a very fair woman and one that feared the Lord. 3 Her parents also were righteous and taught their daughter according to the law of Moses 4 Now Joacim was a great rich man and had a fair garden joyning unto his house and to him resorted the Jews because he was more honourable then all others 5 The same year were appointed two of the ancients of the people to be judges such as the Lord spake of that wickedness came from Babylon from ancient judges who seemed to govern the people 6 These kept much at Joacims house and all that had any suits in law came unto them 7 Now when the people departed away at noon Susanna went into her husbands garden to walk 8 And the two elders saw her going in every day and walking so that their lust was inflamed toward her 9 And they perverted their own minde and turned away their eyes that they might not look unto heaven nor remember just judgements 10 And albeit they both were wounded with her love yet durst not one shew another his grief 11 For they were ashamed to declare their lust that they desired to have to do with her 12 Yet they watched diligently from day to day to see her 13 And the one said to the other Let us now go home for it is dinner-time 14 So when they were gone out they parted the one from the other and turning back again they came to the same place and after they had asked one another the cause they acknowledged their lust then appointed they a time both together when they might finde her alone 15 And it fell out as they watched a fit time she went in †Gr. as yesterday and the day before as before with two maids onely and she was desirous to wash her self in the garden for it was hot 16 And there was no body there save the two elders that had hid themselves and watched her 17 Then she said to her maids Bring me oyl and washing-balls and shut the garden doors that I may wash me 18 And they did as she bade them and shut the garden-doors and went out themselves at ‖ Or side-doors privy doors to fetch the things that she had commanded them but they saw not the elders because they were hid 19 Now when the maids were gone forth the two elders rose up and ran unto her saying 20 Behold the garden-doors are shut that no man can see us and we are in love with thee therefore consent unto us and lie with us 21 If thou wilt not we will bear witness against thee that a young man was with thee and therefore thou didst send away thy maids from thee 22 Then Susanna sighed and said I am straighted on every side for if I do this thing it is death unto me and if I do it not I cannot escape your hands 23 It is better for me to fall into your hands and not to do it then to sin in the sight of the Lord. 24 With that Susanna cried with a loud voice and the two elders cried out against her 25 Then ran the one and opened the garden-door 26 So when the servants of the house heard the cry in the garden they rushed in at a privy door to see what was done unto her 27 But when the elders had declared their matter the servants were greatly ashamed for there was never such a report made of Susanna 28 And it came to pass the next day when the people were assembled to her husband Joacim the two elders came also full of mischievous imagination against Susanna to put her to death 29 And said before the people Send for Susanna the daughter of Chelcias Joacims wife and so they sent 30 So she came with her father and mother her children and all her kindred 31 Now Susanna was a very delicate woman and beauteous to behold 32 And these wicked men commanded to uncover her face for she was covered that they might be filled with her beauty 33 Therefore her friends and all that saw her wept 34 Then the two elders stood up in the mids of the people and said their hands upon her head 35 And she weeping looked up towards heaven for her heart trusted in the Lord. 36 And the elders said As we walked in the garden alone this woman came in with two maids and shut the garden doors and sent the maids away 37 Then a young man who there was hid came unto her and lay with her 38 Then we that stood in a corner of the garden seeing this wickedness ran unto them 39 And when we saw them together the man we could not hold for he was stronger then we and opened the door and leaped out 40 But having taken this woman we asked who the young man was but she would not tell us these things do we testifie 41 Then the assembly beleeve them as those that were the elders and judges of the people so they condemned her to death 42 Then Susanna cried out with a loud voice and said O everlasting God that knowest the secrets and knowest all things before they be 43 Thou knowest that they have born false witness against me and behold I must die whereas I never did such things as these men have maliciously invented against me 44 And the Lord heard her voice 45 Therefore when she was led to be put to death the Lord raised up the holy spirit of a young youth whose name was Daniel 46 Who cried with a loud voice I am clear from the bloud of this woman 47 Then all the people turned them towards him and said What mean those words that thou hast spoken 48 So he standing in the midst of them said Are ye such fools ye sons of Israel that without examination or knowledge of the truth ye have condemned a daughter of Israel 49 Return again to the place of judgement for they have born false witness against her 50 Wherefore all the people turned again in haste and the elders said unto him Come sit down among us and shew it us seeing God hath given thee the honour of an elder 51 Then said Daniel unto them Put these two aside one far from another and I will examine them 52 So when they were put asunder one from another he called one of them and said unto him O thou that art waxen old in wickedness now thy sins which thou hast committed aforetime are come to light 53 For thou hast pronounced false judgement and hast condemned the innocent and hast let the guilty go free albeit the Lord saith * Exod. 23.7 The innocent and righteous shalt thou not slay 54 Now then if thou hast seen her tell me Under what tree sawest thou them companying together Who answered Under a †Gr. lentiâ—k-trâ—â— mastick-tree 55 And Daniel said Very well thou hast lied against thine own head for even now the angel of God hath received the sentence of God to cut thee in two 56 So
10.2 Chap. 3.4 1 Chr. 24 2. Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before the LORD 62 And those that were numbred of them were twenty and three thousand all males from a moneth old and upward for they were not numbred among the children of Israel because there was no inheritance given them among the children of Israel 63 ¶ These are they that were numbred by Moses and Eleazar the priest who numbred the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by Jordan near Jericho 64 But among these there was not a man of them whom Moses and Aaron the priest numbred when they numbred the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai 65 For the LORD had said of them They * Ch. 14.28 1 Co. 10.5 ◠shall surely die in the wilderness And there was not left a man of them save Caleb the son of Jephunneh and Joshua the son of Nun. CHAP. XXVII 1 The daughters of Zelophehad sue for an inheritance 6 The law of inheritances 12 Moses being told of his death sueth for a successour 18 Joshua is appointed to succeed him THen came the daughters of * Ch. 26.33 Josh 17.3 Zelophehad the son of Hepher the son of Gilead the son of Machir the son of Manasseh of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph and these are the names of his daughters Mahlah Noah and Hoglah and Milcah and Tirzah 2 And they stood before Moses and before Eleazar the priest and before the princes and all the congregation by the door of the tabernacle of the congregation saying 3 Our father * Ch. 14.35 26.64 65. died in the wilderness and he was not in the company of them that gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah but died in his own sin and had no sons 4 Why should the name of our father be †Heb. diminished done away from among his family because he hath no son Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father 5 And Moses brought their cause before the LORD 6 ¶ And the LORD spake unto Moses saying 7 The daughters of Zelophehad speak right thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their fathers brethren and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them 8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of Israel saying If a man die and have no son then ye shall cause his inheritance to pass unto his daughter 9 And if he have no daughter then ye shall give his inheritance unto his brethren 10 And if he have no brethren then ye shall give his inheritance unto his fathers brethren 11 And if his father have no brethren then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family and he shall possess it and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgement as the LORD commanded Moses 12 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses * Deut. 32.49 Get thee up into this mount Abarim and see the land which I have given unto the children of Israel 13 And when thou hast seen it thou also shalt be gathered unto thy people as * Ch. 20.24 Aaron thy brother was gathered 14 For ye * Ch. 20.24 rebelled against my commandment in the desert of Zin in the strife of the congregation to sanctifie me at the water before their eyes that is the * Ex. 17.7 water of Meribah in Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin 15 ¶ And Moses spake unto the LORD saying 16 Let the LORD the God of the spirits of all flesh set a man over the congregation 17 Which may go out before them and which may go in before them and which may lead them out and which may bring them in that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd 18 ¶ And the LORD said unto Moses Take thee Joshua the son of Nun a man in whom is the spirit and lay thine hand upon him 19 And set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation and give him a charge in their sight 20 And thou shalt put some of thine honour upon him that all the congregation of the children of Israel may be obedient 21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest who shall ask counsel for him * Exod. 28.30 after the judgement of Urim before the LORD at his word shall they go out and at his word they shall come in both he and all the children of Israel with him even all the congregation 22 And Moses did as the LORD commanded him and he took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest before all the congregation 23 And he laid his hands upon him and gave him a charge as the LORD commanded by the hand of Moses CHAP. XXVIII 1 Offerings are be observed 3 The continual burnt-offering 9 The offering on the sabbath 11 on the new-moons 16 at the pass-over 26 in the day of first-fruits ANd the LORD spake unto Moses saying 2 Command the children of Israel and say unto them My offering and my bread for my sacrifices made by fire for †Heb. a savour of my rest a sweet savour unto me shall ye observe to offer unto me in their due season 3 And thou shalt say unto them * Exod. 29.38 This is the offering made by fire which ye shall offer unto the LORD two lambs of the first year without pot †Heb. in a day day by day for a continual burnt-offering 4 The one lamb shalt thou offer in the morning and the other lamb shalt thou offer †Heb. between the two evenines at even 5 And a tenth part of an Ephah of flour for a * Lev. 2.1 meat-offering mingled with the fourth part of an * Ex. 29.40 hin of beaten oyl 6 It is a continual burnt-offering which was ordained in mount Sinai for a sweet savour a sacrifice made by fire unto the LORD 7 And the drink-offering thereof shall be the fourth part of an hin for the one lamb in the holy place shalt thou cause the strong wine to be poured unto the LORD for a drink offering 8 And the other lamb shalt thou offer at even as the meat-offering of the morning and as the drink-offering thereof thou shalt offer it a sacrifice made by fire of a sweet savour unto the LORD 9 ¶ And on the sabbath-day two lambs of the first year without spot and two tenth deals of flour for a meat-offering mingled with oyl and the drink offering thereof 10 This is the burnt offering of every sabbath beside the continual burnt-offering and his drink offering 11 ¶ And in the beginnings of your moneths ye shall offer a burnt-offering unto the LORD two young bullocks and one ram seven lambs of the first year without spot 12 And three tenth deals of flour for a meat-offering mingled with oyl for one
