe and to the other officers and dwellers in Syria and Phenices after this maner I haue red the epistle which thou sentest vnto me and haue commaunded to make diligent search and haue founde that the cite hath euer resisted kynges that the same people are dishobedient and haue caused moch warre that mightie kynges haue raigned in Ierusalem which also haue raysed vp taxinges of Syria and Phenices Wherfore I haue commaūded those people that they shal not buylde the cite that they make no more in it and that they procede no further with the buyldinge for so moch as it might be the cause of warre and displeasure vnto kynges Now whan Rathymus and Sabellius the scrybe and the rulers in the londe had red the wrytinge of kynge Artaxerses they gatt them together and came in all the haist to Ierusalem with an hoost of horsemen and with moch people of fote and forbad them to buylde And so they left of from buyldinge of the temple vnto the seconde yeare of kynge Darius The III. Chapter KYnge Darius made a greate feast vnto his seruaūtes vnto all his courte to all the officers of Media and Persia yee and to all the debytes rulers that were vnder him from India vnto Ethiopia an hundreth xxvij countrees So whan they had eaten and dronken beinge satisfied and were gone home agayne Darius the kynge wente in to his chambre layed him downe to slepe and so awaked Then the thre yonge men that kepte the kynges personne and watched his body commoned amonge them selues and spake one to another Let euery one of vs saye some thinge and loke whose sentence is wyser and more excellent then the other vnto him shal kinge Darius geue greate giftes and clothe him with purple He shal geue him vessels of golde to drynke in clothes of golde and coueringes he shall make him a costly charett a brydle of golde he shall geue him a bonet of whyte sylke and a chayne of golde aboute his neck yee he shal be the seconde pryncipall nexte vnto kynge Darius that because of his wyszdome and shal be called y e kynges kynsman So euery one wrote his meaninge sealed it and layed it vnder the kinges pelowe and sayde whan the kynge aryseth we will geue him oure wrytinges and loke whose worde the kynge and his chefe lordes iudge to be the most wysely spoken the same shall haue the victory One wrote wyne is a stronge thinge The secōde wrote The kynge is strōger The thirde wrote wemen haue yet more strength but aboue all thinges y e trueth beareth awaye the victory Now whan the kynge was rysen vp they toke their wrytinges and delyuered them vnto him and so hered them Then sent he forth to call all his chefe lordes all the debytes rulers of the countrees of Media and Persia. And whan they were sett downe in the councell the wrytinges were red before them And he commaunded to call for y e
you euerlastinge rest for he is nye at hande that shal come in the ende of the worlde Be ready to the rewarde of the kyngdome for the euerlastinge light shall shyne vpon you for euermore Fle the shadowe of this worlde receaue the ioyfulnes of youre glory I testifie my sauioure openly O receaue the gift y t is geuen you and be glad geuynge thankes vnto him that hath called you to the heauenly kyngdome Aryse vp and stonde fast beholde the nombre of those that be sealed in the feast of the LORDE which are departed from the shadowe of the worlde and haue receaued glorious garmeÌ„tes of the LORDE Take thy nombre O Sion and shutt vp thy purified which haue fulfilled the lawe of the LORDE The nombre of thy children whom thou longedest for is fulfilled beseke the power of the LORDE that thy people which haue bene called from the begynnynge maye be halowed I Eszdras sawe vpon the mount Sion a greate people whom I coude not nombre they all praysed the LORDE with songes of thankesgeuynge And in the myddest of theÌ„ there was a yonge maÌ„ of an hye stature mâ—re excellent then all they and vpon euery one of their heades he sett a crowne and was euer hygher and hygher which I marueled at greatly So I axed y e angell sayde Syr what are these He answered and sayde vnto me These be they that haue put of the mortall clothinge and put on the immortall and haue testified knowleged the name of God Now are they crowned and receaue the rewarde Then sayde I vnto the angell what yonge personne is it that crowneth them geueth them the palmes in their handes So he answered and sayde vnto me It is y e sonne of God whom they haue knowleged in the worlde Then beganne I greatly to commende them that stode so stifly for the name of the LORDE And so the angell sayde vnto me Go thy waye and tell my people what maner of thinges and how greate wonders of the LORDE thy God thou hast senâ— The III. Chapter IN the thirtie yeare of the fall of the cite I was at Babilon laye troubled vpoÌ„ my bed my thoughtes came vp ouer my hert for I sawe y e desolacion of Sion the plenteous wealth of them y t dwelt at Babilon my sprete was sore moued so that I begaÌ„ne to speake fearfull wordes to the most hyest and sayde O LORDE LORDE thou spakest at the begynnynge whan thou plantedst y e earth and that thy self alone and gauest commaundement vnto y e people and a body vnto Adam which was a creature of thy handes and hast brethed in him the breth of life and so he lyued before the and thou leddest him in to paradyse which gardeÌ„ of pleasure thy right hande had planted or euer the earth was made And vnto him thou gauest commaundemeÌ„t to loue y e waye which he transgressed immediatly thou appoyntedest death in him and in his generacions Of him came nacions trybes people kynreddes out of nombre And euery people walked after their owne wil and dyd nyce thinges before the and as for thy commaundementes they despysed them But in processe of tyme thou broughtest the water floude vpon those that dwelt in the worlde and destroydest them And like as the death was in Adam so was the water floude also in these Neuertheles one of them thou leftest namely Noe with his housholde of whom come all righteous meÌ„ And it happened that whan they y t dwelt vpon the earth beganne to multiplie and had gotten many children and were a greate people they beganne to be more vngodly then the first Now whan they all lyued so wickedly before the thou didest chose the a man from amonge them whose name was Abram Him thou louedest and vnto him only thou shewdest thy wyll and maydest an euerlastinge couenaunt with him promisinge him that thou woldest neuer forsake his sede And vnto him thou gauest Isaac vnto Isaac also thou gauest Iacob and Esau. As for Iacob thou didest chose him and put backe Esau. And so Iacob became a greate multitude And it happened that whaÌ„ thou leddest his sede out of Egipte thou broughtest theÌ„ vp to the mount Sion bowinge downe the heauens settinge fast the earth mouynge the grounde makynge the depthes to shake and troublynge the worlde And thy glory wente thorow foure portes of fyre and earth quakes and wyndes and colde that thou mightest geue the lawe vnto the sede of Iacob and diligence vnto the generacioÌ„ of Israel And yet tokest thou not awaye from theÌ„ that wicked hert that thy lawe might brynge forth frute in them For the first Adam bare a wicked hert transgressed and was ouercome and so be all they y t are borne of him Thus remayned weaknes with the lawe in the hert of the people with the wickednesse of the rote so that the good departed awaye and the euell abode still So the tymes passed awaye and the yeares were brought to an ende Then didest thou rayse the vp a seruaunt called Dauid whom thou commaundedst to buylde a cite vnto thy name and to offre vp incense and sacrifice vnto the therin This was done now many yeares Then the inhabiters of the cite forsoke the and in all thinges dyd eueÌ„ as Adam and all his generacions had done for they also had a wicked hert And so thou gauest thy cite ouer in to the handes of thine enemies Are they of Babilon then better and more righteous then thy people y t they shal therfore haue the domynion of Sion For whan I came there and sawe their vngodlynes and so greate wickednesse that it coude not be noÌ„bred yee whan my soule sawe so many euell doers in y e xxx yeare my hert fayled me for I sawe how thou suffrest them in soch vngodlynes and sparest y e wicked doers but thine owne people hast thou roted out and preserued thine enemies this hast thou not shewed me I can not perceaue how this happeneth Do they of Babilon then better then they of Sion Or is there eny other people y t knoweth the sauynge the people of Israel Or what generacion hath so beleued y e couenauÌ„tes as Iacob And yet their rewarde appeareth not and their labo hath no frute For I haue gone here and there thorow the HeitheÌ„ I se y t they be rych wealthy thynke not vpon y e commaundementes Weye thou therfore oure wickednesse now in y e balaunce and theirs also that dwell in the worlde and so shal thy name be nowhere founde but in Israel Or where is there a people vpon earth y t hath not synned before the Or what people hath so kepte thy commaundementes Thou shalt fynde that Israel by name hath kepte thy preceptes but not the other people and Heithen The IIII. Chapter ANd the angell that was sent vnto me whose name was Vriel gaue me answere and sayde Thy
by the smoke had the vpper hande After this there wēte ouer before me a watery cloude and sent downe moch rayne w t a storme whan the stormy rayne was past the droppes remayned still Then sayde he vnto me like as the rayne is more then the droppes and as the fyre exceadeth the smoke euen so y e measure of the thinges that are past hath the vpper hande Then wente the droppes and the smoke aboue and I prayed and sayde Maye I lyue thynkest thou vntyll that tyme Or what shall happen in those dayes He answered me and sayde As for the tokēs wherof thou axest me I maye tell the of thē in a parte but as touchinge y e life I maye not shewe the for I am not sent therfore The V. Chapter NEuerthelesse as concernynge the tokens mark this Beholde the dayes shal come that they which dwell vpon earth shal be takē in a greate nombre the waye of the trueth shal be hyd and the lōde shal be baren from faith but iniquyte shal haue the vpper hande like as thou hast sene now and as thou hast herde lōge agoo And the londe that thou seist now to haue rule shalt thou shortly se waist But yf God graunte the to lyue thou shalt se after y e thirde trompet that the Sonne shal sodenly shyne agayne in the night and the Moone thre tymes in the daye bloude shal droppe out of wodd and the stone shal geue his voyce and the people shal be vnquyete and euen he shal rule whom they hope not that dwell vpon earth and the foules shal flyt and the Sodomitysh see shal cast out his fish and make a noyse in the night which many shal not knowe but they shal all heare the voyce therof There shal be a cōfucion also in many places and the fyre shal be oft sent agayne and the wylde beastes shal go their waye menstruous wemen shal beare monsters and salt waters shal be founde in the swete one frende shal fight agaynst another then shal all wyt and vnderstandinge be hyd and put asyde in to their secrete places shal be sought of many and yet not be founde then shal vnrighteousnes and volupteousnes haue the vpperhande vpon earth One lande also shal axe another and saye Is righteousnes gone thorow the And it shal saye No. At the same tyme shal men hope but nothinge optayne they shal laboure but their wayes shall not prospere To shewe the soch tokens I haue leue and yf thou wylt praye agayne wepe as now and fast seuen dayes thou shalt heare yet greater thinges Then I awaked and a fearfulnes wente thorow all my body my mynde was feble and carefull so that I allmost swowned withall So the angell that was come to talke with me helde me comforted me and sett me vp vpon my fete And in the seconde night it happened y t Salathiel the captayne of the people came vnto me sayenge Where hast thou bene and why is thy countenaunce so heuy Knowest thou not y t Israel is commytted vnto the in the londe of their captyuyte Vp then and eate and forsake vs not as the shepherde that leaueth his flock in the handes of wicked wolues Then sayde I vnto him Go thy waye fro me and come not nye me he herde it and as I sayde so wēte he his waye fro me And so I fasted seuen dayes mournynge and wepynge like as Vriell the angell commaunded me And after seuen dayes it happened that y e thoughtes of my hert were very greuous vnto me agayne my soule receaued y e sprete of vnderstandynge I begāne to talke w t the most hyest agayne and sayde O LORDE LORDE of euery wod of y e earth of all the trees therof thou hast chosen y e one onely vynyarde and of all londes of the whole worlde thou hast chosen the one pytt and of all floures of the groūde thou hast chosen the one lylie and of all the depthes of the see thou hast fylled the one ryuer and of all builded cities thou hast halowed Sion vnto thy self and of all y e foules that are created thou hast named the one doue and of all the catell y t are made thou hast prouyded y e one shepe amōge all y e multitudes of folkes thou hast gotten the one people and vnto this people whom thou louedest thou gauest a lawe y t is proued of all And now O LORDE why hast thou geuē this one people ouer vnto many vpon the one rote thou hast prepared other and why hast thou scatred y e one onely people amonge many which treade thē downe yee which haue euer withstonde y e promyses neuer beleued y e couenaūtes And though thou werest enemye vnto y e people yet shuldest thou punysh thē w t thine owne handes Now whā I had spokē these wordes the angell y t came to me y e night afore was sēt vnto me sayde vnto me Heare me herkē to y e thinge y t I saye I shal tell y e more And I sayed Speake on my LORDE Thē sayde he vnto me Thou art sore vexed troubled for Israels sake Louest thou y t people better then him y t made them And I sayde No LORDE but of very grefe cōpassion haue I spokē For my reynes payne me euery houre because I wolde haue experience of the waye of the most hyest and to seke out parte of his iudgment And he sayde vnto me that thou mayest not And I sayde wherfore LORDE Where vnto was I borne then Or why was not my mothers childesbed then my graue So had I not sene the mysery and trouble of Iacob and the trauayle of my people of Israel And he sayde vnto me Nōbre me y e thinges y t are not yet come gather me together y e droppes that are scatred abrode make me y e floures grene agayne ▪ y t are wythered opē me the thinge that is closed and bringe me forth the wyndes that are shutt vp Shewe me the ymage of a voyce and then shal I declare the the thinge that thou labourest to knowe And I sayde O LORDE LORDE who maye knowe these thinges but he that hath not his dwellynge w t mē As for me I am vnwyse how maye I thē speake of these thinges wherof thou axest me Thē sayde he vnto me like as thou canst do none of these thinges y t I haue spoken of Euen so canst thou not fynde out my iudgment or in the ende the loue that I haue promysed vnto my people And I sayde Beholde o LORDE yet art thou nye vnto them that haue no ende and what shal they do that haue bene before me or we that be now or they that shal come after vs And he sayde vnto me I wyl lycken my iudgment vnto a rynge Like as there is no slacknesse of the last euen so is there no swiftnesse of the first So I answered sayde
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
wildernesse Moses intreateth for the people Chap. XIX Like as the wicked are euer synnynge more and more so doth the wrath of God neuer ceasse tyll they be destroyed Of them that were punyshed in the tyme of Loth. The first Chapter O Set youre affeccion vpoÌ„ wyszdome ye that be iudges of the earth Haue a good opinion of the LORDE seke him in the synglenesse of hert For he will be fouÌ„de of them that tempte him not and appeareth vnto soch as put their trust in him As for frowarde thoughtes they separate from God but vertue yf it be alowed refourmeth y e vnwyse And why wyszdome shall not entre in to a frowarde soule ner dwell in the body that is subdued vnto synne For the holy goost abhorreth fayned nurtoure withdraweth himself froÌ„ y e thoughtes that are without vnderstondinge where wickednes hath the vpper haÌ„de he flieth from thence For the sprete of wyszdome is louynge gentle and gracious and wil haue no pleasure in him that speaketh euell with his lippes For God is a witnesse of his reynes a true searcher out of his hert and an hearer of his tonge For the sprete of y e LORDE fylleth the rounde compasse of the worlde and y e same that vpholdeth all thinges hath knowlege also of the voyce Therfore he that speaketh vnrighteous thinges can not be hydd nether maye he escape the iudgmeÌ„t of reprofe And why inquysicion shal be made for the thoughtes of the vngodly and the reporte of his wordes shal come vnto God so that his wickednes shal be punished For the eare of gelousy heareth all thinges and the noyse of the grudginges shal not be hydd Therfore bewarre of murmuringe which is nothinge worth and refrayne youre tonge from slauÌ„der For there is no worde so darck and secrete that it shall go for naught and the mouth that speaketh lyes slayeth the soule O seke not youre owne death in y e erroure of youre life destroye not youre selues thorow the workes of youre awne handes For God hath not made death nether hath he pleasure in the destruccion of the lyuynge For he created all thinges that they might haue their beynge yee all the people of the earth hath he made that they shulde haue health that there shulde be no destruccion in them and that the kyngdome of hell shulde not be vpon earth for righteousnesse is euerlastinge and immortall but vnrighteousnes bringeth death Neuerthelesse the vngodly call her vnto them both w t wordes workes whyle they thinke to haue a frende of her they come to naught for the vngodly that are confederate with her and take hir parte are worthy of death The II. Chapter FOr y e vngodly talke ymagin thus amonge them selues but not right The tyme of oure life is but short tedious when a man is once gone he hath nomore ioye ner pleasure nether knowe we eny man y t turneth agayne from death for we are borne of naught we shal be herafter as though we had neuer bene For oure breth is as a smoke in oure nostrels y e wordes as a sparck to moue oure herte As for o r body it shal be very aszshes y t are queÌ„ched o r soule shal vanish as y e soft ayre Oure life shall passe awaye as y e trace of a cloude come to naught as y e myst y t is dryueÌ„ awaye w t the beames of y e Sonne put downe w t the heate therof Oure name also shal be forgotten by litle litle no man shal haue oure workes in remembraunce For o r tyme is a very shadow y t passeth awaye after o r ende there is no returnynge for it is fast sealed so y t no maÌ„ coÌ„meth agayne Come on therfore let vs enioye y e pleasures y t there are let vs soone vse y e creature like as in youth We wil fyll oure selues w t good wyne oyntment there shal no floure of the tyme go by vs. We wil crowne o r selues w t roses afore they be wythered There shal be no fayre medowe but o r lust shall go thorow it Let euery one of you be partaker of oure volupteousnes Let vs leaue some token of o r pleasure in euery place for y t is oure porcion els gett we nothinge Let vs oppresse the poore righteous let vs not spare the wyddowe ner olde man let vs not regarde y e heades y t are gray for age Let y e lawe of vnrighteousnesse be oure auctorite for y e thinge y t is feble is nothinge worth Therfore let vs defraude the righteous whyâ—he is not for o r profit yee he is cleane coÌ„trary to o r doinges He checketh vs for offendinge agaynst y e lawe slaundreth vs as transgressours of all nurtor. He maketh his boost to haue y e knowlege of God yee he calleth him self Gods sonne He is the bewrayer of oure thoughtes It greueth vs also to loke vpon him for his lyfe is not lyke other mens his wayes are of another fashion He counteth vs but vayne personnes he w t draweth him self from o r wayes as from fylthynes he coÌ„mendeth greatly y e latter ende of the iust maketh his boast y t God is his father Let vs se then yf his wordes be true let vs proue what shal come vpon him so shal we knowe what ende he shal haue For yf he be y e true sonne of God he will receaue him delyuer him from the handes of his enemies Let vs examen him with despitefull rebuke and tormentinge that we maye knowe his dignite proue his pacience Let vs condemne him with the most shamefull death for like as he hath spoken so shal he be rewarded Soch thinges do the vngodly ymagin go astraye for their owne wickednes hath blynded them As for the misteries of God they vnderstonde them not they nether hope for the rewarde of righteousnesse ner regarde the worshipe that holy soules shall haue For God created man to be vndestroied yee after the ymage of his awne licknesse made he him Neuerthelesse thorow envye of the deuell came death in to the worlde and they that holde of his syde do as he doth The III. Chapter BVt the soules of y e righteous are in y e hande of God y e payne of death shal not touch theÌ„ In y e sight of the vnwyse they appeare to dye their ende is takeÌ„ for very destruccion The waye of the righteous is iudged to be vtter destruccion but they are in rest And though they suffre payne before men yet is their hope full of immortalite They are punished but in few thinges neuerthelesse in many thinges shal they be well rewarded For God proueth them fyndeth theÌ„ mete for himself yee as the golde in the fornace doth he trye them receaueth them as a brent
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
