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A09151	The testaments of the [twelue] patriarches the sonnes [of] Iacob: translated out of the Greeke [into] Latine by Robert Grosthed, some[time] Byshop of Lyncolne, and out of his copye into French and Dutch by others: Now Englished by A. G. To the credit whereof an auncient Greeke copye written in parchment, is kept in the Vniversitie Library of Cambridge.; Testamentum duodecim patriarcharum. English.	Gilby, Anthony, ca. 1510-1585.; Grosseteste, Robert, 1175?-1253.; Golding, Arthur, 1536-1606, attributed name.	1576 (1576)	STC 19467; ESTC S113653	69,583	168

the land in Charets horsemen buryed him in y place which Iacob had appointed ¶ The Testament of Ruben made to his Children at his death concerning the thinges that he had in his minde by the suggestion of the spirite of foreknowledg ▪ Behold the pot the heare the bed doe note the strength the lust Of Ruben and vnconstant head who therefore was accurst THys is the copye of Rubens Testament concerninge all the thynges whiche hee gaue in charge to hys children before hee dyed in the hundred fiue and twenty yeare of his life Two yeares after the decease of Ioseph his children childrens children came to visite him in his sicknes and he sayd vnto them My children I dye and goe the way of my fathers And saying there his brethren Iuda Gad and Aser he sayd vnto them Lift me vp my brethren that I may tell you and my children the thinges that I haue hidden in my hart for I am henceforth drawing to my long home Thē stāding vp he kissed thē and weeping sayde Harken my brethren and you my childrē geue care to the word of your father Ruben mark what I giue in charge to you Behold I cōmaund you this day before y God of heauē that ye walke not in the ignoraunce of youthfulnesse and fornicatiō whereint● I ouershot my selfe and de●●●ed the bed of my father Iacob For I assure you that the Lord did therfore 〈◊〉 me with a sore plague in my flankes by the space of seuen monthes and ‡ I had perished if my father Iacob had not prayed to the Lorde for m●e because he was minded to haue slayne mee I was thirtye yeares old when I did this euill in the sight of the Lorde seuen monethes was I sick to y death and ‡ with a free hart did I seuen yeare penance before the Lord I dranke no wine nor stronge drinke no fleshe came within my mouth I tasted not any fine bred but I mourned for my sinne for it was great there shall none such be done in Israell And nowe my sonnes heare me that I may shewe you what I sawe concerninge the seuen spyrites of error in my repentaunce Belyall geueth seuen spirites agaynst a man whiche are the welspringes of youthfull workes and seuen spirites are géuen man in his creation whereby all hys works are done The first is the spirit of life wherewith is created hys béeing The second is the spirite of séeing wherwith cometh lusting The y spirite of hearing wherew t cometh learning The is y spirit of smelling wherw t cometh delight by drawing in of y ayre by breathing of it out agayn The is the spirit of speech wherwith knowledge is made The is y spirit of tascing wherof commeth y feedyng vpon thinges y are to be eaten drunke through them is ingendred strength because the substaunce of strength is in meate The seuenth is the spirit of séede and generation wherwith entreth sinne through y lust of pleasure For this cause it is the last of creation the first of youth because it is full of ignoraunce and ignoraunce leadeth the yonger sort as a blynd body into the ditch and as an Oxe to the stal Amōg all these is the eight spirit which is of sléep with whō is created the wasting away of nature and the image of death With these spirites are mingled the spirites of error Wherof the first is the spirite of Lechery who lyeth within in the nature and senses of man. The second spirit vnsatiablenesse lyeth in the belly The third spirite of strife lyeth in the lyuer and in choler The fourth spirite is of brauery and galantnesse that the partie may seeme co●ly by excesse The fistbe is the spirte of pride which moueth a man to minde ouer great thinges or to thinke well of himselfe The ●rth is the spirit of Lying or vayne gloriousnes in boasting a mans selfe and in desire to ●ile his talke concerning his owne kin●ed and acquaintaūce The seuenth is the spirit o● vnrighteousnes whiche stirreth vp the affections that a man should performe the lustfull pleasures of his harte For vnrighteousnes worketh with all the other spirits by taking guile vnto him Unto all these spirites is matched the vii● spirit which is the spirite of sléepe or sluggishnes in error and imagination and so the soules of young folkes perishe because their mindes are dar●kned from the truth and vnderstand not the law of the Lord neither obey the doctrine of their fathers as be●el to me in my youth But now my childrē loue the truth and that shall preserue you Harken to your father Ruben and let