you out of the house of God 27 It is the Lord God who hath geuen vs lyght bynde a sacrifice with cordes vnto the hornes of the aulter 28 Thou art my Lorde and I wyll confesse it vnto thee thou art my Lorde and I wyll magnifie thee 29 O confesse you it vnto God for he is gratious and his mercie endureth for euer ¶ The argument of the .cxix. Psalme ¶ The prophete in this golden psalme expresseth his earnest mynde inflamed with a zelous desire of Gods lawe for that it is the light of man of all his doynges it geueth also perfect wisdome and felicitie to such as obserue them Wherfore he desireth God to open the eyes of his heart that he may knowe vnderstande learne and in lyfe expresse his holy commaundementes He vttereth his great griefe in that he seeth them transgressed and contemned of the worst sort of men Aleph 1 BLessed are those that be perfect in the way walkyng in the lawe of God 2 Blessed are they that kepe his testimonies they seke hym with their whole heart 3 Truely they walke in his wayes who do no wickednesse 4 Thou hast geuen charge that we shoulde diligently kepe thy commaundementes 5 I wishe that my wayes were directed for to kepe thy statutes 6 I shall take then no shame when I haue regarde vnto all thy commaundementes 7 I wyll confesse it vnto thee with an vpryght heart when I shall haue learned the iudgementes of thy ryghteousnesse 8 I wyll kepe thy statutes wherfore forsake me not for any long tyme. Beth 1 WHerby shall a young man refourme his way euen in guiding it accordyng to thy worde 2 I haue sought thee with my whole heart suffer me not to swarue from thy commaundementes 3 I haue hyd thy wordes within my heart for this ende that I shoulde not sinne agaynst thee 4 Blessed art thou O God teache me thy statutes 5 I haue declared with my lyppes all the iudgementes of thy mouth 6 I am delighted in the way of thy testimonies as in all maner of riches 7 I wyll study thy commaundementes and I wyll consider thy wayes 8 My delyght shal be in thy statutes and I wyll not forget thy worde Gimel 1 REwarde thy seruaunt let me lyue and I wyll kepe thy worde 2 Open thou myne eyes and I will beholde the wonderous thynges of thy lawe 3 I am a straunger vpon earth hyde not thy commaundementes from me 4 My soule faynteth for the very feruent desire that it hath alwaye vnto thy iudgementes 5 Thou hast rebuked those that be proude and cursed who do erre from thy commaundementes 6 Withdrawe from me reproche and contempt for that I haue kept thy testimonies 7 Yea princes dyd syt and speake agaynst me but thy seruaunt did geue hym selfe to the meditation of thy statutes 8 Yea thy testimonies are my delyght and my counsaylers Daleth 1 MY soule cleaueth to the dust reuiue thou me accordyng to thy worde 2 I haue made a declaration to thee of my wayes and thou heardest me O teache me thy statutes 3 Make me to vnderstande the way of thy commaundementes and I wyll geue my selfe to the meditation of thy wonderous workes 4 My soule melteth away for very heauinesse comfort thou me accordyng to thy worde 5 Take from me the way of falshood witsafe me worthy to haue thy lawe 6 I haue chosen the way of trueth I haue layde thy iudgementes before me 7 I haue stuck fast vnto thy testimonies O God confounde me not 8 I wyll runne the way of thy commaundementes when thou shalt set my heart at libertie He 1 TEache me O God the way of thy statutes and I wyll kepe it vnto the ende 2 Geue me vnderstanding I wil kepe thy law yea I wyll kepe it with my whole heart 3 Leade me in the path of thy cōmaundementes for therin is my delyght 4 Encline myne heart vnto thy testimonies and not to couetousnesse 5 Turne away myne eyes lest they beholde vanitie cause me to lyue in thy way 6 Make thy worde more euident vnto thy seruaunt who is geuen to thy feare 7 Take away the reproche that I am afraide of for thy iudgemētes are good 8 Behold I haue coueted after thy commaundementes cause me to lyue in thy ryghteousnesse Va◠1 LEt thy louing mercie also come vnto me O God euen thy saluation accordyng to thy worde ◠And I shall aunswere to hym that layeth thy worde to me for a reproche for in thy worde I haue put my trust 3 Take not the worde of trueth vtterly out of my mouth for my hope is in thy iudgementes 4 And I wyll alway kepe thy lawe yea for euer and euer 5 And I wyll walke in a large scope for I seke thy commaundementes 6 I wyll also speake of thy testimonies before kinges I will not be ashamed 7 And my delyght shal be in thy commaundementes which I haue loued 8 And I wyll lyft vp my handes vnto thy commaundementes which I haue loued my study shal be in thy statutes Zain 1 BE myndfull of thy promise made vnto thy seruaunt wherin thou hast caused me to put my trust 2 That same is my comfort in my affliction for thy worde maketh me to lyue 3 The proude haue had me exceedingly in derision yet I haue not shrinked from thy lawe 4 For I called to remembraunce thy iudgementes from the begynnyng of the worlde O God and so I comforted my selfe 5 An extreme vnnaturall heat hath assayled me because of the vngodly who transgresse thy lawe 6 Thy statutes haue ben my songes in the house of my pilgrimages 7 I haue thought vpon thy name O God in the nyght season and I haue kept thy lawe 8 This came to passe for me because I kept thy commaundementes Heth 1 THou art my portion O God I haue purposed to kepe thy lawe 2 I made myne humble petition to thy face with my whole heart be mercifull vnto me according vnto thy word 3 I haue considered mine owne wayes and I haue turned my feete vnto thy testimonies 4 I made haste and I made no delay for to kepe thy commaundementes 5 The vngodly haue tangled me in their snares but I haue not forgotten thy lawe 6 I wyll ryse at midnight to confesse me vnto thee because of thy ryghteous iudgementes 7 I am a companion of all them that feare thee and kepe thy commaundementes 8 The earth O God is replenished with thy louyng kyndnesse O teache me thy statutes Teth 1 O God thou hast dealt gratiouslye with thy seruaunt according vnto thy worde 2 Learne me the good taste cunning for I haue beleued thy commaundementes 3 Before I felt affliction I swarued out of the way but nowe I kepe thy word 4 Thou art good and beneficiall teache me thy statutes 5 The proude haue forged a false tale agaynst me but I wyll kepe thy commaundementes with my
earth shal be left waste and the fieldes thereof shall waxe olde and her wayes and all her pathes shall growe full of thornes because no man shall trauayle there through 34 The virgins shall mourne hauing no bridegromes the women shall make lamentation hauing no husbandes their daughters shal mourne hauing no helpers 35 In the warres shall their bridegromes be destroyed their husbandes shall perish of hunger 36 But ye seruauntes of the Lord heare these thinges and marke them 37 Behold the worde of the Lorde O receaue it beleue not the gods of whom the Lorde spake 38 Behold the plagues drawe nie and are not slacke in tarying 39 Like as a trauayling woman whiche in the nynth moneth bringeth foorth a sonne when the houre of the byrth is come an houre two or three afore that the paynes come vpon her body when the childe commeth to the byrth they tary not the twinckling of an eye 40 Euen so shall not the plagues be slacke to come vpon the earth and the worlde shall mourne and sorowes shall come vpon it on euery side 41 O my people heare my worde make you redy to the battayl and in al euill be euen as pilgrimes vpon earth 42 He that selleth let him be as he that fleeth his way and he that biâ—th as one that will leese 43 Who so occupieth marchaundise as he that winneth not and he that buyldeth as he that shall not dwell therin 44 He that soweth as one that shall not reape he that cutteth the vineyarde as he that shall not gather the grapes 45 They that mary as they that shall get no children and they that mary not as the widdowes 46 And therfore they that labour labour in vayne 47 For straungers shall reape their fruites and spoyle their goodes ouerthrough their houses and take their children captiue for in captiuitie and hunger shall they get children 48 And they that occupie their marchaundise with robberie the more they decke their cities their houses their possessions and their owne persons 49 The more will I punishe them for their sinnes sayth the Lorde 50 Like as an whore enuieth an honest and vertuous woman 51 So shal righteousnesse hate iniquitie when she decketh her selfe and shall accuse her to her face when he commeth that shall bridle the auctour of all sinne vpon earth 52 And therfore be not ye like therevnto nor to the workes therof 53 For or euer it be long iniquite shal be taken away out of the earth and righteousnesse shall raigne among you 54 Let not the sinner say that he hath not sinned for coles of fire shall burne vpon his head which sayth Before the Lord God and his glorie I haue not sinned 55 Beholde the Lorde knoweth all the workes of men their imaginations their thoughtes and their heartes 56 For he spake but the worde Let the earth be made and it was made Let the heauen be made and it was created 57 In his worde were the starres made and he knoweth the number of them 58 He searcheth the grounde of the deepe and the treasures therof he hath measured the sea and what it conteyneth 59 He hath shut the sea in the middest of the waters and with his worde hath he hanged the earth vpon the waters 60 He spreadeth out the heauen like a vaut vpon the waters hath he founded it 61 In the desert and drye wildernesse hath he made springes of water and pooles vpon the top of the mountaynes that the fluddes might poure downe from the stony rockes to water the earth 62 He made man and put his heart in the middes of the body gaue him breath life and vnderstanding 63 Yea and the spirite of the almightie God which made all thinges and hath searched the ground of al the secretes of the earth 64 He knoweth your imaginations and inuentions and what ye thincke when ye sinne and woulde hyde your sinnes 65 Therfore hath the Lorde searched and sought out all your workes and he shall bewray you all 66 And when your sinnes are brought foorth ye shal be ashamed before men and your owne sinne shal be your accusers in that day 67 What will ye do Or how will ye hyde your sinnes before God and his angels 68 Behold God him selfe is y e iudge feare him leaue of from your sinnes and forget your vnrighteousnesses and meddle no more with them so shall God leade you foorth and deliuer you from al trouble 69 For beholde the heate of a great multitude is kindled ouer you and they shal take away certayne of you and shal slay for meate to the idols 70 And they that consent vnto them shal be had in derision laughed to scorne and troden vnder foote 71 For there shal be in euery place and in the next cities a great insurrection vpon those that feare the Lorde 72 They shall be like mad men they shal spare no man they shall spoyle and wast such as yet feare the Lorde 73 For their goods shall they take from them and shut them out of their houses 74 Then shall it be knowen who are my chosen and they shal be tryed as the golde in the fire 75 Heare O ye my beloued sayth the Lorde behold the dayes of trouble are at hande but I will deliuer you from the same 76 Be not ye afrayde dispaire not for God is your captayne 77 Who so kepeth my commaundementes and preceptes sayth the Lorde God let not your sinnes waygh you downe and let not your vnrighteousnesse be lift vp 78 Wo be vnto them that are bound with their sinnes and couered with their wickednesse lyke as a fielde is hedged in with bushes and the path therof couered with thornes that no man may trauayle through it is shut vp and is cast into the fire for euer to be consumed therewith The ende of the fourth booke of Esdras The booke of Tobias The firste Chapter 1 Tobias parentage 3 His golines 6 His equitie 8 His charitie and prosperitie 23 He fleeth and his goodes are confiscate 25 and after restored 1 TObias was of the tribe citie of Nepthali which lyeth in the hye countreys of Galilee aboue Naasson beside y e way that leadeth to the west hauyng the citie of Sephet vpon the left side 2 Though he was taken prisoner in the dayes of Salmanasar king of the Assyrians neuerthelesse beyng in captiuitie he forsoke not the way of trueth 3 In so much that whatsoeuer he might get he parted it dayly with his felowe prisoners and brethren that were of his kinred 4 And though he were younger then al in the tribe of Nephthali yet did not he behaue him selfe childyshly in his workes 5 And when all the other went to the golden calues whiche Ieroboam the king of Israel had made he alone fled al their companies 6 And gat him to Hierusalem vnto the temple of the Lorde and there worshipped the Lord God of Israel faythfully offering of al his first
a glad man shewe hym her secretes and heape vpon him the treasures of knowledge vnderstandyng of righteousnes 19 But yf he go wrong she shall forsake hym geue hym ouer into the handes of destruction and ruine 20 My sonne make much of the tyme eschewe the thyng that is euyll 21 And for thy lyfe shame not to say the trueth For there is a shame that bryngeth sinne and there is a shame that bryngeth worshyp and fauour 22 Accept no person after thyne owne wyll that thou be not confounded to thyne owne decay Be not ashamed of thy neyghbour in his aduersitie 23 And kepe not backe thy counsayle when it may do good neither hyde thy wisdome in her beautie 24 For in the tongue is wisdome knowē so is vnderstandyng knowledge and learnyng in the talkyng of the wise and stedfastnesse in the workes of ryghteousnesse 25 In no wise speake agaynst the worde of trueth but be ashamed of the lyes of thyne owne ignoraunce 26 Shame not to confesse thyne errour and resist not the course of the riuer 27 And submit not thy selfe vnto a foolishe man neither accept the person of the mightie 28 And striue thou not agaynst the streame But for ryghteousnesse take paynes with all thy soule and for the trueth striue thou vnto death and God shall fyght for thee agaynst thyne enemies 29 Be not hasty in thy tongue neither slacke and negligent in thy workes 30 Be not as a lion in thyne owne house destroying thy housholde folkes and oppressyng them that are vnder thee 31 Let not thyne hande be stretched out to receaue and shut when thou shouldest geue The .v. Chapter 1 In riches may we not put any confidence 7 The vengeaunce of God ought to be feared and repentaunce may not be deferred 1 TRust not vnto thy riches say not tushe I haue inough for my lyfe for it shall not helpe in the tyme of vengeaunce and temptation 2 Folowe not the lust of thyne owne heart in thy strength 3 And say not tushe howe haue I had strength or who wyll bryng me vnder because of my workes For doubtlesse God shall auenge it 4 And say not I haue sinned and what euyll hath happened me For the almightie is a patient rewarder 5 Because thy sinne is forgeuen thee be not therfore without feare neither heape one sinne vpon another 6 And say not tushe the mercie of the Lorde is great he shall forgeue me my sinnes be they neuer so many For lyke as he is mercifull so goeth wrath from hym also and his indignation commeth downe vpon sinners 7 Make no tarying to turne vnto the Lorde and put not of from day to day for sodenly shall his wrath come and in the tyme of vengeaunce he shall destroy thee 8 Trust not in wicked riches for they shall not helpe thee in the day of punishment and wrath 9 Be not caried about with euery winde and go not into euery way for so doth the sinner that hath a double tongue 10 Stande fast in the way of the Lorde be stedfast in thy vnderstandyng abyde by the worde and folowe the worde of peace and righteousnesse 11 Be gentle to heare the worde of God that thou mayest vnderstande it and make a true aunswere with wisdome 12 Be swyft to heare but slowe and pacient in geuing aunswere 13 If thou hast vnderstanding shape thy neighbour an aunswere yf no laye thy hande vpon thy mouth lest thou be trapped in an vndiscreete word and so confounded 14 Honour and shame is in the talke but the tongue of the vndiscrete is his owne destruction 15 Be not a priuy accuser as long as thou lyuest and vse no slaunder with thy tongue For shame sorowe goeth ouer the thiefe and an euyll name ouer him that is double tongued but he that is a priuy accuser of other men shal be hated enuied and confounded 16 Do not rashly neither in great nor small The .vj. Chapter 1 It is the propertie of a sinner to be euyll tongued 6 Of friendship 33 Desire to be taught 1 BE not of a friende an enemie for such a man getteth an euyll name shame and rebuke and whosoeuer beareth enuie a double tongue offendeth 2 Be not proude in the deuice of thine owne vnderstanding lest thy soule rent thee as a bull 3 And lest thy leaues wyther and thy fruite be destroyed and so thou be left as a drye tree in the wildernesse 4 For a wicked soule destroyeth hym that hath it maketh him to be laughed to scorne of his enemies and bryngeth him to the portion of the vngodly 5 A sweete worde multiplieth friendes pacifieth them that be at variaunce and a thankfull tongue wyll be plenteous in a good man 6 Holde friendship with many neuerthelesse haue but one counsellour of a thousande 7 If thou gettest a friende proue him first and be not hastye to geue him credence 8 For some man is a friende but for his owne turne and wyll not abyde in the day of trouble 9 And there is some friend that turneth to enimitie and taketh part agaynst thee and if he knowe any hurt by thee he telleth it out 10 Agayne some friende is but a companion at the table and in the day of neede he continueth not 11 But in thy prosperitie he wyll be as thou thy selfe and deale playnly with thy housholde folke 12 If thou be brought lowe he wyll be agaynst thee and wyll be hidden from thy face 13 Depart from thyne enemies yea and beware of thy friendes 14 A faythfull friende is a strong defence who so findeth such one fyndeth a treasure 15 A faythfull friende hath no peare the wayght of golde and siluer is not to be compared to the goodnesse of his fayth 16 A faythfull friende is a medicine of lyfe and immortalitie and they that feare the Lorde shall fynde hym 17 Who so feareth the Lorde shall prosper with friendes and as he is hym selfe so shall his friende be also 18 My sonne receaue doctrine from thy youth vp so shalt thou fynde wisdome tyll thou be olde 19 Go to her as one that ploweth and soweth and wayte patiently for her good fruites For thou shalt haue but litle labour in her worke but thou shalt eate of her fruites ryght soone 20 O howe exceeding sharpe is wisdome to vnlearned men an vnstedfast body wyll not remayne in her 21 Vnto such she is as it were a touchestone and he casteth her from him in all the haste 22 For wisdome is with him but in name there be but fewe that haue knowledge of her 23 But with them that knowe her she abideth euen vnto the appearyng of God 24 Geue eare my sonne receaue my doctrine and refuse not my counsayle 25 Put thy foote into her lynckes and take her yoke vpon thy necke 26 Bowe downe thy shoulder vnder her beare her patiently and be not weery
that his workes might be knowen vpon the earth vnder the heauen 16 His mercie is knowen to all creatures he hath seperated his light from the darkenesse with an adamant 17 Say not thou I wyll hide my selfe from God for who wyll thinke vpon me from aboue I shall not be knowen in so great an heape of people for what is my soule among so many creatures 18 Beholde the heauen yea the heauen of heauens of God the deepe the earth and all that therein is shal be moued at his presence 19 The mountaynes the hilles and the foundations of the earth shall shake for feare when God visiteth them 20 These thinges doth no heart vnderstand worthyly but he vnderstandeth euery heart 21 And who vnderstandeth his wayes No man seeth his stormes and the most part of his workes are secrete 22 Who wyll declare the workes of his righteousnesse or who shal be able to abide them For the couenaunt is farre from some and trying out of men is in the ende 23 He that is humble of heart thinketh vpon such thinges but an vnwyse and erronious man casteth his minde vnto foolishe thinges 24 My sonne hearken thou vnto me and learne vnderstanding and marke my wordes with thyne heart I wyll geue thee a sure doctrine and plainely shall I instruct thee 25 Marke my wordes then in thyne heart for in righteousnesse of the spirite do I speake of the wonders that God hath shewed among his workes from the beginning in the trueth do I shew the knowledge of him 26 God hath set his workes in good order from the beginning part of them hath he sundred from the other 27 He hath garnished his workes from euerlasting and their beginninges according to their generations they are not hungrie nor weeried in their labours nor ceasse from their offices 28 None of them hindred another neitheir was any of them disobedient vnto his wordes 29 After this God loked vpon the earth and filled it with his goodnesse 30 With all maner of liuing beastes hath he couered the grounde and they all shal be turned vnto earth againe ¶ The .xvii. Chapter 1 The creation of man and the goodnesse that God hath done vnto him 20 Of almes 26 and repentaunce 1 GOd shaped man of the earth made him after his owne image and turned him vnto earth againe and cloathed him with his owne strength 2 He gaue him the number of dayes and certaine time yea and gaue him power of the thinges that are vpon earth 3 He made all fleshe to stand in awe of him so that he had the dominion of all beastes and foules 4 He made out of him an helper lyke vnto to him selfe gaue them discretion and tongue eyes and eares and a heart to vnderstande 5 He gaue them a spirite and a speache to declare his workes filled them with instruction and vnderstanding 6 He created for them also the knowledge of the spirite filled their heartes with vnderstanding and shewed them good and euill 7 He set his eye vpon their heartes declaring vnto them his great and noble workes 8 That they should prayse his holy name together reioyce of his wonders and be telling of his noble actes 9 Beside this he gaue them instruction and the lawe of life for an heritage that they might now know that they were mortall 10 He made an euerlasting couenaunt with them and shewed them his righteousnesse and iudgementes 11 They sawe the maiestie of his glorie with their eyes and their eares heard the maiestie of his voyce and he saide vnto them beware of all vnrighteous thinges 12 He gaue euery man also a cōmaundement concerning his neighbour 13 Their wayes are euer before him and are not hid from his eyes 14 Euery man from his youth is geuen to euill and their stony heartes can not become fleshe 15 He hath set a ruler vpon euery people but Israel is the Lordes portion 16 Whom he nourisheth with discipline as his first borne and geueth him most louing light and doth not forsake him 17 All their workes are as the sunne in the sight of God his eyes are alway looking vpon their wayes 18 All their vnrighteousnesses are manifest vnto him and al their wickednesses are open in his sight 19 And as he is mercifull and knoweth his worke he doth not leaue them nor forsake them but spareth them 20 The mercie that a man sheweth is as a seale with him and the grace that is geuen to man preserueth him as the apple of an eye and geueth repentaunce to their sonnes and daughters 21 At the last shall he awake and reward euery man vpon his head shall turne them together into the neathermost partes of the earth 22 But vnto them that wyll repent he hath geuen the way of righteousnesse As for such as be weake he comforteth them suffereth them and sendeth them the portion of the veritie 23 O turne then vnto the Lorde forsake thy sinnes make thy prayer before the Lorde do the lesse offence 24 Turne againe vnto the Lorde for he wyll bring thee from darkenesse vnto holsome light forsake thyne vnrighteousnesse be an vtter enemie to abhomination 25 Learne to know the righteousnesse and iudgementes of God stand in the portion that is set foorth for thee and in the prayer of the most hye God 26 Go in the portion of the holy worlde with such as be lyuing geue thankes vnto God 27 Who wil prayse the Lorde in the hel abide not thou in y e errour of the vngodlie but geue him thankes before death 28 As for the dead thankfulnes perisheth from him as nothing Geue thou thankes in thy lyfe yea whyle thou art lyuing and whole shalt thou geue thankes and prayse God and reioyce in his mercie 29 O how great is the louing kindnesse of the Lorde and his mercifull goodnes vnto such as turne vnto him 30 For all thinges may not be in man and why the sonne of man is not immortal and he hath pleasure in the vanitie of wickednesse 31 What is more cleare then the sonne yet shall it fayle 32 Or what is more wicked then the thyng that fleshe and blood hath imagined and that same shal be reproued 33 The Lorde seeth the power of the hye heauen and al are but earth and asshes The .xviii. Chapter 1 The marueylous workes of God 6 The miserie and wretchednes of man 9 Against God ought we not to complaine 21 The perfourming of vowes 1 HE that lyueth for euermore made al thinges together God onely is righteous and there is none other but he and remaineth a victorious king for euer 2 He ordereth the worlde with the power of his hande and all thinges obey his wyl for he gouerneth all thinges by his power and deuideth the holy thinges from the prophane 3 Who shal be able to expresse the workes of him who wyll seeke out the grounde of his
Legales as it were where christes lawes be expressed and conteyneth 4. bokes or Gospelles Matthaewe Who principally treateth of the actes of Christe of his humanitie of his death resurrection and assention Chapters 28. Marke Wherin chiefly is treated the fortitude of Christe and doth repeate most thinges of Matthewe Chapters 16. Luke Which speaketh chiefly of the annunciation of the blessed virgin and Christes actes death and resurrection Chapters 24. Iohn In whom Christes diuinitie is chiefly shewed and other actes of his diuine power Chapters 21. Historical shewyng the actes deedes of y e Apostles and is one booke Act. of Apo. Wherin S. Luke declareth the sendyng of the holy ghost after his visible assention into heauen of the actes of the Apostles especially of Paul wherin is also set out as it were the young age of the Churche in her first grouth Chapters 28. SapieÌ„tial be named these wherin the wisdome of Christ is expressed by examples preceptes of godly lyuing geuen by his Apostles be bookes 21. Romanes Wherin Paul doth reuoke the Romanes from the errours of the Gentiles declaryng the order of their iustification what shoulde proceede and what should folowe their iustification Chapters 16. Corinth 1 Wherin he doth call backe some that were deceaued of false Apostles Philosophers by their eloquence some which were deceaued by the iudaicall obseruation of the lawe he calleth them backe to true faith and to the wisdome of God Chapters 16. 2 Wherin Paul vpon their conuersion and repentaunce prayseth and comforteth them Chapters 13. Galath Wherin Paul calleth home agayne such as were deceaued by false prophetes that they shoulde returne backe to the lawe and to their ceremonies and wylleth them to come agayne to the true faith of the Gospell Chapters 6. Ephesians Wherin the Apostle prayseth the Ephesians which did persist constantly in the faith of the Gospell receaued Chapters 6. Philippians Wherin the Apostle prayseth the Philippians for that after they had receaued the worde of trueth they did not receaue the false Apostles Chapters 4. Colossians Wherin Paul blameth the Colossians for that they were reduced by the false Apostles and exhorteth them to returne to the veritie of the Gospell Chapters 4. Thessalonians 1 Wherin he doth commende the Thessalonians which receauyng the worde of trueth though they suffered persecution of their owne kinrede yet they did persist in the faith nor woulde receaue the false Apostles Chapters 5. 2 Wherin the Apostle instructeth them of the last tymes of the commyng and of the persecution of antechrist of his aduauncement and ouerthrowe Chapters 3. Timoth. 1 Wherin Paul instructeth him of the order and office of Bishops and Deacons and of all ecclesiasticall discipline Chapters 6. 2 Wherin Paul doth exhort him to the crowne of martirdome and doth infourme him of all the rules of the catholike veritie and what shal be done in the last dayes and of his owne sufferyng Chapters 4. Legales also Titus Wherin Paul doth instruct Titus his disciple of the constitutyng and ordering of priestes or elders of all spirituall conuersation and of the eschewing of heretikes Chapters 3. Philemon Wherin the Apostle commendeth Philemon of his faith to Christe and of his charitie to the godly and he prayeth him to deale gentlye with Onesimus his seruaunt and to entertayne him friendly Chapter 1. Hebre. Wherin the Apostle sheweth the weakenesse and the abolishment of Moyses lawe and the perfection of the doctrine of the Gospell and that Christ is true God and man and a mediatour betweene God and man Chapters 13. Iames. Wherin Iames geueth exhortation vnto patient sufferyng and that there is no exception of persons before God and doth also open the hurtes that come by an euyl tongue he forbiddeth warres and discentions he rebuketh the riche that be vncharitable and doth stirre men to vertue Chap. 5. Peter 1 Wherin Peter geueth thankes vnto God which by the death of his sonne did mercifully saue all mankinde and doth instruct to good life diuers states of men Chapters 5. 2 In which the Apostle induceth the beleuers to holde the true faith he doth note and condempne the falsenesse of heretikes and doth describe the seconde commyng of Christe Chapters 3. Iohn 1 In which saint Iohn doth testifie of the worde of trueth and life exhortyng men to confesse their sinnes affirmyng that we haue Iesus Christe an aduocate with the father disswadyng men from the loue of the worlde and perswadyng them to loue God and their neighbours Chapters 5. 2 Wherin he commendeth the elect Lady and her sonnes and doth exhorte them to brotherly loue and doth admonishe them to eschewe heretikes Chapter 1. 3 In this he prayseth the godlinesse of his beloued Gaius which he extended vnto straungers and he doth exhort him to perseuer styll in that godlinesse and well doyng Chapter 1. Iude. In the which the Apostle doth admonishe all men of their owne saluation and he doth bryng in by the way the altercation that was betwixt Michael and the deuyll and doth detest the life of the heretikes Chapter 1. Propheticall Apoca. Which treateth of reuelations shewed vnto Iohn by an angell in the Isle of Pathmos of the tribulations which the Churche of Christe did then suffer prophecieth also of such tribulations which the Church shall suffer hereafter especialy in the time of antechrist and of the punishmentes of them which be dampned and of the rewardes of the elect Chapters 22. ¶ Faultes escaped In the first prologue pag. 3. line 26. destoyed reade destroyed 27. line neither the reade neither by the. In Matthewe chap. 26. vearse .71 reade this felowe In the actes chap. 13. vearse .4 they sealed reade they sayled Chap. 15. vearse .3 conuersation reade conuertion Romanes chap. 11. vearse .9 in the margent write Psal 68. Colossians chap. 3. vearse .16 the worde of God reade the worde of Christ Hebrues chap. 1. vearse .8 righteousnesse reade rightnesse HEre is to be noted that such partes and chapters which be marked and noted with such semy circles at the head of the vearse or line with such other texts may be left vnread in the publique reading to the people that therby other chapters and places of the scripture makyng more to their edification and capacitie may come in their roomes And here let the minister of Christ and dispenser of the misteries of God haue a due and weightie consideration to reade this hie treasure of Gods worde with all reuerence and grauitie truely distinctly and sensibly for it is the mightie power of God to saluâ—tion to euery one that beleueth So let the hearers also with all mekenesse and lowlinesse receaue this worde that is thus grafted and grounded amongst them by the great mercie of God which worde is able to saue their soules saith the holy Apostle saint Iames. For as both the reader and hearer be pronounced blessed by Christes owne mouth who heare the worde of God and do fulfyll it
was thirtie yere olde when he stoode before Pharao king of Egypt And Ioseph departyng from the presence of Pharao went throughout all the lande of Egypt 47 And in the seuen plenteous yeres the earth brought foorth great store for to lay vp 48 And he gathered vp all the foode of the seuen plenteous yeres which were in the lande of Egypt and layed vp the foode in the cities the foode of the fieldes that grew rounde about euery citie layed he vp in the same 49 And Ioseph layed vp corne in store lyke vnto the sande of the sea in multitude out of measure vntyll he left numbryng for it was without number 50 And vnto Ioseph were borne two sonnes before the yeres of famine came which Asnath the daughter of Potipherah priest of On bare vnto hym 51 And Ioseph called the name of the first sonne Manasse for God sayde he hath made me forget al my labour and all my fathers housholde 52 The name of the seconde called he Ephraim for God sayd he hath caused me to be fruitefull in the lande of my trouble 53 And when the seuen yeres of plenteousnesse that was in the land of Egypt were ended 54 Then came the seuen yeres of dearth according as Ioseph had sayde and the dearth was in all landes but in all the lande of Egypt was there yet foode 55 And when the lande of Egypt also began to hunger the people cryed to Pharao for bread And Pharao sayde vnto al the Egyptians go vnto Ioseph and what he sayeth to you that do 56 And the dearth was throughout all the lande and Ioseph opened all the barnes wherein was corne and solde vnto the Egyptians for the famine waxed sore in the lande of Egypt 57 And all countreys came into Egypt to Ioseph for to bye corne because that the famine was so sore in all landes ¶ The .xlij. Chapter 1 Iacob sendeth his sonnes into Egypt to bye foode 7 Ioseph agnised his brethren 9 They are tempted of him 17 They be thrust into pryson 21 The brethren of Ioseph do submit them selues as knowledgyng their offences 24 Ioseph weepeth Simeon is committed to warde 29 They returne to their father to fetch Beniamin 35 They finde money in the mouth of their sackes 38 Iacob wyll not deliuer Beniamin 1 AND Iacob seing that there was corne in Egypt sayde vnto his sonnes why gape ye one vpon another 2 And he said behold I haue hearde that there is corne in Egypt get you downe thyther and bye vs corne from thence that we may liue and not dye 3 So went Iosephes ten brethren downe to bye corne in Egypt 4 But Beniamin Iosephes brother woulde not Iacob sende with his other brethren for he saide lest peraduenture destruction come vpon hym 3 And the sonnes of Irael came to bye corne among other that came for there was dearth in the lande of Chanaan 6 And Ioseph was gouernour in the lande and solde to all the people of the lande And Iosephes brethren came and bowed them selues with theyr faces downe to the grounde before him 7 When Ioseph sawe his brethren he knewe them and made hym selfe straunge vnto them spake roughly vnto them saying Whence come ye They aunswered out of the lande of Chanaan to bye vitayle 8 And Ioseph knewe his brethren but they knewe not him 9 And Ioseph remembred his dreames whiche he dreamed of them and sayde vnto them ye are spyes and to see where the lande is weake is your commyng 10 And they sayde vnto hym nay my Lord but to bye vitayle thy seruauntes are come 11 We are all one mans sonnes and meane truely and thy seruauntes are no spyes 12 And he sayde vnto them agayne nay but euen to see where the lande is weake is your comming 13 And they said we thy seruauntes are twelue brethren the sonnes of one man in the lande of Chanaan and beholde the youngest is this day with our father one no man woteth where he is 14 And Ioseph saide vnto them that is it that I spake vnto you when I sayd ye are spyes 15 Hereby ye shal be proued by the lyfe of Pharao ye shall not go hence except your youngest brother come hither 16 Sende out one of you whiche may fet your brother and ye shal be kept in pryson that your wordes may be proued whether there be any trueth in you or els by the lyfe of Pharao ye are but spyes 17 And he put them altogether in warde three dayes 18 And Ioseph said vnto them the thirde day this do liue for I feare God 19 If ye be true men let one of your brethren be bonde in the house of your pryson and go ye carry corne to put away the famine from your housholde 20 But bryng your youngest brother vnto me and so shal your wordes be tryed true and ye shall not dye they dyd so 21 And one sayde to another we haue veryly sinned agaynst our brother in that we sawe the anguishe of his soule when he besought vs and we woulde not heare him and therfore is this trouble come vpon vs. 22 And Ruben aunswered them saying sayd I not vnto you that you shoulde not sinne against the lad and ye would not heare and see nowe his blood is required 23 They were not aware that Ioseph vnderstoode them for he spake vnto them by an interpreter 24 And he turned from them and wept and turned to them agayne and communed with them and toke out Simeon from amongest them and bounde him before theyr eyes 25 And Ioseph commaunded to fill their sackes with corne to put euery mans money in his sacke and to geue them vitayle to spende by the way and thus dyd he vnto them 26 And they laded theyr asses with the corne and departed thence 27 And as one of them opened his sacke for to geue his asse prouender in the Inne he espied his money for it was in his sackes mouth 28 And he said vnto his brethren my money is restored me agayne for lo it is euen in my sacke And their heart fayled them and they were astonyed and sayd one to another why hath God dealt thus with vs 29 And they came vnto Iacob their father vnto the lande of Chanaan tolde him all that befell vnto them saying 30 The man euen the Lord of the lande spake roughly to vs and toke vs for spyes of the countrey 31 And we sayd vnto him we meane truely we neuer were spyes 32 We be twelue brethren sonnes of our father one is away and the youngest is this day with our father in the lande of Chanaan 33 And the Lorde of the countrey sayde agayne vnto vs Hereby shall I know that ye meane truely leaue one of your brethren here with me and take foode to put away the famine
