and prayseth God for his deliuerie 1 VNto thee I crye O God my strength make not as though thou were deafe at me lest if thou holdest thy peace I become like them that go downe into the graue 2 Heare the voyce of my humble petitions when I crye vnto thee when I holde vp my handes towarde thy holy place where thy arke is 3 Take me not away with the vngodlye and with the workers of iniquitie whiche speake of peace to their neighbours but mischiefe is in their heartes 4 Rewarde them accordyng to their deedes and according to the wickednes of their owne inuentions 5 Recompence them after the worke of their handes pay them home that they haue deserued 6 For they geue not their minde to vnderstande the doynges of God and the worke of his handes therefore he wyll breake them downe and not buylde them vp 7 Blessed be God for he hath hearde the voyce of mine humble petitions 8 God is my strength and my shielde my heart hath trusted in him and I am helped therefore my heart skippeth for ioy and in my song I wyll prayse hym 9 God is their strength and the strength that saueth his annoynted 10 O saue thy people and geue thy blessing vnto thine inheritaunce feede them and exalt them for euermore The argument of the .xxix. psalme ¶ The prophete exhorteth princes and rulers of this worlde to acknowledge Gods glory and power whiche appeareth euen in thundring rayne and tempestes 1 ATtribute vnto God O ye sonnes of princes attribute vnto God glory and strength 2 Geue to God glory due vnto his name worship God with holy honour 3 The voyce of God is aboue waters it is the Lorde of glory that thundreth it is God that ruleth the sea 4 The voyce of God is with power the voyce of God is with honour 5 The voyce of God breaketh the Cedar trees yea God breaketh the Cedars of Libanus 6 And he maketh them to skip like a calfe Libanus also and Sirion like a young vnicorne 7 The voyce of God casteth out flambes of fire the voyce of God maketh the wyldernesse to tremble God maketh the wyldernesse of Cades to tremble 8 The voyce of God maketh Hindes to cast their calfe and maketh woods to * be bare therefore euery man setteth foorth his glory in his temple 9 God sitteth in the flud and God wil sit king for euer 10 God wyll geue strength vnto his people God wyll blesse his people in peace ¶ The argument of the .xxx. psalme ¶ Dauid deliuered from his enemies both thanketh and also prayseth God and inciteth other to do the same because Gods displeasure lasteth not long He thought his prosperitie woulde haue continued styll but visited with sicknes and aduersitie cryeth for helpe and prayseth God therefore ¶ A psalme whiche is a song of the dedication of the house of Dauid 1 I Wyll exalt thee O God for thou hast exalted me and hast not made my foes to triumph ouer me 2 O God my Lord I cryed vnto thee and thou hast healed me 3 Thou God hast raysed vp my soule from the graue thou hast preserued my life from them that go downe into y e pit 4 Sing psalmes vnto god ye his saintes and make your confession vnto the remembraunce of his holynes 5 For a litle short time passeth in his anger a life is spente in his good wyll at euening weeping shall begin the night but ioy commeth in the morning 6 And in my prosperitie I saide I shall neuer haue a fal thou God of thy goodnes hadst made my hyll so strong 7 Neuerthelesse when thou dydst turne thy face I was troubled then I cryed vnto thee O God then made I my humble prayers to thee my Lorde 8 Saying what profite is there in my blood when I go downe to the pit shal the dust geue thankes vnto thee or shall it declare thy trueth 9 Heare me O God and haue mercy vppon me O God be thou my helper 10 And foorth with thou hast turned my mourning into dauncing thou hast put of my sackcloth and gyrded me with gladnes 11 Therfore my glory shal sing psalmes vnto thee and not ceasse O God my Lorde I wyll prayse thee for euer The argument of the .xxxj. psalme ¶ Dauid brought into that distresse that he had no hope to escape cryeth to God he commendeth him selfe wholly to him he declareth the complaintes sorowes and afflictions whiche he felt in that daungerous time he prayeth for helpe he wisheth confusion to wicked liers he rehearseth what good thinges God hath prepared for them that feare him and put their trust in him he thanketh God for his goodnes towardes him he exhorteth all men to loue God and that continually It is thought that this psalme pertayneth to the storie 1. Sam. 23. ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid 1 IN thee O God I haue put my trust let me neuer be confounded deliuer me in thy righteousnes 2 Bowe downe thine eare to me make hast to deliuer me be vnto me a strong rocke and a house of defence that thou mayest saue me 3 For thou art my strong rocke and fortresse euen for thy name sake conduct me and direct me 4 Take me out of the net that they haue layde priuily for me for thou art my strength 5 Into thy hande I commende my spirite for thou hast redeemed me O God the Lorde of trueth 6 I haue hated them that obserue superstitious vanities and my trust hath ben in God 7 I wyll be glad and reioyce in thy louing kindnes for that thou hast considered my trouble and hast knowen my soule in aduersities 8 Thou hast not shut me vp into the hande of the enemie but hast set my feete in a large roome 9 Haue mercy vpon me O God for I am in distresse mine eye my soule and my belly be consumed for very heauinesse 10 For my life is wasted with sorow and mine eares with mourning my strength fayleth me because of mine iniquitie and my bones are putrified 11 I became a reprofe among al mine enemies but especially among my neighbours and they of mine acquaintaunce were afraide of me and they that dyd see me without conueyed them selues quickly fro me 12 I became cleane forgotten as a dead man out of minde I became like a broken vessell 13 For I haue hearde the villanie of the multitude and feare was on euery side me whyle they conspired together against me and toke their counsell to take away my life 14 But my hope hath ben in thee O God I haue sayd thou art my Lorde 15 My tune is in thy hande deliuer me from the hande of mine enemies and from them that persecute me 16 Cause thy countenaunce to shine vppon thy seruaunt saue me for thy mercies sake 17 Let me not be confounded O
not out of her streates 12 Truely he was not mine enemie that hath done me this dishonour for then I coulde haue borne it neither was he one that seemed to hate me that dyd magnifie hym selfe against me for then I woulde haue hyd my selfe from him 13 But it was euen thou whom I esteemed as my selfe my guyde and myne owne familier companion 14 We delighted greatly to conferre our secretes together we walked deuoutly in the house of God felowe lyke 15 Let death sodainly come vpon them let them go downe quicke into hell for wickednes is in their dwellinges and among them 16 As for me I wyll crye vnto the Lord and God wyll saue me 17 In the euening and morning and at noone day wyll I pray and that most instantly and he wyll heare my voyce 18 He hath redeemed my soule through peace froÌ„ the battayle that was against me for there were many with me 19 The Lorde who sitteth a ruler from the beginning wyll heare me and afflict them Selah forsomuche as there is no chaunge in them and for that they do not feare God 20 He layde his handes vpon such as be at peace with him and he brake his couenaunt 21 The wordes of his mouth were softer then butter yet warre was in his heart his wordes were smother then oyle and yet be they very swordes 22 O cast thy burthen vpon God and he wyll vpholde thee he wyll not suffer at any time the righteous to moue 23 â—And as for them thou O Lorde wylt hurle headlong into the pit of destruction 24 The bloodthirstie and deceiptfull men shal not liue out halfe their dayes neuerthelesse I wyll put my full trust in thee The argument of the .lvi. Psalme ¶ Dauid prayeth to God â–ª complaining greatly of the vnreasonablenes of his enemies and wishing their correction He setteth foorth his confidence that he hath in Gods prouidence whereby he assureth him selfe for to be deliuered and promiseth to geue thankes therefore ¶ To the chiefe musition as concerning the dumbe doue in a farre countrey the golden psalme of Dauid when the Philistines toke him in Geth 1 Sam. 21. 1 BE mercifull vnto me O Lorde for man goeth about to deuour me he dayly fyghtyng oppresseth me 2 Myne enemies are dayly in hande to swalowe me vp for they be many that fight against me O thou most highest 3 Neuerthelesse at all times as I am afraide I put my whole trust in thee 4 In the Lord I wyll prayse his word * in the Lorde I haue put my trust and I wyll not feare what flesh can do vnto me 5 My wordes dayly put me to sorow all that they do imagine is to do me euill 6 They flocke together they kepe them selues close they marke my steppes that they may lye in wayte for my soule 7 Shall they escape for their wickednes O Lorde in thy displeasure cast downe headlong this people 8 Thou hast numbred my flittinges thou hast put my teares in thy bottell are not these thinges noted in thy booke 9 Whensoeuer I call vpon thee then shall myne enemies be put to flight this I know for the Lorde is on my side 10 In the Lord I wyll prayse the word In God I wyll prayse the worde 11 In the Lorde I put my trust I wyll not be afraide what man can do vnto me 12 O Lorde thy vowes be vpon me vnto thee wyll I geue thankes praise 13 For thou hast deliuered my soule from death and my feete from falling that I may walke before the Lorde in the light of the liuing The argument of the .lvii. Psalme ¶ Dauid being in great perill as in the mouth of Lions maketh his prayer to God and desireth very earnestly his helpe promising to confesse him and his benefites amongst all men ¶ To the chiefe musition to be song lyke vnto the song beginning destroy not a golden psalme of Dauid when he fled from Saul into the caue 1 BE mercifull vnto me O Lorde be mercifull vnto me for my soule trusteth in thee and vnder the shadowe of thy wynges wyll I trust vntyll this tiranny be ouerpast 2 I wyll call vnto the most high Lorde euen vnto the Lord that wil perfourme the cause which I haue in hande 3 He wyll sende from heauen and saue me froÌ„ the reproofe of him that woulde deuour me vp Selah the Lorde wyll sende foorth his mercie and trueth 4 My soule is among Lions and I lye among those that are set on fire among the children of men whose teeth are speares and arrowes and their tongue a sharpe sword 5 Exalt thy selfe O God aboue the heauen thy glory is aboue all the earth 6 They haue prepared a net for my feete that some man might presse downe my soule they haue digged a pit before me and are fallen into the midst of it them selues Selah 7 My heart is redy O Lorde my heart is redy I wyll sing and prayse thee in singing of psalmes 8 Bestirre thee O my glory bestirre thee O Lute and Harpe I my selfe wil bestirre me right early in the morning 9 I wyll prayse thee O Lorde among the people and I wyll sing psalmes vnto thee among the nations 10 For the greatnes of thy mercie reacheth vnto the heauens and thy trueth vnto the cloudes 11 Exalt thy selfe O Lord aboue the heauens let thy glory be aboue al the earth ¶ The argument of the .lviij. Psalme ¶ Dauid inuayeth against those that flattered Saul his aduersarie He describeth their malice wilfulnes and frowardnes euen from their mothers wombe He wisheth iust punishment for their desertes assuring them before of it Finally he teacheth what commoditie shall ensue vnto the good man of his punishment ¶ To the chiefe musition destroy not a golden psalme of Dauid 1 O Ye that consult together pronounce ye truely the thing that is iust O ye sonnes of men iudge you according to equitie 2 Nay rather ye imagine mischiefe in your heart your handes waygh as in a ballaunce wickednes vpon the earth 3 The vngodly are straungers euen from their mothers wombe assoone as they be borne they go astray and speake a lye 4 They haue poyson within them lyke to the poyson of a serpent they be lyke the deafe adder that stoppeth her eares and wyll not heare the voyce of charmers though he be neuer so skilfull in charming 5 Breake their teeth O Lorde in their mouthes smite a sunder the chawe bones of Lions O God 6 Let them be dissolued as into water let them come to naught of them selues and when they shoote their arrowes let them be as broken 7 Let them creepe away lyke a snayle that foorthwith consumeth to naught or lyke the vntimely fruite of a woman let them not see the sunne 8 As a greene thorne kindled with fyre goeth out before your pottes be made whot euen so let a furious rage bring him to
thy faythfulnesse 24 The Lorde is my portion saith my soule therefore wyll I hope in hym 25 O howe good is the Lord vnto them that put their trust in hym and to the soule that seeketh after hym 26 The good man with stilnesse and pacience taryeth for the health of the Lorde 27 O howe good is it for a man to take the yoke vpon him from his youth vp 28 He sitteth alone he holdeth hym styll because he hath taken the Lordes yoke vpon hym 29 He layeth his face vpon the earth if there happen to be any hope 30 He offreth his cheeke to the smyter he wyll be content with reproffes 31 For the Lord wil not forsake for euer 32 But though he punishe yet according to the multitude of his mercies he receaueth to grace agayne 33 For he doth not plague willingly and afflict the chyldren of men 34 To treade all the prysoners of the earth vnder his feete 35 To moue the iudgement of man before the most highest 36 To condemne a man in his cause the Lord hath not pleasure in such thinges 37 What is he then that saith there should some thing be done without the Lordes commaundement 38 Out of the mouth of the most highest goeth not euyll and good 39 Wherefore then murmureth the liuing man let hym murmure at his owne sinne 40 Let vs looke well vpon our wayes and remember our selues and turne agayne to the Lorde 41 Let vs lift our heartes with our handes vnto the Lorde that is in heauen 42 We haue ben dissemblers and haue offended wylt thou therefore not be intreated 43 Thou hast couered vs in thy wrath and persecuted vs thou hast slayne vs without any fauour 44 Thou hast hid thy selfe in a cloude that our prayer should not go through 45 Thou hast made vs outcastes and to be despised among the people 46 All our enemies gape vpon vs. 47 Feare and pit is come vpon vs yea deceipt and destruction 48 Whole riuers of water gushe out of mine eyes for the hurt of my people 49 Myne eyes runne and cannot ceasse for there is no rest 50 O Lorde when wylt thou looke downe from heauen and consider 51 Mine eyes breaketh my heart because of all the daughters of my citie 52 Mine enemies hunted me out sharply like a byrde yea that without a cause 53 They haue put downe my life into a pit and they haue cast stones vpon me 54 They haue powred water vpon my head then thought I nowe am I vndone 55 I called vpon thy name O Lorde out of the deepe pit 56 Thou hast heard my voyce and hast not turned away thyne eares from my sighing and crying 57 Thou hast inclyned thy selfe vnto me when I called vpon thee and hast said feare not 58 Thou O Lorde hast mayntayned the cause of my soule and hast redeemed my lyfe 59 O Lorde thou hast seene my wrong take thou my cause vpon thee 60 Thou hast well considered howe they go about to do me harme and that all their counsels are against me 61 Thou hast hearde their despitefull wordes O Lorde yea and all the imaginations against me 62 The lippes of mine enemies and their deuises that they take against me al the day long 63 Thou seest also their sitting downe and their rising vp they make their songes of nothing but of me 64 Rewarde them O Lorde according to the workes of their handes 65 Geue them an obstinate heart euen thy curse 66 Persecute them O Lorde with thyne indignation and roote them out from vnder the heauen ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 O Howe is the golde become so dimme howe is the most fine golde so sore chaunged and the stones of the sanctuarie thus scattered in the corner of euery streete 2 The chyldren of Sion that were alway in honour and clothed with the most precious golde howe are they nowe become lyke the earthen vessels whiche be made with the potters hande 3 The dragons geue their young ones sucke with bare brestes but the daughter of my people is cruel like the Estriches in the wildernesse 4 The tongues of the sucking chyldren cleaue to the roofe of their mouthes for very thyrst the young chyldren aske bread but there is no man that geueth it them 5 They that were wont to fare delicatelye perishe in the streetes they that afore were brought vp in purple make nowe muche of doung 6 The sinne of the daughter of my people is become greater then the wickednesse of Sodome that sodaynely was destroyed and not taken with handes 7 Her abstayners were whyter then the snowe or milke their colour was freshe red as corall their beautie like the Saphire 8 But nowe their faces be very blacke insomuche that thou shouldest not knowe them in the streetes their skinne cleaueth to their bones it is withered and become like a drye stocke 9 They that be slayne with the sworde are happier then such as dye of hunger and perishe away famishing for the fruites of the fielde 10 The women whiche of nature are pitifull haue sodden their owne chyldren with their hands that they might be their meate in the miserable destruction of the daughter of my people 11 The Lorde hath perfourmed his heauie wrath he hath powred out the furiousnesse of his displeasure he hath kindeled a fire in Sion which hath consumed the foundations therof 12 Neither the kynges of the earth nor all the inhabitours of the world would haue beleued that the enemie and aduersarie shoulde haue come in at the gates of the citie of Hierusalem 13 Whiche neuerthelesse is come to passe for the sinne of her prophetes and for the wickednesse of her priestes that haue shed innocents blood within her 14 As blinde men went they stumbling in the streetes and stayned them selues with blood insomuch that the heathen woulde in no wyse touche their garmentes 15 But they cryed vnto them flee ye polluted away get you hence touche not for they are vncleane and be remoued yea they haue said among the heathen they shall no more dwell in this citie 16 The countenaunce of the Lorde hath banished them and shall neuer looke more vpon them for they them selues neither regarded the priestes nor pitied their elders 17 Wherefore yet our eyes fayled vs whyles we looked for our vayne helpe seeing we euer wayted vpon a people that coulde do vs no good 18 They lay so sharpe wayte for vs that we can not go safe vpon the streetes for our ende is come our dayes are fulfilled our ende is here 19 Our persecutours are swifter then the Egles of the ayre they folowed vppon vs ouer the mountaynes and layde wayte for vs in the wyldernesse 20 The very breath of our mouth euen the annointed of the Lorde hym selfe was taken in their net of whom we say Vnder his shadowe we shal be preserued among the heathen 21 And thou O daughter Edom that dwellest in the land
Moabites tremblyng shall come vpon them al the inhabiters of Chanaan shal waxe faynt hearted 16 Feare dreade shal fall vpon them in the greatnesse of thine arme they shal be as styll as a stone tyll thy people passe through O Lorde whyle this people passe through which thou hast gotten 17 Thou shalt bryng them in and plant them in the mountayne of thine inheritaunce the place Lord which thou hast made for to dwell in the sanctuarie O Lord which thy handes haue prepared 18 The Lorde shall raigne for euer and euer 19 For Pharao on horsebacke went in with his charettes and horsemen into the sea and the Lorde brought the waters of the sea vpon them But the chyldren of Israel went on drye land in the middest of the sea 20 And Miriam a prophetisse the sister of Aaron toke a tymbrell in her hande and all the women came out after her with tymbrelles and daunces 21 And Miriam sang before them Sing ye vnto the Lorde for he hath triumphed gloriously the horse and his rider hath he ouerthrowen in the sea 22 And so Moyses brought Israel from the redde sea and they went out into the wyldernesse of Sur and they went three dayes long in the wildernesse and founde no waters 23 And when they came to Marah they coulde not drynke of the waters of Marah for they were bytter therefore the name of the place was called Marah 24 And the people murmured agaynst Moyses saying What shall we drinke 25 And he cryed vnto the Lorde and the Lorde shewed hym a tree whiche when he had cast into the waters the waters were made sweete There he made them an ordinaunce and a lawe and there he proued hym 26 And sayde If thou wylt hearken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God wylt do that which is right in his sight and wylt geue eare vnto his commaundementes and kepe all his ordinaunces then wyll I put none of these diseases vpon thee which I haue brought vpon the Egyptians for I am the Lord that healeth thee 27 And the children of Israel came to Elim where were twelue welles of water and threescore and ten palme trees and they pitched their tentes there by the waters ¶ The .xvj. Chapter 1 They come into the desert of Sin 3 They murmure for foode 8 He grudgeth agaynst God who grudgeth agaynst his ministers 10 God speaketh to Moyses in a cloude 13 It rayneth quayles and Manna 20 Manna beyng kept doth stynke and rotte 22 On the Sabboth it was not lawfull so much as to dresse meate 25 In the Sabboth God rayneth not Manna 28 God rebuketh the Israelites because they kept not the Sabboth 32 Manna is reserued for a testimonie vnto their successours ▪ 36 Gomor Ephi 1 AND they toke theyr iourney from Elim all the congregation of the chyldren of Israel came to the wildernes of Sin whiche is betweene Elim Sinai the fyfteenth day of the seconde moneth after their departyng out of the lande of Egypt 2 And the whole congregation of the chyldren of Israel murmured agaynst Moyses and Aaron in the wyldernesse 3 And the chyldren of Israel sayde vnto them Woulde to God we had dyed by the hande of the Lorde in the lande of Egypt whē we sate by the fleshe pottes and when we dyd eate bread our bellies full for ye haue brought vs out into this wildernesse to kyl this whole multitude with hunger 4 Then sayde the Lorde vnto Moyses Beholde I wyll rayne bread from heauen to you and the people shall go out gather a certaine rate euery day that I may proue them whether they wyll walke in my lawe or no. 5 The sixt day they shall prepare for them selues that which they will bring in and let it be twyse as muche as they gather in dayly 6 And Moyses and Aaron sayde vnto the chyldren of Israel At euen ye shall know that it is the Lord which brought you out of the lande of Egypt 7 And in the morning ye shal see the glorye of the Lorde because he hath heard your grudgynges agaynst the Lorde And what are we that ye haue murmured agaynst vs 8 And Moyses sayde At euen shall the Lord geue you fleshe to eate and in the mornyng bread inough for the Lorde hath heard your murmuringes which ye murmure agaynst him for what are we Your murmurings are not against vs but agaynst the Lorde 9 And Moyses spake vnto Aaron say vnto al the congregation of the children of Israel come foorth before the Lord for he hath hearde your grudgynges 10 And as Aaron spake vnto the whole congregation of the chyldren of Israel they looked towarde the wyldernesse and beholde the glory of the Lorde appeared in the cloude 11 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses saying 12 I haue hearde the murmuringes of the children of Israel tell them therfore and say at euen ye shall eate fleshe and in the mornyng ye shal be fylled with bread and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde your God 13 And at euen the quailes came vp and couered the tentes and in the mornyng the deawe lay rounde about them 14 And when the deawe was gone beholde vpon the grounde in the wyldernesse there lay a small rounde thyng as small as the hoare frost on the ground 15 And when the children of Israel saw it they said euery one to his neighbour it is Manna for they wist not what it was And Moyses said vnto thē This is the bread whiche the Lorde hath geuen you to eate 16 This is the worde whiche the Lorde hath commaunded gather of it euerye man for him selfe for to eate a gomer full for euery man according to the number of your soules and take euery man for them whiche are in his tentes 17 And the children of Israel did euen so and gathered some more some lesse 18 And when they did meate it with a gomer vnto him that gathered much remayned nothyng ouer and vnto hym that had gathered litle was there no lacke euery man gathered sufficient for his eatyng 19 And Moyses sayde vnto them see that no man let ought remayne to the mornyng 20 Notwithstanding they hearkened not vnto Moyses but some of them left of it vntill the mornyng and it waxed full of wormes corrupted and Moyses was angry with them 21 And they gathered all mornynges euery man as muche as fufficed for his eatyng and assoone as the heate of the sunne came it moult 22 And the sixt day they gathered twise as muche bread two gomers for one man and all the rulers of the congregation came and tolde Moyses 23 He sayd vnto them This is that whiche the Lorde hath sayd To morowe is the rest of the holy sabboth vnto the Lorde bake that whiche you will bake to day and sethe that ye will sethe and that whiche remayneth lay vp tyll the mornyng 24 And they layed
and with thy sheepe seuen dayes it shal be with the damme the eyght day thou shalt geue it me 30 Ye shal be an holy people vnto me neither shall ye eate any fleshe that is torne of beastes in the fielde but shall cast it to a dogge ¶ The .xxiij. Chapter 1 A lye 2 An vpright Iudge 3 and 6 A poore person 7 An innocent 8 Gyftes 9 A pilgrime 12 The sabboth of the seuenth day 15 The feast of the passeouer in Marche 16 The feast of the fiftith day of tabernacles in September 18 Blood 19 Fyrst fruites 20 The Angell leadyng the people of Israel 24 Straunge gods not to be prayed vnto 25 To serue God blessing infirmitie 26 The baren 29 Wherefore God dyd cast out the Chanaanites by litle and litle 1 THou shalt not haue to do with any false report neither shalt thou put thine hand with the wicked to be an vnrighteous witnesse 2 Thou shalt not folow a multitude to do euill neither shalt thou speake in a matter of iustice according to the greater number for to peruert iudgement 3 Neither shalt thou esteeme a poore man in his cause 4 If thou meete thyne enemies oxe or asse goyng astray thou shalt bryng them to him agayne 5 If thou see the asse of him that hateth thee sincke vnder his burthen thou shalt not passe by and let him alone but shalt helpe hym to lyft hym vp agayne 6 Thou shalt not hinder the right of thy poore in his suite 7 Kepe thee farre from a false matter and the innocent and righteous see thou slay not for I wyll not iustifie the wicked 8 Thou shalt take no gyftes for gyftes blinde the seyng and peruert the wordes of the righteous 9 Thou shalt not oppresse a straunger for ye know the heart of a straunger seyng ye were straungers in the lande of Egypt 10 Sixe yeres thou shalt sowe thy lande and gather in the fruites therof 11 And the seuenth yere thou shalt let it rest and lie styll that the poore of thy people may eate And what they leaue the beastes of the fielde shall eate In lyke maner thou shalt deale with thy vineyarde and thyne oliue tree 12 Sixe daies thou shalt do thy worke and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest that thyne oxe and thyne asse may rest and the sonne of thy mayde and the straunger may be refreshed 13 In all thinges that I haue saide vnto you be circumspect and make no rehearsall of the names of straunge gods neither let it be hearde out of thy mouth 14 Three feastes thou shalt holde vnto me in a yere 15 Thou shalt kepe the feast of vnleauened bread thou shalt eate vnleauened bread seuen daies long as I commaunded thee in the tyme appoynted of the moneth Abib for in that moneth ye came out of Egypt and see that no man appeare before me emptie 16 And the feast of haruest when thou reapest the first fruites of thy laboures whiche thou hast sowen in the fielde And the feast of in gathering whiche is in the end of the yere when thou hast gathered in thy labours out of the field 17 These three times in the yere shall all thy men chyldren appeare before the Lorde God 18 Thou shalt not offer the blood of my sacrifice vpon leauened bread neither shall the fat of my feast remayne vntyll the mornyng 19 The first of the first fruites of thy land thou shalt bryng into the house of the Lorde thy God thou shalt not seethe a kydde in his mothers mylke 20 Behold I sende an angell before thee to kepe thee in the way and to bryng thee into the place whiche I haue prepared 21 Beware of hym and heare his voyce and resist him not for he wyll not spare your misdeedes and my name is in him 22 But and if thou shalt in deede hearken vnto his voyce do al that I speake I wylbe an enemie vnto thyne enemies an aduersarie vnto thine aduersaries 23 For myne angell shall go before thee and bryng thee in vnto the Amorites and Hethites and Pharezites Chanaanites Heuites and Iebusites and I shall destroy them 24 Thou shalt not bowe downe to their gods neither serue thē neither do after y e workes of them but ouerthrowe thē and breake downe the images of them 25 And ye shall serue the Lord your God and he shall blesse thy bread and thy water and I wyll take all sicknesses away from the middest of thee 26 There shall no woman haue any vntymely byrth nor be vnfruitefull in thy lande the number of thy dayes I wyll fulfill 27 I will sende my feare before thee and wyll destroy all the people whyther thou shalt go I wyll make all thine enemies turne theyr backes vnto thee 28 And I wyll sende hornettes before thee which shall driue out the Heuites the Chanaanites and the Hethites before thee 29 Neuerthelesse I wyll not cast them out before thee in one yere lest the land growe to a wyldernesse and the beast of the fielde multiplie agaynst thee 30 By litle and litle I wyll dryue them out before thee vntyl thou be increased and inherite the lande 31 And I wyll make thy coastes from the red sea vnto the sea of the Philistines and from the desert vnto the riuer For I wyll deliuer the inhabitours of the lande into thyne hand and thou shalt driue them out before thee 32 Thou shalt make no couenaunt with them nor with theyr gods 33 Neither let them dwell in thy lande lest they make thee sinne against me for if thou serue their gods it wyll surely be thy decay ¶ The .xxiiii. Chapter 1 Moyses is commaunded to go vp vnto the mounte 4 Moyses wryteth the wordes of God into one volume and readeth them vnto the people 1 ANd he said vnto Moyses Come vp vnto the Lorde thou and Aaron Nadab and Abihu the threscore and ten elders of Israel and ye shall worship a farre of 2 And Moyses hym selfe alone shall go vnto the Lorde but they shall not come nygh neither shall the people go vp with hym 3 And Moyses came and tolde the people all the wordes of the Lorde and all the iudgementes And all the people aunswered with one voyce and sayde All the wordes whiche the Lorde hath sayde wyll we do 4 And Moyses wrote all the wordes of the Lord and rose vp early and set him an aulter vnder the hill and .xii. stones according to the .xii. tribes of Israel 5 And sent young men of the children of Israel whiche brought burnt offeringes and offered peace offeringes of oxen vnto the Lorde 6 And Moyses toke halfe of the blood and put it in basins and the other halfe he spinckled on the aulter 7 And he toke the booke of the couenaūt read it in the
hath brought me in to possesse this lande but for the wickednesse of these nations the Lord hath cast them out before thee 5 It is not for thy righteousnesse sake or for thy right heart that thou goest to possesse their lande But for the wickednesse of these nations the Lord thy God doth cast them out before thee euē to perfourme the worde whiche the Lord thy God sware vnto thy fathers Abraham Isahac and Iacob 6 Vnderstand therfore that it is not for thy righteousnes sake that the Lorde thy God doth geue thee this good lande to possesse it seyng thou art a stifnecked people 7 Remember forget not howe thou prouokedst the Lorde thy God in the wildernesse since the day that thou diddest depart out of the lande of Egypt vntyll ye came vnto this place ye haue rebelled agaynst the Lorde 8 Also in Horeb ye prouoked the Lord to anger so that the Lorde was wroth with you euen to haue destroyed you 9 When I was gone vp into the mount to receaue the tables of stone the tables of the couenaunt which the Lord made with you and I abode in the mount fourtie dayes fourtie nightes whē I neither did eate bread nor drinke water 10 And the Lorde deliuered me two tables of stone written with the finger of God and in them was contayned all the wordes whiche the Lorde saide vnto you in the mount out of y e middes of fire in the day when ye came together 11 And when the fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes were ended the Lorde gaue me the two tables of stone the tables of the couenaunt 12 And the Lord sayde vnto me Arise and get thee downe quickly from hence for thy people which thou hast brought out of Egypt haue marred all They are turned at once out of the waye which I commaunded them and haue made them a moulten image 13 Furthermore the Lorde spake vnto me saying I haue seene this people and beholde it is a stifnecked people 14 Let me alone that I may destroy them put out the name of them from vnder heauen and I wyll make of thee a mightie nation greater then they be 15 And I turned me and came downe from the hyll euen from the hyll that burnt with fire and the two tables of the couenaunt were in my handes 16 And I loked and beholde ye had sinned against the Lorde your God and had made you a moulten calfe and had turned at once out of the way whiche the Lorde had commaunded you 17 And I toke the two tables and cast them out of my two handes and brake them before your eyes 18 And I fell downe flat before the Lord euen as at the first time fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes I did neither eate bread nor drinke water because of all your sinnes which ye sinned in doyng wyckedly in the sight of the Lorde in that ye prouoked hym vnto wrath 19 For I was afrayde that for the wrath and fiercenes wherwith the Lord was moued agaynst you he would haue destroyed you But the Lorde heard me at that tyme also 20 The Lorde was very angry with Aaron also euen to haue destroyed hym and I made intercession for Aaron also the same tyme. 21 And I toke your sinne the calfe which ye had made and burnt hym with fire and stamped hym and grounde hym very small euen to dust and I cast the dust therof into the brooke that descended out of the mount 22 Also at the burnyng place at the place of temptyng and at the sepulchres of lust ye prouoked the Lorde to anger 23 Likewise when the Lorde sent you from Cades Barnea saying go vp and possesse the lande which I haue geuen you you rebelled against the worde of the Lorde your God and neither beleued him nor hearkened vnto his voyce 24 You haue ben rebellious vnto the Lorde since the day that I knewe you 25 And I fell downe flat before the Lorde fourtie dayes fourtie nightes as I fell downe before for the Lorde sayde he woulde destroy you 26 I made intercession therfore vnto the Lord and sayd O Lord God destroy not thy people and thyne inheritaunce whiche thou hast deliuered through thy great goodnesse and whiche thou hast brought out of Egypt thorowe a myghtie hande 27 Remember thy seruauntes Abraham Asahac and Iacob and looke not vnto the stubbernesse of this people nor to their wickednesse and sinne 28 Lest the lande whence thou broughtest them say The Lorde is not able to bryng them into the land which he promised them and because he hated them therefore hath he caryed them out to slay them in the wyldernesse 29 Beholde they are thy people thyne inheritaunce whiche thou broughtest out in thy myghtie power and in thy stretched out arme The .x Chapter 5 The seconde tables put in the arke 8 The tribe of Leui is dedicate to the seruice of the tabernacle 12 What the Lorde requireth of his 16 The circumcision of the heart 17 God regardeth not the person 21 The Lorde is the prayse of Israel 1 IN the same season the Lorde sayde vnto me hewe thee two tables of stone lyke vnto the first and come vp vnto me into the mount and make thee an arke of wood 2 And I wyll wryte in the tables the wordes that were in the first tables whiche thou brakest and thou shalt put them in the arke 3 And I made an arke of Sittim wood and hewed two tables of stone lyke vnto the first and went vp into the mountayne hauyng the two tables in myne hande 4 And he wrote in the tables according to the first wrytyng the ten commaundementes whiche the Lord spake vnto you in the mount out of the myddes of the fire in the day when you were gathered together and the Lorde gaue them vnto me 5 And I departed and came downe from the hyll and put the tables in the arke whiche I had made and there they be as the Lorde commaunded me 6 And the chyldren of Israel toke their iourney from Beroth of the chyldren of Iakan to Mosera where Aaron dyed and was buryed and Eleazer his sonne became priest in his steade 7 From thence they departed vnto Gudgodah and from Gudgodah to Iethebath a lande whiche hath riuers of waters 8 The same season the Lorde seperated the tribe of Leui to beare the arke of the couenaunt of the Lorde and to stande before the Lorde and to minister vnto hym and to blesse in his name vnto this day 9 Wherefore the Leuites haue no part nor inheritaunce with their brethren but the Lorde is their inheritaunce as the Lorde thy God hath promised them 10 And I taryed in the mount euen as at the first time fourtie dayes and fourtie nyghtes and the Lorde hearde me at that tyme also and the Lorde