I pray thee a morsel of bread in thine hand 12 And she said As the LORD thy God liveth I have not a cake but an handful of meal in a barrel and a little oyl in a cruse and behold I am gathering two sticks that I may go in and dress it for me and my son that we may eat it and die 13 And Elijah said unto her Fear not go and do as thou hast said but make me thereof a little cake first and bring it unto me and after make for thee and for thy son 14 For thus saith the LORD God of Israel The barrel of meal shall not waste neither shall the cruse of oyl fail until the day that the LORD †Heb. giveth sendeth rain upon the earth 15 And she went and did according to the saying of Elijah and she and he and her house did eat ‖ Or a full year many days 16 And the barrel of meal wasted not neither did the cruse of oyl fail according to the word of the LORD which he spake †Heb. by the hand of by Elijah 17 ¶ And it came to pass after these things that the son of the woman the mistress of the house fell sick and his sickness was so sore that there was no breath left in him 18 And she said unto Elijah What have I to do with thee O thou man of God art thou come unto me to call my sin to remembrance and to slay my son 19 And he said unto her Give me thy son And he took him out of her bosom and carried him up into a loft where he abode and laid him upon his own bed 20 And he cried unto the LORD and said O LORD my God hast thou also brought evil upon the widow with whom I sojourn by slaying her son 21 And he †Heb. measured stretched himself upon the childe three times and cried unto the LORD and said O LORD my God I pray thee let this childs soul come †Heb. into his inward parts into him again 22 And the LORD heard the voice of Elijah and the soul of the childe came into him again and he revived 23 And Elijah took the childe and brought him down out of the chamber into the house and delivered him unto his mother and Elijah said See thy son liveth 24 ¶ And the woman said to Elijah Now by this I know that thou art a man of God and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth CHAP. XVIII 1 In the extremity of samine Elijah sent to Abah meeteth good Obadlah 9 Obadiah bringeth Ahab to Elijah 17 Elijah reproving Ahab by fire from heaven convinceth Baals prophets 41 Elijah by prayer obtaining rain followeth Ahab to Jezreel ANd it came to pass after many days that the word of the LORD came to Elijah in the third year saying Go shew thy self unto Ahab and I will send rain upon the earth 2 And Elijah went to shew himself unto Ahab and there was a sore famine in Samaria 3 And Ahab called †Heb. Obadiahu Obadiah which was †Heb. over his house the governour of his house now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly 4 For it was so when †Heb. Izebel Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD that Obadiah took an hundred prophets and hid them by fifty in a cave and fed them with bread and water 5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah Go into the land unto all fountains of water and unto all brooks peradventure we may finde grass to save the horses and mules alive †Heb. that we cut not off our selves from the beasts that we leese not all the beasts 6 So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it Ahab went one way by himself and Obadiah went another way by himself 7 ¶ And as Obadiah was in the way behold Elijah met him and he knew him and fell on his lace and said Art thou that my lord Elijah 8 And he answered him I am go tell thy lord Behold Elijah is here 9 And he said What have I sinned that thou wouldest deliver thy servant into the hand of Ahab to slay me 10 As the LORD thy God liveth there is no nation nor kingdom whither my lord hath not sent to seek thee and when they said He is not there he took an oath of the kingdom and nation that they found thee not 11 And now thou sayest Go tell thy lord Behold Elijah is here 12 And it shall come to pass assoon as I am gone from thee that the spirit of the LORD shall carry thee whither I know not and so when I come and tell Ahab and he cannot finde thee he shall slay me but I thy servant fear the LORD from my youth 13 Was it not told my lord what I did when Jezebel slew the prophets of the LORD how I hid an hundred men of the LORDS prophets by fifty in a cave and fed them with bread and water 14 And now thou sayest Go tell thy lord Behold Elijah is here and he shall slay me 15 And Elijah said As the LORD of hosts liveth before whom I stand I will surely shew my self unto him to day 16 So Obadiah went to meet Ahab and told him and Ahab went to meet Elijah 17 ¶ And it came to pass when Ahab saw Elijah that Ahab said unto him Art thou he that troubleth Israel 18 And he answered I have not troubled Israel but thou and thy fathers house in that ye have forsaken the commandments of the LORD and thou hast followed Baalim 19 Now therefore send and gather to me all Israel unto mount Carmel and the prophets of Baal four hundred and fifty and the prophets of the groves four hundred which eat at Jezebels table 20 So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel 21 And Elijah came unto all the people and said How long halt ye between two ‖ Or. thoughts opinions if the LORD be God follow him but if Baal then follow him And the people answered him not a word 22 Then said Elijah unto the people I even I onely remain a prophet of the LORD but Baals prophets are four hundred and fifty men 23 Let them therefore give us two bullocks and let them choose one bullock for themselves and cut it in pieces and lay it on wood and put no fire under and I will dress the other bullock and lay it on wood and put no fire under 24 And call ye on the name of your gods and I will call on the name of the LORD and the God that answereth by fire let him be God And all the people answered and said †Heb. The word is good It is well spoken 25 And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal Choose you one bullock for your selves and dress it first for ye are many and call on the name of your gods but put no fire under 26
the people went forth and brought them and made themselves booths every one upon the roof of his house and in their courts and in the courts of the house of God and in the street of the water-gate and in the street of the gate of Ephraim 17 And all the congregation of them that were come again out of the captivity made booths and sat under the booths for since the days of Jeshua the son of Nun unto that day had not the children of Israel done so and there was very great gladness 18 Also day by day from the first day unto the last day he read in the book of the law of God and they kept the feast seven days and on the eighth day was †Heb. a restraint a solemn assembly according unto the manner CHAP. IX 1 A solemn fast and repentance of the people 4 The Levites make a religious confession of Gods goodness and their wickedness NOw in the twenty and fourth day of * Chap. 8.2 this moneth the children of Israel were assembled with fasling and with sackclothes and earth upon them 2 And the seed of Israel separated themselves from all †Heb. strange children strangers and stood and confessed their sins and the iniquities of their fathers 3 And they stood up in their place and read in the book of the law of the LORD their God one fourth part of the day and another fourth part they confessed and worshipped the LORD their God 4 ¶ Then stood up upon the ‖ Or seaffold stairs of the Levites Jeshua and Bani Kadmiel Shebaniah Bunni Sherebiah Bani and Chenani and cried with a loud voice unto the LORD their God 5 Then the Levites Jeshua and Kadmiel Bani Hashabniah Sherebiah Hodijah Shebaniah and Pethabiah said Stand up and bless the LORD your God for ever and ever and blessed be thy glorious name which is exalted above all blessing and praise 6 Thou even thou art LORD alone * Gen. 1.1 thou hast made heaven the heaven of neavens with all their host the earth and all things that are therein the seas and all that is therein and thou preservest them all and the host of heaven worshippeth thee 7 Thou art the LORD the God who didst choose * Gen. 11.31 12.1 Abram and broughtest him forth out of Ur of the Caldees and gavest him the name of * Gen. 17.5 Abraham 8 And foundest his heart * Gen. 15 6. faithful before thee and madest a * Gen. 12.7 and 15.18 and 17.7 â— covenant with him to give the land of the Canaanites the Hittites the Amorites and the Perizzites and the Jebusites and the Girgashites to give it I say to his seed and hast performed thy words for thou art righteous 9 * Ex. 3.7 14.10 And didst see the affliction of our fathers in Egypt and heardest their cry by the Red sea 10 And * Ex. 7.8 9 10 12 and 14 chap. shewedst signs and wonders upon Pharaoh and on all his servants and on all the people of his land for thou knewest that they dealt proudly against them so didst thou get thee a name as it is this day 11 * Ex. 14.21 22. And thou didst divide the sea before them so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land and their persecuters thou threwest into the deeps as a stone into the * Ex. 15.10 mighty waters 12 Moreover thou * Ex. 13 21 leddest them in the day by a cloudy pillar and in the night by a pillar of fire to give them light in the way wherein they should go 13 * Ex. 19.20 20.1 Thou camest down also upon mount Sinai and spakest with them from heaven and gavest them right judgements and †Heb. laws of truth true laws good statutes and commandments 14 And madest known unto them thy holy sabbath and commandedst them precepts statutes and laws by the hand of Moses thy servant 15 And * Ex. 15.14 15. gavest them bread from heaven for their hunger and * Ex. 17.6 Num 20.9 c. broughtest forth water for them out of the rock for their thirst and promisedst them that they should * Deu. 1.8 go in to possess the land †Heb. which thou hadst lift up thine hand to give them which thou hadst sworn to give them 16 But they and our fathers dealt proudly and hardned their necks and hearkned not to thy commandments 17 And refused to obey neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them but hardned their necks and in their rebellion appointed * Nu. 14.4 a captain to return to their bondage but thou art †Heb. a God of pardons a God ready to pardon graciou and merciful slow to anger and of great kindness and forsookest them not 18 Yea * Ex. 32.4 when they had made them a molten calf and said This