hūble sprete y t I maye heale a troubled mynde and a cōtrite herte For I chide not euer am not wroth w t out ende But y e blastinge goeth fro me though I make the breath I am wroth w t hī for his couetousnes lust I smyte him I hyde me and am angrie whē he turneth him self and foloweth y e bywaye of his owne hert But yf I maye se his right waye agayne I make him whole I lede him and restore him vnto them whom he maketh ioyful that were sory for him I make the frutes of thākesgeuinge I geue peace vnto them that are farre of and to them that are nye saye I the LORDE that make him whole But the wicked are like the raginge see that cā not rest who se water fometh with the myre grauel Euēso y e wicked haue no peace saieth my God The LVIII Chapter ANd therfore crie now as loude as thou canst Leaue not of life vp thy voyce like a trōpet and shewe my people their offences and y e house of Iacob their synnes For they seke me dalye and wil knowe my wayes euen as it were a people that dyd right and had not forsaken the statutes of their God They argue with me concernynge right iudgment and wil pleate at the lawe with their God Wherfore fast we saye they and thou seist it not we put oure liues to straitnesse and thou regardest it not Beholde when ye fast youre lust remayneth still for ye do no lesse violence to youre detters lo ye fast to strife and debate and to smyte him with youre fist that speaketh vnto you Ye fast not as somtyme that youre voyce might be herde aboue Thynke ye this fast pleaseth me that a mā shulde chasten himself for a daye and to wryth his heade aboute like an hoke in an hairy cloth to lye vpon the earth Shulde that be called fastinge or a daye y t pleaseth y e LORDE But this fastinge pleaseth not me till y e tyme be thou lowse him out of bondage that is in thy daunger that thou breake the ooth of wicked bargaynes that thou let the oppressed go fre and take from them all maner of burthens It pleaseth not me till thou deale thy bred to the hongrie brynge the poore fatherlesse home in to thy house when thou seist the naked that thou couer him and hyde not thy face frō thine owne flesh Then shal thy light breake forth as y e mornynge and thy health florish right shortly thy rightuousnesse shal go before the and y e glory of the LORDE shal embrace the. Then yf thou callest the LORDE shal answere the yf thou criest he shal saye here I am Yee yf thou layest awaye thy burthens and holdest thy fyngers and ceasest from blasphemous talkinge yf thou hast compassion vpon the hongrie and refreszshest y e troubled soule Then shal thy light springe out in the darknesse and thy darknesse shal be as the noone daye The LORDE shal euer be thy gyde and satisfie the desyre of thine hert and fyl y e bones with marry Thou shalt be like a freshwatred garden and like the founteyne of water that neuer leaueth runnynge Then the places that haue euer bene waist shal be buylded of the there shalt thou laye a foundacion for many kynreds Thou shalt be called the maker vp of hedges and y e buylder agayne of y e waye of the Sabbath Yee yf thou turne thy fete from the Sabbath so that thou do not the thinge which pleaseth thyself in my holy daye then shalt thou be called vnto the pleasaunt holy glorious Sabbath of the LORDE where thou shalt be in hono r so y t thou do not after thine owne ymaginacion nether seke thine owne wil ner speake thine owne wordes Thē shalt thou haue y e pleasure in y e LORDE which shal carie y e hie aboue y e earth fede the w t the heretage of Iacob thy father for the LORDES owne mouth hath so promised The LIX Chap. BEholde the LORDES honde is not so shortened y t it can not helpe nether is his eare so stopped y t it maye not heare But yo r myszdedes haue separated you from yo r God yo r synnes hyde his face from you y t he heareth you not For yo r hondes are defyled with bloude and yo r fyngers w t vnrighteousnesse Yo r lippes speake lesynges yo r tonge setteth out wickednes No man regardeth righteousnes no mā iudgeth truly Euery man hopeth in vayne thinges and ymagineth disceate cōceaueth weerynesse bringeth forth euell They brede cockatrice egges weeue y e spyders webb Who so eateth of their egges dieth But yf one treade vpon thē there cōmeth vp a serpent Their webbe maketh no clothe they maye not couer thē w t their labours Their dedes are y e dedes of wickednes y e worke of robbery is in their hōdes Their fete runne to euell they make haist to shed innocēt bloude Their coūcels are wicked coūcels harme destrucciō are in their wayes But y e waye of peace they knowe not In their goinges is no equyte their wayes are so croked y t who so euer goeth therin knoweth nothinge of peace And this is y e cause y t equite is so farre frō vs y t rightuousnes cōmeth not nye vs. We loke for light lo it is darknesse for y e mornynge shyne se we walke in y e darke We