them Many suche thynges hathe myne eye sene greater thynges then these haue I herde with myne eares In the congregation of the vngodly shall a fyre burne and among vnfaythful people shal y â— wrath be kyndled The olde giauÌ„tes optayned no grace for theyr synnes which were destroied trusting to theyr owne strength Nether spared he theÌ„ amonge whom Loth whiche was a strauÌ„ger but smote them and abhorred them because of the pryde of theyr wordes He had no pytie vppon them but destroyed all the people that were so stoute in synne And for so muche as he ouersawe not the syxe huÌ„breth thousande that gathered themselues together in y â— hardenesse of theyr hert it were maruell yf one beyng hardnecked shulde be fre For mercy and wrath is w t hym he is bothe myghtye to forgyue and to poure out displeasure Lyke as hys mercy is great euen so is his punyshment also he iudgeth a man accordyng to hys workes The vngodly shal not escape in his spoyle and the long pacience of him that sheweth mercy shal not byde behynde All mercy shal make place vnto euery man accordyng to the worthynes of his workes and after the vnderstandyng of his pylgremage Saye not thou I wyll hyde my selfe froÌ„ God for who wyll thyncke vpon me from aboue I shall not be knowen in so greate a heape of people for what is my soule amoÌ„ge so many creatures Behold the heauen yee the heauen of heauens the depe the earthe and all that therin is shal be moued at hys presence the Mountaynes the hylles and the foundaryons of the earth shall shake for feare when God visiteth them These thynges dothe no herte vnderstande but he vnderstandeth euery herte and who vnderstandeth his wayes No man seyth hys stormes and the moste parte of hys worckes are secrete Who wyll declare the worckes of hys ryghtuousnes Or who shal be able to abyde them For the couenaunte is farre frome some and tryenge out of men is in the ende He that is humble of herte thyncketh vpon suche thynges but an vnwyso and erronyous man casteth hys mynde vnto foolysshe thynges My sonne herken thou vnto me and learne vnderstandynge and marcke my wordes with thyne herts I wyll geue the a sure doctryne playnely shall I instructe the marke my wordes then in thyne here for in ryghtuousnes of the sprete do I speake of the woÌ„ders that God hath shewed amoÌ„g his worckes from the begynnnyng And in the trueth do I shew the knowledge of him God hath set hys worckes in good ordre frome the begynnynge and parte of them hath he sundered from the other He hath garnyshed hys worckes from euerlastynge and they beginnynges accordyng to theyr generacyons None of them hindered another nether was any of them dysobediente vnto hys wordes After thys God loked vpon the earthe and fylled it with hys goodes With all maner of lyuyng beastes hath he couered the grouÌ„de they al shall be turned vnto earth agayne CAPI XVII ¶ The creacyon of man and the goodnesse that God haths done vnto hym Of aulmes and repentaunce GOd shope man of the earth and made hym after hys owne ymage and turned hym vnto earthe agayne and clothed hym wyth hys owne strength He gaue hym the nombre of dayes and certayne tyme yee and gaue hym power of the thynges that are vpon earthe He made all flesh to stande in awe of hym so that he had the domynyon of all beastes and foules He made out of hym an helper lyke vnto hym selfe and gaue them dyscrecyon and tonge eyes and eares and a herte to vnderstande and fylled them with instruceyon and vnderstaÌ„dynge He created for theÌ„ also the knoweledge of the sprete fylled theyr hertes wyth vnderstaÌ„ding and shewed theÌ„ good euyll He set his eye vpon theyr hertes declarynge vnto them hys greate and noble worckes that they shulde prayse hys holy name together reioyse of his wonders and be tellynge of hys noble Actes Besyde thys he gaue them instruccyon and the lawe of lyfe for an heretage He made an euerlastyng couenaunt with them and shewed them hys ryghtuousnesse and iudgemeÌ„tes They sawe his glory wyth theyr eyes and theyr eares herde the matesty of his voice And he sayd vnto them beware of all vnryghtuous thynges He gaue euery man also a commaundemente concernynge his neyghbour Theyr wâ—â—yes are euer before him and are not hyd from his eyes He hathe set a ruler vpon euery people but Israel is y â— Lordes porcyon All their workes are as y â— Sunne in syght of God and hys eyes are alwaye lo kynge vpon theyr wayes All theyr vnryghtuousnesses are manyfest vnto hym and all theyr wyckednesses are open in his syght The mercy y â— a man sheweth is as it were a purse with hym and the grace that is geueÌ„ to man preserueth hym as the aple of an eye At the last shall he awake rewarde euery man vpoÌ„ his heade and shall turne them together into the nethermost partes of y â— earth But vnto theÌ„ that wyll repent he hath geeuen the waye of ryghtuousnes As for suche as be weake he coÌ„forted them suffred them and sendeth them the porcyon of the veryte O turne then vnto the Lorde forsake thy sines make thy prayer before the Lord do the lesse offence turne agayne vnto y â— Lorde forsake thyne vnryghtuousnes be an vtter enemye to abhomynacion learne to knowe the ryghtuousnes and iudgemeÌ„tes of God staÌ„d in the porcyon that is set forth for the and in the prayer of the most hie god Go in the porcyon of the holy worlde with suche as be lyuyng geue thankes vnto God Who wyll prayse the Lorde in the hell Abyde not thou in the erroure of the vngodly but geue hym thanckes before death As for the deade thanckefulnesse peryshed from hym as nothyng Geue thou thanckes in thy lyfe yee whyle thou art liuyng whole shalt thou geue thanckes and prayse God and reioyse in his mercy O how great is the louiÌ„g kyndnesse of the Lorde his mercyful good nesse vnto suche as turne vnto hym For all thynges may not be in maÌ„ and why the soÌ„ne of maÌ„ is not immortall and he hath pleasure in the vanite of wyckednes What is more cleare then the Sunne yet shall it fayle Or what is more wycked then the thynge that fleshe bloude hath ymagyned that same shal be reproued The Lord seyth the power of the hye heaueÌ„ al are but earth asshes ¶ The maruelous worckes of God â–ª the â—nysetye and wretchednes of man Agaynst God ought we not to complaynt Praye muste we contynuallye CAPI XVIII HE that lyueth for euermore made all thynges together God onely is ryghtuous and remayneth a vyctoryous kynge for euer Who shall be able to expresse the workes of him Who wyll seke out the gronÌ„de of his noble Actes Who shall declare the power of his greatenesse Or who wyll take
world There is no feare in loue but perfecte loue casteth out feare for feare hath paynfulnes He y â— feareth is not perfecte in loue We loue hym for he loued vs fyrste If a man saye I loue God and yet hate his brother he is a lyer For howe can he that loueth not hys Brother whom he hath sene loue GOD whom he hath not sene And thys commaundement haue we of him that he whyche loueth God shulde loue his brother also ⊢ ¶ To loue God is to kepe his commoundementes Fayth ouercommeth the worlde Euerlastyng life â—o in the sonne of God Of the sonne vnto death CAPI V. WHosoeuer beleueth that Iesus is Christ is borne of God And euery one that loueth him whych begat loueth hym also whyche was begotten of him By this we know that we loue the chyldren of God when we loue God kepe his commaundementes For this is the loue of God that we kepe his coÌ„maundementes and his coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes are not greuous ✚ For al that is borne of God ouercoÌ„meth the worlde And this is the vyctory that ouercoÌ„meth the world eueÌ„ our fayth Who is it that ouercoÌ„meth the world but he whiche beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God This Iesus Christ is he that came by water bloude not by water onely but by water and bloud And it is the spirite that beareth wytnes because the spirite is trueth âšœ For there are thre whiche beare recorde in Heauen the father the worde and holy Ghost And these thre are one And there are thre whiche beare recorde âšœ in earth the spirit water bloude and these thre are one It we receyue the wytnes of meÌ„ the wytnes of God is greater For thê is the witnes of god âšœ that is greater whiche he testyfieth of his sonne He that beleueth on the sonne of God hath the wytnes in hym selfe ⊢ He that beleueth not god hath made him a lyar because he beleued not the recorde that God gaue of his soÌ„ne And this is that record how that god hath gyuen vnto vs eternal lyfe this life is in his soÌ„ne He that hath the soÌ„ne hath lyfe and he that hath not the sonne of God hath not lyfe These thynges haue I wrytteÌ„ vnto you that beleue on the name of the sonne of god that ye maye knowe howe that ye haue eternal life and that ye may beleue on the name of the soÌ„ne of god And thys is the trust that we haue in him that yf we aske any thyng accordyng to his wyl he heareth vs. And yf we knowe that he heare vs what soeuer we aske we know that we haue the petycyons that we desyre of hym If any maÌ„ se his brother sine a synne not vnto death let him aske he shal gyue hym lyfe for theÌ„ that synne not vnto death Ther is a synne vnto death for which say I not y â— a maÌ„ shuld pray Al vnryghtuousnes is sine there is synne not vnto death We knowe that whosoeuer is borne of God synneth not but he that is begotten of God kepeth hym selfe and that wicked toucheth hym not We knowe that we are of God the worlde is al togyther set on wyckednes We knowe that the sonne of god is come and hath geuen vs a minde to know hym whiche is true and we are in hym that is true throughe hys sonne Iesus Chryste This same is very God and eternall lyfe Babes kepe youre selues from ymages AMEN He wryteth vnto a certayne lady reioyseth that her chyldren walcke in the trueth exhorteth them vnto lowe warneth theÌ„ to beware of such dysceauers as denye that Iosus Chryste came in the flessh prayeth them to contynue in the doctrine of Christ and to haue nothing to do with them that brynge not thye lernynge ⧠The Seconde Epystle of Sayncte Ihon. THe elder to the electe lady and her chyldren whome I loue in the trueth and not I onely but also all y â— hath knoweÌ„ the trueth for the truthes sake which dwelleth in vs and shall be in vs for euer With vs shall be grace mercye and peace from God the father and from the Lorde Iesus Christ the sonne of the father in trueth loue I reioysed greatly that I founde of thy chyldren walkynge in trueth as we haue receaued a commaundement of the father And nowe beseche I the lady not as though I wrote a newe coÌ„maundement vnto the but that same whiche we haue had from the begynnynge that we shulde loue one another And thys is the loue that we shulde walke after hys commaundement This commaundement is that as ye haue hearde from the beginning ye shuld walke in it For many deceauers are entred into the worlde whiche confesse not that Iesus Christ is come in the flessh This is a deceauer and an Antichrist Loke on your selues that we loose not that we haue wrought but that we may haue a ful rewarde Whosoeuer transgresseth and bydeth not in the doctryne of Chryste hath not God He that endureth in the doctryne of Chryste hathe both the father and the sonne If there come any vnto you and bryng not this learnyng hym receaue not to house neyther byd hym God spede For he that byddeth hym God spede is partaker of hê euyldedes âšœ Beholde I haue tolde you before that ye shulde not be ashamed in the day of the lorde I had many thynges to wryte vnto you neuerthelesse I wolde not wryte with paper and inke but I trust to come vnto you and speake with you mouth to mouth that oure ioye may be ful The sonnes of thy electe sister grete the. AMEN ¶ He is glad of Gayus that he wellâ—eth in the trueth exhorteth them to be souyng vnto the poore Chrysten in theyr perseruryon sheweth the vnkynde dealinge of Dâ—otrophes adn the good reporte of Demetrius ⧠The thyrde Epystle of Saynct Ihon. THe elder vnto the beloued Gayus whome I loue in the trueth Beloued I wyssh in all thinges that thou prosperedste and faredst wel euen as thy soule prospereth For I reioysed greatly when the brethren came and testified of the trueth that is in the howe thou walckeste in the trueth I haue no greater ioye then for to heare Howe that my sonnes walcke in veritye Beloued thou doest faythfully what soeuer thou doeste to the brethren and to straungers which beare wytnes of thy loue before the congregacion Which brethren yf thou brynge for wardes of theyr iorney after a godly sorte thou shalt do well because that for hys names sake they wente forthe and toke nothyng of the Gentyls We therfore ought to receaue suche that we myght be helpers to the trueth I wrote vnto the congregacion but Diotrephes whiche loueth to haue the preempnence amonge them receaueth vs not Wherfore yf I come I wyll declare his dedes which he dothe iestyuge on vs with malycyous wordes neyther is ther with content Not onely he hym selfe receaueth not the brethren but also he forbyddeth them that wolde and
now o lorde remembre how I haue walked before the in trueth and with a perfyte herte haue done that which is good in thy syght and Hezekia wepte sore And it fortuned that †before Isai was gone out in to the myddle of the courte the worde of the Lorde came to hym sayenge turne agayne and tell Hezekia the captayne of my people Thus sayeth the Lorde God of Dauid thy father I haue herde thy prayer and sene thy teares And beholde I wyll heale the so that on the thyrde daye thou shalte go vp in to the house of the lorde And I wyll adde vnto thy dayes yet fyftene yeare and wyll delyuer the and this citye out of the hande of the kynge of Assirya wyll defende this citye for myne owne sake for Dauid my seruauntes sake And Isai sayde Take a lompe of fygges And they toke and layde it on the sore and he recouered And Hezekia sayde vnto Isai what shall be the sygne that the Lorde wyll heale me that I shall go vp in to the house of the lorde the thyrde daye Isai answered this sygne shalt thou haue of the Lorde that the Lorde wyll do that he hath spoken shall the shadowe go forwarde ten degrees or go backe agayne ten degrees Hezekia answered it is a lyght thynge for the shadow to go downe ten degrees †neyther is that my desyre but yf the shadowe go backewarde ten degrees it is no lyght thynge And Isai the prophet called vnto the lorde he brought the shadow ten degrees backwarde by which it had gone downe in the dyall of Ahaz The same ceason Berodach Baladan the sonne of Baladan kyng of Babilon sent letters and a present vnto Hezekia for he had herde howe that Hezekia was sycke And Hezekia was glad of them and shewed them al his treasure house syluer golde odours precyouse oyntment all the house of his armorye and all that was found in his treasures there was nothynge in his house and in all his realme that Hezekia shewed them not And Isai the Prophet came vnto kynge Hezekia and sayd vnto hym what sayd these men and from whence came they to the And Hezekia sayd they be come from a far countrey euen from BabiloÌ„ And he sayd agaynei what haue they sene in thy house Hezekia answered all the thyngê that are in my house haue they sene there is nothynge among my treasures that I haue not shewed them And Isai sayd vnto Hezekia heare the worde of the Lorde Beholde the dayes come that all that is in thyne house whatsoeuer thy fathers haue layde vp in store vnto this day shall be caryed to Babilon and nothynge shall be lefte sayeth the lorde And of thy sonnes that shall procede out of the and which thou shalte beget shall they take away and they shall be chamberlaynes in the palace of the kynge of Babilon And Hezekia sayd vn to Isai welcome be the worde of the Lorde whiche thou hast spoken And he sayde shall there not be peace and trueth in my dayes The remenaunt of the wordes that concerne Hezekia and all his power and howe he made a poole and a conduyte and brought water in to the cytye are they not wrytten in the booke of the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda And Hezekia slept with his fathers and Manasse his Sonne reygned in his steade ¶ Wythed Manasse restoreth agayne the Idols and after dyeth in whose steade Amon his sonne sucredeth whiche is kylled of his owne saruauntes After hym reygneth faythfull Iosia whorne we vse to call Iosiaâ— or Iosiahâ— CAPI XXI MAnasse was twelue yeare olde when he began to reygne and reygned fyftye and fyue yeare in Ierusalem his mothers name also was Hephziba And he dyd euyll in the syghte of the Lorde euen after the abhominacyons of the Hethen whom the Lorde caste oute before the chyldren of Israell For he went and buylte vp the hylaultees whiche Hezekia his Father had destroyed And he reared vp aulters for Baall and made groues as dyd Ahab kynge of Israell and worshypped all the hooste of heuen and serued them And he buylte aulters in the house of the Lorde of whiche the Lorde sayde in Ierusalem wyll I put my name And he buylt aulters for all the hooste of heuen euen in two courtes of the house of the lorde And he offered his sonne in fyre and gaue hede vnto witchcrafte and forcery and maynteyned workers with spirytes and tellers of fortunes wrought moch wyckednesse in the syght of the Lorde to angre hym And he put an ymage of a groue that he had made euen in the temple of whiche the Lorde had sayd to Dauid and to Salomon his sonne in this house and in Ierusalem whiche I haue chosen out of the Crybes of Israell wyll I put my name for euer Neyther wyll I make the feete of Israell moue any more out of the lande whiche I gaue theyr fathers so that they wyll obserue and do all that I haue commaunded them and accordynge to all the lawe that my seruaunt Moses commaunded them But they herkened not and Manasse led them out of the waye to do more wyckedlye then dyd the He then people whome the lord destroyed before the chyldren of Israell And the Lorde spake by his seruauntes the Prophettes sayenge bycause Manasse kynge of Iuda hath â–ª done soche abhomynacyons and hath wrought more wyckedlye then all that the Amorytes whiche were before hym dyd hath made Iuda synne also with his Idols Therfore thus sayeth the Lorde God of Israell Beholde I wyl brynge such euyll vpon Ierusalem and Iuda that who so heareth of it bothe his eares shall tyngle And I wyll stretch ouer Ierusalem ☞ the squaryng lyne of Samaria and the plommet of the house of Ahab And I wyll wype out Ierusalem as a man wypeth a dyshe and when he hath wyped it turneth it vp syde downe And I wyll leaue the remenaunt of myne enherytaunce delyued them into the hande of theyr eneemyes they shall be robbed and spoyled of al theyr aduersaries euen bycause they haue done euyll in my syght and haue angred me sence the tyme their fathers came out of Egypt vnto this daye And Manasse shed innocent bloode excedynge moche tyl he repienysshed â–ª Ierusalem froÌ„ corner to corner besyde his synne wherwith he made Iuda to syn and to do euyll in the syght of the Lorde The rest of the wordes that concerne Manasse and all that he dyd and his synne that he synned are they not wrytten in the booke of the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda And Manasse slept with his fathers and was buryed in his owne house euen in the garden of Uza and Amon his son reygned in his steade Amon was xxii yeare olde when he began to reygne he reygned two yeare in Ierusalem His mothers name also was Mesulemeth the doughter of Haruz of Iocba And he dyd euyll in