froÌ„ your householdes and get you away 34 And bring your youngest brother vnto me that I may knowe that you are no spyes but meane truely so wyll I deliuer you your brother and ye shall occupie in the lande 35 And as they emptied theyr sackes beholde euery mans bundell of money was in his sacke And when both they and their father sawe the bundelles of money they were afrayde 36 And Iacob theyr father sayde vnto them Me haue ye robbed of my children Ioseph is away and Simeon is away ye will take Beniamin away all these thinges are agaynst me 37 Ruben said vnto his father slay my two sonnes yf I bring hym not to thee agayne deliuer him to my hande and I will bring him to thee agayne 38 And he said My sonne shall not go downe with you for his brother is dead and he is left alone if destruction come vpon hym by the way whiche ye go ye shall bring my gray head with sorowe vnto the graue ¶ The .xliij. Chapter 1 The brethren of Ioseph are sent backe with Beniamin and gyftes 6 The troubles of Iacob 16 Ioseph commaundeth a banket to be made redy for his brethren in his house 23 Simeon is brought out of pryson 24 The feete of Iosephs brethren be washed 30 Ioseph weepeth 32 His brethren do eate with him It is vnlawfull for the Egyptians to eate with the Hebrewes 1 AND the dearth was great in the lande 2 And it came to passe when they had eaten vp the corne which they had brought out of the lande of Egypt theyr father sayde vnto them go agayne and bye vs a litle foode 3 Iuda aunswered him and sayd The man did solemply protest vnto vs saying ye shall not see my face except your brother be with you 4 If thou wylt sende our brother with vs we wyll go downe and bye thee foode 5 But yf thou wylt not sende hym we wyll not go downe for the man sayde vnto vs ye shall not see my face except your brother be with you 6 And Israel sayd wherefore dealt ye so cruelly with me as to tell the man that ye had yet a brother 7 They aunswered The man asked vs straytely of our state and of our kinrede saying Is your father yet aliue haue ye not another brother And we tolde hym accordyng to the tenour of these wordes Could we by any meane knowe that he would say bryng your brother downe with you 8 TheÌ„ said Iuda vnto Israel his father send the lad with me that we may arise and go and that we may liue not dye yea both we thou also our meany 9 I wylbe sureâ—ie for hym of my handes shalt thou require hym yf I bryng hym not to thee agayne and set him before thine eyes then let me beare the blame for euer 01 Truely except we had made this tarying by this we had returned the seconde tyme. 11 And their father Israel sayde vnto them if it must nedes be so nowe then do thus Take of the best fruites of the lande in your vesselles and bryng y e man a present a curtsie of bawme and a curtsie of hony spyces and mirre nuttes and almondes 12 And take double money in your hande the money that was brought agayne in your sackes take it agayne with you peraduenture it was some ouersight 13 Take also your brother with you and arise and go agayne vnto the man 14 And God almightie geue you mercye in the sight of the man that he may deliuer you your other brother this Beniamin and thus I am as one that is quite robbed of his chyldren 15 Thus toke they the present and twyse so muche more money in their hande with Beniamin and rose vp and went downe to Egypt stode before Ioseph 16 When Ioseph sawe Beniamin with them he sayd to the ruler of his house bryng these men home and slay and make redy for these men shall dyne with me at noone 17 And the man did as Ioseph bad and brought them into Iosephes house 18 When the men were brought into Iosephes house they were afrayde and said because of the money that came in our sackes mouthes at the first tyme are we brought in that he may seeke occasion agaynst vs and violently lay handes vpon vs to bryng vs in bondage and our asses also 19 Therefore came they to the man that was the ruler ouer Iosephes house and communed with him at the doore of the house 20 And sayde oh sir we came downe hyther at the fyrst tyme to bye foode 21 And as we came to an Inne we opened our sackes and behold euery mans money was in the mouth of his sacke euen our money in ful wayght and we haue brought it againe in our hande 22 And other money haue we brought also in our handes to bye foode but we can not tell who put our money in our sackes 23 And he sayd peace be vnto you feare not your God and the God of your father hath geuen you that treasure in your sackes I had your money And he brought Simeon out to them 24 And the man led them into Iosephes house and gaue them water to washe their feete gaue their asses prouender 25 And they made redy their present agaynst Ioseph came at noone for they hearde say that they should eate bread there 26 When Ioseph came home they brought the present into the house to hym whiche was in their handes and bowed them selues to the grounde before him 27 And he asked them of their welfare and sayd Is your father that old man whiche ye tolde me of in good health and is he yet aliue 28 They aunswered Thy seruaunt our father is in good health is yet alyue And they bowing them selues made theyr obeysaunce 29 And he lifting vp his eyes behelde his brother Beniamin his mothers sonne and sayd is this your younger brother of whom ye spake vnto me And he said God be mercyfull vnto thee my sonne 30 And Ioseph made haste for his heart did melt vpon his brother and sought where to weepe and entred into his chaumber and wept there 31 And he washed his face and came out and refrayned hym selfe and sayde set bread on the table 32 And they prepared for hym by hym selfe and for them by them selues and for the Egyptians which dyd eate with him by them selues because the Egyptians may not eate bread with the Hebrewes for that is an abhomination to the Egyptians 33 And they satte before hym the first borne according to his age the youngest according to his youth and the men merueyled among them selues 34 And he sent rewardes vnto them from before him selfe but Beniamins part was fiue times so muche as any of theirs and they dronke and were made mery with him ¶
my lorde king Dauid may lyue for euer 32 And king Dauid sayde Call me Sadoc the priest and Nathan the prophet and Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada And they came before the king 34 And let Sadoc the priest and Nathan the prophet annoynt him there king ouer Israel And blowe ye with trumpettes say God saue king Solomon 35 And then ye shall come vp after him that he may come and sit vpō my seate for he shal be king in my steade and I haue commaunded him to be captayne ouer Israel and Iuda 36 And Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada aunswered the king and sayde Amen And the Lord God of my lorde the king say so to 37 And as the Lorde hath ben with my lord the king euē so be he with Solomō also and make his seate greater then the seate of my lord king Dauids hath ben 38 And so Sadoc the priest and Nathan the prophet and Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada and the Cerethites and Phelethites went downe and set Solomon vpon king Dauids mule and brought him to Gihon 39 And Sadoc the priest toke an horne of oyle out of the tabernacle annoynted Solomon And they blew the trumpettes and al the people sayde God saue king Solomon 40 And all the people came vp after him pyping with pypes and reioysing greatly so that the earth rang with the sounde of them 41 And Adonia and al the ghestes that he had called vnto him hearde it euen as they had made an ende of eating And when Ioab hearde the sounde of the trumpet he sayde What meaneth this noyse and vprore in the citie 42 And as he yet spake beholde Ionathan the sonne of Abiathar the priest came and Adonia said vnto him Come in for thou art a valiant man and bringest good tydinges 43 And Ionathan aunswered and sayde to Adonia Veryly our lorde king Dauid hath made Solomon king 44 And the king hath sent with him Sadoc the priest and Nathan the prophet and Banaiah the sonne of Iehoiada the Cerethites and the Phelethites they haue set him vpō the kinges mule 45 And Sadoc the priest Nathan the prophete haue annoynted him king in Gihon And they came vp from thence reioyced that the citie did sounde againe And that is the noyse that ye haue hearde 46 And Solomon sitteth on the seate of the kingdome 47 And moreouer the kinges seruauntes came to blesse our lorde king Dauid saying God make the name of Solomō more honorable then thy name make his seate greater then thy seate And the king bowed him selfe vpon the bed 48 And thus sayd the king Blessed be the Lord God of Israel which hath made one to sit on my seate this day myne eye seyng it 49 And al the ghestes that were with Adonia were afrayde and rose vp went euery man his way 50 And Adonia fearing the presence of Solomon arose and went and caught hold on the hornes of the aulter 51 And one tolde Solomon saying Behold Adonia feareth king Solomon for lo he hath caught hold on the hornes of the aulter saying Let king Solomon sweare vnto me this day that he wil not slay his seruaunt with the sword 52 And Solomō said If he wil shew him selfe a worthy mā ther shal not an heer of hym fal to the earth But if wickednesse be founde in him he shall dye 53 And so king Solomon sent and they brought him from the aulter and he came and did obeysaunce vnto king Solomon And Solomon sayde vnto him Get thee to thyne house The .ii. Chapter 1 Dauid exhorteth Solomon and geueth charge as concerning Ioab Barzellai and Semei 10 The death of Dauid 17 Adonia asketh Abisag to wyfe 25 He is slayne 35 Sadoc was plased in Abiathars roome 1 THe dayes of Dauid drew me that he should dye he charged Solomon his sonne saying 2 I go the way of al the earth be thou strong therfore shewe thy selfe a man 3 Kepe thou the watch of the Lorde thy God that thou walke in his wayes and kepe his statutes and his preceptes his iudgementes and his testimonies euen as it is written in the lawe of Moyses that thou mayst prosper in all that thou doest and in euery thing that thou medlest withall 4 That the Lorde also may make good his worde which he spake vnto me saying If thy children take heede to their way that they walke before me in trueth with all their heartes with al their soules thou shalt not saith he be without a man on the seate of Israel 5 Moreouer thou wottest howe Ioab the sonne of Zaruia serued me and what he did to the two captaynes of the hoastes of Israel vnto Abner the sonne of Ner and vnto Amasa the sonne of Iether whom he slue and shed blood in time of peace euen as it had ben in warre put the blood of warre vpon his girdle that was about his loynes and in his shoes that were on his feete 6 Deale with him therefore according to thy wisdome and bring not his hoore head downe to the graue in peace 7 But shewe kindnes vnto the sonnes of Barzellai y e Gileadite that they may eate at thy table For they came to me whē I fled from Absalom thy brother 8 And behold thou hast with thee Semei the sonne of Gera the sonne of Iemini of Bahurim whiche cursed me with an horrible curse in the day when I went to Mahanaim But he came to meete me at Iordane I sware to him by the Lord saying I wil not slay thee with the sworde 9 But thou shalt not count him as vngiltie For thou art a man of wisdome and knowest what thou oughtest to do vnto him his hoore head shalt thou bring to the graue with blood 10 And so Dauid slept with his fathers and was buried in the citie of Dauid 11 And the dayes whiche Dauid raigned vpon Israel were fourtie yeres seuen yeres raigned he in Hebron thirtie and three yeres raigned he in Hierusalem 12 Then sate Solomon vpon the seate of Dauid his father and his kingdome was stablished mightyly 13 And Adonia the sonne of Haggith came to Bethsabe the mother of Solomon and she sayde Cōmest thou peaceably And he sayde peaceably 14 He sayde moreouer I haue somwhat to say vnto thee She sayd Say on 15 And he sayd Thou knowest that the kingdome was myne that all Israel set their faces on me that I shoulde raigne howbeit the kingdome is turned away and geuen to my brother for it is appoynted him of the Lorde 16 And nowe I aske a petition of thee deny me not And she sayde vnto him Say on 17 And he said Speake I pray thee vnto Solomō the king for he wil not say thee nay that he geue me Abisag the Sunamite to wyfe 18 And Bethsabe sayd Wel I wil speake for thee vnto the king 19 Bethsabe therfore went
cryed with a lowde voyce in the Iewes language and spake saying Heare the wordes of the great king euen of the king of Assyria 29 Thus sayth the king Let not Hezekia beguile you for he shal not be able to deliuer you out of myne hande 30 Neither let Hezekia make you to trust in the Lorde saying The Lorde shall surely deliuer vs this citie shall not be geuen ouer into the hande of the king of Assyria 31 Hearken not vnto Hezekia For thus sayth the king of Assyria Deale kindely with me and come out to me and then eate euery man of his owne vine and of his owne figge tree and drincke euery man of the water of his owne well 32 Till I come and fet you to as good a lande as yours is a lande of corne and wine a lande of bread and vineyardes a lande of oyle of olyue trees and of hony that ye may liue and not dye And hearken not vnto Hezekia for he beguileth you saying The Lorde shall deliuer vs. 33 Hath euery one of the gods of the nations deliuered his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria 34 Where is the god of Hamath of Arphad and where is the god of Sepharuaim Hena and Iua Dyd they deliuer Samaria out of myne hande 35 And what god is among al the gods of the nations that hath deliuered his land out of myne hande Shall the Lorde deliuer Hierusalem out of myne hande 36 But the people held their peace and aunswered not him a word for the king had commaunded saying Aunswere hym not 37 Then Eliakim the sonne of Helkia which was the steward of the houshold and Sobna the scribe Ioah the sonne of Asaph the recorder came to Hezekia with their clothes rent and tolde him the wordes of Rabsakeh The .xix. Chapter 6 God promiseth Isai victorie to Hezekia 35 The angel of the Lord killeth an hundreth and fourescore and fiue thousand men of the Assyrians 37 Sennacherib is killed of his owne sonnes 1 SO it came to passe that when king Hezekia hearde it he rent his clothes put on sacke came into the house of the Lorde 2 And sent Eliakim which was the steward of the houshold and Sobna the scribe and the elders of the priestes clothed in sacke to Isai the prophete the sonne of Amoz 3 And they sayd vnto him thus sayth Hezekia This day is a day of tribulation of rebuke and blasphemie For the children are come to the byrth and there is no strength to be deliuered 4 Peraduenture the Lorde thy God will heare al the wordes of Rabsakeh whō the king of Assyria his maister hath sent to rayle on the lyuing God to rebuke him with wordes which the Lorde thy God hath hearde And lift thou vp thy prayer for the remnaunt that are left 5 So the seruauntes of king Hezekia came to Isai 6 And Isai sayde vnto them So shall ye say to your maister Thus sayth the Lorde Be not afrayde of the wordes which thou hast heard with which the young men of the king of Assyria haue rayled on me 7 Beholde I will put hym in another mynde and he shall heare tydinges and so returne to his owne land and I will bring to passe that he shall fall vpon the sworde euen in his owne land 8 And Rabsakeh went backe againe and founde the king of Assyria fighting against Libna for he had hearde howe that he was departed from Lachis 9 And when he hearde men say of Thirhaka king of the blacke Mores Behold he is come out to fight against thee he departed and sent messengers vnto Hezekia saying 10 Thus speake to Hezekia king of Iuda saying Let not thy God deceaue thee in whom thou trustest saying Hierusalem shall not be deliuered into the hand of the king of Assyria 11 Beholde thou hast hearde what the kinges of Assyria haue done to all landes how they haue vtterly destroyed them And shalt thou escape 12 Haue the gods of the heathen deliuered them whiche myne auncestours haue destroyed As Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the children of Eden which were in Thelassar 13 Where is the king of Hamath and the king of Arphad the king of the citie of Sepharuaim and of Hena and Iua 14 And Hezekia receaued the letter of the hand of the messengers and read it And Hezekia went vp into the house of the Lorde and layde it abrode before the Lorde 15 And Hezekia prayed before the Lord and sayd O Lord God of Israel which dwellest betweene y e Cherubs thou art God alone ouer al the kingdomes of the earth thou hast made heauen earth 16 Lorde bowe downe thyne eare and heare Open Lorde thyne eyes I besech thee and see and heare the wordes of Sennacherib whiche hath sent this man to rayle on the lyuing God 17 Of a trueth Lorde the kinges of Assyria haue destroyed nations and their landes 18 And haue set fire on their gods For they were no gods but the worke of the handes of man euen of wood and stone and they destroyed them 19 Nowe therfore O Lord our God I besech thee saue thou vs out of his hande that all the kingdomes of the earth may knowe that thou onely art the Lorde God 20 And Isai the sonne of Amoz sent to Hezekia saying Thus sayth the Lorde God of Israel That whiche thou hast prayed me concerning Sennacherib king of Assyria I haue hearde it 21 This is therefore the worde that the Lorde hath sayd of him The virgin euen the daughter of Sion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorne O thou king of Assyria the daughter of Hierusalem hath shaken her head at thee 22 Whom hast thou rayled on and whom hast thou blasphemed Against whom hast thou exalted thy voyce and lyfted vp thyne eyes so hye Euen against the holy of Israel 23 By the hande of thy messengers thou hast rayled on the Lord and sayd With the multitude of my charets I am come vp to the toppes of the mountaynes euen along by the sides of Libanon and I will cut downe the hye Cedar trees and the lusty fyrre trees therof and I will go into the lodging of his borders and into the wood of his Carmel 24 I haue digged and druncke straunge waters with the steppe of my goyng wil I drye al the water pooles that are besieged 25 Hast thou not heard howe I haue ordeyned such a thing a great whyle ago and haue prepared it from the beginning And shall I not nowe bring it foorth that it may destroy and bring strong cities into wast heapes of stones 26 And the inhabiters of them shal be of litle power and faynt hearted and confounded and shal be lyke the grasse of the field or greene hearbe or as the hay on the toppes of the houses or as the corne that is vnripe smitten with blasting 27 I knowe thy dwelling thy comming out and thy
goyng in and thy fury against me 28 And because thou ragest against me thy tumult is come vp to myne eares I will put my hoke in thy nostrels and my byt in thy lippes and wil bring thee backe againe the same way thou camest 29 And this shal be a signe vnto thee O Hezekia Ye shall eate this yere of such thinges as grow of themselues and the next yere such as come vp of those that dyd growe of their owne accorde and the thirde yere sowe ye and reape plant vineyardes and eate the fruites therof 30 And it that is escaped and left of the daughter of Iuda shall yet againe take roting downewarde and beare fruite vpwarde 31 For out of Hierusalem shall go a remnaunt and a number that shall escape out of moūt Sion The zeale of the lord of hoastes shal bring this thing to passe 32 Wherfore thus sayth the Lord concerning the king of Assyria he shall not come to this citie nor shote an arrowe into it nor come before it with shielde nor cast a banke against it 33 But shall go backe againe the way he came and shall not come into this citie sayth the Lorde 34 For I will defende this citie to saue it for myne owne sake and for Dauid my seruauntes sake 35 And it came to passe that the selfe same night the angell of the Lorde went out and smote in the hoast of the Assyrians an hundred fourescore fyue thousand And when the remnaunt were vp early in the morning beholde they were all dead coarses 36 And so Sennacherib king of Assyria auoyded and departed and went againe and dwelt at Niniue 37 And it fortuned that as he was in a temple worshipping Nisroch his God Adramelech Saresar his owne sonnes smote hym with the sworde And they escaped into the lande of Armenia and Asarhaddon his sonne raigned in his steade The .xx. Chapter 1 Hezekia is sicke and receaueth the signe of his health 12 He receaueth rewardes of Berodach 13 sheweth his treasures and is reprehended of Isai 22 He dieth and Manasse his sonne raigneth in his steade 1 ABout that time was Hezekia sicke vnto the death And the prophete Isai the sonne of Amoz came to him and sayde vnto him Thus saith the Lord Put thine houshold in an order for thou shalt dye and not lyue 2 And Hezekia turned his face to the wal and prayed vnto the Lord saying 3 I beseche the O Lorde remember now how I haue walked before thee in trueth and with a perfect heart haue done that whiche is good in thy sight And Hezekia wept sore 4 And it fortuned that afore Isai was gone out into the middle of the court the word of the Lorde came to him saying 5 Turne againe and tell Hezekia the captayne of my people thus sayth the Lorde God of Dauid thy father I haue hearde thy prayer and seene thy teares and beholde I will heale thee so that on the thirde day thou shalt go vp into the house of the Lorde 6 And I wil adde vnto thy dayes yet fifteene yeres I will deliuer thee this citie out of the hand of y e king of Assyria will defende this citie for myne owne sake for Dauid my seruauntes sake 7 And Isai sayd Take a lumpe of dried figges And they toke and layed it on the sore and he recouered 8 And Hezekia sayde vnto Isai What shal be the signe that the Lorde will heale me and that I shal go vp into the house of the Lorde the thirde day 9 Isai aunswered This signe shalt thou haue of the Lord that the Lord will do that he hath spoken Shall the shadowe go forwarde ten degrees or go backe againe ten degrees 10 Hezekia aunswered It is a light thing for the shadowe to go downe ten degrees I desire not that but let the shadowe go backwarde ten degrees 11 And Isai the prophete called vnto the Lord and he brought the shadowe ten degrees backwarde by whiche it had gone downe in the dyall of Ahaz 12 The same season Berodach Baladan the sonne of Baladan king of Babylon sent letters and a present vnto Hezekia for he had hearde howe that Hezekia was sicke 13 And Hezekia was glad of them and shewed them all his treasure house siluer golde odours precious oyntment all the house of his armory and all that was found in his treasures There was nothing in his house in all his realme that Hezekia shewed them not 14 And Isai the prophete came vnto king Hezekia and sayd vnto him What sayde these men and from wence came they to thee And Hezekia sayde They be come from a farre countrey euen from Babylon 15 And he sayde againe What haue they seene in thy house Hezekia aunswered All y e thinges that are in my house haue they seene there is nothing among my treasures that I haue not shewed thē 16 And Isai sayde vnto Hezekia Heare the word of the Lord 17 Beholde the dayes come that all that is in thy house and whatsoeuer thy fathers haue layde vp in store vnto this day shal be caryed into Babylon and nothing shal be left sayth the Lorde 18 And of thy sonnes that shall proceede out of thee and which thou shalt beget shall they take away and they shal be chamberlaynes in the palace of the king of Babylon 19 And Hezekia sayde vnto Isai Welcome be the worde of the Lorde whiche thou hast spoken And he sayde Shall there not be peace trueth in my dayes 20 The remnaunt of the wordes that concerne Hezekia and all his power and howe he made a poole and a conduite brought water into the citie are they not written in the booke of the cronicles of the kinges of Iuda 21 And Hezekia slept with his fathers Manasse his sonne raigned in his steade The xxi Chapter 3 King Manasse restoreth idolatrie 16 And vseth great crueltie 18 He dieth and Amon his sonne succeedeth 23 who is killed of his owne seruauntes 26 After him raigneth Iosia 1 MAnasse was twelue yeres old when he began to raigne and raigned fyftie and fyue yeres in Hierusalē his mothers name also was Hephziba 2 And he did euil in the sight of the Lord euen after the abominations of the heathen whom the Lorde cast out before the children of Israel 3 For he went and buylt vp the hygh places whiche Hezekia his father had destroyed and he reared vp aulters for Baal and made idol groues as dyd Ahab king of Israel and worshipped all the hoast of heauen and serued them 4 And he buylt aulters in the house of the Lord of which the Lorde sayde in Hierusalem will I put my name 5 And he buylt aulters for all the hoast of heauen euen in two courtes of the house of the Lorde 6 And he offred his owne sonne in fire and gaue heede vnto witchcraft and sorcery and mainteyned
reached there was ioy and mirth a feaste and good dayes among the Iewes insomuch that many of the people in y e lande became Iewes for the feare of the Iewes came vpon them The .ix. Chapter 1 At the commaundement of the king the Iewes put their aduersaries to death 14 The ten sonnes of Haman are hanged 17 The Iewes kepe a feaste in remembraunce of their deliueraunce 1 IN the twelfth moneth that is the moneth Adar vpoÌ„ the thirteenth day of the same when the kinges worde and commaundement drue neare to be put in execution in the day that the enemies of the Iewes hoped to haue power ouer theÌ„ it turned contrary for the Iewes had rule ouer them that hated them 2 For then gathered the Iewes together in their cities within all the prouinces of king Ahasuerus to lay hande on such as woulde do them euill and no man could withstand them for the feare of them was come ouer all people 3 And all the rulers in the prouinces and princes and deputies and officers of the king promoted the Iewes for the feare of Mardocheus came vpon them 4 For Mardocheus was great in the kinges house the reporte of him was noysed in all the prouinces for this man Mardocheus waxed greater and greater 5 Thus the Iewes smote all their enemies with the stroke of the sword and slaughter and destruction did what they would vnto their enemies 6 And at Susan the chiefe citie slue the Iewes destroyed fiue hundred men 7 And slue Pharsandatha Dalphon Asphatha 8 Phoratha Adalia Aridatha 9 Pharmastha Arisai Aridai and Vaizatha 10 The ten sonnes of Haman the sonne of Hamadata the enemie of the Iewes but on his goodes they layed no handes 11 At the same time was the king certified of the number of those that were slaine in the citie of Susan 12 And the king saide vnto queene Esther The Iewes haue slaine and destroyed fiue hundred men in the citie of Susan and the ten sonnes of Haman What haue they done thinkest thou in other landes of the king And what is thy petition that it may be geuen thee or what requirest thou more to be done 13 Esther aunswered If it please the king let him suffer the Iewes which are in Susan to morow also to do according vnto this dayes decree that they may hang Hamans ten sonnes vpon the tree 14 And the king charged to do so and the decree was deuised at Susan and they hanged Hamans ten sonnes 15 For the Iewes that were in Susan gathered them selues together vpon the fourteenth day of the moneth Adar and slue three hundred men at Susan but on their goodes they layed no handes 16 As for the other Iewes that were in the kinges prouinces they came together and stoode for their liues had rest from their enemies slue of their enemies seuentie and fiue thousand howbeit they layed no handes on their goodes 17 This they did on the thirteenth day of the moneth Adar on the fourteenth day of the same moneth rested they which day they held with feasting and gladnesse 18 But the Iewes that were at Susan came together both on the thirteenth day and on the fourteenth and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested and held that day with feasting gladnesse 19 And therefore the Iewes that dwelt in the villages and vnwalled townes held the fourteenth day of the moneth Adar with gladnesse and feasting and kept holy day and euery one sent preasentes vnto his neighbour 20 And Mardocheus wrote these wordes and sent letters vnto all the Iewes that were in all the prouinces of king Ahasuerus both nie and farre 21 That they should make a lawe among theÌ„ selues holde the fourteenth fifteenth day of the moneth Adar yerely 22 As the dayes wherein the Iewes came to rest from their enemies and as a moneth wherein their paine was turned to ioy and their sorowe into a ioyful day and that in those dayes they should make feastes and gladnesse and one to send giftes vnto another and to distribute vnto the poore 23 And the Iewes promised to do as they had begunne and as Mardocheus had written vnto them 24 Because Haman the sonne of Hamadatha the Agagite all the Iewes enemie had deuised against the Iewes how he might destroy them and caused to cast Phur that is a lot for to consume them to bring them to naught 25 But when Esther came before the king he commaunded by letters that his wicked deuice which he imagined against the Iewes should be turned vpon his owne head and that he and his sonnes should be hanged on the tree 26 For the which cause they called these dayes Phurim because of the name of the lot and because of all the wordes of this writing and what they themselues had seene what had come vnto them 27 And the Iewes ordayned and toke it vpon them and their seede and vpon all such as ioyned them selues vnto them that they would not misse but obserue these two dayes yerely according as they were written and appoynted in their season 28 And that these dayes are to be remembred and to be kept of childers children among al kinredes in all landes and cities In these dayes of Phurim which are not to be ouerslipt among y e Iewes and the memoriall of them ought not to perishe from their seede 29 And queene Esther the daughter of Abihail Mardocheus the Iewe wrote with all aucthoritie to confirme this second writing of Phurim 30 And he sent the letters vnto all the Iewes to the hundred twentie and seuen prouinces of the empire of Ahasuerus with wordes of peace and trueth 31 To confirme these dayes of Phurim in their time appoynted according as Mardocheus the Iewe and Esther the queene had appoâ—â—ted them and they bound their soule and their seede to fasting and prayer 32 And the decree of Esther confirmed these wordes of Phurim and was written in the booke 33 And the king Ahasuerus layed tribute vpon the land vpon the iles of the sea 34 And all the actes of his power and of his might the declaration of the dignitie of Mardocheus wherwith the king magnified him be they not written in the bookes of y e chronicles of the kinges of Medes and Persia 35 For Mardocheus the Iewe was the second next vnto king Ahasuerus and great among the Iewes and accepted among the multitude of his brethren as one that seeketh the wealth of his people and speaketh peaceably for all his seede ⧠The ende of the booke of Esther ⧠The booke of Iob. The first Chapter 1 The holines riches and care of Iob for his children 11 Satan hath permission to tempt him 13 He tempteth him by taking away his substaunce and his children 20 His faith and patience 1 IN the lande of * Hus there was a man whose name was Iob the same was a perfect and iust man one that feared
that his payne is more greeuous then his fault 8 He wisheth death 14 He complayneth of his friendes 1 BVT Iob aunswered and sayde 2 O that my complaynt were truely wayed and my punishment layde in the balaunces together 3 For nowe it woulde be heauier then the sande of the sea and this is the cause that my wordes fayle me 4 For the arrowes of the almightie are vpon me the poyson therof hath drinke vp my spirite and the terrible feares of God are set against me 5 Doth the wild asse rose when he hath grasse or loweth the oxe when he hath fodder inough 6 That which is vnsauerie shall it be eaten without salt or is there any taste in the whyte of an egge 7 The thinges that sometime I might not away withal are nowe my meate for very sorowe 8 O that I might haue my desire and that God woulde graunt me the thing that I long for 9 O that God would begin and smite me â–ª that he would let his hand go and take me cleaue away 10 Then shoulde I haue some comfort yea I woulde desire him in my payne that he would not spare for I wil not be against the wordes of the holy one 11 For what powre haue I to endure And what is myne end that my soule might be patient 12 Is my strength the strength of stones or is my fleshe of brasse 13 Is it not so that there is in me no helpe that my substaunce is taken from me 14 He that is in tribulation ought to be comforted of his neyghbour but the feare of the almightie is cleane away 15 Myne owne brethren passe ouer by me as the water brooke as the ouerflowing of waters whiche do hastly go away 16 Whiche are blackish be reason of the ice and wherin the snowe is hyd 17 Which when they haue passed by do vanishe and when the heate commeth they fayle out of their place â—8 They depart from the course of their wonted chanell to other places they runne in vayne and perishe 19 They that went to The man considered them and they that went to Saba wayted for them 20 But they were confounded in their hope they came thyther and were ashamed 21 Euen such truely are ye nowe that ye see my miserie ye are afrayde 22 Did I desire you to bring vnto me or to geue me any of your substaunce 23 To deliuer me from the enemies hand or to saue me from the hande of the tyrauntes 24 Teache me and I will hold my tong and wherin I haue erred cause me to vnderstande 25 How strong are the wordes of trueth and which of you can rebuke or reproue them 26 Do ye imagine to reproue wordes that the talke of the afflicted shoulde be as the winde 27 Ye fall vpon the fatherlesse and digge a pit to ouerthrowe your owne frende 28 And therfore be content loke now vpon me and I will not lye before your face 29 Turne I pray you be indifferent iudges turne agayne and ye shall see myne vngiltinesse whether there be any vnrighteousnes in my tongue or vayne wordes in my mouth The .vii. Chapter 1 Iob sheweth the shortnesse and miserie of mans lyfe 1 IS ther not an appoynted time to man vpon earth Are not his dayes also like the dayes of an hired seruaunt 2 For like as a bonde seruaunt desireth the shadowe and as an hyreling woulde fayne haue the rewarde of his worke 3 Euen so haue I laboured whole monethes long in vayne and many a carefull night haue I tolde 4 When I layde me downe to sleepe I sayde O when shall I arise and measuring the euening I am euen full with tossing to and fro vnto the dawning of the day 5 My fleshe is clothed with wormes and dust of the earth my skinne is withered and become horrible 6 My dayes passe ouer more spedyly then a weauers shuttle and are spent without hope 7 O remember that my lyfe is but a winde and that myne eye shall no more see pleasures 8 Yea and the eye that hath seene me shal see me no more for yer thou fasten thyne eye vpon me I come to naught 9 The cloude is consumed and vanished away so he that goeth downe to the graue shall come no more vp 10 Nor turne againe into his house neither shall his place knowe him any more 11 Therfore I wil not spare my mouth but I will speake in the trouble of my spirite and muse in the bitternesse of my mynde 12 Am I a sea or a whale fish that thou kepest me so in prison 13 When I say My bed shal comfort me I shall haue some refreshing by talking to my selfe vpon my couch 14 Then fearest thou me with dreames makest me so afrayde through visions 15 That my soule wisheth rather to perishe and die then my bones to remayne 16 I can see no remedy I shall liue no more O spare me then for my dayes are but vanitie 17 What is man that thou doest magnifie him and that thou settest thy heart vpon him 18 Thou visitest him early and euery day euery moment doest thou trie him 19 Why goest thou not fro me nor lettest me alone so long till I may swalowe downe my spyttle 20 I haue offended what shall I do vnto the O thou preseruer of men Why hast thou set me as a marke against thee so that I am a burden to my selfe 21 Why doest thou not pardon my trespasses and take away myne iniquitie Behold nowe must I sleepe in the dust and if thou sekest me to morowe in the morning I shal not be The viii Chapter 1 Bildad sheweth that â—ob is a sinner bâ—cause God 〈…〉 and preserueth the good 1 THen aunswered Bildad the Suhite said 2 Howe long wilt thou talke of such thinges howe long shall the wordes of thy mouth be as a mightie wind 3 Doth God paruert the thing that is lawfull or doth the almightie destroy the thing that is right 4 For seyng that thy sonnes sinned against him did not he send them into the place of their iniquitie 5 If thou wouldest nowe resorte vnto God be times and make thy prayer to the almightie 6 If thou wouldest liue a pure and godly life shoulde he not awake vp vnto thee immediatly and make the habitation of thy righteousnesse prosperous 7 In so much that wherin so euer thou haddest litle afore thou shouldest haue nowe great aboundaunce 8 Enquire I pray thee of the former age and search diligently among their fathers 9 For we are but of yesterday and consider not that our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe 10 Shall not they shew thee and tel thee yea and gladly confesse the same and vtter the wordes of their heart 11 May a rushe be greene without moystnesse or may the grasse growe with
