heauen and in earth Go ye youre waye therfore and teach all nacions and baptyse them in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy goost and teach them to kepe all thinges what soeuer I haue commaunded you And lo I am with you euery daye vnto the ende of the worlde The ende of the gospell of S. Mathew The gospell of S. Marke What S. Marke conteyneth Chap. I. The office of Ihon the baptist The baptyme of Christ his fastynge his preachinge and the callynge of Peter Andrew Iames and Ihon. Christ healeth the man with the vncleane sprete helpeth Peters mother in lawe and clenseth the leper Chap. II. He healeth the man of the palsye calleth Leui the customer eateth with open synners and excuseth his disciples Chap. III. He helpeth the man with the dryed hande choseth his apostles and casteth out the vncleane sprete which the Pharises ascrybe vnto the deuell The brother sister and mother of Christ. Chap. IIII. The parable of the sower Christ stilleth the tempest of the see which obeyeth him Chap. V. He delyuereth the possessed from the vncleane sprete the woman from the bloudye yssue and rayseth the captaynes doughter Chap. VI. Christ preacheth at home and is not regarded He sendeth out his disciples Ihon baptist is taken and headed Christ fedeth fyue thousande men with fyue loaues and two fiszhes He walketh vpon the see Chap. VII The Pharises are not cōtent that the disciples eate with vnwaszhen handes but Christ rebuketh thē selues for breakinge the commaundementes of God healeth the woman of Canaans daughter and maketh the domme to speake Chap. VIII He fedeth foure thousande mē with vij loaues reproueth the Pharises that are so desyrous of tokens warneth his disciples to bewarre of their leuen maketh a blynde man to see axeth his disciples what men holde of him reproueth Peter telleth his disciples of his passion and exorteth them to folowe him ▪ Chap. IX The transfiguracion of Christ which healeth the childe that was possessed of a domme sprete teacheth his disciples to be lowly and to auoyde occasions of euell Chap. X. Christ geueth his answere concernynge mariage and that it is harde for th◠rich to come in to heauē reproueth the disdayne of his disciples lerneth thē to be meke and restoreth blynde Barthimeus to his sight Chap. XI Christ rydeth in to Ierusalem dryueth the marchauntes out of the temple curseth the fyge tre and confoundeth the Pharises Chap. XII He rebuketh the synne and vnthankfulnesse of the Iewes with a goodly symilitude taketh thē in their owne disceatfull questions exorteth to bewarre of their doctryne and lyuynge and commendeth the good wyll of the poore wyddowe Chap. XIII He warneth his disciples to bewarre of false teachers and disceauers comforteh them agaynst the trouble for to come tellinge them of the horrible destruccion of Ierusalem of his commynge and ende of the worlde Chap. XIIII The Magdalene anoynteth Christ. They eate the easter lambe and the supper of the LORDE Christ is taken and brought in to Caiphas house Peter denyeth him Chap. XV. The crucifienge of Christ and how he was buried Chap. XVI The resurreccion of Christ which appeareth vnto Mary Magdalene and to his disciples whom he sendeth forth in to the worlde to preach the gospell and ascēdeth vp in to heauen himself The gospell of S. Marke The first Chapter THis is the begynnynge of the gospell of Iesus Christ the sonne of God as it is wryttē in the prophetes Beholde I sende my messaūger before thy face which shal prepare thy waye before the. The voyce of a cryer is in the wyldernes Prepare the waye of the LORDE make his pathes straight Ihon was in the wyldernes and baptysed and preached the baptyme of amendment for the remyssion of synnes And there wente out vnto him the whole londe of Iewry and they of Ierusalem and were all baptysed of him in Iordan and knowleged their synnes Ihon was clothed with Camels heer and with a lethron gerdell aboute his loynes and ate locustes and wylde hony and preached and sayde There commeth one after me which is stronger then I before whom I am not worthy to stoupe downe and to lowse vp y e lachet of his shue I baptyse you with water but he shal baptyse you with the holy goost And it happened at the same tyme that Iesus came out of Galile from Nazareth and was baptysed of Ihon in Iordan And as soone as he was come out of the water he sawe that the heauens opened and the goost as a doue cōmynge downe vpon him And there came a voyce from heauē Thou art my deare sonne in whom I delyte And immediatly the sprete droue him in to the wyldernes and he was in the wyldernes fourtye dayes and was tempted of Sathan and was with the wylde beestes And the angels mynistred vnto him But after that Ihon was taken Iesus came in to Galile and preached the gospell of the kyngdome of God and sayde the tyme is fulfylled and the kyngdome of God is at hande Amende youre selues and beleue the gospell So as he walked by the see of Galile he sawe Symon and Andrew his brother castinge their nettes in the see for they were fyszhers And Iesus sayde vnto thē Folowe me and I wil make you fyszhers of mē And immediatly they left their nettes and folowed him And when he was gone a lytle further from thence he sawe Iames the sonne of Zebede and Ihon his brother as they were in the shyppe mendynge their nettes And anone he called them And they left their father Zebede in the shyppe with the hyred seruauntes and folowed him And they wente in to Capernaum and immediatly vpon the Sabbathes he entred in to the synagoge and taught And they were astonnyed at his doctryne for he taught them as one hauynge power and not as the Scrybes And in their synagoge there was a man possessed with a foule sprete which cried and sayde Oh what haue we to do with the thou Iesus of Nazareth Art thou come to destroye us I knowe that thou art euen y t holy one of God And Iesus reproued him and sayde holde thy tonge and departe out of him And the foule sprete tare him and cried with a loude voyce and departed out of him And they were all astonnyed in so moch that they axed one another amonge thē selues sayde What is this What new lernynge is this For he cōmaundeth the foule spretes with power and they are obedient vnto him And immediatly the fame of him was noysed rounde aboute in the coastes and borders of Galile And forth with they wente out of the synagoge and came in to the house of Symō and Andrew w t Iames and Ihon. And Symons mother in lawe laye had the feuers and anone they tolde him of her And he came to her and set her vp and toke her by y e hande and the feuer
straunger amonge you in youre londe ye shall not vexe him He shal dwell with you euen as one that is at home amonge you thou shalt loue him as y e self for ye youre selues also were straungers in the lande of Egipte I am the LORDE youre God Ye shal not deale wrōgeously in iudgmēt with meteyarde with weight with measure A true balaunce a true weight a true Epha a true Hin shal be amōge you For I am the LORDE youre God which brought you out of the londe of Egipte that ye shulde kepe do all my statutes and lawes for I am the LORDE The XX. Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses and saide Tell the children of Israel Who so euer he be amonge the children of Israel or eny straunger that dwelleth in Israel which geueth of his sede vnto Moloch the same shall dye the death the people of the lande shal stone him I wyll set my face agaynst that man and wyll rote him out from amōge his people because he hath geuen of his sede vnto Moloch and defyled my Sanctuary vnhalowed my holy name And though the people of the londe loke thorow the fyngers vpon that man which hath geuen of his sede vnto Moloch so that they put him not to death yet wyl I set my face agaynst the same man agaynst his generacion And him and all that go a whorynge with him after Moloch wyll I rote out from amonge their people Yf eny soule turne him to y e soythsayers and expounders of tokens so that he goeth a whorynge after them I wyl set my face agaynst the same soule and wyl rote him out from amonge his people Sanctifie youre selues therfore be holy for I am holy euen youre God And kepe ye my statutes and do them for I am y e LORDE that sanctifieth you Who so euer curseth his father or his mother shall dye the death his bloude be vpon him because he hath cursed his father or mother He that breaketh wedlocke with eny mās wife shal dye the death both the aduouterer and y e aduouteresse because he hath broken wedlocke with his neghbours wife Yf eny man lye with his fathers wife so y t he vncouer his fathers preuyte they shal both dye the death their bloude be vpō thē Yf eny man lye w t his doughter in lawe they shall dye both of them for they haue wrought abhominacion their bloude be vpon them Yf eny man lye with the mankynde as with womankynde they haue wrought abhominacion shal both dye the death their bloude be vpon them Yf eny man take a wyfe and hir mother therto the same hath wrought wickednes he shal be burnt with fyre and so shal they also that there be no wickednes amōge you Yf eny man lye with a beest he shall dye the death and the beest shal be slayne Yf a woman medle with a beest so y t she haue to do w t it thou shalt put her to death and the beest also they shall dye the death their bloude be vpon them Yf eny man take his sister his fathers doughter or his mothers doughter and se hir preuyte and she agayne se his secretes it is a wicked thinge They shal be roted out in the sight of their people For he hath vncouered his sisters preuyte he shal beare his synne Yf a man lye with a woman in the tyme of hir sicknesse and vncouer hir secretes open vp hir founteyne and she vncouer the fountayne of hir bloude they shall both be roted out from amonge their people Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy mothers sister and of thy fathers sister for soch one hath vncouered his nexte kynswoman and they shal beare their synne Yf eny man lye with his vncles wyfe the same hath vncouered the preuytie of his vncle they shal beare their synne without children shal they dye Yf eny man take his brothers wyfe y t is an vncleane thinge they shal be without children because he hath vncouered his brothers secretes So kepe now all my statutes my lawes do them y t the lōde whither I brynge you to dwell therin spewe you not out And walke not ye in y e statutes of the Heithen which I shal cast out before you For all soch thinges haue they done I haue abhorred thē But I saye vnto you Ye shall possesse their londe For I wyll geue you to enheritaunce a lōde that floweth with mylke and hony I am the LORDE youre God which haue separated you from the nacions that ye also shulde separate the cleane beestes frō the vncleane and the vncleane foules from the cleane not to defyle youre soules vpon beestes vpon foules vpon all that crepeth on the grounde which I haue separated vnto you that they shulde be vncleane Therfore shall ye be holy vnto me for I the LORDE am holy which haue separated you frō the nacions that ye shulde be myne Yf a man or woman be a soythsayer or an expounder of tokens the same shall dye the death they shal be stoned their bloude be vpon them The XXI Chapter ANd the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Speake to y e prestes y e sonnes of Aaron saye vnto thē A prest shal defyle him self vpō no soule of his people but vpon his nexte kynne y t belongeth vnto him as vpon his mother vpō his father vpō his sonne vpō his doughter vpon his brother vpon his sister which is yet a virgin hath bene no mans wife which belongeth vnto him vpon her maie he defyle himself Morouer he shal not defyle him self vpō eny ruler in his people to vnhalowe him self He shall make no crowne also vpon his heade ner shaue of his beerd nether shall they cut out eny markes ī their fleshe They shal be holy vnto their God and not vnhalowe y e name of their God for they offre the sacrifice of the LORDE the bred of their God therfore shal they be holy They shal take no whore ner one that is defyled or y t is put awaye from hir huszbande for he is holy vnto his God therfore shal he sanctifie him self for he offreth the bred of thy God He shal be holy vnto the for I am holy euen the LORDE that sanctifieth you Yf a prestes doughter fall to whoringe she shal be burnt with fyre for she hath shamed hir father He that is hye prest amonge his brethren vpō whose heade the anoyntinge oyle is poured and his hande fylled y t he might be arayed with the vestimentes shal not vncouer his heade ner cut his clothes shal come at no deed shal defyle him self nether vpon father ner mother He shall not go out of the Sanctuary that he vnhalowe not the Sanctuary of his God For y e crowne of the anoyntinge oyle of his God is vpon him for I am the LORDE A virgin shal he
y e to scorne thou y t hast gottē the so foule a name art full off myschefe Beholde the rulers of Israel haue brought euery man his power to shed bloude in the. In the haue they despised father mother in the haue they oppressed the straūger in the haue they vexed the wyddowe the fatherlesse Thou hast despysed my Sāctuary and vnhalowed my Sabbath Murtherers are there in the that shed bloude eate vpon the hilles and in the they vse vnhappynesse In y e haue they discouered their fathers shame in the haue they vexed women in their sicknesse Euery mā hath dealte shamefully with his neghbours wife abhominably defyled his doughter in lawe In the hath euery man forced his owne sister euen his fathers doughter Yee giftes haue bene receaued in the to shed bloude Thou hast taken vsury encreace thou hast oppressed thy neghbours by extorcion and forgotten me saieth the LORDE God Beholde I haue smytten my hondes vpō thy couetousnesse that thou hast vsed and vpon the bloude which hath bene shed in the. Is thy herte able to endure it or maye thy hondes defende them selues in the tyme that I shall bringe vpon the Euen I the LORDE that speake it will bringe it also to passe I will scatre the amonge the Heithen strowe the aboute in the lōdes and wil cause thy fylthynesse to ceasse out off the yee and I will haue the in possession in the sight of the Heithen that thou mayest knowe that I am the LORDE And the worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man the house of Israel is turned to drosse All they that shulde be brasse tynne yrō leade are in the fyre become drosse Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God For so moch as ye all are turned in to drosse beholde I will brynge you together vnto Ierusalem like as syluer brasse yron tynne and leade are put together in the fornace and the fyre blowen there vnder to melt them Euen so will I gather you put you in together and melt you in my wrath and indignacion I will brynge you together and kyndle the fyre of my cruell displeasure vnder you that ye maye be melted therin Like as the syluer is melted in the fyre so shall ye also be melted therin that ye maye knowe how that I the LORDE haue poured my wrath vpon you And the worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayēge Thou sonne of mā tell her Thou art an vn clene londe which is not rayned vpon in the daye off the cruell wrath thy prophetes that are in the are sworne together to deuoure soules like as a roaringe Lyon that lyueth by his pray They receaue riches and good and make many wyddowes in ye. Thy prestes breake my lawe and defyle my Sanctuary They put no dyfference betwene the holy and vnholy nether discerne betwene the clene and vnclene they turne their eyes fro my Sabbathes and I am vnhalowed amonge them Thy rulers in the are like rauyshinge wolues to shed bloude and to destroye soules for their owne covetous lucre As for thy prophetes they dawbe with vntempered claye they se vanities ▪ and prophecie lies vnto them sayenge the LORDE God sayeth so where as the LORDE hath not spoken The people