gaue him selfe a raunsome for all a testimonie in due tymes 7 Wherevnto I am ordeined a preacher and an apostle I tell the trueth in Christe and lye not a teacher of the gentiles in fayth and veritie ☜ 8 I wyll therefore that the men praye euerywhere lyftyng vp holy handes without wrath and reasonyng 9 Lykewyse also the women that they araye them selues in comely apparell with shamefastnesse and discrete behauiour not in brayded heere either golde or pearles or costly aray 10 But that becommeth women professyng godlynesse through good workes 11 Let the woman learne in scilence in all subiection 12 But I suffer not a woman to teache neither to vsurpe auctoritie ouer y e man but to be in scilence 13 For Adam was first fourmed then Eue. 14 And Adam was not deceaued but the woman beyng deceaued was in the transgression 15 Notwithstandyng through bearyng of chyldren she shal be saued yf they continue in fayth and loue and holynesse with modestie ¶ The .iij. Chapter 2 He declareth what is the office of ministers 11 and as touchyng their families 15 the dignitie of the Churche 16 the principall poynt of the heauenly doctrine 1 THis is a faithful saying Yf a man desire y e office of a bishop he desireth a good worke 2 A bishop therfore must be blamelesse the husband of one wyfe watchyng sober comely apparelled a louer of hospitalitie apt to teache 3 Not geuen to ouermuch wine no striker not greedy of fylthy lucre but gentle abhorryng fyghtyng abhorryng couetousnesse 4 One that ruleth well his owne house hauyng chyldren in subiection with all grauitie 5 For yf a man knowe not to rule his owne house howe shall he care for the Churche of God 6 Not a young scoler lest he beyng puffed vp fall into the condempnation of the deuyll 7 He must also haue a good report of thē which are without lest he fall into the rebuke and snare of the deuyll 8 Likewise must y e ministers be graue not double tongued not geuen to much wine neither greedy of fylthy lucre 9 Holdyng the misterie of the fayth in a pure conscience 10 And let them first be proued then let them minister beyng blamelesse 11 Euen so must their wyues be graue not euyll speakers sober faythfull in all thynges 12 Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wife and such as can rule their children well and their owne housholdes 13 For they that haue ministred well get them selues a good degree and great libertie in the fayth whiche is in Christe Iesus 14 These thynges write I vnto thee hopyng to come shortly vnto thee 15 But yf I tary long that thou mayest knowe howe thou oughtest to behaue thy selfe in the house of God whiche is the Church of the lyuyng God the pyller and grounde of trueth 16 And without doubt great is that misterie of godlynesse God was shewed in the flesshe was iustified in the spirite was scene among the angels was preached vnto the gentiles was beleued on in the worlde and was receaued vp in glorie ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 2 He teacheth hym what doctrine he ought to flee 6.8.11 and what to folowe 15 and wherin he ought to exercise hym selfe continually 1 NOwe the spirite speaketh euidently that in the latter tymes some shall depart from the fayth geuing heede vnto spirites of errour doctrines of deuyls 2 Which speake false in hypocrisie hauyng their conscience seared with an hotte iron 3 Forbidding to marrie commaunding to abstayne from meates whiche God hath created to be receaued with geuing thankes of them whiche beleue and knowe the trueth 4 For euery creature of God is good and nothyng to be refused yf it be receaued with thankes geuyng 5 For it is sanctified by the worde of God and prayer 6 Yf thou put the brethren in remembraunce of these thynges thou shalt be a good minister of Iesus Christ which hast ben norysshed vp in the wordes of fayth and of good doctrine which thou hast continually folowed 7 But cast away prophane old wiues fables Exercise thy selfe rather vnto godlynesse 8 For bodyly exercise profiteth litle but godlinesse is profitable vnto all thinges hauing promise of the lyfe that is nowe and of that which is to come 9 This is a sure saying by all meanes worthy to be receaued 10 For therfore we both labour and suffer rebuke because we haue hoped in the lyuyng God whiche is the sauiour of all men specially of those that beleue 11 These thynges commaunde teache 12 Let no man despise thy youth but be thou a paterne of the beleuers in worde in conuersation in loue in spirite in fayth in chastitie 13 Tyll I come geue attendaunce to readyng to exhortation to doctrine 14 Despise not the gyfte that is in thee which was geuen thee through prophesie with the laying