who coulde inuent that we shoulde bâ—th pleaâ—â—untly â—â—ng and therewith profitably learne whereby wholsome doctrine might be the deeper printed in vs for that which with violence and fâ—rce is learne 〈…〉 wâ—nt to abide long but that which entrâ—th into vs with pleasure and by louing grace it continueth the longer in our heartes it sticketh the fastâ—r in our memories Now as for the matter and content of the psalme what is there but that a man may learne it there Is not there to be learned the valiaâ— â—rtitude the righteousnes of iustice the soâ—ernes of temperaunce the perfection of prudence the fourme of penaunce the measure of 〈…〉 to vertue or perfection is it not there taught In the psalme is contayned absolute diuinitie both prophecie of Christes comming 〈…〉 threatfull warninges of the iudgement the hâ—pe of our rysing againe the feare of Gods punishmentes the promyses of euerlasting ioy the reâ—e◠〈…〉 all thesâ— be layd and couchâ—d vp in the psalter boâ—ke as in a great treasure house common to all mâ—n Which booke the prophete Dauid from 〈…〉 among many instrumentes of musicke to agree with the instrument called the Psalterie signifying thereby as I can iudge the grace 〈…〉 aboue by the inspiration of the holy ghost For this only instrument of all other haue the cause of his sounde from his vpper part where the 〈…〉 by their wrâ—stes haue their sounde comming foorth out of the lower part of them but the Psalterie put foorth the sweetenes of his harmonious melodie from the vpper part teaching vs thereby that we should set our whole studie and meditation in heauenly thinges aboue and not by the sweetenesse of the tunes to be borne downe to the sensuall affections and delectations of the fleshe ¶ Saint Austen THe sweete tunes O Lord wherto thy holy scriptures geue so liuely a grace when they be song with the moderate voyce of expert men I do confesse that they do somwhat delectably stirre me but yet not for that I would dwell and abide still there but for that my minde might ryse vpward to godly affection and heauenly deuotion Notwithstanding when I feele this in my selfe that the melodie moueth me more then the matter of the dittie which is song I confesse then that I offend mortally therein NOW let the gentle reader haue this christian consideration within him selfe that though he findeth the psalmes of this translation folowing not so to sounde agreeably to his eares in his wonted wordes and phrases as he is accustomed with yet let him not be to much offended with the worke which was wrought for his owne commoditie and comfort And if he be learned let him correct the worde or sentence which may dislike him with the better and whether his note râ—eth either of good wyll and charitie either of enuie and contention not purely yet his reprehension if it may turne to the finding out of the trueth shall not be repelled with griefe but applauded to in gladnesse that Christe may euer haue the prayse To whom with the father and the holy spirite be all glory and prayse for euer Amen ¶ The argument of the first psalme ¶ The first psalme seemeth to be a preface vnto the residue It declareth that the iust man only hath the true felicitie in this worlde whose delight is wholly in practising the lawe of God As for the vngodly man although he seeme for a tyme to prosper and to florishe yet his ende is very miserable and wretched 1 BLessed is the man that walketh not in the counsell of the vngodly nor standeth in the way of sinners nor sitteth in the seate of the scornefull 2 But his delight is in the lawe of God and in God his lawe exerciseth him selfe day and night 3 And he shal be lyke a tree planted by the waters syde that bryngeth foorth her fruite in due season and whose leafe wythereth not for whatsoeuer he doth it shall prosper 4 As for the vngodly it is not so with them but they are like the chaffe which the winde scattereth abrode 5 Therefore the vngodly shall not be able to stande in the iudgement neither the sinners in the congregation of the righteous 6 For God knoweth the way of the righteous and the way of the vngodly shall perishe ¶ The argument of the .ij. psalme ¶ All conspiracies of the Gentiles Iewes Princes Magistrates and Kinges against Christe be but altogether vayne for God hath marueylously appointed hym Lorde and king ouer al people to the vtter confusion of his aduersaries An exhortation to Kinges and Iudges for to be learned for to serue God and for to receaue his sonne Christe For happy are they that trust in hym 1 WHy do the Heathen so furiously rage together and why do the people imagine a vayne thing 2 The kynges of the earth stande vp and the rulers take counsell together against god and against his annointed 3 Let vs breake say they their bondes a sunder and cast away their cordes from vs. 4 He that dwelleth in heauen wyll laugh them to scorne the Lorde wyll haue them in derision 5 Then wyll he speake vnto them in his wrath and he wyll astonie them with feare in his sore displeasure 6 Saying euen I haue annointed him my kyng vpon my holy hyll of Sion 7 I wyll declare the decree God sayde vnto me thou art my sonne this day I haue begotten thee 8 Desire of me and I wyll geue thee the heathen for thyne inheritaunce and the vttermost partes of the earth for thy possession 9 Thou shalt bruise them with a rod of iron and breake them in peeces like a potters vessell 10 Wherfore be you nowe wel aduised O ye kinges be you learned ye that are iudges of the earth 11 Serue ye God in feare and reioyce ye with a trembling 12 Kisse ye the sonne lest that he be angrye and so ye perishe from the way if his wrath be neuer so litle kindled blessed are all they that put their trust in hym ¶ The argument of the .iij. psalme ¶ Dauid maruayling at the great number of his enemies calleth vpon God for helpe He putteth his trust in God and therfore he feareth not his aduersaries but he reioyceth at the successe that God geueth vnto hym ¶ A psalme of Dauid when he fled from the face of Absalom his sonne 2. Samu. cap. 15. 16. 1 O God howe are myne enemies increased many do ryse vp against me 2 Many say of my soule there is no saluation for it in God Selah 3 But thou O God art a buckler for me thou art my worship and the lifter vp of my head 4 I dyd call vpon God with my voyce and he hearde me out of his holy hyll Selah 5 I layde me downe and slept and I rose vp agayne for God sustayned me 6 I wyll not be afrayde of ten thousandes of the people that haue set
the beautie eloquence strength power successe administration of iustice aboundaunce of riches and maiestie of kyng Solomon with his wife and children setteth foorth Iesus Christe and his espouse the Churche whose eternal kingdome agaynst sinne death and hell is notably figured here in this psalme ¶ To the chiefe musition on the instrument Sosannim to be song of the children of Corach A song of loue geuyng wise instructions 1 MY heart is endityng of a good matter I wyll dedicate my workes vnto the king my tongue is as the penne of a redy writer 2 Thou art fayrer then the children of men full of grace are thy lippes because the Lorde hath blessed thee for euer 3 Girde thee with thy sworde vpon thy thygh O thou most mightie that is with thy glorie and thy maiestie 4 Prosper thou with thy maiestie ryde on the worde of trueth and of affliction for ryghteousnesse sake and thy ryght hande shall teache thee terrible thynges 5 Thyne arrowes are sharpe a people the kynges enemies shall submit in heart them selues vnto thee 6 Thy throne O Lorde endureth for euer and euer the scepter of ryghteousnesse is the scepter of thy kyngdome 7 Thou hast loued iustice and hated vngodlynesse wherfore the Lorde euen thy Lorde hath annoynted thee with the oyle of gladnesse more then thy felowes 8 All thy garmentes smell of Myrre Aloes and Cassia out of the iuorie palaces wherby they haue made thee glad 9 Kynges daughters are amongst thy honourable women vpon thy ryght hande standeth the queene in a vesture of golde of Ophir 10 Hearken O daughter and consider encline thine eare forget also thine owne people and thy fathers house 11 So shall the kyng haue pleasure in thy beautie for he is thy Lorde and worship thou hym 12 And the daughter of Tyre shall come with a present the riche among the people shall make their earnest prayer before thee 13 The kynges daughter is all glorious within her clothyng is of wrought golde 14 She shal be brought vnto the kyng in rayment of needle worke the virgins that folowe her and her company shal be brought vnto thee 15 With ioy and gladnesse shall they be brought and shal enter into the kinges palace 16 In steade of thy fathers thou shalt haue children whom thou mayst make princes in all landes 17 I wyll remember thy name from one generation vnto another therfore shall the people prayse thee worlde without ende ¶ The argument of the .xlvj. Psalme ¶ The prophete acknowledgeth God to haue deliuered Hierusalem so notably out of perilles that they all haue a cause to conceaue a full hope not for to feare any aduersitie in tyme to come He exhorteth other to beholde the great workes of God and turneth his speache to his aduersaries ¶ To the chiefe musition a song to be song of the children of Corach vpon Alamoth 1 THe Lorde is our refuge strength a helpe very easyly founde in troubles 2 Therfore we wyll not feare though the earth be transposed and though the hilles rushe into the middest of the sea 3 Though the waters thereof rage and swell and though the mountaynes shake at the surges of the same Selah 4 Yet the fludde by his ryuers shall make glad the citie of God the holy place of the tabernacles of the most hyghest 5 God is in the myddest of her therfore she can not be remoued the Lorde wyll helpe her and that ryght early 6 The heathen make much a do and the kyngdomes are moued but God shewed his voyce and the earth melted away 7 The God of hoastes is with vs the Lorde of Iacob is our refuge Selah 8 O come hither and beholde the workes of God what distructions he hath brought vpon the earth 9 He maketh warres to ceasse in all the worlde he breaketh the bowe knappeth the speare in sunder and burneth the charettes in the fire 10 Be styll then and knowe that I am the Lorde I wyll be exalted among the heathen I wyll be exalted in the earth 11 The God of hoastes is with vs the Lorde of Iacob is our refuge Selah The argument of the .xlvij. psalme ¶ The prophete inciteth the faythfull to prayse God with all kynde of melody for that he subdueth their enemies vnder them He also declareth that the heathen with their princes shall receaue the fayth ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme to be song of the children of Corach 1 CLap your handes all ye people make a noise vnto the Lorde with a ioyfull voyce 2 For God is hygh and terrible he is the great king vpō all the earth 3 He wyll subdue the people vnder vs and the nations vnder our feete 4 He hath chosen for vs our inheritaunce the glorie of Iacob whō he loued Selah 5 The Lorde ascendeth in a triumph and God with the sounde of a trumpet 6 Syng psalmes to the Lorde syng psalmes syng psalmes to our kyng sing psalmes 7 For the Lorde is kyng of all the earth * syng psalmes all you that haue skyll 8 God raigneth ouer the heathen God sitteth vpon his holy throne 9 The princes of the people are assembled together for to be the people of the God of Abraham for the shieldes of the earth be Gods who is hyghly exalted ¶ The argument of the .xlviii. Psalme ¶ The prophete magnifieth the maiestie of God for his goodnesse benefites fayth and wonderfull defence towardes his Churche which he commendeth vnder the name of the citie of God of mount Sion of the holy hyll and palaces of the north syde ¶ A song the psalme of the children of Corach 1 GReat is God and hyghly to be praysed in the citie of our Lorde his holy hyll 2 The hyll of Sion is fayre in situation and the ioy of the whole earth vpon the north syde lyeth y e citie of the great king 3 God is well knowen in her palaces as a most sure refuge 4 For lo kinges did assemble and passe by together they them selues sawe it * lykewyse they marueyled they were astonyed with feare and sodenly in haste they were gone away 5 A feare came there vpon them and sorowe as vpon a woman in her childe trauayle 6 Thou didst breake the shippes of the sea through the east wynde 7 Lyke as we haue hearde so haue we seene in the citie of God of hoastes in the citie of our Lorde God vpholdeth the same for euer Selah 8 O Lorde we haue wayted for thy louyng kindnesse in the myddest of thy temple 9 O Lorde accordyng to thy name so is thy prayse vnto the worldes ende thy ryght hande is full of iustice 10 Mount Sion shall reioyce and the daughters of Iuda shal be glad because of thy iudgementes 11 Compasse about Sion and go rounde about her and tell the towres therof 12 Marke well her bulwarkes beholde her hygh palaces that ye may tell it to your posteritie
calamitie can hurt them God mightily preserueth them in all afflictions and temptations He promiseth those that knowe hym loue hym and honour hym in callyng vpon hym for helpe in their neede that they shal be hearde deliuered brought to honour they shall haue long lyfe in this worlde and after this lyfe they shal be saued both body and soule 1 WHosoeuer sitteth vnder the couer of the most highest he shal abide vnder the shadowe of the almightie 2 I wyll say vnto God thou art my hope and my fortresse my Lorde in whom I wyll trust 3 For he wyll delyuer thee from the snare of the hunter and from the noysome pestilence 4 He wyll couer thee vnder his wynges thou shalt be safe vnder his fethers his faythfulnesse shal be thy shielde and buckler 5 Thou shalt not be afrayde of any terrour of the nyght nor of any arrowe that fleeth by day 6 Nor of any pestilence that walketh in the darknesse nor of any deadly fyt that destroyeth at hygh noone 7 A thousande shall fall beside thee and ten thousande at thy ryght hande but it shall not come nygh thee 8 Thou only with thine eyes shalt beholde see the rewarde of the vngodly 9 For thou O God art my hope thou hast set thine habitation very hygh 10 There shall no euyll lyght on thee neither shall any plague come nye thy dwellyng 11 For he wyll geue his angels charge ouer thee to kepe thee in all thy wayes 12 They wyll beare thee in their handes that thou hurt not thy foote agaynst a stone 13 Thou shalt set thy foote vppon the Lion and Adder the young Lion and the Dragon thou shalt treade vnder thy feete 14 Because he hath set greatly his loue vpon me therfore wyll I deliuer hym I wyll set hym vp out of all daunger because he hath knowen my name 15 He shall call vpon me and I wyll heare hym yea I am with hym in trouble I wyll deliuer hym and bryng hym to honour 16 I wyll satisfie hym with a long lyfe and I wyll cause hym to see my saluation ¶ The argument of the .xcij. Psalme ¶ It seemeth that the prophete made this psalme to be song vnto the people vpon the Sabbath dayes for to stirre them vp the better to knowe God and to prayse God in his workes He commendeth the settyng foorth of Gods prayse in musicall instrumentes He reioyceth much and wondereth at Gods workes But the foole vnderstandeth not that the wicked be they neuer so fortunate shall come to a wretched ende for the wicked shal be destroyed and the godly shall prosper The greatest felicitie that the iust hath in this lyfe is to be planted in the house of God there continually for to prayse hym ¶ A Psalme the song for the sabbath day 1 IT is a good thyng to confesse vnto God and to syng psalmes vnto thy name O thou most hyghest 2 To set foorth in wordes thy louyng kyndnesse early in the mornyng and thy trueth in the nyght season 3 Vpon an instrument of ten strynges and vpon the Lute vpon the Harpe with a solemne sounde 4 For thou God hast made me glad thorowe thy workes I do reioyce in the workes of thy handes 5 O God howe glorious are thy workes thy thoughtes are very depe 6 An vnwise man doth not consider this and a foole doth not vnderstande it 7 Wheras the vngodly do bud vp greene as the grasse and wheras all workers of iniquitie do florishe that they notwithstandyng shal be destroyed for euer and euer 8 But thou O God art the most highest for euermore 9 For lo thine enemies O God lo thine enemies shall perishe all the workers of wickednesse shal be destroyed 10 But my horne shal be exalted lyke the horne of an vnicorne for I am annoynted with excellent oyle 11 And myne eye shall see those that lye in wayte for me myne eare shall heare the malitious persons that rise vp agaynst me 12 The ryghteous shall florishe lyke a paulme tree and shall spread abroade like a Cedar in Libanus 13 Such as be planted in the house of God shall florishe in the courtes of our Lorde 14 They shall styll bryng foorth fruite in their age they shal be fat and florishyng 15 For to set foorth in wordes that God is vpright he is my rocke and no iniquitie is in hym ⧠The argument of the .xciii. psalme ¶ The prophete prayseth the mightinesse of the maiestie of God which is declared from the beginning of the world partly by the wonderful continuaunce of creatures made in it and partly by testifiyng his wyll cōmaundementes and holynesse to his people 1 GOd raigneth he is clothed with a glorious maiestie God is clothed with strength he hath girded hym selfe he hath made the worlde so sure that it can not be moued 2 Euer since the worlde began thy throne hath ben set sure thou art from euerlastyng 3 The fluddes are risen O God the fluddes haue lyft vp their noyse the fluddes haue lyft vp their waues 4 God which is on high is more puissaūt then the noyse of many waters then the mightie waues of the sea 5 Thy testimonies are most certayne holynesse is an ornament to thine house O God in all tymes ¶ The argument of the .xciiii. Psalme ¶ The prophete calleth vpon God earnestly for to take avengeaunce of the wicked who do afflict the innocent without cause He complayneth of their outragiousnesse and tiranny He reproueth them of foolishnesse in that they thynke and say that God seeth them not for God knoweth their wickednesse and seeth their priuie thoughtes And in punishyng them he shall cause the good to lyue vprightly who fyndeth no ayde against the wicked but only God For God fauoureth no iniquitie it is he that wyll destroy all them that oppresse the innocent 1 O God the Lord of all auengeaunce the Lorde of all auengeaunce shewe thy glorious maiestie 2 Be exalted O thou iudge of the world and rewarde the proude after their deseruyng 3 O God howe long shall the vngodly howe long shall the vngodly triumph 4 All such as be workers of iniquitie they babble they prate stoutly they make boastes of them selues 5 They oppresse thy people O God and they afflict thine heritage 6 They murther the wyddowe and the straunger put the fatherlesse to death 7 And they say tushe the Lorde seeth it not neither doth the God of Iacob vnderstande it 8 Vnderstande ye vnwyse among the people O ye fooles when wyll ye be well aduised 9 He that hath planted the eare shall he not heare yf he shapeth the eye shall he not see 10 He that chasteneth the heathen shall not he punishe it is he that teacheth man knowledge 11 God knoweth the thoughtes of man that they are but vanitie 12 Blessed is the man O Lorde whom thou wylt chasten and whom thou wylt instruct in thy lawe 13 That thou mayest geue hym patience in
whole heart 6 Their heart is as fat as brawne but my delyght hath ben in thy lawe 7 It is good for me that I am brought into miserie by that meanes I shall learne thy statutes 8 The lawe of thy mouth is dearer vnto me then thousandes of golde siluer Iod 1 THy handes haue made me and fashioned me geue me vnderstanding and I will learne thy cōmaundementes 2 They that feare thee shall see me reioyce because I haue geuen earnest attendaunce vnto thy worde 3 I know O God that thy iudgementes are iustice and that thou hast caused me ryghtfully to be afflicted 4 I beseche thee let thy louing kindnesse be a meanes to comfort me accordyng to thy worde spoken vnto thy seruaunt 5 Let thy pitifull mercies come vnto me that I may lyue for thy lawe is my delyght 6 Let the proude be confounded for they haue falsly reported me but I wyll study thy commaundementes 7 Let such as feare thee and knowe thy testimonies returne vnto me 8 Let myne heart be perfectly set in thy statutes that I be not ashamed Caph 1 MY soule hath faynted after thy saluation I geue earnest attēdaunce vnto thy worde 2 Myne eyes haue faynted after thy worde whylest I say when wilt thou comfort me 3 For I am become like a bottel hanged in the smoke yet I do not forget thy statutes 4 Howe many are the dayes of thy seruaunt when wilt thou geue iudgement agaynst them that persecute me 5 The proude haue digged pittes for me which is a thing not done accordyng to thy lawe 6 All thy commaundementes are the trueth it selfe they wrongfully persecute me O be thou my ayde 7 They had almost made an ende of me vpon the earth but I forsoke not thy commaundementes 8 Make me to lyue accordyng to thy pietie and I wyll kepe the testimonies of thy mouth Lamed 1 O God thy worde endureth for euer in heauen 2 Thy trueth appeareth to euery generation thou hast layde the foundation of the earth and it shall continue 3 All thynges continue this day accordyng to thine ordinaunce for all thinges be thy seruauntes 4 If my delight had not ben in thy lawe I shoulde haue perished in myne affliction 5 I wyll neuer forget thy commaundementes for through them thou hast reuiued me 6 I am thine saue me for I haue diligently studied thy commaundementes ouer 7 When the vngodly layde wayte for me to destroy me I endeuoured my selfe to vnderstande thy testimonies 8 I see an ende of euery thing be it neuer so perfect but thy commaundement is exceedyng large Mem 1 HOwe greatly do I loue thy lawe my study is all the day long in it 2 Thou hast made me wyser then myne enemies through thy commaundementes for they are euer with me 3 I am able to geue better instruction then all they that were my teachers for thy testimonies are my study 4 I am made to vnderstande more then the aged can because I kept thy commaundementes 5 I haue restrayned my feete from euery euyll way that I may kepe thy worde 6 I haue not shrinked from thy iudgementes for thou didst teache me 7 Howe sweete are thy wordes vnto my throte truely they be sweeter then hony is to my mouth 8 Through thy commaundementes I get vnderstandyng therfore I hate all wayes of falshood Nun 1 THy worde is a candell vnto my feete and a lyght vnto my pathes 2 I haue made an oth which I wil ratifie for to kepe thy iuste iudgementes 3 I am troubled aboue measure quicken me O God accordyng vnto thy worde 4 Let the freewyll offerynges of my mouth please thee O God and teache me thy iudgementes 5 My soule is alway in my hande yet I do not forget thy lawe 6 The vngodly haue layde a snare for me but yet I swarued not from thy commaundementes 7 I haue claymed thy testimonies as myne heritage for euer for they are the very ioy of myne heart 8 I haue applyed myne heart for to fulfyll thy statutes euen to the worldes ende Samech 1 I Hate hygh subtile deuices and I do loue thy lawe 2 Thou art my refuge and my shield I geue earnest attendaunce vnto thy worde 3 Auoyde from me ye malicious persons and I wyll kepe the commaundementes of my Lorde 4 Strengthen me in thy worde and I shall lyue and make me not ashamed of my hope 5 Holde thou me vp and I shal be safe and I will loke gladly vpō thy statutes alwayes 6 Thou hast troden vnder foote all them that go astray from thy statutes for their crafty deuice is but falshood 7 Thou hast dispatched out of the way all the vngodly of the earth lyke drosse therfore I loue thy testimonies 8 My fleshe trembleth for feare of thee and I am afrayde of thy iudgementes Ain 1 I Haue executed iudgement and iustice wherfore leaue me not to such as do offer me wrong 2 For thy owne goodnesse sake take thy seruaunt vnto thy protection let not the proude oppresse me with wrong 3 Myne eyes haue faynted with lokyng for thy saluation and for the worde of thy ryghteousnesse 4 Deale with thy seruaunt accordyng vnto thy owne louyng kyndnesse and teache me thy statutes 5 I am thy seruaunt graunt me vnderstandyng that I may knowe thy testimonies 6 It is tyme for me to do for Gods cause for they haue brought thy lawe almost to nothyng 7 Therfore I loue thy commaundementes aboue golde and precious stone 8 Therfore I take all thy commaundementes euery one of them to be ryght I vtterly hate all wayes of falshood Pe 1 THy testimonies contayne wonderfull thinges therfore doth my soule kepe them 2 The first entering of thy wordes will illuminate geuyng vnderstanding euen vnto the simple 3 I opened my mouth and panted for I bare a great affection to thy commaundementes 4 Loke thou vpon me and be mercifull vnto me as thou vsest to do vnto those that loue thy name 5 Direct my steppes in thy worde and so shall no wickednesse haue dominion ouer me 6 Redeeme me from the fraudulent dealyng of men and I wyll kepe thy commaundementes 7 Make the lyght of thy countenaunce shyne vpon thy seruaunt and teache me thy statutes 8 Ryuers of waters gushe out of myne eyes because men kepe not thy lawe Sade 1 O God thou art iust and vpryght in thy iudgementes 2 Thou hast commaunded the iustice and the veritie of thy testimonies to be obserued very strayghtly 3 My zeale hath consumed me because myne aduersaries haue forgotten thy wordes 4 Thy worde is purified to the vttermost and thy seruaunt loueth it 5 I am small and of no reputation yet I do not forget thy cōmaundementes 6 Thy ryghteousnesse is an euerlastyng righteousnesse thy lawe is the trueth 7 Trouble and griefe haue taken holde vpon me yet thy commaundementes be my delyght 8 The righteousnesse of thy testimonies is euerlastyng make me to
vnderstande them and I shall lyue Coph 1 I Haue called with my whole heart heare me O God I wyll kepe thy statutes 2 I haue called vpon thee saue me and I wyll kepe thy testimonies 3 I haue preuented other in the dawnyng of the day and I cryed vnto thee for I geue earnest attendaunce vnto thy wordes 4 Myne eyes haue preuented the nyght watches that my study might be wholy in thy wordes 5 Heare my voyce accordyng to thy louing kindnesse make me to lyue O God after thy iudgementes 6 They that mynde to do an act of mischiefenesse do drawe nye vnto me they are farre from thy lawe 7 But thou art nye at hande O God and all thy coÌ„maundementes be trueth 8 As concernyng thy testimonies I haue knowen long since that thou hast made them to last for euer Resh 1 BEholde myne affliction deliuer me for I haue not forgotten thy lawe 2 Defende thou my cause redeeme me make me to lyue accordyng vnto thy worde 3 Saluation is farre from the vngodly for they study not thy statutes 4 Thy mercies be manifolde O God make me to liue accordyng to thy iudgementes 5 There be many that do persecute me and be myne aduersaries yet I do not swarue from thy testimonies 6 I sawe transgressours and I was greeued at the heart because they kept not thy lawe 7 Beholde howe I loue thy commaundementes quicken me O God accordyng to thy louyng kindnesse 8 The beginning of thy word is trueth and all the iudgementes of thy ryghteousnesse endure for euermore Shin 1 PRinces haue persecuted me without a cause but my heart hath stoode in awe of thy wordes 2 I am as glad of thy worde as he that fyndeth a great bootie 3 That which is false I hate and abhorre but thy lawe I do loue 4 I do prayse thee seuen tymes euery day for loue of the iudgementes of thy iustice 5 They that loue thy lawe shall haue great prosperitie and nothyng shall offende them 6 Lorde I haue wayted after thy saluation and I haue done thy commaundementes 7 My soule hath kept thy testimonies and I haue loued them exceedyngly 8 I haue kept thy commaundementes and testimonies for all my wayes are before thee Tau 1 LEt my crye O God approche neare vnto thy face make me to vnderstande euery thyng accordyng vnto thy worde 2 Let my supplication come before thee deliuer me accordyng to thy worde 3 My lippes shall powre out thy prayse when thou hast taught me thy statutes 4 My tongue shall syng of thy worde for all thy commaundementes are ryghteousnesse 5 Let thyne hande be redie for to ayde me for I haue chosen thy commaundementes 6 I haue longed for thy saluation O God and thy lawe is my whole delight 7 Let my soule lyue and it shall prayse thee and thy iudgementes shal be an ayde vnto me 8 I haue gone astray lyke a lost sheepe oh seke out thy seruaunt for I haue not forgotten thy commaundementes ¶ The argument of the .cxx. Psalme ¶ The prophete requesteth God for to deliuer him from such as do maliciously slaunder him with false reportes For by their meanes he esteemeth his life led with the Ismaelites and with the barbarous people of Arabia and not with Gods people ¶ A song of high degrees 1 WHen I was in trouble I called vpon God and he hearde me 2 Deliuer my soule O God from false lyppes from a deceiptful tongue 3 What doth a deceiptfull tongue vnto thee what good bryngeth it thee 4 So much as sharpe arrowes of a strong man in thy sydes with Iuniper coales powred on thy head 5 Wo be vnto me that am constrayned to be conuersaunt in Mesech and to dwell among the tentes of Cedar 6 My soule hath dwelt long with hym that hateth peace 7 I am a man of peace but because I do speake therof they prepare them selues to battayle ¶ The argument of the .cxxj. Psalme ¶ The prophete lifteth vp his eyes vnto heauen from whence he most certaynely loketh for ayde at all tymes He assureth all other that God careth defendeth gouerneth and prouideth for those that flee vnto the Lorde for succour in their necessitie ¶ A song of high degrees 1 I Will lift vp myne eyes vnto the hilles from whence my helpe shall come 2 My helpe commeth from God who hath made heauen and earth 3 He wyll not suffer thy foote to moue he wyll not sleepe that kepeth thee 4 Beholde he that kepeth Israel wyll neither slumber nor sleepe 5 God hym selfe is thy keper God is thy defence vpon thy ryght hande 6 The sunne shal not hurt thee by day neither the moone by nyght 7 God wyll preserue thee from all euill he wyll preserue thy soule 8 God wyll preserue thy goyng out and thy commyng in from this tyme foorth for euermore ¶ The argument of the .cxxii. psalme ¶ Dauid declareth the ioy of the people goyng vp to Hierusalem where true religion was set foorth and iustice in courtes ministred for which causes he wisheth great prosperitie to the citie ¶ A song of high degrees of Dauid 1 I Was glad when they sayde vnto me we wyll go into the house of God 2 Our feete shall stande in thy gates O Hierusalem 3 Hierusalem is builded as a citie that is well vnited together in it selfe 4 For the tribes do go vp thyther euen the tribes of the Lorde which is a testimonie vnto Israel for to prayse the name of God 5 For there is ordeyned the seate for iudgement euen the seate of the house of Dauid 6 Pray for the peace of Hierusalem they shall prosper that loue thee 7 Peace be within thy walles and plenteousnesse within thy palaces 8 For my brethren and companions sakes I wyll wyshe peace to be within thee 9 Yea because of the house of God our Lord I wyll procure to do thee good The argument of the cxxiii psalme ¶ The prophete declareth that the godly despited of such as be riche proude and scornfull do loke for helpe only at Gods hande after a most humble sort ¶ A song of high degrees 1 I Lyft vp myne eyes vnto thee who dwellest in heauen 2 Beholde as the eyes of seruauntes loke vnto the hande of their maisters and as the eyes of a mayden vnto the hande of her maistresse euen so our eyes wayte vpon God our Lorde vntyll he haue mercie vpon vs. 3 Haue mâ—y vpon vs O God haue mercy vâ—â—n vs for we haue suffered enough of dispite 4 Our soule is filled with the scornefull reprofe of the wealthy and with the dispitefulnes of the proude ¶ The argument of the .cxxiiij. Psalme ¶ Dauid acknowledgeth that he and his people had ben vtterly destroyed through the violence of enemies if God had not ben on their side with his present ayde ¶ A song of high degrees of Dauid 1 IF God him selfe had not ben of
Brethren beyng at variaunce are harder to be wonne then a strong citie and their contentions are like the barre of a castell 20 A mans belly shal be satisfied with the fruite of his owne mouth and with the encrease of his lippes shall he be fylled 21 Death and lyfe are in the instrument of the tongue and they that loue it shall eate the fruite therof 22 who so fyndeth a wyfe fyndeth a good thyng and receaueth fauour of the Lorde 23 The poore prayeth meekely but the râ—che geueth a rough aunswere 24 A man that wyll haue frendes must shewe hym selfe frendly and there is a frende which is nearer then a brother The .xix. Chapter 1 BEtter is the poore that liueth godly then he that abuseth his lippes and is a foole 2 The desire without discretion is not good but as a man which hasteth with his feete offendeth 3 The foolishnesse of man paruerteth his way and his heart fretteth agaynst the Lorde 4 Riches maketh many frendes but the poore is separated from his neighbour 5 A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished and he that speaketh lyes shall not escape 6 The multitude hangeth vpon great men and euery man fauoureth hym that geueth rewardes 7 All the brethren of the poore do hate hym yea his owne frendes withdrawe them selues from hym and he that geueth credence to wordes getteth nothyng 8 He that is wise loueth his owne soule and kepeth vnderstanding that he may prosper 9 A false witnesse shall not be vnpunished and he that speaketh lyes shall perishe 10 Pleasure is not seemely for a foole much lesse for a bondman to haue rule of princes 11 A wise man can put of displeasure and it is his honour to let some faultes passe 12 The kynges displeasure is lyke the roaryng of a Lion but his fauour is lyke the deawe vpon the grasse 13 An vndiscrete sonne is the heauinesse of his father and a brawlyng wyfe is lyke the top of an house wherthrough it is euer droppyng 14 House and riches may a man haue by the heritage of his elders but a discrete woman is the gyft of the Lorde 15 Slouthfulnesse bryngeth sleepe and a soule accustomed with craft shall suffer hunger 16 Who so kepeth the commaundement kepeth his owne soule but he that regardeth not his wayes shall dye 17 He that hath pitie vpon the poore lendeth vnto the Lorde and loke what he layeth out it shal be payde hym agayne 18 Chasten thy sonne while there is hope and let not thy soule spare for his crying 19 A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment and though thou once delyuer hym thou must do it agayne 20 O geue eare vnto good counsayle and be content to be refourmed that thou mayest be wyse in the latter dayes 21 There are many deuises in a mans heart neuerthelesse the counsayle of the Lorde shall stande 22 It is a mans worshyp to do good and a poore man is better then a lyer 23 The feare of the Lord bringeth a man to lyfe and he shall rest the whole night in plenteousnesse without visitation of any plague 24 A slouthfull man shutteth his hande into his bosome and wyll not take payne to put it to his mouth 25 If thou smytest a scornefull person the ignoraunt shall take better heede and yf thou reprouest one that hath vnderstandyng he wyll be the wyser 26 He that hurteth his father or shutteth out his mother is a shamefull and an vnworthy sonne 27 My sonne heare no more the doctrine that leadeth thee vnto errours from the wordes of vnderstandyng 28 A wicked witnesse mocketh iudgement and the mouth of the vngodly deuoureth wickednesse 29 Iudgementes are ordeyned for the scornefull and stripes for fooles backes The .xx. Chapter 1 WIne maketh a man to be scornefull strong drinke causeth a man to be vnquiet who so delighteth therin shall not be wyse 2 The feare of the king is as the roaring of a Lion who so prouoketh hym vnto anger offendeth against his owne soule 3 It is a mans honour to kepe him selfe from strife but euery foole wyll be medling 4 A slouthfull body wyll not go to plow for colde of the winter therefore shall he begge in sommer and haue nothing 5 Counsayle in the heart of man is lyke deepe water but a man of vnderstanding wyll drawe it out 6 Many there be that woulde be called good doers but where shall one finde a faythfull man 7 The chyldren of the iust man which walketh vprightly shal be blessed after hym 8 A kyng that sitteth in the throne of iudgement chaseth away all euyll with his looke 9 Who can say I haue made my heart cleane I am pure from my sinne 10 Two maner of wayghtes or two maner of measures both these are abhomination vnto the Lorde 11 A chylde is knowen by his conuersation whether his workes be pure and right 12 The eare to heare the eye to see the Lorde hath made them both 13 Loue not sleepe lest thou come vnto pouertie but open thyne eyes that thou mayest haue bread inough 14 It is naught it is naught saith he that byeth but when he commeth to his owne house then he boasteth of his peny worth 15 There is golde and a multitude of precious stones but the lippes of knowledge are a precious iewell 16 Take his garment that is suretie for a straunger and take a pledge of hym for the vnknowen sake 17 A man liketh the bread that is gotten with deceipt but at the last his mouth shal be filled with grauell 18 Thorowe counsayle the thinges that men deuise are made strong and with good aduise take warre in hande 19 The craftie deceiptfull be wrayeth secrete counsayle therefore meddle not with hym that flattereth with his lips 20 Who so curseth his father and mother his light shal be put out in the depth of darknesse 21 The heritage that commeth hastylye at the first shall not be blessed at the ende 22 Say not thou I wyll recompence euyll but put thy trust in the Lorde and he shall deliuer thee 23 Diuers waightes are an abhomination vnto the Lord and a false balaunce is not good 24 The Lorde ordereth euery mans goinges how can a man then vnderstand his owne way 25 It is a snare for a man to deuour that whiche is holy and after the vowe to make inquirie 26 A wyse kyng disperseth the vngodly and bringeth the wheele ouer them 27 The lanterne of the Lorde is the breath of man searching all the inwarde partes of the body 28 Mercy and trueth preserueth the king and with louing kindnes his seate is holden vp 29 The strength of young men is their worship and a gray head is an honour vnto the aged 30 Blewe woundes driue away euyll and stripes in the inwarde partes of the body ¶ The .xxj. Chapter 1 THe kynges
