him vpō his holy hill for the LORDE oure God is holy The XCIX psalme O Be ioyfull in God all ye lōdes serue the LORDE w t gladnes come before his presence w t ioye Be ye sure y t the LORDE he is God It is he y t hath made vs not we oure selues we are but his people the shepe of his pasture O go youre waye in to his gates thē with thankesgeuynge in to his courtes w t prayse be thākfull vnto him speake good of his name For the LORDE is gracious his mercy is euerlastinge and his treuth endureth from generacion to generacion The C. psalme A thākesgeuynge of Dauid MY songe shal be of mercy and iudgment yee vnto the o LORDE wil I synge O let me haue vnderstondinge in the waye of godlynesse vntill the tyme that thou come vnto me so shal I walke in my house w t an innocent herte I wil take no wicked thinge in honde I hate the synne of vnfaithfulnesse it shal not cleue vnto me A frowarde herte shal departe fro me I wil not knowe a wicked personne Who so preuely slaundreth his neghboure him wil I destroye Who so hath a proude loke an hye stomacke I maye not awaye with him Myne eyes shal loke for soch as be faithfull in the londe y t they maye dwell with me and who so ledeth a godly life shal be my seruaunt There shall no disceatfull personne dwell in my house he that telleth lyes shal not tary in my sight I shal soone destroye all the vngodly of the londe that all wicked doers maye be roted out of the cite of the LORDE The CI. psalme HEare my prayer o LORDE and let my criēge come vnto the. Hyde not thy face fro me in the tyme of my trouble enclyne thine eares vnto me when I call O heare me and that right soone For my dayes are consumed awaye like smoke my bones are brent vp as it were a fyre brande My hert is smyttē downe and wythered like grasse so that I forget to eate my bred For the voyce of my gronynge my bone wil scarse cleue to my flesh I am become like a Pellicane in the wildernes and like an Oule in a broken wall I wake and am euen as it were a sparow sittinge alone vpon the house toppe Myne enemies reuyle me all the daye longe they laugh me to scorne and are sworne together against me I eate ashes with my bred and mengle my drynke with wepynge And that because of y e indignacion and wrath for thou hast taken me vp and cast me awaye My dayes are gone like a shadowe and I am wythered like grasse But thou o LORDE endurest for euer and thy remembraunce thorow out all generacions Arise therfore and haue mercy vpon Sion for it is tyme to haue mercy vpon her yee the tyme is come And why thy seruauntes haue a loue to hir stones it pitieth them to se her in the dust The Heithen shal feare thy name o LORDE and all the kynges of the earth thy maiesty For the LORDE shal buylde vp Sion and shal apeare in his glory He turneth him vnto the prayer of the poore destitute and despyseth not their desyre This shal be written for those y t come after that the people which shal be borne maye prayse the LORDE For He loketh downe from his Sanctuary out of the heauen doth the LORDE beholde the earth That he maye heare the mournynges of soch as be in captinyte and delyuer the children of death That they maie preach the name of the LORDE in Sion and his worshipe at Ierusalem When the people are gathered together and the kyngdomes also to serue y e LORDE He hath brought downe my strength in my iourney and shortened my dayes Yet wil I saye O my God take me not awaye in y e myddest of myne age as for thy yeares they endure thorow out all generacions Thou LORDE in the begynnynge hast layed y e foundacion of the earth and the heauens are the workes of thy hondes They shal perishe but thou shalt endure they all shall wexe olde as doth a garment as a vesture shalt thou chaunge thē and they shal be chaunged But thou art the same and thy yeares shal not fayle The children of thy seruauntes shall contynue their sede shal prospere in y e sight The CII A psalme of Dauid PRayse the LORDE o my soule all that is within me prayse his holy name Prayse the LORDE o my soule forget not all his benefites Which forgeueth all thy synnes and healeth all thy infirmities Which saueth thy life from destruccion and crowneth the with mercy louynge kyndnesse Which satisfieth thy desyre with good thinges makynge the yonge and lusty as an Aegle The LORDE executeth rightuousnesse and iudgment for all them y t suffre wronge He shewed his wayes vnto Moses and his workes vnto the children of Israel The LORDE is full of compassion and mercy longe sufferinge and of greate goodnesse He wil not allwaye be chydinge nether wil he kepe his anger for euer He hath not dealt with vs after oure synnes ner rewarded vs acordinge to oure wickednesses For loke how hye the heauē is in comparison of the earth so greate is his mercy also towarde them that feare him Loke how wyde the east is from the west so farre hath he set oure synnes from vs. Yee like as a father pitieth his owne children euen so is the LORDE mercifull vnto thē that feare him For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but dust That a man in his tyme is but as is grasse florisheth as a floure of the felde For as soone as the wynde goeth ouer it it gone and the place therof knoweth it nomore But the mercifull goodnesse of y e LORDE endureth for euer and euer vpon them y t feare him and his rightuousnesse vpon their childers children Soch as kepe his couenaunt and thinke vpon his commaundementes to do them The LORDE hath prepared his seate in heauē and his kyngdome ruleth ouer all O prayse the LORDE ye angels of his ye that be mightie instrēgth fulfillinge his commaundement that mē maye heare the voyce of his wordes O prayse the LORDE all ye his hoostes ye seruauntes of his that do his pleasure O speake good of the LORDE all ye workes of his in euery place of his dominion prayse thou the LORDE o my soule The CIII psalme PRayse the LORDE o my soule O LORDE my God thou art become exceadinge glorious thou art clothed with maiesty and honoure Thou deckest thy self with light as it were w t a garment thou spredest out the heauen like a curtayne Thou voltest it aboue with waters thou makest the cloudes thy charet and goest vpon the wynges of the wynde Thou makest thine angels spretes and thy ministers flammes of fyre Thou hast layed y e
ANd they walked in the myddest of the flamme praysynge God and magnifienge y e LORDE Asarias stode vp and prayde on this maner Euen in the myddest of the fyre opened he his mouth saide Blessed be thou o LORDE God of o r fathers right worthy to be praysed and honoured is y t name of thine for euermore for thou art righteous in all y e thinges y t thou hast done to vs Yee faithfull are all y e workes y e wayes are right y e iudgmeÌ„tes true In all y e thinges y t thou hast brought vpon vs vpon the holy cite of o r fathers euen Ierusalem thou hast executed true iudgment Yee acordinge to right and equyte hast thou brought these thinges vpoÌ„ vs because of oure synnes For why we haue offended done wickedly departynge from the In all thinges haue we trespaced not obeyed thy coÌ„maundementes ner kepte theÌ„ nether done as thou hast bydden vs y t we might prospere Wherfore all y t thou hast brought vpon vs euery thinge y t thou hast done to vs thou hast done them in true iudgment As in delyueringe vs in to the hondes of oure enemies amoÌ„ge vngodly wicked abhominacions to an vnrighteous kinge yee y e most frowarde vpoÌ„ earth And now we maye not opeÌ„ o r mouthes we are become a shame reprofe vnto y e seruauntes to theÌ„ y t worshipe the. Yet for thy names sake we beseke the geue vs not vp for euer breake not thy couenaunt take not awaye thy mercy from vs for thy beloued Abrahams sake for thy seruaunt Isaacs sake for thy holy Israels sake to whom thou hast spoken promysed y t thou woldest multiply their sede as y e starres of heauen as the londe y t lieth vpon y e seâ— shore For we o LORDE are become lesse theÌ„ eny people be kepte vnder this daye in all the worlde because of oure synnes So ther now we haue nether prynce duke prophet burnt offerynge sacrifice oblacioÌ„ inceÌ„seâ—â—â— Sanctuary before the. Neuerthelesse in a contrite herte and an humble sprete let vs be receaued y t we maie opteyne thy mercy Like as in the burnt offerynge of rammes bullockes and like as in thousandes of fat lambes so let o r offrynge be in thy sight this daye y t it maye please y e for there is no coÌ„fucion vnto them y t put there trust in the. And now we folowe the with all o r herte we feare the seke thy face Put vs not to shame but deale w t vs after thy louynge kyndnesse acordinge to the multitude of thy mercies Delyuer vs by thy miracles o LORDE get thy name an honoure that all they which do thy seruauntes euell maye be confouÌ„ded Let them be ashamed thorow thy Allmightie power and let their strength be broken that they maye knowe how that thou only art the LORDE God hono r worthy thorow out all the worlde And the kynges seruaÌ„tes y t put them in ceassed not to make the ouen hote with wylde fyre drye strawe pitch fagottes so that the flamme wente out of the ouen vpon a xlix cubites yee it toke awaye brent vp those Caldees y t it gat holde vpon besyde the ouen But the angel of the LORDE came downe in to the ouen to Asarias and his felowes smote y e flamme of the fyre out of the ouen made the myddest of the ouen as it had bene a coole wynde blowinge so that the fyre nether touched them greued them ner dyd them hurte Then these thre as out of one mouth praysed honoured and blessed God in the fornace sayenge Blessed be thou o LORDE God of oure fathers for thou art prayse honoure worthy yee to be magnified for euermore Blessed be y e holy name of thy glory for it is worthy to be praysed and magnified in all worldes Blessed be thou in the holy temple of y e glory for aboue all thinges thou art to be praysed yee more then worthy to be magnified for euer Blessed be thou in the trone of y e kyngdome for aboue all thou art worthy to be wel spoken of to be more then magnified for euer Blessed be thou that lokest thorow the depe syttest vpon the Cherubyns for thou art worthy to be praysed aboue all to be magnified for euer Blessed be thou in y e firmament of heauen for thou art prayse and honoure worthy for euer O all ye workes of the LORDE speake good of y e LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye angels of the LORDE speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye heaueÌ„s speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye waters that be aboue the firmameÌ„t speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye powers of the LORDE speake good of the LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O ye SoÌ„ne Moone speake good of the LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O ye starres of heaueÌ„ speake good of the LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O ye schowers dew speake good of the LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O all ye wyndes of God speake good of y e LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O ye fyre heate speake good of y e LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye wynter and sommer speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye dewes frostes speake good of the LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O ye frost and colde speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye yse and snowe speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye nightes and dayes speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye light and darcknesse speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set vp him for euer O ye lightenynges and cloudes speake good of the LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O let the earth speake good of the LORDE yee lett it prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye mouÌ„taynes and hilles speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye grene thinges vpon the earth speake good of the LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O ye welles speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye sees and floudes speake good of the LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O ye whalles and all that lyue in the waters speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye foules of the ayre speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye beastes catell speake good of
of stone like vnto the first and come vp vnto me in to the mount and make y t an Arke of wod and in the tables I wyll wryte the wordes that were in the first which thou brakest and thou shalt laye them in the Arke So I made an Arke of Fyrre tre and hewed two tables of stone like as the first were wente vp into the mount and y e two tables were in my hande Then wrote he in y e tables acordinge as the first wrytinge was the ten verses which the LORDE spake vnto you out of the fyre vpon the mountayne at the tyme of the gatheringe together And the LORDE gaue theÌ„ vnto me And I turned me wente downe from the mount and layed the tables in the Arke which I had made that they mighte be there as the LORDE commaunded me And the childreÌ„ of Israel departed from Beroth Bne Iaâ—kan vnto Mosera there dyed Aaron there was he buried Eleasar his sonne became prest in his steade FroÌ„ thence they departed from Gadgad From Gadgad to Iathbath a londe of ryuers of water At the same season the LORDE separated out the trybe of Leui to beare the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt and to stonde before the LORDE to mynister vnto him and to prayse his name vnto this daye Therfore shal the Leuites haue no porcion ner enheritaunce with their brethren for the LORDE is their enheritaunce as the LORDE thy God hath promysed them But I taried vpoÌ„ the mount like as afore euen fortye dayes and fortye nightes and the LORDE herde me at that tyme also and wolde not destroye the. But he sayde vnto me Vp get the forth y t thou mayest go before the people y t they maye come in and coÌ„quere the loÌ„de which I sware vnto their fathers to geue them Now Israel what requyreth the LORDE thy God of the but y t thou feare the LORDE thy God and that thou walke in all his wayes loue him serue the LORDE y e God with all thy hert with all thy soule and y t thou kepe the coÌ„maundementes of y e LORDE his ordinaunces which I coÌ„maunde the this daye y t thou mayest prospere Beholde the heauen the heauen of all heaueÌ„s and the earth and all y t is therin is y e LORDES y e God Yeth hath he had a pleasure vnto y e fathers to loue theÌ„ and hath chosen their sede after theÌ„ namely you aboue all nacions as it is come to passe this daye Circumcyse therfore y e foreszkynne of yo r hert be nomore styffnecked For the LORDE yo r God is God of all goddes LORDE ouer all lordes a greate God mightie terryble which regardeth no personne taketh no giftes and doeth righte vnto the fatherlesse and wedowe and loueth the straunger to geue him fode rayment Therfore shal ye loue a strauÌ„ger for ye youre selues also were straungers in the londe of Egipte Thou shalt feare the LORDE thy God him onely shalt thou serue vnto him shalt thou cleue sweare by his name He is thy prayse y e God which hath done for y e these greate terryble thinges y t thine eyes haue sene Thy fathers weÌ„te downe in to Egipte w t seuentye soules but now hath y e LORDE thy God made the as y e starres of heauen in multitude The XI Chapter THerfore shalt thou loue the LORDE y e God kepe his coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes his ordinaunces his lawes his preceptes all y e life loÌ„ge And vnderstoÌ„de this daye that which youre childreÌ„ knowe not Which haue not sene the nurtoure of the LORDE yo r God his greatnesse his mightie hande his stretched out arme his tokens and actes which he dyd amonge the EgipciaÌ„s vnto Pharao the kynge of Egipte to all his londe what he dyd to the power of y e Egipcians vnto their horses charettes whan he broughte the waters of the reed see vpoÌ„ them as they folowed after you how y e LORDE hath broughte them to naught vnto this daye what he dyd vnto you in the wildernesse vntyll ye came vnto this place what he dyd vnto Dathan and Abiram the children of Eliab the sonne of Ruben how the earth opened hir mouth and swalowed them with their housholdes teÌ„tes all their good that they had in the myddes amonge all Israel For youre eyes haue sene the greate workes of y e LORDE which he hath done Therfore shal ye kepe all the commaundementes which I commaunde you this daye that ye maye be stronge to come in and to conquere the londe whither ye go to possesse it that ye maye lyue longe in the londe which the LORDE sware vnto youre fathers to geue vnto them and to their sede eueÌ„ a londe that floweth with mylke and hony For the londe whither thou commest in to possesse it is not as the londe of Egipte whence ye came out where thou sowedest thy sede and waterdest it at thy fote as a garden of herbes but it hath hilles and valleys which drynke water of the rayne of heauen a londe that the LORDE thy God careth for And the eyes of the LORDE thy God are allwaye therin from the begynnynge of the yeare vnto the ende Yf ye shal herken therfore vnto my commaundementes which I commaunde you this daye y t ye loue the LORDE youre God and serue him with all youre hert and with all youre soule then wyl I geue rayne vnto youre loÌ„de in due season early and late that thou mayest gather in thy corne thy wyne and thine oyle and I wyll geue grasse vpon thy felde for thy catell that ye maye eate be fylled But bewarre y t youre hert be not disceaued that ye go asyde serue other goddes worshipe them and then the wrath of the LORDE waxe whote vpoÌ„ you and he shut vp the heaueÌ„ that there come no rayne and the earth geue not hir increase ye perishe shortly from the good loÌ„de which the LORDE hath geuen you Put vp therfore these my wordes in youre hertes and in youre soules and bynde theÌ„ for a signe vpon youre handes y t they maye be a token of remembraunce before yo r eyes and teach them youre children so that thou talke therof whan thou syttest in thine house or walkest by the waye whan thou lyest downe and whan thou rysest vp and wryte them vpon the postes of thine house and vpon thy gates that thou and thy children maye lyue longe in the londe which the LORDE sware vnto thy fathers to geue them as longe as the dayes of heauen endure vpon earth For yf ye shal kepe all these commaundementes which I commaunde you so that ye do therafter that ye loue the LORDE youre God and walke in all his wayes and cleue vnto him then shall the LORDE dryue out
it in to his bely so y t the hefte wente in also after the blade the fatt closed the hefte for he drue not y e dagger out of his bely y e fylthines departed froÌ„ him But Ehud gat him out at the backe dore put to y e dore after him and lockte it Now whan he was gone his seruauntes came in and sawe that the dore of the Sommer perler was lockte and they sayde peraduenture he is gone to the preuye in the syled Sommer perler But whan they had wayted so loÌ„ge tyll they were ashamed for no man opened the perler dore they toke the keye and opened it Beholde then laye their lorde deed vpoÌ„ the earth As for Ehud he was gotten awaye whyle they made so longe tarieÌ„ge he wente ouer by the Idols and ranne his waye vnto Seirath And whan he came in he blewe y e trompet vpoÌ„ mount Ephraim and the children of Israel wente with him from the mount and he before them and he saide vnto them Folowe me for the LORDE hath delyuered the Moabites youre enemies in to yo r hande And they folowed him wanne y e ferye of Iordane y t goeth towarde Moab suffred no man to go ouer and at y e same tyme they smote of the Moabites vpoÌ„ a ten thousande men all nobles and men of armes so that there escaped not one Thus were the Moabites broughte vnder the hande of the children of Israel at that tyme and the londe wâ—s in rest foure score yeares Afterwarde was Samgar y e sonne of Anath which slewe sixe hundreth Philistynes with an oxes gadd and delyuered Israel also The IIII. Chapter BVt the children of Israel dyd yet more euell before y e LORDE whan Ehud was deed And the LORDE solde theÌ„ in to the hande of Iabin the kynge of the Cananites which dwelt at Hazor the chefe captayne of his hooste was Sissera and he dwelt at Haroseth of the Heythen And the childreÌ„ of Israel cried vnto the LORDE for he had nyne huÌ„dreth yron charettes and subdued the children of Israel by violence twentye yeare At y e same tyme was Iudgesse in Israel the prophetisse Debbora the wyfe of Lapidoth and she dwelt vnder y e palme of Debbora betwene Rama Bethel vpon mount Ephraim and the children of Israel came vp vnto her to the lawe She sent forth called for Barak the sonne of Abi Noam of Kedes Nephtali and sayde vnto him Hath not y e LORDE the God of Israel coÌ„maunded the Go thy waye and get the vp vnto mount Thabor take w t the ten thousande men of the children of Nephtali Zabulon For I wil make Sissera the chefe captayne of Iabins hoost to come to the vnto y e water of Cyson with his charettes and with his multitude and I wyll delyuer him in to thy hande Barak sayde vnto her Yf thou wilt come w t me I wil go but yf thou wilt not come with me I wil not go She sayde I wyll go with the neuerthelesse the prayse shal not be thine in this iourney that thou goest but y e LORDE shal delyuer Sissera in to a womaÌ„s hande So Debbora gat hir vp and wente with Barak vnto Kedes Then Barak called Zabulon and Nephtali vnto Kedes and weÌ„te on fote w t ten thousande men And Debbora wente w t him also As for Heber the Kenyte he was departed from the Kenytes from the children of Hobab Moses brother in lawe and had pitched his tent by y e Oke of Zaanaim besyde Kedes Then was it tolde Sissera y t Barak the sonne of Abi NoaÌ„ was gone vp vnto mouÌ„t Thabor he gathered all his charettes together nyne C. yron charettes all the people y t was with him from Haroseth of the HeytheÌ„ vnto the water Cyson Debbora sayde vnto Barak Vp this is the daie wherin the LORDE hath delyuered Sissera in to y e hande for y e LORDE shal go forth before ye. So Barak wente fro mount Thabor and y e ten thousande men after him But the LORDE discomfited Sissera w t all his charettes hoost made theÌ„ afrayed of the edge of the swerde before Barak so y t Sissera leapte of his charet fled on fote Neuerthelesse Barak folowed vpon the charettes the hoost vnto Haroseth of the Heythen all Sisseras hoost fell thorow y e edge of the swerde so y t not one escaped As for Sissera he fled on fote vnto the tente of Iael y e wife of Heber y e Kenite For there was peace betwene kynge Iabin at Hasor the house of Heber the Kenite Iael weÌ„te forth to mete Sissera sayde vnto him Turne in my lorde turne in to me be not afrayed And he turned in vnto her in to the tente she couered him with a garmeÌ„t He sayde vnto her I praye y e geue me a litle water to drynke for I am a thyrst TheÌ„ opened she a mylke pot gaue him to drynke and couered him And he sayde vnto her StoÌ„de in the tente dore yf one come axe is there eny man here saye Noman Then Iael the wife of Heber toke a nale of the tente and an hammer in hir hande wente in preuely vnto him smote the nale in thorow the temples of his heade so y t he sancke to y e earth As for him he was fallen on a slomber and weery and so he dyed But whaÌ„ Barak folowed after Sissera Iael wente for to mete him and sayde vnto him Come hither I wil shewethe the man whom thou sekest And whan he came in vnto her he sawe Sissera deed the nale stickinge in his temples Thus God broughte downe Iabin the kynge of the Cananites before the children of Israel at that tyme the hande of the children of Israel wente subdued Iabin y e kynge of the Cananites tyll they had roted him out Then Debbora and Barac the sonne of Abi Noam sange at the same tyme and sayde The V. Chapter NOw that ye are come to rest ye quyete men in Israel prayse y e LORDE amonge soch of the people as be frewyllinge Heare ye kynges herken to ye prynces I wyl I wyl synge to the LORDE euen vnto the LORDE y e God of Israel wil I playe LORDE whan thou wentest out from Seir camest in from the felde of Edom y e earth quaked the heauen dropped and the cloudes dropped with water The hilles melted before the LORDE Sinai before the LORDE the God of Israel In the tyme of Sanger the sonne of Anath In the tyme of Iael the wayes fayled and they that shulde haue gone in pathes walked thorow croked wayes There was scarcenesse there was scarcenesse of houszbande men in Israel vntyll I Debbora came vp vntyll I came vp a mother in Israel God hath chosen a new thinge He hath ouercome y e portes in battayll and yet was there sene nether shylde
Smoke wente vp from his nose and consumynge fyre out of his mouth coles were kyndled therof He bowed the heauens and came downe and it was darke vnder his fete He sat vpon Cherub and dyd flye and appeared vpon the fethers of the wynde He made darknes his pauylion rounde aboute him thicke water in the cloudes of y e ayre At the brightnesse of him were the fyre coles kyndled The LORDE thondered from heaueÌ„ and the Hyest put forth his voyce He shot his arowes and scatered them he lightened and discomfited them The pourynges out of the See were sene and the foundacions of the earth were discouered at the chydinge of the LORDE at the breth of the sprete of his wrath He sent downe from aboue and receaued me and drue me out of many waters He delyuered me fro my stronge enemye from them that hated me for they were to mightie for me They ouertoke me in the tyme of my trouble but the LORDE was my succoure He broughte me forth in to liberty he delyuered me because he had a fauoure vnto me The LORDE shal rewarde me after my righteousnes and acordinge to the clennes of my handes shal he recompence me For I haue kepte y e waye of the LORDE haue not bene vngodly agaynst my God For I haue an eye vnto all his lawes and haue not put his ordinaunces fro me Therfore wil I be perfecte vnto him and wyl eshue myne awne wickednes So shal y e LORDE rewarde me after my righteousnes acordinge to the cleÌ„nes of my handes in his eye sighte With the holy shalt thou be holy and w t the perfecte thou shalt be perfecte With the cleane thou shalt be cleane and with the frowarde thou shalt be frowarde For thou shalt saue the poore oppressed people and shalt set thine eyes agaynst the proude to brynge them downe For thou O LORDE art my lanterne The LORDE shal lighte my darknesse For in y e I shal discoÌ„fite an hoost of men in my God I shal leape ouer the wall The waye of God is perfecte y e wordes of the LORDE are tryed in the fyre he is a shylde for all theÌ„ that put their trust in him For where is there a God excepte y e LORDE Or who hath eny strength without oure God God hath streÌ„gthed me with power and made playne a perfecte waye for me He hath made my fete like hartes fete hath set me vp an hye He teacheth my handes to fighte and bendeth the stele bowe with myne armes And thou hast geuen me the shylde of y e health and with y e louynge correccion shalt thou multiplye me Thou hast enlarged my goinge vnder me and myne ankles haue not slyded I wyl folowe vpon myne enemies and destroye theÌ„ and wyl not turne backe agayne tyll I haue broughte them to naught I wil coÌ„sume them and thrust them thorow that they come not vp they shal fall vnder my fete Thou hast girded me with strength to y e battayll and hast subdued them vnder me y t rose vp agaynst me Thou hast made myne enemies to turne their backes vpoÌ„ me that I might destroye them that hate me They shal crye but there shal be no Sauioure yee euen vnto the LORDE but he answereth them not I wil beate them as small as the dust of the earth euen as y e claye of the stretes wil I make them thynne and sprede them out abrode But me shalt thou delyuer from the stryuynges of the people and shalt kepe me to be y e heade of the Heythen A people whom I haue not knowne â–ª shal serue me The straunge children haue denyed me at the hearynge of the eare shal they herkeÌ„ vnto me The straunge children are waxen olde are shut vp in their presons The LORDE lyueth and blessed be my God and magnified be the strength of my health God seyth that I be auenged and subdueth the people vnto me He bryngeth me out fro myne enemies from them y t ryse vp agaynst me shalt thou exalte me and from y e cruell man shalt thou delyuer me For this cause wyl I geue thankes vnto the amonge the Heythen and synge prayses vnto thy name Which doth greate health for his kynge sheweth mercy vnto Dauid his anoynted and to his sede for euermore The XXIII Chapter THese are the last wordes of Dauid Dauid the sonne of Isai sayde The man that was set vp to be y e anoynted of the God of Iacob a pleasaunt dyter of songes of Israel sayde The sprete of the LORDE hath spoken by me and the vtteraunce therof is done thorow my tunge He sayde The God of Israel hath spokeÌ„ vnto me the strength of Israel the gouernoure amonge men the righteous gouernoure in the feare of God As the lighte is in y e mornynge whan the Sonne aryseth so that for the brightnesse therof no cloude remayneth and as the grasse loketh vpon the earth thorow the rayne euen so shal my house be with God For he hath made an euerlastinge couenaunt with me well appoynted on euery syde and sure For this is all my health pleasure that it shal growe But the Belial shal be vtterly cleane roted out as the thornes which meÌ„ take not in their haÌ„des And they y t touch them shal destroye them w t yrons speares in the fyre shal they be brent that they maye be broughte to naught These are the names of Dauids Worthies Iasabeam y e sonne of Hachmoni the chefest amonge thre which lifte vp his speare slewe eight hundreth at one tyme. After him was Eleasar the sonne of Dodi the sonne of Ahohi amonge the thre Worthies with Dauid whan they spake despytefully to the Philistynes and were gathered together to the battayll and the men of Israel wente vp Then stode he vp and smote the Philistynes tyll his hande was so weery that it crompâ—ed with the swerde And the LORDE gaue a greate victory at the same tyme so that the people turned after him to spoyle After him was Samma the sonne of Age y e Hararite WhaÌ„ the Philistynes had gathered themselues in a company and in the same place there was a pece of loÌ„de full of small corne and the people fled before the Philistynes theÌ„ stode he in the myddes of y e pece of londe â–ª delyuered it smote y e Philistynes And God gaue a greate victory And these thre pryncipall amonge thirtie came downe in the haruest vnto Dauid in to the caue of Adullam the hoost of y e Philistynes laye in y e valley of Rephaim But Dauid was at the same tyme in the castell and y e Philistynes people laye at Bethleem And Dauid was desyrous and sayde Wolde God y t some man wolde fetch me a drynke of water out of the well at Bethleem vnder the gate TheÌ„ brake the thre Worthies in to the hoost of the Philistynes and drue of the water out of the well
my God lighten myne eyes that I slepe not in death Lest myne enemie saye I haue preuayled agaynst hiÌ„ for yf I be cast downe they that trouble me will reioyse at it But my trust is in thy mercy and my hert is ioyfull in thy sauynge health I wil synge of the LORDE that dealeth so louyngly with me Yee I wil prayse the name of the LORDE the most hyest The XIII A psalme of Dauid THe foolish bodyes saye in their hertes Tush there is no God They are corrupte aÌ„d become abhominable in their doynges there is not one â— doth good The LORDE loked downe froÌ„ heaueÌ„ vpoÌ„ the children of men to se yf there were eny that wolde vnderstonde seke after God But they are all gone out of the waye they are alltogether become vnprofitable there is none that doth good no not one Their throte is an open sepulcre with their tonges they haue disceaued the poyson of Aspes is vnder their lippes Their mouth is full of cursinge and bytternes their fete are swift to shed bloude Destruccion wretchednes are in their wayes aÌ„d the waye of peace haue they not knowne there is no feare off God before their eyes How can they haue vnderstondinge y t worke myschefe eatinge vp my people as it were bred call not vpoÌ„ y e LORDE Therfore shal they be brought in greate feare for God stondeth by the generacion of the rightuous As for you ye haue made a mocke at the couÌ„cell of the poore because he putteth his trust in the LORDE Oh y t the sauynge health were geuen vnto Israel out off Sion Oh that the LORDE wolde delyuer his people out of captiuyte TheÌ„ shulde Iacob reioyse and Israel shulde be right glad The XIIII A psalme of Dauid LORDE who shall dwell in thy tabernacle who shal rest vpoÌ„ y i holy hill Euen he y t ledeth an vncorrupte life that doth the thinge which is right aÌ„d that speaketh the treuth from his herte He y t vseth no disceat in his tonge he that doth no euell to his neghboure slaundreth not his neghbours He y t setteth not by the vngodly but maketh moch of theÌ„ that feare the LORDE he y t sweareth vnto his neghboure dispoynteth him not He that geueth not his money vpon vsury and taketh no rewarde agaynst the innoceÌ„t Who so doth these thiÌ„ges shal neuer be remoued The XV. A psalme of Dauid PReserue me o God for in the do I trust I haue sayde vnto y e LORDE thou art my God my goodes are nothinge vnto the. All my delyte is vpon the sanctes that are in the earth and vpon soch like But they y t runne after another shall haue greate trouble Their drynk offerynges of bloude wil not I offre nether make mencion of their name in my mouth The LORDE himself is my good and my 〈◊〉 thou manteynest my enheritauÌ„ce 〈…〉 is fallen vnto me in a fayre ground◠〈…〉 a goodly heretage I wil thanke 〈…〉 for geuynge me warnynge my 〈…〉 so haue chastened me in the night 〈…〉 Afore honde sawe I God allwayes 〈…〉 me for he is on my right honde that I shulde not be moued Therfore dyd my hert reioyce my tunge was glad my flesh also shall rest in hope For why thou shalt not leaue my souâ—e in hell nether shalt thou suffre thy saynte to se corrupcion Thou hast shewed me the wayes off life thou shalt make me full of ioye w t thy countenaunce At thy right hande there is pleasure and ioye for euermore The XVI A psalme of Dauid HEare y e right O LORDE coÌ„sidre my coÌ„â—playnte herken vnto my prayer thaâ— goeth not out of a fayned mouth Leâ— my sentence come forth froÌ„ thy presence and loke vpon the thinge that is equall Thoâ— hast proued visited myne herte in the nighâ— season thou hast tried me in the fyre hasâ— founde no wickednes in me for I vtterly puâ—â—posed that my mouth shulde not offende Because of the wordes of thy lippes I haue kepte me froÌ„ the workes of men in y e wayâ— off the murthurer Oh ordre thou my goynâ—ges in thy pathes that my fote steppes slippe not For vnto the I crie heare me o Godâ— enclyne thine eares to me and herkeÌ„ vnto my wordes Shewe y i maruelous louinge kindnesse thou that sauest them which put their trust in the from soch as resist thy right honde Kepe me as the apple of an eye defende me vnder the shadowe of thy wynges From the vngodly that trouble me fro myne enemies which compasse my soule rounde aboute Which manteyne their owne welthynesse with oppression their mouth speaketh proude thinges They lye waytinge in o r waye on euery syde turnynge their eyes downe to the grounde Like as a lyon that is gredy of his pray as it were a lyons whelpe lurckynge in his denne Vp LORDE dispoynte him cast him downe delyuer my soule with thy swerde from the vngodly FroÌ„ the men of thy honde o LORDE from the men off the worlde which haue their porcion in this life whose belies thou fyllest with thy treasure They haue children at their desyre and leaue the reste of their substauÌ„ce for their babes But as forme I will beholde thy presence in rightuousnes and when thy glory appeaâ—â— shal be satisfied 〈◊〉 XVII A psalme of Dauid when he is delyuered from the honde off Saul 〈…〉 loue the o LORDE my streÌ„gth 〈…〉 The LORDE is my suco r my refuge 〈◊〉 my Sauio r my god my helper iÌ„ whoÌ„ 〈…〉 my buckler y e horne of my health my proteccioÌ„ I wil prayse y e LORDE call vpon him so shal I be safe fro myne enemies The sorowes of death coÌ„passed me the brokes of vngodlynes made me afrayed The paynes of hell came aboute me the snares of death toke holde vpoÌ„ me Yet in my trouble I called vpoÌ„ the LORDE coÌ„playned vnto my God So he herde my voyce out off his holy teÌ„ple my coÌ„playnte came before hiÌ„ yee eueÌ„ in to his eares TheÌ„ the earth trembled quaked the very fouÌ„dacioÌ„s of the hilles shoke were remoued because he was wrothe There weÌ„te a smoke out of his nostrels aÌ„d a coÌ„sumynge fyre out of his mouth so y e coales were kyndled at it He bowed the heaueÌ„s came downe it was darcke vnder his fete He rode vpoÌ„ the Cherubins dyd fle he came flyenge with the wynges of the wynde He made darcknesse his pauylion rounde aboute hiÌ„ with darcke water thicke cloudes to couer him At the brightnes off his presence the cloudes remoued with hale stones coales of fyre The LORDE also thondred out of y e heaueÌ„ the heyth gaue his thondre w t hale stones coales of fyre He sent out his arowes scatred theÌ„ he cast sore lighteninges destroyed theÌ„ The springes of waters were sene the foundacioÌ„s of the rouÌ„de worlde were discouered
