⧠Jeremy the Prophete translated into Englisshe by George Joye some tyme felowe of Peter College in Camebridge ⧠⧠⧠¶ The songe of Moses is added in the ende to magnif ye our Lorde for the fall of our Pharao the Bisshop of Rome ¶ Anno M.D. and .xxxiiii. in the monethe of Maye ⧠†⧠☞ ⧠☜ ⧠The Preface THe Prophets as they were al taught steredvp and thrusted forth of one spirit to preche and wryte the worde of the Lorde so folowd they al one threde and lyne tending vnto one ende euen our sauiour Jesus Christe the parfait some ful conclusion of al the lawe Prophets So that whoso in reding the lawe Prophets directe his inwarde eye to beholde knowe our heuenly father for y e one very God a lone with his sone Jesus Cryste sent vs from him beleuinge perfitly to be iustifyed and saued by the grace of God y e father through y e merits onely of Cristis dethe very God man he readeth a right with grete frute he recheth resteth graciously vpon the same marke that al the Prophets did shote at euē vpon him that sayd I am the waie the trouthe and lyfe Vpon this gloriouse and sauing signe to be agayn said as Simcon tolde Mary y e virgen his mother Luke ii the two testamentis also loked with cōtrarye aspectis the olde beholding him to come y e new loking vpon him paste and comen no nother wyse then the two Cherubyms standing vpon the arke of the couenaunt did figure bothe loking contrary wais y e one beholding the tother yet did they bothe two set their eyes loking into the propiciatorye euē vpon Cryste our seat of mercye and mercy stole And hither loked also those two sufficient witnesses Moses Helyas the one representing the lawe and the tother the Prophetis when Cryste transfigured himself bothe concluding consenting with Cryst in that they talked togither w t him expressing his ende whiche he shulde make finesshe at Jerusalē For whom els aftir that gloriouse sight and cōmunication did his disciples there se but onely Jesus left alone What so euer therfore Cryste did or suffred as touchīg the benefit forme of our redempcion the lawe and Prophetis tolde it al before So that the talking togither of Moses Helias with Cryste declared the lawe Prophets to consent agree bothe vpō Cryste y e very helthe lyfe perfecciō of al y t beleue in him Whiche thinge to confirme the voice of the father was there herde out of the cloude sayng This is my dere beloued sone for whose sake I am peased set at one with man him therfore se that ye hear Obserue diligētly good Cristen reder the vehemēce pieth of this pronowne Ipsum when the father cōmanded vs sainge Ipsum audite him se y t ye hear And beware of them that wolde obtrude thrust yn to the chirche of Go◠any vnwryten verities strange doctryne euen the doctryne of lying men Hear them not whiche wolde cōmande and compel vs to beleue hear any other techer then Cryste siche as their doctryne be consonant with Crystis worde apere they neuer so holy and wel lerned Let sich false Prophets as Jeremy whissheth and threteneth go and be ruled of y e wynde whiche preche vs to worship images or to seke eny other helpe saluacion intercessours and meanes betwene vs and our father then Cryste Jesus alone sufficient euer herde and praynge for vs incessauntly Cryste therfore to shewe himselfe that lyuely fountayn of perpetual waters plentuously springingforth into lyfe euerlastinge vnto al that drinke that is to saye beleue in him sate him downe once ful wery to reste himselfe vpon the wel bring whiche Jacob longe before had digged euermore seking an occasion to insinuate and offer himselfe a sufficient refrigery sauiour for synners what tyme he opened himselfe vnto that sinful Samaritane womā telling hir that who so drinke of the water which I shal geue him he shal neuermore thirste c. That is who so beleue in Cryste shal neuer desyer any other mean sauiour counforter refressher but shal fynde fele God the father one alone for al sufficient through the grace and merits of his sone our sauiour Criste In him onely to glory reioyse as this Prophete cōmandeth vs. Whiche glory who so once taste fele he wil not onely geue it to no nother as in Isaie is shewed but he will trēble and quake to hear this greuouse complaint and heuy manasshing of God almighty by the mouthe of Jeremy saying My peple haue caste me awaye which am their glorye they haue chāged their glory for y t an Idoll y t cānot helpe thē As here now the Prophete entred into the argument and mater of al his sermons of this hole boke and brekynge forthe into a great fereful exclamacion calleth in heuen and erthe as did Isaye in the beginning of his sermons to testifye and detest our abominable idolatrye criyng out thus Oh heuens be ye a stonned be ye a frayd and meruelously amased saith the Lorde For two offencis haue my peple cōmitted They haue forsaken me euen the very lyuely fountayn of perpetual waters and digged themself vp pittis al to troden and broken whiche maye holde no waters The heuēs to be a stonned and to deteste this bakfalling from Cryste our glorye vnto any other creature is as mych to saye as oh heuens withe