nyght wheÌ„ slepe cometh on men fere came vpon me and drede whiche made all my bones to shake The wynde passed by before my presence made the heere 's of my flesshe to stande vp He stode there and I knewe not his face an ymage there was before myne eyes and in the stylnes herde I a voyce ☞ Shall man be more iust then God Or shall a man be purer then his maker Beholde ☞ he founde no trueth in his seruauntes and in his angels there was folye Howe moche more in them that dwell in houses of clay and whose foundacyon is but dust which shal be consumed as it were with a moth They shall be smytten frome the mornyng vnto the euenyng yea they shal peryshe for euer when no maÌ„ thynketh theron Is not theyr royaltye gone away with them they shall dye truely and not in wysdome ¶ The â—ude of a foole The ryghteousnes of god The Lorde chasteneth his and deliuereth them agayne CAPI V. CRye I pray the yf happly there be any that wyll answere the loke thou vpon any of the holy men As for the folysshe maÌ„ displeasure kylleth hym angre sleyeth the ygnoraunt I haue sene my selfe when the folyshe was depe roted sodeynly ☞ I cursed his habitacion His chyldren were wtout prosperite they were sleyne in the gate and there was no man to delyuer them His haruest was eaten vp of the hungrie and the weaponed man spoyled it and the thurstye dranke vp theyr laboure It is not the earth that bryngeth forth iniquite neyther cometh sorow out of the grouÌ„de but ☞ man is borne vnto labour lyke as the sparkes flye vp out of the hote coles But I wyll aske counsell at the Lorde wyl talke with god which doth thynges that are vnsearcheable and meruayles withoute nombre He gyueth rayne vpon the earth poureth water vpon the stretes to set vp them that be of low degre that those which are in heuynes may come to prosperite He destroyeth the deuyses of the subtyle so that theyr handê are not able to performe any stedfast thyng He compasseth the wyse in theyr owne craftynesse ouerthroweth the counsel of the wycked In so moche that they run in to darkenes by fayre day and grope about them at the noone day lyke as in the nyght He shall delyuer the poore from the swerde and from the threatenynges of the vngodly and from the vyolence of the myghtye He is the hope of the poore and the mouthe of the wycked shal be stopped Beholde happy is the man whom god punyssheth therfore refuse not thou the chastenyng of the almyghtye For though he make a wounde he gyueth a plaster though he smyte his hande maketh hole agayne ☞ He shall delyuer the in syxe troubles and in the seuenth there shal none euyll come to the. In hunger he shall saue the from deathe and when it is warre from the power of the swerde Thou shalte be kepte from the euyl tougue when trouble cometh thou shalte not nede to feare In destruccyon and derth thou shalt be mery and shalte not be afrayde of beastê of the earth For ☞ the stones of the lande shall be confederate with the and the beastes of the felde shall gyue the peace And thou shalte knowe that thy dwellynge place shall be in rest and thou shalte go and beholde thy habitacion and shalte not synne Thou shalt se also that thy sede shall encreace and that thy posterite shall be as the grasse vpon the earth Thou shalte come also to thy graue in a fayre age lyke as when they take vp a corne sheafe in due season Lo this we oure selues haue proued by experience and euen thus it is Herken thou to it also that thou mayste take hede to thy selfe ¶ Iob answereth that his payne is more greuous then his faute yet notwithstandynge he delyteth therin CAPI VI. IOb answered also and sayde ☞ O that the dyspleasure which I haue were truely weyed and my punysshment layde in the balaunces togyther for now is it heuyer theÌ„ the sande of the see And this is the cause that my wordes are so sorowfull For the arowes of the almyghtie are rounde about me whose indignacyon hath dronke vp my spirite and the terrible feares of god are set agaynst me Doth the wylde Asse rore when he hathe grasse or cryeth the oxe when he hath fodder ynough That whiche is vnsauerye shall it be eaten without salte or is there any taste in the whyte of an egge The thyngê that sometyme I myght not awaye withall are nowe my meate for very sorowe O that I myght haue my desyre and that God wolde graunte me the thynge that I longe for O that God wolde begynne and smyte me that he wolde let his hande go and take me cleane awaye Then shuld I haue some coÌ„forte yea I wolde desyre hym in my payne that he shulde not spare for I wyl not be agaynst the wordes of the holy one For what power haue I to endure And what is myne ende that my soule myghte be pacient Is my strengthe the strengthe of stones Or is my flesshe made of brasse Is it not so that there is in me no helpe and that my substaunce is taken from me He that is in tribulacyon ought to be conforted of his neyghbour but the feare of the lord is cleane away Myne owne brethren passe ouer by me as the water broke and as the ryuer of water doth hastely go away But they that fere the horye frost the snowe shall fall vpon them When theyr tyme cometh they shal be destroyed and perysshe when they be set on fyre they shall be remoued out of theyr place for the pathes that they go in are croked they haste after vayne thyngê and shal perysshe They turne them to the pathes of Theman and to the wayes of Saba wherin they haue put theyr trust Confounded are they that put any confidence in them For when they come to obteyne the thynges that they loke for they are brought to confusyon Euen so are ye also come vnto me but now that ye se my miserye ye are afrayde Dyd I desyre you to brynge vnto me or to gyue me any of your substaunce To delyuer me from the enemyes hande or to saue me frome the hande of tyrauntes Teache me and I wyll holde my tongue And when I do arre shewe me wherin Howe stedfast are the wordes of trueth And whiche of you can rebuke and reproue them Do ye take deliberacyon to checke mennes sayenges and iudge a poore worde spoken in vayne Ye fall vpon the fatherlesse and go aboute to ouerthrowe youre owne frende And therfore be content and loke now vpon me and I wyl not lye before your face Turne I pray you be indifferent Iudges turne agayne and ye shall se myne vngyltynesse whyther there be any vnryghteousnesse in my tongue or vayne wordes in my mouth ¶ Iob
herde him My prayse is of the in the greate congregacion my vowes wyl I perfourme in the syght of them that feare hym The poore shall eate and be satisfied they that seke after the Lorde shall prayse hym your herte shall lyue for euer All the endes of the worlde shall remeÌ„bre them selues be turned vnto the Lord al y â— kynredes of the nacions shall worshyppe before him For the kyngdome is the Lordes he is the gouernour among the people Al suche as be fat vpon earth ☞ haue eaten worshypped Al they that go downe into the duste and lyue so hardly shall knele before hi and my soule shall lyue to him and. âšœ My Sede shal serue him they shal be counted vnto the Lorde for a generacion They shall come and âšœ the heauens shal declare his rightuousnes vnto a people that shall be borne whoÌ„ the Lorde hathe made ¶ The. xxiij Psalme ¶ A Psalme of Dauyd THE Lorde is my shepherd therfore caÌ„ I lacke nothyng He shall fede me in a grene pasture and leade me forth beside the waters of comforte He shall conuerte my soule bring me forth in the pathes of rightuousnes for his names sake Yee thoughe I walke throwe the valley of the shadowe of death I wyll feare no euyll for thou arte with me thy rod thy staffe they coÌ„fort me Thou shalt prepayre a table before me agaynst them y t trouble me y â— hast anoynted my hede with oyle and my cup shal be full But âšœ thy lâ—uynge kyndnes and mercy shall folowe me al the dayes of my lyfe I wyl dwel in the house of the Lorde for euer ¶ The. xxiiij Psalme ¶ A Psalme of Dauid in the fyrste daye of the Sabath The earth is the Lordes and all that therin is the compasse of the worlde thay that dwell therin For he hathe founded it vpon the sees and prepared it vpon the floudes Who shal ascende into y â— hyl of the Lorde Or who shall ryse vp in his holy place Euen he that hathe cleane handes a pure harte and that hathe nat lyfte vp his mynde vnto vanyte nor sworne to bysceaue âšœ hys neyghbour He shall receaue the blessynge from the Lorde and ryghteousnesse from the God of his saluacyon This is the generacion of them that seke hym euen of them that seke thy face O Iacob Sela. âšœ Lyfte vp your heades O ye gates and be ye lifte vp ye euerlastynge dores and the kynge of glory shal come in Who is this kynge of glorye It is the Lorde stronge and myghty euen the Lorde myghty in batell Lyfte vp your heades O ye gates and be ye lyfte vp ye euerlastynge dores and the kynge of glory shal come in Who is this king of glory EueÌ„ the Lord of Hoostes he is the kynge of glory Sela. ¶ The. xxv Psalme ¶ Of Dauid VNto the O Lorde wyll Ilyfte vp my soule My God I haue put my truste in the Oh let me nat be coÌ„founded neyther lette myne enemyes tryumphe ouer me For all they that hope in the shall nat be a shamed but such as traÌ„sgresse without a cause shall be put to confusion Shewe me thy wayes O Lorde and teache me thy pathes Leade me forth in thy trueth and learne me for thou arte the God of my saluacyon in the hathe bene my hope all the daye longe Call to remenbraunce O Lorde thy tender mercyes and thy louyng kyndenesses whiche haue bene euer of olde O remembre not the synnes and offences of my youth but accordynge vnto thy mercye thynke vpon me O Lorde for thy goodnesse Good and ryghtuous is the Lorde therefore wyll he teache synners in the waye Them that be meke shall he gyde in iudgement suche as be gentle theÌ„ shall he learne his waye All the pathes of the Lorde are mercy and trueth vnto suche as kepe his couenaunt and his testimonies For thy names sake O Lorde be mercyfull vnto my synne for it is greate What man is he that feareth the Lorde him shall he teache in the waye that he shall chose His soule shal dwell at ease and his sede shall inherite the lande The secrete of the Lorde is amonge them that feare him and he wyll shewe them his couenaunt Myne eyes are euer lokynge vnto y â— Lord for he shal pluck my fete out of y t net Turne the vnto me haue mercy vpoÌ„ me for I am desolate in misery The sorowes of my herte are enlarged O bring y â— me out of my troubles Loke vpon myne aduersyte misery forgyue me al my sine Consydre min enemyes howe many they are beare a malicious hate agaynst me O kepe my soule delyuer me let me nat be confounded for I haue put my trust in the. Let perfectnesse and ryghtuous dealynge wayte vpon me for my hope hath bene in the. Delyuer Israel O GOD out of all his troubles ¶ The. xxvj Psalme ¶ A Psalme of Dauyd Afore he was enbalmed BETHOV my iudge O Lorde for I haue walked innoceÌ„tly my trust hathe bene also in the LORDE therfore shall I nat fall Examen me O Lorde and proue me trye out my reynes and my hert For thy louynge kyndnesse is before myne eyes I wyl walke in thy trueth I haue nat dwelt w t vayne persons neyther wyll I haue felowshyp with the disceytfull I haue hated the congregacion of the wicked and wyll nat syt amonge y â— vngodly I wyll wasshe my haÌ„des in innoceÌ„cy O Lorde and so wyll I go to thyne aulter That I maye shewe the voyce of thankes gyuynge and tell of all thy wonderous workes Lorde I haue loued the habitacion of thy house the place where thy honoure dwelleth O shutte nat vp my soule w t the synners nor my lyfe with the blode thrustye In whose handes is wickednes and their ryght hande is full of gyftes But as for me I wyll walke innocentely O delyuer me and be mercyfull vnto me My fore standeth ryght I wyll prayse the Lorde in the congregacions ¶ The xxvij Psalme Of Dauid THE Lorde is my lyght and my saluacyon whome shall I feare the Lorde is the strengthe of my lyfe of whom shall I be afrayed When the wycked euen myne ennemyes and my foes â—â—me vpon me to eate vp my flesshe they stombled and fel. Though an hoste of men were layed agaynst me yet shall nat my herte be afrayed and though there rose vp warre agaynst me yet wyll I put my trust in hym One thynge haue I desyred of y â— Lorde whiche I wyll requyre euen y t I may dwel in theâ— house of y â— Lorde all the dayes of my lyfe to beholde the fayre beutie of the Lord and to vyset his temple For in the tyme of trouble he shal hyde me in his tabernacle yee in the secrete place of his dwellynge shall he kepe me set me vp vpon
oure ennemyes for his mercy endureth for euer Whiche geueth fode vnto all flesshe for hys mercy endureth for euer O geue thankes vnto the God of Heauen for his mercy endureth for euer ¶ The .cxxxvij. Psalme âšœ Of Ieremy BY the waters of Babylon we satte downe and wepte when we remembred âšœ the O Syon As for our Harpes we hanged them vp vpon the trees that are therin For they that led vs awaye captyue requyred of vs then a songe and melody in our heuynesse synge vs one of the songes of Syon Howe shall we synge the Lordes songe in a straunge lande If I forget the O Ierusalem let my ryght hande be forgotten If I do not remembre the let my tonge cleue to the rofe of my mouth yee yf I preferre not Ierusalem in my myrth Remembre the chyldren of Edom O Lorde in the daye of IerusaleÌ„ howe they sayd downe with it downe with it euen to the grounde O ☞ daughter of Babylon thou shalt come to mysery thy selfe yea happy shall he be that rewardeth the as y â— haste serued vs. Blessed shall he be that taketh thy chyldreÌ„ and throweth them agaynst the stones ¶ The .cxxxviij. Psalme Of Dauyd I Wyl gyue thankes vnto the O Lorde with my whole herte euen ☞ before the Goddes wyll I synge prayse vnto the. I wyll worshyppe towarde thy holye temple and prayse thy name because of thy louyng kyndnesse and trueth for thou hast magnyfyed thy name and thy worde aboue al thynges When I called vpon the thou hardeste me and endewedst my soule with muche strength ☞ All the Kynges of the earthe shall prayse the O Lorde for they haue hearde the wordes of thy mouth Yea they shall synge in the wayes of the Lord y â— greate is the glorye of the Lorde For though the Lorde by hye yet hath he respect vnto the lowly as for the proude he beholdeth hym a farre of Thoughe I walke in the myddest of trouble yet shalte thou refreshe me thou shalte stretche forthe thyne hande vpon the furyousnes of myne eunemyes and thy ryght hande shall saue me The Lorde shal make good for me yea thy mercye O Lorde endureth for euer d espyse nat then the workes of thyne owne handes ¶ The. cxxxix Psalme ¶ To the chaunter a Psalme of Douyd O Lorde thou hast searched me out and knowen me Thou knoweste my downe syttynge and myne vprysynge thou vnderstandest my thoughte a farre of Thou arte aboute my path and about my bed and spyest out all my wayes For lo â–ª there is nat a worde in my tonge but thou O Lorde knowest it all together Thou haste fashyoned me behynde and before and layed thyne hande vpon me Suche knowledge is to wonderfull and excellent for me I can nat atteyne vnto it Whyther shall I go then froÌ„ thy spretâ— or wyther shall I go then from thy presence If I clymme vp into Heauen thou arte there yf I go downe to hell thou arte there also If I take the wynges of the mornynge and remayne in the vrâ—ermpste part of the see Euen there also shal thy haÌ„de lede me and thy ryght hande shall holde me If I saye peraduenture the darckenes shall couer me then shall my nyght be turned to daye Yea the darckenesse is no darkenesse with the but the nyght is as clere as the daye the darkenesse and lyght are bothe a lyke For my reynes are thyne thou haste couered me in my mothers wombe I wyll gyue thankes vnto the for I am wonderously made maruelous are thy workes and that my soule knoweth ryght well My bones are not hyd from the though I be made secretely and fasshyoued beneth in the earthe Thyne eyes se myne vnpar fectnesse they stande al wrytten in thy boke my dayes were fashyoned when as yet ther was not one of them Howe deare are âšœ thy councels vnto me O god O how great is the summe of them If I tell them they are me in nombre then the sande when I wake vp I am present with the. Wyite thou nat slaye the wycked Oh God departe frome me ye bloude thyrstye men For they speake vnryghtuouslye agaynste the and thyne ennemyes take thy name in vayne Do not I hate them O Lorde â–ª that hate the and am nat I greued with those that ryse vp agaynst the Yea I hate them ryght foore euen as thoughe they were myne enemyes Trye me O God and seke the grounde of myne herte proue me and examyne my thoughtes Loke well yf there be any waye of wyckednesse in me and leade me in the way euer lastynge ¶ The. cxl Psalme ¶ To the chaunter a Psalme of Dauyd DElyuer me O Lorde frome the euyll man and preserue me from the wycked man Whiche ymagyne myschefe in theyr hertes and stere vp stryfe all the daye longe They haue sharpened theyr tonges lyke a serpente adders poyson is vnder theyr lippes Sela. Kepe me O Lord frome the handes of the vngodly preserue me from the wycked men whiche are purposed to ouerthrowe my goynges The proude haue layed a snare for me and spred a net abrode with cordes yea and set trappes in my waye Sela. But my sayenge is vnto the Lord thou art my God heare the voyce of my prayers O Lorde O Lorde God thou strength of my health thou haste couered my heade in the daye of battayle Let not the vngodly haue his desyre O Lorde let hym nat haue his purpose least they be to proude Sela. Let the myschefe of theyr owne lyppes fal vpon the heade of them that compase me aboute Let hote burnynge coles fal vpon them let them be caste into the fyre and to the pyt that they neuer ryse vp agayne A man full of wordes shall not prospere vppon the earth a malycious and wycked person shal be hunted awaye and destroyed Sure I am that the Lorde wyll auenge the pore and mayntene the cause of the helpelesse The ryghtuous also shall gyue thanckes vnto thy name and the iuste shall continue in thy syght ¶ The. cxlj. Psalme ¶ A Psalme of Dauyd LORDE I call vpon the haste the vnto me and consydre my voyce when I crye vnto the. Let my prayer be sette forthe in thy syght as the incense and let the lyftyng vp of my handes be an euenyng sacryfyce Set a watch O Lord before my mouth yea a watch at the dore of my lippes O let not myne herte be enclyned to any euyll thynge to be mynded as the vngodly orwycked men ☞ lest I eate of suche thynges as please them Let the ryghteous rather smyte me frendly and reproue me so wyll I take it as though he had powred oyle vpoÌ„ my heade it shal nat hurte my heade yee I wyl praye yet for theyr wyckednesse Let theyr iudges stomble in stony places that they maye heare my wordes for they are swete Oure bones lye scatered before the pytte lyke as when one graueth
and hys fete nat be hurt Euen so whosoeuer goeth into his neighbours wyfe and toucheth her cannat be vngyity Men do nat vtterly despyse a thefe that stealeth to satysfye hys soule when he is hongry but yf he may be gotten he restoreth agayne seuen tymes as muche or els he maketh recompeÌ„se with all y â— good of his house But who so coÌ„mitteth aduoutry with a woman he is a foole hryngeth hys lyfe to destruccion He getteth hym selfe also shame dishonour such as shall neuer be put out For the gelousy and wrath of y â— man wyll nat be intreated no though thou woldest offre hym greate gyftes to make amendes he wyll nat receaue them ¶ God ought to be feared and honoured His commaunde inentes ouâ—â—h 〈◊〉 to be hepte wanton apperytes and desyres ought to be shonned CAPI VII My sonne kepe my wordes and laye vp my comaundementes by the. Kepe my commaundementes and my lawe eueÌ„ as the apple of thine eye and thou shalt lyue Bynde them vpon thy fingers and wryte them in the table of thyne herte Saye vnto wysdome thou art my syster call vnderstandyng thy kynswoman that she maye kepe the from the strauÌ„ge woman and froÌ„ the harlot which geueth swete wordes For out of the wyndowe of my house I loked thorowe the latysse and behelde y â— simple people and among other yong folkes I spyed one yong foole going ouer y â— stretes by the corner in the way toward the harlottes house in the twylight of the euenynge when it beganne nowe to be nyght darke And beholde there met him a womaÌ„ in an harlottes apparell a dysceytfull wanton and an vnstedfast womaÌ„ whose fete coulde not abyde in the house nowe is she without nowe in the stretes and lurketh in euery corner she caught the yong man kyssed hym was nat ashamed faynge I had a vowe of peace offerynges to paye ☞ and thys day I perfourme it Therfore came I forth to mete the y â— I myght seke thy face so I haue founde the. I haue deckte my bed with couerynges clothes of Egypte My bed haue I made to smell of Myrre Alos and Cynamon Come let vs lye together and take oure pleasure tyll it be daye lyght For the good maÌ„ is nat at home he is gone farre of He hathe taken the bagge of money with hym who can tell when he commeth home Thus with many swete wordes she ouercame hym and with her flattering lyppes she entysed him to folowe her as it were an oxe led to the slaughter and lyke as it were a fole to the stockes to be punyshed so longe tyll she had wounded hys lyuer w t her darte lyke as yf a byrde hasted to the snare nat knowyng that the parell of his lyfe lyeth ther vpon Heare me nowe therfore O my chyldren marke the wordes of my mouth Let nat thyne herte wandre in her wayes and be nat thou disceaued in her pathes For many one hathe she wouÌ„ded and cast downe ye many a stronge man hath bene slayne by the meanes of her Her houses are the waye vnto hell and bring meÌ„ downe into the chambers of deth ¶ The prayse of the wysdome of God CAPI VIII DOth nat wysdome crye dothe nat vn derstan â—ynge put forth her voyce Standeth she nat in the hye places in the stretes and wayes dothe she nat crye before the whole cytie and in the gates where meÌ„ go out and in It is you O ye men sayeth she whom I call Unto the chyldren of meÌ„ do I lyfte vp my voyce Take hede vnto knowledge O ye ignoraunte be wyse in herte O ye foles Geue eate for I wyll speake of greate matters and open my lyppes to tell thynges that be ryght For my throte shal be talkynge of the truth and my lyppes abhorre vngodlynesse All the wordes of my mouth are ryghteous there is no frowardenesse nor falshede therin They are all playne to suche as wyll vnderstande and ryght to them that fynde knowledge Receaue my doctryne and nat syluer and my knowledge more then fyne golde For wysdome is more worth then precyous stones yee all thynges that thou canst desyre maye nat be compared vnto it I wysdome haue my dwellynge with knowledge and prudente councell is myne owne The feare of the Lorde abhorreth wyckednesse pryde disdayne and the euyll waye and a mouth that speakethe wycked thynges I vtterly abhorre I can geue councell and be a gyde I haue vnder standynge I haue strengthe Thorowe me kynges reygne thorowe me prynces make iust lawes Thorowe me do prynces beare rule and all iudges of the earthe execute iudgement I am louynge vnto those that loue me and they that seke me early shall fynde me Ryches and honour are with me Yee excellent goodes and ryghteousnesse My frute is better then golde and precyous stone and myne encrease more worthe then fyne syluer I wyll gyde the in the waye of ryghteousnesse and in the strete of iudgemente That I may sende prosperyte to those that loue me and to encrease theyr treasure ☞ The Lorde him selfe had me in possessyou ☞ in the begynnynge of his wayes or euer he beganne hys worckes aforetyme I haue bene ordeued from euerlastyng and froÌ„ the begynnynge or euer the earth was made When I was borne there were nether depthes nor springes of water Before the foundacions of the mountaynes were layed ye before al hylles was I borne The earth and all that is vpon the earth was nat yet made no nat the grounde it selfe For when he made the heauens I was present when he set vp the depthes in ordre when he hangd the cloudes aboue when he fastened the springes of the depe when he shut the see with in certayne boundes that the waters shulde nat go ouer theyr marckes When he layed the foundacions of the erath I was with him ordrynge all thynges delyâ—ynge dayly and reioysynge alwaye before hym As for the rounde compase of thys worlde I make it ioyfull for my delyte is to be amonge the chyldren of men Therfore herken vnto me â–ª O ye chyldren blessed are they that kepe my wayes geue eare vnto nurtour be wyse and refuse it nat Blessed is the man that heareth me watchynge dayly at my gates and geuynge attendaunce at the postes of my dores For who so fyndeth me fyndethe lyfe and shal obtayue fauour of the Lorde but who so offendeth agaynst me hurtethe his owne soule And all they that hate me are the louers of deathe ¶ Wysdome monethe all men to embrace her The property of a whore CAPI IX WYsdome hathe buylded herselfe ☞ an house hewen out seuen pyllers he hath kylled her vitayles powred out her wyne and prepared her table She hathe sente forthe her maydens to crye vpon the hyest place of the cyty who so is ignoraunte let hym come hyther And to the vnwyse she sayde O come on yours waye eate my breade and drynke