thou LORDE of thy goodnesse haddest made my hill so stronge But as soone as thou turnedest thy face fro me I was brought in feare TheÌ„ cried I vnto y e O LORDE yee vnto y e LORDE made I my prayer What profit is there in my bloude yf I go downe to corrupcion Maye the dust geue thankes vnto ye Or shal it declare thy faithfulnesse Heare O LORDE and haue mercy vpon me LORDE be thou my helper And so thou hast turned my heuynesse in to ioye thou hast put of my sack cloth gyrded me w t gladnesse That my hono r might synge prayses vnto the w t out ceassynge O LORDE my God I wil geue thankes vnto the for euer The XXX A psalme of Dauid IN the O LORDE is my trust let me neuer be put to coÌ„fucion but delyuer me in thy rightuousnesse Bowe downe thine eare to me make haist to delyuer me be thou my stronge rocke and a house of defence that thou mayest saue me For thou art my stronge holde my castell O be thou my gyde lede me for thy names sake Drawe me out of the nett y t they haue layed priuely for me for thou art my streÌ„gth Into thy hondes I commende my sprete thou hast â—â—lyuered me O LORDE thou God of treuth I hate them that holde of vanities and my trust is in the LORDE I will be glad and reioyse in thy mercy for thou hast considred my trouble thou hast knowne my soule in aduersite Thou hast not delyuered me ouer in to the hoÌ„des of the enemie but hast set my fete in a large rowme Haue mercy vpon me O LORDE for I am in trouble myne eye is consumed for very heuynesse yee my soule and my body My life is waxen olde with heuynesse and my yeares w t mournynge My streÌ„gth fayleth me because of my aduersite and my bones are corrupte I am become a very reprofe amonge all myne enemies my neghbours they of myne owne acquauntaunce are afrayed of me they y t seme in the strete coÌ„veye them selues fro me I am clene forgotten and out of mynde as a deed man I am become like a broken vessell For I haue herde the blasphemy of the multitude euery man abhorreth me they haue gathered a councel together agaynst me and are purposed to take awaye my life But my hope is in y e O LORDE I saye thou art my God My tyme is in thy honde delyuer me from the honde of myne enemies from them y t persecute me Shewe thy seruaunt the light of thy countenaunce helpe me for thy mercies sake Let me not be confounded o LORDE for I call vpon the let the vngodly rather be put to confucion and brought vnto the hell Let the lyenge lippes be put to sylence which cruelly diszdanedly despitefully speake agaynst the rightuous O how greate and manifolde is thy good which thou haist hyd for them that feare y e O what thinges bringest thou to passe for them that put their trust in the euen before the sonnes of men Thou hydest them priuely by thine owne presence from the proude men thou kepest them secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tonges Thankes be to the LORDE for he hath shewed me maruelous greate kyndnesse in a stronge cite For when the sodane feare came vpon me I sayde I am cast out of thy sight Neuertheles thou herdest myne humble prayer when I cried vnto the. O loue the LORDE all ye his sayntes for the LORDE preserueth the faith full and plenteously rewardeth he the proude doer Be stroÌ„ge therfore take a good herte vnto you all ye that put youre trust in the LORDE The XXXI A psalme of Dauid BLessed are they whose vnrightuousnesse is forgeuen and whose synnes are couered Blessed is the man vnto whom the LORDE imputeth no synne in whose sprete there is no gyle For whyle I helde my tonge my bones consumed awaye thorow my daylie complaynynges And because thy hande was so heuy vpon me both daye and night my moysture was like the drouth in Sommer Sela. Therfore I confessed my synne vnto the and hyd not myne vnrightuousnesse I saide I will knowlege myne offence and accuse my self vnto the LORDE and so thou forgauest me the wickednesse of my synne Sela. For this shal euery saynte make his prayer vnto the in due season therfore shall not the greate water floudes come nye him Thou art my defence in the trouble that is come aboute me O coÌ„passe thou me aboute also with the ioye of delyueraunce Sela. I wil enforme the and shewe the the waye wherin thou shalt go I wil fasten myne eyes vpon the. Be not ye now like horses mooles which haue no vnderstondinge Whose mouthes thou must holde with bytt brydle yf they wil not obeie the. Greate plages shall y e vngodly haue but who so putteth his trust in the LORDE mercy shall compasse him on euery syde Be glad o ye rightuous and reioyse in the LORDE be ioyfull all ye that are true of herte The XXXII A psalme of Dauid EEioyse in y e LORDE o ye rightuous for it becommeth well the iust to be thankfull Prayse the LORDE with harpe synge psalmes vnto him with the lute and instrument of ten strynges Singe him a new songe yee synge lustely vnto him with a good corage For the worde of y e LORDE is true and all his workes are faithfull He loueth mercy iudgment y e earth is full of the goodnesse of the LORDE By the worde of the LORDE were the heauens made all the hoostes of them by y e breth of his mouth He gathereth y e waters together as it were in a bottell laieth vp the depe in secrete Let all the earth feare the LORDE and let all them that dwell in the worlde stoÌ„de in awe of him For loke what he sayeth it is done and loke what he coÌ„mauÌ„deth it stondeth fast The LORDE bryngeth the councell of the Heithen to naught and turneth the deuyces of the people But the couÌ„cell of the LORDE endureth and the thoughtes of his hert from generacion to generacion Blessed are the people that holde the LORDE for their God blessed are the folke whom he hath chosen to be his heretage The LORDE loketh downe from heauen beholdeth all the children of men from his stronge seate he considreth all them y t dwell in the worlde He only hath fashioned all the hertes of them knoweth all their workes A kynge is not helped by his owne greate hoost nether is a giaunte saued thorow the might of his owne streÌ„gth A horse is but a vayne thynge to saue a man it is not the power of his streÌ„gth that can delyuer him Beholde the eye of the LORDE loketh vnto them that feare him 〈◊〉 put their trust in his mercy That he maye delyuer their soules from death and to fede them
all men lyuynge Sela. Yee euery man walketh as it were a shadowe and disquieteth himâ—self in vayne he heapeth vp riches and can not tell to whom he gathereth them And now LORDE wherin shall I comforte me my hope is in the. Delyuer me from all myne offences and make me not a scorne vnto the foolish I kepe syleÌ„ce and open not my mouth for thou hast done it Turne thy plages awaye fro me for I am coÌ„sumed thorow the feare of thy haÌ„de When thou punyshest man for synne thou chastenest him so that his beutie consumeth awaye like as it were a mothe O how vayne are all men Sela. Heare my prayer o LORDE and considre my callinge shewe not thy self as though thou sawest not my teares For I am a straunger and pilgrymme with the as all my forefathers were Oh spare me a litle that I maye refresh myself before I go hence and be no more sene The XXXIX A psalme of Dauid I Wayted paciently for the LORDE which enclyned himself vnto me and herde my callinge He brought me out of the horrible pitte out of the myre and claye he set my fete vpoÌ„ the rocke and ordred my goinges He hath put a new songe in my mouth euen a thankesgeuynge vnto oure God Many men seynge this shal feare the LORDE put their trust in him Blessed is the man that setteth his hope in the LORDE and turneth not vnto the proude to soch as go aboute with lies O LORDE my God greate are y e wonderous workes which thou hast done in thy thoughtes towarde vs there maye none be lickened vnto the. I wolde declare them and speake of theÌ„â— but they are so many that they can not be tolde Sacrifice and offeringe thou woldest not haue but a body hast thou ordeined me â–ª burnt offerynges and sacrifice for synne thou hast not alowed Then sayde I Lo I come In the begynnynge of the boke it is written of me that I shulde fulfill thy wil O my God that am I conteÌ„t to do yee thy lawe is within my hert I wil preach of y e rightuousnesse in the greate congregacion Lo I wil not refrayne my lippes o LORDE that thou knowest I do not hyde y e rightuousnes in my hert my talkynge is of thy treuth and sauynge health I kepe not thy louynge mercy and faithfulnesse backe from the greate congregacion Turne not thou thy mercy fro me o LORDE but let thy louynge kyndnesse and treuth alâ—waye preserue me For innumerable troubles are come aboute me my synnes haue taken soch holde vpon me that I am not able to loke vp yee they are mo in nombre then the hayres of my heade and my hert hath fayled me O LORDE let it be thy pleasure to deliuer me make haist o LORDE to helpe me Let them be ashamed and coÌ„founded that seke after my soule to destroie it let them fall backwarde and be put to confucion that wysh me euell Let theÌ„ soone be brought to shame that crie ouer me there there But let all those that seke the be ioyfull and glad in the and let all soch as delyte in thy sauynge health saye allwaye the LORDE be praysed As for me I am poore in mysery but the LORDE careth for me Thou art my helper redemer make no longe tarieÌ„ge o my God The XL. A psalme of Dauid BLessed is he y t considreth y e poore y e LORDE shal delyuer him in the tyme of trouble The LORDE shal preserue him and kepe him alyue he shal make him to prospere vpon earth and shal not delyuer him in to y e wil of his enemies The LORDE shal refâ—esh him when he lyeth sick vpon his bedd yee thou makest his bed in all his sicknesse I sayde LORDE be mercifull vnto me heale my soule for I haue synned agaynst the. Myne enemies speake euell vpoÌ„ me whan shal he dye and his name perishe Though he came in to se yet meaned he falsede in his hert heapinge myschefe vpon himself All they that hate me runne together agaynst me and ymagin euell agaynst me They haue geuen a wicked sentence vpon me when he lyeth he shal ryse vp nomore Yee euen myne owne familier frende whom I trusted which dyd eate my bred hath lift vp his hele agaynst me But be thou mercifull vnto me o LORDE rayse thou me vp and I shal rewarde them By this I knowe thou fauourest me that my enemie shal not triumphe ouer me Thou hast vp holden me because of my innocency and set me before thy face for euer O blessed be y e LORDE God of Israel from heÌ„ce forth and for euermore Amen Amen The XLI A psalme of y e childreÌ„ of Corah LIke as the hert desyreth the water brokes so longeth my soule after the o God My soule is a thurste for God yee eueÌ„ for the lyuynge God whaÌ„ shal I come beholde the face of God My teares are my meate â–ª daye and night whyle it is daylie sayde vnto me where is now thy God Now when I thinke there vpoÌ„ I poure out my hert by my self for I wolde fayne go hence with the multitude passe ouer with them vnto the house of God in y e voyce of prayse thankesgeuynge amonge soch as kepe holy daye Why art thou so full of heuynes o my soule why art thou so vnquiete within me O put thy trust in God for I wil yet geue him thankes for the helpe of his countenauÌ„ce My God my soule is vexed within me therfore I remeÌ„bre the londe of Iordane the litle hill of Hermonâ—m One depe calleth another w t the voyce of thy whystles all thy wawes water floudes are gone ouer me The LORDE hath promised his louynge kyndnesse daylie therâ—fore wil I prayse him in the night season and make my prayer vnto y e God of my life I wil saye vnto God my stony rock why hasâ— thou forgotten me why go I thus heuely â–ª whyle the enemie oppresseth me Whyle my bones are broken whyle myne enemies cast me in the tethe daylie sayenge vnto me where is now thy God Why art thou 〈◊〉 hâ—uy o my soule why art thou so disquieteâ—â— within me O put thy trust in God for â— wil yet thanke him for the helpe of his counâ—tenaunce and because he is my God The XLII psalme BEne sentence vpon me o God deâ—fende my cause agaynst the vnholâ— people Oh delyuer me from the diâ—ceatfull wicked man For thou o God art my streÌ„gth why hast thou shot me froâ— the Why go I then so heuely whyle the eâ—â—mie oppresseth me Oh sende out y e lighâ— thy trueth y t they maye lede me bryng me vnto thy holy hill and to thy dwellingâ— That I maye go in to the aulter of Goâ— euen vnto the God which is my ioye pleaâ—â—â—re vpon the harpe to geue thaÌ„kes vnto 〈◊〉 o God my God Why art thou so heuy
agaynst me fro my youth vp maye Israel now saie Yee many a tyme haue they fought agaiÌ„st me fro my youth vp but they haue not ouercome me The plowers plowed vpoÌ„ my backe made loÌ„ge forowes But the rightous LORDE hath hewen y e yocke of y e vngodly in peces Let them be confounded turned backwarde as many as haue euell will at Sion Let theÌ„ be eueÌ„ as the haye vpon the house toppes which wythereth afore it be pluckte vp Wherof the mower fylleth not his hande nether he that byndeth vp the sheaues his bosome So that they which go by saye not so moch as the LORDE prospere you we wish you good lucke in the name of the LORDE The CXXIX psalme OVt of the depe call I vnto the o LORDE LORDE heare my voyce Oh let thine eares considre well the voyce of my complaynte Yf thou LORDE wilt be extreme to marcke what is done amysse Oh LORDE who maye abyde it But there is mercy with the that thou mayest be feared I loke for the LORDE my soule doth wayte for him and in his worde is my trust My soule doth paciently abyde the LORDE froÌ„ the one mornynge to the other Let Israel trust in the LORDE â–ª for with the LORDE there is mercy and plenteous redempcion And he shal redeme Israel from all his synnes The CXXX A psalme of Dauid LORDE I am not hye mynded I haue no proude lokes I do not exercise myself in greate matters which are to hye for me But I refrayne my soule and kepe it lowe like as a childe y t is weened from his mother yee my soule is euen as a weened childe Let Israel trust in the LORDE froÌ„ this tyme forth for euermore The CXXXI Psalme LORDE remembre Dauid and all his trouble How he swore vnto y e LORDE vowed a vowe vnto y e mightie one of Iacob I wil not come within the tabernacle of my house ner clymme vp iÌ„ to my bedde I wil not suffre myne eyes to slepe ner myne eye lyddes to sloÌ„ber Vntill I fynde out a place for the LORDE an habitacioÌ„ for the mightie one of Iacob Lo we herde of the same at Ephrata fouÌ„de it in y e wod We wil go in to his tabernacle â–ª fall downe before his fotestole Arise o LORDE in to thy restinge place thou y e arke of y e streÌ„gth Let thy prestes be clothed with rightuousnesse and let thy sayntes reioyse For thy seruaunte Dauids sake turne not awaye the presence of thine anoynted The LORDE hath made a faithfull ooth vnto Dauid he shal not shrenke from it Of the frute of thy body shal I set vpon thy seate Yf thy children wil kepe my couenaunt my testimony y t I shal lerne theÌ„ their childreÌ„ also shal syt vpoÌ„ thy seate for euermore For the LORDE hath chosen SioÌ„ to be an habitacioÌ„ for him self hath he chosen her This shal be my rest here wil I dwel for I haue a delite therin I will blesse hir vytales w t increase wil satisfie hir poore with bred I wil decke hir prestes with health hir sayntes shal reioyse be glad There shall I make the horne of Dauid to florish I haue ordened a lanterne for myne anoynted As for his enemies I shal clothe theÌ„ w t shame but vpon himself shal his crowne florish The CXXXII A psalme of Dauid BEholde how good ioyfull a thinge it is brethreÌ„ to dwell together in vnite It is like y t precious oyntment vpon the heade that ranne downe vnto the beerd eueÌ„ vnto Aarons beerd weÌ„te downe to the skyrtes of his clothinge Like the dewe of Hermon which fell vpon the hill of Sion For there the LORDE promised his blessynge and life for euermore The CXXXIII psalme BEholde O prayse the LORDE all 〈◊〉 seruauntes of the LORDE ye that 〈◊〉 night stoÌ„de in the house of the LORDE 〈◊〉 lift vp youre handes in the Sanctuaâ—◠〈◊〉 prayse the LORDE The LORâ—◠〈…〉 heauen earth blesse the out 〈…〉 The CXXXIIII psalâ—â— â–ª O Prayse y e name 〈…〉 o ye seruauÌ„te◠〈…〉 in y e 〈…〉 of the house of 〈…〉 LORDE for the 〈…〉 For I knowe y t y e LORDE is greate y t o r LORDE is aboue all goddes What so euer y e LORDE pleaseth y t doth he in heaueÌ„ in earth in the see in all depe places He bryngeth forth the cloudes from the endes of the worlde he turneth y e lighteniÌ„ges vnto rayne bringiÌ„ge the wyndes out of their treasuries Which smote the firstborne of Egipte both of man and beest He hath sent tokens and wonders in to the myddest of the o thou londe of Egipte vpon Pharao and all his seruauntes Which smote dyuerse nacions slewe mightie kynges Sihon kynge of y e Amorites Og the kynge of Basan and all the kyngdomes of CanaaÌ„ And gaue their loÌ„de for an heretage for an heretage vnto Israel his people Thy name o LORDE endureth foreuer so doth thy memoriall o LORDE from one generacion to another For the LORDE wil aueÌ„ge his people be gracious vnto his seruauÌ„tes As for the ymages of the HeitheÌ„ they are but syluer and golde the worke of mens haÌ„des They haue mouthes speake not eyes haue they but they se not They haue eares and yet they heare not nether is there eny breth iÌ„ their mouthes They that make them are like vnto them so are all they that put their trust in theÌ„ Prayse the LORDE ye house of Israel prayse the LORDE ye house of Aaron Prayse the LORDE ye house of Leui ye that feare y e LORDE prayse the LORDE Praysed be the LORDE out of Sion which dwelleth at IerusaleÌ„ Halleluya The CXXXV psalme O Geue thankes vnto the LORDE for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer O geue thaÌ„kes vnto the God of all goddes for his mercy endureth for euer O thanke the LORDE of all lordes for his mercy endureth for euer â—hich only doth greate wonders for his 〈…〉 endureth for euer Which by his 〈…〉 soome made the heauens for his mercy 〈…〉 for euer Which layed out the earth 〈…〉 waters for his mercy endureth for 〈…〉 hath made greate lightes for 〈…〉 for euer The Sonne 〈…〉 his mercy endureth for 〈…〉 the starres to gouerne 〈…〉 endureth for euer 〈…〉 their firstborne 〈…〉 for euer And 〈…〉 them for 〈…〉 reed see in to partes for his mercy endureth for euer And made Israel to go thorow y e myddest of it for his mercy endureth for euer But as for Pharao and his hoost he ouer threwe them in the reed see for his mercy endureth for euer Which led his people thorow the wyldernesse for his mercy endureth for euer Which smote greate kynges for his mercy endureth for euer Yee and slewe mightie kynges for his mercy endureth for euer Sihon kynge of the Amorites
vp the grounde But myne eyes loke vnto y e o LORDE God in the is my trust oh cast not out my soule Kepe me froÌ„ y e snare which 〈…〉 me and froÌ„ the trappes 〈…〉 Let the vngodly fall 〈…〉 nettes together vntill I be 〈…〉 them The CXLI A psalme of Dauid I Crie vnto the LORDE with my voyce yee eueÌ„ vnto the LORDE do I make my supplicacion I poure out my complaynte before him and shewe him of my trouble When my sprete is in heuynesse for thou knowest my path in the waye where in I walke haue they preuely layed a snare for me I loke vpon my right honde se there is no man that wil knowe me I haue no place to fle vnto no man careth for my soule Therfore do I crie vnto the o LORDE and saye thou art my hope and my porcion in the londe of the lyuynge CoÌ„sidre my complaynte for I am brought very lowe Oh delyuer me fro my persecuters for they are to stronge for me Brynge my soule out of preson that I maye geue thaÌ„kes vnto thy name which thinge yf thou wilt grauÌ„te me then shal the rightuous resorte vnto my coÌ„pany The CXLII A psalme of Dauid HEare my prayer o LORDE considre my desyre answere me for thy treuth rightuousnesse sake And entre not in to iudgment with thy seruaunt for in thy sight shal no man lyuynge be iustified For the enemie persecuteth my soule he smyteth my life downe to the grounde he layeth me in the darcknesse as the deed men of the worlde Therfore is my sprete vexed within me and my herte within me is desolate Yet do I remeÌ„bre the tymes past I muse vpoÌ„ all y e workes yee I exercise my self in the workes of thy hondes I stretch forth my hondes vnto the my soule crieth vnto the out of the thyrstie londe Sela. Heare me o LORDE and that soone for my sprete waxeth faynte hyde not y e face fro me lest I be like vnto theÌ„ that go downe in to the graue Oh let me heare thy louynge kyndnesse by tymes in the mornynge for in the is my trust shewe thou me the waye that I shulde walke in for I lift vp my soule vnto the. Delyuer me o LORDE fro myne enemies for I resorte vnto the. Teach me to do the thinge that pleaseth the for thou art my God let thy louynge spreâ—e lede me forth vnto the londe of rightuousnesse QuyckeÌ„ me o LORDE for thy names sake and for thy rightuousnesse sake brynge my soule out of trouble And of thy goodnesse scater myne enemies abrode and destroye all them that vexe my soule for I am thy seruaunt The CXLIII A psalme of Dauid BLessed be the LORDE my refuge which teacheth my haÌ„des to warre my fyngers to fight My hope and my castell my defence and my delyuerer my shylde in whom I trust which gouerneth the people that is vnder me LORDE what is maÌ„ that thou hast soch respecte vnto him Or the sonne of man that thou so regardest him Man is like a thinge of naught his tyme passeth awaye like a shadowe Bowe thy heaueÌ„s o LORDE come downe touch the mountaynes y t they maye smoke withall â–ª Sende forth the lightenynge scater theÌ„ shute out thine arowes and consume them Sende downe thine hande from aboue delyuer me and take me out of y e greate waters from the hande of straunge childreÌ„ Whose mouth talketh of vanite their right haÌ„de is a righthande of falsede That I maye synge a new songe vnto the o God synge prayses vnto the vpon a tenstrynged luck Thou that geuest victory vnto kynges and hast delyuered Dauid thy seruaunt from the parell of the swerde Saue me and delyuer me from the honde of straunge childreÌ„ whose mouth talketh of vanite and their right hande is a right hande of falsede That 〈◊〉 sonnes maye growe vp as the yoÌ„ge plantes and that oure doughters maye be as the polished corners of the temple That o r garners maye be full and plenteous with all maner of stoare that o r shepe maye brynge forth thousandes and hundreth thousands in oure villages That oure oxen maye be stronge to laboure that there be no myschaunce 〈◊〉 decaye and no complayninge in oure stretes â–ª Happie are the people that be in soch a â—â—se yee blessed are the people which haue the LORDE for their God The CXLIIII A psalme of Dauid I Wil magnifie the o my God kyngeâ— I wil prayse y e name for euer euer Euery daye wil I geue thankes vnto the and prayse y e name for euer and euer Greate is the LORDE maruelous worthy to be praysed there is no ende of his greatnesse One generacion shal prayse thy wâ—kes vnto another and declare thy power As for me I wil be talkiÌ„ge of thy worshipe thy glory thy prayse and woÌ„derous workes â–ª So that men shal speake of the might of thy maruelous actes and tell of y e greatnes â–ª The memoriall of y e abundaunt kyndneâ— shal be shewed and meÌ„ shal synge of thy righteousnesse The LORDE is gracious and mercifull longe sufferynge of greate goodnesse The LORDE is louynge vnto euery man and his mercy is ouer all his workes All thy workes prayse the o LORDE and thy sayntes geue thankes vnto the. They shewe the glory of thy kyngdome and talke of y e power That y e power thy gloâ—â— mightynesse of thy kyngdome migâ—◠〈◊〉 knowne vnto men Thy kyngdome is an euerlastinge kyngdome thy dominion endureth thorow out all ages The LORDE vpholdeth all soch as shulde fall and lifteth vp all those that be downe The eyes of all wayte vpon the and thou geuest them their meate in due season Thou openest thine haÌ„de and fyllest all thinges lyuynge with plenteâ—usnesse The LORDE is righteous in all his wayes holy in all his workes The LORDE is nye vnto all them that call vpon him yee all soch as call vpon him faithfully He fulfilleth the desyre of them that feare him he heareth their crie and helpeth them The LORDE preserueth all them that loue him but scatereth abrode all the vngodly My mouth shal speake the prayse of the LORDE And let all flesh geue thankes vnto his holy name for euer and euer Halleluya The CXLâ— psalme PRayse the LORDE o my soule whyle I lyue wil I prayse the LORDE yee as loÌ„ge as I haue eny beynge I wil synge prayses vnto my God O put not yo r trust in prynces ner in the childe of man for there is no helpe in theÌ„ For when y e breth of man goeth forth he shal turne agayne to his earth and so all his thoughtes perishe Blessed is he that hath y e God of Iacob for his helpe and whose hope is in the LORDE his God Which made heauen and earth y t see and all that therin is which kepeth his promise for euer Which helpeth them to right y t suffre wronge which fedeth y e
for Ierusalēs sake I will not ceasse vntill their rightuousnes breake forth as y e shyninge light their health as a burnynge lampe Then shal the Gētiles se thy rightuousnesse all kinges thy glory Thou shalt be named with a new name which the mouth of y e LORDE shal shewe Thou shalt be a crowne in the honde of the LORDE and a glorious garlāde in the hōde of thy God From this tyme forth thou shalt neuer be called the forsakē thy lōde shal nomore be called the wildernesse But thou shalt be called Hephziba that is my beloued y e londe Beula that is a maried womā for y e LORDE loueth y e thy lōde shal be inhabited And like as yonge mā taketh a doughter to mariage so shal God mary himself vnto y e sonnes And as a brydegrome is glad of his bryde so shal God reioyse ouer the. I wil set watchmē vpō thy walles o Ierusalem which shall nether ceasse daye nor night to preach y e LORDE And ye also shall not kepe him close nor leaue to speake of hī vntill Ierusalē be set vp made the prayse of the worlde The LORDE hath sworne by his right honde by his stronge arme that frō hence forth he wil not geue thy corne to be meate for thine enemies ner y e wyne wherī thou hast laboured to be drynke for y e straungers But they that haue gathered in the corne shal eate it geue thankes to the LORDE they that haue borne in the wyne shall drynke it in the court of my Sanctuary Stōde back departe a sunder ye y t stonde vnder y e gate make rowme ye people repayre the strete take awaye y e stones set out a tokē for the people Beholde y e LORDE proclameth in the endes of the worlde tel y e doughter Siō se thy Saluaciō cometh beholde he bringeth his treasure w t him his workes go before him For they whō y e LORDE delyuereth shal be called the holy people as for the thou shalt be named the greatly occupied and not the forsaken The lxiij Chapter WHat is he this that cometh from Edom with stayned reade clothes of Bosra which is so costly cloth cometh in so neēbly with all his strēgth I am he y t teacheth rightuousnes am of power to helpe Wherfore thē is thy clothinge reade thy raymēt like his y t treadeth in y e wyne presse I haue troddē the presse my self alone of all people there was not one with me Thus haue I trodē downe myne enemies in my wrath and set my fete vpō them in my indignacion And their bloude sprange vpō my cloothes so haue I stayned all my rayment For the daye of vengeaūce that I haue takē in honde the yeare of my delyueraunce is come I loked aboute me and there was no mā to shewe me eny helpe I fel downe and no man helde me vp Thē I helde me by myne owne arme my feruētnesse susteyned me And thus haue I troden downe the people in my wrath and bathed them in my displeasure In so moch that I haue shed their bloude vpon the earth I will declare the goodnesse of the LORDE yee and the prayse of the LORDE for all that he hath gyuen vs for the greate good y t he hath done for Israel which he hath gyuen them of his owne fauoure acordinge to the multitude of his louynge kindnesses For he sayde These no doute wil be my people and no shrēkinge children and so he was their Sauioure In their troubles he forsoke thē not but the angel that went forth from his presence delyuered them Of very loue kindnesse that he had vnto them redemed he them He hath borne them and caried them vp euer sence the worlde begāne But after they prouoked him to wrath and vexed his holy minde he was their enemie and fought agaynst them him self Yet remēbred he the olde tyme of Moses his people How he brought them from the water of the see as a shepherde doth with his shepe how he had geuen his holy sprete amonge them how he had led Moses by the right honde with his glorious arme how he had deuyded the water before them wherby he gat him self an euerlastinge name how he led them in the depe as an horse is led in the playne that they shulde not stomble The sprete of the LORDE led them as a tame beast goeth in the felde Thus o God hast thou led thy people to make thy self a glorious name with all Loke downe then from heauē and beholde the dwellinge place of thy sanctuary thy glory How is it y t thy gelousy thy strength the multitude of thy mercies and thy louynge kyndnesse wyl not be entreated of vs Yet art thou o r father For Abraham knoweth vs not nether is Israel acquanted with vs. But thou LORDE art oure father and redemer and thy name is euer lastinge O LORDE wherfore hast thou led vs out of thy waye wherfore hast thou hardened oure hertes that we feare the not Be at one with vs agayne for thy seruauntes sake y t are of the generaciō of thy heretage Thy people hath had but litle of thy Sanctuary in possessiō for oure enemies haue takē it in And we are become euen as we were from the beginnynge but thou art not their LORDE for they haue not called vpon thy name The lxiiij Chapter O That thou woldest cleue the heauen in sonder come downe that the mountaynes might melt awaye at thy presence like as at an hore fyre and that the malicious might boyle as the water doth vpon the fyre Wherby thy name might be knowne amōge thine enemies y t the Gētiles might trēble before ye. That thou mightest come downe with thy wonderous straunge workes then shulde the hilles melt at thy presence For sence the begynnynge of the worlde there was none excepte thou o God that herde or perceaued nether hath eny eye sene what thou dost for thē that put their trust in the. Thou helpest him that doth right with cherefulnesse and them that thynke vpon thy wayes But lo thou art angrie for we offende and haue bene euer in synne and there is not one whole We are all as an vnclene thinge all oure rightuousnesses are as the clothes stayned with the floures of a woman we fall euerychone as the leaf for oure synnes carie vs awaye like the wynde There is no man that calleth vpon thy name that stondeth vp to take holde by the. Therfore hydest thou thy face from vs and consumest vs because of oure synnes But now o LORDE thou father of ours we are the claye and thou art oure potter and we all are the worke of thy hondes Be not to sore displeased o LORDE and kepe not oure offences to lōge in thy remembraunce but considre that we all are thy people
not but wil do as their fathers dyd before them Chap. XLV Ieremy comforteth Baruch coÌ„cernynge his weaknesse of mynde Chap. XLVI The summe of Ieremies preachinge vnto the Heithen specially vnto Egipte Chap. XLVII Agaynst the Philistynes Chap. XLVIII Agaynst Moab Chap· XLIX Agaynst the Ammonites Edomites Damascus Cedar and Elam Chap. L.LI. Agaynst Babilon Chap. LII A recitynge how IerusaleÌ„ was beseged wonne and taken These are the Sermons of Ieremy the sonne of Helchia the prest one of them that dwelt at Anathot in the londe of Ben Iamin when the LORDE had first spoken with him in the tyme of Iosias the sonne of Amon kinge of Iuda in the xiij yeare of his kingdome and so duringe vnto the tyme of Ioachim the sonne of Iosias kinge of Iuda and vnto the xj yeares of Sedechias the sonne of Iosias kinge of Iuda were ended when Ierusalem was taken euen in the fyfth Moneth The first Chapter THe worde of the LORDE spake thus vnto me Before I fasshioned the in thy mothers woÌ„be I dyd knowe the And or euer thou wast borne I sanctified the ordened the to be a prophet vnto the people TheÌ„ sayde I Oh LORDE God I am vnâ—ete for I am yet but yonge And the LORDE answered me thus Saye not so I am to yonge For thou shalt go to all that I shall sende the vnto and what so euer I coÌ„maunde the that shalt thou speake Be not afrayed of their faces for I wil be with the to delyuer the saieth the LORDE And with that the LORDE stretched out his honde and touched my mouth and sayde morouer vnto me Beholde I put my wordes in thy mouth and this daye do I set the ouer the people and kingdomes that thou mayest rote out breake of destroye and make waist and that thou mayest buylde vp and plaÌ„te After this the LORDE spake vnto me sayenge Ieremy what seist thou And I sayde I se a wakynge rodde Then sayde y e LORDE thou hast sene right for I will watch diligently vpon my worde to perfourme it It happened afterwarde that the LORDE spake to me agayne sayde What seist thou And I sayde I do se a seethinge pot lokinge from out of the north hitherwarde Then sayde the LORDE vnto me Out of the north shall come a plage vpon all the dwellers of the londe For lo I will call all the officers of the kyngdomes of the north saieth the LORDE And they shall come and euery one shall set his seate in the gates of Ierusalem and in all their walles rounde aboute and thorow all the cities of Iuda And thorow them shall I declare my iudgment vpon all the wickednesse of those men that haue forsaken me that haue offred vnto straunge goddes worshipped the workes of their owne hondes And therfore gyrde vp thy loynes arise and tell them all that I geue the in coÌ„maundement Feare them not I will not haue the to be afrayed of theÌ„ For beholde this daye do I make the a stroÌ„ge fensed towne an yron pyler and a wall of stele agaynst y e whole londe agaynst the kinges and mightie men of Iuda agaynst the prestes and people of the londe They shall fight agaynst the but they shall not be able to ouer come the for I am w t the to delyuer the saieth the LORDE The II. Chapter MOrouer the worde of the LORDE coÌ„maunded me thus Go thy waye crie in the eares of IerusaleÌ„ saye Thus saieth the LORDE I remembre the for the kyndnesse of thy youth and because of thy stedfast loue in that thou folowdest me thorow the wildernesse in an vntilled londe Thou Israel wast halowed vnto te LORDE and so was his first frutes All they that deuoured Israel offended miszfortune fell vpon them saieth the LORDE Heare therfore the worde of the LORDE O thou house of Iacob and all the generacion of the house of Israel Thus saieth y e LORDE vnto your What vnfaithfulnesse founde youre fathers in me that they wente so farre awaye fro me fallinge to lightnesse and beinge so vayne They thought not in their hertes Where haue we left the LORDE y t brought vs out of the loÌ„de of Egipte y t led vs thorow the wildernesse thorow a deserte and roughlonde thorow a drie and a deedly londe yee a londe that no man had gone thorow and wherein no man had dwelt And when I had brought you in to a pleasaunt welbuylded londe that ye might enioye the frutes and all the coÌ„modities of the same ye went forth and defyled my londe brought myne heretage to abhominacion The prestes theÌ„ selues saide not once where is y e LORDE They y t haue the lawe in their hondes knowe me not The shepherdes offende agaynst me The prophetes do seruyce vnto Baal folowe soch thinges as shall bringe them no profit Wherfore I am constrayned sayeth the LORDE to make my complaynte vpon you and vpon youre children Go in to the Iles of Cethim and loke wel sende vnto Cedar take diligent hede and se whether soch thinges be done there whether the Gentiles them selues deale so falsly vntruly with their goddes which yet are no goddes in dede But my people hath geuen ouer their hie honoure for a thinge that maye not helpe them Be astonished o ye heauens be afrayde abashed at soch a thinge saieth the LORDE For my people hath done two euels They haue forsakeÌ„ me the well of the water of life and digged them pittes yee vile and broken pittes that holde no water Is Israel a bonde seruaunt or one of the housholde Why is he then so spoyled Why do they roare and crie then vpon him as a lyon They haue made his londe wayst his cities are so brent vp that there is no man dwellinge in them Yee the children of Noph and Taphanes haue defyled thy necke CoÌ„meth not this vnto the because thou hast forsaken the LORDE thy God euer sence he led the by the waye And what hast thou now to do in y e strete of Egipte to drinke foule water Ether what makest thou in the waye to Assiria To drinke water of the floude Thine owne wickednesse shal reproue the and thy turnynge awaye shal condemne the that thou mayest knowe and vnderstonde how euel and hurtful a thinge it is y t thou hast forsaken the LORDE thy God and not feared him saieth the LORDE God of hoostes I haue euer broken thy yock of olde bursten thy bondes yet saiest thou I wil nomore serue but like an harlot thou runnest aboute vpon all hie hilles amonge all grene trees where as I planted the out of noble grapes and good rotes How art thou turned then into a bytter vnfrutefull and straunge grape Yee and that so sore that though thou wasshest the with Nitrus makest thiself to sauoure with that swete smellinge herbe of Borith yet