God heard the voyce of Manoah and the angel of God came agayne vnto the wife as she sate in the felde but Manoah her husbād was not with her 10 And the wife made haste and ranne shewed her husbande sayde vnto him behold the man appeared vnto me that came vnto me to day 11 And Manoah arose went after his wife and came to the man and sayde vnto him Art thou the mā that spakest vnto the woman And he sayde I am 12 Manoah sayde Nowe let thy saying come to passe Howe shall we order the childe and do vnto him 13 And the angell of the Lord sayd vnto Manoah The woman must absteyne from all that I sayde vnto her 14 She may eate of nothing that cōmeth of the vine tree nor drinke wine or strong drinke nor eate any vncleane thing but must obserue all that I bad her 15 Manoah sayde vnto the angell of the Lorde I pray thee let vs retayne thee vntill we haue made redy a kyd before thee 16 And the angel of the Lord sayde vnto Manoah Though thou make me abide I wil not eate of thy bread And if thou wilt offer a burnt offering thou must offer it vnto the Lorde For Manoah wist not that it was an angell of the Lorde 17 And Manoah sayde agayne vnto the angell of the Lord What is thy name that when thy saying is come to passe we may do thee worshippe 18 And the angel of the Lorde sayde vnto him * Why askest thou thus after my name which is secrete And so Manoah toke a kyd with a meat offring and offred it vpon a rocke vnto the Lorde And the angell did wonderously Manoah and his wife lokyng vpon 20 And whē the flambe came vp toward heauen from the aulter the angell of the Lorde ascended vp in the flambe of the aulter And Manoah and his wyfe loked vpon it and fell on their faces vnto the grounde 21 But the angel of the Lord did no more appeare vnto Manoah and his wyfe And then Manoah knewe that it was an angel of the Lorde 22 And sayd vnto his wyfe We shal surely dye because we haue seene God 23 But his wyfe sayde vnto him Yf the Lord would kyll vs he would not haue receaued a burnt offering and a meate offering of our handes neither woulde he haue shewed vs al these thinges nor woulde nowe haue tolde vs any suche 24 And the wyfe bare a sonne and called his name Samson And y e ladde grewe and the Lorde blessed him 25 And the spirite of the Lorde began to strengthen him in the hoast of Dan betweene Zaraah and Esthaol The .xiiii. Chapter 2 Samson desireth to haue a wyfe of the Philistines 6 He killeth a Lion 12 He propoundeth a riddle 19 He killeth thirtie 20 His wyfe forsaketh him and taketh another 1 SAmson went downe to Thamnath and sawe a womā in Thamnath of the daughters of the Philistines 2 And he came vp and told his father and his mother said I haue sene a woman in Thamnath of the daughters of the Philistines nowe geue me her to wyfe 3 Then his father and mother sayd vnto him Is there neuer a woman among the daughters of thy brethren among al my people but that thou must go and take a wyfe of the vncircumcised Philistines And Samson sayd vnto his father Geue me this woman for she pleaseth me well 4 But his father and mother wist not that it was the Lordes doyng and that he sought an occasion against the Philistines for at that time the Philistines raigned ouer Israel 5 Then went Samson and his father his mother downe to Thamnath and came to the vineyardes of Thamnath and beholde a young Lion roared vpon him 6 And the spirite of the Lord came vpō him and he tare him as he would haue rent a kydde and yet had nothing in his hande neither tolde his father and mother what he had done 7 And he went downe talked with the woman whiche seemed well fauoured in the sight of Samson 13 They aunswered him saying No but we will bynde thee delyuer thee vnto their handes but we wyll not kyll thee And they bounde hym with two new cordes and brought him from the rocke 14 And when he came to Lehi the Philistines showted agaynst him And the spirite of the Lord came vpon him and the cordes that were vpon his armes became as flaxe that was burnt with fire for the bandes loosed from of his handes 15 And he founde a newe iawe bone of an Asse put foorth his hande and caught it and slue a thousande men therwith 16 And Samson sayde With the iawe of an Asse heapes vpon heapes with the iawe of an Asse haue I slayne a thousande men 17 And when he had left speakyng he cast away the iawe bone out of his hande and called the place Ramath Lehi 18 And he was sore a thyrst and called on the Lord and sayde Thou hast geuen this great victory in the hande of thy seruaunt and nowe I must dye for thirst and fall into the handes of the vncircumcised 19 But God brake a great tooth that was in the iawe there came water therout and when he had drunke his spirite came agayne he was refreshed wherfore the name thereof was called vnto this day The well of the caller on which came of the iawe 20 And he iudged Israel in the dayes of the Philistines twentie yeres The .xvj. Chapter 1. Samson carieth away the gates of Azzah 18. He was deceaued by Delila 30. He pulleth downe the house vpon the Philistines and dyeth with them 1 THen went Samson to Azzah and sawe there an harlot and went in vnto her 2 And it was tolde the Azathites saying Samson is come hyther And they went about and layde a wayte for hym there all nyght in the gate of the citie and were styll all the nyght saying In the mornyng whan it is day we shall kyll hym 3 And Samson toke his rest tyll mydnyght and arose at mydnyght and toke the doores of the gate of the citie and the two postes and rent them of with the barre and all and put them vppon his shoulders and caryed them vp to the top of an hyll that is before Hebron 4 And after this he loued a woman by the ryuer of Sorek whose name was Dalila 5 Vnto whom came the lordes of the Philistines and sayde vnto her Perswade him and see wherin his great strenght lyeth and by what meanes we may ouercome him that we may bynde him and punishe hym and euery one of vs shall geue thee a leuen hundred siluer lynges 6 And Dalila sayde to Samson Oh tell me where thy great strength lyeth and how thou myghtest be bounde and brought vnder 7 Samson aunswered vnto her Yf they binde me with seuen greene wythes that were neuer dryed I
speare is and the cruse of water that was at his head 17 And Saul knew Dauids voyce and sayd Is this thy voyce my sonne Dauid And Dauid sayde It is my voyce my lorde O king 18 And he sayde Wherefore doth my lorde thus persecute his seruaunt for what haue I done or what euyll is in myne hand 19 Nowe therefore I praye thee let my lorde the king heare the wordes of his seruaunt If the Lorde haue stirred thee vp against me let him smell the sauour of a sacrifice But and if they be the children of men cursed are they before the Lorde for they haue cast me out this day from abidyng in the inheritaunce of the Lorde saying Go serue other goddes 20 Now therefore let not my blood fall to the earth before the face of the Lorde For the king of Israel is come out to seeke a flea as when one doth hunt a partridge in the mountaynes 21 Then saide Saul I haue sinned Come agayne my sonne Dauid for I will do thee no more harme because my soule was precious in thyne eyes this day Beholde I haue played the foole and haue erred exceedinly 22 And Dauid aunswered and said Beholde the kinges speare let one of the young men come ouer and fet it 23 The Lorde rewarde euery man according to his righteousnes and faythfulnesse For the Lorde deliuered thee into my hand this day but I would not lay mine hand vpon the Lordes annoynted 24 And behold like as thy life was much set by this day in myne eyes so be my lyfe set by in the eyes of the Lorde that he deliuer me out of all tribulation 25 Then Saul saide to Dauid Blessed art thou my sonne Dauid for thou shalt do great thinges and preuaile And so Dauid went his way and Saul turned to his place agayne The .xxvii. Chapter 2 Dauid fleeth to Achis king of Gath who geueth him Ziklag 8. Dauid destroyeth certayne of the Philistines 10. Achis is deceaued by Dauid 1 ANd Dauid sayd in his heart I shall perishe one day by the hand of Saul therefore is there nothing better for me then to flee and saue my self in the land of the Philistines and Saul shall ceasse and seeke me no more in all the coastes of Israel and so shall I escape out of his hand 2 And Dauid arose and he and the sixe hundred men that were with him went vnto Achis the sonne of Maoch king of Gath. 3 And Dauid dwelt with Achis at Gath both he and his men euery man with his housholde and Dauid with his two wiues Ahinoam the Iezrahelite and Abigail Nabals wyfe the Carmelite 4 And it was tolde Saul that Dauid was fled to Gath and he sought no more for him 5 And Dauid sayde vnto Achis If I haue now founde grace in thyne eyes let them geue me a place in some towne in y e countrey that I may dwell there For why should thy seruaunt dwell in the head citie of the kingdome with thee 6 Then Achis gaue him Ziklag that same day for which cause Ziklag pertayneth vnto the kinges of Iuda vnto this day 7 And the tyme that Dauid dwelt in the countrey of the Philistines was foure monethes and certaine dayes 8 And Dauid and his men went vp and inuaded the Gesurites the Gerzites the Amalekites For those natiōs were from the beginnyng the inhabitauntes of the lande as men go to Sur vnto the land of Egypt 9 And Dauid smote the lande left neither man nor woman alyue and droue away the sheepe the oxen the asses camelles and clothes and returned and came to Achis 10 And Achis saide Where haue ye ben a rouing this day And Dauid aunswered Against the south of Iuda and against the south of the Ierameelites and against the south of the Kenites 11 And Dauid saued neither man nor woman alyue to bring to Gath saying lest they should tell on vs saying so dyd Dauid and so will be his maner all the whyle he dwelleth in the countrey of the Philistines 12 And Achis beleued Dauid saying He hath made his people Israel vtterly to abhorre him therefore he shal be my seruaunt for euer The .xxviii. Chapter 2 Dauid hath the chiefe charge promysed about Achis 8. Saul consulteth with a witch and she causeth him to speake with Samuel 18. Who declareth his ruine 1 ANd in those dayes the Philistines gathered theyr hoast together to warre to fight with Israel And Achis sayd to Dauid Be sure thou shalt go out with me to battayle thou and the men that are with thee 2 And Dauid sayde to Achis Surelie thou shalt knowe what thy seruaunt can do And Achis said to Dauid Then I will make thee keper of my head for euer 3 Samuel was then dead and all Israel had lamented him and buried him in Rama his owne citie And Saul had put away the sorcerers and the soothsayers out of the land 4 And the Philistines gathered together and came and pytched in Sunem And Saul gathered all Israel together and they pytched in Gilboa 5 And when Saul sawe the hoast of the Philistines he was afrayde his heart was sore astonied 6 And when Saul asked councell of the Lorde the Lorde aunswered him not neither by dreames nor by Vrim nor yet by prophetes 7 Then sayd Saul vnto his seruaūtes Seeke me a woman that hath a familier spirite that I may go to her and aske of her And his seruauntes sayd to him Beholde there is a woman that hath a familier spirite at Endor 8 And Saul chaunged him selfe and put on other rayment and then went he two men with him and they came to the woman by nyght and he sayde I pray thee coniecture vnto me by the familier spirite bring me him vp whom I shall name vnto thee 9 And the woman saide vnto him Beholde thou knowest what Saul hath done how he hath destroyed the sorcerers and the soothsayers out of the land Wherfore then layest thou a snare for my soule to cause me to die 10 And Saul sware to her by the Lord saying As the Lorde lyueth there shall no harme come to thee for this thyng 11 Then saide the woman Whom shall I fetch vp vnto thee He aunswered Bring me vp Samuel 12 When the woman sawe Samuel she cryed with a loude voyce and spake to Saul saying Why hast thou deceaued me for thou art Saul 13 And the king saide vnto her Be not afrayd What sawest thou The woman saide vnto Saul I sawe gods ascending vp out of the earth 14 He saide vnto her againe What fashion is he of She aunswered There cōmeth vp an olde man with a mantel vpon him And Saul perceaued that it was Samuel and he stowped with his face to the ground and bowed him selfe 15 And Samuel said to Saul Why hast thou vnquieted me to make me be brought vp Saul aunswered I am sore encumbred for y e
is my strength in him will I trust he is my shielde and the horne of my saluation my hie towre and my refuge my sauiour thou hast saued me from wrong 4 I will call on the Lorde which is prayse worthy and so shall I be saued from myne enemies 5 For the panges of death closed me about the fludes of Belial put me in feare 6 The sorowes of hell compassed me about the snares of death ouertoke me 7 In my tribulation did I call vppon the Lorde and crye to my God and he dyd heare my voyce out of his temple and my crye did enter into his eares 8 The earth trembled and quaked the foundations of heauen moued shooke when he was angry 9 Smoke went out at his nosthryls consuming fyre out of his mouth coles were kindled thereat 10 And he bowed heauen came downe and there was darkenesse vnder his feete 11 And he rode vpon Cherub and did flee he was seene vppon the winges of the winde 12 He made darknes a tabernacle rounde about him with waters gathered together in thicke cloudes 13 Through the brightnes of his presence were the coles of fyre kindled 14 The Lorde thundred from heauen he that is most hie put out his voyce 15 He shot arrowes and scattered them to wit lyghtning ouerthrew them 16 The chanels of the sea appeared and the foundatiōs of the world were seene by the reason of y e rebuking of the Lord and through the blasting of the breath of his nosthryls 17 He sent from aboue and toke me he drew me out of many waters 18 He deliuered me from my mightie enemie and from them that hated me for they were to strong for me 19 When they had preuented me in the daye of my calamitie the Lorde stayed me vp 20 For he brought me out into roomth he deliuered me because he had a fauour vnto me 21 The Lorde rewarded me according to my righteousnesse accordyng to the purenes of my hands he recompensed me 22 For I haue kept the wayes of y e Lord and did not wickedly agaynst my God 23 For all his lawes were in my sight his statutes I did not depart therefrō 24 In his sight also haue I ben vpright and haue kept me from myne owne iniquitie 25 And the Lorde did to me againe according to my righteousnesse euen after my purenes in his eye sight 26 With the godly thou shalt be godlie and with the man that is vpright thou shalt be vpright 27 With the pure thou shalt be pure and with the froward thou wilt shewe thy selfe froward 28 And the poore people thou wilt saue but thyne eyes are vpon the proude to bring them downe 29 For thou art my lyght O Lorde and the Lorde shall light my darkenesse 30 For by thee I shall breake through an hoast of men and by my God wyll I spring ouer a wall 31 God is vncorrupt in his way the word of the Lord is tryed in the fyre he is a shielde to all them that trust in him 32 For who is a God saue the Lord and who is mightie saue our God 33 God strengthneth me in battaile ryddeth the way cleare before me 34 He maketh my feete lyke hyndes feete and setteth me vpon my hie places 35 He teacheth my handes to fight that euen a bowe of steele is broken with myne armes 36 Thou hast geuen me the shielde of thy saluation and with thy louing mekenesse thou doest multiplie me 37 Thou hast enlarged my steps vnder me and my legges shall not faile me 38 I haue folowed vpon myne enemies and destroyed them and turned not againe vntill I had consumed them 39 I haue wasted them and wounded them that they shal not be able to aryse yea they shall fall vnder my feete 40 Thou hast gyrded me about with might to battayle and them that rose against me hast thou subdued vnder me 41 And thou hast geuen me the neckes of myne enemies that I might destroye them that hate me 42 They loked about but there was none to saue them euen vnto the Lorde but he heard them not 43 Then did I beate them as small as the dust of the earth I did stampe them as the clay of the streate and did spreade them abrode 44 Thou also hast deliuered me from the discention of my people thou hast kept me to be an head ouer nations the people which I knew not do serue me 45 Straunge childrē dissemble with me at the hearing of the eare they obey me 46 Straunge children wil shrinke away and they shall be smytten with feare in their priuie chamber 47 Let the Lord lyue and blessed be my strength magnified be God euen the force of my saluation 48 It is God that geueth me power to reuenge me bringeth downe the people vnder me 49 He deliuereth me from myne enemies thou also hast lyft me on hie from them that rose against me thou hast delyuered me from the wicked man 50 And therefore I wyll prayse thee O Lorde among the nations and wyll sing vnto thy name 51 He is the towre of saluation for his king and dealeth mercyfully with his annoynted euen with Dauid and with his seede for euermore ¶ The .xxiii. Chapter 1 The last wordes of Dauid 6 The wicked shall be plucked vp as thornes 8 The names and factes of his mighty men 15 He desireth water would not drinke 1 THese also be the last wordes of Dauid Dauid the sonne of Isai said and y e man which was ordayned the annoynted of the God of Iacob and the sweete Psalmist of Israel sayde 2 The spirite of the Lorde spake by me and his word was in my tongue 3 The God of Israel spake to me euen the most mightie of Israel sayde A ruler ouer men being iust ruling in y e feare of God 4 And as the morning lyght when the sunne is vp a morning in which are no cloudes so shal my house be but not as the grasse of the earth is by bryghtnesse and rayne 5 For so shal not my house be with God For he hath made with me an euerlasting couenaunt perfect and sure in all poyntes and this is truly all my health and all my desyre that it growe but not as grasse 6 But the vngodly man shall be as a thorne cleane pluckt vp which can not be taken with handes 7 But the man that shall touche them must be defenced with iron or with the shaft of a speare and they shal be burnt with fire in the same place 8 These be the names of the mightie men whom Dauid had One that sate in the seate of wisedome being chiefest among the princes was Adino of Ezni he slue eyght hundred at one tyme. 9 After him was Eliazar the sonne of Dodo the sonne of Ahohi one of the three worthies with Dauid which defyed the Philistines that were
we three dayes And I loked among the people and the priestes and founde there none of the children of Leui. 16 Then sent I to Eliezer to Ariel Semeia Elnachan Iarib Elnathan Nathan Zacharia and to Mesullam the rulers and to Ioiarib and Elnathan which were men of vnderstanding 17 And to those gaue I commaundement vnto Iddo the chiefest at Casphia and I told them what they should say vnto Iddo to his brethren the Nethinims at Casphia that they shoulde cause the ministers of the house of our God to come vnto vs. 18 And through the good hande of our God vpon vs they brought vs a very wyse man from among the children of Moholi the sonne of Leui the sonne of Israel and Sarabia with his sonnes and his brethren euen eyghteene 19 And Hasabia and with him Isai of the children of Merari with his brethren and their sonnes twentie 20 And of the Nethinims whom Dauid and the princes gaue to minister vnto the Leuites two hundred and twentie of Nethinims which al were named by name 21 And euen there at the water beside Ahaua I proclaymed a fast that we might humble our selues before our God and seke of hym a right way for vs and for our children and for all our substaunce 22 For I was ashamed to require of the king souldiers and horsemen to helpe vs against the enemie in the way for we had spoken vnto the king saying The hande of our God is vpon all them that seke him in goodnesse his power and wrath is against all them that forsake hym 23 So we fasted and besought our God for this and he was entreated of vs. 24 And I toke out twelue of the chiefe priestes Sarabia and Hasabia and ten of their brethren with them 25 And wayed them the siluer and golde and vessels that were appoynted for the house of our God whiche the king and his consaylers and his lordes and al Israel that were there at hand had geuen together 26 And I wayed vnto their hande sixe hundred and fiftie talentes of siluer and in siluer vessels an hundred talentes and in golde an hundred talentes 27 Twentie basons of gold of a thousand drammes and two costly vessels of good brasse as cleare as golde 28 And I sayde vnto them Ye are consecrate vnto the Lord like as the vessels are holy also and the gold and siluer are geuen of a good wil vnto the Lord God of your fathers 29 Watch ye and kepe them for ye shall way them downe before the chiefe priestes and Leuites and auncient fathers of Israel at Hierusalem in the treasuries of the house of the Lorde 30 Then toke the priestes and Leuites the wayed siluer and golde and vessels to bring it to Hierusalem vnto the house of our God 31 And we brake vp from the water of Ahaua on the twelfth day of the first moneth to go vnto Hierusalem and the hande of our God was vpon vs and deliuered vs from the hande of the enemies and of such as layed wayte for vs by the way 32 And we came to Hierusalem and abode there three dayes 33 But on the fourth day was the siluer and gold and vessels wayed in the house of our God by the hande of Meremoth the sonne of Vria the priest and with him was Eleazar the sonne of Phinehes and with them was Iosabad the sonne of Iesua and Noadia the sonne of Bennoi the Leuites 34 According to the number and weyght of euery one was the wayght all written vp at the same time 35 And the children of the captiuitie which were come out of captiuitie offred burnt offringes vnto the God of Israel twelue bullockes for all Israel ninetie and sixe rammes seuentie and seuen lambes twelue hee goates for sinne offering all to the burnt offering of the Lorde 36 And they deliuered the kinges commission vnto the kinges officers and to the captaynes that were beyonde the water And they promoted the people and the house of God The .ix. Chapter 1 Esdras complayneth on the people that had turned them selues from God and maried with the gentiles 5 He prayeth vnto God 1 WHen these thinges were done the rulers came to me and sayde The people of Israel and the priestes Leuites are not separated from the people of the landes as touching their abhominations namely of the Chanaanites Hethites Pherezites Iebusites Ammonites Moabites Egyptians and Amorites 2 For they haue taken the daughters of the same to them selues and to their sonnes and the holy seede is mixed with the nations of the landes the hand of the princes and rulers hath ben principall in the trespasse 3 And when I heard this saying I rent my clothes and my garment pluckt of the heere of my head of my beard and sate mourning 4 And there resorted vnto me all such as feared the wordes of the God of Israel because of the transgression of the people of the captiuitie And I sat mourning vntill the euening sacrifice 5 And about the euening sacrifice I arose vp from my heauinesse and rent my clothes and my rayment and fell vpon my knees and spread out my handes vnto the Lorde my God 6 And sayde My God I am ashamed and dare not lift vp myne eyes vnto thee my God for our wickednesses are growen ouer our head and our trespasse is waxed great vnto the heauen 7 Since the time of our fathers haue we ben in great trespasse vnto this day and because of our wickednesses haue we and our kinges and our priestes ben deliuered into the hande of the kinges of the nations vnto the sworde into captiuitie into a spoyle and into confusion of face as it is to see this day 8 And nowe for a litle space grace hath ben shewed from the Lorde our God in causing a remnaunt to escape and in geuing vs a nayle in his holy place that our God may light our eyes and geue vs a litle lyfe to take breath in our bondage 9 For we were bondmen and yet our God hath not forsaken vs in our bondage but hath enclined mercie vnto vs in the sight of the king of Persia to geue vs lyfe to set vp the house of our God and to redresse the desolation therof and to geue vs a wall in Iuda and Hierusalem 10 And nowe O our God what shall we say after this for we haue forsaken thy commaundementes 11 Whiche thou hast commaunded by thy seruauntes the prophetes saying The lande vnto which ye go to possesse it is an vncleane lande because of the filthinesse of the people of the landes whiche with their abhominations haue made it full of vncleannesse on euery syde 12 Therfore shal ye not geue your daughters vnto their sonnes and their daughters shall ye not take vnto your sonnes nor seke their peace and wealth for euer that ye may be strong and enioy the goodnesse of the lande and that ye and your children may haue
howe wonderfull art thou in thy workes thorow the greatnes of thy power thyne enemies shal be founde liers vnto thee 3 For all they of the worlde shall worship thee and sing psalmes vnto thee they shall sing psalmes vnto thy holy name Selah 4 Come hither and beholde the workes of the Lorde howe wonderfull he is in his doing towarde the chyldren of men 5 He turneth the sea into drye lande so that they went thorowe the water on foote there dyd we reioyce in him 6 He ruleth with his power for euer his eyes beholdeth the gentiles such as be rebels shal not come to promotion Selah 7 O ye people blesse your Lorde and make the voyce of his praise to be heard 8 Who preserueth our soule in life and suffereth not our feete to slip 9 For thou O Lord hast proued vs thou hast tryed vs like as siluer is tryed 01 Thou broughtest vs into the snare and layde trouble vpon our loynes 11 Thou sufferedst men to ride ouer our heades we went through fire and water and yet thou broughtest vs out into a pleasaunt place 12 I wyll go into thy house with burnt offeringes and I wyll pay thee my vowes whiche I promised with my lippes and spake with my mouth when I was in trouble 13 I wyll offer vnto thee fat burnt sacrifices with the incense of rammes I will offer bullockes and goates Selah 14 O come hither hearken and I wil tell all you that feare the Lorde what he hath done for my soule 15 I called vnto hym with my mouth and I exalted him with my tongue 16 If I had inclined vnto wickednes in my heart the Lorde woulde not haue hearde me but the Lorde hath hearde me considered the voyce of my prayer 17 Blessed be the Lorde which hath not reiected my prayer nor turned his mercye from me The argument of the .lxvii. psalme ¶ The prophete in the name of the people of Israel besecheth God of his fauour and mercy that his commaundementes may be published to the whole world so that by that meanes God might be praysed and all people blessed ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Neginoth a psalme whiche is a song 1 THe Lord be mercyfull vnto vs and blesse vs and cause the light of his coūtenaunce to shine vpon vs. Selah 2 That thy way may be knowen vpon the earth thy saluation among all nations 3 Then wyll the people prayse thee O Lorde yea all the people wyll prayse thee 4 The Gentiles will reioyce triumph for thou wylt iudge the people and gouerne the gentiles vpon the earth according to equitie Selah 5 The people will prayse thee O Lord all the people wyll prayse thee 6 Then shall the earth bryng foorth her increase and the Lorde our Lord will geue vs his blessing 7 The Lorde will blesse vs and all the endes of the worlde shall feare him ¶ The argument of the .lxviij. Psalme ¶ Dauid after some notable victorie thanketh God who is and hath ben through his mightie power a present helpe and comfort to the afflicted to orphans widdowes and prisoners that sit in darknesse who also ouerthroweth with his mightie arme all wickednesse and his agaynesayers and maketh them his subiectes for euer to the great ioy of the godly ¶ To the chiefe musition a psalme of Dauid which is a song 1 IN case the Lorde woulde aryse his enemies woulde be scattered and they that hate hym woulde flee from his face 2 Lyke as the smoke vanisheth so wylt thou cause them to vanishe away and lyke as water melteth at the fire so wyll the vngodly perishe at the presence of the Lorde 3 But the ryghteous must be glad and reioyce before the Lorde they shall not stande styll for myrth 4 Syng vnto the Lorde syng psalmes vnto his name magnifie hym that rideth vpon the heauens as it were vpon an horse in his name euerlastyng and reioyce before his face 5 He is a father of the fatherlesse and the iudge of widdowes he is the Lord in his holy habitation 6 He is the Lord that maketh those that dwell alone to haue a familie and bryngeth prisoners out of the stockes 7 But rebelles did inhabite a dry ground O Lorde when thou wentest foorth before the people when thou wentest through the wyldernesse Selah 8 The earth shoke and the heauens dropped at the presence of the Lorde euen Sinai it selfe shoke at the presence of the Lorde Lorde of Israel 9 Thou O Lorde dydst cause rayne to fall at thy gratious pleasure and when thine inheritaunce was weery thou dydst hearten it 10 Thy flocke dwelleth there for thou O Lorde doest of thy goodnesse prepare for the poore 11 The Lorde gaue the worde great was the company of the preachers 12 Kynges with their armies dyd flee they dyd flee and the ornament of an house deuided the spoyle 13 Though ye haue lyen among the pottes yet shall ye be as the wynges of a doue that is couered with siluer and hath her fethers as yelowe as golde 14 When the almightie scattered kynges in it it was as whyte as snowe in Salmon 15 As the hyll of Basan so is Gods hill euen an hygh hyll as the hyll of Basan 19 Why skyp you so ye high hylles this is the Lordes hyll in the which it pleaseth hym to dwell yea God wyll abyde in it for euer 17 The charettes of y e Lorde are twentie thousande euen thousandes of angels and the Lorde is among them in holy Sinai 18 Thou wenst vp on high thou hastled * captiuitie captiue thou hast receaued gyftes for men yea euen for those that be disobedient that God the Lorde myght dwell among them 19 Blessed be the Lorde who day by day powreth his benefites vpon vs and is God of our saluation Selah 20 The Lorde is our Lorde for to saue * vs and all maner of wayes for death pertayneth to God the Lorde 21 God wyll wounde the head of his enemies and the heary scalpe of hym who goeth on styll in his wickednesse 22 The Lorde hath sayde I wyll bryng my people agayne out from Basan I wyll bryng them agayne out from the deepe of the sea 23 That thy footes and the tongue of thy * dogges may be made redde in the blood of the enemies by his meanes 24 They do well see O Lorde thy goynges thy goynges in the sanctuarie my Lorde and kyng 25 The singers go before the minstrelles folowe after in the myddest are the damselles playing with the timbrelles 26 In the congregations they do blesse the Lorde the God of the fountayne of Israel 27 There is litle Beniamin their ruler the princes of Iehuda their counsell the princes of Zabulon and the princes of Nepthali 28 Thy Lord hath ordeyned thy strength establishe the thing O Lorde that thou hast wrought in vs. 29 For thy temple sake at Hierusalem
shall subdue them 20 Their children shal be as aforetyme and their congregation shall continue in my syght and all those that vexe them wyll I visite 21 A captayne also shall come of them and a prince shall spryng out from the middest of them hym wyll I chalenge to my selfe and he shall come vnto me For what is he that geueth ouer his heart to come vnto me saith the Lorde 22 Ye shal be my people also and I wyll be your God 23 Beholde on the other syde shall the wrath of the Lorde breake out as a stormie water as a myghtie whirle wynde and shall fall vpon the heades of the vngodly 24 The terrible displeasure of the Lorde shall not leaue of vntyll he haue done and perfourmed the intent of his heart which in the latter dayes ye shall vnderstande The .xxxj. Chapter 1 He prophecieth that the people of Israel shal be restored agayne vnto their prosperitie 18 To be turned from sinne is the gyft of God 27 The birth of Christe is prophecied 30 All the wicked shall dye in their wickednesse 31 The newe testament and couenaunt is prophecied 33 The Christians are taught and instruct of the Lorde 34 Our sinnes shall so be remitted that they shall not once be thought vpon 36 God promiseth that he wyll cast of the Iewes 38 The buildyng agayne of Hierusalem 1 AT the same tyme saith the Lord shal I be the God of all the generations of Israel they shal be my people 2 Thus saith the Lord The people of Israel which escaped in the wildernesse from the sworde founde grace to come into their rest 3 Euen so shall the Lorde nowe also appeare vnto me from farre and say I loue thee with an euerlasting loue therfore by my mercie I haue drawen thee vnto me 4 I wyll repayre thee agayne O thou daughter of Israel that thou mayest be fast and sure thou shalt take thy tabrettes agayne and go foorth with them that leade the daunce 5 Thou shalt plant vines agayne vpon the hylles of Samaria and the grape gatherers shall plant and commonly eate of it 6 For the dayes shall come when the watchmen vpon the mount of Ephraim shall crye Arise let vs go vp vnto Sion to our Lorde God 7 For thus saith the Lorde Reioyce with gladnesse because of Iacob crye vnto the head of the gentiles speake out syng and say O Lorde saue thy people the remnaunt of Israel 8 Beholde I wyll bryng them agayne from out of the north lande and gather them from the endes of the worlde with the blynde lame that are among them with the women that be great with chylde such as be also deliuered and the companie of them that come agayne shal be great 9 They shall come weepyng and with mercifull pitie will I bring them hither agayne I will leade them to the riuers of water in a strayght way where they shall not stumble For I am Israels father and Ephraim is my first borne 10 Heare the worde of the Lorde O ye gentiles preache in the Isles that lye farre of and say He that hath scattered Israel shall gather hym together agayne and shall kepe hym as a sheephearde doth his flocke 11 For the Lorde hath redeemed Iacob and ridde hym from the hande of the violent 12 And they shall come and reioyce vpon the hyll of Sion and shall haue plenteousnesse of goodes which the Lorde shall geue them Namely wheate wine oyle young sheepe and calues and their soule shal be as a well watered garden for they shall no more be hungry 13 Then shall the mayde reioyce in the daunce yea both young and olde folkes for I wyll turne their sorowe into gladnesse and wyll comfort them from their sorowes and make them ioyfull 14 I wyll powre plenteousnesse vpon the heartes of the priestes and my people shal be satisfied with my goodnesse saith the Lorde 15 Thus saith the Lorde The voyce of heauinesse weepyng and lamentation was hearde on hye euen of Rachel mournyng for her children and woulde not be comforted because they were not 16 But nowe saith the Lorde leaue of from weepyng and crying withholde thine eyes from teares for thy labour shal be rewarded saith the Lorde and they shall come agayne out of the lande of their enemies 17 Yea euen thy posteritie shall haue consolation in this saith the Lorde that thy children shal come agayne into their owne lande 18 Moreouer I hearde Ephraim that was led away captiue complayne on this maner O Lorde thou hast correct me thy chastenyng haue I receaued as an vntamed calfe conuert thou me and I shal be conuerted for thou art my Lorde God 19 Yea assoone as thou turnest me I shall refourme my selfe and when I vnderstande I shall smite vpon my thygh For veryly I haue committed shamefull thynges for I haue borne the reproofe and confusion of my youth 20 Vpon this complaynt I thought thus by my selfe Is not Ephraim my deare sonne Is he not the childe with whom I haue had all my mirth and pastime For since the tyme that I first cōmuned with hym I haue hym euer in remembraunce therfore my heart driueth me vnto hym gladly and louyngly wyll I haue mercie vpon him saith the Lorde 21 Make thy selfe markes set vp heapes of stone set thine heart vpon the way that thou didst walke and turne againe O thou daughter of Israel turne agayne to these cities of thine 22 Howe long wilt thou go astray O thou shrinkyng daughter for the Lorde wyll worke a newe thyng vpon earth A woman shall compasse a man 23 For thus saith the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel It wyl come therto that when I haue brought Iuda out of captiuitie these wordes shal be hearde in the lande and in his cities The Lord blesse thee O thou dwellyng place of ryghteousnesse O thou holy hyll 24 And there shall dwell Iuda and all her cities the sheepheardes and husbandmen 25 For I shall feede the hungry soule and refreshe all faynt heartes 26 When I hearde this I came agayne to my selfe I sawe like as I had ben waked out of a sweete sleepe 27 Beholde saith the Lorde the dayes come that I wyll sowe the house of Israel and the house of Iuda with men and with cattell 28 Yea it shall come therto that like as I haue gone about in tymes past to roote them out to scatter them to breake them downe to destroy them chasten them euen so wyll I also go diligently about to builde them vp agayne and to plant them saith the Lorde 29 Then shall it no more be sayde The fathers haue eaten a sowre grape and the childrens teeth are set on edge 30 For euery one shall dye for his owne misdeedes so that who so eateth a sowre grape his teeth shal be set on edge 31 Beholde the dayes wyll come saith the Lorde that I
