shall they be (b) Which declared Iosuah who had nowe from the time of Iosuah slept in their sinnes fourtie yeres (c) That is for euery yere they haue sinned to sleepe one day Exo. xxâ—x f (d) Signifiyng hereby the great scarcitie of fuel and matter to burne (e) To be as fire to bake thy bread with Esai iii. a. Ezech. v. c. and .xiiii. b. (g) That is the force and strength wherwith it should nourishe (a) To shaue my head and bearde (b) To wit of that citie which he had portrayed vpon the bricke chap. 4. By the 〈◊〉 he meaneth famine pestilence wherewith one part perished duryng the siege of Nabuchodonozor by the sworde those that were slayne when Zedekiah fled those that were caryed awaye captiue and by the scatteryng into the wind those that fled into Egypt and into other partes after the citie was taken (c) Because ye haue encreased the number of your idols and superstitions more then the gentiles Esai 65. b. Leuit. 28. c. Deut 2â—â— 2. Reg. 〈…〉 Iere. xv b. (d) That is I wyll not be pacified tyll I be reuenged Esai i. c. (e) Which be the grashoppers mildew and whatsoeuer were occasions of famine Ezech. iiii c. Ezech. 30. a. (a) He speaketh to all the places where the Israelites accustomed to commit their idolatries threatnyng them destruction 4. Reg. 23. b. 4. Reg. 23. c. (b) He wylleth the prophete not only with wordes but also with gestures of hande foote to signifie the destruction to come (c) Some read more desolate then the wildernesse of Deblathah which was in Syria and bordered vpon Israel but it may stande well from the wildernesse which was south vnto Deblathah which was north meanyng the whole countrey (a) That is the begynning of thy punishment (b) That is no vayne or counterfayte crye as is the ecco in the hylles (c) Meanyng Nabuchodonozor whom God had appointed to be a rod to scourge them “ Or none of their pleasures (d) That is in the yere of Iubile when euery man returned to such possessions as he solde before Leuit. 25. b. (e) Iniquitie shall make no man strong agaynst God (f) The Israelites made a bragge but their heartes fayled them Esai xiii b. Iere. vi c. Esai xv a. Iere. 48. d. Prou. xi a. Eccle. v. b. (g) Their golde siluer brought them to this ruine or destruction (h) Meanyng the sanctuarie (i) That is of sinnes that deserue death (k) That is their temple which was deuided into three partes Iere. 61. â— (a) Of the captiuitie of Iecoâ—iah so that there was fourteene monethes betwixt the first vision this (b) This was â—n the spiritâ— not in body (c) The porch or court where the people assembled (d) Of emulation because at displeased God of gaine because it was set vp worshipped for gayne and increase of their offeringes for the priestes and of their catell and substaunce for the people (e) That was in the court where the people had made an aulter to Baal (f) Which were forbidden in the law Leuit. xi (g) For beside their common idolatrie they had their particuler seruice in their secrete places or pewes (h) The Iewes say this was a prophete of the idols who after his death was once a yere mourned for in y e night only of women Saint Hierome taketh it for Adonis Venus louer Other thinke it was Osyriâ— an idoll of the Egyptians (i) They smelled to their braunches flowers or poses in doyng their sacrifice to the sunne which yet before god was vyle and stinckyng howe sweete soeuer they seemed to them selues Prou. i. d (a) The persons appoynted to visite the citie as Nabuchodonozor and his captaynes (b) Which were sixe angels in lykenesse of men (c) To marke them that shoulde be saued from destruction Esai i. c. Ezech. i. d. (a) Which iâ— the first chap. and fift vearse he called the foure beastes Eze. i. c. Eze. i. a. (b) There was one consent betwene the Cherubims and the wheeles (c) That is the whole body of the foure beastes or Cherubims 2. Pet. 3 a. (a) We shall not be pulled out of Hierusalem tyll the houre of our death come as the fleshe is not taken one of the cauldron tyll it â—e soâ— (b) Contrary to their vayne confidence he sheweth in what sence this citie was the cauldron that is because of the dead bodyes that haue ben murthered therin and so lye as fleshe in the cauldron (c) That is in Riblath 4. Reg. 24. a. (d) It seemed this noble man dyed of some terrible death therfore the prophete feared some straunge iudgement of God towarde the rest of the people (e) They that remained styl at Hierusalem thus reproched them that were gone into captiuitie as though they were cast of forsaken of God (f) They shal be yet a litle Church whom he wyll preâ—erue â–ª though they be dispearsed and for a tyme afflicted Iere 32. d. Eze. 36. d. Eze. x. a. (g) Those that were led away caâ—tiues with Ieconiah “ Or make thee vessels to go into captiuitie (a) That as thou doest so shall they do and therfore in thee they shall see their owne plague punishment (b) Do not they deride and mocke thy doynges “ Or prophecie (c) When the kyng shall thinke to escape by fleeing I wyll take hym in my net as Ezech. 