in the londe vseth wicked extorciō and robbery They vexe the poore and nedy and oppresse the straunger agaynst right And I sought in the londe for a man that wolde make vp the hedge and see him self in the gappe before me in the lōdes behalfe y t I shulde not vtterly destroye it ▪ but I coude fynde none Therfore wil I poure out my cruell displeasure vpon them and burne them in the fyre of my wrath their owne wayes will I recompence vpō their heades saieth the LORDE God The XXIII Chapter THe worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man there were two womē that had one mother These when they were yonge beganne to playe the harlottes in Egipte There were their brestes brussed and the pappes off their maydenheade destroyed The eldest of them was called Oola and hir yongest sister Ooliba These two were myne and bare sonnes and doughters Their names were Samaria and that was Oola and Ierusalem that was Ooliba As for Oola she beganne to go a whorynge when I had takē her to me She was set on fyre vpon hir louers the Assirians which had to do with her euen the prynces and lordes that were deckte in costly araye fayre yonge men lusty ryders of horses Thus thorow hir whordome she cleued vnto all the yonge men off Assiria Yee she was madde vpon them and defyled herselff with all their Idols Nether ceassed she frō the fornicaciō that she vsed with the Egipcians for in hir youth they laye w t her they brussed the brestes of hir maydenheade and poured their wordome vpon her Wherfore I delyuered her in to y e hōdes of hir louers euen the Assirians whom she so loued These discouered hir shame toke hir sonnes and doughters and slewe her with the swearde An euell name gat she of all people ād they punyshed her Hir sister Ooliba sawe this ād destroyed herself w t inordinate loue more then she exceaded hir sister in whordome she loued y e Assirians which also laye w t her namely the prynces greate lordes that were clothed w t all maner of gorgious apparell all lusty horsmen and fayre yonge personnes Then I sawe that they both were defyled a like But she increased still in whordome for when she sawe men paynted vpon the wall the ymages off the Caldees set forth with fresh colours with fayre gyrdles aboute them and goodly bonettes vpon their heades lokynge all like prynces after y e maner of the Babiloniās and Caldees in their owne londe where they be borne Inmediatly as soone as she sawe them she brent in loue vpon them and sent messaūgers for them in to the londe of the Caldees Now when the Babiloniās came to her they laye with her and defyled her with their whordome and so was she poluted with with them And when hir lust was abated from them hir whordome and shame was discouered sene then my herte forsoke her like as my herte was gone from hir sister also Neuertheles she vsed hir whordome en◠the longer the more and remembred the dayes off hir youth wherin she had played the harlot in the londe off Egipte she brent in lust vpon them whose flesh was like y e flesh of Asses and their sede like the sede off horses Thus thou hast renued the fylthynesse of thy youth when thy louers bressed y e pappes and marred thy brestes in Egipte Therfore o Ooliba thus saieth y e LORDE God I will rayse vp thy louers with whom thou hast satisfied thy lust agaynst the and gather them together rounde aboute the Namely the Babilonians and all the Caldees
honestie For that is good and accepted in y e sighte of God oure Sauioure which wil haue all men saued and to come vnto the knowlege of y e trueth For there is one God and one mediatour betwene God and men namely the man Christ Iesus which gaue him selfe a raunsome for all men that at his tyme it shulde be preached wherevnto I am ordeyned a preacher an Apostle I tell y e trueth in Christ and lye not a teacher of the Heythē in faith and in the trueth I wil therfore that men praye in all places liftinge vp pure hādes without wrath or dowtynge Likewyse also the wemen that they araye them selues in comly apparell with shamfastnes and discrete behaueo r not with broyded heer or golde or perles or costly araye but with soch as it becommeth wemē that professe godlynes thorow good workes Let the woman lerne in sylēce with all subieccion I suffre not a womā to teach ner to haue auctorite ouer the man but for to be in sylence For Adam was first formed and thē Eue Adam also was not disceaued but the woman was disceaued and hath brought in the trāsgression Notwitstondynge thorow bearynge of children she shal be saued yf she contynue in faith and in loue in the sanctifyenge with discrecion The III. Chapter THis is a true sayēge Yf a mā covet y e office of a Biszhoppe he desyreth a good worke But a Biszhoppe must be blamelesse the huszbāde of one wife sober discrete manerly harberous apte to teach Not geuen to moch wyne no fighter not geuen to filthy lucre but gentle abhorrynge stryfe abhorrynge couetousnes one that ruleth his awne house honestly hauynge obedient children with all honestye But yf a man can not rule his owne house how shal he care for the congregacion of God He maye not be a yōge scolar left he be puft vp and fall in to the iudgment of y e euell speaker He must also haue a good reporte of them which are without lest he fall in to the rebuke and snare of the euell speaker Likewyse must the mynisters be honest not double tonged not geuen to moch wyne nether vnto fylthie lucre but hauynge the mystery of faith in pure conscience And let them first be proued and then let them mynister yf they be blamelesse Euen so must their wyues be honest not euell speakers but sober and faithfull in all thinges Let the mynisters be euery one the huszbāde of one wyfe and soch as rule their children well and their owne housholdes For they that mynister well get them selues a good degree and greate libertye in the faith which is in Christ Iesu. These thinges wryte I vnto the trustinge shortly to come vnto the but yf I tary lōge that then thou mayest yet haue knowlege how thou oughtest to behaue thy selfe in Gods house which is the congregacion of the lyuynge God the piler and grounde of trueth and without naye greate is that mystery of godlynes God was shewed in the flesh was iustified in the sprete was sene of angels was preached vnto the Heythen was beleued on in the worlde was receaued vp in glory The IIII. Chapter THe sprete speaketh euydently that in y e latter tymes some shal departe from the faith and shal geue hede vnto spretes of erroure and deuelish doctrynes of them which speake false thorow ypocrysie and haue their cōscience marked with an whote yron forbyddinge to mary and cōmaundynge to abstayne frō the meates which God hath created to be receaued w t geuynge thankes of them which beleue and knowe the trueth For euery creature off God is good and nothinge to be refused y t is receaued with thankesgeuynge for it is sanctifyed by the worde of God and prayer Yf thou shalt put the brethren in remembraunce of these thinges thou shalt be a good mynister of Iesu Christ which hast bene norished vp in the wordes of faith and of good doctryne which thou hast folowed hither to As for vngoostly and olde wyuesh fables cast them awaye but exercyse thy selfe vnto godlynes For bodely exercyse profyteth litle but godlynes is profytable vnto all thinges as a thinge which hath promyses of the life that is now and of the life for to come This is a sure sayenge of all partes worthy to be receaued For therfore we laboure and suffre rebuke because we hope in the lyuynge God which is the Sauioure of all men but specially of those that beleue Soch thinges commaunde thou and teach Let no man despyse y e youth but be thou vnto them that beleue an ensample in worde in cōuersacion in loue in y e sprete in faith in purenesse Geue attendaunce to readynge to exhortacion to doctryne vntyll I come Be not necligent in the gifte that is geuen the thorow prophecye with layēge on of the handes of the Elders These thinges exercyse and geue thy selfe vnto them that thine increace maye be manifest vnto euery man Take hede vnto thy selfe and to learnynge cōtynue in these thinges For yf thou so do thou shalt saue thy selfe and them that hearethe The V. Chapter EEbuke not an Elder but exhorte him as a father and the yōger men as brethren the elder wemen as mothers the yonger as sisters with all purenes Hono r wedowes which are true wedowes Yf eny wedowe haue children or neves let them lerne first to rule their awne houses godly and to recompence their elders For y t is good acceptable before God But she that is a right wedowe desolate putteth hir trust in God cōtynueth in prayer and supplicacion nighte and daye But she that lyueth in pleasures is deed euen yet a lyne And these thinges commaunde that they maye be without blame But yf there be eny man that prouydeth not for his awne and specially for them of his houszholde the same hath denyed the faith and is worse then an infydele Let no wedowe be chosen vnder thre score yeare olde and soch one as was y e wife of one man and well reported of in good workes yf she haue brought vp children well yf she haue bene harberous yf she haue wasshed the sayntes fete yf she haue mynistred vnto thē which were in aduersite yf she were continually geuen to all maner of good workes But y e yonger wedowes refuse For whan they haue begonne to waxe wanton agaynst Christ then wil they mary hauynge their damnacion because they haue brokē y e first faith Besydes this they are ydell and lerne to runne aboute frō house to house Not onely are they ydell but also tryflinge busy bodies speakynge thinges which are not comly I wil therfore that the yonger wemen mary beare children gyde the house to geue y e aduersary no occasion to speake euell For some are turned back allready after Sathā Yf eny man or woman that beleueth
and begat sonnes doughters Regu was two and thirtie yeare olde and begat Serug and lyued therafter two hundreth and seuen yeare and begat sonnes and doughters Serug was thirtie yeare olde and begat Nahor and lyued therafter two hundreth yeare and begat sonnes doughters Nahor was nyene and twentye yeare olde and begat Terah and lyued herafter an hundreth and nyentene yeare and begat sonnes and doughters Terah was seuentie yeare olde and begat Abram Nahor and Haran These are the generations of Terah Te rah begat Abram Nahor and Haran And Haran begat Lot but Harā dyed before Terah his father in y e londe where he was borne at Vr in Chaldea Then Abram and Nahor toke them wyues Abrams wife was called Sarai Nahors wyfe Milca the doughter of Haran which was father of Milca and Iisca But Sarai was baren and had no childe Then toke Terah Abrā his sonne Lot his sonne Harans sonne Sarai his doughter in lawe his sonne Abrams wife caried them w t him from Vr in Chaldea to go in to the lande of Canaan And they came to Haran dwelt there And Terah was two hundreth fyue yeare olde and dyed in Haran The XII Chapter ANd y e LORDE sayde vnto Abram Get the out of thy countre and from thy kynred and out of thy fathers house in to a londe which I wil shew the. And I wil make of the a mightie people and wyll blesse the and make the a greate name yee thou shalt be a very blessynge I wil blesse them that blesse the and curse them that curse the and in the shal all the generacions of the earth be blessed Then wente Abram out as the LORDE commaunded him and Lot wente with him Fyue seuentie yeare olde was Abrā whan he wente out of Haran So Abram toke Sarai his wife and Lot his brothers sonne w t all their goodes which they had gotten and soules which they begat in Harā and departed to go in to y e londe of Canaan And whē they were come in to the same londe he wente thorow tyll he came vnto the place of Sichem and vnto the Okegroue of More for y e Cananites dwelt in y e lōde at y e same time Then the LORDE appeared vnto Abrā sayde This londe wil I geue vnto y e sede And there he buylded an aulter vnto y e LORDE which appeared vnto him Thē brake he vp frō thēce vnto a mountayne y t laye on y e east syde of the cite of Bethel pitched his tent so y t he had Bethel on the west side and Ay on y e east syde there buylded he an altare also vnto the LORDE called vpon the name of the LORDE Afterwarde departed Abram farther toke his iourneye southwarde But there came a derth in the londe Then wente Abram downe in to Egipte to kepe himself there as a straunger for the derth was sore in the londe And whan he was come nye for to entre in to Egipte he sayde vnto Sarai his wife Beholde I knowe y t thou art a fayre woman to loke vpon Now whan the Egipcians se the they wil saye She is his wife and so shal they slaye me and saue the alyue Therfore I pray y e saye thou art my sister that I maye fare the better by reason of the and that my soule maye lyue for thy sake Now whan he came in to Egipte y e Egipcians sawe y e woman y t she was very faire Pharaos prynces sawe her also praysed her before him Then was she brought in to Pharaos house and Abram was well intreated for hir sake and he had shepe oxē and he Asses seruauntes maydēs she Asses and Camels But y e LORDE plaged Pharao his house w t greate plages because of Sarai Abrās wife Then Pharao called Abrā vnto him and sayde Why hast thou dealt thus w t me Wherfore toldest thou not me at the first y t she was thy wife Why saydest thou then that she was y e sister Wherfore I toke her to my wife And now lo there is y e wife take her and go thy waye He gaue his officers also a charge ouer him to conveye him out and his wife and all that he had The XIII Chapter SO Abrā departed out of Egipte w t his wife with all y t he had Lot w t him also towarde y e south Abram was very rich in catell siluer golde And he wente on forth from the south vnto Bethel vnto the place where his tent was at y e first betwene Bethel and Ay euen vnto y e place where he had made the altare before where he called vpon the name of the LORDE Lot also which wente with him had shepe greate catell tentes so y t the londe was not able to receaue them that they might dwell together for the substaunce of their riches was so greate that they coude not dwell together And there fell a strife betwene the hirdmen of Abrams catell and the hirdmen of Lots catell The Cananites also and the Pheresites dwelt at that tyme in the londe Then sayde Abram vnto Lot O let there be no strife betwene me and the and betwene my hyrdmen and thine for we are brethrē Is not all the whole londe open before the Departe fro me I praye the. Yf thou wilt go to the left hande I wil take the right Or yf thou wilt go to the right hande I wil take the left Then Lot lift vp his eyes and be helde all the countre rounde aboute Iordā that it was a plenteous countre of water For before the LORDE destroyed Sodoma and Gomorra it was rounde aboute Zoar euen as the pleasaunt garden of the LORDE and as the londe of Egipte Then Lot chose all the coastes of Iordā and toke his iourney towarde y e East And so the one brother departed from the other Abram dwelt in the lande of Canaan and Lot in the cities of the same coastes and pitched his tent towarde Sodome But y e men of Sodome were wicked and synned exceadingly agaynst the LORDE Now whan Lot was departed from Abram the LORDE saide vnto Abram Lift vp thine eyes and loke from the place where thou dwellest northwarde southwarde eastwarde and westwarde for all the londe that thou seist wyll I geue vnto the and to thy sede for euer and wyll make thy sede as the dust of the earth so that yf a man can nombre the dust of the earth he shall nombre thy sede also Arise and go thorow the londe in the length and bredth for I wyl geue it vnto the. So Abram remoued his tent and wente and dwelt in y e Okegroue of Mamre which is in Ebron and buylded there an altare vnto the LORDE The XIIII Chapter ANd it chaunsed in the tyme of Amraphel the kynge of Synear Arioch the kynge of Ellasar