the londe of the Caldees The leest amoÌ„ge the people shal teare them in peces loke what pleasaunt thinge they haue they shal laye it waist â–ª The noyse at y e wynnynge of Babilon shâ—â— moue the earth the crie shal be herde amonge the GeÌ„tiles The LI. Chapter THus hath the LORDE sayde Beholde I will rayse vp a perlous wynde agaynst Babilon hir citesens y t beare euell will agaynst me I wil sende also in to BabiloÌ„ fanners to fanne her out to destroye hir londe for in the daye of hir trouble they shal be aboute her on euery syde Morouer the LORDE hath sayde vnto the bowe men to them y t clymme ouer the walles in brest plates Ye shal not spare hir yongemeÌ„ kyll downe all hir hoost Thus the slayne shal fall downe in the londe of the Caldees and the wounded in the stretes As for Israel Iuda they shall not be forsakeÌ„ of their God of the LORDE of hoostes of the holyone of Israel no though they haue fylled all their londe full of synne Fle awaye from Babilon euery man saue his life Let no man holde his tunge to hir wickednes for the tyme of the LORDES vengeaunce is come yee he shal rewarde her agayne Babilon hath bene in the LORDES honde a golden cuppe y t maketh all londes droncken Of hir wyne haue all people droncken therfore are they out of their wittes But sodenly is Babilon fallen and destroyed Mourne for her brynge plasters for hir woundes yf she maye peraduenture be healed agayne We wolde haue made Babilon whole saye they but she is not recouered Therfore wil we let her alone go euery maÌ„ in to his owne countre For hir iudgmeÌ„t is come in to heauen is gone vp to the cloudes And therfore come on we will shewe Sion the worke of the LORDE oure God Make sharpe the arowes and fyll the quyuers for the LORDE shall rayse vp the sprete of the kynge of the Meedes which hath allready a desyre to destroye Babilon This shal be the vengeaunce of the LORDES and the vengeaunce of his temple Set vp tokens vpon the walles of Babilon make youre watch stronge set yo r watch men in araye yee holde preuye watches yet for all that shall the LORDE go forth with the deuyce which he hath taken vpon them that dwell in Babilon O thou that dwellest by the greate waters o thou that hast so greate treasure and riches thyne ende is come the rekenynge of thy wynnynges The LORDE of hoostes hath sworne by himself that he wil ouerwhelme the with men like greshoppers in nombre which with a corage shall crie Alarum Alarum agaynst the. Yee euen the LORDE of hoostes that with his power made the earth with his wiszdome prepayred y e rounde worlde with his discrecion spred out the heauens As soone as he letteth his voyce be herde the waters in the ayre waxe fearce He draweth vp the cloudes from the endes of the earth He turneth y e lightenynges to rayne he bringeth the wyndes out of their secrete places By the reason of wyszdome all men are become fooles Confounded be all the casters of ymages for y e thinge that they make is but disceate hath no breath Vayne is it worthy to be laughed at in the tyme of visitacion it shal perish Neuertheles the porcion of Iacob is none soch but he that made all thinges whose name is the LORDE of hoostes he is the rodde of his enheritaunce Thou breakest my weapens of warre yet thorow the I haue scatred the nacions kyngdomes Thorow the haue I scatred horse horse man yee the charettes soch as sat vpon them Thorow the I haue scatred man woman olde and yonge bacheler mayden Thorow the I haue scatred the shepherde his flocke the husbond man his catell the prynces the rulers Therfore wil I rewarde the cite of Babilon all hir citesyns the Caldees with all the euell which they haue done vnto Sion Yee that ye youre selues shall se it saieth the LORDE Beholde I come vpon the thou noysome hill saieth the LORDE thou that destroyest all londes I wil stretch out my honde ouer the cast the downe from the stony rockes wil make the a brente hill so that nether corner stones ner pinnacles ner foundacion stones shal be taken eny more out of the but waist desolate shalt thou lie foreuermore saieth the LORDE Set vp a tokeÌ„ in the londe blowe the trompettes amonge the Heithen prouoke the nacions agaynst her call the kyngdomes of Ararat Menni Ascanes agaynst her nombre out Taphsar agaynst her bringe as greate a sorte of horses agaynst her as yf they were greshoppers Prepare agaynst them y e people of the Meedes w t their kynges prynces all their chefe rulers yee and the whole londe that is vnder them The londe also shal shake be afrayed when the deuyce of the LORDE shall come forth agaynst Babilon to make the londe of Babilon so waist that no maÌ„ shal dwell eny more therin The Worthies of Babilon shal leaue the batell kepe them selues in stronge holdes their strength hath fayled them they shal be like women Their dwellinge places shal be brent vp their barres shal be broken One purseuaunt shal mete another yee one poste shal come by another to bringe the kinge of Babilon tydinges that his cite is taken in on euery syde the foordes occupyde the fennes brent vp and the souldyers sore afrayed For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel The doughter of Babilon hath bene in hir tyme like as a threszshinge floore but shortly shal hir haruest come Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon hath deuoured and distroyed me he hath made me an emptie vessell He swalowed me vp like a Dragon and fylled his bely with my delicates he hath cast me out he hath takeÌ„ my substaunce awaye the thinge that was left me hath he caried vnto Babilon saieth the doughter that dwelleth in Sion Yee my bloude also vnto the Caldees saieth Ierusalem Therfore thus saieth the LORDE Beholde I wil defende thy cause avenge the I will drynke vp hir see drye vp hir water sprynges Babilon shal become an heape of stones a dwellinge place for dragons a fearfulnes wondringe because no man dwelleth there They shall roare together like lyons as the yonge lyons when they be angrie so shal they beÌ„de them selues In their heate I shal set drynke before theÌ„ they shal be droncken for ioye Then shal they slepe an euerlastinge slepe neuer wake saieth the LORDE I shal carie them downe to be slayne like shepe like wethers gootes O how was Sesah wonne O how was the glory of y e whole londe taken how happeneth it that Babilon is so wondred at amonge the HeitheÌ„ The see is rysen ouer Babilon hath
anothers Chap. XIX The captiuyte off the kyngâ—s of Iuda The crueltie of kinges and princes Chap. XX. The greate vnthanfulnesse off the people Agayne the merciful longe sufferaunce of God Chap. XXI The swearde prophecyed to come vpon Israel and the Ammonites by the kynge of Babilon Chap. XXII The synnes wherfore IerusaleÌ„ was punished both the prophetes prestes rulers and comon people Chap. XXIII The Idolatry or whordome of Samaria and Ierusalem Chap. XXIIII The destruccion off Ierusalem and captiuyte of the people signified by the pot Chap. XXV Agaynst Ammon Moab Seir and the Palestynes Chap. XXVI He mourneth vpon the cite off Tyre otherwyse called Zor for the destruccion that was to come vpon her Chap. XXVII XXVIII Agaynst the prince of Tyre and agaynst Sidon Chap. XXIX XXX.XXXI.XXXII Plages vpon Egipte and the kynges therof Chap. XXXIII The office off a preacher The worde of God must be folowed in very 〈◊〉 and not only in mouth Chap. XXXIIII Agaynst euell shepherdes Christ the only true shepherde is promised Chap. XXXV Agaynst the mount Seir that is agaynst the Edomites Chap. XXXVI A promyse of the delyueraunce of Israel Chap. XXXVII A consolacion for the Israelites and a figure of the generall resurreccioÌ„ signified by the drye bones Chap. XXXVIII XXXIX Of Gog and Magog with their destruccion Chap. XL. From this chapter vnto the ende the prophet seith in a vision the buyldinge agayne of IerusaleÌ„ aÌ„d the temple Wherby is descrybed the mystery off the church off christ and saluacion of the faithfull in hiâ— â–ª The first Chapter IT chauÌ„sed in the xxx yeare the fifth daye off the fourth Moneth that I was amonge the presoners by the ryuer off Cobar where the heauens opened I sawe a vision of God Now the fifth daye off the Moneth made out the fyfth yeare off kynge Ioachims captiuyte At the same tyme came y e worde off the LORDE vnto Ezechiel the sonne off Buzi prest in the londe off the Caldees by the water of Cobar where the honde off the LORDE came vpoÌ„ him And I loked beholde a stormy wynde came out off the north with a greate doude full of fyre which w t his glistre lightened all rounde aboute And in y e myddest off the fyre it was all cleare and as it were the licknesse of foure beastes which were fashioned like a man sauynge that euery one had foure faces and foure wynges Their legges were straight but their fete were like bullockes fete and they glistred as it had bene fayre scoured metall Vnder their wynges vpon all the foure corners they had mens hondes Their faces and the it wynges were towarde the foure corners yet were the wynges so that one euer touched another When they wente they turned them not aboute but ech one wente straight forwarde Vpon the rightside off these foure their faces were like the face off a man and the fa off a Lyon But vpon the left side they had the face off an oxe and the face off an Aegle Their faces also and their wynges werespred out aboue so that two wynges off one touched euer two wynges off another and with the other two they couered their bodie Euery one when it wente it wente straight forwarde Where as the sprete led them thither they wente and turned not aboute in their goynge The fashion and countenauÌ„ce of the beestes was like hote coales off fyre euen as though burnynge cresshettes had bene amonge the beestes and the fyre gaue a glistre and out off the fyre there wente lighteninge WheÌ„ y e beestes weÌ„te forwarde backwarde one wolde haue thought it had lightened Now wheÌ„ I had well considered the beestes I sawe a worke off wheles vpon the earth with foure faces also like the beestes The fashion worke of the wheles was like the see The foure wheles were ioyned and made to loke vpon as it had bene one whele in another When one wente forwarde they wente all foure and turned theÌ„ not aboute iÌ„ their goinge They were large greate and horrible to loke vpon Their bodies were full off eyes rounde aboute them all foure WheÌ„ the beestes weÌ„te the wheles wente also with them And when the beestes lift them selues vp from y e earth the wheles were lift vp also Whyther so euer the sprete wente thither wente they also y e wheles were lift vp folowed theÌ„ for y e sprete of life was in the wheles When y e beestes weÌ„te forth stode still or lift them selues vp from the earth then the wheles also wente stode still were lift vp for y e breth off life was in the wheles Aboue ouer y e heades of the beestes there was a firmament which was fashioned as it had bene off the most pure Christall that was spred out aboue vpon their heades vnder the same firmament were their wynges layed abrode one towarde another and two wynges couered the body of euery beest And when thy wente forth I herde the noyse off their wynges like the noyse of greate waters as it had bene the voyce off the greate God and a russhinge together as it were off an hoost off men And when they stode still they let downe their winges Now when they stode still and had letten downe their wynges it thondred in the firmament that was aboue their heades Aboue the firmament that was ouer their heades there was the fashion off a seate as it had bene made off Saphir Apon the seate there sat one like a maÌ„ I behelde him and he was like a cleare light as it had bene all of fyre with in from his loynes vpwarde And beneth when I loked vpon him vnder y e loynes me thought he was like a shyninge fyre that geueth light on euery syde Yee the shyne and glistre y t lightened rounde aboute was like a raynbowe which in a raynie daye apeareth in the cloudes EueÌ„ so was the similitude wherin the glory off the LORDE apeared WheÌ„ I sawe it I fell vpon my face and herkened vnto the voyce off him that spake The II. Chapter THen sayde he vnto me Stonde vp vpon thy fete O thou sonne of maÌ„ and I will talke with the. And as he was commonynge with me the sprete came in to me and set me vp vpon my fete so that I marcked the thinge that he sayde vnto me And he sayde Beholde thou sonne off man I will sende the to the children off Israel to those runnagates and obstinate people for they haue takeÌ„ parte agaynst me and are runne a waye fro me both they and their forefathers vnto this daye Yee I will sende y e vnto a people y t haue rough vysages and stiff stomackes vnto whom thou shalt saye on this maner This the LORDE God himselff hath spoken y t whether they be obedient or no for it is a frauwarde housholde they maye knowe yet that there hath bene a prophet amonge them Therfore thou sonne off man feare theÌ„ not
might brynge theÌ„ farre froÌ„ y e borders of the â—rowne countrees Beholde therfore I will rayse them out of the place where ye haue solde them will rewarde you euen vpon youre heade You re sonnes youre doughters will I sell thorow the hondes of the childreÌ„ of Iuda so they shal geue them forth to sell vnto theÌ„ of Saba a people of a farre couÌ„tre for the LORDE himself hath sayde it Crie out these thinges amonge the Gentiles proclame warre wake vp the giauntes let them drawe nye let theÌ„ come vp all the lusty warryours of theÌ„ Make you sweardes of youre ploweshares and speares of youre syckles sythes Let y e weake man saye I am stronge Mustre you and come all ye HeitheÌ„ rouÌ„de aboute gather you together there shall the LORDE laye all thy giauntes to the grounde Let the people aryse and get them to the valley of Iosaphat for there wil I syt and iudge all HeitheÌ„ rouÌ„de aboute Laye to youre sythes for the haruest is rype come get you downe the wynepresse is full yee the wynepresses runne ouer for their wickednesse is waxen greate In the valley appoynted there shal be many many people for the daye of the LORDE is nye in y e valley appoynted The Sonne and Moone shall be darckened the starres shal withdrawe their light The LORDE shal roare out of Sion crie out of IerusaleÌ„ that the heauens the earth shal quake withall But the LORDE shal be a defence vnto his owne people aÌ„d a refuge foâ— the childreÌ„ of Israel Thus shal ye knowe y t I the LORDE youre God dwell vpoÌ„ my holy mount of Sion Then shal IerusaleÌ„ be holy there shal no straungers go thorow her eny more Then shal the mouÌ„taynes droppe swete wyne the hylles shall flowe with mylcke All the ryuers of Iuda shal haue water ynough out of the LORDES house there shal flowe a sprynge to water y e broke of Sitim but Egipte shal be layed waist EdoÌ„ shal be desolate because they haue dealte so cruelly with the childreÌ„ of Iuda and shed innocent bloude in their londe Agayne Iuda shal be inhabited for euermore IerusaleÌ„ from generacion to generacioÌ„ for I wil not leaue their bloude vnauenged And the LORDE shal dwell in Sion The ende of the prophet Ioel. The Prophet Amos. What Amos conteyneth Chap. I. He prophecyeth agaynst Damascus Gasa Tyre Edom and Ammon Chap. II. Punyshment vpoÌ„ Moab Iuda and Israel Chap. III. God warneth before he punysh Chap. IIII. He sheweth them their wickednesse and the plages fo the same and exorteth theÌ„ to amende Chap. V. He complayneth for the captyuyte off Israel Chap. VI. He reproueth the welthy ydyll and delicate people tellinge them their destruccion Chap. VII The punyshment off the people shewed by dyuerse visions Chap. VIII A vision agaynst the covetous people and false waightes The hunger of Gods worde Chap. IX Plages vpon Iuda The power off God The receauynge off the Heithen Conuersion off the Iewes The first Chapter THese are the sermons that were shewed vnto Amos which was one of the shepherdes at Thecua vpon Israel in the tyme of Osias kynge of Iuda in the tyme of IeroboaÌ„ y e sonne of Ioas kynge of Israel two yeare before y e earthquake And he sayde The LORDE shal roare out off Sion shewe his voyce froÌ„ IerusaleÌ„ so that y e pastures of the shepherdes shal be in a miserable case y e toppe of Charmel dryed vp Thus sayeth the LORDE for thre foure wickednesses of Damascus I will not spare her because they haue throszhed Galaad w t yroÌ„ fâ—ales But I wil sende a fyre in to y e house of Hazael the same shal consume the palaces of Benadab Thus wil I breake the barres off Damascus rote out the inhabiter froÌ„ the felde of Auen and him y t holdeth the scepter out of y e pleasunt house so y t the people shal be dryuen out of fayre Siria â–ª sayeth the LORDE Thus saieth the LORDE For thre foure wickednesses of Gaza I wil not spare her because they make the presoners yet more captyue haue dryuen theÌ„ in to the loÌ„de of Edom. Therfore wil I sende a fyre in to y e walles of Gaza which shal deuoure hir houses I wil rote out theÌ„ y t dwell at Asdod him y t holdeth the scepter of Ascalon and stretch out myne honde ouer Accaron that the remnaunt of the Philistines shal perish saieth the LORDE Thus sayeth the LORDE For thre and foure wickednesses off the cite off Tyre I will not spare her because they haue increased y e captiuyte of the Edomites and haue not remembred the brotherly couenaunt Therfore will I sende a fyre into the walles off Tyre that shal consume hir pallaces Thus sayeth the LORDE For thre and foure wickednesses of Edom I wil not spare him because he persecuted his brother with the swerde destroyed his mothers wombe bare hatred very longe and so kepte indignacion all waye by him Therfore will I sende a fyre in to ThemaÌ„ which shal deuoure the pallaces of Bosra Thus sayeth the LORDE For thre aÌ„d foure wickednesses of the children off Ammon I will not spare them because they rypte vp the womeÌ„ greate with childe in Galaad to make the borders of their londes the wyder Therfore I wil kyndle a fyre in the walles of Rabbath that shall consume hir palaces with a greate crie in the daye of batel in tempest and in the daye off storme so that their kynge shal go in to captiuyte he and his priÌ„ces together sayeth the LORDE The II. Chapter THus sayeth the LORDE For thre and foure wickednesses off Moab I will not spare him because he brent the bones off the kynge of Edom to asshes Therfore will I sende a fyre in to Moab which shal coÌ„sume y e pallaces of Carioth so y t Moab shal perish with a noyse and the sounde of a shawme I will rote out the iudge from amoÌ„ge them and slaye all his prynces with him sayeth the LORDE Thus sayeth the LORDE for thre aÌ„d foure wickednesses of Iuda I wil not spare him because he hath cast asyde the lawe of the LORDE and not kepte his commaundementes for why they wolde nedes be disceaued with the lyes that their forefathers folowed Therfore will I sende a fyre in to Iuda which shal consume the palaces of Ierusalem Thus sayeth the LORDE For thre foure wickednesses of Israel I wil not spare him because he hath solde the rightuous for money and the poore for shues They treade vpon poore mens heades in the dust of the earth croke the wayes off the meke The sonne and the father go to the harlot to dishonoure my holy name they lye besyde euery aulter vpon clothes taken to pledge and in the house of their goddes they drynke the wyne of the oppressed Yet
bloude from the vexacions of oure enemies he shal brynge downe all the Heithen that ryse vp agaynst vs and put them to dishonoure euē the LORDE oure God Therfore deare brethren seinge ye are the honorable and elders in the people of God vnto whom all y e people haue respecte and vpon whom the life of the people stondeth lift vp their hertes with youre exortacion y t they maye call to remembraunce how oure fathers also in tymes past were tempted y t they might be proued yf they worshipped their God a right They ought to remēbre how oure father Abraham beinge tempted and tryed thorow many tribulacions was founde a louer and frende of God So was Isaac so was Iacob so was Moses and all they that pleased God beinge tryed thorow many troubles were foūde stedfast in faith Agayne they that receaued not their tentacions with the feare of God but put thē selues forth with vnpaciency and murmurynge agaynst God perished of the destroyer and were slayne of serpentes And therfore shulde not we vndertake to be auenged for the thinge that is done vnto vs but to considre that all these punyshmentes are farre lesse then oure synnes myszdedes Beleuynge also that this correccion commeth vnto vs as to the seruauntes of God for amendment and not for oure destruccion Then sayde Osias the elders vnto Iudith All that thou speakest is true and no mā can reproue y e wordes Praie thou for vs now therfore vnto God for thou art an holy womā and fearest God And Iudith sayde vnto them Seynge ye knowe that my wordes are of God then proue my councell and deuice yf it be of God and beseke God that he wyll brynge my councell to a good ende Thus haue I deuysed Ye shal stōde this night before the porte and I wyll go forth with Abra my maydē Praye ye therfore vnto God that he wyl graciously remēbre his people of Israel within fyue daies as ye haue sayde As for the thinge that I go in hande withall axe ye no questions of it tyll Iopen it vnto you myself do ye nothinge els but praye vnto the LORDE youre God for me Then Osias the prynce of the people of Iuda sayde vnto her Go thy waye in peace the LORDE be with the that we maye be auenged of oure enemies And so they wente from her agayne The IX Chapter NOw whā they were gone their way Iudith wente in to hir oratory put on an hayrie smock strowed aszhes vpon hir heade fell downe before the LORDE and cryed vnto him sayenge O LORDE God of my father Symeon which gauest him a swerde for a defence agaynst the enemies that vsed violence and wilfulnes and that rauyshed y e vyrgin and put her to dishonesty Thou that gauest their wiues in to a praye and their daughters in to captiuyte and all their praye for a spoyle vnto thy seruauntes which bare a zele vnto the helpe me wyddow O LORDE my God I beseke ye. For thou hast done all thinges from the begynnynge and loke what thou hast taken in hande and deuysed it came euer to passe For all thy wayes are prepared thy iudgmentes are done in thy euerlastinge fore knowlege O loke now vpon the armyes of the Assirians like as it was thy pleasure somtyme to loke vpon the hoost of the Egipcians whan they beynge weapened persecuted thy seruauntes put their trust in their charettes horsmen and in the multitude of their men of warre But thou lokedest vpon their hoost castinge a thick darcknes before them and whan they came in to the depe the waters ouerwhelmed them Euē so LORDE let it go with these that trust in y e power and multitude of their men of warre in their charettes arowes speares and knowe not that thou onely art oure God which destroyest warres from the begynnynge and that thou art the LORDE O lift vp thine arme now like as euer from y e begynnynge and in thy power brynge their power to naught cause their might to fall in thy wrath They make their boast y t they wyl vnhalowe and defyle thy Sanctuary and to waist the tabernacle of y e name and to cast downe the horne of thine aulter with their swerde Brynge to passe O LORDE y t the pryde of the enemye maye be cut downe with his owne swerde that he maie be taken with the snare of his eyes in me and y t thou mayest smyte him with the lippes of my loue O geue me a stedfast mynde that I maye despyse him and his strength and that I maye destroye him This shal brynge thy name an euerlastinge remēbraunce yf the hande of a woman ouerthrowe him For thy power O LORDE stondeth not in y e power of men nether hast thou eny pleasure in the strēgth of horses There was neuer proude personne that pleased the but in the prayer of the humble and meke hath thy pleasure bene euermore O thou God of the heauens thou maker of the waters and LORDE of all creatures heare me poore woman callynge vpon the and puttynge my trust in thy mercy Remembre thy couenaunt O LORDE and mynister wordes in my mouth stablysh this deuyce in my hert that thy house maye contynue still in holynes and that all the Heithen maye knowe and vnderstōde that thou art God and that there is none other but thou The X. Chapter ANd whan she had left of cryenge vnto the LORDE she rose vp from the place where she had lyen flat before the LORDE and called hir mayde wente downe in to hir house layed y e hayrie cloth from her put of the garmentes of hir wyddowhode waszshed hir body anoynted hir self with precious thinges of swete sauoure broyded and plated hir hayre sett an hooue vpon hir heade and put on soch apparell as belongeth vnto gladnesse slippers vpon hir fete armelettes spanges earynges fynger rynges and deckte herself with all hir best araye The LORDE gaue her also a speciall beutye and fayrnesse for all this deckinge of hir self was not done for eny volupteousnesse and pleasure of the flesh but of a right discrecion and vertue therfore dyd the LORDE increase hir bewtye so y t she was exceadinge amyable and welfauoured in all mens eyes She gaue hir mayde also a bottell of wyne a pot with oyle pottage cakes bred chese and wente hir waye Now whan she came to the porte of the cite she founde Osias and the elders of the cite waitinge there Which whan they sawe her they were astonnyed marueled greatly at her bewty neuertheles they axed no question at her but let her go sayenge The God of oure fathers geue y e his grace and with his power perfourme all the deuyce of thy hert that Ierusalem maye reioyse ouer the and that thy name maye be in the nombre of the holy righteous And all they y t were there sayde w t one voyce so be it so be
can we discerne the thinges that are vpon earth and greate labo r haue we or we can fynde the thinges which are before oure eyes Who will then seke out the groūde of the thinges that are done in heauē Oh LORDE who cā haue knowlege of y e vnderstandinge and meaninge excepte thou geue wyszdome and sende thy holy goost frō aboue that the wayes of them which are vpon earth maye be refourmed y t men maye lerne y e thinges that are pleasaunt vnto the and be preserued thorow wyszdome The X. Chapter WYszdome preserued y e first mā whō God made a father of the worlde whā he was created alone brought him out of his offence toke him out of the moulde of y e earth gaue him power to rule all thinges Whan the vnrighteous wente awaye in his wrath from this wyszdome y e brotherheade perished thorow y e wrath of murthur Agayne whā y e water destroyed y e whole worlde wyszdome preserued the righteous thorow a poore tre wherof she was gouerner herself Morouer whā wickednes had gotten y e vpperhande so y t the nacions were puft vp with pryde she knewe y e righteous preserued him fautlesse vnto God and layed vp sure mercy for his children She preserued the righteous whan he fled from the vngodly y t perished what tyme as y e fyre fell downe vpon y e v. cities Like as yet this daye the vnfrutefull waist and smokinge lōde geueth testimony of their wickednesse yee the vnripe and vntymely frutes that growe vpon the trees And for a tokē of a remembraunce of the vnfaithfull soule there standeth a piler of salt For all soch as regarded not wyszdome gat not only this hurte that they knewe not the thinges which were good but also left behinde them vnto mē a memoriall of their foolishnes so y t in the thinges wherin they synned they coude not be hydd But as for soch as take hede vnto wyszdome she shal delyuer them from sorowe Whan the righteous fled because of his brothers wrath wyszdome led him the right waye shewed him y e kyngdome of God gaue him knowlege of holy thinges made him riche in his laboures and brought to passe the thinges that he wente aboute In y e disceatfulnes of soch as defrauded him she stode by him made him ryche She saued him from the enemies and defended him from y e disceauers She made him stronge in battayll and gaue him the victory y t he might knowe how that wyszdome is stronger then all thinges Whan the righteous was solde she forsoke him not but delyuered him frō synners She wente downe with him in to the dongeon and fayled him not in the bandes tyll she had brought him the cepter of y e realme and power agaynst those that oppressed him As for them that had accused him she declared them to be lyers brought him to perpetuall worshipe She delyuered the righteous people and fautlesse sede from the nacions that oppressed them She entred in to the soule of the seruaunt of God and stode by him in wonders and tokens agaynst the horrible kynge She gaue y e righteous the rewarde of their labours led them forth a maruelous waye on the daye tyme she was a shadowe vnto them and a light of starres in the night season She brought them thorow the reed see and caried them thorow the greate water She drowned their enemies in the see and brought them out of the depe So the righteous toke the spoyles of the vngodly and praysed thy holy name o LORDE and magnified thy victorious hād with one acorde For wyszdome openeth the mouth of y e domme maketh y e tonges of babes to speake The XI Chapter SHe ordred their workes in the hādes of the holy prophet so y t they wente thorow y e wyldernes y t was not inhabited pitched their tētes in y e waist deserte They stode agaynst their enemies were auenged of their aduersaries Whā they were thirstie they called vpō y e water was geuē them out of y e rok their thirst slockened out of y e harde stone For by y e thinges where thorow their enemies were punished were they helped in their nede For vnto the enemies thou gauest mās bloude in steade of lyuynge water And where as they had scarcenesse in y e rebuke whan the children were slayne thou gauest vnto thine awne a plenteous water vnloked for declaringe by the thyrst y t was at that tyme how thou woldest bringe thine awne vnto hono r slaye their aduersaries For whan they were tryed nourtured w t fatherly mercy they knowleged how the vngodly were iudged and punyshed thorow y e wrath of God These hast thou exorted as a father proued thē but vnto y e other thou hast bene a boysteous kynge layed hard to their charge condēned thē Whether they were absent or present their punyshmēt was alyke For their grefe was dubble namely mournynge and y e remēbraunce of thinges past But whā they perceaued y t their punishmētes dyd thē good they thought vpon the LORDE wondered at y e ende For at the last they helde moch of him of whō in y e out castinge they thought scorne as of an abiecte Neuerthelesse y e righteous dyd not so when they were thirstie but euenlike as y e thoughtes of y e foolish were so was also their wickednes Where as certayne mē now thorow erro r dyd worshipe dommeserpentes vayne beestes thou sendedst a multitude of domme beastes vpon them for a vengeaunce y t they might knowe that loke where withall a mā synneth by the same also shal he be punyshed For vnto thy allmighty hande that made the worlde of naught it was not vnpossible to sende amonge them an heape of Beeres or woode lyōs or cruell beastes of a straūge kynde soch as are vnknowne or spoute fyre or cast out a smokinge breth or shote horrible sparkes out of their eyes which might not only destroye them with hurtinge but also kyll them with their horrible sight Yee without these beestes might they haue bene slayne with one winde beynge persecuted of their awne workes and scatered abrode thorow the breth of thy power Neuertheles thou hast ordred all thinges in measure nōbre weight For thou hast euer had greate strēgth might who maye withstōde y e power of thine arme And why like as y e small thynge y t y e balaunce weyeth so is y e worlde before y e yee as a droppe of y e morninge dew that falleth downe vpon the earth Thou hast mercy vpon all for thou hast power of all thynges and makest the as though thou sawest not the sinnes of mē because they shulde amende For thou louest all the thinges that are and hatest none of thē whō thou hast made nether didest thou ordeyne or make eny thinge of
the sprete sayde vnto him beholde the men seke the. Aryse therfore and get the downe go with theÌ„ and doute not for I haue sent them Then wente Peter downe to the men y t were sent vnto him from Cornelius and sayde lo I am he whom ye seke what is y t cause wherfore ye are come They sayde Cornelius the captayne a iust man and one that feareth God and of good reporte amoÌ„ge all the people of the Iewes was warned by an holy angell to sende for the in to his house and to heare wordes of the. Then called he them in and lodged them The nexte daye after wente Peter forth with them and certayne brethren of Ioppa bare him company And y e daye folowinge came they to Cesarea Cornelius wayted for theÌ„ and had called together his kynszfolkes and speciall frendes And as it chaunced y t Peter came in Cornelius mett him and fell downe at his fete worshipped him But Peter toke him vp and sayde Stonde vp I am a man also And as he talked w t him he wente in and founde many that were come together and he sayde vnto them Ye knowe that it is not laufull for a man beynge a Iewe to ioyne him selfe or to come to a straunger But God hath shewed me y t I shulde call no maÌ„ coÌ„men or vncleane Therfore haue I not douted to come as soone as I was sent for I axe you therfore for what intent haue ye sent for me Cornelius sayde It is now foure dayes agoo then fasted I and at the nyenth houre I prayed in my house and beholde there stode a maÌ„ before me in a bryghte clothinge and sayde Cornelius y i prayer is herde and thine allmesse dedes are had in remeÌ„braunce in the sighte of God Sende therfore to Ioppa and call for one Simon whose syrname is Peter which is at lodginge in y e house of Simon y e taÌ„ner by the seesyde y e same whaÌ„ he commeth shal speake vnto ye. Then sent I vnto the immediatly and thou hast done well that thou art come Now are we all here presente before God to heare all thinges that are commaunded the of God Peter opened his mouth sayde Now perceaue I of a trueth that God hath no respecte of personnes but in all people he y t feareth him and worketh righteousnes is accepted vnto him Ye knowe of y e preachinge that God sent vnto the children of Israel preachinge thorow Iesus Christ which is LORDE ouer all which preachinge was published thorow out all Iewry and begaÌ„ne in Galile after y e baptyme that Ihon preached how God anoynted the same Iâ—sus of Nazareth with the holy goost and w t power which wente aboute dyd good and healed all those that were oppressed of the deuell for God was with him And we are witnesses of all that he dyd in the londe of the Iewes at Ierusalem Whom they slewe and hanged on tre Him God raysed vp on the thirde daye and caused him be openly shewed not to all the people but to y e chosen witnesses of God euen vnto vs which ate dronke with him after he was rysen vp from the deed And he commaunded vs to preach vnto the people and to testifye that it is he which is ordeyned of God a iudge of the lyuynge and of the deed Of him beare all the prophetes wytnesse that thorow his name all they y t beleue in him shal receaue remyssion of synnes Whyle Peter was yet speakynge these wordes the holy goost fell vpoÌ„ all theÌ„ that herkened vnto the worde And the faithfull of the circuÌ„cision which came with Peter were astonnyed because that the gifte of y e holy goost was shed out also vpon the Heythen For they herde that they spake with tunges and magnified God TheÌ„ answered Peter Maye eny man forbydde water that these shulde not be baptysed which haue receaued the holy goost as well as we And he commaunded them to be baptysed in the name of the LORDE TheÌ„ prayed they him that he wolde tary there certayne dayes The XI Chapter THe Apostles and the brethren that were in Iewrye herde saye that the Heythen also had receaued the worde of God And whan Peter was come vp to Ierusalem they that were of the circuÌ„cision chode with him and sayde Thou wentest into men that are vncircumcysed and hast eaten with them But Peter beganne and expounded the thinge in order vnto theÌ„ and sayde I was in y e cite of Ioppa prayeÌ„ge and in a traunce I sawe a vision a vessell cominynge downe as it had bene a greate lynnen clothe with foure corners and let downe from heauen and came vnto me In to the which I loked and considered and sawe foure foted beestes of the earth and wylde beestes and wormes and foules of the ayre And I herde a voyce which sayde vnto me Ryse Peter slaye eate But I sayde Oh no LORDE for there neuer entred eny commen or vncleane thinge in to my mouth Neuertheles the voyce answered me agayne from heauen What God hath clensed that call not thou vncleane This was done thre tymes and all was taken vp agayne into heauen And beholde immediatly stode there thre men before the dore of the house that I was in sent from Cesarea vnto me But the sprete sayde vnto me that I shulde go with theÌ„ and doute nothinge These sixe brethreÌ„ also came with me and we entred in to the maÌ„s house And he shewed vs how he had sene an angell stondinge in his house which sayde vnto him Sende men to Ioppa and call for Simon whose syrname is Peter he shal tell y e wordes wherby thou and all thy house shal be saued But whan I beganne to speake the holy goost fell vpoÌ„ them like as vpon vs at y e begynnynge Then thoughte I vpon the worde of the LORDE how he sayde Ihon baptysed with water but ye shal be baptysed with y e holy goost For as moch then as God hath geuen them like giftes as vnto vs which beleue on the LORDE Iesus Christ who was I that I shulde be able to withstoÌ„de God Whan they herde this they helde their peace and praysed God and sayde Then hath God also to the Heithen graunted repentaunce vnto life They that were scatred abrode thorow y e trouble y t rose aboute Steuen walked on euerysyde vntyll Phenices and Cipers and Antioche and spake the worde vnto noman but onely vnto y e Iewes Neuertheles some of theÌ„ were men of Cipers and Cyren which came to Antioche and spake also vnto the Grekes preached the Gospell of the LORDE Iesu. And y e hande of the LORDE was with theÌ„ And a greate nombre beleued and turned vnto the LORDE This tydinges of them came to y e eares of the coÌ„gregacion at Ierusalem And they sent Barnabas that he shulde go vnto Antioche Which whan he was come thither