grope like y e blynde vpon y e wall we grope euen as one y t hath none eyes We stomble at y e noone daye as though it were toward night in y e fallinge places like men y t are half deed We roare all like Beeres mourne stil like doues We loke for equite but there is none for health but it is farre frō vs. For o r offences are many before y e o r synnes testifie agaynst vs. Yee we must cōfesse y t we offende knowlege y t we do amysse Namely transgresse dyssemble agaynst y e LORDE fall awaye frō o r God vsinge presūptuous traytorous ymaginacions castinge false matters in o r hertes And therfore is equyte gone asyde righteousnes stōdeth farre of treuth is fallen downe in the strete and the thinge that is playne and open maye not be shewed Yee y e treuth is lade in preson and he that refrayneth himself frō euel must be spoyled When the LORDE sawe this it displeased him sore y t there was no where eny equite He sawe also that there was no man which had pitie therof or was greued at it And he helde him by his owne power and cleued to his owne rightuousnes He put rightuousnes vpō him for a brest plate set the helmet of health vpō his heade He put on wrath in steade of clothīge toke gelousy aboute him for a cloke like as when
them wyll I brynge in so y t they shal knowe the lande which ye haue refused But ye with youre carcases shall lye in this wildernesse and yo r children shal wander in this wildernesse fourtye yeares beare yo r whordome tyll yo r carcases be waisted in the wildernesse acordinge to the nombre of y e fourtye dayes wherin ye spyed out the londe A daye for a yeare so y t fourtye yeares ye shall beare youre myszdede that ye maye knowe what it is whan I with drawe my hande Euen I the LORDE haue sayde it wil do it in dede vnto all this euell congregacion that haue lift vp themselues agaynst me In this wildernesse shal they be consumed and there shal they dye So there dyed and were plaged before the LORDE all the mē whom Moses sent to spye out the lāde came agayne and made the whole cōgregacion to murmur agaynst it because they brought vp a myszreporte of the lande that it was euell But Iosua the sonne of Nun and Caleb y e sonne of Iephune were left alyue of the men that wente to spye out the lande And Moses spake these wordes vnto all the children of Israel Thē toke the people greate sorowe And they arose early in y e mornynge and wente vp to the toppe of y e mountayne and sayde Lo here are we and will go vp to the place wherof the LORDE hath sayde for we haue synned But Moses sayde wherfore go ye on this maner beyonde y e worde of the LORDE It shall not prospere with you go not vp for y e LORDE is not amōge you y t ye be not slayne before yo r enemies For the Amalechites and Cananites are there before you ye shal fall thorow y e swerde because ye haue turned yo r selues from the LORDE and the LORDE shal not be with you But they were blynded to go vp to the toppe of the mountaine neuertheles the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt Moses came not out of the hooste Then came downe y e Amalechites Cananites which dwelt vpon that mountayne and smote them and hewed them euen vnto Horma The XV. Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake to the childrē of Israel saye vnto them Whan ye come in to the lande of youre dwellinge which I shal geue you and wil do sacrifice vnto the LORDE whether it be a burnt offerynge or an offrynge for a speciall vowe or a frewyll offerynge or youre feast offerynges that ye maye make a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE of oxen or of shepe He y t wil offre now his gifte vnto y e LORDE shal brynge for the meat offeringe a tēth deale of fyne floure myngled with oyle of the fourth parte of an Hin and wyne for y e drynk offerynge the fourth parte of an Hin also to the burnt offeringe or eny other offeringe whan a lambe is offred But whā there is a ramme offred thou shalt make the meat offerynge two tēth deales of fyne floure myngled with oyle of the thirde parte of an Hin and y e thirde parte of an Hin of wyne also for a drynk offeringe this shalt thou offre for a swete sauo r vnto the LORDE But yf thou wilt offre an oxe for a burnt offerynge or for a speciall vowe offerynge or for an health offeringe vnto the LORDE thou shalt brynge to the oxe the meat offrynge euen thre tenth deales of fyne floure mingled with half an Hin of oyle half an Hin of wyne for a drynk offrynge This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE Thus shalt thou do with an oxe with a ramme with a lambe and with a goate Acordinge as the nombre of the offerynges is therafter shall the nombre of the meat offerynges and drynk offerynges be also He that is one of youre selues shall do this that he maye offre a sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE And yf there dwell a straunger with you