Kedorlaomer the kinge of Elam Thydeal the kynge of y e Heithen That they made warre w t Bera y e kynge of Sodome and w t Birsa the kynge of Gomorra with Sineab the kynge of Adama with Semeaber the kynge of Zeboim and with the kynge of Bela which is called Zoar. These came all together in to the brode valley where now the salt see is for twolue yeares were they subiectes vnto kinge Kedorlaomer in the thirtenth yeare they fell from him Therfore in the fourtenth yeare came Kedorlaomer and the kynges y t were with him smote the Giauntes in Astaroth Karnaim Susim at Ham Emim in the felde of Kiriathaim and y e Horites in their owne mount Seir vnto the playne of Pharan which bordreth vpō the wildernes And then they turned came to the well of iudgment which is Cades smote all the countre of the Amalechites and also the Amorites that dwelt in Hazezon Thamar Then wente out the kynge of Sodome the kynge of Gomorra the kynge of Adama and the kynge of Zeboim and the kynge of Bela called Zoar prepared them selues to fight in the brode valley w t Kedorlaomer the kynge of Elam with Thideal y e kynge of the Heithen with Amraphel y e kynge of Synear with Arioch the kynge of Ellasar foure kynges w t fyue And y t brode valley had many slyme pyttes But the kynge of Sodoma and Gomorra were put to flight fell there the residue fled vnto y e mountaynes Then toke they all the goodes at Sodoma and Gomorra all their vytales wente their waye They toke Lot also Abrams brothers sonne his good for he dwelt at Sodome and departed Then came one that had escaped and tolde Abram the Aleaunt which dwelt in the Okegroue of Mamre the Amoryte which was the brother of Escol Aner for these were confederate with Abram Now whan Abram herde y t his brother was taken he harnessed his bonde seruauntes borne in his owne house thre hundreth eightene folowed after them vntill Dan deuyded thē fell vpō them by night w t his seruauntes and smote thē and chased them awaye vnto Hoba which lieth on y e left hande of the cite of Damascos and brought agayne all the goodes and also his brother Lot and his goodes y e wemen also and the people And as he came agayne from the slaughter of Kedorlaomer of the kinges that were with him the kynge of Sodome wente to mete him in to the playne felde which is called kynges dale But Melchisedech the kynge of Salem brought forth bred and wyne And he beynge the prest of the most hye God blessed him and sayde Blessed be thou Abram vnto the most hye God possessor of heauen and earth And praysed be God the Hyest which hath delyuered thine enemies in to thy handes And Abram gaue him tythes of all Then sayde the kynge of Sodome vnto Abram Geue me the soules and take y e goodes vnto thy self But Abram sayde vnto the kinge of Sodome I lift vp my honde vnto the LORDE the most hye God possessor of heauen and earth that I wyll not take of all that is thyne so moch as a threde or a shue lachet lest thou shuldest saye I haue made Abram ryche Saue onely that which the yonge men haue spent and the men Aner Escol and Mamre that wente with me let them take their parte The XV. Chapter IT happened after these actes y t the worde of y e LORDE came vnto Abrā in a vysion and sayde Feare not Abram I am thy shylde and thy exceadinge greate rewarde But Abram sayde LORDE LORDE what wilt thou geue me I go childles and the seruaunt of my house this Eleasar of Damascos hath a sonne And Abram sayde morouer Beholde vnto me hast thou geuen no sede and lo the sonne of my housholde shal be myne heyre And beholde the worde of the LORDE spake vnto him and saide He shal not be thine heyre but one that shal come out of thine owne body he shal be thine heyre And he bad him go forth and sayde Loke vp vnto heauen and tell y e starres Canst thou nombre them And he sayde vnto him Euen so shal thy sede be Abram beleued the LORDE and y t was counted vnto him for righteousnes And he sayde vnto him I am y e LORDE y t brought the from Vr out of Chaldea to geue y e this londe to possesse it But Abram sayde LORDE LORDE Wherby shall I knowe that I shall possesse it And he sayde vnto him Take a cow of thre yeare olde and a she goate of thre yeare olde and a ramme of thre yeare olde and a turtyll doue and a yonge pigeon And he toke all these and deuyded them in the myddes and layde the one parte ouer agaynst the other but the foules deuyded he not And the foules fell vpō the flesh but Abram droue them awaye Now whan the Sonne beganne to go downe there fell an heuy slepe vpō Abram And lo feare and greate darcknes fell vpon him And he sayde vnto Abram knowe this of a suertye that thy sede shal be a straūger in a londe that is not theirs And they shall make bonde men of them and intreate them euell foure hundreth yeares But the people whō they shal serue wyl I iudge Afterwarde shall they go forth with greate substaunce and thou shalt departe vnto thy fathers in peace and shalt be buried in a good age And after the fourth generacion they shall come hither agayne for the wickednes of y e Amorites is not yet full So whan the Sonne was downe and it was waxed darcke Beholde there smoked a fornace and a fyre brande wente betwene y e partes The same daye made the LORDE a couenaūt with Abram and sayde Vnto thy sede wil I geue this lōde from the water of Egipte vnto the greate water Euphrates the Kenytes the Kenizites the Kydmonites the Hethites the Pherezites the Giauntes the Amorites the Cananites the Gergesites and the Iebusites The XVI Chapter SArai Abrams wife bare him no children but she had an handmayde an Egipcian whose name was Agar and sayde vnto Abram Beholde the LORDE hath closed me that I can not beare Go in I praye the vnto my mayde peraduenture I shal be multiplied by her more then by myself And Abram herkened vnto the voyce of Sarai Than Sarai Abrams wife toke Agar hir mayde y e Egipcian after they had dwelt ten yeare in the londe of Canaan and gaue her vnto hir huszbande Abrā to be his wife And he wente in vnto Agar and she conceaued Now whan she sawe y t she had conceyued she despysed hir mastresse Then sayde Sarai vnto Abram I must suffre wronge for thy sake I layde my mayde by the but now because she seyth that she hath conceaued I must be despysed
in this poynte also that I will not ouerthrowe the cite wherof thou hast spoken Haist the and saue thy self there for I can do nothinge tyll thou be come thither Therfore is the cite called Zoar. And the Sonne was vp vpon the earth whan Lot came in to Zoar. Then the LORDE caused brymstone and fyre to rayne downe from the LORDE out of heauen vpon Sodoma and Gomorra and ouerthrew those cities the whole region and all that dwelt in the cities and that that grew vpon the earth And his wife loked behynde her and was turned into a pillar of salt Abraham rose vp early in the mornynge and gat him vnto the place where he had stonde before the LORDE and turned his face towarde Sodoma and Gomorra and all y e londe of that countre and loked And beholde there rose vp a smoke from y e countre as it had bene y e smoke of a fornace For whan God destroyed y e cities of the region he thought vpon Abraham and conueyed Lot out of the cities which he ouerthrew wherin Lot dwelt And Lot departed out of Zoar and dwelt in the mountaynes with both his daughters for he was afrayed to tary at Zoar and so remayned he in a caue w t both his daughters Then sayde y e elder vnto the yonger Oure father is olde and there is not a man more vpon earth that can come in vnto vs after the maner of all the worlde Come therfore let vs geue oure father wyne to drynke and lye with him that we maye saue sede of oure father So they gaue their father wyne to drynke that same night And the elder doughter wente in and laye with hir father and he perceaued it not nether when she laye downe ner when she rose vp On the morow the elder sayde vnto the yonger Beholde yesternight laye I with my father let vs geue him wyne to drynke this night also that thou mayest go in and lye with him that we maye saue sede of oure father So they gaue their father wyne to drynke that night also And the yonger arose like wyse and laye with him he perceaued it not nether when she laye downe ner when she rose vp Thus were both the doughters of Lot with childe by their father And the elder bare a sonne and called him Moab of whom come y e Moabytes vnto this daye And y e yonger bare a sonne also and called him the sonne Ammi of whom come the children of Ammon vnto this daye The XX. Chapter AS for Abraham he departed thence in to the south countre and dwelt betwixte Cades and Sur and was a straunger at Gerar and sayde of Sara his wife She is my sister Then Abimelech the kinge of Gerar sent for her and caused her be fett awaye But God came to Abimelech by night in a dreame sayde vnto him Beholde thou art but a deed man for the womans sake which thou hast taken for she is a mans wife Neuertheles Abimelech had not yet touched her and sayde LORDE wilt thou sley a righteous people Sayde not he vnto me she is my sister Yee and sayde not she her self also he is my brother With a pure hert with innocent handes haue I done this And God sayde vnto him in a dreame I knowe that thou dyddest it w t a pure hert and therfore I kepte the that thou shuldest not synne agaynst me nether haue I suffred the to touch her Now therfore delyuer the man his wife ageyne for he is a prophet and let him pray for y e and thou shalt lyue But and yf thou delyuer her not ageyne be sure that thou shalt dye the death and all that is thine Then Abimelech rose vp by tymes in the mornynge and called all his seruauntes and tolde all these thinges in their eares and the men were sore afrayed and Abimelech called Abraham and sayde vnto him Wherfore hast thou done this vnto vs And what haue I offended y e that thou shuldest brynge on me and on my kyngdome so greate a synne Thou hast not dealt with vs as a man shulde deale And Abimelech saide morouer vnto Abraham What sawest thou y t thou hast done this thinge Abraham sayde I thought Peraduenture there is no feare of God in this place they shall sleye me for my wifes sake And of a trueth she is my sister for she is my fathers doughter but not my mothers doughter and is become my wife So whan God charged me to wādre out of my fathers house I sayde vnto her Shew this kyndnes vpon me that where so euer we come thou saye of me that I am thy brother Then toke Abimelech shepe and oxen seruauntes and maydens and gaue them vnto Abraham and delyuered him Sara his wife agayne and sayde Beholde my londe stondeth open before the dwell where it liketh the. And vnto Sara he sayde Beholde I haue geuen thy brother a thousande syluer pens lo he shal be vnto the a couerynge of the eyes for all that are with the and euery where and a sure excuse As for Abraham he prayed vnto God Then God healed Abimelech and his wyfe and his maydens so that they bare childrē For afore the LORDE had closed all the matrices of Abimelechs house because of Sara Abrahams wife The XXI Chapter THe LORDE also vysited Sara acordinge as he had promysed dealt with her euen as he had sayde And Sara was with childe and bare Abraham a sonne in his olde age euen in the tyme appoynted like as God had spoken vnto him afore And Abraham called his sonne which was borne vnto him whō Sara bare him Isaac and circumcided him the eight daye like as God commaunded him An hundreth yeare olde was Abrahā whan his sonne Isaac was borne vnto him And Sara sayde God hath prepared a ioye for me for who so euer heareth of it wyll reioyse with me She sayde morouer Who wolde haue saide vnto Abraham that Sara shulde geue children sucke and beare him a sonne in his olde age And the childe grew and was weened And Abraham made a greate feast in y e daye whan Isaac was weened And Sara sawe the sonne of Agar the Egipcian whom she had borne vnto Abraham that he was a mocker and sayde vnto Abraham Cast out this bonde mayden and hir sonne for this bonde maydēs sonne shall not be heyre w t my sonne Isaac This worde displeased Abraham sore because of his sonne Neuertheles God sayde vnto him let it not displease the because of the childe and the hand mayde What so euer Sara hath sayde vnto the folowe it for in Isaac shall the sede be called vnto the. As for the honde maydens sonne I wyll make a people of him also because he is of thy sede Then Abraham rose vp early in the mornynge and toke bred and a botell with water and put it vpon Agars shulders and gaue her the childe and sent her
also like as his hert is And whan the captaynes haue made an ende of speakinge vnto the people they shall set the rulers of the hoost before the people in the forefronte Whan thou commest nye vnto a cite to fight against it thou shalt offre them peace Yf they answere the peaceably and open vnto the then shal all y e people y t is founde therin be tributaries vnto the and serue ye. But yf they wyl not deale peaceably w t the and wyll warre with the then besege it and whan the LORDE thy God delyuereth it in to thy hande thou shalt smyte all the males that are therin with the edge of the swerde saue the wemen and the children As for the catell and all that is in the cite and all the spoyle thou shalt take them vnto thy selfe and eate the spoyle of thine enemies which the LORDE thy God hath geuen the. Thus shalt thou do vnto all the cities that are very farre from the and are not of the cities of these nacions But in the cities of these nacions which the LORDE thy God shall geue the to enheritaūce thou shalt leaue nothinge alyue that hath breth but shalt vtterly destroye thē namely the Hethites Amorites Cananites Pheresites Heuites Iebusites as the LORDE thy God hath commaunded the y t they teache you not to do all y e abhominacions which they do vnto their goddes so ye to synne agaynst the LORDE youre God Whan thou must lye a longe season before a cite against the which thou makest warre to take it thou shalt not destroye y e trees therof that thou woldest hew them downe w t the axe for thou mayest eate therof and therfore shalt thou not hew them downe For it is but wodd vpon the felde and no man and can not come be bullworkes agaynst the. But the trees which thou knowest y t mē eate not of those shalt thou destroye and rote out and make bullworkes therof agaynst the cite that warreth with the tyll thou haue ouercome it The XXI Chapter WHan there is one slayne founde in y e londe which y e LORDE y e God shall geue y e to possesse it lyeth in y e felde it is not knowne who hath slaine him then shal thy Elders iudges go forth and meet from the slayne vnto the cities that lye rounde aboute Loke which cite is the nexte y e Elders of the same shal take a yōge cowe which hath not bene laboured ner hath drawē in the yocke they shal brynge her in to a valley where as is nether earinge nor sowinge and strike of hir heade there in the valley Then shal the prestes y e children of Leuicome forth For the LORDE thy God hath chosen them to serue him and to prayse his name and at their mouth shal all plees and strypes be tryed And all the Elders of the same cite shall come forth vnto the slayne wash their handes ouer y e yonge cowe whose heade is stricken of in the valley and shal answere and saie Oure hādes haue not shed this bloude nether haue oure eyes sene it Be mercifull O LORDE vnto thy people of Israel whō thou hast delyuered laye no innocent bloude vnto thy people of Israels charge then shall they be reconcyled from the bloude Thus shalt thou put awaye the innocent bloude from the in that thou doest the thinge whis is righte in the sighte of y e LORDE Whā thou goest forth to warre against thine enemies the LORDE thy God delyuereth them in to thine handes so that thou cariest awaye their presoners and seist amōge the captyues a bewtyfull woman hast a desyre vnto her to take her to thy wife thē brynge her home to thine house and let her shaue hir heade and