thine herte vpon them For dreames haue disceaued many a mā and they fayled that put their truste therin The lawe shal be fulfilled without lyes wyszdome is sufficient to a faithfull mouth A wyse man y t is well instructe vnderstonstondeth moch he y t hath good experiēce can talke of wyszdome He y t hath no experiēce knoweth litle he y t erreth causeth moch wickednes Whan I was yet in erroure I lerned moch also yee I was so lerned that I coude not expresse it all and came oft in parell of death therouer tyll I was delyuered from it Now I se that they which feare God haue the right sprete for their hope stōdeth in him that can helpe thē Who so feareth the LORDE stōdeth in awe of no man and is not afrayed for the LORDE is his hope and comforte Blessed is the soule of him y t feareth the LORDE In whō putteth he his trust who is his strēgth For the eyes of the LORDE haue respecte vnto them that loue him He is their mightie proteccion strōge grounde A defence for the heate a refuge for the hote noone daye a sucore for stomblynge an helpe for fallynge He setteth vp the soule and lighteneth y e eyes He geueth health life and blessynge He that geueth an offeringe of vnrighteous good his offerynge is refused and the scornefull dealinges of the vnrighteous please not God God hath no delyte in the offerynges of y e vngodly nether maye synne be reconcyled in the multitude of oblacions Who so bryngeth an offerynge out of y e goodes of y e poore doth euē as one y t kylleth y e sonne before y e fathers eyes The bred of the nedefull is the life of the poore he y t defraudeth him therof is a man of bloude Who so robbeth his neghbo r of his lyuinge doth as greate synne as though he slew him to death He that defraudeth y e laborer of his hyre is a bloude shedder Whā one buyldeth and another breaketh downe what profit haue they then but laboure Whan one prayeth another curseth whose voyce wyl the LORDE heare He that washeth himself because of a deed body then toucheth the deed agayne what doth his waszshinge So is it with a man that fasteth for his synnes and doth them agayne who wil heare his prayer Or what doth his fastynge helpe him The XXXV Chapter WHo so kepeth the lawe bryngeth offerynges ynough He that holdeth fast the commaundement offreth the right health offrynge He y t is thankfull recompenseth offreth fyne floure Who so is mercifull geueth allmes y t is the right thank offrynge God hath pleasure whā one departeth frō synne to forsake vnrighteousnes recōcileth vs w t him Thou shalt not appeare emptye before y e LORDE for all soch is done because of y e cōmaundemēt The offeringe of y e righteous maketh y e aulter fatt a swete smell is it before y e Hyest The offerynge of the righteous is acceptable vnto God shal neuer be forgottē Geue God his hono with a chearfull eye kepe not backe the firstlinges of y e handes In all thy giftes shew a mery countenaunce halowe thy tithes vnto God w t gladnes Geue vnto God acordinge as he hath enriched prospered their loke what thine hande is able y t geue w t a chearfull eye for the LORDE recompenseth geueth y e seuē tymes as moch againe Geue no vnrighteous giftes for soch wil not he receaue Bewarre of wrongeous offeringes for y e LORDE is a righteous iudge regardeth no mans personne He accepteth not the personne of the poore but he heareth y e prayer of y e oppressed He despyseth not y e desyre of y e fatherles ner y e wyddow whan she poureth out hir prayer before him Doth not God se y e teares y t renne downe y e chekes of the wyddow Or heareth he not the complaynte ouer soch as make her to wep◠▪ Who so serueth God after his pleasure shal be accepted his prayer reacheth vnto the cloudes The prayer of him y t humbleth himself goeth thorow y e cloudes tyll she come nye She wyl not be comforted ner go hir waye tyll y e hyest God haue respecte vnto her geue true sentēce perfourme y e iudgmēt And y e LORDE wil not be slack in cōmynge ner tary longe tyll he haue smyttē in sonder y e backes of y e vnmercyfull auenged himself of y e Heithen tyll he haue takē awaye y e multitude of y e cruell brokē the cepter of the vnrighteous tyll he geue euery man after his workes rewarde them as they haue deserued tyll he haue delyuered his people mayntened their cause reioysed them in his mercy O how fayre a thinge is mercy in the tyme of anguysh trouble It is like a cloude of rayne y t cōmeth in y e tyme of a drouth The XXXVI Chapter HAue mercy vpon vs O LORDE thou God of all thinges Haue respecte vnto vs shew vs the light of thy mercies sende y e feare amōge y e Heithē straūgers which seke not after the y t they maye knowe how y t there is no God but thou and y t they maye shew thy wonderous workes Lift vp thine hande ouer the outlādish Heithen y t they maye lerne to knowe thy might power Like as thou art halowed in vs before them so brynge to passe y t thou mayest be magnified also in them before vs y t they maye knowe the like as we knowe the. For there is none other God but onely thou O LORDE Renue the tokens chaunge the wonderous workes Shewe thine hāde and thy right arme gloriously Rayse thy indignacion poure out thy wrath Take awaye the aduersary smyte the enemye Make y e tyme shorte remembre thy couenaunt that y e wonderous workes maye be praysed Let the wrath of the fyre consume them that lyue so careles and let them perish that do y e people hurte Smyte in sonder the heade of the prynces that be oure enemies and saye there is none other but we Gather all y e trybes of Iacob together againe y t they maie knowe how y t there is none other God but onely thou y t they maie shew thy wonderous workes and be thy people heretage like as from the begynninge O LORDE haue mercy vpon the people y t hath y e name vpō Israel whom thou hast lickened to a first borne sonne O be merciful vnto Ierusalē the cite of thy Sanctuary y e cite of thy rest Fyll Sion with thy vnspeakeable vertues y i people w t thy glory Geue wytnes vnto y e creature whom thou maydest from the begynnynge and rayse vp the prophecies y t haue bene shewed in thy name Rewarde them y t wayte for the y t thy prophetes maye be founde faithfull O LORDE heare the prayer
daye the doughter of Herodias daunsed before-thē and that pleased Herode well wherfore he promysed her with an ooth y t he wolde geue her whatsoeuer she wolde axe And she beynge instructe of hir mother afore sayde geue me Ihon baptistes heade in a platter And the kynge was sory Neuertheles for y e ooth sake thē y t sat with him at y e table he cōmaunded it to be geuen her and sent beheeded Ihon in the preson And his heed was brought in a platter and geuen to the damsell she brought it vnto her mother Then came his disciples and toke his body and buried it and wente and tolde Iesus Whan Iesus hetde y t he departed thence by shippe in to a desert place alone And whā the people herde therof they folowed him on fote out of y e cities And Iesus wēte forth and sawe moch people and had pytie vpon them and healed their sicke But at euen his disciples came vnto him saide This is a deserte place and y e night falleth omlet y e people departe from the that they maye go in to the townes and bye them vytayles But Iesus sayde vnto them They nede not go awaye geue ye thē to eate Thē saide they vnto him We haue here but fyue loaues and two fyshes And he sayde bringe thē hither And he cōmaunded y e people to syt downe vpon the grasse and toke y e fyue loaues and two fiszhes and loked vp towarde heauen and gaue thankes and brake and gaue the loaues vnto the disciples and the disciples gaue them to the people And they all ate and were suffised And they gathered vp of the broken meate that remayned ouer twolue baszkettes full And they y t ate were aboute a fyue thousande men besyde wemen and children And straight waye Iesus made his disciples to entre in to a shippe to go ouer before hī tyll he had sent y e people awaye And whan he had sent the people awaye he wēte vp in to a mountayne alone to make his prayer And at euen he was there him self alone And y e shippe was allready in y e myddest of the see was tost w t wawes for the winde was cōtrary But in y e fourth watch of y e night Iesus came vnto thē walkinge vpon the see And whan his disciples sawe him goinge vpon the see they were afrayed sayenge It is some sprete and cried out for feare But straight waye Iesus spake vnto them and sayde Be of good cheare it is I be not afrayed Peter answered him saide LORDE yf it be thou byd me come vnto the vpon y e water And he sayde come on y e waye And Peter stepte out of the shippe wēte vpon the water to come vnto Iesus But whan he sawe a mightie wynde he was afrayed begāne to synke cried sayenge LORDE helpe me And īmediatly Iesus stretched forth his hande caught him sayde vnto him O thou of litle faith wherfore doutest thou And they wente in to the shippe the wynde ceased Then they that were in y e shippe came fell downe before him sayde Of a trueth thou art y e sonne of God And they shipped ouer came in to the lōde of Genazereth And whā y e mē of y t place had knowlege of hī they sent out in to all that coūtre rounde aboute brought vnto him all that were sicke besought him that they might but touch the hemme of his vesture onely as many as touched it were made whole The XV. Chapter THen came vnto him the scribes and pharises from Ierusalem sayenge Why do thy disciples transgresse y e tradicions of the elders for they wash not their hōdes whan they eate bred He answered sayde vnto thē Why do ye transgresse the cōmaundemēt of God because of youre owne tradiciōs For God cōmaunded sayēge Honoure father mother he y t curseth father mother shal dye the death But ye saye Euery man shal saye to father or mother The thīge y t I shulde helpe y e withal is geuē vnto God By this is it come to passe that no man honoureth his father or his mother eny more And thus haue ye made the cōmaundement of God of none effecte for youre owne tradiciōs Ye ypocrites full well hath Esaye prophecied of you sayde This people draweth nye vnto me w t their mouth honoureth me w t their lippes howbeit their hert is farre fro me But in vayne do they serue me whyle they teach soch doctrynes as are nothinge but the commaundementes of men And he called y e people to hī saide vnto thē Heare vnderstōde That which goeth in to the mouth defyleth not the mā but y t which cōmeth out of the mouth defyleth y e mā Then came his disciples sayde vnto him knowest thou y t the Pharises were offended whan they herde this sayenge He answered and sayde All plantes which my heauenly father hath not planted shal be pluckte vp by y e rotes Let thē go they are y e blynde leaders of y e blynde Whā one blinde leadeth another they fall both ī y e diche Then answered Peter sayde vnto him Declare vnto vs this parable And Iesus sayde vnto thē Are ye yet thē without vnderstondinge Perceaue ye not y t what soeuer goeth in at y e mouth descēdeth downe in to y e bely is cast out in to the draught But the thinge that proceadeth out of the mouth cōmeth frō y e hert that defyleth y e mā For out of y e hert come euell thoughtes murthur breakynge of wedlocke whordome theft false witnesse blasphemy The feare y e thinges that defyle a man But to eate w t vnwaszhen hondes defyleth not a man And Iesus wente out from thence departed in to the coastes of Tyre of Sidon And beholde a womā of Canaan wēte out of y e same coastes cried after him sayēge O LORDE thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon me My doughter is sore vexed w t a deuell And he answered her neuer a worde Thē came his disciples vnto him besought him sayēge Sēde her awaye for she crieth after us But he answered saide I am not sent but vnto the lost shepe of the house of Israel Notwithstondinge she came fell downe before him sayde LORDE helpe me He answered sayde It is not good to take the childrens bred to cast it vnto dogges It is trueth LORDE sayde she Neuertheles the whelpes eate of the crommes that fall frō their lordes table Then answered Iesus sayde vnto her O womā greate is y e faith be it vnto the euē as thou desyrest And hir doughter was made hole at y e same houre And Iesus departed thēce and came nye vnto the see of Galile and wente vp in to a mountayne and sat downe there And there
the lorde of the vynyarde commeth what wyl he do w t those huszbandmen They sayde vnto him He wyl cruelly destroye those euell personnes let out his vyniarde vnto other huszbaÌ„dmen which shal delyuer him the frute at tymes conuenyent Iesus sayde vnto theÌ„ Dyd ye neuer rede in the scriptures The same stone which the buylders refused is become the heade stone in the corner This was the LORDES doynge it is maruelous iÌ„ oure eyes Therfore I saie vnto you The kingdome of God shal be takeÌ„ froÌ„ you shal be geueÌ„ vnto the HeitheÌ„ which shal brynge forth y e frutes of it And who so falleth vpoÌ„ this stone shal be brokeÌ„ in peces loke vpoÌ„ whom it falleth it shal grynde him to poulder And when the hye prestes Pharises herde his parables they perceaued that he spake of them And they wente aboute to take him but they feared y e people because they helde hiÌ„ for a prophet The XXII Chapter ANd Iesus answered and spake vnto theÌ„ agayne by parables sayde The kingdome of heauen is like vnto a kynge which maried his sonne And sent forth his seruauntes to call the gestes vnto the mariage they wolde not come Agayne he sent forth other seruauntes and sayde Tell the gestes Beholde I haue prepared my dynner myne oxen and my fed catell are kylled and all thinges are readye come to the mariage But they made light of it and wente their wayes one to his huszbandrye another to his marchaundise As fâ—â— the remnauÌ„t they toke his seruauntes and intreated theÌ„ shamefully and slew theÌ„ When the kynge herde that he was wroth and sent forth his warryers and destroyed those murtherers and set fyre vpon their cite Then sayde he vnto his seruauntes The mariage in dede is prepared but the gestes were not worthy Go youre waye out therfore into y e hye wayes and as many as ye fynde byd them to the mariage And the seruauntes weÌ„te out in to the hye wayes and gathered together as many as they coulde fynde both good and bad the tables were all full Then the kynge weÌ„te in to se the gestes and spyed there a man that had not on a weddynge garment and sayde vnto him Frende how camest thou in hither hast not on a weddyinge garment And he was euen spechlesse Then sayde the kynge vnto his seruauntes Take and bynde him hande and fote cast him into y e vtter darcknes there shal be waylinge and gnaszhinge of teth For many be called but few are choseÌ„ Then wente the Pharises and toke councell how they might tangle him in his wordes and sent vnto him their disciples with Herodes officers and sayde Master we knowe that thou art true and teachest the waye of God truly and carest for no maÌ„ for thou regardest not the outwarde appearaunce of meÌ„ Tell us therfore how thinkest thou Is it laufull to geue tribute vnto the Emperoure or not Now whaÌ„ Iesus perceaued their wickednes he sayde O ye ypocrites why teÌ„pte ye me Shewe me y e tribute money And they toke hiÌ„ a peny And he saide vnto theÌ„ Whose is this ymage and superscription They sayde vnto him The Emperours Then sayde he vnto them Geue therfore vnto the Emperour that which is the Emperours and geue vnto God that which is Gods When they herde that they marueyled and left him weÌ„te their waye The same daye there came vnto him the Saduces which holde that there is no resurreccion and axed him and sayde Master Moses sayde Yf a man dye hauynge no children his brother shal mary his wife rayse vp sede vnto his brother Now were there with us seueÌ„ brethren The first maried a wife and dyed for somoch as he had no sede he left his wife vnto his brother Like wyse the secoÌ„de and thirde vnto the seueÌ„th Last of all the woman dyed also Now in the resurreccion whose wife shal she be of the seuen For they all had her Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Ye erre and vnderstoÌ„de not the scriptures ner the power of God In the resurreccion they shal nether mary ner be maried but are as the angels of God in heauen As touchinge the resurreccioÌ„ of the deed haue ye notred what is spoken vnto you of God which sayeth I am the God of Abraham and y e God of Isaac and the God of Iacob Yet is not God a God of the deed but of the lyuynge And whan the people herde that they were astonnyed at his doctryne When the Pharises herde that he had stopped the mouth of the Saduces they gathered them selues together And one of them a Scrybe teÌ„pted him and sayde Master which is the chefest commaundemeÌ„t in the lawe Iesus saide vnto him Thou shalt loue the LORDE thy God with all thy hert with all thy soule and with all thy mynde this is the pryncipall and greatest coÌ„maundement As for the seconde it is like vnto it Thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thyself In these two commaundementes hange all the lawe and the prophetes Now whyle the Pharises were gathered together Iesus axed them and sayde What thinke ye of Christ Whose sonne is he They sayde vnto him Dauids He sayde vnto them How then doth Dauid in sprete call him LORDE sayenge The LORDE sayde vnto my LORDE Syt thou on my right honde tyll I make thine enemies thy fote stole Yf Dauid now call him LORDE how is he then his sonne And no man coude answere him one worde nether durst eny man axe him eny mo questioÌ„s froÌ„ that daye forth The XXIII Chapter THen spake Iesus vnto y e people and to his disciples and sayde The scrybes Pharises are set downe vpon Moses seate Therfore what soeuer they bid you obserue that obserue and do but after their workes shal ye not do for they saye do not For they bynde heuy and intollerable burthens and laye them vpon mens shulders But they them selues wil not heaue at them with one of their fyngers All their workes do they to be sene of men They set abrode their Philateries and make large borders vpon their garmentes and loue to syt vppermost at the table and to haue the chefe seates in the synagoges and loue to be saluted in the market and to be called of meÌ„ Rabbi But ye shal not suffre youre selues to be called Rabbi for one is youre master euen Christ and all ye are brethren And call no man father vpon earth for one is youre father which is in heaueÌ„ And ye shal not suffre youre selues to be called masters for one is youre master namely Christ. He that is greatest amoÌ„ge you shal be youre seruaunt For who so exalteth him self shal be brought lowe and he that humbleth himself shal be exalted Wo vnto you Scrybes and Pharises ye ypocrytes that shut vp the kyngdome of heauen before men Ye come not in youre
the raginge of the see delyuereth the possessed and dryueth the deuels in to the heerde of swyne helpeth the sick woman and Iairus daughter Chap. IX He sendeth out the twolue Apostles to preach Herode heareth tell of hiÌ„ He fedeth fyue thousande men with fyue loaues and two fishes the disciples confesse him to be the sonne of God he transfigureth himself vpon the mount delyuereth the possessed and teacheth his disciples to be lowly They desyre veÌ„geaunce but he reproueth them Chap. X. He sendeth the seuentye before him for to preach and geueth theÌ„ a charge how to behaue them selues prayseth his heauenly father answereth the scrybe that tempted him â–ª and by the example of the Samaritane sheweth who is a maÌ„s neghbour Martha receaueth the LORDE into hir house Mary Magdalene is feruent in hearinge his worde Chap. XI He teacheth his disciples to praye dryueth out a deuel and rebuketh the blasphemous pharises They requyre sygnes and tokens He eateth with the pharisee and reproueth the ypocrisy of the pharises scrybes and ypocrites Chap. XII The leuen of the pharises Christ conforteth his disciples agaynst persecucion warneth them to bewarre of cuvetousnesse by the symilitude of a certayne rich man he wyll not haue them to hange vpoÌ„ earthly thinges but to watch and to be ready agaynst his commynge Chap. XIII Of the Galileans whom Pilate slew and of those that dyed in Syloe The symilitude of the fyge tre Christ healeth the sicke woman The parable of the mustarde sede and leuen Few entre in to the kyngdome Christ reproueth Herode and Ierusalem Chap. XIIII Iesus eateth with the pharisee healeth the dropsye vpon the Sabbath teacheth to be lowly telleth of the greate supper and warneth them that wyll folowe him to laye their accomptes before what it wyll cost theÌ„ The salt of the earth Chap. XV. The louynge mercy of God openly set forth in the parable of the hundreth shepe and of the sonne that was lost Chap. XVI The parable of the wicked Mammon Not one title of Gods worde shal perish Of the rich man and of poore Lazarus Chap. XVII Christ teacheth his disciples to avoyde occasions of euell one to forgeue another stedfastly to trust in God and no man to presume in his owne workes He healeth the ten lepers speaketh of the latter dayes and of the ende of the worlde Chap. XVIII He teacheth to be ferueÌ„t in prayer coÌ„tinually Of the pharisee and the publican The kyngdome of God belongeth vnto childreÌ„ Christ answereth the ruler and promiseth rewarde vnto all soch as suffre losse for his sake and folowe him The blynde maÌ„ is restored to his sight Chap. XIX Of Zacheus and the ten seruauntes to whoÌ„ the ten taleÌ„tes were delyuered Christ rydeth to Ierusalem and wepeth ouer it Chap. XX. They axe Christ one questyon and he axeth them another The parable of the vynyarde Of tribute te be geueÌ„ vnto the Emperoure how Christ stoppeth the mouthes of the Saduceâ—s Chap. XXI Christ commendeth the poore wyddow telleth of the destruccion of Ierusalem of false teachers of the tokeÌ„s and troubles for to come of the ende of the worlde and of his owne commynge Chap. XXII Christ is betrayed they eate the easter lambe The institucion of the sacrameÌ„t They stryue who shal be greatest he reproueth them He prayeth thre tymes vpon the mount They take him and bringe him to the hye