not your eyes runne gazing after women neither be ye alone with a woman that is maried neither seeke you about what women are a doing For if I had not sene Billa bathing of her selfe in a secret place I hadde not fallen into that great wickednes But my mind ran so vpon the naked woman that it suffered me not to sleepe till I had committed abhomination For while my father Iacob was away at his Father Isaackes I in Gader hard by Ephrata a house of Bethleem Billa fell drunken as shee lay a sleepe vncouered in her chamber I went in and seeyng her nakednes wrought wickednesse with her and leauing her a sléepe went my way By and by an Angell of God bes●rayed my wickednes to my Father Iacob who comming home mourned for me touched not ▪ Billa any more Therefore looke not vppon the be●u●tye of women neyther muse you vpon theyr de●nges but walke ye with a single harte in the feare of the Lorde busi●nge your selues about some worke and keeping your selues occupyed either in 〈◊〉 ▪ or aboute your flockes till God geue you such wiues as he lifteth leaste 〈◊〉 suffer as I haue bone I durst not looke my father in the face to hys dying day nor speake to any of my brethren for shaine My conscience byteth me● euē yet still for my sinne But my father comforted me and prayed for me to the Lorde that his wrath myght passe away from me as the Lorde himselfe shewed vnto me Therefore from that time forth I was kept from sinning any more And you my children likewise keepe ye all that I shall tell you and you shal not sinne For fornication is y destruction of the soule separating it from God 4 making i● to draw vnto Idols because it leadeth the minde and vnderstanding into error and bringth men to their gra●e before their time For whor●●om hath vndone many men And although a man be auncient or noble yet doth it sha●e him make hym a laughingstock both before Belial the sonnes of mē But Ioseph because he kept himselfe from all

shall be high Priestes Iudges and Scribes for in their mouthe shall the holie thinges be kept Whē I awooke I perceiued that this vision was like the other and I laied it vp in my harte and shewed it not to any man liuyng vpon yearth The firste twoo daies I and Iuda wente to our Grandfather Isaac and he blessed me according to all the saiynges of the visions that I had seen but he would not goe with vs vnto Bethel But when we came to Bethel my father Iacob sawe in a vision concerning me that I should bee their Prieste before the Lorde And he rose in the Mornyng and tithed all thynges to the lorde by me Then came we to Hebron to dwell there and by and by Isaac called me to expound the lawe of the lorde accordyng as Gods Aungell had shewed it me and he taught me the Lawe of Priesthoode Sacrifices Burnt offerynges Firstlynges Freewill offerynges and offerynges for health Euery daie he taught me vnderstādyng and called vpō me continually before the lord saiyng my sonne geue no eare to the spirite of fornication for he will folowe thee and defile the holie thynges by thy seede Therefore take thee a wife in thy youth suche a one as hath not any blemishe nor vncleannesse nor is of the kindred of the Allophites or of the Gentiles And before thou enter into the holies wash did likewise ere thou sacrificest and also whē thou hast doen Offer vnto the lorde the fruites of the twelue trees that are euer grene as my father Abraham taught me to do and the fruite of all cleane beastes of cleane foules offer thou in Sacrifice Likewise offer vp the first borne of all thynges and the firste fruites of the vine and sprinckle all thy Sacrifices with salte Now therefore my sonnes keepe ye all the thynges that I commaunde you for ▪ whatsoeuer I haue heard of my fathers that haue I told vnto you I am cleare from al the wickednesse and synne whiche you shall commit to the ende of the worlde Ye shall woorke wickednesse againste the Sauiour of the worlde and ye shall seduce Israel stirring vp muche euill against him from the lorde and dealyng wickedly with hym so that Hierusalem shall not continue by reason of your naughtinesse The Ueile of the Temple shal be rente asunder to discouer ▪ your foulenesse and ye shall bee scattered as prisoners among the Heathen and bee scorned curssed and troden vnder foote Neuerthelesse the house whiche the lorde shall chuse shall bee called Hierusalem as the booke of Enoch the righteous conteineth Therefore when I was .xxviii. yeres olde I tooke a wife whose name was Melcha and she conceiued and bare me a Sonne and called his name Gershon because we were but straūgers in our lande For Gershon signified banishement Now I knewe of hym that he should not bee of the chief degree The seconde was Caath who was borne the xxxv yeare I sawe a vision Eastwarde how all the Congregation stoode vp a lofte and therefore I called his name Caath whiche signifieth the beginnyng of greatnesse and learnyng The third was Merari who was borne in the fiue and fifteth