God shall helpe thee shortly 14 And Tobias saide vnto him Canst thou bring my sonne to Gabelus vnto the citie of Rages in Medea and when thou commest againe I shall pay thee thy hyre 15 And the angell saide vnto him I shall leade thy sonne and bring him to thee againe 16 Then Tobias aunswered him Tell me I pray thee of what house or of what tribe art thou 17 The angel Raphael saide vnto him Seekest thou after the kinred of an hireling or an hired man him selfe for thy sonne to go with him 18 But that I make thee not carefull I am Azarias the sonne of great Hanamas 19 And Tobias aunswered Thou art come of a great kinred but I pray thee be not displeased that I desire to know thy kindred 20 The angell said vnto him Thy sonne shall I leade foorth safely and bryng him whole sounde to thee againe 21 Then aunswered Tobias and saide well go on your way and God be in your iourney and his angell beare you company 22 So when they had prepared all thinges that they woulde take with them in their iourney Tobias bade his father and his mother farewell and they went on their way both together 23 Nowe when they were gone his mother began to weepe saide The staffe of our age hast thou taken away and sent him from vs. 24 Woulde God that money had neuer ben for the which thou hast sent him away 25 For our pouertie was sufficient for vs why we shoulde haue counted it rychesse that we saw our sonne here 26 Then saide Tobias vnto her Weepe not our sonne shall go safely and come to vs againe sounde and thyne eyes shall see him 27 For I trust that the good angell of God shall beare him company and order well all the thinges that he doth so that he shall come to vs againe with ioy 28 At these wordes his mother left of from weeping and held her peace The .vj. Chapter 2 Tobias deliuered from the fishe 8 Raphael sheweth him certaine medicines 19 He conducteth him toward Sara 1 SO Tobias went on his way and a dogge folowed him and the first night they abode by the water of Tigris 2 Then went he out to washe his feete and beholde there came foorth an horrible fishe to deuour him 3 Of whom Tobias was afrayde and cryed with a loude voyce saying Lord he commeth vpon me 4 And the angell saide vnto him Take him by the gyll and drawe him to thee And he did so and drew him vpon the lande and the fishe began to leape at his feete 5 Then saide the angell vnto him Take out the bowels of this fishe as for the heart the gal and the lyuer keepe them by thee for these thinges are necessary and good for medicines 6 Tobias did so and rosted the flesh and they tooke it with them in their iourney the residue they salted as much as was sufficient for them tyll they came to Rages a citie of the Medes 7 Then Tobias asked the angell and saide vnto him I pray thee brother Azaria tell me whereto are these thinges good of the fishe that thou hast bidden me keepe 8 The angell aunswered him and said If thou layest a peece of the heart vpon the coales the smoke thereof dryueth away all maner of euill spirites whether it be from man or from woman so that from thencefoorth the same shall come no more vnto them 9 The gal is good to annoynt or to strike the eyes withall where as there is any blemishe in them so that they shal be whole 10 And Tobias saide vnto him Where wilt thou that we remaine The angell aunswered 11 And saide Here is a nye kinsman of thyne and of thy tribe one Raguel by name which hath a daughter called Sara hath neither sonne nor daughter but her 12 All his good belongeth vnto thee and thou must mary her 13 And therefore desire her of her father and he shall geue her thee to wyfe 14 Then aunswered Tobias and saide As I vnderstand she hath ben maryed vnto seuen husbandes and they all are dead and I haue heard say that the deuill slue them 15 I am afrayd therfore lest such thinges happen vnto me also which if it came to passe seeing I am the onely sonne of my father and my mother I should bryng them in their age with sorowe to their graues 16 Then saide the angell Raphael vnto him Heare me I wyll tell thee what they be of whom the deuil hath power 17 Namely they that receaue mariage after such a fashion that they shut God out from them and from their heart and geue them selues to their owne lust euen as it were an Horse Mule which haue no vnderstanding vpon such hath the deuill power 18 But when thou takest her and art come in to the chamber withhold thy selfe from her three dayes and geue thy diligence vnto nothing but vnto prayer with her 19 And in the first night rost the lyuer of the fishe and the deuill shal be driuen away 20 The second night shalt thou be receaued into the company of the holy patriarches 12 The third night shalt thou obtayne the blessing of God so that whole children shall be borne of you 22 After the third night take the mayden in the feare of God and more for the desire of children then for any fleshely lust that in the seede of Abraham thou mayest obtayne the blessing in children ¶ The .vii. Chapter Tobias maryeth Sara Raguels daughter 1 THen went they in to Raguel which receaued them ioyfully 2 And when Raguel loked vpon Tobias he saide vnto Anna his wyfe How lyke is this young man vnto my sisters sonne 3 And when he had spoken this he said Whence be ye ye young men and our brethren They saide Of the tribe of Nephthali out of the captiuitie of Niniue 4 Then said Raguel vnto them Know ye my brother Tobias They saide yea we know him well 5 And when he had spoken much good of him the angell saide vnto Raguel Tobias of whom thou askest is this young mans father 6 Then Raguel bowed him selfe downe and wept and toke him about the necke and kissed him 7 And saide Gods blessing haue thou my sonne for thou art the sonne of a good vertuous man 8 And Anna his wyfe and Sara his daughter wept also 9 Now when they had talked together Raguel bade kill a wether to make a feaste And when he had exhorted them to sit downe to dinner 10 Tobias saide I wyll neither eate nor drinke here this day except thou first graunt me my petition and promise me to geue me thy daughter Sara 11 When Raguel heard this he was astonied for he knewe what had happened vnto the other seuen men that went in vnto her and he began to feare that it shoulde chaunce vnto him also in lyke maner And while he stoode so in doubt and gaue the young man no aunswere 12 The angell
thou sawest vpon the beast are they that shall hate the whore and shall make her desolate and naked and shall eate her fleshe and burne her with fire 17 For God hath put in their heartes to fulfyll his wyll and to do with one consent for to geue their kyngdome vnto the beast vntyll the wordes of God be fulfylled 18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great citie which raigneth ouer the kynges of the earth ⧠The .xviij. Chapter â— The louers of the worlde are sory for the fall of the whore of Babylon 4 An admonition to the people of God to flee out of her dominioÌ„ 20 But they that be of God haue cause to reioyce for her destruction 1 AND after that I sawe another angell come from heauen â–ª hauyng great power and the earth was lyghtened with his glorie 2 And â—e tryed myghtyly with a strong voyce saying Great Babylon is fallenâ—s fallen and is become the habitation of deuyls and the holde of all foule spirites and a cage of â—ll vncleane and hatefull byrdes 3 For all nations haue dronken of the wine of the wrath of her fornication the kinges of the earth haue committed fornication with her the marchauntes of the earth are waxed riche of the aboundaunce of her pleasures 4 And I hearde another voyce from heauen say Come awaye from her my people that ye be not partakers of her sinnes and that ye receaue not of her plagues 5 For her sinnes are gone vp to heauen and God hath remembred her wickednesse 6 Rewarde her euen as she rewarded you and geue her double accordyng to her workes and powre in double to her in the same cuppe which she fylled vnto you 7 And as much as she glorified her selfe lyued wantonly so much powre ye in for her of punishement sorowe for she said in her heart I sit being a queene and am no wydowe and shall see no sorowe 8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day death and sorowe and hunger and she shal be brent with fire for strong is the Lorde whiche shall iudge her 9 And they shal bewayl her the kinges of the earth shall lament for her which haue committed fornication with her haue lyued wantonly with her when they shal see the smoke of her burnyng 10 And shall stande a farre of for feare of her punishment saying Alas alas that great citie Babylon that myghtie citie for at one houre is thy iudgement come 11 And the marchauntes of the earth shall wepe and wayle ouer her for no man wyll bye their ware any more 12 The ware of golde and siluer and precious stones neither of pearle raynes and purple and sylke and skarlet and all thinne wood and all maner vessels of yuorie and all maner vessels of most precious wood and of brasse and yron and marble 13 And synamon and odours and oyntmentes and frankensence and wine and oyle and fine floure and wheate beastes and sheepe and horses charrets and bodies and soules of men 14 And the apples that thy soule lusted after are departed from thee and all thynges which were daintie and had in price are departed from thee and thou shalt fynde them no more 15 The marchauntes of these thynges whiche were waxed ryche shall stande a farre of froÌ„ her for feare of the punishment of her wepyng and waylyng 16 And saying Alas alas that great citie that was clothed in raynes and purple and skarlet and decked with golde and precious stones and pearles 17 For at one houre so great ryches is come to naught And euery shippe gouernour all they that occupie shippes and shippemen which worke in the sea stoode a farre of 18 And cryed when they sawe the smoke of her burnyng saying what citie is lyke vnto this great citie 19 And they cast dust on their heades cryed wepyng waylyng and saying Alas alas that great citie wherein were made riche all that had shippes in the sea by reason of her costlynesse for at one houre is she made desolate 20 Reioyce ouer her thou heauen and ye holy apostles and prophetes for God hath geuen your iudgement on her 21 And a myghtie angell toke vp a stone lyke a great mylstone and cast it into the sea saying With suche violence shall that great citie Babylon be cast shal be founde no more 22 And the voyce of harpers and musitions of pypers and trumpetters shall be heard no more in thee and no craftes man of whatsoeuer craft he be shall be founde any more in thee and the sounde of a myll shall be heard no more in thee 23 And the lyght of a candle shall shyne no more in thee and the voyce of the brydegrome and of the bryde shall be hearde no more in thee for thy marchaunts were the great men of y e earth and with thyne inchauntment were deceaued all nations 24 And in her was founde the blood of the prophetes and of the saintes and of all that were slayne vpon the earth ¶ The .xix. Chapter 1 Prayses are geuen vnto God for iudgyng the whore and for auengyng the blood of his seruauntes 10 The angell wyll not be worshipped 17 The fowles byrdes are called to the slaughter 1 ANd after that I heard a great voyce of much people in heauen saying Alleluia Saluation and glory and honour and power be ascribed to the Lorde our God 2 For true and ryghteous are his iudgementes for he hath iudged the great whore which dyd corrupt y e earth with her fornication and hath auenged the blood of his seruauntes of her hande 3 And agayne they sayde Alleluia and her smoke rose vp for euermore 4 And the xxiiij elders the foure beastes fell downe worshipped God that sate on the throne saying Amen Alleluia 5 And a voyce came out of the throne saying Praise our Lord God all ye that are his seruauntes ye that feare hym both small and great 6 And I hearde the voyce of much people euen as the voyce of many waters and as the voyce of strong thundringes saying Alleluia for the Lorde our God omnipotent raigneth 7 Let vs be glad reioyce geue honor to hym for the mariage of the lambe is come his wyfe made her selfe redy 8 And to her was graunted that she should be arayed with pure and goodly raynes For the raynes is the ryghteousnes of saintes 9 And he sayde vnto me write Happy are they which are called vnto the supper of the lambes mariage And he said vnto me These are the true sayinges of God 10 And I fell at his feete to worship him And he saide vnto me See thou do it not for I am thy felowe seruaunt and of thy brethren euen of them that haue the testimonie of Iesus Worship God For the testimonie of Iesus is the spirite of prophesie 11 And I sawe heauen open beholde a white horse and he that
the holy day of the Lorde 6 And they rose vp in the mornyng and offered burnt offeringes and brought peace offeringes also and the people sat them downe to eate and drinke and rose vp agayne to play 7 And the Lord sayd vnto Moyses Go get thee downe thy people which thou broughtest out of the lande of Egypt hath marred all 8 They are turned quickly out of the way whiche I commaunded them for they haue made them a calfe of moulten mettall and haue worshipped it and haue offred thervnto saying These be thy goddes O Israel whiche haue brought thee out of the lande of Egypt 9 And the Lorde sayd vnto Moyses I haue seene this people and beholde it is a styfnecked people 10 And nowe suffer me that my wrath may waxe whot against them and consume them and I wyll make of thee a mightie people 11 And Moyses besought the Lorde his God and sayd O Lord why doth thy wrath waxe whot agaynst thy people whiche thou hast brought out of the lande of Egypt with great power and with a mightie hande 12 Wherfore should the Egyptians speake and say For a mischiefe dyd he bryng them out euen for to slay them in the mountaynes to consume them from the face of the earth Turne from thy fierce wrath and repent of this euyll deuise agaynst thy people 13 Remember Abraham Isahac and Israel thy seruauntes to whom thou swarest by thy owne selfe and saydest vnto them I wyll multiplie your seede as the starres of heauen and all this lande that I haue spoken of wyll I geue vnto your seede and they shall inherite it for euer 14 And the Lorde refrayned hym selfe from the euill whiche he sayd he would do vnto his people 15 And Moyses turned his backe went downe from the hyll the two tables of the testimonie were in his hande 16 And the same tables were written in both the leaues euen on the one side on the other were they written And these tables were the worke of God and the writing was the writing of God grauen in the tables 17 And when Iosuah hearde the noyse of the people as they showted he sayde vnto Moyses there is a noyse of warre in the hoast 18 And he aunswered It is not the crie of them that haue the masterie nor of thē that haue the worse but I do heare the noyse of them that sing 19 And assoone as he came nigh vnto the hoast he sawe the calfe and the daunsing and Moyses wrath waxed whot and he cast the tables out of his handes and brake them beneath the hyll 20 And he toke the calfe whiche they had made and burned it in the fire stampt it into pouder strawed it in the water made the childrē of Israel drinke of it 21 And Moyses said vnto Aaron What did this people vnto thee that thou hast brought so great a sinne vpon them 22 And Aaron aunswered Let not the wrath of my Lorde waxe fierce thou knowest the people that they are euen set on mischiefe 23 For they sayde vnto me Make vs goddes to go before vs for we wote not what is become of Moyses the man that brought vs out of y e land of Egypt 24 And I said vnto them Let them that haue gold plucke it of And thei brought it vnto me and I did cast it into the fire and therof came out this calfe 25 Moyses therfore sawe that the people were naked and that Aaron had made them naked vnto their shame amongest their enemies 26 And Moyses stode in the gate of the hoast and sayd Who pertayneth to the Lorde let hym come vnto me And all the sonnes of Leui gathered thēselues together vnto hym 27 And he said vnto them Thus sayeth the Lord God of Israel Put euery mā his sworde by his side and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the hoast and slay euery man his brother euery man his companion and euery man his neighbour 28 And the chyldrē of Leui dyd as Moyses had said And there fel of the people y e same day about three thousande men 29 And Moyses sayd Fill your handes vnto the Lord this day euery man vpō his sonne vpō his brother that there may be geuen you a blessing this day 30 And on the morowe Moyses said vnto y e people Ye haue sinned a great sinne And nowe I will go vp vnto the Lord peraduenture I may purchase an attonement for your sinne 31 Moyses therefore went agayne vnto the Lorde and sayde Oh this people haue sinned a great sinne and haue made them gods of golde 32 And nowe forgeue them their sinne or if thou wylt not wype me I pray thee out of thy booke whiche thou hast written 33 And the Lorde sayd vnto Moyses I wyll put hym out of my booke that hath sinned agaynst me 34 And nowe go thou bryng the people vnto the place whiche I said vnto thee behold mine angell shal go before thee Neuerthelater in that day when I visite I wyl visite their sinne vpō them 35 And the Lorde plagued the people because they made the calfe whiche Aaron made ¶ The .xxxiii. Chapter 1 God geueth the people an angell to guyde them 3 God refuseth to go vp with his people 4 The people mourneth 7 The tabernacle of the congregation or of the couenaunt 9 Moyses talketh with God familiarly 12 He requireth God to be with him in reducing the people and the way to be shewed him To finde grace before God 17 Moyses is mercyfully hearde 18 He desireth to see the glory of God 22 He is bydden to stande in a rocke 1 AND the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Depart and go vp hence thou and the people whiche thou hast brought out of the lande of Egypt vnto the land which I sware vnto Abraham Isahac Iacob saying vnto thy seede wyll I geue it 2 And I will send an angell before thee and I wyll cast out the Chanaanites the Amorites the Hethites the Pherezites the Heuites and the Iebusites 3 Vnto a lande that floweth with mylke and hony For I wyll not go amongest you my selfe for ye are a styfnecked people lest I consume thee in the way 4 And when the people hearde this euil tidinges they sorowed and no man dyd put on his best rayment 5 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses Say vnto the chyldren of Israel ye are a styfnecked people I must come once sodaynly vpon you and make an ende of you therefore nowe put thy goodly rayment from thee that I may wyt what to do vnto thee 6 And the children of Israel layde their goodly rayment from them euen by the mount Horeb. 7 And Moyses toke the tabernacle and pitched it without the hoast a farre of from the hoast and called it the tabernacle of the congregation And so it came to passe that euery one whiche woulde pray vnto the Lorde went out
the chyldren of Aaron shall eate of it It shal be a statute for euer in your generations concerning the sacrifice of the Lorde made by fire let euery one that toucheth it be holy 19 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying ' 20 This is the offering of Aaron and of his sonnes whiche they shall offer vnto the Lord in the day when he is annoynted The tenth part of an Epha of floure for a meate offering perpetuall halfe of it in the morning and halfe therof at nyght 21 In the frying panne it shal be made with oyle and when it is fryed thou shalt bryng it in and the baken peeces of the meate offeringes shalt thou offer for a sweete sauour vnto the Lorde 22 And the priest of his sonnes that is annoynted in his steede shall offer it It is the Lordes ordinaunce for euer it shal be burnt altogether 23 For euery meate offering that is made for the priest shal be burnt altogether and shall not be eaten ' 24 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying 25 Speake vnto Aaron and vnto his sonnes and say This is the lawe of the sinne offering In the place where the burnt offering is kylled shall the sinne offering be kylled before the Lorde for it is most holy 26 The priest that offereth it shall eate it In the holy place shall it be eaten euen in the court of the tabernacle of the congregation 27 Whatsoeuer shall touche the fleshe thereof shal be holy and when there droppeth of the blood therof vpon any garment thou shalt washe that wheron it droppeth in the holy place 28 But the earthen pot that it is sodden in shal be broken And yf it be sodden in a brasen pot it shal be scoured rensed in the water 29 All the males among the priestes shal ' eate therof for it is most holy ' 30 And no sinne offeryng whose blood is brought into the tabernacle of the congregation to reconcile withall in the holy place shal be eaten but shal be burnt in the fire ' ¶ The .vii. Chapter ' 1 Trespasse offerynges Sinne offerynges 11 Of peace offerynges 23 The fat and the blood may not be eaten 1 LIkewyse this is the lawe of the trespasse offering it is moste holy 2 In the place where they kyll the burnt offering shall they kyll the trespasse offering also the blood thereof shall he sprinckle rounde about vpon the aulter 3 All the fat thereof shall he offer the rumpe and the fat that couereth the inwardes 4 And the two kydneys and the fat that is on them and vpon the flankes and the kall that is on the liuer shalt thou take away with the kydneys 5 And the priest shall burne them vpon the aulter to be a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lorde for it is a trespasse offering 6 All the males among the priestes shall eate thereof it shal be eaten in the holy place for it is most holy 7 As the sinne offering is so is the trespasse offering one law serueth for both that wherwith the priest shall make attonement shal be his 8 And the priest that offereth any mans burnt offering shall haue the skynne of y e burnt offering whiche he hath offred 9 And all the meate offering that is baken in the ouen and that is dressed in the panne and in the frying panne shal be the priestes that offereth it 10 And euery meate offering that is mingled with oyle and that is drye shall pertayne vnto all the sonnes of Aaron and one shall haue as muche as another 11 This is the law of the peace offering ' whiche he shall offer vnto the Lorde ' 12 If he offer it to geue thankes he shall bryng vnto his thanke offering vnleauened cakes mingled with oyle and vnleauened wafers annoynted with oyle and cakes mingled with oyle of fine floure fryed 13 He shall bryng his offering with cakes of vnleauend bread for his peace offeringes to geue thankes 14 And of all the sacrifice he shall offer one for an heaue offering vnto the Lorde and it shal be the priestes that sprinckled the blood of the peace offeringes 15 And the fleshe of his peace offeringes for thankesgeuing shal be eatē the same day that it is offred And let hym leaue nothyng of it vntill the morowe 16 But if the offering of his sacrifice be a vowe or of his owne free wyll it shal be eaten the same day that he offereth his sacrifice and if ought remayne vntill the morowe it may be eaten 17 But as muche of the offered fleshe as remayneth vnto the thirde day shal be burnt with fire 18 And if any of the flesh of his peace offeringes be eaten in the thirde day then shall he that offereth it obtayne no fauour neither shall it be reckened vnto him but shal be an abhomination therfore the soule that eateth of it shal beare his sinne 19 And the fleshe that toucheth any vncleane thing shal not be eaten but burnt with fire and of this fleshe all that be cleane shall eate therof 20 But if any soule eate of the fleshe of the peace offering that pertayneth vnto the Lord hauing his vnclennesse vpon him the same soule shall be cut of from among his people 21 Moreouer the soule that doth touche any vncleane thyng that is of the vncleannesse of man or of any vncleane beast or any abhomination that is vncleane and then eate of the fleshe of the peace offering whiche pertayneth vnto the Lorde that soule shal be cut of from his people ' 22 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses ' saying 23 Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and say Ye shall eate no maner fat of beeues of sheepe and of goates 24 Neuerthelater the fat of the beast that dyeth alone and the fat of that which is torne with wilde beastes shal be occupied in any maner of vse but ye shall in no wyse eate of it 25 For whosoeuer eateth the fat of the beast of which men vse to bryng an offering made by fire vnto the Lorde that soule that eateth it shall be cut of from his people 26 Moreouer ye shall eate no maner of blood whether it be of foule or of beast in any your dwellynges 27 Whatsoeuer soule it be that eateth any maner of blood the same soule shall be cut of from his people ' 28 And the Lorde talked with Moyses ' saying 29 Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and say He that bringeth his peace offeryng vnto the Lorde let hym bryng his gift vnto the Lord of his peace offering 30 Let his owne handes bryng the offeringes of the Lorde made by fire euen the fat with the brest shal he bryng that the brest may be waued for a waue offering before the Lorde 31 And the priest shall burne the fat vpon the aulter and the brest shal be Aarons and his sonnes 32 And the ryght shoulder shall ye geue vnto the priest for an heaue offeryng
Ye shoulde haue eaten it in the holy place as I commaunded 19 And Aaron sayde vnto Moyses Beholde this day haue they offered their sinne offering and their burnt offering before the Lorde and suche thinges are come vnto me if I had eaten the sinne offering to day shoulde it haue ben accepted in the sight of the Lorde 20 And when Moyses hearde that he was content ⧠The xi Chapter 1 Of beastes fisshes and byrdes whiche be cleane and whiche be vncleane 1 AND the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron and sayde vnto them 2 Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and say These are the beastes whiche ye shall eate among all the beastes that are on the earth 3 Whatsoeuer parteth the hoofe and is clouen footed and chaweth cud among the beastes that shall ye eate 4 Neuerthelesse these shall ye not eate of them that chawe cud and deuideth the hoofe onlye as is the Camell whiche chaweth cud but he deuideth not the hoofe therefore is he vncleane vnto you 5 Euen so the Connie whiche chaweth the cud but deuideth not the hoofe he is vncleane to you 6 And the Hare though he chaweth the cud yet because he deuideth not y e hoofe he is therefore vncleane to you 7 And agayne the Swyne though he deuide the hoofe and is clouen footed yet he chaweth not the cud he is vncleane to you 8 Of their fleshe shall ye not eate and their carkasses shall ye not touche but let them be vncleane to you 9 These shall ye eate of all that are in the waters whatsoeuer hath finnes and skales in the waters seas and riuers that shall ye eate 10 And all that haue not finnes nor skales in the sea and riuers of all that moue and liue in the waters let them be abhomination vnto you 11 They I say shal be an abhomination vnto you ye shall not eate of their flesh but abhorre their carkasses 12 Let all that haue no finnes nor skales in the waters be abhominable vnto you 13 These are they whiche ye shall abhorre among the foules and that ought not to be eaten for they are an abhomination The Egle the Goshauke and the Ospray 14 The Vultur and the Kyte after his ' kinde ' 15 And all Rauens after their kinde ' 16 The Estrich the nyght Crowe the Coockowe and the Hauke after his kynde ' 17 The Falcon the Cormorant the great ' Owle ' 18 The Backe the Pellicane the Pye ' ' 19 The Storke the Iay after his kinde ' the Lapwyng and the Swalowe 20 Let all foules that creepe and go vpon all foure be an abhomination vnto you 21 Yet these may ye eate of euery creepyng thyng that hath wynges and go vpon foure feete euen those that haue not bowynges aboue vpon their feete to leape withall vpon the earth 22 Euen these of them ye may eate the Arbe after his kinde the Selaam after his kinde the Hargol after his kinde and the Hagab after his kinde 23 All other foules that creepe and haue foure feete shal be abhomination vnto you 24 In such ye be vncleane and whosoeuer toucheth the carkasse of them shal be vncleane vntyll the euen 25 And whosoeuer beareth the carkasse of them shall washe his clothes and be vncleane vntyll the euen 26 And euery beast that hath hoofe and is not clouen footed nor chaweth cud such are vncleane vnto you euery one that toucheth them shal be vncleane 27 And whatsoeuer goeth vppon his pawes among all maner beastes that go on all foure feete such are vncleane vnto you and who so doth touche their carkasse shal be vncleane vntyll the euen 28 And he that beareth the carkasse of them shall washe his clothes and be vncleane vntyll the euen for such are vncleane vnto you 29 And let these also be vncleane to you among the thynges that creepe vpon the earth the Weasel and the Mouse and the Toade after ther kinde ' 30 The Hedhogge the Stellio the ' Lacert the Snayle and the Moole 31 These are vncleane to you among all that creepe whosoeuer doth touche them when they be dead shal be vncleane vntyll the euen 32 And whatsoeuer any of the dead carkasses of them doth fall vpon shal be vncleane whether it be vessell of wood or rayment or skinne or sacke or whatsoeuer vessell it be that any worke is wrought in and it must be plunged in the water and it shal be vncleane vntyll the euen and so shall it be cleansed 33 All maner of earthen vessell wherinto any of them falleth shal be vncleane with all that therein is and it shal be broken 34 All maner meate also that is vsed to be eaten yf any such water come vpō it shal be vncleane And all maner drynke that is vsed to be drunke in all maner such vessels shal be vncleane 35 And euery thyng that their carkasse falleth vpon shal be vncleane whether it be ouen or kettle let it be broken For they are vncleane and shal be vncleane vnto you 36 Neuerthelater yet the fountaynes and welles and collection of waters shal be cleane styll but that which toucheth their carkasses shal be vncleane 37 If the dead carkasse of any such fall vpon any seede vsed to sowe it shall yet be cleane styll 38 But and yf any water be powred vpon the seede and a dead carkasse fall theron it shal be vncleane vnto you 39 If any beast of which ye may eate dye and any man touche the dead carkasse thereof he shal be vncleane vntyll the euen 40 He that eateth of the dead carkasse of it shall washe his clothes and be vncleane vntyll the euen And he also that beareth the carkasse of it shall washe his clothes and be vncleane vntyll the euen 41 Let euery creepyng thyng that creepeth vpon the earth be an abhomination and not be eaten 42 Whatsoeuer goeth vpon the brest and whatsoeuer goeth vpon foure or that hath mo feete among all creepyng thynges that creepe vpon the earth of that see ye eate not for they are abhominable 43 Ye shall not make your soules abhominable with nothyng that creepeth neither make your selues vncleane with them that ye shoulde be defyled therby 44 For I am the Lorde your God Be sanctified therfore and ye shal be holy for I am holy and ye shall not defyle your soules with any maner of creeping thyng that creepeth vpon the earth 45 For I am the Lorde that brought you out of the lande of Egypt to be your God ye shal be holy therfore for I am holy 46 This is the lawe of beastes foules and of euery lyuyng creature that moueth in the waters and of euery creature that creepeth vpon the earth 47 That there may be a difference betweene the vncleane and cleane and betweene the beast that may be eaten and the beast that ought not to be eaten ' ¶ The .xij. Chapter ' ' 2 A lawe howe women shoulde be purged after their delyueraunce '
sprinckle the house seuē tymes 52 And he shall clense the house with the blood of y e birde with the running water with the liuing birde with the ceder wood the ysope and the scarlet lase 53 But he shall let the lyuyng birde flee out of the towne into the brode fieldes so make an attonement for the house and it shal be cleane ' 54 This is the lawe for all maner plague ' of leprosie and fret 55 And of the leprosie of garment house ' 36 For a swellyng for a scabbe and for a' shynyng whyte ' 57 To teache when it must be made vncleane and cleane this is the lawe of leprosie ' ¶ The .xv. Chapter ' 2 19 The maner of purgyng the vncleannesse both of men and women 31 The children of Israel must seperate them selues from vncleannesse 1 AND the Lorde spake vnto Moyses and Aaron saying 2 Speake vnto the children of Israel and say vnto them Whosoeuer hath a runnyng issue out of his fleshe is vncleane by reason of that issue 3 And this shal be his vncleannesse in his issue if his fleshe runne or yf his fleshe be stopped from his issue then it is vncleannesse 4 Euery bed wheron he lyeth that hath the issue is vncleane and euery thyng wheron he sitteth is vncleane 5 Whosoeuer toucheth his bed shall washe his clothes and bath hymselfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 6 And he that sitteth on any thing wheron he sat that hath the issue shal washe his clothes and bath him selfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euenyng 7 He that toucheth the fleshe of him that hath the issue shall washe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 8 If he also that hath the issue spyt vpon hym that is cleane he shall washe his clothes and bath him selfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euen ' 9 And what saddle soeuer he rydeth ' vpon that hath y e issue shal be vncleane 10 And whosoeuer toucheth any thyng that was vnder hym shal be vncleane vnto the euen And he that beareth any such thynges shall washe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 11 And whosoeuer he toucheth that hath the issue and haue not wasshed his handes in water shall washe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 12 The vessell of earth that he toucheth which hath the issue shal be broken and all vessels of wood shal be rensed in water 13 When he also that hath any issue is clensed of his issue he shall number him seuen dayes for his clensyng and washe his clothes and bathe his fleshe in runnyng water and so shall he be cleane 14 And the eyght day he shall take to hym two turtle doues or two young pigeons and come before the Lorde vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation geue them vnto the priest 15 And the priest shall offer them the one for a sinne offeryng and the other for a burnt offeryng and the priest shall make an attonement for hym before the Lorde as concernyng his issue 16 If any mans seede depart frō hym in his sleepe he shall washe all his fleshe in water and be vncleane vntyll y e euen 17 And euery garment and euery skinne wherin is such seede of sleepe shal be wasshed with water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 18 And if he y e hath such an issue of seede do lye with a woman they shall both washe them selues with water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 19 Also yf a woman shall haue an issue and her issue in her fleshe shal be blood she shal be put apart seuen dayes whosoeuer toucheth her shal be vncleane vntyll the euen 20 And all that she lyeth vpon in y e tyme of her seperation shal be vncleane lyke as euery thing also that she sitteth vpon is vncleane 21 Whosoeuer toucheth her bed shall washe his clothes and bathe hym selfe with water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 22 And whosoeuer toucheth any thyng that she sat vpon shall washe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 23 So that whether he touche her bed or any vessell wheron she hath sytten he shal be vncleane vntyll the euenyng 24 And yf a man lye with her and her seperation come vpon hym he shal be vncleane seuen dayes and all the bedde wheron he lyeth shal be vncleane 25 Also if a woman haue an issue of her blood many dayes out of the tyme of her seperation or if it runne beyond her seperation let all the dayes of the issue of her vncleanenesse be euen as y e dayes of her seperation for she is vncleane 26 Euery bedde whereon she lyeth as long as her issue lasteth shal be vnto her as the bedde of her seperation and whatsoeuer she sitteth vpon shal be vncleane as the vncleanenesse of her seperation 27 And whosoeuer toucheth any of these shal be vncleane and shall washe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water and be vncleane vntyll the euen 28 But if she be cleansed of her issue she shall count her seuen dayes and after that she shal be cleane 29 And in the eyght day she shall take vnto her two turtles or two young pigeons and bryng them vnto the priest before the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation 30 And the priest shall offer the one for a sinne offeryng and the other for a burnt offeryng and make an attonement for her before the Lord as concernyng the issue of her vncleanenesse 31 Thus shall ye syft the chyldren of Israel from their vncleanenesse that they dye not in their vncleanenesse if they defyle my tabernacle that is among thē 32 This is the lawe of hym that hath an issue and of hym whose seede runneth from hym in his sleepe and is defyled therin 33 Also of her that for her seperation is put apart of whosoeuer hath a runnyng issue whether it be man or woman and of hym that lyeth with her which is vncleane ' ¶ The .xvj. Chapter ' 2 What Aaron must do 8 Of the scape goate 14 The clensyng of the sanctuarie 17 Of the feast of the clensyng 21 Aaron confesseth the sinnes of the children of Israel 1 AND the Lorde spake vnto Moyses after the death of y e two sonnes of Aaron when they offered before y e Lorde and dyed 2 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses Speake vnto Aaron thy brother that he come not at all tymes into the holy place within the vayle before the mercie seate which is vpon the arke that he dye not For I wyll appeare in the cloude vpon y e mercie seate 3 But with this thyng shal Aaron come into the holy place euen with a young bullocke for a sinne offeryng and with a ramme for a burnt offeryng 4 He shall put the holy lynnen coate vpon hym and