is thy god that brought thee up out of Egypt and had wrought great provocations 19 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness the * Ex. 13.22 Nu. 14.14 1 Cor. 10.1 pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day to lead them in the way neither the pillar of fire by night to shew them light and the way wherein they should go 20 Thou gavest also thy * Nu. 11.17 good spirit to instruct them and withheldest not thy * Ex. 16.15 Jos 5.12 manna from their mouth and gavest them * Ex. 17.6 water for their thirst 21 Yea fourty years didst thou sustain them in the wilderness so that they lacked nothing their * Deu. 8.4 clothes waxed not old and their feet swelled not 22 Moreover thou gavest them kingdoms and nations and didst divide them into corners so they possessed the land of * Nu. 21.21 c. Sihon and the land of the king of Heshbon and the land of Og king of Bashan 23 Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven and broughtest them into the land concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers that they should go in to possess it 24 So the children went in and possessed the land and thou subduedst before them the inhabitants of the land the Canaanites and gavest them into their hands with their kings and the people of the land that they might do with them †Heb. according to their will as they would 25 And they took strong cities and a fat land and possessed houses full of all goods ‖ Or â—iâ—â—â—rns wells digged vineyards and olive-yards and †Heb. tree of food fruit-trees in abundance so they did eat and were filled and became fat and delighted themselves in thy great goodness 26 Nevertheless they were disobedient rebelled against thee and cast thy law behinde their backs and slew thy * 1 Kin. 19.10 prophets with testified against them to turn them to thee they wrought great provocations
to their deeds and according to the wickedness of their endeavours give them after the work of their hands render to them their desert 5 Because they regard not the works of the LORD nor the operation of his hands he shall destroy them and not build them up 6 Blessed be the LORD because he hath heard the voice of my supplications 7 The LORD is my strength and my shield my heart trusted in him and I am helped therefore my heart greatly rejoyceth and with my song will I praise him 8 The LORD is ‖ Or his strength their strength and he is the †Heb. strength of salvations saving strength of his anointed 9 Save thy people and bless thine inheritance ‖ Or rule feed them also and lift them up for ever PSAL. XXIX 1 David exhorteth princes to give glory to God 3 by reason of his power 11 and protection of his people ¶ A psalm of David GIve unto the LORD O †Heb. ye sons of the mighty ye mighty give unto the LORD glory and strength 2 Give unto the LORD †Heb. the honour of his name the glory due unto his name worship the LORD ‖ Or in his glorious sanctuary in the beauty of holiness 3 The voice of the LORD is upon the waters the God of glory thundreth the LORD is upon ‖ Or great waters many waters 4 The voice of the LORD is †Heb. in power powerful the voice of the LORD is †Heb. in majesty full of majesty 5 The voice of the LORD breaketh the cedars yea the LORD breaketh the cedars of Lebanon 6 He maketh them also to skip like a calf Lebanon and * Deu. 3.9 Sirion like a young unicorn 7 The voice of the LORD †Heb. cutteth out divideth the flames of fire 8 The voice of the LORD shaketh the wilderness the LORD shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh 9 The voice of the LORD maketh the hindes ‖ Or to be in pain to calve and discovereth the forests in his temple ‖ Or every whit of it uttereth c. doth every one speak of his glory 10 The LORD sitteth upon the floud yea the LORD sitteth King for ever 11 The LORD will give strength unto his people the LORD will bless his people with peace PSAL. XXX 1 David praiseth God for his deliverance 4 He exhorteth others to praise him by example of Gods dealing with him ¶ A psalm and song at the dedication of the house of David I Will extoll thee O LORD for thou hast lifted me up and hast not made my foes to rejoyce over me 2 O LORD my God I cried unto thee and thou hast healed me 3 O LORD thou hast brought up my soul from the grave thou hast kept me alive that I should not go down to the pit 4 Sing unto the LORD O ye saints of his and give thanks ‖ Or to the memorial at the remembrance of his holiness 5 For †Heb. there is but a moment in his anger his anger endureth but a moment in his favour is life weeping may endure †Heb. in the evening for a night but †Heb. singing joy cometh in the morning 6 And in my prosperity I said I shall never be moved 7 LORD by thy favour thou hast †Heb. settled strength for my mountain made my mountain to stand strong thou didst hide thy face and I was troubled 8 I cried to thee O LORD unto the LORD I made supplication 9 What profit is there in my bloud when I go down to the pit * Psal 6.5 88.11 â—15 17 shall the dust praise thee shall it declare thy truth 10 Hear O LORD have mercy upon me LORD be thou my helper 11 Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing thou hast put off my sackcloth and girded me with gladness 12 To the end that ‖ That is my tongue or my soul my glory may sing praise to thee and not be silent O LORD my God I will give thanks unto thee for ever PSAL. XXXI 1 David shewing his confidence in God craveth his help 7 He rejoyceth in his mercy 9 He prayeth in his calamity 19 He praiseth God for his goodness ¶ To the chief musician A psalm of David IN * Psal 22.5 Isa 49.23 thee O LORD do I put my trust let me never be ashamed deliver me in thy righteousness 2 Bow down thine ear to me deliver me speedily be thou †Heb. to me for a rock of strength my strong rock for an house of defence to save me 3 For thou art my rock and my fortress therefore for thy names sake lead me and guide me 4 Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me for thou art my strength 5 * Luke â—3 46 Into thine hand I commit my spirit thou hast redeemed me O LORD God of truth 6 I have hated them that regard lying vanities but I trust in the LORD 7 I will be glad and rejoyce in thy 〈◊〉 for thou hast considered my trouble thou hast known my soâ—â— in â—dâ—â—â—ities 8 And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy thou hast set my feet in a large room 9 Have mercy upon me O LORD for I am in trouble mine eye is consumed with grief yea my soul and my belly 10 For my life is spent with grief and my years with sighing my strength faileth because of mine iniquity and my bones are consumed 11 I was a reproach among all mine enemies but especially among my neighbours and a fear to mine acquaintance they that did see me without fled from me 12 I am forgotten as a dead man out of minde I am like †Heb. a vessel that perisheth a broken vessel 13 For I have heard the slander of many fear was on every side while they took counsel together against me they devised to take away my life 14 But I trusted in thee O LORD I said Thou art my God 15 My times are in thy hand deliver me from the hand of mine enemies and from them that persecute me 16 Make thy face to shine upon thy servant save me for thy mercies sake 17 Let me not be ashamed O LORD for I have called upon thee let the wicked be ashamed and ‖ Or let them be cut off for the grave let them be silent in the grave 18 Let the lying lips be put to silence which speak †Heb. a hard thing grievous things proudly and contemptuously against the righteous 19 * Isa 64.4 1 Cor. 2.9 O how great is thy goodness which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee which thou hâ—st wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men 20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues
mere his face from us †Heb. as a hiding of faces from him or from us we hid as it were our faces from him he was despised and we esteemed him not 4 ¶ Surely * Mat. 8.17 he hath born our griefs and carried our sorrows yet we did esteem him stricken smitten of God and afflicted 5 But he was ‖ Or tormented * Ro 4.25 1 Cor. 15.3 wounded for our transgressions he was bruised for our iniquities the chastisement of our peace was upon him and with his * 1 Pet. 2.24 †Heb. bruâ—se stripes we are healed 6 All we like sheep have gone astray we have turned every one to his own way and the LORD †Heb. hath made the iniquities of us all to meet on him hath laid on him the iniquity of us all 7 He was oppressed and he was afflicted yet * Mat. 26 6â— 27.12 Mar. 14.61 and 15.5 Act. 8.22 he opened not his mouth he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb so he openeth not his mouth 8 ‖ Or He was takin away by distress and judgement but c. He was taken from prison and from judgement and who shall declare has generation for he was cut off out of the land of the living for the transgression of my people †Heb. was the stroke upon him was he stricken 9 And he made his grave with the wicked and with the rich in his †Heb. deaths death because he had done no violence neither was any * 1 Pet. 2.22 1 Joh. 3.5 deceit in his mouth 10 ¶ Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him he hath put him to grief ‖ Or when his soul shall make an offering when thou shalt make his soul an offering for sin he shall see his seed he shall prolong his days and the pleasure of the LORD shall prosper in his hand 11 He shall see of the travel of his soul and shall be satisfied by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justifie many for he shall bear their iniquities 12 Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great and he shall divide the spoil with the strong because he hath poured out his soul unto death and he was * Mar. 15.28 Luk. 22.37 numbred with the transgressours and he bare the sin of many and * Luk. 23.34 made intercession for the transgressours CHAP. LIV. 1 The prophet for the comfort of the Gentiles prophesieth the amplitude of their church 4 their safety 6 their certain deliverance out of affliction 11 their fair edification 15 and their sure preservation * Gal. â— 27 SIng O barren thou that didst not bear break forth into singing and cry aloud thou that didst not travail with childe for more are the children of the desolate then the children of the married wife saith the LORD 2 Enlarge the place of thy tent and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations spare not lengthen thy cords and strengthen thy stakes 3 For thou shalt break forth on the right hand and on the left and thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles and make the desolate cities to be inhabited 4 Fear not for thou shalt not be ashamed neither be thou confounded for thou shalt not be put to shame for thou shalt forget the shame of thy youth and shalt not remember the reproach of thy widowhood any more 5 For thy maker is thine husband the * Lu. 1.32 LORD of hosts is his name and thy redeemer the holy One of Israel the God of the whole earth shall he be called 6 For the LORD hath called thee as a woman forsaken and grieved in spirit and a wise of youth when thou wast refused saith thy God 7 For a small moment have I forsaken thee but with great mercies will I gather thee 8 In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee saith the LORD thy redeemer 9 For this is as the waters of * Gen. 9.11 Noah unto me for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth so have I sworn that I would not be wroth with thee nor rebuke thee 10 For the mountains shall depart and the hills