drawe your helpe counforte from vs geue vs nether rayne nor any ceasonable wether nor yet holsom ayer but acording as it was thretened vs in y e lawe be ye as harde as yern that y e erthe might be as harde as stele for rayne to geue vs drought heat to bake our lande in baraynes for plesant wether to geue vs thondre terreble lighteningis corrupte ye y e ayer y t pestelence might take awaye man beast And yet as ▪ though al this were to lytle swerde and famyn be threatened vs to ▪ ye and at last to be casten out frō Cryste our glory in heuen vnto perpetual payn◠in he◠For forsaking Cryste our glorye diggīg vs vp theis poysoned pittis of our owne inuentiō pittes alto trodē troubles brokē euī the tradiciōs lawes decrees with all the deuellisshe doctryne drawne forthe of these dampnable deluers y e bisshops of Rome and their faccion deluing and digging vs vp their muddye myery stinkinge dykes al for to fede their own carnal affectis to maintayn their glitering glorye and to encrease their fylthy lucre and stalbeshe their falsely vsurped power wherby they haue hitherto so longe deluded and seduced many a simple soule trapped holdē captiue euen Emprours and kinges And how they theirselues dayly trouble and breke their own drye pittes with dispensaciōs relaxaciōs permissions gloses ce they know
and in the which noman dwelled And when I had brought you vnto that fatte lande of Carmelus to take your plesure of hir frutes commodites you went your wayes and defyled my lande made myne heretage abominable And euen the priestis they do not once remembre me sayng where is the lorde The lerned in the lawe they know me not And as for the pastours they synne agenst me The prophetes they preache al for Baal his profit and ar gone aftir ydols wich cannot helpe them Wherfore I am vtterly constrayned to coÌ„tende in iugemeÌ„t bothe with you your childerne saith the lorde For go your wayes vnto the eylandis of Cethim beholde sende into Cedar and consyder diligeÌ„tly whither ther be any siche thinge done ye loke whâ—ther the gentiles haue castouâ—e their goddis albeit in very dede they be no goddis But my peple hath castawaye their glory for an Idole that caÌ„not help theÌ„ For this thinge therfore Oh heauens be ye astouned be ye a frayd and meruellously amased saith the lorde For two grete offences hath my peple coÌ„mitted They haue forsakeÌ„ me euen the very lyuely fountayne of perpetual waters and digged them vp pittis al to troden brokeÌ„ which may holde no waters Is Israel a boÌ„de slaue or rather the good maÌ„nis sonne of the house And wherfore theÌ„ is he gon into a proie Wherfore rore they vpoÌ„ him like lyons They haue brought their lande into a wildernes Their cites ar so thron downe brent that no man may inhabit theÌ„ For theffeminat childerne of Memphes Thanneos haue polluted the euen vp vnto thy nek Hapened it not thus vnto the for that thou forsokest the lorde thy god euen then whan he wolde haue directed the in the waye And now what hast thou to do in the waye to Egypte To driÌ„ke trowbled waters Or what makest thou in the waye to Assyrye to drinke the waters of the floude Thy nowne malice shal reproue the and thy nowne bakslydinge from God shal condemne the that thou maist know and vnderstande how perniciouse perelouse a thinge it is that thou hast forsaken the lorde thy God dreding him nothing at al saith the lorde God of powrs when euen from the beginning I broke of thy yoke and thy bondes for that thou complaynedst and praydst me to make an ende of thy bondage But for al this yet thou stodest forth offring thy bodye to be abused vpon euery highe hil and vnder euery brode branched tree Oh harlet ye that euen while I went aboute to plant the that thou mightist haue ben altogither of that noble vyne stocke and of that faithful sede How art thou this alienated fro me into so strange and barayn a vyneyarde oute of kinde In somiche as wasshe thou thy selue neuer so clene with Nitro And powder thy selue neuer somiche with Borith yet art thou spotted with thy nowne wikednes in my sight saith the lorde God Nether cannest thou saye I am not so polluted nether haue I gonâ— aftir goddis For loke vpoÌ„ thy nowne wayes in wodis valeis oh swifâ— Camâ—l thou shalt se what thou hast done Thou hast runne vnto these places lyke a swâ—fte astâ—ling dromâ—dary with as fiâ—â—ce a desier as the wylde asseâ—â— woÌ„te in wildernes for his plesure to breaâ—h himselfe Who coude refrayne the who soeuer seke the oute shall fynde the euermore in thy menstrwe When we forbode the these vngodly peins taking saing Go nomore bare fote to these Idole kepe thy throte frome thirst Thou answerdst vs saing we wil not we care not for these pains for our loue is set vpon strange goddis and eueÌ„ them wil we folowe But as the thefe is a shamed whan he is espyed eueÌ„ so be ye confounded oh house of Israel Bothe the peple yea their kinges rulers Prestis and prophetis al be ye ashamed and confounded For they say their Pater noster vnto a stocke and to a stone they saye Thou art my mother they haue turned me their backe not their