or is amōge youre kynszfolkes and wil do an offerynge vnto the LORDE for a swete sauoure the same shal do as ye do Let there be one statute for the whole cōgregacion both vnto you and to the straungers A perpetuall statute shal it be vnto youre posterities that the straunger be euē as ye before y e LORDE One lawe and one ordinaunce shal be vnto you and to the straunger that dwelleth with you And the LORDE talked with Moses sayde Speake to the children of Israel and saye vnto them Whan ye come in to the lande in to y t which I shal brynge you so that ye eate the bred of the londe ye shal heue vp an Heue offerynge vnto the LORDE namely a cake of the firstlinges of youre dowe shall ye geue for an Heue offerynge as the Heue offerynge of the barne euen so shal ye geue the firstlinges of youre dowe also vnto the LORDE for an Heue offerynge amonge youre posterities And whan ye thorow ignoraunce ouer se eny of these commaundementes which the LORDE hath spoken by Moses and all y t the LORDE hath commaunded you by Moses from the daye that the LORDE beganne to commaunde for youre posterities and the cōgregacion do ought ignorauntly thē shal the whole congregacion offre a yonge bullocke from amonge the greate catell to a burnt offerynge for a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE with his meat offerynge and drynk offerynge as the maner is and an he goate for a syn offerynge And so shal the prest make an attonement for the whole congregacion of the children of Israel and it shal be forgeuen them for it is an ignoraunce And they shal brynge these their giftes for an offerynge vnto the LORDE and their syn offerynge before the LORDE for their ignoraunce and it shal be forgeuen the whole congregacion of the childrē of Israel the straunger also y t dwelleth amonge you for so moch as all the people is in soch ignoraunce Yf one soule synne thorow ignoraunce the same shal brynge a she goate of a yeare olde for a syn offerynge And the prest shall make an attonement for soch an ignoraunt soule with the syn offeringe for the ignoraunce before the LORDE that he maye reconcyle him and it shal be forgeuen him And it shal be one lawe that ye shal do for y e ignoraunce both vnto him that is borne amonge the children of Israel and to the straunger that dwelleth amonge you But yf a soule do ought presumptuously whether he be one of youre selues or a straunger he hath despysed the LORDE y e same soule shal be roted out from amōge his people because he hath despysed the worde of the LORDE and hath left his commaundement vndone that soule shall vtterly perishe his synne shal be vpon him Now whyle the children of Israel were in the wyldernesse they founde a man gatherynge stickes vpon the Sabbath daye And they that founde him gatherynge stickes brought him vnto Moses and Aaron and before
put on a sack cloth aszshes wente out in to the myddes of the cite and cried loude and lamentably and came before the kynges gate for there might no man entre within the kynges gate that had a sack cloth on And in all lōdes places as farre as the kynges worde and commaundement extended there was greate lamentacion amonge the Iewes and many fasted wepte mourned laye in sack clothes in aszshes So Hesters dāsels and hir chamberlaines came and tolde it her Then was the quene exceadingly astonnyed And she sent rayment that Mardocheus shulde put them on and laye the sacklothe from him But Mardocheus wolde not take them Thē called Hester Hathac one of the kinges chamberlaines which stode before her and gaue him a cōmaundement vnto Mardocheus that he might knowe what it were and wherfore he dyd so So Hathac wente forth to Mardocheus vnto the strete of the cite which was before the kynges gate And Mardocheus tolde him of all y t had happened vnto him and of the summe of siluer that Amā had promysed to weie downe in the kynges chamber because of y e Iewes for to destroye them and he gaue him the copye of the commaundement that was deuysed at Susan to destroye them that he mighte shewe it vnto Hester and to speake to her and charge her y t she shulde go in to the kynge and make her prayer and supplicacion vnto him for hir people And whā Hathat came in and tolde Hester the wordes of Mardocheus Hester spake vnto Hathat and cōmaunded him to saye vnto Mardocheus All the kynges seruauntes and the people in the londes of the kynge knowe that who so euer commeth within the courte vnto y e kynge whether it be man or woman which is not called the cōmaundement is that the same shal dye immediatly excepte the kynge holde out the goldē cepter vnto him that he maye lyue As for me I haue not bene called to come in to the kynge now this thirtie dayes And whā Mardocheus was certified of Hesters wordes Mardocheus bad saie againe vnto Hester Thynke not to saue thine awne life whyle thou art in y e kynges house before