27. c. and 32. a. “ Or tooles Eze. xi c. (d) Because they dyd not see the prophecies accomplished they contemned them as though they neuer shoulde be fulfylled â–ª Ezech xi a. ii Pet. iii. a. Iere xxiii c. (a) Watching to destroy the vineyardes reade Can. ii c Iere. vi c. (b) What one false prophete did say which is here called the buylding vp of a wall another false prophete would affirme the same though he had neither occasion nor good grounde to â—eare hym (c) That is whatsoeuer man of him selfe setteth foorth vnder the aucthoritie of Gods worde and God alloweth it not (d) These superstitious women for lucre would prophesie and tell eâ—ery man his fortune geuing them pillowes to leane on â–ª and kerchifes to couer their heades that they might the more allure them and bewitche them (e) Vpon euery man and woman young and olde great and small (f) Thinke you the liues of my people to be in your handes to make them long or short (g) These sorcerers made the people beleue that they could preserue life or destroy it and that it should come to euery one according as thei prophesied (h) Makyng them stocke vnto you with deceauable doctrine â–ª as the fowlers do the birdes with their stâ—s calles (a) As his abhomination hath deserued that is he shal be led with lies according as he delited therein 2. Thessa 2. b. (b) That is conuince them by their owne consciences (c) All suche as by your example haue declined from God 3. King 22 c. Ezech. iiii b. and .v. b. Iere. xv a. Ezech. v. c. (e)
the Iewes I become as a Iewe that I might win the Iewes To them that are vnder the lawe I become as though I were vnder the lawe that I might win them that are vnder the lawe 21 To them that are without lawe become I as though I were without lawe when I was not without law as parteyning to the lawe of God but in the lawe of Christe to winne them that are without lawe 22 To the weake became I as weake that I might winne the weake I am made all thinges to all men that I might at the least way saue some 23 And this I do for the Gospels sake that I might haue my part therof 24 ☞ Perceaue ye not howe that they which run in a race run all but one receaueth the rewarde So run that ye may obtayne 25 Euery man that proueth maisteries abstayneth from all thynges and they do it to obtayne a crowne that shall perishe but we to obtayne an euerlasting crowne 26 I therfore so run not as at an vncertayne thing So fight I not as one that beateth the ayre 27 But I tame my body and bryng it into subiection lest by any meanes that when I haue preached to other I my selfe shoulde be a castaway ☜ ¶ The .x. Chapter 1 He feareth them with the examples of the Iewes that they put not their trust carnally in the graces of God 14 Exhortyng them to flee all idolatrie 23 and offence of their neighbour 1 BRethrē I woulde not that ye shoulde be ignoraunt howe that all our fathers were vnder the cloude and all passed through the sea 2 And were all baptized vnto Moyses * in the cloude * in the sea 3 And dyd * all eate of one spirituall meate 4 And * dyd all drynke of one maner of spirituall drynke And they dranke of that spirituall rocke that folowed them which rocke was Christe ☜ 5 But in many of them had God no delite For * they were ouerthrowen in the wildernesse 6 These veryly are ensamples to vs to thintent that we shoulde not lust after euyll thynges as they also lusted 7 Neither be ye idolatours as were some of them as it is written The people sate downe to eate and drynke and rose vp to play 8 Neither let vs commit fornication as some of them committed fornication and fell in one daye three and thirtie thousande 9 Neither let vs tempt Christe as some of them tempted and were destroyed of serpentes 10 Neither murmure ye as some of thē also murmured and were destroyed of the destroyer 11 All these thinges happened vnto them for ensamples but they are written to put vs in remembraunce whom the endes of the worlde are come vpon 12 Wherfore let hym that thynketh he standeth take heede lest he fall 13 There hath no temptation taken you but such as foloweth the nature of man But God is faythfull which shall not suffer you to be tempted aboue your strength but shall with the temptation make away that ye maye be able to beare it ☜ 14 Wherfore my deare beloued flee from idolatrie 15 I speake as vnto them which haue discretion iudge ye what I say 16 ☞ The cuppe of blessyng which we blesse is it not y e partakyng of the blood of Christe The bread which we breake is it not the partakyng of the body of Christe 17 For we that are many are one bread and one body in as much as we all are partakers of one