in youth and not to deferre tyll age 7 The soule returneth to God 12 Wisdome is the gyft of God and consisteth in fearing hym and keping his commaundementes 1 PVt away displeasure out of thine heart and remoue euill from thy body for chyldhood and youth is but vanitie 2 Remember thy maker the sooner in thy youth or euer the dayes of aduersitie come and or the yeres drawe nye when thou shalt say I haue not pleasure in them 3 Before the sunne the light the moone and starres be darkened and or the cloudes turne agayne after the rayne 4 When the kepers of the house shall tremble and when the strong men shall bowe them selues when the milners stand styll because they be so fewe and when the sight of the windowes shall waxe dimme 5 When the doores in the streetes shal be shut and when the voyce of the milner shal be layde downe when men shall ryse vp at the voyce of the byrde and when all the daughters of musicke shal be brought lowe 6 When men shall feare in hye places and be afraide in the streetes when the Almonde tree shall florishe and be laden with the grashopper and when all lust shal passe because man goeth to his long home and the mourners go about the streetes 7 Or euer the siluer lace be taken away and or the golden well be broken Or the pot be broken at the well and the wheele broken vpon the cesterne 8 Then shall the dust be turned agayne vnto earth from whence it came and the spirite shall returne vnto God who gaue it 9 All is but vanitie saith the preacher all is but playne vanitie 10 The preacher was yet more wyse and taught the people knowledge he gaue good heede sought out the ground and set foorth many parables His diligence was to finde out acceptable wordes right scripture the wordes of trueth 11 For the wordes of the wyse are like prickes and nayles that go thorowe of the auctoures of gatheringes which are geuen of one shephearde 21 Therefore beware my sonne of that doctrine that is beside this for to make many bookes it is an endlesse worke and to muche studie weerieth the body 13 Let vs heare the conclusion of all thinges Feare God and kepe his commaundementes for that toucheth all men For God shall iudge all workes and secrete thinges whether they be good or euyll ¶ The ende of the booke of the preacher otherwise called Ecclesiastes ⧠The Ballet of Ballettes of Solomon called in Latin Canticum Canticorum The first Chapter 1 The familier talke and misticall communication of the spirituall loue betweene Iesus Christe and his Churche 6 The domesticall enemies that persecute the Churche 1 O That he would kisse me with the kisses of his mouth for thy loue is more pleasaunt then wine and that because of the good and pleasaunt sauour of thy most precious baulmes 2 Thy name is a sweet smelling oyntment when it is shed foorth therfore do the maydens loue thee 3 Drawe thou me vnto thee we wyll runne after thee The kyng hath brought me into his priuie chaumbers We wylbe glad and reioyce in thee we thinke more of thy loue then of wine they that be righteous loue thee 4 I am blacke O ye daughters of Hierusalem but yet fayre and well fauoured like as the tentes of the Cedarenes and as the hanginges of Solomon 5 Marueyle not at me that I am so blacke for why the sunne hath shined vpon me my mothers chyldren haue euyll wyll at me they made me the keper of the vineyardes but mine owne vineyarde haue I not kept 6 Tell me O thou whom my soule loueth where thou feedest the sheepe where thou makest them rest at the noone day for why shall I be like hym that goeth wrong about the flockes of thy companions 7 If thou knowe not thy selfe O thou fayrest among women then go thy way foorth after the footesteppes of the sheepe and feede thy goates besyde the shepheardes tentes 8 Vnto the hoast of Pharaos charets haue I compared thee O my loue 9 Thy cheekes and thy necke is beautifull as the turtles and hanged with spanges and goodly iewels a neckband of golde wyll we make thee with siluer buttons 10 When the king sitteth at the table he shall smell my Nardus a bundell of myrre is my loue vnto me he wyll lye betwixt my brestes a cluster of Camphire in the vineyardes of Engaddi is my loue vnto me 11 Oh howe fayre art thou my loue Oh howe fayre art thou thou hast doues eyes O howe fayre art thou my beloued howe well fauoured art thou 12 Our bed is dect with flowres the seelinges of our house are of Cedar tree and our crosse ioyntes of Cipresse The .ij. Chapter 3 The Churche desireth to rest vnder the shadowe of Christe 8 She heareth his voyce 14 She is compared to the doue 15 And the enemies to the foxes 1 I Am the rose of the fielde and lillie of the valleys 2 As the lillie among the thornes so is my loue among the daughters 3 Like as the apple tree among the trees of the wood so is my beloued among the sonnes 4 My delight is to sit vnder his shadowe for his fruite is sweete vnto my throte 5 He bringeth me into his wine seller his banner spread ouer me whiche is his loue 6 Set about me cuppes of wine comfort me with apples for I am sicke of loue 7 His left hande lyeth vnder my head and his right hande shall imbrace me 8 I charge you O ye daughters of Hierusalem by the roes and hindes of the fiede that ye wake not vp my loue nor touche her tyll she be content her selfe 9 Me thinke I heare the voyce of my beloued lo there commeth he hopping vpon the mountaines and leaping ouer the litle hilles 10 My beloued is lyke a roe or a young hart beholde he standeth behinde our wall he looketh in at the windowe and peepeth thorowe the grate 11 My beloued aunswered and sayd vnto me O stande vp my loue my beautifull and go to thyne owne for lo the winter is nowe past the rayne is away and gone 12 The flowres are come vp in the field the tyme of the byrdes singing is come and the voyce of the turtle doue is hearde in our lande 13 The figge tree bryngeth foorth her figges and the vines beare blossomes and haue a good smell 14 O stande vp then and come my loue my beautifull and come I say O my doue out of the caues of the rockes out of the holes of the wall O let me see thy countenaunce and heare thy voyce for sweete is thy voyce and fayre is thy face 15 Get vs the foxes yea the litle foxes that hurt
better with me then nowe 8 And she dyd not knowe that I gaue her corne and wine and oyle and multiplied her siluer and golde which they bestowed on Baal 9 Therefore wyll I returne and take away my corne in the tyme thereof and my wine in the season thereof and fet agayne my wooll and my flaxe whiche I gaue her to couer her shame 10 And nowe wyll I discouer her shame euen in the sight of her louers and no man shall deliuer her out of my handes 11 Moreouer I wyll take away all her myrth her holy dayes her newe moones her Sabbathes and all her solempne feastes 12 I wyll destroy her vineyardes and figtrees whereof she sayde These are my rewardes that my louers haue geuen me I wyll make them as a wood and wylde beastes shall eate them vp 13 I wyll visite vpon her the dayes of Baal wherein she burned incense to hym and decked her selfe with eareringes and iewels she folowed her louers and forgate me saith the Lorde 14 Wherefore beholde I wyll allure her and bryng her into the wildernesse and speake frendly vnto her 15 From thence wyll I geue her her vineyardes agayne yea and the valley of Achor for an entry of hope and she shall sing there as in the dayes of her youth and as in the day when she came vp out of the lande of Egypt 16 And at that day saith the Lord thou shalt call me O my husbande and shalt call me no more Baal 17 For I wyll take away those names of Baal from her mouth yea she shall neuer remember their names any more 18 Then wyll I make a couenaunt for them with the beastes of the fielde with the foules of the ayre and with euery thing that creepeth vpon the earth As for bowe sworde and battayle I wyll destroy out of the lande and wyll make them to sleepe safely 19 And I wyll marry thee vnto myne owne selfe for euer yea euen to my selfe wyll I marry thee in righteousnes in iudgement in louing kindnesse and mercy 20 In faythfulnesse also wyll I marry thee vnto my selfe and thou shalt know the Lorde 21 At the same tyme wyll I shewe my selfe gratious vnto the heauens saith the Lorde and the heauens shall helpe the earth 22 And the earth shall helpe the corne wine and oyle and they shall helpe Iezrahel 23 And I wyll sowe her for my selfe in the earth and wyll haue mercy vpon her that had not obtayned mercy And to them whiche were not my people I wyll say Thou art my people and they shall say Thou art my God ¶ The .iii. Chapter 1 The Iewes shal be cast of for their idolatrie 5 Afterwarde they shall returne to the Lorde 1 THen sayd the Lorde to me Go yet and loue a woman beloued of her husbande and yet an adultresse according to the loue of the Lorde towarde the chyldren of Israel and yet they haue respect to straunge gods and loue the wine pottes 2 So I gat her for fifteene siluerlinges and for an homer and an halfe of barley 3 And sayde vnto her Thou shalt bide with me a long season thou shalt not play the harlot thou shalt be to no oother man and I wyll be so vnto thee 4 For the chyldren of Israel shall sit a great whyle without kyng without prince without sacrifice without image without Ephod and without Theraphim 5 But afterward the chyldren of Israel shal be conuerted and seeke the Lord their God and Dauid their kyng and in the latter dayes they shall worship the Lorde and his louing kindnesse ¶ The .iiij. Chapter A complaynt against the people and the priestes of Israel 1 HEare the worde of the Lorde O ye chyldren of Israel for the Lord hath a controuersie with the inhabitauntes of the lande for there is no trueth there is no mercy there is no knowledge of God in the lande 2 But swearing lying manslaughter theft and adulterie hath gotten the ouer hande and one bloodgiltinesse foloweth another 3 Therfore shall the lande mourne and all they that dwell therein shal be rooted out the beastes of the fielde the foules of the ayre and the fisshes in the sea shal be consumed 4 Yet let no man rebuke or reproue another for thy people are as they that are at controuersie with the priest 5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day tyme and the prophete with thee in the night and I wyll bryng thy mother to destruction 6 My people perishe for lacke of knowledge because thou hast refused knowledge therfore wyll I refuse thee also so that thou shalt no more be my priest and forsomuche as thou hast forgotten the lawe of thy God I wyll also forget thy chyldren 7 The more they increased in multitude the more they sinned against me therfore wyll I chaunge their honour into shame 8 * They eate vp the sinnes of my people and encourage them in their wickednesse 9 Thus the priest is become lyke the people Wherfore I wyll punishe them for their wicked wayes and rewarde them according to their owne imaginations 10 They shal eate and not haue inough they haue vsed whordome but shall not prosper they haue forsaken the Lorde and not regarded him 11 Whordome wine and newe wine take the heart away 12 My people aske counsell at their stockes and their staffe teacheth them for the spirite of fornication hath caused them to go astray and they haue committed fornication against their God 13 They make sacrifices vpon the tops of the mountaines and burne their incense vpon the hilles yea vnder the okes poplars and elmes for there are good shadowes therfore your daughters are become harlots and your spouses haue broken their wedlocke 14 I wyll not punishe your daughters for beyng defiled and your spouses that became whoores seeing the fathers themselues haue medled with harlots and sacrificed with whoores but the people that wyll not vnderstande must be punished 15 Though thou Israel play the harlot yet let not Iuda sinne come not ye vnto Gilgal neither go ye to Bethauen neither sweare ye The Lorde liueth 16 For Israel is rebellious like an vnrulye heyffer nowe the Lorde wyll feede them as a lambe in a large place 17 Ephraim is become partaker of idols let hym alone 18 Their drunkennesse stinketh they haue committed whordome their rulers loue to say with shame Bryng ye 19 The winde hath bounde them vp in her winges and they shall be ashamed of their sacrifices ¶ The .v. Chapter 1 Against the priestes and rulers of Israel 13 The helpe of man is in vayne 1 O Ye priestes heare this take heede O thou housholde of Israel geue eare O thou house of the king for iudgement is against you because you are become as a snare on Mizphah and a spread net vpon the mount of Thabor 2 They kyll sacrifices by heapes and turne
together and came in all the haste to Hierusalem with an hoast of horsemen and with muche people on foote 31 And forbad them to buylde And so they left of from buyldyng of the temple vnto the seconde yere of king Darius king of the Persians The .iii. Chapter 1 The feast of Darius 16 The three wyse sentences 1 KYng Darius made a great feast vnto his seruauntes vnto all his court and to al the officers of Medea and Persia 2 Yea to all the gouernours captaynes and liefetenauntes that were vnder him from India vnto Ethiopia an hundreth and twentie and seuen countreys 3 So when they had eaten and drunken being satisfied were gone home agayne Darius the king went into his chaumber layde hym downe to sleepe and after that awaked 4 Then the three young men that kept the kinges person and watched his bodye communed among them selues and spake one to another 5 Let euery one of vs speake a sentence and looke who shal ouercome whose sentence may seeme wyser then the others vnto him shal king Darius geue great giftes and great thinges in token of victorie 6 As to weare purple to drinke in gold and to slepe in gold and a chariot with brydles of golde and an head tyre of fine linnen and a chayne about his necke 7 Yea he shal sit next to Darius because of his wysdome and shal be called Darius cosin 8 So euery one wrote his meanyng sealed it and layde it vnder king Darius pelowe 9 And sayd when the king aryseth they woulde geue hym the wrytynges and looke whose worde the king the three princes of Persia shall iudge to be the most wisely spoken the same shall haue the victorie as it was appoynted 10 One wrote wine is a strong thyng 11 The seconde wrote the king is strong 12 The thirde wrote women haue very muche strength but aboue all thinges the trueth beareth away the victory 13 Nowe when the king was rysen vp they toke their wrytynges and deliuered them vnto him so he read them 14 Then sent he foorth to cal al his chiefe lordes of Persia and of Media and the rulers and the captaynes and liefetenauntes and consuls 15 And when he had set hym downe in the counsell the wrytynges were read before them 16 And he commaunded to call for the young men that they myght declare their meaninges thē selues by mouth So they were sent for and came in 17 And then he sayde vnto them shewe vs and make vs to vnderstande what the thinges are that ye haue written Then began the first whiche had spoken of the strength of wine 18 And said thus O ye men how strong is wine that deceaueth all men whiche drinke it 19 It maketh the kinges minde and the fathers to be both one the bondmans and the free the poore mans and the riche 20 It turneth also euery thought into ioy and gladnes so that a man remembreth neither heauines not debt 21 And it maketh euery heart thinke it selfe riche so that a man remembreth neither king nor gouernour and it maketh to speake all thinges by talentes 22 Moreouer when men haue dronke they forget all frendship and brotherly faythfulnes and a litle after they draw out swordes 23 And afterwards when they are from the wine they remember nothing what was done 24 O ye men is not wine the strongest that thus enforceth men to do And when he had spoken this he helde his peace ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 Of the strength of a kyng 13 Of the strength of women 34 Of the strength of trueth whiche sentence is approued 47 And his petition graunted 1 THen the seconde that had spoken of the strength of the king began to say 2 O ye men are not men the strongest of all that conquer both by land and sea and all the thinges that are in them 3 Nowe is the king stronger as lorde of all these thinges and that hath the dominion ouer them and loke what he commaundeth them it is all done 4 If he byd them the one against the other to make warre they do it if he send them out against the enemies they go and breake downe mountaynes walles and towres 5 They slay and are slayne and ouerpasse not the kinges commaundement if they get the victorie they bryng all to the king so well the spoyle as other thinges 6 Likewise the other that medle not with warres and fighting but tyll the grounde when they haue sowen and reaped they bring to the king and compell one another to pay his tribute vnto the king 7 And if the king though he be but one man commaunde to kill they kill if he commaunde to forgeue they forgeue 8 If he commaund to smite they smite if he byd driue away they driue away if he commaund to buylde they buylde 9 If he commaunde to breake downe they breake downe if he commaunde to plant they plant 10 So the common people and the rulers are obedient vnto hym and the king in the meane season sitteth hym downe eateth and drinketh and taketh his rest 11 And these kepe him rounde about and not one of them dare get hym out of the way to do his owne busines but must be obedient vnto the king at a worde 12 Iudge ye now O ye men how should not the king go farre aboue when in such sort he is obayed And when he had spoken thus he helde his tongue 13 The thirde whose name was Zorobabel which had spoken of women and of trueth began to say after this maner 14 O ye men it is not the great king it is not the multitude of men neither is it wine that excelleth Who is it then that ruleth them or hath the lordship ouer them is it not women 15 Women haue borne the king and all the people which beare rule by sea and by lande 16 And euen of them were they borne and they brought those vp that planted the vines wherof the wine commeth 17 They make garmentes for men they get honour vnto men and without women can not men continue 18 Yea if they haue gathered together golde and siluer or any other pretious thing do they not loue a woman for her comely shape and beautie 19 And letting all those thinges go do they not gape euen with open mouth fixe their eyes fast on her and haue not all men more desire vnto her then vnto siluer and golde or any maner of pretious thing 20 A man leaueth his owne father that brought hym vp leaueth his owne naturall countrey and eleaueth vnto his wyfe 21 Yea he ieopardeth his lyfe with his wyfe and remembreth neither father nor mother nor countrey 22 By this also ye must needes knowe that women haue dominion ouer you Do ye not labour trauayle and geue and bryng all to the woman 23 A man taketh his sworde and goeth his way to steale to kyll
to murther to sayle vpon the sea and vpon riuers 24 And seeth a lion goeth in the darkenes when he hath stollen deceaued and robbed he bringeth it vnto his loue 25 Wherefore a man loueth his wife better then father and mother 26 Yea many there be that runne out of their wittes and became bondmen for their wyues sakes 27 Many one also haue perished haue erred and sinned also for women 28 And nowe do ye not beleue me is not the king great in his power do not all regions feare to touche hym 29 Yet dyd I see hym and Apame the daughter of the great king Bartacus the kinges concubine sate besyde the king vpon the right hande 30 And toke of his crowne from his head and set it vpon her owne head and stroke the king with her left hand 31 And there whyle stedyly the king loked vpon her with open mouth if she laughed vpon him he laughed also but if she toke any displeasure with hym the king was fayne to flatter her and to geue her good wordes tyll he had gotten her fauour agayne 32 O ye men are not women then stronger that do these thinges 33 Then the king and the princes loked one vpon another So he began to speake of the trueth 34 O ye men are not women stronger Great is the earth hye is the heauen swift is the course of the sunne he compasseth the heauen rounde about and fetcheth his course agayne to his owne place in one day 35 Is he not excellent that maketh these thinges Therfore great is the trueth and stronger then all thinges 36 All the earth calleth vpon trueth the heauen prayseth it all workes shake and tremble at it and with it is no vnrighteous thing 37 Wine is wicked the kyng is wicked women are wicked all the children of men are wicked yea such are all their wicked workes and there is no trueth in them in their vnrighteousnesse also shall they be destroyed and perishe 38 As for the trueth it endureth and is alway strong it lyueth and conquereth for euermore worlde without ende 39 With her there is no exception or difference of persons but she doth that iust is and refrayneth from all vniust and wicked thynges and all men do well lyke of her workes 40 In the iudgement of it there is no vnryghteous thyng she is the strength kyngdome power and maiestie of all ages Blessed be the God of trueth 41 And with that he helde his peace and all the people cryed and then sayde Great is trueth and aboue all 42 Then sayde the kyng vnto hym Aske what thou wilt more then is appoynted in the writyng and we shall geue it thee for thou art founde wyser then thy companions thou shalt sit next me and shalt be called my kinsman 43 Then sayde he vnto the kyng Remember thy promise and vowe which thou hast vowed and promised in the day when thou camest to the kingdome to builde vp Hierusalem 44 And to sende agayne all the vessels and iewels that were taken away out of Hierusalem which Cyrus set apart when he vowed to destroy Babylon and to sende them agayne thyther 45 And thy mynde was also to builde vp the temple which the Edomites burnt when Iudea was destroyed by the Chaldees 46 And nowe this onely O kyng is the thing that I require and desire of thee this is the princely liberalitie that I aske of thee I desire therfore that thou perfourme the vowe which thou with thine owne mouth hast made vnto the kyng of heauen 47 Then Darius the kyng stoode vp and kyssed hym wrote hym lettters vnto all the deputies and lieftenauntes to all the lordes and nobles that they shoulde conuey hym foorth and all them that went vp with hym to build Hierusalem 48 He wrote letters also vnto all the liefetenauntes that were in Coelosyria and Phenices and vnto them in Libanus that they shoulde bryng Cedar trees from Libanus vnto Hierusalem and builde the citie with hym 49 Moreouer he wrote for all the Iewes that were gone out of his realme into Iurie concernyng their freedome that no officer no ruler nor lieftenaunt nor stewarde should enter into their doores 50 And that all their lande whiche they kept shoulde be free and not tributarie and that the Edomites shoulde geue ouer the cites and villages of the Iewes which they had taken in 51 Yea and that there shoulde be yerely geuen twentie talentes to the buildyng of the temple vntyll the tyme that it were finished 52 And to maynteyne the burnt offerynges vpon the aulter euery day as they had a commaundement to offer seuenteene other ten talentes euery yere 53 And that all they which come from Babylon to builde the citie should haue free libertie they and their children and all the priestes that went away 54 He wrote also concerning the charges and the priestes garment wherin they minister 55 And likewise for the charges of the Leuites to be geuen them vntyll the day that the house were finished and Hierusalem builded vp 56 And he commaunded that all they that watched the citie shoulde haue their pensions and wages 57 He sent away also all the vessels that Cyrus had separated from Babylon and all that Cyrus had geuen in commaundement the same charged he also that it shoulde be done and sent vnto Hierusalem 58 Nowe when this young man was gone foorth he lyfted vp his face to heauen towarde Hierusalem and praysed the kyng of heauen 59 And sayde Of thee commeth victorie of thee commeth wisdome and thine is the glorie and I am thy seruaunt 60 Blessed art thou which hast geuen me wisdome for to thee I acknowledge it O Lorde thou God of our fathers 61 And so he toke the letters and went out and came vnto Babylon and tolde it all his brethren 62 And they praysed the God of their fathers that he had geuen them freedome and libertie 63 To go vp and to builde Hierusalem and the temple wherin the name of the Lorde is called vpon and they reioyced with instrumentes of musicke and gladnesse seuen dayes long The .v. Chapter 1 The number of them that returne from the captiuitie 42 their vowes and sacrifices 54 The temple is begun to be built 66 Their enemies would craftily ioyne with them 1 AFter this were the ☞ principall men of the houses of their fathers chosen in the tribes and kinredes that they shoulde go with their wiues and sonnes and daughters with their seruauntes and maydens with all their cattell and substaunce 2 And Darius the kyng sent with them a thousande horsemen to conuey them safely vnto Hierusalem and with musical instrumentes with tabers flutes ' 3 And all their brethren played and he ' made them go vp together with them 4 And these are the names of the men which went vp out of the villages according to the tribes and after the order of their dignitie 5 The priestes
life geuen thee 6 O Lorde if thou suffer not thy seruaunt to intreate thee that thou mayest geue seede vnto our heart and buylde our vnderstanding that there maye come fruite of it wherby eche man may liue that is corrupt then who shall step foorth in the place of man 7 For thou art alone and we all one workemanship of thy handes like as thou hast sayde 8 For when the body is fashioned nowe in the mothers wombe and thou geuest the membres thy creature is preserued in fire and water and nine monethes doth thy worke suffer thy creature whiche is fashioned in her 9 But the thinges that kepeth and that is kept shall both be preserued and when the time commeth the wombe preserued deliuereth vp the thinges that grewe in it 10 For thou hast commaunded the partes of the body euen the breastes to geue milke vnto the fruite of the breastes 11 That the thing whiche is created and fashioned may be nourished for a time till thou disposest and ordrest it with thy mercy 12 And then thou bringest it vp with thy righteousnesse nurturest it in thy lawe and refourmest it with thy vnderstanding 13 Mortifiest it as thy creature and makest it liuing as thy worke 14 Seing then that thou destroyest him whiche with so great labours is created and fashioned thorowe thy commaundement thou couldest lightly ordayne also that the thing whiche is made might be preserued 15 Nowe therfore Lord I wyll speake for concerning all men in generall thou shalt rather prouide but touching thy people for whose sake I am sory 16 And thyne inheritaunce for whose cause I mourne and Israel for whom I am wofull and Iacob for whose sake I am greeued 17 Therfore begin I to pray before thee for my selfe and for them for I see the fauls of vs that dwell in the lande 18 But I haue hearde the swiftnesse of the iudge whiche is to come 19 Therefore heare my voyce and vnderstand my wordes and I shal speake before thee This is the beginning of the wordes of Esdras before he was taken vp 20 O Lord thou that dwellest in euerlastingnesse which beholdest from aboue thinges in the heauen and in the ayre 21 Whos 's throne is inestimable whose glory â—and maiestieâ— may not be comprehended before whom the hoastes of angels stande with tremblyng 22 Whos 's keping is turned in winde and fire whose worde is true whose sayinges are stedfast whose commaundement is strong whose ordinaunce is fearefull 23 Whose looke dryeth vp the deapthes whose wrath maketh the mountaynes to melt away and whose trueth beareth witnesse 24 O heare the prayer of thy seruaunt and marke with thyne eares the petition of thy creature 25 For whyle I liue I wyll speake and so long as I haue vnderstanding I wyll aunswere 26 O looke not vpon the sinnes of thy people rather then on them whiche serue thee in trueth 27 Haue no respect vnto the wicked stustiâ—s of the heathen but to the desire of those that kepe thy testimonies with afflictions 28 Thinke not vpon those that haue walked faynedly before thee but remember them which according to thy wyll haue knowen thy feare 29 Let it not be thy will to destroy them whiche haue had beastly maners but to looke vpon them that haue clearely taught thy lawe 30 Take thou no indignation at them whiche are worse then beastes but loue them that alway put their trust in thy righteousnesse and glory 31 For we and our fathers haue all the same sicknes and disease but because of vs sinners thou shalt be called merciful 32 For if thou hast mercy vpon vs thou shalt be called mercifull to vs that haue no workes of righteousnesse 33 For the righteous whiche haue layde vp many good workes together shall out of their deedes receaue rewarde 34 But what is man that thou shouldest take displeasure at hym Or what is this corruptible and mortall generation that thou shouldest be so rough towarde hâ—m 35 For of a trueth there is no maÌ„ among them that be borne but he hath dealt wickedly among the fayâ—hfull there is none which hath not done amisse 36 For in this O Lorde thy righteousnesse and thy goodnesse shal be praysed and declared if thou be mercifull vnto them whiche are not riche in good workes 37 Then aunswered he me and sayde Some things hast thou spoken aright according vnto thy wordes it shal be 38 For I wyll not veryly consider the workes of them whiche haue sinned before death before iudgement before destruction 39 But I wyll reioyce ouer the worke and thought of the righteous I wyll remember also the pilgrimage the saluation and the rewarde that they shall haue 40 Like as I haue spoken nowe so shall it come to passe 41 For as the husbandman soweth much seede vpon the grounde and planteth many trees and yet alway the thing that is sowne or planted is not all kept safe neither doth it all take roote Euen so is it of them that are sowen in the worlde they shall not all be saued 42 I aunswered then and sayde If I haue founde grace then let me speake 43 Like as the husbandmans seede perisheth if it come not vp and receaue not thy rayne in due season or if there come to much rayne vpon it and corrupt it 44 Euen so perisheth man also which is created with thy handes and is like vnto thyne owne image and to thy selfe for whose sake thou hast made all thinges and lykened hym vnto the husbandmans seede 45 Be not wroth with vs O Lorde but spare thy people and haue mercy vpon thyne owne inheritaunce for thou wylt be mercyfull vnto thy creature 46 Then aunswered he me and sayde Thinges present are for the present and thinges to come for such as be to come 47 For thou lackest yet much seing thou canst loue my creature aboue me but I haue oft tymes drawen nye vnto thee and vnto it but neuer to the vnrighteous 48 In this also thou art marueylous before the highest 49 In that thou hast humbled thy selfe as it becommeth thee and hast not iudged thy selfe worthy to be much glorified among the righteous 50 For many and great miseries remaine for them that in the latter tyme shall dwell in the worlde because they haue walked in great pride 51 But vnderstande thou for thy selfe and seeke out the glory for suche as be like thee 52 For vnto you is paradise opened the tree of life is planted the tyme to come is prepared plenteousnes is made redy the citie is buylded for you and rest is prepared yea perfect goodnes and wysdome 53 The roote of euyll is marked from you the weakenesse and moth is hid from you and into hell fleeth corruption in forgetfulnesse 54 Sorowes are vanished away and in the ende is shewed the treasure of immortalitie 55 And therfore aske thou no more questions concerning the multitude of them that perishe
opened I my mouth and beholde he reached me a full cuppe which was full as it were with water but the colour of it was lyke fire 40 And I toke it and dranke And when I had drunken it my heart had vnderdandyng and wisdome grewe in my brest for my spirite was strenthened in remembraunce 41 And my mouth was opened and shut no more 42 The hyest gaue vnderstandyng vnto the fyue men that they wrote the hye thynges of the nyght which they vnderstoode not 43 But in the nyght they dyd eate bread as for me I spake in the day and helde not my tongue by nyght 44 In fourtie dayes they wrote two hundred and foure bookes 45 And it came to passe when the fourtie dayes were fulfylled that the hyest spake saying The first that thou hast written publishe openly that the worthy and vnworthy may reade it 46 But kepe the seuentie last that thou mayest deliuer them only to such as be wise among thy people 47 For in them is the spring of vnderstandyng the fountayne of wisdome and the streame of knowledge 48 And I dyd so The .xv. Chapter 1 The prophecie of Esdras is certayne 5 The euils that shall come on the worlde 9 The Lord wyll auenge the innocent blood 12 Egypt shall lament 16 Sedition 20 and punishment vpon the kynges of the earth 24 Cursed are they that sinne 29 Troubles warres vpon the whole earth 53 God is the reuenger of his elect 1 BEholde speake thou in the eares of my people the wordes of prophecie which I wyll put in thy mouth sayth the Lorde 2 And cause them to be written in a letter for it is the trueth 3 Feare not the imaginations agaynst thee Let not the vnfaythfulnesse of them trouble thee that speake agaynst thee 4 For all the vnfaythfull shall dye in their vnfaythfulnesse 5 Beholde saith the Lorde I will bring plagues vpon the worlde the sworde hunger death and destruction 6 For wickednesse hath the vpper hande in all the earth and their shamefull workes are fulfylled 7 Therfore sayth the Lorde 8 I wyll holde my tongue no more of their wickednesse which they do so vngodly neither wyll I suffer them in the thynges that they deale withall so wickedly Beholde the innocent and ryghteous blood cryeth vnto me and the soules of the iust complaine continually 9 And therfore sayth the Lorde I wyll surely auenge and receaue vnto me all the innocent blood from among them 10 Beholde my people is led as a flocke of sheepe to be slayne I wyll not suffer them nowe to dwell in the lande of Egypt 11 But wyll bryng them out with a mightie hande and a stretched out arme and smite it with plagues as afore and wyll destroy all the lande of it 12 Egypt shall mourne and the foundations of it shal be smitten with the plague and punishment that God shall bryng vpon it 13 They that tyll the grounde shall mourne for their seedes shal be destroyed through the blastyng and hayle and by an horrible starre 14 Wo worth the worlde and them that dwell therin 15 For the sworde and their destruction draweth nye and one people shal stande vp to fyght agaynst another swordes in their handes 16 For men shal be vnstedfast and some shall do violence vnto other they shall not regarde their kyng and the princes shall measure the way of their doinges by their power 17 A man shall desire to go into a citie and shall not be able 18 For because of their pride the cities shal be troubled the houses shall tremble and men shal be afrayde 19 A man shall haue no pitie vpon his neyghbour but shall destroy their houses with the sword and spoyle their goodes because of the hunger of bread and because of the great trouble 20 Beholde sayth God I call together all the kynges of the earth to reuerence me which are from the vprisyng from the south from the east and Libanus to turne vpon them and restore the thynges that they haue done to them 21 Lyke as they do yet this day vnto my chosen so wyll I do also and recompence them in their bosome Thus saith the Lorde God 22 My ryght hande shall not spare the sinners and my sworde shall not ceasse ouer them that shed the innocent blood vpon earth 23 The fire is gone out from his wrath hath consumed the foundations of the earth and the sinners lyke the strawe that is kyndled 24 Wo worth them that sinne and kepe not my commaundementes sayth the Lorde 25 I wyll not spare them Go your way ye children from the power defile not my sanctuarie 26 For the Lorde knoweth all them that sinne agaynst him therfore deliuereth he them vnto death and destruction 27 For nowe are the plagues come vpon the worlde and ye shall remayne in them For God shall not deliuer you because ye haue sinned agaynst hym 28 Beholde an horrible vision commeth from the east 29 Where generations of dragons of Arabia shal come out with many charettes the multitude of them shal be caryed as the wynde vpon earth that all they which heare them may feare tremble 30 Euen the Carmanies raging in wrath shall go foorth as the wylde boores of the forrest and with great power shall they come and stande fyghtyng with them and shall waste a portion of the lande of the Assyrians 31 And then shall the dragons haue the vpper hande and remembring their nature shall turne about conspiryng together in great power to persecute thē 32 Then these shal be troubled and kepe scilence in their power and shall flee 33 And from the lande of the Assyrians shall the enemie besiege them and consume some of them and in their hoast shal be feare and dread and strife among their kynges 34 Beholde cloudes from the east and from the north vnto the south and they are very horrible to loke vpon full of wrath and storme 35 They shall smite one vpon another and they shal smite downe a great multitude of starres vpon the earth euen their owne starre and the blood shal be from the sworde vnto the belly 36 And the doung of man vnto the Camels litter 37 And there shal be great fearfulnesse and tremblyng vpon earth and they that see the wrath shal be afraide and a tremblyng shall come vpon them 38 And then shal there come great raynes from the south and from the north and part from the west 39 And strong wyndes shall aryse from the east and shall open it and the cloude which he raysed vp in wrath and the starre stirred to cause feare towarde the east and west wind shal be destroyed 40 The great cloudes shal be lift vp and the mightie cloudes full of wrath and the starre that they may make all the earth afrayde and them that dwell therin and that they may powre out ouer euery high place an horrible starre 41 Fire and hayle and fleing