seuenth moneth 8 And when Hezekia and the lordes came and sawe the heapes they blessed the Lorde and his people Israel 9 And Hezekia questioned with the priestes and the Leuites concerning the heapes 10 And Azaria the chiefe priest of the house of Zadoc aunswered him and saide Since the people began to bryng the heaue offringes into the house of the Lorde we also haue had inough to eate there remayned so much for the Lorde hath blessed his people and this heape is left 11 And Hezekia bade prepare the chambers in the house of the Lord And they did prepare them 12 And caried in the first fruites the tithes and the dedicate thinges faithfully ouer which Chonaniahu the Leuite had the rule and Semei his brother next to him 13 And Iehiel Azariahu Nahath Asael Ierimoth Iosabad Eliel Iesmachiahu Mahath and Banaiahu were ouerseres ordayned by Chonaniahu Semei his brother was an officer of Hezekia the king Azariahu was the ruler of the house of God 14 And Core the sonne of Imna the Leuite and porter of the east doore had the ouersight of the thinges that were offered of a free wyll vnto God were geuen in maner seuerally vnto the lord and ouer the thinges most holy 15 And vnder his hand were Eden Miniamin Iesua Semeiahu Amariahu and Sechaniahu in the cities of the priestes appoynted of their fidelitie to geue to their brethren their portions aswell to the small as to the great 16 Beside their generation beyng males from three yeres old and vpwarde euen vnto euery one that entereth into the house of the Lord they should geue day by day for their ministration and for their geuing attendaunce and for their diuers waytinges by course 17 Both to the generation of the priestes and Leuites throughout the housholde of their fathers from twentie yeres and aboue to wayte when their courses came 18 And to the families of all their babes wyues sonnes and daughters through all the congregation For vpon the fidelitie of them were the holy thinges bestowed 19 And to the children of Aaron the priestes whiche were in the fieldes and suburbes of their cities citie by citie the men whose names were expressed afore shoulde geue portions euen to all the males among the priestes and to all the Leuites according to their number 20 And of this maner did Hezekia throughout all Iuda wrought it that is good and right and true before the Lorde his God 21 And in al the workes that he began for seruice of the house of God for the lawe for the commaundementes he sought his God and that did he with all his heart and prospered The .xxxii. Chapter 1 Sennacherib inuadeth Iuda 3 Hezekia prepareth for the warre 7 He exhorteth the people to put their trust in the Lorde 9 Sennacherib blasphemeth God 20 Hezekia prayeth 21 The angell destroyeth the Assyrians and the king is slayne 25 Hezekia is not thankefull toward the Lorde 33 His death 1 AFter that these deedes were faythfully done Sennacherib king of the Assyrians came and entred into Iuda compassed the strong cities and thought to winne them for him selfe 2 And so when Hezekia sawe that Sennacherib was come and that he was purposed to fight against Hierusalem 3 He toke counsell with his lordes and men of might to stop the water of the fountaynes without the citie And they dyd helpe him 4 For there gathered many of the people together and stopt all the welles and the broke that ran through the middes of the land saying Why shall the kinges of the Assyrians come and finde much water 5 And Hezekia went to lustyly and buylt vp the wall where it was broken and made ordinaunce vpon the towres and to the other wall without and repaired Millo in the citie of Dauid and made many dartes and shieldes 6 And he set captaynes of warre ouer the people and gathered them together to him in the large streete of the gate of the citie and spake gentylly to them saying 7 Plucke vp your heartes and be strong be not afrayde nor discouraged for the king of the Assyrians for all the multitude that he hath with hym for there be mo with vs then with hym 8 With him is an arme of flesh but with vs is the Lord our God for to helpe vs and to fight our battayles And the people toke a courage through the wordes of Hezekia king of Iuda 9 After this did Sennacherib king of the Assyrians send of his seruauntes to Hierusalem but he him selfe remayned beside Lachis hauing all his power with him vnto Hezekia king of Iuda and vnto all Iuda that were at Hierusalem saying 10 Thus saith Sennacherib king of the Assyrians wherin do ye trust O ye that dwell in Hierusalem which is besieged 11 Doth not Hezekia entice you to geue ouer your selues vnto death hunger and thirst saying The Lord our God shall ryd vs out of the hand of the king of the Assyrians 12 Hath not the same Hezekia put downe his hye places and his aulters commaunded Iuda and Hierusalem saying Ye shall worship before one aulter and burne incense vpon the same 13 Knowe ye not what I and my fathers haue done vnto the people of all landes Were the gods of the people of other landes able or mightie to saue their landes out of my hande 14 Which of all the gods of those nations that my fathers destroyed could deliuer his people out of my hande And shall your God be able to deliuer you out of my hande 15 Wherfore nowe let not Hezekia deceaue you nor persuade you of this fassion nor yet beleue him For as no god among all nations and kingdomes was able to rid his people out of my hand and out of the hand of my fathers Howe much lesse shall your gods be able to kepe you out of my hande 16 And yet mo thinges did his seruauntes speake against the Lorde God and against his seruaunt Hezekia 17 And Sennacherib also wrote a letter to rayle on the Lord God of Israel and spake against him saying As the gods of the nations of other landes haue not ben able to deliuer their people out of my hande euen so shal not the God of Hezekia deliuer his people out of my hande 18 And they cried with a loude voyce in the Iewes speach vnto the people of Hierusalem that were on the wall to feare them and to make them faynt hearted and that they might so take the citie 19 And they spake against the God of Hierusalem as against the gods of the nations of the earth whiche were the workes of the handes of men 20 But Hezekia the king and the prophet Esai the sonne of Amos prayed against that blasphemie and cried vp to heauen 21 And the Lord sent an angel which destroyed all the men of warre and the lordes and captaynes of the hoast of the king of the Assyrians that he turned his face
the matter was brought to Darius and then they aunswered by letters therevnto 6 This is the copie of the letter that Thathanai which was captayne beyond the water Stharbuzanai the counsailours of Apharsath which were beyond the water sent vnto king Darius 7 And the matter that they sent vnto him was written thus within the letter Vnto Darius the king all peace 8 Be it knowen vnto the king that we went into the prouince of Iurie to the house of the great God which is builded with mightie great stones and beames are layde in the walles and the worke goeth fast foorth and prospereth in their handes 9 Then asked we the elders and saide vnto them as it foloweth Who commaunded you to builde this house and to make vp the walles thereof 10 We asked their names also that we might certifie thee and write the names of the men that were their rulers 11 But they aunswered vs with these wordes and saide We are the seruauntes of him that is God of heauen and earth and builde the house that was builded of olde and many yeres ago which the great king of Israel builded and set vp 12 But after our fathers had prouoked the God of heauen vnto wrath he gaue them ouer into the hande of Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon of the Chaldees which brake downe this house and caried the people away captiue vnto Babylon 13 But in the first yere of Cyrus the king of Babylon the same king Cyrus gaue commaundement concerning this house of God that it shoulde be built againe 14 And the vessels of golde and siluer of the house of God which Nabuchodonosor toke out of the temple that was at Hierusalem and brought them into the temple at Babylon those did Cyrus the king take out of the temple at Babylon and they were deliuered vnto one Sasbazar by name whom he made captaine 15 And saide vnto him Take these vessels and go thy way and set them in the temple that is at Hierusalem and let the house of God be builded in his place 16 Then came the same Sasbazar and layed the foundation of the house of God which is at Hierusalem Since that time also vntill nowe hath it ben in building and yet is it not finished 17 Now therefore if it please the king let there be searche made in the kinges librarie which is there at Babylon whether it haue ben king Cyrus commaundement that this temple of God at Hierusalem shoulde be builded and let the king send his minde concerning the same matter ¶ The .vi. Chapter At the commaundement of Darius king of Persia after the temple was builded and dedicate the children of Israel kepe the feaste of vnleuened bread 1 THen cōmaunded king Darius they made searche in the librarie euē in the place where they layed vp the treasure at Babylon 2 And there was found in a coffer in the palace that is in the prouince of the Medes a volume and therein was it thus written as a memoriall 3 In the first yere of king Cyrus gaue the same king Cyrus commaundement concerning the house of God at Hierusalem that the same house should be builded in the place where they offer the sacrifices to ioyne the walles together of threescore cubites heyght and threescore cubites breadth 4 Three rowes of rough stones and one rowe of newe timber and the expences shal be geuen of the kinges house 5 And let the golde and siluer vessels of the house of God which Nabuchodonosor toke out of the temple at Hierusalem and brought vnto Babylon be restored and brought againe vnto the temple at Hierusalem to their place in the house of God 6 Now therefore thou Thathanai captaine beyond the water Stharbuzanai and your counsailers and Aphersechei which are beyond the water get ye away from them 7 Let the worke of the house of this God alone that the captaine of the Iewes and their elders may builde the house of God in his place 8 I haue commaunded what ye shall do to the elders of Iuda for the building of the house of God that of the kinges goodes euen of the tribute beyond the water foorthwith expences be geuen vnto the men that they be not hindred 9 And if they haue neede of calues rammes and lambes for the burnt offering of the God of heauen wheate salte wine and oyle after the custome of the priestes at Hierusalem let the same be geuen them dayly without any delay 10 That they may haue to offer sweete sauours vnto the God of heauen pray for the kinges lyfe and for his children 11 And such a commaundement haue I geuen that what man soeuer he be that altereth this word there shall a beame be taken from his house and set vp and he shal be hanged thereon his house shal be made a dounghill for the same thing 12 And the God that set his name there destroy all kinges and people that put to their hande to aulter and to breake downe the house of God which is at Hierusalem I Darius haue made a decree that this be done with speede 13 Then Thathanai the captaine of the countrey beyond the water Stharbuzanai with their counsailours according to that which king Darius had sent so they did speedyly their diligence 14 And the elders of the Iewes builded and they prospered through the prophecying of Aggeus the prophete and Zachari the sonne of Iddo and they builded and they finished it according to the commaundement of the God of Israel and after the commaundement of Cyrus and Darius Artaxerxes kinges of Persia 15 And this house was finished the third day of the moneth Adar euen in the sixt yere of the raigne of king Darius 16 And the childrē of Israel the priestes the Leuites and the other children of the captiuitie helde the dedication of this house of God with ioy 17 And offered at the dedication of this house of God an hundred oxen two hūdred rammes foure hūdred lambes and for the reconciling of all Israel twelue hee goates according to the number of the tribes of Israel 18 And set the priestes in their sundry courses and the Leuites in their diuers offices to minister vnto God at Hierusalem as it is written in the booke of Moyses 19 And the children of the captiuitie held Passouer vpon the foureteenth day of the first moneth 20 For the priestes and Leuites were purified all together killed Passouer for all the children of the captiuitie and for their brethren the priestes and for them selues 21 And the children of Israel which were come againe out of captiuitie and all such as had seperated them selues vnto them from the filthinesse of the heathen of the lande to seeke the Lorde God of Israel did eate 22 And helde the feast of vnleauened bread seuen dayes with ioy For the Lorde had made them glad and turned the heart of the king of Assur vnto them to strengthen their
no eye had seene me 19 And that I were as though I had not ben but brought from the wombe to the graue 20 Are not my dayes fewe Let him then leaue of fro me and let me a lone that I may comfort my selfe a litle 21 Afore I go thyther from whence I shall not turne againe euen to the lande of darknesse and shadowe of death 22 Yea a lande as darke as darknesse it selfe and into the shadowe of death where is none order but the light is there as darknesse The .xi. Chapter 1 Iob is vniustly reprehended of Sophar 7 God is incomprehensible 14 He is mercifull to the repentaunt 18 Their assuraunce that liue godlie 1 THen aunswered Sophar the Naamathite and sayde 2 Shoulde not he that maketh many wordes be aunswered Shoulde he that bableth much be commended therin 3 Shoulde thy lies make men holde their peace and when thou mockest others shall no man make thee ashamed 4 For thou hast sayde my doctrine is pure and I am cleane in thyne eyes 5 But O that God woulde speake and open his lippes against thee 6 That he might shewe thee the secretes of wysdome howe thou hast deserued double according to right Know therfore that God hath forgotten thee for thyne iniquitie 7 Art thou able to finde out the secretes of God Or wilt thou attayne to the perfectnesse of the almightie 8 It is hier then heauen what art thou able to do deeper then the hel how wilt thou then knowe it 9 The measure of it is longer then the earth and broder then the sea 10 Though he turne all thinges vpsyde downe close them in gather them together who will turne hym from his purpose 11 For it is he that knoweth vayne men he seeth their wickednesse also shoulde he not then consider it 12 Yet vayne man would be wyse though man newe borne is lyke a wilde asses coulte 13 If thou preparedst thyne heart and liftedst vp thyne handes towarde hym 14 If thou wouldest put away the wickednes whiche thou hast in hande so that no vngodlinesse dwell in thy house 15 Then mightest thou lift vp thy face without shame then shouldest thou be sure and haue no neede to feare 16 Then shouldest thou forget thy miserie and thinke no more vpon it then vpon the waters that runne by 17 Then should thy lyfe be as cleare as the noone day thou shouldest shine forth and be as the morning 18 Then mightest thou be bolde because there is hope and take thy rest quietly as compassed with a trenche 19 Then mightest thou lye downe and none to make thee afrayde yea many one should make suite vnto thee 20 As for the eyes of the vngodly they shall faile and they shal not escape and their hope shal be sorowe of minde The .xij. Chapter 1 Iob accuseth his friendes of ignoraunce 7 He declareth the might and power of God 17 And how he chaungeth the course of thinges 1 SO Iob aunswered saide 2 Then no doubt ye are the men alone and wysdome shall perishe with you 3 But I haue vnderstanding aswell as ye and am not inferior to you Yea who knoweth not these thinges 4 I am as one mocked of his neighbour who calleth vpon God he heareth him The iust the vpright is laughed to scorne 5 Being as alight despised in the heartes of the riche and as one redy to fall 6 The houses of robbers are in wealth and prosperitie and they that maliciouslie meddle against God dwell without care in those thinges that God hath geuen richely with his hande 7 Aske the cattaile and they shall enfourme thee the foules of the ayre and they shall tell thee 8 Or the encrease of the earth and it shall shew thee or the fishes of the sea and they shall certifie thee 9 What is he but he knoweth that the hande of the Lorde made all these 10 In whose hande is the soule of euery liuing thing and the breath of all mankinde 11 Haue not the eares pleasure in hearing and the mouth in tasting the thing that it eateth 12 Among olde persons there is wysedome and in age is vnderstanding 13 Yea with God is wysdome and strength it is he that hath counsell and foreknowledge 14 Beholde if he breake downe a thing who can set it vp againe yf he shut a thing who wyll open it 15 Beholde if he withholde the waters they drye vp yf he let them go they destroy the earth 16 With him is strength and wysdome both the deceauer and he that is deceaued are his 17 He carieth away the wyse men as it were a spoyle and bringeth the iudges out of their wittes 18 He taketh away the subiection of the people from their kinges and girdeth their loynes with a bonde 19 He leadeth away the great men into captiuitie and turneth the mightie vpside downe 20 He stoppeth the mouth of them that speake trueth disapoynteth the aged of their reason 21 He powreth contempt vpon princes and maketh the strength of the mightie weake 22 Loke what lyeth hid in darkenesse he declareth it openly and the very shadowe of death bringeth he to light 23 He both increaseth the people and destroyeth them he maketh them to multiplie and diminisheth them 24 He taketh away the hearte of them that be heades of y e people of the earth and causeth them to wander in the wildernesse out of the way 25 They grope in the darke without light and he maketh them to stacker like a drunken man ¶ The .xiii. Chapter 1 Iob compareth his knowledge with the experience of his friendes 16 The penitent shal be saued and the hypocrite condempned 20 He prayeth vnto God that he would not handle him rigorously 1 LO all this haue I seene with mine eye heard with mine eare and vnderstande it 2 What ye knowe that same do I know also neither am I inferior vnto you 3 Neuerthelesse I talke with the almightie and my desire is to commune with God 4 As for you ye are workmaisters of lyes and vnprofitable phisitians altogether 5 Woulde God ye kept your tongue for then might ye be taken for wise men 6 Now heare my reasoning and ponder the argument of my lippes 7 Wyll you speake wickedlie for gods defence and talke deceitfully for his cause 8 Wyll ye accept the person of him or wyll ye contende for God 9 Shall that helpe you when he calleth you to reckening For as one man mocketh an other so do ye mocke him 10 He shall punishe you and reproue you if ye do secretly accept any person 11 Shall not his excellencie make you afrayde Shall not his terrible feare fall vpon you 12 Your remembraunce is lyke vnto a sparke and your bodies lyke the claye 13 Holde your tongues for my sake that I also may speake and my sorowe shal be the lesse 14
1 Iob declareth how the prosperitie of the wicked maketh them proude 15 insomuch that they blaspheme God 16 Their destruction is at hande 23 None ought to be iudged wicked for affliction neither good for prosperitie 1 IOb aunswered and saide 2 O heare diligently my wordes and that shal be in steede of your consolations 3 Suffer me that I may speake and when I haue spoken mocke on 4 Is it for mans sake that I make this disputation Which if it were so shoulde not my spirite then be in sore trouble 5 Marke me well and be abashed and lay your hande vpon your mouth 6 For when I consider my selfe I am afrayde and my fleshe is smitten with feare 7 Wherefore do wicked men liue come to their olde age and increase in richesse 8 Their children lyue in their sight and their generation before their eyes 9 Their houses are safe from all feare and the rod of God is not vpon them 10 Their bullocke gendreth and that not out of time their cowe calueth and is not vnfruitfull 11 They sende foorth their children by flockes their sonnes leade the daunce 12 They beare with them tabrets and harpes and reioyce in the sounde of the organs 13 They spend their dayes in wealthines but sodainely they go downe to the graue 14 They say also vnto God Go from vs we desire not the knowledge of thy wayes 15 Who is the almightie that we should serue him And what profite should we haue if we should pray vnto him 16 Lo there is vtterly no goodnesse in their hande therefore wyll I not haue to do with the counsaile of the vngodly 17 How oft shall the candell of the wicked be put out and their destruction come vpon them O what sorowe shall God geue them for their part in his wrath 18 Yea they shal be euen as hay before the winde and as chaffe that the storme carieth away 19 God wyll lay vp the sorowe of the father for his children when he rewardeth him he shall know it 20 Their owne miserie shal they see with their eyes and drinke of the fearefull wrath of the almightie 21 For what careth he for his house after his death when the number of his monethes is cut short 22 Seeing God hath the highest power of all who can teache him any knowledge 23 One dyeth in his full strength being in all ease and prosperitie 24 His breastes are full of milke and his bones runne full of marowe 25 Another dyeth in the bitternes of his soule and neuer eateth with pleasure 26 They shall sleepe both alyke in the earth and the wormes shall couer them 27 Beholde I know what ye thinke yea and the subtiltie that ye imagine against me 28 For ye say where is the princes palace and where is the dwelling of the vngodly 29 Haue ye not asked them that go by the way Doubtlesse ye cannot denie their tokens 30 That the wicked is kept vnto the day of destruction and the vngodly shal be brought foorth to the day of wrath 31 Who dare declare his way to his face who wil rewarde him for that he doth 32 Yet shall he be brought to his graue and dwell among the heape of the dead 33 Then shal the slymie valley be sweet vnto him all men also must folowe him as there are innumerable gone before him 34 Howe vayne then is the comfort that ye geue me seyng falshood remayneth in all your aunsweres The .xxii. Chapter 2 Eliphas affirmeth that Iob is punished for his sinnes 6 He accuseth him of vnmercifulnesse 13 and that he denied gods prouidence 21 He exhorteth hym to repentaunce 1 SO Eliphas the Themanite gaue aunswere and sayde 2 May a man be profitable vnto God as he that is wise may be profitable vnto him selfe 3 Is it any aduauntage to the almightie that thou art righteous or shall it profite him that thou makest thy wayes perfect 4 Is he afrayde to reproue thee and to step foorth with thee into iudgement 5 Is not thy wickednesse great and thy vngratious deedes innumerable 6 For thou hast taken the pledge from thy brother for naught and robbed the naked of their clothing 7 To such as were weery hast thou geuen no water to drinke hast withdrawen bread from the hungrie 8 But the mightie man had the earth and he that was in auctoritie dwelt in it 9 Thou hast sent wydowes away emptie and the armes of the fatherlesse were broken 10 Therefore art thou compassed about with snares sodenly vexed with feare 11 Shouldest thou then see no darknesse shoulde not the water studde run ouer thee 12 Is not God on high in the heauen beholde the heyght of the starres how hie they are 13 Wilt thou therfore say Tushe howe should God know can he iudge through the darke cloude 14 Tushe the cloudes couer him that he may not see and he walketh on the top of heauen 15 Hast thou marked the way of the world wherin wicked men haue walked 16 Whiche were cut downe out of time and whose foundation was as an ouerflowing ryuer 17 Whiche sayd vnto God Go from vs and asked what the almightie coulde do for them 18 He filled their houses with good things but the counsell of the vngodly be farre from me 19 The righteous sawe it and were glad and the innocent laughed them to scorne 20 Is our substaunce hewen downe As for the remnaunt of them the fire hath consumed 21 Therefore reconcile thee vnto God and be at peace so shall all thinges prospere with thee right well 22 Receaue I pray thee the lawe at his mouth and lay vp his wordes in thyne heart 23 For if thou wilt turne to the almightie thou shalt be buyld vp and put all vnrighteousnes from thy dwelling 24 Thou shalt lay vp golde as plentyful as the dust and the golde of Ophir as the flyntes of the riuers 25 Yea almightie God his owne selfe shal be be thy defence and thou shalt haue plentie of siluer 26 Then shalt thou haue thy delite in the almightie and lift vp thy face vnto God 27 Then shalt thou make thy prayer vnto him and he shall heare thee and thou shalt kepe thy promises 28 Thou shalt also decree a thing and he shall establishe it vnto thee and the light shall shine in thy wayes 29 When the wicked be cast downe thou shalt say I am lifted vp and God shall saue the humble person 30 The innocent shal deliuer the Ilande it shal be preserued by the purenesse of thyne handes The .xxiii. Chapter 2 Iob affirmeth that he both knoweth and feareth the power and sentence of the iudge 10 and that he is not punished only for his sinnes 1 IOb aunswered said 2 Though my talke be this day in bitternesse and my plague greater then my groning 3 O that
I might know him and finde him and that I might come before his seate 4 I woulde pleade my cause before hym and fill my mouth with argumentes 5 I woulde knowe what aunswere he woulde geue me and vnderstande what he woulde say vnto me 6 Will he pleade against me with his great power No but he will make me the stronger 7 There the righteous might dispute with him so shoulde I be deliuered for euer from my iudge 8 Behold though I go forwarde I find him not If I go backwarde I can get no knowledge of hym 9 If I go on the left side where he doth his worke I can not attayne vnto him Againe if I go on the right side he hydeth him selfe that I can not see hym 10 But as for my way he knoweth it and tryeth me that as the gold I may come foorth 11 My foote doth kepe his path his hie way haue I holden and will not go out of it 12 I will not forsake the commaundement of his lippes I haue esteemed the wordes of his mouth more then myne appoynted foode 31 He is still at one poynt and who can turne him he doth as him listeth and bringeth to passe what he will 14 He perfourmeth the thing that is appoynted for me and many such thinges doth he 15 This is the cause that I shrinke at his presence so that when I consider him I am afrayde of hym 16 For God maketh my heart softe and the almightie putteth me in feare 17 Because I am not cut of before the darkenesse neither hath he couered the cloude fro my face The .xxiiii. Chapter 1 Iob describeth the wickednesse of men and sheweth what curse belongeth to the wicked 12 How all thinges are gouerned by gods prouidence 17 and the destruction of the wicked 1 COnsidering then that there is no time hyd from the almightie how happeneth it that they which know him do not regarde his dayes 2 For some men remoue the landemarkes robbe men of their cattell and feede of the same 3 They driue away the asse of the fatherlesse and take the wydowes oxe for a pledge 4 They cause the poore to turne out of the way so that the poore of the earth hyde them selues together 5 Beholde as wilde asses in the desert go they foorth to their worke ryse betimes to spoyle Yea the very wildernesse ministreth foode for them their children 6 They reape the corne fielde that is not their owne and let the vineyarde of the vngodly alone 7 They cause the naked to lodge without garment and without couering in the colde 8 They are wet with the showres of the mountaynes and embrace the rocke for want of a couering 9 They plucke the fatherlesse from the brest and take the pledge from the poore 10 They let hym go naked without clothing and haue taken away the sheafe of the hungrie 11 The poore are fayne to labour in their oyle mylles yea and to treade in their wyne presses and yet to suffer thirst 12 Men out of the citie crye vnto the Lord with sighing the soules of the slayne also crye out yet God regardeth not their complaynt 13 Where as they are conuersaunt among them that abhorre the light they know not his way nor continue in his pathes 14 The murtherer ryseth early and killeth the poore and needy and in the night is as a thiefe 15 The eye of the adulterer wayteth for the darkenesse sayth There shall no eye see me and disguiseth his face 16 In the darke they digge through houses whiche they marked for them selues in the day time they knowe not the light 17 The morning is to them euen as the shadow of death if one know them they are in the terrours of the shadowe of death 18 The vngodly is swyft vpon the water their portion shal be cursed in the earth and he shall not beholde the way of the vineyardes 19 As the drye grounde and heate consume the snowye waters so shall the graue the sinners 20 The pitifull man shall forget hym he shal be sweete to the wormes he shal be no more remembred his wickednesse shal be broken as a tree 21 He hath oppressed the barren that can not beare and vnto the wydow hath he done no good 22 He drue the mightie after hym with his power and when he was gotten vp no man was sure of lyfe 23 And though they gaue him to be in safetie yet his eyes are vpon their wayes 24 They are exalted for a litle but shortly are gone brought to pouertie and taken out of the way yea and vtterly pluckt of as the eares of corne 25 Is it not so Who will then reproue me as a lyer and say that my wordes are nothing worth The .xxv. Chapter Bildad proueth that no man is cleane nor without sinne before God 1 THen aunswered Bildad the Suhite and sayde 2 Is there power and feare with him aboue that maketh peace sitting in his hyghnesse 3 Is there any number of his armies and vpon whom shal not his light arise 4 But how may a man compared vnto God be iustified or how can he be cleane that is borne of a woman 5 Beholde the moone shyneth nothing in comparison to him and the starres are vncleane in his sight 6 Howe much more then man that is but corruption and the sonne of man which is but a worme The .xxvi. Chapter 1 Iob sheweth that man can not helpe God and proueth it by his miracles 1 IOb aunswered and sayde 2 Whō hast thou helped Him that is without strength sauest thou the arme that hath no strength 3 Where is the counsayle that thou shouldest geue him which hath no wisdome Hast thou shewed the way of right lyuing 4 To whom hast thou spoken these wordes who made the breath to come out of thy mouth 5 Are not dead thinges shapen vnder the waters and thinges by the waters side 6 He is naked before him and the very destruction it selfe can not be hyd out of his sight 7 He stretcheth out the noorth ouer the emptie place and hangeth the earth vpon nothing 8 He byndeth the water in his cloudes the cloude is not broken vnder them 9 He holdeth backe the face of his throne and spreadeth his cloude before it 10 He hath compassed the waters with certayne boundes vntill the day and night come to an ende 11 The very pillers of heauen tremble and quake at his reproofe 12 He stilleth the sea with his power and through his wysdome smyteth he the strength therof 13 His spirite hath garnished the heauens his hand hath made the crooked serpent 14 Lo this is now a short summe of his wayes but howe litle a portion heare we of hym who can vnderstande the thunder of his power The .xxvii. Chapter 3 The constancie and
perfectnesse of Iod. 13 The reward of the wicked and of the tirauntes 1 AND Iob proceeded and went foorth in his parable saying 2 As God lyueth whiche hath taken away my iudgement and the almightie that hath vexed my minde 3 Whyle my breath is in me and the winde that God hath geuen me is in my nostrels 4 My lippes shall talke of no vanitie and my tongue shall speake no disceite 5 God forbyd that I should graunt your cause to be right As for me vntill myne end come will I neuer go fro myne innocentie 6 My righteous dealing kepe I fast which I will not forsake my heart shal not reproue me of my dayes 7 Therfore myne enemie shal be founde as the vngodly and he that taketh part against me as the vnrighteous 8 For what hope hath the hypocrite though he haue great good if God take away his soule 9 Will God heare his crye when trouble commeth vpon him 10 Hath he such pleasure and delite in the almightie that he dare alway call vpon God 11 I wil teache you in the name of God and the thing of the almightie will I not kepe from you 12 Behold all ye your selues haue seene it why then do ye thus vanishe in vanitie 13 Saying This is the portion that the wicked haue of God and the heritage that tyrauntes shall receaue of the almightie 14 If he get many children they shall perishe with the sworde and his posteritie shall haue scarcenesse of bread 15 His remnaunt shal be buried in death and his widowes shall not weepe 16 Though he heape vp siluer as the dust and prepare rayment as the clay 17 He may well prepare it but the godly shall put it on and the innocent shall deale out the money 18 He buyldeth his house as the moth as a booth that the watchman maketh 19 When the riche man sleepeth he shall not be gathered to his fathers they opened their eyes and he was gone 20 Terrour taketh holde vpon hym as a water fludde and the tempest stealeth him away in the night season 21 A vehement east winde caryeth him hence and he departeth a storme hurleth him out of his place 22 God shal cast vpon him and not spare though he woulde fayne flee out of his hande 23 Then clap men their handes at hym and hisse at him out of his place The .xxviii. Chapter 1 Iob sheweth that the wysdome of God is vnsearcheable 1 THere is a place wher siluer is brought out of and where golde is tryed 2 Where yron is digged out of the grounde stones resolued to me tall 3 The darkenesse shall once come to an ende he can seke out the grounde of all thinges the stones the darke and the shadowe of death 4 He causeth the fluddes to breake out against the inhabitant and the waters forgotten of the foote beyng hygher then man are gone away 5 Out of the same earth commeth bread and vnder it as it were fire is turned vp 6 The stones of it are a place of Saphires and the dust of it is golde 7 There is a way that the birdes knowe not that no vultures eye hath seene 8 Wherin the lions whelpes walke not and where no lion commeth 9 There putteth he his hande vpon the stonie rockes and ouerthroweth the mountaynes by the rootes 10 Riuers flowe out of the rockes loke what is pleasaunt his eye seeth it 11 He bindeth the fluddes that they do not ouerflow and the thing that is hid bringeth he to light 12 Where then is wysdome founde and where is the place of vnderstanding 13 Veryly no man can tell howe worthy a thing she is neither is she found in the lande of them that lyue 14 The deepe sayth She is not in me the sea sayth She is not with me 15 She can not be gotten for golde neither may the price of her be bought with any siluer 16 No wedges of gold of Ophir no precious Onir stones no Saphires may be valued with her 17 No neither golde nor christall shall be equall vnto it nor her exchaunge shal be for the plate of fine golde 18 No mention shal be made of Corall nor of the Gabis for wisdome is more pretious then pearles 19 The Topas of Ethiopia shall not be equall vnto it neither shall it be valued with the wedge of pure golde 20 Whence then commeth wysdome and where is the place of vnderstanding 21 She is hid from the eyes of all men liuing yea from the foules of the ayre 22 Destruction and death say We haue hearde the fame therof with our eares 23 But God seeth her way and knoweth her place 24 For he beholdeth the endes of the worlde and loketh vpon all that is vnder heauen 25 When he wayed the windes and measured the waters 26 When he made a decree for the rayne and a way for the lightninges of the thunder 27 Then dyd he see her then declared he her prepared her and knewe her 28 And vnto man he sayd To feare the Lorde is wysdome and to forsake euyll is vnderstanding The .xxix. Chapter 1 Iob complayneth of the prosperitie of the time past 7. His auctoritie 12 iustice and equite 1 SO Iob proceeded and went foorth in his parable saying 2 O that I were as I was in the monethes by past and in the daies when God preserued me 3 When his light shined vpon my head when I went after the same light and shining euen through the darknesse 4 As it stoode with me when I was young when God prospered my house 5 When the almightie was yet with me when my children stoode about me 6 When my wayes ranne ouer with butter and when the stonie rockes gaue me riuers of oyle 7 When I went out to the gate euen to the iudgement seate and when I prepared my seate in the streete 8 The young men saw me and hid them selues and the aged arose and stoode vp 9 The princes left of their talking and layed their hand to their mouth 10 The mightie kept still their voyce and their tongue cleaued to the roofe of their mouth 11 When the eare heard me it blessed me when the eye sawe me it gaue witnesse to me 12 For I deliuered the poore when he cryed and the fatherlesse and hym that had none to helpe hym 13 The blessing of him that was redy to perishe came vpon me and I caused the widowes heart to reioyce 14 And why I put vpon me righteousnesse which couered me as a garment and equitie was my crowne 15 I was an eye to the blinde and a foote to the lame 16 I was a father to the poore and when I knewe not the cause I sought it out diligently 17 I brake the iawes of the vnrighteous man and pluckt the
it and swadled it with the darke 10 When I gaue it my commaundement making doores and barres for it 11 Saying Hitherto shalt thou come but no further and here shalt thou laye downe thy proude and hie waues 12 Hast thou geueÌ„ the morning his charge since thy dayes and shewed the day spring his place 13 That it might take holde of the corners of the earth and that the vngodly might be shaken out of it 14 They are fashioned as is the clay with the seale and all stand vp as a garment 15 The vngodly shall be disapointed of their light and the arme of the proude shal be broken 16 Camest thou euer into the grounde of the sea or walkedst in the lowe corners of the deepe 17 Haue the gates of death ben opened vnto thee or hast thou seene the doores of the shadowe of death 18 Hast thou also perceaued how brode the earth is If thou hast knowledge of all this 19 Then shewe me the way where light dwelleth where is the place of darkenesse 20 That thou shouldest receaue it in the boundes thereof and know the pathes to their houses 21 Knewest thou afore thou wast borne how olde thou shouldest be 22 Wentest thou euer into the treasures of the snow or hast thou seene the secrete places of the hayle 23 Which I haue prepared against the time of trouble against the time of battaile and warre 24 By what way is the light parted and into what land breaketh the east winde 25 Who deuideth the waters into diuers chanels or who maketh a way for the lightening and thunder 26 To cause it to rayne on the earth where no man is and in the wildernesse where none inhabiteth 27 To satisfie the desolate and waste grounde and to cause the budde of the hearbe to spring foorth 28 Who is the father of the rayne or who hath begotten the droppes of the deawe 29 Out of whose wombe came the yee Who hath gendred the coldnesse of the ayre 30 That the waters are hidde as with a stone and lye congealed aboue the deepe 31 Wylt thou hinder the sweete influences of the seuen starres or loose the bandes of Orion 32 Canst thou bring foorth Mazzaroth in their time canst thou also guide Arâ—turus with his sonnes 33 Knowest thou the course of heauen that thou mayest set vp the ordinaunce thereof vpon the earth 34 Moreouer canst thou lift vp thy voyce to the cloudes that they may powre downe a great rayne vpon thee 35 Canst thou send the lightninges also that they may go their way and be obedient vnto thee saying Lo here are we 36 Who hath put wysdome in the reynes or who hath geuen the heart vnderstanding 37 Who numbreth the cloudes in wysdome who stilleth the vehement waters of the heauen 38 To cause the earth to grow into hardnesse the clots to clots to cleaue fast together 39 Wylt thou hunt the pray for the lion or fill the appetite of the lions whelpes 40 When they couche in their places and tarie in the couert to lye in wayte 41 Who prouideth meate for the rauen when his young ones crye vnto God and flee about for lacke of meate The x◠〈◊〉 1 The bountie and prouidence of God which extendeth euen to beastes geueth man full occacion to put his confidence in God 1 KNowest thou the time wheÌ„ the wylde goates bring foorth their young among the stonye rockes or layest thou wayte when the hindes vse to calue 2 Canst thou number the monethes that they go with young or knowest thou the time when they bring foorth 3 They lye downe they calue their young ones and they are deliuered of their trauaile and paine 4 Yet their young ones grow vp and waxe fatte through good feeding with corne They go foorth and returne not againe vnto them 5 Who letteth the wylde asse to go free or who looseth the bondes of the wylde mule 6 Euen I which haue geuen the wyldernesse to be their house and the vntilled land to be their dwelling 7 They force not for the multitude of people in the citie neither regarde the crying of the driuer 8 But seeke their pasture about the mountaines and folowe the greene grasse 9 Wyll the vnicorne do thee seruice or abide still by thy cribbe 10 Canst thou binde the yoke about the vnicorne in the forowe to make him plowe after thee in the valleyes 11 Mayst thou trust him because he is strong or commit thy labour vnto him 12 Mayst thou beleue him that he wyll bring home thy corne or carry any thing vnto thy barne 13 Gauest thou the faire winges vnto the pecockes or winges and fethers vnto the Estriche 14 For she leaueth her egges in the earth and heateth them in the dust 15 She remembreth not that they might be troden with feete or broken with some wâ—lde beaste 16 So harde is she vnto her young ones as though they were not hers and laboureth in vaine without any feare 17 And that because God hath taken wysdome from her hath not geuen her vnderstanding 18 When her time is that she fleeth vp on hie she careth neither for the horse nor the ryder 19 Hast thou geueÌ„ the horse his strength or learned him to ney coragiously 20 Canst thou make him afrayde as a grashopper where as the stoute neying that he maketh is fearefull 21 He breaketh the grounde with the hooffes of his feete he reioyceth cherefully in his strength and runneth to meete the harnest men 22 He layeth aside all feare his stomacke is not abated neither starteth he backe for any sworde 23 Though the quiuers rattle vpon him though the speare and shielde glister 24 Yet rusheth he in fiercely beating the grounde he thinketh it not the noyse of the trumpettes 25 But when the trumpettes make most noyse he saith â—ushe for he smelleth the battaile a farre of the noyse of the captaines and the shouting 26 Commeth it through thy wysdome that the Goshauke slieth toward the south 27 Doth the Egle mount vp and make his nest on hye at thy coÌ„maundement 28 He abydeth in stony rockes and dwelleth vpon the hye toppes of mouÌ„taines 29 From whence he seeketh his praye and loketh farre about with his eyes 30 His young ones also sucke vp blood and where any dead body lyeth there is he ¶ The .xl. Chapter 2 How weake mans power is being compared to the workes of God 10 whose power appeareth in the creation and gouerning of the great beastes 1 MOreouer the Lorde spake vnto Iob and saide 2 Shall he whom the almightie wyl chasten contend with him Should not he which disputeth with God geue him an aunswere 3 Then Iob aunswered the Lorde saying 4 Beholde I am vyle what shall I aunswere thee therefore I wyll laye my hande vpon my mouth 5 Once haue I spoken but I wyll