prestes house Peter denyeth him thryse and they bringe him before the councell Chap. XXIII Iesus is brought before Pilate and Herode The wemeÌ„ make lameÌ„tacion for him He prayeth for his enemies forgeueth the synner vpon his right hande dyeth on the crosse and is buried Chap. XXIIII The wemen come to the graue Christ apeareth vnto the two disciples that go towarde Emaus stondeth in the myddest of all his disciples openeth their vnderstondinge in the scriptures geueth them a charge and ascendeth vp into heauen The gospell of S. Luke The prologe of S. Luke FOR so moch as many haue taken in hande to set forth y e wordes of the actes that are come to passe amonge vs like as they delyuered theÌ„ vnto vs which from the begynnynge sawe them their selues and were mynisters of the worde I thought it good after that I had diligently searched out all from the begynnynge to wryte the same orderly vnto the good Theophilus that thou mightest knowe the certeÌ„te of y e wordes wherof thou art infourmed The first Chapter IN the tyme of Herode kynge of Iewry there was a prest named Zachary of the course of Abia and his wife of the doughters of Aaron hir name Elizabeth They were both righteous before God and walked in all the commaundementes and statutes of the LORDE vnreproueably And they had no childe for Elizabeth was baren and they were both well stricken in age And it came to passe as he executed the prestes office before God whan his course came acordinge to the custome of the presthode it fell to his lott to burne incense And he wente into the temple of the LORDE and the whole multitude of the people was without in prayer whyle the incense was aburnynge And the angell of the LORDE appeared vnto him and stode on the right syde of the altare of inceÌ„se And whan Zachary sawe him he was abaszhed there came a feare vpon him But the angell sayde vnto him Feare not Zachary for thy prayer is herde And y e wife Elizabeth shal beare the a sonne whose name thou shalt call Ihon thou shalt haue ioye and gladnesse and many shal reioyce at his byrth for he shal be greate before the LORDE Wyne and stronge drynke shal he not drynke And he shal be fylled w t the holy goost euen in his mothers wombe And many of the children of Israel shal he turne vnto the LORDE their God And he shal go before him in the sprete and power of Elias to turne the hertes of y e fathers vnto the children and the vnfaithfull vnto the wyszdome of the righteous to make the people ready for the LORDE And Zachary sayde vnto the Angel Wherby shal I knowe this For I am olde and my wife well stricken in age The angell answered and sayde vnto him I am Gabriell that stonde before God and am sent to speake vnto the and to shewe the these glad tydinges And beholde thou shalt be domme and not able to speake vntyll the daye that this come to passe because thou hast not beleued my wordes which shal be fulfylled in their season And the people wayted for Zachary and marueyled that he taried so longe in the teÌ„ple And whaÌ„ he weÌ„te out he coude not speake vnto them And they perceaued that he had sene a vision in the teÌ„ple And he beckened vnto them and remayned speachlesse And it fortuned whaÌ„ the tyme of his office was out he wente home in to his house And after those dayes Elizabeth his wife conceaued and hyd hir self fyue monethes
sayde vnto thē Do no man violence ner wronge and be content with youre wages But whan the people were in a doute thought all in their hertes whether he were Christ Ihon answered and sayde vnto thē all I baptyse you with water but after me there cōmeth one stronger thē I whose shue lachet I am not worthy to lowse he shal baptyse you with the holy goost and with fyre Whose fanne is in his hande and he shal pourge his floore and shal gather y e wheate in to his barne and shal burne the chaffe with vnquencheable fyre And many other thynges more exorted he preached vnto the people But Herode the Tetrarcha whā he was rebuked of him because of Herodias his brothers wife and for all the euels that Herode dyd besydes all this he layed Ihō in preson And it fortuned whan all the people receaued baptyme and whan Iesus also was baptysed and prayed that heauen opened and the holy goost came downe in a bodely shappe like a done vpon him And out of heauen there came a voyce which sayde Thou art my deare sonne in whō I delyte And Iesus was aboute thirtie yeares whan he beganne And he was taken for the sonne of Ioseph which was the sonne of Eli which was the sonne of Mathat Which was the sonne of Leui ▪ Which was the sonne of Melchi Which was the sonne of Ianna Which was the sonne of Ioseph Which was the sonne of Mathathias Which was the sonne of Amos. Which was the sonne of Nahum Which was the sonne of Eszli Which was the sonne of Nange Which was the sonne of Maath Which was the sonne of Mathathias Which was the sonne of Simei Which was the sonne of Ioseph Which was the sonne of Iuda Which was the sonne of Iohanna Which was the sonne of Resia Which was the sonne of Zorobabel Which was the sonne of Salathiel Which was the sonne of Neri Which was the sonne of Melchi Which was the sonne of Abdi Which was the sonne of Cosam Which was the sonne of Elmadam Which was the sonne of Her Which was the sonne of Ieso Which was the sonne of Eliezer Which was the sonne of Iorem. Which was the sonne of Mattha Which was the sonne of Leui. Which was the sonne of Simeon Which was the sonne of Iuda Which was the sonne of Ioseph Which was the sonne of Ionam Which was the sonne of Eliachim Which was the sonne of Melca Which was the sonne of Menam Which was the sonne of Mathathan Which was the sonne of Nathan Which was the sonne of Dauid Which was the sonne of Iesse Which was the sonne of Obed. Which was the sonne of Boos Which was the sonne of Salmon Which was the sonne of Naasson Which was the sonne of Aminadab Which was the sonne of Aram. Which was the sonne of Esrom Which was the sonne of Phares Which was the sonne of Iuda Which was the sonne of Iacob Which was the sonne of Isaac Which was the sonne of Abraham Which was the sonne of Thara Which was the sonne of Nahor Which was the sonne of Serug Which was the sonne of Regu Which was the sonne of Peleg Which was the sonne of Eber. Which was the sonne of Salah Which was the sonne of Caynan Which was the sonne of Arphachsad Which was the sonne of Sem. Which was the sonne of Noe. Which was the sonne of Lamech Which was the sonne of Mathusalah Which was the sonne of Henoch Which was the sonne of Iared Which was the sonne of Mahaleel Which was the sonne of Renan Which was the sonne of Enos Which was the sonne of Seth. Which was the sonne of Adam Which was the sonne of God The fourth Chapter IEsus full of the holy goost came agayne from Iordane and was led of y e sprete into wyldernes fourty dayes lōge was he tēpted of y e deuell And in those dayes ate he nothinge And whan they were ended he hongred afterwarde And the deuell sayde vnto him Yf thou be y e sonne of God cōmaunde this stone y t it be bred And Iesus answered sayde vnto hī It is wrytten Man shal not lyue by bred onely but by euery worde of God And y e deuell toke him vp into an hye moūtayne and shewed him all the kyngdomes of y e whole worlde in y e twinckelinge of an eye sayde vnto him All this power wil I geue vnto the and the glory therof for it is geuē ouer vnto me and I geue it to whom I wil. Yf thou now wilt worshippe me they shal all be thine Iesus answered him and sayde Auoyde fro me thou Satan It is wrytten Thou shalt worshippe the LORDE thy God and him onely shalt thou serue And he caried him to Ierusalem and set him vpon a pynnacle of the temple and sayde vnto him Yf thou be y e sonne of God cast thy self downe from hence For it is wryttē He shal geue his angels charge ouer the to kepe the and with their handes they shal holde the vp that thou dashe not thy fote agaynst a stone And Iesus answered and sayde vnto him It is sayde Thou shalt not tempte the LORDE thy God And whan y e deuell had ended all the temptacions he departed from him for a season And Iesus came agayne in the power of the sprete into Galile And the fame of him was noysed thorow out all y e region rounde aboute And he taught in their synagoges and was commended of euery man And he came vnto Nazareth where he was noursed and as his custome was he wēte in to the synagoge vpon y e Sabbath and stode vp for to rede Then was there delyuered him the boke of y e prophet Esay And whan he had turned ouer the boke he founde the place where it is wrytten The sprete of the LORDE is with me because he hath anoynted me to preach the Gospell vnto y e poore hath he sent me to heale the broken harted to preach delyueraūce to the captyue and sight to the blynde and frely to set at liberty them that are brused and to preach the acceptable yeare of the LORDE And whan he had closed the boke he gaue it agayne to y e mynister sat him downe And the eyes of all that were in the synagoge were fastened on him And he begāne to saye vnto them This daye is this scripture fulfilled in youre eares And they all gaue him wytnesse and wōdred at the gracious wordes which proceaded out of his mouth and they saide Is not this Iosephs sonne And he sayde vnto them Doutles ye wyl saye vnto me this prouerbe Phisician heale thyself For how greate thinges haue we herde done at Capernaū Do the same here also in thine owne countre But he saide Verely I saye vnto you There is no prophet accepted in his owne countre Neuertheles of a trueth I saye vnto you There were many wedowes in Israel in
whyle this voyce came to passe they founde Iesus alone And they kepte it close and tolde no mā in those dayes eny of the thinges which they had sene And it chaunsed on the nexte daye after whan they came downe from the mount moch people met him and beholde a man amonge the people cryed out and sayde Master I beseke the loke vpon my sonne for he is my onely sonne beholde the sprete taketh him and sodenly he crieth and he teareth him that he fometh and with payne departeth he from him whan he hath rente him And I besought thy disciples to cast him out and they coulde not Then answered Iesus and sayde Oh thou vnfaithfull and croked generacion how longe shal I be with you suffre you Brynge hither thy sonne And whan he came to him the deuell rente him and tare him But Iesus rebuked the foule sprete and healed the chylde and delyuered him vnto his father agayne And they were all amased at the mighty power of God And whyle they wondred euery one at all thinges which he dyd he sayde vnto his disciples Comprehende these sayenges in youre eares For the sonne of man must be delyuered in to the hādes of men But they wyst not what that worde meaned and it was hyd from them that they vnderstode it not And they were afrayed to axe him of that worde There came a thought also amonge them which of them shulde be the greatest But whā Iesus sawe the thoughtes of their hert he toke a childe set him harde by him and sayde vnto them Whosoeuer receaueth this childe in my name receaueth me and who so euer receaueth me receaueth him that sent me But who so is leest amōge you all y e same shal be greate Then answered Ihō and sayde Master we sawe one dryue out deuels in thy name and we forbad him for he folowed the not with vs. And Iesus saide vnto him For byd him not for he that is not agaynst vs is for vs. And it fortuned whan the tyme was fulfylled that he shulde be receaued vp from hence he turned his face to go straight to Ierusalem and before him he sent messaungers which wente their waye and came in to a towne of the Samaritans to prepare lodginge for him And they wolde not receaue him because he had turned his face to go to Ierusalē But whan his disciples Iames and Ihon sawe that they sayde LORDE wilt thou that we commaunde that fyre fall downe from heauen and consume them as Elias dyd Neuertheles Iesus turned him aboute and rebuked them and sayde Knowe ye not what maner of sprete ye are of The sonne of man is not come to destroye mens soules but to saue them And they wente in to another towne And it fortuned as they went by the waye one sayde vnto him I wil folowe the whyther so euer thou go And Iesus sayde vnto him The foxes haue holes and the byrdes vnder the heauē haue nestes but the sonne of man hath not wheron to laye his heade And he sayde vnto another Folowe me He sayde Syr geue me leue first to go and burye my father But Iesus sayde vnto him Let the deed burye their deed But go thou thy waye and preach the kyngdome of God And another sayde Syr I will folowe the but geue me leue first to go byd them farwele which are at home in my house Iesus sayde vnto him Who so putteth his hāde to the plowe and loketh backe is not mete for the kingdome of God The X. Chapter AFterwarde the LORDE appoynted out other seuentie and sent them two and two before him in to euery cite and place whither he himself wolde come and sayde vnto them The haruest is greate but the labourers are fewe Praye therfore the LORDE of the haruest to sende forth labourers in to his haruest Go youre waye beholde I sende you forth as the lābes amonge y e wolues Beare nether wallet ner scryppe ner shues and salute no mā by the waye In to what so euer house ye entre first saye Peace be in this house And yf the childe of peace be there youre peace shal rest vpon him Yf no then shal youre peace turne to you agayne But tary ye still in the same house eatinge and drynkinge soch as they haue For the labourer is worthy of his rewarde Go not from house to house And in to what so euer cite ye entre and they receaue you eate soch thinges as are set before you And heale the sicke that are there and saye vnto them The kyngdome of God is come nye vnto you But in to what so euer cite ye come and they receaue you not go youre waye out in to the stretes of the same and saye Euen the very dust which cleaueth vpon vs of youre cite wype we of vpon you But of this ye shal be sure that the kyngdome of God was come nye vnto you I saye vnto you It shal be easyer for Sodome in that daye then for that cite Wo vnto the Chorazin wo vnto the Bethsaida for yf the miracles which haue bene done amonge you had bene done at Tyre and Sidon they had done pennaunce longe agoo syttinge in sack cloth and in asshes Neuertheles it shal be easyer for Tyre and Sidon at the iudgment then for you And thou Capernaum which art exalted vnto the heauen shalt be thrust downe vnto hell He that heareth you heareth me and he that despyseth you despyseth me but who so despyseth me despyseth him y t sent me The seuētye came agayne with ioye and sayde LORDE the deuels also are subdued vnto vs in thy name But he sayde vnto them I sawe Sathan fall downe from heauen as a lightenynge Beholde I haue geuen you power to treade vpon serpētes and scorpions and ouer all power of the enemye and nothinge shall hurte you Neuertheles reioyce not ye in this that the spretes are subdued vnto you but reioyse that youre names are wrytten in heauen At the same houre reioysed Iesus in sprete and sayde I prayse the O father and LORDE of heauen and earth that thou hast hyd these thinges from the wyse and prudent and hast opened them vnto babes Euen so father for so it pleased the. All thinges are geuen ouer vnto me of my father and no man knoweth who the sonne is but onely the father nether who the father is saue onely the sonne and he to whō the sonne wil open it And he turned him vnto his disciples and sayde in especiall Blessed are the eyes which se that ye se. For I saye vnto you Many prophetes and kynges wolde haue sene the thynges that ye se and haue not sene them and to haue herde the thynges that ye heare and haue not herde them And beholde there stode vp a scrybe and tempted him and sayde Master what must I do to inheret euerlastinge life
He sayde vnto him What is wrytten in the lawe How readest thou He answered and sayde Thou shalt loue thy LORDE God with all thy hert with all thy soule with all thy strength and with all thy mynde and thy neghboure as thy self He sayde vnto him Thou hast answered right this do and thou shalt lyue But he wolde haue iustified himself sayde vnto Iesus Who is then my neghboure Then answered Iesus and sayde A certayne man wente downe from Ierusalem vnto Iericho and fell amonge murthurers which stryped him out of his clothes and wounded him and wente their waye and left him half deed And by chaūce there came downe a prest the same waye and whan he sawe him he passed by And likewyse a Leuite whā he came nye vnto the same place and sawe him he passed by But a Samaritane was goynge his iourney and came that waye and whan he sawe him he had compassion vpon him wente vnto him bounde vp his woundes and poured oyle and wyne therin and lifte him vp vpon his beast and brought him in to the ynne and made prouysion for him Vpon the next daye whan he departed he toke out two pens and gaue them to the oost and sayde vnto him Take cure of him and what so euer thou spendest more I wil paye it the whan I come agayne Which of these thre now thinkest thou was neghboure vnto him that fell amonge the murtherers He sayde He that shewed mercy vpon him Then sayde Iesus vnto him Go thy waye then and do thou likewyse It fortuned as they wēte that he entred in to a towne where there was a woman named Martha which receaued him in to hir house And she had a sister called Mary which sat hir downe at Iesus fete and herkened vnto his worde But Martha made hir self moch to do for to serue him And she srepte vnto him and sayde LORDE carest thou not that my sister letteth me serue alone Byd her therfore that she helpe me But Iesus answered and sayde vnto her Martha Martha thou takest thought and combrest thy self aboute many thinges there is but one thinge nedefull Mary hath chosen a good parte which shal not be taken awaye from her The XI Chapter ANd it fortuned that he was in a place and prayed And whan he had ceassed one of his disciples sayde vnto him LORDE teach vs to praye as Ihon also taught his disciples He sayde vnto thē Whan ye praye saye O oure father which art in heauen halowed be thy name Thy kyngdome come Thy wil be fulfilled vpon earth as it is in heauen Geue vs this daye oure daylie bred And forgeue vs oure synnes for we also forgeue all them that are detters vnto vs. And lede vs not in to temptacion but delyuer vs from euell And he sayde vnto them Which of you is it that hath a frende and shulde go to him at mydinght and saye vnto him frende lende me thre loaues for a frende of myne is come to me out of the waye and I haue nothinge to set before him and he within shulde answere and saye Disquyete me not the dore is shutt allready and my children are with me in the chamber I can not ryse and geue the. I saye vnto you and though he wolde not aryse and geue him because he is his frende Yet because of his vnshame fast begginge he wolde aryse and geue him as many as he neded And I saye vnto you also Axe and it shal be geuen you Seke and ye shal fynde knocke and it shal be opened vnto you For who so euer axeth receaueth and he that seketh fyndeth and to him that knocketh shal it be opened Yf the sonne axe bred of eny of you that is a father wyl he geue him a stone therfore Or yf he axe a fyszhe wyl he for the fish offre him a serpent Or yf he axe an egg wyl he profer him a scorpion Yf ye then which are euell can geue youre children good giftes how moch more shal the father of heauen geue the holy sprete vnto them that axe him And he droue out a deuell that was domme and it came to passe whan the deuell was departed out the domme spake and the people wondred But some of them sayde He dryueth out the deuels thorow Beelzebub the chefe of the deuels The other tempted him and desyred a token of him from heauen But he knewe their thoughtes and sayde vnto them Euery kyngdome deuyded within it self shal be desolate and one house shal fall vpō another Yf Sathan then be at variaunce within himself how shal his kyngdome endure Because ye saye that I dryue out deuels thorow Beelzebub And yf I dryue out deuels thorow Beelzebul by whom thē do youre children dryue them out Therfore shall they be youre iudges But yf I cast out the deuels by the fynger of God then is the kyngdome of God come vnto you Whan a stronge harnessed man kepeth his house that he possesseth is in peace but whan a stronger then he commeth vpō him and ouercommeth him he taketh frō him all his wapens wherin he trusted and deuydeth the spoyle He that is not with me is agaynst me and he that gathereth not with me scatereth abrode Whan the vncleane sprete is gone out of a man he walketh thorow drye places sekynge rest and fyndeth none Then sayeth he I wil turne agayne in to my house from whence I wente out And whan he commeth he fyndeth it swepte and garnished Then goeth he and taketh vnto him seuen other spretes worse thē himself And whan they are entred in they dwell there And the ende of that man is worse then the begynnynge And it fortuned whan he spake soch a certayne woman amonge the people lift vp hir voyce and sayde vnto him Blessed is y e wombe that bare the and the pappes that thou hast sucked But he sayde Yee blessed are they that heare the worde of God and kepe it Whan the people were gathered thicke together he beganne to saye This is an euell generacion they desyre a tokē and there shal no token be geuen them but the tokē of the prophet Ionas For like as Ionas was a tokē vnto the Niniuytes so shal the sonne of man be vnto this generacion ▪ The quene of the south shal aryse at the iudgmēt with the men of this generacion and shall condempne them for she came from the ende of the worlde to heare the wyszdome of Salomon And beholde here is one more then Salomon The men of Niniue shal aryse at the iudgment with this generacion and shall condempne them for they dyd pennaunce after the preachinge of Ionas and beholde here is one more thē Ionas No man lighteth a candell and putteth it in a preuy place nether vnder a buszhell but vpon a candilsticke that they which come in maye se y e light The eye is the light of the body Yf thine eye then be