bread 18 Beholde Israel after the fleshe Are not they which eate of the sacrifices partakers of the aulter 19 What say I then that the idol is any thyng Or that it which is offered to idols is any thyng 20 Nay but this I saye that the thinges which the gentiles offer they offer to deuyls not to God ☞ And I woulde not that ye shoulde haue felowshippe with the deuils 21 Ye can not drynke y e cup of the Lorde and the cup of deuils Ye can not be partakers of the Lordes table and of the table of deuyls 22 Either do we prouoke the Lorde to anger Are we stronger then he 23 All thynges are lawfull for me but all thynges are not expedient All thynges are lawfull for me but all thynges edifie not 24 Let no man seeke his owne but euery man anothers wealth 25 Whatsoeuer is solde in the market that eate and aske no question for conscience sake 26 For the earth is the Lordes and all that therin is 27 If any of them which beleue not byd you to a feast and ye be disposed to go whatsoeuer is set before you eat asking no question for conscience sake 28 But yf any man say vnto you this is offred vnto idols eate not of it for his sake that shewed it and for conscience sake The earth is the Lordes and all that therin is 29 Conscience I say not thyne * but of the other For why is my libertie iudged of another mans conscience 30 For if I take my part with thankes why am I euyll spoken of for that wherfore I geue thankes 31 Whether therfore ye eate or drynke or whatsoeuer ye do do all to the prayse of God ☜ 32 See that ye geue none offence neither to the Iewes nor yet to the Grecians neither to the Churche of God 33 Euen as I please all men in all thynges not seking myne owne profite but the profite of many that they might be saued ⧠The .xj. Chapter 1 He rebuketh the abuses which were crept into their Churche 4 As touchyng prayer prophesiyng 18 and ministring the Lordes supper 23 bringyng them agayne to the first institution therof 1 BE ye the folowers of me euen as I am of Christe 2 I commende you brethren that ye remember me in all thinges and kepe the ordinaunces as I deliuered them to you 3 But I wyl that ye knowe that Christ is the head of euery man And the man is the womans head And God is Christes head 4 Euery man praying or prophesiyng hauyng any thing on his head shameth his head 5 But euery woman that prayeth or prophesieth bare headed dishonesteth her head For that is euen all one as yf she were shauen 6 Yf the woman be not couered let her also be shorne Yf it be a shame for a woman to be shorne or shauen let her couer her head 7 A man ought not to couer his head forasmuch as he is the image and glorie of God But the woman is the glorie of the man 8 For the man is not of the woman but the woman of the man 9 Neither was the man created for the womans sake but the woman for the mans sake 10 ☞ For this cause ought the woman to haue power on her head for the Angels sakes 11 Neuerthelesse neither is the man without the woman neither y e woman without the man
wrapped in the blood feare fulnesse shall fall vpon them 5 And when ye perceaue that they flee folowe them without all care for God shall delyuer them vnto you to be destroyed 6 Then Achior seing the power of God which he had shewed vnto the people of Israel fell of from his heathenishe beliefe and put his trust in God and let him selfe be circumcized and so was he numbred among the people of Israel he and all his posteritie vnto this day 7 Now assoone as it was day they stickt vp Holophernes head vpon the walles and euery man tooke his weapon and so they went out with an horrible crye 8 When the spies saw that they ranne vnto Holophernes tent 9 And they that were within the tent came before his chamber and made a great russhing by art that Holophernes might awake not by stirring him vp but by their noyse 10 For there durst not one of the Assyrians knocke go in or open 11 But when the captaynes and princes and all the chiefe in the king of the Assyrians hoast came together they said vnto the chamberlaynes 12 Go your way in and wake him vp for the myce are crept out of their holes and dare prouoke vs vnto battayle 13 Then went Vagao into his chamber stoode before the bed and clapped with his handes for he thought he had ben sleeping with Iudith 14 But when he hearkened perfectly with his eares and coulde perceaue no stirring he went nyer to the bed and lift it vp and when he sawe the dead body of Holophernes lying there without a head weltred in his blood vpon the earth he cryed with a loude voyce and with weeping rent his clothes 15 And went into Iudiths tent and founde her not 16 And so he lept out vnto the people and saide One woman of the Iewes hath brought al Nabuchodonosors people to shame For lo Holophernes lyeth vpon the grounde and hath no head 17 When the chiefe of the Assyrians