not leaue my soule in hell neither wylt thou suffer thyne holy one to see corruption 11 Thou wylt cause me to knowe the path of lyfe in thy presence is the fulnesse of ioy and at thy right hand there be pleasures for euermore The argument of the .xvii. psalme Dauid prayeth God to delyuer hym from his enemies which were many mightie and cruell He taketh God for a witnesse of his innocencie trustyng to see his face at the day of resurrection A prayer of Dauid HEare thou O God of iustice be attentiue vnto my complaynt geue eare vnto my prayer not proceeding out of fayned lyppes 2 Let iudgement come foorth for me from thy face and let thine eyes loke vpon equitie 3 Thou hast proued myne heart thou hast visited it in the nyght season thou hast tryed me and founde no wickednesse for I purposed that nothyng shoulde scape my mouth 4 As touchyng other mens workes through the wordes of thy lyppes I haue kept me from the way of the violent 5 O holde thou vp my goynges in thy pathes that my footesteppes slyp not 6 I call vpon thee O God for thou wilt heare me incline thine eare to me hearken vnto my wordes 7 Shewe thy marueylous louyng kindnesse thou that art the sauiour of them that trust in thee from such as ryse vp agaynst thy ryght hande 8 Kepe me as the apple of an eye hyde me vnder the shadowe of thy wynges from the face of the vngodly that go about to destroy me from myne enemies that compasse me rounde about to take away my soule 9 They haue inclosed them selues in their owne fat with their mouth they speake proude thynges 10 They haue nowe compassed me on euery syde where our way lyeth they toote with their eyes to ouerthrow me downe on the grounde 11 His doynges be lyke a lions that is greedy to take a pray and as a lions whelpe lurkyng in secrete places 12 Aryse O God preuent his commyng make hym to bowe delyuer thou my soule from the vngodly which is thy sworde 13 â—Deliuer thou me O God from men â—which be thy hande from men from the worlde whose portion is in this lyfe whose bellyes thou fyllest with thy prime treasure 14 Whose children haue aboundaunce they leaue enough of that they haue remaynyng to their babes 15 But as for me I will beholde thy face in ryghteousnesse I shal be satisfied when I awake vp after thy lykenesse ¶ The argument of the .xviij. Psalme Dauid declareth that he wyll at all tymes trust in God and call vpon hym for helpe because God hath with his mightie arme and wonderfull meanes deliuered hym from cruell enemies which dyd set vpon hym lyke fiendes of hell He imputeth this Gods fauour towardes hym to proceede of that he loued Gods worde ryght dealyng and honest companie Thus encouraged with Gods presence and ayde he maketh sure count not only to ouerrunne and destroy his enemies and rebelles but also to subdue vnto hym other nations of the heathen that God amongst them also may be praysed To the chiefe musition the seruaunt of God and of Dauid who spake vnto God the wordes of this song in the day that God deliuered him from the hande of all his enemies and from the hande of Saul And he sayde 1 I Wyll entirely loue thee O God my strength God is my stony rocke my fortresse and my delyuerer my Lorde my castell in whom I wyll trust my buckler the horne of my saluation my refuge 2 I wyll call vpon God who is most worthy to be praysed so I shall be safe from myne enemies 3 The panges of death haue compassed me about and the outragiousnes of the wicked haue astonyed me with feare 4 The panges of a graue haue compassed me about the snares of death ouertoke me 5 But in this my distresse I dyd call vppon God and I made my complaynt vnto my Lorde he hearde my voyce out of his temple and my crye came before his face euen vnto his eares 6 The earth trembled and quaked the very foundations of the hylles tottered and shooke because he was wroth 7 In his anger a smoke ascended vp and a fire out of his mouth dyd coÌ„sume and euery cole therof dyd set a fire 8 He bowed the heauens also and he came downe and it was darke vnder his feete 9 He ridde vpon the Cherub and he dyd flee he came fleeyng vpon the wynges of the wynde 10 For his secrete place he dyd put darkenesse and for his pauilion rounde about hym he dyd put darknesse of waters in cloudes of the ayre 11 His cloudes haylestones and coles of fire fell downe before hym after lyghtnyng 12 God also thundred out of heauen and the most hyghest made his voyce to sounde haylestones and coles of fire 13 He shot out his arrowes and scattered them he cast foorth much lyghtnynges and destroyed them 14 And the bottomes of waters appeared and the foundations of the rounde worlde were discouered at thy chidyng O God at the blast of the breath of thine anger 15 He hath sent downe from aboue to fetch me he hath taken me out of many waters 16 He hath deliuered me from my strong enemie and from them which hate me for they were to stout for me 17 They preuented me in the day of my trouble but God was vnto me a sure stay 18 He brought me also foorth into a place of libertie he brought me foorth because he had a fauour vnto me 19 God rewarded me after my righteous dealyng accordyng to the cleannesse of myne handes he recompensed me 20 Because I had kept the wayes of God and had not wickedly shronke from my God 21 For all his lawes were before me and I reiected none of his commaundementes from me 22 And I was sounde pure towardes hym and I was weery lest I shoulde offende hym with my wickednesse 23 Therfore hath God rewarded me after my righteous dealyng and accordyng to my cleannesse of my handes in his syght 24 With the holy thou wylt be holy with a perfect man thou wylt be perfect 25 With the cleane thou wylt be cleane and with the frowarde thou wylt be frowarde 26 For thou hast saued the people oppressed and thou hast brought downe the hygh lokes of the proude 27 Thou also hast lyghtened my candell God my Lorde hath made my darknesse to be lyght 28 For in thee I haue discomfited an hoast of men and with the helpe of my Lorde I haue skipped ouer the wall 29 The way of the Lorde is a perfect way the worde of God is tryed in the fire he is a shielde vnto all them that put their trust in hym 30 For who is a Lorde besides God or who hath any strength besides our Lorde 31 It is God that hath gyrded me with valiauntnesse of warre and he hath made my way playne 32 He hath made
had foâ— agaynst Asdod and taken it 〈…〉 the same tyme spake the Lorde by the hande of Esai the sonne of Amos sayâ—ng Go and take of the sackcloth from thy loynes and put of thy shoe from thy foote And he dyd so walkyng naked and barefoote 3 And the Lorde sayde Lyke as my seruaunt Esai hath walked naked and barefoote for a signe and wonder three yeres vpon Egypt and Ethiopia 4 Euen so shall the kyng of Assyria take away out of Egypt and Ethiopia children and olde men naked and barefoote with their loynes vncouered to the great shame of Egypt 5 They shal be brought in feare also and be ashamed of Ethiopia their hope of Egypt wherin they are wont to glorie 6 And they that dwell in the same Isle shall say in that day Beholde such is our hope whyther shall we flee for helpe that we may be delyuered from the kyng of Assyria And howe shall we escape ¶ The .xxj. Chapter Agaynst Babylon Idumea and Arabia 1 THe burthen of the waste sea Euen as the stormie weather passeth through at the noone day from the wildernesse so shall it come from the terrible lande 2 A greeuous vision was shewed vnto me let one deceiptfull offendour come agaynst another and one destroyer agaynst another Vp Elam lay siege thou of Media all their gronyng haue I layde downe 3 Therfore are my loynes fylled with sorowe heauinesse hath taken holde vpon me as the panges of a woman that is trauaylyng it made me stoupe when I heard it and it vexed me when I sawe it 4 My heart panted fearefulnesse came vpon me the nyght of my voluptuousnesse hath he turned agaynst me into feare 5 Whyle they garnished the table the watchman loked and whyle I was eatyng and drynkyng it was sayde vp ye captaynes take you to your shielde 6 For thus hath the Lorde sayde vnto me God and set a watchman to tel what he seeth 7 And he sawe a charret which two horsemen sat vpon with the cariage of an Asse and the cariage of a Camel So he loked and toke diligent heede 8 And he cryed a lion my Lorde I stande continually vpon the watche towre in the day tyme and am appoynted to kepe my watch euery nyght 9 And beholde here commeth a charret of men with two horsemen and he aunswered and sayd Babylon is fallen it is fallen and all the images of her gods hath he smitten downe vnto the grounde 10 Thou art he whom I must threshe and thou belongest to my corne floure This that I hearde of the Lorde of hoastes the God of Israel haue I shewed vnto you 11 The burthen of Duma He calleth to me out of Seir watchman what hast thou espied by nyght watchman what hast thou espied by nyght 12 The watchman sayde The mornyng commeth and so doth the nyght If ye wyll aske me any question then aske it returne and come agayne 13 The burthen concernyng Arabia In the wooddes of Arabia shall ye tary all nyght euen in the streetes of Dedanim 14 The inhabitours of the lande of Thema brought foorth water to hym that was thirstie they preuented hym that was fled away with their bread 15 For because of swordes they are become fugitiue Euen for the drawen sworde and for the bent bowe and because of the greeuousnesse of warre 16 For thus hath the Lorde sayde vnto me There is yet a yere accordyng to the yeres of an hired seruaunt and all the glorie of Cedar shall fayle 17 And the number of them that shall escape from the bowes shal be minished by the mightie children of Cedar for the Lorde God of Israel hath spoken it The .xxij. Chapter A prophecie agaynst Hierusalem 1 THe burthen of the valley of vision What hast thou to do here that thou clymbest to the house toppes 2 Thou that art full of tumultuousnes thou troublesome and proude citie Thy slayne men are neither put to death with the sworde nor dead in battayle 3 All thy captaynes are fugitiue together the archers haue taken them prisoners All they I say that are founde in thee are in captiuitie together and they also that fled farre of 4 Therfore sayde I Let me alone and I wyll make lamentation Ye shall not be able to comfort me because of the destruction of the daughter of my people 5 For this is a day of trouble of ruine and of destruction that the Lorde the God of hoastes wyll bryng to passe in the valley of vision breakyng downe the citie and crying vnto mountaynes 6 Elam bare the quiuer with a charret of footmen and horsemen and the citie of Kir shewed the shielde open 7 Thy chiefe valley also was full of charrettes and the horsemen set their faces directly towarde the gate 8 And in that day dyd the enemie take away the couer of Iuda and then didst thou loke towarde the armour of the house of the forest 9 Ye haue seene also the broken places of the citie of Dauid howe that they are many and ye gathered together the waters of the lower poole 10 As for the houses of Hierusalem ye haue numbred them and the houses haue ye broken downe to make the wall strong 11 A pit also haue ye made betweene the two walles for the waters of the olde poole haue not regarded the maker therof neither had respect vnto hym that fashioned it long ago 12 And in that day dyd the Lorde God of hoastes call men vnto weepyng and mournyng to baldnesse and girdyng about with sackcloth 13 And beholde they haue ioy and gladnesse slaying oxen and kyllyng sheepe eatyng fleshe and drynkyng wine Let vs eate and drynke for to morowe we shall dye 14 And it came to the eares of the Lorde of hoastes This iniquitie shall not be purged from you tyll ye dye saith the Lorde God of hoastes 15 Thus saith the Lord God of hoastes Get ye vnto yonder treasurer euen vnto Sebna which is the ruler of the house 16 What hast thou to do here and whom hast thou here that thou shouldest here hewe thee out a sepulchree as it were one that heweth hym out a sepulchree on hye or that graueth an habitation for hym selfe on an harde rocke 17 Beholde O thou man the Lorde shal cary thee away into captiuitie and shall surely couer thee with confusion 18 The Lorde shal turne thee ouer like a ball with his handes and shall sende thee into a farre countrey there shalt thou dye and there in steade of the charrets of thy pompe shall the house of thy Lorde haue confusion 19 I wyll driue thee from thy place and out of thy dwellyng shal he ouerthrowe thee 20 And in that day shall I call my seruaunt Eliakim the sonne of Helkia 21 And with thy garmentes wyll I clothe hym and with thy girdle wyll I strength hym thy power also wyll I commit into his hande and he shal be a father of such as dwell in Hierusalem and in
And the hurt thereof is lyke an earthen vessell whiche breaketh without helpe so that in the bursting of it there is not founde one sheuer to fetch fire in or to take water withall out of the pit 15 For thus saith the Lorde God euen the holy one of Israel In repentaunce and in rest shall ye be safe in quietnesse and sure confidence shal be your strength but ye haue had no list thereto 16 For ye haue sayde No but we wyll escape thorowe horses therefore shall ye flee And we wyll get vs vp vpon swift beastes and therefore shall your persecutours be swifter 17 A thousande shall flee at the rebuke of one and at the rebuke of fiue shall ye all flee till ye be left as a ship mast vpon the top of a mountaine and as a beaken vpon an hill 18 Therefore doth the Lorde cause you to wayte that he may haue mercy vpon you to the entent that he may haue the preeminence when he is gratious vnto you For the Lord is the God of iudgement Blessed are all they that hope in hym 19 If the people remaine in Sion and at Hierusalem thou shalt not be in heauinesse but at the voyce of thy complaint shall he haue mercy vpon thee and when he heareth it he shall geue thee an aunswere 20 And though the Lorde geue you the bread of trouble and the water of aduersitie thy rayne shal be no more so scant but thyne eyes shall see thy rayne 21 Yea and thyne eare shall heare the talking of him that doth speake behinde thee This is the way walke ye in it turne not aside neither to the right hande nor to the left 22 Ye shall destroy also the couering of your siluer images and the decking of your golden idols euen as filthynesse shalt thou put them away And thou shalt say vnto it Get thee hence 23 Then shall God geue rayne vnto thy seede that thou shalt sowe the grounde withall and bread of the increase of the earth whiche shal be fat and very plenteous in that day also shall thy cattell be fed in large pastures 24 The oxen lykewyse and the young asses that eare the grounde shall eate cleane prouender whiche is purged with the winde and the fanne 25 Finally vpon euery hye mountayne and hyll shall there be riuers and streames of waters in the day of the great slaughter when the towres fall 26 Moreouer the light of the moone shal be as the light of the sunne and the sunne light shal be seuen folde and haue as much shine as in seuen dayes beside when the Lorde bindeth vp the sore of his people and healeth the stroke of their wounde 27 Beholde the fame of the Lorde commeth from farre and his presence is so hotte that no man is able to abyde his lippes are full of indignation and his tongue is as a consuming fire 28 His breath is a vehement flud of water that reacheth vp to the necke that he may sift away the heathen in the siue of vanitie and his breath is a brydle of errour in the lawes of the people 29 And ye shall sing lyke as in the night when the holy solempnitie beginneth and ye shall haue gladnesse of heart like as when one commeth with a pipe vnto the hill of the Lorde and to the most mightie one of Israel 30 And the Lorde shall cause his glorious voyce to be hearde and shall declare his stretched out arme with a terrible countenaunce with the flambe of a consuming fire with noysome lightening with a showre and with hayle stones 31 For thorowe the voyce of the Lorde shall Assur be destroyed which smote other men with the rodde 32 And it shall come to passe that whyther soeuer he goeth the rodde shall cleaue vnto him which the Lorde shall laye vpon hym with tabrettes and harpes and with great warre shall he fight against his hoast 33 For the fire of hell is ordayned from the beginning yea euen for the kyng is it prepared This hath the Lorde set in the deepe and made it wide the burning whereof is fire and muche wood The breath of the Lorde whiche is like a riuer of brimstone doth kindle it The .xxxi. Chapter 1 He curseth them that forsake God and seeke for the helpe of men 1 WO be vnto them that go downe into Egypt for helpe and trust in horses and put their confidence in charrets because they be many and in horsemen because they be lustie and strong but they regarde not the holy one of Israel and they aske no question at the Lorde 2 And he neuerthelesse is wise and will plague the wicked and goeth not from his worde he wyll aryse against the housholde of the frowarde and against the helpe of euyll doers 3 Nowe the Egyptians are men and not God and their horses fleshe and not spirite And assoone as the Lord stretcheth out his hande then shall the helper fall and he that shoulde haue ben helped and they shall altogether be destroyed 4 For thus hath the Lorde spoken vnto me Lyke as the lion and lions whelpe roareth vpon the pray that he hath gotten and is not afraide though the multitude of shepheardes crye out vpon him neither be abashed for all the heape of them so shall the Lorde of hoastes come downe to fight for mount Sion and defende his hyll 5 Like as the byrdes flutter about their nestes so shall the Lorde of hoastes kepe saue defende and deliuer Hierusalem 6 Therefore O ye chyldren of Israel turne againe vnto him whom you haue ofttimes forsaken 7 For in that day euery man shall cast out his idols of siluer and his idols of golde whiche ye haue made with your owne handes vnto your sinne 8 Assur also shal be slayne with the sworde not with a mans sworde neither shal the sworde of any man deuour hym and he shall flee from the slaughter and his choise young men shal be discomfited 9 He shall go for feare to his strong holdes and his princes shall flee from his standerd saith the Lord whose fire is in Sion and his fornace in Hierusalem ¶ The .xxxij. Chapter 1 The conditions of good rulers and officers 1 BEholde a kyng shall gouerne after the rule of righteousnesse and the princes shall rule according to the ballaunce of equitie 2 And that man shal be vnto men as a defence for the winde and as a refuge for the tempest lyke as a ryuer of water in a thirstie place and the shadowe of a great rocke in a drye lande 3 The eyes of the seeing shall not be dim and the eares of them that heare shall take diligent heede 4 The heart of the vnwyse shall attayne to knowledge and the vnperfect tongue shall speake playnely and distinctly 5 Then shall the foolishe nigarde be no more called gentle nor the churle liberall 6 But the nigarde wyll speake nigardlye and his heart wyll worke euyll
of Huz be glad and reioyce for the cup shall come vnto thee also thou shalt be dronken and discouer thy nakednesse 22 Thy sinnes are wel punished O thou daughter Sion he shall not suffer thee to be caried away but thy wickednesse O daughter Edom shall he visite and wyll discouer thy sinnes The .v. Chapter The prayer of Ieremie 1 CAll to remembraunce O Lorde what we haue suffred consider and see our confusion 2 Our inheritaunce is turned to the straungers and our houses to the aliaunts 3 We are become carefull and fatherlesse and our mothers are as the wydowes 4 We are fayne to drinke our owne water for money and our owne wood must we buy for money 5 Our neckes are vnder persecution we are weery and haue no rest 6 Aforetime we yeelded our selues to the Egyptians and nowe to the Assyrians onlye that we might haue bread inough 7 Our fathers which nowe are gone haue sinned and we must beare their wickednesse 8 Seruauntes haue the rule of vs and no man deliuereth vs out of their handes 9 We must get our liuing with the perill of our liues because of the drouth of the wildernesse 10 Our skinne is as it had ben made blacke in an ouen for very sore hunger 11 The wiues are rauished in Sion and the maydens in the cities of Iuda 12 The princes are hanged vp with the hand of the enemies they haue not spared the olde sage men 13 They haue taken young men to grinde and the boyes fainted vnder the burthens of wood 14 The elders sit no more vnder the gates and the young men vse no more playing of musicke 15 The ioy of our heart is gone our melodious meeting is turned into mourning 16 The garlande of our head is fallen alas that euer we sinned so sore 17 Therefore our heart is full of heauinesse and our eyes dimme 18 Because of the hill of Sion that is destroyed insomuch that the foxes runne vpon it 19 But thou O Lorde that remaynest for euer and thy seate worlde without ende 20 Wherefore wylt thou styll forget vs and forsake vs so long 21 O Lord turne thou vs vnto thee and so shall we be turned renue our dayes as in olde tymes 22 But thou hast banished vs vtterly and hast ben displeased at vs. ¶ The ende of the lamentations of Ieremie R. W. ⧠The booke of the prophete Ezechiel The first Chapter 1 The time wherein Ezechiel prophecied and in what place 3 His kinred 5 The vision of the foure beastes 16 The fasshion and worke of the wheeles 26 The vision of the throne 1 IT came to passe in the thirtith yere in the fourth moneth in the fifth day of the moneth that I beyng in the middes of the captiuitie by the riuer Chebar the heauens were opened and I sawe visions of God 2 In the fifth day of the moneth which was the fifth yere of kyng Ioakins captiuitie 3 The worde of the Lorde came to Ezechiel the priest the sonne of Buzi in the lande of the Chaldeans by the riuer Chebar where the hand of the Lord was vpon hym 4 And I looked and beholde a stormie wind came out of the north a great cloude and a fire folding it selfe in the cloude and a brightnes rounde about it and foorth of the middes therof as the colour of amber out of the middes of the fire 5 And out of the middes therof the likenesse of foure beastes appeared and this was their fourme they had the likenesse of a man 6 And euery one had foure faces and euery one of them had foure wynges 7 Their feete were straight feete and the sole of their feete lyke the sole of calues feete and they glistered as the appearaunce of brasse burnished 8 From vnder their wynges vpon all the foure corners they had mens handes and they foure had their faces and their wynges 9 Their wynges were ioyned one to another when they went they looked not backe but eche one went straight forwarde 10 But touching the similitude of their faces they foure had the face of a man and the face of a lion on the right side and they foure had the face of an oxe on the left side the foure also had the face of an Egle. 11 Thus were their faces and their winges were spread out aboue so that two wynges of euery one were ioyned one to another and two wynges couered euery one of their bodyes 12 Euery one went straight forward whyther as the spirite led them thither thei went returned not in their going 13 And the fashion of the beastes their appearaunce was lyke coales of fire burning like the appearaunce of cressets it ran among the beastes and the fire gaue a glister and out of the fire there went lightening 14 And the beastes ranne and returned like lightening 15 When I had considered the beastes beholde a wheele vpon the earth nye to the beastes to euery of the foure before his face 16 The fashion worke of the wheeles was lyke the colour of Tharsis and they foure had one fashion and their fashion their worke was as though it were a wheele in y e middle of a wheele 17 When they went they went vpon their foure sides they returned not backe when they went 18 They had ringes and heyght and were feareful to beholde their ringes were full of eyes rounde about them foure 19 When the beastes went the wheeles went also by them and when the beastes were lift vp from the earth the wheeles were lyft vp 20 Whyther soeuer the spirite was to go they went and thyther was the spirite to go and the wheeles were lyft vp before them for the spirite of the beastes were in the wheeles 21 When the beastes went they went when thei stoode they stoode and when they were lifted vp from the earth the wheeles were lifted vp before thē for y e spirite of y e beastes was in the wheeles 22 And the similitude of the firmament vpon the heades of the beastes was like the colour of christall wonderfull spread ouer their heades aboue 23 And vnder the firmament their winges were stretcht foorth one towardes another euery one had two couering them and euery one had two couering them euen their bodyes 24 And when they went I hearde the noyse of their wynges lyke the noyse of great waters as it had ben the voyce of the almightie the voyce of speache as the noyse of an hoast when they stoode they let downe their winges 25 And there was a noyse from aboue the firmament that was ouer their heades when they stoode they let downe their wynges 26 And aboue the firmament that was ouer their heades there was the fashion of a throne lyke a Saphir stone and vpon the similitude of the throne by appearaunce as the similitude of a man aboue vpon it 27 And I sawe as the appearaunce of amber and as the
and thou shalt say vnto them Thus saith the Lorde God Whoso heareth let hym heare whoso leaueth of let him leaue for they are a rebellious house ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 The siege of the citie of Hierusalem is signified 9 The long continuaunce of the captiuitie of Israel 16 A hunger is prophesied to come in the captiuitie 1 THou sonne of man take thee a tyle stone and lay it before thee and purtray vpon it the citie Hierusalem 2 And lay siege against it and builde a fort against it and cast a mount against it set the campe also against it and lay engins of warre against it rounde about 3 Moreouer take an iron panne and set it betwixt thee and the citie in steede of an iron wall then set thy face towarde it to besiege it and make an assault against it this shal be a token vnto the house of Israel 4 But thou shalt sleepe vpon thy left side and lay the sinne of the house of Israel vpon it according to the number of the dayes that thou shalt sleepe vpon it thou shalt beare their iniquitie 5 For I haue layde vpon thee the yeres of their iniquitie according to the number of the dayes euen three hundred and ninetie dayes so shalt thou beare the iniquitie of the house of Israel 6 When thou hast fulfilled these dayes lye downe agayne and sleepe vpon thy right side and beare the sinnes of the house of Iuda fourtie dayes haue I appointed thee a day for a yere euen a day for a yere 7 Therfore set nowe thy face towarde the siege of Hierusalem and discouer thine arme that thou mayest prophecie against it 8 Behold I will lay chaines vpon thee that thou shalt not turne thee from one side to another till thou hast ended the dayes of thy besieging 9 Wherfore take vnto thee wheate barlye beanes lintils millot and fetches and put these together in a vessell and make thee loaues of bread thereof according to the number of the dayes that thou must lye vpon thy side that thou mayest haue bread to eate for three hundred and ninetie dayes 10 And thy meate that thou eatest shall haue a certaine wayght appointed namely twentie sicles euery day from time to time shalt thou eate therof 11 Thou shalt drinke also a certaine measure of water namely the sixt part of an Hin from tyme to tyme shalt thou drinke 12 Barly cakes shalt thou eate and them shalt thou bake in mans doung before their eyes 13 And with that sayde the Lord Euen thus shall the chyldren of Israel eate their defiled bread among the gentiles whyther I wyll cast them 14 Then sayde I Oh Lorde God beholde my soule was yet neuer stayned for fro my youth vp vnto this houre I did neuer eate of a dead carkase or of that whiche was slayne of wylde beastes neither came there euer any vncleane fleshe in my mouth 15 Whervnto he aunswered me Lo I wyll graunt thee cowcasins in steede of mans doung and thou shalt make thy bread with them 16 And he saide vnto me Beholde thou sonne of man I wyll breake the staffe of bread in Hierusalem and they shall eate their bread with waight and with care and their water in measure and astonishment shall they drinke 17 That they may cause a lacke of bread and water and be astonied one at another and be consumed in their iniquitie The .v. Chapter 1 The signe of the heere 's by which is signified the destruction of the people 6 The causes of the anger of God towarde the people 1 O Thou sonne of man take thee then a sharpe knife namely a barbers rasour take that to thee and cause it to passe vpon thy head and vpon thy beard then take thee waight scales and deuide the heere 2 Thou shalt burne with fire the thirde part in the middest of the citie when the dayes of the siege are fulfylled and thou shalt take the other thirde part and smite about it with a knife and the last thirde part thou shalt scatter in the wynde and I wyll drawe out a sworde after them 3 Thou shalt also take therof a fewe in number and bynde them in thy lappe 4 Of them yet shalt thou take and cast them into the middest of the fire burne them in the fire therof shall a fire come foorth into all the house of Israel 5 Moreouer thus saith the Lorde God This same is Hierusalem which I set in the middest of nations and countreis rounde about her 6 But she hath chaunged my iudgementes into wickednesse more then the nations and my statutes more then the countreis that are rounde about her for they haue refused my iudgementes and my statutes and not walked in them 7 Therfore thus saith the Lorde God For your multiplying more then the gentiles that dwell rounde about you and because ye haue not walked in my lawes neither haue ye kept my ordinaunces no ye haue not done accordyng to the iudgementes of the nations that are rounde about you 8 Therfore thus saith the Lorde God Beholde I will also come agaynst thee I my selfe I say for in the middest of thee wyll I execute iudgement in the sight of the heathen 9 And I wyll handle thee of such a fashion as I neuer did before as I will neuer do from that tyme foorth and that because of all thine abhominations 10 For in thee the fathers shal be fayne to eate their owne sonnes and the sonnes their owne fathers I wyll execute iudgement in thee and the whole remnaunt of thee wyll I scatter into all the wyndes 11 Wherfore as truely as I lyue saith the Lorde God seyng thou hast defiled my sanctuarie with all maner of abhominations and with all shamefull offences 12 For this cause will I also destroy thee mine eye shall not spare thee neither wyll I haue any pitie 13 One thirde part within thee shall dye of the pestilence and be consumed of hunger another thirde part shal be slayne downe rounde about thee with the sworde the other thirde part that remayneth wyll I scatter abrode towarde all the wyndes and drawe out a sworde after them 14 Thus wyll I perfourme mine indignation make my wrath to settle vpon them and I will be comforted so that when I haue fulfylled myne anger agaynst them they shall knowe that I am the Lorde which with a feruent gelousie haue spoken it 15 Moreouer I wyll make thee waste and reuiled among all the heathen that dwell about thee in the sight of all them that go by thee 16 So thou shalt be a reproche and shame a chastisement and a wondryng vnto the nations that are rounde about thee when I shall execute iudgementes in thee in anger in wrath and in sharpe rebukes I the Lorde haue spoken it 17 When I shoote among them the perilous dartes of hunger which shal be for their
sisters both thy elder and thy younger and I wyll geue them vnto thee for daughters but not by thy couenaunt 62 And I wyll establishe my couenaunt with thee that thou mayest know that I am the Lorde 63 That thou mayest thinke vpon it and be ashamed and neuer open thy mouth any more for shame of thy selfe when I am pacified towarde thee for all that thou hast done saith the Lorde God ¶ The .xvij. Chapter The parable of the two Egles 1 THe worde of the Lord came vnto me saying 2 Thou sonne of man put foorth a parable speake a prouerbe vnto the house of Israel 3 And say Thus saith the Lorde God There came a great Egle with great winges yea with a mightie long body and ful of fethers of diuers colours vppon the mount of Libanus and toke the hyest braunche of a Cedar tree 4 And brake of the top of his twigges and caryed it into the lande of marchauntes and set it in a citie of marchauntes 5 He toke also of the seede of the land and planted it in a fruiteful grounde he brought it vnto great waters and set it in an open trenche 6 Then did it grow and was a spreading vine but lowe of stature whose braunches turned towarde it and the rootes of it were vnder it thus there came of it a vine and it brought foorth braunches and shot foorth buddes 7 But there was another Egle a great one whiche had great wynges and many fethers and beholde the rootes of this vine turned towardes it and spread out her braunches towards it that she might water it by the trenches of her plantation 8 It was planted vpon a good soyle beside great waters so that it should haue brought out braunches borne fruite and haue ben a goodly vine 9 Speake thou therfore thus saith the Lorde God Shall this vine prosper shall he not pull vp the rootes therof and destroy the fruite thereof and cause them to dry all the leaues of her bud shall wither without great power or many people to plucke it vp by the rootes thereof 10 Behold it was planted Shall it prosper therfore Shall it not be dryed vp and withered when the east winde shall touche it it shall wither in the trenches where it grewe 11 Moreouer the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying 12 Speake now to the rebellious house Knowe ye not what these thinges do signifie Tell them beholde the kyng of Babylon is come to Hierusalem and hath taken the kyng thereof and the princes therof and hath led them with him to Babylon 13 He toke of the kynges seede and made a couenaunt with him and toke an othe of hym the princes of the lande toke he with him also 14 That the kyngdome might be holden in subiection and not lift vp it selfe but kepe the couenaunt and stande to it 15 But he rebelled against hym and sent his embassadours into Egypt that he might haue horses and muche people Should he prosper shall he escape that doth suche thinges or shall he breake the couenaunt and escape free 16 As truely as I liue saith the Lorde God he shall dye at Babylon in the place where the kyng dwelleth that made hym kyng whose othe he hath despised and whose couenaunt he hath broken 17 Neither shall Pharao with his great hoast and multitude of people maintayne hym in the warre when they haue cast vp mountes and buylt a fort to destroy many persons 18 For seeing he hath despised the othe and broken the couenaunt wheras he yet gaue his hande therevpon and done all these thinges he shall not escape 19 Therfore thus saith the Lorde God As truely as I liue I wyll bryng mine othe that he hath despised and my couenaunt that he hath broken vpon his owne head 20 I wyll spreade my net vpon hym and he shall be caught in my net and I wyll bryng hym to Babylon and enter into iudgement with him there for the trespasse whiche he hath committed against me 21 As for those that flee from hym with all his hoast they shal be slayne with the sworde and the residue shal be scattred towardes all the windes and ye shall knowe that I the Lord haue spoken it 22 Thus saith the Lorde God I wyll also take of the top of this hye Cedar and wyll set it and cut of the top of the tender plant thereof and wyll plant it vpon an hye hyll and a great 23 Namely vpon the hye hyll of Israel will I plant it that it may bryng foorth bowes and geue fruite and be an excellent Cedar and vnder it shall remayne all byrdes and euery foule shall remaine vnder the shadowe of the braunches thereof 24 And all the trees of the fielde shall knowe that I the Lorde haue brought downe the hye tree and exalted the lowe tree that I haue dryed vp the greene tree and made the drye tree to florishe euen I the Lorde that spake it haue also brought it to passe The .xviij. Chapter 4 He sheweth that euery man shall beare his owne sinne 21 To him that amendeth is saluation promised 24 Death is prophecied to the righteous whiche turneth backe from the right way 1 THE word of the Lord came vnto me saying 2 What meane ye by this cōmon prouerbe that ye vse in the lande of Israel saying The fathers haue eaten sowre grapes and the chyldrens teeth are set on edge 3 As truely as I liue saith the Lorde God ye shall vse this by worde no more in Israel 4 Beholde all soules are mine lyke as the soule of the father is mine so is the soule of the sonne myne also the soule that sinneth shall dye it selfe 5 But if a man be iust and do that which is lawfull and right 6 He hath not eaten vpon the hilles he hath not lift his eyes to the idols of the house of Israel neither hath defiled his neighbours wyfe neither hath come neare a woman remoued 7 Neither hath oppressed any man but hath restored to the detter his pledge he that hath not spoyled any by violence hath geuen his bread to the hungry and hath clothed the naked 8 And hath not geuen foorth vpon vsurie neither taken any encrease he hath withdrawne his hande from iniquitie and hath executed true iudgement betweene man and man 9 And hath walked in my statutes and kept my iudgementes to deale truely this is a righteous man he shall surely liue saith the Lorde God 10 If he nowe get a sonne that is a robber a shedder of blood and do any one of these thinges 11 Though he do not all these thinges but either hath eaten vpon the hilles or defiled his neighbours wyfe 12 Or hath oppressed the poore and needie or spoyled by violence or hath not restored the pledge or hath lyft vp his eyes vnto the idols or hath committed abomination 13 Or
And ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde when I shall bring you into the lande of Israel into the lande for the which I lift vp my hande to geue it vnto your fathers 43 There shall ye call to rembraunce your owne wayes and all your workes wherin ye haue ben defiled and ye shal be cut of in your owne sight for all your wickednesse that ye haue done 44 And ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde when I deale with you for my names sake and not after your wicked wayes nor accordyng to your corrupt workes O ye house of Israel saith the Lorde God 45 Moreouer the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying 46 Thou sonne of man set thy face towarde the way of Themanah and drop thy worde towarde the south and prophecie towarde the forest of the south fielde 47 And say to the forest of the south Heare the worde of the Lord thus saith the Lorde God Beholde I wyll kindle a fire in thee that shall consume all the greene trees with all the dry the continuall flambe shall not be quenched and euery face from the south to the north shal be burnt therin 48 And all fleshe shall see that I the Lorde haue kindled it and it shall not be quenched 49 Then sayde I Ah Lorde God they say of me Doth not he speake parables ⧠The .xxi. Chapter ◠He threatneth the sworde that is to say destruction to the citie of Hierusalem 25 He sheweth the fall of king Zedekiah 28 He is commaunded to prophecie the destruction of the children of Ammon 30 After the slaughter of other at the last the Lorde threatneth death vnto Nabuchodonozor hym selfe 1 THe worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying 2 Thou sonne of man set thy face towarde Hierusalem and drop thy worde towarde the holy places and prophecie agaynst the lande of Israel 3 Say to the lande of Israel thus saith the Lorde Beholde I am against thee and wyll drawe my sworde out of the sheath and cut of from thee both the righteous and the wicked 4 Seyng then that I wyll cut of from thee both the righteous and the wicked therfore shall my sworde go out of his sheath agaynst all fleshe from the south to the north 5 That all fleshe may knowe howe that I the Lorde haue drawne my sworde out of the sheath and it shall not be put in agayne 6 Mourne therfore O thou sonne of man yea euen with the breakyng of thy loynes mourne bitterly in their presence 7 And if they say vnto thee wherfore mournest thou Then tell them for the tidinges that commeth All heartes shall melt all handes shal be letten downe all stomackes shal faynt and all knees shall go as water beholde it commeth and shal be brought to passe saith the Lorde God 8 Agayne the worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying 9 Thou sonne of man prophecie and speake thus saith the Lorde God Speake the sworde the sworde is sharpened and well furbished 10 Sharpened is it to make a great slaughter and furbished that it may glitter Shall we then make mirth It contemneth the rodde of my sonne as all other trees 11 He hath geuen it to be furbished to holde it in the hande this sworde is sharpened and furbished to geue it into the hande of the slayer 12 Crye and houle sonne of man for it commeth vpon my people it commeth vpon all the princes of Israel the terrours of the sworde shal be vpon my people smite therfore thou vpon thy thygh 13 Because it is a triall and what if it contemne the rodde It shal be no more saith the Lorde 14 Prophecie thou sonne of man smite thy handes together let the sworde be doubled thrise euen the sworde of the great slaughter entryng into their priuie chaumbers 15 To make them faynt at the heartes and to multiplie their falles in all their gates haue I geuen the terrour of the sworde Ah it is made bright and dressed for the slaughter 16 Get thee one way or other either vpon the right hande or vpon the left whyther soeuer thy face turneth 17 I will smite my handes together also and make my wrathfull indignation to rest euen I the Lorde haue sayde it 18 The worde of the Lorde came yet vnto me agayne saying 19 Thou sonne of man appoynt thee two wayes that the sworde of the king of Babylon may come Both these wayes shal go out of one lande and choose thee a place at the head of the citie wayes choose it 20 Appoynt a way that the sworde may come towarde Rabbath of the Ammonites and towarde Iuda in the defenced Hierusalem 21 For the kyng of Babylon stoode at the partyng of the wayes at the head of the two wayes consultyng by diuination he made his arrowes bright consulted with images lookt in the liuer 22 At his right hande was the soothsaying for Hierusalem to appoynt captaynes to open their mouth to the slaughter and to lift vp their voice with the alarum to set battle rammes agaynst the gates to cast a bulwarke and to builde a fort 23 And it shal be vnto them as a false diuination in their sight for the othes made vnto them but he wyll call to remembraunce their iniquitie to the intent they may be taken 24 Therfore thus saith the Lorde God Because ye haue made your iniquitie to be remēbred in discoueryng your transgressions so that in all your workes your sinnes might appeare because ye are come to remembraunce ye shal be taken by hande 25 O thou shamefull wicked prince of Israel whose day is come euen when wickednesse shall haue an ende 26 Thus saith the Lorde God I wyll take away the Diademe and put of the crowne this shal be no more the same I wyll exalt the humble and abase him that is hye 27 Ouerthrowen ouerthrowen ouerthrowen wyll I put it and it shall not be vntyll he come to whom the iudgement belongeth and to whom I haue geuen it 28 And thou O sonne of man prophecie and speake Thus saith the Lorde God to the children of Ammon and to their blasphemie speake thou The sworde the sworde is drawen foorth alredy to slaughter and furbished to consume because of the glitteryng 29 Whiles they see vnto thee vanitie and deuine a lye vnto thee to put thee with the neckes of the wicked that be slayne whose day is come when their iniquitie shall haue an ende 30 Shoulde I cause it to returne into his sheath In the place where thou wast created in the lande of thine habitation wyll I iudge thee 31 And I wyll powre mine indignation vpon thee and wyll blowe vpon thee in the fire of my wrath and deliuer thee into the handes of desperate people which are skilfull to destroy 32 Thou shalt feede the fire and thy blood shal be
Therfore thus saith the Lord God Behold I will stretche out my hande ouer the Philistines and destroy the Cerethites and cause all the remnaunt of the sea coast to perishe 17 A great vengeaunce will I take vpon them with punishements of my wrath that they may knowe that I am the Lord when I shal lay my vengeaunce vpon them The .xxvi. Chapter 1 He prophecieth that Tyrus shal be ouerthrowen because it reioyced at the distruction of Hierusalem 15 The wondring and astonishment of the marchauntes for the desolation of Tyrus 1 ANd it came to passe in the eleuenth yere the first day of the moneth the word of the Lorde came vnto me saying 2 Thou sonne of man because that Tyre hath spoken vpon Hierusalem Haha the gates of the people is broken it is turned vnto me for now that she is destroyed I shal be filled 3 Therfore thus sayth the Lord God Behold O Tyre I will vpon thee I wil raise vp many nations against thee like as wheÌ„ the sea ariseth with his waues 4 They shal breake the walles of Tyre cast downe her towres I will scrape her dust froÌ„ her make her a drie rocke 5 She shal be for a spreading of nettes in the sea for I haue spoken it sayth the Lord God and she shal be for a spoyle to the nations 6 Her daughters that are in the fielde shal be slayne with the sworde that they may knowe how that I am the Lorde 7 For thus sayth the Lord God Behold I will bring vpon Tyrus Nabuchodonozor king of Babylon from the north a king of kinges with horses charets horsemen with a multitude and much people 8 Thy daughters that are in the field shal he slay with the sword but against thee he shal make bulwarkes cast a mount against thee and lift vp his speare against thee 9 He shall set engins of warre before hym against thy walles with his weapons breake downe thy towres 10 The dust of his horses shall couer thee they shal be so many thy walles shall shake at the noyse of the horsemen wheeles chariots when he shal enter into thy gates as into the entry of a citie broken downe 11 With the hoofes of his horses shall he treade downe al thy streetes he shall slay the people with the sworde dna the pillers of thy strength shall fall downe to the grounde 12 They shall rob thy riches and spoyle thy marchaundise thy walles shall they breake downe and destroy thy houses of pleasure thy stones thy timber and dust shall they cast into the mids of the water 13 Thus will I cause the sounde of thy songues to ceasse and the noyse of thy harpes shall no more be hearde 14 I wil bring thee into a drie rocke thou shalt be for a spreading of nettes thou shalt neuer be buylt againe for euen I the Lord haue spoken it saith the Lord God 15 Thus hath the Lord God spoken concerning Tyre Shall not the iles tremble at the noyse of thy fall and at the crie of the wounded when they shal be slaine murthered in the mids of thee 16 All princes of the sea shal come downe from their thrones they shall lay away their robes put of their broidred garmentes yea with trembling shall they be clothed they shal sit vpon the ground they shal be astonished at euery moment and be amased at thee 17 They shall mourne for thee and say vnto thee How art thou destroyed that wast inhabited of the seas the renowmed citie whiche was strong in the sea she and her inhabitauntes whiche caused their feare to be on all that haunted therin 18 Now shall the inhabitours of theÌ„ iles be astonished in the day of thy fall yea the iles that are in the sea shal be troubled at thy departure 19 For thus sayth the Lord God when I make thee a desolate citie as other cities be that no man dwell in and when I bring vp the deepe vpon thee that great waters may couer thee 20 Then wil I cast thee downe vnto them that descend into the pit vnto a people of olde time and set thee in a lande that is beneath like the olde ruynes with them which go downe to the graue so that no man shall dwell more in thee but I wil reserue honour for the land of the liuing 21 I will make thee terrors and thou shalt be no more though thou be sought for yet shalt thou not be founde for euermore sayth the Lorde God The .xxvii. Chapter 1 The prophete is moued to be wayle the desolation of Tyrus 12 He setteth out the prayse of Tyrus for the haunting of marchauntes therto 1 THe worde of the Lorde came vnto me saying 2 O thou sonne of man take vp a lamentable complaint vpon Tyre 3 And say vnto Tyre that is situate at the entry of the sea whiche is the mart of the people for many iles thus sayth the Lorde God O Tyre thou hast sayde I am of perfite beautie 4 Thy borders are in the mids of the seas thy buylders haue made perfite thy beautie 5 They haue made all thy ship bordes of firre trees of Shenir from Libanus haue they taken Cedar trees to make thee mastes 6 And the Okes of Basan to make thee ores they haue made thy benches of iuory gotten in Assyria brought out of the iles of Chittim 7 Fine linnen with broidred worke out of Egypt was spread ouer thee to be thy sayle blewe silke and purple out of the iles of Elishah was thy couering 8 The inhabitours of Sidon and Aruad were thy mariners and thy wise men O Tyre that were in thee were thy shipmaisters 9 The auncient and wyse men of Gebal were in thee thy stoppers of â—hinkes all shippes of the sea with their shipmen were in thee to occupie thy marchaundise 10 The Perses Lydians and Phutens were in thy armies thy men of warre these haÌ„ged vp their shieldes helmets in thee these set foorth thyne honour 11 They of Aruad were with thyne hoast round about thy walles and the Phygmenians were thy watchmen vpon thy towres these hanged vp their quiuers round about thy walles they made thy beautie perfite 12 They of Tharsis were thy marchauntes for the multitude of all riches in siluer iron tin and lead whiche they brought to thy faires 13 Iauan Tubal and Mesech were thy marchauntes concerning the lyues of men and they brought vessels of brasse for thy marchaundise 14 They of the house of Thagarma brought vnto thee at the time of thy marte horses courâ—rs and 〈◊〉 15 They of Dedan were thy marchaunts and many iles the marchaundise of thy handes brought thee hornes teeth and Hebenus for presentes 16 They of Aram were thy marchauntes for the multitude of thy workes and occupied in thy fayres with emeraudes purple broidred worke fine linnen coral and pearle 17 Iuda and the land
of Israel occupied with thee brought vnto thy markets wheat of Minnith Pannag hony oyle and triacle 18 Damascus also vsed marchaundise with thee in the wine of Helbon and whyte wooll because thyne occupying was so great and thy wares so many 19 Dan Iauan Meuzal haue brought vnto thy markets wrougth iron Cassia and Calamus were among thy marchaundise 20 They of Dedan were thy marchauntes in precious clothes for chariots 21 Arabia and all the princes of Cedar haue occupied with thee in weathers rammes and goates in these were they thy marchauntes 22 The marchauntes of Seba and Rema haue occupied also with thee in al chiefe spices in all precious stones and golde which they brought vnto thy markets 23 Haran Chenne and Eden the marchauntes of Seba Assyria and Chelmad were doers with thee 24 These were thy marchauntes in all sortes of thinges in rayment of blewe silke and of broidred worke and in coffers for the riche apparell whiche were trussed with coardes and Cedar boorde among thy marchaundise 25 The ships of Tharsis were the chiefe of thyne occupying thus thou wast replenished and in great worship euen in the mids of the sea 26 Thy rowers haue brought thee into great waters the east wind hath broken thee in the mids of the sea 27 Thy riches and thy fayres thy marchaundise thy mariners shipmasters thy calkars and the occupiers of thy marchaundise and al thy men of warre that are in thee and all thy multitude that is in the mids of thee shall fal in the mids of the sea in the day of thy fall 28 The suburbes shal shake at the loude crie of thy shipmen 29 All that handle the ore mariners and all shipmaisters of the sea shall come downe from their ships and stand vpon the lande 30 And they shall cause their voyce to be heard against thee and shall crye bitterly and shall cast dust vpon their heades and wallowe in the asshes 31 They shal make them selues bauld for thee and girde them with sackcloth they shal weepe for thee with sorowefull heart and bitter mourning 32 And they shall take vp a lamentation for thee in their mourning and lament ouer thee what citie is like Tyrus so destroyed in the mids of the sea 33 When thy wares went foorth of the seas thou filledst many people the kinges of the earth hast thou made riche thorowe the multitude of thy riches and marchaundise 34 When thou shalt be broken by the seas in the deapthes of the waters thy marchaundise all thy multitude that was in the mids of thee shall fall 35 All the inhabitauntes of the iles shal be astonied at thee and all their kinges shal be sore afrayde and troubled in their countenaunce 36 The marchauntes of the nations shall hisse at thee thou shalt be a terrour and shalt neuer be any more The .xxviii. Chapter 1 The word of God against the king of Tyrus for his pride 12 Ezechiel the prophete is moued to bewayle the king of Tyrus 20 The word of the Lord against Sidon 25 The Lorde promiseth that he will gather together the children of Israel 1 I He worde of the Lord came vnto me saying 2 Thou sonne of man tel the prince of Tyre thus sayth the Lorde God Because thou hast a proude heart and hast said I am a God I sit in the seate of God in the mids of the sea wher as thou art but a man and not God though thou set thyne heart as the heart of God 3 Beholde thou thinkest thy selfe wyser then Daniel that there is no secretes hyd from thee 4 With thy wisdome and thine vnderstanding thou hast gotten thee great welthines gathered treasure of siluer gold 5 With thy great wysedome and occupying hast thou encreased thy power and because of thy great riches thy heart is proude 6 Therfore thus sayth the Lorde God Forsomuch as thou hast set thyne heart as the heart of God 7 Behold I will bring straungers vpon thee euen the terrible nations these shal drawe out their swordes vpon the beautie of thy wysdome and shall defile thy glorie 8 They shall cast thee downe to the pit so that thou shalt dye the death of them that be slayne in the mids of the sea 9 Wilt thou say then before them that slay thee I am a God where as thou art but a man and not God in the handes of them that slay thee 10 Die shalt thou the death of the vncircumcized in the handes of the straungers for I haue spoken it sayth the Lorde God 11 Moreouer the worde of the Lord came vnto me saying 12 Thou sonne of man take vp a lamentation vpon the king of Tyre tel him thus sayth the Lord God Thou sealest vp the summe full of wysdome perfite beautie 13 Thou hast ben in the pleasaunt garden of God thou art deckt with all maner of precious stones with ruby topas diamond thurkis onyx iasper saphir emeralde carbuncle and golde the workemanship of thy timbrels and of thy pipes that be in thee was prepared in the day that thou wast created 14 Thou art an annoynted Cherub that couereth and I haue set thee in this dignitie thou wast vpon the holy mount of God thou hast walked in the mids of the stones of fire 15 From the time of thy creation thou haste ben perfite in the wayes till wickednesse was founde in thee 16 By the multitude of thy marchaundise they haue filled the mids of thee with crueltie thou haste sinned I will cast thee as prophane out of the mount of God I will destroy thee O couering Cherub from the mids of the stones of fire 17 Thy heart was proude in thy beautie and thorowe thy brightnesse thou hast destroyed thy wisdome I will cast thee downe to the grounde I will lay thee before kinges that they may beholde thee 18 Thou hast defiled thy sanctification with the great wickednesse of thyne vnrighteous occupying I will bring a fire from the middest of thee to consume thee and will make thee to asshes vpon the earth in the sight of all them that loke vpon thee 19 Al they that haue ben acquainted with thee among the heathen shal be abashed at thee thou hast ben a terrour and neuer shalt thou be any more 20 And the word of the Lorde came vnto me saying 21 Thou sonne of man set thy face against Sidon and prophecie vpon it 22 And speake thus sayth the Lord God Beholde O Sidon I will vpon thee and I wil be glorified in thee that it may be knowen howe that I am the Lord when I shal haue executed iudgementes in her shal be sanctified in her 23 For I will sende pestilence and bloodsheding into her streetes and the slayne shall fall in the mids of her by the sword comming vpon her on euery side they shall knowe that I am the Lorde
is no breath in it 20 But the Lord is in his holy temple let all the earth kepe scilence before hym The .iij. Chapter A prayer for the faythfull 1 A Prayer of Habacuc the prophete for the ignoraunces 2 O lord I haue heard thy voyce and was afrayde O Lorde reuiue thy worke in the middes of the yeres in the middes of the yeres make it knowen in wrath remember mercie 3 God commeth from Theman and the holy one from mount Paran Selah his glorie couereth the heauens and the earth is full of his prayse 4 And his brightnesse was as the light he had hornes comming out of his handes and there was the hyding of his power 5 Before him went the pestilence and burning coales went foorth before his feete 6 He stoode and measured the earth he behelde and dissolued the nations and the euerlasting mountaynes were broken and the auncient hilles did bowe his wayes are euerlasting 7 For iniquitie I saw the tentes of Chusan and the curtaynes of the lande of Madian dyd tremble 8 Was the Lorde angry against the riuers or was thyne anger against the â—oodes or was thy wrath against the sea that thou diddest ryde vpon thy horses thy charets brought saluation 9 Thy bow was manyfestly reuealed and the othes of the tribes were a sure word Selah thou diddest cleaue the earth with riuers 10 The mountaynes sawe thee and they trembled the streame of the water passed by the deepe made a noyse and lift vp his handes on hye 11 The sonne and moone stoode still in their habitation at the light of thyne arrowes they went and at the bright shining of thy speares 12 Thou trodest downe the land in anger and dyddest threshe the heathen in displeasure 13 Thou wentest foorth for the saluation of thy people euen for saluation with thyne annoynted thou hast wounded the head of the house of the wicked and discoueredst the foundations vnto the necke Selah 14 Thou diddest strike thorow with his owne staues the heades of his villages they came out as a whirlewinde to scatter me their reioycyng was as to deuour the poore secretly 15 Thou diddest walke in the sea with thyne horses vpon the heape of great waters 16 When I hearde my belly trembled my lippes shoke at the voice rottennesse entred into my bones I trembled in my selfe that I might rest in the day of trouble for when he commeth vp vnto the people he shall destroy them 17 For the figgetree shall not floorish neither shall fruite be in the vines the labour of the oliue shall fayle the fieldes shall yelde no meate the sheepe shal be cut of from the folde and there shal be no bullocke in the stalles 18 But I will reioyce in the Lord I will ioy in the God of my saluation 19 The Lord God is my strength he wil make my feete like hindes feete he wil make me to walke vpon my hye places To the chiefe singer on Neginothai or vpon the instrumentes of musicke ⧠The booke of the prophete Sophonia The first Chapter Threatninges against Iuda and Hierusalem because of their idolatrie 1 THe worde of the Lord which came vnto Sophoni the sonne of Chusi the sonne of Gedaliah the sonne of Amariah the sonne of Hezekiah in the time of Iosia the sonne of Amon king of Iuda 2 I will surely destroy all thinges in the land sayth the Lorde 3 I will destroy man and beast I will destroy the foules in the ayre and the fishe in the sea and great ruine shall fall on the wicked and I wil vtterly destroy the men out of the land sayth the Lorde 4 I wil stretch out myne hand vpon Iuda and vpon all such as dwell at Hierusalem thus will I roote out the remnaunt of Baal from this place and the names of the Kemurins and priestes 5 Yea such as vpon their house toppes worship and bowe them selues vnto the hoast of heauen whiche sweare by the Lorde and by their Malchom also â–ª 6 Which start backe from the Lorde and neither seke after the Lorde nor regard hym 7 Be still at the presence of the Lorde God for the day of the Lord is at hand yea the Lord hath prepared a sacrifice and called his ghestes therto 8 And thus shall it happen in the day of the Lordes sacrifice I will visite the princes and the kinges children and al such as weare straunge clothing 9 In the same day also will I visite all those that leape ouer the thresholde so proudly whiche fill their lordes house with robberie and falshood 10 At the same time sayth the Lord there shal be hearde a great crye from the fishe porte and an howling from the seconde porte and a great destruction from the hylles 11 Howle ye that dwel in the lowe places for al the marchaunt people are destroyed and all they that were laden with siluer are rooted out 12 At the same time will I searche Hierusalem with lanternes and visite them that continue in their dregges and say in their heartes Tush the Lorde will do neither good nor euyll 13 Therfore their goodes shal be spoyled their houses layed waste they shall buylde houses and not dwell in them they shall plante vineyardes but not drinke the wine therof 14 For the great day of the Lorde is at hande it is harde by and commeth on a pace euen the bitter voyce of the Lordes day then shall the strong man crye out 15 That day is a day of wrath a day of trouble and heauinesse a day of vtter destruction and miserie a darke glowming day a cloudy and stormie day 16 A day of the trumpet and alarum against the strong cities and hie towres 17 I will bring the people into such vexation that they shall go about like blinde men because they haue sinned against the Lorde their blood shal be powred out as dust their bodies as the myre 18 Neither their siluer nor their gold shal be able to deliuer them in that wrothful day of the Lorde but the whoâ—e lande shal be consumed thorowe the fire of his ielousie for he shall soone make cleane riddaunce of all them that dwell in the lande The .ii. Chapter 1 He moueth to returne to God 5 prophesying vnto the one destruction and to the other deliueraunce 1 GAther your selues eueÌ„ gather you O nation not worthy to be loued 2 Before the decree go foorth that God hath concluded and ye be as chaffe that passeth in a day before the fearfull wrath of the Lorde come vpon you before the day of the Lordes sore displeasure come vpon you 3 Seke the Lorde all ye meeke hearted vpon earth ye that worke after his iudgement seke righteousnesse seke lowlinesse that ye may be defended in the wrothfull day of the Lorde
swordes and many waters that all fieldes may be full and all riuers with the aboundaunce of great waters 42 And they shal breake downe the cities and walles mountaynes and hilles trees of the wood and the grasse of the medowes and all their corne 43 And they shall go stedfast vnto Babylon and make her afrayde 44 They shall come to her and besiege her the starre and all wrath shall they powre out vpon her then shall the dust and smoke go vp vnto the heauen and all they that be about her shall bewayle her 45 And they that remayne vnder her shal do seruice vnto them that haue put her in feare 46 And thou Asia that comfortest thy selfe also vpon the hope of Babylon and art the glorie of her person 47 Wo be vnto thee thou wretch because thou hast made thy selfe like vnto her and hast deckte thy daughters in whordome that they might triumphe and please thy louers which haue alway desired to commit whordome with thee 48 Thou hast folowed the abominable citie in all her workes and inuentions therfore sayth God 49 I will sende plagues vpon thee widdowhood pouertie hunger warres pestilence to waste thy houses with destruction and death 50 And the glorie of thy power shal be dried vp as a floure whē the heate riseth that is sent ouer thee 51 Thou shalt be sicke as a poore wife that is plagued and beaten of women so that the mightie and louers shall not be able to receaue thee 52 Would I so hate thee sayth the Lord 53 If thou haddest not alway slayne my chosen exalting the stroke of thy handes and sayde ouer their death when thou wast drunken 54 Set foorth the beautie of thy countenaunce 55 The rewarde of thy whordome shal be recompenced thee in thy bosome therefore shalt thou receaue rewarde 56 Like as thou hast done vnto my chosen sayth the Lord euen so shal God do vnto thee and shall deliuer thee into the plague 57 Thy children shall dye of hunger and thou shalt fall through the sworde Thy cities shal be broken downe and al thyne shal perishe with the sword in the fielde 58 They that be in the mountaynes shall dye of hunger and eate their owne flesh and drinke their owne blood for very hunger of bread and thirst of water 59 Thou as vnhappie shalt come through the sea and receaue plagues againe 60 In the passage they shall cast downe the slayne citie and shall roote out one part of thy lande and consume the portion of thy glorie and shal returne to her that was destroyed 61 They shal treade thee downe like stubble and they shal be thy fire 62 And shall consume thee thy cities and thy lande and thy mountaynes all thy woodes and thy fruitefull trees shall they burne vp with the fire 63 Thy children shall they cary away captiue and loke what thou hast they shall spoyle it and marre the beautie of thy face The .xvi. Chapter 1 Against Babylon Asia Egypt and Syria 18.38 Of the euils that shal come vpon the world with admonition how to gouerne them selues in afflictions 54 To acknowledge their sinnes and to commit them selues to the Lorde 55 whose mightie prouidence and iustice is to be reuerenced 1 WO be vnto thee Babylon and Asia wo be vnto thee Egypt Syria 2 Girde your selues with clothes of sacke and heare mourne your children be sory for your destruction is at hande 3 A sword is sent vpon you and who will turne it backe 4 A fire is sent among you and who will quench it 5 Plagues are sent vnto you and what is he that will dryue them away 6 May any man dryue away an hungry lion in the wood Or may any man quench the fire in stubble when it hath begunne to burne 7 May one turne againe the arrowe that is shot of a strong archer 8 The mightie Lord sendeth the plagues what is he that wil dryue them away 9 The fire is kindled and gone foorth in his wrath and what is he that may quench it 10 He shal cast lighteninges and who shal not feare He shall thunder and who shall not be afrayde 11 The Lord shall threaten and who shal not vtterly be beaten to powder at his presence 12 The earth quaketh and the foundations therof the sea ariseth vp with waues from the deepe and the waues of it are vnquiete and the fishes therof also before the Lorde and before the glorie of his power 13 For strong is his right hande that bendeth the bowe his arrowes that he shoteth are sharpe and shall not misse when they begin to be shot into the endes of the worlde 14 Behold the plagues are sent shall not turne againe till they come vpon earth 15 The fire is kindled and shall not be put out till it consume the foundations of the earth 16 Like as an arrowe whiche is shot of a mightie archer returneth not backward euen so the plagues that shall be sent vpon the earth shall not turne againe 17 Wo is me wo is me who will deliuer me in those dayes 18 The beginning of sorowes and great mourning the beginning of dearth and great death the beginning of warres and the powers shall stande in feare the beginning of euyls and they shall tremble euery one 19 What shal I do in these thinges when the plagues come 20 Beholde hunger and plague trouble and anguishe are sent as scourges for amendement 21 But for all these thinges they shall not turne from their wickednesse nor be alway mindefull of the scourges 22 Behold vittayles shal be so good cheape vpon earth that they shall thinke them selues to be in good case and euen then shall mischiefe growe vpon earth warres dearth and great disquietnes 23 For many of them that dwell vpon earth shall perishe of hunger and the other that escape the hunger shall the sword destroy 24 And the dead shal be cast out as doung and there shal be no man to comfort them For the earth shal be wasted and the cities shal be cast downe 25 There shal be no man left to till the earth and to sowe it 26 The trees shall geue fruite and who shall plucke them of and gather them 27 The grapes shal be ripe and who shall treade them For all places shal be desolate of men 28 So that one man shall desire to see another or to heare his voyce 29 For of one whole citie there shall be ten left and two of the fielde whiche shall hyde them selues in the thycke busshes and in the cliftes of stones 30 Like as when there remayne three or foure oliues in the place were oliues growe or among other trees 31 Or as when a vineyarde is gathered there are left some grapes of them that diligently sought through the vineyard 32 Euen so in those dayes there shal be three of foure left by them that search their houses with the sworde 33 And the
without the striking of any battayl set men to kepe the welles that they drawe no water out of them so shalt thou destroy them without sworde or at the least they shall be so feeble that they must be fayne to geue ouer the citie which they thinke not able to be wunne for so much as it lyeth in the mountaynes 10 These wordes pleased Holophernes wel and all his men of warre and he set an hundreth at euery well round about 11 And when this watch had endured twentie dayes the cesternes and all that had water fayled them that dwelt in the citie of Bethulia so that in the whole citie they had not drincke inough for one day for the people had water geuen them dayly in a measure 12 Then came the men and women young persons and children al vnto Osias and sayd al with one voyce 13 God be iudge betwixt vs and thee for thou hast dealt euyll with vs thou wouldest not speake peaceably with the king of the Assyrians therefore hath God solde vs into their handes 14 And there is no man to helpe vs wheras we are brought downe before their eyes in thirst and great destruction 15 Therefore gather now together all the people that be in the citie that we may all yeelde our selues wyllyngly vnto the people of Holophernes 16 For better it is that we be captiue and prayse the Lorde with our liues then to be slayne perishe and to be laughed to scorne and shamed of euery man when we see our wiues and children die before our eyes 17 We take heauen and earth this day to record the God of our fathers whiche punisheth vs according to the deseruing of our sinnes and geue you warning that ye geue vp the citie nowe into the power of Holophernes hoast that our end may be short with the sworde which els shal endure long for want of water and for thirst 18 When they had spoken out these wordes there was a great weeping and howling in the whole congregation and that of euery man and they cryed a whole houre long vnto God with one voyce 19 Saying We haue sinned with our fathers we haue done a misse we haue dealt wickedly 20 Thou that art gratious haue mercie vpon vs or punishe our vnrighteousnes with thyne owne scourge and geue not those ouer that knowledge thee vnto a people which knowe thee not 21 That they may not say among the heathen Where is their God 22 And when they were so weery with this crying and weeping that they helde their peace 23 Osias stoode vp with watry eyes and sayde O take good heartes vnto you deare brethren and be of good cheare and let vs wayte yet these fiue dayes for mercie of the Lorde 24 Peraduenture he shal put away his indignation geue glorie vnto his name 25 But if he helpe vs not when the fiue dayes are past we shall do as ye haue sayde The .viii. Chapter 1 The parentage life and conuersation of Iudith 11 She rebuketh the fayntnesse of the gouernours 12 She sheweth that they shoulde not tempt God but wayte vpon him for succour 33 Her enterprise against the enemies 1 ANd it happened when these wordes came to the eares of Iudith a widdowe which was the daughter of Merari the sonne of Idox the sonne of Ioseph the sonne of Osia the sonne of Elai the sonne of Iamnor the sonne of Gedeon the sonne of Raphaim the sonne of Achitob the sonne of Melchia the sonne of Enan the sonne of Nathania the sonne of Salathiel the sonne of Simeon the sonne of Ruben 2 And her husband was called Manasses whiche dyed in the dayes of the barlye haruest 3 For whyle he was binding the sheaues together in the fielde the heate came vpon his head and he died at Bethulia his citie and there was he buried beside his fathers 4 Nowe was Iudith his desolate wyddowe three yeres and sixe monethes 5 And in the higher partes of her house she made her selfe a priuie chamber where she dwelt beyng closed in with her maydens 6 She ware a smocke of heere and fasted al the dayes of her life except the Sabbathes and newe moones and the solempne dayes that the people of Israel kept 7 She was a very faire and beautiful person her husbande also had left her great riches a plenteous houshold great vnmoueable possessions many cattell 8 This Iudith was a woman of a very good report with euery one for she feared the Lord greatly and there was no body that spake an euyll worde of her 9 When this Iudith hearde how Osias had promised the people that after the fift day he woulde geue vp the citie vnto the Assyrians she sent for the elders Chabri and Charmi. 10 And when they came to her she sayde What thing is this wherin Osias hath consented that if God helpe not within fiue dayes he will geue ouer the citie to the Assyrians 11 What are ye that ye tempt the Lorde 12 This deuice obtayneth no mercie of God but prouoketh hym vnto wrath and displeasure 13 Will ye set the mercie of the Lorde a time and appoynt him a day after your will 14 Neuerthelesse for so much as the Lord is pacient let vs rather repent in this powring out teares and beseching hym of grace 15 For God threatneth not as a man neither will he be prouoked vnto wrath as the children of men 16 And therfore let vs heartyly fal downe before him and serue hym with a meeke spirite 17 And with weeping eyes say vnto the Lorde that he deale with vs according to his owne wil speedyly in mercie that like as our heart is nowe vexed and brought low through the pride of them it may so be comforted through his grace 18 In so much as we folowe not the sinnes of our fathers which forsoke their God and worshipped other gods 19 For the which sinne they perished with the sword were spoyled and brought to shame of al their enemies As for vs we knowe none other God but only hym 20 For whose comfort let vs tary with meekenesse and he shall require make inquisition for our blood from the vexations of our enemies he shall bring downe all the heathen that rise vp against vs and put them to dishonour euen the Lord our God 21 Therefore deare brethren seyng ye are the honorable and elders in the people of God and their lyfe hangeth all vpon you lift vp their heartes with your exhortation that they may call to remembraunce howe our fathers also in times past were tempted that they might be proued if they worshipped their God a right 22 They ought to remember howe our father Abraham beyng tempted tryed through many tribulations was found a louer and friende of God 23 So was Isahac so was Iacob so was Moyses and all they that pleased God passed stedfast in faith through many folde troubles 24 Againe they that receaued not their temptations with the feare