pare hir nayles and put of hir clothes that she was taken presoner in and let her sit in thine house and mourne for hir father and mother a moneth longe after that lye with her and mary her and let her be thy wife But yf thou haue no fauoure vnto her then shalt thou let her go whither she wyll and not to sell her ner to make cheuesaunce of her because thou hast dishonoured her Yf a man haue two wyues one that he loueth and one that he hateth and they beare him children both the beloued and the hated so that the firstborne be hirs that is hated and the tyme commeth that he dealeth out the inheritaunce vnto his children then can he not make the sonne of y e beloued first borne before the firstborne sonne of the hated but he shall knowe the sonne of the hated for y e first sonne so that he geue him dubble of all that is at hande for the same is y e begynnynge of his strength the firstbyrth righte is his Yf eny man haue a stubborne and dishobedient sonne which herkeneth not vnto the voyce of his father and mother and whan they teach him nurtoure wyll not folowe them then shall his father and mother take him and brynge him to y e Elders of their cite and to the gate of the same place and saye vnto the Elders of the cite This oure sonne is stobburne and dishobediēt and herkeneth not vnto oure voyce and is a ryoter and a dronkarde Then shal all the men of y e same cite stone him to death and thus shalt thou put awaye the euell frō the that all Israel maye heare and feare Yf a man haue commytted a synne y t is worthy of death and is put to death so that he is hanged on tre then shal not his body remayne all night on tre but thou shalt burye him the same daye For cursed is he of God that is hanged that thou defyle not thy londe which the LORDE thy God geueth the to enheritaunce The XXII Chapter YF thou se thy brothers oxe or shepe go astraie thou shalt not withdrawe thy selfe from them but shalt brynge thē againe vnto y e brother But yf y e brother be not nye vnto the thou knowest him not then shalt thou take thē in to thine house y t they maye be w t the tyll y e brother axe after them then delyuer him thē agayne In like maner shalt thou do with his Asse w t his rayment with euery lost thinge of y e brother which he hath lost thou hast founde it thou mayest not withdrawe thy selfe Yf thou se thy brothers oxe or Asse fallen downe by the waye thou shalt not wtdrawe thy selfe from him but shalt helpe him vp A woman shall not weere y t which pertayneth to a man nether shal a man put on womans raymēt For who so euer doth soch is abhominacion vnto y e LORDE y e God Yf thou chaunce vpon a byrdes nest by y e waye in a tre or on the grounde with yonge or with egges and the dame syttinge vpon the yonge or vpon
he had made mencion of the Arke of God he fell downe bacwarde from the seate by the gate and brake his neck and dyed for he was olde an heuy man He iudged Israel fortie yeares The wife of his sonne Phineas was w t childe shulde shortly be delyuered whan she herde the tydinges y t the Arke of God was taken and y t hir brother in lawe and hir huszbāde were deed she bowed hir selfe and trauayled for hir payne came vpon her And whan she was now at the poynte of death the wemen that stode by her sayde Feare not thou hast a yōge sonne But she gaue no answere nether regarded it and she called the childe Icabod and sayde The glory is gone from Israel because the Arke of God was taken awaye and hir brother in lawe and hir huszbande And she sayde morouer The glory is gone from Israel for the Arke of God is takē awaye The V. Chapter AS for the Arke of God the Philistynes toke it and broughte it from the stone of helpe vnto Aszdod in to the house of Dagon and set it besyde Dagon And whan they of Aszdod rose vp early on the morowe they founde Dagon lyenge on his face vpon the earth before the Arke of the LORDE But they toke vp Dagon and set him agayne in his place Neuertheles whan they rose vp early on the nexte morowe they founde Dagon lyenge on his face agayne vpon the earth before the Arke of the LORDE but his heade and both his hādes hewen of vpon the threszholde so that the block laie there onely Therfore the prestes of Dagon and all they that go in to his house treade not vpō the threszsholde of Dagon at Aszdod vnto this daye But the hande of the LORDE was heuy vpon them of Aszdod and destroyed them and smote Aszdod and all the borders therof in secrete places Whan the men of Aszdod sawe that they were so plaged they sayde Let not the Arke of the God of Israel tary with vs for his hande is to harde vpō vs vpon o r god Dagon And they sent forth and gathered all the prynces of the Philistynes vnto them and sayde What shal we do with the Arke of the God of Israel Then answered they of Geth Let the Arke of the God of Israel be borne aboute And they caried the Arke of the God of Israel rounde aboute But whā they bare it aboute there was a very greate rumoure in the cite thorow the hande of the LORDE and smote the people of the cite from the smallest vnto the greatest and destroyed them in the secrete places Then sent they the Arke of the LORDE vnto Ekron But whā the Arke of the LORDE came vnto Ekron they of Ekron cried They haue caried the Arke of God aboute vnto me to slaye me and my people Then sente they forth and gathered all y e prynces of the Philistynes together and sayde Sende awaye the Arke of the God of Israel agayne vnto hir place that it slaye not me my people for there is a very greate rumoure with the deed in all the cite and the hande of God is there And the people that dyed not were smytten in secrete places so that the noyse of the cite wēte vp vnto heauen The VI. Chapter THus was the Arke of the LORDE in the londe of the Philistynes seuen monethes And the Philistynes called their prestes and soythsayers and sayde What shal we do with the Arke of the LORDE Shewe vs wher with shal we sende it vnto hir place They sayde Yf ye wyll sende awaye the Arke of the God of Israel sende it not awaye emptye but geue a trespace offerynge so shal ye be made whole and ye shal knowe why his hande departeth not from you They sayde What is the trespace offeringe that we shall geue him They answered Fyue hynder partes of golde and fyue golden myce acordinge to the nombre of the fyue prynces of y e Philistynes For there hath bene one maner of plage vpon you all and vpon youre prynces Therfore must ye make youre hynder partes of one faszshion and youre myce which haue destroyed youre londe that ye maye geue the God of Israel the honoure peraduenture his hāde shal be the lighter vpon you and vpon youre God and vpon youre londe Why harden ye youre hert as the Egipcians and Pharao hardened their hert Whan he shewed him selfe vpon them dyd not they let them departe to go their waye Go to now therfore and make a new cart and take two mylke kyne vpon y e which there neuer came yock and yocke them to y e cart and let their calues tary behynde them at home and take ye the Arke of the LORDE and laye it vpon the cart and the Iewels of golde that ye geue him for a trespace offeringe put in a coffer beside it sende it awaye and let it go And loke well yf it go the waie of hir awne coaste Beth Semes thē hath he done vs all this greate euell Yf no then shal ye knowe that his hande hath not touched vs but y t it is happened vnto vs by chaūce The men dyd so and toke two yonge mylke kyne and yocked them to a cart and helde their calues at home and layed the Arke of the LORDE vpon the cart and the coffer with the golden myce and with the ymages of their disease And the kyne wente straight waye vnto Beth Semes vpon one hye strete and wente on blearynge and turned nether to the righte hande ner to the lefte And the prynces of the Philistynes wente after them vnto y e coast of Beth Semes The Beth Samites were euen reapynge downe their wheate haruest in the valley and lyfte vp their eyes and sawe the Arke and reioysed to se it The cart came in to the felde of Iosua the Beth Semite and there it stode styll And there was a greate stone and they claue the tymber of the cart and offred the kyne vnto the LORDE for a burnt-offerynge But the Leuites toke downe the Arke of the LORDE and the coffer that was by it wherin the Iewels of golde were and set thē vpon the greate stone The men of Beth Semes offred burnt offerynges and other offerynges also vnto the LORDE the same daye And whan the fyue prynces of the Philistynes had sene it they departed agayne the same daye towarde Ekron These are the golden diseases that the Philistynes offred for a trespace offerynge vnto the LORDE Aszdod one Gasa one Ascalon one Gath one and Ekron one and golden myce acordynge to the nombre of all the cities of the Philistynes amonge the fyue prynces from the walled cite vnto the vyllage and vnto the greate playne felde whervpon they set the Arke of the LORDE which was vnto this daye vpon the felde of Iosua the Beth Semite And certaine of Beth Same 's were slaine because they had sene y e Arke of the LORDE and he slewe fyftye thousande and seuentye
his sonne and ouer the people of the LORDE and ouer the house of Israel because they were fallen thorow the swerde And Dauid sayde to the yonge man that broughte him worde What art thou He sayde I am y e sonne of a straunger an Amalechite Dauid sayde How happeneth it that thou wast not afrayed to laye thine hāde vpon the LORDES anointed to destroye him And Dauid sayde vnto one of his yonge men Come hither and slaye him And he smote him that he dyed Then sayde Dauid vnto him Thy bloude be vpon thyne owne heade For thy mouth hath spoken against thyselfe and sayde I haue slayne the anoynted of the LORDE And Dauid mourned this lamentacion ouer Saul and Ionathas his sonne and commaunded to teach the childrē of Iuda the bowe Beholde it is wrytten in the boke of the righteous The Eldest in Israel are slayne vpon the heigth of the. How are the Worthies fallē Tell it not at Gath speake not of it in y e stretes at Ascalon lest the doughters of y e Philistynes reioyse lest the doughters of y e vncircumcysed tryumphe Ye mountaynes of Gelboa nether dew ner rayne come vpō you nether lōde be wherof commeth Heue offerynges for there is y e shylde of the Worthies smytten downe the shylde of Saul as though he had not bene anoynted with oyle The bowe of Ionathas fayled not and the swerde of Saul came not agayne voyde from the bloude of the slayne and frō the fat of the giauntes Saul and Ionathas louely and pleasaūt in their lyfe and in their deeth were not parted asunder lighter then Aegles and stronger then lyons Ye doughters of Israel wepe ouer Saul which clothed yow with purple in pleasures and decked you with Iewels of golde on youre garmentes How are the Worthies fallen so in the battayll Ionathas is slayne vpon y e heigth of the. I am sory for the my brother Ionathas thou hast bene very louely vnto me Thy loue hath bene more speciall vnto me then the loue of wemen How are the Worthies falle◠and y e weapens destroyed The II. Chapter AFter these actes Dauid axed at the LORDE and sayde Shall I go vp in to one of the cities of Iuda And the LORDE sayde vnto him Go vp Dauid sayde Whither He sayde Vnto Hebron So Dauid wente thither with his two wyues Ahinoam the Iesraelitisse and Abigail Nabals wyfe of Carmel And Dauid broughte vp the men that were him also euery one with his housholde and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron And y e men of Iuda came and there they anointed him kynge ouer the house of Iuda And whā it was tolde Dauid that they of Iabes in Gilead had buried Saul he sent messaungers vnto them sayenge Blessed be ye of the LORDE that ye haue done soch mercy vpon youre lorde Saul and haue buried him The LORDE therfore shewe mercy now and faithfulnes vpon you And because ye haue done this I also wyll do you good Let youre hāde now therfore be comforted and be ye stronge for though Saul youre lorde be deed yet hath the house of Iuda chosen me to be kynge ouer them But Abner the sonne of Ner which was Sauls chefe captayne toke Iszboseth the sonne of Saul and broughte him thorow the hoost and made him kynge ouer Gilead Assuri Iesrael Ephraim Ben Iamin and ouer all Israel And Iszboseth the sonne of Saul was fourtye yeare olde whan he was made kynge of Israel he raigned two yeares But the house of Iuda helde with Dauid The tyme y t Dauid was kynge at Hebron ouer the house of Iuda was seuen yeare and sixe monethes longe And Abner the sonne of Ner wēte forth with the seruauntes of Iszboseth the sonne of Saul out of y e hoost vnto Gibeon And Ioab the sonne of Zeru Ia wēte forth with Dauids seruauntes and they met together by the pole at Gibeon and these laye on the one syde of the pole the other on the other syde And Abner sayde vnto Ioab Let the yonge mē get them vp and playe before vs. Ioab sayde Let them aryse Then gat they them vp wente in nombre twolue of Ben Iamin on Iszboseth Sauls sonnes syde and twolue of Dauids seruauntes And euery one gat another by the heade and thrust his swerde in his syde and fell together therfore is the place called Helkath hazurim that is the felde of the Worthies which is at Gibeon And there arose a sore harde battayll the same daye But Abner and the men of Israel were put to flighte of Dauids seruauntes Thre sonnes of Zeru Ia were there Ioab Abisai Asahel As for Asahel he was lighte of fete as a Roo in y e felde folowed after Abner and turned not asyde nether to the righte hande ner to y e lefte from Abner Then Abner turned him aboute and sayde Art thou Asahel He sayde Yee Abner sayde vnto him Go thy waye ether to the righte hande or to the lefte and get the one of y e yonge men and take his harnesse from him Neuertheles he wolde not leaue of frō him Then sayde Abner agayne to Asahel Get the awaye fro me why wilt thou that I smyte the to the grounde and how darre I lifte vp my face before y e brother Ioab Howbeit he wolde not go his waye Then Abner thrust him in with a speare in to his bely so that the speare wēte out behynde him And there he fell and dyed before him and who so came to the place where Asahel laye deed stode styll there But Ioab and Abisai folowed vpon Abner till the sonne wente downe And whan they came to y e hyll of Amma which lieth before Giah by y e waye to the wildernes of Gibeon the children of Ben Iamin gathered them selues together behynde Abner and grewe to a multitude and stode vpon the toppe of an hyll And Abner called vnto Ioab and sayde Shal the swerde thē deuoure without ende Knowest thou not that it wyll be bytter at the last How longe wil it be or thou saie vnto the people that they leaue of from their brethrē Ioab sayde As truly as God lyueth yf thou haddest sayde thus daye in the morninge the people had ceassed euery one from his brother And Ioab blewe the trompet all the people stode still and folowed nomore vpon Israel nether foughte they eny more Abner and his men wente all that same night ouer the playne felde and passed ouer Iordane walked thorow all Bithron and came to the tentes Ioab turned him from Abner and gathered all y e people together And of Dauids seruauntes there myssed nynetene men and Asahel But Dauids seruaūtes had smytten so amonge Ben Iamin and the men of Abner that thre hundreth and threscore men were deed And they toke vp Asahel and buried him in his fathers graue at Bethleem And Ioab with his men wēte all that nighte and at the breake of the daie they came vnto Hebron