I do not y e workes of my father beleue me not but yf I do theÌ„ theÌ„ yf ye beleue not me yet beleue y e workes y t ye maye knowe beleue y t the father is in me I in y e father They wente aboute agayne to take him but he escaped out of their haÌ„des and weÌ„te awaye agayne beyoÌ„de Iordane in to y e place where IhoÌ„ had baptysed before there he abode And many came to hiÌ„ and sayde IhoÌ„ dyd no tokeÌ„s but all y t Ihon spake of this man is true And many beleued on him there The XI Chapter THere laye one sicke named Lazarus of Bethania in y e towne of Mary hir sister Martha It was y t Mary which anoynted y e LORDE w t oyntment dryed his fete w t hir heer whose brother Lazarus laye sicke TheÌ„ sent his sisters vnto hiÌ„ sayde LORDE beholde he whoÌ„ thou louest lyeth sicke WhaÌ„ Iesus herde that he sayde This sicknesse is not vnto death but for the prayse of God y t the sonne of God maye be praysed there thorow Iesus loued Martha hir sister Lazarus Now whaÌ„ he herde that he was sicke he abode two dayes in y e place where he was After warde sayde he vnto his disciples Let vs go agayne iÌ„ to Iewry His disciples sayde vnto him Master lately wolde the Iewes haue stoned the wilt thou go thither agayne â–ª Iesus answered Are there not twolue houres in y e daye He y t walketh in the daye stombleth not for he seyeth y e light of this worlde But he that walketh in the night stoÌ„bleth for there is no light in him This he spake after warde sayde he vnto theÌ„ Lazarus o frende slepeth but I go to wake him out of slepe TheÌ„ sayde his disciples LORDE yf he slepe he shal do well ynough Howbeyt Iesus spake of his death but they thought y t he had spokeÌ„ of y e bodely slepe TheÌ„ sayde Iesus vnto theÌ„ planely Lazarus is deed I am glad for yo sakes y t I was not there that ye maye beleue Neuertheles let vs go vnto hiÌ„ TheÌ„ sayde Thomas which is called Didimus vnto y e disciples Let vs go also y t we maye dye w t hiÌ„ TheÌ„ came Iesus founde y t he had lyen in y e graue foure dayes allready Bethanye was nye vnto IerusaleÌ„ aboute fiftene furloÌ„ges And many of the Iewes were come to Martha Mary to coÌ„forte theÌ„ ouer their brother Now whaÌ„ Martha herde y t Iesus came she weÌ„te to mete him But Mary satt styl at home TheÌ„ sayde Martha vnto Iesus LORDE yf thou haddest bene here my brother had not bene deed But neuertheles I knowe also what soeuer thou axest of God that God wyl geue it the. Iesus sayde vnto her Thy brother shal ryse agayne Martha sayde vnto hiÌ„ I knowe y t he shal ryse agayne in the resurreccion at y e last daye Iesus saide vnto her I am the resurreccion the life He y t beleueth on me shal lyue though he were deed allready whosoeuer lyueth and beleueth on me shal neuer dye Beleuest thou this She saide vnto him Yee LORDE I beleue that thou art Christ the sonne of God which shulde come in to the worlde And whaÌ„ she had sayde this she weÌ„te hir waye called Mary hir sister secretly saide The maister is come calleth for the. She whan she herde that rose vp quyckly and came vnto him For Iesus was not yet come in to y e towne but was yet in the place where Martha met him The Iewes that were w t her in the house and comforted her whan they sawe Mary that she rose vp haistely wente out they folowed her saide She goeth to the graue to wepe there Now whaÌ„ Mary came where Iesus was sawe him she fell downe at his fete sayde vnto hiÌ„ LORDE yf thou haddest bene here my brother had not bene deed WhaÌ„ Iesus sawe her wepe the Iewes wepinge also y t came w t her he groned in the sprete was sory w t in himself sayde Where haue ye layed him They sayde LORDE come se it And * Iesus wepte Then sayde y e Iewes Beholde how he loued him But some of theÌ„ saide â–ª Coulde not he * which opened the eyes of y e blynde haue made also that this maÌ„ shulde not haue dyed But Iesus groned agayne iâ— himself and came to the graue It was a caue and a stone layed on it Iesus saide Take awaye y e stone Martha the sister of him â— was deed saide 〈…〉 allready for 〈…〉 Iesus sayde vnto her Sayde I not vnto the that yf thou dyddest beleue thou shuldest se the glory of God Then toke they awaye the stone where the deed laye Iesus lift vp his eyes and sayde Father I thaÌ„ke y e that thou hast herde me Howbeit I knowe that thou hearest me allwaye but because of y e people that stonde by I sayde it that they maye beleue that thou hast sent me Whan he had sayde this he cryed loude Lazarus come forth And y e deed came forth bounde hande fote w t graue clothes his face bounde w t a napkyn Iesus sayde vnto theÌ„ Lowse him let him go Many now of y e Iewes which mere come vnto Mary and sawe what Iesus dyd beleued on him But some of theÌ„ wente their waye vnto the pharises and tolde theÌ„ what Iesus had done Then the hye prestes and the pharises gathered a counceâ—l and sayde What do we This man doth many tokens Yf we let him go thus all meÌ„ wyl beleue in him theÌ„ shal the Romaynes come and take awaye oure londe and people But one of them named Caiphas which was hye prest that same yeare sayde vnto them Ye knowe nothinge nether considre ye eny thinge at all It is better for us that one maÌ„ dye for the people then that all the people shulde perishe This spake he not of himself but for so moch as he was hye prest of the same yeare he prophecied For Iesus was for to dye for the people and not for the people onely but that he shulde gather together the children of God which were scatered abrode From that daye forth they toke couÌ„cell how they might put him to death Iesus walked nomore openly amonge the Iewes but wente from thence in to a countre by the wyldernesse to a cite called Ephraim there had he his beynge with his disciples The Iewes Easter was nye at hande And there wente vp many to IerusaleÌ„ out of that countre before y e Easter to purifye them selues Then stode they vp and axed after Iesus and spake amonge them selues in the temple * What thynke ye that he coÌ„meth not to y e feast The hye prestes phaâ—ises had geuen a commaundement that yf â—ny man knewe where he were he shulde hâ—we it that they might take him
Symon Peter sayde vnto theÌ„ I go a fyshinge They sayde vnto hiÌ„ We also wil go w t the. They weÌ„te out entred into a shippe straight waye And y t same night toke they nothinge But whaÌ„ it was now morow Iesus stode on the shore but his disciples knewe not y t it was Iesus Iesus sayde vnto theÌ„ ChildreÌ„ haue ye eny thinge to eate They answered hiÌ„ No. He sayde vnto theÌ„ Cast out the nett on y e right syde of the shippe ye shal fynde TheÌ„ they cast out coulde nomore drawe it for y e multitude of fishes TheÌ„ sayde y e disciple whoÌ„ Iesus loued vnto Peter It is the LORDE Whan Simon Peter herde that is was the LORDE he gyrde his mantell aboute him for he was naked and sprange in to y e see But other disciples came by shippe for they were not farre froÌ„ londe but as it were two hundreth cubytes and they drewe the net with the fiszhes Now whan they were come to londe they sawe coles layed and fysh theron and bred Iesus sayde vnto theÌ„ Bringe hither of the fyshes that ye haue taken now Symon Peter stepped forth and drew the nett to the londe full of greate fyszhes and hundreth and thre and fyftie And for all there were so many yet was not the net broken Iesus sayde vnto them Come and dyne But none of the disciples durst axe him Who art thou For they knewe that it was the LORDE Then came Iesus and toke y e bred and gaue it theÌ„ and the fyszhe likewyse This is now the thirde tyme that Iesus appeared vnto his disciples after that he was rysen agayne from the deed Now whaÌ„ they had dyned Iesus sayde vnto Symon Peter SymoÌ„ IohaÌ„na louest thou me more then these do He sayde vnto him Yee LORDE thou knowest y t I loue the. He sayde vnto him Fede my laÌ„bes He sayde vnto him agayne the seconde tyme SymoÌ„ IohaÌ„na louest thou me He sayde vnto him Yee LORDE thou knowest y t I loue ye. He sayde vnto him Fede my shepe He saide vnto him y e thirde tyme Symon IohaÌ„na louest thou me Peter was sory because he sayde vnto him louest thou me And he sayde vnto him LORDE thou knowest all thinges thou knowest that I loue ye. Iesus sayde vnto him Fede my shepe Verely verely I saye vnto the Whan thou wast yoÌ„ge thou gerdedst thyselfe and walkedst whither thou woldest But whaÌ„ thou art olde thou shalt stretch forth thy handes and another shal gyrde the and lede the whither thou woldest not But this he sayde to signifye with what death he shulde glorifye God Whan he had spoken this he sayde vnto him Folowe me Peter turned him aboute and sawe the disciple folowinge whom Iesus loued which also leaned vpoÌ„ his brest at the supper and sayde LORDE who is it that betrayeth the WhaÌ„ Peter sawe him he sayde vnto Iesus LORDE but what shal he do Iesus sayde vnto him Yf I wil that he tary tyll I come what is that to the Folowe thou me Then wente there out a sayenge amonge the brethren This disciple dyeth not And Iesus sayde not vnto him He dyeth not but Yf I wil that he tary tyll I come what is that to the This is the same disciple which testifyeth of these thinges and wrote these thinges and we knowe that his testimony is true There are many other thinges also that Iesus dyd which yf they shulde be wrytteÌ„ euery one I suppose the worlde shulde not contayne the bokes that were to be wrytten The ende of the Gospell of S. Ihon. The Actes of the Apostles wrytten by S. Luke the Euangelist What the Actes conteyne Chap. I. The ascension of Christ. Mathias is chosen in the steade of Iudas Chap. II. The commynge of the holy goost The sermon of Peter before the coÌ„gregacion at Ierusalem and the increase of the faithfull Chap. III. The halt is restored to his fete Peter preacheth Christ vnto the people Chap. IIII. The Apostles are takeÌ„ and brought before the councell They are forbydden to preach but they turne them vnto prayer and are more obedient vnto God then vnto men Chap. V. The dyssemblynge of Ananias and Saphira is punyshed Miracles are done by the Apostles which are taken but the angel of God bryngeth them out of preson They are brought before the councell The sentence of Gamaliel The apostles are bett they reioyse in trouble Chap VI. Ministers or deacons are ordened in the congregacion to do seruyce in necessary thinges of the body that the Apostles maye wayte onely vpoÌ„ the worde of God Steuen is accused Chap. VII Steuen maketh answere to his accusacion rebuketh the hardnecked Iues and is stoned vnto death Chap. VIII Saul persecuteth the ChristeÌ„ The Apostles are scatred abrode Philip commeth in to Samaria Simon magus is baptised he dyssembleth Philip baptiseth the chamberlayne Chap. IX Paul is conuerted and confoundeth the Iues â–ª Peter rayseth Tabitha Chap. X. The vision that Peter sawe How he was sent to Cornelius The Heithen also receaue the sprete and are baptised Chap. XI Peter sheweth the cause wherfore he wente to the Heithen Barnabas and Paul preach vnto the Heithen Agabus prophecieth derth for to come Chap. XII Herode persecuteth the christeÌ„ kylleth Iames and putteth Peter in preson whoÌ„ the LORDE delyuereth by an angell The shamefull death of Herode Chap. XIII Paul and Barnabas are called to preach amonge the Heithen â–ª Of Sergius Paulus and Elymas the sorcerar Paul preacheth at Antioche Chap. XIIII Paul and Barnabas preach at Iâ—â—nium some beleue some stere vp sedicion Aâ— Listra they wolde do sacrifice to Barnabas and Paul which refuse it and exorte the people to worshipe the true God Paul is stoned after that commeth he to Derba lystra I conium and to Antioche Chap. XV. Variaunce aboute circumcision The Apostles pacifie the matter at IerusaleÌ„ Paul and Barnabas preach at Antioche Chap. XVI Timothy is circumcised Paul preacheth at Philippos and there is he put in preson Chap. XVII Paul coÌ„meth to Thessalonica where the Iues set the cite on a roore Paul escapeth and commeth to Athens where he preacheth the true and vnknowne God Chap. XVIII Paul preacheth at Corinthum contynuinge there a yeare and a half goeth agayne in to Syria commeth to Ephesus Cesarea and Antioche Of Apollos Aquila and Priscilla Chap. XIX Of the xij men whom Paul baptised at Ephesus and what miracles were done by him Demetrius moueth sedicion in the cite Chap. XX. Paul goeth in to Macedonia and in to Grekelonde At Troas he rayseth vp a deed body At Ephesus he calleth the elders of the congregacion together committeth the kepinge of Gods flocke vnto them warneth theÌ„ for false teachers maketh his prayer with them and departeth to shippe Chap. XXI Pauls iourneye by shippe Of Philippe the EuaÌ„gelist and Agabus the Prophet which warneth Paul not to go to Ierusalem He remayneth stedfast in his purpose and is taken in the
whan he sayde vnto Abrahā Thorow y e sede shal all y e naciōs of y e earth be blessed First vnto you hath God raysed vp his childe Iesus sent hī vnto you to blesse you y t euery one shulde turne frō his wickednesse The IIII. Chapter BVt as they spake to y e people there came vnto thē the prestes and the rulers of the tēple and the Saduces whō it greued y t they taught the people preached in Iesu y e resurreccion frō the deed and they layed handes vpon them and put thē in holde tyll the morow for it was now euentyde Howbeit many of thē which herde the worde beleued and the nombre of y e men was aboute fyue thousande And it chaunced on y e morow that their rulers and Elders and scrybes as Annas y e hye prest and Caiphas and Ihon Alexander and as many as were of the hye prestes kynred gathered them selues together at Ierusalem and set them before them and axed them By what auctorite Or in what name haue ye done this Peter full of the holy goost sayde vnto them Ye rulers of the people and ye Elders of Israel Yf we this daye be examyned concernynge this good dede vpon the sicke mā by what meanes he is made whole be it knowne then vnto you and to all the people of Israel that in y e name of Iesus Christ of Nazareth whom ye crucified whō God hath raysed vp from the deed stōdeth this man here before you whole This is the stone refused of you buylders which is become the heade corner stone nether is there saluacion in eny other Ner yet also is there geuē vnto mē eny other name wherin we must be saued They sawe the boldnesse of Peter Ihon and marueyled for they were sure y t they were vnlerned men and laye people And they knewe thē also that they were w t Iesu. As for the man y t was made whole they sawe hī stōdinge by thē coulde not saye agaynst it Then cōmaunded they thē to stōde asyde out of y e councell cōmened amōge thēselues saide What shal we do to these mē for a manyfest token is done by them and is openly knowne vnto thē that dwell at Ierusalem and we can not denye it But that it breake out no farther amōge the people let vs threatē them earnestly that hence forth they speake of this name vnto noman And they called them and cōmaunded thē that in eny wyse they shulde not speake ner teache in the name of Iesu. But Peter Ihon answered and sayde vnto thē Iudge ye youre selues whether it be right before God that we shulde be more obedient vnto you then vnto God We can not chose but speake that we haue sene herde But they threatened them and let them go and founde nothinge how to punyshe them because of y e people for they all praysed God because of that which was done For the man vpon whom this token of health was done was aboue fourtye yeare olde And whan they were let go they came to their folowes and tolde them what y e hye prestes and Elders sayde vnto them Whā they herde that they lifte vp their voyce w t one acorde vnto God and sayde LORDE thou that art the God which made heauen and earth and the see and all that therin is thou that by the mouth of Dauid thy seruaūt hast sayde Why do the Heythē rage and y e people ymagin vayne thinges The kynges of the earth stonde vp and the prynces haue gathered them selues together agaynst y e LORDE and agaynst his Christ. Of a trueth agaynst thy holy childe Iesus whom thou hast anoynted both Herode Pontius Pilate with the Heythen and people of Israel haue gathered thēselues together to do what soeuer thy hande and thy councell determyned before to be done And now LORDE beholde their threatenynges and graunte vnto thy seruauntes with all stedfast boldnesse to speake thy worde and stretch out thine hande that healinge and tokēs and wonders maye be done by the name of thy holy childe Iesus And whā they had prayed the place moued where they were gathered together they were all fylled with y e holy goost spake the worde of God boldly The multitude of them that beleued were of one hert and of one soule Also none of them sayde of his goodes that they were his awne but had all thinges cōmen And with greate power gaue the Apostles witnesse of the resurreccion of the LORDE Iesu and greate grace was with them all Nether was there eny amonge them that lacked For as many as were possessers of londes or houses solde thē and brought y e money of the goodes that were solde and layed it at the Apostles fete And distribucion was made vnto euery mā acordinge as he had nede Ioses which was also called of y e Apostles Barnabas that is to saye the sonne of consolacion a Leuite of the countre of Cypers had londe and solde it brought the money and layed it at the Apostles fete The V. Chapter BVt a certayne man named Ananias with Saphira his wife solde his possession and kepte awaye parte of the money his wife knowinge of it and broughte one parte layed it at the Apostles fete But Peter sayde Ananias Wherfore hath Sathan fylled thine hert that thou shuldest lye vnto the holy goost and withdrawe awaye parte of the money of the lyuelod Mightest thou not haue kepte it whan thou haddest it And whan it was solde the money was also in thy power Why hast thou then conceaued this thinge in thine hert Thou hast not lyed vnto mē but vnto God Whan Ananias herde these wordes he fell downe gaue vp the goost And there came a greate feare vpon all thē that herde of this The yonge men rose vp and put him asyde and caried him out and buried him And it fortuned as it were aboute y e space of thre houres after his wife came in and knewe not what was done But Peter answered vnto her Tell me solde ye the londe for somoch She sayde Yee for so moch Peter sayde vnto her Why haue ye agreed together to tempte the sprete of the LORDE Beholde the fete of thē which haue buried thy huszbande are at the dore shal carye the out And immediatly she fell downe at his fete and gaue vp the goost Then came in the yonge men and founde her deed and caried her out and buried her by hir huszbāde And there came a greate feare ouer the whole congregacion and ouer all thē that herde it Many tokens and wonders were done amonge the people by the hādes of the Apostles and they were all together with one acorde in Salomons porche but of other there durst no man ioyne him self vnto thē neuertheles the people helde moch of them The multitude of the men and wemen that beleued in the LORDE