hoast heard that they rent their clothes and there fell an intollerable feare and tremblyng vpon them so that their mindes were sore afrayd 18 And there was an exceeding great crye in the whole hoast ¶ The .xv. Chapter 1 The Assyrians are afrayd and flee 6 The Israelites pursue them 9 Ioachim the hie priest commeth to Bethulia to see Iudith and to prayse God for her 1 NOw when al the hoast heard that Holophernes was beheaded their minde counsell fel from them and being amased with feare onely and trembling they saued them selues by fleeing away 2 One spake not to another but hanged downe their heades left all behinde thē and made haste to escape from the Hebrues for they heard that they were hasting to come after with their weapons and so they fled by the wayes of the fieldes and through all the foote pathes of the dales 3 And when the children of Israel saw that they fled they folowed vpon them and went downe with trumpettes blowyng and making a great crye after them 4 As for the Assyrians they had no order and kept not them selues together but fled their way Neuerthelesse the children of Israel fell vpon them with one company and order and discomfited as many as they might get 5 And Osias sent messengers vnto all the cities and countries of Israel 6 So all the regions and euery citie sent out their best men after them in harnesse and smote them with the sworde till they came to the vttermost parte of their borders 7 And the other that were in Bethulia came into the tentes of the Assyrians and tooke all that they which were fled had left behinde them so they founde great good 8 And they that came againe to Bethulia from the battaile tooke with them such thinges as had ben theirs there was no number of the cattaile and of all costly iewels so that from the lowest vnto the hiest they were all made rich of the spoyles of them 9 And Ioachim the hie priest came from Hierusalem to Bethulia with al the elders that they might see Iudith 10 Now when she came out vnto them they began all to prayse her with one voyce saying Thou worship of the citie of Hierusalem thou ioy of Israel thou honour of our people 11 Because thou hast done manly and thy heart is comforted for that thou hast loued clenlinesse and chastitie and hast knowen no man but thyne owne husband therefore hath the hand of the Lorde comforted thee and blessed shalt thou be for euer 12 And all the people saide So be it So be it 13 In thirtie dayes coulde the people of Israel scarse gather vp the spoyles of the Assyrians 14 But all that belonged vnto Holophernes and had ben his specially whether it were of golde of siluer precious stone clothing and all ornamentes they gaue it vnto Iudith and it was deliuered vnto her of the people 15 And all the people reioyced both women maydens and young people with pipes and harpes ¶ The .xvi. Chapter 1 Iudith prayseth God with a song 23 She offereth to the Lorde Holophernes stuffe 26 Her continencie life and death 29 All Israel lamenteth her 1 THen sang Iudith this song vnto the Lorde saying 2 Beginne vnto the Lorde vpon the tabrettes sing vnto the Lorde vpon the cymbales O sing vnto him a newe song of thankes geuing be ioyfull and call vppon his name 3 It is the Lord that destroyeth warres euen the Lorde is his name 4 Which hath pitched his tentes in the middest of his people that he might deliuer vs from the hand of al our enemies 5 Assur came out of the mountaines of the north in the multitude of his strength his people stopped the water brookes and their horses couered the valleyes 6 He purposed to haue brent vp my land and to slay my young men with the sword 7 He woulde haue caried away my children and virgins into captiuitie but the almightie Lorde hindred him and deliuered him into the handes of a woman which brought him to confusion 8 For their mightie was not destroyed of the young men it it was not the sonnes of Titan that slue him neither haue the great giauntes set them selues against him but Iudith the daughter of Merari with her faire beautie hath discomfited him and brought him to naught 9 For she layed away her wydowes garment and put on the apparell of gladnesse to the reioycing of the children of Israel 10 She annoynted her face with oyntment bounde vp her heere in a coyffe and tooke a newe stole to beguile him 11 Her slippers rauished his eyes her beautie captiuated his minde with the sword smote she of his necke 12 The Persians were astonied at her stedfastnesse the Medes at her boldenesse 13 Then howled the armies of the Assyrians when my simples appeared drye of thirst 14 The sonnes of the daughters haue pearsed them through and slaine them as fugitiue children they perished in the battaile