be removed but my kindness shall not depart from thee neither shall the covenant of my peace be removed saith the LORD that hath mercy on thee 11 ¶ Oh thou afflicted tossed with tempest and not comforted behold I will lay thy stones with * 1 Chr. 29.2 fair colours and lay thy foundations with sapphires 12 And I will make thy windows of agats and thy gates of carbuncles and all thy borders of pleasant stones 13 And all thy children shall be * Joh. 6.45 taught of the LORD and great shall be the peace of thy children 14 In righteousness shalt thou be established thou shalt be far from oppression for thou shalt not fear and from terrour for it shall not come near thee 15 Behold they shall surely gather together but not by me whosoever shall gather together against thee shall fall for thy sake 16 Behold I have created the smith that bloweth the coals in the fire and that bringeth forth an instrument for his work and I have created the waster to destroy 17 ¶ No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgement thou shalt condemn This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD and their righteousness is of me saith the LORD CHAP. LV. 2 The prophet with the promises of Christ calleth to faith 6 and to repentance 8 The happy success of them that beleeve HO * Joh. 7.37 every one that thirteth come ye to the waters and he that hath no money come ye buy and eat yea come buy wine and milk without money and without price 2 Wherefore do ye †Heb. weigh spend money for that which is not bread and your labour for that which satisfieth not hearken diligently unto me and eat ye that which is good and let your soul delight it self in fatness 3 Incline your ear and come unto me hear and your soul shall live and I will make an everlasting covenant with you even the * Act. 13.34 sure mercies of David 4 Behold I have given him for a witness to the people a leader and commander to the people 5 Behold thou shalt call a nation that thou knowest not and nations that knew not thee shall run unto thee because of the LORD thy God and for the holy One of Israel for he hath glorified thee 6 ¶ Seek ye the LORD while he may be found call ye upon him while he is near 7 Let the wicked forsake his way and †Heb. the man of iniquity the unrighteous man his thoughts and let him return unto the LORD and he will
shall eat the riches of the Gentiles and in their glory shall you boast your selves 7 ¶ For your shame you shall have double and for confusion they shall rejoyce in their portion therefore in their land they shall possess the double everlasting joy shall be unto them 8 For I the LORD love judgement I hate robbery for burnt-offering and I will direct their work in truth and I will make an everlasting covenant with them 9 And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles and their offspring among the people all that see them shall acknowledge them that they are the seed which the LORD hath blessed 10 I will greatly rejoyce in the LORD my soul shall be joyful in my God for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness as a bridegroom †Heb. decketh as a priest decketh himself with ornaments and as a bride adorneth her self with her jewels 11 For as the earth bringeth forth her bud and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations CHAP. LXII 1 The fervent desire of the prophet to confirm the church in Gods promises 5 The office of the ministers unto which they are incited in preaching the gospel 10 and preparing the people thereto FOr Zions sake will I not hold my peace and for Jerusalems sake I will not rest until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth 2 And the Gentiles shall see thy righteousness and all kings thy glory and thou shalt be called by a new name which the mouth of the LORD shall name 3 Thou shalt also be a crown of glory in the hand of the LORD and a royal diadem in the hand of thy God 4 * Hos 1.10 1 Pet. 2.10 Thou shalt no more be termed Forsaken neither shall thy land any more be termed Desolate but thou shalt be called ‖ That is My delight is in ber Hephzi-bah and thy land ‖ That is Married Beulah for the LORD delighteth in thee and thy land shall be married 5 For as a young man marrieth a virgin so shall thy sons marry thee and †Heb. with the joy of the bridegroom as the bridegroom rejoyceth over the bride so shall thy God rejoyce over thee 6 I have set watchmen upon thy walls O Jerusalem which shall never hold their peace day nor night ‖ Or ye that are the LORD remembrancers ye that make mention of the LORD keep not silence 7 And give him no †Heb. silence rest till he establish and till he make Jerusalem a praise in the earth 8 The LORD hath sworn by his right hand and by the arm of his strength †Heb. If I give c. Surely I will no more give thy corn to be meat for thine enemies and the sons of the stranger shall not drink thy wine for the which thou hast laboured 9 But they that have gathered it shall eat it and praise the LORD and they that have brought it together shall drink it in the courts of my holiness 10 ¶ Go through go through the gates * Ch. 40.3 and 57.14 prepare you the way of the people cast up cast up the high-way gather out the stones list up a standard for the people 11 Behold the LORD hath proclaimed unto the end of the world * Zec. 9.9 Mat. 21.5 Joh. 12.15 Say ye to the daughter of Zion Behold thy salvation cometh behold his * Ch. 40.10 reward is with him and his ‖ Or recompence work before him 12 And they shall call them The holy people the redeemed of the LORD and thou shalt be called Sought out a city not forsaken CHAP. LXIII 1 Christ sheweth who be is 2 what his victory over his enemies 7 and what his mercy toward his church 10 In his just wrath be remembreth his free mercy 15 The church in their prayer 17 and complaint profess their faith WHo is this that cometh from Edom with died garments from Bozrah this that is †Heb. decked glorious in his apparel travelling in the greatness of his strength I that speak in righteousness mighty to save 2 Wherefore * Rev. 19.13 art thou red in thine apparel and thy garments like him that treadeth in the wine-fat 3 I have troden the wine-press alone and of the people there was none with me for I will tread them in mine anger and trample them in my sury and their bloud shall be sprinkled upon my garments and I will stain all my raiment 4 For the * Chap. 34.8 day of vengeance is in mine heart and the year of my redeemed is come 5 And I looked and there was none to help and I wondred that there was none to uphold therefore mine own * Chap. 58.16 arm brought salvation unto me and my fury it upheld me 6 And I will tread down the people in mine anger and make them drunk in my fury and I will bring down their strength to the earth 7 ¶ I will mention the loving kindnesses of the LORD and the praises of the LORD according to all that the LORD hath bestowed on us and the great goodness toward the house of Israel which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies and according to the multitude of his loving kindnesses 8 For he said Surely they are my people children that will not lie so he was their saviour 9 ¶ In all their affliction he was afflicted and the angel of his presence saved them * Deut. 7.7 8. in his love and in his pity he redeemed them and he bare them and carried them all the days of old 10 ¶ But they * Evod. 15.24 Numb 14.11 Psal 78.56 95.9 rebelled and vexed his holy spirit therefore he was turned to be their enemy and he fought against them 11 Then he remembred the days of old Moses and his people saying Where is he that * Exod. 14.30 brought them up out of the sea with the ‖ Or shepherds as Psal 77.20 shepherd of his flock where is he that put his holy spirit within him 12 That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm * Exod. 14.21 Josh 3.16 dividing the water before them to make himself an everlasting name 13 That led them through the deep as an horse in the wilderness that they should not stumble 14 As a beast goeth down into the valley the spirit of the LORD caused him to rest so didst thou lead thy people to make they felt a glorious name 15 ¶ * Deut. 26.15 Look down from heaven and behold from the habitation of thy holiness and of thy glory where is thy zeal and thy strength ‖ Or the multitude the sounding of thy bowels and of thy
into captivity for their iniquity because they trespassed against me therefore hid I my face from them and gave them into the hand of their enemies so fell they all by the sword 24 According to their uncleanness and according to their transgressions have I done unto them and hid my face from them 25 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD Now will I bring again the captivity of Jacob and have mercy upon the whole house of Israel and will be jealous for my holy name 26 After that they have born their shame and all their trespasses whereby they have trespassed against me when they dwelt safely in their land and none made them afraid 27 When I have brought them again from the people and gathered them out of their enemies lands and * Ch. 36.23 am sanctified in them in the sight of many nations 28 Then shall they know that I am the LORD their God †Heb. by my causing of them c. which caused them to be led into captivity among the heathen but I have gathered them unto their own land and have left none of them any more there 29 Neither will I hide my face any more from them for I have * Joel 2.28 Act. 2.17 poured out my spirit upon the house of Israel saith the Lord GOD. CHAP. XL. 1 The time manner and end of the vision 6 The description of the east-gate 20 of the north-gate 24 of the south-gate 32 of the east-gate 35 and of the north-gate 39 Eight tables 44 The chambers 48 The porch of the house IN the five and twentieth year of our captivity in the beginning of the year in the tenth day of the moneth in the fourteenth year after that the city was smitten in the self-same day the hand of the LORD was upon me and brought me thither 2 In the visions of God brought he me into the land of Israel and set me upon a very high mountain ‖ Or upon which by which was as the frame of a city on the south 3 And he brought me thither and behold there was a man whose appearance was like the appearance of brass with a line of flax in his hand and a measuring-reed and he stood in the gate 4 And the man said unto me Son of man behold with thine eyes and hear with thine ears and set thine heart upon all that I shall shew thee for to the intent that I might shew them unto thee art thou brought hither declare all that thou seest to the house of Israel 5 And behold a wall on the out-side of the house round about and in the mans hand a measuring-reed of six cubits long by the cubit and an hand-breadth so he measured the breadth of the building one reed and the height one reed 6 ¶ Then came he unto the gate †Heb. whose face was the way toward the east which looketh toward the east went up the stairs thereof measured the threshold of the gate which was one reed broad the other threshold of the gate which was one reed broad 7 And every little chamber was one reed long and one reed broad and between the little chambers were five cubits and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed 8 He measured also the porch of the gate within one reed 9 Then measured he the porch of the gate eight cubits and the posts thereof two cubits and the porch of the gate was inward 10 And the little chambers of the gate east-ward were three on this side and three on that side