better then ryches yee muche more worthe then the eye syghte For wysdome defendeth as well as money and the excellent knowledge and wysdome geueth lyfe vnto hym that hathe it in possessyon Consydre the worcke of God howe that no man can make the thing strayght which the maketh croked Use well the tyme of prosperyte and remeÌ„bre the tyme of mysfortune for God maketh the one by the other so that a man can fynde nothynge els All thynges haue I considred in the tyme of my vanite that the iust man perysheth for hys ryghteousnes sake and the vngodly lyueth in hys wyckednesse Therfore be thou nether to ryghteous nor ouer wyse that thou peryshe nat be nether to vnrighteous also nor to folyshe leste y â— dye before thy tyme. It is good for the to take holde of thys and nat to let y â— go out of thy hande For he that feareth God shall escape them all Wysdome geueth more corage vnto the wyse then ten myghtye men of the cytye for there is nat one iuste vpon earth that dothe good and synneth nat Take nat hede vnto euery worde that is spoken lest thou heare thy seruaunt curse the for thyne owne here knoweth that thou thy selfe also hast ofte tymes spoken euyl by other men All these thinges haue I proued in wysdome I sayde I wyl be wyse but she went farther fro me then she was before yee so depe y â— I myght nat reach vnto her I applyed my mynde also vnto knowledge to seke out scyeÌ„ce wisdome and vnderstandyng to know the foolyshenes of the vngodly and the errour of dotynge fooles And I fouÌ„de that a woman is bytterer theÌ„ deth for she is a very angle her herte is a net her handes are cheynes Who so pleaseth God shal escape from her but the synner wyll be taken with her Beholde sayeth the preacher this haue I dyligently searched out and proued that I myght come by knowledge which as yet I seke and fynde it not Among a thousaÌ„de men I haue founde one but nat one womaÌ„ amonge all Lo thys onely haue I fouÌ„de y â— God made man iust and ryghte but they sought many inuencyons ¶ The kynges commaundement ought to be obeyed â–ª Gladnes is one of the chefe thynges vnder the sonne CAPI VIII WHo is wyse Who hath knowledge to make answere A maÌ„s wysdome maketh hys face to shyne but malyce putteth it out of fauoure I muste kepe the kynges commaundemente and the othe that I haue made vnto God Be nat hastye to go out of hys syght and se thou contynue in no euyll thinge for whatsoeuer it pleaseth hym that doeth he Lyke as when a kynge geueth a charge hys commaundement is myghtye Euen so who maye saye vnto hym what do est y â— Who so kepeth the commaundement shall fele no harme but a wise mans herte discerneth the tyme and maner For euery thyng wyl haue oportunyte and iugement and thys is the thynge that maketh men full of carefulnes and forowe And why a man knoweth nat what is for to come for who wyl tell hym Nether is there eny man y â— hath power ouer the spryte to kepe styl the spryte nor to haue any power in the tyme of deathâ— it is nat he also that can make an ende of the battayle nether may vngodlynes delyuer them that medle with all Al these thynges haue I considered and applyed my mynd vnto euery worcke y â— is done vnder the SoÌ„ne howe one man hathe lordshype when the strong men shal bowe them selues when the myllerâ— stande styll because they be so fewe and when the syght of the wyndowes shall waxe dymme when the dores in the sâ—râ—â—â— shal be shut and when the voice of the myller shal be layde downe when meÌ„ shall ryse vp at the voyce of the byrde and when all the daughters of musike shall be brought lowe when men shall feare in hye places and be afrayed in the stretes when the Almonde tree shall floryshe and be laden with the greshoper and when all luste shall passe because when man goeth to his long home and the mourners go aboute the stretes Or euer the syluer lace be taken awaye and or the golden bande be broken Or the pot be broken at the well the whele vpon the ceâ—â—â—rne Then shall the duste be turned agayne vnto the earth from whence it came and the Spiryte shall retourne vnto God whiche gaue it All is but vanyte say the the Preacher all is but playne vanyte The Preacher was yet more wyse and taught y â— people knowledge he gaue good hede sought out the grounde and set forthe many parables Hys diligence was to finde out acceâ— â–ª â—able wordes right scrypture and the wordes of trueth For the wordes of the wyse are lyke pryckes and nayles that go thorowe wher with men are kepte togyther for they are geuen of one shepherde onely Therfore beware my soÌ„ne that aboue these thou make the nat many and innumeble bokes nor take dyuerse doctrynes in hande to wery thy body withall Let vs heare the conclusion of all thynges Feare God and kepe his commaundementes For that toucheth all men For God shall iudge all worckes and secrete thynges whether they be good or euyll ⧠The ende of the Boke of the Preacher otherwyse called Ecclesiastes The Ballet of Ballettes of Salomon called in Latyn CanticuÌ„ Canticorum ¶ A mysticall songe of the spyrytuall and godly loue betwene Chryste the spouse and the Churche or Congregacyon hys spousesse CAPITVLO I. O That he wolde kysse me with the kysses of his mouth for thy loue is more pleasaunt then wyne and y â— because of the good and pleasauÌ„te sauour Thy name is a swete smellynge oyntment therefore do the maydens loue y â— draw thou me vnto the we wyl runne after the. The kynge hath brought me in to hys preuy chambres We wyll be glad and reioyce in the we thynke more of thy loue then of wyne They that be ryghtuous loue the. I am blacke O ye doughters of IerusalcÌ„ lyke as the tentes of the Cedarenes and as the hangynges of Salomon but yet am I fayre and welfauoured withall Maruayle not at me that I am so blacke for why the sunue hath shyned vpon me My mothers chyldren had euyll wyll at me they made me the keper of the vyneyard's but myne owne vineyard haue I not kepte Tel me of hi whom my soule loueth where y â— fedest where y u makest them reaâ—â— at the noone daye for why shall I belyke hym that goeth wronge about the flockes of thy companyons Yf thou knowe not thy selfe O thou fayrest among wemeÌ„ theÌ„ go thy waye for the after the fotesteppes of the shepe and fede thy goates besyde the shepehardes tentes Unto the host of Pharaos charettes haue I compared the O my loue Thy chekes and thy neck is beautiful as the turtils and hanged with spanges goodly
they make any bulwarke agaynst it The same waye that he came shall he retourne nat come at thys cytie sayeth the Lorde And I wyll kepe and saue the cytie sayeth he for myne owne and for my seruaunt Dauids sake Thus the angell of the Lorde went forth slewe of the Assirians hoost an hundred fourescore and fyue thousande And when men arose vp early at Ierusalem Beholde all laye full of deed bodyes So Sennaherib the kynge of the Assireans brake vp and dwelt at Niniue Afterwarde it chaunsed as he prayed in the temple of Nesrah his god that Adramalech and Sarazer hys owne sonnes slewe hym with the swearde and fled into the lande of Armeâ—â—a And Asar Hadon his sonne raygned in hys steade CAP. XXXVIII ¶ Hezekia is sycke vnto the death but is yet reuyued bythe Lorde and lyueth fyftene yeares after for whiche benefyte he geueth thankes NOT longe afore this was Hezechia sycke vnto the deathe and the Prophere Esaye the sonne of Amoz came vnto hym and sayde to him Thus coÌ„maundeth the Lorde Set thyne house in ordre for y â— must dye shall nat escape Then Hezechia turned his face towarde the wall prayed vnto the Lorde and sayde Remembre O Lorde y e I haue walked before the in trueth and a stedfast herte haue done the thynge that is pleasaunt to the. And Hezechia wept â—ore Then sayde God vnto Esaye Go and speke vnto Hezechia the Lorde God of Dauyd thy father seÌ„deth the this worde I haue herde thy prayer coÌ„sydred thy teares be holde I wyl put fyftene yeares mo vnto thy lyfe and delyuer the and the cytie also from the hande of the kynge of Assiria for I wyl defende the cytie And take the this token of the Lorde that he wyll do it as he hathe spoken Beholde I wyl returne the shadow of Ahaz dyal that nowe is layde out with y â— SoÌ„ne and bryng it ten degrees backeward So the Sunne turned ten degrees backewarde the which he was descended afore ¶ A thankesgeuynge whiche Hezekia Kynge of Iuda wrote when he had bene sycke and was recouered I Thought I shulde haue gone to the gates of hel in my best age and haue waÌ„ted the resydue of my yeres I spake within my selfe I shal neuer viset the Lorde God in this lyfe I shall neuer se man amonge the dwellers of the worlde Myne age is folden vp together and taken awaye fro me lyke a shepherdes cotage my lyfe is heweÌ„ of lyke as a weeuer cutteth of his webbe Whyle I was yet takynge my reste he hewed me of made an ende of me iÌ„ one day I thought I wold haue lyued vnto the morowe but he brosed my bones lyke a Lyon made an ende of me in one day Then chatred I lyke a swalowe lyke a crane and mourned as doue I lyfte vp myne eyes into the heyght O Lorde sayde I my syckenes kepeth me downe ease thou me âšœ What shall I speake or saye y t he hathe this done I shall therefore as longe as I lyue remembre this bitternes of my lyfe Uerely Lorde men must lyue in bytternes and al my lyfe I must passe ouer therin For thou raysest me vp â— wakest me But lo I wil be well content w t this bytternes Neuerthelesse my conuersacion hath so pleased the that thou woldest nat make an ende of my lyfe so that thou hast cast all my synnes behynde thy backe For hell prayseth not y â— deathe doth not magnyfie the. They y â— go downe into the graue prayse not thy trueth but the liuing yea the liuing a knowledge the lyke as I do this daye The father telleth his chyldren of thy faythfulnesse Deliuer vs O Lorde and we wyll syng prayses i thy house al the dayes of our lyfe And Esay sayde take a playster of fygges lay it vpon y e sore so shall it be whole Then sayde Hezekia O what a greate thynge is this that I shall go vp into the house of the Lorde ¶ Hezekia is reproued of Esaye because he shewed his tresure vnto the Embassytours of Babylon CAPI XXXIX AT THE same tyme Merodach Baladam Baladamus sonne Kynge of Babylon sent letters and presentes to Hezekia For he vnderstode howe that he had bene sycke and was recouered agayne And Hezekia was glad therof shewed them the coÌ„modyties of his treasure of syluer of golde of spyces and rootes of precyous oyles all that was in his cubbordes treasure houses There was not one thyng in Hezekias house and so thorowe out al hê kyngdome but he let them se it Then came Esaye the Prophete to kynge Hezekia and sayd vnto him What haue the men sayd and from whence came they vnto the Hezekia answered they came out of a farre couÌ„tre vnto me out of Babylon Esay sayde what haue they loked vpon in thyne house Hezekia answered Al that is in min house haue they sene and there is nothyng in my treasure but I shewed it them Then sayde Esay vnto Hezekia UnderstaÌ„de the worde of the Lord of Hostê Beholde the tyme wyll come that euery thing whiche is in thyne house al that thy proge nitoures haue layde vp in stoare vnto this day shal be caried to Babylon and nothing lefte behynde This sayeth the Lorde Yea parte of thy sonnes that shall come of the whom thou shalte get shal be caried hence become gelded chaÌ„berlaynes in the kyng of shall he not breake and the smokynge flaxe shall he nat quench but faythfully and truely shall he geue iudgement He shall neither be ouersene nor hastye that he maye restore ryghtuousnes vnto the earthe and the GeÌ„tyles also shall kepe his lawes For thus sayeth God the Lord vnto him euen he that made the heauens and spred them abrode set forthe the earth with her increase whiche geueth breath vnto the people that is in it and to them that dwell therin I the Lorde haue called in the ryghtuousnesse and led the by the hande Therfore wyll I also defende the and geue the for a couenaunt of the people and to be the lyght of the Gentyles That thou mayest open the eyes of the blynde let out the prysoners and them that syt in darckenesse out of the dongeon house I my selfe whose name is the Lorde And my glory wyl I geue to none other neyther myne honoure to grauen ymages Beholde olde thinges are come to passe and newe thynges do I declare And or euer they come I tell you of them Synge vnto the Lorde a newe songe of thankesgeuyng blowe out his prayse vn to the ende of the worlde They that be vpon the see all that is therin prayse him that Iles and they that dwell in them Let the wildernes with the cities lyfte vp her voice the townes also that they of Cedar dwel in Let them be glad that syt vpon rockes of stone and let them crye downe
sayenge Thus sayeth the Lorde Stande in the courte of the LORDES house speake vnto all them whiche out of the cyties of Iuda come to do worship in the Lordes house al the wordes that I commaunde the to say Loke that thou kepe not one worde backe yf peraduenture they wyl herken and turne euery man from hys wycked waye that I maye also repente of the plage whiche I haue determyned to brynge vpon them because of theyr wycked inuencyons And after thys maner shalte thou speake vnto them Thus sayeth the Lord yf ye wyl not obey me to walcke in my lawes whiche I haue geuen you and to heare the wordes of my seruauntes the prophetes whoÌ„ I sent vnto you rysynge vp tymely and styll sendynge If ye wyll not folowe them I saye then wyll I do to this house ☜ as I dyd vnto Siloh and wyll make this cytie to be abhorred of all the people of the earth And the preastes the prophetes and all the people herde Ieremye preache these wordes in the house of the Lorde Nowe when he had spoken out all the wordes that the Lorde commaunded hym to preach vnto the people then the prestes y â— prophetes and al the people toke holde vpoÌ„ him and sayde thou shalt dye How darrest thou be so bolde as to saye in the name of y â— Lorde it shal happen to this house as it did vnto Siloh and thys cytye shal be so wast that no man shall dwell therin And when all the people were gathered aboute Ieremy in the house of the Lord the prynces of Iuda herde of this rumour and they came soone out of the kynges Palace into the house of the Lorde and sat them downe before the newe dore of the Lorde Then spake the prestes and the prophetes vnto the rulers and to all the people these wordes Thys man is worthy to dye for he hathe preached agaynste thys cytie as ye youreselues haue herde with youre eares Then sayde Ieremy vnto the rulers and to al the people The Lorde hath sent me to preach against this house and agaynst this cyty all y â— wordes that ye haue herde Therfore amende youre wayes and youre aduysementes and be obedient vnto the voice of the Lord your God so shall the Lord repeÌ„te of the plage that he had deuysed agaynste you Now as for me I am in youre handes do with me as ye thincke expedient good But thê shal ye know if ye put me to death ye shall make youreselues this cytye and all the inhabytours therof gyltye of innocent bloude For thys is of a trueth that the Lorde hathe sent me vnto you to speake all these wordes in youre eares Then sayde the rulers and the people vnto the prestes and prophetes This man maye not be condemned to death for he hath preached vnto vs in the name of the Lorde oure God The Elders also of the lande stode vp â–ª and sayd thus vnto al the people Micheah the Morasthite which was a prophet vnder Ezekiah kyng of Iuda spake to all the people of Iuda Thus sayeth the Lorde of Hostes Sion shal be plowed lyke a felde Ierusalem shal be an heape of stones the hyl of the Lordes house shal be turned to an hye wod Dyd Ezekiah the kyng of Iuda the people of Iuda put him to deth for this No verely but rather feared the Lorde made theyr prayer vnto him For the which cause also the Lorde repented of the plage y t he had deuysed against theÌ„ Shulde we theÌ„ do such a shameful dede agaynst our soules There was a prophet also y t preached stifly in the name of the Lorde called Uriah the sonne of Semeiah of Caryathyarym thys man preached also agaynst this cyty and against this laÌ„de according to al as Ieremy sayeth Nowe when Iehoakim the kynge with al the estates and priÌ„ces had herde his wordes the king went about to sleye him WheÌ„ Uriah perceaued that he was afraied and fled and departed into Egypte Then Iehoakim the kyng sent seruauntes into the lande of Egypte Namely ElnathaÌ„ the sonne of Achbor and certayne men with him into Egypte which fetched Uriah oute of Egypt brought him vnto kyng Iehoakim that slewe hym with the swearde and cast hys deed body into the comen peoples graue But Ahikam the sonne of Saphan helped Ieremy that he came not into the handes of the people to be slayne Ieremy at the commaundement of the Lorde sendeth bondes to the kyng of Iuda and to the other kynges that were nye wherby they are monyshed to become subiectes vnto Nabuchodonosor He warneth the people and the kynges and rulers that they beleue not false Prophetes CAPI XXVII IN THE begynnynge of the reygne of Iehoakim the sonne of Iosiah kynge of Iuda came thys worde vnto Ieremye from the Lorde whiche spake thus vnto me Make the bondes and chaynes and put them aboute thy necke and sende them to the kynge of Edom to the kynge of Moab to the kynge of Ammon to the kyng of Tyrus and to the kyng of Sidon and that by the messaungers which shall come to IerusaleÌ„ vnto Zedekiah the kinge of Iuda and byd them saye vnto theyr masters Thus sayeth the Lorde of Hostes the God of Israel speake thus vnto youre masters I am he that made the earth the meâ— and the catell that are vpon the grounde with my greate power and outstretched arme and haue geuen it vnto whom it pleased me And nowe wyl I delyuer all these landes into the power of Nabuchodonosor y â— kyng of Babylon my sernaunte The beastes also of the felde shall I geue hym to do him seruyce And al people shal serue him and hys sonne and hys chylders chyldren vntyl the tyme of the same lande be come also yee many people and greate kynges shall serue hym Moreouer that people and kyngdome whiche wyll nat â–ª serue Nabuchodonosor and that wyll not put theyr neckes vnder the yoke of the kynge of Babylon the same people wyll I vyset with the swearde with honger with pestylence vntyll I haue consumed theÌ„ in hys handes sayeth the Lorde And therfore folowe not your Prophetes sothesayers expounders of dreames charmeâ—s and wytches which saye vnto you ye shall not serue the kynge of Babylon For they preache you lyes to brynge you farre from your lande and that I might cast you out and destroye you But the people that put theyr neckes vnder the yoke of the king of Babylon and serue hym those I wyl let remayne styll in theyr owne lande sayeth the Lorde and they shall occoupye it and dwell therin All these thynges tolde I Zedekiah the kynge of Iuda and sayde Put youre neckes vnder the yoke of the kyng of Babylon and serue hym and hys people that ye maye lyue Why wylt thou and thy people peryshe with the swearde with honger with pestylence lyke as the Lorde hathe deuysed forall
and discouer her foundacious All her ymages shall be broken downe all her wynnynges shall be brent in the fyre yee all her ydols wyll I destroye for why they are gathered out of the hyre of an whore in to an whores hyre shal they be turned agayne Wherfore I wil mourne and make lamentacyon bare naked wyll I go I must mourne lyke the dragous and take sorowe as the Estriches for theyr wounde is past remedy And why it is come into Iuda hath touched the porte of my people at Ierusalem alredy Wepe not lest they at Geth perceyue it Thou at Betaphra welter thy selfe in y â— dust asshes Thou y â— dwellest at Sephyr get the hence wyth shame The proude shall boste nomore for very sorowe and why her neyghbour shall take froÌ„ her what she hath The rebellyous cytie hopeth y t it shall not be so euyll but for al y â— the plage shall come froÌ„ the Lord euen into the porte of IerusaleÌ„ The great noyse of the charettê shal fere theÌ„ that dwel at Lachis which is an occasion of the sine of the daughter of Syon for in y â— came vp the wyckednesses of Israel Yee she sent her coursers into the lande of Geth The houses of lyes wyl dysceyue the kinges of Israel And as for the O thou y â— dwel lest at Morassa I shall bryng a possessioner vpoÌ„ the the plage of Israel shall reath vn to Odolla Make the balde shaue the because of thy tender chyldren Make the clene balde as an Aegle for they shal be caryed away captiue from the. ¶ Thre atâ—ynges agaynst the synfull people CAPI II. OWo vnto theÌ„ that Imagin to do harme deuyse vngraciousnes vpoÌ„ their beddes to perfourme it in the cleare day for there power is agaynst God When they couet to haue laÌ„de they take it by violence they robbe men of theyr houses Thus they oppresse a man for his house euery maÌ„ for hê herytage Therfore thus sayeth y â— Lord Beholde against this houshold haue I deuised a plage wherout ye shal not plucke your neckes Ye shall no more go so proudly for it wyl be a perlous time In that day shal this terme be vsed and a mourning shal be made ouer you on this maner We be vtterly desolate the porcion of my people is translated Whan wyll he parte vnto vs the lande that he hath taken from vs Neuerthelesse there shal be no man to deuyde the thy porcyon in the congregacion of the Lord. Tush holde your tunge say they It shall not fal vpon this people we shal not come so to coÌ„fusion sayeth y â— house of Iacob Is the sprete of the Lord so cleane away or is he so mynded Truth it is my wordes are freÌ„dly vnto theÌ„ that lyue ryght but my people doth contrary therfore must I take part agaynst theÌ„ for they take away both cote cloke from the simple Ye haue turned your selues to fyght the wemen of my people haue ye shut out from their good houses and takeÌ„ away my excellent gyfres from theyr children Up get you hence for here shal ye haue no rest Because of theyr Idolatrye they are corrupte shall miserably perysh If I were a fleshly felowe a preacher of lyes and tolde them that they myght syt bybbyng and bollynge be dronkeÌ„ O that were a Prophete for this people But I wyl gather the in dede O Iacob dryue the reÌ„naunt of Israel all together I shall cary them one with another as a flocke in the folde and as the catel in theyr stalles that they may be dysquieted of other meÌ„ Who so breaketh the gappe he shal go before They shal breake vp y â— port go in out at it Theyr kynge shal go before theÌ„ the Lorde shal be vpon y â— head of theÌ„ ¶ Agaynst the tyranny of Prynces and false Prophetes â–ª CAPI III. HEare O ye heades of the house of Iacob ye leders of the house of Israell Shuld not ye knowe what were lawefull and ryght But ye hate the good and loue the euyll ye plucke of mennes skynnes and the flessh from theyr bones ye eate the flessh of my people flaye of theyr skynne ye breake theyr bones ye choppe theÌ„ in peces as it were into a cauldron as fleshe into a pâ—t Nowe the tyme shal come that when they call vnto the Lorde he shall not heare them but hyde his face from them because that thorow theyr owne ImaginacioÌ„s they haue dealte so wyckedly And as concernynge the Prophetes that dysceyue my people thus the Lorde sayeth agaynst them WheÌ„ they haue any chynge to byte vpon then they preache that al shal be wel but if a man put not some thynge into theyr mouthes they preache of warre agaynst him Therfore your vysyon shal be turned to nyght youre proheâ—yenge to darckenesse The Sunne shall go downe ouer those prophetes the day shal be darcke vnto them Then shal the visyon seers be ashamed and the sothsayers confounded yee they shal be fayne all the packe of them to stoppe theyr mouthes for they haue not Gods worde As for me I am ful of strength of y â— sprete of the Lorde full of iudgement boldnesse to shew the house of Iacob their wyckednes and the house of Israel theyr synne O heare this ye rulers of the house of Iacob ye iudges of y â— house of Israel ye that abhorre the thynge that is laufull wrest e asyde the thyng that is streight Ye y â— buylde vp Sion with bloude and Ierusalem w t doynge wronge O ye iudges ye geue sentence for gyftes O ye preastes ye teache for lucre O ye Prophetes ye prophecy for mony Yet wyll they be takeÌ„ as those that holde vpon god and say Is not the Lord among vs Tush there can no mysfortune happen vs. Therfore shall Sion for youre sakes be plowed lyke a felde Ierusalem shall become an heape of stones and the hyll of the temple shal be turned to an hye wodd ¶ Of the callynge of the Gentyles and conuâ—â—cyon of the Iewes CAPI IIII. BUt in the latter dayes it wyll come to passe y â— the hyl of the Lordes house shal be set vp hyer theÌ„ any mouÌ„taynes or hylles Yee y â— people shall prease vnto it the multitude of the GeÌ„tiles shall hast theÌ„ thyther sayeng Come let vs go vp to the hyll of y â— Lorde and to the house of the God of Iacob that he may teache vs his wayes that we may walcke in his pathes For the lawe shall come out of Syon the worde of God From Ierusalem and shall geue sentence amonge the multitude of the Heathen and re fourme the people of farre couÌ„trees so that of theyr sweardes they shall make plowshares sythes of theyr speares One people shall not lyft vp a
