in Christ. The III. Chapter· BEgynne we then agayne to prayse o selues Or nede we as some other of pistles of commēdacion vnto you or letters of commēdacion from you Ye are oure epistle wrytten in oure hertes which is vnderstonde and red of all mē in that ye are knowne how that ye are y e epistle of Christ mynistred by vs and wryttē not with ynke but with the sprete of the lyuynge God not in tables of stone but in fleshy tables of the hert Soch trust haue we thorow Christ to God warde not that we are sufficient of oure selues to thynke eny thinge as of oure selues but oure ablenesse commeth of God which hath made vs able to be mynisters of the new Testament not of the letter but of the sprete For the letter kylleth but the sprete geueth life But yf the mynistracion y t kylleth thorow the letter and was figured in stones was glorious so that the childrē of Israel mighte not beholde the face of Moses for y e clearnesse of his countenaūce which glory neuertheles is done awaye how shal not y e mynistracion of y e sprete be moch more glorious For yf the office that preacheth damnacion be glorious moch more doth the office that preacheth righteousnes exceade in glory For y e other parte that was glorified is nothinge glorified in respecte of this exceadinge glory For yf that which is done awaye be glorious moch more shal y t which remayneth be glorious Seynge then that we haue soch trust we vse greate boldnesse and do not as Moses which put a vayle before his face so that y e children of Israel mighte not se the ende of it that is done awaye But their myndes are blynded For vnto this daye remayneth the same coueringe vntakē awaye in the olde Testament whan they rede it which in Christ is put awaye But euen vnto this daye whan moses is red the vayle hangeth before their hertes Neuertheles whā they turne to the LORDE the vayle shal be taken awaye For the LORDE is a sprete where the sprete of the LORDE is there is libertye But now the glory of y e LORDE apeareth in vs all with open face and we are chaunged into the same ymage from one clearnes to another euē as of the sprete of the LORDE The IIII. Chapter THerfore seynge we haue soch an office euen as mercy is come vpon vs we faynte not but cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestye and walke not in craftines nether corruppe we the worde of God but open the trueth and reporte oure selues to euery mans conscyence in the sighte of God Yf oure Gospell be yet hyd it is hyd in them that are lost amonge whom the God of this worlde hath blynded y e myndes of them which beleue not that y e lighte of the Gospell of the glory of Christ which is the ymage of God shulde not shyne vnto them For we preach not o r selues but Iesus Christ to be the LORDE and oure selues youre seruauntes for Iesus sake For God that cōmaunded the light to shyne out of darcknesse hath geuen a cleare shyne in oure hertes y t by vs y e light of y e knowlege of the glory of God mighte come forth in the face of Iesus Christ. But this treasure haue we in earthen vessels that y e power which excelleth might be of God and not of vs. We are troubled on euery syde yet are we not without shift We are in pouertie but not vtterly without somwhat We are persecuted but we are not forsaken We are oppressed neuertheles we perish not We allwayes be are aboute in oure body the dyenge of the LORDE Iesus y t the life also of the LORDE Iesus might appeare in oure body For we which lyue are alwayes delyuered vnto death for Iesus sake that the life also of Iesus might appeare in oure mortall flesh Therfore is death now mightie in vs but life in you But seynge that we haue the same sprete of faith acordinge as it is wrytten I beleued and therfore haue I spokē we also beleue therfore we speake for we knowe that he which raysed vp y e LORDE Iesus shal rayse vs vp also by y e meanes of Iesus and shal set vs with you For all thinges do I for youre sakes that the plēteous grace by the thākesgeuynge of many maye redounde to the prayse of God Therfore are we not weery but though o r outwarde man be corrupte yet the inwarde is renewed daye by daye For oure trouble which is but temporall and lighte worketh an exceadinge and an eternall weighte of glorye vnto vs which loke not on the thinges that are sene but on them which are not sene For y e thinges which are sene are temporall but the thinges that are not sene are eternall The V. Chapter WE knowe surely y t yf oure earthy house of this dwellynge were destroyed we haue a buyldynge ordeyned of God an house not made with handes but euerlastynge in heauen And in the same sighe we also after oure māsion which is from heauen and longe to be clothed therwith so yet yf that we be founde clothed and not naked For as longe as we are in this tabernacle we sighe and are greued for we had rather not be vnclothed but to be clothed vpon that mortalite might be swalowed vp of life But he that hath ordeyned vs for this is God which hath geuen vs the earnest of the sprete Therfore are we allwaye of good cheare and knowe that as longe as we dwell here in the body we are not at home with the LORDE for we walke in faith and se him not Neuertheles we are of good comforte and had leuer to be absent from the body to be at home with the LORDE Wherfore whether we be at home or frō home we endeuoure oure selues to please him For we must all appeare before the iudgment seate of Christ y t euery one maye receaue in his body acordinge to y t he hath done whether it be good or bad Seynge then that we knowe how that the LORDE is to be feared we fare fayre with men but we are knowne well ynough vnto God I trust also that we are knowne in youre consciences We prayse not oure selues agayne vnto you but geue you an occasion to reioyse of vs y t ye maye haue to reioyse agaynst them which reioyse after the outwarde appearaunce and not after the hert For yf we do to moch we do it vnto God yf we kepe measure we do it for youre sakes For the loue of Christ constrayneth vs in as moch as we thus iudge that yf one be deed for all then are all deed And therfore dyed he for all that they which lyue shulde not hence forth lyue vnto them selues but vnto him which dyed for them and rose agayne Therfore hence forth knowe we noman after y
seyth not And this coÌ„maundement haue we of him that he which loueth God shulde loue his brother also The V. Chapter WHo so euer beleueth that Iesus is Christ is borne of God And who soeuer loueth him that begat loueth him also which was begotten of him By this we knowe that we loue Gods children whan we loue God and kepe his commaundementes For this is the loue of God that we kepe his commaundementes and his commaundemeÌ„tes are not greuous For all that is borne of God ouer commeth the worlde and this is the victory that ouercommeth the worlde eueÌ„ oure faith Who is it y t ouercommeth the worlde but he which beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God This is he that coÌ„meth with water and bloude euen Iesus Christ not with water onely but with water and bloude And it is the sprete that beareth wytnes for the sprete is the trueth For there are thre which beare recorde in heauen the father the worde and the holy goost these thre are one And there are thre which beare recorde in earth the sprete water and bloude and these thre are one Yf we receaue the witnesse of men the witnesse of God is greater for this is the wytnesse of God which he testifyed of his sonne He that beleueth on y e sonne of God hath the wytnes in him selfe He that beleueth not God hath made him a lyar And this is that recorde euen y t God hath geueÌ„ vs euerlastinge life And this life is in his sonne He that hath the sonne of God hath life He that hath not the sonne of God hath not life These thinges haue I wrytteÌ„ vnto you which beleue on the name of the sonne of God that ye maye knowe how that ye haue eternall life and that ye maye beleue on y e name of the sonne of God And this is the fre boldnesse which we haue towarde him that yf we axe eny thinge acordinge to his wyll he heareth vs. And yf we knowe that he heareth vs what so euer we axe then are we sure that we haue y e peticions which we haue desyred of him Yf eny man se his brother synne a synne not vnto death let him axe and he shal geue him life for theÌ„ y t synne not vnto death There is a synne vnto death for the which saye I not that a man shulde praye All vnrighteousnes is synne and there is synne not vnto death We knowe that whosoeuer is borne off God synneth not but he that is begotteÌ„ of God kepeth himselfe y t wicked toucheth him not We knowe that we are of God the worlde is set alltogether on wickednes But we knowe that the sonne of God is come and hath geuen vs a mynde to knowe him which is true and we are in him y t is true in his sonne Iesu Christ. This is the true God and euer lastinge life Babes kepe youre selues from ymage The seconde Epistle of S. Ihon. The summe of this epistle He wryteth vnto a certayne lady reioyseth that her children walke in the trueth exhorteth theÌ„ vnto loue warneth them to bewarre of soch disceauers as denye that Iesus Christ came in the flesh prayeth them to contynue in the doctryne of Christ and to haue nothinge to do with them that bringe not this lernynge THE Elder To y e electe lady and hir childreÌ„ whom I loue in the trueth not I onely but all they also that haue knowne the trueth for the truthes sake which dwelleth in vs and shal be with vs for euer Grace mercy and peace be with you froÌ„ the LORDE Iesus Christ y e sonne of the father in the trueth and in loue I am greatly reioysed that I haue founde amonge thy children them that walke in y e trueth as we haue receaued a commaundement of the father And now lady I beseke the not as though I wrote a new commaundement vnto the but the same which we haue had from the begynnynge that we loue one another And this is the loue that we walke after his commaundementes This is the commaundement as ye haue herde froÌ„ the begynnynge that we shulde walke therin For many disceauers are come in to the worlde which confesse not y t Iesus Christ is come in the flesh this is a disceauer and an Antechrist Take hede to youre selues that we lose not that which we haue wrought but that we maye receaue a full rewarde Who so euer transgresseth and abydeth not in the doctryne of Christ hath not God he that abydeth in y e doctryne of Christ hath both the father and the sonne Yf eny man come vnto you and brynge not this doctryne receaue him not in to the house nether salute him for he that saluteth him is partaker of his euell dedes I had 〈◊〉 any thinges to wryte vnto you neuertheâ—â—â—â— I wolde not wryte w t papyre and ynke 〈…〉 to come vnto you and to 〈…〉 mouth that oure ioye 〈…〉 â—hildren of thy electe sister The thirde Epistle of S. Ihon. The summe of this epistle He is glad of Gaius that he walketh in the trueth exhorteth him to be louynge vnto the poore christen in their persecucion sheweth the vnkynde dealynge of Diotrephes and the good reporte of Demetrius THE Elder To the beloued Gaius whom I loue in the trueth My beloued I wysshe in all thinges that thou prospere and fare well euen as thy soule prospereth I reioysed greatly whan the brethren came and testified of the trueth that is in y e how thou walkest in the trueth I haue no greater ioye theÌ„ to heare that my childreÌ„ walke in the trueth My beloued thou doest faithfully what so euer thou doest to the brethren and to strauÌ„gers which haue borne witnesse of thy loue before the congregacion and thou hast done well that thou dyddest brynge them forwarde on their iourney worthely before God For because of his names sake they wente forth and toke nothinge of the Heythen We therfore oughte to receaue soch that we mighte be helpers vnto the trueth I wrote to the congregacion but Diotriphes which loueth to haue the preemynence amonge them receaued vs not Wherfore yf I come I wil declare his dedes which he doeth ieastinge vpoÌ„ vs with malicious wordes nether is he therwith coÌ„tent Not onely he himselfe receaueth not the brethreÌ„ but also he forbyddeth them that wolde and thrusteth them out of the congregacion My beloued folowe not y t which is euell but that which is good He that doeth well is of God but he that doeth euell seyth not God Demetrius hath good reporte of all men and of the trueth yee and we oure selues also beare recorde and ye knowe that oure recorde is true I had many thinges to wryte but I wolde not with ynke and pen wryte vnto the. But I trust shortly to se the and so wyl we speake together mouth to mouth Peace be with the. The louers salute the. Grete the louers
¶ Because that whan thou goest to study in holy scripture thou shuldest do it with reuerence therfore for thy instruction louynge admonicion therto the Reuerende father in god Nicolas Bisshoppe of Salisbury hath prescrybed the this prayer folowynge taken out of the same O Lorde God almyghtye whiche longe agoo saydest by the mouthe of Iames thyn Apostle If any of you lacke wysdom let hym aske it of God whiche geueth it plenteously to all men and casteth no man in the tethe and it shal be geuen hym Heare my peticion for this thy promes sake Let my prayer ascende luckely in to thy syght lyke incense Let thy◠eare be attent vnto my depe desyre Geue me wysdome which is eue◠assistent about thy seate And put me not out from amonge 〈…〉 for I am thy seruaunt and y e sonne of thy handmayde ▪ 〈…〉 her I meane thy godly wysedome out of thyne holy heauens and from the trone of thy maiestye that she maye be with me and laboure with me y t I may knowe what is acceptable in thy syght Oh lerne me goodnes nurtoure and knowlege for I beleue thy commaundementes Thou art good and gracyous instructe me in thyne ordynaunces Let myne hertie besechynge ascende in to thy presence Geue me vnderstondynge accordynge to thy worde Oh geue me vnderstōdynge and I shall kepe thy lawe Yee I shall kepe it with all myne herte Shewe me thy wayes o Lorde teache me thy patthes Leade me in to thy trueth and lerne me for thou art the God of my helth And on the do I depende alway Heare now my voyce O Lorde with which I haue cryed vnto the. Haue mercy vpon me and gracyouslye heare me for Iesus Christes sake oure Lorde which lyueth and reygneth with the his father the holy goost worlde without ende Amen ¶ After the ende of any Chapter yf thou wylt thou mayest saye these verses folowynge LEade me o Lorde in thy waye and let me walke in thy trueth Oh let myne herte delyte in fearynge thy name Ordre my goynges after thy worde that no wyckednes reygne in me Kepe my steppes within thy patthes lest my fete turne in to any contrary waye Vnto the most victorious Prynce and oure most gracyous soueraigne Lorde kynge Henry the kynge of Englonde and of Fraunce lorde of Irlonde c. Defendour of the Fayth and vnder God the chefe and suppreme heade of the Church of Englonde ¶ The ryght iust administracyon of the lawes that God gaue vnto Moses and vnto Iosua the testimonye of faythfulnes that God gaue of Dauid the plenteous abundaunce of wysdome that God gaue vnto Salomon the lucky and prosperous age with the multiplicacyon of sede whiche God gaue vnto Abraham and Sara his wyfe be geuē vnto you most gracyous Prynce with your dearest iust wyfe and most vertuous Pryncesse Quene Anne Amen CAiphas beynge bysshope of that yeare lyke a blynde prophete not vnderstandyng what he sayd prophecied that it was better to put Christ vnto death then that all the people shulde perysshe he meanyng that Christ was an heretike a deceauer of the people a destroyer of the lawe and that it was better therfore to put Christ vnto death thā to suffre hym for to lyue and to deceaue the people c. where in very dede Christ was the true prophete the true Messias and the onely true Sauiour of the worlde sent of his heauenly father to suffre the moste cruell most shamefull and most necessary death for our redempcyon accordyng to y e meanynge of the prophecie truely vnderstonde Euen after the same maner y e blynde bysshoppe of Rome that blynde Baalam I saye not vnderstondynge what he dyd gaue vnto your grace this tytle Defendour of the fayth onely bycause your hyghnes suffred your bysshoppes to burne Gods worde the rote of fayth and to persecute the louers and mynisters of y e same where in very dede the blynde bysshoppe though he knewe not what he dyd prophecied that by the ryghteous admynistracyon and contynuall diligence of youre grace the fayth shulde so be defended that Gods worde the mother of Fayth with the frutes therof shulde haue his fre course thorowe out all Christendome but specyally in your realme Yf your hyghnesse now of your pryncely benignite wyll pardon me to compare these two bysshoppes I meane bysshoppe Caiphas and the bysshoppe of Rome theyr prophecies together I doute not but we shal fynde them agree lyke brethren though the one be a Iewe and the other a counterfayre Christian. Fyrst Caiphas prophecied that it was better to put Christ vnto death then that the people shulde perysshe The bysshoppe of Rome also not knowynge what he prophecied gaue youre grace this tytle Defendour of the fayth The trueth of both these prophecies is of the holy goost as was Baalams prophecie though they that spake thē knewe not what they sayd The trueth of Caiphas prophecie is that it was necessary for mans saluacyon that Christ by his death shulde ouercome death and redeme vs. And the trueth of oure Baalams prophecie is y t your grace in very dede shulde defende the Fayth Yee euen the true fayth of Christ no dreames no fables no heresie no papisticall inuencions but the vncorrupte fayth of Gods most holy worde which to set forth praysed be the goodnes of God and increace youre gracyous purpose your hyghnes with youre most honorable councell applyeth all his studye and endeuoure These two blynde bysshopes now agree in y e vnderstādyng of theyr prophecies for Caiphas taketh Christ for an heretike Oure Balaā taketh the worde of Christ for heresie Caiphas iudgeth it to be a good dede to put Christ vnto death that he shulde not deceaue the people Oure Balaam calleth defendynge of the fayth the suppressyng kepyng secrete and burnyng of the worde of fayth lest the lyght thereof shulde vtter his darknes lest his owne Decretales Decrees his owne lawes and constitucions his owne statutes and inuencions shulde come to none effecte lest his intollerable exactions and vsurpacions shulde lose theyr strengthe lest it shulde be knowen what a thefe and murtherer he is in the cause of Christ and how haynous a traytoure to God and man in defraudynge all Christen kynges prynces of theyr due obedience lest we youre graces subiectes shulde haue eyes in the worde of God at the last to spye out his crafty conueyaūce and iuglynges and lest men shulde se how sore he and his false Apostles haue deceaued all Christendome specyally youre noble realme of Englonde Thus your grace seyth how brotherly the Iewysh bysshoppe and oure Balaam agree together not onely in myter and outwarde appearaunce but as the one persecuted the Lorde Iesus in his owne persone so doth the other persecute his worde and resysteth his holy ordynaunce in the auctorite of his anoynted kynges For so moche nowe as the worde of God is the onely trueth that dryueth awaye all
called the cite which he buylded after y e name of Semer y e owner of y e mount of Samaria And Amri dyd that which was euell in y e sighte of the LORDE and was worse then all they that were before him and walked in all y e wayes of Ieroboam y e sonne of Nebat and in his synnes wherwith he made Israel to synne so that they prouoked the LORDE God of Israel vnto wrath in their vanities What more there is to saye of Amri all that he dyd and his power that he exercysed beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel And Amri slepte with his fathers was buried in Samaria and Achab his sonne was kynge in his steade In the eight thirtieth yeare of Asa kynge of Iuda was Achab the sonne of Amri kynge ouer Israel raigned ouer Israel at Samaria two twentie yeare dyd euell in the sighte of the LORDE more thē all they y t were before him And he thoughte it but a small matter to walke in the synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat and toke Iesabel the doughter of Eth Baal kynge of Sidon to wife and wente and serued Baal and worshiped him And vnto Baal he set vp an altare in Baals house which he buylded him in Samaria and made a groue so that Achab dyd more to prouoke the God of Israel vnto wrath then all the kynges y t were before him in Israel At y e same tyme dyd Hiel of Bethel buylde Iericho It cost him his first sonne Abiram y t he layed y e foundacion his yongest sonne Segub y t he set vp the portes Acordinge to the worde of the LORDE which he spake by Iosua the sonne of Nun. The XVII Chapter ANd Elias y e Theszbite one of the inhabiters of Gilead saide vnto Achab As truly as the LORDE God of Israel lyueth whose seruaunt I am there shal nether rayne ner dew come this yeare excepte I speake it And the worde of the LORDE came vnto him and sayde Get the hence and turne the towarde the east and hyde the bythe ryuer Crith which is ouer agaynst Iordane and thou shalt drynke of the ryuer and I haue commaunded the rauens that they shal fede the there He departed and dyd acordinge to the worde of the LORDE and wente his waye and sat him downe by the ryuer Crith which is ouer agaynst Iordane And the rauēs broughte him bred and flesh in the mornynge and in the euenynge and he dranke of the ryuer And it fortuned after cerayne dayes that the riuer was dryed vp for there was no rayne in the lōde Then came y e worde of y e LORDE vnto him and sayde Get y e vp and go vnto Sarepta which lieth by Sidō for there haue I commaunded a wedowe to make prouysion for the. And he gat him vp and wente vnto Sarepta And whan he came to the gate of y e cite beholde the wedowe was there and gathered stickes And he called her and sayde Fetch me a litle water in a vessell y t I maye drinke And as she was goinge to fetch it he cried vnto her sayde Brynge me a morsell of bred also in thine hande She sayde As truly as the LORDE y e God lyueth I haue no bred but an handfull of floure in a pitcher a curtesy oyle in a cruse and beholde I haue gathered vp one or two stickes wyll go and prepare it for me and my sonne that we maye eate and dye Elias sayde vnto her Feare not go thy waye do as thou hast sayde yet make me first a morsell of bred therof brynge it me forth afterwarde shalt thou make it for y e thy sonne For thus sayeth y e LORDE God of Israel The meell in the pitcher shall not be spent the oyle in y e cruse shall not fayll vnto the daye y t the LORDE shal cause it for to rayne vpō earth She wente dyd as Elias sayde And he ate she also and hir house a certayne season The meel in the pitcher was not mynished and the oyle in the cruse fayled not acordinge to the worde of y e LORDE which he spake by Elias And after these actes the sonne of the wife of y e house was sicke and his sicknes was so exceadinge sore that there remayned no breth in him And she sayde vnto Elias What haue I to do with the thou man of God Art thou come in vnto me y t my synne shulde be kepte in remembraunce that my sonne shulde be slayne He sayde vnto her Geue me thy sonne And he toke him frō hir lappe caried him vp in to y e chamber where he himselfe dwelt and layed him vpō his bed called vpon the LORDE and sayde O LORDE my God hast thou dealt so euell w t the wedow with whom I dwell y t thou woldest slaye hir sonne And he stretched out him selfe ouer the childe thre tymes called vpon the LORDE and saide O LORDE my God let the soule of this childe come agayne in to him And the LORDE herde the voyce of Elias And the soule of the childe came agayne vnto him he reuyued And Elias toke the childe and broughte him downe from the chamber in to the house and delyuered him vnto his mother and sayde Beholde thy sonne lyueth And the woman sayde vnto Elias Now knowe I that thou are a man of God that the worde of the LORDE is in thy mouth of a trueth The XVIII Chapter ANd after a longe season came y e worde of the LORDE vnto Elias in the thirde yeare sayde Go thy waye shewe y e selfe vnto Achab y t I maye cause it for to rayne vpon earth And Elias wente to shewe him selfe vnto Achab. But there was a greate derth ī Samaria And Achab called Abdia his chefe officer As for Abdia he feared y e LORDE greatly for whā Iesabel roted out y e prophetes of y e LORDE Abdia toke an C. prophetes and hyd them in caues here fiftye there fiftye prouyded for them w t bred and water Achab now sayde vnto Abdia Go thorow the londe vnto all the welles of water ryuers yf happlye we maye finde hay to saue y e horses mules y t all the catell perishe not And they parted thē selues in to the londe to go thorow it Achab departed the one waye alone and Abdia y e other waye alone Now whan Abdia was on y e waye Elias met him And whan he knewe him he fell downe vpon his face sayde Art not thou my lorde Elias He sayde yee go thy waye and tell y e lorde beholde Elias is here But he sayde What haue I offended that thou wilt delyuer thy seruaunt in to the handes of Achab that he maye slaye me As truly as the LORDE thy God lyueth there is no people ner kingdome but my lorde hath sent