face But in tyme of their trouble whan they shall saye Aryse and helpe vs I shal answer Where ar thy goddis whom thow madest the Let theÌ„ ryse saue the in tyme of thy affliccion For loke how many cites thou hast oh Juda so many goddis hast thou Wherfore coÌ„tende ye with me sith ye be al synners agenst me saith the lorde I smite your childern but al in vayne for they receyue not my disciplyne your swerde deuowreth your prophetis like a deuouring â—â—oÌ„ ye ar the peple of the lorde loke therfore vpoÌ„ his worde Am I become a wildernes or a derke londe to Israel Wherfore than saith my peple let vs fal from hym and come nomore at him Do the mayde forget hir cheife ornameÌ„t or the wife hir goodly girdle And doth my peple forgete me so longe Wherfore settest thou forth coÌ„meÌ„dest thy nown wayes to be so good as to fynde fauour for theÌ„ when euen thy selue hast stayned thy nowne wayes with sinne For vnder thy winges is ther founde the bloude of pore innoceÌ„t soules that not in corners and holes onely but openly in al these places And yet darest thou saye I am an innocent wherfore his indignacioÌ„ may not lyght vpoÌ„ me But beholde I wil coÌ„tende with the in iugemeÌ„t because thou thinkest sayng I am no synner But how filthy a sinner shalt thou apere when it shal be declared openly how ofte thou hast returned repeted thy nowne ways For thou shalt be ashamed as wel of egypt as of â—ssyrye For thou shalt go hence with thy handis cowpled ouer thy head For the lorde shal frustrate thy hope confidence and fâ—l litel prosperite and conforte shalt thou fynde in them ¶ The thirde Chapiter IT is thought comonly that yf a man put away his wyfe she now go an marye hirselfe to a nother it wil be asked shal he any more take hir agayn For is not this felde now defiled But thou hast playd the harlet with many an herdemaÌ„ nethelesse turne agayn to me saith the lorde Lift vp thy eyes loke vp vnto al these quaâ—ters aboute the se whither any place be vndefiled Thou satest downe by the wayes wayting for theÌ„ in the desert lyke a thefe insomiche that therthe was polluted with thy synnes horedome Herof ceased the smal raynes ceasonable showers Thou hast goten the an hâ—rsets forehed and cannest not be ashamed Oâ—els euen nowe thou woldst haue called vnto me sayng Oh my father thou art the goyde of my yougth and wilt thou be turned fro me for euer wylt thou holde thy selfe frome al wayes But lo thou bothe spekest and doist euel more and more Also the Lorde sayd vnto me in the tyme of Josias the kinge Seist thou not what Israel that bakslyder from God hath done Which went hir wayes vpon euery highe hil and vnder euery thicke tre and their playd
thingis lyuinge man hath the moste disceaightful harte vnable to be serehed who then shal knowe it euen I the lorde bothe ensercher of herte espyerout of raynes to rewarde euery man aftir his owne wayes and according to the frute of his counsellis He maketh him a neste but hatcheth no eggis that gatherth goodis wrongefully In the middis of his lyfe he muste leaue them and laste of all be fownde a fole But thou Lorde who le seate is moste noblest highest and aunciaunt which dwellest in the place of our holy reste thou arte the hope of Israel All that forsake the ar confounded All bakflyders from the ar writen in the erthe not in heuen For they sorsake the Lorde euen y e well of euerlasting waters Heale me Lorde I shal be holl Saue me Lorde I shal be salfe for thou arte my prayse For lo these men saye vnto me Where is the worde of y e Lorde let it comeforth I praye y e Whiles I me selfe was now leading the flok in thy pathes I constrayned noman violently nor yet coueted I any mannis dethe as thou wel knowest But my wordes were right in thy sight oh lorde Be not fearful vnto me for thou arte he in whō I hope whā any perelis present Let my persuers be confounded let not me be confoūded Let thē be afrayde not me be afrayde Thou shalt bringe a troublouse tyme vpō thē destroye thē with a great destrucciō Forthermore thus sayd the Lorde vnto me Go stāde in y e. gate of y e peple for whose cause y e kinges of Juda come yn oute in al y e gatis of Jerusalem sayng vnto thē Hear y e worde of the Lorde ye kinges of Juda with all Juda all the cytesens of Jerusalem which passe thorow these gatis Thus cōmandeth the Lorde Take hede to your selues leste ye take vp your burdens in y e Sabbat daye to bringe them in thorowe these gatis Nether karye ye oute of your houses any burdēs in y e Sabbat daye Nor do you any worke but sauntifye y e Sabbat daye as I cōmaunded your fathers albeit they obayed me not nor gaue eare but rather hardened their stiffe neckes to th entent they wolde not be reclaymed receyue my disciplyne But you if ye will hearme saith y e Lorde not carye in your burdens thorow y e gatis of this cyte in y e Sabbat daye doing in it no werke than shal y e kingis princes of this cyte which shal sit vpō y e seat of Dauid go thorow these gatis karyed in charietis vpon horse bothe they their princes al Juda with their cytesens shal passe thorow them this cyte shal