all Iewes for yf thou holdest thy peace at this tyme then shal the Iewes haue helpe and delyueraunce out of another place thou thy fathers house shal be destroyed And who knoweth whether thou art come to the kyngdome for this tymes sake Hester had geue Mardocheus this answere Go thou y t waye then gather together all y e Iewes y t are founde at Susan fast ye for me y t ye eate not drynke not in thre dayes nether daye ner nighte I my damsels wil fast likewyse so wyl I go in to the kynge cōtrary to the cōmaundement yf I perishe I perishe So Mardocheus wente his waye dyd all y t Hester had cōmaunded him The V. Chapter ANd on the thirde daye put Hester on hir royall apparell and stode in the courte of y e kinges palace within ouer agaynst the kynges house And y e kynge sat vpō his royall seate in y e kynges palace ouer agaynst y e dore of the house And whan the kynge sawe Hester the quene stōdinge in the courte she founde grace in his sighte And y e kynge helde out the goldē cepter in his hāde towarde Hester So Hester stepte forth and touched the toppe of y e cepter Then sayde y e kynge vnto her What wilt thou quene Hester ▪ what requyrest thou axe euē the halfe of y e empyre it shal be geuē the. Hester sayde Yf it please y e kynge let y e kynge Aman come this daye vnto y e banket y t I haue prepared The kynge sayde Cause Aman to make haist y t he maye do as Hester hath saide Now whā the kynge Aman came to y e banket y t Hester had prepared the kynge sayde vnto Hester whan he had dronken wyne Hester what is thy peticion it shal be geuē the. And what requyrest thou euen the halfe of the empyre it shal be done Then answered Hester and sayde My peticion and desire is yf I haue founde grace in y e sight of the kynge yf it please the kinge to geue me my peticion and to fulfill my request then let the kynge Aman come to the bancket y t I shal prepare for thē and so wil I do tomorow as the kynge hath sayde Then wente Aman forth the same daye ioyfull and mery in his mynde And whan he sawe Mardocheus in the kynges gate y t he stode not vp and kneled before him he was full of indignacion at Mardocheus Neuertheles he refrained himselfe and whā he came home he sent and called for his frēdes and Seres his wyfe and tolde them of the glory of his riches and the multitude of his children all together how the kynge had promoted him so greatly and how that he was taken aboue the prynces and seruauntes of the kynge Aman sayde morouer Ye◠and Hester the quene let no man come with the kynge vnto the bancket that she had prepared excepte me and tomorow am I bidden vnto her also with the kynge But in all this am I not satisfied as longe as I se Mardocheus the Iewe syttinge in y e kynges gate Then sayde Seres his wife and all his frendes vnto him Let thē make a galowe of fiftye cubites hie tomorow speake thou vnto the kynge that Mardocheus maye be hanged theron yf thou cōmest merely with the kynge vnto the bancket Aman was well content withall and caused a galowe to be prepared The VI. Chapter THe same night coulde not the kynge slepe and he commaunded to brynge y e Cronicles and storyes which whā they were red before y e kinge they happened on the place where it was wryttē how Mardocheus had tolde that the kynges two chāberlaynes which kepte y e tresholdes sought to laie hondes on kinge Ahasuerus And the kynge saide What worshippe and good haue we done to Mardocheus therfore Then sayde the kynges seruauntes that mynistred vnto him There is nothinge done for him And the kynge sayde Who is in y e courte for Aman was gone in to y e courte without before y e kinges house y t he might speake vnto y e kinge to hange Mardocheus on y e tre y t he had prepared for him And the kinges seruauntes saide vnto him Beholde Amā stōdeth in the courte The kynge saide Let him come in And whā Amā came in y e kinge saide vnto him What shal be done vnto y e mā whom the kynge wolde fayne brynge vnto worshippe But Hamā thought in his hert Whom shulde the kynge els be glad to brynge vnto worshippe but me And Aman sayde vnto the kynge Let the man vnto whom the kynge wolde be glad to do worshippe be broughte hither that he maye be araied with the royall garmentes which the kynge vseth to weere and the horse that the kynge rydeth vpon and