after her And she had a partye garment on for soch garmentes wayre y e kynges doughters whyle they were virgins And whā his seruaunt had put hir forth lockte the dore after her Thamar strowed aszshes vpon hir heade and rente the partye garment which she had vpon her and layed hir hande vpon hir heade and wente on and cryed And hir brother Absalom sayde vnto her Hath thy brother Ammon bene with the Now holde thy peace my sister it is thy brother and take not the matter so to hert So Thamar remayned a wyddowe in brother Absaloms house And whan kynge Dauid herde of all this he was very sory As for Absalom he spake nether euell ner good to Ammon but Absalom hated Ammon because he had forced his sister Thamar After two yeares had Absalom shepe clyppers at Baal Hazor which lyeth by Ephraim And Absalom called all the kynges children and came to the kynge and sayde Beholde thy seruaunt hath shepe clyppers let it please y e kynge with his seruauntes to go with his seruaunte But the kynge sayde vnto Absalom No my sonne let vs not all go lest we be to chargeable vnto the. And he wolde nedes haue had him to go howbeit he wolde not but blessed him Absalom sayde Shall my brother Ammon go with vs then The kynge sayde vnto him Wherfore shall he go with the Then was Absalom so importune vpon him that he let Ammon and all the kynges childrē go with him But Absalom commaunded his yonge men and sayde Take hede whan Ammon is mery with wyne and I saye vnto you Smyte Ammon and slaye him that ye be not afrayed for I haue commaunded you be stronge and playe the men So Absaloms yonge men dyd vnto Ammon as Absalom had commaunded them Then stode all the kynges children vp and euery one gat him vp vpō his Mule and fled And whyle they were yet on their waye the rumoure came to kynge Dauid that Absalom had slayne all the kynges children so that not one of them was lefte Then stode the kynge vp and rente his clothes layed him downe vpon the earth and all his seruaūtes that stode aboute him rente their clothes Then answered Ionadab y e sonne of Simea Dauids brother and sayde Let not my lorde thynke that all the yonge men the kynges children are deed but y t Ammon is deed onely for Absalom hath kepte it in him selfe sence the daie that he forced his sister Thamar Therfore let not my lorde the kynge take it so to hert that all the kynges children shulde be deed but that Ammon is deed onely As for Absalom he fled And the yonge man that kepte the watch lifte vp his eyes and loked and beholde A greate people came in the waye one after another by the hill syde Then sayde Ionadab vnto the kynge Beholde the kynges children come Euen as thy seruaunt sayde so is it happened And whan he had ended his talkynge the kynges children came and lifte vp their voyce and wepte The kynge and all his seruauntes wepte also very sore But Absalom fled and wente vnto Thalmai the sonne of Ammihud kynge of Gesur As for Dauid he mourned for his sonne euery daye Whan Absalom was fled and gone vnto Gesur he was there thre yeare And kynge Dauid ceassed from goinge out agaynst Absalom for he had comforted him selfe ouer Ammon that he was deed The XIIII Chapter IOab the sonne of Ieru Ia perceaued y t the kynges hert was agaynst Absalom and sent vnto Thecoa and caused to fetch from thence a prudent woman and saide vnto her Make lamētacion and weere mournynge garmentes anoynte the not with oyle but fayne thy selfe as a woman which hath mourned longe ouer a deed and thou shalt go in to the kynge and speake so so vnto him And Ioab tolde her what she shulde saye And whan the woman of Thecoa wolde speake with the kynge she fell vpon hir face to the grounde and worshipped and sayde Helpe me O kynge The kynge sayde vnto her What ayleth the She sayde I am a wedowe a woman that mourneth and my huszbāde is deed And thy handmayde had two sonnes which stroue together in the felde and whyle there was noman to parte thē a sunder the one smote the other and slewe him And beholde all the whole kynred ryseth vp agaynst thy handmayden and saye Delyuer him which hath smytten his brother that we maye kyll him for the soule of his brother whom he hath slayne and that we maye destroye the heyre also And thus are they mynded to put out my sparke which yet is lefte that there shulde no name ner eny thinge els remayne ouer vnto my huszbāde vpon earth The kynge sayde vnto the woman Go y e waye home I wil geue a cōmaundemēt for ye. And the woman of Thecoa saide vnto y e kynge The trespace be vpon me my lorde y e kynge and vpon my fathers house but the kynge and his seate be vngiltye The kynge sayde He that speaketh agaynst the brynge him vnto me so shall he touch the nomore She sayde Let the kynge thynke vpon the LORDE his God that there be not to many auengers of bloude to destroye and that they brynge not my sonne to naught He sayde As truly as the LORDE lyueth there shall not one heer of thy sonne fall vpon the earth And the woman sayde Let thy handmayde speake somwhat to my lorde the kynge He sayde speake on The woman sayde Wherfore hast thou deuised soch a thinge agaynst the people of God And how happeneth it that the kynge speaketh soch to make himselfe giltie and causeth not his outlawe to be broughte agayne For we all dye the death and as the water that sinketh in to the earth which is not taken vp And God will not take awaye the lyfe but vnbethynketh himselfe y t euen the very outlawe be not cleane thrust out from him Thus am I come also to speake this to my lorde the kynge in the presence of the people for thy handmayden thoughte I wyll speake to the kynge peraduenture he shall do that his handmayden sayeth for he shall heare his handmayden to delyuer me from the hande of all them that wolde destroye me with my sonne from the enheritaunce of God And thy handmayden thoughte y e worde of my lorde the kynge shall be as a meat offerynge for my lorde the kinge is as an angell of God so that he can heare good and euell therfore shall the LORDE thy God be with the. The kynge answered and sayde vnto the woman Kepe nothynge fro me that I axe the. The woman sayde Let my lorde the kinge speake on The kynge sayde Is not the hande of Ioab with the in all this The woman answered and sayde As truly as thy soule lyueth my lorde O kynge there is els noman nether at the righte hande ner at y e lefte but euen as my LORDE the kynge hath sayde for thy seruaunt Ioab hath commaunded
BE not y e neghbours enemye for y e freÌ„des sake for who so is euel shal be y e heyre of rebuke dishono who soeuer beareth envye and a dubble toÌ„ge offendeth Be not proude in the deuyce of thyne owne vnderstandinge lest y e leaues wyther and y e frute be destroyed so thou be left as a drye tre â–ª For a wicked soule destroyeth him that hath it maketh him to be laughed to scorne of his enemies and bringeth him to the porcion of the vngodly A swete worde multiplieth frendes and pacifieth theÌ„ y t be at variaunce and a thankfull tonge will be plenteous in a good man Holde frendshipe w t many neuertheles haue but one counceler of a thousande Yf thou gettest a frende proue him first and be not haistie to geue him credence For some man is a frende but for a tyme and wyl not abyde in the daye of trouble And there is some frende that turneth to enemyte and taketh parte agaynst the and yf he knowe eny hurte by the he telleth it out Agayne some frende is but a companyon at the table and in the daye of nede he contynueth not But a sure frende wil be vnto y t euen as thyne owne self and deale faithfully with thy housholde folke Yf thou suffre trouble and aduersite he is with the and hydeth not him self from the. Departe froÌ„ thine enemies yee and bewarre of thy frendes A faithful frende is a stronge defence who so findeth soch one findeth a noble treasure A faithfull frende hath no peare the weight of golde and syluer is not to be compared to the goodnesse of his faith A faithfull frende is a medicyne of life they y t feare the LORDE shal fynde him Who so feareth the LORDE shal prospere with frendes and as he is himself so shal his frende be also My sonne receaue doctryne froÌ„ thy youth vp so shalt thou fynde wyszdome tyll thou be olde Go to her as one that ploweth and soweth and wayte pacieÌ„tly for hir good frutes For thou shalt haue but litle laboure in hir worke but thou shalt eate of hir frutes right soone O how exceadiÌ„ge sharpe is wiszdome to vnlerned men an vnstedfast body wyl not remayne in her Vnto soch she is as it were a twichstone he casteth her from him in all the haist for wyszdome is w t him but in name there be but few y t haue knowlege of her But with them that knowe her she abydeth eueÌ„ vnto y e appearinge of God Geue eare my sonne receaue my doctryne and refuse not my councell Put thy fote in to hir lynckes and take hir yock vpon thy neck bowe downe thy shulder vnder her beare hir paciently and be not weery of hir bandes Come vnto her with y e whole hert and kepe hir wayes with all thy power Seke after her and she shal be shewed the and whaÌ„ thou hast her forsake her not For at the last thou shalt fynde rest in her and that shal be turned to thy greate ioye Then shal hir fetters be a stronge defence for the hir yock a glorious rayment For the bewtye of life is in her and hir bandes are the couplinge together of saluacion Yee a glorious rayment is it thou shalt put it on and the same crowne of ioye shalt thou weere My sonne yf thou wilt take hede thou shalt haue vnderstaÌ„dinge and yf thou wilt applye y e mynde thou shalt be wyse Yf thou wilt bowe downe thine eare thou shalt receaue doctryne and yf thou delyte in hearinge thou shalt be wyse Stonde with y e multitude of soch elders as haue vnderstandinge and consente vnto their wyszdome with thine hert that thou mayest heare all godly sermons and that the worthy sentences escape the not And yf thou seist a man of discrete vnderstandinge gett the soone vnto him and let thy fote treade vpon the steppes of his dores Let thy mynde be vpon the commaundementes of God be earnestly occupied in his lawes so shal he stablish y e hert and geue y e wyszdome at thine owne desyre The VII Chapter DO no euell so shall there no harme happen vnto the. Departe awaye from the thinge that is wicked and no mysfortune shal medle with the. My sonne sowe no euell thinges in the sorowes of vnrighteousnes so shalt thou not reape theÌ„ seuenfolde Labo not vnto man for eny lordshipe nether vnto the kynge for the seate of honoure Iustifie not thy self before God for he knoweth the hert and desyre not to be reputed wyse in the presence of the kynge Make no laboure to be made a iudge excepte it so were y t thou coudest mightely put downe wickednes for yf thou shuldest stoÌ„de in awe of y e presence of the mightie thou shuldest fayle in geuynge sentence Offende not in y e multitude of the cite and put not thyself amonge the people Bynde not two synnes together for in one synne shalt thou not be vnpunyshed Saye not tush God wil loke vpoÌ„ the multitude of my oblacions and whan I offre to the hyest God he wyl accepte it Be not faynt harted whan thou makest y e prayer nether slack in geuinge of allmesse Laugh no man to scorne in the heuynesse of his soule for God which seyth all thinges is he that can bringe downe and set vp agayne Accepte no lesynge agaynst thy brother nether do the same agaynst thy frende Vse not to make eny maner of lye for the custome therof is not good Make not many wordes whan thou art amonge the elders and whan thou prayest make not moch bablinge Let no laborious worke be tedious vnto the nether the huszbandrie which the Allmightie hath created Make not thy boast in the multitude of thy wickednes but humble thy self euen from thine hert and remembre that the wrath shall not be longe in tarienge and that the vengeaunce of the flesh of y e vngodly is a very fyre and worme Geâ—e not ouer thy frende for eny good ner thy faithfull brother for the best golde Departe not from a discrete and good woman that is fallen vnto the for thy porcion in the feare of the LORDE for y e gift of hir honesty is aboue golde Where as thy seruaunt worketh truly intreate him not euell ner the Hyrelinge that is faithfull vnto the. Loue a discrete seruaunte as thine owne soule defraude him not of his libertie nether leaue him a poore man Yf thou haue catell loke well to them and yf they be for thy profit kepe them Yf thou haue sonnes brynge them vp in nurto r and lernynge holde theÌ„ in awe from their youth vp Yf thou haue daughters kepe their body shew not thy face cherefull towarde theÌ„ Marye y e daughter and so shalt thou perfourme a weightie matter but geue her to a man of vnderstandinge Yf thou haue a wife after thine owne mynde forsake her not but coÌ„mitte not thy self to
the lorde of the vynyarde commeth what wyl he do w t those huszbandmen They sayde vnto him He wyl cruelly destroye those euell personnes let out his vyniarde vnto other huszbaÌ„dmen which shal delyuer him the frute at tymes conuenyent Iesus sayde vnto theÌ„ Dyd ye neuer rede in the scriptures The same stone which the buylders refused is become the heade stone in the corner This was the LORDES doynge it is maruelous iÌ„ oure eyes Therfore I saie vnto you The kingdome of God shal be takeÌ„ froÌ„ you shal be geueÌ„ vnto the HeitheÌ„ which shal brynge forth y e frutes of it And who so falleth vpoÌ„ this stone shal be brokeÌ„ in peces loke vpoÌ„ whom it falleth it shal grynde him to poulder And when the hye prestes Pharises herde his parables they perceaued that he spake of them And they wente aboute to take him but they feared y e people because they helde hiÌ„ for a prophet The XXII Chapter ANd Iesus answered and spake vnto theÌ„ agayne by parables sayde The kingdome of heauen is like vnto a kynge which maried his sonne And sent forth his seruauntes to call the gestes vnto the mariage they wolde not come Agayne he sent forth other seruauntes and sayde Tell the gestes Beholde I haue prepared my dynner myne oxen and my fed catell are kylled and all thinges are readye come to the mariage But they made light of it and wente their wayes one to his huszbandrye another to his marchaundise As fâ—â— the remnauÌ„t they toke his seruauntes and intreated theÌ„ shamefully and slew theÌ„ When the kynge herde that he was wroth and sent forth his warryers and destroyed those murtherers and set fyre vpon their cite Then sayde he vnto his seruauntes The mariage in dede is prepared but the gestes were not worthy Go youre waye out therfore into y e hye wayes and as many as ye fynde byd them to the mariage And the seruauntes weÌ„te out in to the hye wayes and gathered together as many as they coulde fynde both good and bad the tables were all full Then the kynge weÌ„te in to se the gestes and spyed there a man that had not on a weddynge garment and sayde vnto him Frende how camest thou in hither hast not on a weddyinge garment And he was euen spechlesse Then sayde the kynge vnto his seruauntes Take and bynde him hande and fote cast him into y e vtter darcknes there shal be waylinge and gnaszhinge of teth For many be called but few are choseÌ„ Then wente the Pharises and toke councell how they might tangle him in his wordes and sent vnto him their disciples with Herodes officers and sayde Master we knowe that thou art true and teachest the waye of God truly and carest for no maÌ„ for thou regardest not the outwarde appearaunce of meÌ„ Tell us therfore how thinkest thou Is it laufull to geue tribute vnto the Emperoure or not Now whaÌ„ Iesus perceaued their wickednes he sayde O ye ypocrites why teÌ„pte ye me Shewe me y e tribute money And they toke hiÌ„ a peny And he saide vnto theÌ„ Whose is this ymage and superscription They sayde vnto him The Emperours Then sayde he vnto them Geue therfore vnto the Emperour that which is the Emperours and geue vnto God that which is Gods When they herde that they marueyled and left him weÌ„te their waye The same daye there came vnto him the Saduces which holde that there is no resurreccion and axed him and sayde Master Moses sayde Yf a man dye hauynge no children his brother shal mary his wife rayse vp sede vnto his brother Now were there with us seueÌ„ brethren The first maried a wife and dyed for somoch as he had no sede he left his wife vnto his brother Like wyse the secoÌ„de and thirde vnto