coloures and stroÌ„g Then spake I and sayde vnto the angel that talked with me O Lord what are these The angel answered sayde vnto me These are the. iiij windes of the heaueÌ„ which be come forth to staÌ„de before y â— ruler of all the earth That w t the blacke horse went into the laÌ„de of the north the white folowed them and the spekled horses wente forth towarde the south These horses were very stronge and wente out and sought to go and take theyr iourney ouer the whole earth And he sayde get you hence go thorowe the worlde So they went thorow out the worlde Then cryed he vpon me and spake vnto me sayeng beholde these that go towarde the North shall styll my wrath in the North countre And the worde of the Lord came vnto me sayeng Take of the presoners that are come froÌ„ Babylon namely Heldai Tobiah Idaia come y u the same day and go into the house of Iosiah the soÌ„ne of Sophony TheÌ„ take golde syluer make crownes therof and set theÌ„ vpon the heade of Iesua the soÌ„ne of Iosedeh the hye preste speake vnto him Thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes Beholde the maÌ„ whose name is the braunche and he that shal sprynge vp after him shal buylde vp the temple of the Lord yee euen he shall buylde vp the temple of the Lord. He shall beare the prayse he shal syt vpon the Lordes trone haue the domynacion A preste shall he be also vpon his trone and a peacable couÌ„cel shal be betwyxte them both And the crownes shal be in the temple of the Lorde for a remembraunce vnto Helem Tobiah Idaiah and Hen the sonne of Sophony And such as be farre of shal come and buylde the temple of the Lorde that ye may knowe howe that the Lorde of hoostes hath sent me vnto you And thys shall come to passe if ye wyl herken diligently vnto the voyce of the Lorde your God ¶ The estymacyon of fastynge without mercy The despysyng of charyte and the obstynaâ—ye of the people CAPI VII IT happened also in the fourthe yeare of kyng Darius that the worde of the Lord came vnto Zachary in the fourth day of the ninth moneth which is called Casteâ— what tyme as Sarasar and Rogomelech and the men that were with theÌ„ sent vnto Bethel for to pray before the Lord and that they shulde say vnto the prestes which were in the hous of the Lorde of hoostes and to the Prophetes Shulde I wepe in the fyfth moneth absteyne as I haue done nowe certayne yeares Then came the worde of the Lorde of hoostes vnto me sayenge Speake vnto all the people of the lande and to the preastes and saye when ye fasted and mourned in the fyfth seuenth moneth nowe this ixx. yeares dyd ye fast vnto me When ye dyd eate also dryncke dyd ye not eate and dryncke for your owne selues Are not these the wordes whiche the Lorde spake by his Prophetes afore tyme when IerusaleÌ„ was yet inhabited welthy she the cities roâ—de aboute her when there dwelt men both towarde the south in the playne countrees And the worde of the Lorde came vnto Zachary sayinge Thus sayeth the Lord of hoostes Execute true iudgemente shewe mercy and louynge kyndnesse euery man to his brother Do the wyddowe the fatherles the straunger and poore no wrong and let no man ymagen euyl against his brother in his herte Neuerthelesse they wolde not take hede but turned their backes stopped theyr eares that they shulde not heare yee they made their hertes as an AdamaÌ„t stone lest they shulde heare the lawe and wordes which the Lorde of hostes sent in his holy sprete by the prophetes afore tyme. Wherfore the Lord of hoostes was very wroth at them And thus is it come to passe that lyke as he spake and they wolde not heare eueÌ„ so they cried I wolde not heare sayeth the Lorde of hoostes but scaâ—red theÌ„ amonge all Gentyles whome they 〈…〉 not Thus the lande was made so deso 〈…〉 that there trauayled no man in it neyth 〈…〉 nor fro for that pleasauÌ„t lande was vtt 〈…〉 layed waste ¶ Of the returne of the people vnto Ierusalem and of the mercy of God towarde them Of good workes The callyng of the Gentyles CAPI VIII SO the worde of the Lord of hostes came vnto me sayeng Thus sayeth the Lord of hostes I was in a great gelousy ouer Sion yee I haue bene very gelous ouer her in a great dyspleasure thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes I wyl turne me agayne vnto Sion and wyll dwell in the myddest of Ierusalem so that IerusaleÌ„ shal be called a faythful and true cyte the hyll of the Lorde of hostes yee an holy hyll Thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes There shal yet olde men wemen dwell agayne in the stretes of Ierusalem yee such as go w t staues in theyr handes for very age The stretes of the cyte also shal be full of yong boyes and damsels playinge vpon the stretes Thus sayeth the Lord of hostes yf the resydue of this people thyncke it to be vnpossible in these dayes shulde it therfore be vnpossyble in my syght sayeth the Lord of hostes Thus sayeth the Lorde of hoostes Beholde I wyl delyuer my people froÌ„ the laÌ„de of the east and west and wyll brynge them agayne that they maye dwel at Ierusalem They shal be my people and I wyl be their God in trueth and ryghtuousnesse Thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes let your handes be stronge ye that nowe heare these wordes by the mouth of y â— prophetes which be in these dayes that the fouÌ„dacion is layed vpon the Lord of hostes house y â— the temple maye be buylded For why before these dayes neyther meÌ„ nor catel coulde wiÌ„ue any thyng nether myght any man come in out in rest for trouble but I let euery man go a gaynst his neyghbour Neuerthelesse I wyl now intreate the resydue of this people nomore as afore tyme sayeth the Lorde of hoostes but they shal be a sede of peace The vineyarde shal geue her frute the grouÌ„de shal geue her increase y â— heaueÌ„s shal geue their dewe I shall cause the reÌ„naunt of this people to haue all these in possession And it shal come to passe y â— lyke as ye were a curse among y â— the Heathen O ye house of Iuda ye house of Israell EueÌ„ so wyl I delyuer you y â— ye shal be a blessyng feare not but let your handes be stronge For thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes lyke as I â—â—â—ysed to punyshe you what tyme as 〈…〉 prouoked 〈◊〉 vnto wrath sayâ—th the Lorde of hostes spared not Euen â—o 〈◊〉 I 〈◊〉 now in these dayes for to do wâ—â— vnto the house of Iuda Ierusalem theefore feare ye not Now the thynges that ye shal do are these
Speake euery maÌ„ the trueth vnto his neyghbour execute iudgement truely and peaceably within youre portes none of you ymagyn euyl in his hert against his neighbour loue no false othes for al these are the thinges y â— I hate sayeth y â— Lorde And the worde of the Lord of hostes came vnto me sayeng thus sayeth the Lord of hostes The fast of the fourth moneth the fast of the fifth the fast of the seuenthe the fast of the teÌ„th shal be ioy gladnesse prosperous hye feastes vnto the house of Iuda Onely loue the trueth peace Thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes There shall yet come people and the inhabiters of many cyties and they that dwel in one cyte shal go to another sayeng Up let vs go praye before the Lorde let vs seke the Lorde of hostes I wyl go w t you yee moch people and myghtye Heathen shal come and seke y â— Lord of hoostes at Ierusalem to praye before the Lord. Thus sayeth the Lorde of hostes In y â— tyme shall ten men out of all maner of languages of the Gentyles take one Iewe by the hemme of hys garment saye we wyll go with you for we haue hearde y e God is among you ¶ The conuersion of the Gentyles The coÌ„myng of Chryst syttynge on an Asse CAPI IX THe worde of the Lorde shal be receyued at Adrach and Damascus shal be his offerynge for the eyes of all men and of the tribes of Israel shal loke vp vnto the Lord. The borders of Hemath shal be herde therby Tirus also Sidon for they are very wise Tirus shal make her selfe stronge heape vp syluer as the sande golde as the clayes of the stretrs Beholde the Lorde shal take her in haue her in possession he shall smyte downe her power into the see she shal be coÌ„sumed w t fyre This shall Ascalon se be afrayed Gaza shal be very sory so shall Accaron also because her hope is come to confusion For the Kynge of Gaza shal peryshe and at Ascalon shall no man dwel Straungers shal dwel at Asdod and as for y â— pryde of the Philistynes I shal rote it out Their bloude wyll I take away from their mouth their abhominacions from amonge their teeth Thus they shal be left for our god yee they shal be as a prince in Iuda Accaron like as a Iebusy And so wyl I coÌ„ pase my house rounde aboute w t my men of warre goying to and fro that no oppressour come vpon theÌ„ any more For that haue I sene nowe with myne eyes Reioyse y u greatly O daughter Syon be glad O daughter IerusaleÌ„ For lo thy kynge coÌ„meth vnto the euen the ryghtuous Sauiour Lowly symple is he he rideth vpon an asse vpon the foale of an Asse I wil rote out the charettes froÌ„ Ephraim the horse froÌ„ IerusaleÌ„ the batel bowes shal be destroyed He shal gyue y e doctryne of peace vnto the Heathen and his dominion shall be from the one see to the other from the floudes to the endes of the worlde Thou also thorow the bloude of thy couenauÌ„ shalt let * thy prisoners out of the ‡ pitte wherin is no water Turne you nowe to the stronge holde ye y â— be in prison long sore to be deliuered And this daye I bryng the worde y â— I wyl rewarde the double agayne For Iuda haue I bent out as a bowe for me and Ephraim haue I fylled Thy sonnes O SioÌ„ wyl I rayse vp agaynst the Grekes make the as a gyauntes swearde the Lorde God shal be sene aboue them and his dartes shal go forth as the lyghtnyng The Lorde God shal blowe the trompet and shal come forth as a storme out of the south The Lorde of hostes shal defende them they shal coÌ„sume deuoure and subdue theÌ„ with slynge stones They shal dryncke and rage as it were thorow wyne They shal be filled lyke y â— baseâ—s as the hornes of y â— aulter The Lord their God shal delyuer theÌ„ in the day as y â— flock of his people for y â— stones of his Sayntuary shal be set vp in his laÌ„de O how prosperous goodly a thyng shal y e be The corne shal make y e yonge men chereful and the newe wyne the maydens ¶ The people is moued to requyre the doctryne of trueth of the Lorde The Lorde promyseth to vyâ—â—t and comforte the house of Israel CAPI V. PRay the Lorde then bitymes to geue you the latter rayne so shal the Lorde make cloudes and geue you rayne ynoughe for al the increace of the felde For vayne is the answere of Idols The sothsayers se lyes and tel but vayne dreames the coÌ„forte that they geue is nothynge worth Therfore go they astraye lyke a slocke of shepe are troubled because they haue no shepherd My wroth ful dispeasure is moued at the shepherdes I wyl vyset y â— gotes For the Lord of hostes wyl graciously vyset his flocke the house of Iuda and holde theÌ„ as a goodly fayre horse in the batayle Out of Iuda shal come the helmet the nayle the batelbowe and al the prynces together They shal be as the giauÌ„tes whiche in the batayle treade downe the myre vpon the stretes They shal fyght for the Lord shal be with them so that the horsmen shal be confounded I wyl comforte the house of Iuda and preserue the house of Ioseph I wyll turne them also for I pyte them and they shal be lyke as they were when I had not cast theÌ„ of For I the Lorde am theyr God and wyl heare them Ephraim shal be as a gyaunt their herte shal be chereful as thorow wyne yee their children shal se it and be glad and their herte shall reioyce in the Lorde I wyll blowe for them and gather them together for I wyll redeme them They shal increace as they increased afore I wyll sowe them amonge the people that they may thyncke vpon me in farre couÌ„trees they shal lyue w t theyr chyldren turne agayne I wyl bring them agayne also from the lande of Egypt and gather them out of Assyrya I wyl cary them into the lande of Galaad and to Libanus they shal want nothing He shal go vpon y â— see of trouble smyte y â— see waues so y â— al the depe floudes shal be dryed vp The proude bostyng of Assur shal be cast downe and the scepter of Egypte shal be taken awaye I wyll comforte them in the Lorde that they maye walcke in his name sayeth the Lorde ¶ The destruccyon of the temple The care of the faythfull is commytted to Christ by the father A greuous vysion agaynst Ierusalem and Iuda CAPI VI. OPen thy dores O Libanus that the fyre maye consume thy Cedre trees Howle ye Firre trees for the Cedre is fallen yee al the
chaunged turned into another meanynge for euyll shal be put out and disceyte shal be quenched As for fayth it shall floryshe corrupcion shal be ouercome the truth which hath bene so longe without frute shal be declared And it happened when he talked w t me that I loked demurely vpon him before whome I stode and these wordes sayde he vnto me I am come to shewe the the tyme of the nyght for to come Yf thou wylte praye yet more and fast seuen dayes agayne I shall tell the more thinges and greater then before for thy voyce is hearde before the Hyest for why y ◠myghtye hathe sene thy ryghtuous dealynge he hath sene also thy chastyte which thou hast had euer sence thy youth and therfore hathe he sent me to shewe the al these thynges to saye vnto the Be of good comforte feare not and hast not w t the tymes that are paste to thyncke vayne thynges make not haste of the latter tymes And it happened after this that I wept agayne and fasted seuen dayes in lyke maner y ◠I myght fulfyll the thre wekes which he tolde me In the eyght night was my hert vexed withi me agayne I begāne to speke before the hyest for my sprete was greately set on fyre and my soule was in destresse I sayd O Lord thou spakest vnto thy creature frō the begynnyng euen the fyrst daye and saydest Let heauen earth be made and thy worde was a perfecte worcke And then was there the sprete and the darckenesses were yet on euery syde and sylence there was no mans voyce as yet from the. Then cōmaunded thou a fayre lyght to come forth out of thy treasures that thy workes myght appere and be sene Upon the seconde daye thou made est the sprete of the firmament and commaūdest it to part in sunder and to make a deuysion be twixte the waters that the one parte myght remayne aboue and the other beneth Upon the thyrde day thou broughtest to passe that the waters were gathered in the seuēth part of y ◠earth Sixe partes hast thou dryed vp and kepte them to thyntent that mē myght sowe occupye husbandry therin As soone as thy worde wente forth the worcke was made For immediatly there was greate innumerable frute and many diuerse pleasures desyres of tēptacyon floures of chaungeable coloure and smel and this was done the thyrde day Upon the. iiij daye thou cōmaundedst y ◠the Sunne shuld geue his shyne the mone her lyght the starres dydest thou set in ordre gauest thē a charge to do seruyce euen vnto man that was for to be made Upon the fyfth daye thou saydest vnto the seuenthe part where the waters were gathered that they shulde brynge forthe diuerse beastes foules and fysshes And so it came to passe that the domme water and without soule brought forth lyuynge beastes at the commaundement of God that all people myght prayse thy wonderous worckes Then dydest thou preserue two soules the one thou calledst Enoch and the other Leuiathan didest seperate the one from the other for the seuenth parte namely where the water was gathered together myght not holde them bothe Unto Enoch thou gauest one parte whiche was dryed vp the thyrde daye that he shulde dwel in the same part wherin are a thousande hylles But vnto Leuiathan thou gauest the seuēth part namely y ◠moyst and haste kepte him to deuoure what thou wylte and whan Upon the syxte daye thou gauest cōmaundement vnto the earthe that before the it shulde brynge forth beastes caxell and all that crepe and besydes this Adam also whome thou madest Lorde of all thy creatures Of hym come we all and the people also whom thou hast chosē specyally vnto thy selfe Al this haue I said nowe and spoken before the O Lord y t I myght shewe howe that the world is made for our sakes As for the other people whiche also come of Adam thou hast said that they are nothyng but be lyke a spetle hast lyckened the aboūdaunce of them vnto a droppe that falleth from the rofe of the house And nowe O Lorde the Heathen which haue euer bene reputed as nothynge haue begōne to be Lordes ouer vs and to deuour vs but we thy people whom thou hast called the fyrst borne thy onely begotten thy feruente louer are geuen into theyr handes and power Yf the worlde nowe be made for our sakes why haue we not the inherytaūce in possessyon with the worlde Howe longe shall this endure ¶ The Angell sheweth Esdras many thynges to come CAPI VII AND it happened after that I had spoken out these wordes there was sente vnto me an Angell whiche had bene by me also the nightes afore and he sayd vnto me Up Esdras and here the wordes that I am come to tell the. And I sayd speake on Lord my God Then sayd he vnto me The see is set in a wyde place that it might be depe and greate but the entraunce is narowe small lyke a ryuer For who wolde go into the see to loke vpon it and to rule it If he wente not thorow the narowe how myght he come into the brode Item another A cytie is buylded and set vpon a brode felde and is full of al goodes the entraūce is narowe and sodayne lyke as yf there were a fyre at the ryght hande and a depe water at the lefte and as it were onely one strayte path betwixte thē bothe so small that there coulde but one man go there If this cyte nowe were geuē to an heyre he neuer went thorowe the parlous waye how wolde he receyue his enheritaūce And I sayde It is so Lord. Then said he to me Euen so is Israel also a porcyon And why for theyr sakes haue I made the world and when Adam transgressed my statutes then was the thyng iudged that was done Thē were the entraūces of the worlde made narowe ful of sorowe trauayle They are but fewe ◠euil ful of parels labour For the entraunces of the fore worlde were wide sure and brought immortall frute If they nowe whiche are entred into this worlde maye not comprehende these strayte and vaine thinges muche lesse may they cōprehende and vnderstande the secrete thynges Why disquietest thou thy self thē seyng thou art but a corruptyble man And what woldest thou knowe where as thou art but mortall And why hast thou not receyued in to thyne herte the thynge that is for to come but that is present Then sayd I O Lord Lord thou hast ordayned in thy lawe that the ryghtuous shulde inherete these thīges but that the vnfaythful and vngodly shulde perysh Neuer thelesse the rightuous shal suffre strayte thīges hope for wide for they that haue liued vngodly and suffred strayte thynges shall not se the wyde And he sayd vnto me There is no iudge aboue God and none that hath vnderstandynge aboue the Hyest For there