was ioye myrth prosperite and good dayes amonge the Iewes in so moch that many of the people in the londe became of the Iewes beleue for the feare of the Iewes came vpon them The IX Chapter IN the twolueth moneth that is the moneth Adar vpon the thyrtenth daye which the kinges worde and cōmaundement had appoynted that it shulde be done euē vpon y e same daie y t the enemies shulde haue destroyed the Iewes to haue oppressed them it turned contrary wise euen y t the Iewes shulde subdue their enemies Then gathered the Iewes together in their cities within all y e londes of kynge Ahasuerus to laye honde on soch as wolde do thē euell no man coulde withstonde them for y e feare of thē was come ouer all people And all the rulers in the londes and prynces and Debities and officers of the kinge promoted the Iewes for the feare of Mardocheus came vpō thē For Mardocheus was greate in the kynges house the reporte of him was noised in all lōdes how he increased grewe Thus the Iewes smote all their enemies with a sore slaughter and slewe and destroyed dyd after their wyll vnto soch as were their aduersaries And at y e castell of Susan slewe the Iewes and destroied fyue hūdreth men slewe Parsandatha Dalphon Aspatha Poratha Adalia Aridatha Parmastha Arissai Aridai Vaiesatha the ten sonnes of Aman y e sonne of Amadathi y e enemie of the Iewes but on his goodes they layed no handes At the same tyme was the kynge certified of the nombre of those that were slaine at the castell of Susan And the kynge sayde vnto quene Hester The Iewes haue slayne and destroyed fyue hūdreth men at y e castell of Susan and the ten sonnes of Amā What shal they do in the other londes of y e kynge What is thy peticion that it maye be geuen the what requirest thou more to be done Hester sayde Yf it please the kynge let him suffre the Iewes tomorow also to do acordinge vnto this dayes commaundement that they maye hange Amans ten sonnes vpō y e tre And the kynge charged to do so and the commaundement was deuysed at Susan Amans ten sonnes were hanged And the Iewes gathered thē selues together at Susan vpon the fourtenth daye of the moneth Adar and slewe thre hundreth men at Susan but on their goodes they laied no hādes As for the other Iewes in the kynges lōdes they came together stode for their lyues gatt rest frō their enemies and slewe of their enemies fyue and seuentye thousande howbeit they layed no hondes on their goodes This was done on the thirtēth daie of the moneth Adar and on the fourtenth daye of the same moneth rested they which daye they ordeyned to be a daye of feastinge and gladnesse But the Iewes at Susan were come together both on the thyrtenth daye and on the fourtenth and on the fyftenth daye they rested and the same daye ordeyned they to be a daye of feastinge gladnes Therfore the Iewes that dwelt in the vyllages and vnwalled townes ordeyned y e fourtenth daye of the moneth Adar to be a daye of feastinge and gladnes and one sent giftes vnto another And Mardocheus wrote these actes and sent the writinges vnto all the Iewes y t were in all y e londes of kynge Ahasuerus both nye and farre that they shulde yearly receaue and holde the fourtenth and fiftenth daie of the moneth Adar as the daies wherin y e Iewes came to rest from their enemies as a moneth wherin their payne was turned to ioye and their sorowe in to prosperite that they shulde obserue the same as dayes of wealth and gladnes and one to sende giftes vnto another to distribute vnto the poore And the Iewes receaued it that they had begonne to do and that Mardocheus wrote vnto them how that Aman the sonne of Amadathai all y e Iewes enemye had deuysed to destroye all the Iewes and caused the lot to be cast for to put them in feare and to brynge them to naughte and how Hester wente and spake to the kynge that thorow letters his wicked deuyce which he ymagyned agaynst the Iewes might be turned vpon his awne heade and how he and his sonnes were hanged on the tre For the which cause they called this daye Purim after the name of the lot acordynge to all y e wordes of this wrytinge and what they thē selues had sene and what ha◠happened vnto them And the Iewes set it vp and toke it vpon them and their sede and vpon all soch as ioyned themselues vnto them that they wolde not mysse to obserue these two dayes yearly acordynge as they were wryttē and appoynted how y t these dayes are not to be forgotten but to be kepte of childers children amōge all kynreds in all londes and cities They are the dayes of Purim which are not to be ouerslipte amonge the Iewes and the memoriall of them oughte not to perishe from their sede And quene Hester the daughter of Abihail and Mardocheus the Iewe wrote with all auctorite to confirme this seconde wrytinge of Purim and sent the letters vnto all the Iewes in the hundreth and seuen and twentye londes of y e empyre of Ahasuerus with frendly and faithfull wordes to confirme these dayes of Purim in their tyme appoynted acordynges as Mardocheus the Iewe and Hester the quene had ordeined cōcernynge them lyke as they vpon their soule and vpon their sede had cōfirmed the actes of the fastinges and of hir cōplainte And Hester cōmaunded to stablish these actes of this Purim and to wryte them in a boke The X. Chapter ANd the kynge Ahasuerus layed tribute vpon the londe and vpon the Iles of the See As for all y e worke of his power and auctoryte and y e greate worshippe of Mardocheus which