the seueÌ„th Last of all the woman dyed also Now in the resurreccion whose wife shal she be of the seuen For they all had her Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Ye erre and vnderstoÌ„de not the scriptures ner the power of God In the resurreccion they shal nether mary ner be maried but are as the angels of God in heauen As touchinge the resurreccioÌ„ of the deed haue ye notred what is spoken vnto you of God which sayeth I am the God of Abraham and y e God of Isaac and the God of Iacob Yet is not God a God of the deed but of the lyuynge And whan the people herde that they were astonnyed at his doctryne When the Pharises herde that he had stopped the mouth of the Saduces they gathered them selues together And one of them a Scrybe teÌ„pted him and sayde Master which is the chefest commaundemeÌ„t in the lawe Iesus saide vnto him Thou shalt loue the LORDE thy God with all thy hert with all thy soule and with all thy mynde this is the pryncipall and greatest coÌ„maundement As for the seconde it is like vnto it Thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thyself In these two commaundementes hange all the lawe and the prophetes Now whyle the Pharises were gathered together Iesus axed them and sayde What thinke ye of Christ Whose sonne is he They sayde vnto him Dauids He sayde vnto them How then doth Dauid in sprete call him LORDE sayenge The LORDE sayde vnto my LORDE Syt thou on my right honde tyll I make thine enemies thy fote stole Yf Dauid now call him LORDE how is he then his sonne And no man coude answere him one worde nether durst eny man axe him eny mo questioÌ„s froÌ„ that daye forth The XXIII Chapter THen spake Iesus vnto y e people and to his disciples and sayde The scrybes Pharises are set downe vpon Moses seate Therfore what soeuer they bid you obserue that obserue and do but after their workes shal ye not do for they saye do not For they bynde heuy and intollerable burthens and laye them vpon mens shulders But they them selues wil not heaue at them with one of their fyngers All their workes do they to be sene of men They set abrode their Philateries and make large borders vpon their garmentes and loue to syt vppermost at the table and to haue the chefe seates in the synagoges and loue to be saluted in the market and to be called of meÌ„ Rabbi But ye shal not suffre youre selues to be called Rabbi for one is youre master euen Christ and all ye are brethren And call no man father vpon earth for one is youre father which is in heaueÌ„ And ye shal not suffre youre selues to be called masters for one is youre master namely Christ. He that is greatest amoÌ„ge you shal be youre seruaunt For who so exalteth him self shal be brought lowe and he that humbleth himself shal be exalted Wo vnto you Scrybes and Pharises ye ypocrytes that shut vp the kyngdome of heauen before men Ye come not in youre
at the left Then was the scrypture fulfilled which sayeth He was coūted amonge the euell doers And they that wēte by reuyled him and wagged their heades and sayde Fye vpon the how goodly breakest thou downe y e tēple buyldest it agayne in thre dayes Helpe y e self now come downe frō the crosse The hye prestes also in like maner laughed him to scorne amonge thē selues with the scrybes sayde He hath helped other himself can he not helpe Yf he be Christ and y e kyge of Israel let him come downe now frō the crosse y t we maye se it beleue And they y t were crucified w t hī checked hī also And whā it was aboute the sixte houre there was a darcknesse ouer the whole lōde tyll aboute y e nyenth houre And aboute y e nyenth houre Iesus cried loude and sayde Eli Eli lamma asabthani which is interpreted My God my God why hast thou forsaken me And some that stode by whan they herde y t they sayde Beholde he calleth Elias Then rāne there one fylled a spōge w t vyneger stickte it vpō a rede gaue hī to drynke sayde Holde styll let se whether Elias wil come and take him downe But Iesus cried loude and gaue vp the goost And the vale of the tēple rent in two peces from aboue tyll beneth The captayne that stode thereby ouer agaynst him whā he sawe y t he gaue vp the goost with soch a crye he sayde Verely this man was Gods sonne And there were wemen there also which behelde this afarre of amōge whō was Mary Magdalene Mary of Iames y e litle the mother of Ioses Salome which had folowed him whā he was in Galile and mynistred vnto hī many other y t wēte vp w t hī to Ierusalem And at euen for so moch as it was the daye of preparinge which is the fore Sabbath there came one Ioseph of Arimathia a worshipfull Senatoure which loked also for the kyngdome of God wēte in boldely vnto Pilate axed y e body of Iesus But Pylate marueyled y t he was deed allready called y e captayne axed hī whether he had lōge bene deed And whā he had gotten knowlege of the captayne he gaue Ioseph y e body And he bought a lynnē cloth toke him downe wrapped hī in y e lynnē clothe layed him in a sepulcre which was hewē out of a rocke rolled a stone before y e dore of y e sepulcre But Mary Magdalene and Mary Ioses behelde where he was layed The XVI Chapter ANd whan the Sabbath was past Mary Magdalene Mary Iames and Salome bought spyces y t they might come anoynte hī And they came to the sepulcre vpō a daye of y e Sabbathes very early whā y e Sonne arose sayde one to another Who shal rolle vs y e stone frō y e dore of the sepulcre And whan they loked they sawe that the stone was rolled awaye for it was a very greate one And they wente in to the sepulcre and on the right hande they sawe a yonge man syttinge which had a longe whyte garmēt vpon him and they were abaszhed But he sayde vnto thē Be not ye afrayed ye seke Iesus of Nazareth which was crucified he is rysen he is not here Beholde y e place where they layed him But go ye youre waye and tell his disciples and Peter that he wil go before you into Galile there shal ye se him as he sayde vnto you And they wente forth in all the haist and fled from the sepulcre for there was a tremblynge feare come vpon them nether sayde they eny thinge to eny man for they were afrayed But Iesus whan he was rysen vp early vpō the first daye of the Sabbathes he appeared first vnto Mary Magdalene out of whom he had cast out seuen deuels And she wēte and tolde thē that were with him as they mourned and wepte And whan they herde that he lyued and had appeared vnto her they beleued it not After warde as two of thē were walkynge he shewed himself vnder another figure whan they were goynge vpon the felde And they wente and tolde the other these they beleued not also At the last as the eleuen sat at the table he shewed himself vnto them and rebuked their vnbeleue and y e hardnesse of their hert because they beleued not thē which had sene him rysen And he sayde vnto them Go ye youre waye in to all the worlde and preach the gospell vnto all creatures Who so beleueth and is baptysed shal be saued but who so beleueth not shal be damned As for the tokens which shal folowe thē that beleue these are they In my name shal they cast out deuyls Speake with new tunges Dryue awaye serpētes And yf they drynke eny deedly thinge it shal not hurte them They shal laye their handes vpō the sicke and they shal recouer And the LORDE after that he had spoken vnto them was taken vp into heauen and sytteth at the right hāde of God And they wente out and preached euery where And the LORDE wrought with them and confirmed the worde with tokens folowynge The ende of the gospell of S. Marke The gospell of S. Luke What S. Luke conteyneth Chap. I. The cōcepcion and byrth of Ihon the baptist The concepcion of Christ. The thākfull songes of Mary and Zachary ▪ Chap. II. The byrth circūcision of Christ. How he was receaued in to the tēple how Symeon and Anna prophecie of him and how he was founde in the tēple amōge the doctours Chap. III. The preachinge baptyme and presonment of Ihon. The baptyme of Christ and a rehearsall of the generacion of the fathers Chap. IIII. Iesus is led into the wyldernesse fasteth all the tyme of his temptacion ouercōmeth the deuell goeth in to Galilee preacheth at Nazareth and Caphernaū the Iewes despyse him the deuels knowlege him he cōmeth into Peters house healeth his mother in lawe and doth greate miracles Chap. V. Christ preacheth in the shippe The disciples forsake all and folowe him He clenseth the leper healeth the man of the palsye calleth Mathew the customer and eateth with open synners Chap. VI. He excuseth the disciples that plucke the eares of corne he healeth the man with the wythred hande choseth his twolue Apostles maketh a swete sermon and teacheth to do good for euell Chap. VII He healeth the captaynes seruaunt rayseth vp the wyddowes sonne from death to life enfourmeth the disciples whom Ihon baptist sent vnto him commendeth Ihon and reproueth the Iewes for their vnthankfulnesse He eateth with the pharisee The woman waszheth his fete with hir teares and he forgeueth her hir synnes Chap. VIII Christ with his apostles goeth frō towne to towne and preacheth sheweth the parable of the sede telleth who is his mother and his brother stilleth
He sayde vnto him What is wrytten in the lawe How readest thou He answered and sayde Thou shalt loue thy LORDE God with all thy hert with all thy soule with all thy strength and with all thy mynde and thy neghboure as thy self He sayde vnto him Thou hast answered right this do and thou shalt lyue But he wolde haue iustified himself sayde vnto Iesus Who is then my neghboure Then answered Iesus and sayde A certayne man wente downe from Ierusalem vnto Iericho and fell amonge murthurers which stryped him out of his clothes and wounded him and wente their waye and left him half deed And by chaūce there came downe a prest the same waye and whan he sawe him he passed by And likewyse a Leuite whā he came nye vnto the same place and sawe him he passed by But a Samaritane was goynge his iourney and came that waye and whan he sawe him he had compassion vpon him wente vnto him bounde vp his woundes and poured oyle and wyne therin and lifte him vp vpon his beast and brought him in to the ynne and made prouysion for him Vpon the next daye whan he departed he toke out two pens and gaue them to the oost and sayde vnto him Take cure of him and what so euer thou spendest more I wil paye it the whan I come agayne Which of these thre now thinkest thou was neghboure vnto him that fell amonge the murtherers He sayde He that shewed mercy vpon him Then sayde Iesus vnto him Go thy waye then and do thou likewyse It fortuned as they wēte that he entred in to a towne where there was a woman named Martha which receaued him in to hir house And she had a sister called Mary which sat hir downe at Iesus fete and herkened vnto his worde But Martha made hir self moch to do for to serue him And she srepte vnto him and sayde LORDE carest thou not that my sister letteth me serue alone Byd her therfore that she helpe me But Iesus answered and sayde vnto her Martha Martha thou takest thought and combrest thy self aboute many thinges there is but one thinge nedefull Mary hath chosen a good parte which shal not be taken awaye from her The XI Chapter ANd it fortuned that he was in a place and prayed And whan he had ceassed one of his disciples sayde vnto him LORDE teach vs to praye as Ihon also taught his disciples He sayde vnto thē Whan ye praye saye O oure father which art in heauen halowed be thy name Thy kyngdome come Thy wil be fulfilled vpon earth as it is in heauen Geue vs this daye oure daylie bred And forgeue vs oure synnes for we also forgeue all them that are detters vnto vs. And lede vs not in to temptacion but delyuer vs from euell And he sayde vnto them Which of you is it that hath a frende and shulde go to him at mydinght and saye vnto him frende lende me thre loaues for a frende of myne is come to me out of the waye and I haue nothinge to set before him and he within shulde answere and saye Disquyete me not the dore is shutt allready and my children are with me in the chamber I can not ryse and geue the. I saye vnto you and though he wolde not aryse and geue him because he is his frende Yet because of his vnshame fast begginge he wolde aryse and geue him as many as he neded And I saye vnto you also Axe and it shal be geuen you Seke and ye shal fynde knocke and it shal be opened vnto you For who so euer axeth receaueth and he that seketh fyndeth and to him that knocketh shal it be opened Yf the sonne axe bred of eny of you that is a father wyl he geue him a stone therfore Or yf he axe a fyszhe wyl he for the fish offre him a serpent Or yf he axe an egg wyl he profer him a scorpion Yf ye then which are euell can geue youre children good giftes how moch more shal the father of heauen geue the holy sprete vnto them that axe him And he droue out a deuell that was domme and it came to passe whan the deuell was departed out the domme spake and the people wondred But some of them sayde He dryueth out the deuels thorow Beelzebub the chefe of the deuels The other tempted him and desyred a token of him from heauen But he knewe their thoughtes and sayde vnto them Euery kyngdome deuyded within it self shal be desolate and one house shal fall vpō another Yf Sathan then be at variaunce within himself how shal his kyngdome endure Because ye saye that I dryue out deuels thorow Beelzebub And yf I dryue out deuels thorow Beelzebul by whom thē do youre children dryue them out Therfore shall they be youre iudges But yf I cast out the deuels by the fynger of God then is the kyngdome of God come vnto you Whan a stronge harnessed man kepeth his house that he possesseth is in peace but whan a stronger then he commeth vpō him and ouercommeth him he taketh frō him all his wapens wherin he trusted and deuydeth the spoyle He that is not with me is agaynst me and he that gathereth not with me scatereth abrode Whan the vncleane sprete is gone out of a man he walketh thorow drye places sekynge rest and fyndeth none Then sayeth he I wil turne agayne in to my house from whence I wente out And whan he commeth he fyndeth it swepte and garnished Then goeth he and taketh vnto him seuen other spretes worse thē himself And whan they are entred in they dwell there And the ende of that man is worse then the begynnynge And it fortuned whan he spake soch a certayne woman amonge the people lift vp hir voyce and sayde vnto him Blessed is y e wombe that bare the and the pappes that thou hast sucked But he sayde Yee blessed are they that heare the worde of God and kepe it Whan the people were gathered thicke together he beganne to saye This is an euell generacion they desyre a tokē and there shal no token be geuen them but the tokē of the prophet Ionas For like as Ionas was a tokē vnto the Niniuytes so shal the sonne of man be vnto this generacion ▪ The quene of the south shal aryse at the iudgmēt with the men of this generacion and shall condempne them for she came from the ende of the worlde to heare the wyszdome of Salomon And beholde here is one more then Salomon The men of Niniue shal aryse at the iudgment with this generacion and shall condempne them for they dyd pennaunce after the preachinge of Ionas and beholde here is one more thē Ionas No man lighteth a candell and putteth it in a preuy place nether vnder a buszhell but vpon a candilsticke that they which come in maye se y e light The eye is the light of the body Yf thine eye then be