abyde for euer And men shal come from the cytes of Juda and from the felde of Jerusalem and the lande of Beniamin from the playnes and mountayns from the wildernes bringing brente sacrifices and beastis slayne to be offred vp encense offeringe vp prayse and thankis in the house of the Lorde But if ye obaye me not I shal sanctifye the sabbat daye so that ye shal take vp no burden to bringe it in thorow these gatis of Jerusalem in the Sabbat daye I shal set the gatis on fyer which shal deuower the houses of Jerusalem so that it maye not be 〈◊〉 ¶ The .xviii. Chapiter THe sermon of the Lorde shewed vnto Jeremye saying Aryse go downe into the potters house that I myght there certyfye the more of my mynde And whā I came vnto the potters house I fownde him making his worke vpō a whele And that vessel which he ofayned out of claye broke vnder y e hādis of this potter which then his mynde changed made a nother vessel therof as it semed him beste for his purpose And here thā the Lorde spake vnto me May not Jeuen as this potter do vnto you o house of Israel saith the Lorde Lo ye be in my hande oh house of Israel euen as the claye is in the hande of the potter Anon as I haue determined to pluck vp by the rotes to destroye to cut awaye any nacion or kingdom and if y t same nacion wil returne from their malice vpon which I begane nowe to take my counsel by and by it repenteth me of y e plage which I determyned to caste vpon thē And agen and as I am purposed to buylde and to plante any nacion or kingdom the same folke wil do euyl in my sight and not hear my voyce by and by it repēteth me of that goodnes wherby I purposed to edyfye and to encrese thē Wherfore I praye the tell all Juda and euery cytesen of Jerusalem Thus saith the Lorde Beholde I am deuysing a plage and will conspire agenste you Turne ye therfore euery man from his owne euyl wayes both do thinke well But here shal they saye ▪ Let these wordis passe for as for vs we will walke aftir our owne mynde and we wil euery man do aftir the luste of our owne herte Wherfore thus sayd the Lorde Enquyre I praye ye among the gentyles if any man hath committed any siche lyke abominacions as hath Israel y e virgen done and that so greuously May the snowe that lyeth melting vpon y e rockis of Libanus fayle the feldis Or the vaynes of springes euē from the botome be so takē awaye that they flowe nomore forthe to water and to make plentuouse And yet my peple hath forgoten me In somich that they brenne offer vnto vayne Idols in folowing their owne wayes ar fwarued and wandred frō the lawful comen waye ar gone a waye by an vntroden priuate pathe For the which thinge they haue geuen vp their lande into a perpetual desolaciō and outehissinge So that euery man passinge thorowe may be woundresly astonned and shake his head I shal therfore scater them in the sight of their enymes with a contrary skorching este wynde And whan their destruccion is at hande I shal turne my backe to them and not my face And than they sayde Come and let vs go and conspire agenste Jeremye We be the Priestis to whom the lawe is committed that it perisshe not And ye be the elders endewed with wysedome We be the Prophetes that neuer ar withoute the worde of the Lorde Let vs I saye than go and kutoute his tonge that we be nomore cōstrayned to hear his sermons Attende vnto me Oh Lorde and heare the noyse of my aduersares Is not euil for good reqcquyted me while they digge this pitte for me Remember how I stode before the to speke the best for them and to turne thy wrathe from thē Nowe therfore betake their chyldern into honger and caste them agenste the violence of swerde Let their wyues be chyldelesse and housbandlesse their housbandis put to dethe and the yongemen slayne with swerde in batayle Let oute cryes aryse frō their houses theues breaking yn vpō
yet healed agayne But we haue done our cure say they right diligeÌ„tly yet is she not healed We shal therfore forsake hir go our wayes euery maÌ„ to his owne regioÌ„ For hir iugemeÌ„t is turned vp vnto heueÌ„ remoued vp vnto y e clowdis The Lorde hath layd forth our ryghtwysnes Come hither therfore let vs put ZioÌ„ in mynde of y e worke of our Lorde God SharpeÌ„ your arows fill your quyuers For y e Lorde shal ster vp y e spryte of y e kinge of Mede ageÌ„st Babylon eueÌ„ now redy beÌ„te to destroye hir For this shal be y e vengeaÌ„ce of y e Lorde eueÌ„ y e aueÌ„ginge of his owne teÌ„ple Lyft vp your sygnes shyldes vpoÌ„ y e wallis of Babylon warne watches ynowe set kepers laye good a waite aboute And yet nethelesse shal the Lorde do his purpose decreed vpoÌ„ y e inhabitours of Babylon Oh thou BabyloÌ„ whiche haste thy situacioÌ„ by so goodly grete waters hauiÌ„g siche riches so grete tresure thy ende is come thou maist sitdowne and tell vp thy wynninge The Lorde of powers hathe sworne by his owne selfe to ouerwhelme y e w t men as w t locustis whiche shal aninate encourage one a nother ageÌ„ste y e. Whiche Lorde made y e erthe by his might did set faste y e worlde by his wysedome stretched abrode y e heueÌ„s by his prudeÌ„ce At his