seuen and seuen the male and his female that there maye besede left a lyue vpon the whole earth For yet after seuen dayes I wil sende raine vpon the earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes and wyll destroye all maner of thinges that I haue made from of the face of the earth And Noe dyd all that the LORDE commaunded him Sixe hūdreth yeare olde was he whan the water floude came vpon earth And he wente in to the Arcke with his sonnes his wyfe and his sonnes wyues for the waters of the floude Of cleane beastes and of vncleane of all fethered foules of all that crepeth vpon earth wente in vnto him to the Arcke by pares a male and a female as y e LORDE cōmaunded him And whan the seuen dayes were past the water floude came vpon the earth In the sixe hundreth yeare of Noes age vpon the seuentene daye of the seconde moneth that same daye were all y e fountaynes of the greate depe broken vp and the wyndowes of heauen were opened and there came a rayne vpon y e earth fourtie dayes and fourtie nightes Vpon the selfe same daye wēte Noe in to the Arcke with Sem Ham and Iaphet his sonnes and with his wyfe and the thre wyues of his sonnes and all maner of beastes after their kynde all maner of catell after their kynde all maner of crepynge thinges that crepe vpō the earth after their kynde and all maner of foules what so euer coude flye what so euer had fethers after their kynde These wente all vnto Noe in to the Arcke by cooples of all flesh in whom was the breth of life And these were the male the female of all maner of flesh and wente in acordinge as God commaūded him And the LORDE shut the dore vpon him Then came the water floude fourtie dayes vpon the earth and the water increased and bare vp the Arcke and lift it vp ouer y e earth Thus the water preuayled and increased sore vpon the earth so that the Arcke wente vpon the waters Yee the waters preuayled and increased so sore vpon earth that all the hye mountaynes vnder the whole heauen were couered Fyftene cubytes hye preuayled y e waters ouer the mountaynes which were couered Then all flesh that crepte vpon earth perished both foules catell beastes and all y t moued vpon earth and all men What so euer had the breth of life vpon the drye londe dyed Thus was destroyed all that was vpon the earth both man and beast both wormes and foules vnder y e heauē all these were destroyed from the earth Saue Noe onely remayned and they that were with him in the Arcke And the waters preuayled vpon the earth an hundreth and fiftie dayes The VIII Chapter THen God remembred Noe and all the beastes and all the catell that were with him in the Arcke and caused a wynde to come vpon the earth and y e waters ceassed and the fountaynes of the depe and the wyndowes of heauen were stopte and the rayne of heauē was forbydden and the waters ranne styll awaye from y e earth and decreased after an hundreth and fiftye dayes Vpon the seuentene daye of the seuenth moneth rested the Arcke vpon the mountaynes of Ararat And the waters wēte awaye and decreased vntyll the tenth moneth for the first daye of the tenth moneth the toppes of the mountaynes appeared After fourtie dayes Noe opened y e wyndow of the Arcke which he had made ▪ sent forth a rauen which flew out and came agayne vntyll the waters were dryed vp vpō the earth Then sent he forth a doue from him to wete whether the waters were fallē vpon the earth But when y e doue coude fynde no restynge place for hir fete she came agayne vnto him in to the Arcke for the waters were yet vpon the face of all the earth And he put out his hande and toke her to him in to the Arke Then he abode yet seuen dayes mo sent out the doue agayne out of the Arke she returned vnto him aboute the euen tyde and beholde she had broken of a leaf of an olyue tre bare it in hir nebb Then Noe perceaued that the waters were abated vpon the earth Neuertheles he taried yet seuen other dayes and sent forth the doue which came nomore to him agayne In the sixte hundreth and one yeare of Noes age vpon the first daye of y e first moneth the waters were dryed vp vpon the earth Then Noe toke of the hatches of the Arke and sawe y t the face of the earth was drye So vpon the seuen and twentye daye of the seconde moneth the whole earth was drye Then spake God vnto Noe and sayde Go out of the Arke thou and thy wyfe and thy sonnes and thy sonnes wyues with the. As for all the beastes that are with the what so euer flesh it be both foule catell and all maner of wormes that crepe vpon the earth let them go out with the and be ye occupied vpon the earth growe and multiplye vpon the earth So Noe wente out with his sonnes and with his wife and with his sonnes wyues All the beastes also and all the wormes and all the foules and all that crepte vpon the earth wente out of the Arke euery one vnto his like And Noe buylded an altare vnto y e LORDE and toke of all maner of cleane beastes of all maner of cleane foules and offred brē◠sacrifices vpon y e altare And y e LORDE smelled the swete sauo r sayde in his hert I wyl hence forth curse the earth nomore for mās sake for the ymaginacion of mans hert is euell euen from the very youth of him Therfore from hēce forth I wil nomore smyte all that lyueth as I haue done Nether shall sowynge tyme and haruest colde 〈◊〉 heate Sommer and wynter daye and 〈◊〉 ceasse so longe as the earth endure◠▪ The IX Chapter ANd God blessed Noe and his sonnes and sayde vnto them increace multiplye and fyll the earth The feare also and drede of you be vpon all beastes of the earth vpon all foules vnder the heauen and vpon all that crepeth on the earth and all fyshes of the see be geuen in to youre hādes All that moueth and hath life be youre meate Euen as the grene herbe so haue I geuē you all Onely eate not the flesh with the bloude wherin the soule is For the bloude of you wherin youre soule is wyll I requyre of the hande of all beastes and the soule of mā wyll I requyre of mans hande ye◠euery mans soule of anothers hande He that sheddeth mās bloude his bloude shal be shed by man agayne for God made man after his owne licknesse As for you be ye frutefull and increase and be occupied vpon the earth that ye maye multiplye therin Farthermore God sayde vnto Noe and to his sonnes w t him Beholde I make my
offered vnto God Then came Aaron and all y e elders of Israel to eate bred with Moses father in lawe before God On the next morow sat Moses to iudge the people and the people stode roūde aboute Moses from the momynge vntyll y e euen But whan his father in lawe sawe all that he dyd with the people he sayde What is this that thou doest with the people Wherfore syttest thou alone and all y e people stonde rounde aboute from the morninge vntyll the euen Moses answered him The people come to me axe councell at God for whan they haue eny thinge to do they come vnto me that I maye iudge betwixte euery one his neghboure and shewe them the statutes of God and his lawes His father in lawe sayde vnto him It is not well that thou doest Thou weeriest thy self and the people that is with the. This busynesse is to sore for the thou canst not perfourme it alone But herken vnto my voyce I will geue the councell and God shall be with the. Be thou vnto the people to God warde and brynge the causes before God and prouide them with statutes and lawes that thou mayest shewe thē the waie wherin they shulde walke and the workes that they shulde do But loke out amonge all the people for honest men that feare God soch as are true hate couetousnes make these rulers ouer them some ouer thousandes ouer hundredes ouer fiftie and ouer ten that they maye allwaye iudge the people But where there is eny greate matter that they brynge the same vnto the and iudge the small causes them selues so shall it be lighter for the yf they beare the burthen with the. Yf thou shalt do this then mayest thou endure the thinge that God chargeth the withall and all this people maie go peaceably vnto their place Moses herkened vnto the voyce of his father in lawe and dyd all that he sayde And he chose honest men out of all Israel and made them heades ouer the people some ouer thousandes ouer hundredes ouer fiftie and ouer ten that they might allwaye iudge the people As for soch causes as were herde they brought them vnto Moses and iudged the small matters them selues So Moses let his father in lawe departe in to his owne londe The XIX Chapter IN the thirde moneth after that the children of Israel were gone out of the londe of Egipte they came the same daye in to the wyldernes of Sinai for they were departed from Raphidim and wolde in to the wyldernes of Sinai and there they pitched in the wyldernes ouer against the mounte And Moses wente vp vnto God And the LORDE called vnto him out of the mount and sayde Thus shalt thou saye vnto the house of Iacob and tell the children of Israel Ye haue sene what I haue done vnto the Egipcians and how I haue borne you vpon Aegles wynges brought you vnto my self Yf ye wyll harken now vnto my voyce and kepe my couenaunt ye shal be myne owne before all people for the whole earth is myne and ye shall be vnto me a presterly kingdome and an holy people These are the wordes that thou shalt saye vnto the children of Israel Moses came and called for the elders of the people and layed before them all these wordes that the LORDE had commaunded And all the people answered together and sayde All that the LORDE hath sayde wyll we do And Moses tolde the wordes of the people vnto the LORDE agayne And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Beholde I wyll come vnto the in a thicke cloude that the people maye heare my wordes which I speake vnto the and beleue the for euer And Moses shewed the wordes of the people vnto the LORDE The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Go vnto the people and sanctifie thē to daye and tomorow y t they maye wash their clothes and be ready agaynst the thirde daye for vpon the thirde daye shall the LORDE come downe vpon mount Sinai before all the people And set markes rounde aboute the people and saye vnto them Bewarre that ye go not vp in to y e mount ner touch y e border of it For who so euer toucheth y e moūt shal dye y e death There shal no hāde touch it but he shall either be stoned or shot thorow whether it be beest or man it shal not lyue Whan the horne bloweth then shal they come vp vnto the mounte Moses wente downe from the mount vnto the people and sanctified them And they waszshed their clothes And he sayde vnto them Be ready agaynst the thirde daye and no man come at his wife Now whan the thirde daye came and it was early it beganne to thonder and lighten and there was a thicke cloude vpon the mount and a noyse of a trompet exceadinge mightie And the people that were in the tentes were afrayde And Moses brought the people out of the tentes to mete w t God and they stode vnder the mount But all mount Sinai smoked because y e LORDE came downe vpō it with fyre And the smoke therof wente vp as the smoke of a fornace so that the whole mount was exceadinge terrible And the noyse of the trompet wēte out and was mightie Moses spake God answered him loude Now whan the LORDE was come downe vpon mount Sinai euen vpon the toppe of it he called Moses vp vnto y e toppe of the mount And Moses wente vp Then sayde the LORDE vnto him Go downe and charge the people y t they preasse not vnto the LORDE to se him and so many of them perishe The rulers also that come nye vnto y e LORDE shal sanctifie themselues lest the LORDE smyte thē But Moses sayde vnto the LORDE The people can not come vp vpon mount Sinai for thou hast charged vs sayde Set markes aboute the mount and sanctifie it The LORDE sayde vnto him Go thy waye get y e downe Thou and Aaron with the shalt come vp but the rulers and y e people shal not preasse to come vp vnto y e LORDE lest he smyte thē And Moses wente downe to the people and tolde them The XX. Chapter ANd the LORDE spake all these wordes and sayde I am the LORDE thy God which haue brought the out of the londe of Egipte from y e house of bondage Thou shalt haue none other Goddes in my sight Thou shalt make the no grauen ymage ner eny symilitude nether of it that is aboue in heauen ner of it that is beneth vpon earth ner of it that is in the water vnder the earth Worshipe them not and serue them not for I the LORDE thy God am a gelouse God vysitinge y e synne of the fathers vpon the children vnto y e thirde and fourth generacion of them that hate me And do mercye vpō many thousandes that loue me and kepe my commaundementes Thou shalt not take the name of y e LORDE thy God in vayne
eny ymage that is like a man or woman or beest vpon earth or fethered foule vnder the heauen or worme vpon the grounde or fyszshe in the water vnder y e earth y t thou lifte not vp thine eyes towarde heauen and se the Sonne and the Moone the starres and the whole hoost of heaueÌ„ and be disceaued and worshippe and serue them which the LORDE y i God hath made to serue all nacioÌ„s vnder y e whole heaueÌ„ But you hath the LORDE taken and broughte you out of the yron fornace namely out of Egipte that ye shulde be the people of his enheritaunce as it is come to passe this daye And the LORDE was angrie with me for youre sakes so that he sware y t I shulde not go ouer Iordane ner come in to that good londe which the LORDE thy God shall geue the to enheritaunce As for me I must dye in this londe and shal not go ouer Iordane But ye shal go ouer and shall haue that good loÌ„de in possession Take hede therfore vnto youre selues that ye forget not the conuenaunt of the LORDE youre God and that ye make no ymages of eny maner of faszhion as the LORDE thy God hath commaunded For the LORDE thy God is a consumynge fyre and a gelous God Yf whan ye haue begotten children and childers children and haue dwelt in the londe ye marre youre selues make you ymages of eny maner of faszhion and do euell in the sighte of y e LORDE youre God to prouoke him I call heauen and earth to recorde ouer you this daie that ye shall shortly pâ—rishe froÌ„ the londe in to y e which ye go ouer Iordane to possesse it Ye shal not dwell longe therin but shal vtterly be destroyed And y e LORDE shal scater you amonge y e nacions and ye shall be left a small people amoÌ„ge y e Heythen whyther the LORDE shall brynge you There shal ye serue goddes which are y e workes of mens handes euen wodd stone which nether se ner heare ner eate ner smell But yf thou seke the LORDE y e God there thou shalt finde him yee yf thou seke him w t thy whole hert and with all y e soule Whan thou shalt be strately troubled whaÌ„ all these thinges shal come vpoÌ„ the in y e latter dayes then shalt thou turne agayne to y e LORDE thy God and be obedient vnto his voice For y e LORDE y e God is a mercifull God he shal not forsake the ner destroye the nether shall he forget the couenaunt with thy fathers which he sware vnto them For axe after the tymes past which haue bene before the sens the daie y t God created man vpon earth from one ende of the heaueÌ„ vnto the other whether there was euer eny soch greate thinge done or eny soch like herde that a people hath herde y e voyce of God speake out of the fyre as thou hast herde yet liued Or whether God assaied to go take vnto him a people out of y e myddes of a nacion thorow tentacions thorow tokens thorow wonders thorow warre thorow a mightie hande thorow a stretched out arme and thorow greate visioÌ„s acordinge vnto all as the LORDE youre God hath done with you in Egipte before thine eyes Thou hast sene it y t thou mightest knowe that the LORDE is God and that there is none other but he onely Out of heauen made he the to heare his voyce that he might nurtoure the and vpon earth he shewed the his greate feare out of y e fyre thou herdest his wordes because he loued y e fathers chose their sede after theÌ„ And he brought y t out w t his presence thorow his mightie power out of Egipte to dryue out before the nacions greater and mighter then thou and to bringe y e in y t he might geue the their loÌ„de to enheritaunce as it is come to passe this daye Therfore shalt thou knowe this daye turne it into thine herte that the LORDE is God aboue in heauen and beneth vpon earth and that there is no mo Kepe his ornaunces therfore and commaundementes which I commaunde the this daie theÌ„ shal it go well w t the and thy children after the so that thy life shal longe endure in y e londe which the LORDE the God geueth the thy life longe Then separated Moses thre cities beyonde Iordane towarde the Sonne rysinge y t he might flye thither which had slayne his neghboure vnawarres hated him not a fore tyme y t he might flye in to one of these cities lyue Bezer in y e wildernes in the playne countre amonge the Rubenites Ramoth in Gilead amoÌ„ge y e Gaddites Golan in Basan amonge the Manassites This is the lawe which Moses layed before the children of Israel these are the testimonies ordinaunces lawes y t Moses spake vnto the children of Israel after they were departed out of Egipte beyonde Iordane in the valley ouer agaynst the house of Peor in y e londe of Sion kynge of y e Amorites which dwelt at Heszbon whom Moses the childreÌ„ of Israel smote after they were departed out of Egipte conquered his laÌ„de the londe of Og kynge of Basan two kynges of the Amorites which were beyonde Iordane towarde the Sonne rysinge froÌ„ Aroer which lyeth vpon y e ryuer syde of Arnon vnto mount Sion which is Hermon all y e playne felde beyonde Iordane eastwarde vnto the see in y e plaine felde vnder mount Pisga The V. Chapter ANd Moses called all Israel sayde vnto theÌ„ Heare Israel the ordinaunces lawes which I speake in yo r eares this daye lerne them kepe theÌ„ so that ye do therafter The LORDE oure God made a couenaunt with vs at Horeb he made not this couenaunt with oure fathers but with vs that are here this daie and lyue euery one He talked with vs face to face out of the fyre vpoÌ„ the mount I stode at the same tyme betwixte the LORDE and you that I mighte shewe you the worde of the LORDE For ye were afrayed of the fyre wente not vp to the mount and he sayde I am the LORDE thy God which haue brought the out of the londe of Egipte out of the house of bondage Thou shalt haue none other goddes in my sighte Thou shalt make the no grauen ymage of eny maner of licknesse of the thinges y t are aboue in heauen beneth vpon earth in the water vnder the earth Thou shalt not hono r them ner serue theÌ„ For I y e LORDE y e God am a gelous God vysitinge the synne of the fathers vpoÌ„ the children vnto the thirde and fourth generacion of theÌ„ y t hate me shewe mercye vpon many thousandes y t loue me and kepe my commaundementes Thou shalt not take y e name of y
Be it knowne vnto the kynge that we came in to Iewry to the house of y e greate God which is buylded with all maner of stone and balckes are layed in the walles and y e worke goeth fast forth and prospereth in their handes Neuertheles we axed the Elders and sayde vnto them Who hath cōmaunded you to buylde this house and to make vp the walles therof We axed their names also that we might certifye the and haue wrytten the names of the men that were their rulers But they answered vs w t these wordes and sayde We are the seruaūtes of the God of heauen and earth and buylde the house y t was buylded many yeares agoo which a greate kynge of Israel buylded and set vp Howbeit whan oure fathers prouoked the God of heauen vnto wrath he gaue them ouer in the hande of Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon the Caldee which brake downe this house caried y e people awaye vnto Babilon Neuertheles in the first yeare of Cyrus the kynge of Babilon y e same kynge Cyrus commaunded to buylde this house of God for the vessels of golde and siluer in the house of God which Nabuchodonosor toke out of the temple at Ierusalē and broughte thē in to y e temple at Babilon those dyd Cyrus the kynge take out of y e temple at Babilon and delyuered them vnto Seszbazer by name whom he made Debyte and sayde vnto him Take these vessels go thy waye and brynge them vnto the temple at Ierusalem and let the house of God be buylded in his place Then came the same Seszbazar and layed y e foundacion of the house of God at Ierusalem Sence that tyme hath it bene in buyldinge and yet is it not fynished Yf it please y e kynge now let there be search made in y e kynges treasure house which is at Babilon whether it haue bene kynge Cyrus commaundement that the house of God at Ierusalem shulde be buylded sende vs y e kynges mynde concernynge the same The VI. Chapter THen cōmaunded kinge Darius that search shulde be made in y e library of y e kynges treasure house which laye at Babilon So at Egbathanis in a castell that lyeth in the londe of the Meedes there was founde a boke in it was there an acte wrytten after this maner In the first yeare of kynge Cyrus cōmaunded the same kynge Cyrus to buylde y e house of God at Ierusalem in the place where the sacrifice is made to laye the foundacion to beare thre score cubites heyght thre score cubites bredth thre walles of all maner of stones and one wall of tymber the expences shal be geuen of the kynges house And the goldē and syluer vessell of y e house of God which Nabuchodonosor toke out of the temple at Ierusalem and broughte vnto Babilon shal be restored agayne y t they maye be broughte vnto the temple at Ierusalē to their place in to the house of God Get you farre from them therfore thou Thathnai Debyte beyonde the water and Sethar of Bosen youre councelers which are beyonde the water Let them worke in y e house of God that the Debyte of y e Iewes and their Elders maye buylde the house of God in his place I haue commaunded also what shal be done to y e Elders of Iuda for the buyldinge of the house of God that there shal diligently be takē of the kynges goodes euen of the rentes beyonde the water geuen vnto the men and that they be not hyndered And yf they haue nede of calues lambes or goates for the burnt offrynge vnto y e God of heauen wheate salt wyne and oyle after the custome of the prestes at Ierusalem there shal be geuen them daylie as is acordinge and se that this be not done necligētly that they maye offre swete sauoures vnto y e God of heauen and praye for the kynges lyfe and for his children This commaundement haue I geuē And what man so euer he be that altereth these wordes there shal a balke be taken from his house and set vp and he shal be hanged theron and his house shal be prysed for the dede But the God that dwelleth in heauen destroye all kynges and people that put to their hāde to alter and to breake downe the house of God at Ierusalem I Darius haue commaunded that this be diligently done Then Thathnai y e Debyte beyonde y e water and Sethar of Bosen with their councelers to whom kynge Darius had sent dyd their diligence And y e Elders of the Iewes buylded and they prospered thorow the prophecienge of Aggeus the prophet and Zachary the sonne of Iddo and they buylded and set vp the worke acordinge to the commaundement of the God of Israel and after the commaundement of Cyrus Darius and Artaxerses kynges of Persia. And they perfourmed the house vnto the thirde daye of the moneth Adar that was the sixte yeare of the reigne of kynge Darius And the children of Israel the prestes the Leuites and the other children of y e captyuite helde the dedicacion of the house of God with ioye and offred at the dedicacion of the house of God an hundreth calues two hundreth lambes foure hundreth goates and for the syn offerynge for all Israel twolue he goates acordinge to the nombre of the trybes of Israel and set the prestes in their courses and y e Leuites in their offices to mynister vnto God which is at Ierusalē as it is wrytten in the boke of Moses And the children of the captyuite helde Passeouer vpon the fourtenth daye of the first moneth for y e prestes and Leuites had purified them selues so y t they were all cleane as one man and kylled Passeouer for all the children of the captyuite and for their brethrē the prestes and for them selues And the childrē of Israel which were come agayne out of captiuyte and all soch as had separated them selues vnto them from the fylthinesse of the Heythen in the londe to seke the LORDE God of Israel ate helde the feast of vnleuēded bred seuen dayes with ioye for the LORDE had made them glad and turned the hert of the kynge of Assur vnto thē so that their handes were strengthed in the worke of the house of God which is y e God of Israel The VII Chapter AFter these actes in the reigne of Artaxerses kynge of Persia there wente vp from Babilon Eszdras the sonne of Seraia the sonne of Asaria the sonne of Helchias the sonne of Sallum the sonne of Sadoc the sonne of Achitob the sonne of Amaria the sonne of Asaria the sonne Meraioth the sonne of Serahia y e sonne of Vsi the sonne of Buki the sonne of Abisua the sonne of Phineas the sonne of Eleasar the sonne of Aaron the chefe prest which was a quycke scrybe in the lawe of Moses which the LORDE God of Israel dyd geue And y e kynge gaue him all that he
grounde And Iesua Bani Serebia Iamin Acub Sabthai Hodaia Maescia Celita Asaria Iosabad Hanam Plaia and the Leuites caused y e people to geue hede vnto the lawe the people stode in their place And they red in the boke of the lawe of God distinctly and planely so that men vnderstode the thinge that was red And Nehemias which is Hathirsatha and Esdras the prest and scrybe and the Leuites y t caused the people to take hede sayde vnto all the people This daye is holy vnto the LORDE youre God be not ye sory therfore wepe not For all y e people wepte whaÌ„ they herde the wordes of the lawe Therfore sayde he vnto them * Go youre waye and eate the fat and drynke the swete and sende parte vnto them also that haue not prepared themselues for this daye is holy vnto oure LORDE be not ye sory therfore for the ioye of the LORDE is youre strength And the Leuites stylled all the people and sayde Holde youre peace for the daye is holy vexe not ye youre selues And all the people wente their waye to eate and drinke and to sende paâ—te vnto other and to make greate myrth for they had vnderstonde the wordes that were declared vnto them And on the nexte daye were gathered together the chefe fathers amonge all the people and the prestes and Leuites vnto Esdras the scrybe that he shulde teach them y e wordes of the lawe And they founde written in the lawe how that the LORDE had commaunded by Moses that the childreÌ„ of Israel shulde dwell in bothes in the feast of the seuenth moneth And so they caused it be declared and proclamed in all their cities at Ierusalem sayenge Go vp vnto y e mouÌ„t and fetch Olyue braunches Pynebraunches Myrtbraunches Palmebraunches braunches of thicketrees to make bothes as it is wrytten And y e people wente vp and fetched theÌ„ and made them bothes euery one vpon the rofe of his house and in their courtes and in the courtes of the house of God and in the strete by the Watergate and in the strete by Ephraims porte And all the congregacion of them that were come agayne out of the captyuite made bothes and dwelt therin for sence the tyme of Iosua the sonne of NuÌ„ vnto this daye had not the children of Israel done so and there was very greate gladnesse And euery daye from the first daie vnto the last red he in the boke of the lawe of God And seuen dayes helde they the feast on the eight daye the gatherynge together acordynge vnto the maner The IX Chapter IN the foure and twentieth daye of this moneth came the children of Israel together with fastinge and sack clothes and earth vpon them and separated the sede of Israel from all the straunge children and stode and knowleged their synnes and the wyckednesses of their fathers and stode vp in their place and red in the boke of the lawe of the LORDE their God foure tymes on the daye and they knowleged and worshipped the LORDE their God foure tymes on the daye And the Leuites stode on hye namely Iesua Bani Cadmiel Sebania Buni Serebia Bani and Chenani and cryed loude vnto the LORDE their God And the Leuites Iesua Cadmiel Bani Hasabenia Serebia Hodia Sebania Pethahia sayde Stonde vp prayse the LORDE oure God for euer and let thankes be geueÌ„ vnto the name of thy glorye which excelleth all thankesgeuynge and prayse LORDE thou art alone thou hast made heauen and the heauen of all heauens with all their hoost the earth and all that therin is the See and all that is therin thou geuest life vnto all and y e hoost of heauen bowe themselues vnto the. Thou art the LORDE God that hast chosen AbraÌ„ and broughte him out of Vr in Chaldea called him Abraham and founde his hert faithfull before the and madest a couenauÌ„t with him to geue vnto his sede the londe of the Cananites Hethites Amorites Pheresites Iebusites and Girgosites and hast made good thy wordes for thou art righteous And hast considered the mysery of oure fathers in Egipte and herde their complainte by the reed See and shewed tokeÌ„s and wonders vpoÌ„ Pharao and on all his seruauÌ„tes and on all his people of his londe for thou knewest y t they were presumptuous cruell against them so madest thou the a name as it is this daie And the reed See partedst thou in sunder before them so that they weÌ„te thorow the myddes of the See drye shod their persecuters threwest thou in to the depe as a stone in the mightie waters and leddest them on the daye tyme in a cloudy pyler and on the nighte season in a piler of fyre to shewe them lighte in the waye y t they wente Thou camest downe also vpoÌ„ mount Sinai and spakest vnto them from heauen and gauest them righte iudgmentes true lawes good commaundementes and statutes and declared vnto them thy holy Sabbath and commaunded them preceptes ordinaunces and lawes by Moses thy seruaunt and gauest them bred from heauen whan they were hongrye and broughte forth water for them out of the rock whan they were thyrstye and promysed them that they shulde go in and take possession of the londe where ouer thou haddest lyfte vp thine hande for to geue them Neuertheles oure fathers were proude and hardnecked so that they folowed not y e coÌ„maundementes and refused to heare and were not myndefull of the wonders y t thou dyddest for them but became obstynate and heady in so moch that they turned back to their bondage in their dishobedience But thou my God forgauest and wast gracious mercifull pacient and of greate goodnesse and forsokest them not And though they made a molten calfe and sayde This is thy God that broughte the out of the londe of Egipte and dyd greate blasphemies yet for sokest thou them not in the wyldernes acordinge to thy greate mercy And y e cloudy piler departed not from them on y e daye tyme to lede them the waye nether the piler of fyre in the night season to shewe them lighte in the waye that they wente And thou gauest them thy good sprete to enfourme them and withheldest not thy Manna from their mouth and gauest theÌ„ water whaÌ„ they were thirstie Fortye yeares longe madest thou prouysion for them in the wyldernesse so that they wanted nothinge their clothes waxed not olde and their fete swelled not And thou gauest theÌ„ kiÌ„gdomes nacions partedst theÌ„ acordinge to their porcions so that they possessed the londe of Sihon kynge of Heszbon the londe of Og y e kynge of Basan And their childreÌ„ multiplyedst thou as the starres of heauen and broughtest theÌ„ in to the londe wherof thou haddest spoken vnto their fathers that they shulde go in to it and haue it in possession And y e children wente in and possessed the londe and thou subdudest before theÌ„ the
in to my mynde Wherfore do I beare my flesh in myteth and my soule in myne hondes Lo there is nether cōforte ner hope for me yf he wil slaye me But yf I shewe and reproue myne owne wayes in his sight he is euen the same that maketh me whole and why there maye no Ypocrite come before him Heare my wordes and pondre my sayenges with youre eares Beholde though sentence were geuen vpon me I am sure to be knowne for vngilty What is he that will go to lawe with me For yf I holde my tonge I shal dye Neuerthelesse graunte me ij thinges and then will I not hyde my self from the. Withdrawe thine honde fro me let not the fearfull drede of the make me afrayed And then sende for me to the lawe y t I maye answere for my self or els let me speake and geue thou the answere How greate are my myszdedes synnes Let me knowe my trāsgressions offences Wherfore hydest thou thy face and holdest me for thine enemye Wilt thou be so cruell extreme vnto a flyenge leaf and folowe vpon drye stubble that thou layest so sharply to my charge and wilt vtterly vndoo me for y e synnes of my yougth Thou hast put my fote in the stockes thou lokest narowly vnto all my pathes marckest the steppes of my fete where as I notwithstondinge must consume like as a foule carion and as a cloth that is moth eaten The XIIII Chapter MAn that is borne of a woman hath but a shorte tyme to lyue and is full of dyuerse miseries He cōmeth vp and falleth awaye like a floure He flyeth as it were a shadowe and neuer continueth in one state Thinkest thou it now well done to open thine eyes vpon soch one and to brynge me before the in iudgment Who can make it cleane that commeth of an vncleane thinge No body The dayes of man are shorte y e nombre of his monethes are knowne only vnto the. Thou hast apoynted him his boundes he can not go beyonde them Go from him that he maye rest a litle vntill his daye come which he loketh for like as an hyrelinge doth Yf a tre be cutt downe there is some hope yet that it will sproute and shute forth the braunches againe For though a rote be waxen olde and deed in the grounde yet whē the stocke getteth the sent of water it will budde and brynge forth bowes like as when it was first planted But as for man when he is deed perished and consumed awaye what becommeth of him The floudes when they be dryed vp the ryuers when they be emptie are fylled agayne thorow the flowinge waters of the see but when man slepeth he ryseth not agayne vntill the heauen perish he shal not wake vp ner ryse out of his slepe O that thou woldest kepe me and hyde me in the hell vntill thy wrath were stilled to appoynte me a tyme wherin thou mightest remembre me Maye a deed man lyue agayne All the dayes of this my pilgremage am I lokynge when my chaunginge shal come Yf thou woldest but call me I shulde obeie the only despyse not the worke of thine owne hondes For thou hast nombred all my goynges yet be not thou to extreme vpon my synnes Thou hast sealed vp myne offences as it were in a bagg but be mercifull vnto my wickednesse The mountaynes fall awaye at the last the rockes are remoued out of their place the waters pearse thorow the very stones by litle and litle the floudes waszshe awaye the grauell earth Euen so destroyest thou the hope of man in like maner Thou preuaylest agaynst him so that he passeth awaye thou chaungest his estate and puttest him from the. Whether his children come to worshipe or no he can not tell And yf they be men of lowe degre he knoweth not Whyle he lyueth his flesh must haue trauayle and whyle the soule is in him he must be in sorowe The XV. Chapter THen answered Eliphas the Themanite and sayde Shulde a wyse man geue soch an answere as it were one that spake in the wynde and fyll his stomacke with anger Thou reprouest w t wordes that are nothinge wroth and speakest the thinges which can do no good As for shame thou hast set it asyde els woldest thou not make so many wordes before God but thy wickednesse teacheth thy mouth and so thou hast chosen the a craftie tonge Thine owne mouth condemneth the and not I yee thine owne lippes shappe the an answere Art thou the first man that euer was borne Or wast thou made before the hylles hast thou herde the secrete councell of God that all wyszdome is to litle for y e What knowest thou y t we knowe not What vnderstondest thou but we can the same With vs are olde and aged men yee soch as haue lyued longer then thy forefathers Dost thou nomore regarde the comforte of God but thy wicked wordes wil not suffre the. Why doth thine herte make the so proude Why stondest thou so greatly in thine owne conceate Where vnto loke thine eyes y t thy mynde is so puft vp agaynst God lettest soch wordes go out of thy mouth What is man that he shulde be vncleane what hath he which is borne of a woman wherby he might be knowne to be rightuous Beholde he hath founde vnfaithfulnesse amōge his owne sanctes yee the very heauens are vnclene in his sight How moch more then an abhominable and vyle mā which dryncketh wickednesse like water I will tell the heare me I wil shewethe a thinge that I knowe which wyse men haue tolde hath not bene hyd from their fathers vnto whom only the londe was geuen ▪ that no straunger shulde come amonge them The vngodly despayreth all the dayes of his life the nombre of a tyrauntes yeares is vnknowne A fearfull sounde is euer in his eares when it is peace yet feareth he destruccion He beleueth neuer to be delyuered out of darcknesse the swearde is allwaye before his eyes When he goeth forth to get his lyuinge he thinketh planely that the daye of darcknesse is at honde Sorow and carefulnesse make him afrayed cōpasse him rounde aboute like as it were a kinge with his hoost redy to the battayll For he hath stretched out his honde agaynst God armed himself agaynst y e Allmightie He runneth proudly vpon him with a stiff necke fighteth he agaynst him where as he couereth his face with fatnesse and maketh his body well lykynge Therfore shall his dwellynge be in desolate cities in houses which nomā inhabiteth but are become heapes of stones He shall not be rich nether shall his substaunce continue ner encrease vpon earth He shal neuer come out of darcknesse the flame shal drye vp his braunches with y e blast of the mouth of God shal he be takē awaie He wil nether applye himself to faithfulnes ner treuth so sore is he disceaued w t