the endes of the earth Geue eare ye y ◠rule the multitudes delyte in much people For the power is geuen you of the Lorde and the strength frō y ◠Hyest whiche shall trye youre workes and search out youre ymaginacions Howe that ye being officers of his kyngdome haue nat executed true iudgemēt haue nat kepte the lawe of ryghteousnes nor walked after the wyll of God Horryble and that right soone shall he appeare vnto you for an harde iudgemēt shal they haue y ◠beare rule Mercy is gaunted vnto the simple but they that be in auctoryte shal be sore punished For God which is lorde ouer al shal excepte no mans personne nether shall he stāde in awe of any mans greatnesse For he hathe made the smal great careth for all a lyke But the myghty shall haue the sorer punishmente Unto you therfore O ye Kynges do I speake that ye way lerne wysdome and not go amysse For they y ◠kepe his ryghteousnes shal be ryghteously iudged they that are lerned in ryghteous thinges shal fynde to make answere Wherfore set youre luste vpon my wordes and loue them so shall ye come by nurtour Wysdome is a noble thing sene neuer faydeth awaye yee she is easely of them that loue her and founde of suche as seke her She preuenteth them that desyre her y ◠she maye fyrste shewe her selfe vnto thē Who so awaketh vnto her by tymes shall haue no greate trauayle for he shall fynde her syttynge readye at hys dores To thynke vpon her is parfecte vnderstāding and who so watcheth for her shal be safe that soone For she goeth about seking such as are mete for her sheweth her selfe cherefully vnto them in theyr goinges and meteth thē with al diligence For y ◠vnfayned desyre of refourmaciō is her begynyng to care for nurtour is loue loue is the kepynge of her lawes Now the kepyng of the lawes is perfeccion and an vncorrupte lyfe and an vncorrupt lyfe maketh a man familier wyth God And so y ◠desyre of wysdome ledeth to the Kyngdome euerlastynge If youre delyte be then in royall seates cepters O ye kynges of the people set youre lust vpō wysdome that ye maye raygne for euer more O loue the lyght of wysdome all ye that be rulers of the people As for wysdome what she is and howe she came vp I I wyl tel you wyl not hyde the mysteryes of God from you but wyl seke her out from the begynnynge of the natiuite brynge y ◠knowledge of her into lyght wyl not kepe backe the trueth Nether wyll I haue to do with cōsumynge enuye for such a man shall not be partaker of wysdome But the multytude of y ◠wyse is the welfare of y ◠worlde and a wyse kynge is the vpholdynge of the people O receaue nourtoure then thorowe my wordes and it shall do you good ¶ Wysdome ought to be preferred before all thynges CAPI VII I My selfe also am a mortall man lyke as all other am come of the earthy generacyon of hym that was fyrst made and in my mothers wōbe was I fashyoned to be flesh In y ◠tyme of ten monethes was I brought together in bloude thorowe the sede of man and the cōmodyous appetyte of slepe When I was borne I receaued lyke ayre as other men fell vpon the earth whiche is my nature cryenge wepynge at the fyrst as all other do I was wrapped in swadlynge clothes brought vp with greate cares For there is no kynge y ◠hathe had any other begynnynge of byrth All mē then haue one entraunce vnto lyfe one goynge out in lyke maner Wherfore I desyred and vnderstandinge was geuen me I called and the sprete of wysdome came in to me I set more by her then by kyngdomes royall seates counted ryches nothynge in comparyson of her As for precious stone I cōpared it not vnto her for all golde is but small grauell vnto her syluer shal be counted but claye before her sight I loued her aboue wellfare and beautye and purposed to take her for my lyght for her lyght cannat be quenched All good thynges came to me w t her innumerable ryches thorow her hādes I was glad in thē all for this wysdome went before me and I knew not that she is the mother of al good thynges Nowe as I my selfe learned vnfaynedly so do I make other men partakers of her and hyde her ryches frō no man for she is an infynite tresure vnto mē which who so vse become partakers of the loue frendshype of God are accepted vnto hym for the gyftes of wysdome God hath graunted me to talke wysely and conueniently to handle the thinges that he hath gracyously lent me For it is he that ledeth vnto wysdome and teacheth to vse wysdome a ryght In his hande are both we and our wordes yee all our wysdome oure vnderstandynge and knowledge of all oure worckes For he hath geuen me the true scyence of these thynges so that I knowe howe the worlde was made and the powers of the elementes the begynnynge endynge and myddest of the tymes howe the tymes alter how one goeth after another and howe they are fulfylled the course of the yeare the ordinaūces of the starres the natures kyndnes of beastes the furiousnes of beastes the power of the wyndes the ymagynacyons of men the diuersities of yong plantes the vertues of rotes and al suche thinges as are secrete and not loked for haue I learned For the worckmaster of all thynges hath taught me wysdome In her is the sprete of vnderstandynge whiche is holy manyfolde one onely sutell courteous discrete quycke vn defyled playne swete louynge the thynge that is good sharpe which forbiddeth not to do well gentle kynde stedfast sure fre hauynge all vertues circumspecte in all thynges receyuynge all spretes of vnderstandynge beynge cleane and sharpe For wysdome is nymbler then all nymble thynges she goeth thorowe attayneth to all thynges because of her clenues For she is the breth of the power of God and a pure cleane expressynge of the clearenes of Almyghtye God Therfore can no vndefiled thyng come vnto her for she is the bryghtenesse of the euerlastynge lyght the vndefyled myrroure of the maiesty of God and the ymage of hys goodnesse And for so much as she is one the maye do all thynges and beyng stedfast her selfe she renueth all and amonge the people conueyeth she her selfe into the holy soules She maketh Godes frendes and prophetes for God loueth no man but hym in whome wysdome dwelleth For she is more beautyefull then the Sunne and geueth more lyght then the starres and the daye is not to be cōpared vnto her for vpon the daye commeth nyght But wyckednesse cannot ouercome wysdome and foolyshnes maye not be w t her ¶ The effecte of wysdome CAPI VIII WYsdome reacheth from one ende to another mightely louingly doth she
Dauid was So was there dissencyon amonge the people bycause of hym And some of them wolde haue taken hym but no man layde handê on hym TheÌ„ came the minysters to the hygh Preestes and pharyses And they sayde vnto them why haue ye not brought hym The minysters answered neuer man spake as this man doeth Then answered them the Pharyses are ye also disceyued Doeth any of the rulers or of the pharyses byleue on him But this comon people whiche knowe not the lawe are cursed Nicodemus sayeth vnto them he that came to Iesus by nyght was one of them Doth our law iudge any man before it heare hym and knowe what he hath done They answered and sayde vnto hym arte thou also of Galile Search loke For out of Galile aryseth no Prophette And euery man went vnto his owne house ⊢ ¶ A woman is taken in aduoutrye Chryst delyuereth her The fredom of suche as folowe Chryst whom they accuse to haue the deuyll within hym and go aboute to stone hym CAPI VIII ✚ IEsus went vnto mounte Olyuete and early in the mornynge he came agayne in to the temple and all the people came vn to hym and he sat downe and taught them And the Scrybes and Pharises brought vn to him a woman taken in aduoutrye when they had set her in the myddes they saye vnto hym Mayster this woman was taken in aduoutrye euen as the dede was a doynge Moses in the lawe commaunded vs that soch shulde be stoned But what sayest thou This they sayde to tempte hym that they myght accuse hym But Iesus stouped down with his fynger wrote on the ground So when they contynued askyng hym he lyfte hym selfe vp and sayde vnto them let hym that is among you without syn cast the fyrst stone at her And agayne he stouped downe and wrote on the grounde And as soone as they herde this they went out one by one begynnyng at the eldest And Iesus was lefte alone and the woman standynge in the myddes When Iesus had lyfte vp hym selfe saw no man but the woman he sayd vnto her woman where are those thyne accusers Hath no man condemned the She sayde No man Lorde And Iesus sayde Neyther do I condempnethe Go and synne no more ⊢ ✚ Then spake Iesus agayne vnto them sayenge I am the lyght of the worlde He that foloweth me doth not walke in darknes but shall haue the lyght of lyfe The Pharyses therfore sayde vnto hym thou bearest recorde of thy selfe thy recorde is not true Iesus answered and sayde vnto them though I beare recorde of my selfe yet my recorde is true for I knowe whence I came whyther I go But ye can not tell whence I come and whyther I go Ye iudge after the fleshe ☞ I iudge no man And yf I iudge my iudgemet is true For I am not alone but I and the father that sent me It is also wrytteÌ„ in your lawe that the testimony of two men is true I am one that beareth wytnesse of my selfe and the father that sent me beareth wytnes of me Then sayde they vnto hym where is thy father Iesus answered ye neyther know me nor yet my father Yf ye had knowen me ye shuld haue knowen my father also These wordes spake Iesus in the treasurye as he taught in the temple no man layde handes on hym for his houre was not yet come ⊢ Then sayde Iesus agayne vnto them ✚ I go my way and ye shall seke me shal dye in your synnes Whyther I go thyther can ye not come Then sayde the Iues wyll he kyll hym selfe bycause he sayeth whyther I go thyther can ye not come And he sayde vnto them ye are from beneath I am from aboue Ye are of this world I am not of this worlde I sayde therfore vnto you that ye shall dye in your synnes For yf ye byleue not that I am he ye shall dye in your synnes Then sayd they vnto hym who arte thou And Iesus sayeth vnto them Euen the very same thynge that I speake vnto you I haue many thynges to saye and to iudge of you Yea and he that sent me is true And I speake in the worlde those thynges which I haue herde of him Howbeit they vnderstode not that he spake of his father Then sayde Iesus vnto them when ye haue lyfte vp an hygh the sonne of man then shall ye knowe that I am be and that I do nothyng of my selfe but as my father hath taught me euen so I speake these thynges and he that sent me is with me The father hath not lefte me alone for I do alwayes those thynges that please hym ⊢ As he spake these wordes many byleued on hym ✚ Then sayde Iesus to those Iues whiche byleued on him Yf ye continue in my worde then are ye my verye disciples and ye shall knowe the trueth and the trueth shall make you free They answered hym We be Abrahams seede were neuer bonde to any man howe sayest thou then ye shal be made free Iesus answered them verely verely I saye vnto you that who soeuer coÌ„mytteth synne is the seruaunt of synne And the seruaunt abydeth not in the house for euer But the sonne abydeth euer Yf the sonne therfore shall make you free then are ye free in dede I knowe that ye are Abrahams seede but ye seke meanes to kyll me bycause my worde hath no place in you I speake that whiche I haue seene with my father and ye do that whiche ye haue seene with your father They answered and sayde vnto hym Abraham is our father Iesus sayeth vnto them Yf ye were Abrahams chyldren ye wolde do the dedes of Abraham But nowe ye go aboute to kyll me a man that hath tolde you the trueth whiche I haue herde of God this dyd not Abraham Ye do the dedes of your father Then sayde they to hym we were not borne of fornicacioÌ„ We haue one father euen god Iesus sayde vnto them Yf God were youre father truely ye wolde loue me For I proceded forth and came from god Neyther came I of my selfe but he sent me Why do ye not knowe my speche Euen bycause ye can not abyde the hearynge of my worde Ye are of youre father the deuyll and the lustes of your father wyll ye serue He was a murtherer from the begynnynge abode not in the trueth bycause theyr is no trueth in hym When he speaketh a lye he speaketh of his owne For he is a lyer and the father of the same thynge And bycause I tell you the trueth therfore ye byleue me not ✚ Whiche of you rebuketh me of synne Yf I say the trueth why do ye not bileue me He that is of God heareth goddes wordes Ye therfore heare them not bycause ye are not of God Then answered the Iues and sayd vnto hym Saye we not well that thou arte a Samaritane and haste the
you Ye haue not chosen me but I haue chosen you and ordeyned you to go bryng forth fruyte that your fruyte shulde remayne that what soeuer ye aske of the father in my name he may gyue it you ⊢ ✚ This commaunde I you that ye loue togyther If the worlde hate you ye knowe that he hated me before he hated you If ye were of the worlde the worlde wolde loue his owne Howbeit bycause ye are not of the worlde but I haue chosen you oute of the worlde Therfore the worlde hateth you Remember the worde that I sayde vnto you the seruaunt is not greater then the lorde If they haue persecuted me they wyll also persecute you If they haue kepte my sayeng they wyl kepe youres also But all these thynges wyll they do vnto you for my names sake bycause they haue not knowen hym that sent me If I had not come and spoken vnto them they shuld haue had no synne but nowe haue they nothynge to cloke theyr synne withall He that hateth me hateth my father also Yf I had not done amonge them the workes whiche none other man dyd they shuld haue had no synne But nowe haue they both sene hated not onely me but also my father But this happeneth that the sayenge myght be fulfylled that is wrytten in theyr lawe they hated me without a cause ⊢ ✚ But when the conforter is come whom I wyll sende vnto you from the father euen the spirite of trueth whiche procedeth of the father he shall testifie of me And ☞ ye shal beare wytnesse also bycause ye haue bene with me from the begynnynge CAPI XVI ¶ Consolacyon agaynst trouble Prayers are herde thorowe Chryst. THese thynges haue I sayde vnto you bycause ye shulde not be offended They shall excommunicate you yea the tyme shall come that who soeuer kylleth you wyll thynke that he doeth God seruyce And suche thynges wyll they do vnto you bycause they haue not knowen the father neyther yet me But these thynges haue I tolde you that when the tyme is come ye may remember them that I tolde you ⊢ These thynges sayd I not vnto you at the beginnyng bycause I was present with you ✚ But nowe I go my waye to hym that sent me and none of you asketh me whyther I go But bycause I haue sayde suche thynges vnto you your hertes are full of sorowe Neuerthelesse I tell you the trueth it is expedient for you that I go awaye For yf I go not awaye that comforter wyll not come vnto you But yf I departe I wyl sende hym vnto you And when he is come he wyll rebuke the worlde of synne of ryghteousnes and of iudgement Of synne bycause they byleue not on me Of ryghteousnesse bycause I go to my father and ye shal se me no more Of iudgement bycause the prynce of this worlde is iudged alredy I haue yet many thynges to saye vnto you but ye can not beare them awaye nowe Howbeit when he is come whiche is the spirite of trueth he wyl leade you in to al trueth He shall not speake of hym selfe but what so euer he shall heare that shall he speake and he wyll shewe you thynges to come He shall glorifie me for he shall receyue of myne and shall shewe vnto you All thynges that the father hath are myne Therfore sayd I vnto you that he shall take of myne and shewe vnto you ⊢ ✚ After a whyle ye shall not se me and agayne after a whyle ye shall se me For I go to the father Then sayde some of his disciples bytwene themselues What is this that he sayth vnto vs after a whyle ye shal not se me and agayne after a whyle ye shall se me and that I go to the father They sayd therfore what is this that he sayth after a whyle we can not tell what he sayeth Iesus perceyued that they wolde aske him and sayde vnto them Ye enquyre of this bytwene your selues bycause I sayde after a whyle ye shall not se me and agayne after a whyle ye shall se me Uerely verely I say vnto you ye shall wepe lament but contrary wyse the worlde shall reioyse Ye shall sorow but your sorowe shall be turned to ioye A woman when she trauayleth hath sorowe bycause her houre is come but as soone as she is delyuered of the chyld she remembreth no more the anguysshe for ioy that a man is borne in to the worlde And ye nowe therfore haue sorowe but I wyll se you agayne and your hertes shall reioyse and your ioye shall no man take from you ⊢ And in that day shal ye aske me no questyon ✚ Uerely verely I say vnto you What soeuer ye shall aske the father in my name he wyll gyue it you Hytherto haue ye asked nothynge in my name Aske and ye shall receyue that your ioy may be full These thynges haue I spoken vnto you by prouerbes The tyme wyll come when I shall no more speake to you by prouerbes But I shall shewe you playnly from my father At that day shall ye aske in my name And I say not to you that I wyll speake vnto my father for you For the father hymselfe loueth you bycause ye haue loued me and haue byleued that I came out frō god I went out from the father and came in to the worlde Agayne I leaue the worlde and go to the father His disciple sayde vnto hym lo nowe talkest thou playnly and speakest no prouerbe Nowe are we sure that thou knowest all thynges and nedest not that any man shulde aske the any questyon Therfore byleue we that thou camest from God ⊢ Iesus answered them Nowe ye do byleue Beholde the houre draweth nyghe and is alredy come that ye shall be scattered euery man to his owne and shall leaue me alone And yet am I not alone For the father is with me These wordes haue I spoken vnto you that in me ye myghte haue peace For in the worlde shall ye haue tribulacyon but be of good cheare I haue ouercome the worlde ¶ The moost harty and louynge prayer of Chryst vnto his father for all suche as receyue the trueth CAPI XVII ✚ THese wordes spake Iesus and lyfte vp his eyes to heuen and sayd father the houre is come glorifie thy sonne that thy sonne also maye glorifie the as thou hast gyuen hym power ouer all flesshe that he shulde gyue eternal lyfe to as many as thou hast gyuen hym This is lyfe eternall that they myght knowe the the onely true God and Iesus Chryst whom thou hast sent I haue glorified the on the earth I haue finisshed the worke whiche thou gauest me to do And nowe glorifie thou me O father with thyne owne selfe with the glorye which I had with the or the worlde was I haue declared thy name vnto the men which thou gauest me oute of the
worlde Thyne they were and thou gauest them me they haue kepte thy worde Nowe they haue knowen that all the thynges what soeuer thou haste gyuen me are of the. For I haue gyuen vnto them the wordes whiche thou gauest me and they haue receyued them haue knowen surely that I came out froÌ„ the and they haue byleued that thou dydest sende me I praye for them ☞ I pray not for the worlde but for them whiche thou hast gyuen me for they are thyne And all myne are thyne and thyne are myne and I am glorified in them And nowe am I not in the worlde and they are in the worlde and I come to the. ⊢ ✚ Holy father kepe thorowe thyne owne name them whiche thou hast gyuen me that they also maye be one as we are Whyle I was with them in the worlde I kepte them in thy name Those that thou gauest me I haue kepte and none of them is lost but that lost thâ—lde that the scripture myght be fulfylled Nowe come I to the and these wordes speake I in the worlde that they myght haue my ioye full in them I haue gyuen them thy worde and the worlde hath hated them bycause they are not of the worlde euen as I also am not of the worlde I desyre not that thou shuldest take them out of the world but that thou kepe them from euyll They are not of the worlde as I also am not of the worlde Sanctifie them thorowe thy trueth Thy worde is the trueth As thou dyddest sende me in to the worlde euen so haue I also sent them in to the world and for theyr sakes sanctifie I my selfe that they also myght be sanctified thorowe the trueth Neuerthelesse I praye not for them alone but for them also whiche shal byleue on me thorowe theyr preachynge that they all maye be one as thou father arte in me and I in the and that they also maye be one in vs that the worlde maye byleue that thou hast sent me And the glory whiche thou gauest me I haue gyuen them that they maye be one as we also are one I in them and thou in me that they may be made perfyte in one and that the worlde maye knowe that thou hast sent me and hast loued them as thou hast loued me Father I wyll that they whiche thou hast gyuen me be with me where I am that they may se my glory which thou hast gyuen me For thou louedst me before the makynge of the worlde O ryghteous father the worlde also hathe not knowen the But I haue knowen the these haue knowen that thou hast sent me And I haue declared vnto them by name and wyll declare it that the loue wherwith thou hast loued me maye be in them and I in them ⊢ ¶ Chryst is betrayed The wordes of his mouth smyte the offycers to the grounde Peter smyteth of Malchus care Iesus is brought before Anna Cayphas and Pylate CAPI XVIII WHen Iesus had spoken these wordes he went forth with his disciples ouer the broke Cedron where was a garden in to the whiche he entred and his disciples Iudas also whiche bytrayed hym knewe the place for Iesus ofte tymes resorted thyther with his disciples Iudas then after he had receyued a bande of men and ministers of the hygh preestes and pharises came thyther with lanterus and fyrebrandes weapons And Iesus knowyng al thynges that shulde come on hym went forth sayde vnto them whom seke ye They answered hym Iesus of Nazareth Iesus sayeth vnto them I am he Iudas also whiche betrayed hym stode with them As soone then as he had sayde vnto them I am he they went bakwarde and fell to the grounde TheÌ„ asked he them agayne whom seke ye They sayd Iesus of nazareth Iesus answered I haue tolde you that I am he If ye seke me therfore let these go theyr way that the sayenge myght be fulfylled whiche he spake of them whiche thou gauest me haue I not lost one Then Symon Peter hauynge a swerde drewe it and smote the hygh Preestes seruaunt and cut of his ryght eare The seruauntes name was Malchus Therfore sayeth Iesus vnto Peter Put vp thy swerde in to the sheathe shall I not drynke of the cup whiche my father hath gyuen me Then the company and the captayne and ministers of the Iues toke Iesus bounde hym and led hym away to Anna fyrst for he was father in lawe vnto Cayphas whiche was the hygh preest that same yere Cayphas was he whiche gaue counsell to the Iues that it was expedient that one man shulde dye for the people And Symon Peter folowed Iesus and so dyd an other dyscyple that dyscyple was knowen vnto the hygh Preest and wente in with Iesus into the palace of the high preest But Peter stode at the dore without Then wente out that other dyscyple whiche was knowen vnto the hygh Preest and spake to the damsell that kepte the dore and brought in Peter Then sayde the damsell that kepte the dore vnto Peter Arte not thou also one of this mannes disciples He sayd I am not The seruauntes the ministers stode there whiche had made a fyre of coles for it was colde and they warmed them selues Peter also stode amonge them and warmed hym The hygh Preest then asked Iesus of his disciples and of his doctrine Iesus answered hym I spake openly in the worlde I euer taught in the Synagoge â–ª and in the temple whyther all the Iues resorte and in secrete haue I sayd nothyng Why askest thou me Aske them which herde me what I haue sayde vnto them Beholde they can tel what I sayd When he had thus spoken one of the ministers whiche stode by smote Iesus on the face sayenge answerest thou the hygh Preest for Iesus answered hym If I haue euyll spoken beare wytnesse of the euyll But yf I haue well spoken ☞ why smytest thou me And Annas sent hym bounde vnto Cayphas the hygh Preest Symon Peter stode and warmed hym selfe Then sayd they vnto hym art not thou also one of his disciples He denyed it and sayd I am not One of the seruauntes of the hygh Preestes his cosyn whose eare Peter smote of sayde vnto hym Dyd not I se the in the garden with hym Peter therfore denyed agayne immediatly the cocke crewe Then led they Iesus from Cayphas in to the hall of iugement It was in the mornyng and they them selues went not in to the iudgement hall ☞ lest they shulde be defyled but that they myght eate Passeouer Pylate then wente out vnto them and sayde What accusacyon brynge ye agaynst this man They answered and sayde vnto hym If he were not an euyldoer we wolde not haue delyuered hym vnto the. Then sayde Pylate vnto them Take ye hym and iudge hym after your owne lawe The Iues therfore sayd vnto hym It is not lawfull for vs to put any man to death ☞