roaringe cursed speakynge be farre froÌ„ you with all maliciousnes But be ye curteous one to another mercifull and forgeue one another eueÌ„ as God hath forgeuen you in Christ. The V. Chapter BE ye the folowers therfore of God as deare children and walke in loue euen as Christ loued vs and gaue him selfe for vs an offerynge and sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto God As for whordome and all vnclennes or couetousnes let it not be named amoÌ„ge you as it becommeth sayntes nether fylthines ner folish talkynge ner ieastynge which are not comly but rather geuynge of thaÌ„kes For be sure that no whore monger or vncleane person or couetous person which is a worshipper off ymages hath inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christ and of God Let no man disceaue you with vayne wordes for because of these commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of vnbeleue Be not ye therfore companions with them For sometyme ye were darknesse but now are ye lighte in the LORDE Walke as the children of lighte 〈◊〉 the frute of the sprete is all maner of goodnes and righteousnes and truâ—th and proue what is pleasinge vnto the LORDE and haue no fellishippe with y e vnfrutefull workes of darknes but rather rebuke theÌ„ For it is shame euen to name those thinges which are done of them in secrete But all thinges are manifest whan they are rebuked of the lighte For what so euer is manifest that same is lighte Therfore sayeth he Awake thou that slepest and stonde vp froÌ„ the deed and Christ shal geue the lighte Take hede therfore how ye walke circumspectly not as the vnwyse but as y e wyse and redeme the tyme for it is a miserable tyme. Wherfore be not ye vnwyse but vnderstonde what the wil of the LORDE is and be not dronken with wyne wherin is excesse but be full of the sprete and talke amoÌ„ge youre selues of Psalmes and ymnes and spirituall songes synginge and makynge melody vnto the LORDE in youre hertes geuynge thankes alwayes for all thinges vnto God the father in the name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ submyttinge youreselues one to another in the feare of God Let the wemen submytte them selues vnto their huszbandes as vnto the LORDE For the huszbande is the wyues heade eueÌ„ as Christ also is the heade of the congregacion and he is the Sauioure of his body Therfore as the congregacion is in subieccion to Christ likewyse let the wyues be in subieccion to their huszbandes in all thinges Ye huszbandes loue youre wyues even as Christ loued the congregacion and gaue himselfe for it to sanctifye it and clensed it in the fountayne of water by the worde to make it vnto himselfe a glorious congregacion hauynge no spot ner wrynkle ner eny soch thinge but that it shulde be holy and without blame So oughte men also to loue their wyues euen as their awne bodyes He that loueth his wife loueth himselfe For no maÌ„ euer yet hated his awne fleszhe but norisheth and cheriszheth it euen as the LORDE doth also the congregacion For we are membres of his body of his flesh and of his bones For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother and cleue vnto his wife and they two shal be one flesh This is a greate secrete but I speake of Christ and the congregacion Neuertheles do ye so that euery one of you loue his wife euen as himselfe but let the 〈…〉 huszbande The VI. Chapter YE children obey youre elders in the LORDE for that is righte Honoure thy father and thy mother That is the first commaundement that hath eny promes that thou mayest prospere and lyuelonge vpon earth And ye fathers prouoke not youre children vnto wrath but brynge theÌ„ vp in the nourtoure and informacion of the LORDE Ye seruauntes obey youre bodely masters with feare and tremblynge in synglenes of youre hert euen as vnto Christ not with seruyce onely in the eye sighte as men pleasers but as the seruauntes off Christ doynge the wyll off God from the hert with good wyll Thynke that ye serue the LORDE and not meÌ„ and be sure that what good soeuer a man doth he shal receaue it agayne of the LORDE whether he be bonde or fre And ye masters do euen the same vnto theÌ„ puttynge awaye threatenynges and knowe that euen youre master also is in heauen nether is there eny respecte of personnes with him Fynally my brethren be stronge in the LORDE and in the power of his mighte put on the armo of God that ye maye stonde stedfast agaynst the craftie assautes off the deuell For we wrestle not agaynst flesh and bloude but agaynst rule agaynst power namely agaynst the rulers of the worlde of the darknesse of this worlde agaynst y e spretes of wickednes vnder the heauen For this cause take ye the armoure of God y t ye maye be able to resiste in the euell daye and stonde perfecte in all thinges Stonde therfore and youre loynes gyrde aboute with the trueth hauynge on the brest plate of righteousnes and shod vpoÌ„ yo fete with the gospell of peace that ye maye be prepared Aboue all thinges take holde of the shylde of faith wherwith ye maye quenche all the fyrie dartes of the wicked And take the helmet of saluacion the swerde of the sprete which is the worde of God And praye allwayes with all maner of prayer and supplicacion in the sprete and watch there vnto with all instaunce and supplicacion for all sayntes and for me that the worde maye be geuen me that I maye open my mouth boldly to vtter the secretes of the Gospell wherof I am a messaunger in bondes that I maye speake therin frely as it becommeth me to speake But that ye maye also knowe what case I am in and what I do Tichicus my deare brother and faithfull mynister in the LORDE shal shewe you all whom I haue sent vnto you for the same cause that ye mighte knowe what case I stonde in and that he mighte comforte youre hertes Peace be vnto the brethreÌ„ and loue with faith from God the father from the LORDE Iesu Christ. Grace be with all them that loue oure LORDE Iesus Christ vnfaynedly Amen Sent from Rome vnto the Ephesians by Tichicus The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Philippians The summe of this epistle Chap. I. He exhorteth them to increace in loue in knowlege and experience of godly thinges maketh mencion of his presonment at Rome is glad to heare Christ preached is coÌ„tent ether to dye or lyue and prayeth them to lede a godly conuersacion to be of one mynde and to feare no persecucion Chap. II. He exhorteth them to vnite and brotherly loue and to bewarre of strife and vayne glory And for a sure ensample he layeth Christ before them Chap. III. He warneth theÌ„ to bewarre of false teachers
might be dāned which beleued not the trueth but had pleasure in vnrighteousnes But we are bounde to geue thankes allwaye vnto God for you brethren be loued of the LORDE because that God hath from the begynnynge chosen you to saluacion in the sanctifienge of the sprete and in beleuynge of the trueth whervnto he hath called you by oure Gospell to optayne the glory of oure LORDE Iesus Christ. Therfore brethren stonde fast and kepe the ordinaunces which ye haue lerned whether it were by oure preachinge or by epistle But oure LORDE Iesus Christ himselfe and God oure father which hath loued vs and geuen vs euerlastinge consolacion and a good hope thorow grace comforte youre hertes and stablysh you in all doctryne good doynge The III. Chapter FVrthermore brethren praye for vs that the worde of God maye haue fre passage and be glorified as it is with you and that we maye be delyuered from vnreasonable and euell mē For faith is not euery mās But the LORDE is faithfull which shal stablyshe you and kepe you from euell We haue confidence in the LORDE to you warde that ye both do and wyll do that which we cōmaunde you The LORDE gyde youre hertes vnto the loue of God and pacience of Christ. But we requyre you brethren in the name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ that ye withdrawe youre selues from euery brother that walketh inordinatly and not after the institucion which he receaued of vs. For ye yo r selues knowe how ye oughte to folowe vs for we behaued not oure selues inordinatly amonge you nether toke we bred of eny man for naughte but wrought w t laboure and trauayle night and daye lest we shulde be chargeable to eny of you Not but that we had auctorite but to geue oure selues for an ensample vnto you to folowe vs. And whan we were w t you this we warned you of that yf there were eny which wolde not worke y e same shulde not eate For we heare saye that there are some which walke amonge you inordinatly and worke not at all but are busy bodies But them that are soche we commaunde and exhorte by oure LORDE Iesus Christ that they worke with quyetnes and eate their awne bred Neuertheles brethren be not ye weery of well doynge But yf eny man obey not oure sayenges sende vs worde of him by a letter and haue nothinge to do with him y t he maye be ashamed Yet counte him not as an enemye but warne him as a brother The very LORDE of peace geue you peace allwayes by all meanes The LORDE be with you all The salutacion of me Paul with myne awne hande This is the token in all epistles So I wryte The grace of oure LORDE Iesus Christ be with you all Amen Sent from Athens The first Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to Timothy The summe of this epistle Chap. I. He exhorteth Timothy to wayte vpō his office namely to se that nothīge be taughte but Gods worde c. He sheweth also wherfore the lawe is good and telleth these swete and glad tidinges that Christ Iesus came in to the worlde to saue synners example of himselfe Chap. II. He exhorteth to praye for all men He will not haue wemen to be ouer costly arayed ner to teach in the congregacion but to be in sylence and obeye their huszbandes Chap. III. What maner of man a byszhpppe or prest ought to be and what condicions his wife and children shulde haue The properties also requyred in a deacon or mynister and in his wife Chap. IIII. He prophecieth of the latter dayes and exhorteth Timothy to the diligēt readynge of the holy scripture Chap. V. He teacheth him how he shal behaue himselfe in rebukynge all degrees An ordre concernynge wyddowes Chap. VI. The dutye of seruauntes towarde their masters Agaynst soch as are not satisfied with the worde of God Agaynst cuvetousnes A good lesson for riche men The first Chapter PAul an Apostle of Iesus Christ acordinge to the commaundement of God oure Sauioure and of the LORDE Iesus Christ which is oure hope Vnto Timothy my naturall sonne in the faith Grace mercy and peace from God oure father and oure LORDE Iesus Christ. As I besoughte y e to abyde still at Ephesus whan I departed in to Macedonia euē so do that thou commaunde some that they teach none other wyse nether geue hede to fables and genealogies which are endlesse and brede doutes more then godly edifyenge which is by faith For y e chefe summe of the commaundement is loue of a pure hert and of a good cōscience and of faith vnfayned From the which some haue erred haue turned vnto vayne iangelynge wyllinge to be doctours of the scripture and vnderstonde not what they speake nether wherof they affirme But we knowe that the lawe is good yf a man vse it laufully vnderstōdinge this that the lawe is not geuen vnto the righteous but to the vnrighteous dishobedient to the vngodly to synners to the vnholy vncleane to murthurers of fathers and murthurers of mothers to manslayers to whoremongers to thē that defyle them selues with mankynde to menstealers to lyars to periured so forth yf there be eny other thinge y t is cōtrary to y e wholsome doctryne acordinge to y e Gospell of y e glory of the blessed God which Gospell is cōmytted vnto me And I thanke Christ Iesus o r LORDE which hath made me strōge for he counted me faithfull put me in office whā before I was a blasphemer a persecuter a tyraunt but I optayned mercy because I dyd it ignorauntly in vnbeleue Neuertheles the grace of o r LORDE was more abūdaunt thorow y e faith loue which is in Christ Iesu. For this is a true sayenge and by all meanes worthy to be receaued that Christ Iesus came in to y e worlde to saue synners of whom I am chefe Notwithstondynge for this cause optayned I mercy that Iesus Christ mighte pryncipally shewe in me all longe pacience to the ensample of them which shulde beleue in him vnto eternall life So then vnto God kynge euerlastinge immortall and invisible and wyse onely be honoure and prayse for euer and euer Amen This commaundement commytte I vnto the my sonne Timotheus acordinge to y e prophecies which in tyme past were prophecied of the that thou in them shuldest fighte a good fighte hauynge faith good conscience which some haue put awaye frō them and as concernynge faith haue made shypwrake of whose nombre is Hymeneos and Alexander whom I haue delyuered vnto Sathan that they might be taught nomore to blaspheme The II. Chapter I Exhorte therfore y t aboue all thinges prayers supplicacions intercessions and geuynge of thākes be had for all men for kynges and for all that are in auctorite that we maye lyue a quyete peaceable life in all godlynes and
fro me of which sorte are Phigelus and Hermogenes The LORDE geue mercy vnto the house of Onesiphorus for he oft refreszhed me and was not aszhamed of my cheyne but whan he was at Rome he soughte me out very diligently and founde me The LORDE graunte vnto him that he maye fynde mercy with the LORDE in that daye And how moch he mynistred vnto me at Ephesus thou knowest very well The II. Chapter THou therfore my sonne be stronge thorow the grace which is in Christ Iesu. And what thinges thou hast herde of me by many witnesses the same commytte thou vnto faithfull men which are apte to teach other Thou therfore suffre affliccion as a good soudyer off Iesu Christ. No maÌ„ that warreth tangleth himselfe with wordly busynesses that because he wolde please him which hath chosen him to be a soudyer And though a man stryue for a mastrye yet is he not crowned excepte he stryue laufully The huszbandman that laboureth must first enioye the frutes Consydre what I saye The LORDE shal geue the vnderstondynge in all thinges Remembre that Iesus Christ beynge of the sede of Dauid rose agayne froÌ„ the deed acordynge to my Gospell wherein I suffre as an euell doer euen vnto bandes but the worde of God is not bounde Therfore suffre I all for the electes sakes that they also mighte optayne the saluacion in Christ Iesu with eternall glory This is a true sayenge Yf we be deed w t him we shal lyue with him also Yf we be pacient we shal also raigne with him Yf we denye him he also shal denye vs Yf we beleue not yet abydeth he faithfull he can not denye himselfe Of these thinges put thou them in remeÌ„braunce and testifye before the LORDE that they stryue not aboute wordes which is to no profit but to peruerte the hearers Study to shewe thy selfe vnto God a laudable workman that nedeth not to be ashamed deuydynge the worde of trueth iustly As for vngoostly and vayne talkynges eschue them for they helpe moch to vngodlynes and their worde fretteth as doth a canker Of whose nombre is Hymeneos Philetus which as concernynge the trueth haue erred sayenge that the resurreccion is past allready and haue destroyed the faith of dyuerse personnes But y e sure grounde of God stondeth fast and hath this seale The LORDE knoweth them that are his and let euery maÌ„ that calleth vpon the name of Christ departe from iniquyte Notwithstondynge in a greate house are not onely vessels of golde and of syluer but also of wod and of earth some for honoure and some to dishonoure But yf a man pourge himselfe from soch felowes he shal be a vessell sanctified vnto honoure mete for the LORDE and prepared vnto all good workes Fle thou the lustes of youth â–ª but folowe righteousnes faith loue peace â–ª with all them that call vpon the LORDâ— with pure hert As for folish questions anâ— soch as teach not put them froÌ„ the for thoâ— knowest that they do but geÌ„der stryfe Thâ— seruaunt of the LORDE ought not to stryue but to be gentle vnto euery man apte to teach one that can forbeare the euell one y t can with mekenesse enfourme â—hem y t 〈◊〉 yf God at eny tyme wyl geue 〈…〉 for to knowe the trueth 〈…〉 agayne from the snare of 〈…〉 are holden in preson of him 〈…〉 The III. Chapter BVT this shalt thou knowe that in the last dayes shal come parelous tymes For there shal be meÌ„ which shal holde of theÌ„ selues couetous boasters proude cursed speakers dishobedient to their elders vnthankfull vngoostly vnkynde truce breakers false accusers ryatours fearce despysers of them which are good traytours heady hye mynded gredy vpon voluptuousnes more then the louers of God hauynge a shyne off godly lyuynge but denyenge the power therof And soch avoyde Of this sorte are they which ruÌ„ne froÌ„ house to house brynge in to bondage wemeÌ„ ladeÌ„ w t synne which wemen are led with dyuerse lustes euer lernynge and are neuer able to come vnto the knowlege of the trueth But like as Iamnes and IaÌ„bres withstode Moses euen so do these also resist the trueth meÌ„ they are of corrupte myndes and lewde as coÌ„cernynge y e faith but they shal preuayle no longer For their folishnes shal be manifest vnto all men as theirs was But thou hast sene the experience of my doctryne my faszhion of lyuynge my purpose my faith my longsufferynge my loue my pacience my persecucions my affliccions which happened vnto me at Antioche at Iconium at Lystra which persecucions I suffred paciently and from theÌ„ all the LORDE delyuered me Yee and all they that wil lyue godly in Christ Iesu must suffre persecucion But the euell men and disceauers shal waxe worse and worse disceauynge and beynge disceaued But contynue thou in the thinges that thou hast lerned which also were coÌ„mytted vnto the seynge thou knowest of whoÌ„ thou hast learned them And for so moch as thou hast knowne holy scripture of a childe the same is able to make y e wyse vnto saluacion thorow the faith in Christ Iesu. For all scripture geueÌ„ by inspiracion of God is profitable to teach to improue to amende and to instructe in righteousnes that a man off God maye be perfecte and prepared vnto all good workes The IIII. Chapter I Testifye therfore before God before the LORDE Iesu Christ which shal come to iudge the lyuynge and â—he deed at â—is appearynge in his kyngdoâ—◠〈…〉 each â—hou the worde be feruent be it 〈…〉 out of season Improue rebuke 〈…〉 all longe sufferynge and 〈…〉 wil come whan they shal not suffre wholsome doctryne but after their awne lustes shal they whose eares ytche get them an heape of teachers and shal turne their eares from the trueth and shal be geuen vnto fables But watch thou in all thinges suffre aduersite do the worke of a preacher of the Gospell fulfyll thine office vnto the vttemost For I am now ready to be offered and the tyme of my departinge is at honde I haue foughte a good fighte I haue fulfylled the course I haue kepte the faith From hence forth there is layed vp for me a crowne of righteousnes which the LORDE the righteous iudge shal geue me in y t daye Howbeit not vnto me onely but vnto all them that loue his coÌ„mynge Make spede to come vnto me at once For Demas hath lefte me and loueth this present worlde and is departed vnto Tessalonica Crescens in to Galacia Titus vnto Dalmacia Onely Lucas is with me Take Marke brynge him with the for he is profitable vnto me to the mynistracion Tichicus haue I sent to Ephesus The cloke that I lefte at Troada with Carpus brynge with the whan thou commest and the bokes but specially the parchemeÌ„t AlexaÌ„der the coppersmyth dyd me moch euell the LORDE rewarde him
the father which without respecte of personnes iudgeth acordynge to euery mans worke se y t ye passe y e tyme of youre pilgremage in feare and knowe that ye were not redemed w t corruptible syluer and golde from youre vayne conuersacion which ye receaued by the tradicioÌ„s of the fathers but with the precious bloude of Christ as of an innoceÌ„t and vndefyled lambe which was ordeyned before the worlde was made but is declared in these last tymes for youre sakes which thorow him beleue on God that raysed him vp from the deed and hath geueÌ„ him the glory that ye might haue faith hope in God Euen ye which haue purifyed youre soules in obeyenge the trueth thorow the sprete for to loue brotherly without faynynge feruently one to loue another w t a pure hert as they that are borne a new not of corruptible sede but of vncorruptible eueÌ„ by the lyuynge worde of God which endureth for euer For all flesh is as grasse and all the glory of man is as the floure of grasse The grasse withereth the flâ—ure falleth awaye but the worde of the LORDE endureth for euer This is the worde that is preached amonge you The II. Chapter WHerfore laye asyde all maliciousnes and all gyle and ypocrisye and envye and all bacbytinge as new borne babes desyre that reasonable mylke which is without corrupcion that ye maye growe therin yf so be that ye haue taisted how frendly the LORDE is Vnto whom ye are come as to the lyuynge stone which is disalowed of men but chosen of God and precious And ye also as lyuynge stones are made a spirituall house and an holy presthode to offre vp spirituall sacrifices acceptable vnto God by Iesus Christ. Wherfore it is conteyned in the scripture Beholde I put in Sion an heade corner stone electe precious and he that beleueth on him shal 〈◊〉 be coÌ„founded Vnto you therfore which 〈…〉 he is precious but vnto them that 〈…〉 is y e same stone which the 〈…〉 made the heade stone in the 〈…〉 one to stomble at and a rock to be offended at namely in theÌ„ which stomble at y e worde and beleue not that wheron they were set But ye are that chosen generacion that kyngly presthode that holy nacion that peculier people y t ye shulde shewe the vertues of him which hath called you out of darknesse in to his maruelous lighte Euen you which in tyme past were not a people but now are the people of God which were not vnder mercy but now haue optayned mercy Dearly beloued I beseke you as straungers and pilgrems absteyne froÌ„ the fleshly lustes which fighte agaynst the soule and lede an honest conuersacion amonge the Heythen that they which bacbyte you as euell doers maye se youre good workes and prayse God in the daye of visitacion Submytte youre selues vnto all maner ordinaunce of men for the LORDES sake whether it be vnto the kynge as vnto y e chefe heade or vnto rulers as vnto them that are sent of him for the punyshment of euell doers but for the prayse of theÌ„ that do well For so is the will of God that ye with well doynge shulde put to sylence the ignoraunce of folishmen as fre and not as hauynge the libertye for a cloke of wickednes but eueÌ„ as the seruauntes of God Honoure all men Loue brotherly fellishippe Feare God Honoure the kynge Ye seruauÌ„tes obey youre masters with all feare not onely yf they be good and curteous but also though they be frowarde For that is grace yf a man for conscience towarde God endure grefe and suffre wronge For what prayse is it yf whaÌ„ ye be buffeted for yo r fautes ye take it paciently But yf whan ye do well ye suffre wronge and take it paciently that is grace with God For herevnto are ye called for so moch as Christ also suffred for vs leauynge vs an ensample that ye shulde folowe his fotesteppes which dyd no synne nether was there gyle founde in his mouth which whan he was reuyled reuyled not agayne whaÌ„ he suffred he threatened not but commyted the cause vnto him that iudgeth righteously which his owne selfe bare oure synnes in his body vpon the tre that we shulde be delyuered from synne shulde lyue vnto righteousnes by whose strypes ye were healed For ye were as shepe goinge astraye but now are ye turned vnto the shepherde and Biszhoppe of youre soules The III. Chapter LIkewyse let the wyues be in subieccion to their huszbandes that euen they which beleue not the worde maye without the worde be wonne by y e coÌ„uersacion of the wyues whan they beholde yo pure conuersacion in feare Whose apparell shal not be outwarde w t broyded heer hanginge on of golde or in puttynge on of gorgious araye but let y e inwarde maÌ„ of y e hert be vncorrupte w t a meke a quyete sprete which before God is moch set by For after this maner in the olde tyme dyd y e holy wemeÌ„ which trusted in God tyer theÌ„selues were obedient vnto their huszbaÌ„des Euen as Sara obeyed Abraham and called him lorde whose doughters ye are as loÌ„ge as ye do well not beynge afrayed for eny trouble Likewyse ye men dwell with them acordinge vnto knowlege geuynge hono vnto the wife as to the weaker vessel as vnto theÌ„ y t are heyres with you of the grace of life that youre prayers be not let But in conclusion be ye all of one mynde one suffre with another loue as brethren be pitefull be curteous RecoÌ„pence not euell for euell nether rebuke for rebuke but coÌ„trary wyse blesse and knowe that ye are called therto euen y t ye shulde be heyres of y e blessynge For who so listeth to lyue and wolde fayne se good dayes Let him refrayne his tonge from euell and his lippes y t they speake no gyle Let him eschue euell do good Let him seke peace and ensue it For y e eyes of the LORDE are ouer the righteous his eares are open vnto their prayers But y e face of the LORDE beholdeth theÌ„ y t do euell And who is it that can harme you yf ye folowe that which is good Not withstoÌ„dinge blessed are ye yf ye suffre for righteousnes sake Feare not ye their threatnynge nether be troubled but sanctifye the LORDE God in youre hertes Be ready allwayes to geue an answere to euery maÌ„ that axeth you a reason of the hope that is in you and that with mekenes feare hauynge a good conscience that they which bacbyte you as euell doers maye be ashamed that they haue falsely accused youre good coÌ„uersacion in Christ. For it is better yf the wyll of God be so that ye suffre for well doynge theÌ„ for euell doynge For as moch as