they three were of one measure and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side 11 And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate ten cubits and the length of the gate thirteen cubits 12 The †Heb. limit or bound space also before the little chambers was one cubit on this side and the space was one cubit on that side and the little chambers were six cubits on this are and six cubits on that side 13 He measured then the gate from the roof of one little chamber to the roof of another the breadth was five and twenty cubits door against door 14 He made also posts of threescore cubits even unto the post of the court round about the gate 15 And from the faâ—e of the gate of the entrance unto the face of the porch of the inner gate were fifty cubits 16 And there were †Heb. closed narrow windows to the little chambers and to their posts within the gate round about and likewise to the ‖ Or galleries or porches arches and windows were round about ‖ Or within inward and upon each post were palm-trees 17 Then brought he me into the outward court and so there were chambers and a pavement made for the court round about thirty chambers were upon the pavement 18 And the pavement by the side of the gates over against the length of the gates was the lower pavement 19 Then he measured the breadth from the forefront of the lower gate unto the forefront of the inner court ‖ Or from without without an hundred cubits east-ward and north-ward 20 ¶ And the gate of the outward court †Heb. whose face was that looked toward the north he measured the length thereof and the breadth thereof 21 And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side and the posts thereof and the ‖ Or galleries or porches arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate the length thereof was fifty cubits and the breadth five and twenty cubits 22 And their windows and their arches and their palm-trees were after the measure of the gate that looketh towards the east and they went up unto it by seven steps and the arches thereof were before them 23 And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north and toward the east and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits 24 ¶ After that he brought me toward the south and behold a gate toward the south and he measured the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures 25 And there were windows in it and in the arches thereof round about like those windows the length was fifty cubits and the breadth five and twenty cubits 26 And there were seven steps to go up to it and the arches thereof were before them and it had palm-trees one on this side and another on that side upon the posts thereof 27 And there was a gate in the inner court toward the south and he measured from gate to gate toward the south an hundred cubits 28 And he brought me to the inner court by the south-gate and he measured the south-gate according to these measures 29 And the little chambers thereof and the posts thereof and the arches thereof according to these measures and there were windows in it
shall be great among the heathen saith the LORD of hosts 12 ¶ But ye have profaned it in that ye say The table of the LORD is polluted and the fruit thereof even his meat is contemptible 13 Ye said also Behold what a weariness is it ‖ Or whereas you might have blown it away and ye have snuffed at it saith the LORD of hosts and ye brought that which was torn and the lame and the sick thus ye brought an offering should I accept this of your hands saith the LORD 14 But cursed be the deceiver ‖ Or in whose flock i◠which hath in his flock a male and voweth and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing for I am a great King saith the LORD of hosts and my name is dreadful among the heathen CHAP. II. 1 He sharply reproveth the priests for neglecting their covenant 11 and the people for idolatry 14 for adultery 17 and for infidelity ANd now O ye priests this commandment is for you 2 * Lev. 26.14 c. Deut. 28.15 c. If ye will not hear and if ye will not lay it to heart to give glory unto my name saith the LORD of hosts I will even send a curse upon you and I will curse your blessing yea I have cursed them already because ye do not lay it to heart 3 Behold I will ‖ Or reprove corrupt your seed and †Heb. statter spread dung upon your faces even the dung of your solemn feasts and ‖ Or it shall take you away to it one shall take you away with it 4 And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment unto you that my covenant might be with Levi saith the LORD of hosts 5 My covenant was with him of life and peace and I gave them to him for the fear wherewith he seared me and was afraid before my name 6 The law of truth was in his mouth and iniquity was not found in his lips he walked with me in peace and equity and did turn many away from iniquity 7 For the priests lips should keep knowledge and they should seek the law at his mouth for he is the messenger of the LORD of hosts 8 But ye are departed out of the way ye have caused many to ‖ Or fall in the law stumble at the law ye have corrupted the covenant of Levi saith the LORD of hosts 9 Therefore have I also made you contemptible and base before all the people according as ye have not kept my ways but ‖ Or lifted up the face gainst †Heb. accepted faces have been partial in the law 10 * Eph. 4.6 Have we not all one father hath not one God created us why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother by profaning the covenant of our fathers 11 ¶ Judah hath dealt treacherously and an abomination is committed in Israel and in Jerusalem for Judah hath profaned the holiness of the LORD which he ‖ Or ought to love loved and hath married the daughter of a strange god 12 The LORD will cut off the man that doeth this ‖ Or him that waketh and him that answereth the master and the scholar out of the tabernacles of Jacob and him that offereth an offering unto the LORD of hosts 13 And this have ye done again covering the altar of the LORD with tears with weeping and with crying out insomuch that he regardeth not the offering any more or receiveth it with good will at your hand 14 ¶ Yet ye say Wherefore Because the LORD hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth against whom thou hast dealt treacherously yet is she thy companion and the wife of thy covenant 15 And did not he make one yet had he the ‖ Or excellency residue of the spirit and wherefore one that he might seek †Heb. a seed of God a godly seed therefore take heed to your spirit and let none deal ‖ Or unfaithfully treacherously against the wife of his youth 16 For the LORD the God of Israel saith ‖ Or if he hate her put her away that he hateth †Heb. to put away putting away for one covereth violence with his garment saith the LORD of hosts therefore take heed to your spirit that you deal not treacherously 17 ¶ Ye have wearied the LORD with your words yet ye say Wherein have we wearied him When ye say Every one that doeth evil is good in the sight of the LORD and he delighteth in them or Where is the God of judgement CHAP. III. 1 Of the messenger majesty and grace of Christ 7 Of the rebellion 8 sacriledge 13 and infidelity of the people 16 The promise of blessing to them that fear God BEhold * Mat. 11.10 Mar. 1.2 Luk. 1.76 and 7.27 I will send my messenger and he shall prepare the way before me and the Lord whom ye seek shall suddenly come to his temple even the messenger of the covenant whom ye delight in behold he shall come saith the LORD of hosts 2 But who may abide the day of his coming and who shall stand when he appeareth for he is like a refiners fire and like fullers sope 3 And he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver and he shall purifie the sons of Levi and purge them as gold and silver that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness 4 Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD as in the days of old and as in ‖ Or ancient former years 5 And I will come near to you to judgement and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against false swearers and against those that ‖ Or defraud oppress the hireling in his wages the widow and the fatherless and that turn aside the stranger from his right and fear not me saith the LORD of hosts 6 For I am the LORD I change not therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed 7 ¶ Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances and have not kept them * Zech. 1.3 return unto me and I will return unto you saith the LORD of hosts but ye said Wherein shall we return 8 ¶ Will a man rob God yet ye have robbed me but ye say Wherein have we robbed thee In tithes and offerings 9 Ye are cursed with a curse for ye have robbed me even this whole nation 10 Bring you all the tithes into the storehouse that there may be meat in mine house and prove me now herewith saith the LORD of hosts if I will not open you the * Gen. 7.11 windows of heaven and †Heb. empty out Pour you out a blessing that there shall not be room enough to receive it 11 And I will rebuke the devourer for your sakes and he shall not †Heb. corrupt destroy the fruits
same out of the which he was taken when his * Luk. 12.20 lise which was lent him shall be demanded 9 Notwithstanding his care is not that he shall ‖ Or be sick or die have much labour nor that his life is short but striveth to excel gold-smiths and silver-smiths and endeavoureth to do like the workers in brass and counteth it his glory to make counterfeit things 10 His heart is ashes his hope is more vile then earth and his life of less value then clay 11 Forasmuch as he knew not his Maker and him that inspired into him an active soul and breathed in a living spirit 12 But they counted our life a pastime and out †Gr life time here a market for gain for say they we must be getting every way though it be by evil means 13 ‖ Or so For this man that of earthly matter maketh brickle vessels and graven images knoweth himself to offend above all others 14 And all the enemies of thy people that hold them in subjection are most foolish and are more miserable then very babes 15 For they counted all the idols of the heathen to be gods which neither have the use of eyes to see nor noses to draw ‖ Or â—ir breath nor ears to hear nor singers of hands to handle and as for their feet they are slow to go 16 For man made them and he that borrowed his own spirit fashioned them but no man can make a god like unto himself 17 For being mortal he worketh a dead thing with wicked hands for he himself is better then the things which he worshippeth whereas he lived once but they never 18 Yea they worshipped those beasts also that are most hateful for being compared together some are worse then others 19 Neither are they beautiful so much as to be desired in respect of beasts but they went without the praise of God and his blessing CHAP. XVI 2 God gave strange meat to his people to stir up their appetite and vile beasts to their enemies to take it from them 5 He stung with his serpents 12 but soon healed them by his word ontly 17 The creatures altered their nature to pleasure Gods people and to offend their enemies THerefore by the like were they punished worthily and by the multitude of beasts * Num. 21. â— Ch. 11.15 16. tormented 2 In stead of which punishment dealing graciously with thine own people thou preparedst for them meat of a strange taste even * Num. 11.31 quails to stir up their appetite 3 To the end that they desiring food might for the ugly sight