sayeth the Lorde Wherfore ☞ tonges are for a sygne not to them that beleue but to them that beleue not Contrary wyse prophesyinge serueth not for them that beleue not but for them which beleue If therfore when all the congregacion is come togyther and all speake with tonges there come in they that are vnlerned or they which beleue not wyll they not saye that ye are out of your wyttes But and yf all prophesye and there come in one that beleueth not or one vnlerned he is rebuked oâ— al men is iudged of euery man so are the secretes of his hert opened so falleth he downe on his face and worshyppeth God sayth that God is in you of a trueth Howe is it then brethren 〈◊〉 softe as ye come togyther euery one of you hath a soÌ„g hath a doctrine hath a tonge hath a reuelacion â–ª hath an interpretacion Let al thinges be done vnto edityinge If any man speake wyth tonge let it be by two or at the moste by thre and that by course and let another interprete it But if there be no interpreter lcâ—him kepe sylence in the coÌ„gregacion and let him speake to him selfe and to God Let the Prophetes speake two or thre let the other iudge If any reuelacyon be made to another that sytteth by let the fyrst holde his peace For ☞ ye maye all prophesy one by one that all may learne and that all maye haue comforte And the spirites of the Prophetes are in the power of the Prophetes For God is not causer of strife but of peace as âšœ I teache in al congregacioÌ„s of the Sayntes Let your wemen kepe sylente in the congregacions For it is not permitted vnto theÌ„ to speake but to be vnder obedyeÌ„ce as sayth the lawe If they wyll learne any thynge let theÌ„ aske their husbandes at home For it is a shame for wemen to speake in the congregacion Spronge the worde of God from you Either came it vnto you onely If any man thinke him selfe to be a prophete ether spiritual let him knowe what thynges I wryte vnto you For they are the coÌ„maundementes of the Lorde But and if any man be ignorant let him be ignoraunt Wherfore brethreÌ„ couet to prophecy forbyd not to speke with tonges let al thinges be done honestly and in order âšœ amonge you ¶ The resurreccyon of the deade CAPI XV. BRethren as pertaynynge to the Gospel whiche I preached vnto you which ye haue also accepted and in the whiche ye coÌ„tynue by the whiche also ye are sauyd I do you to wytte after what maner I preached vnto you yf ye kepe it excepte ye haue beleued in vayne For fyrst of al I deliuered vnto you that whiche I receyued howe that Christ dyed for our sinnes agreinge to the scriptures And that he was buryed and that he arose agayne the thyrd day accordyng to the scriptures that he was sene of Cephas then of the twelue After that he was sene of moo then fyue hundreth brethren atonce of whiche many remaine vnto this day and many are falleÌ„ a slepe After that appered he to Iames then to all the Apostles And last of al he was sene of me as of one that was borne out of due tyme. For I am the least of the Apostles which am not worthy to be called an Apostle because I persecuted the congregacyon of God But by the grace of god I am that I am And his grace which is in me was not i vayne ⊢ but I labored more aboundauntly then they all yet not I but the grace of God whiche is with me Therfore whether it were I or they so we preache and so haue ye beleued ✚ If Christ be preached how that he rose from the dead howe say some amonge you that there is no resurreccyon of the dead If there be no rysynge agayne of the dead then is Christe not rysen agayne If Christe be not rysen agayne then is our preachyng in vayne and your fayth is also in vayne Ye we are founde false wytnesses of God For we haue testyfied of God howe that he raysed vp Christe whom he raysed not vp yf it be so that the deade ryse not agayne For yf the deade ryse not agayne then is Chryste not risen agayne If it be so that Christ rose not agayne then is our fayth in vayne and ye are yet in your synnes Therfore they whiche are fallen a slepe in Christ are peryshed If in this lyfe onely we belue on Christ then are we of all men most miserable But now is Christ rysen from the dead become the fyrst frutes of them that â—â—epte For by a man came death by a man came the resurreccyon of the deade For as by Adam all dye euen so by Christe shall all be made alyue but euery man in his owne order ⊢ The fyrst is Christe then they that are Christes at his coÌ„mynge Then coÌ„meth the ende ☞ when he hath delyuered vp the kyngdome to God the father when he hath put downe all â—ule all auctoryte power For he must raygne tyl he haue put all his enemies vnder his fete The last enemy that shal be destroyed is death For he hath put al thingê vnder his fete But when he sayth al thynges are put vnder him it is manifest that he is excepted which dyd put all thynges vnder him When all thynges are subdued vnto hym then shall the Sonne also him selfe be subiecte vnto hym that put all thynges vnder hym that God may be all in all Els what do they whiche are ☞ baptysed ouer the deade if the dead ryse not at al Why are they then baptysed ouer theme Ye and why stande we alway then in icoperâ—y By our reâ—oysyng whiche I haue in Christ Iesu our Lord I dye dayly That I haue foughte with beastes at Ephesus after the maner of men what auauntageth it me â–ª yf the dead ryse not agayne Let vs eate and dryncke for to morowe we shall dye Be not ye deceaued euyl wordes corrupte good maners Awake truely out of stepe sinne not For some haue not the knowledge of god I speake this to your shame But some man wyll saye howe aryse the dead with what body shal they come Thou fole that whiche thou sowest is not quickened except it die And what sowest thou Thou sowest not that body that shal be but bare corne as of wheet or of some other but God giueth it a body at his plesure to euery seed his owne body ✚ All flesshe is not one maner of flesshe but there is one maner of fleshe of men another maner of flesshe of beastes another of fysshes another of byrdes There are also celestiall bodyes there are bodies terrestriall But the glory of the celestiall is one and the glory of the terrestrial is another There is one maner glory of the soÌ„ne and another glory of the mone and another glory
properâ—â—â— also requâ—red in a deacon or mynyster CAPI III. THYS is a true saying If a man desyre the offyce of a Bysshoppe he desyreth an honest worke A Bysshoppe therfore must be blamels the husbande of one wyfe dilygent sober discrete a keper of hospitalyte apte to teache not geuen to ouer much wyne no fyghter not gredy of fylthy lucre but getle abhorrynge fyghtynge abortyng coueteousnes one that ruleth wel his owne house one that hath chyldren in subieccyon with all reuerence For yf a maÌ„ cannot rule his owne house howe shall he care for the congracion of God He may not be a yonge scoler lest he swel fail into the iudgement of y â— euel speaker He must also haue a good reporte of the which are with out lest he fal into rebuke and snare of the euell speaker Lykewyse must the mynysters be honest not double tonged not geuen vnto muche wyne neyther gredy of fylthy lucre but holdynge the mystery of the fayth with a pure conscyence And let them fyrst be proued and then let them mynyster so that no man be able to reproue them Euen so muste theyr wyues be honest not euell speakers but sober and faythfull in all thynges Let the Deacons be the husbandes of one wyfe and succh as rule theyr chyldren wel and theyr owne houshouldes For they that mynyster well get themselues a good degre and greately bextye in the fayth whiche is in Christe Iesu. These thynges write I vnto y â— trusting to come shortely vnto the but yf I tarye longe that then thou mayst yet haue knowledge howe thou oughtest to behaue thy selle in the house of God whiche is the congregacyon of the lyuynge God the pyllar and grounde of trueth And without doute greate is that mystery of godlynes God was shewed in the â—â—esâ—he was ☞ iustifyed in the spyrit was sene amonge the Angels was preached vnto the geÌ„tyls was beleued on in earth and receaued vp in glory ¶ He Prophreyeth of the latter dayes and exhorteth Tymothe to be dilygent in readynge of the holy Scrypture CAPI IIII. THE spiryte speaketh euydently that in the latter tymes some shall departe froÌ„ the faythe shall geue hede vnto spirytes of errour and deuely she doctrines of them whiche speake false thorowe ypocrysie and haue their consciences marked with an hote yron forbyddinge to marye commaundyng to abstayne froÌ„ meates whiche God hath created to be receaued with geuyng thankê of them which beleue know the truthe For al the creatures of god are good and nothyng to be refused yf it be receaued with thankesgeuyng For it is sanctified by the worde of god prayer If thou put y â— brethren in remeÌ„braunce of these thynges y â— shalt be a good minister of Iesu christ which hast bene noryshed vp in y â— wordes of the fayth and of good doctryne whiche y â— hast contynually folowed But cast awaye vngostly and olde wyues fables Exercyse thy selfe rather vnto godlynes For bodely exercyse profyteth lytell but godlynes is profytable vnto all thinges as a thinge whiche hathe promyses of the lyfe that is nowe of the lyfe to come This is a sure sayinge and by all meanes worthy to be alowed For therfore we laboure and suffre rebuke because we beleue in y â— lyuing God whiche is the saueour of all men specyally of those that beleue Suche thynges coÌ„maunde and teache Let no man despice thy youth but he vnto them that beleue an ensample in worde in coÌ„uersacyon in loue in spyrit in fayth in purenes Tyl I come geue atteÌ„dauÌ„ce to reaÌ„dinge to exhortacyon to doctrine Despise not the gette that is in the whiche was geuen the thorowe prophesye with the layinge on of handes by the auctoryte of presthode These thynges exercyse and geue thy selfe vnto them that it maye be sene howe thou profetest in al thinges Take hede vnto thy selfe and vnto learnynge and contynue therin For yf thou shalt so do thou shalt saue thy selfe and them that heare the. ¶ He teacheth him howe he shal behaue hym selfe in rebukynge of all degrees An ordre concernynge wyddowes CAPI V. REbuke not an elder but exhorte hym as a father the yonger meÌ„ as brethreÌ„ the elder wemen as mothers the yonger as systers with all purenes Honoure wyddowes which are true wyddowes If any wyddowe haue children or nephewes let theÌ„ learne fyrst to rule their owne houses godly and to recompense theyr elders For that is good acceptable before God She that is a true wyddowe and freÌ„delesse putteth her trust in God and contynueth in supplicacyons and prayers nyght and daye But she that lyueth in pleasure is deed euen yet alyue And these thynges commaunde that they maye be without rebuke But yf any prouide not for is owne specyally for theÌ„ of his houshoulde the same hath denyed the fayth and is worsse then an infydell Let no wyddowe be chosed vnder threscore yere olde and suche a one as was the wyfe of one man and well reported of in good workes yf she haue brought vp chyldren yf she haue lodged straungers yf she haue wesshed the saynctes fete yf she haue mynystred vnto them whiche were in aduersytye yf she haue bene contynually geueÌ„ vnto all maner of good workes The yonger wyddowes refuse For when they haue begone to wexe wanton against Christ they wyll mary hauynge damnacyon because they haue cast awaye theyr fyrst fayth And also they learne to good from house to house ydle yee not ydle onely but also tryflynge and besybodyes speakynge thynges whych are not cumly I wyll therfore that the yonger wemen mary to beare chyldren to gyde the house and geue none occasyon to the aduersary to speake euyll For many of them are all ready turned back and are gone after Satan And yf any man or woman that beleueth haue wyddowes let theÌ„ mynyster vnto them let not the congregacion be charged that there maye be sufficyent for them that are wyddowes in dede The elders that rule well are worthy of double honoure most specially they whiche laboure in the worde teachynge For the scripture sayeth thou shalt not mossel the mouth of the â—xe y t treadeth out the corne And the labourer is worthy of his reward Agaynst an elder receaue â—one accusacion but vnder two or thre witnesses ☞ Them that synne rebuke openly that other also maye feare I testifye before God the Lorde Iesus Christ the electe angels that thou obserue these thynges without hastynesse of iudgement do nothige parcially Laye haÌ„des sodeÌ„ly on no maÌ„ nether be partaker of other meÌ„s synnes kepe thy selfe pure Drynke no lenger water but vse a lytell wyne for thy stoÌ„mackes sake and thyne often dyseases Some meÌ„nes sinnes are opeÌ„ before haÌ„de and go before vnto iugemeÌ„t and some mennes synnes folowe after Lykewyse also good workes are manifest before hande and they that
But the worde of God was not bounde Therfore I suffre all thynges for the electes sakes that they myght also obtayne that saluacion whiche is in Christ Iesu with eternal glory It is a true sayinge for yf we be dead w t hym we shall also lyue with hym If we be paciente we shal also raygne wyth hym If we denye hym he also shall denye vs If we beleue not yet abydeth he faythful He cannot denye him selfe Of these thinges put them in remembraunce and testyfie before the Lorde that they folowe no contencious wordes which are to no pfet but to the peruertyng of the hearers Study to shewe thy selfe laudable vnto god a workman y â— nedeth not to be ashamed distributing the word of trueth iustly As for vnghostly vanityes of voices passe y â— ouer them For they wyl encreace vnto greater vngodlynes and their wordes shall fret euen as doth the disease of a cancre of whose noÌ„bre is Hymeneus Philetus whiche as concernynge the trueth haue exced sayinge that the resurreccyon is past all redy and do destroye the fayth of some But the sure grouÌ„de of god standeth styl and hath this seale the Lord knoweth theÌ„ that are his And let euery man that calleth on the name of Christ depart from iniquite Notwithstanding in a great house are not onely vessels of golde and of syluer but also of wood and of earth some for honour some vnto dishonour Yf a maÌ„ therfore pour ge hiÌ„ selfe from such men he shal be a vessell saÌ„ctified vnto honour mete for the vses of y â— Lord prepared vnto al good workes Lustes of youth auoyde but folow righ tuousnes fayth loue peace wyth theÌ„ that cal on the Lorde with a pure herte Folysh and vnlearned questioÌ„s put from the knowyng that they do but gendre stryfe The seruaunt of the Lorde muste not stryue but be gentle vnto al men apte to teach one that can suffre the euyl with mekenes and can infourme theÌ„ that resyst âšœ the trueth if that God at any tyme wyll gyue theÌ„ repentauÌ„ce for to knowe the trueth and that they maye come to them selues agayne out of the snare of the deuyll whiche are holden captyue of hym at his wyll ¶ He prophecyeth of the paâ—clous tymes sâ—â—tâ—â—h oâ—t ypocryâ—â— Persecuâ—ion for the Gospel CAPI III. THis know that in the last dayes shal come parelous tymes For men shal be louers of their owne selues couetous boasters proude cursed speakers disobedieÌ„t to fathers mothers vnthaÌ„kful vngodly vn kynd trucebrekers false accusers riotours fearce despisers of theÌ„ which are good tray tours heady hye mynded gredy vpoÌ„ volup tuousnes more then the louers of God hauyng a similitude of godlynes but haue denied the power therof such abhorre For of this sorte are they which entre into houses bryng into boÌ„dage wemen laden w t sinne which wemen are led w t diuers lustes euer lernig ueuer able to come vnto the know ledge of the trueth As Iannes Iambres with stode Moses euen so do these also resist the trueth meÌ„ they are of corrupte myndes and lewde as coÌ„cernyng the fayth but they shall preuayle no lenger For their madnes shal be vttered vnto all men euen as theirs was But thou hast sene the experience of my doctrine fassioÌ„ of lyuyng purpose fayth longe sufferyng loue pacience persecucions and affliccions which happened vnto me at Antioche at â—co niuÌ„ and at Lystra which persecucioÌ„s I suffred paciently And from them al the Lorde deliuered me Yee and all they that wyll lyue godly in Christ Iesu shall suffre persecucion But the euyll men dysceyuers shal wexe worsse and worsse whyle they deceyue and are deceyued them selues But continue thou in the thinges which thou hast learned which also were committed vnto the knowing of whom thou haste learned them and for as much also as of a chylde thou hast knoweÌ„ the holy scriptures which are able to make the learned vnto saluacion thorowe the fayth which is in Christ Iesu All scrypture gyuen by inspiracyon of God is profytable to teache to improue to ameÌ„de to instruct in rightuousnes that the man of God may be perfect prepared vnto all good workes ¶ He exhorteth Timothe to be feruent in the worde and to susâ—â—e Aduersite moketh meÌ„cion of his owne death and byd deth Tymothe come vnto hym CAPI IIII. I Testifie therfore before God before the Lord Iesu Christ whiche shall iudge the quicke dead at his apperyng in his kyngdome preach y â— the worde be feruent in seasoÌ„ out of season Improue rebuke exhorte w t al long suffryng doctrine For the time wyl come when they shall not suffre wholsome doctrine but after their owne lustê shal they whose earrs ytche get theÌ„ an heape of teachers shal withdraw their eares from the trueth and shal be turned vnto fables But watch y â— in al thingê suffre affliccions do the worke of an EuaÌ„gelyste fulfyll thyne offyce vnto the vtmost âšœ Be sober For I am now redy to be offred the time of my departyng is at haÌ„de I haue fought a good fyght I haue fulfylled my course I haue kept the fayth FroÌ„ hence forth there is layde vp for me a crowne of rightuousnes which the Lord that is a rightuous iudge shal giue me at that day not to me only but vnto al theÌ„ also that loue hê coÌ„ming Do thy diligeÌ„ce that y u maiest come shortly vnto me For Demas hath forsakeÌ„ me and loueth this present worlde and is departed vnto Thessalonica Crescens is gone to Galacia Titus vnto Dalmacia Onely Lucas is w t me Take Marke bryng him with the for he is profitable vnto me for the ministracion And Tichiâ—us haue I sent to Ephesus The cloke that I left at Troada with Carpus when thou commest brynge with the and the bokes but specially the partchâ—â—â—t Alexander the copper smyth dyd me muche euyl the Lorde rewarde hym accordynge to his dedes of whom be thou ware also For he hath greatly withstaÌ„de our wordes At my fyrst answeryng no man assysted me but also forsoke me I pray God that it may not be layde to their charges ✚ Notwithstanding the Lord assisted me strengthed me that by me the preachyng shulde be fulfylled to the vtmost that al the GeÌ„tyls shulde heare And I was delyuered out of the mouth of the Lyon And the Lord shall delyuer me from all euyl doyng shal kepe me vnto his heauenly kyngdome To whoÌ„ be prayse for euer euer Amen Salute Prisca Aquila the houshold of Onesiphorus Erastus abode at Corinthum Trophimus haue I left at MylctuÌ„ sycke Do thy dylygeÌ„ce that y â— mayest come before witer Eubolus gretith the so doth Pudens Lynus Claudia al the brethreÌ„ The Lord Iesus Christ be with thy spirite Grace be with you Amen