and my braunches are the braunches of honour and louing fauour 19 As the vine haue I brought foorth fruite of a sweete sauour my floures are the fruite of honour and riches 20 I am the mother of beautie of loue of feare of knowledge and of holy hope I geue eternall thinges to all my children to whom God hath commaunded 21 In me is all grace of lyfe and trueth in me is all hope of lyfe and vertue 22 O come vnto me al ye that be desirous of me fill your selues with my fruites 23 For my spirite is sweeter then hony and so is myne inheritaunce more then the hony combe the remembraunce of me endureth for euer more 24 They that eate me shall haue the more hunger and they that drinke me shall thirst the more 25 Who so hearkeneth vnto me shall not come to confusion and they that worke in me shall not offende they that take me to be knowen shall haue euerlasting lyfe 26 All these thinges are the booke of lyfe the couenaunt of the highest and the knowledge of the trueth Moyses commaunded the lawe in the preceptes of righteousnesse for an heritage vnto the house of Iacob and committed the promise vnto Israel 27 Be not weery to behaue yourselues valiauntly with the Lord that he may also confirme you Cleaue vnto him for the Lord almightie is but one God and besides hym there is none other sauiour 28 Out of Dauid his seruaunt he ordeyned to rayse vp a most mightie king sitting in the seate of honour for euermore 29 This filleth with wysdome lyke as the fludde of Phison and as the fludde of Tigris when the newe fruites are a growing 30 This bringeth a plenteous vnderstanding like Euphrates and filleth it vp as Iordane in the time of haruest 31 This maketh nurture to breake foorth as the light and as the water Gehon in the haruest 32 The first hath not knowen her perfectly no more shall the last seke out the grounde of her 33 For her thought is fuller then the sea and her counsell is profounder then the great deepe 34 I wysdome haue cast out fluddes I am as a great water brooke out of the riuer I am as the riuer Dorir and as a water conduite am I come out of the garden of pleasure 35 I sayde I will water the garden of my young plantes and fil the fruite of my byrth So my water brooke became exceeding great and my riuer approched vnto the sea 36 For I make doctrine to be vnto al men as light as the faire morning and I shal make it to be euer the clearer 37 I will pearse thorowe all the lower parties of the earth I will loke vpon al such as be a sleepe and lighten all them that put their trust in the Lorde 38 I shall yet powre out doctrine lyke as prophecie and leaue it vnto such as seke after wysdome and their generations shall I neuer fayle vnto the holy euerlasting worlde 39 Beholde howe that I haue not laboured for my selfe onely but for all them that seke after the trueth The .xxv. Chapter 1 Of three thinges whiche please God and of three which he hateth 7 Of nyne thinges that be not to be suspect and of the tenth 15 Chiefely of the malice of a woman 1 THree thinges there are that my spirite fauoureth which be also alowed before God and men The vnitie of brethren the loue of neyghbours a man and wyfe that agree well together 2 Three thinges there be which my soule hateth and I vtterly abhorre the life of them A poore man that is proude a riche man that is a lyar and an old body that doteth and is vnchaste 3 If thou hast gathered nothing in thy youth what wilt thou find then in thine age 4 O howe pleasaunt a thing is it when gray headed men are discrete and when the elders can geue good counsell 5 O howe comely a thing is wisdome vnto aged men yea vnderstanding counsel to men of honour is a glorious thing 6 The crowne of olde men is to haue much experience and the feare of God is their worship 7 There be nyne thinges which I haue iudged in my heart to be happy and the tenth will I tell foorth vnto men with my tongue A man that whyle he liueth hath ioy of his children and seeth the fal of his enemies 8 Well is hym that dwelleth with an houswyfe of vnderstanding and that hath not fallen with his tongue and that hath not ben fayne to serue such as are vnmeete for him 9 Well is hym that findeth a faythfull friend and well is him which talketh of wysdome to an eare that heareth hym 10 O howe great is he that findeth wysdome and knowledge Yet is he not aboue him that feareth the Lorde 11 The feare of God hath set it selfe aboue all thinges 12 Blessed is the man vnto whom it is graunted to haue the feare of God vnto whom shall he be likened that kepeth it fast 13 The feare of God is the beginning of his loue and the beginning of fayth is to cleaue fast vnto it 14 The heauinesse of the heart is all the punishement and the wickednesse of a woman goeth aboue all 15 All punishement and plague is nothing in comparison of the plague of the heart euen so al wickednesse is nothing to the wickednesse of a woman 16 What so euer happeneth vnto a man is nothing in comparison of it that his euil willers do vnto him and al vengeaunce is nothing to the vengeaunce of the enemie 17 There is not a more wicked head then the head of the serpent and there is no wrath aboue the wrath of a woman 18 I wyll rather dwel with a lion and dragon then to kepe house with a wicked wyfe 19 The wickednesse of a woman chaungeth her face she shal moffle her countetaunce as it were a beare and as a sacke shal she shew it among the neyghbours 20 Her husbande is brought to shame among his neyghbours because of her when he heareth it it maketh him to sigh 21 All wickednesse is but litle to the wickednesse of a woman the portion of the vngodly shall fall vpon her 22 Lyke as the clymyng vp a sandy way is to the feete of the aged euen so is a wife full of wordes to a still quiete man 23 Loke not to narowly vpon the beautie of a woman lest thou be prouoked in desire towarde her 24 The wrath of a woman is dishonour and great confusion If a woman get the mastrie then is she contrarie to her husbande 25 A wicked wyfe maketh a sory heart an heauy countenaunce and a dead wound Weake handes feeble knees is a woman that her husband is not the better for 26 Of the woman came the beginning of sinne thorowe her we all are dead 27 Geue thy water no passage no not a litle neither geue a
deliuer you our letters concerning the renouation of our brotherhood 18 And now ye shal do right wel to geue vs an aunswere thereunto 19 And this is the copie of the writing which Arius the king of Sparta sent vnto Onias 20 Arius the king of the Spartians sendeth greeting vnto Onias the hie priest 21 It is founde in writing that the Spartians and Iewes are brethren come out of the generation of Abraham 22 And now forsomuch as this is come to our knowledge ye shall do wel to write vnto vs of your prosperitie 23 As for vs we haue written our minde vnto you our cattaile and goodes are yours and yours ours these thinges haue we cōmaunded to be shewed vnto you 24 When Ionathas heard that Demetrius princes were come foorth to fight against him with a greater hoast then afore 25 He went from Hierusalem and met them in the land of Hemath for he gaue them not space to come into his owne countrey 26 And he sent spies vnto their tentes which came againe and tolde him that they were appoynted to come vpon him in the night season 27 Wherefore when the sunne was gone downe Ionathas cōmaunded his men to watch all the night and to be redie with weapons for to fight and set watchmen rounde about the hoast 28 But when the aduersaries heard that Ionathas was redie with his men to the battaile they feared were afraid in their heartes and kindled fires in their tentes brake vp and gat them away 29 Neuerthelesse Ionathas and his company knewe it not till the morning for they sawe the fires burning 30 Then Ionathas folowed vpon them but he might not ouertake thē for they were gone ouer the water Eleutherus 31 So Ionathas departed vnto the Arabians which were called Zabadei slue them and toke their goodes 32 He proceeded further also and came vnto Damascus and went through all the countrey 33 But Simon his brother toke his iourney and came to Ascalon and to the next strong holdes departing vnto Ioppa and wan it 34 For he heard that they would deliuer the holde to them that toke Demetrius parte wherfore he set men of warre in the citie to kepe it 35 After this came Ionathas home againe and called the elders of the people together and deuised with them for to build vp the strong holdes in Iurie 36 And to make the walles of Hierusalem higher to set vp an hie wall betwixt the castle and the citie for to separate it from the citie that it might be alone and that men should neither bye nor sell in it 37 Vpon this they came together for to builde vp the citie and forsomuch as the wall vpon the brooke of the east side called Caphetetah was fallen downe repaired it 38 And Simon set vp Adiada in Sephela and made it strong setting portes and lockes vpon it 39 Now when Tryphon purposed to raigne in Asia to be crowned and to slay the king Antiochus 40 He was afraide that Ionathas would not suffer him but fight against him wherefore he went about to take Ionathas and to kill him So he departed and came vnto Bethsan 41 Then went Ionathas foorth against him to the battaile with fourtie thousand chosen men and came vnto Bethsan also 42 But when Tryphon sawe that Ionathas came with so great an hoast to destroy him he was afraide 43 And therefore he receaued him honorably commended him vnto all his friendes and gaue him rewardes and commaunded his men of warre to be as obedient vnto him as to him selfe 44 And saide vnto Ionathas Why hast thou caused this people to take such trauaile seeing there is no warre betwixt vs 45 Therefore sende them home againe and choose certaine men to wayte vpon thee and come thou with me to Ptolomais for I wyll geue it thee with the other strong holdes men of warre and their officers as for me I must depart this is onely the cause of my comming 46 Ionathas beleued him and did as he saide putting away his hoast which went into the lande of Iuda 47 He kept but three thousand by him whereof he sent two thousand into Galilee and one thousand went with him selfe 48 Now assoone as Ionathas entred into Ptolomais the citezins sparred the gates of the citie and toke him and slue all them with the sworde that came in with him 49 Then sent Tryphon an hoast of footemen and horsmen into Galilee and into the great plaine field to destroy all Ionathas company 50 But when they knewe that Ionathas was taken and all they slaine that waited vpon him they toke counsel together and encouraged one another and came foorth against them redie to fight 51 So when they which folowed vpon them sawe that it was a matter of lyfe they turned backe againe 52 As for the other they went into the lande of Iuda peaceably and bewayled Ionathas and them that were with him right sore and Israel made great lamentation 53 Then al the heathen that were round about them sought to destroy them 54 For they said Now haue they no captaine nor any man to helpe them therfore let vs ouercome them and roote out their name from among men The .xiij. Chapter 1 After Ionathas was taken Simon is chosen captaine 17 of whom Tryphon taking his children and money for the redemption of Ionathas killeth him and his children 25 The graue of Ionathas 31 Tryphon killeth Antiochus and possesseth the realme 3◠Demetrius taketh truice with Simon 43 Simon winneth Gaza 50 He possesseth the towre of Sion 53 He maketh his sonne Iohn captaine 1 NOwe when Simon heard that Tryphon gathered a great hoast to come into the lande of Iuda and to destroy it 2 And saw that the people was in great fearefulnes and care he came vp to Hierusalem and gathered the people together 3 And gaue them exhortation saying Ye know what great battailes I and my brethren and my fathers house haue fought for the lawe and the sanctuarie and what maner of troubles we haue seene 4 Through occasion whereof all my brethren are slaine for Israels sake and I am left alone 5 And now let not me spare myne owne lyfe in any maner of trouble for I am no better then my brethren 6 But wyll auenge my people and the sanctuarie our children and our wyues for all the heathen are gathered together to destroy vs of very malice 7 At these wordes the heartes of the people were kindled together 8 So that they cried with a loude voyce saying Thou shalt be our captaine in steade of Iudas and Ionathas thy brethren 9 Order thou our battaile and whatsoeuer thou commaundest vs we shall do it 10 So he gathered all the men of warre making haste to finishe all the walles of Hierusalem which he made strong rounde about 11 Then sent he Ionathas the sonne of Absalomus with a freshe hoast vnto Ioppa which droue them out that were in the castle and remained there him selfe 12 Tryphon
THen came Iohn vp from Gaza and tolde Simon his father what Cendebeus had done among their people 2 Vpon this called Simon two of his eldest sonnes Iudas and Iohn and saide vnto them I and my brethren and my fathers house haue euer from our youth vp vnto this day foughten against the enemies of Israel and God gaue vs good fortune to deliuer Israel ofttimes 3 And now forsomuch as I am olde and ye by gods goodnesse are of a sufficient age be ye in steade of me and my brother to go foorth and fight for our people and the helpe of God be with you 4 So he chose twentie thousand fighting men of the countrey with horsemen also whiche went foorth against Cendebeus and rested at Modin 5 In the morning they arose and went into the playne fielde and beholde a mightie great hoast came against them both of footemen and horsemen Nowe was there a water broke betwixt them 6 And Iohn remoued the hoast towarde them and when he saw that the people was afrayde to go ouer the water broke he went ouer first him selfe and the men seyng this folowed him 7 Then Iohn set his horsemen and footemen in order the one by the other for their enemies horsemē were very many 8 But when they blewe vp the priestes trumpettes Cendebeus fled with his hoast whereof many were slayne and the remnaunt gat them to their strong holdes 9 Iudas also Iohns brother was wounded at the same time and Iohn folowed still vpon the enemies till he came to Cedron which Cendebeus had builded 10 The enemies fled also vnto the towres that were in the fieldes of Azotus and those dyd Iohn burne vp with fyre Thus there were slayne two thousand men of them and Iohn turned againe peaceably into Iurie 11 And in the fielde of Iericho was Ptolomi the sonne of Abobus made captayne which because he had aboundaunce of siluer and golde 12 For he had maried the daughter of Simon the hye priest 13 Waxed proude in his minde thought to conquer the land imagining falshood against Simon and his sonnes to destroy them 14 Nowe as Simon was goyng about thorow the cities that were in the countrey of Iurie and caring for them he came downe to Iericho with Mathathias Iudas his sonnes in the hundred threescore seuenteenth yere in the eleuenth moneth called Sabat 15 Then Ptolomi the sonne of Abobus receaued them but with disceyte into a strong house of his called Dochus whiche he had buylded where he made them a banket and had hyd men there 16 So when Simon and his sonnes were mery and had drunken well Ptolomi stoode vp with his men whom he had hid there and toke their weapons entred into the banket house and slue Simon with his two sonnes and certayne of his seruauntes 17 Such great vnfaythfulnesse dyd Ptolomi in Israel and recompenced euyll for good 18 Then wrote Ptolomi these thinges sent vnto king Antiochus requiring him that he shoulde sende hym an hoast to helpe him and so should he deliuer him the lande with the cities and tributes of the same 19 He sent other men also vnto Gaza for to take Iohn and wrote vnto the captaynes to come to him and he shoulde geue them siluer gold and rewardes 20 And to Hierusalem he sent other to take it and the sanctuarie 21 Then ran there one before and tolde Iohn in Gaza that his father and his brethren were slayne howe that Ptolomi had sent to slay him also 22 When Iohn hearde this he was sore abashed and layed handes of them that were come to destroy hym and slue them for he knewe that they went about to kill hym 23 As for other thinges concerning Iohn of his warres of his noble actes wherin he behaued hym selfe manfully of the buylding of walles which he made and other of his deedes 24 They are written in the cronicles of his priesthood from the time foorth that he was made hye priest after his father ¶ The end of the first booke of the Machabees ⧠The seconde booke of the Machabees The first Chapter 1 An epistle of the Iewes that dwelt at Hierusalem sent vnto them that dwelt in Egypt wherin they exhort them to geue thankes for the death of Antiochus 19 Of the fire that was hyd in the pit 24 The prayer of Nehemias 1 THe brethren of the Iewes which be at Hierusalem in the lande of Iurie wishe vnto these brethrē of the Iewes that are thorowout Egypt health and peace 2 God be gracious vnto you and thinke vpon his couenaunt that he made with Abraham Isaac and Iacob his faythfull seruauntes 3 And geue you all such an heart that ye may loue and serue hym yea and perfourme his will with an whole heart and a willing mynde 4 He open your heartes vnto his law and in his commaundementes sende you peace 5 Heare your prayers be at one with you and neuer forsake you in time of trouble 6 Forsomuch as now we here be praying for you 7 What time as Demetrius raigned in the hundred threescore nyne yere we Iewes wrote vnto you in the trouble violence that came vnto vs In those yeres after that Iason departed out of the holy lande and kingdome 8 They brent vp the portes and shed innocent blood then made we our prayer vnto the Lorde and were hearde we offered vp sacrifices and fine floure setting foorth cakes and bread 9 And nowe come ye vnto the feast of tabernacles in the moneth Casleu 10 In the hundred fourescore and eyghtteene yere the people that was at Hierusalem and in Iurie the counsel and Iudas him selfe sent this wholsome salutation vnto Aristobulus king Ptolomies maister whiche came of the generation of the annoynted priestes and to the Iewes that were in Egypt 11 Insomuch as God hath deliuered vs from great peryls we thanke hym hyly no lesse at all then if we had vanquished the king in battell 12 For when he with those that had fought against the holy citie dyd set vpon Persia 13 For as he was in Persis namely the captayne with the great hoast he perished in the temple of Naneas beyng disceaued thorowe the deuice of Naneas priestes 14 For when Antiochus as he that should marry with her came and his friendes with him into the place to receaue by name of dowrie the money whiche the priestes of Naneas had set foorth 15 He entred with a small companie into the compasse of the temple and so they shut the temple 16 Nowe when Antiochus entred by opening the priuy entraunce of the temple the priestes stoned the captayne to death hewed them in peeces that were with him smote of their heades and threwe them out 17 In all thinges God be praysed which hath deliuered the wicked into our handes to be punished 18 Where as we are now purposed to kepe the purification of the temple vpon the twentie fiue day of the moneth Casleu we
is written by the prophete 6 And thou Bethlehem in the lande of Iuda art not the least among the princes of Iuda For out of thee shall there come a capitain that shal gouerne my people Israel 7 Then Herode when he had priuilye called the wyse men inquired of thē diligently what tyme the starre appeared 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem and sayde Go and search diligently for the young childe and when ye haue founde hym bryng me worde agayne that I may come and worship hym also 9 ☞ When they had hearde the kyng they departed and loe the starre which they sawe in the east went before them tyl it came stoode ouer the place wherin the young chylde was 10 When they sawe the starre they reioyced excedyngly with great ioy 11 And went into the house and founde the young chylde with Marie his mother and fell downe and worshypped hym and opened their treasures and presented vnto hym gyftes golde and frankensence and mirre 12 And after they were warned of God in a dreame that they shoulde not go agayne to Herode they returned into their owne countrey another way ☜ 13 When they were departed beholde the Angel of the Lord appeared to Ioseph in a dreame saying Aryse take the young chylde and his mother and flee into Egipte and be thou there tyll I bryng thee worde For it wyll come to passe that Herode shall seke y e young chylde to destroy hym 14 When he arose he toke the young chylde and his mother by nyght and departed into Egipt 15 And was there vnto the death of Herode that it myght be fulfylled whiche was spoken of the Lorde by the prophete saying Out of Egipte haue I called my sonne 16 Then Herode when he sawe that he was mocked of the wyse men was excedyng wroth and sent foorth and slew all the chyldren that were in Bethlehē and in all the coastes as many as were two yere olde or vnder according to the tyme which he had diligently searched out of the wyse men 17 Then was fulfylled that which was spoken by Ieremie the prophete saying 18 In Rama was there a voyce hearde lamentation wepyng great mournyng Rachel weping for her children and woulde not be comforted because they were not ☜ 19 ☞ But when Herode was dead beholde an Angel of the Lorde appeared to Ioseph in a dreame in Egipt saying 20 Aryse and take the young chylde and his mother and go into the lande of Israel For they are dead whiche sought the young chyldes lyfe 21 And he arose toke the young chylde and his mother came into the lande of Israel 22 But when he hearde that Archelaus dyd reigne in Iurie in the rowme of his father Herode he was afrayde to go thyther Notwithstandyng after he was warned of God in a dreame he turned aside into the parties of Galilee 23 And went and dwelt in a citie which is called Nazareth that it myght be fulfylled which was spoken by the prophetes He shal be called a Nazarite ▪ ¶ The .iij. Chapter ¶ 1 Iohns preachyng office lyfe baptisme 7 reprehendyng of the Pharisees 13 and baptizyng of Christe in Iordane 1 IN those dayes came Iohn the Baptist preachyng in the wyldernesse of Iurie and saying 2 Repent for the kingdome of heauen is at hande 3 For this is he of whom it is spoken by the prophete Esayas saying The voyce of one crying in the wyldernesse prepare ye the way of the Lorde make his pathes strayght 4 This Iohn had his rayment of Camels heere and a girdle of a skynne about his loynes his meate was locustes and wylde hony 5 Then went out to hym Hierusalem and all Iurie and all the region rounde about Iordane 6 And were baptized of hym in Iordane confessying their sinnes 7 But when he sawe many of the Pharisees and Saducees come to his baptisme he sayde vnto them O generation of vipers who hath warned you to flee from the anger to come 8 Bryng foorth therefore fruites meete for repentaunce 9 And be not of suche mynde that ye woulde say within your selues we haue Abraham to our father For I say vnto you that God is able of these stones to rayse vp chyldren vnto Abraham 10 Euen now is the axe also put vnto the roote of the trees therefore euery tree which bryngeth not foorth good fruite is hewen downe and cast into the fire 11 I baptize you in water vnto repentaunce But he that shall come after me is mightier then I whose shoes I am not worthy to beare he shall baptize you with the holy ghost and with fire 12 Whose fanne is in his hande and he wyll purge his floore and gather his wheate into his garner but wyl burne vp the chaffe with vnquencheable fire 13 Then commeth Iesus from Galilee to Iordane vnto Iohn to be baptized of hym 14 But Iohn forbad hym saying I haue nede to be baptized of thee and commest thou to me 15 Iesus aunsweryng sayde vnto hym Suffer it to be so nowe For thus it becommeth vs to fulfyll all righteousnes Then he suffred hym 16 And Iesus when he was baptized came strayghtwaye out of the water and loe the heauens was open vnto hym and Iohn sawe the spirite of God descendyng lyke a doue and lyghtyng vpon hym 17 And loe there came a voyce from the heauens saying This is my beloued sonne in whom I am well pleased ¶ The .iiij. Chapter ¶ 1 Christe fasteth is tempted 17 he begynneth to preache 18 he calleth Peter Andrewe Iames and Iohn and healeth all the sicke 1 THen was Iesus ledde away of the spirite into wyldernesse to be tempted of the deuyll 2 And when he had fasted fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes he was afterwarde an hungred 3 And when the tempter came to hym he sayde If thou be the sonne of God commaunde that these stones be made breade 4 But he aunswered and sayde it is written Man shall not lyue by breade only but by euery worde that proceadeth out of the mouth of God 5 Then the deuyll taketh hym vp into the holy citie and setteth hym on a pinacle of the temple 6 And saith vnto hym If thou be the sonne of God cast thy selfe downe For it is written He shall geue his Angels charge ouer thee with their handes they shall lyft thee vp lest at any tyme thou dashe thy foote agaynst a stone 7 And Iesus sayde to hym It is written agayne Thou shalt not tempt the Lorde thy God 8 Agayne the deuyll taketh hym vp into an exceadyng hye mountayne and sheweth hym all the kyngdomes of the worlde and the glorie of them 9 And sayth vnto hym All these wyll I geue thee yf thou wylt fall downe and worshyp me 10 Thē sayth Iesus vnto hym Auoyde Sathan For it is written Thou shalt worshyp the Lorde thy God and hym
see the sepulchre 2 And behold there was a great earthquake for the Angell of the Lorde descended from heauen and came roulled backe the stone from the doore and sate vpon it 3 His countenaunce was lyke lyghtnyng and his rayment white as snowe 4 And for feare of him the kepers were astonyed and became as dead men 5 The Angell aunswered and sayde vnto the women feare ye not For I knowe that ye seke Iesus whiche was crucified 6 He is not here he is rysen as he saide Come se the place where that the Lord was layde 7 And go quickly tell his disciples that he is rysen agayne from the dead And beholde he goeth before you into Galilee there shall ye see hym Loe I haue tolde you ☜ 8 ☞ And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with feare and great ioy and dyd runne to bryng his disciples worde 9 And as they went to tell his disciples beholde Iesus met them saying All hayle And they came and helde him by the feete and worshypped hym 10 Then sayde Iesus vnto them be not afrayde Go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee there shal they see me 11 When they were gone beholde some of the watche came into the citie and shewed vnto the hye priestes all the thynges that were done 12 And they gathered theÌ„ together with the elders and toke councell and gaue large money vnto the souldiers 13 Saying Saye ye that his disciples came by nyght stole hym away while ye slept 14 And yf this come to the deputies eares we wyll perswade hym and saue you harmelesse 15 So they toke the money dyd as they were taught And this saying is noysed among the Iewes vntyl this day ☜ 16 ☞ Then the eleuen disciples went awaye into Galilee into a mountayne where Iesus had appoynted them 17 And when they sawe hym they worshypped hym But some doubted 18 And Iesus came and spake vnto theÌ„ saying All power is geuen vnto me in heauen and in earth 19 Go ye therfore teache all nations baptizing them in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holye ghost 20 Teachyng theÌ„ to obserue all thynges whatsoeuer I haue commaunded you And loe I am with you alway euen vnto the ende of the worlde ☜ ¶ Here endeth the Gospell by Saint Matthaewe ⧠The Gospell by Saint Marke ¶ The first Chapter ¶ 2 The office of Iohn the Baptist 9 The baptisme of Christe 13 his fastyng 14 his preachyng 17 and the callyng of Peter Andrewe Iames Iohn 23 Christe healeth the man with the vncleane spirite 29 helpeth Peters mother in lawe 41 and clenseth the leper 1 THE begynnyng of the Gospel of Iesu Christ the sonne of God 2 As it hath ben written in the prophetes Beholde I sende my messenger before thy face whiche shall prepare thy waye before thee 3 A voyce of hym that crieth in the wyldernesse Prepare ye the waye of the Lorde and make his pathes strayght 4 Iohn did baptize in the wyldernesse and preached the baptisme of repentaunce for the remission of sinnes 5 And all the land of Iurie and they of Hierusalâ— went out vnto hym and were all â—â—ptized of hym in the ryuer of Iordanâ—â—onfessyng their synnes 6 Iohn â—s clothed with Camelles heere aâ—â— with a girdle of a skynne about his loynes and he did eate locustes and wylde hony 7 And preached saying He that is stronger then I commeth after me whose shoe latchet I am not worthy to stowpe downe and vnloose 8 I haue baptized you with water but he shal baptize you with the holy ghost 9 And it came to passe in those dayes that Iesus came froÌ„ Nazareth of Galilee was baptized of Iohn in Iordane 10 And assone as he was come vp out of the water he sawe heauen open the spirite descending vpon him like a doue 11 And there came a voyce from heauen Thou art my deare sonne in whom I am well pleased 12 And immediatly the spirite driueth hym into wyldernesse 13 And he was there in the wyldernesse fourtie dayes and was tempted of Satan was with wylde beastes And the Angels ministred vnto hym 14 After that Iohn was deliuered to prison Iesus came into Galilee preachyng the Gospell of the kyngdome of God 15 And saying The tyme is come and the kyngdome of God is at hande repent and beleue the Gospell 16 As he walked by the sea of Galilee he sawe Simon and Andrewe his brother castyng nettes into the sea for they were fysshers 17 And Iesus saide vnto them Folowe me and I wyll make you to become fysshers of men 18 And strayghtway they forsoke their nettes and folowed hym 19 And when he had gone a litle further thence he saw Iames the sonne of Zebedee and Iohn his brother which also were in the shippe mendyng their nettes 20 And anone he called them And they lefte their father Zebedee in the shippe with the hired seruauntes and folowed hym 21 And they came into Capernaum strayghtway on the Sabboth dayes he entred into the synagogue taught 22 And they were astonyed at his learnyng For he taught them as one that had aucthoritie not as the Scribes 23 And there was in their synagogue a man vexed with an vncleane spirite he cried 24 Saying Alas what haue we to do with thee thou Iesus of Nazareth Art thou come to destroy vs I knowe thee what thou art euen that holy one of God 25 And Iesus rebuked hym saying holde thy peace and come out of hym 26 And when the vncleane spirite hadde torne hym cryed with a loude voyce he came out of hym 27 And they were all amased insomuch that they demaunded one of another among them selues saying What thing is this What newe doctrine is this For with aucthoritie commaunded he the fowle spirites and they obeyed him 28 And immediatly his fame spread abrode throughout all the region borderyng on Galilee 29 And foorthwith when they were come out of the synagogue they entred into the house of Simon and Andrewe with Iames and Iohn 30 But Simons wyues mother lay sicke of a feuer anone they tell hym of her 31 And he came toke her by the hande and lyft her vp and immediatly the feuer forsoke her and she ministred vnto them 32 And at euen when the sonne was downe they brought vnto hym all that were diseased and them that were vexed with deuyls 33 And all the citie was gathered together at the dore 34 And he healed many that were sicke of diuers diseases and caste out many deuyls and suffred not the deuyls to speake because they knewe hym 35 And in the mornyng before day Iesus when he was rysen vp departed and went out into a solitarie place and there prayed 36 And Simon they that were with hym folowed after hym 37
them Beholde I bryng hym foorth to you that ye may knowe that I fynde no fault in hym 5 Then came Iesus foorth wearyng a crowne of thorne and a robe of purple And he sayth vnto them beholde the man 6 When the hye priestes therefore and officers sawe hym they cryed saying crucifie hym crucifie hym Pilate sayth vnto them Take ye hym and crucifie hym for I fynde no cause in hym 7 The Iewes aunswered hym We haue a lawe and by our lawe he ought to dye because he made hym selfe the sonne of God 8 When Pilate hearde that saying he was the more afrayde 9 And went agayne into the iudgement hall and sayth vnto Iesus whence art thou But Iesus gaue hym none aunswere 10 Then sayde Pilate vnto hym Speakest thou not vnto me Knowest thou not that I haue power to crucifie thee and haue power to loose thee 11 Iesus aunswered Thou couldest haue no power at all agaynst me except it were geuen thee from aboue Therfore he that deliuered me vnto thee hath the more sinne 12 And from thencefoorth sought Pilate meanes to loose hym But the Iewes cryed saying Yf thou let hym go thou art not Caesers friend For whosoeuer maketh hym selfe a kyng speaketh agaynst Caesar 13 When Pilate hearde that saying he brought Iesus foorth he sate downe in the iudgement seate in a place that is called the pauement but in the Hebrue tounge Gabbatha 14 It was the preparyng of y e Passouer and about the sixt houre And he sayth vnto the Iewes beholde your kyng 15 They cryed away with hym away with hym crucifie hym Pilate sayth vnto them Shall I crucifie your king The hye priestes aunswered We haue no king but Caesar 16 Then deliuered he hym vnto them to be crucified And they toke Iesus ledde hym away 17 And he bare his crosse wēt forth into a place which is called y e place of dead mens skulles but in Hebrue Golgotha 18 Where they crucified hym and two other with him on eyther syde one and Iesus in the myddes 19 And Pilate wrote a title and put it on the crosse The wrytyng was Iesus of Nazareth kyng of the Iewes 20 This title read many of the Iewes For the place where Iesus was crucified was nye to y e citie And it was written in Hebrue and Greke and Latine 21 Then sayde the hye priestes of the Iewes to Pilate Write not kyng of the Iewes but that he sayde I am kyng of the Iewes 22 Pilate aunswered What I haue written that haue I written 23 Then the souldiers when they had crucified Iesus toke his garmentes made foure partes to euery souldier a part and also his coate The coate was without seame wouen from the toppe throughout 24 They sayde therefore among them selues Let vs not deuide it but caste lottes for it who shal haue it That the scripture myght be fulfylled saying They parted my rayment among thē for my coate dyd they cast lottes And the souldiers dyd such thynges in deede 25 There stoode by the crosse of Iesus his mother and his mothers sister Marie the wyfe of Cleophas and Marie Magdalene 26 Whē Iesus therfore sawe his mother and the disciple standyng by whom he loued he saith vnto his mother Woman beholde thy sonne 27 Then sayde he to the disciple beholde thy mother And from that houre the disciple toke her vnto his owne 28 After these thynges Iesus knowyng that all thynges were nowe perfourmed that the scripture might be fulfylled he sayth I thirste 29 So there stoode a vessell by full of vineger Therefore they fylled a sponge with vineger and put it vpon Isope put it to his mouth 30 Assoone as Iesus then receaued of the vineger he saide it is finished and bowed his head and gaue vp the ghost 31 The Iewes therefore because it was the preparyng of the Sabboth that the bodyes should not remaine vpō y e crosse on the Sabboth day for that Sabboth day was an hye day besought Pilate that their legges myght be broken and that they myght be taken downe 32 Then came the souldiers and brake the legges of the first and of the other which was crucified with hym 33 But when they came to Iesus sawe that he was dead alredye they brake not his legges 34 But one of the souldyers with a speare thruste hym into the syde foorthwith came there out blood and water 35 And he that sawe it bare recorde and his recorde is true he knoweth that he saith true that ye might beleue also 36 For these thynges were done that the scripture shoulde be fulfylled Ye shall not breake aboue of hym 37 And agayne another scripture saith They shall loke on hym whom they pearsed 38 After this Ioseph of Aramathia which was a disciple of Iesus but secretely for feare of y e Iewes besought Pilate that he myght take downe the body of Iesus And Pilate gaue hym licence He came therefore and toke the dye of Iesus 39 And there came also Nicodemus whiche at the begynnyng came to Iesus by nyght and brought of mirre and aloes myngled together about an hundred pounde wayght 40 Then toke they the body of Iesus wounde it in linnen clothes with the odours as the maner of the Iewes is to burie 41 And in the place where he was crucified there was a garden and in the garden a newe sepulchre wherein was neuer man yet layde 42 There layde they Iesus therfore because of the preparyng of the Sabboth of the Iewes for the sepulchre was me at hande ☜ ¶ The .xx. Chapter 1 Marie commeth to the sepulchre and after tolde the disciples that he was taken away 3 Peter and Iohn runne to see 9 The apostles were ignoraunt of the resurrection 12 Marie weepeth at the sepulchre and sawe a vision of Angels 14 Iesus spake to Marie 18 she sheweth the disciples 19 Iesus appeared to the Apostles 23 he gaue them the holy ghost and sent them to preache 25 Thomas beleued not that Christe was rysen 26 Christe appeared agayne 28 Thomas who confessed Christe to be God 31 The scriptures written are sufficient to saluation 1 THe first day of y e Sabbothes came Marie Magdalene early whē it was yet darke vnto the sepulchre and sawe the stone taken awaye from the graue 2 Then she ranne came to Simō Peter to the other disciple whō Iesus loued saith vnto thē They haue takē away the Lorde out of the graue we can not tell where they haue layde him 3 Peter therfore went foorth and that other disciple came to the sepulchre 4 They ran both together the other disciple did outrun Peter and came first to the sepulchre 5 And when he had stowped downe he sawe the linnen clothes lying yet went he not in 6 Then came Simon Peter folowyng hym and went into the