yeare of my life And because his mother was hardely deliuered of hym she called hym Merari whiche is as muche to say as my bitternesse And in the three score and fourth yeare of my life was my daughter Iochebed borne in Aegipt and so was I honorable among my brethren Also my soonne Gershon tooke a wife whiche bare him Libny and Schimi The sonnes of Caath were Amram Ysh●ar Hebron and Vziel and the Soonnes of Merari were Mahaly and Mushi In the fower score and fowerteenth yeare of my life Amram tooke to wife my daughter Iochebed because that he and she were borne bothe on one day I was eight yere old when I entered into the land of Chanaan and eighteene yere olde when I entered the office of Priesthoode At eight and twentie yeres I tooke a wife and at fourtie yeres olde I entered into Egipt And beholde ye bee nowe my Childrens children in the thirde generation Ioseph died in the hundred and tenth yeare And now my Children I warne you feare the Lorde your GOD with all your harte and walke plainely in all thynges accordyng to his Lawe Moreouer bryng vp your children in learnyng that they maye haue vnderstandyng by readyng the lawe of God without ceasyng all their life lōg For whosoeuer knoweth Gods lawe shal be honoured and goe wheresoeuer he wil he shall be no straunger Also he shall haue moe freindes then his forefathers hadde and many shall bee glad to serue hym and to heare the lawe at his mouthe My sonnes deale rightfully vpon yearth that ye maie finde heauen and sowe good thinges in your myndes that ye maye finde them in your life For if ye sowe euill thynges ye shall finde and reape all maner of combraunce and trouble Get ye wisedome in the feare of God For if captiuitie come and Cities and Countreis bee destroyed golde and siluer and al possessions perish but none can take awaie the wise mannes wisedome saue onely the blindnesse of vngodlinesse and synne For his wisedome shall become a shield to hym among his enemies and make a straunge countrey to bee as his owne home and cause hym to finde frendship in the middest of his foes If he teach and doe suche thynges he shal sitte with kynges as did our brother Ioseph And truely my children I knowe by the writynges of Enoch that in the ende ye shall doe wickedly laiyng your handes moste spitefully vpon the lorde through you your brethren shal be confounded and made a scornyng stocke to all Nations Howbeeit our Father Israell is cleare frō the wickednesse of the high Priestes whiche shall saye hande vpon the Sauior of the worlde The heauē aboue the yearth is cleane you be the lightes of the Heathen as the Sūne and the Moone What shall al the Heathē do if you be ouerdarckned with wickednesse and bryng cursednesse vpon your countrey folke for whose sakes the lighte of the worlde is put into you to inlighten al men withal this light of the worlde shall you wilfully ste● and teache commaundementes cōtrary to the righteousnesse of god He shall purloine yn● Lordes offerynges and suche awaie peeces of it Before ye doe your Sacri●ices to the Lorde ye shall steale awaie the choiceste thynges and eate them disdainfullie with Harlottes teachyng Commaundementes of coueteousnesse Ye shall defile Maried women and enforce Maidens in Hierusalem Ye shall matche your selues with Whores and Harlottes ye shal take the Daughters of the Heathen to wife ▪ purifiyng them with vnrighteous purifiyng and youre minglyng shall bee as Sodome and Gomorrha and ye shall be swolne with wickednesse in the Priesthoode in so muche that ye shall disdainefully laughe the h●lie thynges to scorne not

he let his feed fall vpon the ground and so he also died in his wickednes I minded to haue geuen her vnto Silon also but my wyfe Bethsue would not suffer mee For she spited Thamar because she was not of the daughters of Canaan as her self was now I knewe that the ofspring of Chanaā was mischieuous but yet did youthfull fancie blynde my hart and as I beheld her pouring out wine I was deceiued by dronkennes and fell in loue with her Upon a tyme whyle I was away she maried Silon to a Woman of Chanaan which her deede when I vnderstoode I cursed her in the bitternes of my soule ▪ and so she dyed in the wickednes of her sōnes A two yeares after these things as I went to there my sheep Thamar decky●g her selfe like a Bride sate her downe at a gate of the Citie For it was the custome of the Amorites that their Brides doe set them selues forth at the gates of their Cities by the space of seuen dayes together to be abused in fornication I therefore being dronken with the waters of Hor●● knew her not by reason of wine in so muche that her beautye together with the attire in decking of her selfe deceiued me and thereupon turnyng aside vnto her I sayd shall I come in vnto thee and she aunswered what wilt thou geue mee and I gaue her my Staffe and my Girdle and the Croune of my Kyngdome Upon my companiyng with her she conceiued afterward I not knowyng