¶ The. ij Epystle vnto Tymo the was wrytten from Rome when Paul was presented the seconde tyme vnto the Emperoure Nero. ⧠The epystle of Saynt Paule the Apostle vnto Tytus ¶ Paule exhorteth Citus to ordayne Prestes or Byshoppes injeuery Lytie and declareth what maner of men they ought to be that are chosen to that offyce and chargeth Titus to rebuke suche as withstande the Gospell CAPI I. PAule the seruaunt of God Apostle of Iesu Christ accordig to the fayth of goddes electe and accordynge to the knowledge of the trueth whyche is after godlynes in the hope of eternall lyfe which God that cannot lye promysed before the worlde begaÌ„ne but hath opened his worde at the tyme apoynted thorow preachynge which is coÌ„mitted vnto me according to the coÌ„maundemeÌ„t of God our sauiour To Titus his natural soÌ„ne after the coÌ„men fayth Grace mercy peace from god the father from the Lord Iesu Christ our sauiour For this cause lefte I the in Creta that thou shuldest refourme the thinges that are unperfect shuldest ordaine elders in euery citie as I had appoynted the. If any be bla melesse the husbande of one wyfe hauynge faythful chyldren whiche are not sclauÌ„dred of ryote neither are disobedient For a byshop must be blamelesse as the stewarde of God not stubborne not angrye not gyuen to much wyne no fyghter not gyuen to fylthy lucre but a keper of hospitalite one that loueth goodnes âšœ prudent sobre righteous godly temperate such as eleueth vnto the true worde of doctryne that he may be able also to exhorte by wholsome learnynge to improue them that say agaynst it For ther are many vnruly and talkers of vanite and disceyuers of myndes specially they that are of circuÌ„cision whose mouthes must be stopped which peruert whole houses teachyng thinges which they ought not because of fylthy lucre One of them selues euen a prophete of their owne sayde The Cretyans are alwayes lyers euyll beastes flowe belyes This witnes is true wherfore rebuke thou them sharply that they may be sounde in the fayth not takyng hede to Iewes fables and commaundementes of men that turne away the trueth Unto the pure are al thynges pure but vnto them that are defyled and vnbeleuyng is nothynge pure but euen the mynde and conscyence of them is defiled They coÌ„fesse that they know god but with the dedes they denie him seâ—ng they are abhominable disobedient vnapt vnto euery good worke ¶ He telleth hym howe he shall teache all degrees to be haue them selues CAPI II. BUt speake thou the thynges whiche be come wholsome lernynge That the elder men be sober sage discrete sounde in the fayth in loue in pacience the elder wemen lykewyse that they be in suche raymente as becoÌ„meth holynes not being false accusers not giueÌ„ to muche wyne but that they teach honest thinges to make the yong wemen sobre minded to loue their husbandes to loue their chyldreÌ„ to be discrete chast huswyfly good obedient vnto their husbaÌ„des that the worde of God be not euyl spoken of Yonge men lykewyse exhorte that they be sobre mynded In al thynges shewe thy selfe an ensaÌ„ple of good workes in the doctrine with honesty grauytie with the wholsome worde which cannot be rebuked that he whiche w t staÌ„deth maye be ashamed hauyng no euyll thyng to say of you Exhorte seruauÌ„tes to be obedient vnto their owne masters and to please theÌ„ in all thinges not answerynge agayne neyther to be pyckers but that they shewe all good faythfulnes that they maye do worshyppe to the doctryne of God our sauiour in al thinges ✚ For the grace of god that bryngeth saluacion vnto all men hath appeared and teacheth vs that we shuld denye vngodlynes and worldly lustes that we shuld lyue soberly and ryghtuously and godly in this present worlde lokige for that blessed hope and appearynge of the glorye of the great God and of oure Sauyoure Iesu Christe whyche gaue hym selfe for vs to redeme vs from al vnryghtuousnes and to pourge vs a peculyer people vnto hym selfe feruently gyuen vnto good worckes These thynges speake and exhorte ⊢ and rebuke wyth all feruentnes of commaundynge Se that no man despyse the. ¶ Of obedyence to suche as be in auctorytye He warneth Cities to beware of folyshe and vnprofytable questions CAPI III. WArne them that they submytte them selues to rule and power that they obey the offycers that they be ready vnto euery good worke that they speake euyll of no man that they be no fighters but gentle shewing al mekenes vnto al meÌ„ For we our selues also were soÌ„tyme foolysh disobedieÌ„t deceyued seruiÌ„g diuers lustes voluptuousnes lyuyng in maliciousnes and enuie ful of hate hating one another ✚ But after that the kyndnes and loue of our sauioure God to man warde appeared not by y â— dedes of ryghtuousnes which we wrought but accordyng to his mercy he saued vs by the fountayne of the new byrth renuing of the holy gost which he shed on vs abouÌ„dauntly thorowe Iesus Christ our sauiour y â— we iustified by his grace shulde be made heyres according to the hope of eternal lyfe ⊢ This is a true saying Of these thinges I wyll that thou certyfie that they which beleue in God might be diligeÌ„t to go forward in good workes For these thinges are good profytable vnto men Foolishe questions genelogies brauling thorow striuynges about the lawe auoyde for they are vnprofitable superfluous A maÌ„ that is an auctor of sectes after the fyrst the seconde admonicion auoyde knowynge that he that is such is peruerted synneth euen damued by him selfe When I shal sende Artemas vnto the or Tychicus be diligent to come to me vnto Nicopolis For I haue determined there to winter Bryng Zenas the lawer Apollos on their iorney diligently that nothyng be lackyng vnto theÌ„ And let oures also learne to excell in good workes as farforth as nede requyreth that they be not vnfrutefull Al y â— are w t me salute the. Grete theÌ„ that loue vs in the fayth Grace be with you al. Amen ¶ Wrytten from Nicopolis a cytie of Macedonia ¶ He reioyseth to heare of the fayth and loue of Philemon whom he desyreth to forgyue his setuaunt Onesimus louyngly to receyue him agayne ⧠The Epystle of S. Paule vnto Philemon PAule the prysonner of Iesu Christ brother Timothe Unto Philemon the beloued and our helper and to the beloued Appia to Archippus oure felow soudier and to the congregacion that is of thy house Grace be vnto you peace from God our father from the Lorde Iesus Christe I thanke my God makyng meÌ„cyon alwayes of the in my prayers when I heare of thy loue fayth which thou hast toward the Lorde Iesu and towarde all sayntes so that the fellishyppe of thy fayth is frutefull in the knowledge of
obedyent childreÌ„ that ye gyue not your selues ouer vnto your old lustes by whiche ye were led whan as yet ye were ignorauÌ„t of Christ but as he which called you is holy euen so be ye holy also in all maner of conuersacyon because it is wrytteÌ„ Be holy for I am holy And if so be that ye cal on the father which without respect of person iudgeth accordig to euery mannes worcke se that ye passe the tyme of your pylgremage in feare ✚ For as much as ye knowe how that ye were not redemed wyth corruptyble thynges as syluer golde from your vayne conuersacion which ye receiued by the tradicion of the fathers but w t the precious bloud of Christ as of a lambe vndefyled and without spot which was ordayned before hande euen before the world was made but was declared in the last tymes for your sakes whiche by his meanes do beleue on God that raised hiÌ„ vp froÌ„ death glorified him that ye might haue fayth and hope towarde God euen ye whiche haue puryfyed your soules thorowe the spirite in obeyng the trueth wyth brotherly loue vnfained se that ye loue one another w t a pure herte ferueÌ„tly for ye are borne a newe not of mortal sede but of immortal by the word of God whiche lyueth lasteth for euer For all flesshe is grasse and all the glory of maÌ„ is as the floure of grasse The gras wyddereth the floure falleth away but the word of the Lord endureth euer ⊢ And this is the worde which by the Gospel was preached vnto you ¶ He exhorteth men to laye asyde al vyce to abstayne from fleshely lustes and to obey worldly rulers Howe seruauntes shulde behaue them selues towade theyr masters He exhorteth to suffre after the ensample of Chryst. CAPI II. WHerfore laye asyde all maliciousnes and all gyle and faynednesse enuy and all backbyeynge â— as newe borne babes desyre ye that myleke not of the body but of the soule which is w t out disceyte that ye may grow therby â— vnto saluacyon If so be that ye haue â—â—sted howe gracious the Lord is to 〈◊〉 â—e 〈◊〉 as vnto a lyuyng stone disalowed of 〈◊〉 â–ª but chosen of god precious ye as 〈◊〉 stones are made a spirituall house 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 presthode for to offre vp spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Iesus Christ. Wherfore it is contained also in the scripture â— beholde I put in Syon a stone to be layde 〈◊〉 the chefe corner electe precyous he that beleueth on him shall not be confounded Unto you therfore whych beleue he is precyous but vnto them whyche beleue not the stone which the buylders refused the same is begoÌ„ne to be the heade of y e corner a stone that men stomble at and a Rocke wherat they be offended whyche stomble at the worde and beleued not that wheron they were set But ye are a choseÌ„ generacioÌ„ a royal presthode an holy nacion a people whiche are woÌ„ne that ye shuld shew the vertues of him that called you out of darkenes into his maruelous lyght whych in tyme past were not a people but are now the people of God which somtime had not optayned mercy but now haue optayned mercy ⊢ ✚ Derely beloued I beseche you as straungers and pylgrems abstayne from fleshly lustes which fight against the soule se that ye haue honest coÌ„uersacion among the Gentyls that where as they backebyte you as euyll doers they maye se your good workes and prayse God ☞ in the day of visitacion Submyt your selues therfore vnto all maner ordininauÌ„ce of maÌ„ for the lordes sake whether it be vnto the kynge as vnto the chefe head either vnto rulers as vnto them that are sent of him for the punyshement of euyll doers but for the laude of them that do well For so is the wyll of God that wyth well doyngye maye stoppe the mouthes of foolysh ignoraunt men as fre not as hauing the lybertre for a cloake of maâ—ciou snes but euen as the seruauÌ„tes of God Honour all men Loue brotherly fellyshyppe Feare God honour the kynge SeruauÌ„tes obey your masters w t feare not onely yf they be good courteoê° but also though they be froward For it is thaÌ„k worthy ⊢ yf a maÌ„ for coÌ„scieÌ„ce towarde god cudure grefe suffre wronge vndeserued For what prayse is it yf when ye be buffered for your fautes ye take it pacieÌ„tly But yf when ye do well ye suffre wroÌ„g take it paciently then is there thanke w t God For here vnto verely were ye called for ✚ Christ also suffered for vs leauynge vs an ensample that ye shulde folow hys steppes which dyd no synne neyther was there gyle fouÌ„d in his mouth which when he was reuyled reuyled not agayne when he suffered he threatned not but coÌ„mytted the vengeaunce to him that iudgeth ryghtuously which his owne self bare our sines in his body on the tree that we beyng delyuered froÌ„ sine shuld liue vnto rightuousnes By whose strypes ye were healed For ye were as shepe goyng astray but are now turned vnto the shepherde Byshop of your soules ⊢ ¶ Howe wyues ought to ordre them selues towarde theyr husbandes and in theyr â—pparel The duety of men toward theyr wyues He erhorteth all men to vâ—ytie and loue and paâ—iently to suffre trouble Of baptyme CAPI III. LYkewyse ye wyues be in subieccyon to your husbandes that euen they which obey not the worde may without the worde be woÌ„ne by the conuersacyon of the wyues whyle they beholde your chast coÌ„uersacyon coupled w t feare Whose apparel shal not be outward with broyded heare and hangyng on of Golde eyther in puttyng on of gorgyous apparel but let the hyd man whâ—che is in the herte be without all corrupcyon so that the spirit be at rest quyete which spirit is before god a thyng much set by For after this maner in the olde tyme dyd the holy wemâ—â— which trusted in god tyer theÌ„ selues were â—â—â—â—yent to their husbandes eueÌ„ as Sara â—â—â—yed AbrahaÌ„ called him Lorde whoâ—â—â—â—â—â—hters ye are as loÌ„g as ye do wel are 〈◊〉 afrayde for any terrour Lykewyse ye meÌ„ dwel with them accordyng to knowledge gyuyng honoure vnto the wyse as vnto the weaker vessel as vnto the that are heires also of the grace of life that your prayers be not hyndred ✚ In conclusion be ye all of one mynde of one hart loue as brethren be pâ—tifull be curteous âšœ mâ—ke not reÌ„dryng euyl for euyl or rebuke for rebuke but coÌ„trarywise blesse knowing that ye are therunto called eueÌ„ that ye shuld be heyres of the blessyng For be that doth long after lyfe loueth to se good dayes let hi refrayne his tong froÌ„ euyl his lippes y â— they speake not gile Let hi eschue euyl do good let hi seke peace ensue
death CAPI I. SYmon Peter a Seruaunt and an Apostle of Iesus Christe to theÌ„ whyche haue optayned lyke precyous fayth w t vs thorowe the ryghtnousnesse of out God sauiour Iesus Christ. Grace be vnto you and peace be multi plyed thorow the knowledge of God and of Iesus our Lorde Accordynge as his godly power hath geuen vnto vs al thynges that pertayne vnto lyfe and godlynes thorowe the knowledge of hi that hath called vs by glory and vertue by the whyche are gyuen vnto vs excellent and moste greate promyses that by the meanes therof ye myght be partakers of the godly nature yf ye flye y â— corrupcyon of worldly lust And hereunto giue all diligence in your fayth mynyster vertu in vertu knowledge in knowledge temperaunce in temperauÌ„ce pacience in pacience godlynes in godlynes brotherly kyndnes in brotherly kidnes loue For yf these thynges be amonge you and be pleÌ„tuous they wyl make you that ye neyther shal be ydle nor vnfruytefull in the knowledge of our Lord Iesus Christ. But he that lacketh these thynges is blynde and gropeth for the way with his haÌ„de and hath forgotten that he was pourged from hys olde synnes Wherfore brethren gyue the more dilygeÌ„ce for to make your callyng eleccyoÌ„ sure âšœ by good worckes For yf ye do such thingê ye shal neuer fal Yee and by this meanes an entryng in shal be ministred vnto you abouÌ„ dasitly into y â— euerlastyng kingdome of our Lord and sauiour Iesus Christ. Wherfore I wyll not be neglygeÌ„t to put you alwayes in remeÌ„braunce of suche thynges though ye know them your selues and be stablyshed in the present trueth Not with standynge I thyncke it mete as longe as I am in this tabernacle to stere you vp by put tyng you in remembraunce for as much as I am sure that shortly I muste put of thys my tabernacle euen as oure Lorde Iesus Christ shewed me I wyll euer also gyue my dylygence that ye maye haue wher wyth to stere vp the remembraunce of these thynges after my departynge ✚ For we haue not folowed dysceytfull fables when we opened vnto you the power and commynge of oure Lorde Iesus Chryst but with our eyes we sawe his maiestye euen then verely when he receyued of God the father honour and glory when there came suche a voyce to hym from the excellent glorye Thys is my dere beloued sonne in whom I haue delyte This voyce we hearde come from heauen whan we were wyth hym in the holy Mounte We haue also a ryght sure worde of prophecye wherunto yf ye take hede as vnto a lyght that shineth in a darcke place ye do well vntyll the day dawne the day starre aryse in your hertes ⊢ So that ye fyrste knowe thys that no prophecye in the scripture hath any pryuate interpretacyon For the scripture came neuer by the wyll of maÌ„ but holy men of god spake as they were moued by the holy ghost ¶ He prophecyeth of false teachers and sheweth theyr punyshemente CAPI II. THere were false prophetê also amonge the people euen as ther shal be false techers amoÌ„g you which priuely shal bring in damnable sectes euen denyeng the Lord that hath bought theÌ„ bryng vpon theÌ„ selues swyft daÌ„nacion and many shall folowe their damnable wayes by whom the waye of trueth shal be euyl spoken of and thorow couetousnes shall they wyth sayned wordes make marchauÌ„dise of you whose iudgemet is nowe not farre of their damnacyon slepeth not For yf God spared not the angels that sined but cast them downe into hell and dely â—ed them into chaynes of darckenes âšœ to be punyshed to be kept vnto iudgemeÌ„t neither spared the olde worlde but saued Noâ— the eyght preacher of ryghtuousnes brought in the floud vpon the world of the vngodly turned the cities of Zodom Gomor into asshes ouerthre we them damned them and made on them an ensample vnto those that after shulde lyue vngodly And iust Lot vexed wyth the vnclenly coÌ„uersacyon of the wycked delyuered he For he beyng ryghtuous and dwellynge among them in seynge and hearyng vexed his rightuous soule froÌ„ daye to day wyth theyr vnlawfull dedes The Lorde knoweth how to delyuer the vn godly out of temptacyon and to reserue the vniust vnto to the day of iudgement for to be punyshed but chefely them that walke after the flesshe in the lust of vnclennes despyse auctoryte PresuÌ„ptuous are they and stubborne which feare not to speake euyl of them that excell in worshyp When the Angels whiche are greater both in power and might receyue not of y â— Lorde raylyng iudgment against theÌ„ selues But these as brute beastes naturally brought forth to be takeÌ„ destroyed speake euyl of the thynges that they vnderstande not shal perysh in their owne destruccion receyue the rewarde of vnryghtuousnes They couÌ„t it pleasure to lyue delycyously for a season Spottes they are fylthynes which lyue at pleasure in their owne disceyuable wayes feastynge with you hauynge eyes ful of aduoutry and that cannot cease from synne begylyng vnstable soules Hertes they haue exercysed wyth couetousnes They are cursed chyldren whyche haue forsaken the ryght waye and are gone astraye folowyng the way of BalaÌ„ the soÌ„ne of Bâ—for whiche loued the rewarde of vnryghtuousnes but was rebuked of his iniquytie The tame and dome beast speakynge wyth mannes voyce forbade the madnesse of the Prophete These are welles wythout water cloudes that are caried with a teÌ„pest to whoÌ„ the myst of darckenes is reserued for euer For when they haue spoken the great swellynge wordes of vanitie they enuse thorow iustes in the voluptuousnes of the flesshe theÌ„ that were cleane escaped euen theÌ„ that now lyue in errour whyle they promes them lybertye where as they theÌ„ selues are the boÌ„d seruauÌ„tes of corrupcyon For of whom a man is ouercome vnto y â— same is he brought in bondage For yf they after they haue escaped from the fylthynes of the world thorow the knowledge of the Lord and the sauyour Iesus Christ are yet raÌ„gled againe therin and ouercome then is the latter ende worse w t them then the begynnyng For it had bene better for them not to haue knoweÌ„ the way of ryghtuousnes then after they haue knowen it to turne from the holy coÌ„maundemeÌ„t that was gyuen vnto theÌ„ But the same is happened vnto the that is vsed to be spokeÌ„ by the true prouerbe The dogge is turned to his vomet agayne and the sow that was washed is turned agayne to her walowyng in the myer ¶ Of the day of the Lord whose long tarying so saluacion CAPI III. THys is the seconde epistle that I nowe wryte vnto you dearely beloued wherwyth I stere vp your syncere mynde by puttyng you in remembraunce that ye may be myndefull of the wordes whiche were tolde before of the holy Prophetes and also the commaundement of vs whiche be
Apostles of the Lord and sauiour This fyrst vnderstande that there shal come in y â— last dayes mockers in dysceaytfulnes which wyl walke after their owne lustê say Where is the promes of hys coÌ„myng For sence the fathers dyed all thynges contynue in the same estate wherin they were at the begynnynge For thys they know not that wylfully how that the heaues a great whyle ago were and the earth out of the water appeared vp thorow the water by the worde of God by the whyche thynges the world that then was peryshed beyng ouer runne with water But the heaueÌ„s earth which are now be kept by his word in store and reserued vnto fyre agaynst the day of iudgemeÌ„t and perdicion of vngodly meÌ„ Derely beloued be not ignorauÌ„t of thys one thynge howe that one daye is with the Lord as a thousand yeare and a thousande yeare as one day The Lorde that hath promysed is not slacke as some meÌ„ count slacknes but is pacient to vs warde for asmuch as he wolde haue no man lost but wyll receyue al men to repentaunce Neuerthelesse the day of the Lord wyll come as a thefe in the nyght in the whyche daye the heauens shal passe away in maner of a teÌ„pest and the elemeÌ„tes shal melt wyth heat the earth also and the workes that are therin shal burne Seyng then that al these thynges shall peryshe what maner persons ought ye to be in holy conuersacion godlynes lokyng for and hastyng vnto the commyng of the daye of God by whom the heauens shall perysh with fyre the elementes shal melt wyth heate Neuertheles we accordyng to his promes loke for a newe heauen and a new earth wherin dwelleth rightousnes Wherfore derely beloued seying that ye loke for such thinges be deligeÌ„t that ye may be founde of hym in peace wythout sporte and vndefyled And suppose that the longe suffrynge of the Lord is saluacyon euen as our dearely beloued brother Paule also accordyng to the wysdome gyuen vnto hym hath wrytten vnto you ye almoste in euery Epistle speakyng of suche thynges among which are many thinges harde to be vnderstaÌ„de which they that are vnlearned vnstable peruert as they do also the other scriptures vnto their owne destruccion Ye therfore beloued seynge ye be warned afore haÌ„d beware least ye wyth other men be also plucked awaye thorowe the errour of the wycked and fall from your owne sted fastnes but grow in grace and in the knowledge of oure Lorde and sauyoure IESVS Chryste To whom be glory both nowe and for euer Amen ⧠The fyrste epistle of Saynte Iohn the Apostle ¶ True wytnesse of the euerla stynge worde of God The bloude of Chryst is the purgaâ—yon from synne No man to wytho ut synne CAPI I. THat whiche was from the begynnyng whiche we haue hearde whiche we haue sene w t our eyes whiche we haue loked vpoÌ„ out haÌ„des haue haÌ„dled of the worde of the lyfe And the lyfe appered we haue sene bere wytnes shewe vnto you that eternall lyfe which was w t the father appered vnto vs. That whiche we haue sene herd declare we vnto you y â— ye also may haue fellishyp w t vs that our felly shyp may be with the father and his soÌ„ne Iesus Christ And this writ we vnto you that ye may reioyce and that your ioy may be full And this is the tydinges which we haue hearde of him declare vnto you that God is lyght and in him is no derkenes at al. If we say that we haue felowshyp with hym walcke in darkenes we lye and do not the truth ☞ But yf we walcke in lyght euen as he is in lyght then haue we felowshyp w t him and the bloude of Iesus Christe hys sonne clenseth vs from all synnes If we say that we haue no sinne we de ceyue ourselues the trueth is not in vs If we knowledge our synnes he is faythful iust to forgiue vs our sinnes and to clense vs from all vnryghtuousnes If we haue not synned we make hym a lyer his word is not in vs. ¶ Chryst is our aduocate Of true loue howe it is tryed CAPI II. ✚ MY lyttel children these thinges write I vnto you that ye sinne not And yf any maÌ„ sine we haue an aduocate w t the father Iesê° Christ the rightuous he it is that op tayneth grace for out synnes not for out sin nes onely but also for the sines of al y e world ✚ And hereby we are sure y t we know hiÌ„ yf we kepe his coÌ„mauÌ„dementes He that sayth I know him kepeth not his coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes is a lyer the verite is not in him But whoso kepeth his worde in hi is the loue of God perfect in dede hereby know we that we are in him He y â— sayth he bydeth in hym ought to walke euen as he walcked ⊢ Brethren I wryte no newe commaundement vnto you but that olde commaundemeÌ„t which ye haue had froÌ„ the begynuynge The olde commaundement is the worde which ye haue hearde from the begynnyng Agayne a new commaundemeÌ„t I wryte vn to you that is true in him the same is true also in you for the derkenes is past and the true lyght now shyueth ⊢ He that sayeth how that he is in the lyght yet hateth hys brother is in darcknes euen vntyl this time He that loueth hys brother abydeth in the lyght and there is none occasyon of euyll in hym He that hateth his brother is in darkenes walketh in darcknes and caÌ„not tel whither he goeth because y t darckenes hath blynded hys eyes Babes I wryte vnto you how y t your synnes are forgyueÌ„ you for his names sake I wryte vnto you fathers howe that ye haue knowen him that is from the beginning I wryte vnto you yonge men howe that ye haue ouercome y t wycked I wryte vnto you lytel chyldren how y t ye haue knowen the father I haue wrytteÌ„ vnto you fathers howe that ye haue knowen hym that is from the begynnyng I haue wrytteÌ„ vnto you yonge men howe that ye are strong and the worde of god abideth in you and ye haue ouercome that wycked Se that ye loue not the worlde neyther the thynges that are in the worlde If any man loue the world the loue of the father is not in hym For all that is in the worlde as the lust of the fleshe and the lust of the eyes the pryde of lyfe is not of the father but of the worlde And the worlde passeth a waye and the lust therof but he that fulfylleth the wyll of God abideth for euer Lytel chyldren it is the last tyme and as ye haue heard how that Antichrist shall come euen now are there many begoune to be Autichristes all redy wherby we knowe y t it is the last tyme. 