the kynge gaue him beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Media Persia For Mardocheus the Iewe was the seconde nexte vnto kynge Ahasuerus and greate amonge y e Iewes and accepted amonge the multitude of his brethren as one y t seketh the welth of his people and speaketh the best for all his sede The ende of the seconde parte of the Olde Testament The boke of Iob. What this boke conteyneth Chap. I.II. The prosperite of Iob and how God geueth Satan power ouer his body ād goodes which he is content withall Chap. III. The flesh can not suffre and here is described the vnpacient man that grudgeth agaynst the iudgment of God Chap. IIII. Iobs frendes comforte him and geue his synnes the blame of his punyshmēt Chap. V. That no man is without synne A prayse off the allmightynesse and louynge kyndnesse of God Chap. VI. Iob excuseth his owne vnpacience layeth ypocrysie to his frēdes charge ād sayeth they are but dyssemblers Chap. VII A frendly contencion that Iob maketh with God shewinge the myserable life and trauayle of man Chap. VIII Baldad
on the very same daye it was clensed agayne namely the xxij daye of the moneth called Casleu They kepte viij dayes in gladnesse like as in the feast of the tabernacles remembrynge that not longe afore they helde the feast of y e tabernacles vpon the mountaynes and in dennes like beastes And to y e same token they bare grene bowes braunches and palmes before him that had geuen them good fortune to clense his place They agreed also together and made a statute y t euery yeare those dayes shulde be solemply kepte of all the people of the Iewes How Antiochus then that was called the noble dyed it is sufficiently tolde Now wil we speake of Nicanor the sonne of that wicked Antiochus how it happened with him and so with few wordes to comprehende the aduersite that chaunsed in y e warres When he had taken in the kyngdome he made one Lysias which had bene captayne of the hoost in Phenices and Syria ruler ouer the matters of the realme For Ptolomy that was called Macron beynge a ruler for the Iewes and specially to syt in iudgment for soch wronge as was done vnto them vndertoke to deale peaceably with them For the which cause he was accused of the frendes before Eupator and when he was suspecte to be a traytoure because he had left Cypers that Philometor had committed vnto him and because he departed from noble Antiochus that he was come vnto he poysoned himself and dyed Now when Gorgias was gouernoure of the same places he toke straungers and vndertoke oft tymes to warre with y e Iewes Morouer the Idumeans that helde the strōge holdes receaued those that were dryuen from Ierusalem and toke in honde to warre also But they that were with Machabeus besought and prayed vnto the LORDE that he wolde be their helper and so they fell in to the stronge holdes of the Idumeans wanne many places by strength Soch as came agaynst them they slew and kylled no lesse of all together then twentye thousande Neuerthelesse some no lesse then nyn◠thousande were fled in to two stronge towres hauynge all maner of ordinaunce to withstonde them Now Timotheus whom the Iewes had ouercome afore gathered a multitude of straunge people brought an hoost also of horsmen of the Asians to wynne Iewry by strength But when he drewe nye Machabeus and they that were w t him fell to their prayer sprencled aszshes vpon their heades beynge gyrded w t hayrie cloth aboute their loines fel downe before y e aulter besought the LORDE that he wolde be mercifull to them but an enemie vnto their enemies and to take parte agaynst their aduersaries acordinge as it is promised in the lawe So after the prayer they wente on further from the cite and when they came nye the enemies they prepared them selues agaynst them And by tymes in the mornynge at y e breake of the daye both the hoostes buckled together The one parte had the LORDE for their refuge which is the geuer of prosperite strēgth and victory The other had a māly stomack which is a captayne of warre The battayll now beynge greate there apeared vnto the enemies from heauen v. men vpon horszback with brydels of golde ledinge the Iewes and two of them hauynge Machabeus betwixte them y t kepte him safe on euery syde w t their weapēs but shot dartes and lighteninges vpon the enemies where thorow they were confounded with blyndnesse and so sore afrayed that they fell downe There were slayne of fote men twenty thousande and fyue hundreth and sixe hūdreth horsmen As for Timotheus him self he fled vnto Gazar a very strōge holde wherin Cereas was captayne But Machabeus and his company layed sege to it cherfully iiij dayes Now they that were within trustinge to the strength of the place cursed banned exceadingly and made greate crakynge with wicked wordes Neuerthelesse vpon the fifth daye in the mornynge xx yongemen of