wicked woman her will 28 If she walke not after thy hande she shall confounde thee in the sight of thâ—e enemies Cut her of then from thy fleshe that she do not alway abuse thee â–ª The .xxvi. Chapter 1 The prayse of a good woman 5 Of the feare of three thinges and of the fourth â— Of the ielousie and drunkennesse of a woman 28 Of two thinges that cause sorowe of the thyrde whiche moueth wrath 1 HAppy is the man that hath a vertuous wyfe for the nuÌ„ber of his yeres shal be double 2 An honest woman maketh her husbande a ioyfull man and she shall fill the yeres of his lyfe in peace 3 A vertuous woman is a noble gift whiche shal be geuen for a good portion vnto such as feare God 4 Whether a man be riche or poore he may haue euer a mery heart a cheareful countenaunce 5 There be three thinges that my heart feareth and my face is afrayde of the fourth treason in a citie a seditious people and noysome tongues all these are heauyer then the death 6 When one woman is ielous ouer an other it bringeth payne and sorowe vnto the heart and a woman that telleth out all thinges is a scourge of the tongue 7 When one hath an euyll wyfe it is euen as when an vnlyke payre of oxen must drawe together he that getteth her getteth a scorpion 8 A drunken woman is a great plague for she can not couer her owne shame 9 The whordome of a woman may be knowen in the pryde of her eyes and eye liddes 10 If thy daughter be not shamefast hold her straytly lest she abuse her selfe thorowe ouer much libertie 11 Beware of all the dishonestie of her eyes maruel not if she do against thee 12 As a way faring man that is thirstie when he hath founde a well drinketh of euery water so will she sit downe by euery hedge and make her selfe common to euery man that passeth by 13 A louing wyfe reioyceth her husbande feedeth his bones with her wysdome 14 A woman of fewe wordes is a gift of God to all nurtured myndes may nothing be compared 15 An honest and manerly woman is a gift aboue other giftes and there is no wayght to be compared vnto a minde that can rule it selfe 16 Like as the sunne when it ariseth is an ornament in the hie heauen of the Lord so is a vertuous wyfe the beautie of all her house 17 Like as the cleare light is vpon the holy candelsticke so is the beautie of the face vpon an honest body 18 Like as the golden pillers are vpon the sockettes of siluer so are the fayre feete vpon a woman that hath a constant mynde 19 Perpetual are the foundations that be layed vpon a whole stony rocke so are the commaundementes of God vpon the heart of an holy woman 20 There be two thinges that greeue my heart in the thirde is displeasure come vpoÌ„ me When an experte man of warre suffreth scarsenesse and pouertie when men of vnderstanding and wisdome are not set by and when one departeth from righteousnesse vnto sinne Who so doth such the Lorde hath prepared him vnto the sworde 21 There be two maner of thinges which me thinke to be harde and perilous A marchaunt can not lightly kepe hym from wrong neither a tauerner hym selfe from sinne The .xxvii. Chapter â— Of the poore that woulde be riche 5 The probation of the man that feareth God 13 The vnconstantenesse of a foole 16 The secretes of a friend are not to be vttered 20 The wicked imagineth euyll whiche returneth vpon him selfe 1 BEcause of pouertie haue many one offended and he that seketh to be riche turneth his eyes asyde 2 Lyke as a nayle in the wal sticketh fast betwixt two stones euen so doth sinne sticke betwixt the bier and the seller 3 If he holde him not diligently in the feare of the Lorde his house shall soone be ouerthrowen 4 Lyke as when one sifteth the filthynesse remayneth in the syue So remayneth there some vncleane thing in the thought of man 5 The ouen proueth the potters vessel so doth temptation of trouble trye righteous men 6 The tree of the fielde is knowen by his fruite so is the thought of mans heart knowen by his wordes 7 Prayse no man except thou haue heard him for a man is knowen by his wordes 8 If thou folowest righteousnes thou shalt get her and put her vpon thee as a fayre garment and thou shalt dwell with her and she shall defende thee for euer and in the day of knowledge thou shalt finde stedfastnesse 9 The byrdes resorte vnto their lyke so doth the trueth turne vnto them that be occupied withall 10 The lion wayteth the pray so doth sinne vpon them that worke vnrighteousnesse 11 The talking of him that feareth God is nothing but wysdome as for a foole he chaungeth as the moone 12 If thou be among the vndiscrete kepe thy wordes to a conuenient time but among such as be wise speake on hardyly 13 The talking of fooles is abhomination and their sport is volupteousnesse and misnurture 14 Much swearing maketh the heere to stande vp and to stryue with such stoppeth the â—ares 15 The stryfe of the proude is bloodshedding and their blaspheming is heauy to heare 16 Who so discouereth secretes leeseth his credence and