founde euen as he had sayde But whā they lowsed y e foale the owners therof sayde vnto thē Why lowse ye the foale They sayde The LORDE hath nede therof And they brought it vnto Iesus and cast their clothes vpō the foale and set Iesus theron Now as he wente they spred their garmentes in the waye And whan he wēte downe fro mount Oliuete y e whole multitude of his disciples begāne ioyfully to prayse God with loude voyce ouer all the miracles that they had sene and sayde Blessed be he that cōmeth a kynge in the name of the LORDE Peace be in heauen and prayse in the height And some of the Pharises amonge the people sayde vnto him Master rebuke thy disciples And he answered and sayde vnto them I tell you yf these holde their peace yet shal the stones crye And whan he was come neare he behelde the cite and wepte vpō it and sayde Yf thou knewest what were for y e peace thou shuldest remēbre it euen in this present daye of thine But now is it hyd from thine eyes For the tyme shal come vpon the that thine enimies shal cast vp a bāke aboute the and aboute thy children with the and besege y e and kepe the in on euery syde and make the eauen with the grounde and shal not leaue in the one stone vpon another because thou hast not knowne y e tyme wherin thou hast bene visited And he wente in to the temple and begāne to dryue out them that bought and solde therin and sayde vnto them It is wrytten My house is an house of prayer but ye haue made it a denne of murthurers And he taught daylie in the tēple But the hye prestes and the scrybes and the chefest of y e people wente aboute to destroye him and founde not what to do vnto him For all the people stacke by him and gaue him audience The XX. Chapter ANd it fortuned one of those dayes whan he taught the people in the tēple and preached the Gospell the hye prestes and scrybes came to him with the Elders and spake vnto him and sayde Tell vs by what auctorite doest thou these thinges Or who gaue the this auctorite But he answered sayde vnto thē I wil axe you a worde also tell it me The baptyme of Ihō was it from heauen or of men But they thought in them selues and sayde Yf we saye from heauen then shal he saye Why dyd ye not thē beleue him But yf we saye of men then shal all the people stone vs for they be persuaded that Ihon is a prophet And they answered that they coulde not tell whence it was And Iesus sayde vnto them Nether tell I you by what auctorite I do these thinges And he beganne to tell the people this symilitude A certayne man planted a vynyarde and let it out vnto huszbādmen and wente himself in to a straunge countre for a greate season And whan his tyme was come he sent a seruaūt to the huszbādmen that they might geue him of the frute of the vynyarde But the huszbandmen bet him and sent him awaye emptye And agayne he sent yet another seruaūt but they bet him also and intreated him shamefully sent him awaye emptye And besydes this he sent the thirde but they wounded him also and thrust him out Then sayde the lorde of the vynyarde What shal I do I wil sende my deare sonne peraduenture they wil stonde in awe of him whan they se him But whan the huszbande men sawe the sonne they thought in thē selues and sayde This is the heyre come let vs kyll him y t the inheritaunce maye be oures And they thrust him out of y e vynyarde and slew him What shal now the lorde of the vynyarde do vnto them He shal come and destroye those huszbandmen and let out his vynyarde vnto other Whan they herde that they sayde God forbyd But he behelde thē and sayde What is this then that is wrytten The same stone which the buylders refused is become the head corner stone Who so euer falleth vpon this stone shal be broken in sunder but vpō whō so euer he falleth he shall grynde him to poulder And the hye prestes and scrybes wente aboute to laye handes vpon him the same houre and they feared the people for they perceaued that he had spokē this symilitude agaynst them And they watched hī sent forth spyes which shulde fayne thē selues perfecte that they might take him in his wordes to delyuer him vnto the power and auctorite of y e debite And they axed him sayde Master we knowe that thou sayest teachest right and regardest the outwarde appearaūce of no man but teachest the waye of God truly Is it laufull that we geue tribute vnto the Emperoure or not But he perceaued their craftynes and sayde vnto them Why tēpte ye me Shewe me the peny Whose ymage and superscripcion hath it They answered and sayde The Emperours Then sayde he vnto them Geue thē vnto the Emperoure that which is the Emperours vnto God that which is Gods And they coude not reproue his worde before the people and marueyled at his answere and helde their peace Then came vnto him certayne of the Saduces which holde that there is no resurreccion and axed him and sayde Master Moses wrote vnto vs yf eny mans brother dye hauynge a wife and dyeth without childrē then shal his brother take his wife and rayse vp sede vnto his brother Now were there seuē brethrē the first toke a wife and dyed childlesse and the seconde toke the wife and deyed without children also and the thirde toke her likewyse all the seuē and left no children behynde thē and dyed At the last after them all the woman dyed also Now in the resurreccion whose wife shal she be of them For seuen had her to wife And Iesus answered and saide vnto them The childrē of this worlde mary are maried but they y t shal be worthy to enioye that worlde and the resurreccion from the deed shal nether mary ner be maried for they can dye nomore For they are like vnto the angels and are the children of God in so moch as they are children of the resurreccion But that the deed ryse agayne hath Moses also signified besydes the bush when he called the LORDE the God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob But God is not a God of the deed but of the lyuynge for they lyue all vnto him Then answered certayne of the scrybes and sayde Master thou haist sayde well And from that tyme forth they durst axe him no mo questions But he sayde vnto them How saye they that Christ is Dauids sonne And Dauid himself sayeth in the boke of the Psalmes The LORDE sayde vnto my LORDE Syt thou on my right honde tyll I make thine enemies thy fote stole Dauid calleth him LORDE how
iudge them that are without Do ye not iudge thē that are within As for them that are without God shal iudge them Put awaye frō you him that is euell The VI. Chapter HOw dare one off you hauynge busynes with another go to lawe before the vnrighteous and not before the sayntes Do ye not knowe that the sayntes shal iudge the worlde Yf the worlde then shal be iudged off you are ye not good ynough to iudge small matters Knowe ye not that we shal iudge the angels how moch more thinges that pertayne to the tēporall life Therfore yf ye haue iudgmentes of temporall matters take them that are despysed in the congregacion and set them to be iudges This I saye to youre shame Is there vtterly no wyse man amōge you What not one at all that can iudge betwene brother brother but one brother goeth to lawe with another and that before the vnbeleuers Now therfore is there vtterly a faute amōge you that ye go to lawe one with another Why rather suffre ye not wronge Why suffre ye not youre selues rather to be defrauded but ye youre selues do wrōge and defraude and that euen the brethrē Knowe ye not that y e vnrighteous shal not inheret the kyngdome of God Be not disceaued Nether whoremongers ner worshippers off ymages ner breakers off wedlocke ner weaklinges nether abusers of them selues with mankynde ner theues nether the couetous ner drōkardes ner cursed speakers ner extorcioners shal inheret the kyngdome of God And soch haue some of you bene but ye are waszhed ye are sanctified ye are made righteous by the name of the LORDE Iesus and by the sprete of oure God I maye do all thinges but all thinges are not profitable I maye do all thinges but I wil be broughte vnder no mās power Meates are ordeyned for y e bely the bely for meates But God shal destroye both it and them The body belongeth not vnto whordome but vnto the LORDE and the LORDE vnto the body God hath raysed vp the LORDE and shal rayse vs vp also by his power Knowe ye not that youre bodies are the mēbres of Christ Shal I now take the membres of Christ and make them the membres of an harlot God forbyd Or do ye not knowe that he which cleueth vnto an harlot is one body For they shal be two sayeth he in one fleszhe But he that cleueth vnto the LORDE is one sprete Fle whordome All synnes y t a man doth are without the body But he that commytteth whordome synneth agaynst his awne body Or knowe ye not that youre body is the temple of the holy goost Whom ye haue of God and are not youre awne For ye are dearly boughte Prayse ye God therfore in yo body in yo sprete which are Gods The VII Chapter AS concernynge the thinges wherof ye wrote vnto me I answere It is good for a man not to touche a woman Neuertheles to avoyde whordome let euery man haue his awne wife and let euery woman haue hir awne huszbande Let the mā geue vnto the wife due beneuolence likewyse also the wife vnto y e man The wife hath not power ouer hir awne body but the huszbande likewyse the man hath not power ouer his awne body but the wife Withdrawe not yo selues one frō another excepte it be with the consent of both for a tyme that ye maye geue youre selues vnto fastinge and prayer and thē come together agayne lest Sathan tempte you for yo incontynēcye But this I saye of fauoure and not of commaundemēt Howbeit I wolde rather y t all mē were as I am Neuertheles euery one hath his proper gifte of God one thus another so To them verely y t are vnmaried and to wedowes I saye It is good for thē that they abyde also as I do But yf they cannot absteyne let them mary For it is better to mary then to burne But vnto them that are maried commaunde not I but the LORDE that the wife separate not her selfe from the huszbande but yf she separate her selfe y t she remayne vnmaried or be reconcyled to hir huszbande and let not the huszbande put awaye his wife from him As for the other vnto thē saye I not y e LORDE Yf eny brother haue an vnbeleuynge wife and she is content to dwell with him let him not put hir awaye And yf a woman haue an vnbeleuynge huszbande and he is content to dwell with her let her not put him awaye For the vnbeleuynge huszbande is sanctified by the wife and the vnbeleuynge wife is sanctified by the huszbande or els were youre children vncleane but now are they holy But yf the vnbeleuynge departe let him departe A brother or a sister is not boūde in soch cases but God hath called vs in peace For what knowest thou O womā whether thou shalt saue y e mā Or what knowest thou O man whether thou shalt saue the woman But euen as God hath distributed vnto euery one and as the LORDE hath called euery man so let him walke and so orden I in all congregacions Yf eny man be called beynge circumcysed let him take no Heythenshippe vpon him Yf eny man be called in the Heythenshippe let him not be circumcysed Circumcision is nothinge and vncircumcision is nothinge but the kepynge of the commaundementes of God Let euery one abyde in the callynge wherin he is called Art thou called a seruaūt care not for it neuertheles yf thou mayest be fre vse it rather For he that is called in the LORDE beynge a seruaūte is a freman of the LORDE Likewyse he that is called beynge fre is a seruaūt of Christ. Ye are dearly boughte be not ye the seruauntes of men Brethren let euery one wherin he is called therin abyde with God As concernynge virgins I haue no commaundement of the LORDE neuertheles I saye my goodmeanynge as I haue optayned mercy of the LORDE to be faithfull I suppose it is good for y e present necessite for it is good for a man so to be Art thou bounde vnto a wife seke not to be lowsed Art thou lowsed frō a wife seke not a wife But yf thou take a wife thou synnest not And yf a virgin mary she synneth not Neuertheles soch shal haue trouble in the fleszhe But I fauoure you Howbeit this I saye brethren the tyme is shorte Farthermore this is the meanynge y t they which haue wyues be as though they had none and they that wepe be as though they wepte not and they that reioyse be as though they reioysed not they that bye be as though they possessed not they that vse this worlde be as though they vsed it not For the faszhion off this worlde passeth awaye But I wolde that ye shulde be without care He that is syngle careth for the thinges of the LORDE how he maye please the LORDE But he that is
with the saieth the LORDE God so thou becamest myne owne Then waszshed I the with water pourged thy bloude from the. I anoynted the with oyle I gaue the chaunge of raymentes I made the shues of Taxus lether I gyrthed y e aboute w t white sylcke I clothed the with kerchues I decked the w t costly apparell I put rynges vpon thy fyngers a chayne aboute thy necke spaÌ„ges vpoÌ„ thy foreheade eare rynges vpon thyne eares set a beutifull crowne vpon thine heade Thus wast thou deckte with syluer golde thy rayment was of fyne white sylke of nedle worke of dyuerse colours Thou didest eate nothinge but symnels honny oyle maruelous goodly wast thou beutifull yee euen a very Quene wast thou In so moch that thy beuty was spoken of amonge the Heithen for thou wast excelleÌ„t in my beuty which I put vpoÌ„ the saieth the LORDE God But thou hast put confideÌ„ce in thine owne beuty played the harlot when thou haddest gotten the a name Thou hast committed whordome with all that wente by the hast fulfilled their desyres Yee thou hast taken thy garmeÌ„tes of dyuerse colours deckte thine aulters therwith where vpon thou mightest fulfill thine whordome of soch a fashion as neuer was done ner shal be The goodly ornameÌ„tes Iewels which I gaue the of myne owne golde and syluer hast thou takeÌ„ made the meÌ„s ymages therof and committed whordome withall Thy garmentes of dyuerse colours hast thou taken and deckte them therwith myne oyle incense hast thou set before them My meate which I gaue the as symnels oyle hony to fede the withall that hast thou set before them for a swete sauoure And this came also to passe saieth the LORDE God â–ª Thou hast takeÌ„ thine owne sonnes doughters whom thou haddest begotten vnto me â–ª and these hast thou offred vp vnto them to be their meate Is this but a small whordome of thine thinkest thou that thou slayest my children and geuest them ouer to be brâ—â— vnto them And yet in all thy abhominacions and whordome thou hast not remembred the dayes of thy youth how naked and bare thou wast at that tyme troden downe in thine owne bloude After all these thy wickednesses wo wo vnto the saieth y e LORDE thou hast buylded thy stewes and bredel houses in euery place yee at the heade of euery strete hast thou buylded the an aulter Thou hast made thy beuty to be abhorred thou hast layed out thy legges to euery one that came by and multiplied thine whordome Thou hast committed fornicacion with the Egipcians thy neghbours which had moch flesh thus hast thou vsed thine whordome to anger me Beholde I will stretch out myne honde ouer the and wil mynish thy stoare of fode and delyuer the ouer in to the willes of the Philistynes thine enemies which are ashamed of thy abhominable waye Thou hast played the whore also with the Assirians which might not satisfie the Yee thou hast played the harlot not had ynough Thus hast thou still coÌ„mitted thy fornicacion from the londe of Canaan vnto the Caldees and yet thy lust not satisfied How shulde I circumcide thine herte saieth the LORDE God seinge thou doest all these thinges thou precious whore buyldinge thy stewes at the heade of euery strete and thy brodel houses in all places Thou hast not bene as an other whore y t maketh booste of hir wynnynge but as a wife y t breaketh wedlocke taketh other in steade of hir huszboÌ„de Giftes are geuen to all other whores but thou geuest rewardes vnto all thy louers offrest them giftes to come vnto the out of all places to committe fornicacio with the. It is come to passe with the in thy whordomes contrary to the vse of other women yee there hath no soch fornicacion bene committed after the seinge that thou profrest giftes vnto other no rewarde is geuen the this is a contrary thinge Therfore heare the worde of the