of the beasts sent among them lothe even that which they must needs desire but these suffering penury for a short space might be made partakers of a strange taste 4 For it was requisite that upon them exercising tyranny should come penury which they could not avoid but to these it should onely be shewed how their enemies were tormented 5 For when the horrible fierceness of beasts came upon ‖ Or thy people these and they perished with the * Num. 21.6 1 Cor. 10.9 stings of crooked serpents thy wrath endured not for ever 6 But they were troubled for a small season that they might be admonished having a * Num. 21.9 signe of salvation to put them in remembrance of the commandment of thy law 7 For he that turned himself towards it was not saved by the thing that he saw but by thee that art the Saviour of all 8 And in this thou madest thine enemies confess that it is thou who deliverest from all evil 9 For * Ex. 8.26 10.4 Rev. 9.3 c. them the bitings of grashoppers and flies killed neither was there found any remedy for their life for they were worthy to be punished by such 10 But thy sons not the very teeth of venemous dragons overcame for thy mercy was ever by them and healed them 11 For they were †Gr. stunâ— pricked that they should remember the words and were quickly saved that not falling into deep forgetfulness they might be ‖ Or never drawn from continually mindful of thy goodness 12 For it was neither herb nor mollifying plaister that restored them to health but thy word O Lord which healeth all things 13 For thou hast power of life and death thou * Deut. 32.39 1 Sam. 2.6 Ps 105. leadest to the gates of hell and bringest up again 14 A man indeed killeth through his malice and the spirit when it is gone forth returneth not neither the soul received up cometh again 15 But it is not possible to escape thine hand 16 * Exod 9.23 For the ungodly that denied to know thee were scourged by the strength of thine arm with strange rains hails and showers were they persecuted that they could not avoid and through fire were they consumed 17 For which is most to be wondred at the fire had more force in the water that quencheth all things for the world * Judg. 5.20 fighteth for the righteous 18 For sometime the flame was mitigated that it might not burn up the beasts that were sent against the ungodly but themselves might see and perceive that they were persecuted with the judgement of God 19 And at another time it burneth even in the midst of water above the power of fire that it might destroy the fruits of an unjust land 20 * Ex. 16 1â— Num. 11.7 Ps 78.25 John 6.31 In stead whereof thou feddest thine own people with angels food and didst send them from heaven bread prepared without their labour able to content every mans delight and agreeing to every taste 21 For thy * Judg. 6.4 ‖ Or manna sustenance declared thy sweetness unto thy children and serving to the appetite of the eater ‖ Or was tempered tempered it self to every mans liking 22 * Ch. 19.20 But snow and ice endured the fire and melted not that they might know that fire burning in the hail and sparkling in the rain did destroy the fruits of the enemies 23 But this again did even forget his own strength that the righteous might be nourished 24 For the creature that seveth thee who art the Maker increaseth his strength against the unrighteous for their punishment and abateth his strength for the benefit of such as put their trust in thee 25 Therefore even then was it altered into all ‖ Or things fashions and was obedient to thy grace that nourisheth all things according to the desire ‖ Or of them that prayed of them that had need 26 That thy children O Lord whom thou lovest might know that * Deut. 8.3 Matth. 4.4 it is not the growing of fruits that nourisheth man but that it is thy word which preserveth them that put their trust in thee 27 For that which was not destroyed of the fire being warmed with a little sun-beam soon melted away 28 That it might be known that
would not be comforted because they are not 19 ¶ But when Herod was dead behold an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt 20 Saying Arise and take the young childe and his mother and go into the land of Israel for they are dead which sought the young childes life 21 And he arose and took the young childe and his mother and came into the land of Israel 22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod he was afraid to go thither notwithstanding being warned of God in a dream he turned aside into the parts of Galilee 23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets He shall be called a Nazarene CHAP. III. 1 John preacheth his office life and baptism 7 Here reprebendeth the Pharisees 13 and baptizeth Christ in Jordan IN those days came * Mar. 1.4 Luk. 3.2 John the Baptists preaching in the wilderness of Judea 2 And saying Repent ye for the kingdom of heaven is at hand 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias saying * Isa 40. â— Mar. 1.3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness Prepare ye the way of the Lord make his paths strait 4 And the same John had his raiment of camels hair and a leathern girdle about his loyns and his meat was locusts and wilde honey 5 Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region round about Jordan 6 And were baptized of him in Jordan confessing their sins 7 ¶ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism he said unto them * Chap. 12.34 O generation of vipers who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come 8 Bring forth therefore fruits ‖ Or answerable to amendment of life meet for repentance 9 And think not to say within your selves * Joh. 8.39 We have Abraham to our father for I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham 10 And now also the ax is laid unto the root of the trees * Chap. 7.19 therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire 11 * Mar. 1.8 Luke 3.16 John 1.26 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance but he that cometh after me is mightier then I whose shoes I am not worthy to bear he shall baptize you with the holy Ghost and with fire 12 Whose fan is in his hand and he will throughly purge his floor and gather his wheat into the garner but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire 13 ¶ * Mar. 1.9 Luk. 3.21 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John to be baptized of him 14 But John forbad him saying I have need to be baptized of thee and comest thou to me 15 And Jesus answering said unto him Suffer it to be so now for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness Then he suffered him 16 And Jesus when he was baptized went up straightway out of the water and lo the heavens were opened unto him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon him 17 And lo a voice from heaven saying This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased CHAP. IV. 1 Christ fasteth and is tempted 11 The angels minister unto him 13 He dwelleth in Capernaum 17 beginneth to preach 18 calleth Peter and Andrew 21 James and John 23 and healeth all the diseased THen was * Mar. 1 1â— Luk. 4.1 Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil 2 And when he had fasted fourty days and fourty nights he was afterward an hungred 3 And when the tempter came to him he said If thou be the Son of God command that these stones be made bread 4 But he answered and said It is written * Deut. 8.3 Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city and setteth him on a pinacle of the temple 6 And saith unto him If thou be the Son of God cast thy self down for it is written * Ps 91.11 He shall give his angels charge concerning thee and in their hands they shall bear thee up lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone 7 Jesus said unto him It is written again * Deut. 6.16 Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God 8 Again the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them 9 And saith unto him All these things will I give thee if thou wilt fall down and worship me 10 Then saith Jesus unto him Get thee hence Satan for it is written * Deut. 6.13 10.20 Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him onely shalt thou serve 11 Then the devil leaveth him and behold angels came and ministred unto him 12 ¶ * Mar. 1.14 Luk. 4.14 Joh 4.43 Now when Jesus had heard that John was ‖ Or dâ—livered up cast into prison he departed into Galilee 13 And leaving Nazareth he came and dwelt in Capernaum which is upon the sea-coast in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim 14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet saying 15 * Isa 9.1 The land of Zabulon and the land of Nephthalim by the way of the sea beyond Jordan Galilee of the Gentiles 16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up 17 ¶ * Mar. 1.14 From that time Jesus began to preach and to say Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand 18 ¶ * Mar. 1.16 And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee saw two brethren Simon called Peter and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea for they were fishers 19 And he saith unto them Follow me and I will make you fishers of men 20 And they straightway left their nets and followed him 21 And going on from thence he saw other two brethren James the son of Zebedee and John his brother in a ship with Zebedee their father mending their nets and he called them 22 And they immediatly left the ship their father followed him 23 ¶ And Jesus went about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people 24 And his fame went throughout all Syria and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments and those which were possessed with devils and those which were lunatick and those that had the palsie and he healed them 25 And there