worde y e waters in heueÌ„ aryse swell He calleth forthe y e clowdes frome y e coosts of the erthe changeth thondre into rayne leadeth forthe y e wynde oute of his secrete place Euery man is but a foole if thou estemest him of his coninge Euery man shal be coÌ„fownded y e casteth or engraueth images For it is but deceitfully blowme framed to gither of lyes nether is there any brethe in it Dayne thingis ar they workes worthy to be scorned in y e tyme of their visitacioÌ„ shal they perisshe The porcion of Jacob is farre vnlyke these thingis But he y t made al thinges whose name is y e Lorde of powrs he is y e met rodde of his heretage Thou haste scatered our weapens of warre And I haue for thy sake scatered the gentyles dispersed kyngdoms For thy sake haue I scatered horse and man chariet and him that rode in it For thy plesure I dispersed men women olde and yonge bacheler and mayde For thy plesure I dispersed the herdeman and his flocke the tylman withe his catell Princes and rulers And now shal I rewarde Babylon al his cytesens and the Caldes al that calamite whiche they did to Zion ye and that your selues lokyng vpoÌ„ saith the Lorde Beholde me here vpoÌ„ the thou perniciouse pestelent hill saith the Lorde whiche vndoist al the hole worlde It is I I tell the y t shal stretche forth my hande vpon the rolle the downe frome the rockes and make the a perpetual burning hil that noman may take ether corner stoÌ„ne or toppe stonne or foundacioÌ„ stoÌ„ne at the but thou shalt be a perpetual deserte saith the Lorde Sprede your baners ouer the londe blow vp troÌ„pets vpoÌ„ the gentylis Moue ye the nacions to take vengeaÌ„ce on them Call vp these kingdoms agenste theÌ„ Ararat Minni Aseenez and tell oute Tiphsar to be ageÌ„st hir Bringeforh horses lyke swarmes of locustis Appoynte forth agenst hir the peple of Mede with their kinge princes and al their rulers ye euen al y e hole londe vnder his empery TheÌ„ shal the londe quake and be ful heuy when the counsels of the Lorde shal come agenst Babylon to make the londe of Babylon desolate that nomaÌ„ inhabit it The valcant men of Babylon shal nomore defende hir they shal krepe into their holdes their strength shal fayl them they shal be lyke wemen hir habitacions shal be breÌ„te hir barres shal be broken one poste shal come runninge agenst a nother and messenger agenst messenger to bringe tydingis to the kinge of Babylon that his cyte is taken on euery syde and his foordis layed and occupyed hir â—ennes set on fyer and the soudyers oute of their witte for fear For thus saith the Lorde of powrs y e God of Israel Daughter Babylon hath ben in hir tyme lyke a ryâ—e pleÌ„tuouse felde of corne but shortely oftir was come hir repyng tyme. Nebuchadrezar kynge of Babylon hath deuourerd vndone me he hath made an empty vessel swelowed me vp lyke a dragoÌ„ he hathe filled his bely w t my tendernes He expelled me toke a waye my substance at y e I had lefte did caste me forth vnto Babylon saith y e inhabitres Zion expelled my blode vnto y e cytesens of Calde saith Jerusalem Wherfore thus saith the Lorde Beholde I shal defende thy cause aueÌ„ge thy hurte I shal sowp vp hir sea dry vp her vaynes And Babylon shal lye lyke moll hyllis or graues It shal be an habitacion for dragons fear and wondre for that there dwelleth no bodye Then shal they rore togither lyke lyons and lyons whelpes when they ar angrye shaking their lockes In their hete I shal set drynke before them and they shal be dronken for ioye and then shal they slepe a longe sleape from whiche they shal not be waked saith the Lorde I shal lede them forthe to veslayne lyke shepe lyke wethers gotes Howe was Sesach taken Howe was this noble daughter flower of al y e erthe thus â—â—atched Howe came Babylon into this wondring stok amonge the gentyls The sea swelled arose ouer Babylon which is ouer whelmed with hir grete waues hir cytes ar desolate hir londe ouer growne y e noman maye come to it a londe wheryn noman dwelleth nor yet any sonne of Adam maye passe thorow it And euen y e same Beel in Babylon shal I vyset and pluck oute of his mouthe that thinge whiche he hath so swelowedyn And those folke shal nomore swarme so faste to him Also the walle of Babylon shal falldowne Gette ye oute frome the myddis of it my peple and let euery man saue him selfe from the furiouse wrathe of the Lorde Let not your hertis faynte nor feare at euery rumour that shal be herde in the londe For yere by yere shal ye hear newes diuerse tydinges now this then y t straÌ„ge tyrannye and wykednes soden ofte chaunge of rule and empery More ouer beholde the daye shal come that I shal visete the grauen images of Babylon into the vtter shame confusion of al the region hir moste dere beloued shal lyedede in hir Heuen erthe and what so euer is in them shal reioyse vpon Babylon when these destroyers shal come vpon hir from the northe saith the Lorde As Babylon threwdowne the derebeloued of Israel euen so shal the beste beloued of Babylon be thronedowne thorouout al the realme ye that fle from the swerde spede you stonde not still RemeÌ„ber