LORDE o thou harlot Thus saieth the LORDE God For so moch as thou hast speÌ„t thy moneye discouered thy shame thorow thy whordome with all thy louers and with all the Idols of thy abhominacions in the bloude of thy children whom thou hast geuen them Beholde therfore I wil gather together all thy louers vnto whom thou hast made thy self comon yee all them whom thou fauourest and euery one that thou hatest and will discouer thy shame before theÌ„ that they all maye se thy fylthines Morouer I wil iudge the as a breaker of wedlocke and a murthurer and recompence the thine owne bloude in wrath and gelousy I wil geue the ouer in to their power that shal breake downe thy stewes and destroye thy brodel houses they shal stripe the out of thy clothes all thy fayre beutifull Iewels shal they take from the and so let the syt naked bare Yee they shal bringe the comon people vpon the which shal stone the slaye the downe with their sweardes They shall burne vp thy houses and punysh the in the sight of many womeÌ„ Thus wil I make thy whordome to ceasse so that thou shalt geue out no mo rewardes Shulde I make my wrath to be still take my gelousy from the be content and nomore to be displeased seinge thou remembrest not the dayes of thy youth but hast prouoked me to wrath in all these thinges Beholde therfore I wil bringe thine owne wayes vpon thine heade saieth the LORDE God how be it I neuer dyd vnto the acordinge to thy wickednesse and all thy abhominacions Beholde all they y t vse comon prouerbes shall vse this prouerbe also agaynst the Soch a mother soch a doughter Thou art euen thy mothers owne doughter that hath cast of hir houszbonde and hir children Yee thou art the sister of thy sisters which forsoke their huszboÌ„des and their children Youre mother is a Cethite and youre father an Amorite Thine eldest sister is Samaria she and hir doughters that dwel vpoÌ„ thy left honde But thy yongest sister that dwelleth on y e right hoÌ„de is Sodoma and hir doughters Yet hast thou not walked after their wayes ner done after their abhominacions But in all thy wayes thou hast bene more corrupte then they As truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE God Sodoma thy sister with hir doughters hath not done so euel as thou and thy doughters Beholde the synnes of thy sister Sodoma were these Pryde fulnesse of meate abundaunce and Idilnesse these thinges had she and hir doughters Besydes that they reached not their honde to the poore and nedy but were proude and dyd abhominable thinges before me therfore I toke them awaye when I had sene it Nether hath Samaria done half of thy synnes yee thou hast exceaded them in wickednesse In so moch that in comparison of all the abhominacions which thou hast done thou hast made thy sisters good women
Therfore beare thine owne shame thou that in synne hast ouercome thy sisters seinge thou hast done so abhominably that they were better then thou Be ashamed therfore I saye and beare thine owne confucion thou that makest thy sisters good women As for their captiuyte namely the captiuyte of Sodoma and hir dougters the captiuyte of Samaria and hir doughters I wil bringe them agayne so will I also bringe agayne thy captiuyte amōge them that thou mayest take thine owne confucion vpon the and be ashamed of all that thou hast done and to comforte them Thus thy sisters namely Sodoma and hir doughters Samaria and hir doughters with y e self thy doughters shal be brought agayne to youre olde estate Whē thou wast in thy pryde and before thy wickednesse came to light thou woldest not heare speake of thy sister Sodoma vntill the tyme that the Sirians with all their townes and the Philistynes with all that lye rounde aboute them brought the to shame and confucion that thou mightest beare thine owne fylthynes and abhominacion saieth the LORDE For thus saieth the LORDE God I shulde by right deale with the as thou hast done Thou hast despysed the ooth and broken the couenaunte Neuertheles I wil remembre the couenaunt that I made with them thy youth in so moch that it shall be an euerlastinge couenaunt So that thou also remembre thy wayes and be ashamed of thē then shalt thou receaue of me thy elder and yonger sisters whom I wil make thy doughters and that besyde thy couenaunt And so I wil renue my couenaunt with the y t thou mayest knowe that I am the LORDE that thou mayest thincke vpō it be ashamed and excuse thine owne confucion nomore when I haue forgeuen the all that thou hast done saieth the LORDE God The XVII Chapter THe worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man put forth a darcke speakynge and a parable vnto the house of Israel and saye Thus saieth the LORDE God There came a greate Aegle with greate wynges yee w t mightie longe wynges and full of fethers of dyuerse colours vpon the mount of Libanus and toke a braunch from a Cedre tre and brake of the toppe of his twygge and caried it in to the londe of Canaan and set it in a cite of marchauntes He toke also a braunch of the londe and planted it in a frutefull grounde he brought it vnto greate waters set it as a will ye tre therby Then dyd it growe and was a greate wyne stocke but lowe by the grounde thus there came of it a vyne and it brought forth blossomes spred out braunches But there was another Aegle a greate one which had greate wynges and many fethers and beholde y e rotes of this vyne had an hūger after him and spred out his braunches towarde him to water his frutes Neuertheles it was plāted vpon a good grounde besyde greate waters so that by reason it shulde haue brought out braunches and frute and haue bene a goodly vyne Speake thou therfore thus saieth the LORDE God Shal this vyne prospere shal not his rotes be pluckte out his frute broken of his grene braunches wythereed and fade awaye yee without ether stronge arme or many people shal it be plucked vp by the rotes Beholde it was planted shall it prospere therfore Shall it not be dryed vp and withered yee euen in the shutinge out of his blossomes as soone as y e east wynde bloweth Morouer the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Speake to that frauwarde housholde knowe ye not what these thinges do signifie Tell them Beholde the kinge of Babilon came to Ierusalem and toke the kinge his prynces and ledde them to Babilon He toke of the kinges sede and made a couenaunt with him and toke an ooth of him The prynces of the londe toke he with him also that the londe might be holden in subieccion and not to rebelle but kepe the couenaunt and fulfill it But he fell from him sent his Embassitours in to Egipte that he might haue horses moch people Shulde that prospere Shulde he be kepte safe that doth soch thinges Or shulde he escape that breaketh his couenaunt As truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE God He shal dye at Babilon in y e place where the kinge dwelleth that made him kinge whose ooth he hath despised and whose couenaunt he hat broken Nether shall Pharao with his greate hoost and multitude of people maynteyne him in the warre when they cast vp diches and set vp bulworkes to destroye moch people For seinge he hath despysed the ooth and broken the couenaunt where as he yet gaue his honde thervpon and done all these thinges he shall not escape Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God As truly as I lyue I will bringe myne ooth that he hath despysed and my couenaunt that he hath broken vpon his owne heade I wil cast my net aboute him and catch him in my yarne To Babilon will I cary him there will I punysh him because of the greate offence that he made me As for those y t fle from him out of y e hoost they shal be slayne with the swearde The residue shal be scatred towarde all the wyndes and ye shal knowe that I the LORDE haue spoken it Thus saieth the LORDE God I will also take a braunch from an hie Cedre tre and will set it and take the vppermost twygge that yet is but tendre and plante it vpon an hie hill Namely vpon the hie hill of Sion will I plante it that it maye bringe forth twygges and geue frute and be a greate Cedre tre so that all maner of foules maye byde in it and make their nestes vnder the shadowe of his braunches And all the trees of the felde shall knowe that I the LORDE haue brought downe the hie tre and set the lowe tre vp that I haue dryed vp the grene tre and made the drye tre to florish Euen I the LORDE y t spake it haue also brought it to passe The XVIII Chapter THe worde of the LORDE came vnto me on this maner what meane ye by this comon prouerbe that ye vse in the londe of Israel sayenge The fathers haue eaten soure grapes and the childrēs teth are set on edge As truly as I lyue saieth y e LORDE God ye shal vse this by worde nomore in Israel Beholde all soules are myne Like as the father is myne so is y e sonne myne also The soule that synneth shal dye Yf a man be godly and do the thinge that is equall right he eateth not vpon the hilles he lifteth not his eyes vp to the Idols of Israel he defyleth not his neghbours wife he medleth w t no menstruous woman he greueth no body he geueth his detter his pledge agayne he taketh none other mans good by violēce he parteth his mete with the hongrie he clotheth the naked he lendeth
the raginge of the see delyuereth the possessed and dryueth the deuels in to the heerde of swyne helpeth the sick woman and Iairus daughter Chap. IX He sendeth out the twolue Apostles to preach Herode heareth tell of hiÌ„ He fedeth fyue thousande men with fyue loaues and two fishes the disciples confesse him to be the sonne of God he transfigureth himself vpon the mount delyuereth the possessed and teacheth his disciples to be lowly They desyre veÌ„geaunce but he reproueth them Chap. X. He sendeth the seuentye before him for to preach and geueth theÌ„ a charge how to behaue them selues prayseth his heauenly father answereth the scrybe that tempted him â–ª and by the example of the Samaritane sheweth who is a maÌ„s neghbour Martha receaueth the LORDE into hir house Mary Magdalene is feruent in hearinge his worde Chap. XI He teacheth his disciples to praye dryueth out a deuel and rebuketh the blasphemous pharises They requyre sygnes and tokens He eateth with the pharisee and reproueth the ypocrisy of the pharises scrybes and ypocrites Chap. XII The leuen of the pharises Christ conforteth his disciples agaynst persecucion warneth them to bewarre of cuvetousnesse by the symilitude of a certayne rich man he wyll not haue them to hange vpoÌ„ earthly thinges but to watch and to be ready agaynst his commynge Chap. XIII Of the Galileans whom Pilate slew and of those that dyed in Syloe The symilitude of the fyge tre Christ healeth the sicke woman The parable of the mustarde sede and leuen Few entre in to the kyngdome Christ reproueth Herode and Ierusalem Chap. XIIII Iesus eateth with the pharisee healeth the dropsye vpon the Sabbath teacheth to be lowly telleth of the greate supper and warneth them that wyll folowe him to laye their accomptes before what it wyll cost theÌ„ The salt of the earth Chap. XV. The louynge mercy of God openly set forth in the parable of the hundreth shepe and of the sonne that was lost Chap. XVI The parable of the wicked Mammon Not one title of Gods worde shal perish Of the rich man and of poore Lazarus Chap. XVII Christ teacheth his disciples to avoyde occasions of euell one to forgeue another stedfastly to trust in God and no man to presume in his owne workes He healeth the ten lepers speaketh of the latter dayes and of the ende of the worlde Chap. XVIII He teacheth to be ferueÌ„t in prayer coÌ„tinually Of the pharisee and the publican The kyngdome of God belongeth vnto childreÌ„ Christ answereth the ruler and promiseth rewarde vnto all soch as suffre losse for his sake and folowe him The blynde maÌ„ is restored to his sight Chap. XIX Of Zacheus and the ten seruauntes to whoÌ„ the ten taleÌ„tes were delyuered Christ rydeth to Ierusalem and wepeth ouer it Chap. XX. They axe Christ one questyon and he axeth them another The parable of the vynyarde Of tribute te be geueÌ„ vnto the Emperoure how Christ stoppeth the mouthes of the Saduceâ—s Chap. XXI Christ commendeth the poore wyddow telleth of the destruccion of Ierusalem of false teachers of the tokeÌ„s and troubles for to come of the ende of the worlde and of his owne commynge Chap. XXII Christ is betrayed they eate the easter lambe The institucion of the sacrameÌ„t They stryue who shal be greatest he reproueth them He prayeth thre tymes vpon the mount They take him and bringe him to the hye prestes house Peter denyeth him thryse and they bringe him before the councell Chap. XXIII Iesus is brought before Pilate and Herode The wemeÌ„ make lameÌ„tacion for him He prayeth for his enemies forgeueth the synner vpon his right hande dyeth on the crosse and is buried Chap. XXIIII The wemen come to the graue Christ apeareth vnto the two disciples that go towarde Emaus stondeth in the myddest of all his disciples openeth their vnderstondinge in the scriptures geueth them a charge and ascendeth vp into heauen The gospell of S. Luke The prologe of S. Luke FOR so moch as many haue taken in hande to set forth y e wordes of the actes that are come to passe amonge vs like as they delyuered theÌ„ vnto vs which from the begynnynge sawe them their selues and were mynisters of the worde I thought it good after that I had diligently searched out all from the begynnynge to wryte the same orderly vnto the good Theophilus that thou mightest knowe the certeÌ„te of y e wordes wherof thou art infourmed The first Chapter IN the tyme of Herode kynge of Iewry there was a prest named Zachary of the course of Abia and his wife of the doughters of Aaron hir name Elizabeth They were both righteous before God and walked in all the commaundementes and statutes of the LORDE vnreproueably And they had no childe for Elizabeth was baren and they were both well stricken in age And it came to passe as he executed the prestes office before God whan his course came acordinge to the custome of the presthode it fell to his lott to burne incense And he wente into the temple of the LORDE and the whole multitude of the people was without in prayer whyle the incense was aburnynge And the angell of the LORDE appeared vnto him and stode on the right syde of the altare of inceÌ„se And whan Zachary sawe him he was abaszhed there came a feare vpon him But the angell sayde vnto him Feare not Zachary for thy prayer is herde And y e wife Elizabeth shal beare the a sonne whose name thou shalt call Ihon thou shalt haue ioye and gladnesse and many shal reioyce at his byrth for he shal be greate before the LORDE Wyne and stronge drynke shal he not drynke And he shal be fylled w t the holy goost euen in his mothers wombe And many of the children of Israel shal he turne vnto the LORDE their God And he shal go before him in the sprete and power of Elias to turne the hertes of y e fathers vnto the children and the vnfaithfull vnto the wyszdome of the righteous to make the people ready for the LORDE And Zachary sayde vnto the Angel Wherby shal I knowe this For I am olde and my wife well stricken in age The angell answered and sayde vnto him I am Gabriell that stonde before God and am sent to speake vnto the and to shewe the these glad tydinges And beholde thou shalt be domme and not able to speake vntyll the daye that this come to passe because thou hast not beleued my wordes which shal be fulfylled in their season And the people wayted for Zachary and marueyled that he taried so longe in the teÌ„ple And whaÌ„ he weÌ„te out he coude not speake vnto them And they perceaued that he had sene a vision in the teÌ„ple And he beckened vnto them and remayned speachlesse And it fortuned whaÌ„ the tyme of his office was out he wente home in to his house And after those dayes Elizabeth his wife conceaued and hyd hir self fyue monethes