fyndeth no friende after his will 17 Loue thy friende and binde thy selfe in faythfulnesse with him but if thou bewrayest his secretes thou shalt not get him againe 18 For like as the man is that destroyeth his enemie so is he also that dealeth falsly in the friendship of his neyghbour 19 Like as one that letteth a byrde go out of his hande can not take her againe Euen so thou if thou geue ouer thy friende thou canst not get him againe 20 Yea thou canst not come by him for he is to farre of He is vnto thee as a Roe escaped out of the snare for his soule is wounded 21 As for woundes they may be bounde vp againe and an euyll worde may be reconciled but who so bewrayeth the secretes of a friende there is no more hope to be had vnto him 22 He that winketh with the eyes imagineth some euyll and he that knoweth him will let him alone 23 When thou art present he shall hyghlie commende and prayse thy wordes but at the last he shall turne his tayle and sclaunder thy saying 24 Many thinges haue I hated but nothing so euyll for the Lorde him selfe also abhorreth such a one 25 Who so casteth a stone an hye it shal fal vpon his owne head and he that smyteth with guyle woundeth him selfe 26 Who so diggeth a pit shall fall therein and he that layeth a stone in his neyghbours way shall stumble theron and he that layeth a snare for another shall be taken in it him selfe 27 Who so geueth a wicked noisome counsell it shall come vpon hymselfe
Yea ☞ if I had all fayth so that I coulde moue mountaynes out of their places and haue not loue I were nothyng 3 And though I bestowe all my goodes to feede the poore and though I geue my body that I burned and haue not loue it profiteth me nothyng 4 Loue suffreth long and is curteous Loue enuieth not loue doth not frowardely swelleth not 5 Dealeth not dishonestlie seeketh not her owne is not prouoked to anger thynketh none euyll 6 Reioyceth not in iniquitie but reioyceth in the trueth 7 Suffreth all thynges beleueth all thynges hopeth all thynges endureth all thynges 8 Though y e prophesiynges fayle other tongues ceasse or knowledge vanishe away yet loue falleth neuer away 9 ☞ For our knowledge is vnperfect and our prophesiyng is vnperfect 10 But when that which is perfect is come then that which is vnperfect shal be done away 11 When I was a chylde I spake as a childe I vnderstode as a childe I imagined as a chylde But assoone as I was a man I put away chyldishnesse 12 Nowe we see in a glasse euen in a darke speakyng but then shall we see face to face Nowe I knowe vnperfectly but then shall I knowe euen as I am knowen 13 Nowe abydeth fayth hope and loue these three but the chiefe of these is loue ¶ The .xiiij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth to loue commendeth the gift of tongues and other spirituall giftes 5 But chiefely prophesiyng 34 He commaundeth women to kepe scilence in the Church 40 And sheweth what good order ought to be obserued in the Churche 1 FOlowe after loue and couet spirituall giftes but most chiefelie that ye may prophesie 2 For he that speaketh with the tongue speaketh not vnto men but vnto God For no man heareth hym Howbeit in the spirite he speaketh misteries 3 But he that prophesieth speaketh vnto men to their edifiyng to their exhortation and to their comfort 4 He that speaketh with the tongue edifieth hym selfe he that prophesieth edifieth the Churche 5 I woulde y t ye al spake with tongues but rather that ye prophesied For greater is he that prophesieth then he that speaketh with tongues except he expounde it that the Churche may haue edifiyng 6 Nowe brethren yf I come vnto you speakyng with tongues what shall I profite you except I speake to you eyther by reuelation or by knowledge or by prophesiyng or by doctrine 7 Moreouer thynges without lyfe geuing sound whether it be a pipe or an harpe except they make a distinction in the soundes howe shall it be knowen what is piped or harped 8 And also yf the trumpe geue an vncertayne sounde who shall prepare him selfe to the warre 9 Euen so lykewyse when ye speake with tongues except ye speake wordes that haue signification howe shall it be vnderstande what is spoken For ye shall speake into the ayer 10 There are so many kyndes of voyces as it commeth to passe in the worlde and none of them are without signification 11 If I knowe not what the voyce meaneth I shal be lyke vnto hym that speaketh an aliaunt and he that speaketh shal be an aliaunt vnto me 12 Euen so forasmuch as ye couet spirituall giftes seke that ye may excell vnto the edifiyng of the Churche 13 Wherfore let him that speaketh with tongue pray that he may interprete 14 For yf I pray with tongue my spirite prayeth but my vnderstanding is without fruite 15 What is it then I wyll pray with the spirite and wyll pray with the vnderstandyng also I wyll