and rāne violently vpon him all at once and thrust him out of the cite and stoned him And y e witnesses layed downe their clothes at the fete of a yonge man which was called Saul And they stoned Steuen which cryed sayde LORDE Iesu receaue my sprete And he kneled downe cried with a loude voyce LORDE laye not this synne to their charge And whā he had thus spoken he fell a slepe The VIII Chapter SAul had pleasure in his death At y e same tyme there was a greate persecucion ouer the congregacion at Ierusalē And they were all scatered abrode in the regions of Iewrye Samaria excepte the Apostles As for Steuen men y t feared God dressed him and made greate lamentacion ouer him But Saul made hauocke of the congregacion entred in to euery house and drue out men wemen delyuered thē to preson They now y t were scatered abrode wēte aboute preached the worde Thē came Philippe in to a cite of Samaria and preached Christ vnto them And the people gaue hede with one acorde vnto y e thinges that Philip spake hearinge him and seynge the tokēs that he dyd For the vncleane spretes cryed loude and departed out of many y t were possessed And many that were sicke of the palsie and lame were healed And there was greate ioye in the same cite But afore there was in y e same cite a certayne mā called Simon which vsed witche craft and bewitched y e people of Samaria sayenge that he was a man which coulde do greate thinges And they all regarded him from the leest vnto y e greatest sayde This is the power of God which is greate But they regarded him because that of longe tyme he had bewitched them with his sorcery Howbeit whan they beleued Philips preachinge of y e kyngdome of God and of the name of Iesu Christ they were baptysed both mē wemē Then Symon himself beleued also and was baptysed and cleued vnto Philippe And whā he sawe the dedes and tokens that were done he wondred Whan the Apostles which were at Ierusalem herde that Samaria had receaued y e worde of God they sent vnto thē Peter and Ihon. Which whā they were come prayed for thē y t they might receaue the holy goost For as yet he was come vpon none of them but they were baptysed onely in the name of Christ Iesu. Then layed they their hādes on them and they receaued the holy goost But whan Simon sawe that by the layenge on of the Apostles hādes y t holy goost was geuen he offred thē money and sayde Geue me also this power that on whomsoeuer I put the hōdes he maye receaue the holy goost Howbeit Peter sayde vnto him Perishe thou with thy money because thou thinkest that y e gifte of God maye be optayned with money Thou shalt haue nether parte ner felashipe in this worde for y e hert is not righte before God Repente therfore of this y e wickednesse and praye vnto God yf happly the thought of thy hert maye be forgeuē ye. For I se y t thou art full of bytter gall and wrapped in w t vnrighteousnesse Then answered Simon sayde Praye ye vnto the LORDE for me y t none of these thinges wherof ye haue spoken come vpon me And they whā they had testified and spokē the worde of the LORDE turned agayne to Ierusalem and preached the Gospell in many townes of the Samaritanes But the angell of the LORDE spake vnto Philippe and sayde Aryse go towarde the South vnto the waye that goeth downe from Ierusalem vnto Gaza which is deserte And he rose and wente on And beholde a mā of the Morians lōde a chamberlayne and of auctorite with Candace y e quene of the londe of the Morians which had the rule of all hir treasuries y e same came to Ierusalē to worshipe And returned home agayne and satt vpon his charet and red the prophet Esay The sprete sayde vnto Philippe Go neare and ioyne thy selfe to yonder charet Thē ranne Philippe vnto him and herde him rede the prophet Esay and sayde Vnderstōdest thou what thou readest He sayde How can I excepte some mā enfourme me And he desyred Philippe that he wolde come vp and syt with him The tenoure of the scripture which he red was this He was led as a shepe to be slayne and as a lambe voycelesse before his sherer so opened he not his mouth In his humblenesse is his iudgment exalted Who shal declare his generacion for his life is taken awaye from the earth Then answered the chamberlayne vnto Philippe and sayde I praye the of whom speaketh the prophet this of himselfe or of some other man Philippe opened his mouth and beganne at this scripture and preached him the Gospell of Iesus And as they wēte on their waye they came to a water And the chamberlayne sayde Beholde here is water what hyndereth me to be baptysed Philippe sayde Yf thou beleue from thy whole herte thou mayest He answered and sayde I beleue that Iesus Christ is the sonne of God And he commaunded to holde styll the charet and they wente downe in to the water both Philippe and the chamberlayne And he baptysed him But whan they were come vp out of the water the sprete of the LORDE toke Philippe awaye And the Chamberlayne sawe him nomore But he wente on his waye reioysinge As for Philippe he was founde at Aszdod and walked aboute and preached the Gospell vnto all the cities tyll he came to Cesarea The IX Chapter SAul was yet breathinge out threatnynges and slaughter agaynst the disciples of the LORDE And wente vnto y e hye preste and desyred of him letters to Damascon vnto the synagoges that yf he foūde eny of this waye whether they were men or wemen he mighte brynge thē bounde vnto Ierusalem And as he was goinge on his iourney it fortuned that he came nye vnto Damascō and sodenly there shyned rounde aboute hī a light frō heauē and he fell to the earth and herde a voyce which sayde vnto him Saul Saul why persecutest thou me He sayde LORDE who art thou The LORDE sayde I am Iesus whō thou persecutest It shal be harde for y e to kycke agaynst the prycke And he both tremblinge and astonnyed sayde LORDE what wilt thou that I shal do The LORDE sayde vnto him Aryse and go into the cite there shal it be tolde the what thou shalt do As for y e mē that iourneyed w t him they stode and were amased for they herde a voyce but sawe noman Saul rose from the earth and whan he had opened his eyes he sawe noman Neuertheles they toke him by the honde broughte him to Damascō and he was thre dayes without sighte and nether ate ner dranke At Damascon there was a disciple named Ananias and vnto him sayde the LORDE in a vision Ananias And he sayde beholde here am I LORDE
e congregacion and toke his iourney downe to Antioche and taried there a certayne tyme and departed and walked thorow all y e countre of Galatia and Phrigia by ordre and strengthed all the disciples There came vnto Ephesus a certayne Iewe named Apollo borne at Alexādria an eloquent man and mightie in the scriptures the same was infourmed in the waye of the LORDE and spake feruently in the sprete and taughte diligently the thinges of the LORDE and knewe but the baptyme off Ihon onely The same beganne to speake boldly in the synagoge Whan Aquila and Priscilla herde him they toke him vnto thē and expounded the waye of God vnto him more perfectly But whan he wolde go in to Achaia the brethren wrote and exorted the disciples to receaue him And whan he was come thither he helped them moch which beleued thorow grace For he ouercame the Iewes mightely and shewed openly by y e scripture that Iesus was Christ. The XIX Chapter BVt it fortuned whan Apollo was at Corinthum that Paul walked thorow the vpper coastes and came to Ephesus and founde certayne disciples vnto whom he sayde Haue ye receaued y e holy goost sence ye beleued They sayde vnto hī We haue not herde whether there be an holy goost He sayde vnto them Where with then were ye baptysed They sayde With the baptyme of Ihon. Paul sayde Ihon baptysed with the baptyme of repentaunce and spake vnto y e people that they shulde beleue on him which shulde come after him that is on Iesus that the same is Christ. Whan they herde that they were baptysed in the name of the LORDE Iesu. And whan Paul layed the hādes on thē the holy goost came vpon them and they spake with tunges and prophecied And all the men were aboute twolue He wēte in to y e synagoge and preached boldly thre monethes longe teachinge and geuynge them exortacions of the kyngdome of God But whan dyuerse waxed herde herted and beleued not and spake euell of the waye of the LORDE before the multitude he departed from them and separated the disciples and disputed daylye in the scole of one called Tyrannus And this was done two yeares lōge so that all they which dwelt in Asia herde the worde of the LORDE Iesu both Iewes Grekes And God wroughte no small miracles by the handes of Paul so that from his body there were broughte napkyns or partlettes vnto the sicke and the diseases departed from them and the euell spretes wente out of them But certayne of the vagabounde Iewes which were coniurers vndertoke to name y e name of the LORDE Iesus ouer those that had euell spretes and sayde We charge you by Iesus whom Paul preacheth They were seuen sonnes of one Sceua a Iewe the hye prest which dyd so The euell sprete answered and sayde Iesus I knowe and Paul I knowe but who are ye And the mā in whō the euell sprete was ranne vpon them and ouercame them and cast them vnder him so that they fled out of the same house naked and wounded This was knowne vnto all the Iewes and Grekes which dwelt at Ephesus and there fell a feare vpon them all And y e name of the LORDE Iesus was magnified Many of thē also that beleued came and cōfessed and shewed their workes But many of them that had vsed curious craftes broughte the bokes together and burnte them openly and they counted the pryce of them and founde it of money fiftye thousande pens So mightely grewe y e worde of the LORDE and preuayled Whan this was done Paul purposed in sprete to take his iourney thorow Macedonia and Achaia and to go to Ierusalē and sayde After that I haue bene there I must se Rome also And he sent into Macedonia two that mynistred vnto him Timotheus and Erastus But he himselfe remayned in Asia for a season At the same tyme there rose no litle a doo aboute that waye For a certayne man named Demetrius a goldsmyth which made syluer shrynes for Diana and broughte them of the crafte no small vauntage Them he gathered together and the felowe workmē of the same occupacion and sayde Syrs ye knowe that by this craft◠we haue vauntage and ye se and heare that not onely at Ephesus but almost also thorow out all Asia this Paul turneth awaye moch people with his persuadynge and sayeth They be not goddes that are made with hondes Howbeit it shal not onely brynge oure occupacion to this poynte to be set at naught but also the temple of greate Diana shal from hence forth be despysed and hir maiestye also shal be destroyed whō neuertheles all Asia and the worlde worshippeth Whan they herde this they were full of wrath cried out and sayde Greate is Diana of the Ephesians And all y e cite was on a roore and they ruszhed in with one assent in to the open place and toke Gaius and Aristarchus of Macedonia Pauls companyons Whan Paul wolde haue gone in amonge the people the disciples suffred him not Certayne also of y e chefe of Asia which were Pauls good frendes sent vnto him and desyred him that he shulde not preasse in to the open place Some cried one thinge some another And the congregacion was out of quyete and the more parte knewe not wherfore they were come together Some of the people drue forth Alexander whan y e Iewes thrust him forwarde Alexāder beckened with the hande and wolde haue geuen the people an answere But whan they knewe that he was a Iewe there arose a shoute of all and cried the space of two houres Greate is Diana of the Ephesians Whan the towne clarke had stylled the people he sayde Ye men of Ephesus what man is it which knoweth not that the cite of y e Ephesiās is a worshipper of the greate goddesse Diana and of the heauenly ymage Seinge now that this can not be sayde agaynst ye ought to be contente and to do nothinge without aduysement Ye haue broughte hither these men which are nether churchrobbers ner blasphemers off youre goddesse But yff Demetrius and they that are craftesmen with him haue ought to saye vnto eny man the lawe is open and there are rulers let them accuse one another But yf ye wil go aboute eny other thinge it maye be determyned in a laufull congregacion For we stonde in ioperdy to be accused of this dayes vproure and yet is there no man giltye of whom we mighte geue a rekenynge of this vproure And whan he had sayde this he let the congregacion departe The XX. Chapter NOw whan the vproure was ceassed Paul called the disciples vnto him and toke his leue of them and departed to go in to Macedonia And whan he had gone thorow those partes and exhorted them with many wordes he came in to Grekelonde and there abode thre monethes But whan the Iewes layed wayte for him as he was aboute to sayle in to Syria he purposed to turne agayne thorow Macedonia There
it is wrytten God hath geuen them the sprete of vnquyetnesse eyes that they shulde not se and eares that they shulde not heare euē vnto this daye And Dauid sayeth Let their table be made a snare to take thē with all an occasion to fall a rewarde vnto thē Let their eyes be blynded that they se not and euer bowe downe their backes I saye then Haue they therfore stombled y t they shulde cleane fall to naughte God forbyd but thorow their fall is saluacion happened vnto y e Heythen that he mighte prouoke them to be zelous after them For yf their fall be the riches of the worlde and the mynishinge of thē the riches of the Heythen how moch more shulde it be so yf their fulnesse were there I speake vnto you Heythen for in as moch as I am y e Apostle of the Heythen I wil prayse myne office yf I mighte prouoke them vnto zele which are my fleshe and saue some of them For yf the losse of them by the recōcylinge of the worlde what were that els then as yf life were taken of the deed Yf the begynnynge be holy then is all y e dowe holy and yf the rote be holy then are the braunches holy also But though some of y e braunches now be brokē and thou whā thou wast a wylde olyue tre art grafte in amonge them and made partaker of the rote and sappe of the olyue tre boost not thy selfe agaynst the braunches Yf thou boost thy selfe agaynst them then bearest not thou the rote but the rote beareth the. Thou wilt saye then the braunches are brokē of that I mighte be grafted in Thou sayest well They are broken of because off their vnbeleue but thou stondest thorow beleue Be not thou hye mynded but feare seynge God hath not spared the naturall braunches lest he also spare not the. Beholde therfore the kyndnesse and rigorousnes off God on them which fell rigorousnes but towarde the kyndnes yf thou contynue in the kyndnesse Els shalt thou be hewē of and they yf they byde not styll in vnbeleue shal be grafted in agayne For God is of power to grafte thē in agayne For yf thou be cut out of the naturall wilde olyue tre and grafted contrary to nature in the good olyue tre how moch more shal they that are naturall be grafted in their awne olyue tre agayne I wolde not that this secrete shulde be hyd from you brethrē lest ye shulde be wyse in youre awne cōsaytes that partly blyndnesse is happened vnto Israel so longe tyll the fulnesse of the Heythen be come in and so all Israel shal be saued As it is wrytten There shal come out of Sion he that doth delyuer and shal turne awaye vngodlynes from Iacob And this is my couenaūt with them whā I shal take awaye their synnes As concernynge the Gospell I holde them as enemies for youre sakes but as touchinge the eleccion I loue them for the fathers sakes For verely the giftes callynge of God are soch that it can not repente him of them For likewyse as ye also in tyme passed haue not beleued but now haue optayned mercy thorow their vnbeleue Euen so now haue they not beleued on the mercy which his happened vnto you that they also maye optayne mercy For God hath closed vp all vnder vnbeleue that he mighte haue mercy on all O the depenesse of the riches both of the wyszdome and knowlege of God How incomprehensible are his iudgmentes and his wayes vnsearcheable For who hath knowne the mynde of the LORDE Or who hath bene his councell geuer· Or who hath geuē him ought afore hande that he mighte be recompenced agayne For of him and thorow him and in him are all thinges To him be prayse for euer Amen The XII Chapter I Beseke you brethrē by the mercyfulnesse of God that ye geue ouer youre bodies for a * sacrifice y t is quycke holy and acceptable vnto God which is yo reasonable seruynge off God And fashion not youre selues like vnto this worlde but be chaunged thorow the renewynge off yo mynde y t ye maye proue what thinge that good y t acceptable perfecte wil of God is For I saye thorow the grace y t is geuē me vnto euery man amonge you that no man esteme off him selfe more then it becōmeth him to esteme but that he discretly iudge of himselfe acordinge as God hath dealte vnto euery man the measure of faith For like as we haue many membres in one body but all the membres haue not one maner of operacion Euen so we beynge many are one body in Christ. But amonge oure selues euery one is the membre of another and haue dyuers giftes acordinge to the grace that is geuen vnto vs Yf eny man haue the gifte of prophecienge let it be acordinge to the faith Let him that hath an office wayte vpō the office let him that teacheth take hede to the doctryne Let him that exhorteth geue attēdaunce to the exhortacion Yf eny mā geueth let hī geue with synglenesse Let him that ruleth be diligent Yf eny man shewe mercy let him do it with chearfulnesse Let loue be without dissimulacion Hate that which is euell Cleue vnto that which is good Be kynde one to another with brotherly loue In geuynge honoure go one before another Be not slouthfull in the busynesse that ye haue in hande Be feruent in the sprete Applye youre selues vnto the tyme Reioyse in hope be pacient in trouble Continue in prayer Distribute vnto the necessities of the sayntes Be glad to harbarow Blesse thē that persecute you Blesse curse not Be mery with them that are mery and wepe with them that wepe Be of one mynde amonge youre selues Be not proude in youre awne consaytes but make youre selues equall to them of y e lowe sorte Be not wyse in youre awne opinions Recompēse vnto no man euell for euell Prouyde honestie afore hāde towarde euery mā Yf it be possible as moch as in you is haue peace with all men Dearly beloued auenge not youre selues but geue rowme vnto the wrath off God For it is wryttē Vengeaunce is myne and I wil rewarde sayeth y e LORDE Therfore yf thine enemye hunger fede him Yf he thyrst geue him drinke For in so doinge thou shalt heape coales of fyre vpō his heade Be not ouercome with euell but ouercome thou euell with good The XIII Chapter LEt euery soule submytte himselfe to the auctorite off the hyer powers For there is no power but of God The powers that be are ordeyned of God so that who so euer resisteth the power resisteth the ordinaunce of God And they that resiste shal receaue to them selues dānacion For rulers are not to be feared for good workes but for euell Yf thou wilt be without feare off the power do well then and thou shalt haue prayse of the
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
maried careth for the thinges of the worlde how he maye please his wife and is deuyded A woman and a virgin that is syngle careth for the thinges of the LORDE that she maye be holy both in body also in sprete But she that is maried careth for y e thinges of the worlde how she maye please hir huszbande This I saye for youre profit not that I wil tangle you in a snare but for that which is honest and comly vnto you that ye maye coÌ„tynually cleue vnto the LORDE without hynderaunce But yf eny man thinke that it is vncomly for his virgin yf she passe the tyme of mariage and yf nede so requyre let him do what he lyst he synneth not let theÌ„ be coupled in mariage Neuertheles he that purposeth surely in his hert hauynge no nede but hath power of his awne wyll and determeth so in his hert to kepe his virgin doth well Fynally he that ioyneth his virgin in mariage doth well but he that ioyneth not his virgin in mariage doth better The wife is bounde to the lawe as longe as hir huszbande lyueth But yf hir huszbande slepe she is at liberty to mary vnto whom she wil onely that it be done in the LORDE But she is happier yf she so abyde after my iudgment I thinke verely that I also haue the sprete of God The VIII Chapter AS touchinge thinges offred vnto Idols we are sure y t we all haue knowlege Knowlege puffeth a maÌ„ vp but loue edifyeth Neuertheles yf eny maÌ„ thinke y t he knoweth eny thinge he knoweth not yet how he oughte to knowe But yf eny man loue God the same is knowne of him So are we sure now coÌ„cernynge the meates offred vnto Idols that an Idoll is nothinge in the worlde and that there is none other God but one And though there be that are called goddes whether in heauen or in earth as there be goddes many and lordes many yet haue we but one God euen the father of whoÌ„ are all thinges and we in him â–ª one LORDE Iesus Christ by whoÌ„ are all thinges and we by him But euery man hath not knowlege for some make yet conscieÌ„ce ouer the Idoll and eate it as a thinge offred vnto Idols and so their conscience beynge weake is defyled Neuertheles meate furthureth not vs vnto God Yf we eate we shal not therfore be the better yf we eate not we shal not therfore be the lesse But take hede that this youre liberty be not an occasion of fallynge vnto y e weake For yf eny man se the which hast knowlege syt at the table in the Idols house shal not his conscience whyle it is weake be occasioned to eate of the Idoll offeringes And so thorow thy knowlege shal the weake brother perishe for whoÌ„ Christ dyed But whan ye synne so agaynst the brethren and wounde their weake coÌ„science ye synne agaynst Christ. Wherfore yf meate offende my brother I wyl neuer eate flesh lest I offende my brother The IX Chapter AM I not an Apostle Am I not fre Haue I not sene Iesus Christ oure LORDE Are not ye my worke in the LORDE Yf I be not an Apostle vnto other yet am I youre Apostle for the seale of myne Apostelshippe are ye in the LORDE Myne answere vnto them that axe me is this Haue we not power to eate and drynke Haue we not power also to leade aboute a sister to wife as well as other Apostles and as the brethren of the LORDE and Cephas Or haue onely I and Barnabas not power this to do Who goeth a warfare at eny tyme vpon his awne wages Who planteth a vynyarde and eateth not of the frute therof Who fedeth a flocke and eateth not of the mylke of the flocke Saye I these thinges after the maner of men Sayeth not the lawe the same also For it is wrytten in the lawe off Moses Thou shalt not mosell the mouth of the oxe that treadeth out the corne Doth God take thought for the oxen Or sayeth he it not alltogether for oure sakes For no doute it is wrytteÌ„ for oure sakes For he that eareth shulde eare vpon hope and he y t throszheth shulde troszhe vpon hope y t he mighte be partaker of his hope Yf we haue sowne vnto you spiritual thinges is it a greate thiÌ„ge yf we reape yo bodely thiÌ„ges But yf other be partakers of this power on you wherfore are not we rather Neuertheles we haue not vsed this power but suffâ—e all thinges lest we shulde hynder the Gospell off Christ. Knowe ye not that they which laboure in the temple haue their lyuynge of y e temple and they that wayte at the altare enioye the altare Euen thus also hath y e LORDE ordeyned that they which preach the Gospell shulde lyue of y e Gospell But I haue vsed none of these thinges Nether wryte I therof that it shulde be done so vnto me for I had rather dye theÌ„ that eny man shulde brynge my reioysinge to naughte For in that I preach the Gospell I neade not boost my selfe for I must nedes do it And wo vnto me yff I preach not the Gospell Yf I do it with a good wyll I shall haue my rewarde but yff I do it agaynst my wyll yet is the office commytted vnto me Wherfore theÌ„ shal I be rewarded Namely therfore that I preach the Gospell and do the same frely for naughte that I abuse not my libertye in y e Gospell For though I am fre from all men yet haue I made my selfe euery mans seruaunt y t I mighte wynne y e moo Vnto the Iewes I am become as a Iewe to wynne y e Iewes To them that are vnder the lawe I am become as though I were vnder the lawe to wynne them which are vnder the lawe Vnto them that are without lawe I am become as though I were without lawe where as yet I am not without the lawe of God but am in y e lawe of Christ to wynne theÌ„ that are without lawe To the weake am I become as weake to wynne the weake I am become of all faszhions vnto euery man to saue some at y e leest But this I do for the Gospels sake that I mighte be partaker therof Knowe ye not that they which runne in a course runne all yet but one receaueth the rewarde Runne ye so that ye maye optayne Euery one that proueth mastrye absteyneth from all thinges and they do it that they maye optayne a corruptible crowne but we to optayne an vncorruptible crowne I therfore so runne not as at an vncertayne thinge So fighte I not as one y t beateth y e ayre but I tame my body and brynge it in to subieccion lest whan I preach vnto other I my selfe be a cast awaye The X. Chapter BRethren I wolde not that ye shulde be ignoraunt of this that oure fathers were all vnder the cloude