flye the corrupte lust of the worlde Geue ye all youre diligence therfore here vnto and in youre faith mynister vertue in vertue knowlege in knowlege temperancy in temperancy pacience in pacience godlynes in godlynes brotherly loue in brotherly loue generall loue For yf these thinges be plenteous in you they will not let you be ydle nor vnfrutefull in y e knowlege of oure LORDE Iesus Christ. But he that lacketh these thinges is blynde gropeth for the waye with the hāde and hath forgotten that he was clensed from his olde synnes Wherfore brethrē geue the more diligence to make youre callynge and eleccion sure for yf ye do soch thinges ye shal not fall and by this meanes shal there be plenteously mynistred vnto you an entrynge in vnto y e euerlastinge kyngdome of oure LORDE and Sauioure Iesus Christ. Therfore wil I not be necligēt to put you allwayes in remembraunce of soch thinges though ye knowe them youre selues and be stablished in the present trueth Notwithstondinge I thinke it mete as lōge as I am in this tabernacle to stere you vp by puttinge you in remembraunce For I am sure that I must shortly put of my tabernacle euen as oure LORDE Iesus Christ hath shewed vnto me Yet wyl I do my diligēce that allwaye after my departynge ye maye haue wherwith to kepe these thinges in remembraunce For we folowed not deceaueable fables whan we declared vnto you the power and commynge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ but with oure eyes we sawe his maiestie whan he receaued of God the father honoure prayse by a voyce that came vnto him from the excellent glory after this maner This is my deare sonne in whom I haue delyte And this voyce herde we broughte downe frō heauen whan we were with him on the holy mount We haue also a sure worde of prophecie and ye do well that ye take hede thervnto as vnto a lighte that shyneth in a darke place vntyll the daye dawne and the daye starre aryse in youre hertes And this shal ye knowe first that no prophecie in the scripture is done of eny priuate interpretacion For the prophecie was neuer broughte by the wyll of man but the holy men of God spake as they were moued of y e holy goost The II. Chapter BVt there were false prophetes also amonge the people euen as there shal be false teachers amonge you likewyse which preuely shal brynge in damnable sectes euen denyenge the LORDE that hath boughte them and shal brynge vpon them selues swift damnacion and many shal folowe their damnable wayes by whō the waye of the trueth shal be euell spokē of and thorow cuvetousnes shal they with fayned wordes make marchaundise of you vpō whō the iudgment is not necligēt in tarienge of olde and their damnacion slepeth not For yf God spared not the angels that synned but cast them downe with the cheynes of darknes in to hell and delyuered thē ouer to be kepte vnto iudgment Nether spared the olde worlde but saued Noe the preacher of righteousnes himselfe beynge y e eight and brought the floude vpō the worlde of the vngodly And turned the cities of Sodom and Gomor into aszhes ouerthrue them damned them and made on them an ensample vnto those that after shulde lyue vngodly And delyuered iust Loth which was vexed with the vngodly conuersacion of y e wicked For in so moch as he was righteous and dwelt amonge them so that he must nedes se it and heare it his righteous soule was greued from to daye to daye with their vnlaufull dedes The LORDE knoweth how to delyuer the godly out of tentacion and how to reserue the vniust vnto the daye of iudgment for to be punyshed but specially them that walke after the flesh in y e lust of vnclennes and despyse the rulers beynge presumptuous stubborne and feare not to speake euell of thē y t are in auctorite whā the angels yet which are greater both in power and might beare not that blasphemous iudgment agaynst them of the LORDE But these are as y e brute beestes which naturally are broughte forth to be takē and destroyed speakynge euell of y t they knowe not and shal perishe in their owne destruccion and so receaue y e rewarde of vnrighteousnes They counte it pleasure to lyue deliciously for a season Spottes are they and fylthynes lyuynge at pleasure and in disceaueable wayes feastynge w t that which is youres hauynge eyes full of aduoutrye and cā not ceasse from synne entysinge vnstable soules hauynge an hert exercysed w t couetousnes they are cursed children and haue forsaken the righte waye and are gone astraye folowinge the waye of Balaam the sonne of Bosor which loued the rewarde of vnrighteousnes but was rebuked of his iniquyte The tame and domme beast spake with mās voyce forbad the foolishnes of y e prophet These are welles without water cloudes caried aboute of a tēpest to whō y e myst of darknesse is reserued foreuer For they speake y e proude wordes of vanite vnto y e vttemost and entyse thorow wantannes vnto y e luste of the flesh euen them that were cleane escaped and now walke in erroure and promyse them libertye where as they them selues are seruauntes off corrupcion For off whom so euer a man is ouercome vnto the same is he in bondage For yf they after they haue escaped from the fylthynes of the worlde thorow the knowlege of y e LORDE and Sauioure Iesus Christ are yet tangled agayne therin and ouercome then is the latter ende worse vnto them then the begynnynge For it had bene better for them not to haue knowne the waye of righteousnes then after they haue knowne it to turne from the holy commaundemēt that was geuen vnto them It is happened vnto them acordynge vnto the true prouerbe y e dogg is turned to his vomyte agayne and y e sowe that was waszhed vnto hir walowynge in the myre The III. Chapter THis is the seconde Epistle that I now wryte vnto you ye dearly beloued wherin I stere vp and warne youre pure mynde that ye maye remembre the wordes which were tolde before of the holy prophetes and also the commaundement of vs that be the Apostles of the LORDE and Sauioure This first vnderstonde that in the last dayes there shal come mockers which wyll walke after their awne lustes saye Where is the promes of his commynge For sence the fathers fell on slepe euery thinge contynueth as it was from the begynnynge of y e creature This they knowe not and that wylfully how that the heauens were afore tyme also and the earth out of the water was in the water by the worde of God yet was the worlde at that tyme destroyed by the same with the floude But the heauens which are yet and y e earth are kepte in stoare by his worde to be
admynistracion was nothyng tēporall but playne spiritual as he hym selfe affirmeth proueth in the fourth chapter of saynt Luke out of the prophete Esay where all bysshoppes and prestes maye se how farre theyr byndynge and lowsynge extendeth and where in theyr office consisteth namely in preachynge the Gospell c. wherfore most gracyous prynce there is no tonge I thynke that can fully expresse and declare the vntollerable iniuries which haue bene done vnto God to al prynces and to the comynalties of all christen realmes sence they which shulde be onely the ministers of Gods worde became lordes of the worlde and thrust y e true and iust prynces out of theyr rowmes whose herte wolde not pitie it yee euē with lamentacyon to remember but onely the vntollerable wronge done by that Antychrist of Rome vnto youre graces most noble predecessoure kynge Iohn̄ I passe ouer his pestilent pykynge of Peter pens out of youre realme his stealynge awaye of youre money for pardons benefices and bysshoprykes his disceauyng of youre subiectes soules with his deuelyshe doctrynes and sectes of his false religions his bloudsheddyng of so many of your graces people for bokes of the scripture ▪ whose herte wolde not be greued yee and that out of measure to call to remēbraūce how obstinate and disobedient how presumptuous stubburne that Antychrist made the bysshoppes of youre realme agaynst your graces noble predecessours in tymes past as it is manyfest in y e Cronicles I trust verely there be no suche now within youre realme ▪ Yf there be let them remembre these wordes of scripture Presumptuousnes goeth before destrucciō after a proude stomacke there foloweth a fall what is now the cause of all these vntollerable and nomore to be suffred abhominacions Truely euen the ignoraunce of the scripture of God For how had it els ben possyble that such blyndnes shulde haue come in to y e worlde had not y e lyghte of Gods worde bene extyncte How coulde men I saye haue bene so farre from the true seruyce of God and from the due obedience of theyr prynce had not the lawe of God bene clene shut vp depressed cast asyde and put out of remembraunce As it was afore the tyme of that noble kynge Iosias and as it hath bene also amonge vs vnto youre graces tyme by whose most ryghteous admynistracyon thorowe the mercyfull goodnes of God it is now founde agayne ✚ as it was in the dayes of that most vertuous kynge Iosias And praysed be the father the sonne and the holy goost worlde without ende which so excellently hath endewed youre Pryncely hert with such feruentnes to his honoure and to the welth of youre louyng subiectes that I maye ryghtuously by iust occasyons in youre persone cōpare youre hyghnes vnto that noble and gracyous kynge y t lanterne of lyghte amonge prynces that feruent protectour and defender of the lawes of God which cōmaunded straytly as youre grace doth that the lawe of God shulde be redde and taught vnto all y e people set the prestes to theyr office in the worde of god destroyed Idolatry and false ydols put downe all euell customes and abusyons set vp the true honoure of God applyed all his studye and endeuoure to the ryghtuous admynistracyon of the most vncorrupte lawe of God c. O what felicite was amonge y e people of Ierusalem in his dayes And what prosperous health both of soule body foloweth the lyke mynistracion in youre hyghnes we begynne now praysed be God to haue experience Foras false doctryne is the origenall cause of all euell plages and destruccyon so is y e true executynge of the lawe of God ād the preachyng of the same the mother of all godly prosperite The onely worde of god I saye is the cause of all felicite it bryngeth all goodnes with it it bryngeth lernynge it gēdreth vnderstondynge it causeth good workes it maketh chyldren of obedience breuely it teacheth all estates theyr office and duety Seynge then that the scripture of God teacheth vs euery thynge sufficiently both what we oughte to do and what we oughte to leaue vndone whome we are bounde to obey and whome we shulde not obeye therfore I saye it causeth all prosperite and setteth euery thyng in frame and where it is taught and knowen it lyghteneth all darkenesses cōforteth all sory hertes leaueth no poore man vnhelped suffreth nothynge amysse vnamended letteth no prynce be disobeyed permytteth no heresie to be preached but refourmeth all thinges amēdeth that is amysse and setteth euery thynge in order And why because it is geuen by the inspiracyon of God therfore is it euer bryngynge profyte and frute by teachynge by improuynge by amendynge and refourmyng all thē y t wyl receaue it to make them parfecte mete vnto all good workes Considerynge now most gracyous prynce the inestimable treasure frute prosperite euerlastynge that God geueth with his worde and trustynge in his infynite goodnes that he wolde brynge my symple and rude laboure herin to good effecte therfore as the holy goost moued other mē to do the cost herof so was I boldened in God to laboure in the same Agayne consyderynge youre Imperiall maiestye not onely to be my naturall soueraigne liege Lorde chefe heade of y e church of Englōde but also the true defender and maynteyner of Gods lawes I thought it my dutye and to belonge vnto my allegiaunce whan I had translated this Bible not onely to dedicate this translacyon vnto youre hyghnesse but wholy to commytte it vnto the same to the intent that yf any thynge therin be translated amysse for in many thynges we fayle euen whan we thynke so be sure it may stōde in youre graces handes to correcte it to amende it to improue it yee cleane to reiecte it yf youre godly wysdome shall thynke it necessary And as I do with all humblenes submitte myne vnderstondynge and my poore translacyon vnto y e spirite of trueth in your grace so make I this protestacyon hauyng God to recorde in my cōscience that I haue nether wrested nor altered so moch as one worde for the mayntenaūce of any maner of secte but haue with a cleare conscience purely faythfully translated this out of fyue sundry interpreters hauyng onely the manyfest trueth of the scripture before myne eyes Trustynge in the goodnes of God that it shal be vnto his worshippe quietnes and tranquilite vnto your hyghnes a perfecte stablyshment of all Gods ordynaunces within youre graces domynion a generall comforte to all Christen hertes and a continuall thankfulnesse both of olde and yonge vnto god and to youre grace for beynge oure Moses and for bringynge vs out of this olde Egypte from the cruell handes of our spirituall Pharao For where were the Iewes by ten thousande partes so moch bounde vnto Kynge Dauid for subduynge of greate Goliath and all theyr enemyes as we are to your grace for delyuerynge vs out of oure olde Babylonycall captiuyte For y t
in him and to herken vnto his voyce After the death of Moses doth Iosue brynge the people in to the loÌ„de of promes where God doth wonderous thynges for his people by Iosue which distributeth y e londe vnto them vnto euery trybe theyr possession But in theyr wealth they forgat the goodnes of God so that oft tymes he gaue theÌ„ ouer in to the hande of theyr enemies Neuertheles whan so euer they called faithfully vpon him and conuerted he delyuered them agayne as the boke of Iudges declareth In the bokes of the kynges is descrybed the regiment of good and euell prynces and how the decaye of all nacions commeth by euel kynges For in Ieroboam thou seyst what myschefe what ydolatrye soch like abhominacyon foloweth whaÌ„ the kynge is a maynteyner of false doctryne aÌ„d causeth the people to synne agaynst God which fallinge awaye from gods worde increased so sore amonge them that it was the cause of all theyr sorowe and misery the very occasion why Israel first and then Iuda were caryed awaye in to captyuite Agayne in Iosaphat in Ezechias and in Iosias thou seyst the nature of a vertuous kynge He putteth downe the houses of ydolatrye seyth that his prestes teach nothynge but y e lawe of God coÌ„maundeth his lordes to go with them and to se that they teach the people In these kynges I saye thou seyst the coÌ„dicyon of a true defender of y e fayth for he spareth nether cost ner laboure to manteyne the lawes of God to seke the welth prosperite of his people and to rote out the wicked And where soch a prince is thou seyst agayne how God defendeth him and his people though he haue neuer so many enemyes Thus wente it with theÌ„ in the olde tyme and euen after y e same maner goeth it now with vs God be praysed therfore aÌ„d graunte vs of his fatherly mercy that we be not vnthankfull lest where he now geueth vs a Iosaphat an Ezechias yee a very Iosias he sende vs a Pharao a Ieroboam or an Achab. In the two first bokes of Eâ—dras in Hester thou seyst the delyueraunce of the people which though they were but fewe yet is it vnto vs all a speciall coÌ„forte for so moch as God is not forgetfull of his promes but bryngeth them out of captiuite acordynge as he had tolde them before In the boke of Iob we lerne comforte and pacience in that God not onely punysheth the wicked but proueth tryeth the iust and righteous howbeit there is noman innocent in his sighte by dyuerse troubles in this lyfe declaryng therby y t they are not his bastardes but his deare sonnes and that he loueth them In the Psalmes we lerne how to resorte onely vnto God in all oure troubles to seke helpe at him to call onely vpon him to satle oure myndes by pacieÌ„ce how we ought in prosperite to be thankfull vnto him The Prouerbes and the Preacher of Salomon teach vs wysdome to knowe God oure owne selues and the worlde and how vayne all thynges are saue onely to cleue vnto God As for the doctryne of the Prophetes what is it els but an earnest exhortacion to eschue synne to turne vnto God a faythfull promes of the mercy aÌ„d pardon of God vnto all them y t turne vnto him and a threatenyng of his wrath to the vngodly sauynge that here and there they prophecye also manifestly of Christ of y e expulsion of the Iewes and callynge of the Heythen Thus moch thought I to speake of y e olde Testament wherin almyghtie God openeth vnto vs his myghtye power his wysdome his louynge mercy righteousnesse for the which cause it oughte of no man to be abhorred despysed or lyghtly regarded as though it were an olde scripture y t nothyng beloÌ„ged vnto vs or y t now were to be refused For it is Gods true scripture testimony which the Lorde Iesus commaundeth the Iewes to search who so euer beleueth not the scripture beleueth not Christ and who so refuseth it refuseth God also The New Testament or Gospell is a manyfest and cleare testymony of Christ how God perfourmeth his ooth and promes made in the olde Testament how the New is declared and included in the Olde and the Olde fulfylled and verifyed in the New Now where as the most famous interpreters of all geue sondrye iudgmentes of the texte so farre as it is done by y e sprete of knowlege in the holy goost me thynke noman shulde be offended there at for they referre theyr doinges in mekenes to the sprete of trueth in the congregacyon of god sure I am that there commeth more knowlege and vnderstondinge of the scripture by theyr sondrie translacyons then by all the gloses of oure sophisticall doctours For that one interpreteth somthynge obscurely in one place the same transâ—ateth another or els he him selfe more manifestly by a more playne vocable of the same meanyng in another place Be not thou offended therfore good Reader though one call a scrybe that another calleth a lawyer or elders that another calleth father mother or repentaunce that another calleth pennaunce or amendment For yf thou be not disceaued by mens tradicioÌ„s thou shalt fynde nomore dyuersite betwene these termes then betwene foure pens and a grote And this maner haue I vsed in my translacyon callyng it in some place pennaunce that in another place I call repentaunce and that not onely because the interpreters haue done so before me but that the aduersaries of the trueth maye se how that we abhorre not this worde peÌ„naunce as they vntruly reporte of vs no more then the interpreters of latyn abhorre penitere whan they reade resipiscere Onely oure hertes desyre vnto God is that his people be not blynded in theyr vnderstondyng lest they beleue pennaunce to be ought saue a very repeÌ„taunce ameÌ„dment or conuersyon vnto God and to be an vnfayned new creature in Christ and to lyue acordyng to his lawe For els shall they fal in to the olde blasphemy of Christes bloude and beleue that they theÌ„ selues are able to make satisfaccion vnto God for theyr awne synnes from the which erroure god of his mercy and pleÌ„teous goodnes preserue all his Now to conclude for so moch as all the scripture is wrytten for thy doctryne ensample it shal be necessary for the to take holde vpon it whyle it is offred the yee and with ten handes thankfully to receaue it And though it be not worthely ministred vnto the in this translacyon by reason of my rudnes Yet yf thou be ferueÌ„t in thy prayer God shal not onely sende it the in a better shappe by the mynistracyon of other that beganne it afore but shall also moue the hertes of them which as yet medled not withall to take it in hande and to bestowe the gifte of theyr vnderstondynge theron as well in oure language as other famous interpreters do in other languages And I praye God that