syng with the spirite and wyll syng with the vnderstandyng also 16 Els when thou blessest with the spirite howe shall he that occupieth the rowme of the vnlearned say Amen at thy geuyng of thankes seyng he vnderstandeth not what thou sayest 17 Thou veryly geuest thankes well but the other is not edified 18 I thanke my God I speake with tongues more the ye all 19 Yet had I rather in the Churche to speake fiue wordes with my vnderstandyng to the information of other then ten thousande wordes with the tongue 20 Brethren be not chyldren in wytte Howbeit as concerning maliciousnesse be chyldren but in wytte be perfect 21 In the lawe it is written With sundry tongues and with sundry lyppes wyll I speake vnto this people and yet for all that will they not heare me sayth the Lorde 22 Wherfore tongues are for a signe not to them that beleue but to them that beleue not But prophesiyng serueth not for them that beleue not but for them which beleue 23 If therfore when all the Churche is come together in one all speake with tongues there come in they that are vnlearned or they which beleue not wyll they not say y t ye are out of your wittes 24 But yf all prophesie and there come in one y t beleueth not or one vnlearned he is rebuked of all men and is iudged of euery man 25 And so are the secretes of his heart made manifest and so falleth he downe on his face and worshippeth God and sayth that God is in you of a trueth 26 Howe is it then brethren When ye come together euery one of you hath a psalme hath a doctrine hath a tongue hath a reuelation hath interpretation Let all thynges be done vnto edifiyng 27 Yf any man speake with tongue let it be by two or at the most by three and that by course and let one interprete 28 But yf there be no interpreter let him kepe scilence in the Churche and let him speake to hym selfe and to God 29 Let the prophetes speake two or three and let the other iudge 30 If any reuelation be made to another that sitteth by let y e first holde his peace 31 For ye may all prophesie one by one that all may learne and all may haue comfort 32 And the spirites of the prophetes are subiect to the prophetes 33 For God is not the aucthour of confusion but of peace as in all Churches of the saintes 34 Let your women kepe scilence in the Churches For it is not permitted vnto them to speake but to be vnder obedience as sayth the lawe 35 If they wyll learne any thyng let thē aske their husbandes at home For it is a shame for women to speake in the Churche 36 Sproung the worde of God from you Either came it vnto you only 37 If any man thynke hym selfe to be a prophete either spiritual let him knowe that the thinges that I write vnto you are y e commaundementes of the Lorde 38 But yf any man be ignoraunt let hym be ignoraunt 39 Wherfore brethren couet to prophesie and forbyd not to speake with tongues 40 Let all thynges be done honestlie and in order ¶ The .xv. Chapter 1 He proueth the resurrection of the dead ◠and first that Christe is risen 22 then that we shall ryse 52 and the maner howe 1 MOreouer brethren I declare vnto you the Gospell
punyshmeÌ„t according to his worde i. Cor. xi a. (c) FroÌ„ doubtyng the deuyll bryngeth to denying (d) Sathan tempteth the woman also with ambitioÌ„ (e) The acte of sinne foloweth the miscrediting of gods worde Eccle. xxv i. Tim. ii d. () The corruption of all the nature of man by sinne (f) Such are the clokes we make to couer our synne (g) The corrupcion of mans nature after synne here appeareth (h) Adam playeth the hypocrite (i) Adam burdeneth God and the woman with his fault “ Or howe (k) In the minister is y e author of this mischiefe punyshed (l) The continuall fyght of the chyldreÌ„ of God Christe (m) Victorie is promysed by Christe to mans comfort () The calamities miseries whiche continually foloweth mankynde for synne i. Cor. xiiii f (n) He shulde haue ben his wyfes schoolmaister and preferred gods voyce before his wyues (o) It is not the age of the earth but the increase of synne that maketh the earth more barayne (p) Adam setteth foorth the benefite of lyfe which he receaued at Gods hands (q) It was gods gift that Adam thus prouided for hym selfe (r) God wold haue man and his posteritie to remember the cause of their miserie (Å¿) You may supplie the sentence with these wordes let vs caste him foorth (t) Adam can neuer in this lyfe obteyne y e felicitie which he loste by sinne (a) Heua thanketh god for the blessyng of chyldren “ he a man God (b) Though Adam was Lorde of all the earth yet he brought vp his chyldren not idelly (c) These chyldren were taught to worship God of their father d The faith of Habel made his oblatioÌ„ acceptable Hebr xi a. (e) The goodnesse of God towarde the godly greueth the wicked “ Or Shall ther not be an acceptation (f) That is God wyll accept thy sacrifice