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Sanctuarye shall stande in the myddest Moreouer from the Leuites and the cyties possessyon that lye in the myddest of the prynces parte loke what remayneth betwyxte the border of Iuda the border of Ben Iamin it shal be the Prynces Nowe of the other trybes From the east parte vnto the west shall Ben Iamin haue his porcion Upon the borders of Ben Iamin from the east syde vnto the west shall Symeon haue his porcyon Upon the borders of Symeon from the east parte vnto the west shall Izakar haue hys porcyon Upon the borders of Izakar from the east syde vnto the west shall Sabulon haue his porcyon Upon the borders of Sabulon from the easte parte vnto the weste shall Gad haue his porcyon Upon the borders of Gad Southwarde the coastes shall reache from Thamar forth vnto the waters of stryfe to Cades to the floude euen vnto the mayne see Thys is the lande wyth hys porcyons whyche ye shall dystrybute vnto the Trybes of Israell sayeth the LORDE God Thus wyde shall the cyte reache vpon the Northe parte fyue hundreth and foure thousande measures The Portes of the Cytie shall haue the names of the Trybes of Israell Thre Portes of the Northesyde one Ruben another Iuda the thyrde Leuy Upon the East syde fyue hundret hand foure thousande measures with thre Portes the one Ioseph another Ben Iamin the thyrde Dan. Upon the Southsyde fyue hundreth and foure thousande measures wyth the thre Portes the one Symeon another Izakar the thyrde Sabulon And vpon the west side fiue hondreth and foure thousaÌ„de measures with thre portes also the one Gad another Asser the thyrde Nephthalye Thus shall it haue xviij M. measures rounde aboute And from that tyme forthe the name of the cytie shal be the Lorde is there ⧠Here endeth the Booke of the Prophete Ezechiell ⧠The Booke of the Prophete Daniell ¶ The Prophete sheweth the captiuite of Iehoakim Kyng of Iuda Of the sonnes that were in captiuytie the Kynge commaundeth to those whiche of them shulde be taught the lernynge and language of Chaldees They are alowed the kynges fedyng Daniel absteyneth from the meate of the Kynge of Babylon CAPI I. IN the thyrde yeare of the raigne of Iehoakim Kynge of Iuda came Nabuchodonolor kynge of Babylon vnto Ierusalem and beseged it and the Lorde delyuered Iehoakim the kynge of Iuda in to hys hande with certayne ornamentes of the house of God whiche he caryed away vnto the lande of ScÌ„nar to the house of his God and there he brought them into hys goddes treasury And the kynge spake vnto Asphanaz the chefe chamberlayne that he shulde brynge hym certayne of the chyldren of Israel that were come of the kynges sede and of prynces yonge spryngaldes without any blemysh but fayre welfauoured instructe in all wysdome connynge and vnderstandynge whiche were able to stande in the kinges palace to rede and to lerne for to speake Caldeysh Unto these the kynge apoynted a certayne porcyon of his owne meate and of the wyne whiche he dranke hym selfe so to norysh theÌ„ thre yere that afterward they myght stande before the kynge Amonge these nowe were certayne of the chyldreÌ„ of Iuda namely Daniel Ananias Misael and Azarias Unto these the chefe chamberlayne gaue other names and called Daniel Balthasar Anamas Sidrach Misael Misach Asarias Abednago But Daniell was at a poynte wyth hym selfe that he wolde not be defyled thorowe the kynges meate nor the wyne whyche he dronke And this he desyred of the chefe Chamberlayne left he shuld defyle hym self So God gaue Daniel fauour and grace before the chefe chamberlayne that he sayde vnto hym I am afrayed of my Lorde the kyng whiche hath appoynted you your meate dryncke lest he spye your faces to be worse lykyng then the other spryngaldes of your age so ye shal make me lose my heade vnto the kynge Then Daniel answered Melassar whom the chefe chaÌ„berlayne had set ouer Daniell Ananias Misael and Asarias and sayd O proue but ten dayes with thy seruauntes let vs haue Potage to eate and Water to drynck then loke vpon our faces and theirs that eate of the Kynges meate And as thou seyst so deale wyth thy seruauntes So he consented to them in thys matter and proued them tenne dayes And after the tenne dayes they re faces were betterr lykynge and fatter then all the yonge spryngaldes whyche dyd eate of the KYNGES meate Thus Melassar toke a way their meate and wyne and gaue them potage therfore God gaue nowe these foure springaldes connynge and leruyng in al scrypture and wysdome but vnto Danyell specyally he gaue vnderstandyng of al visyons and dreames Nowe when the tyme was expyred that the kyng had appoynted to bryng in these yong spryngaldes vnto hym the chefe chamberlayne brought them before Nabuchodonosor and the kynge communed with them But amonge them all were founde none suche as Daniel Ananias Misael and Asarias Therfore stode they before the kynge whiche in all wysdome and matters of vnderstandynge that he enquered of them founde theÌ„ ten times better then al the sothsayers and charmers that were in all hys realme And Daniel abode styll vnto the fyrste yeare of kynge Cyrus CAPI II. ¶ The dreame of Nabuchodonosor He calleth vnto hym sothsayers and requyreth of them both the dreame â— the interpretacyon therof They answere that they cannot shewe it The kynge commaundeth all the wyse men of Babylon to be slayue Daniel requyreth tyme to soluâ—e the questyon The Lorde openeth the mystery vnto Danyel Danyel is brought vnto the Kynge and sheweth hym hys dreame and the interpretacyon therof Of the euerlastynge kyngdome of Chryste IN THE seconde yeare of the raygne of Nabuchodonosor had Nabuchodonosor a dreame where thorowe hys Sprete was vexed and hys slepe brake from hym Then the kyng commaunded to call together all the sothesayers charmers wytches and Caldees for to shewe the king his dreame So they came and stode before the kynge And the kynge sayde vnto them I haue dreamed a dreame my sprete was so troubled therwith y â— I haue clene forgotten what I dreamed UpoÌ„ this the Caldees answered the kynge ☞ in the Syryans speach O kynge God saue thy lyfe for euer Shewe thy seruauntes the dreame and we shal shewe the what it meaneth The kyng gaue the Caldees theyr answere saide It is gone fro me Yf ye wyll not make me vnderstande the dreame with the interpretacyon therof ye shal dye your houses shal be prysed But if yee tel me the dreame the meanynge therof ye shall haue of me gyftes rewardes great honoure only shewe me the dreame and the sygnyfycacyon of it They answered againe and sayde the king must shewe his seruauutes the dreame and so shall we declare what it meaneth Then the kynge answered sayinge I perceaue of a trueth that ye do but prolonge the tyme for so moch as ye se that the thynge is gone fro me Therfore ye
wyll not tell me the dreame ye shal al haue one iudgement But ye fayne and dissemble with vayne wordes whiche ye speake before me to put of the tyme Therfore tell me the dreame so shal I knowe yf ye can shew me what it meaneth Upon this y ◠Caldees gaue answere befoe the Kynge and sayd there is no man vpon earth that can tel the thyng which the king speaketh of yee there is nether kyng prynce nor Lorde that euer asked such thinges at a sothsayer charmer or Caldee for it is a very harde matter that the kynge requyreth Neyther is there any that can certyfye the kynge therof excepte the goddes whose dwellynge is not amonge the creatures For the which cause the kynge was wroth with great indignacion and cōmaunded to destroye all the wyse men at Babylon the proclamacyon wente forthe that the wyse men shulde be slayne They sought also to sleye Daniel with his companyons Then Daniel enquered of Arioch the kynges stewarde of the iudgement and sentence that was gone forth alredy to kyll suche as were wyse at Babilon He answered saide vnto Arioch being then the kinges debyte Why hath the king proclamed so cruel a sentence So Arioch tolde Daniel the matter Upon this went Daniel vp and desyred the king that he myght haue leysoure to shewe the Kynge the interpretacyon and then came he home agayne and shewed the thynge vnto Ananias Misael and Asarias hys companyons that they shulde beseche the God of heauen for grace in this secret that Daniel and hys felowes with other suche as were wyse in Babylō peryshed not Thē was the mystery shewed vnto Daniel in a vysyon by nyght And Daniel praysed the God of heauen Daniel also cryed loude sayde O that the name of God myght be praysed for euer and euer for wysdome and strength are hys owne he chaungeth the tymes ages he putteth downe kynges he setteth vp kynges he geueth wysdome vnto the wyse vnderstandynge to those that vnderstande he openeth the depe secretes he knoweth the thyng that lyeth ī darcnesse for the lyght dwelleth with him I thancke the and prayse the O y u God of my fathers that thou haste lente me wysdome and strength and hast shewed me the thyng that we desyred of the for thou hast opened the kynges matter vnto me Upon this went Daniel in vnto Arioch whome the kynge had ordeyned to destroye the wyse at Babylon he wente vnto him saide destroye not suche as are wyse in Babylon but brynge me in vnto the kynge I shall shewe the kyng the interpretacion Then Arioch brought Daniel into the king in all the haste and saide vnto hym I haue foūde a man among the presoners of Iuda that shall shewe the kynge the interpretacyon Then answered the kynge and sayde vnto Daniel whose name was Balthasar Arte thou he that canste shewe me the dreame whiche I haue sene and the interpretacyon therof Daniel answered the kynge to his face and saide As for this secrete for the whiche the kynge maketh inquysycion it is neyther the wyse the sorcerer the charmer nor the deuyl coniurer that can certyfy the kynge of it Only God in heauen can open secretes and he it is that sheweth the kyng Nabuchodonosor what is for to come in the latter dayes Thy dreame and that which thou hast sene in thyne head vpon thy bed is this O king thou dydest caste in thy mynde what shulde come hereafter So he that is y ◠opener of mysteryes telleth the what is for to come As for me this secrete is not shewed me for eny wysdome that I haue more then any other lyuing but only y ◠I myght shewe the king the interpretacyon that he myght knowe y ◠thoughtes of his owne herte Thou kyng sawest and beholde there stode before the a greate Image whose fygure was maruelous greate and his vysage grymme The Image head was of fyne golde his breste armes of syluer hys body and loynes were of copper his legges were of yron hys fete were parte of yron and parte of earth This thou saweste tyll the tyme that without any handes there was hewen of a stone which smote the Image vpon the fete that were bothe of yron earth and brake them to pouder then was the yron the erth the copper the syluer and golde broken al together in peces and became lyke the chaf of corne that the wynde bloweth awaye frō the somer floores that they can no more be founde But the stone that smote the ymage became a greate mountayne whiche fulfylleth the whole earthe This is the dreame And nowe wyll we shewe before the kynge what it meaneth O Kynge thou arte a kynge of Kynges For the God of heuen hath geuen the a kyngdome ryches strength and maiestye and hath delyuered the al thynges that are amonge the chyldren of men the beastes of the felde and the foules vnder the Heuen and geuen the dominyon ouer them all ▪ Thou arte that golden heade After the there shall aryse an other kyngdome which shall be lesse then thyne The thyrde kyngdome shall be lyke copper and haue dominacyon in all landes The fourth kyngdome shall be as stronge as yron For lyke as yron broseth and breaketh all thynges Ye euen as yron baeteth euery thyng downe so shall it beate downe and destroye Where as thou sawest the fete and toes parte of earth and parte of yron that is a deuyded kyngdome whiche neuertheles shall haue some of the yron grounde myxte with it for so moche as thou haste sene the yron myxte with the claye The toes of the fete that were parte of yron and parte of claye sygnifyeth that it shall be a Kyngdome partely stronge and partely weake And where as thou sawest yron myxte with claye they shall myngle themselues with the sede of symple people and yet not continue one with an other lyke as yron wyll not be souldered with a potte sharde In the dayes of these Kynges shall the God of heuen set vp an euerlasting kyngdome which shall not peryshe and his kyng dome shal not be geuen ouer to an other people yee the same shall breake and destroye all these kyngdomes but it shall endure foreuer And where as thou sawest that without eny handes there was cut out of y ◠mount a stone whiche brake the yron the copper the earth the syluer and golde in peces by that hath the greate God shewed the kynge what wyll come after this Thys is a true dreame the interpretacyon of it is sure Then the kynge Nabuchodonosor fell downe vpon his face and bowed hym selfe vnto Danyell and commaunded that they shulde offre meatoffrynges and swete odoures vnto him The kyng answered Daniel and sayde yee of a trueth youre God is a God aboue all goddes a Lorde aboue all kynges and an opener of secretes seynge thou canst dyscouer this mysterye So the kynge made Daniel a
the misery trouble of Iacob the trauaile of my people of Israel And he sayd vnto me Nōbre the thynges that are not yet come gather me together y ◠droppes y e are scatred abroade make me the floures grene agayne that are withered opē me the thyng that is closed bryng me forth the wyndes y e are shut vp Shewe me the ymage of a voyce and then shal I declare the thyng that thou labourest to knowe And I sayde O Lord Lord who may knowe these thinges but he that hath not his dwellynge with men As for me I am vnwyse howe may I then speake of these thynges wherof thou askest me Then sayde he vnto me lyke as y u cāst do none of these thīges that I haue spoken of euē so canst thou not fynde out my iudgement or in the ende y ◠loue that I haue promysed vnto my people And I sayd Beholde O Lorde yet art thou nye vnto them that haue no ende and what shall they do y ◠haue bene before me or we that be nowe or they that shall come after vs And he sayde vnto me I wyll lyken my iudgemente vnto a ryng Lyke as there is no slackenesse of the last euen so is there no swyftnesse of y ◠fyrste So I answered and sayd couldest thou not make those that haue bene made be now and that are for to come in one that thou myghtest shewe thy iudgemente the soner Then answered he me and sayde The creature may not haste aboue the maker neither may the worlde holde thē at once that shal be created And I sayde Howe hast thou sayde then vnto thy seruaunte that thou lyuynge maker hast made the creature lyuynge at once and the creature bare it euē so might it now also beare them that be present at once And he sayde vnto me Aske the chyldebed of a womā and saye vnto her If thou bryngest forth chyldren why doest thou it not to gether but one after another Praye her therfore to brynge forthe ten chyldren at once And I sayde she cannot but muste do it one after another Then sayde he vnto me Euen so haue I geuē a chyldebed vnto the earthe for those y ◠be sowen vpō it by processe of tyme. For lyke as a yong chylde may not bryng forth y ◠thinges that belong to the aged euē so haue I or dayned the worlde which I made And I asked and sayd Seyng thou hast nowe geuen me awaye I wyl speake before the for our mother of whom thou hast tolde me is yet yonge and nowe she draweth nye vnto age He answered me and sayde Aske a womā that beareth chyldren and she shall tell y ◠Say vntō her wherfore are not they whom thou haste nowe brought forth lyke those that were before y ◠but lesse of stature And she shall answere the They that be borne in the youth of strēgth are of one fashyon and they that are borne in the tyme of age when the chyldebed fayleth are other wise Consydre nowe thy selfe howe that ye are lesse of stature then those y t were before you so are they y t come after you lesse thē ye as the creatures which now begynne to be old and haue passed ouer the strength of youth Then sayd I Lord I beseche the yf I haue founde fauoure in thy syght shewe thy seruaunt by whome doest thou vyset thy creature ¶ The Angel instructeth Esdras and geueth hym answere to his questyons CAPI VI. AND he sayde vnto me In the begynnyng when the grounde was made before the world stode or euer the windes blew before it thondred and syghtned or euer the foundacions of Paradyse were layed before the fayre floures were sene or euer the mouable powers were stablished before the innumerable multitude of Angels were gathered together or euer the highnesses of the ayre were lyfted vp afore the measures of the firmament were named or euer the chimneis in Syon were hote or the present yeres were sought out and or euer the inuencyons of them that nowe synne were put asyde before they were sealed that nowe gather fayth for a treasure then dyd I consydre and pondre all these thynges and they all were made thorowe me and thorowe none other by me also they be ended and by none other Then answered I and sayde whiche shall be the partynge asunder of the tymes Or when shal be the ende of the fyrst and the begynnynge of it that folowethe And he sayd vnto me From Abraham vnto Isaac when Iacob and Esau were borne of hym Iacobs hande helde fyrste the hele of Esau for Esau is the ende of this world and Iacob is the begynnyng of it that foloweth The hande of man betwyxte the hele and the hande Other questyon Esdras aske thou not I answered then sayde O Lord Lord yf I haue founde fauour in thy syght I besech the shewe thy seruaunte the ende of thy tokens wherof thou shewedst me parte the last nyght So he answered and sayde vnto me Stande vp vpon thy fete and heare the perfecte voyce of sounde There shall come a greate mocyon but the place where thou standest shall not be moued And therfore whē thou herest the wordes be not afrayed for of the ende shall the worde and foundacyon of the earth be vnderstand And why the worde therof trembleth and quaketh for it knoweth that it muste be chaunged at the ende And it happened y ◠when I had hearde it I stode vp vpon my fete and herkened beholde there was a voyce that spake the sounde of it was lyke y ◠sounde of many waters and it sayde Beholde the dayes come that I wyll begynne to drawe nye to vyset them that dwell vpon earth and wyll begynne to make inquisycion of them what they be that haue hurt equite with vnryghtuousnes and when the low estate of Syon shal be fulfylled and when the worlde that shall vanyshe away shal be ouersealed then wyll I do these tokens The Bokes shal be opened before the firmament and they shall se all together the chyldrē of a yere olde shall speake with their voyces the wemen with chylde shall brynge forth vntymely chyldren of thre or foure monethes olde and they shall lyue and be raysed vp and sodēly shall the sowen places appeare as the vnsowen the full store houses shall sodenly be founde emptye the trompet shall geue a sounde which whē euery mā heareth they shal be sodenly afrayed At y e tyme shall frēdes fight one agaynst another lyke enemyes and the earthe shall stande in feare with them The sprynges of the welles shall stande styll and in thre houres they shall not renne Whosoeuer remaineth frō all these thynges that I haue told the shall escape and se my saluacyon and the ende of your worlde And the men that haue receyued shall se it they that haue not tasted deathe from theyr byrth and the hert of the in dwellers shal be