housholde after his death whose monethes passe awaye swifter then an arowe In as moch thē as God hath y e hyest power of all who can teach him eny knowlege One dyeth now when he is mightie at his best rich and in prosperite euen when his bowels are at the fattest and his bones full of mary Another dyeth in sorowe and heuynesse and neuer had good daies Now slepe they both a like in the earth the wormes couer them But I knowe what ye thinke yee and what ye ymagin agaynst me vnrightuously For ye saye where is the prynces palace where is the dwellynge of the vngodly Axe eny man that goeth by the waye and yf ye will not regarde their tokens dedes he shal tell you that the wicked is kepte vnto the daye of destruccion and that the vngodly shal be brought forth in the daye of wrath Who darre reproue him for his wayes to his face◠who rewardeth him for the vngraciousnesse that he doth Yet shal he be brought to his graue and watch amonge the heape of the deed Thē shal he be fayne to be buried amōge the stones by the brokesyde All men must folowe him there are innumerable gone before him O how vayne is the comforte y e ye geue me Are not youre answeres cleane contrary to right and treuth The XXII Chapter SO Eliphas the Themanite gaue answere sayde Maye a man be cōpared vnto God in wyszdome though he seme to himself for to be like him What pleasure hath God in y t thou art rightuous Or what doth it profite him y t thy waies are perfecte Is he afrayed to reproue the to steppe forth w t the in to iudgment Cōmeth not this for y e greate wickednesse for thine vngracious dedes which are innumerable Thou hast takē the pledge from thy brethrē for naught robbed the naked of their clothinge To soch as were weery hast thou geuē no water to drynke thou hast withdrawē bred frō the hungrie Shulde soch one thē as vseth violēce wrōge oppression doinge all thinges of parcialyte hauynge respecte of personnes dwell in the lōde Thou hast sent wyddowes awaye emptie and oppressed the poore fatherlesse Therfore art thou compased aboute with snares on euery syde sodēly vexed w t feare Shuldest thou thē se no darcknesse Shulde not the water floude runne ouer the Now because y t God is hyer thē the heauens because thou seist y t the starres are so hye wilt thou therfore saye Tush how shulde God knowe Doth his dominion reach beyonde the cloudes Tush the cloudes couer him y t he maye not se for he dwelleth in heauen Well thou wilt kepe the olde waye y t all wicked mē haue gone both olde yonge whose foundacion is a runnynge water which saye vnto God go from vs and after this maner Tush what wil the Allmightie do vnto vs where as he not with stōdinge fylleth their houses w t all good Which meanynge of the vngodly be farre fro me For w t ioy shal the godly and with gladnesse shal the innocent se that their increase shal be hewen downe their posterite consumed with the fyre Therfore recōcile the vnto God be content so shal all thinges prospere w t the right well Receaue the lawe at his mouth laye vp his wordes in thine herte For yf thou wilt turne to the Allmightie thou shalt stonde fast all vnrightuousnesse shall be farre from thy dwellinge He shal geue the an haruest which in plenty abundaunce shall exceade the dust of the earth and the golde of Ophir like ryuer stones Yee the Allmightie his owne self shal be thine haruest the heape of thy money Then shalt thou haue thy delyte in the Allmightie lift vp thy face vnto God Thē shalt thou make thy prayer vnto him he shal heare the thou shalt kepe thy promyses Thē loke what thou takest in honde he shal make it to prospere with the and the light shall shyne in thy wayes For who so humbleth himself him shal he set vp and who so loketh mekely shal be healed Yf thou be innocēt he shal saue the and thorow the vngiltynesse of thyne handes shalt thou be delyuered The XXIII Chapter IOb answered and sayd My sayenge is yet this daye in bytternes and my hande heuy amonge my groninges O that I might se him fynde him O that I might come before his seate to pleate my cause before him and to fyll my mouth with argumentes That I might knowe what answere he wolde geue me that I might vnderstonde what he wolde saye vnto me Wil he pleate agaynst me with his greate power strength or wyll he leane him self vtterly vpon me Oh no let him not do so with me But let hym geue me like power to go to lawe then am I sure to wynne my matter For though I go before I fynde him not yf I come behynde I cā get no knowlege of him Yf I go on the left syde to pondre his workes I can not atteyne vnto them Agayne yf I go on the right syde he hydeth himself y t I can not se him But as for my waye he knoweth it trieth me as y e golde in y e fyre Neuertheles my fete kepe his path his hye strete haue I holden and not gone out of it I haue not forsaken the cōmaundemēt of his lippes but loke what he charged me with his mouth that haue I shutt vp in my herte It is he himself alone who will turne him back He doth as him listeth and bryngeth to passe what he wil. He rewardeth me in to my bosome many other thinges mo doth he as he maye by his power This is y e cause that I shrenke at his presence so that when I considre him I am afrayed of him For in so moch as he is God he maketh my herte soft and seynge that he is Allmightie he putteth me in feare Thus can not I get out of darcknesse the cloude hath so couered my face The XXIIII Chapter COnsideringe then that there is no tyme hyd from the Allmightie how happeneth it that they which knowe him wil not regarde his dayes For some mē there be that remoue other mēs londe markes that robbe them of their catell and kepe the same for their owne that dryue awaye the asse of the fatherlesse that take y e wyddowes oxe for a pledge that thrust the poore out of the waye oppresse the symple of the worlde together Beholde the wilde asses in y e deserte go by tymes as their maner is to spoyle Yee the very wildernesse ministreth foode for their children They reape the corne felde that is not their ▪ owne and gather the grapes out of his vynyarde whom they haue oppressed by violence They are the cause y t so many men are naked and bare hauynge no clothes to couer them and
The darcknes shal once come to an ende he can seke out the grounde of all thinges the stones the darcke the horrible shadowe w t the ryuer of water parteth he a sunder the straunge people y t knoweth no good neghbourheade soch as are rude vnmanerly boysteous He bryngeth foode out of the earth y t which is vnder consumeth he with fyre There is founde a place whose stones are clene Saphirs and where y e clottes of the earth are golde There is a waye also that the byrdes knowe not that no vulturs eye hath sene wherin y e proude hye mynded walke not where no lyon commeth There putteth he his honde vpon the stony rockes ouerthroweth the mountaynes Ryuers flowe out of the rockes loke what is pleasaunt his eye seyth it Out of droppes bryngeth he greate floudes together the thinge that is hyd bryngeth he â—o light How commeth a man then by wyszdome Where is the place that men fynde vnderstondinge Verely no man can tell how worthy a thinge she is nether is she fouÌ„de in the loÌ„de of the lyuynge The depe sayeth she is not in me The see sayeth she is not with me She can not be gotten for the most fyne golde nether maye the pryce of her be bought with eny moneye No wedges of golde of Ophir no precious Onix stones no Saphirs maye be compared vnto her No nether golde ner Christall nether swete odours ner golden plate There is nothinge so worthy or so excelleÌ„t as once to be named vnto her for parfecte wyszdome goeth farre beyonde theÌ„ all The Topas that coÌ„meth out of Inde maye in no wyse be lickened vnto her yee no maner of apparell how pleasaunt and fayre so euer it be From wheÌ„ce then commeth wyszdome where is the place of vnderstondinge She is hyd from the eyes of all men yee froÌ„ the foules of the ayre Destruccion death saie we haue herde tell of her w t oure eares But God seyth hir waie knoweth hir place For he beholdeth the endes of the worlde and loketh vpon all that is vnder the heaueÌ„ When he weyed the wyndes measured y e waters when he set the rayne in ordre and gaue the mightie floudes a lawe Then dyd he se her theÌ„ declared he her prepared her and knewe her And vnto man he sayde Beholde to feare the LORDE is wyszdome to forsake euell is vnderstondinge The XXIX Chap. SO Iob proceaded and weÌ„te forth in his communicacion sayenge O y t I were as I was in the monethes by past in the dayes wheÌ„ God preserued me when his light shyned vpon my heade wheÌ„ I wente after the same light shyne eueÌ„ thorow the darcknesse As it stode w t me wheÌ„ I was welthy had ynough wheÌ„ God prospered my house when the allmightie was with me when my housholde folkes stode aboute me wheÌ„ my wayes ranne ouer w t butter when the stony rockes gaue me ryuers of oyle when I wente thorow the cite vnto the gate wheÌ„ they set me a chayre in y e strete wheÌ„ the yonge meÌ„ as soone as they sawe me hyd theÌ„ selues when the aged arose stode vp vnto me wheÌ„ the princes left of their talkinge laied their haÌ„de to their mouth wheÌ„ the mightie kepte still their voyce and wheÌ„ their tonges cleued to the rofe of their mouthes When all they y t herde me called me happie when all they y t sawe me wysshed me good For I delyuered y e poore wheÌ„ he cried the fatherlesse y t wanted helpe He y t shulde haue bene lost gaue me a good worde y e widdowes hert praised me And why I put vpon me rightuousnes which couered me as a garmeÌ„t equite was my crowne I was an eye vnto the blynde a fote to the lame I was a father vnto the poore wheÌ„ I knew not their cause I sought it out diligeÌ„tly I brake the chaftes of y e vnrightuous plucte the spoyle out of their teth Therfore I thought verely y t I shulde haue dyed in my nest y t my dayes shulde haue bene as many as the sondes of the see For my rote was spred out by the waters syde the dew laye vpoÌ„ my corne My hono r encreased more more and my bowe was euer the stronger in my hande Vnto me men gaue eare me they regarded w t sylence they taried for my couÌ„cell Yf I had spoken they wolde haue it none other wayes my wordes were so well taken amonge theÌ„ They wayted for me as the earth doth for the rayne gaped vpon me as the grouÌ„de doth to receaue the latter shower When I laughed they knew well it was not earnest this testimony of my couÌ„tenaunce pleased theÌ„ nothinge at all When I agreed vnto their waye I was the chefe sat as a kynge amonge his seruauntes Or as one that comforteth soch as be in heuynesse The XXX Chapter BVt now they that are my inferiours yonger then I haue me in derision yee eueÌ„ they whose fathers I wolde haue thought scorne to haue set w t the dogges of my catell The power streÌ„gth of their haÌ„des might do me no good as for their age it is speÌ„t past awaye without eny profit For very misery honger they wente aboute in the wildernesse like wretches beggers pluckynge vp herbes from amonge the buszshes the Iumpers rote was their meate And when they were dryuen forth men cried after them as it had bene after a thefe Their dwellinge was beside foule brokes yee in the caues dennes of the earth VpoÌ„ the drye heeth weÌ„te they aboute crienge in the brome hilles they gathered them together They were the children of fooles vylanes which are deed awaye froÌ„ the worlde Now am I their songe am become their iestinge stocke they abhorre me they fle farre fro me stayne my face w t spetle For y e LORDE hath opened his quyuer he hath hytt me put a brydle in my mouth Vpon my right haÌ„de they rose together agaynst me they haue hurte my fete made awaye to destroye me my path haue they clene marred It was so easy for them to do me harme that they neded no man to helpe theÌ„ They fell vpon me as it had bene y e breakynge in of waters came in by heapes to destroye me Fearfulnesse is turned agaynst me Myne honoure vanâ—sheth awaye more swiftly then wynde my prosperite departeth heÌ„ce like as it were a cloude Therfore is my mynde poured full of heuynesse y e dayes of trouble haue takeÌ„ holde vpon me My bones are pearsed thorow in y e night season my synewes take no rest With all their power haue they chaunged my garmeÌ„t gyrded me therwith as it were w t a coate I am eueÌ„ as it were claye am become like aszshes dust WheÌ„ I crie vnto the thou
at y i chiding o LORDE at the blastinge breth of thy displeasure He sent downe frō the heyth to fetch me toke me out of greate waters He delyuered me fro my stronge enemies and fro my foes which were to mightie forme They preuented me in the tyme of my trouble but y e LORDE was my defence He brought me forth also into lyberte delyuered me because he had a fauo r vnto me The LORDE shall rewarde me after my rightuous dealynge acordinge to the clēnesse of my hōdes shal he recōpense me For I haue kepte the wayes of the LORDE haue not behaued myself wickedly agaynst my God I haue an eye vnto all his lawes cast not out his commaundemētes fro me Vncorrupte will I be before hī wil eschue myne owne wickednes Therfore shal y e LORDE rewarde me after my rightuous dealinge acordinge vnto y e clēnesse of my hōdes in his eye sight With the holy thou shalt be holy w t y e innocēt thou shalt be innocēt With the clene thou shalt be clene with the frowarde thou shalt be frowarde For thou shalt saue the poore oppressed brīge downe the hye lokes of the proude Thou lightest my cādle o LORDE my God thou makest my darcknesse to be light For in the I can discōfit an hoost of mē yee in my God I cā leape ouer the wall The waye of God is a perfecte waye the wordes of the LORDE are tried in the fyre he is a shylde of defence for all them that trust in him For who is God but the LORDE Or who hath eny strength but oure God It is God that hath gyrded me with strēgth and made my waye vncorrupte He hath made my fete like hartes fete and set me vp an hye He teacheth myne hondes to fight and maketh myne armes to breake euen a bowe off stele Thou hast geuē me the defence of thy health thy right hande vpholdeth me and thy louynge correccion maketh me greate Thou hast made rowme ynough vnder me for to go that my fote steppes shulde not slyde I will folowe vpon myne enemies and take them I will not turne till they be discomfited I will smyte them they shall not be able to stonde but fall vnder my fete Thou hast gyrded me with strength vnto y e batell thou hast throwē them all downe vnder me that rose vp agaynst me Thou hast made myne enemies to turne their backes vpon me thou hast destroyed thē y t hated me They cried but there was none to helpe thē yee euen vnto the LORDE but he herde thē not I will beate them as small as the dust before the wynde I will cast them out as y e claye in the stretes Thou shalt delyuer me from the stryuinges of the people thou shalt make me the heade of the Heithē A people whom I haue not knowne shall serue me As soone as they heare of me they shall obeye me but the straunge childrē dyssemble with me The straunge children are waxē olde and go haltinge out of their pathes The LORDE lyueth ād blessed be my helper praysed be the God of my health Euē y e God which seyth that I be auenged and subdueth the people vnto me It is he that delyuereth me fro my cruell enemies thou shalt lift me vp from them that ryse agaynst me thou shalt ryd me from the wicked man For this cause I wil geue thankes vnto y e o LORDE amonge the Gentiles and synge prayses vnto thy name Greate prosperite geueth he vnto his kynge and sheweth louinge kyndnesse vnto Dauid his anoynted yee vnto his sede for euermore The XVIII A psalme of Dauid THe very heauēs declare the glory off God ād the very firmamēt sheweth his hādye worke One daye telleth another and one night certifieth another There is nether speach ner lāguage but their voyces are herde amōge thē Their soūde is gone out in to all londes and their wordes in to the endes of the worlde In thē hath he sett a tabernacle for y e Sōne which cōmeth forth as a brydegrome out of his chambre reioyseth as a giaunte to rūne his course It goeth forth frō the one ende of the heauen and runneth aboute vnto the same ende agayne there maye no mā hyde himself frō the heate therof The lawe of the LORDE is a perfecte lawe it quickeneth the soule The testimony of y e LORDE is true geueth wisdome euen vnto babes The statutes of the LORDE are right reioyse the herte y e cōmaundemēt of y e LORDE is pure and geueth light vnto the eyes The feare of the LORDE is cleane endureth for euer the iudgmentes of the LORDE are true and rigtuous alltogether More pleasunt are they then golde yee then moch fyne golde sweter then hony the hony combe These thy seruaunt kepeth for kepinge of them there is greate rewarde Who can tell how oft he offendeth Oh clēse thou me fro my secrete fautes Kepe thy seruaūte also from presumptuous synnes lest they get the dominion ouer me so shal I be vndefyled innocēt frō the greate offence Yee the wordes of my mouth the meditaciō of my herte shal be acceptable vnto the o LORDE my helper and my redemer The XIX A psalme of Dauid THe LORDE heare the in the tyme off trouble the name of the God of Iacob defende the. Sende the helpe frō the Sanctuary strength y e out of Sion Remembre all thy offerynges and accepte thy brent sacrifice ▪ Sela. Graunte the thy hertes desyre fulfill all thy mynde We will reioyse in thy health triūphe in y e name of the LORDE oure God the LORDE perfourme all thy peticiōs Now knowe I that the LORDE helpeth his anoynted and will heare him frō his holy heauen mightie is the helpe of his right hōde Some put their trust in charettes some in horses but we wil remēbre y e name of the LORDE oure God They are brought downe and fallen but we are rysen and stonde vp right Saue LORDE helpe vs o kynge when we call vpon the. The XX. A psalme of Dauid LORDE how ioyfull is the kynge in y e strength O how exceadinge glad is he of thy sauynge health Thou hast geuen him his hertes desyre hast not put him frō the request of his lippes ▪ Sela. For thou hast preuēted him w t liberall blessinges set a crowne of golde vpon his heade He asked life of the thou gauest him a longe life euē foreuer euer His honoure is greate in thy sauynge health glory and greate worshipe shalt thou laye vpon him For thou shalt geue him euerlastīge felicite make him glad w t the ioye of y e coūtenaūce And why ▪ because the kinge putteth his trust in the LORDE in the mercy of the most hiest he shal not myscary Let all thine enemies fele
yee as a tottringe wall shal ye be like a broken hedge Their deuyce is only how to put him out their delyte is iÌ„ lyes they geue good wordes w t their mouth but curse w t their herte Sela. Neuertheles my soule abydeth only vpon God for he is my God He only is my streÌ„gth my saluacion my defence so y t I shal not fall In God is my health my glory my might in God is my trust O put yo r trust in him allwaye ye people poure out yo r hertes before him for God is oure hope Sela. As for men they are but vayne meÌ„ are disceatfull vpoÌ„ the weightes they are al together lighter then vainte itself O trust not in wronge robbery geue not yo r selues vnto vanite yf riches increase set not yo r herte vpon them God spake once a worde twyse haue I herde the same that power belongeth vnto God That thou LORDE art mercifull that thou rewardest euery man acordinge to his workes The LXII A psalme of Dauid O God thou art my God early wil I seke the. My soule thursteth for the my flesh longeth after the in a bareÌ„ drie loÌ„de where no water is Thus do I loke for the in thy SaÌ„ctuary that I might beholde y e power glory For thy louynge kyndnesse is better then life my lyppes shal prayse the. As loÌ„ge as I liue wil I magnifie the lift vp my hondes in thy name My soule is satisfied eueÌ„ as it were with marry fatnesse when my mouth prayseth the with ioyfull lippes In my bedde wil I remembre y e wheÌ„ I wake my talkynge shal be of the. For thou hast bene my helper vnder the shadowe of y e wynges wil I reioyse My soule hangeth vpon the thy right honde vp holdeth me They seke after my soule but in vayne for they shal go vnder the earth They shal fall into the swerde be a porcioÌ„ for foxes But y e kynge shal reioyse in God all they that sweare by hym shal be commeÌ„ded for the mouth of lyers shal be stopped The LXIII A psalme of Dauid HEare my voyce o God in my coÌ„playnte preserue my life froÌ„ feare of y e enemie Hyde me from the gatheringe together of y e frowarde froÌ„ y e heape of wicked doere Which whette their tuÌ„ges like a swerde shute w t their venimous wordes like as w t arowes That they maye preuely hurte y e innoceÌ„t sodeÌ„ly to hit him w t out eny feare They haue deuysed myschefe and commoned amonge them selues how they maye laye snares tush saye they who shall se them They ymagin wickednesse and kepe it secrete amonge them selues euery man in y e depe of his herte But God shall sodenly shute with an arowe y t they shall be wounded Yee their â—wne tunges shall make them fall In so moch that who so seyth theÌ„ shal laugh theÌ„ to scorne And all men that se it shal saye this hath God done for they shal perceaue y t it is his worke The rightuous shal reioyse in the LORDE and put his trust in him and all they y t are true off herte shal be glad therof The LXIIII. A psalme of Dauid THou o God art praysed in Sion and vnto the is the vowe perfourmed Thou hearest the prayer therfore coÌ„meth all flesh vnto the. Oure myszdedes preuayle agaynst vs oh be thou mercyfull vnto â—ure synnes Blessed is the man whoÌ„ thou chosest and receauest vnto the that he maye dwell in thy courte he shall be satisfied with the pleasures of thy house euen off thy holy temple Heare vs acordinge vnto thy woÌ„derfull rightuousnesse o God oure saluacioÌ„ thou that art the hope of all the endes of y e earth and off the brode see Which in his strength setteth fast the mouÌ„taynes is gyrded aboute with power Which stilleth y e ragiÌ„ge of the see the roaringe off his wawes and the woodnes of the people They that dwell in y e vttemost partes are afrayed at thy tokens thou makest both the mornynge and euenynge starres to prayse ye. Thou visetest the earth thou watrest it and makest it very plenteous The ryuer of God is full of waters thou preparest man his corne aÌ„d thus thou prouydest for the earth Thou watrest hir forowes thou breakest the harde clottes therof thou makest it soft with y e droppes of rayne and blessest the increase of it Thou crownest the yeare with thy good and thy fotesteppes droppe fatnesse The dwellinges of the wildernes are fatt also y t they droppe withall the litle hilles are pleasaunt on euery syde The foldes are full of shepe the valleys stonde so thicke with corne y t they laugh and synge The LXV A psalme off Dauid O Be ioyfull in God all ye loÌ„des synge prayses vnto the hono r of his name make his prayse to be glorious Saye vnto God O how wonderfull are thy workes thorow the greatnesse of thy power shal thine enemies be confouÌ„ded O y t all the worlde wolde worshipe the synge of the and prayse thy name Sela. O come hither and beholde the workes of God which is so wonderfull in his doinges amonge the children of men He turned the see in to drye loÌ„de so that they wente thorow the water on fote therfore wil we reioyse in him He ruleth with his power for euer his eyes beholde the people the rennagates shal not be able to exalte them selues Sela. O magnifie o r God ye people make y e voyce off his prayse to be herde Which holdeth o r soule in life and suffreth not oure fete to slippe For thou o God hast proued vs thou hast tried vs liâ—â— as syluer is tried Thou hast brought vs in to captiuyte and layed trouble vpon o r loâ—nes Thou hast suffred men to ryde ouer o r heades we weÌ„te thorow fyre and water 〈◊〉 thou hast brought vs out and refreshed 〈◊〉 Therfore will I go in to thy house w t 〈◊〉 offeringes to paye the my vowes which I promised w t my lippes and spake with my mouth when I was in trouble I wil offre vnto the fatte brentsacrifices with the smoâ—e of raÌ„mes I will offre bullockes and goateâ— Sela. O come hither and herkeÌ„ all ye that feare God I wil tell you what he hath done for my soule I called vnto hiÌ„ w t my mouth and gaue him prayses with my tuÌ„ge Yff I enclyne vnto wickednes with my herte y e LORDE wil not heare me Therfore God hath herde me aÌ„d considred the voyce off my prayer Praysed be God which hath not cast out my prayer ner turned his mercy fro me The LXVI psalme GOd be mercifull vnto vs blesse vs shewe the light off his countenauÌ„ce apon vs. Sela. That we maye knowe y e waye vpoÌ„ earth y e sauynge health amonge all Heithen Let the people prayse the o God yee let all people prayse the. O let the people reioyse and be
earth vpon hir foundacion that it neuer moueth at eny tyme. Thou couerest it with the depe like as with a garmeÌ„t so that the waters stonde aboue the hilles But at thy rebuke they fle at the voyce of thy thonder they are afrayed Then are the hilles sene alofte the valleys beneth in their place which thou hast appoynted for theÌ„ Thou hast set them their boundes which they maie not passe that they turne not agayne to couer y e earth Thou causest the welles to sprynge vp amonge the valleys and the waters runne amonge y e hilles That all the beastes of the felde maye haue drynke that the wylde asses maye quench their thyrste Aboue vpon the hilles haue the foules of the ayre their habitacion and synge amonge the braunches Thou watrest the hylles from aboue the erth is fylled with y e frutes of thy workes Thou bryngest forth grasse for the catell and grene herbe for the seruyce of men Thou bryngest fode out of the earth wyne to make glad y e herte of maÌ„ oyle to make him a chearfull countenaunce bred to strength mans herte The trees of the LORDE are full of sappe euen the trees of Libanus which he hath planted There make the byrdes their nestes and the fyrre trees are a dwellinge for the storcke The hilles are a refuge for the wylde goates and so are the stony rockes for y e conyes Thou hast appoynted the Moone for certayne seasons the Sonne knoweth his goinge downe Thou makest darcknesse that it maye be night wherin all the beastes of the forest do moue Yee and the yonge lyons which roare after the praye and seke their meate at God But when the Sonne ariseth they get them awaye together and lye them downe in their dennes Then goeth man forth to his worke and to till his londe vntill the euenynge O LORDE how manifolde are thy workes right wysely hast thou made theÌ„ all yee the earth is full of thy riches So is this greate and wyde see also wherin are thinges crepinge innumerable both small and greate beastes There go the shippes â—uer and there is that Leuiathan whom thou hast made to take his pastyme therin They wayte all vpoÌ„ the that thou mayest geue them meate in due season WheÌ„ thou geuest it them they gather it wheÌ„ thou openest thine honde they are fylled with good But when thou hydest thy face they are soroufull yf thou takest awaye their breth they dye are turned agayne to their dust Agayne when thou lattest thy breth go forth they are made and so thou renuest the face of the earth The glorious magesty of the LORDE endureth for euer and the LORDE reioyseth in his workes The earth treÌ„bleth at the loke of him he doth but touch y e hilles and they smoke I will synge vnto the LORDE as longe as I lyue I wil prayse my God whyle I haue my beinge O that my wordes might please him for my â—oye is in the LORDE As for synners they shal be coÌ„sumed out of the earth and the vngodly shal come to an ende but prayse thou the LORDE o my soule Halleluya The CIIII. psalme O Geue thankes vnto the LORDE and call vpon his name tell the people what thinges he hath done O let youre songes be of him prayse him and let youre talkynge be of all his wonderous workes Geue his holy name a good reporte let their hertes reioyse that seke the LORDE Seke the LORDE and his strength seke his face euermore Remembre the maruelous workes that he hath done his wonders and the iudgmentes of his mouth O ye sede of Abraham his seruaunt ye children of Iacob his chosen He is the LORDE oure God whose punyshmentes are thorow out all the worlde He is allwaye myndfull of his couenaunt and promyse that he made to a thousande generacions Yee the couenaunt that he made w t Abraham and the ooth that he swore vnto Isaac And apoynted the same vnto Iacob for a lawe and to Israel for an euerlastinge testament Sayenge vnto the wil I geue the londe of Canaan the lott of youre heretage When there was yet but a fewe of them and they straungers therin What tyme as they wente from one nacion to another from one kyngdome to another He suffred no man to hurte them but reproued euen kynges for their sakes Touch not myne anoynted do my prophetes no harme Morouer he called for a derth vpon the loÌ„de and destroyed all the prouysion of bred But he had sent a man before them euen Ioseph which was solde to be a bonde seruaunt They hurte his fete in the stockes the yron pearsed his herte Vntill the tyme that his worde came and till the worde of y e LORDE had tried him Then sent the kinge and caused him be delyuered the prynce of the people bad let him go He made him lorde of his house ruler of all his substaunce That he might enfourme his prynces after his wil and teach his Senatours wysdome Israel also came in to Egipte and Iacob was a straunger in the loÌ„de of Ham. But he increased his people exceadingly and made them stronger then their enemies Whose hert turned so that they hated his people and dealt vntruly with his seruauntes Then sent he Moses his seruaunt and Aaron whom he had chosen These dyd his tokens amoÌ„ge them and wonders in the londe of Ham. He sent darcknesse and it was darcke for they were not obedient vnto his worde He turned their waters in to bloude and slewe their fishe Their londe brought forth frogges yee euen in their kynges chambers He spake the worde their came all maner of flies lise in all their quarters He gaue them hale stones for rayne and flammes of fyre in their loÌ„de He smote their vynyardes fige trees and destroyed the trees that were in their coastes He spake y e worde and their came greshoppers catirpillers innumerable These ate vp all the grasse in their loÌ„de and deuoured the frutes of their grouÌ„de He smote all y e first borne in their loÌ„de euen the chefe of all their substaunce He brought them forth w t syluer golde there was not one feble personne amoÌ„ge their tryâ—es Egipte was glad of their departinge for they were afraied of theÌ„ He spred out a cloude to be a couerynge and fyre to geue light in the night season At their desyre there came quales and he fylled them with the bred of heaueÌ„ He opened the rocke of stone the waters flowed out so that ryuers ranne in the wildernesse For why he remembred his holy promyse which he had made vnto Abraham his seruaunt Thus he brought forth his people with ioye and his chosen with gladnesse And gaue them the loÌ„des of the HeitheÌ„ where they toke the labours of the people in possession That they might kepe his statutes and obserue his lawes Halleluya
The CV psalme Halleluya O Geue thankes vnto the LORDE for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer Who can expresse y e noble actes of the LORDE or shewe forth all his prayse Blessed are they that allwaye kepe iudgment and do rightuousnes Remembre vs o LORDE acordinge to the fauoure that thou bearest vnto thy people o vyset vs w t thy sauinge health That we might se the pleasure of thy chosen that we might reioyse in the gladnesse of thy people and geue thankes with thine enheritaunce We haue synned with oure fathers we haue done amysse we haue dealt wickedly Oure fathers regarded not thy wonders in Egipte they kepte not thy greate goodnesse in remeÌ„braunce but were dishobedieÌ„t at the see eueÌ„ at the reed see Neuertheles he helped theÌ„ for his names sake that he might make his power to be knowne He rebuked the reed see and it was dried vp so he led theÌ„ thorow the depe as in a wildernesse Thus he saued them from the honde of the hater delyuered them from the honde of the enemie As for those y t troubled them the waters ouerwhelmed theÌ„ there was not one of theÌ„ left Then beleued they in his worde and songe prayse vnto him But within a whyle they forgat his workes wolde not abyde his councell A lust came vpoÌ„ them in the wildernesse so that they tempted God in the deserte Yet he gaue them their desyre and sent theÌ„ ynough at their willes They angred Moses in the teÌ„tes and Aaron the saynte of the LORDE So the earth opened swalowed vp Dathan and couered the congregacioÌ„ of Abiram The fyre was kyndled in their company the flame brent vp the vngodly They made a calfe in Horeb and worshipped the molteÌ„ ymage Thus they turned his glory into the similitude of a calfe y t eateth haye They forgat God their Sauio r which had done so greate thinges in Egipte Wonderous workes in the londe of Ham and fearfull thinges in the reed see So he sayde he wolde haue destroyed them had not Moses his chosen stonde before him in y e gappe to turne awaie his wrothfull indignacion lest he shulde destroye theÌ„ Yee they thought scorne of y t pleasaunt londe and gaue no credence vnto his worde But murmured in their tentes and herkened not vnto the voyce of the LORDE Then lift he vp his honde agaynst them to ouerthrowe them in the wildernes To cast out their sede amonge the nacions and to scater them in the londes They ioyned themselues vnto Baal Peor and ate the offeringes of the deed Thus they prouoked him vnto anger with their owne inveÌ„cions and the plage was greate amonge them Then stode vp Phineas and excuted iustice so the plage ceased And that was counted vnto him for rightuousnesse amonge all posterites for euermore They angerd him also at the waters of strife so that Moses was punyshed for their sakes Because they prouoked his sprete and he tolde theÌ„ planely with his lippes Nether destroyed they the Heithen as the LORDE commaunded them But were mengled amonâ—ge the Heithen and lerned their workes In so moch that they worshipped their ymages which turned to their owne decaye Yee they offred their sonnes their doughters vnto deuels And shed the innocent bloude of their sonnes and of their doughters whom they offred vnto the ymages of Canaan so that the londe was defyled wiâ—â— bloude Thus were they stayned w t theâ—â— owne workes and wente a whoringe with their owne invencions Therfore was the wrath of the LORDE kyndled agaynst his people in so moch that he abhorred his owne enheritaunce And gaue them ouer in to the honde of the HeitheÌ„ and they that hated them were lordes ouer them Their enemies oppressed theÌ„ and had them in subieccion Many a tyme dyd he delyuer them but they prouoked him with their owne inveÌ„cions and were brought downe for their wickednesse Neuerthelesse wheÌ„ he sawe their aduersite he herde their complaynte He thought vpoÌ„ his couenaunt and pitied theÌ„ â–ª acordinge vnto the multitude of his mercies Yee he made all those y t had led them awaye captiue to pitie them Delyuer vs o LORDE oure God gather vs from amoÌ„ge the Heithen that we maye geue thankes to thy holy name make oure boast of thy prayse Blessed be the LORDE God of Isâ— He sheweth his people the power of his workes that he maye geue them the heretage of the Heithen The workes of his hoÌ„des are verite iudgment all his coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes are true They stonde fast for euer euer are done in trueth equite He sent redempcion vnto his people he hath commaunded his couenaunt for euer holy reuerent is his name The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wyszdome a good vnderstondinge haue all they that do therafter the prayse of it endureth for euer The CXI psalme Halleluya BLessed is the man y t feareth the LORDE hath greate delite in his commaundementes His sede shall be mightie vpon earth the generacion of the faithfull shal be blessed Riches pleÌ„teousnesse shal be in his house his rightuousnes endureth for euer Vnto the godly there ariseth vp light in the darcknesse he is merciful louynge rightuous Wel is him that is mercifull lendeth gladly poÌ„dreth his wordes w t discrecion For he shal neuer be moued the rightuous shal be had in an euer lastinge remembraunce He wil not be afrayed for eny euell tydinges his herte stondeth fast beleueth in y e LORDE His herte is stablished he wil not shrencke vntill he se his desyre vpon his enemies He hath sparsed abrode geueÌ„ to the poore his rightuousnes remayneth for euer his horne shal be exalted w t honor. The vngodly shal se it it shal greue him he shall gnash w t his â—â—th consume awaye the desyre of the vn godly shal perish The CXII psal Halleluya PRayse the LORDE O ye seruauntes O prayse the name of the LORDE Blessed be the name of the LORDE froÌ„ this tyme forth for euermore The LORDES name is worthy to be praysed froÌ„ the rysinge vp of the Sonne vnto the goinge downe of the same The LORDE is hye aboue all Heithen and his glory aboue the heaueÌ„s Who is like vnto the LORDE oure God y t hath his dwellinge so hye which humbleth himself to beholde that is in heauen and earth Which taketh vp the symple out of the dust and lifteth the poore out of the myre That he maye set him amonge the prynces euen amonge the prynces of his people Which maketh the baren woman to kepe house and to be a ioyfull mother of children Halleluya The CXIII psalme WHen Israel came out of Egipte the house of Iacob from amonge that straunge people Iuda was his SaÌ„ctuary Israel his dominion The see sawe that and fled Iordan turned backe The mountaynes stripped like rammes the