him geue it me for a possession to burye in amoÌ„ge you For Ephron dwelt amonge the Hethites Then answered Ephron the Hethire vnto Abraham that the Hethites might heare before all that wente out and in at the gates of his cite and sayde No my lorde but heare me As for the felde and the caue also that is therin I geue it the and in the sight of my people I geue it the to burye thy deâ—â—â—n â—â—en Abraham thanked the people of the londe and talked with Ephron that the people of the londe might heare and sayde Heare me then Receaue of me the money that I geue the for the felde and so wyll I burye my deed there Ephron answered Abraham and sayde vnto him Heare me my lorde The felde is worth foure hundreth Sycles of syluer but what is that betwixte me and the Burye thy deed Abraham herkened vnto Ephron and weyed him the money which he had sayde that the Hethites might heare namely foure hundreth syluer sycles of currant money amonge marchauntes Thus Ephrons felde where in the dubble caue is which lyeth ouer before Mamre euen the felde and the caue was made sure for Abrahams owne good with all the trees of the felde also rounde aboute in the sight of the Hethites and of all that go out and in at the gates of his cite Then Abraham buried Sara his wife in the dubble caue of the felde that lyeth ouer before Mamre that is Hebron in the londe of Canaan So the felde and the caue therin was made sure of the Hethites vnto Abraham for a possession to bury in The XXIIII Chapter ABraham was olde and well stricken in age and the LORDE had blessed him in all thinges And he sayde vnto his eldest seruaunt of his house which had the rule of all his goodes Laye thine haÌ„de vnder my thye that I maye make the sweare by y e LORDE the God of heauen and earth that thou take no wife vnto my sonne amonge y e doughters of y e Cananites amonge whom I dwell but that thou go in to my countre and to myne owne kynred and brynge my sonne Isaac a wife The seruaunt sayde What and the woman wyl not folowe me in to this countre shal I then cary thy sonne agayne in to yonder londe where thou camest out of Abraham sayde vnto him Beware of that that thou brynge not my sonne thither agayne The LORDE the God of heauen which toke me fro my fathers house and from the londe of my kynred and that talked with me and sware also vnto me and sayde Vnto y e sede wyll I geue this londe Euen he shall sende his angell before the that thou maiest brynge my sonne a wife from thence But yf the woman wyll not folowe the thou art discharged of this ooth onely brynge not my sonne thither agayne Then y e seruaunt layed his haÌ„de vnder his master Abrahams thye and sware the same vnto him So the seruaunt toke ten Camels of the Camels of his master and departed and had w t him of all maner of goodes of his master and gat him vp and departed vnto Mesopotamia to the cite of Nahor Then let he the Camels lye downe without before the cite besyde a well of water in the euenynge aboute the tyme that the wemen vsed to go forth and to drawe water And he sayde O LORDE thou God of my master Abraham mete me to daye and shew mercy vnto my master Abraham Lo I stonde here besyde the well of water the mens doughters of this cite wyll come forth to drawe water Now yf there come a damsell to whom I saye bowe downe thy pytcher let me drynke and yf she saye drynke and I wyll geue y e Camels drynke also That y e same be she whom thou hast prouyded for thy seruaunt Isaac that I maye knowe by y e same that thou hast shewed mercy vpon my master And or euer he had left of speakynge beholde Rebecca the doughter of Bethuel which was the sonne of Milca that was the wyfe of Nahor Abrahams brother came forth and bare a pytcher vpon hir shulder and she was a very fayre damsell of face and yet a virgin and vnknowne of eny man She wente downe to the well and fylled hir pitcher and came vp agayne Then ranne the seruaunt to mete her and sayde Let me drynke a litle water out of y e pitcher And she sayde drynke syr And haistely let she downe the pitcher in hir hande and gaue him drynke And whan she had geuen him drynke she sayde I wyll drawe for thy Camels also tyll they haue dronke ynough And she made haist and poured out hir pitcher in to the trough and ranne agayne to the well to drawe and drew for all his Camels The maÌ„ marueyled at her and helde his tonge tyll he knewe whether the LORDE had prospered his iourney or not Now whan the Camels had all dronken he toke a goldeÌ„ earynge of half a Sycle weight and two bracelettes for hir handes weynge ten Sycles of golde and sayde Doughter whose art thou tell me Is there rowme for vs in thy fathers house to lodge in She sayde vnto him I am the doughter of Bethuel the sonne of Mylca whom she bare vnto Nahor And sayde morouer vnto him We haue plentye of litter and prouender and rowme ynough to lodge in Then the man bowed himself and thanked the LORDE and sayde Praysed be the LORDE the God of my master Abraham which hath not withdrawen his mercy and his trueth fro my master for the LORDE hath brought me the waye to my masters brothers house And the damsell ranne and tolde all this in hir mothers house And Rebecca had a brother called Laban And Laban ranne to the man without by the well syde and that came by the reason that he sawe the earynges and the bracelettes vpon his sisters handes and herde the wordes of Rebecca his syster that she sayde thus spake the man vnto me And whan he came to the man beholde he stode by the Camels at the well syde And he sayde Come in thou blessed of the LORDE wherfore stondest thou without I haue dressed the house and made rowme for y e Camels So he brought the man in to y e house and vnbridled the Camels and gaue them litter and prouender and water to wash his fete and the mens that were with him and set meate before him Neuertheles he sayde I wil not eate tyll I haue fyrst tolde myne earaÌ„de They answered Tell on He sayde I am Abrahams seruaunt and the LORDE hath prospered my master richely so y t he is become greate and he hath geuen him shepe and oxeÌ„ syluer and golde seruauntes and maidens Camels and Asses yee and Sara my masters wife hath borne my master a sonne in hir olde age vnto him hath he geuen all that he hath And my master hath taken an ooth of me and saide Thou shalt not take a
vnto Moses What Him that synneth against me wil I wype out of my boke Go thou y e waye therfore and brynge y e people thither as I haue sayde vnto the Beholde myne angell shall go before the. But in the daye of my visitacion I wyll vyset their synnes vpon them So the LORDE plaged the people because they made y e calfe which Aaron made The XXXIII Chapter THe LORDE sayde vnto Moses Go departe hence thou and the people whom thou hast brought out of the lande of Egipte vnto y e londe that I sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob and sayde vnto y e sede wil I geue it and I wyl sende an angell before the and cast out the Cananites Amorites Hethites Pheresites Heuites and Iebusites in to the londe that floweth with mylke and hony for I wyll not go vp with the for thou art an hardnecked people I might consume the by the waye Whan the people herde this euell tydinges they sorowed and no man put on his best rayment And y e LORDE sayde vnto Moses Speake vnto the children of Israel Ye are a styfnecked people I must once come sodenly vpon the and make an ende of the. And now put of thy goodly araye from the y t I maie knowe what to do vnto the. So the children of Israel laied their goodly araye from thē euen before the mount Horeb. Moses toke the Tabernacle pitched it without afarre of from y e hoost and called it the Tabernacle of wytnesse And who so euer wolde axe eny question at the LORDE wente out vnto the Tabernacle of wytnesse before the hoost And whan Moses wente out vnto the Tabernacle all the people rose vp and stode euery one in his tent dore and loked after Moses tyll he was gone in to the Tabernacle And whan Moses entred in to the Tabernacle the cloudy pyler came downe and stode in the dore of the Tabernacle and he talked with Moses And all the people sawe the cloudy piler stonde in the dore of the Tabernacle and rose vp and worshiped euery one in his tent dore And the LORDE spake vnto Moses face to face as a man speaketh vnto his frende And whan he turned agayne to the hoost y e yonge mā Iosua y e sonne of Nun his minister departed not out of y e Tabernacle And Moses sayde vnto the LORDE Beholde thou saydest vnto me Brynge y e people vp and lettest me not knowe whom thou wilt sende w t me yet hast thou sayde I knowe the by name and thou hast founde grace in my sight Let me knowe thy waye therfore wherby I maye be certified y t I fynde grace in thy sight And consydre yet that this people is thy people He sayde My presence shal go before the there with wyll I lede the. But he sayde vnto him Yf thy presence go not then cary vs not vp from hence for wherby shal it be knowne y t I and thy people haue founde fauoure in thy sight but in y t thou goest with vs that I thy people maye haue some preemynence before all people that are vpon the face of the earth The LORDE sayde vnto Moses I wyll do this also that thou hast sayde for thou hast foūde grace in my sight and I knowe the by name He sayde Oh let me thē se thy glory And he sayde I wyl cause all my good go ouer before thy face and wyl let the name of y e LORDE be called vpon before the. And I shewe mercy to whom I shewe mercy and haue compassion on whom I haue compassion And he sayde morouer Thou mayest not se my face for there shall no mā lyue y t seyth me And y e LORDE sayde farthermore beholde there is a place by me there shalt thou stōde vpon the rocke Now whan my glory goeth forth I wil put y e in a clyfte of y e rocke my hande shal holde styll vpō the tyll I be passed by And whan I take awaye myne hande from the thou shalt se my back partes but my face shal not be sene The XXXIIII Chapter ANd the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Hew the two tables of stone like as y e first were that I maye wryte in them the wordes y t were in the first tables which thou brakest ▪ and be ready in the mornynge that thou mayest come vp early vnto moūt Sinai and stonde me vpon the toppe of the mount And let no man come vp with the that there be no man sene thorow out all y e mount and let nether shepe ner oxen fede before the mount And Moses hewed two tables of stone like as the first were arose early in the mornynge wente vp vnto mount Sinai as y e LORDE cōmaunded him toke y e two tables of stone in his hāde Thē came the LORDE downe in a cloude And there he stepte vnto him called vpō y e name of y e LORDE And whan y e LORDE passed by before his face he cryed LORDE LORDE God mercifull gracious longe sufferinge and of greate mercy and trueth thou that kepest mercy in stoare for thousandes and forgeuest wickednes trespace and synne before whom there is no man innocent thou that visitest the wickednesse of the fathers vpon y e children and childers children vnto the thirde and fourth generacion And Moses bowed him self downe vnto the earth and worshiped him and saide LORDE yf I haue founde grace in thy sight thē let the LORDE go with vs for it is an hard necked people that thou mayest haue mercy vpon oure wickednesses and synnes and let vs be thyne inheritaunce And he sayde Beholde I make a couenaunt before all y i people wil do wonders soch as haue not bene done in all londes and amonge all people And all y e people amōge whom thou art shal se y e worke of y e LORDE for a terryble thinge shal it be y t I wyl do w t the. Kepe that I commaunde y e this daye Beholde I wyl cast out before the y e Amorites Cananites Hethites Pheresites Heuytes and Iebusites Bewarre that thou make no couenaunt with the indwellers of the lande y t thou commest in to lest they be cause of y i ruyne in the myddest of the but their alters shalt thou ouerthrowe breake downe their goddes and rote out their groaues for thou shalt worshipe no other god For y e LORDE is called gelous because he is a gelous God lest yf thou make any agrement with the indwellers of the londe and whan they go a whoringe after their goddes and do sacrifice vnto their goddes they call y e and thou eate of their sacrifice and lest thou take of their doughters vnto thy sonnes to wyues and the same go a whoringe after their goddes make thy sonnes go a whoringe after their goddes also Thou shalt make y e no goddes of metall The feast of swete
theÌ„ then shall the wrath of the LORDE waxe whote ouer you shall shortly destroye you out of the good londe y t he hath geuen you The XXIIII Chapter IOsua gathered all the trybes of Israel together vnto Sichem and called the Elders of Israel the heades iudges and officers And whaÌ„ they were come before God he sayde vnto all the people Thus sayeth the LORDE the God of Israel Yo r fathers dwelt afore time beyoÌ„de y e water AbrahaÌ„ Nahor w t Tarah their father serued other goddes Then toke I yo r father Abraham beyonde the water caused him to walke in the londe of Canaan multiplied his sede and gaue him Isaac and vnto Isaac I gaue Iacob and Esau and gaue Esau mouÌ„t Seir to possesse As for Iacob his childreÌ„ they wente downe in to Egipte Then sent I Moses and Aaron and plaged Egipte as I haue done amonge theÌ„ After y t brought I you and youre fathers out of Egipte And whan ye came to y e see and the Egipcians folowed vpon youre fathers with charettes and horse men vnto the reed see then cryed they vnto the LORDE which put a darcknesse betwene you and the Egipcians and broughte the see vpon them and ouerwhelmed them And youre eyes haue sene what I dyd to y e Egipcians ye dwelt in y e wildernes a loÌ„ge season And I broughte you in to y e londe of the Amorites which dwelt beionde Iordane whaÌ„ they fought agaynst you I delyuered them in to yo r hande that ye mighte haue their countre in possession and I destroyed them before you Then Balac the sonne of Ziphor the kynge of the Moabites gat him vp and foughte agaynst Israel and he sente and bad call Balaam the sonne of Beor to curse you neuertheles I wolde not heare him but I blessed you and delyuered you out of his hande And whan ye wente ouer Iordane and came vnto Iericho the citesyns of Iericho foughte agaynst you the Amorites Pheresites Cananites Hethites Girgosites Henites Iebusites howbeit I delyuered theÌ„ in to youre hande And I sent hornettes before you which droue them out before you namely the two kynges of y e Amorites not thorow thy swerde ner thorow thy bowe And I haue geuen you a londe whervpon ye bestowed no laboure and cities which ye haue not buylded that ye might dwell therin and that ye might eate of the vynyardes and olyue trees which ye haue not planted Feare the LORDE now therfore and serue him perfectly and in the trueth and let go the goddes whom youre fathers serued beyonde the water and in Egipte and serue ye y e LORDE But yf ye like not to serue the LORDE theÌ„ chose you this daye whom ye wyll serue the God whom youre fathers serued beionde y e water or y e goddes of the Amorites in whose loÌ„de ye dwell As for me and my house we wyll serue the LORDE Then answered the people and saide God forbidde that we shulde forsake the LORDE serue other goddes For the LORDE oure God brought vs and oure fathers out of the londe of Egipte froÌ„ the house of bondage and did soch greate tokens before oure eyes and preserued vs all y e waye that we wente and amonge all the nacions whom we trauayled by And the LORDE thrust out before vs all the people of the Amorites that dwelt in the londe Therfore wyll we also serue the LORDE for he is oure God Iosua sayde vnto the people Ye can not serue the LORDE for he is an holy God mightie and gelous which spareth not youre trangressions and synnes But yf ye forsake the LORDE and serue a straunge god then shall the LORDE turne him and do you euell and consume you after that he hath done you good The people sayde vnto Iosua Not so but we will serue the LORDE Then sayde Iosua vnto the people Ye are witnesses ouer youre selues that ye haue chosen you the LORDE to serue him And they sayde Yee Then put awaye from you sayde he the straunge goddes y t are amonge you and enclyne youre hert vnto the LORDE the God of Israel And the people sayde vnto Iosua We wyll serue the LORDE oure God and be obedient vnto his voyce So Iosua made a couenaunt with the people y e same daye and laied statutes lawes before them at Sichem And Iosua wrote this acte in the boke of the lawe of God and toke a greate stone set it vp there vnder an oke which was in y e Sanctuary of y e LORDE and sayde vnto all the people Beholde this stone shall be witnesse ouer you For it hath herde all the wordes of the LORDE which he hath spoken vnto vs and shall be a witnesse ouer yoâ— that ye denye not youre God So Iosua 〈◊〉 the people go euery one to his enheritauÌ„ce And it fortuned after these actes y t Iosua the sonne of Nun y e seruauÌ„t of the LORDE dyed whan he was an hundreth and 〈◊〉 yeare olde and was buried in the border of his enheritauÌ„ce at Thimnath Serah which lyeth on the mount Ephraim on the northside of mount Gaas And the children of Israel serued the LORDE as longe as Iosuâ— lyued and the Elders that lyued longe after Iosua which knewe all the workes of y e LORDE that he had done vnto Israel The bones of Ioseph which the children of Israel had broughte out of Egipte buried they at Sichem in the pece of the londe y t Iacob boughte of the children of Hemor y e father of Sichem for an hundreth pens and was the enheritaunce of the children of Ioseph Eleasar the sonne of Aaron died also and they buried him at Gibeath which was Phineas his sonnes that was geuen him vpon mount Ephraim The ende of the boke of Iosua The boke of the Iudges called Iudicum What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Iudas is made captayne of the pâ—â—ple subdueth the Cananytes and wynneth Iâ—rusalem Israel roteth not out the Cananites as God commaunded them Chap. II. The angell of God punysheth theâ—â— because they coÌ„sente to their enemies The childreÌ„ of Israel serue Baal for the which cause God geueth them ouer in to captiuyte Chap. III. God punysheth Israel and yet delyuereth them wonderously Chap. IIII. Debbora the prophetisse with Bâ—rach ouercoÌ„meth Sissara and delyuereth the people of the LORDE Chap. V. The songe of prayse which Debboâ—â— and Barach songe because of the victory Chap. VI. For their synnes God geueth them ouer in to the handes of the Madianites from the which Gedeon delyuereth them Chap. VII How Gedeon parteth his hoost discomfiteth the Madianites Chap. VIII Gedeon punysheth theÌ„ at Suchoth dyeth and is buried Chap IX Abimelech seketh the superiorite slayeth his seuentye brethren wynneth SicheÌ„ and Thebes Chap. X. Thola Iaiâ— rule the people The Israelites synne and are punyshed Chap. XI Iepthe is made ruler of the people and
and fetched vp the Arke of God out of y e house of Obed Edom in to the cite of Dauid with ioye And whā they were gone sixe steppes in with the Arke of the LORDE they offered an oxe and a fat shepe And Dauid daunsed w t all his mighte before the LORDE and was girded with an ouerbody cote of lynnē And Dauid with all Israel brought vp y e Arke of the LORDE with tabrettes and trompettes And whan the Arke of the LORDE came in to the cite of Dauid Michol the doughte of Saul loked out at a window and sawe kynge Dauid leapynge sprynginge and daūsynge before the LORDE and despysed him in hir hert But whan they brought in y e Arke of the LORDE they set it in hir place in the myddes of the Tabernacle which Dauid had pitched for it And Dauid offred burnt offerynges and deed offeryges before y e LORDE And whan Dauid had made an ende of offerynge the burnt offerynges and deed offerynges he blessed the people in the name of the LORDE Zebaoth and dealte out vnto all the people and to the multitude of Israel both to man womā vnto euery one a cake of bred and a pece of flesh and a meece of potage Then wente all the people their waye euery one vnto his house Whan Dauid came agayne to blesse his house Michol the doughter of Saul wente forth to mete him and sayde How glorious hath the kynge of Israel bene to daye which hath vncouered himselfe before the maydēs of his seruauntes like as the rascall people discouer them selues But Dauid saide vnto Michol I wil playe before y e LORDE which hath chosen me afore y e father and afore all his house because he hath commaunded me to be the prynce ouer the people of the LORDE euen ouer Israel and yet wyl I be vyler then so and wyll be lowe in myne owne sighte and with the maydens wherof thou hast spoken wyll I be honoured As for Michol the doughter of Saul she had no childe vnto the daye of hir death The VII Chapter NOw whan the kynge sat in his house and the LORDE had geuen him rest from all his enemies on euery syde he sayde vnto the prophet Nathan Beholde I dwell in a house of Cedre and the Arke of God dwelleth amonge the curtaynes Nathan sayde vnto the kynge Go thy waye what so euer thou hast in thine hert y t do for the LORDE is w t the. But the same nighte came y e worde of the LORDE vnto Nathan sayde Go speake to my seruaūt Dauid Thus sayeth y e LORDE Shalt thou buylde me an house to dwell in I haue dwelt in no house sence the daye that I broughte the children of Israel vnto this daye but haue walked in the Tabernacle and Habitacion whither so euer I wente with the children of Israel Dyd I euer speake to eny of the trybes of Israel whom I commaunded to kepe my people of Israel sayde Wherfore do ye not buylde me an house of Ceder wodd So shalt thou speake now vnto my seruaunt Dauid Thus sayeth the LORDE Zebaoth I toke the from the pasture whan thou wentest behynde the shepe y t thou shuldest be y e prynce ouer my people of Israel haue bene w t the whither so euer thou wentest haue roted out all thine enemies before the haue made the a greate name acordinge to the name of the greate men vpon earth And for my people of Israel I wyll appoynte a place and wyll plante them that they maye remayne there nomore to be remoued and y t the childrē of wickednes oppresse them nomore like as afore and sence the tyme that I ordeyned Iudges ouer my people of Israel And I wyll geue the rest from all thine enemies And the LORDE sheweth the that the LORDE wyl make the a house Now whan y e tyme is fulfylled y t thou shalt slepe w t thy fathers I wil after y e rayse vp thy syde which shal come of thy body his kyngdome wyl I stablishe he shal buylde an house for my name and I wyll stablyshe y e seate of his kyngdome for euer I wyll be his father and he shall be my sonne Whan he doth a trespace I wyll reproue him with the rodd of men and with the plages of y e childrē of men But my mercy shal not be withdrawen frō him as I haue with drawē it frō Saul whō I haue takē awaye before the. As for y e house thy kyngdome it shal be stablished for euer before the thy seate shal endure fast for euermore Whan Nathan had tolde all these wordes all this vision vnto Dauid kynge Dauid came and sat him downe before the LORDE and sayde O LORDE God who am I and what is my house y t thou hast broughte me thus farre This O LORDE God hast thou thoughte to litle also but hast spoken of the house of thy seruaunt yet lōge for to come O LORDE God is that the lawe of men And what shall Dauid speake vnto the thou knowest thy seruaunt O LORDE God for thy wordes sake and acordinge to y e hert hast thou done all these greate thinges y t thou mightest shewe thē vnto thy seruaunt Therfore art thou greatly magnified O LORDE God for there is none like the there is no God but thou acordinge vnto all that we haue herde with o r eares For where is there a people vpon earth as thy people of Israel For whose sake God wente to delyuer him a people and to make him selfe a name and to do them soch greate and terrible thinges in thy lōde before y e people whom thou hast delyuered vnto thy selfe frō Egipte from the people and from their goddes And thy people of Israel hast thou prepared the to be a people vnto thyne owne selfe for euer and thou O LORDE art become their God Stablish now y e worde therfore for euer O LORDE God which thou hast spokē ouer thy seruaunt ouer his house do acordinge as thou hast sayde So shall thy name be greate for euer so that it shal be sayde The LORDE Zebaoth is the God ouer Israel the house of thy seruaunt Dauid shal be made sure before the. For thou LORDE Zebaoth thou God of Israel hast opened the eare of thy seruaunt and sayde I wil buylde the an house Therfore hath y e seruaunt founde his hert to praye this prayer vnto the. Now LORDE God thou thy selfe art God thy wordes shal be the trueth Thou hast spoken soch good ouer thy seruaunt Begynne now therfore and blesse y e seruauntes house that it maye be before the for euer for thou LORDE God thine awne selfe hast spoken it and with thy blessynge shal thy seruauntes house be blessed for euer The VIII Chapter ANd it fortuned after this y t Dauid smote y e Philistynes and discomfited them and toke the brydell of bondage out of