my selfe to haue bene the doer thereof would haue put her to death for it But she hauing kept my pledges in store shamed me with them and when I had heard myne owne wordes of her in secret which I had spoken to her when I laye with her in my dronkennesse I could not put her to death because it was of the Lordes doyng but I touched her not any more to my diyng day For when I had done thys abhomination ▪ Israell leste she might worke wiles with mee I sayde I would fetche my pledges againe of her But when I inquired for her the townsmen sayd there was no Bride in their Citie because she came from another place and had sit there but a little while and she deemed that no man knewe of my goyng in vnto her Afterwarde we came into Egypt to Ioseph because of the dearth Sir and fortie yeares old was I when we came hether and thre score and thirteene yeares haue I liued here And now my sonnes heare mee your Father in all thinges that I charge you withall and keepe ye all my saiynges in doyng all maner of righteousnes before the Lord and in obeiyng the commaundements of the Lord God and walke not after your owne lustes nor after the conceites of your owne mindes in the pride of your hartes nether glory you in the workes of the strength of your youth because it is sinfull in the sight of the lord For in asmuche as I gloried in my battels and vpbrayded my brother Ruben with Billa●my Fathers wife because no face of any beutifull woman had yet deceiued mee therefore the spirite of fondnes and fornication fell vpon mee so as I was ouertaken both in Bethsue the Chananite and in Thamar the wife of mine own sonnes And I saide to my father in lawe I haue made my father priuie to the matter and therefore I will take thy daughter to my wife Hereupon he shewed mee an infinite masse of Gold in his daughters behalfe for he was a king and decking her with Golde and Pearle willed her to pour out wine to vs at the Supper The beautie of the woman and the Wine together dazeled mine eyes and voluptuousnes did so darken myne vnderstandyng that I fell in loue with her and brake the commaundement of GOD and of my Fathers and tooke her to wife According to the intent of my hart the Lord payd me home for it for I had no ioy of the children that I had by her Now therefore my children be not dronken with Wine for Wine turneth a mans vnderstandyng away frō the truth and kindleth in hym the fire of luste leadyng his eyes into error in so muche that wine is a seruaunt to the spirite of lechery to further the sedyng of the mind with voluptuousnes and so those twain bereue a man of all power For ▪ if a man drinke wine till hee bee dronken he traineth hys mind into the filthy thoughtes of lecheric and kindleth the body to carnall copulation And if desired occasion serue sinne is wrought without shame Suche a thyng is wine my sonnes for a dronken man is ashamed of nothyng Beholde it made both me and Thamar to do amisse so as I blushed not at y multitude in the City but went aside vnto her in the fight of al men and committed a greate sinne in discoueryng the vncleane priuities of my owne sonnes Through drinking of wine I was not ashamed to breake Gods commaundement in takyng a woman of Chananie to Wife Wherefore my sonnes hee that drinketh wine had neede of discretion and the discreciō that euery man ought to vse in drinking of wine is that he be ashamed to ouer drinke hym selfe For if hee passe that bon● he forgoeth his vnderstandyng and cleaueth to the spirite of error which causeth the dronken man to talke filthely and to doe wickedly and not to bee ashamed but to host of his lewdnes thinkyng it to be good He that committeth whoredome ▪ is berest of his libertie and becommeth a ●ondslaue of 〈◊〉 and cannot get out of it againe after the same maner that I was made naked For I gaue ouer my Staffe that is to saie the staye of my tribe and my girdle that is my power my crowne that is the glory of my kyngdome Howbeit repentyng these thinges I forbare all wine and flesh vnto mine old age I was vtterly vnacquainted with all ●●rth And the Angell of GOD shewed me that women should from tyme to tyme ouermaster all menne as well Kynges as Kaitifes and bereaue greate men of their glory For the pouertie of a poore man is a greater fence to hym thā is the strength of a mightie man. Therfore my children keepe measure in drinkyng for there are in it fower noysom spirits that is to wit of concupiscence of hart●●rnyng of lechery and of filthy ga●● ▪ If ye drinke wine merily in the fear of 〈◊〉 Lord with ●●●●●fastnes ye shal liue But if ye drinke without regard of shame and feare of GOD then turneth it to drankennesse and dishonestie stealeth●in And if ye drinke none at all then shall ye no● sinne neith●● in slaunderous wordes ▪ nor in quarelyng nor in railyng nor in breache of Gods Commaundementes neither shall ye perisho before your tynie For Wine disc●●seth the secretes of GOD and man vnto stra●igers like