praysed be the Lord whych hath not geuen vs ouer for a praye vnto their teeth Oure soule is escaped eueÌ„ as a byrde out of the snare of the fouler the snare is broken and we are delyuered Oure helpe standeth in the name of the Lorde which hath made heauen and earth ¶ The .cxxv. Psalme ¶ The churche or congregacyon is in safetye when the Lorde defendeth it and shal be prosperous when he fauoreth it and purgeth the wycked theroute The songe of the steares THey that put their trust in the Lorde are euen as the mount Syon which may not be remoued but standeth fast for euer The hylles stande about Ierusalem eueÌ„ so standeth the Lorde rounde about his people from this tyme forth for euermore That the rodd of the vngodly come not into the lot of the ryghtuous lest y e ryghtuous put their hande vnto wyckednesse Do well O Lorde vnto those y t be good and true of herte As for soche as turne backe vnto their awne wyckednesse the Lorde shall leade theÌ„ forth with the euyll doers but peace be vpoÌ„ Israel ¶ The .cxxvj. Psalme ¶ He descrybeth the gladnes of the people returning agayne from Babylon vnder the fygure herof the reioysynge of the Christen whom the sonne of God hath made fre from the captiuyte of synne and deeth The songe of the steares VVhen the Lorde turneth agayne the captyuyte of Sion then shall we be lyke vnto them that dreame Then shall oure mouth be fylled wyth laughter and oure tonge with ioye Then shall it be sayd amonge the HeatheÌ„ the Lorde hath done greate thinges for theÌ„ Yee the Lorde hath done greate thynges for vs all ready wherof we reioyse Turne oure captyuyte O Lorde as the ryuers in the south They y t sowe in teares shall reape in ioye He that now goeth in his waye wepynge beareth forth good sede shal come agayne with ioye bringe his sheaues with hym ¶ The .cxxvij. Psalme ¶ By the only liberalyte gyft of God is the house and housholde geuen the cytye defended â— meate mynystred chyldren those toward and thryftye obtayned The songe of the steares EXcept the Lorde buylde the house their labour is but lost that buylde it Except the Lorde kepe the cytye the watchman waketh but in vayne It is but lost labour that ye rise vp early and take no rest but eate the bredde of carefulnesse for loke to whom it pleaseth him he geueth it in slepe Lo chyldren and the frute of the wombe are an herytage gift y t coÌ„meth of y e Lorde Lyke as the arowes in the hande of the gyaunt euen so are the yonge children Happy is the man that hath his quyuer full of them they shal not be ashamed when they speake with their enemyes in the gate ¶ The .cxxviij. Psalme ¶ He that feareth God shall do well and fortunately at all ceasons The songe of the steares BLessed are all they that feare y e Lorde and walke in hys wayes For thou shalt eate the laboures of thyne awne handes O well is the happy art thou Thy wyfe shal be as y e frutefull vyne vpoÌ„ the walles of thy house Thy chyldren lyke the Olyue braunches rounde aboute thy table Lo thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lorde The Lorde shall so blesse the out of SioÌ„ that thou shalt se Ierusalem in prosperyte all thy lyfe longe Yee that thou shalt se thy chylders chyldren and peace vpon Israel ¶ The .cxxix Psalme ¶ Althoughe the wycked do longe and greatly persecute the godly yet shall they not preuayle ouer them yee they shall at the length perish when the godly shal be in safetye The songe of the steares MAny a tyme haue they fought agaynst me fro my youth vp maye Israel now saye Yee many a tyme haue they fought agaynst me fro my youth vp but they haue not ouercome me The plowers plowed vpon my backe and made longe forowes But the rightuous Lorde hath hewen 〈◊〉 yocke of the vngodly in peces Let them be confounded turned bacâ—â—ward as many as haue euyl will at a * 〈◊〉 Let them be euen as the haye vpon 〈◊〉 house toppes whych wythereth afore it 〈◊〉 pluckte vp Wherof the mower fylleth not his hanâ—â— nether he that byndeth vp the sheaues 〈◊〉 bosome So y t they which go by saye not so 〈◊〉 as y e Lorde prospere you we wish you 〈◊〉 lucke in the name of the Lorde ¶ The .cxxx. Psalme ¶ An earnest prayer of him that is oppressed with â—â—â—uersitie for his sinnes that surely hopeth to 〈◊〉 of God bothe forgeuenes of his synnes delyuraâ—â—â— from hys aduersytyes The songe of the steares OVt of the a * depe call I vnto 〈◊〉 O Lorde Lorde heare my voyâ—â— â–ª Oh let thyne eares 〈…〉 well the voyce of my complayâ—â—â— If thou Lord wylt be extreme to 〈◊〉 what is done a mysse Oh Lorde who 〈◊〉 abyde it But there is mercy wyth the that 〈◊〉 mayest be feared I loke for the Lord my soule doth waâ— for hym and in his worde is my trust My soule doth paciently abyde y e Lorâ—â— from the one mornynge to the other Let Israel trust in the Lorde for with 〈◊〉 Lorde there is mercy pleÌ„teous redempâ—â—â—â— And he shal redeme Israel froÌ„ al his synn◠¶ The .cxxxj. Psalme ¶ He sheweth y t he was not proude but meake 〈◊〉 The songe of the steares LOrde I am not hye mynded I haue 〈◊〉 proude lokes I do not exercyse my selfe in greaâ—â— matters which are to hye for me But I refrayne my soule kepe it 〈◊〉 lyke as a childe that is weened from his 〈◊〉 yee my soule is eueÌ„ as a weenâ—ed 〈◊〉 Let Israel trust in the Lorde â–ª from 〈◊〉 tyme forth for euermore ¶ The .cxxxij. Psalme ¶ He sheweth that the prosperyty 〈◊〉 of Christes kynâ—â—dome dureth euer that God is 〈◊〉 allwaye present 〈◊〉 his churche and congregacyon Thys doth he 〈◊〉 the fygure of Dauid of the â—â—aâ—cke abydyng in 〈◊〉 The songe of the steares LOrde remeÌ„bre Dauid al his trouâ—â—â— How he swore vnto the Lorde 〈◊〉 vowed a vowe vnto the almyghtye 〈◊〉 of Iacob I wyll not come within y e taberâ—â—â—cle of my house nor clyme vp in my bedde â–ª I wyll not suffre myne eyes to slepe 〈◊〉 myne eye lyddes to â—â—omber Vntyll I fynde out a place for y e 〈◊〉 an habytacyoÌ„ for the mightye one of 〈◊〉 shalt eate the laboures of thine owne hondes o well is the happie art thou Thy wife shal be as a frutefull vyne vpon the walles of thy house Thy children like the olyue braunches rouÌ„de aboute y e table Lo thus shal y e maÌ„ be blessed y t feareth the LORDE The LORDE shal so blesse the out of Sion that thou shalt se IerusaleÌ„ in prosperite all thy life longe Yee that thou shalt se thy childers childreÌ„ peace vpoÌ„ Israel The CXXVIII psalme MAny a tyme haue they fought
for his mercy endureth for euer And Og the kynge of Basan for his mercy endureth for euer And gaue awaye their londe for an heretage for his mercy endureth for euer Euen for an heretage vnto Israel his seruaunt for his mercy endureth for euer Which remeÌ„breth vs wheÌ„ we are in trouble for his mercy endureth for euer Which geueth foode vnto all flesh for his mercy endureth foreuer O geue thankes vnto the God of heauen for his mercy endureth for euer The CXXXVI psalme BY the waters of Babilon we sat downe and wepte when we remeÌ„bred Sion As for oure harpes we hanged them vp vpon the trees that are therin TheÌ„ they that led vs awaye captyue requyred of vs a songe and melody in o r heuynes â–ª synge vs one of the songes of Sion How shal we synge the LORDES songe in a strauÌ„ge loÌ„de Yf I forget the o Ierusalem let my right hande be forgotten Yf I do not remembre the let my tonge cleue to the rofe of my mouth yee yf I preferre not Ierusalem in my myrth Remembre the childreÌ„ of Edom o LORDE in the daye of Ierusalem how they sayde downe with it downe with it eueÌ„ to the grounde O doughter BabiloÌ„ thou shalt come to misery thy self yee happie shal he be that rewardeth y e as thou hast serued vs. Blessed shal he be that taketh thy children and throweth them agaynst the stones The CXXXVII A psalme of Dauid I Wil geue thaÌ„kes vnto the o LORDE with my whole hert euen before the goddes wil I synge prayses vnto the. I wil worshippe towarde thy holy teÌ„ple and prayse thy name because of thy louynge kyndnesse and treuth for thou hast magnified thy worde acordynge vnto thy greate name When I call vpoÌ„ the thou hearest me and endewest my soule with moch streÌ„gth All the kynges of the earth shal prayse the o LORDE when they heare the wordes of thy mouth Yee they shal synge in the wayes of the LORDE that greate is the glory of the LORDE For though the LORDE be hye yet hath he respecte vnto y e lowly as for y e proude he beholdeth him afarre off Though I walke iÌ„ y e myddest of trouble yet shalt thou refresh me thou shalt stretch forth thine haÌ„de vpoÌ„ the furiousnes of myne enemies y e righthande shal saue me The LORDE shal make good for me yee thy mercy o LORDE endureth for euer despyse not then the worke of thine owne handes The CXXXVIII A psalme of Dauid O LORDE thou searchest me out and knowest me Thou knowest my downe syttinge my vprisynge thou vnderstoÌ„dest my thoughtes afarre of Thou art aboute my path aboute my bedd spyest out all my wayes For lo there is not a worde iÌ„ my toÌ„ge but thou o LORDE knowest it alltogether Thou hast fashioned me behinde before layed thine hoÌ„de vpon me Soch knowlege is to wonderfull excelleÌ„t for me I can not atteyne vnto it Whither shal I go then from thy sprete Or whither shal I fle from thy presence Yf I clymme vp in to heauen thou art there yf I go downe to hell thou art there also Yf I take the wynges of the mornynge remayne in the vttemost parte of the see Euen there also shal thy honde lede me and thy right hande shal holde me Yf I saye peradueÌ„ture the darcknesse shal couer me then shal my night be turned to daye Yee the darcknesse is no darcknesse with the but the night is as cleare as the daye the darcknesse light are both alike For my reynes are thyne thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe I wil geue thaÌ„kes vnto the for I am woÌ„derously made maruelous are thy workes and that my soule knoweth right well My bones â—re not hyd from the though I be made secretly and fashioned beneth in the earth Thine eyes se myne vnparfitnesse they stonâ—e all writteÌ„ iÌ„ thy boke my dayes were fashiâ—ned when as yet there was not one of them How deare are y e couÌ„cels vnto me o God O how greate is the summe of them Yf I tell them they are mo in nombre then the ende when I wake vp I am present with â—he Wilt thou not slaye y e wicked oh God â—hat the bloudethyrstie mighte departe froâ—â—e For they speake vnright of the thine â—â—emies exalte them selues presumptuously I hate them o LORDE that hate the I maye not awaye with those that ryse vp â—gaynst the Yee I hate them right sore â—â—erfore are they myne enemies Trye me â—o God and seke the grounde of myne hert proue me examen my 〈…〉 well yf there be eny waye 〈…〉 me lede me in the waye 〈…〉 The CXXXIX A psalme of Dauid â–ª DElyuer me o LORDE from the 〈◊〉 men oh preserue me from the wicked men Which ymagin myschefe in their hertes stere vp strife all the daye longe They sharpen their tonges like a serpent Adders poyson is vnder their lippes Sela. Kepe me o LORDE from the hande of the vngodly preserue me from the wicked men which are purposed to ouerthrowe my goinges The proude haue layed a snare for me spred a nett abrode with coardes yee sett trappes in my waye Sela. But my sayenge is vnto the LORDE thou art my God heare the voyce of my prayer o LORDE O LORDE God thou strength of my health thou hast couered my heade in y e daye of battayll Let not y e vngodly haue his desyre o LORDE let him not haue his purpose lest they be to proude Sela. Let the myschefe of their owne lippes fall vpon y e head of theÌ„ y t coÌ„pase me aboute Let hote burnynge coales fall vpoÌ„ theÌ„ let theÌ„ be cast in to the fyre and in to the pytt that they neuer ryse vp agayne A man full of wordes shal not prospere vpon earth a malicious wicked person shal be hunted awaye and destroyed Sure I am that the LORDE wil auenge the poore and manteyne the cause of the helplesse The rightuous also shal geue thaÌ„kes vnto thy name the iust shal continue in thy sight The CXL A psalme of Dauid LORDE I call vpon the haist the vnto me and consider my voyce wheÌ„ I crie vnto the. Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the inceÌ„se and let the liftinge vp of my haÌ„des be an euenynge sacrifice Set a watch o LORDE before my mouth yee a watch at the dore of my lippes O let not myne hert be enclyned to eny euell thiÌ„ge to be mynded as the vngodly or wicked men lest I eate of soch thinges as please theÌ„ Let the rightuous rather smyte me frendly and reproue me so wil I take it as though he had poured oyle vpoÌ„ my heade it shal not hurte my heade yee I wil praye yet for theâ— wickednesse Their iudges stoÌ„ble at the stone yet heare they my wordes y t they be ioyfull Oure bones lye scatered before y e pytt like as when one graueth and dyggeth
a dyssemblynge tonge hādes that shed innocent bloude an herte y t goeth aboute w t wicked ymaginaciōs fete that be swift in rennynge to do myschefe a false wytnesse y t bringeth vp lyes soch one as soweth discorde amonge brethren My sonne kepe thy fathers cōmaundemētes forsake not y e lawe of thy mother Put thē vp together in thine herte and bynde thē aboute thy necke That they maye lede the where thou goest preserue the when thou art aslepe y t when thou awakest thou mayest talke of thē For the commaundement is a lanterne and the lawe a light yee chastenynge nurtoure is y e waye of life that they maye kepe the frō the euell woman from the flaterynge tonge of the harlott y t thou lust not after her beuty in thine herte lest thou be takē w t hir fayre lokes An harlot wil make a mā to begg his bred but a maried woman wil hunt for y e precious life Maye a man take fyre in his bosome and his clothes not be brent Or can one go vpon hote coales and his fete not be hurte Euen so who so euer goeth in to his neghbours wife and toucheth her can not be vngiltie Men do not vtterly despyse a thefe that stealeth to satisfie his soule when he is hongerie but yf he maye be gotten he restoreth agayne seuen tymes asmoch or els he maketh recompence with all the good of his house But who so cōmitteth aduoutrie with a womā he is a foole and bryngeth his life to destruccion He getteth him self also shame dishono r soch as shal neuer be put out For the gelousy wrath of the mā will not be ītreated no though thou woldest ofre him greate giftes to make amendes he will not receaue them The VII Chapter MY sonne kepe my wordes laye vp my cōmaundemētes by the. Kepe my cōmaundemētes my lawe euē as the aple of thine eye thou shalt lyue Bynde them vpon thy fyngers wryte thē in the table of thine hert Saye vnto wysdome thou art my sister and call vnderstondinge thy kynswoman that she maye kepe y e frō y e straūge womā frō y e harlot which geueth swete wordes For out of the wyndowe of my house I loked thorow the trelies behelde the simple people amonge other yonge folkes I spyed one yonge foole goinge ouer the stretes by the corner in the waye towarde the harlottes house in the twylight of of the euenynge when it begāne now to be night and darcke And beholde there mett him a womā in an harlottes apparell a disceatfull wāton an vnstedfast womā whose fete coude not abyde in y e house now is she without now ī y e stretes lurketh ī euery corner she caught y e yōge mā kyssed him was not ashamed sayēge I had a vowe to paye this daye I perfourme it Therfore came I forth to mete the that I might seke thy face and so I haue founde the. I haue deckte my bed with coueringes clothes of Egipte My bed haue I made to smell of Myrre Aloes and Cynamom Come let vs lye together take oure pleasure till it be daye light For the good man is not at home he is gone farre of He hath taken the bagg of moneye with him who can tell whē he cōmeth home Thus with many swete wordes she ouercame him and with hir flateringe lippes she wanne him Immediatly he foloweth her as it were an oxeled to the slaughter and like as it were to the stockes where fooles are punyshed so longe till she hath wounded his lyuer with hir darte like as yf a byrde haisted to the snare not knowinge that the parell of his life lyeth there vpō Heare me now therfore o my sonne and marcke the wordes of my mouth Let not thine herte wandre in hir wayes be not thou disceaued in hir pathes For many one hath she woūded and cast downe yee many a stronge mā hath she slayne Hir house is the waye vnto hell where men go downe to the chambers of death The VIII Chapter DOth not wysdome crie doth not vnderstondinge put forth hir voyce Stondeth she not in the hye places in the stretes wayes doth she not crie before the whole cite in the gates where men go out in It is you o ye men sayeth she whom I call Vnto you o ye childrē of mē lift I vp my voyce Take hede vnto knowlege o ye ignoraūt be wyse in herte o ye fooles Geue eare for I wil speake of greate matters open my lippes to tell thinges that be right For my throte shal be talkynge of y e trueth my lippes abhorre vngodlynesse All the wordes of my mouth are rightuous there is no frowardnesse ner falsede therin They are all playne to soch as wil vnderstōde right to thē that fynde knowlege Receaue my doctryne therfore and not syluer knowlege more then fyne golde For wysdome is more worth then precious stones ye◠all the thinges that thou cāst desyre are not to be compared vnto it I wysdome haue my dwellynge w t knowlege and prudent councell is myne owne With me is the feare of the LORDE and y e eschuynge of euell As for pryde disdayne an euell waye a mouth that speaketh wicked thīges I vtterly abhorre thē I can geue councell and be a gyde I haue vnderstondinge I haue strength Thorow me kynges reigne thorow me paces make iust lawes Thorow me lordes beare rule and all iudges of y e earth execute iudgmēt I am louynge vnto those that loue me and they that seke me early shal fynde me Riches honoure are w t me yee excellent goodes rightuousnes My frute is better thē golde precious stone myne encrease more worth then fyne syluer I walke in y e waye of rightuousnes in the strete of iudgment That I maye sende prosperite to those that loue me to encrease their treasure The LORDE himself had me in possessiō in the begynnynge of his wayes or euer he begame his workes aforetyme I haue bene ordened frō euerlastīge frō y e beginnynge or euer the earth was made When I was borne there were nether depthes ner springes of water Before the foundacions of y e mountaynes ▪ were layed yee before all hilles was I borne The earth and all that is vpon the earth was not yet made no not the grounde it self For when he made the heauens I was present whā he set the depthes in ordre whan he hanged the cloudes aboue whan he fastened the sprynges of the depe Whan he shutt the see within certayne bowndes that y e waters shulde not go ouer their marckes When he layed the foundacions of the earth I was with him ordringe all thinges delytinge daylie reioysynge all waye before him As for the roūde cōpase of his worlde I make it ioyfull ▪ for my delyte is
Thyne owne frende and thy fathers frende se thou forsake not but go not in to thy brothers house in tyme of thy trouble Better is a frende at hōde then a brother farre of My sonne be wyse and thou shalt make me a glad herte so that I shal make answere vnto my rebukers A wyse man seynge the plage wyl hyde him self as for fooles they go on still and suffer harme Take his garment that is suertie for a straunger take a pledge of him for the vnknowne mans sake He that is to hastie to praise his neghboure aboue measure shal be taken as one y t geueth him an euell reporte A brawlynge woman and the rofe of the house droppynge in a raynie daye maye well be compared together He that refrayneth her refrayneth the wynde and holdeth oyle fast in his hōde Like as one yrō whetteth another so doth one man comforte another Who so kepeth his fyge tre shal enioye the frutes therof he that wayteth vpon his master shal come to honoure Like as in one water there apeare dyuerse faces euē so dyuerse men haue dyuerse hertes Like as hell destruccion are neuer full euen so the eyes of mē can neuer be satisfied Syluer is tryed in the moulde golde in the fornace so is a man whan he is openly praysed to his face Though thou shuldest bray a foole w t a pestell in a morter like otemeell yet wil not his foolishnesse go from him Se y t thou knowe the nombre of thy catell thy self and loke well to thy flockes For riches abyde not allwaye the crowne endureth not for euer The hay groweth y e grasse cōmeth vp herbes are gathered in y e mountaines The lambes shal clothe the for the goates thou shalt haue money to y e huszbondry Thou shalt haue goates mylck ynough to fede the to vpholde thy husholde to susteyne thy maydens The XXVIII Chapter THe vngodly flyeth no man chasynge him but the rightuous stondeth stiff as a lyon Because of synne y e londe doth oft chaunge hir prynce but thorow men of vnderstondinge wyszdome a realme endureth longe One poore man oppressinge another by violence is like a contynuall rayne that destroyeth y e frute They that forsake the lawe prayse y e vngodly but soch as kepe the lawe abhorre them Wicked men discerne not the thinge y t is right but they that seke after the LORDE discusse all thinges A poore man ledynge a godly life is better then the riche that goeth in frowarde wayes Who so kepeth the lawe is a childe of vnderstondinge but he y t fedeth ryotous men shameth his father Who so increaseth his riches by vaūtage wynnynge let him gather them to helpe the poore withall He that turneth awaye his eare from hearinge y e lawe his prayer shal be abhorred Who so ledeth y e rightuous in to an euell waye shal fall in to his owne pytt but y e iust shal haue the good in possession The rich man thynketh him self to be wyse but the poore that hath vnderstondinge cā perceaue him wel ynough When rightuous men are in prosperite thē doth honoure florish but when the vngodly come vp y e state of men chaungeth He that hydeth his synnes shall not prospere but who so knowlegeth them and forsaketh them shall haue mercy Well is him that stōdeth all waye in awe as for him that hardeneth his herte he shal fall in to mischefe Like as a roaringe lyon and an hongrie beer euen so is an vngodly prynce ouer the poore people Where the prynce is without vnderstondinge there is greate oppression wronge but yf he be soch one as hateth couetousnesse he shal longe raigne He that by violēce sheddeth eny mans bloude shal be a rennagate vnto his graue and no man shal be able to suco r him Who so leadeth a godly and an innocēt life shal be safe but he that goeth frowarde wayes shall once haue a fall He y t tylleth his londe shal haue plenteousnesse of bred but he that foloweth ydilnesse shal haue pouerte ynough A faithfull man is greatly to be commēded but he that maketh to moch haist for to be riche shal not be vngiltie To haue respecte of personnes in iudgment is not good And why he will do wronge yee euen for a pece of bred He that will be rich all to soone hath an euell eye and considereth not that pouerte shall come vpon him He that rebuketh a man shall fynde more fauoure at y e last thē he that flatreth him Who so robbeth his father and mother and sayeth it is no synne the same is like vnto a mortherer He that is of a proude stomacke stereth vp strife but he that putteth his trust in y e LORDE shal be well fedd He that trusteth in his owne hert is a foole but he that dealeth wisely shal be safe He that geueth vnto the poore shal not wante but he that turneth awaye his eyes from soch as be in necessite shall suffre greate pouerte himself Whan the vngodly are come vp men are fayne to hyde them selues but whē they perish the rightuous increase The XXIX Chapter HE that is stiffnecked wyll not be refourmed shal sodenly be destroyed w t out eny helpe Where y e rightuous haue the ouer hande y e people are in prosperite but where the vngodly beareth rule there y e people mourne Who so loueth wyszdome maketh his father a glad man but he y t kepeth harlottes spēdeth awaye y t he hath With true iudgment y e kynge setteth vp the londe but yf he be a man y t taketh giftes he turneth it vpsyde downe Who so flatreth his neghbo r layeth a nette for his fete The synne of y e wicked is his owne snare but y e righteous shal be glad and reioyse The righteous considreth the cause of the poore but the vngodly regardeth no vnderstondynge Wicked people brynge a cite in decaye but wyse men set it vp agayne Yf a wyse man go to lawe with a foole whether he deale with him frendly or roughly he getteth no rest The bloudethyrstie hate the rightuous but the iust seke his soule A foole poureth out his sprete alltogether but a wyse man kepeth it in till afterwarde Yf a prynce delyte in lyes all his seruauntes are vngodly The poore and the lender mete together the LORDE lighteneth both their eyes The seate of the kinge y t faithfully iudgeth the poore shal continue sure for euermore The rodde and correccion mynistre wyszdome but yf a childe be not loked vnto he bryngeth his mother to shame When the vngodly come vp wickednesse increaseth but the rightuous shall se their fall Nurtoure thy sonne with correccion and he shal comforte the yee he shal do the good at thine hert Where no prophet is there the people perishe but well is him that kepeth the lawe A seruaūt
wil not be the better for wordes for though he vnderstonde yet wil he not regarde them Yf thou seyst a man that is haistie to speake vnaduysed thou mayest trust a foole more then him He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a childe shal make him his master at length An angrie man stereth vp strife and he that beareth euell wyll in his mynde doth moch euell After pryde commeth a fall but a lowly sprete bryngeth greate worshipe Who so kepeth company w t a thefe hateth his owne soule he heareth blasphemies telleth it not forth He that feareth men shal haue a fall but who so putteth his trust in the LORDE shal come to honor. Many there be that seke y e prynces fauoure but euery mans iudgment commeth from the LORDE The rightuous abhorre the vngodly but as for those that be in y e right waye y e wicked hate them The XXX Chapter The wordes of Agur the sonne of Iake THe prophecie of a true faithfull man whō God hath helped whom God hath cōforted norished For though I am y e leest of all haue no mās vnderstōdīge for I neuer lerned wiszdome yet haue I vnderstōdinge am wel enfourmed in godly thinges Who hath clymmed vp ī to heauen Who hath come downe from thence Who hath holden y e wynde fast in his hāde Who hath cōprehended y e waters in a garment Who hath set all the endes of y e worlde What is his name or his sonnes name Canst thou tell All the wordes of God are pure cleane for he is a shylde vnto all them that put their trust in him Put thou nothinge therfore vnto his wordes lest he reproue the and thou be founde as a lyar Two thinges I requyre of the that thou wilt not denye me before I dye Remoue fro me vanite and lyes geue me nether pouerte ner riches only graunte me a necessary lyuynge Lest yf I be to full I denye y e saye what felowe is y e LORDE And lest I beinge constrayned thorow pouerte fall vnto stealinge and forsweare the name of my God Accuse not a seruaunt vnto his master lest he speake euell of the also and thou be hurte He that bryngeth vp an euell reporte vpō the generacion of his father and mother is not worthy to be commended The generacion that thynke them selues cleane shal not be clensed from their fylthynesse There are people y t haue a proude loke and cast vp their eye lyddes This peoples tethe are swerdes and with their chaft bones they consume and deuoure the symple of the earth and the poore from amonge mē This generacion which is like an horsleche hath two doughters y e one is called fetch hither the other brynge hither There be thre thinges that are neuer satisfied and the fourth saieth neuer hoo The hell a womans wombe and the earth hath neuer water ynough As for fyre it sayeth neuer hoo Who so laugheth his father to scorne and setteth his mothers commaūdement at naught the rauens pycke out his eyes in the valley and deuoured be he of the yongle Aegles There be thre thinges to hye for me and as for the fourth it passeth my knowlege The waye of an Aegle in y e ayre y e waye of a serpent ouer y e stone y e waye of a shippe in y e see y e waye of a mā w t a yonge womā Soch is the waye also of a wyfe y t breaketh wedlocke which wypeth hir mouth like as whā she hath eatē sayeth As for me I haue done no harme Thorow thre thinges the earth is disquieted the fourth maye it not beare Thorow a seruaūt y t beareth rule thorow a foole y t hath greate riches thorow an ydle houswife thorow an handmayden y t is heyre to hir mastres There be foure thinges in the earth the which are very litle but in wyszdome they exceade the wyse The Emmettes are but a weake people yet gather they their meate together in y e haruest The conyes are but a feble folke yet make they their couches amonge the rockes The greshoppers haue not a gyde yet go they forth together by heapes The spyder laboureth w t hir hādes y t in y e kynges palace There be thre thinges y t go stiftly but the goinge of the fourth is the goodliest of all A Lyon which is kynge of beastes geueth place to no man A cock ready to fight A rāme And a kynge y t goeth forth w t his people Yf thou be so foolish to magnifie y e self or medlest w t eny soch thinge thē laye thine hāde vpon y e mouth Who so chyrneth mylck maketh butter he that rubbeth his nose maketh it blede and he that causeth wrath bryngeth forth strife The XXXI Chapter THese are the wordes of Kynge Lamuel y e lesson y t his mother taught him My sonne thou sonne of my body O my deare beloued sonne geue not ouer thy substaunce mynde vnto women which are the destrucciō euē of kynges O Lamuel geue kinges no wyne geue kynges prynces no stronge drynke lest they beinge dronken forget the lawe regarde not y e cause of the poore of all soch as be in aduersite Geue stronge drynke vnto soch as are condempned to death wyne vnto those y t mourne that they maye drynke it forget their misery aduersite Be thou an aduocate stonde in iudgment thyself to speake for all soch as be dōme sucourles With y e mouth defende y e thinge y t is laufull and right and y e cause of y e poore and helplesse Who so fyndeth an honest faithful womā she is moch more worth thē perles The herte of hir husbande maye safely trust in her so that he shal haue no nede of spoyles She wil do him good not euel all y e dayes of hir life She occupieth woll flax laboureth gladly w t hir handes She is likē a marchauntes shippe that bryngeth hir vytayles from farre She is vp in y e night season to prouyde meate for hir housholde foode for hir maydens She considreth lōde byeth it and w t the frute of hir handes she planteth a vynyarde She gyrdeth hir loynes with strength and courageth hir armes And yf she perceaue that hir houswifrie doth good hir candle goeth not out by night She layeth hir fyngers to the spyndle hir hande taketh holde of y e rocke She openeth hir hande to y e poore yee she stretcheth forth hir hādes to soch as haue nede She feareth not y t the colde of wynter shal hurte hir house for all hir housholde folkes are duble clothed She maketh hir self fayre ornamētes hir clothīge is whyte sylke purple Hir huszbāde is moch set by in y e gates whē he sytteth amonge y e rulers of y e londe She maketh cloth of sylke selleth it and delyuereth a gyrdle vnto y e
marchauÌ„t StreÌ„gth and honoure is hir clothinge in the latter daye she shal reioyse She openeth hir mouth with wyszdome in hir toÌ„ge is the lawe of grace She loketh wel to the wayes of hir housholde eateth not hir bred with ydilnes Hir children arise call hir blessed hir huszbande maketh moch of her Many daughters there be y t gather riches together but thou goest aboue theÌ„ all As for fauo r it is disceatfull and beutie is a vayne thinge but a woman that feareth the LORDE she is worthy to be praysed Geue her of the frute of hir handes and let hir owne workes prayse her in the gates The ende of the prouerbes of Salomon Ecclesiastes What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. All thinges yf a maÌ„ wyl coÌ„sidre them wel are but vanite Neuertheles amoÌ„ge them all there is nothiÌ„ge weaker and more vnstedfast then man him self Chap. II. In this chapter and in the other also he maketh oft tymes meÌ„sion of the wordes and coÌ„uersacioÌ„ of the vngodly that by this meanes he maye the better cause men to despyse all creatures in respecte of the only euerlastinge God Chap. III. Euery thinge hath a tyme. There is no thiÌ„ge but God hath put tedyousnesse and trauayle in it to exercise men withall What so euer a man enioyeth of his laboure the same is a gift of God geuen to the intent that men shulde feare him Chap. IIII. A coÌ„sideracion of diuerse thinges There is nothinge so excellent and hye but yf it do not the deuty and office where vnto it is ordened it shal be brought lowe Chap. V. Agaynst foolish and temerarious vowes Let no man maruayle that so moch euell is done for the wicked are many Agaynst the riche and agaynst riches Chap. VI. Agaynst those riche meÌ„ that darâ—e not enioye their riches how mad and foolish they be Chap. VII No man knoweth what is for to come How worthy a thiÌ„ge it is to haue a good name The profit of wyszdome Chap. VIII Of the obedieÌ„ce which men owe vnto God and to their heades The loÌ„ge sufferaunce of God is not to be despised It is not possible for eny maÌ„ to coÌ„prehende the workes that be in the worlde Chap. IX Like thinges happen vnto all men therfore with myrth and thankfulnesse shulde men enioye the giftes of God Wyszdome passeth all thinges Chap. X. XI In these two chapters are many wyse and profitable sentences wel worthy to be considered of euery man Chap. XII In this chapter the preacher sheweth his whole meanynge as though he wolde saye As for all the thinges that be vnder the Sonne wher of I haue spoken I haue coÌ„sidered them and proued them metely wel by experience And this is the conclucion that there is nothynge stedfast and durable but God himself whoÌ„ men ought to feare and to haue his coÌ„maundementes before their eyes euen from their youth vp The first Chapter These are the wordes of the Preacher the sonne of Dauid kynge of Ierusalem ALl is but vanite saieth y e preacher all is but playne vanite For what els hath a maÌ„ of all the labo r y t he taketh vnder the Sonne One generacioÌ„ passeth awaye another commeth but the earth a bydeth still The SoÌ„ne aryseth the Sonne goeth downe returneth to his place y t he maye there ryse vp agayne The wynde goeth towarde y e South fetcheth his coÌ„pase aboute vnto the North so turneth in to himself agayne All floudes runne in to the see yet the see is not fylled for loke vnto what place the â—â—ters runne thence they come agayne All thinges are so harde y t no maÌ„ can expresse them The eye is not satisfied w t sight the eare is not fylled w t hearinge The thinge y t hath bene coÌ„meth to passe agayne y e thinge y t hath bene done is done agayne there is no new thinge vnder the Sonne Is there eny thinge wherof it maye be sayde so this is new For it was loÌ„ge agoo in the tymes y t haue bene before vs. The thinge y t is past is out of remeÌ„braunce EueÌ„ so the thiÌ„ges that are for to come shal no more be thought vpoÌ„ amoÌ„ge theÌ„ that come after I myself y e Preacher beynge kynge of Israel IerusaleÌ„ applyed my mynde to seke out search for the knowlege of all thiÌ„ges y t are done vnder heaueÌ„ Soch trauayle labo r hath God geueÌ„ vnto y e childreÌ„ of meÌ„ to exercyse theÌ„ selues theriÌ„ Thus I haue considered all the thinges that come to passe vnder the SoÌ„ne lo they are all but vanite vexacion of mynde The croked can not be mayde straight the fautes caÌ„ not be noÌ„bred I coÌ„moned w t myne owne herte sayeÌ„ge lo I am come to a greate estate and haue gotteÌ„ more wyszdome theÌ„ all they y t haue bene before me in Ierusalem Yee my hert had greate experieÌ„ce of wyszdome knowlege for there vnto I applyed my mynde y t I might knowe what were wyszdome vnderstoÌ„dinge what were erro r foolishnes And I perceaued y t this also was but a vexacion of mynde for where moch wyszdome is there is also greate trauayle disquietnes y e more knowlege a man hath the more is his care The II. Chapter THeÌ„ sayde I thus in my hert Now go to I wil take myne ease haue good dayes But lo that was vanite also in so moch that I sayde vnto laughter thou art madd and to myrth what doest thou So I thought in my herte to withdrawe my flesh from wyne to applye my mynde vnto wyszdome and to compreheÌ„de foolishnes vntill the tyme that amonge all y e thinges which are vnder y e Sonne I might se what were best for men to do so longe as they lyue vnder heauen I made gorgious fayre workes I buylded me houses and planted vynyardes I made me ortchardes and gardens of pleasure and planted trees in them of all maner frutes I made poles of water to water y e grene and frutefull trees withall I bought seruauntes and maydeÌ„s and had a greate housholde As for catell and shepe I had more substaunce of them then all they y t were before me in Ierusalem I gathered syluer golde together euen a treasure of kynges londes I prouided me syngers and womeÌ„ which coude playe of instrumentes to make men myrth and pastime I gat me drynkynge cuppes also and glasses Shortly I was greater in more worshipe then all my predecessours in IerusaleÌ„ For wyszdome remayned with me loke what so euer myne eyes desyred I let them haue it wherin so euer my herte delyted or had eny pleasure I with helde it not froÌ„ it Thus my hert reioysed in all y t I dyd and this I toke for the porcion of all my trauayle But whan I considered all the workes y t my handes had wrought and all the labours that I had taken