full of the holy Ghost retumed from Jordan and was led by the spirit into the wilderness 2 Being fourty days tempted of the devil and in those days he did eat nothing and when they were ended he afterward hungred 3 And the devil said unto him It thou be the Son of God command this stone that it be made bread 4 And Jesus answered him saying It is written That man shall not live by bread alone but by every word of God 5 And the devil taking him up into an high mountain shewed unto him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time 6 And the devil said unto him All this power will I give thee and the glory of them for that is delivered unto me and to whomsoever I will I give it 7 If thou therefore wilt ‖ Or fall down before me worship me all shall be thine 8 And Jesus answered and said unto him Get thee behinde me Satan for it is written Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him onely shalt thou serve 9 And he brought him to Jerusalem and set him on a pinacle of the temple and said unto him If thou be the Son of God cast thyself down from hence 10 For it is written He shall give his angels charge over thee to keep thee 11 And in their hands they shall bear thee up lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone 12 And Jesus answering said unto him It is said Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God 13 And when the devil had ended all the temptation he departed from him for a season 14 ¶ And Jesus returned in the power of the spirit into Galilee and there went out a fame of him through all the region round about 15 And he taught in their synagogues being glorified of all 16 ¶ And he came to * Mat. 13.54 Nazareth wherâ— he had been brought up and as his custom was he went into the â—ynagogue on the sabbath-day and stood up for to read 17 And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Esaias and when he had opened the book he found the place where it was written 18 * Jsa 61.1 The spirit of the Lord is upon me because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted to preach deliverance to the captives and recovering of sight to the blinde to set at liberty them that are bruised 19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. 20 And he closed the book and he gave it again to the minister and sat down and the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastned on him 21 And he began to say unto them This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears 22 And all bare him witness and wondred at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth And they said Is not this Josephs son 23 And he said unto them Ye will surely say unto me this proverb Physician heal thyself whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum do also here in thy countrey 24 And he said Verily I say unto you No * Mat. 13.57 prophet is accepted in his own countrey 25 But I tell you of a truth * 1 Kin. 17.9 many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias when the heaven was shut up three years and six moneths when great famine was throughout all the land 26 But unto none of them was Elias sent save unto Sarepta a city of Sidon unto a woman that was a widow 27 * 2 Kin. 5.14 And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet and none of them was cleansed saving Naaman the Syrian 28 And all they in the synagogue when they heard these things were filled with wrath 29 And rose up and thrust him out of the city and led him unto the ‖ Or edge brow of the hill whereon their city was built that they might cast him down headlong 30 But he passing through the midst of them went his way 31 And came down to Capernaum a city of Galilee and taught them on the sabbath-days 32 And they were astonished at his doctrine * Mat. 7.29 for his word was with power 33 ¶ * Mar. 1.23 And in the synagogue there was a man which had a spirit of an unclean devil and cried out with a loud voice 34 Saying ‖ Or Away Let us alone what have we to do with thee thou Jesus of Nazareth art thou come to destroy us I know thee who thou art the holy One of God 35 And Jesus rebuked him saying Hold thy peace and come out of him And when the devil had thrown him in the midst he came out of him and hurt him not 36 And they were all amazed and spake among themselves saying What a word is this for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean spirits and they come out 37 And the fame of him went out into every place of the countrey round about 38 ¶ * Mat. 8.14 And he arose out of the synagogue and entred into Simons house and Simons wives mother was taken with a great fever and they besought him for her 39 And he stood over her and rebuked the fever and it left her And immediately she arose and ministred unto them 40 ¶ Now when the sun was setting all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him and he laid his hands on every one of them and healed them 41 * Mar. 1.34 And devils also came out of many crying out and saying Thou art Christ the Son of God And he rebuking them suffered them not ‖ Or to say that they knew him to be Christ to speak for they knew that he was Christ 42 And when it was day he departed and went into a desert place and the people fought him and came unto him and stayed him that he should not depart from them 43 And he said unto them I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also for therefore am I sent 44 And he preached in the synagogues of Galilee CHAP. V. 1 Christ teacheth the people out of Peters ship 4 in a miraculous taking of fishes sheweth how he will make him and his partners fishers of men 12 cleanseth the leper 16 prayeth in the wilderness 18 healeth one sick of the palsie 27 calleth Matthew the publican 29 eateth with sinners as being the physician of souls 34 foretelleth the fastings and afflictions of the apostles after his ascension 36 and likeneth faint-hearted and weak disciples to old bottles and worn garments ANd * Mat. 4.18 it came to pass that as the people preassed upon him to hear the word of God he stood by the lake of Gennesareth 2 And saw two ships standing by the lake but the fishermen were gone out of them and were washing their nets 3 And he entred into one of the ships which was Simons and
the flesh to live after the flesh 13 For if ye live after the flesh ye shall die but if ye through the Spirit do mortifie the deeds of the body ye shall live 14 For as many as are led by the Spirit of God they are the sons of God 15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear but ye have received the * Gal. 4.6 Spirit of adoption whereby we cry Abba Father 16 The Spirit it self beareth witness with our spirit that we are the children of God 17 And if children then heirs heirs of God and joynt heirs with Christ if so be that we suffer with him that we may be also glorified together 18 For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us 19 For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God 20 For the creature was made subject to vanity not willingly but by reason of him who hath subjected the same in hope 21 Because the creature it self also shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God 22 For we know that ‖ Or every creature the whole creation groaneth and travelleth in pain together until now 23 And not only they but our selves also which have the first-fruits of the Spirit even we our selves groan within our selves waiting for the adoption to wit the * Luke 21.28 redemption of our body 24 For we are saved by hope But hope that is seen is not hope for what a man seeth why doth he yet hope for 25 But if we hope for that we see not then do we with patience wait for it 26 Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities for we know not what we should pray for as we ought but the Spirit it self maketh intercession for us with groanings which cannot be uttered 27 And he that searcheth the hearts knoweth what is the minde of the Spirit ‖ Or that because he maketh intercession for the saints according to the will of God 28 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God to them who are the called according to his purpose 29 For whom he did foreknow he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son that he might be the first-born among many brethren 30 Moreover whom he did predestinate them he also called and whom he called them he also justified and whom he justified them he also glorified 31 What shall we then say to these things If God be for us who can be against us 32 He that spared not his own Son but delivered him up for us all how shall he not with him also freely give us all things 33 Who shall lay any thing to the charge of Gods elect It is God that justifieth 34 Who is he that condemneth It is Christ that died yea rather that is risen again who is even at the right hand of God who also maketh intercession for us 35 Who shall separate us from the love of Christ shall tribulation or distress or persecution or famine or nakedness or peril or sword 36 As it is written * Psal 44.22 For thy sake we are killed all the day long we are accounted as sheep for the slaughter 37 Nay in all these things we are more then conquerers through him that loved us 38 For I am perswaded that neither death nor life nor angels nor principalities nor powers nor things present nor things to come 39 Nor height nor depth nor any other creature shall be able to separate us from the love of God which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. CHAP. IX 1 Paul is sorry for the Jews 7 All the seed of Abraham were not the children of the promise 18 God hath mercy upon whom he will 21 The potter may do with his clay what he list 25 The calling of the Gentiles and rejecting of the Jews were foretold 32 The cause why so few Jews embraced the righteousness of faith I Say the truth in Christ I lie not my conscience also bearing me witness in the holy Ghost 2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart 3 For I could wish that myself were ‖ Or separated accursed from Christ for my brethren my kinsmen according to the flesh 4 Who are Israelites to whom pertaineth the adoption and the glory and the ‖ Or testaments covenants and the giving of the law and the service of God and the promises 5 Whose are the fathers and of whom as concerning the flesh Christ came who is over all God blessed for ever Amen 6 Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect For they are not all Israel which are of Israel 7 Neither because they are the seed of Abraham are they all children but in * Gen. 21.12 Isaac shall thy seed be called 8 That is They which are the children of the flesh these are not the children of God but * Gal. 4.28 the children of the promise are counted for the seed 9 For this is the word of promise * Gen 18.10 At this time will I come and Sara shall have a son 10 And not onely this but when Rebecca also had conceived by one even by our father Isaac 11 For the children being not yet born neither having done any good or evil that the purpose of God according to election might stand not of works but of him that calleth 12 It was said unto her The * Gen. 25.23 ‖ Or greater elder shall serve the ‖ Or lesser younger 13 As it is written * Mal. 1.2 3. Jacob have I loved but Esau have I hated 14 What shall we say then Is there unrighteousness with God God forbid 15 For he saith to Moses * Exod. 33.19 I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion 16 So then it is not of him that willeth nor of him that runneth but of God which sheweth mercy 17 For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh * Exod. 9.16 Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up that I might shew my power in thee and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth 18 Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy and whom he will he hardneth 19 Thou wilt say then unto me Why doth he yet finde fault For who hath resisted his will 20 Nay but O man who art thou that ‖ Or answerest again or disputest with God repliest against God * Isa 45.9 shall the thing formed say to him that formed it Why hast thou made me thus 21 Hath not the * Jer. 18.6 Wis 15.7 potter power over the clay of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour and another unto dishonour 22 What if God willing