on of handes by the auctoritie of the eldership 15 Haue a care of these thinges and geue thy selfe vnto them that it may be seene howe thou profitest in all thynges 16 Take heede vnto thy selfe and vnto doctrine and continue therein For in doying this thou shalt both saue thy selfe and them that heare thee ⧠The .v. Chapter 1 He teacheth hym howe he shall behaue hym selfe in rebukyng all degrees 3 an order concernyng wyddowes 17 The establyshyng of ministers 23 the gouernaunce of his body 24 and the iudgement of sinnes 1 REbuke not an elder but exhort him as a father the younger men as brethren 2 The elder women as mothers the younger as sisters in all chastitie 3 Honour wydowes whiche are wydowes in deede 4 But yf any wydowe haue chyldren or nephewes let them learne first to rule their owne houses godly and to recompence also their elder kynsefolkes for that is good and acceptable before God 5 And she that is a wydowe in deede and left alone hopeth in God and continueth in supplications and prayers nyght and day 6 But she that liueth in pleasure is dead beyng alyue 7 And these thynges commaunde that they may be blamelesse 8 But if any prouide not for his owne and specially for them of his housholde he hath denyed the fayth and is worse then an infidell 9 Let not a wydowe be chosen vnder three score yeres olde hauyng ben the wyfe of one man 10 And well reported of in good workes yf she haue brought vp chyldren yf she haue lodged straungers yf she haue wasshed the saintes feete yf she haue ministred vnto them that were in aduersitie yf she haue ben continually geuen to euery good worke 11 But the yonger wydowes refuse For whē they haue begun to waxe wanton agaynst Christe they wyll marrie 12 Hauyng dampnation because they haue cast away their first fayth 13 They learne to wander about from house to house idle yea not idle only but also tatlers and busybodies speakyng thynges which
So be they pronounced both reader and hearer by the holy prophete Ieremie accursed which do the worke of God fraudulently and negligently From the which he defende vs who bought vs with his most precious blood To whom with the father and the holy ghost be all honour and glorie Amen ¶ A Preface into the Byble folowyng OF all the sentences pronounced by our sauiour Christe in his whole doctrine none is more serious or more worthy to be borne in remembraunce then that which he spake openly in his Gospell saying Scrutamini scripturas quia vos putatis in ipsis vitam eternam â—abere et ille sunt quae testimonium perbibent de me Search ye the scriptures for in them ye thinke to haue eternall lyfe and those they be which beare witnes of me These wordes were first spoken vnto the Iewes by our sauiour but by hym in his doctrine ment to all for they concerne all of what nation of what tongue of what profession soeuer any man be For to all belongeth it to be called vnto eternall life so many as by the witnes of the scriptures desire to finde eternall life No man woman or chylde is excluded from this saluation and therfore to euery of them is this spokeÌ„ proportionally yet and in their degrees and ages and as the reason and congruitie of their vocation may aske For not so lyeth it in charge to the worldly artificer to searche or to any other priuate man so exquisitely to studie as it lyeth to the charge of the publike teacher to searche in the scriptures to be the more able to walke in the house of God which is the Church of the lyuyng God the pyller and ground of trueth to the establishing of the true doctrine of the same and to the impugnyng of the false And though whatsoeuer difference there may be betwixt the preacher in office and the auditor in his vocation yet to both it is said Search ye the scriptures whereby ye may fynde eternall lyfe and gather witnesses of that saluation which is in Christe Iesus our Lorde For although the prophete of God Moyses byddeth the kyng when he is once set in the throne of his kingdome to describe before his eyes the volume of Gods lawe according to the example whiche he shoulde receaue of the priestes of the leuiticall tribe to haue it with him and to reade in it all the dayes of his life to th ende that he might learne to feare the Lorde his God and to obserue his lawes that his heart be not aduaunced in pryde ouer his brethren not to swarue eyther on the ryght hande or on the left yet the reason of this precept for that it concerneth all men may reasonably be thought to be commaunded to all men and all men may take it to be spoken to them selfe in their degree Though almightie God him selfe spake to his captayne Iosue in precise wordes Non recedat volumen legis