noble actes 4 Who shall declare the power of his greatnesse or who wyll take vpon him to tell out his mercie 5 As for the wonderous workes of the Lord there may nothing be taken from them nothing may be put vnto them neither may the grounde of them be founde out 6 But when a man hath done his best he must beginne againe and when he thinketh to be come to an ende he must go againe to his labour 7 What is man whereto is he worth what good or euill can he do 8 If the number of a mans dayes be almost an hundred yeres it is much and no man hath certaine knowledge of his death 9 Lyke as the droppers of rayne are vnto the sea and as a grauell stone is in comparison of the sande so are these fewe yeres to the dayes of euerlasting 10 Therefore is the Lorde pacient with them and powreth out his mercie vpon them 11 He sawe and perceaued the thoughtes and imaginations of their heart that they were euill therefore heaped he vp his mercifull goodnesse vpon them and shewed them the way of righteousnes 12 The mercie that a man hath reacheth to his neighbour but the mercie of god is vpon all fleshe He chasteneth he teacheth and nurtureth yea euen as a sheephearde turneth againe his flocke so doth he all them that receaue chastening nurture and doctrinâ— 13 Mercyfull is he vnto them that diligently seeke after his iudgementes 14 My sonne when thou doest good make no grudging at it and whatsoeuer thou geuest speake no discomfortable wordes 15 Shall not the deawe coole the heate euen so is a worde better then a gift 16 Is not a friendly worde a good honest gifte but a gratious man geueth them both 17 A foole shall cast a man in the teeth and that roughly and a gift of the nigarde putteth out the eyes 18 Get thee righteousnes before thou come to iudgement learne before thou speake and go to phisicke or euer thou be sicke 19 Examine and iudge thy selfe before the iudgement come and so shalt thou finde grace in the sight of God 20 Humble thy selfe afore thou be sicke and whilest thou mayst sinne shew thy conuersation 21 Be not let to pay thy vowe in good time and tary not to be iustified vnto thy death for the rewarde of God endureth for euer 22 Before thou prayest prepare thy soule and be not as one that tempteth God 23 Thinke vpon the wrathfull indignation that shal be at the ende and the houre of vengeauÌ„ce when he shall turne away his face 24 When thou hast inough remember the time of hunger and when thou art rich thinke vpon the time of pouertie and scarsenesse 25 From the morning vntyl the euening the time is chaunged all such thinges are soone done in the sight of God 26 A wyfe man feareth God in al thinges and in the dayes of transgression he kepeth him selfe from sinne but the foole doth not obserue the time 27 A discreete man hath pleasure in wysdome and he that findeth her maketh much of her 28 They that haue had vnderstanding haue dealt wysely in wordes haue vnderstand the trueth and righteousnesse and haue sought out wâ—fe sentences and iudgementes 29 The chiefe aucthoritie of speaking is of the Lorde alone for a mortall man hath but a dead heart 30 Folowe not thy lustes but turne shee from thyne owne wyll 31 For if thou geuest thy soule her desires it shall make thyne enemies to laugh thee to scorne 32 Take not thy pleasure in great voluptuousnesse and meddle not to much withall 33 Make not to great cheare of the thing that thou hast wonne by aduauntage lest thou fall into pouertie and haue nothing in thy purse els thou shouldest sclaunderously lye in wayte for thyne owne lyfe ¶ The .xix. Chapter 2 Wâ—ne and whordome bringeth men to pouertie 6 In thy wordes must thou vse discretion 22 The difference of the wysdome of God and man 27 whereby thou mayst know what is in a man 1 A Labouring man that is geuen vnto drunckennes shall not be rich and he that maketh not much of small thinges shall fall by litle and litle 2 Wine and women make wyse men runagates and put men of vnderstanding to reproofe 3 And he that companieth adulterers shal become an impudent man mothes and wormes shal haue him to heritage yea he shal be set vp to a great example and his soule shal be rooted out of the number 4 He that is hastie to geue credence is light minded doth against him selfe 5 Who so reioyceth in wickednesse shal be punished but he that resisteth pleasures crowneth his owne soule he that refraineth his tongue may lyue with a troublesome man he that hateth to be refourmed his lyfe shal be shortened he that abhorreth babling of wordes quencheth wickednesse 6 He that offendeth against his owne soule shall repent it and he that reioyceth in wickednes shal be punished 7 Rehearse not a wicked and churlishe worde twyse and thou shalt not be hindered 8 Shewe thy secretes neither to friende nor foe and if thou hast offended tell it not out 9 For he shall hearken vnto thee and marke thee and when he findeth oportunitie he shall hate thee and so shall he be alway about thee 10 If thou hast heard a worde against thy neighbour let it be dead within thee and be sure thou shalt haue no harme thereby 11 A foole trauayleth with a worde lyke as a woman that is payned with bearing of a childe 12 Lyke as an arrowe shotte in a thigh of flesshe so is a worde in a fooles heart 13 Tell thy friende his fault lest he be ignoraunt and say I haue not done it or if he haue spoken that he do it no more 14 Reproue thy neighbour that he keepe his tongue and if he haue spoken that he say it no more 15 Tell thy neighbour his fault for oft times an offence is made and geue not credence to euery worde 16 A man falleth sometime with his tongue but not with his wil for what is he that hath not offended in his tongue 17 Geue thy neighbour warning before thou threaten him and geue place vnto the lawe of the Lorde 18 The feare of the Lorde is the first degree to be receaued of him wysdome obtayneth his loue 19 The knowledge of the commaundementes of the Lorde is the doctrine of lyfe and they that obey him shall receaue the fruite of immortalitie 20 The feare of God is all wysdome and he that is a righteous man keepeth the lawe 21 If a seruaunt say vnto his maister I wyll not do as it pleaseth thee though afterwarde he do it he shall displease him that nourisheth him 22 As for the doctrine of wickednes it is no wysdome the prudence of sinners is no good vnderstanding it is but wickednes and abhomination and a blaspheming of wysdome 23 A simple
wicked woman her will 28 If she walke not after thy hande she shall confounde thee in the sight of thâ—e enemies Cut her of then from thy fleshe that she do not alway abuse thee â–ª The .xxvi. Chapter 1 The prayse of a good woman 5 Of the feare of three thinges and of the fourth â— Of the ielousie and drunkennesse of a woman 28 Of two thinges that cause sorowe of the thyrde whiche moueth wrath 1 HAppy is the man that hath a vertuous wyfe for the nuÌ„ber of his yeres shal be double 2 An honest woman maketh her husbande a ioyfull man and she shall fill the yeres of his lyfe in peace 3 A vertuous woman is a noble gift whiche shal be geuen for a good portion vnto such as feare God 4 Whether a man be riche or poore he may haue euer a mery heart a cheareful countenaunce 5 There be three thinges that my heart feareth and my face is afrayde of the fourth treason in a citie a seditious people and noysome tongues all these are heauyer then the death 6 When one woman is ielous ouer an other it bringeth payne and sorowe vnto the heart and a woman that telleth out all thinges is a scourge of the tongue 7 When one hath an euyll wyfe it is euen as when an vnlyke payre of oxen must drawe together he that getteth her getteth a scorpion 8 A drunken woman is a great plague for she can not couer her owne shame 9 The whordome of a woman may be knowen in the pryde of her eyes and eye liddes 10 If thy daughter be not shamefast hold her straytly lest she abuse her selfe thorowe ouer much libertie 11 Beware of all the dishonestie of her eyes maruel not if she do against thee 12 As a way faring man that is thirstie when he hath founde a well drinketh of euery water so will she sit downe by euery hedge and make her selfe common to euery man that passeth by 13 A louing wyfe reioyceth her husbande feedeth his bones with her wysdome 14 A woman of fewe wordes is a gift of God to all nurtured myndes may nothing be compared 15 An honest and manerly woman is a gift aboue other giftes and there is no wayght to be compared vnto a minde that can rule it selfe 16 Like as the sunne when it ariseth is an ornament in the hie heauen of the Lord so is a vertuous wyfe the beautie of all her house 17 Like as the cleare light is vpon the holy candelsticke so is the beautie of the face vpon an honest body 18 Like as the golden pillers are vpon the sockettes of siluer so are the fayre feete vpon a woman that hath a constant mynde 19 Perpetual are the foundations that be layed vpon a whole stony rocke so are the commaundementes of God vpon the heart of an holy woman 20 There be two thinges that greeue my heart in the thirde is displeasure come vpoÌ„ me When an experte man of warre suffreth scarsenesse and pouertie when men of vnderstanding and wisdome are not set by and when one departeth from righteousnesse vnto sinne Who so doth such the Lorde hath prepared him vnto the sworde 21 There be two maner of thinges which me thinke to be harde and perilous A marchaunt can not lightly kepe hym from wrong neither a tauerner hym selfe from sinne The .xxvii. Chapter â— Of the poore that woulde be riche 5 The probation of the man that feareth God 13 The vnconstantenesse of a foole 16 The secretes of a friend are not to be vttered 20 The wicked imagineth euyll whiche returneth vpon him selfe 1 BEcause of pouertie haue many one offended and he that seketh to be riche turneth his eyes asyde 2 Lyke as a nayle in the wal sticketh fast betwixt two stones euen so doth sinne sticke betwixt the bier and the seller 3 If he holde him not diligently in the feare of the Lorde his house shall soone be ouerthrowen 4 Lyke as when one sifteth the filthynesse remayneth in the syue So remayneth there some vncleane thing in the thought of man 5 The ouen proueth the potters vessel so doth temptation of trouble trye righteous men 6 The tree of the fielde is knowen by his fruite so is the thought of mans heart knowen by his wordes 7 Prayse no man except thou haue heard him for a man is knowen by his wordes 8 If thou folowest righteousnes thou shalt get her and put her vpon thee as a fayre garment and thou shalt dwell with her and she shall defende thee for euer and in the day of knowledge thou shalt finde stedfastnesse 9 The byrdes resorte vnto their lyke so doth the trueth turne vnto them that be occupied withall 10 The lion wayteth the pray so doth sinne vpon them that worke vnrighteousnesse 11 The talking of him that feareth God is nothing but wysdome as for a foole he chaungeth as the moone 12 If thou be among the vndiscrete kepe thy wordes to a conuenient time but among such as be wise speake on hardyly 13 The talking of fooles is abhomination and their sport is volupteousnesse and misnurture 14 Much swearing maketh the heere to stande vp and to stryue with such stoppeth the â—ares 15 The stryfe of the proude is bloodshedding and their blaspheming is heauy to heare 16 Who so discouereth secretes leeseth his credence and fyndeth no friende after his will 17 Loue thy friende and binde thy selfe in faythfulnesse with him but if thou bewrayest his secretes thou shalt not get him againe 18 For like as the man is that destroyeth his enemie so is he also that dealeth falsly in the friendship of his neyghbour 19 Like as one that letteth a byrde go out of his hande can not take her againe Euen so thou if thou geue ouer thy friende thou canst not get him againe 20 Yea thou canst not come by him for he is to farre of He is vnto thee as a Roe escaped out of the snare for his soule is wounded 21 As for woundes they may be bounde vp againe and an euyll worde may be reconciled but who so bewrayeth the secretes of a friende there is no more hope to be had vnto him 22 He that winketh with the eyes imagineth some euyll and he that knoweth him will let him alone 23 When thou art present he shall hyghlie commende and prayse thy wordes but at the last he shall turne his tayle and sclaunder thy saying 24 Many thinges haue I hated but nothing so euyll for the Lorde him selfe also abhorreth such a one 25 Who so casteth a stone an hye it shal fal vpon his owne head and he that smyteth with guyle woundeth him selfe 26 Who so diggeth a pit shall fall therein and he that layeth a stone in his neyghbours way shall stumble theron and he that layeth a snare for another shall be taken in it him selfe 27 Who so geueth a wicked noisome counsell it shall come vpon hymselfe
him thankes for his mercie endureth worlde without ende ⧠The story of Susanna vvhich is the thirteenth Chapter of Daniel after the Latine 8 The two gouerners are taken with the loue of Susanna 19 They take her alone in the garden 20 They solicite her to wickednes 23 She chooseth rather to obey God though it be to the daunger of her lyfe 34 She is accused 45 Daniel doth deliuer her 62 The gouernours are put to death 1 THere dwelt a man in Babylon called Ioacim 2 That toke a wyfe whose name was Susanna the daughter of Helcia a very faire woman and such one as feared God 3 Her father and her mother also were good people and taught their daughter according to the lawe of Moyses 4 Now Ioacim her husband was a great rich man and had a faire orchard ioyning vnto his house and to him resorted the Iewes commōly because he was a man of reputation among them 5 The same yere were there made two iudges such as the Lorde speaketh of The wickednes of Babylon commeth from the elders that is from the iudges which seeme to rule the people 6 These came oft to Ioacims house and all such as had any thing to do in the lawe came thyther vnto them 7 Now when the people departed away at noone Susanna went into her husbandes orchard to walke 8 The two elders seeing this that she went in dayly and walked they burned for lust to her 9 Yea they were almost out of their wittes and cast downe their eyes that they should not see heauen nor remember that God is a righteous iudge 10 For they were both wounded with the loue of her neither durst one shewe another his griefe 11 And for shame they durst not tell her their inordinate lust that they woulde faine haue had to do with her 12 Yet they layed wayte for her earnestly from day to day that they might at the leaste haue a sight of her 13 And the one said to the other Vp let vs go home for it is dinner time So they went their way one from an other 14 When they returned againe they came together enquiring out the matter betwixt them selues yea the one tolde the other of his wicked lust Then appoynted they a time when they might take Susanna alone 15 It happened also that they spied out a conuenient time when she went foorth to walke as her maner was and no body with her but two maydens and thought to washe her selfe in the garden for it was an hot season 16 And there was not one person there except the two elders that had hid them selues to beholde her 17 So she saide to her maydens Go fet me oyle and sope and shut the orchard doore that I may washe me 18 And they did as she bad them and shut the orchard doore and went out them selues at a backe doore to fetch the thing that she had commaunded but Susanna knew not that the elders laye there hid within 19 Now when the maydens were gone foorth the two elders gat them vp and ranne vpon her saying 20 Now the orchard doores are shut that no man can see vs we haue a lust vnto thee therefore consent vnto vs and lye with vs 21 If thou wylt not we shall bring a testimonial against thee that there was a young felowe with thee that thou hast sent away thy maydens from thee for the same cause 22 Susanna sighed and saide Alas I am in trouble on euery side though I folowe your minde it wyl be my death and if I consent not vnto you I can not escape your handes 23 Wel it is better for me to fall into your hande without the deede doing then to sinne in the sight of the Lorde 24 And with that she cryed out with a loude voyce the elders also cryed out against her 25 Then ranne there one to the orchard doore and smote it open 26 Now whē the seruauntes of the house heard the crye in the orchard they russhed in at the backe doore to see what the matter was 27 So when the elders tolde them the seruauntes were greatly ashamed for why there was neuer such a report made of Susanna 28 On the morowe after came the people to Ioacim her husband and the two elders came also ful of mischeuous imaginations against Susanna to bring her vnto death 29 And spake thus before the people Send for Susanna the daughter of Helchias Ioacims Wyfe And immediatly they sent for her 30 So she came with her father and mother her children and all her kindred 31 Now Susanna was a tender person and marueylous faire of face 32 Therefore the wicked men commaunded to take her clothes from her face for she was couered that at the least they might so be satisfied in her beautie 33 Then her friendes yea and all they that knew her began to weepe 34 These two elders stoode vp in the middest of the people layed their handes vpon the head of Susanna 35 Which wept and loked vp toward heauen for her heart had a sure trust in the Lorde 36 And the elders saide As we were walking in the orchard alone this woman came in with her two maydens whom she sent away from her and sparred the orchard doores 37 With that a young felowe which there was hid came vnto her and lay with her 38 As for vs we stoode in a corner of the orchard and when we sawe this wickednes we ranne to them and we sawe them as they were together 39 But we could not holde him for he was stronger then we Thus he opened the doore and gat him away 40 Now whē we had taken this woman we asked her what young felowe this was but she would not tel vs. This is the matter we be witnesses of the same 41 The common sorte beleeued them as those that were the elders and iudges of the people so they condemned her to death 42 Susanna cryed out with a loude voyce and saide O euerlasting God thou searcher of secretes thou that knowest all thinges before they come to passe 43 Thou wottest that they haue borne false witnesse against me and behold I must dye wheras I neuer did any such thinges as these men haue maliciously inuented against me 44 And the Lorde heard her voyce 45 For when she was led foorth to death the lord raysed vp the spirite of a young childe whose name was Daniel 46 Which cryed with a loude voyce I am cleane from this blood 47 Then all the people turned towarde him saide What meane these wordes that thou hast spoken 48 Daniel stoode in the middest of them and saide are ye such fooles O ye children of Israel that ye can not discerne nor know the trueth Ye haue here condēpned a daughter of Israel vnto death and knowe not the trueth wherefore 49 Go sit in iudgement againe for they haue spoken false witnesse against her 50 Wherefore the people
he deceaue vs though he come with an armie 15 So he gaue them louing wordes and swore vnto them saide We wyl do you no harme neither your friendes 16 And they beleued him but the very same day toke he threescore men of them and slue them according to the wordes that are written 17 They haue cast the fleshe of thy sainctes and shed their blood rounde about Hierusalem there was no man that would burie them 18 So there came a great feare and dreade among al y e people saying There is neither trueth nor righteousnesse in them for they haue broken the appoyntment and oth that they made 19 And Bacchides remoued his hoast frō Hierusalem pitched his tent at Bethzecha where he sent foorth toke many of them that had forsaken him He slue many of the people also and cast them into a great pit 20 Then committed he the lande vnto Alcimus and left men of warre with him to helpe him and Bacchides him selfe went vnto the king 21 And thus Alcimus defended his hye priesthood 22 And all such as vexed Israel resorted vnto him insomuch that they obtayned the lande of Iuda and did much euill vnto the Israelites 23 Nowe when Iudas sawe all the mischiefe that Alcunus and his company had done yea more then the heathen them selues vnto the Israelites 24 He went foorth rounde about all the borders of Iurie and punished those vnfaithfull runnagates so that they came no more out into the countrie 25 So when Alcimus sawe that Iudas his people had gotten the vpper hand and that he was not able to abide them he went againe to the king and saide all the worst of them that he coulde 26 Then the king sent Nicanor one of his chiefe princes which bare euil wil vnto Israel and commaunded him that he should vtterly destroy the people 27 So Nicanor came to Hierusalem with a great hoast and sent vnto Iudas and his brethren with friendly wordes but vnder disceyte saying 28 There shall be no warre betwixt me and you I wyll come with a fewe men to see how ye do with frendship 29 Vpon this he came vnto Iudas and they saluted one another peaceably but the enemies were appoynted to take Iudas by violence 30 Neuerthelesse it was tolde Iudas that he came vnto him but vnder disceyte wherfore he gate him away from him and would see his face no more 31 When Nicanor perceaued that his counsel was bewrayed he went out to fight against Iudas beside Capharsalama 32 Where there were slaine of Nicanors hoast fiue thousand men and the residue fled vnto the castle of Dauid 33 After this came Nicanor vp vnto mount Sion and the priestes with the elders of the people went foorth to salute him peaceably to shewe him the burnt sacrifices that were offered for the king 34 But he laughed them and the people to scorne mocked them defiled their offeringes and spake disdainefully 35 Yea and swore in his wrath saying If Iudas and his hoast be not deliuered nowe into my handes assoone as euer I come againe and fare well I shall burne vp this house With that went he out in a great anger 36 Then the priestes came in and stoode before the aulter of the temple weeping and saying 37 Forsomuch as thou O Lorde hast chosen this house that thy name might be called vpon therin and that it should be an house of prayer and petition for thy people 38 Be auenged of this man and his hoast and let them be slaine with the sword remember the blasphemies of them and suffer not them to continue any longer 39 When Nicanor was gone from Hierusalem he pitched his tent at Bethoron and there an hoast met him out of Syria 40 And Iudas came to Adarsa with three thousand men and made his prayer vnto God saying 41 O Lorde because the messengers of king Sennacherib blasphemed thee the angell went foorth and slue an hundred fourscore and fiue thousand of them 42 Euen so destroy thou this hoast before vs to day that other people may knowe howe that he hath blasphemed thy santuary and punishe him according to his maliciousnes 43 And so the hoastes stroke the fielde the thirteenth day of the moneth Adar and Nicanors hoast was discomfited and he him selfe was first slaine in the battaile 44 When Nicanors men of warre sawe that he was killed they cast away their weapons and fled 45 But the Iewes folowed vpon them a whole dayes iourney from Adazer vnto Gazara blowing with the trumpettes and making tokens after them 46 So the Iewes came foorth of all the townes rounde about blew out their hornes vpon them and turned against them Thus were they all slaine and not one of them left 47 Then they toke their substaunce for a pray and smote of Nicanors head and his right hande which he helde vp so proudely and brought it with them and hanged it vp afore Hierusalem 48 Wherefore the people were exceedingly reioyced and passed ouer that day in great gladnes 49 And Iudas ordayned that the same day namely the thirteenth day of the moneth Adar shoulde be kept in mirth euery yere 50 Thus the lande of Iuda was in rest a litle while The .viij. Chapter 2 Iudas considering the power and godly pollicie of the Romaines maketh peace with them 22 The rescript of the Romaines sent vnto the Iewes 1 IVdas heard also the fame of the Romaines that they were mightie and valiaunt men and agreeable to all thinges that are required of them and make peace with all men which come vnto them 2 And how they were doughtie men of strength besides that it was tolde him of their battailes and noble actes which they did in Galatia how they had conquered them and brought them vnder tribute 3 And what great thinges they had done in Spayne how that with their wysdome and sober behauour they had wonne the mines of siluer and gold that are there 4 And obtayned al the land with other places farre from them how they had discomfited slaine downe the kinges that came vpon them from the vttermost parte of the earth and how other people gaue them tribute euery yere 5 How they had slaine and ouercome Philip and Perses kinges of Cethim and other mo in battaile which had brought their ordinaunce against them 6 How they discomfited great Antiochus king of Asia that woulde needes fight with them hauing an hundred and twentie Elephantes with horsemen charets and a very great hoast 7 How they toke him selfe aliue and ordained him with such as shoulde raigne after him to pay them a great tribute yea and to finde them good sureties and pledge besides all this 8 How they had taken from him India Media and Lydia his best landes and geuen them to king Eumenus 9 Againe how they perceauing that the Grekes were comming to vexe them 10 Sent against them a captayne of
done vnto hym 40 And it came to passe y t when Iesus was come agayne the people receaued hym For they all wayted for hym 41 And behold ther came a man named Iairus he was a ruler of y e synagoge he fell downe at Iesus feete praying him that he would come into his house 42 For he had but one daughter only vpon a twelue yeres of age and she lay a dying But as he went the people thronged hym 43 And a woman hauyng an issue of blood twelue yeres which had spent all her substaunce vpon phisitions neither coulde be holpen of any 44 Came behynde hym and touched the hemme of his rayment and immediatly her issue of blood staunched 45 And Iesus sayde Who is it that touched me Whē euery man denyed Peter and they that were with hym sayde Maister the people thrust thee and vexe thee and sayest thou who touched me 46 And Iesus sayde Some body hath touched me For I perceaue that vertue is gone out of me 47 When the woman sawe that she was not hyd she came trembling and fell at his feete and tolde him before al the people for what cause she had touched him and howe she was healed immediatly 48 And he sayde vnto her Daughter be of good comfort thy fayth hath saued thee go in peace 49 Whyle he yet spake there came one from the ruler of the synagogues house which sayde to hym Thy daughter is dead disease not the Maister 50 But when Iesus hearde that worde he aunswered him saying Feare not beleue only she shal be made whole 51 And when he came to the house he suffered no man to go in with hym saue Peter and Iames and Iohn and the father and the mother of the mayden 52 Euery body wept sorowed for her And he sayde Weepe not the damsell is not dead but slepeth 53 And they laughed hym to scorne knowyng that she was dead 54 And he thrust them all out and toke her by the hande and cryed saying Mayde aryse 55 And her spirite came agayne and she rose straightway And he commaunded to geue her meate 56 And the father and the mother of her were astonyed But he warned thē that they should tel no man what was done ⧠The .vj. Chapter ¶ 2 The Apostles are sent to preache 7 Herode hearde of Christe 12 Fiue thousande fedde with fiue loaues two fisshes 19 Diuers opinions of Christ 20 The confession of the Apostles 28 The transfiguration of Christe 35 Christe is to be heard 42 The lunatike is healed 43 The infidelitie of the Apostles 46 they stryue who shoulde be greatest 49 Of one castyng out deuyls in Christes name 53 The Samaritanes woulde not receaue Christe 54 The disciples desire vengeaunce and are of hym reproued 57 Of three that woulde folowe Christe but after diuers sortes of lokyng backe 1 IEsus called the twelue together and gaue thē power and aucthoritie ouer al deuils and that they might heale diseases 2 And he sent them to preache the kyngdome of God * and to heale the sicke 3 And he saide vnto thē Take nothing to your iourney neither staues nor scrippe neither bread neither money neither haue two coates 4 And whatsoeuer house ye enter into there abyde and thence depart 5 And whosoeuer wyll not receaue you when ye go out of that citie shake of the very dust from your feete for a testimonie agaynst them 6 And they departed and went through the townes preachyng the Gospell and healyng euerywhere ☜ 7 And Herode the tetrarche heard of all that was done by hym and doubted because that it was sayde of some that Iohn was rysen agayne from death 8 And of some that Elias had appeared and of some that one of the olde prophetes was rysen agayne 9 And Herode sayde Iohn haue I beheaded but who is this of whō I heare such thinges And he desired to see him 10 And the apostles returned tolde him all that they had done And he toke thē and went aside into a solitarie place nye vnto the citie that is called Bethsaida 11 Which whē the people knew they folowed him And he receaued them and spake vnto thē of the kingdome of God healed thē that had nede to be healed 12 And when the day began to weare away then came the twelue and sayde vnto hym Sende the people awaye that they may go into the townes and vyllages rounde about and lodge and get meate for we are here in a place of wyldernesse 13 But he said vnto them Geue ye thē to eate And they said We haue no mo but fyue loaues and two fisshes excepte we should go bye meate for al this people 14 And they were about fyue thousande men And he said to his disciples Cause thē to sit downe by fifties in a companie 15 And they dyd so and made them all to sit downe 16 And he toke the fyue loaues and the two fisshes and loked vp to heauen and blessed them and brake and gaue to the disciples to set before the people 17 And they dyd all eate and were satisfied And there was taken vp of that remayned to them twelue baskettes full of broken meate 18 And it came to passe as he was alone praying his disciples were with hym and he asked them saying Who say the people that I am 19 They aunswered and sayde Iohn Baptist some say Elias and some say that one of the olde prophetes is rysen 20 He sayde vnto them But whom say ye that I am Simon Peter aunswered saide Thou art Christe of God 21 And he warned commaunded them that they should tell no man that thing 22 Saying The sonne of man must suffer many thynges and be reproued of the elders and of the hye priestes and scribes and be slayne and ryse agayne the thirde day 23 And he said to thē all If any man wyl come after me let him denie him selfe take vp his crosse dayly folowe me 24 For whosoeuer wyl saue his lyfe shal lose it But whosoeuer shall lose his lyfe for my sake the same shall saue it 25 For what auauntageth it a man yf he wynne the whole worlde and lose hym selfe or runne in daunger of hym selfe 26 For Whosoeuer shal be ashamed of me and of my wordes of hym shall the sonne of man be ashamed whē he commeth in his maiestie and in the maiestie of his father and of the holy angels 27 I tell you of a trueth there be some standyng here whiche shall not taste of death tyl they see the kingdome of God 28 And it came to passe about an eyght dayes after these sayinges he toke Peter and Iohn and Iames and went vp into a mountayne to pray 29 And as he prayed the fashion of his countenaunce was chaunged his garment was whyte and shone 30 And beholde there talked with hym two men which were
with God 3 All thynges were made by it and without it was made nothyng that was made 4 In it was lyfe and the lyfe was the lyght of men 5 And the lyght shyneth in darkenesse and the darknesse comprehended it not 6 There was a man sent from God whose name was Iohn 7 The same came for a witnesse to beare witnesse of the lyght that all men through hym myght beleue 8 He was not that lyght but was sent to beare witnesse of the lyght 9 That lyght was the true lyght which lyghteth euery man that commeth into the worlde 10 He was in the worlde and the worlde was made by hym and the worlde knewe hym not 11 He came among his owne and his owne receaued hym not 12 But as many as receaued hym to them gaue he power to be the sonnes of God euen them that beleued on his name 13 Which were borne not of blood nor of the wyll of the fleshe nor yet of the wyll of man but of God 14 * And the same word became fleshe and dwelt among vs and we sawe the glory of it as the glory of the only begotten sonne of the father full of grace and trueth ☜ 15 ☞ * Iohn beareth witnesse of hym and cryeth saying This was he of whom I spake he that commeth after me is preferred before me for he was before me 16 And of his fulnesse haue all we receaued and grace for grace 17 For the lawe was geuen by Moyses but grace and trueth came by Iesus Christe 18 * No man hath seene God at any tyme The onely begotten sonne which is in the bosome of the father he hath declared hym ☜ 19 ☞ And this is the recorde of Iohn When the Iewes sent priestes and leuites from Hierusalem to aske hym What art thou 2◠And he confessed and denyed not and sayde playnely I am not that Christe 21 And they asked hym What then art thou Elias And he sayth I am not Art thou that prophete And he aunswered no. 22 Then sayde they vnto hym What art thou that we may geue an aunswere to them that sent vs What sayest thou of thy selfe 23 He sayde I am the voyce of a cryer in the wildernesse make strayght the way of the Lorde as sayde the prophete Esaias 24 And they which were sent were of the pharisees 25 And they asked hym and sayde vnto hym Why baptizest thou then yf thou be not Christe nor Elias neither that prophete 26 Iohn aunswered them saying I baptize with water but there standeth one among you whom ye knowe not 27 He it is which though he came after me was before me whose shoes latchet I am not worthy to vnloose 28 These thynges were done in Bethabara beyonde Iordane where Iohn dyd baptize ☜ 29 ☞ The next day Iohn seeth Iesus comming vnto hym and saith beholde the lambe of God which taketh away the sinne of the worlde 30 This is he of whom I sayde After me commeth a man which is preferred before me for he was before me 31 And I knewe hym not but that he shoulde be declared to Israel therfore am I come baptizing with water 32 And Iohn bare recorde saying I sawe the spirite descende from heauen lyke vnto a doue and abode vpon hym 33 And knewe hym not But he that sent me to baptize with water the same saide vnto me vpon whom thou shalt see the spirite descende and tary styll on hym the same is he which baptizeth with the holy ghost 34 And I sawe and bare recorde that he is the sonne of God ☜ 35 The next day after Iohn stoode agayne and two of his disciples 36 And he behelde Iesus as he walked by sayth beholde the lambe of God 37 And the two disciples hearde hym speake and they folowed Iesus 38 And Iesus turned about and sawe them folowe hym sayth vnto them What seeke ye They sayde vnto hym Rabbi which is to say yf one interprete it Maister where dwellest thou 39 He sayeth vnto them come and see They came and sawe where he dwelt and abode with hym that day For it was about the tenth houre 40 One of the two which hearde Iohn speake folowed hym was Andrewe Simon Peters brother 41 The same founde his brother Simon first and sayth vnto hym We haue founde Messias which is by interpretation the annoynted 42 And brought hym to Iesus And Iesus behelde hym and sayde Thou art Simon the sonne of Iona thou shalt be called Cephas which is by interpretation a stone 43 The day folowyng Iesus woulde go into Galilee founde Philip and sayth vnto hym folowe me 44 Philip was of Bethsaida the citie of Andrewe and Peter 45 Philip founde Nathanael and sayth vnto hym We haue founde hym of whom Moyses in the lawe and the prophetes dyd write Iesus of Nazareth the sonne of Ioseph 46 And Nathanael sayde vnto hym * Can there any good thyng come out of Nazareth Philip sayth vnto him come and see 47 Iesus sawe Nathanael commyng to hym sayeth of hym Beholde a ryght Israelite in whom is no guile 48 Nathanael sayth vnto hym Whence knewest thou me Iesus aunswered and sayde vnto hym Before that Philip called thee when thou wast vnder the fygge tree I sawe thee 49 Nathanael aunswered and sayde vnto hym Rabbi thou art euen the very sonne of God thou art y e kyng of Israel 50 Iesus aunswered sayde vnto hym Because I sayde vnto thee I saw thee vnder the fygge tree thou beleuest Thou shalt see greater thynges then these 51 And he sayth vnto hym Veryly veryly I say vnto you hereafter shall ye see heauen open and the Angels of God ascendyng descendyng vpon the sonne of man ☜ ¶ The .ij. Chapter ¶ 7 Christe begynneth to worke miracles and turned water into wyne 12 he goeth to Capernaum and so ascendeth to Hierusalem 14 he casteth buyers and sellers out of the temple 19 he forewarneth his death and resurrection 23 and many beleue in hym when they see his miracles 1 AND the thirde day was there a mariage in Cana a citie of Galilee and the mother of Iesus was there 2 And Iesus was called and his disciples vnto the mariage 3 And whē the wyne fayled the mother of Iesus sayth vnto hym they haue no wyne 4 Iesus saith vnto her Woman what haue I to do with thee myne houre is not yet come 5 His mother sayth vnto the ministers Whatsoeuer he sayth vnto you do it 6 And there were set there sixe water pottes of stone after the maner of the purifiyng of the Iewes conteynyng two or three firkins a peece 7 Iesus sayth vnto them fyll the water pottes with water And they fylled them vp to the brym 8 And he sayth vnto them drawe out nowe and beare vnto the gouernour of feast And they bare it 9
the towne of Bethlehem where Dauid was 43 So was there discention among the people because of hym 44 And some of them woulde haue taken hym but no man layde handes on him 45 Then came the seruauntes to the hye priestes pharisees and they sayde vnto them why haue ye not brought him 46 The seruauntes aunswered Neuer man spake as this man doeth 47 Then aunswered them the pharisees Are ye also deceaued 48 Doth any of the rulers or of the pharisees beleue on hym 49 But this common people which know not the lawe are cursed 50 Nicodemus sayth vnto theÌ„ he that came to Iesus by nyght and was one of them 51 Doth our lawe iudge any man before it heare hym and knowe what he hath done 52 They aunswered and saide vnto him Art thou also of Galilee Search loke For out of Galilee aryseth no prophete 53 And euery man went vnto his owne house ☜ ¶ The .viij. Chapter 2 Christe teacheth in the temple 11 the sinnes of the woman taken in adulterie are forgeuen 12 Christe the lyght of the worlde 14 he sheweth from whence he came and whyther he goeth 32 Who are free and who are bonde 39 the children of Abraham 42 the chyldren of God 44 the deuyll the father of lyes 45 who hateth God and who hateth hym not 56 Abraham dyd see Christes day 59 Christe persecuted conueyed hym selfe away 1 IEsus went vnto mouÌ„t Oliuete 2 And early in the mornyng he came agayne into the temple and all the people came vnto hym he sate downe and taught them 3 And the scribes and pharisees brought vnto hym a woman taken in adulterie when they had set her in the middes 4 They sayde vnto hym Maister this woman was taken in adulterie euen as the deede was a doyng 5 Moyses in the lawe commaunded vs that suche shoulde be stoned But what sayest thou 6 This they sayde to tempte hym that they myght accuse hym But Iesus stowped downe and with his fynger wrote on the grounde 7 So when they continued asking him he lyft vp hym selfe sayde vnto them Let hym that is among you without sinne caste the first stone at her 8 And agayne he stowped downe and wrote on the grounde 9 And when they hearde this beyng accused of their owne consciences they went out one by one begynnyng at the eldest euen vnto the last and Iesus was left alone the woman standyng in the myddes 10 When Iesus had lyft vp hym selfe sawe no man but the woman he sayde vnto her WomaÌ„ where are those thine accusers Hath no man condempned thee 11 She sayde No man Lorde And Iesus sayde Neither do I condempne thee Go and sinne no more ☜ 12 ☞ Then spake Iesus agayne vnto them saying I am the light of y e world He that foloweth me doth not walke in darknesse but shal haue the light of life 13 The pharisees therfore said vnto him Thou bearest recorde of thy selfe thy recorde is not true 14 Iesus aunswered saide vnto them Though I beare recorde of my selfe yet my recorde is true For I knowe whence I came whyther I go But ye can not tel whence I come and whyther I go 15 Ye iudge after the fleshe I iudge no man 16 And if I iudge my iudgement is true For I am not alone but I and the father that sent me 17 It is also written in your lawe that the testimonie of two men is true 18 I am one that beareth witnesse of my selfe the father that sent 〈…〉 witnesse of me 19 Then sayde they vnto hym Whereis thy father Iesus aunswered Ye neither knowe me nor yet my father Yf ye had knowen me ye should haue knowen my father also 20 These wordes spake Iesus in y e treasurie as he taught in the temple and no man layde handes on hym for his houre was not yet come ☜ 21 Then sayde Iesus againe vnto them ☞ I go my way and ye shall seeke me and shall dye in your synnes Whyther I go thyther can ye not come 22 Then sayde the Iewes Wyll he kyll hym selfe because he saith whyther I go thyther can ye not come 23 And he sayde vnto them ye are from beneathe I am from aboue ye are of this worlde I am not of this worlde 24 I sayde therefore vnto you that you shall dye in your sinnes For yf ye beleue not that I am he ye shall dye in your sinnes 25 Then sayde they vnto hym Who art thou And Iesus saith vnto them Euen the very same thyng that I sayde vnto you from the begynnyng 26 I haue many thynges to saye and to iudge of you Yea he that sent me is true And I speake to the world those thynges which I haue hearde of hym 27 Howebeit they vnderstoode not that he spake to them of his father 28 Then saide Iesus vnto them When ye haue lift vp an hye the sonne of man then shall ye knowe that I am he and that I do nothyng of my selfe but as my father hath taught me euen so I speake these thynges 29 And he that sent me is with me The father hath not left me alone For I do alwayes those thynges that please him 30 As he spake those wordes many beleued on hym 31 ☞ Then sayde Iesus to those Iewes which beleued on him Yf ye continue in my word then are ye my very disciples 32 And ye shall knowe the trueth and the trueth shall make you free 33 They aunswered hym We be Abrahams seede and were neuer bonde to any man howe sayest thou then ye shal be made free 34 Iesus aunswered them Veryly veryly I say vnto you that whosoeuer coÌ„â—eth 〈…〉 35 And the ser◠〈…〉 for euer but the 〈…〉 36 Yf the sonne therâ—fore shall 〈◊〉 you free then are ye free in deede 37 I know that ye are Abrahams seede but ye seke meanes to kyll me because my worde hath no place in you 38 I speake that whiche I haue seene with my father and ye do that whiche ye haue seene with your father 39 They aunswered and saide vnto him Abraham is our father Iesus saith vnto them Yf ye were Abrahams childreÌ„ ye woulde do the workes of Abraham 40 But now ye go about to kyll me a maÌ„ that hath tolde you the trueth which I haue heard of god this did not AbrahaÌ„ 41 Ye do the deedes of your father Then said they to him We be not borne of fornication we haue one father euen God 42 Iesus saide vnto them Yf God were your father truely ye woulde loue me For I proceaded foorth and came from God neither came I of my selfe but he sent me 43 Why do ye not knowe my speache euen because ye cannot heare my word 44 Ye are of your father the deuyll and the lustes of your father wyll ye do He was a murtherer from the begynnyng and abode not in the trueth because