the Iesraelite which he denyed to geue the for money for Naboth lyueth no more but is deed And whan Achab herde y e Naboth was deed he rose to go downe vn-the vyniarde of Naboth the Iesraelite and to take possession of it But the worde of the LORDE came to Elias the Theszbite and sayde Get the vp and go downe to mete Achab the kynge of Israel which is at Samaria beholde he is in Naboths vynyarde in to the which he is gone downe to take possession of it and talke thou with him and speake Thus sayeth the LORDE Thou hast slayne and taken in possession And thou shalt talke morouer vnto him and saye Thus sayeth the LORDE Euen in the place where the dogges licked vp Naboths bloude shall the dogges licke thy bloude also And Achab sayde vnto Elias Hast thou euer founde me thine enemye He saide Yee I haue founde the because thou art euen solde to do euell in the sighte of the LORDE Beholde I wyll brynge mysfortune vpon the and take awaye thy posterite and wil rote out from Achab euen him that maketh water agaynst the wall and him that is shut vp and lefte behynde in Israel and thy house wyll I make as the house of Ieroboam y e sonne of Nebat and as the house of Baesa the sonne of Ahia because of y e prouocacion wherwhith thou hast prouoked me vnto wrath and made Israel to synne And ouer Iesabel spake the LORDE also and sayde The dogges shal deuoure Iesabel in y e felde of Iesrael Who so of Achab dyeth in y e cite him shal the dogges eate vp and who so dyeth in the felde the foules vnder the heauen shall eate him vp So cleane solde to do myschefe in y e sighte of the LORDE hath no man bene as Achab for his Iesabel hath so disceaued him and he maketh him selfe a greate abhominacion that he goeth after Idols acordīge vnto all as dyd the Amorites whom the LORDE expelled before the children of Israel But whan Achab herde these wordes he rēte his clothes put a sack cloth on his body fasted and slepte in sack cloth and wente aboute hanginge downe his heade And the worde of the LORDE came to Elias the Theszbite sayde Hast thou not sene how Achab humbleth him selfe before me For so moch now as he hūbleth him selfe in my sighte I wil not brynge that plage whyle he lyueth but by his sonnes life wil I brynge mysfortune vpon his house The XXII Chapter ANd there passed ouer thre yeares that there was no warre betwene the Sirians Israel But in the thirde yeare wente Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda downe to the kynge of Israel And the kynge of Israel sayde vnto his seruauntes Knowe ye not y t Ramoth in Gilead is oures and we syt styll and take it not out of the hande of the kynge of Syria And he sayde vnto Iosaphat Wilt thou go with me to the battaill vnto Ramoth in Gilead Iosaphat sayde vnto the kynge of Israel I wyll be as thou my people as thy people and my horses as thy horses And Iosaphat sayde vnto y e kynge of Israel Axe this daye at the worde of the LORDE Then the kynge of Israel gathered the prophetes aboute a foure hundreth men and sayde vnto them Shal I go vnto Ramoth in Gilead to fighte or shal I let it alone They sayde Go vp y e LORDE shal delyuer it in to y e kinges hande But Iosaphat sayde Is there not one prophet here more of y e LORDE that we maye axe at him The kinge of Israel saide vnto Iosaphat Here is yet a man one Micheas the sonne of Iemla at whom we maye axe of the LORDE but I hate him for he prophecieth me no good but euell Iosaphat sayde Let not the kynge saye so Then called the kynge of Israel a chamberlayne and sayde Brynge hither soone Micheas the sonne of Iemla As for the kynge of Israel and Iosaphat y e kinge of Iuda they sat ether of them vpon his seate arayed in their garmentes in the place at y e dore of the porte of Samaria and all y e prophetes prophecied before thē And Sedechias the sonne of Cnaena had made him hornes of yron and sayde Thus sayeth the LORDE With these shalt thou puszshe at y e Syrians tyll thou brynge them to naughte And all the prophetes prophecied likewyse and sayde Go vp vnto Ramoth in Gilead thou shalt prospere right well the LORDE shal delyuer it in to the kynges hande And the messaunger that wente to call Micheas sayde vnto him Beholde The wordes of y e prophetes are with one acorde good before the kynge let thy worde therfore be as their worde and speake thou good also Micheas sayde As truly as the LORDE liueth loke what the LORDE sayeth vnto me y t wyl I speake And whan he came to the kynge the kynge sayde vnto him Micheas shal we go vnto Ramoth in Gilead to fight or shall we let it alone He sayde vnto him Yee go vp thou shalt prospere righte well the LORDE shall geue it in to the kynges hande But the kynge sayde vnto him agayne I charge y t that thou saye no other thinge vnto me but the trueth in the name of y e LORDE He sayde I sawe all Israel scatred abrode vpon the mountaynes as the shepe that haue no shepherde And the LORDE saide Haue these no lorde Let euery one turne home agayne in peace Then sayde y e kinge of Israel vnto Iosaphat Tolde not I y e that he wolde prophecye me no good but euell He sayde Heare now therfore the worde of the LORDE I sawe the LORDE syt vpon his seate and all the hoost of heauen stōdinge by him at his righte hande at his lefte And the LORDE saide Who wil disceaue Achab to go vp fall at Ramoth in Gilead And one sayde this another that Then wēte there forth a sprete stode before the LORDE and sayde I wyl disceaue him The LORDE sayde vnto him Wherwith He sayde vnto him I wyll go forth and be a false sprete in the mouth of all his prophetes He saide Thou shalt disceaue him and shalt be able go forth and do so Beholde now the LORDE hath geuē a false sprete in y e mouth of all these y e prophetes and the LORDE hath spoken euell ouer the. Then stepte forth Sedechias the sonne of Cnaena and smote Micheas vpon the cheke and sayde What is the sprete of the LORDE departed fro me to speake with the Micheas sayde Beholde thou shalt se it in y t daye whan thou shalt go frō one chamber to another to hyde the. The kynge of Israel sayde Take Micheas and let him remayne with Amon the ruler of the cite and with Ioas the kynges sonne and saye Thus sayeth the kynge Put this man in preson and fede him with bred and water of trouble tyll I come agayne in peace Micheas sayde Yf
thy honde let thy right honde fynde out all theÌ„ y t hate the. Thou shalt make theÌ„ lite a fyre ouen in tyme of thy wrath the LORDE shal destroye theÌ„ in his displeasure the fyre shall consume them Their frute shalt thou rote out of the earth their sede froÌ„ amoÌ„ge the childreÌ„ of men For they inteÌ„ded myschefe agaynst the ymagined soch deuyces as they were not able to perfourme Therfore shalt thou put theÌ„ to flight with thy stringes thou shalt make ready thine arowes agaynst the faces off them Be thou exalted LORDE in thine owne strength so wil we synge and prayse thy power The XXI A psalme of Dauid MY God my God why hast thou forsaken me y e wordes of my coÌ„playnte are farre fro my health O my God I crie in the daye tyme but thou hearest not and in the night season also I take no rest Yet dwellest thou in the Sanctuary o thou worshipe of Israel Oure father 's hoped in the they trusted in the aÌ„d thou dyddest delyuer them They called vpon the and were helped they put their trust in the and were not coÌ„founded But as for me I am a worme and no man a very scorne of meÌ„ and the outcast of the people All they y t se me laugh me to scorne they shute out their lippes and shake their heades He trusted in God let him delyuer him let him helpe hiÌ„ yf he wil haue him But thou art he that toke me out of my mothers woÌ„be thou wast â—â—y hope when I hanged yet vpon my mothers brestes I haue bene left vnto the euer sence I was borne thou art my God eueÌ„ fro my mothers wombe O go not fro me theÌ„ for trouble is harde at honde and here is none to helpe me Greate bulles are come aboute me fatt oxen close me in on euery syde They gape vpon me with their mouthes as it were a rampinge and roaringe lyon I am poured out like water all my bones are out of ioynt my hert in the myddest off my body is euen like meltinge waxe My strength is dried vp like a potsherde my tunge cleueth to my goomes and thou hast brought me in to the dust of death For dogges are come aboute me the couÌ„cell of y e wicked hath layed sege agaynst me They pearsed my hondes and my fete I might haue tolde all my bones as for them they stode staringe and lokinge vpon me They haue parted my garmentes amonge them aÌ„d cast lottes vpon my vesture But be not thou farre fro me o LORDE thou are my sucoure haist the to helpe me Delyuer my soule from the swearde my dearlinge from the power of the dogge Saue me from the lyons mouth and heare me froÌ„ amonge the hornes off the vnicornes So will I declare thy name vnto my brethren in the myddest off the congregacion will I prayse the. O prayse the LORDE ye that feare him Magnifie him all ye sede of Iacob let all y e sede of Israel feare hiÌ„ For he hath not despysed ner abhorred the myserable estate of the poore he hath not hyd his face frome but wheÌ„ I called vnto him he herde me I wil prayse the in the greate congregacion and perfourme my vowes in the sight off all theÌ„ that feare the. The poore shal eate aÌ„d be satisfied they y e seke after y e LORDE shal prayse him youre herte shal lyue for euer All the endes of the worlde shal remembre them selues be turned vnto the LORDE and all the generacions of the Heithen shal worshipe before him For the kyngdome is the LORDES and he shal be the gouernoure of y e Heithen All soch as be fat vpoÌ„ earth shal eate also and worshipe All they that lye in the dust and lyue so hardly shall fall downe before him The sede shall serue him and preach of the LORDE for euer They shal come declare his rightuousnes vnto a people that shal be borne whoÌ„ the LORDE hath made The XXII A psalme of Dauid THe LORDE is my shepherde I can wante nothinge He fedeth me in a grene pasture aÌ„d ledeth me to a fresh water He quickeneth my soule bringeth me forth in the waye of rightuousnes for his names sake Though I shulde walke now in the valley of the shadowe of death yet I feare no euell for thou art with me thy staffe thy shepehoke coÌ„forte me Thou preparest a â—â—ble before me agaynst mine enemies thou anoyntest my heade with oyle fyllest my cuppe full Oh let thy louynge kyndnes mercy folowe me all the dayes off my life that I maye dwell in the house off the LORDE for euer The XXIII A psalme of Dauid THe earth is the LORDES all that therin is the coÌ„pase of the worlde aÌ„d all y t dwell therin For he hath fouÌ„ded it vpoÌ„ the sees buylded it vpon the floudes Who shal go vp in to the hill off the LORDE Or who shal remayne in his holy place EueÌ„ he y t hath innoceÌ„t hoÌ„des a clene herte which lifteth not vp his mynde vnto vanite sweareth not to disceaue He shal receaue the blessinge froÌ„ the LORDE aÌ„d mercy froÌ„ God his sauioure This is y e generacioÌ„ of theÌ„ y t seke him of theÌ„ y t seke y i face o Iacob Sela. Open yo r gates o ye priÌ„ces let the euerlastinge dores be opened y t y e kynge of glory maye come in Who is this kynge of glory â–ª It is the LORDE stroÌ„ge and mightie euen the LORDE mightie in batell Open youre gates o ye prynces let the euerlastinge dores be opened y t the kynge off glory maye come in Who is this kynge off glory It is the LORDE of hoostes he is the kynge of glory Sela. The XXIIII A psalme of Dauid UNto the o LORDE I lift vp my soule My God I trust in y e Oh let me not be confounded lest myne enemies triuÌ„phe ouer me For all they y t hope in y e shal not be ashamed but soch as be scornefull despysers w t out a cause â–ª they shall be put to coÌ„fucioÌ„ Shewe me thy wayes o LORDE teach me thy pathes Lede me in y e trueth and lerne me for thou art the God off my health and in the is my hope all the daye longe Call to remembraunce O LORDE thy tender mercyes thy louinge kyndnesses which haue bene euer of olde Oh remeÌ„bre not y e synnes offences of my youth but acordinge vnto thy mercy thynke vpon me O LORDE for thy goodnesse O how freÌ„dly rightuous is the LORDE therfore wil he teach synners in the waye He ledeth the symple a right and soch as be meke theÌ„ lerneth he his wayes All the wayes of the LORDE are very mercy faith fulnesse vnto soch as kepe his testament and couenaunt For thy names sake O LORDE be mercifull vnto my synne for it is greate
What so euer he be that feareth the LORDE he shal shewe him the waye that he hath chosen His soule shall dwell at ease and his sede shall possesse the londe The secrete of the LORDE is amonge them that feare him and he sheweth them his couenaunt Myne eyes are euer lokynge vnto the LORDE for he shal plucke my fete out of y e nett Turnethe vnto me and haue mercy vpon me for I am desolate and in misery The sorowes of my herte are greate O brynge me out of my troubles Loke vpon my aduersite and misery and forgeue me all my synnes Considre how myne enemies are many and beare a malicious hate agaynst me O kepe my soule and delyuer me let me not be confounded for I haue put my trust in the. Let innocency and righteuous dealinge wayte vpon me for my hope is in the. Delyuer Israel O God out of all his trouble The XXV A psalme of Dauid BE thou my iudge O LORDE for I walke innocently my trust is in the LORDE therfore shall I not fall Examen me O LORDE and proue me trie out my reynes and my hert For thy louynge kyndnesse is before myne eyes and I walke in thy trueth I syt not amoÌ„ge vayne personnes and haue no fellishipe with the disceatfull I hate the congregacion of the wicked and I will not syt amonge the vngodly I waszshe my hondes with innocency O LORDE and so go I to thine aulter That I maye shewe the voyce of thy prayse and tell of all thy wonderous workes LORDE I loue the habitacion of thy house and y e place where thy honoure dwelleth O destroye not my soule with the synners ner my life with the bloud thurstie In whose hondes is wickednesse and their right honde is full of giftes But as for me I will walke innocently O delyuer me and be mercifull vnto me My fote stondeth right I wil prayse the O LORDE in the congregacions The XXVI A psalme of Dauid THe LORDE is my light and my health whom then shulde I feare the LORDE is the strength of my life for whom theÌ„ shulde I be afrayed Therfore when the wicked euen myne enemies my foes came vpon me to eate vp my flesh they stombled and fell Though an hoost of men were layed agaynst me yet shal not my hert be afrayed and though there rose vp warre against me yet wil I put my trust in him One thinge haue I desyred of the LORDE which I wil requyre namely that I maye dwell in the house of the LORDE all the dayes of my life to beholde the fayre beutie of the LORDE and to vyset his temple For in the tyme of trouble he hath hyde me in his tabernacle yee in the secrete place of his dwellinge hath he kepte and set me vp vpon a rocke of stone And now hath he lift vp my heade aboue myne enemies that coÌ„passed me rounde aboute Therfore wil I offre in his dwellinge the oblacion of thaÌ„kesgeuynge I wil both synge speake prayses vnto the LORDE HerkeÌ„ vnto my voyce O LORDE when I crie vnto the haue mercy vpon me heare me My hert speaketh vnto the my face seketh the yee LORDE thy face wil I seke O hyde not thou thy face fro me cast not thy seruaunt of in displeasure Thou art my succoure leaue me not nether forsake me O God my Sauioure For my father and my mother haue forsaken me but the LORDE hath taken me vp Shewe me thy waye O LORDE and lede me in the right path because of myne enemies Delyuer me not in to the wylles of myne aduersaries for there are false wytnesses rysen vp against me and they ymagyn myschefe Neuerthelesse I beleue verely to se the goodnesse of the LORDE in the londe of the lyuynge O tary thou y e LORDES leysure be stronge let thine hert be of good comforte and wayte thou still for the LORDE The XXVII A psalme of Dauid UNto the wil I crie o my stronge defence thinke no scorne of me lest yf thou make the as though thou herdest not I become like them that go downe in to y e pytte Heare the voyce of my humble peticion when I crie vnto the and holde vp my hondes towarde thy holy temple O plucke me not awaye amonge the vngodly and wicked doers which speake frendly to their neghboure but ymagin myschefe in their hertes Rewarde them acordinge to their dedes and wickednesse of their owne inuencions Recompense them after y e workes of theiâ—â—â—des paye them that they haue deserued For they regarde not the workes of the LORDE ner the operacion of his haÌ„des therfore shal he breake them downe and not buylde them vp Praysed be y e LORDE for he hath herde the voyce of my humble peticioÌ„ The LORDE is my streÌ„gth and my shylde my herte hoped in him I am helped therfore my hert dauÌ„seth for ioye and I will synge prayses vnto him The LORDE is the strength of his people he is the defender and Sauioure of his anoynted O helpe thy people geue thy blessynge vnto thy enheritaunce fede them and set them vp for euer The XXVIII A psalme of Dauid AScrybe vnto the LORDE o ye mightie ascribe vnto the LORDE worshipe and strength Geue the LORDE the honoure of his name bowe youre selues to the holy magesty of the LORDE It is the LORDE that commaundeth the waters It is the glorious God that maketh y e thonder it is the LORDE y t ruleth the see The voyce of the LORDE is mightie in operacion the voyce of the LORDE is a glorious voyce The voyce of the LORDE breaketh the Cedrâ— trees yee the LORDE breaketh the Ceders of Libanus He maketh them to skippe like a calfe Libanus and Sirion like a yonge vnycorne The voyce of the LORDE deuideth the flames of fyre the voyce of the LORDE shaketh the wildernesse yee the LORDE shaketh the wildernesse of Cades The voyce of the LORDE moueth y e hyndes discouereth the thicke buszshes in his temple shal euery man speake of his honoure The LORDE stilleth the water floude y e LORDE remayneth a kynge for euer The LORDE shall geue power vnto his people the LORDE shal geue his people the blessynge of peace The XXIX A psalme of Dauid I Wil magnifie y e O LORDE for thou hast set me vp not suffred my foes to triuÌ„phe ouer me O LORDE my God I cried vnto the and thou hast healed me Thou LORDE hast brought my soule out of hell thou hast kepte my life where as they go downe to the pytte Synge prayses vnto the LORDE o ye sayntes of his geue thankes vnto him for a remembraunce of his holynesse For his wrath endureth but the twincklinge of an eye and his pleasure is in life heuynesse maye well endure for a night but ioye commeth in the mornynge As forme wheÌ„ I was in prosperite I sayde Tush I shal neuer fall more And why
thē vp vnto their owne hertes lust let thē folowe their owne ymaginacions O y t my people wolde obeye me for yf Israel wolde walke in my wayes I shulde soone put downe their enemies turne myne hōde agaynst their aduersaries The haters of y e LORDE shulde mysse Israel but their tyme shulde endure for euer He shulde fede them with the fynest wheate floure satisfie them with hony out of the stony rocke The LXXXI A psalme of Asaph GOd stondeth in the congregacion of the goddes is a iudge amonge the iudges How longe wil ye geue wrōge iudgment accepte the personnes of the vngodly Sela. Defende the poore father lesse se that soch as be in nede necessite haue right Delyuer the outcaste poore saue hym from the hande of the vngodly Neuertheles they wil not be lerned vnderstonde but walke on still in darcknesse therfore must all the foundacions of the londe be moued I haue sayde ye are goddes ye all are the childrē of y e most hyest But ye shal dye like men fall like one of the tyrauntes Aryse o God iudge thou the earth for all Heithen are thine by enheritaunce The LXXXII A psalme of Asaph HOlde not thy tonge o God kepe not still sylēce refrayne not y i self o God For lo thy enemies make a murmuringe they y t hate the lift vp their heade ▪ They ymagin craftely agaynst thy people take councell agaynst thy secrete ones Come saye they let vs rote them out from amonge the people that the name of Israel maye be put out of remēbraunce For they haue cast their heades together with one consent are cōfederate agaynst the. The tabernacles of the Edomites Ismaelites the Moabites Hagarenes Gebal Ammo◠and Amalech the Philistynes with them that dwell at Tyre Assur also is ioyned vnto thē helpe the children of Loth. Sela. But do thou to them as vnto the Madianites vnto Sisera and vnto Iabin by y e broke of Cyson Which perished at Endor became as the dōge of y e earth Make their prynces like Oreb and Zeeb Yee make all their prynces like as Zebea and Salmana Which saye we wil haue the houses of God in possession O my God make them like vnto a whele and as the stuble before the wynde Like as a fyre that burneth vp the wodd as the flame that consumeth the mountaynes Persecute them euen so with thy tempest make them afrayed with thy storme Make their faces ashamed o LORDE y t they maye seke thy name Let thē be cōfounded vexed euer more more Let thē be put to shame perish That they maye knowe that thou art alone that thy name is the LORDE and that thou only art the most hyest ouer all the earth The LXXXIII A psalme of the children of Corah O How amiable are y t dwellīges thou LORDE of hoostes My soule hath a desyre lōginge for y e courte of y e LORDE my hert my flesh reioyse in y e lyuynge God For the sparow hath founde hir an house the swalowe a nest where she maye laye hir yōge euē y e aulters O LORDE of hoostes my kynge my God O how blessed are they that dwell in thy house they are allwaye praysinge ye. Blessed are y e men whose strēgth is in y e in whose herte are y t wayes Which goinge thorow the vale of mysery vse it for a well and the poles are fylled with water They go from strength to strength and so the God of Gods apeareth vnto thē in Sion O LORDE God of hoostes heare my prayer herken o God of Iacob Beholde o God oure defence loke vpon the face of thyne anoynted For one daye in thy courte is better then a thousande I had rather be a dore keper in the house of my God then to dwell in the tentes of the vngodly For the LORDE God is a light and defence the LORDE wil geue grace worshipe and no good thinge shal he witholde from them that lyue a godly life O LORDE God of hoostes blessed is the man y t putteth his trust in the. The LXXXIIII A psalme of the children of Corah LORDE thou barest a loue vnto thy londe thou didest bringe agayne the captiuyte of Iacob Thou diddest forgeue the offence of thy people and couerdest all their synnes Sela. Thou tokest awaye all thy displeasure turnedest thy self from thy wrothful indignacion Turne vs then o God o r Sauioure let thine anger ceasse from vs. Wilt thou be displeased at vs for euer wilt thou stretch out thy wrath from one generacion to another Wilt thou not turne agayne quycken vs that thy people maye reioyse in the I wil herken what the LORDE God wil saie for he shal speake peace vnto his people and to his sayntes that they turne not them selues vnto foolishnes For his saluacion is nye them that feare him so that glory shal dwell in oure londe Mercy and trueth are met together rightuousnesse and peace kysse ech other Trueth shal ryse out of y e earth and rightuousnesse shal loke downe from heauen And why the LORDE shal shewe louinge kyndnesse and oure londe shal geue hir encrease Rightuousnesse shal go before him and prepare the waye for his commynge The LXXXV psalme A prayer of Dauid BOwe downe thine eare o LORDE and heare me for I am cōfortles and poore O kepe my soule for I am holy my God helpe thy seruaunt that putteth his trust in the. Be mercifull vnto me o LORDE for I call daylie vpon the. Cōforte the soule of thy seruaunt for vnto the o LORDE do I lift vp my soule For thou LORDE art good and gracious of greate mercy vnto all them that call vpon the. Geue eare LORDE vnto my prayer and pondre my humble desyre In the tyme of my trouble I call vpon the for thou hearest me Amonge the goddes there is none like the o LORDE there is not one that cā do as thou doest All nacions whom thou hast made shall come and worshipe before the o LORDE and shal glorifie thy name For thou art greate thou doest wonderous thinges thou art God alone Lede me in thy waye o LORDE that I maye walke in thy trueth O let my hert delyte in fearynge thy name I thanke the o LORDE my God wil prayse thy name for euer For greate is thy mercy towarde me thou hast delyuered my soule from y e nethermost hell O God the proude are rysen agaynst me and the cōgregacion of y e mightie seketh after my soule set not y e before their eyes But thou o LORDE God art full of compassion and mercy longe suffrynge greate in goodnesse trueth O turne the then vnto me haue mercy vpō me geue thy strength vnto thy seruaunt helpe the sonne of thy handmaydē Shewe some tokē vpon me for good