swyfter then the egles of the ayer they persued vs in the hillis and layed awaite for vs in y e deserte verse Res. The breath of our mouthe euen Messias the Lorde shal be taken for our synnes of whom we saye y t in his shadewe we shal be saued emonge the Gentyles verse Shin Thou therfor ioye begladde daughter Edom which doist inhabit the londe of Hus for vnto the shal come the cuppe w t the whiche thou shalt be made moyste in drinking therof verse Thau Thy synne is fynesshed oh daugther Zion he shal traÌ„slate the nomore but thy wikednes oh daughter Edom shal â—e vyset and translate the for thy synnes ¶ The prayer of Jeremye REmember Lorde what we suffer se beholde our obâ—robrye Our heretage it turned vnto aliauntis and our houses vnto straÌ„gers â—e ar karefull fatherlesse chyldern and our mothers sitte housbondles We bye our own water whiche we drynke we bye our wode with moneye PersecucioÌ„ hangeth ouer our neckis We labour yet ar lyke to haue no reste We once yilded our selfes bownde vnto thegypcioÌ„s but nowe ar we in like bondage vnder Assur to that yet at y e leste wyse we mought thus ete our brede Our fathers were synners whiche nowe be gone we bere their iniquytes The boÌ„de seruaÌ„ts ar become our lordes rulers nomaÌ„ to delyuer vs oute of their haÌ„dis We gete our lyuinge w t grete perel of our lyfe for the drought of the deserte our hyidis be tanned parched as it were in an â—oueÌ„ so ougely is our stormey famyn They defyled womeÌ„ in Zion virgens in the cytes of Juda. The rulers ar hanged vp with the handis of their enemes They did disreuerente the face and persone of the elders fered them nothing at al. They drewe the yongemen aboute by the meÌ„bers tering out their bowels and hanged vp laddis vppon the treis The elderly men sate nomore in iugemeÌ„t at the gates their yonge men playd nomore vpon their musyke instrumeÌ„tis Our hertis ioye fayled Our mery quere is turned into moorniÌ„ge The crowne of our headis fallen of Ah lasse for sorowe y t euer we so synned For our synnes our hertis moorne our eyes be wasted w t bitter teris for y e mounte Zion Whiche is now so desolate that foxes ruÌ„ne in it But thou oh Lorde whiche abidest for euer and thy seat roial thorout al ages wherfor forgettest thou vs for euer Why forsakest thou vs so longe Conuerte vs vnto the oh Lorde and so shal we be conuerted Renewe and restore vs our dayes as they haue ben in tyme paste For thou hast now repelled vs longe ynoughe ben angrye with vs aboue mesure ¶ The ende of the Prophete Jeremy translated by George Joye An M.D.xxxiiii Mense Maii. ¶ To supplee the lefe take here CrysteÌ„ reder that goodly and godly songe of Moses Where w t thou oughtest now gloriously to magnifie prayse God for the destruccion and throing downe of our cruel Pharao the Bisshop of Rome no nother wyse then did Moses and his chirche loaue him for drownyng of Pharao whiche Pharao fygured our blodye Bisshops of Rome ¶ The songe of Moses and his Chirche songen aftir Pharasus dethe drowned with his hoste in the redde sea I Shal syng with prayse vnto the Lorde For it is he verely that is gloriously to be magnifyed Horse and man hathe he casten downe into the sea The Lorde it is vnto whom I â—leue It is the Lorde whom I prayse he is become my helthe and saluacion It is he that is my God Him will I glorifye He is the God of my fathers euen him wil I exalte The Lorde is a mighty man of warre Jehouah is his name Pharaous chariettis and hoste hathe he casten downe into the sea His ioylye chosen capytayns ar drowned in the redde sea the depe waters haue ouerwhelmed them they sanke downe vnto the botome lyke stones Thy righthaÌ„de oh Lorde is grete gloriouse in strength Thy righthande Lorde hathe thrusted downe the enemye To thy grete glory haste thou destroyed thyne aduersaryes thou sentst forthe thy wrathe it consumed them lyke stobble Withe the brethe of thyne anger y e waters raÌ„ne togither on heapis so that y e bare botome was sene the flowing flowd stodevp as faste as a rocke And the botoÌ„les water was congeled in the myddis of the sea The enemye had thought thus I shal folow and take them I shal deuyde oute the spoyle and satisfye my plesure vpon them I shal draw out my swerde and my hande shal slaye them But thou didist but blowe with thy brethe the sea ranne ouer them They sanke down lyk led vnder y e vehemeÌ„t waters Who emonge the goddis is lyke vnto y e oh Lorde Who maye be compared vnto the in power and myght who is lyke vnto the in magnificence and holynes who is lyke the in reuerent fere to be praysed doing so wondreful miracles Thou stretchedst forth thy righthande and the sea swelowed them yn But in thy mercye hast thou ledde forthe thy peple whom thou delyueredst and w t thy mighty power hast thou brought them vnto thy holy habitacion Whiche thing when the gentyles herde of they were sore trowbled soden sorowful panges fill vpon the Philistens Then the Princes of Edom were confownded with fear trembling came vpoÌ„ the mighty Moabitis and al the hertes of thin habitours of Canaan melted for fear