to hym 22 Iudas sayth vnto hym not Iudas Iscariot Lorde what is done that thou wylt shewe thy selfe vnto vs and not vnto the worlde 23 Iesus aunswered sayde vnto hym If a man loue me he wyll kepe my sayinges and my father wyll loue hym and we wyll come vnto hym and dwell with hym 24 He that loueth me not kepeth not my sayinges And the word which ye heare is not myne but the fathers which sent me 25 These thynges haue I spoken vnto you beyng yet present with you 26 But the comforter which is the holy ghost whom the father wyll sende in my name he shal teach you all thinges bryng all thynges to your remēbraunce whatsoeuer I haue sayde vnto you 27 Peace I leaue with you my peace I geue vnto you Not as the worlde geueth geue I vnto you Let not your heartes be greeued neither feare 28 Ye haue hearde howe I sayde vnto you I go away and come agayne vnto you Yf ye loued me ye woulde veryly reioyce because I sayde I go vnto the father for the father is greater then I. 29 And nowe haue I shewed you before it come that when it is come to passe ye myght beleue 30 Hereafter wyll I not talke many wordes vnto you For the prince of this worlde cōmeth and * hath nought in me 31 But that the worlde may knowe that I loue the father And as the father gaue me commaundement euen so do I. ☜ Ryse let vs go hence ¶ The .xv. Chapter 5 The consolation betweene Christe and his members vnder the parable of the vyne 716 We must pray in the name of Christe 9 Christes loue towarde vs. 12 He exhorteth to mutuall loue 20 Of afflictions for Christes sake 26 The office of the holy ghoste when he commeth 1 I Am the true vine and my father is the husbandman 2 Euery braunche that beareth not fruite in me he will take away And euery braunche that beareth fruite wyll he pourge that it may bryng foorth more fruite 3 Nowe are ye cleane through the worde which I haue spoken vnto you 4 Byde in me and I in you As the braunche can not beare fruite of it selfe except it byde in the vine no more can ye except ye abyde in me 5 I am the vine ye are the braunches He that abydeth in me and I in hym the same bryngeth foorth much fruite For without me can ye do nothyng 6 Yf a man byde not in me he is cast foorth as a braunch and withereth and men gather them and cast them into the fyre and they burne 7 Yf ye byde in me and my wordes abyde in you aske what ye wyll and it shal be done for you ☜ 8 Herein is my father glorified that ye beare much fruite and become my disciples 9 As the father hath loued me euen so haue I loued you Continue ye in my loue 10 Yf ye kepe my commaundementes ye shall abyde in my loue euen as I haue kept my fathers commaundementes and abyde in his loue 11 These thynges haue I spoken vnto you that my ioy might remayne in you and that your ioy myght be full 12 ☞ This is my commaundement that ye loue together as I haue loued you 13 Greater loue hath no man then this y t a man bestowe his life for his frendes 14 Ye are my frendes yf ye do whatsoeuer I commaunde you 15 Hencefoorth call I you not seruaūtes for the seruaunt knoweth not what his Lorde doeth But you haue I called frendes for all thynges that I haue hearde of my father haue I made knowen to you 16 Ye haue not chosen me but I haue chosen you and ordayned you to go and bryng foorth fruite and that your fruite shoulde remayne that whatsoeuer ye aske of the father in my name he may geue it you ☜ 17 ☞ This commaunde I you that ye loue together 18 Yf the worlde hate you ye knowe that it hated me before it hated you 19 If ye were of the worlde the worlde would loue his owne Howbeit because ye are not of the worlde but I haue chosen you out of the worlde therfore the worlde hateth you 20 Remember the worde that I sayde vnto you the seruaunt is not greater then the Lorde If they haue persecuted me they wyll also persecute you If they haue kept my saying they wyll kepe yours also 21 * But all these thynges wyll they do vnto you for my names sake because they haue not knowē hym that sent me 22 Yf I had not come and spoken vnto them they shoulde haue had no sinne but nowe haue they nothyng to cloke their sinne withall 23 He that hateth me hateth my father also 24 Yf I had not done among them the workes which none other man dyd they shoulde haue had no sinne But nowe haue they both seene and hated not only me but also my father 25 But this commeth to passe that the worde myght be fulfylled that is written in their lawe They hated me without a cause ☜ 26 ☞ But when the comforter is come whom I wyl sende vnto you from the father euen the spirite of trueth which proceadeth of the father he shall testifie of me 27 And ye shall beare witnesse also because ye haue ben with me from the begynnyng ¶ The .xvj. Chapter 1 Christe comforteth the disciples puttyng them in remembraunce of affliction and trouble 7 Of the holy ghost and his office 1◠Of Christes ascension 23 To aske in the name of Christe 33 Peace in Christe afflictions in the worlde 1 THese thynges haue I sayde vnto you because ye shoulde not be offended 2 They shall excōmunitate you yea the time shall come that who so euer kylleth you wyll thynke that he doth God seruice 3 * And such thynges wyll they do vnto you because they haue not knowen the father neither yet me 4 But these thynges haue I tolde you that when the tyme is come ye may remēber then that I tolde you ☜ These thynges sayde I not vnto you at the begynnyng because I was present with you 5 ☞ But nowe I go my waye to hym that sent me none of you asketh me whyther goest thou 6 But because I haue saide such thinges vnto you your heartes are ful of sorow 7 Neuerthelesse I tell you the trueth it is expedient for you that I go away For yf I go not away that comforter wyll not come vnto you But yf I depart I wyll sende hym vnto you 8 And whē he is come he wyll rebuke the world of sinne and of righteousnes and of iudgement 9 Of sinne because they beleue not on me 10 Of righteousnes because I go to my father and ye shall see me no more 11 Of iudgement because * the prince of this worlde is iudged alredy 12 I haue yet many thynges to say vnto you but ye can not beare them away
nowe 13 Howebeit when he is come whiche is the spirite of trueth he wyl leade you into all trueth He shall not speake of himselfe but whatsoeuer he shal heare that shall he speake and he wyll shewe you thynges to come 14 He shall glorifie me For he shall receaue of mine and shal shewe vnto you 15 All thynges that the father hath are mine Therfore sayde I vnto you that he shall take of mine shew vnto you 16 ☞ After a whyle and ye shall not see me and agayne after a whyle ye shall see me for I go to the father 17 Then sayde some of his disciples betwene them selues What is this that he saith vnto vs after a whyle ye shâ—l not see me and againe after a whyle ye shal see me and that I go to the father 18 They sayde therefore What is this that he saith after a whyle we can not tell what he saith 19 Iesus perceaued that they would aske hym and sayde vnto them Do ye enquire among your selues of that I said after a whyle and ye shall not see me againe after a while ye shall see me 20 Veryly veryly I say vnto you ye shall wepe and lament the worlde shall reioyce ye shall sorowe but your sorowe shal be turned to ioy 21 A woman when she trauayleth hath sorowe because her houre is come but assoone as she is deliuered of the childe she remembreth no more the anguishe for ioy that a man is borne into y e world 22 And ye nowe therefore haue sorowe but I wyll see you agayne and your heartes shall reioyce and your ioy shall no man take from you ☜ 23 And in that day shall ye aske me no question ☞ Veryly veryly I say vnto you * whatsoeuer ye shal aske the father in my name he wyll geue it you 24 Hytherto haue ye asked nothyng in my name Aske ye shall receaue that your ioy may be full 25 These thynges haue I spoken vnto you by prouerbes The tyme wyl come when I shall no more speake vnto you by * prouerbes but I shall shewe you playnely of my father 26 At that day shall ye aske in my name And I say not vnto you that I wyll pray vnto my father for you 27 For the father hym selfe loueth you because ye haue loued me and haue beleued that I came out from God 28 I went out from the father and came into the worlde Agayne I leaue the worlde and go to the father 29 His disciples sayde vnto hym Lo nowe talkest thou plainely and speakest no prouerbe 30 Nowe are we sure that thou knowest all thynges nedest not that any man shoulde aske thee any question Therfore beleue we that thou camest from God ☜ 31 Iesus aunswered them Do ye nowe beleue 32 Beholde the houre draweth nye and is alredy come that ye shal be scattered euery man to his owne and shall leaue me alone And yet am I not alone For the father is with me 33 These wordes haue I spoken vnto you that in me ye myght haue peace For in the worlde shall ye haue tribulation but be of good cheare I haue ouercome the worlde ¶ The .xvij. Chapter 1 Christe prayeth to his father that their glory myght be made manifest 9 he prayeth for his Apostles 12 Iudas lost 14 The Apostles hated of the worlde 20 Christ prayeth for all those that receaue the trueth 1 THese wordes spake Iesus and lift vp his eyes to heauen and sayde Father the houre is come glorifie thy sonne that thy sonne also may glorifie thee 2 As thou hast geuen hym power ouer all fleshe that he shoulde geue eternall life to as many as thou hast geuen him 3 This is lyfe eternall that they myght knowe thee the only true God Iesus Christe whom thou hast sent 4 I haue glorified thee on the earth I haue finished y e worke which thou gauest me to do 5 And nowe glorifie thou me O father with thine owne selfe with the glory which I had with thee yer the worlde was 6 I haue declared thy name vnto y e men which thou gauest me out of y e world Thyne they were and thou gauest theÌ„ me and they haue kepte thy worde 7 Nowe they haue knowen y t al thinges whatsoeuer y u hast geuen me are of thee 8 For I haue geuen vnto them y e wordes which thou gauest me and they haue receaued them and haue knoweÌ„ surely that I came out from thee they haue beleued that thou dyddest sende me 9 I pray for them I pray not for * the worlde but for them * which thou hast geuen me for they are thyne 10 And all myne are thyne and thyne are myne and I am glorified in them 11 And nowe am I not in the worlde and they are in the worlde and I come to thee ☜ ☞ Holy father kepe through thine owne name theÌ„ which thou hast geuen me that they may also be one as we are 12 Whyle I was with them in y e worlde I kept them in thy name Those that thou gauest me haue I kept and none of them is lost but that lost chylde that the scripture myght be fulfylled 13 Nowe come I to thee and these wordes speake I in the worlde that they myght haue my ioy fulfylled in themseues 14 I haue geuen them thy worde and the worlde hath hated them because they are not of the worlde euen as I also am not of the worlde 15 I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the worlde but that thou kepe them from euyll 16 They are not of the worlde as I also am not of the worlde 17 Sanctifie them through thy trueth Thy worde is the trueth 18 As thou diddest sende me into y e world eueÌ„ so haue I also sent theÌ„ into y e world 19 And for their sakes sanctifie I my selfe that they also myght be sanctified through the trueth 20 Neuerthelesse I pray not for them alone but for theÌ„ also which shall beleue on me through their preachyng 21 That they all may be one as thou father art in me and I in thee and that they also may be one in vs that y e world may beleue that thou hast sent me 22 And the glorie which thou gauest me I haue geuen them that they may be one as we also are one 23 I in them and thou in me that they may be made perfecte in one and that the worlde may knowe that thou hast sent me and hast loued them as thou hast loued me 24 Father I wyll that they which thou hast geuen me be with me where I am that they may see my glorie which thou hast geuen me For thou louedst me before the foundation of the world 25 O ryghteous father the worlde also hath not knowen thee But I haue knowen thee and these haue knowen
cryme layde agaynst hym 17 Therfore when they were come hyther without any delay on the morowe I sate to geue iudgement and commaunded the man to be brought foorth 18 Agaynst whom when the accusers stoode vp they brought none accusation of such thynges as I supposed 19 But had certayne questions agaynst hym of their owne superstition and of one Iesus which was dead whom Paul affirmed to be alyue 20 And because I doubted of such maner of questions I asked hym whether he woulde go to Hierusalem and there be iudged of these matters 21 But when Paul had appealed to be kept vnto the knowledge of Augustus I commaunded hym to be kept tyll I myght sende hym to Caesar 22 Then Agrippa sayde vnto Festus I woulde also heare the man my selfe To morowe sayd he thou shalt heare hym 23 And on the morowe when Agrippa was come and Bernice with great pompe and were entred into the counsell house with the chiefe captaynes and chiefe men of the citie at Festus commaundement was Paul brought foorth 24 And Festus sayde Kyng Agrippa and al men which are here present with vs ye see this man about whom all the multitude of the Iewes haue intreated me both at Hierusalem and also here crying that he ought not to lyue any longer 25 Yet founde I nothyng worthy of death that he had committed Neuerthelesse seeyng that he hath appealed to Augustus I haue determined to sende hym 26 Of whom I haue no certayne thyng to write vnto my Lorde Wherfore I haue brought hym foorth vnto you and specially vnto thee O kyng Agrippa that after examination had I myght haue somewhat to write 27 For me thynketh it vnreasonable for to sende a prysoner and not to shewe the causes which are laide agaynst him ⧠The .xxvj. Chapter 1 Kyng Agrippa heareth Paul 25 Paules modest aunswere agaynst the iniurie of Festus 1 THen Agrippa sayde vnto Paul thou art permitted to speake for â—hy selfe Then Paul stretched foorth the hande and aunswered for hym selfe 2 I thynke my selfe happy king Agrippa because I shall aunswere this day before thee of all the thynges whereof I am accused of the Iewes 3 Namely because thou art expert in all customes and questions whiche are among the Iewes Wherefore I beseche thee to heare me patiently 4 My lyfe that I haue led of a chylde which was at the first among myne owne nation at Hierusalem knowe all the Iewes 5 Which knewe me from the beginning yf they woulde testifie that * after the most straytest sect of our religion I lyued a pharisee 6 And nowe I stande and * am iudged for the hope of the promise made of God vnto our fathers 7 Vnto which promise our twelue tribes instantly seruyng God day nyght hope to come For which hopes sake kyng Agrippa I am accused of the Iewes 8 Why shoulde it be thought a thyng incredible vnto you that God shoulde rayse agayne the dead 9 I also veryly thought in my selfe that I ought to do many contrary thynges cleane agaynst the name of Iesus of Nazareth 10 Which thyng I also dyd in Hierusalem And many of the Saintes dyd I shut vp in pryson hauyng receaued aucthoritie of the hye priestes And when they were put to death I gaue the sentence 11 And I punished them oft in euery synagogue and compelled them to blaspheme and was yet more mad vpon them and persecuted them euen vnto straunge cities 12 About which thynges as I went to Damascus with aucthoritie and commission of the hye priestes 13 Euen at mydday O kyng I sawe in the way a lyght from heauen aboue the bryghtnesse of the Sunne shyne rounde about me and them which iourneyed with me 14 And when we were all fallen to the earth I hearde a voyce speakyng vnto me and saying in the Hebrewe tongue Saul Saul why persecutest thou me It is harde for thee to kicke agaynste the prickes 15 And I sayde Who art thou Lorde And he sayde I am Iesus whom thou persecutest 16 But ryse and stande vpon thy feete For I haue appeared vnto thee for this purpose to make thee a minister and a witnesse both of those thynges which thou hast seene and of those thynges in the which I wyll appeare vnto thee 17 Delyueryng thee from the people and from the gentiles vnto whom nowe I sende thee 18 To open their eyes that they may be turned from darknesse to lyght from the power of Satan vnto God that they may receaue forgeuenes of sinnes inheritaunce among them which are sanctified by fayth that is towarde me 19 Wherfore O kyng Agrippa I was not disobedient vnto the heauenly visioÌ„ 20 But shewed first vnto them of Damascus at Hierusalem and throughout all the coastes of Iurie and then to the gentiles that they shoulde repent and turne to God and do such workes as become them that repent 21 For this cause the Iewes caught me in the temple went about to kyll me 22 Seyng therefore that I haue obtayned helpe of God I continue vnto this day witnessyng both to small and to great saying none other thynges then those which the prophetes and Moyses dyd say shoulde come 23 That Christe shoulde suffer and that he shoulde be the first that shoulde ryse from the dead and shoulde shewe lyght vnto the people and to the gentiles 24 And as he thus spake for hym selfe Festus sayde with a loude voyce Paul thou art besyde thy selfe much learnyng doth make thee mad 25 But he sayde I am not mad most noble Festus but speake foorth the wordes of trueth and sobernesse 26 For the kyng knoweth of these thynges before whom also I speake freely neither thynke I that any of these thynges are hydden from him For this thyng was not done in a corner 27 Kyng Agrippa beleuest thou the prophetes I wote wel that thou beleuest 28 Then Agrippa sayde vnto Paul Somewhat thou perswadest me to be a christian 29 And Paul sayde I woulde to God that not only thou but also all that heare me to day were both somewhat and also in a great deale such as I am except these bondes 30 And when he had thus spoken the king rose vp and the deputie Bernice and they that sate with them 31 And when they were gone apart they talked betwene theÌ„selues saying This man doth nothyng worthy of death or of bondes 32 Then sayde Agrippa vnto Festus This man myght haue ben let loose yf he had not appealed vnto Caesar ¶ The .xxvij. Chapter 1 Paul shippeth towarde Rome 3 Iulius the captayne entreateth hym curteously 41 And at the last they suffer shipwracke 1 ANd when it was coÌ„cluded that we shoulde sayle into Italie they delyuered both Paul certayne other prysoners vnto one named Iulius an vnder captayne of Augustus bande 2 And we entred into a shippe of Adramyttium loosed from lande appoynted to sayle by the coastes of Asia one Aristarchus out of
dyd repent 14 He also reioyceth in God for the efficacie of his doctrine 17 confutyng therby such quarell pykers as vnder pretence of speakyng agaynst his person sought nothyng but the ouerthrowe of his doctrine 1 BVt I determined this in my selfe y t I would not come againe to you in heauynesse 2 For if I make you sorie who is he y t shoulde make me glad but the same which is made sorie by me 3 And I wrote this same vnto you lest when I came I shoulde take heauynesse of them of whom I ought to reioyce This confidence haue I toward you all that my ioy is the ioy of you all 4 For in great affliction and anguishe of heart I wrote vnto you with many teares not that ye shoulde be made sorie but that ye myght perceaue the loue which I haue most specially vnto you 5 But yf any man hath caused sorowe the same hath not made me sorie but partly lest I shoulde greeue you all 6 It is sufficient vnto the same man that he was rebuked of many 7 So that nowe contrarywise ye ought rather to forgeue hym and comforte hym lest that same person shoulde be swallowed vp with ouermuche heauynesse 8 Wherfore I pray you that you would confirme your loue towardes hym 9 For this cause veryly did I write that I myght knowe the profe of you whether ye be obedient in all thynges 10 To whom ye forgeue any thyng I forgeue also For if I forgaue any thing to whom I forgaue it for your sakes forgaue I it in the sight of Christe 11 Lest Satan shoulde circumuent vs For his thoughtes are not vnknowen vnto vs. ☜ 12 Furthermore when I came to Troada to preache Christes Gospell and a doore was opened vnto me of the lorde 13 I had no rest in my spirite because I founde not Titus my brother but toke my leaue of them and went away into Macedonia 14 Nowe thankes be vnto God whiche alwayes geueth vs the victorie in Christe and openeth the sauour of his knowledge by vs in euery place 15 For we are vnto God the sweete sauour of Christe in them that are saued and in them which perisshe 16 To the one part are we the sauour of death vnto death and vnto the other part are we the sauour of lyfe vnto lyfe And who is meete vnto these thynges 17 For we are not as many are whiche chop chaunge with the word of God but as of purenesse of God in the syght of God so speake we in Christe ☜ ¶ The .iij. Chapter 1 He taketh for example the fayth of the Corinthians for a probation of the trueth which he preached 6 and to exalt his apostleship agaynst the braggers of the false apostles 7.13 he maketh comparison betwixt the lawe and the Gospell 1 DO we begyn to prayse our selues agayne Or neede we as some other of epistles of recōmendation vnto you or letters of recommendation from you 2 Ye are our epistle written in our heartes whiche is vnderstande and read of all men 3 Forasmuche as ye declare that ye are the epistle of Christ ministred by vs and written not with ynke but with the spirite of the lyuyng God not in tables of stone but in fleshly tables of the heart 4 ☞ Such trust haue we through Christe to Godwarde 5 Not that we are sufficiēt of our selues to thynke any thyng as of our selues but our ablenesse is of God 6 Which hath made vs able ministers of the newe testament not of the letter but of the spirite For the letter kylleth but the spirite geueth lyfe 7 Yf the ministration of death through the letters figured in stones was in glorie so that the chyldren of Israel coulde not beholde the face of Moyses for the glorie of his countenaunce whiche glorie is done away 8 Howe shall not the ministration of the spirite be much more in glorie 9 For yf the ministration of condempnation be glorie much more doth the ministration of ryghteousnes exceede in glorie ☜ 10 For euen that which was glorified is not glorified in respect of this exceedyng glorie 11 For yf that whiche is destroyed was glorious much more that which remayneth is glorious 12 Seyng then that we haue such truste we vse great boldnesse 13 And not as Moyses which put a vayle ouer his face that the chyldren of Israel shoulde not see for what purpose that serued which is put away 14 * But their myndes were blynded For vntyll this day remayneth the same coueryng vntaken away in the reading of the olde testament which vayle is put away in Christe 15 But euen vnto this day when Moyses is read * the vayle is layde vppon their heart 16 Neuerthelesse * when it shall turne to the Lorde the vayle shal be taken away 17 The Lorde is a spirite And where the spirite of the Lorde is there is libertie 18 But we all behold as in a mirrour the glorie of the Lorde with his face open and are chaunged vnto the same similitude from glorie to glorie euen as of the spirite of the Lorde ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 He declareth his diligence and roundnesse in his office 8 and that which his enemies toke for his disaduauntage to wit the crosse and affliction which he endured he turned it to his great aduauntage 11 17 shewyng what profite commeth therby 1 THerfore seyng that we haue such a ministerie as we haue receaued mercie we faynt not 2 But haue cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestie and walke not in craftynesse neither handle we the word of God disceitefully but in openyng of the trueth and report our selues to euery mans conscience in the syght of God 3 ☞ Yf our Gospell be yet hyd it is hyd in them that are lost 4 In whom the god of this worlde hath blinded the myndes of them whiche beleue not lest the lyght of the Gospell of the glorie of Christe which is the image of God should shine vnto them 5 ☞ For we preache not our selues but Christe Iesus the Lord and our selues your seruauntes for Iesus sake 6 For it is God that commaundeth the lyght to shine out of darknesse whiche hath shined in our heartes for to geue the lyght of the knowledge of the glorie of God in the face of Iesus Christe 7 But we haue this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellencie of the power be Gods and not ours 8 We are troubled on euery syde yet are we not without shyft We are in pouertie but not vtterly without somewhat 9 We suffer persecution but are not forsaken therin We are cast downe but we perisshe not 10 We alwayes beare about in the body the dying of the Lorde Iesus that the lyfe of Iesus myght also appeare in our bodie ☜ 11 For we which lyue are alwayes deliuered vnto death for Iesus sake that the lyfe also of Iesu myght appeare in
our mortall flesshe 12 So then death worketh in vs but life in you ☜ 13 ☞ Seing then that we haue the same spirite of fayth accordyng as it is written I beleued and therefore haue I spoken We also beleue and therefore speake 14 For we knowe that he which raysed vp the Lorde Iesus shall rayse vp vs also by the meanes of Iesus and shall set vs with you 15 For all thynges do I for your sakes that the plenteous grace by thankes geuyng of many may redounde to the prayse of God 16 Wherefore we are not weryed But though our outwarde man perishe yet the inwarde man is renued day by day 17 For our exceedyng tribulation which is momentanie lyght prepareth an exceedyng and an eternall wayght of glorie vnto vs. 18 Whyle we loke not on the thynges whiche are seene but on the thynges which are not seene For the thynges which are seene are temporall but the things which are not seene are eternal ¶ The .v. Chapter 1 Paul proceedeth to declare the vtilitie that commeth by the crosse 4 howe we ought to prepare our selues vnto it 5 by whom 9 and for what ende 14 19 He setteth foorth the grace of Christ 20 and the office of ministers all the faithful 1 FOr we knowe that yf our earthly house of this tabernacle were destroyed we haue a building of God an habitation not made with handes but eternall in heauen 2 For therfore sygh we desiryng to be clothed with our house whiche is from heauen 3 So yet yf that we be founde clothed and not naked 4 For we that are in this tabernacle sigh being burdened because we would not be vnclothed but would be clothed vpō that mortalitie might be swalowed vp of lyfe 5 He that hath ordeyned vs for this thyng is God which hath also geuen vnto vs the earnest of the spirite 6 Therfore we are alway of good cheare and knowe that as long as we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lorde 7 For we walke by fayth not after outwarde appearaunce 8 Neuerthelesse we are of good comfort and had rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lorde 9 Wherfore whether we be at home or from home we endeuour our selues to be accepted vnto hym 10 For we must all appeare before the iudgement seate of Christe that euery man may receaue the workes of his bodie according to that he hath done whether it be good or bad 11 ☞ Seing then that we knowe the feare of the Lorde we fare fayre with men For we are knowen well enough vnto God I trust also that we are knowen in your consciences 12 For we prayse not our selues agayne vnto you but geue you an occasion to reioyce of vs that ye may haue somwhat agaynst them which reioyce in the face and not in the heart 13 For yf we be to feruent to God are we to feruent Or yf we kepe measure for your cause kepe we measure 14 For the loue of Christe constrayneth vs because we thus iudge that yf one dyed for all then were all dead 15 And he dyed for all that they which lyue shoulde not hencefoorth lyue vnto them selues but vnto hym which dyed for them and rose agayne ☜ 16 Wherefore hencefoorth knowe we no man after the flesshe Insomuche though we haue knowen Christe after the flesshe nowe yet hencefoorth knowe we hym so no more 17 Therfore yf any man be in Christe he is a newe creature Olde thynges are passed awaye beholde all thynges are become newe 18 And all thynges are of God whiche hath reconciled vs vnto hym selfe by Iesus Christe and hath geuen to vs the ministerie of reconciliation 19 For God was in Christe reconciling the worlde to hym selfe not imputyng their sinnes vnto them and hath committed to vs the preachyng of the atonement 20 Nowe then are we messengers in the rowme of Christe euen as though God dyd beseche you through vs. So praye we you in Christes steade that ye be reconciled vnto God 21 For he hath made him to be sinne for vs whiche knewe no sinne that we shoulde be made the ryghteousnesse of God in hym The .vj. Chapter 1 An exhortation to christian lyfe 11 and to beare him like affection as he doeth them Also to kepe them selues from pollution of idolatrie both in body and soule and to haue none acquayntaunce with the heathen 1 WE also as helpers exhorte you that ye receaue not the grace of God in vayne 2 For he saith I haue heard thee in a tyme accepted and in the day of saluation haue I suckoured thee Beholde nowe is that accepted tyme beholde nowe is that day of saluation 3 Let vs geue none occasion of euyll in any thyng that the ministerie be not blamed 4 But in all thynges let vs behaue our selues as y e ministers of God in much pacience in afflictions in necessities in anguisshes 5 In stripes in prisonmentes in strifes in labours 6 In watchynges in fastinges in purenesse in knowledge in long suffryng in kyndnesse in the holy ghost in loue vnfaigned 7 In the worde of trueth in the power of God by the armour of righteousnes of the ryght hande and on the lefte 8 By honour and dishonour by euyll report and good report as deceauers and yet true 9 As vnknowen and yet knowen as dying and beholde we lyue as chastened and not kylled 10 As sorowyng and yet alway merie as poore and yet make many riche as hauyng nothyng and yet possessyng all thynges ☜ 11 O ye Corinthians our mouth is open vnto you our heart is made large 12 Ye are in no strayte in vs but are in a straite in your owne bowels 13 I promise you lyke rewarde as vnto children Set your selues at large 14 ☞ And beare not ye a straunge yoke with the vnbeleuers For what felowship hath righteousnesse with vnrighteousnesse Or what communion hath lyght with darkenesse 15 Or what concorde hath Christe with belyall Eyther what part hath he that beleueth with an infidell 16 Or howe agreeth the temple of God with images For ye are the temple of the lyuing God as saide God I wyll dwell in them walke in them wyll be their God they shal be my people 17 Wherfore come out frō among them and seperate your selues from them saith the Lorde and touche none vncleane thyng and I wyll receaue you 18 And wyll be a father vnto you and ye shal be my sonnes and daughters saith the Lorde almightie ⧠The .vij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth them by the promise of God to kepe them selues pure 3.7 Assuryng them of his loue 8.13 and doeth not excuse his seueritie towarde them but reioyceth therof consideryng what profite came therby 10 Of two sortes of sorowe 1 SEyng that we haue these promises dearely beloued let vs
this maner of boastyng 18 Seyng that many glorie after y e fleshe I wyll glorie also ☜ 19 For ye suffer fooles gladly seyng ye your selues are wyse 20 For ye suffer yf a man bryng you into bondage yf a man deuoure yf a man take yf a man exalt hym selfe yf a man smite you on the face 21 I speake concernyng reproche as though we had ben weake Howbeit wherin soeuer any man is bolde I speake foolishly I am bolde also 22 They are Ebrues euen so am I. They are Israelites euen so am I. They are the seede of Abraham euen so am I. 23 They are the ministers of Christe I speake as a foole I am more in labours more aboundant in stripes aboue measure in pryson more plenteouslie in death oft 24 Of the Iewes fyue tymes receaued I fourtie stripes saue one 25 Thryse was I beaten with roddes once stoned thrise I suffred shipwracke nyght and day haue I ben in y e depth 26 In iourneying often in perils of waters in perils of robbers in perils of myne owne nation in perils among the heathen in perils in the citie in perils in the wildernesse in perils in the sea in perils among false brethren 27 In labour trauayle in watchinges often in hunger and thirst in fastinges often in colde and nakednesse 28 Besides the thynges which outwardlye come vnto me my dayly encombraunce is the care of all the Churches 29 Who is weake and I am not weake who is offended and I burne not 30 If I must needes glory I wyll glory of the thynges that concerne myne infirmities 31 The God and father of our Lorde Iesus Christe which is blessed for euermore knoweth that I lye not 32 ☞ In the citie of Damascus Aretas the kynges gouernour of the people layde watche in the citie of the Damascens and woulde haue caught me 33 And at a wyndowe was I let downe in a basket through the wall and scaped his handes ¶ The .xij. Chapter 1 He reioyceth in preferment 5 but chiefely in his humblenesse 11 and layeth the cause of his boastyng vpon the Corinthians 14 he sheweth what good wil he beareth them 20 and promiseth to come vnto them 1 IT is not expedient doubtles for me to glorie I wyl come to visions reuelations of the Lorde 2 For I knew a mā in Christe aboue xiiij yeres ago whether he were in the body I can not tell or whether he were out of the body I can not tell God knoweth that he was taken vp into the thirde heauen 3 And I knewe the same man whether in the body or out of the body I can not tell God knoweth 4 Howe that he was takē vp into paradise hearde vnspeakeable wordes which is not lawfull for man to vtter 5 Of such a man wyll I glorie yet of my selfe wyll I not glorie but in myne infirmities 6 For though I woulde desire to glorie I shall not be a foole for I wyll say the trueth but I nowe refrayne lest any man shoulde thynke of me aboue that which he seeth me to be or y t he heareth of me 7 And lest I shoulde be exalted out of measure through the aboundaunce of the reuelations there was geuen vnto me a pricke to the fleshe the messenger of Satan to buffet me because I should not be exalted out of measure 8 For this thyng besought I the Lorde thryse that it myght depart from me 9 And he sayde vnto me My grace is sufficient for thee For my strength is made perfect in weakenesse Most gladly therfore I wyll rather glorie in my infirmities that the power of Christ myght dwell in me 10 Therfore haue I delectation in infirmities in rebukes in necessities in persecutions in anguishes for Christes sake For when I am weake then am I strong 11 I am become a foole in gloriyng Ye haue compelled me for I ought to haue ben commended of you For nothyng was I inferiour vnto the chiefe Apostles though I be nothyng 12 Truely the signes of an Apostle were wrought among you in all patience and signes and wonders and myghtie deedes 13 For what is it wherin ye were inferiour vnto other Churches except it be that I was not chargeable vnto you Forgeue me this wrong 14 Beholde nowe the thirde tyme I am redy to come vnto you and yet wyll I not be chargeable vnto you For I seke not yours but you For the children ought not to lay vp for the fathers and mothers but the fathers and mothers for the chyldren 15 I wyll very gladly bestowe wylbe bestowed for your sakes though the more aboundauntly I loue you the lesse I am loued agayne 16 But be it that I was not chargeable vnto you Neuerthelesse when I was craftie I caught you with guile 17 Dyd I pyll you by any of them whō I sent vnto you 18 I desired Titus and with hym I sent a brother Dyd Titus defraude you of any thyng Haue we not walked in the same spirite not in the same steppes 19 Agayne thynke you that we excuse our selues vnto you We speake in Christ in the syght of God but we do all thinges dearely beloued for your edifiyng 20 For I feare lest when I come I shall not fynde you such as I woulde and that I shal be founde vnto you such as ye woulde not lest there be debates enuyinges wrathes strifes backbitinges whisperinges swellinges seditions 21 And that when I come agayne my God bryng me lowe among you and I shall bewayle many of thē which haue sinned alredy and haue not repented of the vncleannesse and fornication and wantonnes which they haue cōmitted ¶ The .xiij. Chapter 1 He threatneth the obstinate 5 And declareth what his power is by their owne testimonie 10 Also he sheweth what is the effect of this Epistle 11 After hauyng exhorted them to their duetie he wissheth them all prosperitie 1 NOwe come I the third time vnto you In the mouth of two or three witnesses shall euery worde be stablisshed 2 I tolde you before and tell you before as though I had ben present with you the seconde tyme so write I nowe beyng absent to them which in time past haue sinned and to all other that yf I come agayne I wyll not spare 3 Seyng y t ye seeke experience of Christe which speaketh in me which to you ward is not weake but is mighty in you 4 For though he was crucified of weakenesse yet liueth he of the power of God And we no doubt are weake in hym but we shall lyue with hym by y e might of God towarde you 5 Examine your selues whether ye are in the fayth Proue your owne selues Knowe ye not your owne selues howe that Iesus Christe is in you except ye be reprobates 6 I trust ye shal knowe that we are not reprobates 7 Truely I pray to God that ye do none euyll not