that they which hate me maye se it and be ashamed because thou LORDE hast helped me comforted me The LXXXVI A psalme of the children of Corah HIr foundacions are vpoÌ„ the holy hilles the LORDE loueth the gates of Sion more theÌ„ all y e dwelliÌ„ges of Iacob Very excelleÌ„t thiÌ„ges are spokeÌ„ of y e thou cite of God â–ª Sela. I wil thinke vpoÌ„ Rahab â—abiloÌ„ so that they shal knowe me Yee the Philistynes also they of Tyre with the Morians Lo there was he borne And of Sion it shal be reported that he was borne in her euen the most hyest which hath buylded her The LORDE shal cause it be preached written amonge the people that he was borne there Sela. Therfore the dwellinge of all syngers daunsers is in the. The LXXXVII A psalme of the children of Corah O LORDE God my Sauyo r I crie daye night before the Oh let my prayer entre in to thy presence encline thine eare vnto my callynge For my soule is full of trouble my life draweth nye vnto hell I am couÌ„ted as one of theÌ„ that go downe vnto the pytte I am eueÌ„ as a maÌ„ that hath no streÌ„gth Fre amoÌ„ge the deed like vnto theÌ„ y t lye in the graue which be out of remembrauÌ„ce and are cutt awaye from thy honde Thou hast layed me in the lowest pytte in y e darcknesse and in the depe Thy indignacion lieth hard vpon me and thou vexest me with all thy floudes Sela. Thou hast put awaye myne acquaÌ„taunce farre fro me made me to be abhorred of them I am so fast in preson that I can not get forth My sight fayleth for very trouble LORDE I call daylie vpoÌ„ the and stretch out my hondes vnto the. Doest thou shewe wonders amonge the deed Can the physiciaÌ„s rayse them vp agayne that they maye prayse the Maye thy louynge kyndnes be shewed in the graue or thy faithfulnesse in destruccion Maye thy wonderous workes be knowne in the darcke or thy righteousnes in the londe where all thinges are forgotteÌ„ Vnto the I crie o LORDE and early coÌ„meth my prayer before the. LORDE why puttest thou awaye my soule Wherfore hydest thou thy face fro me My strength is gone for very sorow and misery with fearfulnesse do I beare thy burthens Thy wrothfull displeasure goeth ouer me the feare of the oppresseth me They come rounde aboute me daylie like water and compase me together on euery syde My louers and freÌ„des hast thou put awaye fro me and turned awaye myne acquantaunce The LXXXVIII A psalme of Ethan the Esrahite MY songe shal be allwaye of the louynge kyndnesse of the LORDE w t my mouth wil I euer be shewinge thy faithfulnesse froÌ„ one generacion to another For I haue sayde mercy shal be set vp for euer thy faithfulnesse shalt thou stablish in the heauens I haue made a couenaunâ— with my chosen I haue sworne vnto Dauiâ— my seruaunt Thy sede wil I stablish for eâ—uer and set vp thy Trone from one generacion to another Sela. O LORDE the very heaueÌ„s shal prayse thâ— wonderous workes yee thy faithfulnes in y e congregacion of the sayntes For who is he amonge the cloudes that maye be coÌ„pared vnto the LORDE Yee what is he amonge the goddes that is like vnto the LORDE God is greatly to be feared in the councell of the sayntes to be had in reuerence of all theÌ„ that are aboute him O LORDE God of hoostes who is like vnto the in power thy trueth is rounde aboute the. Thou rulest the pryde of the see thou stillest the wawes therof wheÌ„ they arise Thou breakest the proude like one that is wounded â–ª thou scatrest thine enemies abrode with thy mightie arme The heaueÌ„s are thine the earth is thine thou hast layed the foundacioÌ„ of the rouÌ„de worlde and all that therin is Thou hast made the north and the south Tabor and Hermon shal reioyse in thy name Thou hast a mightie arme stronge is thy hande and hye is thy right hande Rightuousnes and equite is the habitacion of thy seate mercy and trueth go before thy face Blessed is the people o LORDE that can reioyse in the and walketh in the light of thy countenaunce Their delite is in thy name all the daye longe and thorow thy rightuousnesse they shal be exalted For thou art the glory of their strength thorow thy fauoure shalt thou lift vp oure hornes The LORDE is oure defence and the holy one of Israel is oure kynge Thou spakest somtyme in visioÌ„s vnto thy sayntes and saydest I haue layed helpe vpon one that is mightie I haue exalted one chosen out of the people I haue founde Dauid my seruauÌ„t with my holy oyle haue I anoynted him My honde shal holde him fast and my arme shal strength him The enemie shal not ouercome him and the sonne of wickednesse shal not hurte him I shal smyte downe his foes before his face and plage them that hate him My trueth also my mercy shal be with him and in my name shal his horne be exalted I wil set his honde in the see and his right honde in the floudes He shal call me thou art my father my God and the strength of my saluacion And I wil make him my firstborne â—yer then the kinges of the earth My mercy wil I kepe for him for euermore and my couenaunt shall stonde fast with him His sede wil I make to endure for euer yee and his Trone as the dayes of heauen But yf his childreÌ„ forsake my lawe and walke not in my iudgmentes Yf they breake myne ordinaunces and kepe not my commaundementes I wil vyset their offences with the rodde and their synnes with scourges Neuerthelesse my louynge kyndnesse wil I not vtterly take from him ner suffre my trueth to fayle My couenaunt wil I not breake ner disanulle the thinge y t is gone out of my lippes I haue sworne once by my holynesse that I wil not fayle Dauid His sede shal endure for euer and his seate also like as the Sonne before me He shal stonde fast for euermore as the Moone and as the faithfull witnesse in heauen Sela. But now thou forsakest and abhorrest thyne anoynted and art displeased at him Thou hast turned backe the couenaunt of thy seruaunt and cast his crowne to the grounde Thou hast ouer throwne all his hedges and brokeÌ„ downe his stronge holdes Al they that go by spoyle him he is become a rebuke vnto his neghbours Thou settest vp the right haÌ„de of his enemies and makest all his aduersaryes to reioyse Thou hast taken awaye the strength of his swerde and geuest him not victory in the battayll Thou hast put out his glory and cast his Trone downe to the grounde The dayes of his youth hast thou shortened and couered him with dishonoure Sela. LORDE how longe wilt thou hyde thy self For euer shal thy wrath burne like fyre O remembre how shorte my tyme
is hast thou made all men for naught What man is he that lyueth and shal not se death Maye a maÌ„ delyuer his owne soule from the honde of hell Sela. LORDE where are thy olde louynge kyndnesses which thou sworest vnto Dauid in thy trueth RemeÌ„bre LORDE the rebuke that y e multitude of the people do vnto thy seruauntes how I haue borne it in my bosome Wher w t thine enemies blaspheme the slauÌ„der y e fotesteppes of y e anoynted Thankes be to the LORDE for euermore Amen Amen The LXXXIX psalme A prayer of Moses the man of God LORDE thou art oure refuge from one generacion to another Before the mountaynes were brought forth or euer the earth the worlde were made thou art God from euerlastinge and worlde with out ende Thou turnest man to destruccion Agayne thou sayest come agayne ye children of men For a thousande yeares in thy sight are but as yesterdaye that is past and like as it were a night watch As soone as thou scatrest them they are euen as a slepe and fade awaye sodenly like the grasse In the mornynge it is grene and groweth vp but in the euenynge it is cutt downe and wythered For we consume awaye in thy displeasure and are afrayed at thy wrothfull indignacion Thou â—ettest oure miszdedes before the and oure secrete synnes in the light of thy countenaunce For when thou art angrie all o r dayes are gone we brynge o r yeares to an ende â–ª as it were a tayle that is tolde The daye of oure age are iij. score yeares ten though men be so stronge that they come to iiij score yeares yet is their strength then but laboure and sorowe so soone passeth it awaye we are gone But who regardeth the power of thy wrath thy fearfull terrible displeasure O teach vs to nombre oure dayes that we maye applie oure hertes vnto wyszdome Turne the agayne o LORDE at the last and be gracious vnto thy seruauntes O satisfie vs with thy mercy and that soone so shal we reioyse and be glad all the dayes of oure life Comforte vs agayne now after the tyme that thou hast plaged vs and for the yeares wherin we haue suffred aduersite Shewe thy seruauntes thy worke their children thy glory And the glorious maiesty of the LORDE oure God be vpon vs O prospere thou the worke of oure hondes vpon vs o prospere thou oure hondy worke The XC psalme WHo so dwelleth vnder y e defence of the most hyest abydeth vnder y e shadowe of y e allmightie He shal saye vnto y e LORDE o my hope my stronge holde my God in whoÌ„ I wil trust For he shal deliuer the froÌ„ the snare of the hunter froÌ„ the noysome pestilence He shal couer the vnder his wynges that thou mayest be safe vnder his fethers his faithfulnesse and trueth shal be thy shylde and buckler So y t thou shalt not nede to be afrayed for eny bugges by night ner for arowe that flyeth by daye For the pestileÌ„ce that crepeth in y e darcknesse ner for the sicknesse y t destroyeth in the noone daye A thousande shal fall besyde the and ten thousande at thy right honde but it shal not come nye the. Yee with thyne eyes shalt thou beholde and se the rewarde of the vngodly For thou LORDE art my hope thou hast set thy house of defence very hye There shal no euell happen vnto the nether shal eny plage come nye thy dwellinge For he shall geue his angels charge ouer the to kepe the in all thy wayes They shal beare the in their hondes that thou hurte not thy fote agaynst a stone Thou shalt go vpoÌ„ the Lyon and Adder the yonge Lyon and the Dragon shalt thou treade vnder thy fete Because he hath set his loue vpon me I shal delyuer him I shal defende him for he hath knowne my name When he calleth vpon me I shall heare him yee I am with him in his trouble wher out I wil delyuer him and brynge him to honoure With loÌ„ge life wil I satisfie him shewe him my saluacion The XCI psalme IT is a good thinge to geue thankes vnto the LORDE and to synge prayses vnto y e name o most hyest To tell of thy louynge kyndnesse early in the mornynge and of thy trueth in the night season Vpon an instrumeÌ„t of ten strynges vpon the luâ—e and with a songe vpon the harpe For thou LORDE hast made me glad thorow thy workes â–ª and I wil reioyse ouer the operacion of thy hondes O LORDE how glorious are thy workes thy thoughtes are very depe An vnwyse man wil not knowe this a foole wil not vnderstoÌ„de it That the vngodly are grene as the grasse and that all the workes of wickednes do florish to be destroyed for euer But thou LORDE o most hyest abydest worlde without ende For lo thy enemies o LORDE lo thy enemies shal perishe and all the workers of wickednes shal be scatred abrode But my horne shal be exalted like the horne of an Vnicorne shal be anoynted with fresh oyle Myne eye also shal se his lust of myne enemies myne eare shall heare his desyre of the wicked y t ryse vp agaynst me The rightuous shal florish like a palme tre and growe like a Cedre of Libanus Soch as be planted in the house of the LORDE be frutefull plenteous grene That they maye shewe how true the LORDE my streÌ„gth is and that there is no vnrightuousnesse in him The XCII psalme THe LORDE is kynge and hath put on glorious apparell the LORDE hath put on his apparell gyrded himself with streÌ„gth he hath made the rounde worlde so sure that it can not be moued From that tyme forth hath y e seate bene prepared thou art from euerlastinge The floudes aryse o LORDE the floudes lift vp their noyse y e floudes lift vp their wawes The wawes of the see are mightie rage horribly but yet the LORDE that dwelleth on hye is mightier Thy testimonies o LORDE are very sure holynesse becommeth thyne house for euer The XCIII psalme O LORDE God to whom vengeaunce beloÌ„geth thou God to whom vengeaunce belongeth shewe thy self Arise thou iudge of the worlde rewarde the proude after their deseruynge LORDE how longe shal the vngodly how longe shal the vngodly tryumphe How longe shal all wicked doers speake so diszdaynedly and make soch proude boastynge They smyte downe thy people o LORDE and trouble thine heretage They murthur the widdowe and the straunger and put the fatherlesse to death And yet they saie Tush the LORDE seyth not the God of Iacob regardeth it not Take hede ye vnwise amonge the people o ye fooles when wil ye vnderstonde He that planted the eare shal he not heare he that made the eye shal not he se He that nurtureth the Heithen and teacheth a man knowlege shal not he punysh The LORDE
knoweth the thoughtes of men that they are but vayne Blessed is the maÌ„ whom thou lernest o LORDE and teachest him in thy lawe That thou mayest geue him pacience in tyme of aduersite vntill the pytte be dygged vp for the vngodly For the LORDE wil not fayle his people nether wil he forsake his inheritaunce And why iudgment shal be turned agayne vnto rightuousnesse and all soch as be true of hert shal folowe it Who ryseth vp with me agaynst the wicked who taketh my parte agaynst the euell doers Yf the LORDE had not helped me my soule had allmost bene put to sylence When I sayde my fote hath slipped thy mercy o LORDE helde me vp In y e multitude of the sorowes that I had in my herte thy comfortes haue refreshed my soule Wilt thou haue eny thinge to do with the stole of wickednesse which ymagineth myschefe in the lawe They gather them together agaynst the soule of the rightuous condemne the innocent bloude But the LORDE is my refuge my God is the streÌ„gth of my confideÌ„ce He shal recompence theÌ„ their wickednesse and destroye them in their owne malice yee the LORDE oure God shal destroye them The XCIIII psalme O Come let vs prayse the LORDE let vs hertely reioyse in the strength of oure saluacion Let vs come before his presence with thaÌ„kesgeuynge shewe oure self glad in him w t psalmes For the LORDE is a greate God and a greate kynge aboue all goddes In his honde are all y e corners of the earth and the strength of the hilles is his also The see is his for he made it and his hondes prepared the drie loÌ„de O come let vs worshipe and bowe downe oure selues Let vs knele before the LORDE oure maker For he is oure God as for vs we are the people of his pasture and the shepe of his hoÌ„des To daye yf ye wil heare his voyce hardeÌ„ not youre hertes as wheÌ„ ye prouoked in tyme of temptacion in the wildernes Where yo r fathers teÌ„pted me proued me and sawe my workes XL. yeares longe was I greued with that generacion sayde they euer erre in their hertes they verely haue not knowne my wayes Therfore I sware vnto theÌ„ in my wrath that they shulde not enter in to my rest The XCV psalme O Synge vnto the LORDE a new songe synge vnto the LORDE all the whole earth Synge vnto y e LORDE prayse his name be tellynge of his saluacion from daye to daye Declare his honoure amonge the HeitheÌ„ and his wonders amonge all people For y e LORDE is greate and can not worthely be praysed he is more to be feared then all goddes As for all y e goddes of the HeitheÌ„ they be but Idols but it is the LORDE that made the heaueÌ„s Thankesgeuynge and worshipe are before him power and honoure are in his Sanctuary Ascrybe vnto the LORDE o ye kinredes of the Heithen ascrybe vnto the LORDE worshipe and strength Ascrybe vnto the LORDE the honoure of his name brynge presentes and come in to his courte O worshipe the LORDE in the beutye of holynesse let the whole earth stonde in awe of him Tell it out amonge the HeitheÌ„ that the LORDE is kynge and that it is he which hath made the rounde worlde so fast that it can not be moued and how that he shal iudge the people rightuously Let the heaueÌ„s reioyse and let the earth be glad let the see make a noyse yee all that therin is Let the felde be ioyfull and all that is in it let all the trees of the wodd leape for ioye Before the LORDE for he commeth for he coÌ„meth to iudge the earth yee with rightuousnesse shal he iudge the worlde and y e people with his trueth The XCVI psalme THe LORDE is kynge the earth maye be glad therof yee the multitude of the Iles maie be glad therof Cloudes and darcknesse are rounde aboute him rightuousnesse and iudgment are the habitacion of his seate There goeth a fyre before him to burne vp his enemies on euery syde His lightenynges geue shyne vnto the worlde the earth seyth it is afraied The hilles melt like wax at the presence of y e LORDE at the presence of the LORDE of the whole earth The very heauens declare his rightuousnes all people se his glory CoÌ„founded be all they that worshipe ymages and delite in their Idols worshipe him all ye goddes Sion heareh of it and reioyseth yee all y e doughters of Iuda are glad because of thy iudgmentes o LORDE For thou LORDE art the most hyest ouer all the earth thou art exalted farre aboue all goddes O ye that loue the LORDE se that ye hate the thinge which is euell the LORDE preserueth the soules of his sayntes he shal delyuer theÌ„ from the honde of the vngodly There is spronge vp a light for the rightuous and a ioyfull gladnesse for soch as be true herted Reioyse therfore in the LORDE ye rightuous and geue thankes for a remembraunce of his holynesse The XCVII psalme O Synge vnto the LORDE a new songe for he hath â—one maruelous thinges With his owne right honde and with his holy arme hath he gotten the victory The LORDE hath declared his sauynge health and his rightuousnes hath he openly shewed in the sight of the HeitheÌ„ He hath remembred his mercy and trueth towarde the house of Israel so that all the endes of the worlde se the sauynge health of oure God Shewe youre self ioyfull vnto the LORDE all ye londes synge reioyse and geue thankes Prayse the LORDE vpon the harpe synge to the harpe with a psalme of thankesgeuynge With trompettes also shawmes O shewe youre selues ioyfull before the LORDE the kynge Let the see make a noyse and all y t therin is yee the whole worlde all that dwell therin Let the floudes clappe their hondes and let all the hilles be ioyfull together Before the LORDE for he is come to iudge the earth Yee with rightuousnes shall he iudge the worlde and the people with equite The XCVIII psalme THe LORDE is kynge be the people neuer so vnpacient he sytteth vpon the Cherubins be the earth neuer so vnquiete The LORDE is greate in Sion hye aboue all people O let men geue thaÌ„kes vnto thy greate wonderful name for it is holy The kynges power loueth iudgment thou preparest equite thou executest iudgmeÌ„t rightuousnes in Iâ—cob O magnifie the LORDE o r God fâ—ll downe before his fote stole for he his holy Moses Aaron amonge his prestes Samuel amonge soch as call vpoÌ„ his name these called vpon the LORDE he herde theÌ„ He spake vnto theÌ„ out of the cloudy piler for they kepte his testimonies the lawe that he gaue them Thou herdest theÌ„ o LORDE o r God thou forgauest theÌ„ o God punyshedst their owne invencions O magnifie the LORDE oure God and worshipe
The CV psalme Halleluya O Geue thankes vnto the LORDE for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer Who can expresse y e noble actes of the LORDE or shewe forth all his prayse Blessed are they that allwaye kepe iudgment and do rightuousnes Remembre vs o LORDE acordinge to the fauoure that thou bearest vnto thy people o vyset vs w t thy sauinge health That we might se the pleasure of thy chosen that we might reioyse in the gladnesse of thy people and geue thankes with thine enheritaunce We haue synned with oure fathers we haue done amysse we haue dealt wickedly Oure fathers regarded not thy wonders in Egipte they kepte not thy greate goodnesse in remeÌ„braunce but were dishobedieÌ„t at the see eueÌ„ at the reed see Neuertheles he helped theÌ„ for his names sake that he might make his power to be knowne He rebuked the reed see and it was dried vp so he led theÌ„ thorow the depe as in a wildernesse Thus he saued them from the honde of the hater delyuered them from the honde of the enemie As for those y t troubled them the waters ouerwhelmed theÌ„ there was not one of theÌ„ left Then beleued they in his worde and songe prayse vnto him But within a whyle they forgat his workes wolde not abyde his councell A lust came vpoÌ„ them in the wildernesse so that they tempted God in the deserte Yet he gaue them their desyre and sent theÌ„ ynough at their willes They angred Moses in the teÌ„tes and Aaron the saynte of the LORDE So the earth opened swalowed vp Dathan and couered the congregacioÌ„ of Abiram The fyre was kyndled in their company the flame brent vp the vngodly They made a calfe in Horeb and worshipped the molteÌ„ ymage Thus they turned his glory into the similitude of a calfe y t eateth haye They forgat God their Sauio r which had done so greate thinges in Egipte Wonderous workes in the londe of Ham and fearfull thinges in the reed see So he sayde he wolde haue destroyed them had not Moses his chosen stonde before him in y e gappe to turne awaie his wrothfull indignacion lest he shulde destroye theÌ„ Yee they thought scorne of y t pleasaunt londe and gaue no credence vnto his worde But murmured in their tentes and herkened not vnto the voyce of the LORDE Then lift he vp his honde agaynst them to ouerthrowe them in the wildernes To cast out their sede amonge the nacions and to scater them in the londes They ioyned themselues vnto Baal Peor and ate the offeringes of the deed Thus they prouoked him vnto anger with their owne inveÌ„cions and the plage was greate amonge them Then stode vp Phineas and excuted iustice so the plage ceased And that was counted vnto him for rightuousnesse amonge all posterites for euermore They angerd him also at the waters of strife so that Moses was punyshed for their sakes Because they prouoked his sprete and he tolde theÌ„ planely with his lippes Nether destroyed they the Heithen as the LORDE commaunded them But were mengled amonâ—ge the Heithen and lerned their workes In so moch that they worshipped their ymages which turned to their owne decaye Yee they offred their sonnes their doughters vnto deuels And shed the innocent bloude of their sonnes and of their doughters whom they offred vnto the ymages of Canaan so that the londe was defyled wiâ—â— bloude Thus were they stayned w t theâ—â— owne workes and wente a whoringe with their owne invencions Therfore was the wrath of the LORDE kyndled agaynst his people in so moch that he abhorred his owne enheritaunce And gaue them ouer in to the honde of the HeitheÌ„ and they that hated them were lordes ouer them Their enemies oppressed theÌ„ and had them in subieccion Many a tyme dyd he delyuer them but they prouoked him with their owne inveÌ„cions and were brought downe for their wickednesse Neuerthelesse wheÌ„ he sawe their aduersite he herde their complaynte He thought vpoÌ„ his couenaunt and pitied theÌ„ â–ª acordinge vnto the multitude of his mercies Yee he made all those y t had led them awaye captiue to pitie them Delyuer vs o LORDE oure God gather vs from amoÌ„ge the Heithen that we maye geue thankes to thy holy name make oure boast of thy prayse Blessed be the LORDE God of Isâ— He sheweth his people the power of his workes that he maye geue them the heretage of the Heithen The workes of his hoÌ„des are verite iudgment all his coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes are true They stonde fast for euer euer are done in trueth equite He sent redempcion vnto his people he hath commaunded his couenaunt for euer holy reuerent is his name The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wyszdome a good vnderstondinge haue all they that do therafter the prayse of it endureth for euer The CXI psalme Halleluya BLessed is the man y t feareth the LORDE hath greate delite in his commaundementes His sede shall be mightie vpon earth the generacion of the faithfull shal be blessed Riches pleÌ„teousnesse shal be in his house his rightuousnes endureth for euer Vnto the godly there ariseth vp light in the darcknesse he is merciful louynge rightuous Wel is him that is mercifull lendeth gladly poÌ„dreth his wordes w t discrecion For he shal neuer be moued the rightuous shal be had in an euer lastinge remembraunce He wil not be afrayed for eny euell tydinges his herte stondeth fast beleueth in y e LORDE His herte is stablished he wil not shrencke vntill he se his desyre vpon his enemies He hath sparsed abrode geueÌ„ to the poore his rightuousnes remayneth for euer his horne shal be exalted w t honor. The vngodly shal se it it shal greue him he shall gnash w t his â—â—th consume awaye the desyre of the vn godly shal perish The CXII psal Halleluya PRayse the LORDE O ye seruauntes O prayse the name of the LORDE Blessed be the name of the LORDE froÌ„ this tyme forth for euermore The LORDES name is worthy to be praysed froÌ„ the rysinge vp of the Sonne vnto the goinge downe of the same The LORDE is hye aboue all Heithen and his glory aboue the heaueÌ„s Who is like vnto the LORDE oure God y t hath his dwellinge so hye which humbleth himself to beholde that is in heauen and earth Which taketh vp the symple out of the dust and lifteth the poore out of the myre That he maye set him amonge the prynces euen amonge the prynces of his people Which maketh the baren woman to kepe house and to be a ioyfull mother of children Halleluya The CXIII psalme WHen Israel came out of Egipte the house of Iacob from amonge that straunge people Iuda was his SaÌ„ctuary Israel his dominion The see sawe that and fled Iordan turned backe The mountaynes stripped like rammes the