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
true preacher is diligent he corruppeth not the worde of God he preacheth not himselfe but seâ—eth the honoure of Christ yee though it be with the parell of his life Chap. V. The rewarde for suffringe trouble Chap. VI. An exortacion to receaue the worde of God with thank fulnesse and amendmeÌ„t of life The diligence of Paul in the gospell and how he warneth them to eschue the company of the Heythen Chap. VII He exorteth theÌ„ to receaue the promises of God than fully The CorinthiaÌ„s are commended for their obedieÌ„ce and loue towarde Paul Chap. VIII IX He putteth them in remembraunce to helpe the poore sayntes at Ierusalem acordinge as the Macedonians dyd Chap. X. He toucheth the false apostles and defendeth his auctorite and callynge Chap. XI Paul vnder sufferauÌ„ce coÌ„mendeth himselfe and defendeth his auctorite agaynst the false prophetes Chap. XII Paul is takeÌ„ vp in to the thirde heauen and heareth wordes not to be spoken off Chap. XIII He promiseth to come vnto them and exhorteth them so to ordre them selues that he maye fynde them parfecte and of one mynde The seconde Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Corinthians The first Chapter PAul an Apostle of Iesu Christ by the will of God and brother Timotheus Vnto the congregacion of God which is at CorinthuÌ„ with all the sayntes which are iÌ„ all Achaia Grace be with you and peace froÌ„ God oure father and from the LORDE Iesus Christ. Blessed be God the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ the father of mercy and y e God of all comforte which comforteth vs in all oure trouble in so moch y t we are able to comforte them that are in eny maner of trouble with the same comforte wherwith we oure selues are comforted of God For as the affliccioÌ„s of Christ are plenteous in vs euen so is o coÌ„solacion plenteous by Christ. But whether we haue trouble or comforte it is done for youre welth Yf it be trouble it is done for youre coÌ„forte and health which health sheweth hâ—r power in that ye suffre the same affliccions which we suffre Yf it be comforte it is done also for youre comforte and health Therfore is oure hope fast for you in as moch as we knowe that like as ye are partakers of the affliccioÌ„s so shal ye be partakers also of the consolacion Brethren we wolde not haue you ignoraunt of oure trouble which happened vnto vs in Asia for we were greued out off measure passynge strength so that we euen dispared of life and had concluded in oure selues y t we must nedes dye But this was done because we shulde not put oure trust in oure selues but in God which rayseth vp the deed to life agayne which delyuered vs from so greate a death and yet delyuereth daylie On whom we trust that he wil delyuer vs here after also by the helpe of youre prayer for vs that on oure behalfe many thankes maye be geuen by many personnes for the gifte that is geuen vs. For oure reioysinge is this euen the testimony of oure conscience that in synglenes godly purenesse not in fleshlye wyszdome but in the grace of God we haue had oure conuersacion in the worlde but most of all with you For we wryte nothinge els vnto you then that ye rede and also knowe Yee I trust that ye shal fynde vs vnto the ende euen as ye haue founde vs partly For we are youre reioysinge eueÌ„ as ye also are oure reioysinge in y e daye of the LORDE Iesus And in this confidence was I mynded the other tyme to come vnto you that ye mighte haue yet another pleasure more to passe by you into Macedonia to come againe out of Macedonia vnto you to be led forth to Iewrye warde of you Whan I thus wyse was mynded dyd I vse lightnesse Or are my thoughtes fleshly Not so but with me yee is yee and nay is naye O faitfull God that oure worde vnto you hath not bene yee and naye For Gods sonne Iesus Christ which was preached amonge you by vs namely by me and Siluanus and Timotheus was not yee and naye but in him it was yee For all the promyses of God are yee in him are AmeÌ„ in him to the prayse of God by vs. But it is God which stablysheth vs w t you in Christ and hath anoynted us and sealed us and geuen the ernest of the sprete in oure hertes The II. Chapter BVt I call God to recorde vnto my soule that to fauoure you withall I came not agayne vnto Corinthum Not that we are lordes ouer youre faith but we are helpers of youre ioye for ye stonde in faith But I determyned this w t my selfe that I wolde not come agayne to you in heuynes For yf I make you sory who is it that shal make me glad but the same which is made sory by me And the same haue I wrytten vnto you lest whaÌ„ I come I shulde take heuynes of them of whom I oughte to reioyse for somoch as I haue this confidence in you all that my ioye is the ioye of you all For in greate trouble and anguysh of hert wrote I vnto you with many teares not y t ye shulde be sory but that ye mighte perceaue the loue which I haue most specially vnto you But yf eny man haue caused sorowe the same hath not made me sory but partely lest I shulde greue you all It is sufficient that the same man is so rebuked of many so that from hence forth ye oughte the more to forgeue him and to comforte him lest he be swalowed vp in ouer moch heuynesse Wherfore I exhorte you that ye shewe loue vpoÌ„ him For therfore dyd I wryte vnto you also that I mighte knowe the profe of you whether ye were obedieÌ„t in all thinges But loke vnto whoÌ„ ye forgeue eny thinge I forgeue hiÌ„ also For I also yf I forgeue ought vnto eny maÌ„ that forgeue I for youre sakes in the rowme of Christ lest we shulde be preuented of Sathan For his thoughtes are not vnknowne vnto vs. But whaÌ„ I came to Troada to preach y e Gospell of Christ and a dore was opened vnto me in y e LORDE I had no rest in my sprete because I founde not Titus my brother but I toke my leue of them and wente awaye into Macedonia Yet thankes be vnto God which allwaye geueth vs the victory in Christ and openeth y e sauoure of his knowlege by vs in euery place For we are vnto God the good sauoure of Christ both amonge theÌ„ y t are saued amonge theÌ„m y t perishe To these y e sauoure of death vnto death but vnto y e other the sauoure of life vnto life And who is mete therto For we are not as many are which choppe chaunge w t the worde of God but eueÌ„ out of purenesse and out of God in y e sighte of God so speake we
in Christ. The III. Chapter· BEgynne we then agayne to prayse o selues Or nede we as some other of pistles of commēdacion vnto you or letters of commēdacion from you Ye are oure epistle wrytten in oure hertes which is vnderstonde and red of all mē in that ye are knowne how that ye are y e epistle of Christ mynistred by vs and wryttē not with ynke but with the sprete of the lyuynge God not in tables of stone but in fleshy tables of the hert Soch trust haue we thorow Christ to God warde not that we are sufficient of oure selues to thynke eny thinge as of oure selues but oure ablenesse commeth of God which hath made vs able to be mynisters of the new Testament not of the letter but of the sprete For the letter kylleth but the sprete geueth life But yf the mynistracion y t kylleth thorow the letter and was figured in stones was glorious so that the childrē of Israel mighte not beholde the face of Moses for y e clearnesse of his countenaūce which glory neuertheles is done awaye how shal not y e mynistracion of y e sprete be moch more glorious For yf the office that preacheth damnacion be glorious moch more doth the office that preacheth righteousnes exceade in glory For y e other parte that was glorified is nothinge glorified in respecte of this exceadinge glory For yf that which is done awaye be glorious moch more shal y t which remayneth be glorious Seynge then that we haue soch trust we vse greate boldnesse and do not as Moses which put a vayle before his face so that y e children of Israel mighte not se the ende of it that is done awaye But their myndes are blynded For vnto this daye remayneth the same coueringe vntakē awaye in the olde Testament whan they rede it which in Christ is put awaye But euen vnto this daye whan moses is red the vayle hangeth before their hertes Neuertheles whā they turne to the LORDE the vayle shal be taken awaye For the LORDE is a sprete where the sprete of the LORDE is there is libertye But now the glory of y e LORDE apeareth in vs all with open face and we are chaunged into the same ymage from one clearnes to another euē as of the sprete of the LORDE The IIII. Chapter THerfore seynge we haue soch an office euen as mercy is come vpon vs we faynte not but cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestye and walke not in craftines nether corruppe we the worde of God but open the trueth and reporte oure selues to euery mans conscyence in the sighte of God Yf oure Gospell be yet hyd it is hyd in them that are lost amonge whom the God of this worlde hath blynded y e myndes of them which beleue not that y e lighte of the Gospell of the glory of Christ which is the ymage of God shulde not shyne vnto them For we preach not o r selues but Iesus Christ to be the LORDE and oure selues youre seruauntes for Iesus sake For God that cōmaunded the light to shyne out of darcknesse hath geuen a cleare shyne in oure hertes y t by vs y e light of y e knowlege of the glory of God mighte come forth in the face of Iesus Christ. But this treasure haue we in earthen vessels that y e power which excelleth might be of God and not of vs. We are troubled on euery syde yet are we not without shift We are in pouertie but not vtterly without somwhat We are persecuted but we are not forsaken We are oppressed neuertheles we perish not We allwayes be are aboute in oure body the dyenge of the LORDE Iesus y t the life also of the LORDE Iesus might appeare in oure body For we which lyue are alwayes delyuered vnto death for Iesus sake that the life also of Iesus might appeare in oure mortall flesh Therfore is death now mightie in vs but life in you But seynge that we haue the same sprete of faith acordinge as it is wrytten I beleued and therfore haue I spokē we also beleue therfore we speake for we knowe that he which raysed vp y e LORDE Iesus shal rayse vs vp also by y e meanes of Iesus and shal set vs with you For all thinges do I for youre sakes that the plēteous grace by the thākesgeuynge of many maye redounde to the prayse of God Therfore are we not weery but though o r outwarde man be corrupte yet the inwarde is renewed daye by daye For oure trouble which is but temporall and lighte worketh an exceadinge and an eternall weighte of glorye vnto vs which loke not on the thinges that are sene but on them which are not sene For y e thinges which are sene are temporall but the thinges that are not sene are eternall The V. Chapter WE knowe surely y t yf oure earthy house of this dwellynge were destroyed we haue a buyldynge ordeyned of God an house not made with handes but euerlastynge in heauen And in the same sighe we also after oure māsion which is from heauen and longe to be clothed therwith so yet yf that we be founde clothed and not naked For as longe as we are in this tabernacle we sighe and are greued for we had rather not be vnclothed but to be clothed vpon that mortalite might be swalowed vp of life But he that hath ordeyned vs for this is God which hath geuen vs the earnest of the sprete Therfore are we allwaye of good cheare and knowe that as longe as we dwell here in the body we are not at home with the LORDE for we walke in faith and se him not Neuertheles we are of good comforte and had leuer to be absent from the body to be at home with the LORDE Wherfore whether we be at home or frō home we endeuoure oure selues to please him For we must all appeare before the iudgment seate of Christ y t euery one maye receaue in his body acordinge to y t he hath done whether it be good or bad Seynge then that we knowe how that the LORDE is to be feared we fare fayre with men but we are knowne well ynough vnto God I trust also that we are knowne in youre consciences We prayse not oure selues agayne vnto you but geue you an occasion to reioyse of vs y t ye maye haue to reioyse agaynst them which reioyse after the outwarde appearaunce and not after the hert For yf we do to moch we do it vnto God yf we kepe measure we do it for youre sakes For the loue of Christ constrayneth vs in as moch as we thus iudge that yf one be deed for all then are all deed And therfore dyed he for all that they which lyue shulde not hence forth lyue vnto them selues but vnto him which dyed for them and rose agayne Therfore hence forth knowe we noman after y
whan ye knewe not God ye dyd seruyce vnto them which by nature are no Goddes But now seynge ye knowe God yee rather are knowne off God how is iâ— that ye turne you backe agayne vnto the weake and beggerly tradicions wher vnto ye desyre agayne a fresh to be in bondage Ye obserue dayes and â—â—nethes and tymes and yeares I am in feare of you lest I haue bestowed laboure on you in vayne BrethreÌ„ I beseke you be ye as I am for I am as ye are Ye haue not hurte me at all For ye knowe how that in weaknes after y e flesh I preached y e Gospell vnto you at the first and my tentacion which I suffred after the flesh ye despysed not nether abhorred but receaued me as an angell of God yee euen as Christ Iesus How happy were ye then For I beare you recorde that yf it had bene possible ye had plucked out youre awne eyes and geueÌ„ them vnto me Am I therfore become yo r enemy because I tell you y e trueth They are gelous ouer you amysse Yee they wolde make you to fall backe that ye might be ferueÌ„t to theÌ„ warde It is good to be feruent so y t it be allwaye in a good thinge and not onely whan I am present w t you My litle children of whom I trauayle in byrth agayne vntyll Christ be fashioned in you I wolde I were w t you now and coulde chauÌ„ge my voyce for I stoÌ„deiÌ„ doute of you Tell me ye that wylbe vnder the lawe haue ye not herde the lawe For it is wrytten that Abraham had two sonnes the one by a bonde mayde the other by a fre woman As for him that was of the boÌ„de mayde he was borne after y e flesh but he which was of the fre woman was borne by promes These wordes betoken somwhat For these wemen are the two Testamentes The one from the mount Sina that gendreth vnto bondage which is Agar For Agar is called in Arabia y e mount Sina and reacheth vnto Ierusalem which now is and is in bondage with hir children But Ierusalem that is aboue is the fre woman which is the mother of vs all For it is wrytteÌ„ Reioyse thou baren that bearest no childreÌ„ breake forth and crye thou y t trauaylest not for the desolate hath many mo childreÌ„ then she which hath an huszbande As for vs brethren we are the children of Isaac acordinge to the promes But like as at that tyme he that was borne after the flesh persecuted him y t was borne after the sprete euen so is it now also But what sayeth the scripture Put awaye the bonde mayden and hir sonne for the sonne of y e bondmayde shal not be heyre with y e sonne of the fre woman So now brethren we are not children of the bonde mayde but of the fre woman The V. Chapter STonde fast therfore in the libertye wherwith Christ hath made vs fre and be not wrapped agayne in the yocke off bondage Beholde I Paul sayâ— vnto you Yf ye be circumcysed Christ profiteth you nothinge at all I testifye agaâ—â—ne vnto euery man which is circumcyse that he is bounde to kepe the whole larâ— Ye are gone quyte from Christ as many â— you as wylbe made righteous by the laâ—â— and are fallen from grace But we waâ— in the sprete off hope to 〈…〉 by faith For in Christ 〈…〉 circumcision eny thinge worth ner vncircumcision but faith which by loue is mightâ—e in operacion Ye ranne well who was a let vnto you that ye shulde not obeye the trueth Soch councell is not of him that hath called you A litle leuen sowreth the whole lompe of dowe I haue trust towarde you in y e LORDE that ye wylbe none otherwyse mynded But he that troubleth you shal beare his iudgment what so euer he be Brethren yf I yet preach circumcision why do I suffre persecucion then had the slaunder off the crosse ceassed Wolde God they were roted out froÌ„ amoÌ„ge you which trouble you But brethreÌ„ ye are called vnto liberty onely let not youre libertie be an occasion vnto the flesh but by loue serue one another For all the lawe is fulfylled in one worde namely in this loue thy neghboure as thy selfe But yf ye byte and deuoure one another take hede that ye be not consumed one of another I saye Walke in the sprete and so shal ye not fulfill the lustes off the fleshe For the flesh lusteth agaynst the sprete and the sprete agaynst the flesh These are contrary one to the other so that ye can not do that which ye wolde But and yf ye be led of the sprete then are ye not vnder the lawe The dedes of y e flesh are manifest which are these Aduoutrye whordome vncleÌ„nes wantaÌ„nes Idolatrye witchcraft hatred variaunce zele wrath stryfe sedicion sectes envyenge murthur dronkennes glotony and soch like of the which I tell you before as I haue tolde you in tyme past that they which commytte soch shal not inheret the kyngdome of God But the frute of the sprete is loue ioye peace longe sufferinge geÌ„tlenes goodnesse faithfulnes mekenesse teÌ„peraunce Agaynst soch is not y e lawe But they that are Christes haue crucified their flesh with the lustes and desyres The VI. Chapter YF we lyue in the sprete let vs walke also in the sprete Let vs not be vayne glorious prouokinge one another and envyenge another Brethren Yf eny maÌ„ be ouertaken of a faute ye which are spiriâ—uall enfourme him with a meke sprete and â—â—nsidre thine owne selfe that thou also be 〈◊〉 tempted Beare ye one anothers 〈…〉 and so shal ye fulfyll the lawe of Christ. 〈◊〉 yf eny man thinke himselfe to be 〈…〉 whan in dede he is nothinge the 〈…〉 hâ—mselfe Let euery man proue 〈◊〉 owne woâ—â—e and theÌ„ shal he haue reioysinge in his awne selfe and not in another For euery one shal beare his owne burthen But let him that is taughte with the worde mynister in all good thinges vnto him that teacheth him Be not disceaued God wil not be mocked For what soeuer a man soweth that shal he reape He that soweth vpon the flesh shal of the flesh reape destruccion But he that soweth vpon y e sprete shal of the sprete reape life euerlastinge Let vs not be weery of well doynge for whaÌ„ the tyme is come we shal reape without ceassinge Whyle we haue tyme therfore let vs do good vnto all men but specially vnto theÌ„ which are of y e housholde of faith Beholde with how many wordes I haue wrytten vnto you with myne awne hande They that wil please in the flesh constrayne you to be circumcysed onely lest they shulde be persecuted with the crosse of Christ. For eueÌ„ they them selues which are circumcysed kepe not the lawe but wolde haue you circuÌ„cysed that they mighte reioyse in youre flesh But God