Machabeus cōpany beynge set on fyre in their myndes because of the blasphemy came manfully vnto the wall and with bolde stomackes they and their other companyons clymmed vp vpon the towres vndertakynge to set fyre vpon the portes to burne those blasphemous personnes quycke Two dayes were they destroyenge the castell which when they founde Timotheus that was crepte in to a corner they kylled him and slewe Cereas his brother in like maner with Appollophanes When this was done they sunge Psalmes with prayses and thankesgeuynges vnto the LORDE which had done so greate thinges for Israel geuen them the victory The XI Chapter NOt longe after this Lysias the kynges stewarde and a kynsman of his which had the gouernaunce of his matters toke sore displeasure for the thinges that had happened and when he had gathered lxxx M. men of fote with all the hoost of the horsmen he came agaynst the Iewes thinkynge to wynne the cite to make it an habitacion for the Heithen and the temple wolde he haue to be an house of lucre like as the other goddes houses of the Heithē are to sell y e prestes office euery yeare Not consideringe the power of God but was wylde in his mynde trustinge in y e multitude of fote mē in thousandes of horsmē and in his lxxx Elephantes So he came in to Iewry then to Bethsura a castell of defence lyenge in a narow place v. furlonges from Ierusalē and wanne it Now when Machabeus and his company knew that the stronge holdes were taken they fell to their prayers with wepynge and teares before the LORDE and all the people in like maner besought him that he wolde sende a good angell to delyuer Israel Machabeus him self was the first that made him ready to the battayll exortynge the other that were with him to ioperde them selues and to helpe their brethrē And when they were goyenge forth of Ierusalem together with a ready and wyllynge mynde there apeared before thē vpon horszbacke a mā in whyte clothinge with harnesse of golde shakinge his speare Then they praysed y e LORDE all together which had shewed them mercy and were conforted in their myndes in so moch that they were ready not only to fight with men but with y e most cruell beestes yee and to runne thorow walles of yron Thus they wente on wyllingly hauynge an helper from heauē and the LORDE mercifull vnto them They fell mightely vpon their enemies like lyons brought downe xj M. fote men xvj C. horsmen put all y e other to flight many of them beynge wounded and some gat awaye naked Yee Lysias him self was fayne to fle shamefully and so to escape Neuerthelesse the man was not with out vnderstondinge but considered by him self that his power was mynished and pondred how y e Iewes beynge defended by the helpe of Allmighty God were not able to be ouercome wherfore he sent them worde and promised that he wolde consente to all thinges which were reasonable and to make the
greate and notable daye of the LORDE come And it shall come to passe Who so euer shal call vpō the name of the LORDE shal be saued Ye men of Israel heare these wordes Iesus of Nazareth y e man approued of God amonge you with miracles and wonders and tokens which God dyd by him in the myddes amonge you as ye yo selues knowe also him after that he was delyuered by the determinate councell and foreknowlege of God haue ye taken by the handes of vnrighteous personnes and crucifyed him slayne him whō God hath raysed vp and lowsed the sorowes of death for so moch as it was vnpossyble that he shulde be holden of it For Dauid speaketh of him Afore honde haue I set the LORDE allwayes before me for he is on my right hōde that I shulde not be moued Therfore dyd my hert reioyse and my tunge was glad For my flesh also shal rest in hope For thou shalt not leaue my soule in hell nether shalt thou suffer y e Holy to se corrupcion Thou hast shewed me the wayes of life thou shalt make me full of ioye with thy countenaunce Ye men and brethren let me frely speake vnto you of the Patryarke Dauid For he is deed and buried and his sepulcre is with vs vnto this daye Wherfore now seinge y t he was a prophet and knewe that God had promised him with an ooth that the frute of his loynes shulde syt on his seate he sawe it before and spake of the resurreccion of Christ for his soule was not left in hell nether hath his flesh sene corrupcion This Iesus hath God raysed vp wherof we all are witnesses Seynge now that he by the right hande of God is exalted and hath receaued of y e father y e promyse of the holy goost he hath shed forth this that ye se and heare For Dauid is not ascended in to heauen but he sayde The LORDE sayde vnto my LORDE Syt thou on my righte hande vntyll I make thine enemies y t fote stole So therfore let all the house of Israel knowe for a suertye y t God hath made this same Iesus whom ye haue crucified LORDE and Christ. Whan they herde this their hert