litle hilles like yonge shepe What ayled the o thou see that thou fleddest and thou Iordan that thou turnedest backe Ye mountaynes that ye stripped like rammes and ye litle hilles like yonge shepe The earth trembled at the presence of the LORDE at the presence of the God of Iacob Which turned the harde rocke in to a stondinge water the flynt stone in to a sprynginge well Here the Hebrues begynne the CXV psalme Not vnto vs o LORDE not vnto vs but vnto thy name geue the prayse for thy louinge mercy and faithfulnes Wherfore shal the Heithen saye where is now their God As for oure God he is in heauen he doth what soeuer it pleaseth him Their ymages are but syluer and golde euen the worke of mens hoÌ„des They haue mouthes and speake not eyes haue they but they se not They haue eares and heare not noses haue they but they smell not They haue handes and handle not fete haue they but they can not go nether can they speake thorow their throte They that made them are like vnto them and so are all soch as put their trust in them But let Israel trust in y e LORDE for he is their sucoure defence Let the house of Aaron put their trust in y e LORDE for he is their sucoure defence They that feare the LORDE let theÌ„ put their trust in the LORDE for he is their sucoure and defence The LORDE is myndefull of vs blesseth vs he blesseth y e house of Israel he blesseth y e house of Aaron Yee he blesseth all them that feare the LORDE both small greate The LORDE encrease you more more you and youre childreÌ„ For ye are y e blessed of the LORDE which made heauen earth All the whole heauens are the LORDES but the earth hath he geueÌ„ vnto y e childreÌ„ of men The deed prayse not the o LORDE nether all they that go downe in to sylence But we will prayse the LORDE from this tyme forth for euermore Halleluya The CXIIII psalme I Am wel pleased y t the LORDE 〈…〉 herde y e voyce of my prayer 〈…〉 he hath enclyned his eare 〈…〉 therfore wil I call vpoÌ„ him as long 〈…〉 The snares of death coÌ„pas◠〈…〉 aboute the paynes of hell gat◠〈…〉 me I founde trouble and heuy 〈…〉 called I vpon y e name of the LORDE o LORDE delyuer my soule Gracious is y e LORDE rightuous yee oure God is mercifull The LORDE preserueth y e symple I was brought downe and he helped me Turne agayne then vnto thy rest o my soule for the LORDE hath geuen the thy desyre And why thou hast delyuered my soule from death myne eyes from teares and my fete from fallinge I wil walke before y e LORDE in the londe of the lyuynge The CXV psalme This psalme do the Hebrues ioyne vnto it that goeth before and it is with them the CXVI â–ª psalme I Beleued and therfore haue I spokeÌ„ but I was sore troubled I sayde in my haist All men are lyers What rewarde shal I geue vnto y e LORDE for all the benefites y t he hath done vnto me I wil receaue the cuppe of saluacioÌ„ and call vpon the name of the LORDE I wil paye my vowes in the presence of all his people right deare in the sight of y e LORDE is the death of his sayntes O LORDE I am thy seruaunt I am thy seruaunt and the sonne of thy handmayden thou hast broken my bondes in sonder I wil offre the the sacrifice of thankes geuynge and wil call vpon the name of the LORDE I wil paye my vowes vnto the LORDE in the sight of all his people in the courtes of the LORDES house eueÌ„ in the myddest of the o Ierusalem Halleluya The CXVI psalme O Prayse the LORDE all ye Gentiles laude him all ye people For his mercifull kyndnes is euer more and more towarde vs the trueth of the LORDE endureth for euer Halleluya The CXVII psalme O Geue thankes vnto the LORDE for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer Let Israel now confesse y t his mercy endureth for euer Let the house of Aaron now confesse that his mercy endureth for euer Yee let theÌ„ now that feare the LORDE confesse that his mercy endureth for euer I called vpon the LORDE in trouble and the LORDE herde me 〈◊〉 large The LORDE is my helper I wil 〈…〉 what man doeth vnto me The 〈…〉 is my helper I shal se my desyre 〈…〉 enemies It is better to trust 〈…〉 then to put eny confidence in 〈…〉 is better to trust in the LORDE 〈…〉 confideÌ„ce in prynces All Heithen compased me rounde aboute but in the name of the LORDE wil I destroye theÌ„ They kepte me in on euery syde but in the name of the LORDE I wil destroye them They came aboute me like bees were as hote as the fyre in the thornes but in the name of the LORDE I wil destroye them They thrust at me that I might fall but the LORDE was my helpe The LORDE is my streÌ„gth my songe is become my saluacion The voyce of ioye myrth is in the dwellynges of y e rightuous for y e right hande of the LORDE hath gotteÌ„ the victory The right hande of the LORDE hath the preemynence the right haÌ„de of the LORDE hath gotteÌ„ the victory I wil not dye but lyue and declare the workes of the LORDE The LORDE hath chastened correcte me but he hath not geuen me ouer vnto death Open me the gates of rightuousnes â–ª y t I maye go in there thorow geue thaÌ„kes vnto the LORDE This is the dore of the LORDE the rightuous shall entre in thorow 〈◊〉 I thanke the y t thou hast herde me are become my saluacioÌ„ The same stone which the buylders refused is become the headestone in the corner This was the LORDES doinge it is maruelous in o r eyes This is the daye which the LORDE hath made â–ª let vs reioyse and be glad in it Helpe now o LORDE o LORDE sende vs now prosperite Blessed be he that coÌ„meth in the name of the LORDE we wish you good lucke ye that be of the house of the LORDE God is the LORDE hath shewed vs light O 〈◊〉 the solempne feast with grene braunches 〈◊〉 vnto the hornes of y e aulter Thou art 〈◊〉 God I wil thanke the thou art my 〈◊〉 and I wil prayse the. O geue thankes 〈◊〉 to the LORDE for he is gracious his mâ—â—â—cy endureth for euer The CXVIII psalme Aleph BLessed are those y t be vndefiled in thâ— waye which walke in the lawe of 〈◊〉 LORDE Blessed are they that kepe his tâ—â—â—timonies seke him with their whole hertâ— â–ª Which walke in his wayes do no wiâ—kednesse Thou hast geuen strayte chaâ—â—â— to kepe thy commaundementes O thâ—â— my wayes were stablished to kepe thy statâ—â—tes So shulde I not be confounded
a dyssemblynge tonge hādes that shed innocent bloude an herte y t goeth aboute w t wicked ymaginaciōs fete that be swift in rennynge to do myschefe a false wytnesse y t bringeth vp lyes soch one as soweth discorde amonge brethren My sonne kepe thy fathers cōmaundemētes forsake not y e lawe of thy mother Put thē vp together in thine herte and bynde thē aboute thy necke That they maye lede the where thou goest preserue the when thou art aslepe y t when thou awakest thou mayest talke of thē For the commaundement is a lanterne and the lawe a light yee chastenynge nurtoure is y e waye of life that they maye kepe the frō the euell woman from the flaterynge tonge of the harlott y t thou lust not after her beuty in thine herte lest thou be takē w t hir fayre lokes An harlot wil make a mā to begg his bred but a maried woman wil hunt for y e precious life Maye a man take fyre in his bosome and his clothes not be brent Or can one go vpon hote coales and his fete not be hurte Euen so who so euer goeth in to his neghbours wife and toucheth her can not be vngiltie Men do not vtterly despyse a thefe that stealeth to satisfie his soule when he is hongerie but yf he maye be gotten he restoreth agayne seuen tymes asmoch or els he maketh recompence with all the good of his house But who so cōmitteth aduoutrie with a womā he is a foole and bryngeth his life to destruccion He getteth him self also shame dishono r soch as shal neuer be put out For the gelousy wrath of the mā will not be ītreated no though thou woldest ofre him greate giftes to make amendes he will not receaue them The VII Chapter MY sonne kepe my wordes laye vp my cōmaundemētes by the. Kepe my cōmaundemētes my lawe euē as the aple of thine eye thou shalt lyue Bynde them vpon thy fyngers wryte thē in the table of thine hert Saye vnto wysdome thou art my sister and call vnderstondinge thy kynswoman that she maye kepe y e frō y e straūge womā frō y e harlot which geueth swete wordes For out of the wyndowe of my house I loked thorow the trelies behelde the simple people amonge other yonge folkes I spyed one yonge foole goinge ouer the stretes by the corner in the waye towarde the harlottes house in the twylight of of the euenynge when it begāne now to be night and darcke And beholde there mett him a womā in an harlottes apparell a disceatfull wāton an vnstedfast womā whose fete coude not abyde in y e house now is she without now ī y e stretes lurketh ī euery corner she caught y e yōge mā kyssed him was not ashamed sayēge I had a vowe to paye this daye I perfourme it Therfore came I forth to mete the that I might seke thy face and so I haue founde the. I haue deckte my bed with coueringes clothes of Egipte My bed haue I made to smell of Myrre Aloes and Cynamom Come let vs lye together take oure pleasure till it be daye light For the good man is not at home he is gone farre of He hath taken the bagg of moneye with him who can tell whē he cōmeth home Thus with many swete wordes she ouercame him and with hir flateringe lippes she wanne him Immediatly he foloweth her as it were an oxeled to the slaughter and like as it were to the stockes where fooles are punyshed so longe till she hath wounded his lyuer with hir darte like as yf a byrde haisted to the snare not knowinge that the parell of his life lyeth there vpō Heare me now therfore o my sonne and marcke the wordes of my mouth Let not thine herte wandre in hir wayes be not thou disceaued in hir pathes For many one hath she woūded and cast downe yee many a stronge mā hath she slayne Hir house is the waye vnto hell where men go downe to the chambers of death The VIII Chapter DOth not wysdome crie doth not vnderstondinge put forth hir voyce Stondeth she not in the hye places in the stretes wayes doth she not crie before the whole cite in the gates where men go out in It is you o ye men sayeth she whom I call Vnto you o ye childrē of mē lift I vp my voyce Take hede vnto knowlege o ye ignoraūt be wyse in herte o ye fooles Geue eare for I wil speake of greate matters open my lippes to tell thinges that be right For my throte shal be talkynge of y e trueth my lippes abhorre vngodlynesse All the wordes of my mouth are rightuous there is no frowardnesse ner falsede therin They are all playne to soch as wil vnderstōde right to thē that fynde knowlege Receaue my doctryne therfore and not syluer knowlege more then fyne golde For wysdome is more worth then precious stones ye◠all the thinges that thou cāst desyre are not to be compared vnto it I wysdome haue my dwellynge w t knowlege and prudent councell is myne owne With me is the feare of the LORDE and y e eschuynge of euell As for pryde disdayne an euell waye a mouth that speaketh wicked thīges I vtterly abhorre thē I can geue councell and be a gyde I haue vnderstondinge I haue strength Thorow me kynges reigne thorow me paces make iust lawes Thorow me lordes beare rule and all iudges of y e earth execute iudgmēt I am louynge vnto those that loue me and they that seke me early shal fynde me Riches honoure are w t me yee excellent goodes rightuousnes My frute is better thē golde precious stone myne encrease more worth then fyne syluer I walke in y e waye of rightuousnes in the strete of iudgment That I maye sende prosperite to those that loue me to encrease their treasure The LORDE himself had me in possessiō in the begynnynge of his wayes or euer he begame his workes aforetyme I haue bene ordened frō euerlastīge frō y e beginnynge or euer the earth was made When I was borne there were nether depthes ner springes of water Before the foundacions of y e mountaynes ▪ were layed yee before all hilles was I borne The earth and all that is vpon the earth was not yet made no not the grounde it self For when he made the heauens I was present whā he set the depthes in ordre whan he hanged the cloudes aboue whan he fastened the sprynges of the depe Whan he shutt the see within certayne bowndes that y e waters shulde not go ouer their marckes When he layed the foundacions of the earth I was with him ordringe all thinges delytinge daylie reioysynge all waye before him As for the roūde cōpase of his worlde I make it ioyfull ▪ for my delyte is
his waies to be clene but it is y e LORDE y t fashioneth y e myndes Commytte thy workes vnto y e LORDE and loke what thou deuysest it shal prospere The LORDE doth all thinges for his owne sake yee when he kepeth y e vngodly for y e daye of wrath The LORDE abhorreth all presumptuous proude hertes there maye nether strength ner power escape With louynge mercy faithfulnesse synnes be forgeuen and who so feareth y e LORDE eschueth euell When a mans wayes please y e LORDE he maketh his very enemies to be his frendes Better is it to haue a litle thinge w t rightuousnes theÌ„ greate rentes wrongeously gotten A maÌ„ deuyseth a waye in his herte but it is y e LORDE y t ordreth his goinges When y e prophecy is in y e lippes of y e kynge his mouth shal not go wroÌ„ge in iudgment A true measure a true balauÌ„ce are y e LORDES he maketh all weightes It is a greate abhominacioÌ„ when kynges are wycked for a kynges seate shulde be holden vp w t righteousnesse Righteous lippes are pleasauÌ„t vnto kynges and they loue him y t speaketh y e trueth The kynges displeasure is a messaunger of death but a wyse man wyl pacifie him The cherefull countenauÌ„ce of y e kynge is life and his louynge fauo r is as the euenynge dewe To haue wyszdome in possession is better then golde and to get vnderstondynge is more worth then syluer The path of y e righteous eschueth euell who so loketh well to his wayes kepeth his owne soule Presumptuousnes goeth before destruccion and after a proude stomake there foloweth a fall Better it is to be of humble mynde w t the lowly then to deuyde y e spoyles w t y e proude He y t handleth a matter wysely opteyneth good blessed is he y t putteth his trust in y e LORDE Who so hath a wyse vnderstondinge is called to councell but he y t can speake fayre getteth more riches Vnderstondinge is a well of life vnto him y t hath it as for y e chastenynge of fooles it is but foolishnesse The herte of the wyse enfourmeth his mouth and amendeth y e doctryne in his lyppes Fayre wordes are an hony combe a refreshinge of y e mynde health of y e bones There is a waye y t men thinke to be right but the ende therof leadeth vnto death A troublous soule disquyeteth hir selfe for hir owne mouth hath brought her therto An vngodly personne stereth vp euell and in his lippes he is as an whote burnynge fyre A frowarde body causeth strife and he y t is a blabbe of his tonge maketh deuysion amonge prynces A wicked maÌ„ begyleth his neghbo r ledeth him y e waye y t is not good He that wyncketh w t his eyes ymagineth myschefe and he y t byteth his lippes wyl do some harme Age is a crowne of worshipe yf it be founde in the waye of righteousnes A pacient man is better then one that is stroÌ„ge and he that can rule him selfe is more worth then he y t wynneth a cite The lottes are cast in to the lappe but their fall stoÌ„deth in the LORDE The XVII Chapter BEtter is a drye morsell w t quyetnesse theÌ„ a full house and many fatt catell w t stryfe A discrete seruauÌ„t shal haue more rule then the sonnes y t haue no wysdome and shal haue like heretage w t the brethren Like as syluer is tried in the fyre and golde in the fornace euen so doth the LORDE proue the hertes A wicked body holdeth moch of false lippes a dyssemblynge persone geueth eare to a disceatfull toÌ„ge Who so laugheth y e poore to scorne blasphemeth his maker and he y t is glad of another mans hurte shal not be vnpunyshed Childers children are a worshipe vnto the elders and the fathers are the hono r of the children An eloquent speach becoÌ„meth not a foole a dyssemblinge mouth also besemeth not a prynce Liberalite is a precious stone vnto him that hath it for where so euer he becoÌ„meth he prospereth Who so couereth another mans offence seketh loue but he y t discloseth the faute setteth frendes at variaunce One reprofe only doth more good to him y t hath vnderstoÌ„dinge then an C. stripes vnto a foole A sedicious personne seketh myschefe â—ut a cruell messaunger shal be sent agaynst him It were better to come agaynst a she Bere robbed of hir whelpes then agaynst a foole in his foolishnes Who so rewardeth euell for good the plage shal not departe froÌ„ his house He y t soweth discorde strife is like one y t dyggeth vp a water broke but an open enemie is like the water y t breaketh out reÌ„â—eth abrode The LORDE hateth as well him y t iustifieth y e vngodly as him y t condempneth the innoceÌ„t What helpeth it to geue a foole money in his hoÌ„de where as he hath no mynde to bye wyszdome He is a frende that all waye loueth and in aduersite a man shal knowe who is his brother Who so promiseth by the hande is suertie for another he is a foole He y t loueth strife delyteth in synne who so setteth his dore to hye seketh after a fall Who so hath a frowarde herte opteyneth no good and he y t hath an oueÌ„rthâ—â—â—â— tonge shal fall in to myschefe An 〈◊〉 body bryngeth himselfe in to sorowe and y e father of a foole can haue no ioye A mâ—â—y herte maketh a lusty age but a sorowfull â—â—â—de dryeth vp y e bones The vngodly taketh giftes out of the bosome to wraist the wayeâ—â— of iudgment Wyszdome shyneth in y e face of him y t hath vnderstondinge but y e eyes â—â— fooles wandre thorow out all loÌ„des An 〈◊〉 discrete sonne is a grefe vnto his father 〈◊〉 heuynesse vnto his mother y t bare him 〈◊〉 punysh y e innocent and to smyte y e prynces â— geue true iudgmeÌ„t are both euell He is 〈◊〉 and discrete y t tempereth his wordes 〈◊〉 he is a maÌ„ of vnderstoÌ„dinge y t maketh moâ—â— of his sprete Yee a very foole when he holâ—deth his tonge is counted wyse and to 〈◊〉 vnderstoÌ„dinge when he shutteth his lippes The XVIII Chapter WHo so hath pleasure to sowe disâ—â—de piketh a quarell in euery thingâ— â–ª A foole hath no delyte in vnderâ—â—â—â—dinge but only in those thinges wherin 〈◊〉 herte reioyseth Where vngodlynes is theâ—re is also diszdayne so there foloweth shaâ—me dishonor. The wordes of a maÌ„s 〈◊〉 are like depe waters and the well of wyszdoâ—me is like a full streame It is not good 〈◊〉 regarde y e personne of the vngodly or to 〈◊〉 backe y e righteous in iudgmeÌ„t A fooles lipâ—pes are euer brawlinge and his mouth proâ—uoketh vnto batayll A fooles mouth is 〈◊〉 owne destruccion and his lippes are y e 〈◊〉 for his owne soule The wordes of a slaunâ—derer are very wouÌ„des and go thorow
aboute the stretes Or euer the syluer lace be taken awaye and or the golden bende be broken Or the pott be broken at the well the whele vpon the Cisterne Or dust be turned againe vnto earth from whence it came and or the sprete returne vnto God which gaue it All is but vanite sayeth the preacher all is but playne vanite The same preacher was not wyse alone but taught the people knowlege also he gaue good hede sought out the grouÌ„de and set forth many parables His diligence was to fynde out acceptable wordes right scripture and the wordes of trueth For the wordes of y e wyse are like prickes and nales that go thorow wherwith men are kepte together for they are geuen of one shepherde onely Therfore bewarre my sonne that aboue these thou make the not many innumerable bokes nor take dyuerse doctrynes in hande to weery thy body withall Lat vs heare the conclucion of all thinges Feare God and kepe his comaundementes for that toucheth all men For God shall iudge all workes and secrete thinges whether they be good or euell The ende of Ecclesiastes called the Preacher Salomons Balettes called Cantica Canticorum The first Chapter O That thy mouth wolde geue me a kysse for y e brestes are more pleasaunt then wyne that because of the good and pleasaunt sauoure Thy name is a swete smellynge oyntment therfore do the maydens loue the yee that same moueth me also to renne after the. The kynge hath brought me into his preuy chambre We wil be glad reioyce in the we thynke more of thy brestes then of wyne well is them that loue the. I am black o ye doughters of IerusaleÌ„ like as the tentes of the Cedarenes and as the hanginges of Salomon but yet am I faire wel fauoured withal Maruell not at me y t I am so black why y e Sonne hath shyned vpoÌ„ me For whan my mothers childreÌ„ had euell wil at me they made me y e keper of the vynyarde Thus was I fayne to kepe a vynyarde which was not myne owne Tell me o thou whom my soule loueth where thou fedest where thou restest at the noone daye lest I go wronge and come vnto the flockes of thy companyons Yf thou knowe not y i self o thou fayrest amoÌ„ge women thaÌ„ go y e waye forth after y e fotesteppes of the shepe as though thou woldest fede y e goates besyde y e shepherdes tentes There wil I tary for the my loue w t myne hoost with my charettes which shal be no fewer then Pharaos Then shal thy chekes thy neck be made fayre hanged w t spaÌ„ges goodly iewels a neck bande of golde wil we make y e w t syluer bottons When the kynge sytteth at the table he shal smell my Nardus for a boÌ„dell of Myrre o my beloued lyeth betwixte my brestes A cluster of grapes of Cypers or of the vynyardes of Engaddi art thou vnto me O my beloued O how fayre art thou my loue how fayre art thou â–ª thou hast doues eyes O how fayre art thou my beloued how well fauored art thou Oure bed is decte with floures y e sylinges of oure house are of Cedre tre ouâ—e balkes of Cypresse The II. Chapter I Am the floure of the felde and lylie of the valleys as the rose amonge the thornes so is my loue amonge the daughters Like as the aple tre amonge the trees of the wodd so is my beloued amonge the sonnes My delite is to sitt vnder his shadowe for his frute is swete vnto my throte He bryngeth me in to his wyne seller and loueth me specially well Refresh me w t grapes coÌ„forte me with apples for I am sick of loue His left haÌ„de lyeth vnder my heade his right hande enbraceth me I charge you o ye doughters of Ierusalem by the Roes hyndes of the felde y t ye wake not vp my loue ner touch her till she be content herself Me thynke I heare the voyce of my beloued lo there commeth he hoppinge vpon y e mountaynes and leapinge ouer the litle hilles My beloued is like a Roo or a yonge hart Beholde he stondeth behynde o r wall he loketh in at the wyndowe pepeth thorow the grate My beloued answered sayde vnto me O stoÌ„de vp my loue my doue my beutyfull come for lo the wynter is now past the rayne is awaie gone The floures are come vp in the felde the twystinge tyme is come the voyce of the turtle doue is herde in oure londe The fyge tre bryngeth forth hir fyges the vynes beare blossoms and haue a good smell O stoÌ„de vp my loue my beutyfull and come my doue out of the caues of the rockes out of the holes of the wall O let me se thy countenaunce and heare thy voyce for swete is thy voyce and fayre is thy face Gett vs the foxes yee the litle foxes that hurte y e vynes for oure vynes beare blossoms My loue is myne and I am his which fedeth amoÌ„ge the lylies vntill the daye breake and till the shadowes be gone Come agayne preuely o my beloued like as a Roo or a yonge harte vnto the mountaynes The III. Chapter BY night in my bedd I sought him whom my soule loueth yee diligently sought I him but I founde him not I wil get vp thought I and go aboute the cite vpon the market and in all y e stretes will I seke him whom my soule loueth but whan I sought him I founde him not The watchmen that go aboute y e cite founde me Sawe ye not him whom my soule loueth So whan I was a litle past them I fouÌ„de him whom my soule loueth I haue got ten holde vpon him and wyl not let him go vntill I brynge him in to my mothers house and in to hir chambre that bare me I charge you o ye doughters of IerusaleÌ„ by the Roes and hyndes of the felde that ye wake not vp my loue ner touch her till she be content herself Who is this that commeth out of y e wyldernesse like pilers of smoke as it were a smell of Myrre frankencense and all maner spyces of the Apotecary Beholde aboute SalomoÌ„s bedsteade there stonde LX. valeaunt men of the mightie in Israel They holde swerdes euery one are experte in warre Euery man hath his swerde vpoÌ„ his thee because of feare in the night Kynge Salomon hath made himself a bedsteade of the wodd of Libanus the pilers are of syluer the coueringe of golde y e seate of purple y e grounde pleasauntly paued for the doughters of Ierusalem Go forth o ye doughters of Sion and beholde kynge Salomon in the crowne wherwith his mother crowned him in the daye of his mariage and in the daye of the gladnesse of his hert The IIII. Chapter O How fayre art thou my loue how fayre art thou thou hast doues eyes besyde that which