huius ab ore tuo sed meditaberis in eo diebus ac noctibus c. Let not the volume of this booke depart from thy mouth but muse therin both dayes and nyghtes that thou mayest kepe and perfourme all thinges which be written in it that thou mayest direct well thy way and vnderstande the same yet aswell spake almightie God this precept to all his people in the directions of their wayes to himwarde as he ment it to Iosue For that he hath care of all he accepteth no mans person his wyll is that all men shoulde be saued his wyll is that all men shoulde come to the way of trueth Howe coulde this be more conueniently declared by God to man then when Christe his welbeloued sonne our most louing sauiour the way the trueth and the lyfe of vs all dyd byd vs openly Searche the scriptures assuring vs herein to finde eternall life to finde full testification of all his graces and benefites towardes vs in the treasure thereof Therefore it is most conuenient that we shoulde all suppose that Christe spake to vs all in this his precept of searching the scriptures If this celestiall doctour so aucthorised by the father of heauen and commaunded as his only sonne to be hearde of vs all biddeth vs busily to Search the scriptures of what spirite can it proceede to forbid the reading and studiyng of the scriptures If the grosse Iewes vsed to reade them as some men thinke that our sauiour Christ dyd shew by such kynd of speaking their vsage with their opinion they had therin to finde eternall lyfe and were not of Christe rebuked or disproued either for their searching or for the opinion they had howe superstitiously or superficially soeuer some of them vsed to expende the scriptures Howe muche more vnaduisedly do suche as bost them selfe to be either Christes vicars or be of his garde to lothe christen men from reading by their couert slaunderous reproches of the scriptures or in their aucthoritie by lawe or statute to contract this libertie of studiyng the worde of eternall saluation Christe calleth them not onlye to the single readyng of scriptures saith Chrisostome but sendeth them to the exquisite searching of them for in them is eternall lyfe to be founde and they be saith hym selfe the witnesse of me for they declare out his office they commende his beneuolence towardes vs they recorde his whole workes wrought for vs to our saluation Antechriste therefore he must be that vnder whatsoeuer colour woulde geue contrary precept or counsayle to that whiche Christe dyd geue vnto vs. Very litle do they resemble Christes louing spirite mouing vs to searche for our comfort that wyll discourage vs from suche searching or that woulde wishe ignoraunce and forgetfulnesse of his benefite to raigne in vs so that they might by our ignoraunce raigne the more frankly in our consciences to the daunger of our saluation VVho can take the light from vs in this miserable vale of blindnesse and meane not to haue vs stumble in the pathes of perdition to the ruine of our soules who wyll enuie vs this bread of lyfe prepared and set on the table for our eternall sustenaunce and meane not to famishe vs or in steede thereof with their corrupt traditions and doctrines of man to infect vs All the whole scripture saith the holy apostle Saint Paul inspired from God aboue is profitable to teache to reproue to refourme to instruct in righteousnesse that the man of God may be sounde and perfect instructed to euery good worke Searche therefore good reader on Gods name as Christe byddeth thee the holy scripture wherein thou mayest finde thy saluation Let not the volume of this booke by Gods owne warrant depart from thee but occupie thy selfe therein in the whole iourney of this thy worldly pilgrimage to vnderstande thy way howe to walke ryghtly before hym all the dayes of thy lyfe Remember that the prophete Dauid pronounceth hym the blessed man whiche wyll muse in
mountaynes when he did flee from Saul He is comforted for that God both beholdeth the afflictions of the iust and punisheth the wicked and withall loueth the iust beyng him selfe most iust ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid 1 IN God I put my trust howe say ye then to my soule that she shoulde flee as a byrde from your hyll 2 For lo the vngodly haue bende their bowe and nocked their arrowes with the string redy to shoote priuily at them whiche are vpright in heart 3 For if the foundations shal be caste downe what must the righteous do 4 But God is in his holy temple Gods throne is in heauen his eyes looke downe his eye liddes tryeth the chyldren of men 5 God wyll trye the righteous but his soule abhorreth the vngodly and hym that delighteth in wickednes 