vnto the beast who is able to warre with hym 5 And there was geuen vnto hym a mouth that spake great thynges and blasphemies and power was geuen vnto hym to do .xlij. monethes 6 And he opened his mouth vnto blasphemie agaynst God to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle and them that dwell in heauen 7 And it was geuen vnto hym to make warre with the saintes to ouercome them And power was geuen him ouer all kinredes and tongues and nations 8 And al y t dwel vpon the earth worshipped him whose names are not writteÌ„ in the booke of lyfe of y e lambe which was killed from the beginnyng of the world 9 If any man haue an eare let hym heare 10 He that leadeth into captiuitie shall go into captiuitie He that kylleth with a sworde must be kylled with a sworde Here is the patience and the fayth of the saintes 11 And I behelde another beast commyng vp out of the earth and he had two hornes lyke a lambe and he spake as dyd the dragon 12 And he dyd all that y e first beast coulde do in his presence he caused the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast whose deadly wound was healed 13 And he dyd great wonders so that he made fyre come downe from heauen on the earth in the syght of men 14 And deceaued them that dwelt on the earth by the meanes of those signes which he had power to do in the syght of the beast saying to them that dwelt on the earth that they shoulde make the image of the beast which had the wounde of a sworde and dyd lyue 15 And he had power to geue a spirite vnto the image of the beast that the image of the beast shoulde speake and shoulde cause that as many as woulde not worship the image of the beast shoulde be kylled 16 And he made all both smal great rich poore free bonde to receaue a marke in their right hand or in their forheads 17 And that no man myght bye or sell saue he that had the marke or y e name of the beast other y e number of his name 18 Here is wisdome Let hym that hath witte count y e number of the beast For it is the number of a man his number is sixe hundred threescore and sixe ¶ The .xiiij. Chapter 1 The notable companie of the lambe 6 One angel announceth the Gospel 8 Another the fall of Babylon 9 And the thirde warneth to flee from the beast 13 Of their blessednesse which dye in the Lorde 18 Of the Lordes haruest 1 AND I loked and lo a lambe stoode on the mount Sion and with hym an hundreth fourtie and foure thousande hauyng his fathers name written in their foreheades 2 And I hearde a voyce from heauen as the sounde of many waters and as the voyce of a great thunder And I hearde the voyce of harpers harpyng with their harpes 3 And they song as it were a newe song before the throne and before the foure beastes the elders and no man coulde learne that song but the hundreth and fourtie foure thousande which were redeemed from the earth 4 These are they which were not defiled with womeÌ„ for they are virgins These folowe the lambe whither soeuer he goeth These were redeemed froÌ„ men beyng the first fruites vnto God and to the lambe 5 And in their mouthes was founde no guile For they are without spot before the throne of God 6 And I sawe another angell flee in the middes of heauen hauyng the euerlastyng Gospell to preache vnto them that sit and dwel on the earth and to all nations and kinredes and tongues and people 7 Saying with a loude voyce Feare God and geue honour to hym for the houre of his iudgement is come and worshippe hym that made heauen and earth and the sea and fountaynes of water 8 And there folowed another angell saying Babylon is fallen is fallen that great citie for she made all nations drinke of the wyne of the wrath of her fornication 9 And the thirde angell folowed them saying with a loude voyce If any man worshippe the beast and his image and receaue his marke in his foreheade or on his hande 10 The same shall drynke of the wyne of the wrath of God yea of the pure wyne which is powred in y e cup of his wrath And he shal be punisshed in fyre brimstone before the holy angels and before the lambe 11 And the smoke of their torment ascendeth vp euermore And they haue no rest day nor nyght which worship the beast and his image and whosoeuer receaueth the prynt of his name 12 Here is the pacience of the saintes Here are they that kepe the commaundementes of God and the fayth of Iesus 13 And I hearde a voyce from heauen saying vnto me write Blessed are the dead which hereafter dye in the Lorde Euen so sayth the spirite that they rest from their laboures and their workes folowe them 14 And I loked and beholde a whyte cloude and vpon the cloude one sittyng lyke vnto the sonne of man hauyng on his head a golden crowne and in his hande a sharpe sickle 15 And another angell came out of the temple crying with a loude voyce to hym that sate on the cloude Thrust in thy sickle reape for the time is come to reape for the haruest of y e earth is ripe 16 And he that sate on the cloude thrust in his sickle on the earth and the earth was reaped 17 And another angell came out of the temple which is in heauen hauâ—ng also a sharpe sickle 18 And I sawe another angell came out from the aulter which had power ouer fyre and cryed with a loude crye to hym that had the sharpe sickle and sayde Thrust in thy sharpe sickle and gather the clusters of the vineyarde of y e earth for her grapes are ripe 19 And the angell thrust in his sharpe sickle on the earth and cut downe the grapes of the vineyarde of the earth and cast them into the great wynefat of the wrath of God 20 And the wynefat was troden without the citie and blood came out of the fat euen vnto the horse bridles by the space of a thousand sixe hundreth furlonges â–ª ¶ The .xv. Chapter 1 Seuen angels haue the seuen last plagues 3 The song of them that ouercome the beast 7 The seuen vials full of Gods wrath 1 AND I sawe another signe in heauen great marueylous seuen angels hauyng the seuen last plagues for in them is fulfylled the wrath of God 2 And I sawe as it were a glassie sea mingled with fyre and them that had gotten the victorie of the beast and of his image and of his marke and of the number of his name stande on y e glassie sea hauyng the harpes of God 3 And they sang the song of Moyses the seruaunt of God and the song of the lambe
any thing yea it is hurtfull to touch him for Leuiathan representeth Satan If the creature can not be resisted who can compare with the â—â—tor â–ª (b) That is who dare loke in his mouth (c) That is he spouteth out flames of fire out of his mouth Or eye liddes of the morning (d) For Satan is the prince of the worlde who ouercame by action but Christe ouerthrew his kingdome by his passion (e) Satan is called hâ—rd of heart bâ— he is vnmercifull cruell and vntreatable “ Or the neather milstone (f) For the hardnesse of his skin is such that he lyeth vpon it without paine as in the soft myre (g) He spouteth out the water in such sorte that the seas seeme to boyle (h) with a white froth vpon the water (i) He desâ—â—seth all and is proudest of all Iob confesseth the omnipotencie of God and bewayleth his offence that â—e spake he wâ—â—t not what (b) Iob desireth to learne of God c He sawe him not but by his worde which is the face and image of God as Christe d As the maner of mourners was then that repented (e) Because they defended the iustice of God with carnall reasons (f) For Iob offended of ignoraunce (g) Reconciling your selues to him in that ye haue done him offence and then wyll I here him for you “ Or the face (h) He ridde him from his troubles and â—lagues That is all they thâ—â— were of his kiâ—ed â–ª k Here is the exceeding blessinges of God to wardes the godly and they that vnfaynedly trust in him Or â–ª an câ—ring (l) Passing 〈◊〉 beautie as the day and long liuing As sweete as cassia or fine spices (n) The childe of beautie Gen. l. d. Tobi. 14. a. Psal 128. a. “ Or full of dayes Act. x. â— â–ª Luk. xx Act i. Epâ—e â— Cor. iii. Basill 10. Lib. consell Cap. 3â— â–ª Suche two payntes declare the wordes in Hebrue â—â— c. c. An eâ—position or an annotation * This signifieth where the interpretation is by coniecture gathered of diuers aucthours Where any wordes art added to the â—câ—â—ue text it is incloâ—ed in such pareÌ„theâ—sis “ Neare to the riuers of water (a) Folowing his vocation “ Shall not rise (b) Approueth (a) The aduersaries wordes (b) God the fathers wordes (c) That leadeth to heauen (a) Of me (b) Selah signifieth a lifting vp of the voyce it admonished the singâ—rs of the psalmes to sing out in their hyest tune because the matter of that part of the psalme where that worde is founde was especially to be hearkened vnto and to be considered () It was he to whom the psalmes were committed either to be song of hym selfe for that he was most excellent in musicke or els to appoint those that shoulde sing and play them () Neginoth is supposed to be a certayne instrument of musicke for kyng Dauid ordayned in the temple not only some to sing psalmes but also to play theÌ„ on diuers kindes of musicall instrumentes that the hearers mindes might be the more storred vp and allured to consider the sense of the wordes that were song and played (a) The geuer and defender of my righteousnesse (b) The chiefe of the conspiracie (c) Many of the rebels wishe not onlye to see me cast out of my kyngdome cleane but to be vtterly destroyed as though therby they shoulde prosper and see good dayes (d) Vpon me and them () A notable instrument of musicke so 〈◊〉 for 〈◊〉 sounde it resembled somwhâ—t the noyse of bees a Worship thee “ Stedfastnesse “ His. “ Made manye aulterations that is they haue ben nowe of one minde and nowe of another as touching thee and thy worde “ And thou wylt put a couer ouer them () Either the instrument of musike Neginoth had eyght strings or els the song had many eyghtes Euening prayer () Siggaion is taken to be a beginning of a song after whose tune this psalme was song (a) Saul the chiefe persecutour (b) Wherof I am charged “ Treade my life vnder foote (c) Shewe thy power (d) Thou hast appoynted the kingdome of the Israelites vnto me “ CommauÌ„ded 〈…〉 f Saâ—â—â— hath conceiued in his mynde to destroy me and he endeuoureth by all meanes to bryng it to effect but he shall worke destruction to hym selfe and not vnto me “ Confesse () A kinde of musical instrument or tune “ Passeth the wayes of the seas () Some one prince of the Philistines or of other of Dauids enemies “ Confesse Mornyng prayer 〈…〉 perisheth with them Eyther by burnyng our houses goodes or els in keping vs from water to drinke (b) That is expression of the people “ In a pryde (a) He thinketh as with a snuffe easily to ouerthrow (b) To molest other (c) To spoyle (d) As into a Lions clawes “ VVylt not searche or care for any thyng “ Arme. (a) Your hyll is to my life as a foundatio to an house if I shoulde flee froÌ„ it I were as in a house whose foundations fayled “ A singing wynde “ Of their euppe Euening prayer “ In heart and heart they speake that is they speake one thing and meane another (a) We be apt and redye to perswade what we lust “ Them Consult with my selfe (b) Be remoued from my dignitie and honour (a) God heareth not the prayers of them that mynde to oppresse y e poore their prayers be no prayers Mornyng prayer “ walketh perfect “ Chaunge (a) From his good state and dignitie (a) Not God but good men are benefited with our good deedes “ Cordes that measured myne inheritauÌ„ce b To 〈◊〉 hym to be myne inheritaunce (c) Myne inwarde affects teache me pietie which were wont to incite me to do euyll From my state and dignitie (e) My soule or tongue (f) In the state that soules be after this lyfe (g) Thou wylt cause my body to tary in the graue without corruption (a) In saying one thyng and thynkyng another (b) A breaker in by violence that is I haue done no euyll to any man â–ª for euyll that they haue done vnto me (c) Fylled with delicates they contempne all other “ His face 〈…〉 Eâ—ening prayer Cordes “ Câ—es (a) Great daungers and perilles (b) Hath turned myne aduersitie into prosperitie (c) I haue â—aâ—ply ouercome walled townes and holdes “ Perfect that is safe from falling (d) Placyng me in sure holdes and defending me there (e) Of a straunge people (f) Of his and myne enemies Mornyng prayer “ rule or â—e (a) To be trusted vnto (b) A commoditie that foloweth the ende (c) Done by ignoraunce (d) Done willingly and insolently () To be song of the people in the warre tyme. () To be song of the people after the victorie had in warre (a) Of the victorie that thou hast geuen him (b) With blessinges of that which is good “ a shoulder “ with thy stringes () Dauid likeneth him selfe beyng in persecution to a hinde hunted
Though they escape one daunger yet another shall take them (a) Thou boastest to be of the seede of Abraham but thou art degenerate and folowest the abhominations of the wicked Chanaanites as chyldren do the maners of their fathers Esai â— a. 57. a. (b) When I first brought thee foorth of the lande of Egypt and planted thee in this land to be my Churche (c) These words blood pollution nakednesse and filthynesse â–ª c. are oft tymes repeated to beate downe their pryde and to cause them to consider what they were before God receaued them to mercye fauoured them and couered their shame (d) There was none idolatry so vyle wherwith thou didst not pollute thy selfe (e) This declareth howe the idolaters put their chiefe delite in those thinges which please the eyes and outwarde senses (f) In suche sort as the like hath not ben nor shal be so that they passed all nations in idolatrie (g Meaning by fire reade Leuit. xviâ— b. 4. King xxiii ◠“ Corner of the streete (h) He noteth the great impietie of this people who first falling from God to seeke helpe at straunge nations did also at length embrase their idolatrie thinking therby to make their amitie more sure (i) That is lauished out thy money vppon images to thy shame (k) Egyptians Assyrians Chaldeans whom thou tokest to be thy louers shall come and destroy thee Ezech. xxxiii b (l) I wyll iudge thee to death as the adulterers murtherers 4. King 25. b (m) Of all the heynous offeÌ„ces this shal be the last â–ª or god wyll punishe thee so that thou shalt neuer 〈◊〉 more n As were the Chanaanites and the Hittites and other your predecessours so are you their successours (o) That is of Samaria and Sodom (p That is her cities (q) He alleageth these foure vices pryde excesse idlenesse and coÌ„tempt of the poore as foure principall causes of such abhomination wherfore they were so horriblâ— punished Gen. xix d. (r) Which worshipped the calues in Bethel and Dan. 3. Kyng 12. d. (Å¿) Thou art so wicked that in respect of thee Sodom and Samaria were iust (t) That is as if he had sayde neuer (u) In that thou hast shewed thy selfe worse then they and yet thoughtest to escape punishment (x) Thou wouldest not call her punishment to minde when thou wast aloft to learne by her example to feare my iudgementes (y) That is tyll thou wast brought vnder by the Syrians and the Philistines 2. Chro. 28. c. (z) Reade the eyght vearse (aa) He speaketh here not onlye of Sodom and Samaria but also of the gentiles whom God wyll receaue of his owne free mercy (bb) This declareth the fruites of Gods mercy to wit sorowe and repentaunce for their former lyfe (a) That is Nabuchodonozor who hath great power riches and many countreys vnder him shall come to Hierusalem and take away Iechoniah the kyng as verse .xii. (b) Meaning to Babylon (c) That is Zedekiah who was of the kynges blood was left at Hierusalem made kyng in steade of Iechâ—mas 4. King 24. c. Iere. 37. a. (d This was Zedekias kyngdome (e) That it might not haue power to â—ell against Babylon as vers xiiii “ The Egle. (f) Meaning the kyng of Egypt of whoÌ„ Zedezias â—ought succour against Nabuchodonozor (g) Nabuchodonozor vnderstanded by the first Egle. (h) That is the Babylonians (i) That is Iechonias 4. Kyng 24 c. (f) Because he toke the name of God in vayne brake his oth which he had confirmed by geuing his hand therfore the prophete declareth that God woulde not suffer periurie and infidelitie to escape punishment Ezech. xii b. and .xxxii. a (a) The people murmured at the chastiâ—inges of the Lorde and therefore vsed this prouerbe meaning that their fathers had sinned and they were punished for their transgressions reade Iere. xxxi d. (b) That is if he haue not communicated in the sacrifices of idols (c) Meaning suche as were set apart in tyme of naturall monthlye diseases namely intime of chyldbyrth leprosie and suche like as Leuit. xx c. Esai lviii a. Mat xxv â— Exo. xxii d. Leui. xxv â— Deu. xxiii c Psal xv a. Esai lviii a. Mat xxv â— Exo. xxii d. Leui. xxv â— Deu. xxiii c Psal xv a. Deut 24. c. 4. King 14 c ii Par. 25. a. ii Pet. iii. b. Ez xxxiii b (d) In punishing the fathers with the chyldren “ Considereth or remembreth his iniquities (a) That is Iehohas and Iehoiakim Iosiahs sonnes who for their crueltie and pride are compared vnto lions (b) Meanyng Pharao Necho kyng of Egypt 4. Reg 23. d. (c) Which was Iehoiakim (d) Nabuchodonozor with his great armie which was gathered of diuers nations (e) 〈…〉 â—keth 〈◊〉 the rep◠〈◊〉 of this 〈◊〉 king in 〈◊〉 blood that in the raâ— his 〈◊〉 â—sours â—salem 〈◊〉 so should 〈◊〉 ben blessed â—cordyng to Gods â—mises and florished 〈◊〉 a fruitâ—ul vine (f) Destruction to come by Zedekiah who was the occasion of the rebellion (a) Of the captiuitie of Ieconiah (b) If ye aske counsayle at me I wyll geue you no aunswere as Exod. xxxi (c) This was a maner of swearyng which was obserued in takyng an othe of all antiquitie and is yet in diuers countreis vsed Rom. x a. Gal. iii. b. Leuit. 18. a. Exo. xx b. Rom. x a. Gal. iii. b. Leuit. 18. a. Exo. xx b. Num. 14. d. (d) Wherby the holy ghost confuteth theÌ„ that say they wyll folowe the religion example of their father not measure their doynges by Gods worde whether they be approuable therby or no â–ª (e) Because they woulde not obey my lawes I gaue them vp to them selues that they shoulde obey their owne fantasies as vearse 39. Rom. 1. d. (f) Causyng their first borne to passe through the fire in sacrifice to Moloche (g) Such offeryng as prouoke God to anger (h) Which signifieth an hye place declaryng that they vaunted them selues of their idolatrie and were not ashamed therof though God had commaunded expresly y t they shoulde haue no aulter lifted vp on hye by stayres Exod. xx â— (i) That is amongst straunge nations (k) I wyll reason and pleade my cause with you my selfe â–ª “ Or cull (l) Your owne consciences shal coÌ„dempne you as worthy to be cut of from the earth (m) That is towarde Hierusalem and Iuda which was south from Babylon (n) That is both strong weake in Hierusalem (o) Because the people said that the prophete spake darkly therfore he desireth the Lord to geue them a playne declaration therof (a) As doctrine is compared to raine euen so here wordes are compared to droppes (b) That is such as seeme to haue an outward shew of righteousnesse by obseruation of y e ceremonies of the lawe (c) Meanyng through all the lande (d) As though thou were in extreme anguishe wherwith thy loynes should breake (e) Because of the great noyse of the armie of the Chaldeans (f) Shalbe as weake as water (g)
be declared the sonne of God First by power or workynge of miracles Secondly by the holy ghost appearyng in 〈◊〉 signes Thirdly by his resurrection from the dead i Cor. i. â— Gâ—th â—â— Iohn iiii c. i. Cor. iii. c. Phil. i. a. Coloss i. a. Act. xxvi b (c) All those that were not Iewes by a comon worde were called heathen And here they are deuided into Grekes barbarous By Grekes he vnderstaÌ„deth those that wer learned cruel and of good bryngyng vp By barbarous he meaneth rude and sauage people with whoÌ„ no man coulde well haue to do (d) Which apperaunce the worlde knoweth nothyng of For in the syght of God all men are godlesse synners and the chyldren of wrath wheÌ„ they knowe any thynge of God yet they be naught because they neyther thanke him nor serue hym and therfore plagues are powred vppon them from heauen (e) They hold the trueth in vnryghteousnes y e whiche vnderstande the trueth do not expresse the same in their deedes and lyfe Psal cvi c. Ierem. ii c. Eze. xiiii b. (f) By his trueth â–ª here he vnderstandeth the glorie of God and his true religion and a lie he calleth idoles â–ª because the idolaters went about to take away froÌ„ wood stone that whiche they were â–ª thynkyng theÌ„ to be neither wood nor stone but attributed to theÌ„ that that they were not that is diuine power nature Actes vii f. Ozee vii a. Math. vii a. (a) Saint Paul speketh â—ere agaynst those men only who being them selues fylled with alâ— wickednesse and impietie yet be of al other most busy and curyous in notyng and reprehendyng other mennes faultes nâ—t of any godlye zeale â–ª but to iustifie them selues and to bryng other men into hatred â— contempt Esai xxx â— Act. xvii g 〈◊〉 xvi d Not that 〈◊〉 works be â—ch merâ—te 〈◊〉 they deâ—e reward but the scripture vse this kynde of speakynge that tâ—erby it may prouoke and stâ—re vp men vnto good lyuyng â–ª wherby our fayth may the more appeare Which good workes God of his free grace doth reward ii Par. xâ—x c Act. x. e. Ephe vi b. Coloss iii b. Iames. i. b. Iohn viiii c. (c) It is his Gospell both for the ferueÌ„t loue and zeale that he beareth to it and also for the great paynes that he hath taken in settyng foorth the same (d) He awaketh y e Iews which were aslepe through a certain securitie and confidence in the lawe Math. vii a. Esaias lii a. Ezech. 36. g. (e) By this word he meaneth al y e people of what countrey or nation soeuer they be which haue not receaued the signe of circumcision accordyng to the lawe of Moyses Iohn viii c. Rom. ix b. Coloss ii b. Iohn viii c. Rom. ix b. Coloss ii b. Rom ix â— (a) Which is the perfourmance of gods promise For fayth is taken after two sortes both for our beliefe when we assure our selues that God wyl performe his promyse and also for y e stedfastnes of Gods promise to his people For although some of the Iewes dyd not beleue yet Gods trueth neuer fayled Psal xiiii a. and .lii. a. Psal v. b. Psal v. b. Prou. i. b. Esaias lix b Psa xxxvi a b 〈…〉 here 〈◊〉 whose lâ—we both the â—eremoniall and morall â–ª whose workes can not iustifie because theâ— be imperfecte in all men Esaias liii â— Iohn ii a. (c) which is a pacifiyng of Gods displeasure That whereas we were somtime bondslaues to synne â–ª God made his only sonne Christe Iesus a sacrifice for our sinnes to reconcile vs agayne by fayth into gods fauour Galat. ii â— (d) Meaning that y e Iewe and the Gentile are both iustified by one meanes which is by fayth Esaias li. a. Gene. xv b. Galath iii a. Iames. ii d. (a) That is whiche meaneth not to obteyne saluatioÌ„ through worthinesse of his workes (b) God is sayde to iustifie the vngodly because he pardoneth his synnes of a wicked man maketh hym good Psa xxxii â— â—n xv b. Gen. xvii b. So was Abrahams circumcision called because thereby was sealed y e ryghteousnes that through fayth was imputed to hym before his circumcision Galath iii. c Esaias li. a. Gen. xvii a. (d) In the creation of the world this appeared For when he commaunded any thyng to be foorthwith it was (e) That is which beleued and hoped for those thynges whiche God dyd promyse when as to mans reason they wer with out hope (f) For that she was past childe bearing Rom. xv a. Iohn xvi a. (a) By peace which is the fruite of faith is meant the incredible and most constant wy of mynde our conscience beyng quyet and established in Gods grace 〈◊〉 iii a. (b) Both for that the hope of the godly is not disapoynted of y e which they hope for and also for that they are not ashamed of any afflictioÌ„ in this world as the worldly mynded be but constantly abide without shame whatsoeuer trouble god doth send to them Gen. ii c. Rom. vi d. (d) For by Christe we are not onlye deâ—yuered fro the synnes of Adam but also froÌ„ all suche sinnes as we haue added thervnto â–ª Gala. iii. â— (a) He dyeth to synne in whom y e strength of sinne is broken by the power of Christe (b) That is that sinne thorow Christes death may be abolisshed and dye in vs and that as we are made cleane outwardlye with water in our baptisme so inwardlye our synnes 〈◊〉 be wasted away â–ª and clensed by the blood of â—hrist ii Tim. ii b. Apoc. i. b. (c) That is vnder y e curse of the lawe whose office is to accuse condempne but vnder grace wherby we haue forgeuenes of our sinnes are sanctified by the holye ghost into the newnesse of lyfe Iohn viii d Rom viii a. (d) Men vse to speake gentylly to their friendes and not to exact so much as they myght but so farre forth as reason requireth Gene ii c. Rom· v. c. (a) Before the coÌ„myng of Christe al meÌ„ were maryed and bounde to the lawe whiche dyd them none other seruice but disclosed their sinne and wickednesse forcyng them to seke helpe for their sin elswhere Nowe then the law being abolisshed for her imperfection and they cleansed thorowe Gods graâ—â— are spoused vnto Christe their new husband hym to serue in newnesse of lyfe (b) Because the bodye of Christe is made an offeryng and a sacrifice for our sinnes wherby god is pleased â–ª and his wrath appeased and for Christes sake 〈◊〉 holy ghost is geuen to all beleuers wherby the power of sinne is in vs dayly weakened we are counted dead to the lawe â–ª 〈◊〉 that y ◠〈◊〉 hath no dominion ouer vs. Rom. v. c. Galath iii. b Exod. xx c. Deut. v. b. Esaias lii a. (c) Lyke as bondmen are violeÌ„tly thrust hurled tormoyled as it pleaseth their cruel maister So are we through heapes of synnes drawen to many euil doings which we do neither lyke nor alowe
spoyle out of his teeth 18 Then I sayde I shall die in my neâ—â— and I shall multiplie my dayes as the sande 19 For my roote was spread out by the water side and the deawe lay vpon my corne 20 Myne honour encreased more and more my bow was euer the stronger in my hande 21 Vnto me men gaue eare me they regarded and with scilence they taried for my counsell 22 After my woordes they replied not and my talke dropped vpon them 23 They wayted for me as for the raine and gaped vpon me as the grounde doeth to receaue the latter shoure 24 When I laughed they beleued it not the light of my countenaunce would they not put out 25 When I agreed vnto their way I was the chiefe and sate as a king with his armie about him and when they were in heauinesse I was their comfortour The .xxx. Chapter 1 Iob complayneth that he is contemned of the most contemptible 11 21. because of his aduersitie and affliction 23 Death is the house of all sheshe 1 BVt nowe they that are younger then I haue me in derision yea euen they whose fathers I would haue thought scorne to haue set with the dogges of my cattell 2 For wherto might the strength of their handes haue serued me for the time was but lost among them 3 For very miserie and hunger they fled into the wildernesse a darke place horrible and waste 4 Plucking vp nettles among the busshes and the iuniper rootes for their meate 5 And when they were dryuen foorth men cryed after them as it had ben af-after a thiefe 6 Their dwelling was in the cleftes of brookes yea in the caues and dennes of the earth 7 Among the busshes went they about crying and vnder the thornes they gathered them selues together 8 They were the children of fooles and vyllaynes which are more vile then the earth 9 Now am I their song am become their yesting stocke 10 They abhorre me and flee farre from me and stayne my face with spittle 11 Because God hath loosed my corde and humbled me they haue loosed the bridle before me 12 Vpon my right hande ryse the young men against me they haue hurt my feete treading vpon me as vpon the wayes of their destruction 13 My pathes haue they cleane marred it was so easye for them to do me harme that they needed no man to help them 14 They fell vpon me as it had ben the breaking in of waters and came in by heapes to destroy me 15 Feare is turned vpon me and they pursue my soule as the wind and my health passeth away as a cloude 16 Therfore is my soule now powred out vpon me and the dayes of my trouble haue taken hold vpon me 17 My bones are pearsed through in the night season and my sinewes take no rest 18 For the vehemencie of sorowe is my garment chaunged whiche compasseth me about as the coller of my coote 19 He hath cast me into the myre and I am become like asshes and dust 20 When I crie vnto thee thou doest not heare me and though I stande before thee yet thou regardest me not 21 Thou art become myne enemie and with thy violent hande thou takest part against me 22 In times past thou diddest set me vp on hye to be caried as it were aboue the wynde but nowe hast thou geuen mea very sore fall 23 Sure I am that thou wilt bryng me vnto death euen to the lodging that is due vnto all men liuing 24 Notwithstanding thou wilt not stretch out thyne hand against him that is in the graue shal men crie out against him that is in destruction 25 Dyd not I weepe with hym that was in trouble Had not my soule compassion vpon the poore 26 Yet neuerthelesse where as I loked for good euyll came vnto me where I wayted for light there came darkenesse 27 My bowels seethe in me without rest for the dayes of my trouble are come vpon me 28 I went mourning without heate I stoode vp in the congregation communed with them 29 But nowe I am a brother of dragons and a felowe of Estriches 30 My skinne vpon me is turned to blacke and my bones are brent with heate 13 My harpe is turned to mourning and my organs into the voyce of them that weepe The .xxxi. Chapter 1 Iob reciteth the innocentie of his liuing and number of his vertues which declareth what ought to be the lyfe of the faythfull 1 I Made a couenaunt with myne eyes why then should I loke vpon a mayden 2 For how great a portion shall I haue of God and what inheritaunce from the almightie on hye 3 Is not destruction to the wicked and straunge punishement to the workers of iniquitie 4 Doth not he see my wayes and tell all my goynges 5 If I haue walked in vanitie or if my feete haue runne to disceaue 6 Let me be wayed in an euen balaunce that God may see myne innocencie 7 If my steppe hath turned out of the way myne heart walked after myne eyes and if any blot haue cleaued to my handes 8 Then shall I sowe and an other eate yea my posteritie shal be cleane rooted out 9 If my heart haue ben deceaued by a woman or if I haue layde wayte at my neyghbours doore 10 Then let my wife grinde vnto an other man and let other men lye with her 11 For this is a wickednesse and sinne that is worthy to be punished 12 Yea a fire that vtterly should consume and roote out all my increase 13 If I euer thought scorne to do right vnto my seruauntes maydens when they had any matter against me 14 When God will sit in iudgement what shall I do when he will visite me what aunswere shal I geue him 15 He that fashioned me in my mothers wombe made he not him also were we not both shapen a like in our mothers bodies 16 If I demed the poore of their desire or haue caused the eyes of the wydow to wayâ—e in vayne 17 Iâ— I haue eaten my morsell alone that y e fatherlesse hath not eaten therof 18 For from my youth it hath growen vp with me as with a father and from my mothers wombe I haue ben guyde to the wydowe 19 If I haue seene any perishe for want of clothing or any poore for lake of rayment 20 If his loynes haue not blessed me because he was warmed with the fleece of my sheepe 21 If I haue lift vp mine hand against the fatherlesse when I sawe that I might helpe him in the gate 22 Then let myne arme fall fro my shoulder and myne arme holes be broken from the bone 23 For I haue euer feared the vengeaunce and punishment of God and knewe very well that I was not able to beare
against the vayne traditions of men 1 WO vnto thee O Ariel Ariel thou citie that Dauid dwelt in Go on from yere to yere and let the lambes be slayne 2 I wyll lay siege vnto Ariel so that there shal be heauinesse and sorowe in it and it shal be vnto me euen an aulter of slaughter 3 A will besiege thee rounde about and fight against thee thorowe a bulwarke and wyll reare vp diches against thee 4 Thou shalt be brought downe and shalt speake out of the ground and thy speache shall go lowe out of the dust 5 Thy voyce also shall come out of the grounde lyke the voyce of a witche and thy talkyng shall whisper out of the dust 5 Moreouer the noyse of the straunge enemies shal be like thinne dust and the multitude of tirauntes shal be as drye strawe that can not tary euen sodenly and in haste shall their blast go 6 Thou shalt be visited of the Lorde of hoastes with thunder earthquake and with a great noyse with storme and tempest and with the flambe of a consuming fire 7 And the multitude of all nations that fight against Ariel shal be as a dreame seene by night euen so shall they be that make warre against it and strong holdes to ouercome it and that lay any siege vnto it 8 In conclusion it shal be euen as when a hungry man dreameth that he is eating and when he awaketh his soule is emptie or as when a thirstie man dreameth that he is drinking and when he awaketh he is yet fainte and his soule hath appetite euen so shall the multitude of all nations that fighteth against mount Sion 9 Ponder these thinges once in your mindes and wonder Blinded are they them selues and the blinde guides of other They are drunken but not with wine they are vnstable but not thorow strong drinke 10 For the Lorde hath couered you with a slumbring spirite and hath closed your eyes your prophetes also and rulers that shoulde see them hath he couered 11 And the vision of all the prophetes is become vnto you as the wordes of a booke that is sealed vp whiche men deliuer to one that is learned saying Reade thou in it and he saith I can not for it is sealed 12 And the booke is geuen to him that is not learned saying Reade thou in it and he saith I am not learned 13 Therfore thus hath the Lorde sayd Forsomuche as this people when they be in trouble do honour me with their mouth and with their lippes but their heart is farre fro me and the feare whiche they haue vnto me proceedeth of a commaundement that is taught of men 14 Therefore wyll I do marueyles among this people euen marueylous thinges I say and a wonder For the wysdome of their wyse men shall perishe and the vnderstanding of their wittie men shall hyde it selfe 15 Wo vnto them that kepe secrete their thoughtes to hide their counsell from the Lorde and to do their workes in darknesse saying Who seeth vs and who knoweth vs 16 Doubtlesse your destruction is in reputation as the potters clay And doth the worke say of hym that made it he made not me And doth an earthen vessell say of hym that fashioned it he had no vnderstanding 17 Is it not harde at hande that Libanus shal be turned into a low fielde and that the lowe fielde shal be taken as the wood 18 And in that day shall deafe men heare the wordes of the booke and the eyes of the blynde shall see euen out of the cloude and out of darknesse 19 The meeke spirited also shall be merie in the Lorde and the poore among them that be lowly shall reioyce in the holy one of Israel 20 For he that dyd violence is brought to naught and the scornefull man is consumed and they rooted out that made haste early to vnrighteousnesse 21 Making a man to sinne in the worde and that toke him in a snare whiche reproued them in the open place and they that haue turned the cause of the righteous to naught 22 Therefore thus saith the Lorde to the house of Iacob euen thus saith he that redeemed Abraham Iacob shall not nowe be confounded nor his face pale 23 But when he seeth his chyldren the worke of my handes in the middes of hym they shall sanctifie my name and prayse the holy one of Iacob and feare the God of Israel 24 They also that haue ben of an erronious spirite shall come to vnderstanding and they that haue ben scornefull shall learne doctrine The .xxx. Chapter 1 Against them that forsake the counsell of God and cleaue to the counsell of men 3 The prophete also threatneth the remnaunt of the people that after the destruction of Hierusalem went into Egypt 1 ALas for those disobedient chyldren saith the Lorde that they will take counsell and not of me that they wyll take a secrete aduice and not out of my spirite and therefore adde they sinne vnto sinne 2 Euen they that walke to go downe into Egypt and haue asked no question at my mouth but seeke strength in the might of Pharao and trust in the shadowe of Egypt 3 Therefore shall the strength of Pharao be your confusion and the trust in the shadowe of Egypt your shame 4 For his captaynes were at Zoan and his embassadours came vnto Hanes 5 They were ashamed of the people that coulde do them no good and that might not helpe them nor shewe them any profit but were their confusion and rebuke 6 The burthen of the beastes of the south In a land of trouble anguishe from whence shall come the young and olde lion the viper and firie serpent that fleeth against them that vpon coltes beare their riches and vpon camels their treasures to a people that can do them no good 7 For vayne and nothing worth shall the helpe of the Egyptians be Therefore haue I cryed vnto Hierusalem they shall haue strength inough if they wyll settle their mindes in quietnesse 8 Nowe therefore go thy way and write this before them in a table and note it in a booke that it may finally remaine and be kept styll for euer 9 For this is an obstinate people and dissembling chyldren chyldren that refuse to heare the lawe of the Lorde 10 For they say vnto the seers see not and to them that be cleare of iudgement loke not out right thinges for vs but speake fayre wordes vnto vs loke out errours 11 Get you out of this way depart out of this path and turne the holy one of Israel from vs. 12 Wherefore thus saith the holy one of Israel Because your heartes ryse against this word and because you trust in wrong dealing and peruerse iudgement and put your confidence therin 13 Therfore shall ye haue this mischiefe for your destruction and fall like as an hye wall that falleth because of some rift or blast whose breakyng commeth sodainly 14