forbyd that I shulde reioyse saue onely in the crosse of oure LORDE Iesus Christ wherby the worlde is crucified vnto me and I vnto the worlde For in Christ Iesu nether circūcision avayleth eny thinge ner vncircumcision but a new creature And as many as walke acordynge to this rule peace and mercy be vpon thē and vpon Israel of God From hence forth let no man put me to busynesse for I beare in my body the markes of the LORDE Iesu. Brethren the grace of oure LORDE Iesu Christ be with youre sprete Amen Vnto the Galathians sent from Rome The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Ephesians The summe of this Epistle Chap. I. The euerlastinge ordinaunce and eleccion of God in sauynge all men thorow Christ Iesus his sonne We are ordened vnto good workes The dominion of Christ. Chap. II. Paul sheweth them what maner of people they were before their conuersion and what they are now in Christ. Chap. III. He sheweth the cause of his presonment desyreth them not to faynte because of his trouble and prayeth God to make thē stedfast in his sprete Chap. IIII. He exhorteth them vnto mekenes longe sufferinge vnto loue and peace euery one to serue and edifie another with the gifte that God hath geuē him to bewarre of straunge doctrine to laye asyde the olde conuersacion of gredy lustes and to walke in a new life Chap. V. He exhorteth them vnto loue warneth them to bewarre of vnclennes cuvetounesse foolish talkynge and false doctryne to be circumspecte to avoyde dronkennesse to reioyse and to be thankfull towarde God to submytt thēselues one to another He teacheth how wemen shulde obeye their huszbōdes and how louyngly men ought to intreate their wyues Chap. VI. How children shulde behaue themselues towarde their fathers and mothers Likewyse fathers towarde their children Seruauntes towarde their masters Agayne masters towarde their seruaūtes An exhortacion to the spirituall battayll and what weapens christen men shulde fight withall The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Ephesians The first Chapter PAul an Apostle of Iesus Christ by the will of God To y e sayntes which are Ephesus to thē that beleue on Iesus Christ. Grace be with you and peace from God oure father frō the LORDE Iesus Christ. Blessed be God the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ which hath blessed vs w t all maner of spirituall blessynge in heauenly thynges by Christ acordinge as he had chosen vs by him or euer the foundacion of the worlde was layed that we shulde be holy and without blame before him in loue ordeyned vs before to receaue vs as children thorow Iesus Christ acordinge to the pleasure of his will vnto the prayse of the glory of his grace wherby he hath made vs accepted in the Beloued in whom we haue redempcion thorow his bloude namely the forgeuenes of synnes acordynge to y e riches of his grace which he hath shed vpon vs abundauntly in all wyszdome and prudēce and hath opened vnto vs the mystery of his wil acordinge to his pleasure which he had purposed in himselfe y t it shulde be preached whā the tyme was fullcome that all thinges shulde be gathered together by Christ both the thinges which are in heauen and also the thinges that are vpon earth euen by him by whom also we are come to the inheritaunce we that were therto predestinate before acordinge to y e purpose of him which worketh all thinges after y e councell of his owne wyll that we mighte be to the prayse of his glory euen we that before beleued on Christ on whō also ye beleued after that ye herde the worde of trueth namely y e Gospell of youre saluacion wherin whan ye beleued ye were sealed with the holy sprete of promes which is the ernest of oure inheritaunce to oure redempcion that we mighte be his owne to the prayse off his glory Wherfore I also in so moch as I haue herde of the faith which ye haue in y e LORDE Iesu and of youre loue vnto all y e sayntes ceasse not to geue thankes for you and make mencion of you in my prayers that y e God of oure LORDE Iesus Christ the father of glory maye geue vnto you the sprete of wyszdome and open vnto you the knowlege of himselfe and lighten the eyes of youre vnderstondinge that ye maye knowe what is the hope of youre callynge and what the riches of his glorious enheritaunce is vpon the sayntes what is the exceadinge greatnesse of his power towarde vs which beleue acordinge to y e workynge of his mightie power which he wroughte in Christ whan he raysed him vp frō the deed and set him on his righte hāde ī heauēly thinges aboue all rule power and mighte and dominaciō and aboue all that maye be named not onely in this worlde but also in y e worlde to come And hath put all thinges vnder his fete and hath made him aboue all thinges the heade of the cōgregacion which is his body and the fulnesse of him that fylleth all in all The II. Chapter ANd quyckened you also whan ye were deed thorow trespaces and synnes in the which in tyme past ye walked acordinge to the course off this worlde and after the prynce that ruleth in the ayre namely after y e sprete which now worketh in the children of vnbeleue amonge whom we also had oure conuersacion in tyme past in the lustes of oure flesh and dyd the wyll of the flesh and of the mynde and were naturally the children of wrath euen as well as other But God which is riche in mercy thorow his greate loue wherwith he loued vs euē whā we were deed in synnes hath quyckened vs in Christ for by grace are ye saued and hath raysed vs vp with him and set vs with him in heauēly thinges thorow Christ Iesus y t in tymes to come he mighte shewe the exceadinge riches of his grace in kyndnesse to vs warde in Christ Iesu. For by grace are ye saued thorow faith and that not of youre selues For it is y e gifte of God not of workes lest eny mā shulde boast him selfe For we are his workmanshippe created in Christ Iesu vnto good workes to y t which God ordeyned vs before that we shulde walke in them Wherfore remēbre that ye which afore tyme were Gentyles after the flesh and were called vncircumcision of thē that are called circumcision after the flesh which circumcision is made with the hande that ye at the same tyme were without Christ and reputed aleauntes from the comen welth of Israel and were straungers from the Testamentes of promes therfore had ye no hope and were without God in this worlde But now ye that be in Christ Iesu and afore tyme were farre of are now made nye by the bloude of Christ. For he is o peace which of both hath made one and hath broken downe the
roaringe cursed speakynge be farre froÌ„ you with all maliciousnes But be ye curteous one to another mercifull and forgeue one another eueÌ„ as God hath forgeuen you in Christ. The V. Chapter BE ye the folowers therfore of God as deare children and walke in loue euen as Christ loued vs and gaue him selfe for vs an offerynge and sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto God As for whordome and all vnclennes or couetousnes let it not be named amoÌ„ge you as it becommeth sayntes nether fylthines ner folish talkynge ner ieastynge which are not comly but rather geuynge of thaÌ„kes For be sure that no whore monger or vncleane person or couetous person which is a worshipper off ymages hath inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christ and of God Let no man disceaue you with vayne wordes for because of these commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of vnbeleue Be not ye therfore companions with them For sometyme ye were darknesse but now are ye lighte in the LORDE Walke as the children of lighte 〈◊〉 the frute of the sprete is all maner of goodnes and righteousnes and truâ—th and proue what is pleasinge vnto the LORDE and haue no fellishippe with y e vnfrutefull workes of darknes but rather rebuke theÌ„ For it is shame euen to name those thinges which are done of them in secrete But all thinges are manifest whan they are rebuked of the lighte For what so euer is manifest that same is lighte Therfore sayeth he Awake thou that slepest and stonde vp froÌ„ the deed and Christ shal geue the lighte Take hede therfore how ye walke circumspectly not as the vnwyse but as y e wyse and redeme the tyme for it is a miserable tyme. Wherfore be not ye vnwyse but vnderstonde what the wil of the LORDE is and be not dronken with wyne wherin is excesse but be full of the sprete and talke amoÌ„ge youre selues of Psalmes and ymnes and spirituall songes synginge and makynge melody vnto the LORDE in youre hertes geuynge thankes alwayes for all thinges vnto God the father in the name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ submyttinge youreselues one to another in the feare of God Let the wemen submytte them selues vnto their huszbandes as vnto the LORDE For the huszbande is the wyues heade eueÌ„ as Christ also is the heade of the congregacion and he is the Sauioure of his body Therfore as the congregacion is in subieccion to Christ likewyse let the wyues be in subieccion to their huszbandes in all thinges Ye huszbandes loue youre wyues even as Christ loued the congregacion and gaue himselfe for it to sanctifye it and clensed it in the fountayne of water by the worde to make it vnto himselfe a glorious congregacion hauynge no spot ner wrynkle ner eny soch thinge but that it shulde be holy and without blame So oughte men also to loue their wyues euen as their awne bodyes He that loueth his wife loueth himselfe For no maÌ„ euer yet hated his awne fleszhe but norisheth and cheriszheth it euen as the LORDE doth also the congregacion For we are membres of his body of his flesh and of his bones For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother and cleue vnto his wife and they two shal be one flesh This is a greate secrete but I speake of Christ and the congregacion Neuertheles do ye so that euery one of you loue his wife euen as himselfe but let the 〈…〉 huszbande The VI. Chapter YE children obey youre elders in the LORDE for that is righte Honoure thy father and thy mother That is the first commaundement that hath eny promes that thou mayest prospere and lyuelonge vpon earth And ye fathers prouoke not youre children vnto wrath but brynge theÌ„ vp in the nourtoure and informacion of the LORDE Ye seruauntes obey youre bodely masters with feare and tremblynge in synglenes of youre hert euen as vnto Christ not with seruyce onely in the eye sighte as men pleasers but as the seruauntes off Christ doynge the wyll off God from the hert with good wyll Thynke that ye serue the LORDE and not meÌ„ and be sure that what good soeuer a man doth he shal receaue it agayne of the LORDE whether he be bonde or fre And ye masters do euen the same vnto theÌ„ puttynge awaye threatenynges and knowe that euen youre master also is in heauen nether is there eny respecte of personnes with him Fynally my brethren be stronge in the LORDE and in the power of his mighte put on the armo of God that ye maye stonde stedfast agaynst the craftie assautes off the deuell For we wrestle not agaynst flesh and bloude but agaynst rule agaynst power namely agaynst the rulers of the worlde of the darknesse of this worlde agaynst y e spretes of wickednes vnder the heauen For this cause take ye the armoure of God y t ye maye be able to resiste in the euell daye and stonde perfecte in all thinges Stonde therfore and youre loynes gyrde aboute with the trueth hauynge on the brest plate of righteousnes and shod vpoÌ„ yo fete with the gospell of peace that ye maye be prepared Aboue all thinges take holde of the shylde of faith wherwith ye maye quenche all the fyrie dartes of the wicked And take the helmet of saluacion the swerde of the sprete which is the worde of God And praye allwayes with all maner of prayer and supplicacion in the sprete and watch there vnto with all instaunce and supplicacion for all sayntes and for me that the worde maye be geuen me that I maye open my mouth boldly to vtter the secretes of the Gospell wherof I am a messaunger in bondes that I maye speake therin frely as it becommeth me to speake But that ye maye also knowe what case I am in and what I do Tichicus my deare brother and faithfull mynister in the LORDE shal shewe you all whom I haue sent vnto you for the same cause that ye mighte knowe what case I stonde in and that he mighte comforte youre hertes Peace be vnto the brethreÌ„ and loue with faith from God the father from the LORDE Iesu Christ. Grace be with all them that loue oure LORDE Iesus Christ vnfaynedly Amen Sent from Rome vnto the Ephesians by Tichicus The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Philippians The summe of this epistle Chap. I. He exhorteth them to increace in loue in knowlege and experience of godly thinges maketh mencion of his presonment at Rome is glad to heare Christ preached is coÌ„tent ether to dye or lyue and prayeth them to lede a godly conuersacion to be of one mynde and to feare no persecucion Chap. II. He exhorteth them to vnite and brotherly loue and to bewarre of strife and vayne glory And for a sure ensample he layeth Christ before them Chap. III. He warneth theÌ„ to bewarre of false teachers
and brother Timotheus To y e sayntes which are at Colossa and brethren that beleue in Christ. Grace be with you and peace from God oure father froÌ„ the LORDE Iesus Christ. We geue thankes vnto God and the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ prayenge allwayes for you sence we herde of youre faith in Christ Iesu and of youre loue to all sayntes for y e hopes sake which is layed vp in stoare for you in heauen of the which ye haue herde before by the worde of trueth in the Gospell which is come vnto you eueÌ„ as it is in to all the worlde and is frutefull as it is in you sence y e daye y t ye herde and knewe the grace of God in y e trueth as ye learned of Epaphras oure deare felowe seruaunt which is a faithfull mynister of Christ for you which also declared vnto vs youre loue in the sprete For this cause we also sence the daye y t we herde of it ceasse not to praye for you desyre that ye mighte be fulfylled with the knowlege of his will in all wyszdome and spirituall vnderstondinge that ye mighte walke worthy off the LORDE to please him in all thinges and to be frutefull in all good workes and growe in the knowlege of God to be strengthed w t all power acordinge to the mighte of his glory to all pacience and longsufferynge with ioyfulnes and geue thankes vnto the father which hath made vs mete for the enheritaunce of sayntes in lighte Which hath delyuered vs froÌ„ the power of darknesse translated vs in to the kyngdome of his deare sonne in whom we haue redempcion thorow his bloude namely the forgeuenes of synnes Which is the ymage of the inuisyble God first begotteÌ„ before all creatures For by him were all thinges created that are in heauen and earth thinges vysible and thinges inuysible whether they be maiesties or lordshippes ether rules or powers All thinges are created by him and in him and he is before all thinges and in him all thinges haue their beynge And he is the heade of the body namely of the coÌ„gregacion he is the begynnynge and first begotten from the deed that in all thinges he mighte haue the preemynence For it pleased the father that in him shulde dwell all fulnesse and that by him all thinges shulde be reconciled vnto himselfe whether they be thinges vpon earth or in heauen that thorow the bloude on his crosse he mighte make peace euen thorow his owne selfe And you which were in tymes past straungers and enemies because youre myndes were set in euell workes hath he now reconcyled in the body of his flesh thorow death to make you holy and vnblameable with out faute in his awne sighte yf ye contynue grounded and stablished in the faith and be not moued awaye from y e hope of the Gospell wherof ye haue herde which is preached amonge all creatures y t are vnder heauen wherof I Paul am made a mynister Now ioye I in my sufferynges which I suffre for you and fulfill that which is behynde of the passions of Christ in my flesh for his bodyes sake which is the congregacion wherof I am made a mynister acordinge to y e Godly office of preachinge which is geuen vnto me amonge you that I shulde richely preach the worde of God namely that mystery which hath bene hyd sence the worlde beganne and sence the begynnynge of tymes but now is opened vnto his sayntes to whom God wolde make knowne the glorious riches of this mistery amoÌ„ge y e Heythen which riches is Christ in you eueÌ„ he that is the hope of glory whoÌ„ we preach and warne all men and teach all men in all wyszdome to make euery man parfecte in Christ Iesu Wherin I also laboure and stryue acordinge to the workynge of him which worketh mightely in me The II. Chapter I Wolde ye knewe what fightinge I haue for youre sakes and for them of Laodicea and for as many as haue not sene my personne in the flesh that their hertes mighte be comforted and knytt together in loue to all riches of full vnderstoÌ„dinge which is in the knowlege of the mystery of God the father and of Christ in whom are hyd aâ—l the treasures of wyszdome and knowlege This I saye lest eny man shulde begyle you with entysinge wordes For though I be absent in the flesh yet am I present with you in the sprete ioyenge and beholdinge youre order and the stedfastnes of youre faith in Christ. As ye haue therfore receaued Christ Iesu the LORDE euen so walke in him and be roted buylded in him and be stedfast in faith as ye haue learned be plenteous in the same in geuynge thankes Bewarre lest eny maÌ„ spoyle you thorow philosophy and disceatfull vanite after the tradicions of men and after the ordinauÌ„ces of the worlde and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fulnes of the Godheade bodely and ye are complete in him which is the heade of all rule and power in whom also ye are circumcysed with circumcision without handes by puttynge of the synfull body of the flesh namely with the circumcysion of Christ in that ye are buried with him thorow baptyme in whom ye are also rysen agayne thorow faith that is wrought by the operacion of God which raysed him vp from the deed And with him he quyckened you whan ye were deed in synnes and in the vncircumcision of youre flesh and hath forgeuen vs all synnes and put out the handwrytinge that was agaynst vs coÌ„tayned in the lawe wrytten and that hath he taken out of the waye and fastened it to the crosse And hath spoyled rule and power and hath made a shewe of them openly and triumphed ouer them in his awne persone Let no man therfore trouble youre consciences aboute meate or drynke or for a pece of an holy daye as the holy daye of y e newe Mone or of the Sabbath dayes which are the shadowe of the thinges that were for to come but the body selfe is in Christ. Let no man make you shote at a wronge mark which after his owne chosynge walketh in humblenes and spiritualtye of angels thinges which he neuer sawe and is vayne and puft vp in his owne fleshly mynde and holdeth not himselfe to the heade wherof the whole body by ioyntes and couples receaueth norishment and is knyt together and so groweth to the greatnes that commeth of God Wherfore yf ye be deed with Christ from the ordinaunces of the worlde why are ye holden theÌ„ with soch tradicions as though ye lyued after the worlde As whan they saye Touch not this taist not that handle not that All these thinges do hurte vnto men because of the abuse of them which abuse commeth onely of the commaundementes and doctrynes of men which thinges haue
might be dāned which beleued not the trueth but had pleasure in vnrighteousnes But we are bounde to geue thankes allwaye vnto God for you brethren be loued of the LORDE because that God hath from the begynnynge chosen you to saluacion in the sanctifienge of the sprete and in beleuynge of the trueth whervnto he hath called you by oure Gospell to optayne the glory of oure LORDE Iesus Christ. Therfore brethren stonde fast and kepe the ordinaunces which ye haue lerned whether it were by oure preachinge or by epistle But oure LORDE Iesus Christ himselfe and God oure father which hath loued vs and geuen vs euerlastinge consolacion and a good hope thorow grace comforte youre hertes and stablysh you in all doctryne good doynge The III. Chapter FVrthermore brethren praye for vs that the worde of God maye haue fre passage and be glorified as it is with you and that we maye be delyuered from vnreasonable and euell mē For faith is not euery mās But the LORDE is faithfull which shal stablyshe you and kepe you from euell We haue confidence in the LORDE to you warde that ye both do and wyll do that which we cōmaunde you The LORDE gyde youre hertes vnto the loue of God and pacience of Christ. But we requyre you brethren in the name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ that ye withdrawe youre selues from euery brother that walketh inordinatly and not after the institucion which he receaued of vs. For ye yo r selues knowe how ye oughte to folowe vs for we behaued not oure selues inordinatly amonge you nether toke we bred of eny man for naughte but wrought w t laboure and trauayle night and daye lest we shulde be chargeable to eny of you Not but that we had auctorite but to geue oure selues for an ensample vnto you to folowe vs. And whan we were w t you this we warned you of that yf there were eny which wolde not worke y e same shulde not eate For we heare saye that there are some which walke amonge you inordinatly and worke not at all but are busy bodies But them that are soche we commaunde and exhorte by oure LORDE Iesus Christ that they worke with quyetnes and eate their awne bred Neuertheles brethren be not ye weery of well doynge But yf eny man obey not oure sayenges sende vs worde of him by a letter and haue nothinge to do with him y t he maye be ashamed Yet counte him not as an enemye but warne him as a brother The very LORDE of peace geue you peace allwayes by all meanes The LORDE be with you all The salutacion of me Paul with myne awne hande This is the token in all epistles So I wryte The grace of oure LORDE Iesus Christ be with you all Amen Sent from Athens The first Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to Timothy The summe of this epistle Chap. I. He exhorteth Timothy to wayte vpō his office namely to se that nothīge be taughte but Gods worde c. He sheweth also wherfore the lawe is good and telleth these swete and glad tidinges that Christ Iesus came in to the worlde to saue synners example of himselfe Chap. II. He exhorteth to praye for all men He will not haue wemen to be ouer costly arayed ner to teach in the congregacion but to be in sylence and obeye their huszbandes Chap. III. What maner of man a byszhpppe or prest ought to be and what condicions his wife and children shulde haue The properties also requyred in a deacon or mynister and in his wife Chap. IIII. He prophecieth of the latter dayes and exhorteth Timothy to the diligēt readynge of the holy scripture Chap. V. He teacheth him how he shal behaue himselfe in rebukynge all degrees An ordre concernynge wyddowes Chap. VI. The dutye of seruauntes towarde their masters Agaynst soch as are not satisfied with the worde of God Agaynst cuvetousnes A good lesson for riche men The first Chapter PAul an Apostle of Iesus Christ acordinge to the commaundement of God oure Sauioure and of the LORDE Iesus Christ which is oure hope Vnto Timothy my naturall sonne in the faith Grace mercy and peace from God oure father and oure LORDE Iesus Christ. As I besoughte y e to abyde still at Ephesus whan I departed in to Macedonia euē so do that thou commaunde some that they teach none other wyse nether geue hede to fables and genealogies which are endlesse and brede doutes more then godly edifyenge which is by faith For y e chefe summe of the commaundement is loue of a pure hert and of a good cōscience and of faith vnfayned From the which some haue erred haue turned vnto vayne iangelynge wyllinge to be doctours of the scripture and vnderstonde not what they speake nether wherof they affirme But we knowe that the lawe is good yf a man vse it laufully vnderstōdinge this that the lawe is not geuen vnto the righteous but to the vnrighteous dishobedient to the vngodly to synners to the vnholy vncleane to murthurers of fathers and murthurers of mothers to manslayers to whoremongers to thē that defyle them selues with mankynde to menstealers to lyars to periured so forth yf there be eny other thinge y t is cōtrary to y e wholsome doctryne acordinge to y e Gospell of y e glory of the blessed God which Gospell is cōmytted vnto me And I thanke Christ Iesus o r LORDE which hath made me strōge for he counted me faithfull put me in office whā before I was a blasphemer a persecuter a tyraunt but I optayned mercy because I dyd it ignorauntly in vnbeleue Neuertheles the grace of o r LORDE was more abūdaunt thorow y e faith loue which is in Christ Iesu. For this is a true sayenge and by all meanes worthy to be receaued that Christ Iesus came in to y e worlde to saue synners of whom I am chefe Notwithstondynge for this cause optayned I mercy that Iesus Christ mighte pryncipally shewe in me all longe pacience to the ensample of them which shulde beleue in him vnto eternall life So then vnto God kynge euerlastinge immortall and invisible and wyse onely be honoure and prayse for euer and euer Amen This commaundement commytte I vnto the my sonne Timotheus acordinge to y e prophecies which in tyme past were prophecied of the that thou in them shuldest fighte a good fighte hauynge faith good conscience which some haue put awaye frō them and as concernynge faith haue made shypwrake of whose nombre is Hymeneos and Alexander whom I haue delyuered vnto Sathan that they might be taught nomore to blaspheme The II. Chapter I Exhorte therfore y t aboue all thinges prayers supplicacions intercessions and geuynge of thākes be had for all men for kynges and for all that are in auctorite that we maye lyue a quyete peaceable life in all godlynes and