me and I vnto the worlde 15 For in Christe Iesu neither circumcision auayleth any thing nor vncircumcision but a newe creature 16 And as many as walke accordyng to this rule peace be on them and mercie and vpon the Israel that is of God 17 From hencefoorth let no man put me to busynesse For I beare in my body the markes of the Lorde Iesus 18 Brethren the grace of our Lorde Iesus Christe be with your spirite Amen The Epistle vnto the Galathians was sent from Rome ¶ The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul vnto the Ephesians ¶ The first Chapter After his salutation 4 he sheweth that the chiefe cause of their saluation standeth in the free election of God through Christe 16 he declareth his good wyll towarde them geuyng thankes praying God for their fayth 21 The maiestie of Christe 1 PAul an apostle of Iesus Christe by the wyll of God To the saintes which are at Ephesus and to the faythfull in Christe Iesus 2 Grace be with you and peace from God our father from the Lorde Iesus Christe 3 Blessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe whiche hath blessed vs in all spirituall blessyng in heauenly thynges by Christe 4 According as he had chosen vs in hym before the foundation of the world that we shoulde be holy and without blame before hym through loue 5 Who hath predestinate vs into the adoption of childrē by Iesus Christ vnto hym selfe according to the good pleasure of his wyll 6 To the prayse of the glorie of his grace wherein he hath made vs accepted in the beloued 7 In whom we haue redemption through his blood the forgeuenesse of sinnes accordyng to the rychesse of his grace 8 Wherein he hath abounded towarde vs in all wysedome and prudence 9 And hath opened vnto vs the misterie of his wyll accordyng to his good pleasure which he had purposed in himselfe 10 That in the dispensation of the fulnesse of the tymes he myght gather together in one all thinges in Christe both which are in heauen and which are in earth in hym 11 In whom also we are chosen beyng predestinate accordyng to the purpose of hym who worketh all thynges after the councell of his owne wyll 12 That we shoulde be vnto the prayse of his glorie whiche before beleued in Christe 13 In whom also ye after that ye heard the worde of trueth the Gospell of your saluation wherin also after that ye beleued were sealed with the holy spirite of promyse 14 Whiche is the earnest of our inheritaunce vnto y e redemption of the purchased possession vnto the prayse of his glorie 15 Wherfore I also after that I hearde of the fayth which ye haue in the Lorde Iesus and loue vnto all the saintes 16 Ceasse not to geue thankes for you makyng mention of you in my prayers 17 That the God of our Lorde Iesus Christe the father of glorie may geue vnto you the spirite of wisdome and reuelation in the knowledge of hym 18 The eyes of your myndes beyng lightened that ye maye knowe what the hope is of his callyng and what the richesse of the glorie of his inheritaunce is in the saintes 19 And what is the exceedyng greatnesse of his power to vswarde which beleue accordyng to the workyng of his myghtie power 20 Which he wrought in Christe when he raysed hym from the dead and set him on his ryght hande in heauenly places 21 Farre aboue all rule and power and myght and dominion and euery name that is named not in this worlde only but also in the worlde to come 22 And hath put all thynges vnder his feete and gaue him to be the head ouer all thynges to the Churche 23 Which is his body the fulnesse of him that fylleth all in all ¶ The .ij. Chapter 5 To magnifie the grace of Christe which is the only cause of saluation 11 he sheweth them what maner of people they were before their conuertiō 18 and what they are nowe in Christe 1 AND you that were dead in trespasses and sinnes 2 In the which in time passed ye walked according to the course of this worlde after the gouernour that ruleth in the ayre the spirite that nowe worketh in the chyldren of disobedience 3 Among whom we all had our conuersation also in tyme past in the lustes of our flesshe fulfyllyng the wyll of the flesshe and of the mynde were by nature the chyldren of wrath euen as other 4 But God which is ryche in mercie for his great loue wherwith he loued vs 5 Euen when we were dead by sinnes hath quickned vs together with Christ by grace are ye saued 6 And hath raysed vs vp together and made vs syt together in the heauenly in Christe Iesus 7 That in ages to come he might shew the exceedyng ryches of his grace in kyndnesse to vswarde through Christe Iesus 8 For by grace are ye made safe through fayth and that not of your selues it is the gyft of God 9 Not of workes lest any man shoulde boast hym selfe 10 For we are his workmanship created in Christe Iesus vnto good workes whiche God hath ordeyned that we shoulde walke in them 11 Wherfore remember that ye being in tyme passed gentiles in the flesshe called vncircumcision of that which is called circumcision in the flesshe made by handes 12 That at that tyme ye were without Christe beyng aliauntes from the common wealth of Israel and straungers frō the testamentes of promise hauyng no hope without God in this worlde 13 But nowe in Christe Iesus ye which sometyme were farre of are made nye by the blood of Christe 14 For he is our peace which hath made both one and hath broken downe the wall that was a stoppe betwene vs 15 Taking away in his flesshe the hatred euen the lawe of commaundementes conteyned in ordinaunces for to make of twayne one newe man in hym selfe so makyng peace 16 And that he myght reconcile both vnto God in one body through his crosse and slewe hatred thereby 17 And came and preached peace to you which were a farre of and to them that were nye 18 For through hym we both haue an entraunce in one spirite vnto the father 19 ☞ Nowe therefore ye are no more straungers and foreyners but citezins with the saintes and of the housholde of God 20 And are built vpon the foundation of the apostles and prophetes Iesus Christe hym selfe beyng the head corner stone 21 In whom all the buyldyng coupled together groweth vnto an holy temple in the Lorde 22 In whom ye also are buylded together for an habitation of God through the spirite ☜ ⧠The .iij. Chapter 1 He sheweth the cause of his imprisonment 13 desireth them not to faynt because of his trouble 14 and prayeth God to make them stedfast in his spirite 1 FOr this cause I Paul am a prisoner of Iesus
praying 4 Sence we hearde of your fayth in Christe Iesus and of the loue which is to all saintes 5 For the hopes sake which is layde vp for you in heauen of which hope ye hearde before in the worde of trueth of the Gospell 6 Which is come vnto you euen as it is into all the worlde is fruitfull as it is also in you from the day ye hearde of it and knewe the grace of God in trueth 7 As ye also learned of Epaphras our deare felowe seruaunt which is for you a faythfull minister of Christe 8 Who also declared vnto vs your loue in the spirite 9 ☞ For this cause we also sence y e day we hearde haue not ceassed to pray for you and to desire that ye myght be fulfylled with knowledge of his wyll in all wisdome spiritual vnderstandyng 10 That ye myght walke worthie of the Lorde in all pleasyng beyng fruitefull in all good workes and encreasyng in the knowledge of God 11 Strenthened with all might through his glorious power vnto all patience and long sufferyng with ioyfulnesse ☜ 12 Geuyng thankes vnto y e father which hath made vs meete to be partakers of the inheritaunce of the saintes in lyght 13 Who hath delyuered vs from the power of darcknesse and hath translated vs into the kingdome of his deare sonne 14 In whō we haue redemptiō through his blood the forgeuenesse of sinnes 15 Who is the image of the inuisible God the first borne of all creatures 16 For by him were all thinges created that are in heauē and that are in earth visible and inuisible whether they be maiestie or lordeshippe either rule or power All thynges were created by hym and for hym 17 And he is before all thynges and in hym all thynges consist 18 And he is the head of the body of the Churche he is the begynnyng the first borne of the dead that in all thynges he myght haue the preeminence 19 For it pleased the father that in hym shoulde all fulnesse dwell 20 And by hym to * reconcile all thynges vnto hym selfe to set at peace through the blood of his crosse by hym both the thynges in earth and thynges in heauen 21 And you which were sometyme straungers and enemies by cogitation in euyll workes hath he nowe yet reconciled 22 In the body of his fleshe through death to present you holye and vnblameable without fault in his syght 23 If ye continue grounded stablisshed in the fayth and be not moued away from the hope of the Gospell which ye haue hearde howe it is preached to euery creature which is vnder heauen wherof I Paul am made a minister 24 Nowe iowe I in my sufferynges for you and fulfyll that which is behynde of the passions of Christe in my fleshe for his bodyes sake which is y e Church 25 Wherof I am made a minister accordyng to the dispensation of God which is geuen to me to you warde to fulfyll the worde of God 26 The misterie hyd sence the worlde began and sence the begynnyng of generations but nowe is opened to his saintes 27 To whom God woulde make knowē what is the riches of the glorie of this misterie among the gentiles which is Christe in you the hope of glorie 28 Whom we preache warnyng euery man and teachyng euery man in all wisdome to present all men perfect in Christe Iesus 29 Wherunto I also labour striuyng according to his workyng which worketh in me mightylie ¶ The .ij. Chapter 1 Hauyng protected his good wyll towarde them 4 he admonisheth them not to turne backe from Christe 8 to the seruice of Angels or any other inuention or els ceremonies of the lawe 17 which haue finished their office and are ended in Christe 1 FOr I woulde that ye knew what great fight I haue for you and for them that are at Laodicea and for as many as haue not seene my face in the fleshe 2 That their heartes myght be comforted beyng knyt together in loue and in al riches of certaintie of vnderstanding to knowe the misterie of God and of the father and of Christe 3 In whom are hyd all the treasures of wisdome and knowledge 4 This I say lest any man shoulde begyle you with perswasion of wordes 5 For though I be absent in the fleshe yet am I with you in the spirite ioying and beholdyng your order and your stedfast fayth in Christe 6 As ye haue therfore receaued Christe Iesus the Lorde so walke ye in hym 7 Rooted and built in hym stablished in the fayth as ye haue ben taught aboundyng therin with thankes geuing 8 ☞ * Beware lest any man spoyle you through philosophie vayne deceipt after the tradition of men and after the rudimentes of the worlde and not after Christe 9 For in hym dwelleth all the fulnesse of the Godhead bodyly 10 And ye are complete in him which is the head of all principalitie and power 11 In whom also ye are circumcised with circumcisiō made without handes by puttyng of the body of sinnes of the fleshe in the circumcision of Christe 12 Buried with him in baptisme in whō ye are also risen agayne through y e fayth of the operation of God who hath raysed hym from the dead 13 * And ye beyng dead to sinne and to the vncircumcision of your fleshe hath he quickened with him forgeuyng all your trepasses ☜ 14 And puttyng out the hande writing of ordinaunces that was agaynst vs and that hath he taken out of the way fastenyng it to his crosse 15 Spoylyng all principalities powers hath made a shewe of them openly triumphyng ouer them in it 16 Let no man therfore iudge you in meate or in drinke or in part of an holy-day or of the newe moone or of the Sabboth dayes 17 Which are shadowes of thynges to come but the body is of Christe 18 Let no man begile you of victorie in the humblenesse and worshippyng of Angels intrudyng hym selfe into those thinges which he hath not seene causelesse puft vp with his fleshly mynde 19 And holdeth not the head wherof all the body by ioyntes bandes supported and knit together encreaseth with the encrease of God 20 Wherefore yf ye be dead with Christe from y e rudimentes of the world why as though lyuyng in the worlde are ye led with traditions 21 Touche not taste not handle not 22 Which all be in corruption in abusyng after the commaundementes and doctrines of men 23 Which thynges haue a shewe of wisdome in superstition humblenesse of mynde and in hurtyng of the body not in any honour to the satisfiyng of y e flesh ¶ The .iij. Chapter 1 He sheweth where we shoulde seke Christe 5 he exhorteth to mortification 10 to put of the olde man and to put on Christe 12 to the which he addeth exhortation both generall and
are not comely 14 I wyll therefore that the yonger women do marrie to beare chyldren to guyde the house to geue none occasion to y e aduersarie to speake slaunderously 15 For certaine of them are alredy turned backe after Satan 16 Yf any man or woman that beleueth haue wydowes let them susteine them let not the Churches be charged that there maye be sufficient for them that are wydowes in deede 17 The elders that rule well are worthy of double honour most speciallye they which labour in the worde teachyng 18 For the scripture sayth Thou shalt not moosel the oxe that treadeth out the corne And the labourer is worthy of his rewarde 19 Agaynst an elder receaue none accusation but vnder two or three witnesses 20 Them that sinne rebuke before all that other also may feare 21 I testifie before God and the Lorde Iesus Christe and the elect angels that thou obserue these thinges without hastynesse of iudgement and do nothyng after parcialitie 22 Lay handes sodenly on no man neither be partaker of other mens sinnes Kepe thy selfe chaste 23 Drinke no longer water but vse a litle wine for thy stomackes sake thine often diseases 24 Some mens sinnes are open beforehande hastyng before vnto iudgement and in some they folowe after 25 Lykewise also good workes are manifest before hande and they that are otherwyse can not be hyd ¶ The .vj. Chapter 1 The duetie of seruauntes towarde their maisters 3 Agaynst such as are not satisfied with the worde of God 6 Of true godlynesse and contentation of mynde 9 Agaynst couetousnesse 11 A charge geuen to Timothie 1 LEt as many seruauntes as are vnder the yoke count their maisters worthy of all honour that the name of god and his doctrine be not blasphemed 2 And they whiche haue beleuyng maisters despise them not because they are brethren but rather do seruice forasmuch as they are beleuyng and beloued and partakers of the benefite These thynges teache and exhort 3 Yf any man teache otherwyse and consenteth not vnto the wholsome wordes of our Lorde Iesus Christe and to the doctrine whiche is accordyng to godlynesse 4 He is puft vp knowyng nothing but dotyng about questions and strifes of wordes wherof commeth enuie stryfe raylynges euyll surmysynges 5 Vayne disputations of men of corrupte myndes destitute of the trueth thynkyng lucre to be godlynesse From suche be thou separate 6 Godlynesse is great lucre if a man be content with that he hath 7 For we brought nothyng into the worlde and it is certayne that we may carry nought away 8 But hauyng foode and rayment we must therwith be content 9 For they that wyll be riche fall into temptations and snares and into many folishe noysome lustes which drowne men in perdition and destruction 10 For loue of money is the roote of all euyll whiche whyle some lusted after they erred from the fayth pearced thē selues through with many sorowes 11 But thou O man of God flee these thynges and folow after righteousnes godlynes faith loue pacience mekenes 12 Fight the good fight of faith lay hand on eternall lyfe wherevnto thou art also called and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses 13 I geue thee charge in the sight of God who quickeneth all thynges and before Iesus Christe which vnder Pontius Pilate witnessed a good profession 14 That thou kepe the commaundement without spot vnrebukeable vntyll the appearyng of our Lorde Iesus Christ 15 Which in his tymes he shall shewe that is blessed and prince only the kyng of kynges and Lorde of Lordes 16 Who only hath immortalitie dwelling in the light that no man can attayne vnto * Whom no man hath seene neither can see vnto whom be honour power euerlastyng Amen 17 Charge them which are riche in this world that they be not hie minded nor trust in vncertayne riches but in y e lyuyng God which geueth vs aboundauntly all thinges to enioy 18 That they do good that they be riche in good workes that they be redye to geue glad to distribute 19 Laying vp in store for them selues a good foundation agaynst the tyme to come that they may lay holde on eternall lyfe 20 O Timotheus saue that which is geuen thee to kepe auoydyng prophane and vayne bablynges and oppositions of science falslie so called 21 Which some professyng haue erred concernyng the fayth Grace be with thee Amen ¶ Sent from Laodicea which is the chiefest citie of Phrygia Pacaciana The seconde Epistle of the Apostle Saint Paul to Timothie ¶ The first Chapter ¶ 6 Paul exhorteth Timotheus to stedfastnesse and patience in persecution and to continue in the doctrine that he had taught hym 12 wherof his bondes afflictions were a gage 16 A commendation of Onesiphorus 1 PAul an Apostle of Iesus Christe by the wyll of God according to the promise of lyfe which is in Christ Iesus 2 To Timothie a beloued sonne Grace mercy and peace from God the father and Christe Iesus our Lorde 3 I thanke God whom I worshippe from my forefathers in pure conscience that without ceassyng I haue remembraūce of thee in my prayers night day 4 Desiryng to see thee myndefull of thy teares that I may be fylled with ioy 5 When I call to remembraunce the vnfaigned fayth that is in thee whiche dwelt first in thy graundmother Lois and in thy mother Eunica and I am assured that it dwelleth in thee also 6 Wherfore I put thee in remēbraunce that thou stirre vp the gyft of God which is in thee * by the puttyng on of my handes 7 * For God hath not geuen to vs the spirite of feare but of power and of loue and of a sounde mynde 8 Be not thou therfore ashamed of the testimonie of our Lorde neither of me his prisoner but suffer thou aduersitie with the Gospell accordyng to the power of God 9 Who hath saued vs called vs with an holy callyng not accordyng to our workes but accordyng to his owne purpose and grace which was geuen vs in Christe Iesus before the world began 10 But is nowe made manifest by the appearyng of our sauiour Iesus Christ who hath put away death and hath brought life and immortalitie vnto light through the Gospell 11 Wherunto I am appoynted a preacher and Apostle and a teacher of the gentiles 12 For the which cause I also suffer these thynges Neuerthelesse I am not ashamed For I knowe whom I haue beleued and I am perswaded that he is able to kepe that which I haue committed to hym agaynst that day 13 See thou haue the paterne of wholesome wordes which thou hast hearde of me in fayth loue that is in Christe Iesus 14 That good thyng which was committed to thy keping holde fast through the holy ghost which dwelleth in vs. 15 This
thou knowest that all they which are in Asia be turned from me of whō are Phygellus Hermogenes 16 The Lorde geue mercie vnto y e house of Onesiphorus for he oft refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chayne 17 But whē he was in Rome he sought me out very diligently and founde me 18 The Lorde graunt vnto hym that he may fynde mercie with the Lorde in that day And in howe many thynges he ministred vnto me at Ephesus thou knowest very well The .ij. Chapter 2 He exhorteth hym to be constant in trouble to suffer manly to abyde fast in the wholsome doctrine of our Lorde Iesus Christe 11 shewyng hym the fidelitie of Gods counsell touchyng the saluation of his 19 and the marke therof 1 THou therfore my sonne be strong in the grace that is in Christe Iesus 2 And the thynges that thou haste hearde of me by many witnesses the same commit thou to faythfull men which shal be apt to teache other also 3 Thou therfore suffer afflictions as a good souldier of Iesus Christe 4 No man that warreth entangleth hym selfe with th affayres of this lyfe that he may please hym which hath chosen hym to be a souldier 5 And if a man also wrestle yet is he not crowned except he wrestle lawfullie 6 The labouryng husbandman must first be partaker of the fruites 7 Consider What I say and the Lorde geue thee vnderstandyng in all thinges 8 Remember that Iesus Christe of the seede of Dauid was raysed from the dead accordyng to my Gospell 9 Wherin I suffer trouble as an euyll doer euen vnto bondes But the worde of God is not bounde 10 Therfore I suffer all thynges for the electes sakes that they myght also obtaine the saluation which is in Christ Iesus with eternall glorie 11 It is a faythfull saying for yf we be dead with hym we shall also lyue with hym 12 If we be patient we shall also raigne with hym If we denie hym he also shall denie vs. 13 If we be vnfaythful he abideth faithfull he can not denie hym selfe 14 Of these thynges put them in remembraunce testifie before the Lorde that they striue not about wordes to no profite but to the peruertyng of y e hearers 15 Studie to shewe thy selfe approued vnto God a workman not to be ashamed rightlie deuidyng the worde of trueth 16 But prophane voyces of vanitie passe ouer For they wyll encrease vnto greater vngodlynesse 17 And their worde shall fret as doth a cancker of whom is Hymeneus and Philetus 18 Which about the trueth haue erred saying that the resurrection is past alredie do ouerthrowe the fayth of some 19 But the strong foundation of God standeth styl hauyng this seale The Lorde knoweth thē that are his And let euery one that nameth the name of Christe depart from iniquitie 20 But in a great house are not onely vessels of golde and of siluer but also of wood and of earth some to honour and some vnto dishonour 21 If a man therfore pourge hym selfe from these he shal be a vessell vnto honour and meete for y e vses of the Lorde and prepared vnto euery good worke 22 Lustes of youth auoyde but folowe ryghteousnesse fayth loue peace with them that call on the Lorde out of a pure heart 23 But foolishe vnlearned questions put from thee knowyng that they do but gender strife 24 And the seruaunt of the Lorde must not striue but be gentle vnto all men apt to teache sufferyng euyll in mekenesse 25 Instructing thē which are contrarie mynded yf God at any tyme wyll geue them repentaunce to the knowledge of the trueth 26 And that they may come to thē selues agayne out of the snare of the deuyll which are holden captyue of hym at his wyll ¶ The .iij. Chapter 1 He prophecieth of the perilous tymes 2 setteth out hypocrites in their colours 12 sheweth the state of the Christians 14 and howe to auoyde daungers 16 Also what profite commeth of the scriptures 1 THis knowe also that in the last dayes perylous tymes shal be at hande 2 For men shal be louers of their owne selues couetous boasters proude blasphemers disobedient to fathers and mothers vnthankefull vngodlye 3 Without naturall affection trucebreakers false accusers riotous fierce despisers of them which are good 4 Traytours headdy hye mynded louers of pleasures more then louers of God 5 Hauyng a fourme of godlynesse but denying the power therof turne away from these 6 These are they which enter into houses leade captiue simple women laden with sinne caryed with diuers lustes 7 Euer learnyng and neuer able to come vnto the knowledge of the trueth 8 For as Iannes and Iambres withstoode Moyses so do these also resist the trueth Men of corrupt myndes reprobate concernyng the fayth 9 But they shall preuayle no longer For their madnesse shal be manifest vnto all men as also theirs was 10 But thou hast folowed my doctrine fashion of lyuyng purpose fayth long sufferyng loue patience 11 Persecutions afflictions which came vnto me at Antioche at Iconium at Lystra which persecutions I suffred patiently And from them all the Lord deliuered me 12 Yea and all that wyll lyue godly in Christe Iesus shall suffer persecution 13 But the euyll men and deceauers shall waxe worse and worse deceauyng and deceaued 14 But continue thou in the thynges which thou haste learned which also were committed vnto thee knowyng of whom thou hast learned them 15 And that from an infant thou hast knowen the scriptures which are able to make thee wyse vnto saluation thorowe fayth which is in Christe Iesus 16 All scripture is geuen by inspiration of God and is profitable to doctrine to reproue to correction to instruction which is in ryghteousnesse 17 That the man of God may be perfect instructed vnto all good workes ⧠The .iiij. Capter 2 He exhorteth Timotheus to be feruent in the worde and to suffer aduersitie 6 maketh mention of his owne death 9 and biddeth Timothe come vnto hym 1 I Testifie therefore before God the Lorde Iesus Christe which shall iudge the quicke and the dead at his appearyng and his kingdome 2 Preache the worde be instant in season out of season Improue rebuke exhort in all long sufferyng and doctrine 3 For the tyme wyll come when they shall not suffer wholsome doctrine but after their owne lustes shal they whose eares itche get thē an heape of teachers 4 And shall turne away their hearyng from the trueth and shal be turned vnto fables 5 But watche thou in all thynges suffer afflictions do the worke of an Euangelist fulfyll thy ministerie 6 For I am nowe redie to be offered the tyme of my dissolution is at hande 7 I haue fought a good fyght I haue fulfylled my course I haue kept y e faith 8 Hencefoorth there is layde vp for me a
and casteth no man in the teeth and it shal be geuen hym 6 But let hym aske in fayth nothyng waueryng For he that wauereth is like a waue of the sea tost of the wynde and caryed with violence 7 Neither let that man thynke that he shall receaue any thyng of the Lorde 8 A double mynded man is vnstable in all his wayes 9 Let the brother of lowe degree reioyce in that he is exalted 10 Agayne the riche â—n that he is made lowe Because as the flowre of the grasse he shall passe away 11 For the sunne hath rysen with heate and the grasse hath withered and his flowre hath fallen away the beautie of the fashion of it hath perished So also shall the ryche man fade away in his wayes 12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation For when he is tryed he shall receaue the crowne of lyfe which the Lorde hath promised to them that loue hym ☜ 13 Let no man say when he is tempted I am tempted of God for God can not be tempted with euyl neither tempteth he any man 14 But euery man is tempted when he is drawen away entised of his owne concupiscence 15 Then when lust hath conceaued it bryngeth foorth sinne and sinne when it is finished bryngeth foorth death 16 Do not erre my deare brethren 17 * ☞ Euery good geuyng and euery perfect gyft is from aboue and coÌ„meth downe from the father of lyghtes with whoÌ„ is no variablenes neither shadow of turnyng 18 Of his owne wyll begat he vs with the worde of trueth that we shoulde be the first fruites of his creatures 19 Wherfore my deare brethreÌ„ let euery man be swyft to heare slowe to speake slowe to wrath 20 For the wrath of man worketh not that which is ryghteous before God 21 Wherfore lay apart all filthinesse and superfluitie of maliciousnes and receaue with mekenesse the worde that is graffed in you which is able to saue your soules ☜ 22 ☞ And be ye doers of the worde and not hearers only deceauyng your owne selues 23 For yf any be a hearer of the worde and not a doer he is lyke vnto a man beholdyng his bodyly face in a glasse 24 For he hath considered hym selfe and is gone his wayes hath forgotten immediatly what his fashion was 25 But who so loketh in the perfect lawe of libertie and continueth therin he being not a forgetfull hearer but a doer of the worke shal be blessed in his deede 26 If any man among you seeme to be deuout and refrayneth not his tongue but deceaueth his owne heart this mans deuotion is vayne 27 Pure deuotion and vndefyled before God and the father is this To visite the fatherlesse and widdowes in their aduersitie and to kepe hym selfe vnspotted of the worlde ☜ ¶ The .ij Chapter 1 He forbiddeth to haue any respect of persons 5 but to regarde the poore aswell as the riche 8 to be louyng and merciful 14 and not to boast of faith where no deedes are 17 for it is but a dead fayth where good workes folowe not 1 MY brethren haue not the fayth of our Lorde Iesus Christe the Lord of glorie with respect of persons 2 For yf there come into your companie a man wearing a golde ryng clothed in goodly apparell and there come in also a poore man in vile rayment 3 And ye haue a respect to hym that weareth the gay clothyng and say vnto hym sitte thou here in a good place say vnto the poore stande thou there or sitte here vnder my footestoole 4 Are ye not partiall in your selues and are made iudges of euyll thoughtes 5 Hearken my deare beloued brethren Hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde such as are riche in fayth and heyres of the kyngdome which he promised to them that loue hym 6 But ye haue despised the poore Do not riche men oppresse you by tirannie and drawe you before the iudgementes seates 7 Do not they blaspheme that good name by the which you are named 8 If ye fulfyll the royal lawe according to the scripture * thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe ye do well 9 But yf ye regarde one person more then another ye commit sinne and are rebuked of the lawe as transgressours 10 Whosoeuer shal kepe the whole lawe and yet fayle in one poynt he is gyltie of all 11 For he that sayde thou shalt not commit adulterie sayde also thou shalt not kyll Though thou do none adulterie yet yf thou kyll thou art become a transgressour of the lawe 12 So speake ye and so do as they that shal be iudged by the lawe of libertie 13 For he shall haue iudgement without mercie * that sheweth no mercie And mercie reioyceth agaynst iudgement ☜ 14 What profiteth it my brethren though a man say he hath fayth and hath not deedes Can fayth saue hym 15 If a brother or a sister be naked and destitute of dayly foode 16 And one of you say vnto them depart in peace be you warmed and fylled notwithstandyng ye geue them not those thinges which are nedefull to the body what shall it profite 17 Euen so fayth yf it haue not deedes is dead in it selfe 18 But some man wyll say thou hast fayth and I haue deedes shewe me thy fayth by thy deedes and I wyll shewe thee my faith by my deedes 19 Beleuest thou that there is one God Thou doest well The deuyls also beleue and tremble 20 But wylt thou knowe O thou vayne man that that fayth which is without workes is dead 21 Was not Abraham our father iustified through workes when he had offered Isaac his sonne vpon the aulter 22 Seest thou not howe y e faith wrought with his deedes and through y e deedes was the fayth made perfect 23 And the scripture was fulfylled which sayth Abraham beleued God and it was reputed vnto hym for ryghteousnesse And he was called the friende of God 24 ☞ Ye see then howe that of deedes a man is iustified and not of fayth only 25 Lykewyse also was not Rahab the harlot iustified through workes when she had receaued the messengers and had sent them out another way 26 For as the body without the spirite is dead euen so fayth without workes is dead also ☜ ¶ The .iij. Chapter 2 He forbiddeth all ambition to seke honour aboue our brethren 3 He describeth the propertie of the tongue 15.16 And what difference there is betwixt the wisdome of God and the wisdome of the worlde 1 MY brethren be not mame maisters knowyng howe that we shall receaue the greater damnation 2 For in many thynges we sinne all If a man sinne not in word the same is a perfect man and able also to bridle all the body 3 Beholde we put bittes in the horses mouthes that they may obey vs and we turne about all the body of them 4
sinneth hath not seene him neither knowen hym 7 Babes let no man deceaue you He that doeth righteousnes is ryghteous euen as he is righteous 8 He that committeth sinne is of the deuyll for the deuyll sinneth sence the beginning For this purpose appeared the sonne of God to loose the workes of the deuyll 9 Whosoeuer is borne of God sinneth not for his seede remayneth in him and he can not sinne because he is borne of God 10 In this are y e children of God knowē and the chyldren of the deuyll Whosoeuer doth not ryghteousnesse is not of God neither he that loueth not his brother 11 For this is the tidynges that ye heard from the begynnyng that ye shoulde loue one another 12 Not as Cain which was of that wicked and slewe his brother And wherfore slewe he hym Because his owne workes were euyll and his brothers good 13 ☞ Maruayle not my brethren though the worlde hate you 14 We knowe that we are translated from death vnto lyfe because we loue the brethren * He that loueth not his brother abideth in death 15 Whosoeuer hateth his brother is a manslear And ye knowe that no manslear hath eternall life abidyng in hym 16 Hereby perceaue we loue because he layde downe his lyfe for vs we ought to lay downe our lyues for the brethren 17 But who so hath this 〈◊〉 good and seeth his brother haue neede and shutteth vp his compassion from hym◠howe dwelleth the loue of God in hym 18 My babes let vs not loue in worde neither in tongue but in deede and in veritie 19 Hereby we knowe that we are of the trueth and shall assure our heartes before hym 20 For yf our heart condempne vs God is greater then our heart and knoweth all thynges 21 Dearely beloued yf our heart condempne vs not then haue we boldnesse towarde God 22 And whatsoeuer we aske we receaue of hym because we kepe his commaundementes and do those thynges which are pleasyng in his syght 23 And this is his cōmaundement that we beleue on the name of his sonne Iesus Christe and loue one another as he gaue commaundement 24 And he that kepeth his commaundementes dwelleth in him and he in him and hereby we knowe that he abideth in vs euen by the spirite which he hath geuen vs. ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 Difference of spirites 2 howe the spirite of God may be knowen from the spirite of errour ◠of the loue of God and of our neyghbours 1 DEarly beloued beleue not euery spirite but proue the spirites whether they are of God or not for many false prophetes are gone out into the worlde 2 Hereby shall ye knowe the spirite of God Euery spirite that confesseth that Iesus Christe is come in the fleshe is of God 3 And euery spirite which confesseth not that Iesus Christe is come in the fleshe is not of God And this is that spirite of antichriste of whom ye haue hearde howe that he shoulde come and euen nowe alredy is he in the worlde 4 Litle chyldren ye are of God haue ouercome them for greater is he that is in you then he that is in the worlde 5 They are of the world therfore speake they of the worlde the world heareth them 6 We are of God He that knoweth God heareth vs he that is not of God heareth vs not Hereby knowe we the spirite of veritie and the spirite of errour 7 Dearely beloued let vs loue one another for loue commeth of God And euery one that loueth is borne of God and knoweth God 8 He that loueth not knoweth not God for ☞ God is loue 9 In this appeared the loue of God to vs warde because God sent his only begotten sonne into the worlde that we myght lyue through hym 10 Herein is loue not that we loued God but that he loued vs and sent his sonne to be the agreement for our sinnes 11 Dearely beloued yf God so loued vs we ought also to loue one another 12 No man hath seene God at any time If we loue one another God dwelleth in vs and his loue is perfect in vs. 13 Hereby knowe we that we dwell in hym he in vs because he hath geuen vs of his spirite 14 And we haue seene and do testifie that the father sent the sonne to be the sauiour of the worlde 15 Whosoeuer confesseth that Iesus is the sonne of God in him dwelleth God and he in God 16 And we haue knowen and beleued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue and he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God and God in hym 17 Herein is the loue perfect in vs that we shoulde haue boldnesse in the day of iudgement For as he is euen so are we in this worlde 18 There is no feare in loue but perfect loue casteth out feare for feare hath paynefulnesse He that feareth is not perfect in loue 19 We loue hym for he loued vs first 20 If a man say I loue God yet hate his brother he is a lyer For how can he y t loueth not his brother whom he hath seene loue God whō he hath not seene 21 And this commaundement haue we of hym that he which loueth God shoulde loue his brother also ☜ The .v. Chapter 1. Of the fruites of fayth 14.20 The office aucthoritie diuinitie of Christe 21 agaynst images 1 WHosoeuer beleueth that Iesus is Christe is borne of God And euerie one that loueth him which begat loueth hym also which is begotten H. L. of hym 2 By this we knowe that we loue the chyldren of God when we loue God and kepe his commaundementes 3 For this is the loue of God that we kepe his commaundementes and his commaundementes are not greeuous 4 ☞ For all that is borne of God ouercommeth the worlde And this is the victorie that ouercommeth y e worlde euen our fayth 5 Who is it that ouercommeth y e worlde but he which beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God 6 This Iesus Christe is he that came by water and blood not by water only but by water and blood And it is the spirite that beareth witnesse because the spirite is trueth 7 For there are three which beare recorde in heauen the father the worde and the holy ghost and these three are one 8 And there are three which beare recorde in earth the spirite and water and blood and these three agree in one 9 If we receaue the witnesse of men the witnesse of God is greater For this is the witnesse of God that is greater which he testified of his sonne 10 He that beleueth on the sonne of God hath the witnesse in hym selfe ☞ He that beleueth not God hath made hym a lyer because he beleued not the recorde that God gaue of his sonne 11 And this is the recorde how that God hath geuen vnto vs eternall lyfe and this lyfe is in his sonne