also if thei be offred faithfully (g) Cain had no â—e cause of enuie seing his auctoritie ouer Habel remayned sure vnto hym (h) Hypocrites disseÌ„blingly speke fayre VVisd x. Math. xxiii i. Para. iii. Iudges xi (i) With impietie mischiefe is foolyshnesse ioyned (k) God hath great care for his holy saintes (l) The very earth abhorreth sheddyng of blood (m) A fearefull conscience fyndeth reste no where “ Or My punyshement is greater theÌ„ that I may beare (n) See the degrees by the whiche Cain fel into desperation (o) A great punyshment not to be vnder the tuition of God (p) God wold haue Cain remayne for an example of his vengeaunce vpon murtherers (q) The excomunication or banishment of Cain (r) Temporall gyfts whiche God bestowed vpoÌ„ Cain and his posteritie (Å¿) For whatsoeuer cause this was don it was against the institution of matrimonie (t) Lamech a tyrant regardeth no mans councell but thynketh that he maye more safely persecut the iust men then Cain (v) By the chief part the whole seruice of God is signified whiche the godly began nowe to restore The preseruation of the Churche (a) The rehearsall of his succession or posteritie (b) Man a lyuely image of Gods wisdome iustice (c) The husbande and the wyfe as one man (e) Moyses speaketh not of Cain and such for that they wer not of the church neither came Christe of their line i. Chro. i a. (f) Adam lyued vnto Nohas fathers dayes (g) Thus the rewarde of sin is death thorowout all ages (h) Many holy patriarkes lyued in the church at one tyme. (i) They be only rehearsed by name who were as lyghtes in the Churche (k) He lyued vntyl the .84 yere of Noahs lyfe Eccle. 44. c. Hebr. xi a. (l) He directed his lyfe not after the maners of the world then but accordyng to gods word (m) Why god toke awaye this Godly preacher from the world see wisd the .4 chapter (n) As he was a singuler patrone of godly lyfe so was he an ensample of immortall lyfe resurrection (o) He lyued 6 yeres before the floud as S. Augustine reckeneth (p) Lamech prophesieth of the relief whiche the godly loked for in those miserable tymes (q) All the holy patriarkes rehearsed before dyed in this mans dayes (a) This corruption began long before Noahs tyme. (b) The sonnes of y e godly ioyned them selues with y e daughters of the wicked without all feare of God (c) God had gone about diuers ways to call the world to repentance but mans obstinacie was such as wold not obey but waxed beastly () Tyme of repentaunce grauÌ„ted to the wicked world (d) Tirannie and oppressioÌ„ an other cause of the floud (e) God saw not only y e out warde deedes of meÌ„ naught but their heartes set vpon wickednesse altogether so that ther was no hope they would amend Gen. viii d. Mat xv b. (f) Our sinne the punyshment thereof greeueth God (g) Moyses writeth of god to our vnderstandyng (h) That is God fauoured him and was merciful vnto hym (i) In those most corrupt tymes Noah continued iust and vpright (k) To the eyes of the worlde the wycked seemed as pure as Noah (l) Because all the inhabitaunce had corrupted both religion life (m) God by his threatninges sturreth Noah to greater care and feare (n) Gopher a very lyght kinde of wood (o) The length of the windowe was a cubite (p) It sâ—emed to the worlde then â— thing vnpossible () The vse of the arke (q) That Noah should â—e safe though all the worlde perishe (r) Gods promyse made Noah more redy to do gods commaundement (Å¿) Not one payre alone as appeareth in the next Chapter (t) God could haue fed al miraculouslye but he woulde haue meanes vsed (u) The true and ful obedience of Noah (a) Temporall benefites God bestoweth vpon the chyldren for the fathers godlines sake â— Pet. ii a. (b) Not seueÌ„ payre but three and one for sacrifice (c) God wold not haue Noah to be in doubt of any circumstaunce Mat. 24. d. Luk. xvii f. i. Pet. iii. d. (d) Noah obeyed not in one thing but in all that god commaunded (e) Age dyd not make Noah the slower to obey Gods wyll (f) As to Adam so nowe to Noah god caused all cattell to come (g) In the latter ende of Aprill when all thynges were moste pleasaunt theÌ„ this destruction came (h) God in his punyshment geueth place of repentaunce (i) This is oft tyme repeted for that it seemeth vncredible to the sense of man (k) The hand of God stayed the waters out of the arke (l) Moyses fyrst declareth how the godlye is saued then the destruction of the wycked (m) Thâ— were other particuler fluddes but this was vniuersall VVisd x. a. Eccle. xl (n) The greeuous punyshment of God for sinne (o) That is all that liued (p) Of fishe there is no mention made by Moyses (q) Thus was he rewarded y t rather folowed God then the multitude of wycked i. Peter iii. (a) God sheweth him selfe mindful by declaryng his helpe (b) God createth the wyndes and bringeth them out of his