haue wedowes let them make prouysion for theÌ„ and let not the congregacion be charged that they which are righte wedowes maye haue ynough The Elders that rule well are worthy of double honoure most specially they which laboure in the worde in teachinge For y e scripture sayeth Thou shalt not mosell the mouth of y e oxe y t treadeth out y e corne And The labourer is worthy of his rewarde Agaynst an Elder receaue none accusacion but vnder two or thre witnesses TheÌ„ that synne rebuke in the presence of all that other also maye feare I testifye before God and the LORDE Iesus Christ and y e electe angels that thou obserue these thinges without haistie iudgment and do nothinge parcially Laye hondes sodenly on no maÌ„ nether be partaker of other meÌ„s synnes Kepe y e selfe pure Drynke no lenger water but vse a litle wyne for y e stomackes sake and because thou art oft tymes sicke Some meÌ„s synnes are opeÌ„ so that they maye be iudged afore hande but some mens synnes shal be manifest herafter Likewyse also good workes are manifest afore haÌ„de and they that are other wyse can not be hyd The VI. Chapter LEt as many seruauntes as are vnder the yocke counte their mâ—sters worthy of all honoure that the name of God and his doctrine be not euell spoken of Se that they which haue beleuynge masters despyse them not because they are brethreÌ„ but rather do seruyce for so moch as they are beleuynge and beloued and partakers of the benefite These thinges teach and exhorte Yf eny maÌ„ teach otherwyse and agreeth not vnto the wholsome wordes of oure LORDE Iesus Christ and to the doctryne of godlynes he is puft vp and knoweth nothinge but waysteth his brayne aboute questions and stryuynges of wordes wherof sprynge envye stryfe raylinges euell surmysinges vayne disputacioÌ„s of soch men as haue corrupte myndes and are robbed of the trueth which thynke that godlynes is lucre From soch separate thy selfe Howbeit it is greate avauÌ„tage who so is godly and holdeth him content with that he hath For we broughte nothinge in to the worlde therfore is it a playne case y t we can cary nothinge out Whan we haue fode and rayment let vs therwith be content For they that wylbe riche fall in to the teÌ„ptacion and snare and in to many foliszhe noysome lustes which drowne men in destruccion and damnacion For Couetousnes is the rote of all euell which whyle some lusted after they erred from the faith and tangled them selues with many sorowes But thou man of God flye soche thinges folowe righteousnes godlynes faith loue pacience mekenes fighte a good fighte of faith laye honde on eternall life where vnto thou art called and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses I geue the charge before God which quyckeneth all thinges before Iesu Christ which vnder Pontius Pilate witnessed a good witnessynge that thou kepe the commaundement without spot vnreproueable vntyll the appearynge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ which appearynge at his tyme he shal shewe that is blessed and mightie onely the kynge of all kynges and LORDE of all lordes which onely hath immortalite and dwelleth in a lighte that no man can attayne whom no man hath sene nether can se. Vnto whom be honoure and empyre euerlastinge Amen Charge theÌ„ which are riche in this worlde that they be not proude ner trust in the vncertayne riches but in the lyuynge God which geueth vs abundauntly all thinges to 〈◊〉 them That they do good that they be rich in good workes that they geue and distribute with a good wyll gatherynge vp treasure for them selues a good foundacion agaynst y e tyme to come that they maye laye honde on eternall life O Timothy kepe that which is committed vnto the and avoyde vngoostly vayne wordes and opposicions of science falsly so called which whyle some professed they haue erred as concernynge the faith Grace be with the Amen Wrytten from Laodicea which is the chefest cite of Phrigia Pacaciana The seconde Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to Timothy The summe of this epistle Chap. I. Paul exhorteth Timothy to stedfastnesse and pacience in persecucion and to continue in the doctryne that he had taught him A commendacion of Onesiphorus Chap. II. Like as in the first chapter so here he exhorteth him to be constant in trouble to suffre manly and to byde fast in the wholsome doctrine of oure LORDE Iesus Christ. Chap. III. He prophecieth of the parelous tymes setteth out ypocrites in their culours telleth vs what they be within for all their fayre faces outwardly Persecucion for the gospell Chap. IIII. He exhorteth Timothy to be ferueÌ„â— in the worde and to suffre aduersite maketh mension of his awne death and byddeth Timothy come vnto him The first Chapter PAul an Apostle of Iesus Christ by the wyll of God to preach the promes of y e life which is in Christ Iesu. To my deare sonne Timotheus Grace mercy and peace from God the father and from Christ Iesu oure LORDE I thanke God whome I serue fro my fore elders in a pure conscience that without ceassynge I make mencion of the in my prayers night and daye and longe to se the whan I remembre thy teares so that I am fylled with ioye whan I call to remembraunce the vnfayned faith that is in the which dwelt first in thy graundemother Lois and in thy mother Eunica And am assured that it dwelleth in y e also Wherfore I warne the that thou stere vp y e gifte of God which is in the by puttynge on of my handes For God hath not geuen vs the sprete of feare but of power and of loue and of right vnderstondynge Be not thou aszhamed therfore of y e testimony of o r LORDE nether of me which am his presoner but suffre thou aduersite also w t the Gospell acordinge to the power of God which hath saued vs and called vs with an holy callynge not acordinge to oure dedes but acordinge to his owne purpose and grace which was geuen vs in Christ Iesu before the tyme of the worlde but is now declared openly by the appearynge of oure Sauioure Iesu Christ. Which hath taken awaye y e power of death and hath brought life and immortalite vnto lighte thorow the Gospell whervnto I am appoynted a preacher and an Apostell and a teacher of the Heythen for the which cause I also suffre these thinges neuertheles I am not ashamed For I knowe whom I haue beleued and am sure that he is able to kepe that which I haue commytted vnto his kepynge agaynst that daye Holde the after y e ensample of the wholsome wordes which thou heardest of me concernynge faith and loue in Christ Iesu. This hye charge kepe thou thorow the holy goost which dwelleth in vs. This thou knowest that all they which are in Asia be turned
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
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
shal I teach thy wayes vnto the wicked that synners maye be conuerted vnto the. Delyuer me from bloudegyltynesse o God thou that art the God of my health that my tonge maye prayse thy rightuousnesse Open my lippes O LORDE that my mouth maye shewe thy prayse For yf thou haddest pleasure in sacrifice I wolde geue it the but thou delytest not in burnt offerynges The sacrifice of God is a troubled sprete a broken and a coÌ„trite here o God shalt thou not despise O be fauorable and gracious vnto Sion that the walles of Ierusalem maye be buylded For then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of rightuousnesse with the burnt offerynges and oblacions then shal they laye bullockes vpon thine aulter The LI. A psalme of Dauid WHy boastest thou thy self thou Tyraunt that thou canst do myschefe Where as the goodnesse of God endureth yet daylie Thy tonge ymagineth wickednesse and with lyes it cutteth like a sharpe rasoure Thou louest vngraciousnesse more theÌ„ good to talke of lyes more then rightuousnesse Sela. Thou louest to speake all wordes y t maye do hurte O thou false toÌ„ge Therfore shal God cleane destroye the smyte the in peces plucke the out of thy dwellinge and rote the out of the londe of the lyuinge Sela. The rightuous shal se this feare and laugh him to scorne Lo this is the maÌ„ y t toke not God for his streÌ„gth but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches was mightie in his wickednesse As for me I am like a grene olyue tre in y e house of God my trust is in the tender mercy of God for euer euer I wil allwaye geue thankes vnto the for that thou hast done and wil hope in thy name for thy sayntes like it well The LII A psalme of Dauid THe foolish bodies saye in their hertes â–ª Tush there is no God Corrupte are they and become abhominable in their wickednesses there is not one that doth good God loked downe from heauen vpoÌ„ the children of men to se yf there were eny that wolde vnderstonde or seke after God But they are all gone out of y e waye they are all become vnprofitable there is none y t doth good no not one How caÌ„ they haue vnderstondinge that are the workers of wickednes eatinge vp my people as it were bred call not vpon God They are afrayed where no feare is for God breaketh the bones of them that besege the thou puttest them to confucion for God despiseth them Oh y t the sauynge health were geuen vnto Israel out of Sion Oh that the LORDE wolde delyuer his people out of captiuyte Then shulde Iacob reioyse Israel shulde be right glad The LIII A psalme of Dauid HElpe me o God for thy names sake and delyuer me in thy streÌ„gth Heare my prayer o God considre the wordes of my mouth For straungers are rysen vp agaynst me and the mightie which haue not God before their eyes seke after my soule Sela. But lo God is my helper it is he that vpholdeth my soule He shall rewarde euell vnto myne enemies and in thy treuth shalt thou destroye them A frewil offeringe wil I geue the and prayse thy name o LORDE because it is so comfortable For thou hast delyuered me out of all my trouble so that myne eye seyth his desyre vpoÌ„ myne enemies The LIIII A psalme of Dauid HEare my prayer o God and hyde not thy self fro my peticion Take hede vnto me and heare me how piteously I mourne coÌ„playne The enemie crieth so the vngodly commeth on so fast for they are mynded to do me some myschefe so maliciously are they set agaynst me My herte is heuy within me and the feare of death is fallen vpon me Fearfullnesse and tremblinge are come vpon me and an horrible drede hath ouerwhelmed me And I sayde O that I had wynges like a doue that I might fle somwhere and be at rest Lo then wolde I get me awaye farre of and remayne in the wildernesse Sela. I wolde make haist to escape from the stormy wynde and tempest Destroie their tonges o LORDE and deuyde them for I se vnrightuousnes strife in y e cite This goeth daye and night aboute the walles myschefe and vyce are in the myddest of it Wickednesse is therin disceate and gyle go not out of hir stretes Yf it were myne enemie that reuyled me I coude beare it or yf one that ought me euell will dyd threaten me I wolde hyde myself from him But it is thou my companyon my gyde and myne owne familier freÌ„de We had swete 〈◊〉 secrete communicacion together and louyngly walked we together in y e house of God Let death come hastely vpon them and let them go downe quick in to hell for wickednes is amonge them in their dwellinges As for me I will call vnto God and the LORDE shall helpe me In the eueninge mornynge and at noone daye wil I mourne and complayne and he shal heare my voyce It is he that delyuereth my soule in peace from them that laye waite for me for they are many agaynst me Yee euen God that endureth for euer shal heare me and brynge them downe Sela. For they wil not turne and why they feare not God Yee they laye hondes vpon soch as be at peace with him and so thei breake his couenaunt Their mouthes are softer then butter yet haue they batell in their mynde their wordes are smoother then oyle and yet be they very swerdes O cast thy burthen or care vpon the LORDE he shal norish the and not leaue the rightuous in vnquietnesse But as for them thou o God shalt cast them downe in to the pitte of destruccion The bloudthurstie and disceatfull shal not lyue out half their daies Neuerthelesse my trust is in the. The LV. A psalme of Dauid BE mercifull vnto me o God for 〈…〉 wil treade me downe they are 〈…〉 fightinge troublinge me 〈…〉 enemies treade me daylie vnder their fete for they be many y t proudly fight agaynst me Neuerthelesse wheÌ„ I am afrayed I put my trust in the. I wil comforte my self in Gods worde yee I wil hope in God and not feare What can flesh then do vnto me They vexe me daylie in my wordes all y t they ymagin is to do me euell They holdâ—â—lltogether kepe them selues close they marck my steppes how they maye catch my soule But in vayne for it shal escape theÌ„ and why thou o God in thy displeasure shalt cast downe soch people Thou tellest my flittinges thou puttest my teares in thy botell and nombrest them When so euer I call vpon the myne enemies are put to flight wherby I knowe that thou art my God In Gods worde wil I reioyse in the LORDES worde wil I comforte me Yee in God do I â—rust am not afraied what caÌ„ man theÌ„ do vnto me Vnto the o God wil I paye my vowes vnto y e wil I geue thaÌ„kes
Coudest thou not make those that haue bene made and that be now and that are fo◠to come in one that thou mightest shewe thy iudgment the sooner Then answered heme and sayde The creature maye not haist aboue the maker nether maye the worlde holde thē at once that shal be created And I sayde How hast thou sayde then vnto thy seruaunt that thou lyuynge maker hast made the creature lyuynge at once the creature bare it euē so might it now also beare them that be present at once And he sayde vnto me Axe the childeszbed of a womā and saye vnto her Yf thou bringest forth childrē why doest thou it not together but one after another Praye her therfore to brynge forth ten children at once And I sayde she can not but must do it one after another Then sayde he vnto me Euen so haue I geuen a childeszbed vnto the earth for those that be sowne vpon it by processe of tyme. For like as a yonge childe maye not brynge forth the thinges that belonge to the aged euen so haue I ordened the worlde which I made And I axed and sayde Seynge thou hast now geuē me a waye I wyl speake before y e for oure mother of whō thou hast tolde me is yet yonge now she draweth nye vnto age He answered me sayde Axe a woman that beareth children she shal tell the. Saye vnto her wherfore are not they whom thou hast now brought forth like those that were before the but lesse of stature And she shal answere the They y t be borne in the youth of strēgth are of one fashion and they that are borne in the tyme of age whan the childeszbed fayleth are other wyse Cōsidre now thyself how that ye are lesse of stature then those that were before you and so are they that come after you lesse then ye as the creatures which now begynne to be olde and haue passed ouer the strength of youth Then sayde I LORDE I beseke the yf I haue founde fauoure in thy sight shewe thy seruaunt by whom doest thou vyset thy creature The VI. Chapter ANd he sayde vnto me In the begynnynge whan the grounde was made before the worlde stode or euer y e wyndes blew before it thondred and lightened or euer the foundacions of Paradise were layed before the fayre floures were sene or euer the moueable powers were stablished before y e innumerable multitudes of angels were gathered together or euer y e highnesses of y e ayre were lifted vp afore y e measures of the firmament were named or euer y e chymneys in Sion were hote and or the presente yeares were sought out and or euer the invencions of them y t now synne were put asyde before they were sealed that now gather faith for a treasure then dyd I cōsidre and pondre all these thinges and they all were made thorow me and thorow none other by me also they be ended and by none other Then answered I and sayde which shal be the partynge asunder of the tymes Or whan shal be the ende of the first and the begynnynge of it that foloweth And he sayde vnto me From Abrahā vnto Isaac whā Iacob Esau were borne of him Iacobs hande helde first the hele of Esau for Esau is the ende of this worlde and Iacobis the begynnynge of it that foloweth The hande of man betwixte the hele and the hande Other question Eszdras axe thou not I answered then and sayde O LORDE LORDE yf I haue founde fauoure in thy sight I beseke the shewe thy seruaunt the ende of thy tokēs wherof thou shewdest me parte the last night So he answered and sayde vnto me Stōde vp vpon thy fete and heare the perfecte voyce and sounde There shal come a greate mocion but y e place where thou stōdest shal not be moued And therfore whan thou hearest the wordes be not afrayed for of the ende shal the worde and foundacion of y e earth be vnderstonde And why the worde therof trembleth and quaketh for it knoweth that it must be chaunged at the ende And it happened that whā I had herde it I stode vp vpon my fete and herkened and beholde there was a voyce y t spake and the sounde of it was like the sounde of many waters and it sayde Beholde y e dayes come y t I wyl begynne to drawe nye and to vyset them that dwell vpō earth and wyl begynne to make inquysicion of them what they be y t haue hurte equyte w t vnrighteousnes and whan the lowe estate of Sion shal be fulfylled and whan the worlde that shal vanish awaye shal be ouersealed then wyl I do these tokens The bokes shal be opened before the firmament and they shal se all together the children of a yeare olde shal speake w t their voyces the womē with childe shal brynge forth vntymely children of thre or foure monethes olde and they shall lyue and be raysed vp sodēly shal the sowne places appeare as the vnsowne the full store houses shal sodenly be founde emptie and the trompett shal geue a sounde which whā euery man heareth they shal be haistely afrayed At that tyme shall frendes fight one agaynst another like enemies and the earth shal stonde in feare with them The sprynges of the welles shal stonde styll and in thre houres they shal not renne Who so euer remayneth from all these thinge◠that I haue tolde the shal escape and se my saluacion and the ende of youre worlde And the men that are receaued shal se it they that haue not taisted death frō their byrth and the hert of the indwellers shal be chaunged and turned in to another meanynge for euell shal be put out and disceate shal be quenched As for faith it shal florish corrupcion shal be ouercome and the trueth which hath bene so longe without frute shal be declared And it happened whan he talked w t me that I loked demurely vpō him before whō I stode and these wordes sayde he vnto me I am come to shewe y e the tyme of y e night for to come Yf thou wilt praye yet more and fast seuē dayes agayne I shal tel the more thinges greater then before for thy voyce is herde before the Hyest for why the Mightie hath sene thy righteous dealynge he hath sene also thy chastite which thou hast had euer sence thy youth and therfore hath he sent me to shewe the all these thinges and to saye vnto the Be of good comforte and feare not and haist not with y e tymes that are past to thynke vayne thinges and make no haist of the latter tymes And it happened after this y t I wepte agayne and fasted seuen dayes in like maner that I might fulfill the thre wekes which he tolde me In the eight night was my hert vexed within me agayne and I beganne to speake before the Hyest for my sprete was greatly set on fyre and my soule was in distresse
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