6 Vpon y e vngodly he wyl rayne snares fire and brimstone and tempestious stormes shal be their portion to drinke 7 For God most righteous loueth righteousnes his countenaunce wyll beholde the iust The argument of the .xij. psalme ¶ Dauid lamenteth that in steade of iustice fayth and trueth there rayneth euery where hypocrisie flatterie lying subtiltie and oppression but yet he acknowledgeth that as Gods promises be certayne and true euen so that God wyll helpe the oppressed and plague the wicked ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon an instrument of eyght stringes a psalme of Dauid 1 SAue thou me O God for there is not one godly man left for the faythfull are diminished from among the chyldren of men 2 Euery one vseth vayne talke with his neyghbour and speaketh with a double heart out of flatteryng lippes 3 God wyll cut away all flatteryng lippes and the tongue that speaketh great thinges 4 Whiche say we wyll preuayle with our tongue our lippes are our owne who is Lorde ouer vs 5 For the calamities of the oppressed for the deepe sighyng of the poore I wyll nowe vp sayeth God and I wyll put in safetie hym whom the wicked hath snared 6 The wordes of God be wordes pure as the siluer tryed in a furnace of earth and purified seuen times 7 Wherfore thou wylt kepe the godly O God thou wylt preserue euery one of them from this generation for euer 8 The vngodly walke on euery side when the worst sort be exalted amongst the thyldren of men ¶ The argument of the .xiij. Psalme Dauid complayneth that God seemeth to forget hym in his afflictions He maketh his prayer and declareth his trust to be in God To the chiefe musition a Psalme of Dauid 1 HOwe long wylt thou forget me O God for euer howe long wilt thou hyde thy face from me 2 Howe long shall I seke counsayle in my soule and be so vexed in mine heart euery day howe long shall myne enemie triumph ouer me 3 Loke downe and heare me O God my Lorde lighten myne eyes lest that I sleepe in death 4 Lest myne enemie say I haue preuayled agaynst hym lest they that trouble me reioyce yf I shoulde be remoued 5 But I repose my trust in thy mercie and my heart is ioyfull in thy saluation I wyll syng to God because he hath rewarded me ¶ The argument of the .xiiij. Psalme Dauid setteth foorth the oppression of the people in his tyme the regarde of God touching mens behauiour the mockes of the wicked against thē that put their trust in God and the ioy of the godly after they be deliuered out of thraldome To the chiefe musition a Psalme of Dauid 1 THe foole hath sayde in his heart there is no God they haue corrupted them selues and done an abhominable worke there is not one that doth good 2 God loked downe from heauen vpon the children of men to see yf there were any that did vnderstande and seke after the Lorde 3 But they are all gone out of the way they are altogether become abhominable there is none that doth good no not one 4 Do not all the workers of iniquitie know deuouryng my people as though they deuoured bread that they call not vpon God 5 Hereafter they shal be taken with a great feare for the Lorde is in the generation of the righteous 6 As for nowe ye make a mocke at the counsayle of the poore because he reposeth his trust in God 7 Who shall geue saluation vnto Israel out of Sion 8 When God will deliuer his people out of captiuitie then wyll Iacob reioyce and Israel be glad ¶ The argument of the .xv. Psalme The prophete teacheth what behauiours the people of God ought to haue that they may truely be of his Church in this lyfe and afterwarde be placed in heauen 1 O God who shall dwell in thy tabernacle who shall rest vppon thy holy hyll 2 Euen he that leadeth an vncorrupt life and doth the thyng that is iust and speaketh the trueth from his heart 3 He that backbyteth not with his tongue nor doth any euil to his felowe nor rayseth a slaunder vpon his neyghbour 4 He that despiseth in his eyes the reprobate and honoureth them that feare God 5 He that hath sworne to his owne hurt and yet wyll not go from his oth 6 He that geueth not his money vpon vsurie nor taketh rewarde agaynst the innocent 7 He that doth these thynges shall neuer at any tyme be remoued The argument of the .xvj psalme Dauid expresseth lyuely the confidence trust gladnesse and other such affectes of the children of God in praying to God in confessyng hym selfe to be an vnprofitable seruaunt in declaryng that he hath nothyng to do with such as trust in any other saue only in God in takyng God to be his inheritaunce in acknowledgyng that God wyll instruct hym saue hym from fallyng make hym glad rayse hym from death and set hym on his ryght hande at