have you ignorant 2 Ye know that ye were Gentiles carried away unto these dumb idols even as ye were led 3 Wherefore I give you to understand that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus ‖ Or anathema accursed and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord but by the holy Ghost 4 Now * Rom. 12.4 c. there are diversities of gifts but the same Spirit 5 And there are differences of administrations but the same Lord. 6 And there are diversities of operations but it is the same God which worketh all in all 7 But the manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal 8 For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit 9 To another faith by the same Spirit to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit 10 To another the working of miracles to another prophesie to another discerning of spirits to another divers kinds of tongues to another the interpretation of tongues 11 But all these worketh that one and the self-same Spirit dividing to every man severally as he will 12 For as the body is one and hath many members and all the members of that one body being many are one body so also is Christ 13 For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body whether we be Jews or †Gr. Greeks Gentiles whether we be bond or free and have been all made to drink into one Spirit 14 For the body is not one member but many 15 If the foot shall say Because I am not the hand I am not of the body is it therefore not of the body 16 And if the ear shall say Because I am not the eye I am not of the body is it therefore not of the body 17 If the whole body were an eye where were the hearing if the whole were hearing where were the smelling 18 But now hath God set the members every one of them in the body as it hath pleased him 19 And if they were all one member where were the body 20 But now are they many members yet but one body 21 And the eye cannot say unto the hand I have no need of thee nor again the head to the feet I have no need of you 22 Nay much more those members of the body which seem to be more feeble are necessary 23 And those members of the body which we think to be less honourable upon these we ‖ Or put on bestow more abundant honour and our uncomely parts have more abundant comeliness 24 For our comely parts have no need but God hath tempered the body together having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked 25 That there should be no ‖ Or division schism in the body but that the members should have the same care one for another 26 And whether one member suffer all the members suffer with it or one member be honoured all the members rejoyce with it 27 Now ye are the body of Christ and members in particular 28 And * Eph. 4.11 God hath set some in the church first apostles secondarily prophets thirdly teachers after that miracles then gifts of healings helps governments ‖ Or kinds diversities of tongues 29 Are all apostles are all prophets are all teachers are all ‖ Or powers workers of miracles 30 Have all the gifts of healing do all speak with tongues do all interpret 31 But covet earnestly the best gifts And yet shew I unto you a more excellent way CHAP. XIII 1 All gifts 2 3 how excellent soever are nothing worth without charity 4 The praises thereof and 13 prelation before hope and faith THough I speak with the tongues of men and of angels and have not charity I am become as sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal 2 And though I have the gift of prophesie and understand all mysteries and all knowledge and though I have all faith so that I could remove mountains and have no charity I am nothing 3 And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor and though I give my body to be burned have not charity it profiteth me nothing 4 Charity suffereth long and is kinde charity envieth not charity ‖ Or is not rash vaunteth not itself is not puffed up 5 Doth not behave it self unseemly seeketh not her own is not easily provoked thinketh no evil 6 Rejoyceth not in iniquity but rejoyceth ‖ Or with the truth in the truth 7 Beareth all things beleeveth all things hopeth all things endureth all things 8 Charity never faileth but whether there be prophesies they shall fail whether there be tongues they shall cease whether there be knowledge it shall vanish away 9 For we know in part and we prophesie in part 10 But when that which is perfect is come then that which is in part shall be done away 11 When I was a childe I spake as a childe I understood as a childe I ‖ Or reasoned thought as a childe but when I became a man I put away childish things 12 For now we see through a glass †Gr. in a riddle darkly but then face to face now I know in part but then shall I know even as also I am known 13 And now abideth faith hope charity these three but the greatest of these is charity CHAP. XIV 1 Prophesie is commended 2 3 4 and preferred before speaking with tongues 6 by a comparison drawn from musical instruments 12 Both must be referred to edification 22 as to their true and proper end 26 The true use of each is taught 29 and the abuse taxed 34 Women are forbidden to speak in the church FOllow after charity and desire spiritual gifts but rather that ye may prophesie 2 For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men but unto God for no man †Gr. beareth understandeth him howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries 3 But he that prophesieth speaketh unto men to edification and exhortation and comfort 4 He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself but he that prophesieth edifieth the church 5 I would that ye all spake with tongues but rather that ye prophesied for greater is he that prophesieth then he that speaketh with tongues except he interpret that the church may receive edifying 6 Now brethren if I come unto you speaking with tongues what shall I profit you except I shall speak to you either by revelation or by knowledge or by prophesying or by doctrine 7 And even things without life giving sound whether pipe or harp except they give a distinction in the ‖ Or a tunes sounds how shall it be known what is piped or harped 8 For if the trumpet give an uncertain sound who shall prepare himself to the battel 9 So likewise you except ye utter by the tongue words †Gr. significant easie to be understood how shall
possible ye would have plucked out your own eyes and have given them to me 16 Am I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth 17 They zealously affect you but not well yea they would exclude ‖ Or us you that you might affect them 18 But it is good to be zealously affected always in a good thing and not onely when I am present with you 19 My little children of whom I travail in birth again until Christ be formed in you 20 I desire to be present with you now and to change my voice for ‖ Or I am perplezed for you I stand in doubt of you 21 Tell me ye that desire to be under the law do ye not hear the law 22 For it is written that Abraham had two sons the one by a bond-maid the other by a free-woman 23 But he who was of the bond-woman was born after the flesh but he of the free-woman was by promise 24 Which things are an allegory for these are the two ‖ Or testaments covenants the one from the mount Sinai which gendereth to bondage which is Agar 25 For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia and ‖ Or is in the some rank with answereth to Jerusalem which now is and is in bondage with her children 26 But Jerusalem which is above is free which is the mother of us all 27 For it is written * Is 54.1 Rejoyce thou barren that bearest not break forth and cry thou that travailest not for the desolate hath many more children then she which hath an husband 28 Now we brethren as Isaac was are * Rom. 9.8 the children of promise 29 But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit even so it is now 30 Nevertheless what saith the scripture * Gen. 21.10 Cast out the bond-woman and her son for the son of the bond-woman shall not be heir with the son of the free woman 31 So then brethren we are not children of the bond-woman but of the free CHAP. V. 1 He moveth them to stand in their liberty 3 and not to observe circumoision 13 but rather love which is the sum of the law 19 He reckoneth up the works of the flesh 22 and the fruits of the Spirit 25 and exhorteth to walk in the Spirit STand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free and be not intangled again with the yoke of bondage 2 Behold I Paul say unto you that * Act 15.2 if ye be circumcised Christ shall profit you nothing 3 For I testifie again to every man that is circumcised that he is a debtour to do the whole law 4 Christ is become of no effect unto you whosoever of you are justified by the law ye are faln from grace 5 For we through the Spirit wait for the hope of righteousness by faith 6 For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing nor uncircumcision but faith which worketh by love 7 Ye did run well ‖ Or who did drive you back who did hinder you that ye should not obey the truth 8 This perswasion cometh not of him that calleth you 9 * 1 Cor. 5.6 A little leaven leaveneth the whole lump 10 I have confidence in you through the Lord that you will be none otherwise minded but he that troubleth you shall bear his judgement whosoever he be 11 And I brethren if I yet preach circumcision why do I yet suffer persecution then is the offence of the cross ceased 12 I would they were even cut off which trouble you 13 For brethren ye have been called unto liberty onely use not liberty for an occasion to the flesh but by love serve one another 14 For all the law is fulfilled in one word even in this * Lev. 19.18 Mat. 22.39 Rom. 13.9 Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self 15 But if ye bite and devour one another take heed that ye be not consumed one of another 16 This I say then Walk in the Spirit and ‖ Or fulfil not ye shall not fulfil the lust of the flesh 17 For the flesh lusteth against the Spirit and the Spirit against the flesh and these are contrary the one to the other so that ye cannot do the things that ye would 18 But if ye be led by the Spirit ye are not under the law 19 Now the works of the flesh are manifest which are these Adultery fornication uncleanness lasciviousness 20 Idolatry witchcraft hatred variance emulations wrath strife seditions heresies 21 Envyings murders drunkenness revellings and such like of the which I tell you before as I have also told you in time past that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is Love joy peace long-suffering gentleness goodness faith 23 Meekness temperance against such there is no law 24 And they that are Christs have crucified the flesh with the ‖ Or pasâ—ions affections and lusts 25 If we live in the Spirit let us also walk in the Spirit 26 Let us not be desirous of vain glory provoking one another envying one another CHAP. VI. 1 He moveth them to deal mildly with a brother that hath slipped 2 and to bear one anothers burden 6 to be liberal to their teachers 9 and not weary of welt doing 12 He sheweth what they intend that preach circumcision 14 He glorieth in nothing save in the cross of Christ BRethren ‖ Or although if a man be overtaken in a fault ye which are spiritual restore such an one in the spirit of meekness considering thy self lest thou also be tempted 2 Bear ye one anothers burdens and so fulfil the law of Christ 3 For if a man think himself to be something when he is nothing he deceiveth himself 4 But let every man prove his own work and then shall he have rejoycing in himself alone and not in another 5 For * 3 Co. 3.8 every man shall bear his own burden 6 * 1 Cor. 9.14 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things 7 Be not deceived God is not mocked for whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap 8 For the that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption but he that soweth to the spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting 9 And * 2 Thes 3.13 let us not be weary in well-doing for in due season we shall reap if we faint not 10 As we have therefore opportunity let us do good unto all men especially unto them who are of the houshold of faith 11 Ye see how large a letter I have written unto you with mine own hand 12 As many as desire to make a fair shew in the flesh they constrain you to be circumcised onely lest they should suffer persecution for the cross of Christ 13 For neither they themselves who are