12 He that hath the sonne hath lyfe and he that hath not the sonne of God hath not lyfe 13 These thynges haue I written vnto you that beleue on y e name of the sonne of God that ye may knowe howe that ye haue eternall lyfe and that ye may beleue on the name of the sonne of God 14 And this is the trust that we haue in hym that yf we aske any thyng accordyng to his wyll he heareth vs. 15 And yf we knowe that he heare vs whatsoeuer we aske we know that we haue y e petitions that we desire of hym 16 If any man see his brother sinne a sinne not vnto death let hym aske and he shal geue him life for them that sinne not vnto death There is a sinne vnto death I say not that thou shouldest pray for it 17 All vnrighteousnes is sinne and there is sinne vnto death 18 We knowe that whosoeuer is borne of God sinneth not but he that is begotten of God kepeth hym selfe and that wicked toucheth hym not 19 We knowe that we are of God the whole worlde c lieth in wickednesse 20 We knowe that the sonne of God is come hath geuen vs a minde to know hym which is true and we are in hym that is true through his sonne Iesus Christe This same is very God and eternall lyfe 21 Babes kepe your selues from idols Amen ⧠The seconde epistle of Saint Iohn 1 He writeth vnto a certayne Lady 4 reioycyng that her chyldren walke in the trueth 5 and exhorteth vnto loue 7 warneth them to beware of such deceauers as denie that Iesus Christ is come in the fleshe 8 prayeth them to continue in the doctrine of Christ 10 and to haue nothyng to do with them that bryng not the true doctrine of Christe Iesus our sauiour 1 THE elder to the elect Lady her chyldren whom I loue in the trueth and not I only but also all that haue knowen y e trueth 2 For the truthes sake which dwelleth in vs and shal be in vs for euer 3 Grace be with you mercie and peace from God the father from the Lorde Iesus Christe the sonne of the father in trueth and loue 4 I reioyced greatly that I founde of thy chyldren walkyng in trueth as we haue receaued a commaundement of the father 5 And nowe beseche I thee Lady not as though I wrote a newe commaundement vnto thee but that same which we haue had from the begynnyng that we shoulde loue one another 6 And this is the loue that we shoulde walke after his cōmaundement This commaundement is that as ye haue hearde from the begynnyng ye shoulde walke in it 7 For many deceauers are entred into the worlde which confesse not that Iesus Christe is come in the fleshe This is a deceauer and an antichriste 8 Loke on your selues that we loose not that we haue wrought but that we may haue a full rewarde 9 Whosoeuer transgresseth and bideth not in the doctrine of Christe hath not God He that endureth in the doctrine of Christe hath both the father and the sonne 10 If there come any vnto you and bring not this learnyng hym receaue not to house neither byd hym God speede 11 For he that byddeth hym God speede is partaker of his euyll deedes 12 I had many thynges to write vnto you neuerthelesse I woulde not write with paper inke but I trust to come vnto you and speake with you mouth to mouth that our ioy may be full 13 The sonnes of thy elect sister greete thee Amen ⧠The thirde epistle of Saint John 2 He is glad of Gaius that he walketh in the trueth 8 exhorteth to be louyng vnto the poore Christen in their persecution 9 sheweth the vnkynde dealyng of Diotrephes 12 and the good report of Demetrius 1 THe elder vnto y e beloued Gaius whom I loue in the trueth 2 Beloued I wishe in all thynges that thou prosperedst and faredst H. L. well euen as thy soule prospereth 3 For I reioyced greatly when the brethren came testified of the trueth that is in thee how thou walkest in y e trueth 4 I haue no greater ioy thē for to heare how that my sonnes walke in veritie 5 Beloued thou doest faythfully whatsoeuer thou doest to the brethren and to straungers 6 Which beare witnesse of thy loue before the Churche Which brethren yf thou bryng forwardes of their iourney after a godly sorte thou shalt do well 7 Because that for his names sake they went foorth and toke nothyng of the gentiles 8 We therfore ought to receaue such that we myght be helpers to the trueth 9 I wrote vnto the Churche but Diotrephes which loueth to haue the preeminence among thē receaueth vs not 10 Wherfore yf I come I wyll declare his deedes which he doth iestyng on vs with malicious wordes neither is therwith content not only he hym selfe receaueth not the brethren but also he forbiddeth thē that woulde and thrusteth them out of the Churche 11 Beloued folow not that which is euyl but that which is good He that doth well is of God but he that doth euyll seeth not God 12 Demetrius hath good report of all men and of the trueth it selfe Yea and we our selues also beare recorde and ye knowe that our recorde is true 13 I haue many thynges to write but I wyll not with inke and penne write vnto thee 14 I trust I shal shortly see thee and we shall speake mouth to mouth Peace be vnto thee The louers salute thee Greete the louers by name ¶ The epistle of Saint Jude ¶ Saint Iude admonisheth all Churches generally to take heede of deceauers which go about to drawe away the heartes of the simple people from the trueth of God wylleth them to haue no societie with such whom he setteth foorth in their liuely colours shewyng by dyuers examples of the scriptures what horrible vengeaunce is prepared for them finally he conforteth the faythfull exhorteth them to perseuer in the doctrine of the Apostles of Iesus Christe 1 IVde the seruaunt of Iesus Christe the brother of Iames To them which are called and sanctified in God the father and preserued in Iesus Christe 2 H. L. Mercy vnto you and peace and loue be multiplied 3 Beloued when I gaue all diligence to write vnto you of the common saluation it was nedeful for me to write vnto you to exhorte you that ye shoulde earnestly contende for the fayth which was once geuen vnto the saintes 4 For there are certayne vngodly men craftily crept in which were before of olde ordeyned to this condemnation They turne the grace of our God vnto wantonnesse and denye God which is the only Lorde and our Lorde Iesus Christe 5 My mynde is therfore to put you in remembraunce forasmuch as ye once knowe this howe that the Lorde after that he had delyuered the people out of Egypt destroyed thē which afterward beleued not 6 The Angels
iudgment (d) If so much must be done for our enemies oxe or asse muche more we must do for their owne persoÌ„s (e) Though y e wycked oppresse the godly in this lyfe go for good men notwithstanding yet before God it shall not be so who wyll be reuenged of the wrong () Agaynst brybes (f) Before he spâ—ke of strauÌ„gers generally but here he toucheth the particuler case of iudgment where vnder pretence of ryght â–ª God wold not haue theÌ„ oppressed (g) Ye knowe what heart sores he abydeth (h) Therefore measure other men by your selues (i) For y e soyle being fertile of it self brought foorth many things for the vse of y e poore without sowing (k) May be partakers therof aswell as thou for y e riche were not vtterly debarred as appeareth Leui. 25. (l) This lawe beyng partly ceremoniall partly politique is here repeted not in vayne as far foorth as it toucheth policie which tendeth to this end that neither seruaunt nor cattel should be ouerweryed with labour (m) For we may not at our pleasure do one thing that God commaundeth leaue another thing vndone (n) For that nothing more dryueth vs from God or maketh vs forget his lawe then reliques of superstition therfore the Lord commaundeth all memorie of false gods to abolished () Solemne feastes ordayned for a memorial of gods benefites (o) Because y e passouer was eaten but on one day the vnleauened â—read .7 dayes together this solemnitie toke his name of that y e longest continued () That is Marche (p) For it was not inough to testifie theyr thankfulnesse in words but for a fuller profession it behoued to adde a sacrifice the trueth of whiche figure pertayneth also vnto vs so y t wheÌ„ we come before God we must offer vnto him with a free heart our selues all y t we haue Lest then we should be emtie let vs be honest vpright chast (q) Deut. xvi It is also called the feast of weekes (r) The feast of tabernacles Deut. xvi (Å¿) With an vncleane mynde infected with malice as Paule expoundeth it i. Cor. v. (t) Any oblation offered to me that is thy duetie to God must not be deferred (u) Vntymely fruites ought neither to be offered nor eaten for it hath a spice of crueltie and of an intemperate appetite (x) These be the names of y e people who inhabited the lande of promise (a) I will prolong thy lyfe to my honour and thy saluation (b) From the desert of Sur vnto the riuer Euphrates (a) The reason of this serâ—monie is declared in the .ix. to the Hebrewes (b) God neither destroyed them â–ª nor shewed him selfe terrible as to the people Chap. x. Hear who is a maister of wordes ☞ (a) A gyfte presented before god by liftinge it vp to signifie the oblation of christe vpon the crosse “ Or border (b) Testimonie he calleth here the two tables of stone wherin were comprised the ten commaundemeÌ„tes because in them God witnessed his wyll “ Or propiciatorie (c) The Cherubims were wynged images and as the Hebrewe interpretours do holde they had y e shapes of boyes But as Iosephus wryteth they were fleyng beastes whiâ—h had suche figure as of no man hath ben seene “ Or beaten with hammer “ Or testimonie (d) In the .ix. chapter to the Hebr. it is called the arke of the testament (c) The talent of the temple is valued of some at 20â— poundes of other at .400 poundes “ Handes “ Or against “ Or violet ☜ ☞ (a) Of the same peece of wood and not ioyned or gluâ—â— vnto it “ In fiftie (a) In the tabernacle of the coÌ„gregation so called because that Israel resorted and was gathered together there at a certayne and an appointed time or because that god resorted thyther to speake with Moyses and his successours as before in the .25 chap. c. And I wyll assemble with thee thyther speake with thee and Numb 17. a. before the witnesse where I wyll assemble you Some do translate my tabernacle of couenauÌ„t but the olde interpreter in the tabernacle of witnesse ☞ a Vrim and Thummim signifie light â—erâ—etnes out â—f the which it pleased god to geue answers â—racles iudgement but what they â—ere it doth â—t well appeare vnto aâ—y wryter They were placed in the priestes breâ—t â—o admonysh â—ym that he â—ught to shine with doctrin â—o be perfet in â—onuersation of lyfe “ Or Auâ—im (b) These belles styrred â—p the peoples myndes to coÌ„sider the misteries and to withdrawe their mynds from cogitatioÌ„ of all other thynges (c) As who should say he should dye if he ministred not so apparelled as God hath here appoynted (d) All the sinnes that might be committed in their offerynges shall be perdoned through the chief priest which represented Iesus Christ (e) That is consecrat theÌ„ For the ceremonye of consecratyng priestes was to put part of the sacrifices into the handes of theÌ„ that should be made priestes for to sacrifice and to offer (f) Lest if they be otherwayes appareyled they sinne therfore be punyshed with death ☜ ☞ (a) It is the Ramme that was offered â—t the â—illyng of the hands consecratioÌ„ of the hye priest “ Or moue (b) This sort â—f offering afâ—er the priest â—ad lifted it â—p was moâ—ed into euery â—ide of all â—oastes to sigâ—ifie that god was Lord of â—ll the earth It was much â—ke to the manner of â—lessings vsed 〈◊〉 papistes â—hurches c The heaue â—fferyng was â—ited vpward 〈◊〉 downward â—ut not on the â—des (d) Euer vnâ—yll Christes â—ommyng “ Or conseâ—rate “ Or present (e) A hin was a measure of liquid thinges conteyning .xii logins one login was so much as â— would receaue sixe egges ☞ a Of the same wood peace “ Or vpper parte and side◠“ Or witnesse (b) After any other â—ort theÌ„ is here prescribed by Gods word (c) After they be come to twentie yeres of age for vnder that age they were not to be numbred For by that oblation they redeemed their lyues whoÌ„ els God would kyll as he dyd in Dauids dayes 2. Reg. 24. “ Or redemption () For this word sicle and talent see Num. 3. vearse 47. “ Gerah (d) Not in value of money but in wayght ☜ (a) By this ye may gather that handie craftes be the giftes of God “ vessels (b) As man refresheth him selfe after labour euen so doth the scripture speake of God that he should do (c) Without all mans labour or helpe (a) Hebr. He made a confusion For it is a confusion vnto the people when they be destitute of a gouernour “ or against “ Or He cast it into a moulde (a) Iosuah acompanyed Moyses in y e mount although their was not like reuelation to him as to Moyses “ Or â—socrate (b) Moyses prostrate made his prayer fourtie dayes and nights Deut. ix (c) Out of the number of theÌ„ that be electe and predestinated to lyfe
euerlastinge (d) I will make it knowen that he was neuer any of the electe (e) I wyll punyshe (f) In makyng them to wander 40. yeres in the wyldernes and neuer to enter the land of promyse (a) By mylke vnderstand all necessarie thinges by hony all delicates pleasaunt thinges (b) Graciously fauourably louyngly for no man can see God in this life (c) The meanes wherby thou wylt kepe and saue thy people out of so many perilles seyng thou wylt not go with them (d) Heart and affection to this my people (e) Passing by I will sounde with a loude voyce my name Iehouah whom thou canst not see “ or wayte God called â— the name of â—ehouah â—e wordes â—at folowe 〈◊〉 Gods â—ordes and â—ot Moyses “ Or offence (a) God is called ielous because he wil not permit that any other gods shall be worshipped with him but he alone will be loued and worshipped for god “ Or words () That is with God Or while God talked with him (b) This coueryng signifieth the infirmitie of our nature wherby when we heare or reade the lawe we heare it not nor vnderstand it (a) Therfore was he put to death that gathered stickes to make a fier on that day Num. xv ☞ (b) Suche as appertayne to the seruice of the tabernacle ☞ (c) Vsyng Moyses as a minister there of (b) Not only to haue cunning but to teache other is the gift of God ☞ “ The sea ☜ ☞ (a) Some thinke that the Cherubims mercy seate were cast both together were made al of one peece ☜ ☞ “ Or as some reade forâ—ipes that is tongs (a) The curtens of the tabernacle were fastened with these pinns to stay theÌ„ that they were not driuen with y e wynde hither and thither (b) The perticuler peeces by number deliuered to the Leuites ☜ ☞ ☜ ☞ (a) In the seconde yere of their commyng out of Egypt (b) Of the cumming of the children of Israel out of Egypt (c) That is the tables of the lawe ☜ Exod 30. c. Num. 9. c. (d) Thus the presence of God preserued and guyded them both day nyght tyll they came to the lande of promyse a This boke is so named because that in the same is chiefly entreated of the Leuiticall sacrifices and other ceremonies of the lawe vpon the whiche the Leuites were committed ordeyned by the Lorde ☞ (b) Moyses doth euidently declare that these sacrifises were instituted of God not of man (c) when any orâ—uate man wâ—ll offer for himselfe a priuate sacrifice (d) That y e Leuiticall sacrifices were preachinges of the passion and death of Christ and of his gospell which should afterward be published thorewe all y e world men hath not dremed it but the holy ghoste hath taught it hath confirmed it by many testimonies aswel of the olde testament as of the newe As psalme 39 Esai 41. Iohn 1. 1. Pet. 1. Heb. 10. c. (e) The Hebrewe worde signifie sheepe or shee goates Exod. 29.10 (f) Declaring that he did it voluntarilie and all that he hath in his handes he receaued of God (g) It was to signifie that y e sacrifice ought to be pure and cleane (h) The Hebrewe worde signifieth to be cut or pinched w t a naile of the finger ☞ (a) Because it doth remayne of that which was burnt in the honour of God and therfore myght not be eaten but of the holy that is the priestes (b) That is all maner of fruit as sweet as hony as fygges dates and such lyke Of these nothyng myght be burned but kept only to be offered before God Math. v. b. Mark ix g. (c) By this ceremonie is the nature of Christe set foorth which is figured in all sacrifices For Christ is the true and heauenly salt by whom all that beleue in hym be made sauourie and pleasaunt vnto God the father so that they shall neuer so putrifie that they shal peryshe ☞ Exo. xxix c (a) That is all your dwelling places Gene. ix· a. ☜ ☞ (a) By coÌ„uersation or doctrine to do any thing wherby y e people sinne or els if the people sinne through the priestes fault their sinne is required at his hands Leuit. ix c. Exo. xxix c (b) Other by knowledgyng hym selfe to haue sinned confessyng his fault or some other hath reuealed it vnto hym Leuit. iii. d. Leuit. iii. d. ☞ (a) This is diuersly expouÌ„ded because y e Hebrue worde hath a double signification this is y e sense as some thinketh If a Iudge doth minister an othe to any priuate man to declare the trueth of any thyng that he hath seene do it not he sinneth other this If any man see his neighbour coÌ„mit any sinne which is by y e lawe of God execrable or detestable and did consile it not open it as muche as in him did lye he did sinne some other taketh it thus All such as dyd heare any maÌ„ curse banne and abuse the name of God dyd not opeÌ„ it vnto the magistrate dyd sinne the first sense is best liked Leuit. xii d. Luke ii d. Exod. xxx (b) And doth afterwarde knowledge hym selfe to haue offended and thinketh him selfe to be gyltie of that sinne ☜ ☞ Exo. xxix g Ex. xxviii g (a) This fire prefigured Christe for as it doth purifie heate and consume so Christe by his death and passion purifieth sinners consumeth all sinnes and by his holy spirit heateth and warmeth all y e faythfull Num. xv a. Leuit. ii a. Osee iiii b. Leui. xv d ☜ ☞ (a) Because it was altogether burnt w t fire or that y e priestes only did eate it (b) The Hebrewe worde signifieth to praise geue thankes this sacrifice they vsed when any maÌ„ knowledged himself to be a sinner and confessed his sinns vnto the lorde willing to reconsile him selfe vnto him Leuit. iii. e. Gen ix a. Leuit. xvii c and .xix. f. Deut xii b. i. Reg. xiiii e Nu. xviii e. ☜ ☞ Ex. xxviii a Exo. xxx d Exo. xxix a Exo. xxix f Exo. xxix d Exo. xxix c Exo. xxix f. ☜ ☞ Hebre. v. a. and .vii. d. Leuit. ii a. Leuit. iiii a. ii Par. vii a. ii Mac. ii b. Leuit. xvi a. Exo. xxx b (a) Sacrifices not appointed by the lawe though interprised of a good zeale intent affection do yet neuerthelesse displease God Straunge fire is called other because in the burning of the incense y e two sonnes of Aaron toke not of it that continually was reserued vppon the aulter of burnt offering wherof Moises spake before in the 6. Chapter for they were wont to take coales therehence to burne fumes vpon the aulter of incense or t is because they toke vnlawfull incense The lawfull is described in the 30. of Exod. But howe so euer it was this thing is euident that they made vnlawfull sacrifice whiche was not commaunded by the lawe of God Beware therefore of worshippes framed after our owne opinion
their tounges to be in silence Because Bâ—ldâ—d and Sopâ—aâ— did so much blame him he here yelded accoÌ„pt of his lyfe past Iustice is to deliuer the poore and iudgement is to punishe the wicked these two are in deede a kingly vesture garment (h) That is the tyrannie That 〈…〉 dâ—d 〈…〉 these plagues k That is I â—â—ue â—ll things plentifully that appertayne to my necessaries l By the deâ—we is signified happy prosperous estate by the corne is ment his childreÌ„ as though he would say my posteritie also shal be infeâ—â—citie Or haruest Or renued â–ª (m) Here is shewed of what excellencie an vpright and verttuous life is (a) Before is declared how greatly God doth blesse the godly here is shewed how heaâ—â—y a crosse be layeth on them to proue them (b) They now despise me whiche with al their powre when I was in prosperitie â—â—â—ld nothing 〈◊〉 â—e 〈◊〉 was so wâ—ake c Here Iob declareth â—hat aâ—iectâ—s they were that nowe reuâ—led him and sheweth that they are wicked lyke vnto their fathers which died yeâ— they â—â—â—e to age (d) Shewing hereby their basenes and their pouertie beyng such outcastes yet now they scorne Iob which is a great griefe to be mocked of such (e) what great griefe is this that Iob beyng once in hygh auctoritie now to be in miserie and mocked of such vile villayns (f) That is seyng me now in miserie not able to correct them they â—est and scorne at me without measure as vnbridelâ—â— in their â—stetiâ—ns g The right hande declareth 〈◊〉 and the left hand afflictâ— and miserie so 〈◊〉 I comâ—â—neth by the young mâ—n that â—se 〈…〉 That is tâ—ey eueâ—â—hâ—ewe all my doinges without helpe of any otheâ— i That is most swiftly (k) It is the maker among the Hebrues to haue their garmentes â—owed round in euery part sauing a hoâ—e only in the highest of it to put foorth the necke (l) Iob sayth not this as blaming God but greeuous aâ—â—liction moued aâ—â—ection That is thou didst seâ— me in hâ—e auctoritie and â—â—denly thou patteit me â—â—wne Meaning death that shoulde bring him to the graue He that is once dead can no more be hurt (p) In steede of comfort they gaue me mockes (q) My talke was so lamentable and my crying so great that I might well be called a companion of dragons and Estriches (r) with the heate of my sore troubles (a) In this chapter Iob declareth his vpright liuiÌ„g not to bost against God but to refel the false sâ—aunder of his aduersaries The fleshe was obedient to the spirite neither was he led with carnall desire Iob here sheweth that the feare of God did driue him froÌ„ wickednesse (d) Meaning that before men he was giltlesse in obseruing all the preceptes of the seconde table “ Or plants (e) Let her be a bonde slaue to an other man “ Or bowe downe vpon her (f) Though mans punishmeÌ„t for adultrie be omitted yet gods plague will neuer rest to consume and roote it out (g) That is if I in lawe haue reiected the complaint of my seruauÌ„t what shoulde I do when God calleth me to lawe (h) Iob expresseth the cause why he dyd pitie his seruaunts for that they had one creator both made of the same substaunce 〈…〉 â—â—dowes (k) By the thing vp of the â—unne and goâ—ng downe of 〈◊〉 moone he meaneth the prosperitie and â—â—â—icitie that he was in l That is dâ—d I euer â—ommend the workes of 〈◊〉 owne hande That is I did not feare to do iustice â–ª either be geuing 〈◊〉 to y e multitude or to get thâ— fauour of my friendes and kinred Meaning that he did not holde his peace or kepe at home in the iust suite or cause 〈◊〉 That is I will carie the booke not the aduersarie shal make 〈◊〉 my shoulder and wyll aâ—cept it for 〈◊〉 great gift meaning he would coÌ„fesse his fault if he had offended (p) That is with great reuerence That is iâ— the hâ—â—eling that hath laboured in the land haue â—en deâ—aunded oâ— his wages by me (r) That is yâ— I haue by violence compelled my land to be cared and not geuen foode to the labourers The Hebrâ—es reade 〈…〉 〈…〉 “ Or Eâ—â— dayes shall speake Or The multitude of yeres shall “ Or iudgement (c) To proue Iob plagued for his oâ—â—ences And as though therefore it had ben wysdome for them to holde their peace “ Or wordâ— (e) That is I shoulde breake in the middes if I shoulde not speake my mynde is so hot within me (f) I will say trueth â–ª all thinges layd apart (g) The Hebrue word is to alter the name calling a rude man learned or a wicked man iust There is cause wâ—y ye shoulde despise me although I be young for I am as you are made by goâ—s spirite created of the earth and receaue lyfe of hym (b) Iob before desired to pleade his cause before god without feare therfore sayth Elihu I am here in gods steede whom thou nedest not to â—eâ—â—e â–ª for I aâ— made of the matter that thou art I haue â—earde the boâ—st of thy righteous life that thou art innocent and iust therfore wil I not proue thee wicked of thy former life by thy 〈◊〉 (d) God speaketh two maner of wayes vnto men either by sleepe or by his rod of sicknesse and other plagues For to beate downe the pride of man God sendeth his plagues Thâ—t is 〈…〉 decayeth life can take 〈◊〉 sustenaunce Here speâ—keth â—e of â—econd â—econd way wherby God speaketh to man by afflictions “ Or To the buriers (h) If there be a messenger seene to declare gods wil truely and shewe his benefites one of a thousand man regardeth the same then will God haue mercie i The health of the body is the blessing of God He 〈…〉 the comfort of the hoâ—â—â—ost But it prouoked gâ—ds wrath vpon me (m) That is my soule shall appeare cleare in the land of the liuing (n) That is to shewe thy selfe iust and not wicked (a) Here Elihu proueth that God can not be vniust because he is the iudge of the world the gouernour and creator of all (b) Let vs sâ—an the cause by reasoning in orâ—er oâ—â—ustice (c) That is he hath not 〈◊〉 with me â—â—cording to the â—quitie of 〈◊〉 cause d That is 〈◊〉 his scotishâ—â— beareth 〈◊〉 the scornefull â—â—profes of the â—oâ—kers (c) As thougâ— Elihu would say is it meete that the vniust and wicked shal be rulers or â—â—nocentes commit wickednesse or inferiors to controll princes or subiectes to resist the king how much lesse theÌ„ oughtest thou to do so to God the king of aâ— kinges f That sodainely 〈◊〉 â—ore they 〈◊〉 aware of it For 〈◊〉 â—s frayle naturâ— cannot 〈◊〉 to Gods 〈◊〉 searcheable secrets and therefore 〈◊〉 leaue theÌ„ with all humilitie God câ—â—lteth one 〈◊〉 humbleth an other as the foure Monarches of the worlde for example that is of the Assyrians of the Persians â–ª of the Grecians
of the trumpet but they say we wyll not take heede 18 Heare therefore ye gentiles and thou congregation shalt know what I haue deuised for them 19 Heare thou earth also behold I wyll cause a plague to come vpon this people euen the fruite of their owne imaginations for that they haue not ben obedient vnto my wordes and to my lawe but abhorred them 20 Wherefore bryng ye me incense from Saba and sweete smelling calamus from farre countreys your burnt offeringes displease me and I reioyce not in your sacrifices 21 And therefore thus saith the Lorde Beholde I wyll lay stumbling blockes among this people and there shall fall at them the father with the chyldren one neighbour shall perishe with another 22 Thus saith the Lorde Beholde there shall come a people from the north and a great people shal arise from the endes of the earth 23 With bowes and with dartes shall they be weaponed it is a rough and fearce people an vnmercifull people their voyce roareth like the sea thei ride vpon horses well appointed to the battaile against thee O daughter Sion 24 The fame of them haue we hearde our armes are feeble heauinesse and sorowe is come vpon vs as vpon a woman trauayling with chylde 25 Let no man go foorth into the fielde let no man come vpon the hye streete for the sworde and feare of the enemie is on euery side 26 Wherfore gyrde a sackcloth about thee O thou daughter of my people sprinkle thy selfe with ashes mourne and weepe bitterly as vpon thyne onlye beloued sonne for the destroyer shall sodainly fall vpon vs. 27 Thee haue I set for a strong towre O thou prophete and a well fensed wall among my people to seeke out and to trye their wayes 28 For they are all stubborne apostates and fallen away walking deceiptfully they are cleane brasse and iron for they hurt and destroy euery man 29 The bellowes are brent in the fire the leade is not moulten the melter melteth in vayne for the euill is not taken away from them 30 Therefore do they call them naughtie siluer because the Lorde hath cast them out The .vij. Chapter 2 Ieremie is commaunded to shewe vnto the people the worde of God which trusteth in the outwarde seruice of the temple 13 The euils that shall happen to the Iewes for the despising of their prophetes 21 Sacrifices doth not the Lord chiefly require of the Iewes but that they shoulde obay his worde 1 THese are the wordes that God spake vnto Ieremie saying 2 Stande vnder the gate of the Lordes house crye out these wordes there with a loude voyce and say Heare the word of the Lorde all ye of Iuda that go in at this doore to worship the Lorde 3 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel Amende your wayes and your counsels and I wyll let you dwell in this place 4 Trust not in false lying words saying Here is the temple of the Lord here is the temple of the Lord here is the temple of the Lorde 5 But rather in deede amende your wayes and counsels and iudge right betwixt a man and his neighbour 6 Oppresse not the straunger the fatherlesse and the widowe shed not innocent blood in this place cleane not to straunge gods to your owne destruction 7 Then wyll I let you dwell in this place yea in the land that I gaue afore tyme to your fathers for euer 8 But take heede ye trust in lying tales that beguile you and do you no good 9 For when ye haue stollen murthered committed adultrie and periurie when ye haue offered vnto Baal folowing straunge and vnknowen gods shall ye be vnpunished 10 Yet then come ye and stande before me in this house whiche hath my name geuen vnto it and say tushe we are absolued quite though we haue done all these abhominations 11 What thinke you this house that beareth my name is a denne of thieues And yet I see what you thinke saith the Lorde 12 Go to my place in Silo wherevnto I gaue my name aforetyme and looke well what I did to the same place for the wickednesse of my people of Israel 13 And now seing ye haue done all these deedes saith the Lorde and I my selfe rose vp euer betimes to warne you and to commune with you yet would ye not heare me I called ye would not aunswere 14 Therefore euen as I haue done vnto Silo so wyll I do to this house that my name is geuen vnto and that you put your trust in yea vnto the place that I haue geuen to you and your fathers 15 And I shal thrust you out of my sight as I haue cast out all your brethren the whole seede of Ephraim 16 Therfore thou shalt not pray for this people thou shalt neither geue thankes nor bid prayer for them make thou no intercession for them for in no wise will I heare thee 17 Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Iuda and in the streetes of Hierusalem 18 The chyldren gather stickes the fathers kindle the fire the womē kneade the dough to bake cakes for the queene of heauen they powre out drinke offeringes vnto straunge gods to prouoke me vnto wrath 19 Howbeit they hurt not me saith the Lord but rather confounde and shame them selues 20 And therefore thus saith the Lorde God Beholde my wrath and indignation shal be powred out vpon this place vpon men and cattell vpon trees in the fielde and fruite of the lande and it shall burne so that no man may quench it 21 Thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel Heape vp your burnt offeringes with your sacrifices and eate the fleshe 22 For when I brought your fathers out of Egypt I spake no worde vnto them of burnt offeringes and sacrifices 23 But this I commaunded them saying Hearken and obay my voyce and I shal be your God and ye shal be my people so that ye walke in al the wayes whiche I haue commaunded you that ye may prosper 24 But they were not obedient they inclined not their eares therevnto but went after their owne imaginations and after the motions of their owne wicked heart and so turned them selues away and conuerted not vnto me 25 And this haue they done from the tyme that your fathers came out of Egypt vnto this day Neuerthelesse I sent vnto you all my seruauntes the prophetes I rose vp early and sent you worde 26 Yet woulde they not hearken nor offer me their eares but were obstinate and worse then their fathers 27 And thou shalt nowe speake all these wordes vnto them but they shall not heare thee thou shalt crye vpon them but they shall not aunswere thee 28 Therefore shalt thou say vnto them This is the people that neither heareth the voyce of the Lorde their God nor receaueth his correction faythfulnesse and
trueth is cleane rooted out of their mouth 29 Wherefore cut of thine heere O Hierusalem and cast it away take vp a complaint on hye for the Lorde hath cast away and forsaken the people that he is displeased withall 30 For the chyldren of Iuda haue done euyll in my sight saith the Lorde they haue set vp their abhominations in the house that hath my name and haue defiled it 31 They haue also buylded an aulter at Topheth whiche is in the valley of the chyldren of Hennom that they might burne their sonnes and daughters in fire whiche I neuer commaunded them neither came it euer in my thought 32 And therfore beholde the dayes shall come saith the Lorde that it shall no more be called Topheth or the valley of the chyldren of Hennom but the valley of slaughter for in Topheth they shall be buried because they shall els haue no roome 33 Yea the dead bodyes of this people shal be eaten vp of the foules of the ayre and wylde beastes of the earth and no man shall fray them away 34 And as for the voyce of mirth and gladnesse of the cities of Iuda and Hierusalem the voyce of the bridegrome and of the bride I wyll make them ceasse for the lande shal be desolate The .viij. Chapter 1 The destruction of the Iewes 4 The Lorde moueth the people to amendement reckening vp their sinnes 10 He reprehendeth the lying doctrine of the prophetes and priestes 1 AT the same tyme saith the Lorde the bones of the kinges of Iuda the bones of his princes the bones of the preachers and prophetes yea and the bones of the citizens of Hierusalem shal be brought out of their graues 2 And layde against the sunne the moone all the heauenly hoast whom they loued whom they serued whom they ranne after whom they sought and worshipped they shall neither be gathered together nor buried but shall lye as dunge vpon the earth 3 And all they that remaine of this wicked generation shal desire rather to die then to line whersoeuer they remaine and where as I scatter them saith the Lorde of hoastes 4 Thus shalt thou say vnto them also Thus saith the Lorde Do men fall so that they arise not vp againe or if Israel repent wyll not God turne againe to them 5 Wherefore then is this people of Hierusalem gone so farre backe that they turne not againe They are euer the longer the more obstinate and wyll not be conuerted 6 For I haue loked and considered but there is no man that speaketh a good worde there is no man that taketh repentaunce for his sinne that wyll so muche say what haue I done but euerie man turneth to his owne course like a fierce horse headlong to the battaile 7 The Storke in the ayre knoweth his appointed tyme the Turtle doue the Swallowe and the Crane consider the tyme of their trauayle but my people wyll not knowe the tyme of the punishment of the Lorde 8 Howe dare ye say then we are wyse we haue the lawe of the Lorde among vs Truely in vayne hath he prepared his penne and vainely haue the writers written it 9 Therefore shall the wyse be confounded they shal be afraide and taken for lo they haue cast out the worde of the Lorde what wisdome can then be among them 10 Wherfore I wyl geue their wiues vnto aliauntes and their fields to destroyers For from the lowest vnto the hyest they folowe filthy lucre and from the prophete vnto the priest they deale all with lies 11 Neuerthelesse they heale the hurt of my people very slenderly saying peace peace where there is no peace at all 12 Fye for shame howe abhominable thinges do they and yet they be not ashamed yea they knowe of no shame Wherefore in the tyme of their visitation they shal fal among the dead bodies and be ouerthrowne saith the Lorde 13 Moreouer I wyll consume them in deede saith the Lorde so that there shall not be one grape vpon the vine neither one figge vpon the figge tree and the leaues shal be pluckt of and the thing that I haue geuen them shal be taken from them 14 Why prolong we the time Let vs gather our selues together and go into the strong citie there shall we be in rest for the Lorde our God hath put vs to scilence and geuen vs water mixt with gall to drinke because we haue sinned against hym 15 We loked for peace and we fare not the better we wayted for the tyme of health and lo â—re is nothing but trouble 16 The noyse of his horses is heard from Dan the whole lande is afraide at the neighing of his strong horses for they are come in and haue deuoured the lande withall that is in it the cities and those that dwell therin 17 Moreouer I wyll sende cockatrices and serpentes among you whiche wyl not be charmed and they shall bite you saith the Lorde 18 I woulde haue had comfort against sorowe but sorowe is come vpon me and heauinesse vexeth my heart 19 For lo the voyce of the crying of my people is hearde for feare of them that come from a farre countrey Is not the Lord in Sion Is not her king in her Wherefore then haue they greeued me shall the Lorde say with their images and foolishe straunge fashions of a forraine god 20 The haruest is gone the sommer hath an ende and we are not helped 21 I am sore vexed because of the hurt of my people I am heauie and abashed 22 Is there not triacle at Gilead Is there no phisitioÌ„ there why then is not the health of my people recouered The .ix. Chapter 1 The complaint and bewayling of the prophete 3 the malice of the people 24 In the knowledge of God ought we onlye to reioyce 26 The vncircumcision of the heart 1 O Who wyll geue my head water inough and a wel of teares for mine eyes that I may weepe night and day for the slaughter of my people 2 Woulde God that I had a cottage somewhere farre from folke that I might leaue my people and go from them for they be all adulterers and a shrinking sort 3 They bend their tongues like bowes to shoote out lyes they waxe strong vppon earth As for the trueth they may nothing away withall in the worlde for they go from one wickednes to another and wyll not knowe me saith the Lorde 4 Yea one must kepe hym selfe from another no man may safely trust his owne brother for one brother vndermindeth another one neighbour beguileth another 5 Yea one dissembleth with another and they deale with no trueth They haue practised their tongues to lye and taken great paynes to do mischiefe 6 Thou sittest in the middes of a deceiptfull people which for very dissembling falshood wyll not knowe me saith the Lorde 7 Therefore thus saith the Lorde of hoastes Beholde I wyll melt them and trye them