the day of iudgement The golden psalme of Dauid 1 PReserue me O Lorde for I haue reposed my trust in thee 2 Thou hast sayde O my soule vnto God thou art my Lorde my weldoing can do thee no good 3 But all my delyght is to do good vnto the saintes that are in the earth and vnto such as excell in vertue 4 As for them that runne after another God they shall haue great trouble I wyll not offer their drynke offerynges of blood neither wyll I make mention of their names within my lyppes 5 O God thou thy selfe art the portion of myne inheritaunce and of my cup thou wylt mayntayne my lot 6 My lot is fallen vnto me in a pleasaūt grounde I haue a goodly heritage 7 I wyll prayse God who gaue me counsayle my reines also do instruct me in the nyght season 8 I haue set God alwayes before me for he is on my ryght hande therfore I shall not be remoued 9 Wherfore my heart is glad my glory reioyceth my fleshe also shall rest in a securitie 10 For thou wylt
12 He that hath the sonne hath lyfe and he that hath not the sonne of God hath not lyfe 13 These thynges haue I written vnto you that beleue on y e name of the sonne of God that ye may knowe howe that ye haue eternall lyfe and that ye may beleue on the name of the sonne of God 14 And this is the trust that we haue in hym that yf we aske any thyng accordyng to his wyll he heareth vs. 15 And yf we knowe that he heare vs whatsoeuer we aske we know that we haue y e petitions that we desire of hym 16 If any man see his brother sinne a sinne not vnto death let hym aske and he shal geue him life for them that sinne not vnto death There is a sinne vnto death I say not that thou shouldest pray for it 17 All vnrighteousnes is sinne and there is sinne vnto death 18 We knowe that whosoeuer is borne of God sinneth not but he that is begotten of God kepeth hym selfe and that wicked toucheth hym not 19 We knowe that we are of God the whole worlde c lieth in wickednesse 20 We knowe that the sonne of God is come hath geuen vs a minde to know hym which is true and we are in hym that is true through his sonne Iesus Christe This same is very God and eternall lyfe 21 Babes kepe your selues from idols Amen ⧠The seconde epistle of Saint Iohn 1 He writeth vnto a certayne Lady 4 reioycyng that her chyldren walke in the trueth 5 and exhorteth vnto loue 7 warneth them to beware of such deceauers as denie that Iesus Christ is come in the fleshe 8 prayeth them to continue in the doctrine of Christ 10 and to haue nothyng to do with them that bryng not the true doctrine of Christe Iesus our sauiour 1 THE elder to the elect Lady her chyldren whom I loue in the trueth and not I only but also all that haue knowen y e trueth 2 For the truthes sake which dwelleth in vs and shal be in vs for euer 3 Grace be with you mercie and peace from God the father from the Lorde Iesus Christe the sonne of the father in trueth and loue 4 I reioyced greatly that I founde of thy chyldren walkyng in trueth as we haue receaued a commaundement of the father 5 And nowe beseche I thee Lady not as though I wrote a newe commaundement vnto thee but that same which we haue had from the begynnyng that we shoulde loue one another 6 And this is the loue that we shoulde walke after his cōmaundement This commaundement is that as ye haue hearde from the begynnyng ye shoulde walke in it 7 For many deceauers are entred into the worlde which confesse not that Iesus Christe is come in the fleshe This is a deceauer and an antichriste 8 Loke on your selues that we loose not that we haue wrought but that we may haue a full rewarde 9 Whosoeuer transgresseth and bideth not in the doctrine of Christe hath not God He that endureth in the doctrine of Christe hath both the father and the sonne 10 If there come any vnto you and bring not this learnyng hym receaue not to house neither byd hym God speede 11 For he that byddeth hym God speede is partaker of his euyll deedes 12 I had many thynges to write vnto you neuerthelesse I woulde not write with paper inke but I trust to come vnto you and speake with you mouth to mouth that our ioy may be full 13 The sonnes of thy elect sister greete thee Amen ⧠The thirde epistle of Saint John 2 He is glad of Gaius that he walketh in the trueth 8 exhorteth to be louyng vnto the poore Christen in their persecution 9 sheweth the vnkynde dealyng of Diotrephes 12 and the good report of Demetrius 1 THe elder vnto y e beloued Gaius whom I loue in the trueth 2 Beloued I wishe in all thynges that thou prosperedst and faredst H. L. well euen as thy soule prospereth 3 For I reioyced greatly when the brethren came testified of the trueth that is in thee how thou walkest in y e trueth 4 I