serued straunge goddes as their fathers taught them Therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Beholde I will fede this people with wormwod and geue thē gall to drynke I will scatre them also amonge the Heithen whom nether they ner their fathers haue knowne and I will sende a swearde amonge them to persecute them vntill I bringe them to naught Morouer thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes loke that ye call for mournynge wyues and sende for wise women that they come shortly and singe a mournynge songe of you that the teares maye fall out of oure eyes and that oure eye lyddes maye guszhe out of water For there is a lamentable noyse herde of Sion O how are we so sore destroyed O how are we so piteously confounded We must forsake oure owne naturall countre and we are shot out of oure owne lodgīges Yet heare the worde of the LORDE o ye women and set youre eares regarde the wordes of his mouth that ye maye lerne youre doughters to mourne and that euery one maye teach hir neghbouresse to make lamentacion Namely thus Deeth is clymmē vp in at oure wyndowes he is come in to oure houses to destroye the childe before the dore y e yonge man in the strete But tell thou planely thus saieth y e LORDE The deed bodies of men shal lye apon y e grounde as the donge vpon the felde and as the hay after the mower and there shal be no man to take them vp Morouer thus saieth the LORDE Let not the wise man reioyse in his wisdome ner the stronge man in his strength nether the rich man in his riches But who so wil reioyse let him reioyse in this that he vnderstōdeth and knoweth me for I am the LORDE which do mercie equite and rightuousnes vpon earth Therfore haue I pleasure in soch thinges saieth y e LORDE Beholde the tyme cōmeth saieth the LORDE that I wil vyset all them whose foreskynne is vncircumciscd The Egipcians the Iewes the Edomites the Ammonites the Moabites and the shauen Madianites that dwel in the wildernes For all y e Gentiles are vncircumcised in the flesh but all the house of Israel are vncircumcised in the herte The x. Chapter HEare the worde of the LORDE y t he speaketh vnto the o thou house of Israel Thus saieth the LORDE Ye shal not lerne after the maner of the Heithē and ye shal not be afrayed for the tokens of heauen for the Heithen are afrayed of soch Yee all the customes and lawes of the Gētiles are nothinge but vanite They hewe downe a tre in the wod with the hondes of the worke man and fashion it with the axe they couer it ouer with golde or syluer they fasten it w t nales and hammers that it moue not It stōdeth as stiff as the palme tre it can nether speake ner go but must be borne Be not ye afrayed of soch for they cā do nether good ner euel But there is none like vnto y e o LORDE thou art greate and greate is the name of y i power Who wolde not feare the ▪ or what kīge of the Gentiles wolde not obeye the For amonge all the wysemen of the Gentiles and in all their kingdomes there is none that maye be lickened vnto the. They are alltogether vnlerned and vnwise All their connynge is but vanite namely wod syluer which is brought out of Tharsis and beatē to plates and golde from Ophir a worke y t is made with the honde of the craftesman the caster clothed with yalow sylck and scarlet euen so is the worke of their wyse men all together But the LORDE is a true God a lyuinge God and an euerlastinge kinge Yf he be wroth the earth shaketh all the Gētiles maye not abyde his indignacion As for their goddes it maye well be sayde of thē they are goddes that made nether heauē ner earth therfore shal they perish frō the earth and from all thinges vnder heauen But as for oure God he made the earth with his power and with his wisdome hath he fynished the whole compasse of the worlde with his discrecion hath he spred out the heauens At his voyce the waters gather together in the ayre he draweth vp y e cloudes from the vttemost partes of y e earth he turneth lighteninge to rayne and brīgeth forth the wyndes out of their treasuries His wisdome maketh all men fooles And confunded be all casters of ymages for that they cast is but a vayne thinge and hath no life The vayne craftes men with their workes that they in their vanite haue made shall perish one with another in the tyme of visitacion ▪ Neuertheles Iacobs porciō is not soch but it is he that hath made all thinges and Israel is the rodd of his inheritaūce The LORDE of hoostes is his name Put awaye thy vnclennesse out of the londe thou that art in the stronge cities For thus saieth the LORDE Beholde I wil now thrust out the inhatours of this londe a greate waye off and trouble them of soch a fashiō that they shal no more be founde Alas how am I hurte Alas how panefull are my scourges vnto me For I cōsidre this sorow by my self I must suffre it My tabernacle is destroyed and all my coardes are broken My children are gone fro me ād can no where be founde Now haue I none to sprede out my tente or to set vp my hanginges For the hyrdmen haue done folishly that they haue not sought the LORDE Therfore haue they dealt vnwisely with their catell all are scatred abrode Beholde the noyse is harde at honde and greate sediciō out of the north to make the cities of Iuda a wyldernesse and a dwellinge place for Dragons Now I knowe o LORDE that is not in mās power to ordre his owne waies or to rule his owne steppes goinges Therfore chastē thou vs o LORDE but with fauoure and not in thy wrath bringe vs not vtterly to naught Poure out thy indignacion rather vpon the Gētiles that knowe y e not and vpon the people that call not on thy name And that because they haue consumed deuoured and destroyed Iacob and haue roted out his glory The XI Chapter THis is another Sermon which the LORDE commaunded Ieremy for to preach sayenge Heare the wordes of the couenant and speake vnto all Iuda and to all them that dwel at Ierusalem And saye thou vnto thē Thus saieth the LORDE God of Israel Cursed be euery one that is not obedient vnto y e wordes of this couenaūt which I commaunded vnto youre fathers what tyme as I brought them out of Egipte from the yron fornace sayenge Be obedient vnto my voyce and do accordinge to all that I commaunde you so shal ye be my people and I wil be youre God and will kepe my promyse y t I haue sworne vnto youre fathers
sayde to Amasias As for me I am nether prophet ner prophetes sonne but a keper of catell Now as I was breakynge downe molberies and goynge after the catell the LORDE toke me sayde vnto me Go thy waye and prophecy vnto my people of Israel And therfore heare thou now the worde off the LORDE Thou saiest prophecy not agaynst Israel and speake nothinge agaynst the house off Isaac Wherfore thus sayeth the LORDE Thy wife shal be defyled in y e cite y t sonnes and doughters shal be slayne with the swerde and thy londe shal be measured out with the lyne Thou thy self shalt dye in an vnclene londe and Israel shal be dryuen out off his owne countre The VIII Chapter THe LORDE God shewed me me this vision and beholde there was a maūde with sommer frute And he sayde Amos what seist thou I answered a maūde with sommer frute Then sayde the LORDE vnto me the ende commeth vpon my people of Israel I wil nomore ouersee them In that daye shall the songes off the temple be turned in to sorow sayeth the LORDE God Many deed bodyes shal lye in euery place be cast forth secretly Heare this O ye y t oppresse the poore and destroye the nedy in y e londe sayenge Whan will the new moneth be gone that we maye sell vytale and y e Sabbath that we maye haue scarcenesse of corne to make the buszshel lesse and the Sycle greater We shall set vp false waightes y t we maye get the poore vnder vs with their money and the nedy also for shues yee let vs sell the chaffe for corne The LORDE hath sworne agaynst the pryde of Iacob these workes of theirs will I neuer forget Shal not the londe tremble and all they that dwell therin mourne for this Shal not their destruccion come vpon them like a water streame flowe ouer thē as the floude of Egipte At the same tyme sayeth the LORDE God I shall cause y e Sōne to go downe at noone and the londe to be darcke in the cleare daye Youre hye feastes will I turne to sorow and youre songes to mournynge I wil brynge sack cloth vpō all backes baldnes vpō euery heade yee soch a mournynge wil I sende them as is made vpon an only begotten sonne and they shall haue a miserable ende Beholde the tyme commeth sayeth the LORDE God y t I shal sende an hūger in to y e earth not the hunger of bred ner the thyrst of water but an hunger to heare the worde off the LORDE so that they shal go from the one see to the other yee from y e north vnto y e cast runnynge aboute to seke the worde of y e LORDE and shal not fynde it In that tyme shal the fayre virgins and the yonge men perish for thyrst yee euen they that sweare in the offence off Samaria and saye as truly as thy God lyueth at Dan and as truly as y e God lyueth at Bersaba These shal fall and neuer ryse vp agayne The IX Chapter I Sawe the LORDE stondinge vpon the aulter and he sayde smyte the dore cheke that the postes maye shake withall For their couetousnesse shal fall vpon all their heades and their posterite shal be slayne with the swerde They shall not fle awaye there shall not one off them escape ner be delyuered Though they were buryed in the hell my honde shal fetch them from thence though they clymme vp to heauen yet shal I cast them downe though they hyde them selues vpō the toppe of Carmel yet shal I seke them out and brynge them from thence Though they crepe downe fro my sight in to the depe of the see I shal cōmaūde the serpente euen there to byte them Yff they go awaye before their enemies ī to captyuyte then shall I commaunde the swerde there to slaye them Thus wil I set myne eyes vpon them for their harme and not for their wealth For when the LORDE God of hoostes toucheth a londe it cōsumeth awaye and all they that dwell therin must nedes mourne And why their destruccion shal aryse as euery streame and runne ouer them as the floude in Egipte He that hath his dwellinge in heauen ād groundeth his tabernacle in the earth He that calleth the waters of the see and poureth them out vpon the playne grounde his name is the LORDE O ye children off Israel are ye not vnto me euen as the Morians sayeth the LORDE haue not I brought Israel out off the londe off Egipte the Philistynes from Capthor and the Sirians frō Cyr Beholde the eyes of the LORDE are vpon the realme that synneth to rote it clene out of the earth Neuertheles I will not vterly destroye the house of Iacob saieth the LORDE For lo this I promyse though I siffte y e house of Israel amonge all nacions like as they vse to sifte in a syue yet shall not y e smallest grauel stone fall vpō the earth But all the wicked doers of my people that saye Tush the plage is not so nye to come so hastely vpon vs those shal perish with the swerde At that tyme wil I buylde agayne the tabernacle off Dauid that is fallen downe and hedge vp his gappes and loke what is brokē I shal repayre it Yee I shal buylde it agayne as it was afore tyme y t they maye possesse the remnaunt of Edom yee and all soch people as call vpon my name w t thē saieth the LORDE which doth these thinges ▪ Beholde the tyme commeth saieth the LORDE that the plowman shal ouertake y e mower and y e treader off grapes him that soweth sede The mountaynes shall droppe swete wyne and the hilles shall be frutefull and I wil turne the captyuyte of my people of Israel they shal repayre the waist cities haue thē in possessiō they shal plante vinyardes ād drynke the wyne therof they shal make gardens and enioye the frutes off thē And I wil plāte them vpō their owne groūde so that I will neuer rote them out agayne from their londe which I haue geuen thē sayeth the LORDE thy God The ende of the prophet Amos. The Prophet Abdy What Abdy conteyneth Chap. I He prophecyeth agaynst the proude stomackes of the Edomites that vexed the Israelites in their aduersite He sheweth what plages shal come vpon them The first Chapter THis is the vision that was shewed vnto Abdy Thus hath y e LORDE God spokē vpō Edō We haue herde of the LORDE y t there is an embassage sent amonge the Heithen Vp let vs aryse and fight agaynst them Beholde I will make y e small amōge the Heithen so that thou shalt be vtterly despised The pryde of thine herte hath lift the vp thou that dwellest in y e strōge holdes off stone and hast made the an hye seate Thou sayest in thyne herte who shal cast me downe to the grounde But though thou wentest vp as
and I sayde O LORDE thou spakest vnto thy creature from the begynnynge euen the first daye and saydest Let heauen and earth be made and thy worde was a perfecte worke And then was there the sprete and the darcknesses were yet on euery syde and sylence there was no mans voyce as yet from the. Then commaundedst thou a fayre light to come forth out of thy treasures that thy worke might appeare and be sene Vpon the seconde daye thou maydest the sprete of the firmament and commaundedst it to parte asunder to make a deuysion betwixte the waters that the one parte might remayne aboue and the other beneth Vpon the thirde daye thou broughtest to passe y t the waters were gathered in the seuenth parte of the earth Sixe partes hast thou dryed vp and kepte them to the inteÌ„t y t men might sowe and occupie huszbandrie therin As soone as thy worde wente forth the worke was made For immediatly there was greate in numerable frute many dyuerse pleasures desyres of temptacion floures of chaungeable coloure and smell and this was done the thirde daye Vpon the fourth daye thou coÌ„maundedst that the Sonne shulde geue his shyne and y e Moone hir light the starres didest thou sett in ordre and gauest them a charge to do seruyce euen vnto man that was for to be made VpoÌ„ the fifth daye thou saydest vnto the seuenth parte where the waters were gathered that they shulde bringe forth diuerse beastes foules and fishes And so it came to passe that the domme water and without soule brought forth lyuynge beastes at the commaundement of God that all people might prayse thy wonderous workes Then didest thou preserue two soules y e one thou calldest Enoch and the other Leuiathan and didest separate the one from the other for the seuenth parte namely where the water was gathered together might not holde them both Vnto Enoch thou gauest one parte which was dryed vp the thirde daye that he shulde dwell in the same parte wherin are a thousande hilles But vnto LeuiathaÌ„ thou gauest the seuenth parte namely the moyst and hast kepte him to deuoure what thâ—â— wylt and whan Vpon the sixte daye thou gauest coÌ„maundement vnto the earth that before the it shulde brynge forth beastes catell and all y e crepe besydes this Adam also whom thou maydest lorde of all thy creatures Of him come we all and the people also whom thou hast chosen specially vnto thy self All this haue I sayde now and spoken before the that I might shewe how that the worlde is made for oure sakes As for the other people which also come of Adam thou hast sayde that they are nothinge but be like a spetle and hast lickened the abundauÌ„ce of them vnto a droppe that falleth from the rofe of the house And now O LORDE the HeitheÌ„ which haue euer bene reputed as nothinge haue begoÌ„ne to be lordes ouer vs and to deuoure vs but we thy people whom thou hast called y e first borne thy only begotten and thy feruent louer are geuen in to their handes and power Yf the worlde now be made for oure sakes why haue we not the inheritaunce in possession with the worlde How longe shal this endure The VII Chapter ANd it happened after that I had spoken out these wordes there was sent vnto me an angell which had bene by me also the nightes afore and he sayde vnto me Vp Eszdras and heare the wordes that I am come to tell the. And I sayde speake on LORDE my God TheÌ„ sayde he vnto me The see is sett in a wyde place y t it might be depe and greate but the intrauÌ„ce is narow and small like a ryuer For who wolde go in to the see to loke vpon it and to rule it Yf he wente not thorow the narow how might he come in to the brode Item another A cite is buylded and sett vpon a brode felde and is full of all goodes the intraunce is narow and sodane like as yf there were a fyre at the right hande and a depe water at the left and as it were onely one strate path betwixte theÌ„ both so small that there coude but one man go there Yf this cite now were geuen to an heyre he neuer wente thorow this parlous waye how wolde he receaue his inheritauÌ„ce And I sayde It is so LORDE Then sayde he Euen so is Israel also a porcion And why for their sakes haue I made the worlde whan Adam traÌ„sgressed my statutes then was y e thinge iudged that was done â–ª Then were y e intraunces of the worlde made narow full of sorow and trauayle They are but few euell full of parels and laboure For the intraunces of the fore worlde were wyde and sure and brought immortall frute Yf they now which are entred in to this worlde maye not comprehende these strayte and vayne thinges moch lesse maye they coÌ„prehende and vnderstonde the secrete thinges Why disquietest thou thy self then seynge thou art but a corruptible maÌ„ And what woldest thou knowe where as thou art but mortall And why hast thou not receaued in to thine hert the thinge that is for to come but that is present TheÌ„ sayde I O LORDE LORDE thou hast ordened in thy lawe that the righteous shulde inheret these thinges but that the vnfaithfull and vngodly shulde perishe Neuertheles the righteous shall suffre strayte thinges and hope for wyde for they that haue lyued vngodly suffred strayte thinges shal not se the wyde And he saide vnto me There is no iudge aboue God and none that hath vnderstondinge aboue the Hyest For there be many y t perish because they despyse y e lawe of God that is sett before them For God hath geuen strayte commaundement to soch as come that they knowe what they do and how they shulde lyue and yf they kepte this they shulde not be punyshed Neuertheles they were not obedient vnto him but spake agaynst him ymagined vayne thinges purposed to synne and sayde morouer that there was no God that God regarded it not His wayes haue they not knowne his lawe haue they despysed denyed his promyses in his statutes ordinaunces haue they not bene faithfull stedfast and haue not perfourmed his workes And therfore Eszdras vnto the full plenty and to the emptye emptynesse Beholde the tyme shal come y t these tokens which I haue tolde the shal come to passe the bryde shall appeare the earth y t now passeth awaye shal be shewed whoso euer is delyuered from y e foresayde euels shal se my woÌ„ders For my sonne Iesus shal be openly declared w t those y t be w t him they y t remayne shal be mery in foure hundreth yeares After these same yeares shall my sonne Christ dye and all men that haue life and y e worlde shal be turned in to the olde sylence seuen dayes like as in the fore iudgmentes so that no man shall
the honger shal the swerde destroye the deed shal be cast out as donge there shal be no man to coÌ„forte them For y e earth shal be waisted the cities shal be cast downe there shal be no man left to tyll y e earth to sowe it The trees shal geue frute who shal plucke theÌ„ of gather them The grapes shal be ripe who shal treade theÌ„ For all places shal be desolate of meÌ„ so that one man shal desyre to se another or to heare his voyce For of one whole cite there shal be ten left two in the felde which shall hyde theÌ„selues in the thicke buszshes in the clyffes of stones like as whan there remayne thre or foure olyues vpon the olyue tre or as whan a vynyarde is gathered there are left some grapes of them that diligeÌ„tly sought thorow the vynyarde Euen so in those dayes there shal be thre or foure left for theÌ„ y t search their houses w t the swerde And the earth shal be left waist the feldes therof shall waxe olde and hir wayes and all hir pathes shal growe full of thornes because no man shal trauayle there thorow The daughters shal mourne hauinge no brydegromes the wemen shal make lamentacion hauynge no huszbandes their daughters shal mourne hauinge no helpe of their brydegrome In the warres shall they be destroyed their huszbandes shal perish of honger O ye seruauntes of the LORDE heare these thinges marck theÌ„ Beholde the worde of the LORDE O receaue it beholde the plages drawe nye are not slack in tarienge Like as a trauaylinge woman which after y e ix moneth briÌ„geth forth a sonne whan the houre of the byrth is come an houre two or thre afore that the paynes come vpoÌ„ hir body whan the childe coÌ„meth to the byrth they tary not the twincklynge of an eye EueÌ„ so shall not y e plages be slack to come vpon earth the worlde shal mourne sorowes shal come vpoÌ„ it on euery syde O my people heare my worde make you redy to the battayll in all euell be euen as pylgrems vpon earth He y t selleth let him be as he that flyeth his waye he y t byeth as one that wil lese Who so occupieth marchauÌ„dies as he that wynneth not he that buyldeth as he that shall not dwell therin he that soweth as one y t shal not reape he that twysteth the vynyarde as he that shal not gather the grapes they that mary as they that shall get no children they y t mary not as the wyddowes therfore they y t laboure labo r in vayne For straungers shall reape their frutes spoyle their goodes ouer throwe their houses take their childreÌ„ captyue for in captiuyte honger shal they get children And they that occupie their marchaundies w t robbery how longe decke they their cities their houses their possessions personnes the more wil I punysh them for their synnes sayeth the LORDE Like as an whore enuyeth an honest woman so shall righteousnes hate iniquyte whan she decketh hir self and shall accuse her to hir face whan he coÌ„meth that defendeth which shal make inquysicioÌ„ for all synne vpoÌ„ earth And therfore be not ye like there vnto ner to the workes therof for or euer it be longe iniquite shal be taken awaye out of the earth and righteousnes shal raigne amonge you Let not the synner saye that he hath not synned for coles of fyre shal burne vpon his heade which saieth before the LORDE God his glory I haue not synned Beholde the LORDE knoweth all y e workes of men their ymaginacions their thoughtes their hertes For he spake but the worde let the earth be made it was made let the heaueÌ„ be made it was made In his worde were y e starres made he knoweth the nombre of them He searcheth the grounde of the depe the treasures therof he hath measured the see what it conteyneth He hath shut the see in the myddest of the waters and w t his worde hath he hanged the earth vpon the waters He spredeth out the heauen like a vowte vpon the waters hath he founded it In the deserte and drye wyldernes hath he made sprynges of water and poles vpoÌ„ the toppe of the mountaynes y t the floudes might poure downe from y e stony rockes to water the earth He made man and put his hert in the myddest of y e body and gaue him breth life and vnderstandinge yee and the sprete of y e Allmightie God which made all thinges and hath searched the grouÌ„de of all the secretes of the earth He knoweth youre ymaginacions inueÌ„cions and what ye thynke whan ye synne wolde hyde youre synnes Therfore hath y e LORDE searched and sought out all yo r woâ—kes and he shal bewraye you all And whan yo r synnes are brought forth ye shal be ashamed before men and youre owne synnes shal be youre accusers in that daye What wil ye do Or how will ye hyde youre synnes before God and his angels Beholde God himself is the iudge feare him leaue of from youre synnes and forget youre vnrighteousnesses and medle nomore with them so shal God lede you forth and delyuer you from all trouble For beholde the heate of a greate multitude is kyndled ouer you and they shal take awaye certayne of you and fede the ydle w t Idols and they that coÌ„sent vnto them shal be had in derision laughed to scorne trodden vnder fote For vnto the places there shal be a place and in the next cities a greate insurreccion vpon those that feare y e LORDE They shal be like mad men they shall spare no man they shall spoyle and waist soch as feare the LORDE their goodes shall they take from them and shute them out of their houses Then shall it be knowne who are my chosen they shal be tryed as the golde in the fyre Heare O ye my beloued saieth the LORDE beholde the dayes of trouble are at honde but I wil delyuer you from the same Be not ye afraied dispayre not for God is youre captayne Who so kepeth my coÌ„maundementes and preceptes sayeth the LORDE God let not youre synnes weye you downe let not youre vnrighteousnesses be lift vp Wo be vnto theÌ„ that are subdued vnto their synnes and tangled in their wickednesses like as a felde is hedged in with buszshes and the path therof couered with thornes y t no man maye trauayle thorow and so is he taken and cast in the fyre and brent The ende of the IIII. boke of Eszdras The boke of Tobias What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Of the kynred life and godly conuersacion of Tobias Chap. II The louynge compassion that Tobias sheweth in buryeÌ„ge the deed for the which cause he is hated and persecuted God nurtoureth him with blyndnes His wyfe casteth him in the teth Chap. III. Tobias prayeth
SO the kynges prynces of all cities londes sent their Embassitours namely they of Syria and Mesopotamia Syria Sobal Lybia Celicia which came to Holofernes sayde Let thy wrath ceasse towarde vs It is better for vs to serue the greate kynge Nabuchodonosor with oure lyues and to be subiecte vnto the then that we shulde dye and be slayne and receaue greater hurte All oure cities and possessions all mountaynes and hilles all feldes greate and small catell shepe goates horses and camels all oure goodes and housholdes be in thy power vnder thy subieccion be it alltogether We oure selues also and oure children wylbe thyne owne come vnto vs a peceable lorde and vse oure seruyce at thy pleasure Then came Holofernes downe from the mountaynes with horsemeÌ„ greate power and conquered all stronge fensed cities and all that dwelt in the londe And out of all cities he toke stronge men soch as were mere for y e warre to helpe him There came soch a feare also vpon those countrees that the in dwellers of all the cities the prynces and rulers the people together weÌ„te forth to mete him as he came receaued him honorably with garlandes torches with daunses tabrettes and pipes Neuertheles though they dyd this yet might they not swage his rigorous stomak but he destroyed their cities hewed downe their woddes For Nabuchodonosor the kynge had commaunded him that he shulde rote out all the goddes of the londe to y e intent that he onely might be called and taken for God of the nacions which Holofernes with his power brought vnder him So wente he thorow Syria Sobal and thorow all Appamia and all Mesopotamia came to the Idumeans in the loÌ„de of Gabaa and Septopoli and toke their cities and remayned there thirtie dayes wherin he caused all the whole multitude of his hoost to be gathered together The IIII. Chapter WHan the children of Israel y t dwelt in Iewry herde this they were sore afrayed of him There came soch tremblinge also and feare vpon them that they sorowed he shulde do vnto the cite of Ierusalem and the temple of the LORDE as he had done to other cities their temples So they sent in to all Samaria rouÌ„de aboute vnto Iericho toke in and occupied all the toppes of the mountaynes made fast the townes with walles and prepared corne for them agaynst the battayll Eliachim also y e prest wrote vnto all theÌ„ that dwelt towarde Eszdrelon which lyeth ouer agaynst y e greate felde by Dotha Im vnto all those by whom men might haue passage vnto them that they shulde take in the wayes of the mountaynes wherby there might be eny waye and passage to Ierusalem y t they shulde holde diligent watch where eny strate waye was betwixte y e mouÌ„taynes And the children of Israel dyd as Eliachim the prest of the LORDE had commaunded them And all the people cried earnestly and humbled their soules with fastinges and prayers they and their wyues The prestes put on hayrie clothes and layed the yonge babes before the temple of the LORDE and couered the aulter of the LORDE with an hayrie clothe And with one acorde cried they vnto the LORDE God of Israel that their children shulde not be geuen in to a pray and their wyues in to a spoyle y t their cities shulde not be layed waist y t their Sanctuary shulde not be vnhalowed and so they to be a shame and rebuke vnto the Heithen Then Eliachim the hye prest of the LORDE wente rounde aboute all Israel and spake vnto them sayenge Be ye sure y t the LORDE wil heare youre peticions yf ye coÌ„tynue stedfast in fastinges and prayers in y e sight of the LORDE Remembre Moses the seruaunte of the LORDE which ouerthrew y e Amalechites that trusted in their might power in their hoost in their shildes in their charettes horsmen not with weapens but with holy prayers Euen so shal all the enemies of Israel be yf ye contynue in this worke that ye haue begonne So vpon this exortacion they contynued in prayer before the LORDE In so moch that they which offred brent sacrifices vnto the LORDE â—ffred the offringes vnto y e LORDE beynge arayed in hayrie clothes and had aszshes vpon their heades And they all besought God from their whole hert y t he wolde vyset his people of Israel The V. Chapter ANd worde came to Holofernes the prynce of the warres of the AssyriaÌ„s y t the childreÌ„ of Israel prepared them selues to make resistaunce â–ª how they had stopped the waâ—es betwixte the mountaynes Then was he exceadinge wroth â–ª called all the prynces of Moab the captaines of Ammon sayde vnto them Tell me what people is this y t kepeth in the mouÌ„taynes Or what maner of cities are they What is their power Or what maner of hoost haue they Who is their captayne And why do they despyse vs more then all those that dwell in the east and come not forth to mete vs y t they might receaue vs with peace Then Achior the captayne of all the Ammonites answered and sayde Syr yf it please the to heare me I wil tell the trueth before the concernynge this people that dwell in the mountaynes and there shal no lye go out of my mouth This people is of the generacion of the Caldees they dwelt first in Mesopotamia for they wolde not folowe y e goddes of their fathers that were in the londe of the Caldees so forsoke they the customes of their forefathers which had many goddes and worshipped one God that made heaueÌ„ and earth which also commaunded them that they shulde go from thence and dwell at Haran Now whan there came a derth in to y e whole londe they wente downe to Egipte there they dwelt foure hundreth yeares in y e which they multiplied so greatly that their hoost might not be nombred And whan the kynge of Egipte oppressed them and subdued theÌ„ in buyldinge of his cities with makynge of claye brick they cried vnto God their LORDE which punyshed the whole londe of Egipte with dyuerse plages Now whan the kynge of Egipte let theÌ„ go their waye the plage ceassed then folowed after theÌ„ to take theÌ„ to brynge theÌ„ agayne in to his seruyce whyle they were flyenge awaye the God of heaueÌ„ opened y e see so y t the waters stode fast vpon both the sydes as a wall these wente thorow the botome of the see drye shod In the which place whaÌ„ an innumerable people of the Egipcians folowed vpon them they were so ouerwhelmed with the waters that there remayned not one to tell theÌ„ that came after how it happened So whan this people was passed thorow the reed see they came in to the wildernes of the mount Synai where neuer man might dwell afore where the sonne of maÌ„ had neuer rested There were y e bytter
consolacion agaynst trouble for to come taketh frō thē the heuynesse that they had because of his departinge and promiseth them the holy goost the spirite of comforte Chap. XV. The true vyne the huszbandman the braunches A doctryne of loue and a swete comforte agaynst persecucion Chap. XVI Cōsolacion agaynst trouble Prayers are herde thorow Christ. Chap. XVII The most hartely louinge prayer of Christ vnto his father for all soch as receaue the trueth and be his awne Chap. XVIII Christ is betrayed The wordes of his mouth smyte the officers to the grounde Peter smyteth of Malchus eare Iesus is brought before Anna Caiphas and Pilate Chap. XIX Christ is crucified He commendeth his mother vnto Ihon sheddeth his bloude and is buried Chap. XX. The resurreccion of Christ which appeareth to Mary Magdalene and to all his disciples to their greate comforte Chap. XXI He appeareth to his disciples agayne by the see of Tyberias and commaundeth peter earnestly to fede his shepe The gospell of S. Ihon. The first Chapter IN the begynnynge was the worde and the worde was with God and God was y e worde The same was in the begynnynge w t God All thinges were made by the same and without the same was made nothinge that was made In him was the life and the life was the light of men and the light shyneth in the darknesse and the darknesse comprehended it not There was sent from God a man whose name was Ihon. The same came for a witnesse to beare wytnesse of y e light that thorow him they all might beleue He was not that light but that he might beare witnesse of y e light That was the true light which lighteth all men that come in to this worlde He was in the worlde the worlde was made by him and y e worlde knewe him not He came in to his awne and his awne receaued him not But as many as receaued him to them gaue he power to be the children of God euen soch as beleue in his name Which are not borne of bloude ner of the wyl of the flesh ner of the wyl of man but of God And the worde became flesh and dwelt amonge vs and we sawe his glory a glory as of the onely begottē sonne of the father full of grace and trueth Ihon bare wytnesse of him cryed and sayde It was this of whom I spake After me shal he come that was before me For he was or euer I and of his fulnesse haue all we receaued grace for grace For the lawe was geuen by Moses grace and trueth came by Iesus Christ. No man hath sene God at eny tyme. The onely begottē sonne which is in the bosome of the father he hath declared the same vnto vs. And this is the recorde of Ihon whan the Iewes sent prestes and Leuites frō Ierusalem to axe him Who art thou And he confessed and denyed not And he confessed and sayde I am not Christ. And they axed him What thē Art thou Elias He sayde I am not Art thou the Prophet And he answered No. Then sayde they vnto him What art thou thē y t we maye geue answere vnto thē that sent vs What sayest thou of y e self He sayde I am y e voyce of a cryer in the wyldernesse Make straight y e waye of the LORDE As y e prophet Esay sayde And they that were sent were of y e Pharises And they axed him sayde vnto him Why baptysest thou then yf thou be not Christ ner Elias ner a prophet Ihon answered them and sayde I baptyse with water but there is one come in amonge you whom ye knowe not It is he that cōmeth after me which was before me whose shue lachet I am not worthy to vnlowse This was done at Bethabara beyonde Iordane where Ihon dyd baptyse The nexte daye after Ihon sawe Iesus commynge vnto him and sayde Beholde the lābe of God which taketh awaye the synne of the worlde This is he of whom I sayde vnto you After me commeth a man which was before me For he was or euer I and I knewe him not but that he shulde be declared in Israel therfore am I come to baptyse with water And Ihon bare recorde sayde I sawe the sprete descende from heauen like vnto a doue and abode vpon him I knewe him not But he that sent me to baptyse with water y e same sayde vnto me Vpon whom thou shalt se the sprete descende and tary styll on him the same is he that baptyseth with the holy goost And I sawe it and bare recorde that this is the sonne of God The nexte daye after Ihon stode agayne and two of his disciples And whā he sawe Iesus walkynge he sayde Beholde the lābe of God And two of his disciples herde him speake and folowed Iesus And Iesus turned him aboute and sawe them folowinge and sayde vnto thē What seke ye They sayde vnto him Rabbi which is to saye by interpretacion Master Where art thou at lodginge He sayde vnto them Come and se it They came and sawe it abode with him the same daye It was aboute the tenth houre One of the two which herde Ihon speake and folowed Iesus was Andrew the brother of Symon Peter the same founde first his brother Symon and sayde vnto him We haue founde Messias which is by interpretacion y e Anoynted and brought him to Iesus Whan Iesus behelde him he sayde Thou art Symon the sonne of Ionas thou shalt be called Cephas which is by interpretacion a stone The nexte daye after wolde Iesus go agayne in to Galile and founde Philippe and sayde vnto him Folowe me Philippe was of Bethsaida the cite of Andrew and Peter Philippe founde Nathanael and sayde vnto him We haue founde him of whō Moses in the lawe and y e prophetes haue wrytten euen Iesus the sonne of Ioseph of Nazareth And Nathanaell sayde vnto him What good can come out of Nazareth Philippe sayde vnto him Come and se. Iesus sawe Nathanael cōmynge to him and sayde of him Beholde a righte Israelite in whom is no gyle Nathanael sayde vnto him From whence knowest thou me Iesus answered and sayde vnto him Before y t Philippe called the whan thou wast vnder the fygge tre I sawe the. Nathanaell answered and sayde vnto hī Rabbi thou art y e sonne of God thou art y e kynge of Israel Iesus answered sayde vnto him Because I sayde vnto the that I sawe the vnder the fygge tre thou beleuest thou shalt se yet greater thinges thē these And he sayde vnto him Verely verely I saye vnto you Frō this tyme forth shal ye se the heauen open and the angels of God goinge vp downe ouer the sonne of man The II. Chapter ANd vpon the thirde daye there was a mariage at Cana in Galile and the mother of Iesus was there Iesus also and