and sanke a waye lyke water Let anxt and fear fall vpon them thorow the grete might of thyne arme that them be as still as stones whyle thy peple passe thorowe oh Lorde whyle this peple passe thorow whom thou haste goten into thy possession Bringe them yn plante and fyll them vpon the mounte of thyne heretage y e very habitacioÌ„ Lorde which thou hast made the to dwell yn euen thy nowne secrete sanctuary oh Lorde whiche thy haÌ„dis haue prepared The Lorde be kinge euermore to raigne worlde with oute ende Amen Finis Johan xvii Johan xiiii Exodi â—xv Matth. xvii â—uk ix Jere. v .xxii Johan iiii Jere. ix Isa. 41. Jere. ii Isaie i. Deute xxviii â–ª Jeremi xiiii â—poc 13. Isa. 30. Jere. 1 15. Jere. 1 â–ª â—ere 51. â—ebr 11. Jere. 4â— â—ere 19. Pet. 1. Anathoâ— was a lâ—â—tel towâ—ne in thâ— tribe of Beniamâ—n iii myle nâ— the weâ—â— from Jâ—rusalem whereiâ— Jeremy was boâ—â—ne * Otheâ—â—wyse caâ—led Naâ—buchodâ—â—zar iiii boke of kiÌ„ges capi xxii * Fullers erth * O â—rias * The â—one * Ex de x * 〈…〉 Psal. cxxxvâ— * their beasts sacrificed of fred vp is called holy flesshe * or of thy depe iugements * Or this prophecy * or gapiÌ„g for wyndâ— * the Lorde Psal. i * Tophet Gehena al one * Pasâ—ur is crafâ— gloriâ—use vp â—ymâ—â—er Paâ—â—ur is â—â—ne shriâ—â—ige in 〈◊〉 a korâ—â—er for â—â—are Sodoâ—e and Gomer * neuer truste me the forme of his othe in y e scripture * otherwyse called Joachas now led captyuein to Egypt * straÌ„ge gods ymages Jechonias is called Joachin * Freely * Frely * the geÌ„tils * Hy couÌ„â—els â—y worâ—â—s â—ot meÌ„â—s * Preâ—hers * The â—ope w t 〈◊〉 his â—dols This presideÌ„t y e priestes brouht forthageÌ„st Jeremy nothiÌ„g consydering that Vrias was vniustly slayn * tyme of destruccion * zephanias is magister inquisitor heretice prauitatis y t is master heretike taker BabyloÌ„ was then y e head cite of y e geÌ„tils * fat of friÌ„ges Our coÌ„uersion beginneth of God a token of repeÌ„taunce Ose. ii â—hat is â—chylâ—â—ein be 〈◊〉 for â—heir fathers fawtis Cryste is that rightwyse budde Cryste was of y e sead of Dauid bothe preste mâ—nister aftir y e order of Meâ—chisedech Theryte of coÌ„uenaÌ„ts to be coÌ„firmed then bothe w t Iwes geÌ„tyls â—f the â—echaâ—tesfa â—er reâ—e y e .iiii â—â—ke of â—e kinâ—s caâ— .x. It waâ— noueâ—â— by r Decembyr To the Egyptians Agenst y e Palestyns Sitfast proude Moab Beware Rome * A deuowering vâ—ciouse god ☞ Of thâ— horne râ—de apoâ— where iâ— now yeâ—ur â–ª brachium culare * 2. tes Moabe thefte deceyte ☞ We sewe nomore to Rome Moab get no more peter petence ce Beware your herde Moab ☜ ii Thâ—ssa ii ☞ * Mencion is here made of the calling of the geÌ„tyls Ammon Moabs brother howtheâ— were begoten of their droÌ„ken father by his own daughters redâ— Gen. 19 * Then abeminable fil thy god The calling of the gentyls is here prophecyed The buâ—den of Idumea i. Petri iiii ☞ Idumâ— The burden of Damask The burâ—en of Cedar The burden of Elam The calling of the gentyls Babylon is Rome Agenst the king â—â—om of â—â—ntichri fâ—te â—â—eel their â—â—od the â—â—ope ☞ Rome hath kâ—â—ked vs ful long tyme. ☞ * Rome â—s asâ—nich to â—aye as â—nowde the gretwyse writer oâ— their vnwriteÌ„ vâ—â—â—rites wher iâ— he now becomeâ— â—esyne â—aster 〈◊〉 the â—â—riptu othere is â—ow our buâ—ler of 〈◊〉 Peâ—us 〈◊〉 hancâ—etram â—ce * The Bisshopes gods of Rome ☞ â—iii Regum xxiiii xxv Decembyr June * Hir louers anâ— nexte frendis at hir goddis * Gentyls ar haitheâ— Juda iâ— here called goddis foâ—stole * They â—ake â—nges 〈◊〉 me * Men maideâ— dragon or sich other â—â—sters * Or â—â—ke it thâ— * 〈◊〉 or coâ—all * embrwed with blode * Cryste * defeâ—â— Exodi xx deutero v. Jerem. xxxi Ezech. xviii Exode xv
thinne plates And golde is brought from Ophir and beaten into the worke of the crafte man by the hande of the caster and cled with byse and purple Siche is the worke of al their wittye men togither But the Lorde is the very God the lyuing God and kinge euerlasting He being angrye the erthe treÌ„bleth his indignacion no peple may beare But as touchinge these Idols thus shal ye reporte by them They ar goddes whiche made nether heuen nor erthe They shal perisshe therfore as wel from therthe as from these thingis which ar vnder this skye But as concerning this our God ye shal saye He hath made the erthe by hys power finesshed the rownde worlde by his wysedome and stretched forth the heuens by his vnderstanding at his voyce miche water runneth togither in the ayer clowdes ar lyfted vp from the extreme partes of therthe He turneth thonder into rayne and ledeth forthe the wyndes out of their secrete places Euery man is made a fole of his owne wisdome Euery man may be ashamed that casteth an ymage For it is but a vayne thinge that he so melteth and bloweth togither clene withoute lyfe These vayne craftismen with their workis worthy to be skorned so fondely framed and ornowernde shal perisshe al to gither in the tyme of their visitacioÌ„ Siche is not Jacobs lot but it is he that hath fasshioned al thiÌ„ges And Israel is the met rodde of his heretage whose name is the lorde