haue no greater ioy thē for to heare how that my sonnes walke in veritie 5 Beloued thou doest faythfully whatsoeuer thou doest to the brethren and to straungers 6 Which beare witnesse of thy loue before the Churche Which brethren yf thou bryng forwardes of their iourney after a godly sorte thou shalt do well 7 Because that for his names sake they went foorth and toke nothyng of the gentiles 8 We therfore ought to receaue such that we myght be helpers to the trueth 9 I wrote vnto the Churche but Diotrephes which loueth to haue the preeminence among thē receaueth vs not 10 Wherfore yf I come I wyll declare his deedes which he doth iestyng on vs with malicious wordes neither is therwith content not only he hym selfe receaueth not the brethren but also he forbiddeth thē that woulde and thrusteth them out of the Churche 11 Beloued folow not that which is euyl but that which is good He that doth well is of God but he that doth euyll seeth not God 12 Demetrius hath good report of all men and of the trueth it selfe Yea and we our selues also beare recorde and ye knowe that our recorde is true 13 I haue many thynges to write but I wyll not with inke and penne write vnto thee 14 I trust I shal shortly see thee and we shall speake mouth to mouth Peace be vnto thee The louers salute thee Greete the louers by name ¶ The epistle of Saint Jude ¶ Saint Iude admonisheth all Churches generally to take heede of deceauers which go about to drawe away the heartes of the simple people from the trueth of God wylleth them to haue no societie with such whom he setteth foorth in their liuely colours shewyng by dyuers examples of the scriptures what horrible vengeaunce is prepared for them finally he conforteth the faythfull exhorteth them to perseuer in the doctrine of the Apostles of Iesus Christe 1 IVde the seruaunt of Iesus Christe the brother of Iames To them which are called and sanctified in God the father and preserued in Iesus Christe 2 H. L. Mercy vnto you and peace and loue be multiplied 3 Beloued when I gaue all diligence to write vnto you of the common saluation it was nedeful for me to write vnto you to exhorte you that ye shoulde earnestly contende for the fayth which was once geuen vnto the saintes 4 For there are certayne vngodly men craftily crept in which were before of olde ordeyned to this condemnation They turne the grace of our God vnto wantonnesse and denye God which is the only Lorde and our Lorde Iesus Christe 5 My mynde is therfore to put you in remembraunce forasmuch as ye once knowe this howe that the Lorde after that he had delyuered the people out of Egypt destroyed thē which afterward beleued not 6 The Angels
that they had no proprietie more in the lande (m) The kyng for the singuler care of his religion prouided puâ—lickely for his priestes (n) Neither doth he oppresse tirannically y e people and doth his good seruice to his prince (o) The priestes priuileage in Egypt (p) Iacob lyued in the lande of Chanaan .77 yeres then in Mesopotamia 20. afterward in the lande of Chanaan .33 and in Egypt 17. (q) He would hereby surely confirme his posteritie in the promise of God (r) Thus he thanked God for Iosephs consent and commended to god his posteritie “ Bowed hym selfe God had made his couenaunt with Iacob thus that the succession of grace shoulde come to his posteritie This thyng therfore he nowe goeth about (a) He perswadeth Ioseph to ioyne hym selfe to the holy people from the which he had ben deuided and from the whiche his great glorie myght alienate hym Gen. xxxv (b) When the lande of Chanaan shal be deuided they shall haue no seuerall inheritaunce but shal be vnder their brethrens names (c) If his mother left her owne couÌ„trey he also ought to obey Gods worde (d) The godlye in all thinges consider the goodnesse of God who geueth more then is loked for (e) For the thynges that were nowe in doyng were of greater maiestie then his hygh dignitie (f) The holy ghost directed all these doynges (g) This blessyng commeth from Gods mercie and dependeth of the couenaunt made with the father (h) He meaneth Christe as â— Cor. x. (i) That is compted as one of my chyldren vnder my name “ The word signifieth to multiple as fishe (k) Yet Gods free giftes are not to be esteemed by the order of nature (l) As Gods minister he pronounceth what God hath decreed (m) Gods grace shoulde so appeare in these two that y e people shuld take thence a paterne of blessing their chyldren “ A shulder (n) The lande about SicheÌ„ was his for that his children dyd get it vnder his name whom God spared for his sake Iohn iiii (a) Sinne was the cause that Ruben loste all this great dignitie (b) The