of the prophet Ieremy and tyll the londe had hir rest namely all the tyme y t it laye wayest had it rest quyetnes lxxvij yeares The II. Chapter NOw whā kynge Cyrus raigned ouer the Persians whā the LORDE wolde perfourme the worde y t he had promysed by the mouth of the prophet Ieremy the LORDE raysed vp the sprete of Cyrus the kynge of the Persiās so y t he caused this wrytinge to be proclamed thorow out his whole realme sayenge Thus sayeth the kynge of y e Persians The LORDE of Israel that hye LORDE hath made me kynge of the lōde and commaunded me to buylde him an house at Ierusalem in Iewry Yf there be eny now of youre people y e LORDE be with him and go vp with him to Ierusalem And all they that dwell rounde aboute y t place shal helpe thē whether it be with golde with syluer with giftes with horses and necessary catell and all other thinges that are brought w t a fre wyll to the house of the LORDE at Ierusalē Then the pryncipall mē out of the trybes and vyllages of Iuda and Ben Iamin stode vp so dyd the prestes also the leuites whō the LORDE had moued to go vp and to buylde the house of the LORDE at Ierusalē And they that were aboute them helped them w t all maner of golde and syluer and catell also and with many liberall giftes and this dyd many one whose mynde was stered vp therto Kynge Cyrus also brought forth the vessels and ornamentes that were halowed vnto the LORDE which Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon had caried awaye from Ierusalem and consecrated them to his Idoll and ymage and delyuered them to Mithridatus his treasurer and by him they were delyuered to Salmanasar y e debyte in Iewry And this was the nōbre of them Two thousande and iiij C. syluer boules xxx syluer basens xxx basens of golde ij M. and iiij C. vessels of syluer and a thousande besyde All the vessels of golde and syluer were v. M.viij C. and lx These were nombred vnto Salmanasar and them that were come agayne with him to Ierusalē out of the captiuyte of Babilon Now in the tyme of kynge Artaxerses the kynge of Persia these men Balemus and Mithridatus Sabellius Rathimus Balthemus Semelius y e scrybe and other that dwelt in Samaria in other places vnder y e dominion therof Wrote a letter vnto kynge Artaxerses wherin they complayned vnto the kynge of them in Iewry and Ierusalem The letter was made after this maner Syr thy seruauntes Rathimus the story wryter Sabellius the Scrybe other iudges of thy courte in Celosyria and Phenices Be it knowne and manifest to o r lorde the kyn that the Iewes which are come vp frō you vnto vs into the rebellious and wicked cite begynne to buylde it agayne and the walles aboute it and to set vp the tēple of the new Now yf this cite and the walles therof be sett vp agayne they shal not only refuse to geue trybutes and taxinges but also rebell vtterly agaynst the kynge And for so moch as they take this in hande now aboute the temple we thought it reason to thinke no scorne of it but to shewe it vnto o r lorde the kynge to certifie him therof to the intent y t yf it please the kinge he maye cause it be sought in the bokes of olde and thou shalt fynde soch warnynge wrytten and shalt vnderstonde that this cite hath allwaye bene rebellious and disobedient that it hath subdued kynges and cities and that the Iewes which dwell therin haue euer bene a rebellious obstinate vnfaithfull and fightinge people for the which cause this cite is waysted Wherfore now we certifie oure lorde the kynge that yf this cite be buylded and occupied agayne the walles therof set vp a new thou canst haue no passage in to Celosyria and Phenices Then wrote the kynge to Rathimus the story wryter to Balthemus to Sabellius y e scrybe and to the other officers and dwellers in Syria and Phenices after this maner I haue red the epistle which thou sentest vnto me and haue commaunded to make diligent search and haue founde that the cite hath euer resisted kynges that the same people are dishobedient and haue caused moch warre that mightie kynges haue raigned in Ierusalem which also haue raysed vp taxinges of Syria and Phenices Wherfore I haue commaūded those people that they shal not buylde the cite that they make no more in it and that they procede no further with the buyldinge for so moch as it might be the cause of warre and displeasure vnto kynges Now whan Rathymus and Sabellius the scrybe and the rulers in the londe had red the wrytinge of kynge Artaxerses they gatt them together and came in all the haist to Ierusalem with an hoost of horsemen and with moch people of fote and forbad them to buylde And so they left of from buyldinge of the temple vnto the seconde yeare of kynge Darius The III. Chapter KYnge Darius made a greate feast vnto his seruaūtes vnto all his courte to all the officers of Media and Persia yee and to all the debytes rulers that were vnder him from India vnto Ethiopia an hundreth xxvij countrees So whan they had eaten and dronken beinge satisfied and were gone home agayne Darius the kynge wente in to his chambre layed him downe to slepe and so awaked Then the thre yonge men that kepte the kynges personne and watched his body commoned amonge them selues and spake one to another Let euery one of vs saye some thinge and loke whose sentence is wyser and more excellent then the other vnto him shal kinge Darius geue greate giftes and clothe him with purple He shal geue him vessels of golde to drynke in clothes of golde and coueringes he shall make him a costly charett a brydle of golde he shall geue him a bonet of whyte sylke and a chayne of golde aboute his neck yee he shal be the seconde pryncipall nexte vnto kynge Darius that because of his wyszdome and shal be called y e kynges kynsman So euery one wrote his meaninge sealed it and layed it vnder the kinges pelowe and sayde whan the kynge aryseth we will geue him oure wrytinges and loke whose worde the kynge and his chefe lordes iudge to be the most wysely spoken the same shall haue the victory One wrote wyne is a stronge thinge The secōde wrote The kynge is strōger The thirde wrote wemen haue yet more strength but aboue all thinges y e trueth beareth awaye the victory Now whan the kynge was rysen vp they toke their wrytinges and delyuered them vnto him and so hered them Then sent he forth to call all his chefe lordes all the debytes rulers of the countrees of Media and Persia. And whan they were sett downe in the councell the wrytinges were red before them And he commaunded to call for y e
Coudest thou not make those that haue bene made and that be now and that are fo◠to come in one that thou mightest shewe thy iudgment the sooner Then answered heme and sayde The creature maye not haist aboue the maker nether maye the worlde holde thē at once that shal be created And I sayde How hast thou sayde then vnto thy seruaunt that thou lyuynge maker hast made the creature lyuynge at once the creature bare it euē so might it now also beare them that be present at once And he sayde vnto me Axe the childeszbed of a womā and saye vnto her Yf thou bringest forth childrē why doest thou it not together but one after another Praye her therfore to brynge forth ten children at once And I sayde she can not but must do it one after another Then sayde he vnto me Euen so haue I geuen a childeszbed vnto the earth for those that be sowne vpon it by processe of tyme. For like as a yonge childe maye not brynge forth the thinges that belonge to the aged euen so haue I ordened the worlde which I made And I axed and sayde Seynge thou hast now geuē me a waye I wyl speake before y e for oure mother of whō thou hast tolde me is yet yonge now she draweth nye vnto age He answered me sayde Axe a woman that beareth children she shal tell the. Saye vnto her wherfore are not they whom thou hast now brought forth like those that were before the but lesse of stature And she shal answere the They y t be borne in the youth of strēgth are of one fashion and they that are borne in the tyme of age whan the childeszbed fayleth are other wyse Cōsidre now thyself how that ye are lesse of stature then those that were before you and so are they that come after you lesse then ye as the creatures which now begynne to be olde and haue passed ouer the strength of youth Then sayde I LORDE I beseke the yf I haue founde fauoure in thy sight shewe thy seruaunt by whom doest thou vyset thy creature The VI. Chapter ANd he sayde vnto me In the begynnynge whan the grounde was made before the worlde stode or euer y e wyndes blew before it thondred and lightened or euer the foundacions of Paradise were layed before the fayre floures were sene or euer the moueable powers were stablished before y e innumerable multitudes of angels were gathered together or euer y e highnesses of y e ayre were lifted vp afore y e measures of the firmament were named or euer y e chymneys in Sion were hote and or the presente yeares were sought out and or euer the invencions of them y t now synne were put asyde before they were sealed that now gather faith for a treasure then dyd I cōsidre and pondre all these thinges and they all were made thorow me and thorow none other by me also they be ended and by none other Then answered I and sayde which shal be the partynge asunder of the tymes Or whan shal be the ende of the first and the begynnynge of it that foloweth And he sayde vnto me From Abrahā vnto Isaac whā Iacob Esau were borne of him Iacobs hande helde first the hele of Esau for Esau is the ende of this worlde and Iacobis the begynnynge of it that foloweth The hande of man betwixte the hele and the hande Other question Eszdras axe thou not I answered then and sayde O LORDE LORDE yf I haue founde fauoure in thy sight I beseke the shewe thy seruaunt the ende of thy tokēs wherof thou shewdest me parte the last night So he answered and sayde vnto me Stōde vp vpon thy fete and heare the perfecte voyce and sounde There shal come a greate mocion but y e place where thou stōdest shal not be moued And therfore whan thou hearest the wordes be not afrayed for of the ende shal the worde and foundacion of y e earth be vnderstonde And why the worde therof trembleth and quaketh for it knoweth that it must be chaunged at the ende And it happened that whā I had herde it I stode vp vpon my fete and herkened and beholde there was a voyce y t spake and the sounde of it was like the sounde of many waters and it sayde Beholde y e dayes come y t I wyl begynne to drawe nye and to vyset them that dwell vpō earth and wyl begynne to make inquysicion of them what they be y t haue hurte equyte w t vnrighteousnes and whan the lowe estate of Sion shal be fulfylled and whan the worlde that shal vanish awaye shal be ouersealed then wyl I do these tokens The bokes shal be opened before the firmament and they shal se all together the children of a yeare olde shal speake w t their voyces the womē with childe shal brynge forth vntymely children of thre or foure monethes olde and they shall lyue and be raysed vp sodēly shal the sowne places appeare as the vnsowne the full store houses shal sodenly be founde emptie and the trompett shal geue a sounde which whā euery man heareth they shal be haistely afrayed At that tyme shall frendes fight one agaynst another like enemies and the earth shal stonde in feare with them The sprynges of the welles shal stonde styll and in thre houres they shal not renne Who so euer remayneth from all these thinge◠that I haue tolde the shal escape and se my saluacion and the ende of youre worlde And the men that are receaued shal se it they that haue not taisted death frō their byrth and the hert of the indwellers shal be chaunged and turned in to another meanynge for euell shal be put out and disceate shal be quenched As for faith it shal florish corrupcion shal be ouercome and the trueth which hath bene so longe without frute shal be declared And it happened whan he talked w t me that I loked demurely vpō him before whō I stode and these wordes sayde he vnto me I am come to shewe y e the tyme of y e night for to come Yf thou wilt praye yet more and fast seuē dayes agayne I shal tel the more thinges greater then before for thy voyce is herde before the Hyest for why the Mightie hath sene thy righteous dealynge he hath sene also thy chastite which thou hast had euer sence thy youth and therfore hath he sent me to shewe the all these thinges and to saye vnto the Be of good comforte and feare not and haist not with y e tymes that are past to thynke vayne thinges and make no haist of the latter tymes And it happened after this y t I wepte agayne and fasted seuen dayes in like maner that I might fulfill the thre wekes which he tolde me In the eight night was my hert vexed within me agayne and I beganne to speake before the Hyest for my sprete was greatly set on fyre and my soule was in distresse
in the worlde sene the begynnynge which was wrytten in thy lawe that men maye fynde the path and that they which wyl lyue in the latter dayes maye lyue And he answered me sayēge Go y t waye gather thy people together saye vnto thē that they seke the not for xl dayes but loke thou gather the many boxe trees and take with the Sarea Dabria Selemia Echanus and Asial these fyue which are ready to wryte swiftly and come hither and I shal light a cādle of vnderstōdinge in thine hert which shal not be put out tyll the thinges be perfourmed which thou shalt begynne to wryte And then shalt thou declare some thinges openly vnto the perfecte and some thinges shalt thou shew secretly vnto y e wyse Tomorow this houre shalt thou begynne to wryte Then wēte I forth as he commaūded me and gathered all y e people together and sayde Heare these wordes o Israel Oure fathers from the begynnynge were straunges in Egipte from whēce they were delyuered and receaued the lawe of life which they kepte not which ye also haue trāsgressed after thē Then was this londe and the londe of Sion parted amōge you by the lot to possesse But yo r fathers and ye yo r selues also haue done vnrighteousnes haue not kepte the wayes which the Hyest cōmaunded you And for so moch as he is a righteous iudge he toke from you in tyme the thinge that had geuen you And now are ye here and yo r brethren amōge you Therfore yf so be that ye wil subdue yo r owne vnderstandinge and refourme youre hert ye shal be kepte aliue after death shal ye opteyne mercy For after death shall the iudgment come whan we shal lyue agayne and then shal the names of the righteous be manifest and y e names of the vngodly with their workes shal be declared Let no mā therfore come now vnto me ner axe eny question at me these xl dayes So I toke the fyue men as he commaunded me and we wente in to the felde and remayned there The next daye a voyce called me sayēge Eszdras Open thy mouth drynke that I geue the. Thē opened I my mouth beholde he reached me a full cuppe which was full of water but the colo r of it was like fyre And I toke it and dranke And whā I had dronken it my hert had vnderstondinge and wyszdome grew in my brest for my sprete was kepte in remembraunce and my mouth was opened and shut nomore The Hyest gaue vnderstondinge vnto the fyue men y t they wrote y e hye thīges of the night which they vnderstode not But in the night they ate bred as for me I spake in the daye and helde not my tonge by night In xl dayes they wrote two hundreth foure bokes And it happened whā the xl dayes were fulfilled that the Hyest spake sayenge The first that thou hast wryttē speake openly y t the worthy and vnworthy maye rede it But kepe y e lxx last y t thou mayest shew it onely to soch as be wyse amonge thy people For in them is the sprynge of vnderstōdinge the fountayne of wyszdome and the streame of knowlege And I dyd so The XV. Chapter BEhelde speake thou in the eares of my people the wordes of prophecie which I wyll put in y e mouth saieth the LORDE and cause them to be wrytten in a letter for it is the trueth Feare not the ymaginaciōs against y t let not y e vnfaithfulnes of them trouble the that speake agaynst the. For all the vnfaithfull shal dye in their vnfaithfulnes Beholde saieth the LORDE I wil brynge plages vpon the worlde y e swerde honger death and destruccion for wickednes hath the vpper hande in all y e earth and their shamefull workes are fulfilled Therfore saieth the LORDE I wil holde my tonge nomore vnto their wickednesse which they do so vngodly nether wil I suffre them in the thinges that they deale with all so wickedly Beholde the innocent bloude of the troubled crieth vnto me and the soules of the righteous complayne cōtynually and therfore saieth the LORDE I wil surely auēge and receaue vnto me all the innocēt bloude from amonge them Beholde my people is led as a flock of shepe to be slayne I wil not suffre them now to dwel in Egipte but wyl brynge them ou◠with a mightie hande and a stretched out arme and smyte it with plages as afore and wyl destroye all the londe off it Egipte shal mourne and the foundacions of it shal be smytten with the plage and punyshment y t God shal brynge vpon it They that tyll y e groūde shal mourne for their sedes shal be destroyed thorow the blastinge and hale and an horrible starre Wo worth y e worlde and them that dwell therin for y e swerde their destrucciō draweth nye one people shal stōde vp to fight against another swerdes in their hādes For mē shal be vnstedfast and some shal do violence vnto other they shal not regarde their kynge and prynces the wayes of their doinges and hādelinges in their power A man shal desyre to go in to the cite shal not be able For because of their pryde y e cities shal be brought in feare y e houses shal shake and men shal be afrayed A man shal haue no pitie vpon his neghboure but one shal prouoke another vnto battayll to spoyle their goodes because of the honger of bred and because of the greate trouble Beholde I gather call together all the kynges of y e earth which are from the vprysinge from the south from the east and Libanus to turne vnto them and restore the thinges that they haue geuē them Like as they do yet this daye vnto my chosen so wil I do also and recōpense thē in their bosome Thus sayeth y e LORDE God My right hande shal not spare y e synners and my swerde shal not ceasse ouer them that shed the innocēt bloude vpon earth The feare is gone out frō his wrath and hath cōsumed the foundacions of the earth and the synners like the strawe that is kindled Wo worth them that synne and kepe not my commaundementes saieth the LORDE I wil not spare them Go youre waye ye children from violence defyle not my Sanctuary for the LORDE knoweth all thē that synne agaynst him and therfore delyuereth he them vnto death and destrucciō For now are the plages come vpon the worlde ye shal remayne in thē For God shal not delyuer you because ye haue synned agaynst him Beholde an horrible vision commeth frō the east where generacions of Dragons shal come out and the people of the Arabes with many charettes and the multitude of them shal be as the wynde vpō earth that all they which heare them ragynge in their wrath maye feare and be afrayed and as the wylde bores out of y e wod so shal they go out and with
hath shewed his mercy vnto vs. It is good to hyde the Kynges secrete but to shew and to prayse y e workes of God it is an honorable thinge Prayer is good with fastinge and to geue allmes is better then to hoorde vp treasures of golde For allmes delyuereth from death clenseth synne and causeth to fynde euerlastinge life But they that do synne and vnrighteousnes are y e enemies of their owne soules Wherfore I tell you the trueth and wyll hyde nothinge from you Whan thou praydest with teares and burydest the deed and leftest thy dyner and hyddest the deed in thy house vpon the daye tyme that thou mightest burye them in the night I offred thy prayer before the LORDE And because thou wast accepte and beloued of God it was necessary that tentacion shulde trye the. And now hath the LORDE sent me to heale the and to delyuer Sara y e sonnes wife from the euell sprete For I am Raphael an angell one of the seuen that stonde before God Whā they herde this they were sore afrayed and trembled and fell downe vpon their faces vnto the grounde Then sayde the angell Peace be with you feare not Where as I haue bene w t you it is the will of God geue prayse and thankes vnto him You thought that I dyd eate and drinke with you but I vse meate that is invisible and drynke that can not be sene of men Now therfore is y e tyme that I must turne agayne vnto him that sent me but be ye thankfull vnto God and tell out all his wonderous workes And whan he had spoken these wordes he was taken awaye out of their sight so y t they sawe him nomore Then fell they downe flat vpon their faces by the space of thre houres and praysed God and whan they rose vp they tolde all his wōderous workes Then XIII Chapter THen olde Tobias opened his mouth and praysed the LORDE and sayde Greate art thou o LORDE for euermore and thy kyngdome worlde without ende for thou scourgest and healest thou ledest vnto hell and bryngest out agayne and there is none y t maye escape thy hande O geue thankes vnto y e LORDE ye children of Israel and prayse him in the sight of the Heithē For amonge the Heithen which knowe him not hath he scatred you to the intēt that ye shulde shew forth his maruelous workes cause them for to knowe that there is none other God allmightie but he He hath chastened vs for oure myszdedes and for his owne mercy sake shal he saue vs. Considre then how he hath dealt w t you prayse him with feare and drede and magnifie the euerlastinge kynge in yo r workes I wil