of powers Take away a non fro my sight thy filthenes which yet sittest in so stroÌ„ge holdes For thus saith the Lorde Beholde I shal castoute thinhabitours of this lande al at this tyme and so vexe them that they nomore appere Ah lasse how greuouse is my affliccion how sorowful is my plage For I bear this heuines and rekeÌ„ it as my nowne My tabernacle is destroied and al my lynes broken in sondre My childerne ar gone fro me and appere nomore Now is ther nomaÌ„ to bende my tente or rear vp my skinnes For full folesshly haue the herdemen done in that they sought not the lorde whervpon al their flockes also haue done vnwysely be scatred awaye Lo the rumour of the hoste is present and a grete vprore cometh froÌ„ the northe to turne the cytes of Juda into a wildernes and into dennes for dragons I know verely Lorde that it lyeth not in mannis power to directe and rule his owne wayes nor yet to make perfite his owne steapes and his goinge Thou therfore Lorde shalt amende vs in equyte not in thy wrathe leste thou bringe vs vnto naught Powr forth rather thy wrath vpon the haithen that knowe the not and vpon the generacions that cal not vpon thy name and that namely for this cause that they haue eatenvp deuoured and coÌ„sumed Jacob extincte his brightnes ¶ The .xi. Chapiter ¶ Another sermon whiche the Lorde stered vp Jeremy to preache sayng HEar ye the wordis of this his couenaunt and speke vnto al Juda to thinhabitours of Jerusalem But thou namely shalt saye vnto them Thus saith the Lorde God of Israel Cursed be euery man that obaye not the wordis of this couenant which I coÌ„maunded your fathers what tyme I led them oute of the lande of Egypte frome that harde fornace and greuouse seruitute sayng Obaye my voice and do aftyr that I coÌ„maunde you and ye shal be my peple and I shal be your God kepe myne holy othe which I swore to your fathers to geue theÌ„ this lande flowing with mylke honey as ye may se it fulfilled vnto this daye Here I answerde sayng Oh Lorde it is trwe And then y e Lorde sayd to me agen Preache thou al these wordis in y e cites of Juda roâ—â—â—e about Jerusalem sayng Hear the wordis of y e couenaunt y t ye might fulfill theÌ„ For I certified your fathers opeÌ„ly testifyiÌ„g vnto theÌ„ froÌ„ y t tyme sence I brought theÌ„ oute of the lande of Egypte vnto this daye warniÌ„g theÌ„ intyme saiÌ„g LysteÌ„ to my voice noman listened nor gaue eare but folowed y e croked thoughtis of their owne hertis Wherfore I brought al y e wordes of this couenaÌ„t vpoÌ„ theÌ„ which I gaue theÌ„ to fulfill they fulfilled it not Ouer this the lorde yet sayd to me There is fouÌ„doute a coÌ„iuracioÌ„ in all Juda in the cytesens of Jerusalem They ar returned vnto the synnes of their fore fathers whiche forsoke to heare my wordis And eueÌ„ so do these men folow straÌ„ge goddis to worship theÌ„ The house of Israel and Juda hath made voyde my couenaÌ„t which I smit with their fathers Wherfore thus saith the Lorde Beholde I shal bringe forth a plage vpoÌ„ you froÌ„ whiche ye may no wayes escape ye whaÌ„ ye shal crye to me yet wil I not hear you TheÌ„ shal the cytes of Juda with the cytesens of JerusaleÌ„ go crye vpoÌ„ their goddis whoÌ„ they worshipt but in no maner wyse maye they helpe theÌ„ in tyme of their miserable adfliccion For loke how many cytes so many gods hadst thou oh Juda acording to the nowmber of the streatis of Jerusalem thou settedst vp shameful auters auters vpon whom thou breÌ„st thy offeringis eueÌ„ vnto Baal Thou therfore praye not for this peple nether bid prayse nor prayer for theÌ„ For whan thou shalt cry to me I shal not hear them in their affliccioÌ„ Wherfor oh my best beloued Israel coÌ„mittest thou in my house so many synnes as thoughe the holy flesshe might take awaye thy sinnes namely which haste so roioysed in thy nowne my schefe The lorde named the that goodly grene floureshing fruteful fayer olyne but now the coÌ„trary fame wyde spred he wil burne the in the fyer destroye thy braÌ„ches For the lorde of powrs which plaÌ„ted y e hath ordined a plage for the oh house of Israel house of Juda for the euel that ye haue done prouoking him to wrathe with the worship done to Baal These thinges oh lorde thou teaching me I vnderstode when thou shewedst me their counsels but I lyke a meke lombe was apoynted to be slayne knowing nothing that they had taken their counsel thus agenst me saying let vs corrupt his brede on the tree so banysshe him from the company of the lyuing that euen the very mencion of his name might be odiouse and loothsome Thou therfore lorde of powrs rightuouse iuge sercher oute of raynes and hertis I beseche the that I might se veÌ„geaÌ„ce taken on them For vnto the I committe my cause As concerning these thinges thus spake the lorde vpon the cytesens of Anathot which sought to make an ende of me sayng Preache to vs nomore in the name of the lorde except thou wilt dye in our handis Thus I saye spake the lorde of powrs Beholde I shal viset you your yonge men shal be slayne with swerde and your sonnes and daughters shal dye for honger so that none be lefte