birth right was geuen to Ioseph the priesthod to Leui and the kyngdome to Iuda Or Thy dâ—gnitâ— is gâ—â—e (c) Crueltie with falshode he condepneth in them for their posterities cause (d) The kyngdome of Iuda was diminished at y e departure of the ten tribes yet none went about to ouerthrowe it but he was punished () Messias is here promised “ Shiloh (e) The fertilitie of the tribe of Iuda is signified by these speaches (f) There were manye commodious hauens about this tribe “ Tsidon (g) His posteritie was stronge but idle and redie to pay tribute so they myght inioy their lande “ Of great bones (h) The tribe of Dan shoulde ouercome his enemies rather by craft then manhode (i) He seyng the great calamitie that should fall vppon his posteritie resteth thus vppon Gods promise (k) There was so pleasaunt fruite in this tribe that kynges might be content therwith “ Daughters (l) The afflictions of Ioseph his posteritie shal be sore (m) The deliueraunce of Ioseph was by God to the ende also that his people shoulde be fedde (n) That is all these thynges come (o) The tyme nowe was nigher when Gods blessinges should take effect (p) This tribe lyued much on pray and spoyle (q) This was not for the holynes of the place but hereby to renewe the memorie of gods promise to his posteritie Gen. xxiii Gen. xxv (r) Moyses speaketh nothyng of her death neither of Leas death (Å¿) That is the fruite of a good coÌ„science to dye peaceably quietly (a) Naturall sorowe yf it be in measure is not to be reprehended (b) This was to the godly then an outwarde token of incorruption but to y e ignoraunt a vayne ceremonie (c) This was a ceremoniall mournyng (d) Among the vnbeleuers reuereÌ„ce was had vnto an othe (e) These went for their defence against theeues and others (f) An euyll conscience is a sore torment to it selfe (g) The faultes of the faithful ought easely to be remitted “ Or In the place of God (h) That is he woulde not turne that to their shame which God had disposed to their wealth (i) A sure token of reconciliation to ouercome euill with good “ To their heartes (k) He was in office .79 yeres liued after his father .54 yeres to the great reliefe of the Churche “ Or brought vp or nourished (l) The trueth of gods promise is immortall which men must loke for patientlye and not prescribe God a tyme. (m) Ioseph testifieth his fayth hereby and confirmeth his posteritie * This booke is in Hebrue called specially Schemoth of the seconde worde of it which is names And in Greke Exodus which betokeneth an issue or goyng out because it principally entreateth of the goyng out and y e deliueraunce of the children of Israel “ As fishe or wormes (a) God maketh his seruauÌ„tes mightie to beare the affliction that folowed (b) The Egyptinas were vnthankefull people (c) The wicked enuie the prosperitie of the godly (d) God wonderfully increaseth his Churche in persecutions (e) Tirannes trie diuers wayes to oppresse the Churche “ seates (f) It was better to obey God then man (g) He rewarded their constancie and not their lying (h) God increaseth their families and housholdes God for his names sake wyll delyuer his Churche from the affliction of tirannes (a) The faith of Moyses parentes Hebre. xi (b) God saâ—eth his by the handes of their enemies (c) God restoreth to the faithful abouÌ„dauntly that which they loose for his sake “ Moseh (d) The godly preferre the Churche of God before the court of the wicked (e) Such herâ—icall deedes of the godlye men are not to be folowed (f) Vnthankfulnesse towarde a godly magistrate “ Speakest (g) Worldlye trouble folowe often the godlye executyng their vocation “ Prince or head (h) Thus he continued the remembrauÌ„ce of the redemption promised (i) Their bondage waxyng â—orer compelled them to seke to God (k) Gods free promise was the cause he hearde the Israelites (a) This hyll was called also Sinai vppon another part of it “ Chorebah (b) Though the Churche be greuouslye afflicted yet the presence of God kepeth it from destruction (c) By this externall ceremonie he was put in mynde humblye and reuerently to heare God (d) God seeth the afflictions of his church when by diferryng punishement he semeth to neglect them (e) This certayne promise of successe shoulde prouoke good magistrates to obey Gods callyng (f) This refusall was of humilitie and not disobedience (g) By a signe y t should come Moises is confirmed in his vocation as were Dauid and Ioh. Baptist (h) This is read in the future tence in Hebrue (i) Al thinges haue their beyng power of God (k) God woulde haue them rest vppon his free promise whiche they had almost forgotten (l) The afflicted ought to hange vpon the