flye the corrupte lust of the worlde Geue ye all youre diligence therfore here vnto and in youre faith mynister vertue in vertue knowlege in knowlege temperancy in temperancy pacience in pacience godlynes in godlynes brotherly loue in brotherly loue generall loue For yf these thinges be plenteous in you they will not let you be ydle nor vnfrutefull in y e knowlege of oure LORDE Iesus Christ. But he that lacketh these thinges is blynde gropeth for the waye with the hāde and hath forgotten that he was clensed from his olde synnes Wherfore brethrē geue the more diligence to make youre callynge and eleccion sure for yf ye do soch thinges ye shal not fall and by this meanes shal there be plenteously mynistred vnto you an entrynge in vnto y e euerlastinge kyngdome of oure LORDE and Sauioure Iesus Christ. Therfore wil I not be necligēt to put you allwayes in remembraunce of soch thinges though ye knowe them youre selues and be stablished in the present trueth Notwithstondinge I thinke it mete as lōge as I am in this tabernacle to stere you vp by puttinge you in remembraunce For I am sure that I must shortly put of my tabernacle euen as oure LORDE Iesus Christ hath shewed vnto me Yet wyl I do my diligēce that allwaye after my departynge ye maye haue wherwith to kepe these thinges in remembraunce For we folowed not deceaueable fables whan we declared vnto you the power and commynge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ but with oure eyes we sawe his maiestie whan he receaued of God the father honoure prayse by a voyce that came vnto him from the excellent glory after this maner This is my deare sonne in whom I haue delyte And this voyce herde we broughte downe frō heauen whan we were with him on the holy mount We haue also a sure worde of prophecie and ye do well that ye take hede thervnto as vnto a lighte that shyneth in a darke place vntyll the daye dawne and the daye starre aryse in youre hertes And this shal ye knowe first that no prophecie in the scripture is done of eny priuate interpretacion For the prophecie was neuer broughte by the wyll of man but the holy men of God spake as they were moued of y e holy goost The II. Chapter BVt there were false prophetes also amonge the people euen as there shal be false teachers amonge you likewyse which preuely shal brynge in damnable sectes euen denyenge the LORDE that hath boughte them and shal brynge vpon them selues swift damnacion and many shal folowe their damnable wayes by whō the waye of the trueth shal be euell spokē of and thorow cuvetousnes shal they with fayned wordes make marchaundise of you vpō whō the iudgment is not necligēt in tarienge of olde and their damnacion slepeth not For yf God spared not the angels that synned but cast them downe with the cheynes of darknes in to hell and delyuered thē ouer to be kepte vnto iudgment Nether spared the olde worlde but saued Noe the preacher of righteousnes himselfe beynge y e eight and brought the floude vpō the worlde of the vngodly And turned the cities of Sodom and Gomor into aszhes ouerthrue them damned them and made on them an ensample vnto those that after shulde lyue vngodly And delyuered iust Loth which was vexed with the vngodly conuersacion of y e wicked For in so moch as he was righteous and dwelt amonge them so that he must nedes se it and heare it his righteous soule was greued from to daye to daye with their vnlaufull dedes The LORDE knoweth how to delyuer the godly out of tentacion and how to reserue the vniust vnto the daye of iudgment for to be punyshed but specially them that walke after the flesh in y e lust of vnclennes and despyse the rulers beynge presumptuous stubborne and feare not to speake euell of thē y t are in auctorite whā the angels yet which are greater both in power and might beare not that blasphemous iudgment agaynst them of the LORDE But these are as y e brute beestes which naturally are broughte forth to be takē and destroyed speakynge euell of y t they knowe not and shal perishe in their owne destruccion and so receaue y e rewarde of vnrighteousnes They counte it pleasure to lyue deliciously for a season Spottes are they and fylthynes lyuynge at pleasure and in disceaueable wayes feastynge w t that which is youres hauynge eyes full of aduoutrye and cā not ceasse from synne entysinge vnstable soules hauynge an hert exercysed w t couetousnes they are cursed children and haue forsaken the righte waye and are gone astraye folowinge the waye of Balaam the sonne of Bosor which loued the rewarde of vnrighteousnes but was rebuked of his iniquyte The tame and domme beast spake with mās voyce forbad the foolishnes of y e prophet These are welles without water cloudes caried aboute of a tēpest to whō y e myst of darknesse is reserued foreuer For they speake y e proude wordes of vanite vnto y e vttemost and entyse thorow wantannes vnto y e luste of the flesh euen them that were cleane escaped and now walke in erroure and promyse them libertye where as they them selues are seruauntes off corrupcion For off whom so euer a man is ouercome vnto the same is he in bondage For yf they after they haue escaped from the fylthynes of the worlde thorow the knowlege of y e LORDE and Sauioure Iesus Christ are yet tangled agayne therin and ouercome then is the latter ende worse vnto them then the begynnynge For it had bene better for them not to haue knowne the waye of righteousnes then after they haue knowne it to turne from the holy commaundemēt that was geuen vnto them It is happened vnto them acordynge vnto the true prouerbe y e dogg is turned to his vomyte agayne and y e sowe that was waszhed vnto hir walowynge in the myre The III. Chapter THis is the seconde Epistle that I now wryte vnto you ye dearly beloued wherin I stere vp and warne youre pure mynde that ye maye remembre the wordes which were tolde before of the holy prophetes and also the commaundement of vs that be the Apostles of the LORDE and Sauioure This first vnderstonde that in the last dayes there shal come mockers which wyll walke after their awne lustes saye Where is the promes of his commynge For sence the fathers fell on slepe euery thinge contynueth as it was from the begynnynge of y e creature This they knowe not and that wylfully how that the heauens were afore tyme also and the earth out of the water was in the water by the worde of God yet was the worlde at that tyme destroyed by the same with the floude But the heauens which are yet and y e earth are kepte in stoare by his worde to be
seyth not And this coÌ„maundement haue we of him that he which loueth God shulde loue his brother also The V. Chapter WHo so euer beleueth that Iesus is Christ is borne of God And who soeuer loueth him that begat loueth him also which was begotten of him By this we knowe that we loue Gods children whan we loue God and kepe his commaundementes For this is the loue of God that we kepe his commaundementes and his commaundemeÌ„tes are not greuous For all that is borne of God ouer commeth the worlde and this is the victory that ouercommeth the worlde eueÌ„ oure faith Who is it y t ouercommeth the worlde but he which beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God This is he that coÌ„meth with water and bloude euen Iesus Christ not with water onely but with water and bloude And it is the sprete that beareth wytnes for the sprete is the trueth For there are thre which beare recorde in heauen the father the worde and the holy goost these thre are one And there are thre which beare recorde in earth the sprete water and bloude and these thre are one Yf we receaue the witnesse of men the witnesse of God is greater for this is the wytnesse of God which he testifyed of his sonne He that beleueth on y e sonne of God hath the wytnes in him selfe He that beleueth not God hath made him a lyar And this is that recorde euen y t God hath geueÌ„ vs euerlastinge life And this life is in his sonne He that hath the sonne of God hath life He that hath not the sonne of God hath not life These thinges haue I wrytteÌ„ vnto you which beleue on the name of the sonne of God that ye maye knowe how that ye haue eternall life and that ye maye beleue on y e name of the sonne of God And this is the fre boldnesse which we haue towarde him that yf we axe eny thinge acordinge to his wyll he heareth vs. And yf we knowe that he heareth vs what so euer we axe then are we sure that we haue y e peticions which we haue desyred of him Yf eny man se his brother synne a synne not vnto death let him axe and he shal geue him life for theÌ„ y t synne not vnto death There is a synne vnto death for the which saye I not that a man shulde praye All vnrighteousnes is synne and there is synne not vnto death We knowe that whosoeuer is borne off God synneth not but he that is begotteÌ„ of God kepeth himselfe y t wicked toucheth him not We knowe that we are of God the worlde is set alltogether on wickednes But we knowe that the sonne of God is come and hath geuen vs a mynde to knowe him which is true and we are in him y t is true in his sonne Iesu Christ. This is the true God and euer lastinge life Babes kepe youre selues from ymage The seconde Epistle of S. Ihon. The summe of this epistle He wryteth vnto a certayne lady reioyseth that her children walke in the trueth exhorteth theÌ„ vnto loue warneth them to bewarre of soch disceauers as denye that Iesus Christ came in the flesh prayeth them to contynue in the doctryne of Christ and to haue nothinge to do with them that bringe not this lernynge THE Elder To y e electe lady and hir childreÌ„ whom I loue in the trueth not I onely but all they also that haue knowne the trueth for the truthes sake which dwelleth in vs and shal be with vs for euer Grace mercy and peace be with you froÌ„ the LORDE Iesus Christ y e sonne of the father in the trueth and in loue I am greatly reioysed that I haue founde amonge thy children them that walke in y e trueth as we haue receaued a commaundement of the father And now lady I beseke the not as though I wrote a new commaundement vnto the but the same which we haue had from the begynnynge that we loue one another And this is the loue that we walke after his commaundementes This is the commaundement as ye haue herde froÌ„ the begynnynge that we shulde walke therin For many disceauers are come in to the worlde which confesse not y t Iesus Christ is come in the flesh this is a disceauer and an Antechrist Take hede to youre selues that we lose not that which we haue wrought but that we maye receaue a full rewarde Who so euer transgresseth and abydeth not in the doctryne of Christ hath not God he that abydeth in y e doctryne of Christ hath both the father and the sonne Yf eny man come vnto you and brynge not this doctryne receaue him not in to the house nether salute him for he that saluteth him is partaker of his euell dedes I had 〈◊〉 any thinges to wryte vnto you neuertheâ—â—â—â— I wolde not wryte w t papyre and ynke 〈…〉 to come vnto you and to 〈…〉 mouth that oure ioye 〈…〉 â—hildren of thy electe sister The thirde Epistle of S. Ihon. The summe of this epistle He is glad of Gaius that he walketh in the trueth exhorteth him to be louynge vnto the poore christen in their persecucion sheweth the vnkynde dealynge of Diotrephes and the good reporte of Demetrius THE Elder To the beloued Gaius whom I loue in the trueth My beloued I wysshe in all thinges that thou prospere and fare well euen as thy soule prospereth I reioysed greatly whan the brethren came and testified of the trueth that is in y e how thou walkest in the trueth I haue no greater ioye theÌ„ to heare that my childreÌ„ walke in the trueth My beloued thou doest faithfully what so euer thou doest to the brethren and to strauÌ„gers which haue borne witnesse of thy loue before the congregacion and thou hast done well that thou dyddest brynge them forwarde on their iourney worthely before God For because of his names sake they wente forth and toke nothinge of the Heythen We therfore oughte to receaue soch that we mighte be helpers vnto the trueth I wrote to the congregacion but Diotriphes which loueth to haue the preemynence amonge them receaued vs not Wherfore yf I come I wil declare his dedes which he doeth ieastinge vpoÌ„ vs with malicious wordes nether is he therwith coÌ„tent Not onely he himselfe receaueth not the brethreÌ„ but also he forbyddeth them that wolde and thrusteth them out of the congregacion My beloued folowe not y t which is euell but that which is good He that doeth well is of God but he that doeth euell seyth not God Demetrius hath good reporte of all men and of the trueth yee and we oure selues also beare recorde and ye knowe that oure recorde is true I had many thinges to wryte but I wolde not with ynke and pen wryte vnto the. But I trust shortly to se the and so wyl we speake together mouth to mouth Peace be with the. The louers salute the. Grete the louers
his mouth water after the womā as it had bene a ryuer that he might cause her to be caught of y e floud And the earth holpe the woman and the earth opened her mouth and swalowed vp the ryuer which the dragon cast out of his mouth And the dragon was wroth with the womā and went and made warre with the remnaunt of hyr sede which kepe the cōmaundementes of God and haue the testimony of Iesus Christ. And I stode on the see sonde The XIII Chapter ANd I sawe a beest rise out of the see hauinge seuen heades and x. hornes and vpon his hornes x. crownes and vpō his heed the names of blasphemy And the beest which I sawe was lyke a catt of the mountayne and his fete were as the fete of a bear and his mouth as the mouthe of a lyon And y e dragō gaue him his power and his seate and greate auctorite and I sawe one of his heades as it were wounded to death and his dedly wounde was healed And all the worlde wōdred at the beest and they worshipped the dragon which gaue power vnto the beest and they worshipped the beest sayenge who is like vnto the beest who is able to warre with him And there was geuen vnto him a mouth to speake greate thinges blasphemies and power was geuen vnto him to do xlij monethes And he opened his mouth vnto blasphemy agaynst God to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle and them that dwell in heauen And it was geuen vnto him to make warre with the sayntes and to ouercome them And power was geuen him ouer all kynred tonge and nacion and all that dwell vpon the earth worshipt him whose names are not wrytten in the boke of life of the lambe which was kylled from the beginnynge of the worlde Yf eny man haue an eare let him heare He that leadeth in to captiuite shal go in to captiuite he that killeth with a swearde must be killed with y e swearde Heare is the pacience and the faith of the saynctes And I behelde another beest commynge vp out of the earth and he had two hornes like a lambe and he spake as dyd the dragō And he dyd all that the first beest coulde do in his presence and he caused the earth and them which dwell therin to worshippe the fyrst beest whose deedly woūde was healed And he dyd greate wonders so that he made fyre come downe from heauē in the sight of men And deceaued them that dwelt on the earth by y e meanes of those signes which he had power to do in the sight of the beest sayenge to them that dwelt on the earth that they shulde make an ymage vnto the beest which had the wounde of a swearde and dyd liue And he had power to geue a sprete vnto the ymage of the beest and that the ymage of the beest shulde speake and shulde cause that as many as wolde not worshippe the ymage of the beest shulde be kylled And he made all bothe smale and greate ryche and poore fre and bond to receaue a marke in their right hondes or in their forheades And that noman might by or sell saue he y t had y e marke or the name of the beest ether the nombre of his name Here is wiszdome Let him that hath wyt count the nombre of the beest For it is the nombre of a man and his nombre is sixe hondred thre score and sixe The XIIII Chapter ANd I loked and lo a lambe stode on the moūt Syon and with him C. and xliiij thousande hauynge his fathers name wrytten in their forheades And I herde a voyce from heauen as the sounde of many waters and as the voyce of a greate thondre And the voyce that I herde was as the harpers that playe vpon their harpers And they songe as it were a newe songe before the seate before y e foure beestes and the elders and no man coulde learne y t songe but the hondred and xliiij M. which were redemed from the earth These are they which were not defyled with wemen for they are virgyns These folowe the lambe whither soeuer he goeth These were redemed from men beynge the fyrst frutes vnto God and to the lambe and in their mouthes was founde no gyle For they are withoutē spot before the trone of God And I sawe an angell flye in the myddes of heauen hauinge an euerlastinge Gospell to preache vnto them that syt and dwell on the earth and to all nacions kinreddes and tōges and people sayēge with a lowde voyce Feare God and geue honour to him for the houre of his iudgement is come and worshippe him that made heauen and earth and the see and the fountaynes off water And there folowed another angell sayenge She is fallen she is fallen euē Babilon that greate cite for she made all nacions drynke off the wyne off hyr whordome And the thyrde angel folowed thē sayenge with a loude voyce Yf eny man worshippe the beest and his ymage and receaue his marke in his forhed or on his honde the same shall drynke of the wyne of the wrath of God which is powred in the cuppe of his wrath And he shal be punyszhed in fyre and brymstone before the holy Angels and before the lambe And the smoke of their torment ascendeth vp euermore And they haue no res◠daye ner nyght which worshippe the beast and his ymage and whosoeuer receaueth the prynt of his name Here is the pacience of sayntes Heare are they that kepe the commaundementes and the faith off Iesu. And I herde a voyce from heauen sayenge vnto me wryte Blessed are y e deed which here after dye in the LORDE Yee the sprete sayeth that they rest from their laboures for their workes folowe them And I loked and beholde a whyte cloude and vpō y e cloude one syttynge like vnto the sonne of man hauinge on his heed a golden crowne and in his hōde a sharpe sykle And another angell came out of the temple cryenge with a loude voyce to him that sat on the cloude Thruste in thy sycle and reepe for the tyme is come to reepe for the corne of the earth is rype And he that sat on y e cloude thrust in his sykle on the earth and the earth was reeped And another angell came out of the temple which is in heauen hauinge also a sharpe sykle And another angel came out from the aultre which had power ouer fyre and cryed with a loude crye vnto hym that had the sharpe syckle and sayde Thruste in thy sharpe syckle and gather the clusters of y e earth for hir grapes are rype And the angell thrust in his syckle on the erthe and cut downe the grapes of the vynyarde of the earth and cast them in to the greate wynefat of y e wrath of God the wynefat was trodden without the cite and bloude came out of the fat euen vnto the
horsse brydles by the space of a thousande and sixe hundreth furlonges The XV. Chapter ANd I sawe another signe in heuen grett mervellous .vii. angells havinge the seven laste plages for in thē is fulfylled the wrath of god And I sawe as it were a glassye see mingled with fyre and them that had gotten victory of the beest and of his ymage and of his marke and of the nombre of his name stonde on the glassye see hauinge y e harpes of God and they songe the songe of Moses the seruaunt of God and the songe of the lambe saynge Greate and maruellous are thy workes LORDE God almyghty iust and true are thy wayes thou kynge of sayntes Who shal not feare the O LORDE and gloryfie thy name For thou only are holy for all gētiles shall come and worshippe before the for thy iudgmentes are made manyfest And after that I loked and beholde the temple of the Tabernacle of testimony was open in heauen and the seuen angelles came out of the temple which had the seuen plages clothed in pure and bryght lynnē and hauynge their brestes gyrded with golden gerdelles And one of the foure beestes gaue vnto the seuen angelles seuen golden vialles full of the wrath of God which liueth for euermore And the temple was full of smoke for the glory off God and for his power and no man was able to entre in to the temple tyll the seuen plages of the seuē angels were fulfilled The XVI Chapter ANd I herde a greate voyce out of the temple sayenge to the seuen angels go youre wayes poure out youre vialles of wrath vpon the earth And the fyrst went and poured out his viall vpon the earth and there fell a noysom◠a sore botch vpon the men which had the marke of the beest and vpon them that worshipped his ymage And the seconde angel shed out his viall vpō the see and it turned as it were in to the bloud of a deed man and euery lyuinge thinge dyed in the see And the thyrde angel shed out his vyall vpon the ryuers and fountaynes of waters and they turned to bloude And I herde an angel saye LORDE which art and wast thou art righteous and holy because thou hast geuē soche iudgmentes for they shed the bloude of sayntes and prophetes and therfore hast thou geuen them bloude to drynke for they are worthy And I herde another angell out of the aulter saye euen so LORDE God almighty true and righteous are thy iudgmentes And the fourth angell poured out his viall on the Sonne and power was geuen vnto him to vexe men with heate of fyre And the men raged in gret heate and spake euell of the name of God which had power ouer those plages and they repented not to geue him glory And the fifte angell poured out his vyall vpon the seate of the beest and his kyngdome wexed derke and they gnewe their tonges for sorowe and blasphemed the God of heauē for sorowe and payne of their sores and repented not of their dedes And the sixte angell poured out his vyall vpon the gret ryuer Euphrates and the water dryed vp that the waye of the kynges of the Easte shulde be prepared And I sawe thre vncleane spretes kike frogges come out of the mouth of the dragon and out off the mouth off the beest and out off the mouth of the false prophet For they are the spretes of deuels workynge myracles to go out vnto the kynges of the earth and of the whole worlde to gaddre them to the battayle of that gret daye of God allmighty Beholde I come as a thefe Happy is he that watcheth and kepeth his garmentes lest he be founde naked and men se his filthynes And he gaddered them togedder in to a place called in the hebrue tonge Armagedon And the seuenth angell poured out his viall in to the ayre And there came a greate voyce out of heauen from the seate sayenge ▪ It is done And there folowed voyces 〈◊〉 dringes and lightnynges and there 〈…〉 gret earthquake soch as was not 〈…〉 were vpon the earth so myghty 〈…〉 quake and so greate And 〈…〉 was deuyded in to thre parties And the cities of nacions fell And greate Babilon came in remembraunce before God to geue vnto hyr the cuppe of wyne of the fearcenes of his wrath And euery yle fled awaye and the mountaynes were not founde And there fell a greate hayle as it had bene talentes out of heauē vpon the men and the men blasphemed God because of the plage of the hayle for it was greate and the plage of it sore The XVII Chapter ANd there cam one of the seuē angels which had the seuen vialles and talked with me sayenge vnto me Come I wil shewe the the iugdment of the greate whore that sytteth vpon many waters with whom the kynges of the earth haue commytted whordome and the inhabiters of the earth are dronken with the wyne of her fornicacion And he caryed me awaye into the wildernes in y e sprete And I sawe a woman syt vpon a rose colored beest full of names of blasphemie which had seuē heades ten hornes And y e woman was arayed in purple and rose color and decked with golde precious stone and pearles and had a cupp of golde in her honde full of abhominacions and fylthines of her wordome And in her forhed was a name wryttē a mistery greate Babilon the mother of whordome and abominaciōs of the earth And I sawe the wyfe dronkē with the bloude of sayntes and with the bloud of the witnesses of Iesu And when I sawe her I wondred with greate mervayle And the angell sayde vnto me wherfore meruayllest thou I wyl shewethe the mistery of the woman and of the beest that beerith her which hath seuen heades and ten hornes The beest that thou seest was and is not and shall ascende out of the bottomlesse pytt and shal go in to perdicion and they that dwell on the earth shal wondre whose names are not wrytten in the boke of life from the begynnynge of the worlde when they beholde the beest that was and is not And here is a mynde that hath wiszdome The seuen heades are seuen mountanes 〈◊〉 the woman sytteth they are also 〈…〉 Fyue are fallen and one is 〈…〉 is not yet come When he 〈…〉 continue a space And the 〈…〉 and is not is euē the eyght and is of the seuen and shal go in to destruccion And y e ten hornes which thou sawest are ten kynges which haue not yet receaued the kyngdome but shal receaue power as kynges at one houre with y e beest These haue one mynde and shal geue their power and strēgth vnto y e beeste These shal fyght with the lambe and the lābe shal ouercome them For he is LORDE of all lordes and kinge of all kinges and they that are on his syde are called and chosen and faithfull And he saide vnto me The waters which
was nothinge left ouer vnto him Then wanne we at the same tyme all his cities there was not one cite that we toke not from him euen thre score cities the whole region of Argob in the kyngdome of Og at Basan All these cities were strōge with hye walles gates and barres besyde many other vnwalled townes And we vtterly destroyed them as we dyd with Sihon the kynge at Heszbon All the cities destroyed we vtterly and the men wemen and children But all the catell and spoyle of the cities caughte we for oure selues Thus toke we at the same tyme the londe out of the honde of the two kynges of the Amorites beyonde Iordane from the ryuer of Arnon vnto mount Hermon which the Sidons call Sirion but the Amorites call it Senir all the cities vpon the playne and all Gilead and all Basan vnto Salcha and Edrei the cities of the kyngdome of Og at Basan For onely Og the kynge of Basan remayned ouer of the giauntes Beholde his yron bed is here at Rabath amonge the children of Ammon nyne cubites longe and foure cubites brode after the cubite of a man This londe conquered we at the same tyme from Aroer that lyeth on y e ryuer of Arnon And vnto the Rubenites and Gaddites I gaue halfe mount Gilead with the cities therof but y e remnaunt of Gilead all Basan the kyngdome of Og gaue I vnto the halfe trybe of Manasse The whole region of Argob with all Basan was called the giauntes londe Iair the sonne of Manasse toke all the region of Argob vnto the coastes of Gessuri and Maachati and Basan called he Hauoth Iair after his awne name vnto this daye But vnto Machir I gaue Gilead And vnto the Rubenites and Gaddites I gaue one parte of Gilead vnto the ryuer of Arnon at the myddes of the ryuer is y e border and vnto the ryuer Iabok which is the border of the children of Ammon the felde also and Iordane which is the coaste from Cinereth vnto the see in the felde namely y e Salt see vnder mount Pisga Eastwarde And I commaunded you at the same tyme and sayde The LORDE youre God hath geuen you this londe to take possession of it Go youre waye forth therfore harnessed before youre brethren the children of Israel all ye that be mete for the warre As for youre wyues and children and catell for I knowe that ye haue moch catell let them remayne in youre cities which I haue geuen you vntyl the LORDE youre God haue broughte yo r brethren to rest also as well as you that they also maye take possession of the londe which y e LORDE youre God shal geue thē beyonde Iordane and then shal ye turne agayne to youre awne possession which I haue geuen you And I warned Iosua at the same tyme and sayde Thine eyes haue sene all that the LORDE youre God hath done vnto these two kynges euē so shal the LORDE do also vnto all y e kyngdomes whither thou goest Feare them not for the LORDE youre God shal fighte for you And I besoughte the LORDE at the same tyme sayde O LORDE LORDE thou hast begonne to shewe y e seruaunte thy greatnesse and thy mightie hāde For where is there a God in heauen earth that can do after y e workes and after thy power O let me go se y t good londe beyonde Iordane y t goodly hye countre and Libanus But the LORDE was angrie with me for youre sakes and wolde not heare me but sayde vnto me Be content speake nomore to me of this matter Get the vp to the toppe of mount Pisga and lifte vp thine eyes towarde the west and towarde the north and towarde the south and towarde y e east and beholde it with thine eies for thou shalt not go ouer this Iordane And geue Iosua his charge and corage him and bolde him for he shal go ouer Iordane before the people and shal deuyde vnto them the londe that thou shalt se. And so we abode in the valley ouer agaynst the house of Peor The IIII. Chapter ANd now herken Israel vnto the ordinaūces and lawes which I teach you that ye do them y t ye maye lyue and come in take possession of the londe which the LORDE God of yo r fathers geueth vnto you Ye shal put nothinge vnto the worde which I commaunde you nether do oughte there from that ye maye kepe the commaundementes of the LORDE youre God which I commaunde you Youre eyes haue sene what the LORDE hath done w t Baal Peor all them that walked after Baal Peor hath the LORDE thy God destroied from amonge you But ye that cleue vnto the LORDE yo r God are all aliue this daye Beholde I haue taughte you ordinaūces and lawes soc◠as the LORDE my God commaunded me that ye shulde do euē so in the londe in to y e which ye shal come to possesse it Kepe them now therfore and do them for that is youre wyszdome and vnderstondinge in the sight of all nacions which whā they haue herde all these ordinaunces shall saye O what a wyse and vnderstondinge folke is this and how excellent a people For where is there so excellent a nacion that hath goddes so nye him as the LORDE oure God is nye vnto vs as oft as we call vpon him And where is there so excellent a nacion that hath so righteous ordinaunces and lawes as all this lawe which I laye before you this daye Take hede to thy selfe now and kepe well thy soule that thou forget not the thinges which thine eyes haue sene and that they departe not out of thy hert all the dayes of thy life And thou shalt teach them thy children and thy childers children the daye whā thou stodest before the LORDE thy God by mount Horeb whan the LORDE sayde vnto me Gather me the people together that I maye make them heare my wordes which they shal lerne that they maye feare me all the dayes of their life vpon earth that they also maye teach their children And ye came nye stode vnder y e mount But the mount burnt euen vnto the myddes of heauen and there was darknesse cloudes and myst And y e LORDE spake vnto you out of the myddes of the fyre The voyce of his wordes ye herde neuerthelesse ye sawe no ymage but herde the voyce onely And he declared vnto you his couenaunt which he cōmaunded you to do namely the ten verses and wrote them vpon two tables of stone And the LORDE commmaūded me at the same time to teach you ordinaunces lawes that ye might do therafter in the londe in to the which ye go to possesse it Kepe well youre soules therfore for ye sawe no maner of ymage in the daye whā the LORDE spake vnto you out of the fyre vpon mount Horeb that ye destroye not youre selues and make you
צ Ryghtuous art thou O Lorde and true is thy iudgment צ The testymonyes that thou hast coÌ„manded are exceadynge ryghtuous and true צ My zele hath eueÌ„ consumed me because myne enemyes haue forgotten thy wordes צ Thy worde is tryed to the vttermost and thy seruaunte loueth it צ I am small and of no reputacyon yet do not I forget thy commaundementes צ Thy ryghtuousnesse is an euerlastynge ryghtuousnes and thy lawe is true צ Trouble and heuynesse haue taken holde vpoÌ„ me yet is my delyte in thy commaundementes צ The ryghtuousnes of thy testymonyes is euerlastyng O graunte me vnderstaÌ„dyng and I shall lyue ק Koph ק I call with my whole herte heare me O Lorde I wyll kepe thy statutes ק Yee euen vpon the do I cal helpe me and I shall kepe thy testymonies ק Early in the mornynge do Is crye vnto the for in thy worde is my trust ק Myne eyes preuente the night watches that I myght be occupied in thy wordes ק Heare my voyce O Lorde accordynge vnto thy louynge kyndnesse quycken me accordynge as thou art wont ק They drawe nye that of malyce persecute me and are farre from thâ— lawe ק Be thou nye at hande also O Lorde for thy promyses are faythfull ק As concernynge thy testimonies I haue knowne euer sens the begynnynge y t thou hast grounded them for euer ר Res. ר O coÌ„sydre myne aduersyte delyuer me for I do not forget thy lawe ר Manteyn thou my cause and defende me quycken me accordynge vnto thy worde ר Health is farre from the vngodly for they regarde not thy statutes ר Greate is thy mercy O Lorde quycken me as thou art wont ר Many there are that trouble me persecute me yet do not I swarue from thy testimonyes ר It greueth me when I se that the transgressours kepe not thy lawe ר Consydre O Lorde how I loue thy commaundementes O quycken me with thy louynge kyndnesse ר Thy worde is true from euerlastynge all the iudgmentes of thy ryghtuousnesse endure for euer more ש Sin שh*The princes persecute me wtout 〈◊〉 but my herte staÌ„deth in awe of thy 〈◊〉 ש I am as glad of thy worde as one 〈◊〉 greate spoyles ש As for lyes I hate and abhorre 〈…〉 thy lawe do I loue שi* SeueÌ„ tymes a daye do I prayse â—â—â—cause of thy ryghtuous iudgmentes ש Greate is the peace that they haue 〈◊〉 loâ—e thy lawe they are not offendâ—â— â–ª ש Lorde I loke for thy sauynge 〈◊〉 do after thy commaundementes ש My soule kepeth thy testymonyes 〈◊〉 loueth them exceadingly ש I kepe thy commaundementes and 〈◊〉 for all my wayes are before 〈◊〉 â–ª ת Chau. ת Let my complaynte come before 〈◊〉 Lorde geue me vnderstandynge 〈…〉 vnto thy worde ת Oh let my supplicacyon come befoâ—â— delyuer me accordynge to thy promes â–ª ת My lyppes shall speake of thy 〈◊〉 seynge thou hast taught me thy statuâ—â—â— â–ª ת Yee my tonge shall synge of thy 〈◊〉 for all thy commaundementes are 〈◊〉 ת Let thyne hande helpe me for I haue 〈…〉 thy commaundementes ת I longe for thy sauynge health O 〈◊〉 and in thy lawe is my delyte ת Oh let my soule lyue and prayse the 〈◊〉 thy iudgmentes maye helpe me ת I go astraye lyke a shepe that is 〈◊〉 seke thy seruaunt for I do not forget thâ—â—â—â—â—maundementes ¶ The .cxx. Psalme ¶ An affectuous complaynâ—e of the propheâ—◠〈◊〉 dryue oute of the lâ—nde â— aâ—ydyng amonge 〈…〉 that dyd all thynges by fraude and violence The songe of the steares WHen I am in trouble I call 〈◊〉 the Lorde 〈◊〉 answereth 〈◊〉 â–ª Delyuer my soule O 〈◊〉 from lyenge â—lyppes from a â—â—â—ceatfull tonge What rewarde shaâ—â— be geuen or 〈…〉 to the thou false tongâ—â— Euen myghtye anâ— sharpe arowes 〈◊〉 hote burnyngea* 〈◊〉 Wo is me that 〈◊〉 banishmeÌ„t endurâ—â—â— loÌ„ge I dwell in y e tabernacles of y e soroâ—â—â— My soule hath loâ—ge dwelt amoÌ„ge 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the enemyes vnto peace I laboured for peace but when I spake 〈◊〉 they made them to battayle ¶ The .cxxj Psalme 〈◊〉 sheweth that the godly must loke for their helpe 〈◊〉 God only that he geueth it very readely The songe of the steares I Lyft vp myne eyes vnto thea*hylles 〈◊〉 from whence coÌ„meth my helpe My helpe commeth euen from the â—â—rde which hath made heauen and earth He wyll not suffre thy fote to be moued 〈◊〉 he that kepeth the slepeth not * Beholde he that kepeth Israel doth 〈◊〉 â—lombre nor slepe The Lorde him selfe is thy keper 〈◊〉 Lord â—hy defence vpon thy ryght hande So that the sunne shall not burne the by 〈◊〉 nether the moone by nyght The Lorde preserueth the from all euell 〈◊〉 it is the Lorde that kepeth thy soule The Lorde preserueth thy goynge out 〈◊〉 commynge in from this tyme forth for â—â—er more ¶ The .cxxij. Psalme â—nder the shadow and fygure of Ierusalem he deâ—â—â—â—eth the felycytie of the congregacyon of Christ 〈◊〉 the desyres of the saynctes wyshyng euer the furâ—â—â—â—aunce of it The songe of the steares I Was glad when they sayde vnto me we wyll go in to the house of the Lorde Oure fete shall stande in thy gates 〈◊〉 Ierusalem Ierusalem is buylded as a cytye that is 〈…〉 in it selfe For there the tribes go vp euen the tribes 〈◊〉 the Lorde to testyfye vnto Israel to geue â—â—anâ—kes vnto the name of the Lorde For there is the seate of iudgement euen 〈◊〉 seate of the house of Dauid O praye for the peace of IerusaleÌ„ they 〈◊〉 all prospere that loue the. Peace be within thy walles plenteousâ—â—â—s with 〈◊〉 thy palaces For my brethren and companions sakes 〈◊〉 wyll wysh 〈◊〉 the prosperite Yee because of the house of the Lord oure 〈◊〉 I wyll seâ—â—e to do the good ¶ The .cxxiij. Psalme The godly subdued 〈◊〉 the wycked do affectuously 〈◊〉 God to delyuer thâ—â— for vnto hym they wholy 〈◊〉 them selues The songe of the steares VNto the lyft I 〈◊〉 myne a * eyes thou that dwellest in thâ—â—e heauens Beholde eueÌ„ as the eyes of seruauÌ„â—â—â— loke vnto the handes of their masters 〈◊〉 the eyes of a mayden vnto the handes of â—astresse euen so oure eyes wayte vpon 〈…〉 oure God vnâ—yll he haue mercy vpon vs. Haue mercy vpon vs O Lord haue mercy vpon vs for we are vtterly despysed Oure soule is fylled with the scornefull reprofe of the welthy and wyth the despitefulnesse of the proude ¶ The .cxxiiij. Psalme ¶ The godly reioyse that they are rydde by the helpe of God froÌ„ a Ieopardy wherevnto they were very nye The songe of the steares IF the Lorde had not bene of oure syde now maye Israel saye If the Lorde had not bene of oure syde wheÌ„ men rose vp agaynst vs. They had swalowed vs vp quycke when they were so wrathfully dyspleased at vs. Yee the waters had drowned vs y e streame had gone ouer oure soule The depe waters of the proude had gone euen vnto oure soule But