pricked them and they sayde vnto Peter and to the other Apostles Ye men and brethrē What shal we do Peter sayde onto them Amēde youre selues and let euery one of you be baptysed in the name of Iesus Christ for the remyssion of synnes and ye shal receaue the gifte of the holy goost For this promyse was made vnto you and youre children and to all that are farre of whō so euer the LORDE oure God shal call And w t many other wordes bare he witnesse and exorted them and sayde Saue youre selues from this vntowarde generacion They that gladly receaued his preachinge were baptysed the same daye there were added vnto them aboute thre thousande soules They contynued in the Apostles doctryne and in the felashippe and in breakynge of bred and in prayer And feare came vpō euery soule and many wonders and tokens were done by y e Apostles But all they that beleued were together and had all thinges commen They solde their goodes and possessions and parted them out amonge all acordinge as euery mā had nede And they contynued daylie with one acorde in the tēple and brake bred in euery house they toke their meate with ioye synglenesse of hert praysinge God and had fauoure with all y e people And the LORDE added to the congregacion daylie soch as shulde be saued The III. Chapter PEter and Ihon wente vp together in to the temple aboute the nyenth houre to praye And there was a certayne man halt from his mothers wombe whom they brought and layed daylie at the gate of the tēple which is called the Bewtyfull that he might axe almesse of them that wēte in to the temple Now whan he sawe Peter and Ihon that they wolde in to the temple he desyred to receaue an almesse Peter behelde him with Ihon and sayde Loke on vs. And he gaue hede vnto them hopynge to receaue somethinge of them Howbeit Peter saide Syluer and golde haue I none but soch as I haue geue I the. In the name of Iesus Christ of Nazareth ryse vp walke And he toke him by the righte hande and lifte him vp Immediatly his legges ancle bones were made strōge and he sprange stode and walked and entred with them in to the tēple walkynge and leapinge and praysinge God And all the people sawe him walke and prayse God And they knewe him y t it was he which sat for almesse at the bewtyfull gate of the temple And they were fylled with wondrynge and were astonnyed at that which had happened vnto hī But as this halt which was healed helde him to Peter and Ihon all the people ranne vnto them in to the porche which is called Salomōs and wondred Whan Peter sawe that he answered vnto the people Ye men of Israel why maruayle ye at this or why loke ye so at vs as though we by oure awne power or deseruynge had made this man to walke The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Iacob y e God of oure fathers hath glorifyed his childe Iesus whom ye delyuered and denyed in the presence of Pilate whan he had iudged him to be lowsed But ye denyed the holy and iust and desyred the murthurer to be geuen you but ye slewe the prynce of life whom God hath raysed from the deed of the which we are witnesses And thorow y e faith in his name hath he confirmed his name vpon this man whom ye se and knowe and faith thorow him hath geuē this man this health before youre eyes Now deare brethrē I knowe that ye haue done it thorow ignoraunce as dyd also youre rulers But God which by the mouth of all his prophetes had shewed before y t his Christ shulde suffre hath so fulfilled it Do penaunce now therfore and turne you that youre synnes maye be done awaye whan the tyme of refreshinge shal come before the presence of the LORDE and whan he shal sende him which now before is preached vnto you euen Iesus Christ which must receaue heauen vntyll the tyme that all thinges which God hath spoken by the mouth of his holy prophetes sence y e worlde beganne be restored agayne For Moses sayde vnto y e fathers A prophet shal the LORDE youre God rayse vp vnto you euen from amōge youre brethren like vnto me him shal ye heare in all that he shal saye vnto you And it shal come to passe what soule soeuer shal not heare the same prophet shal be destroyed from amonge the people And all the prophetes from Samuel and thence forth as many as haue spoken haue likewyse tolde of these dayes Ye are the children of the prophetes and of the couenaunt which God made vnto o r fathers
grewe more and more In so moch that they brought out the sycke in to the stretes and layed them vpon beddes and barowes that at the leest waye the shadowe of Peter whan he came by might ouershadowe some of theÌ„ There came many also out of y e cities rounde aboute vnto Ierusalem and brought the sicke and theÌ„ that were vexed with vncleane spretes and they were healed euery one But the hye prest rose vp and all they y t were with him which is the secte of the Saduces and were full of indignacion layed handes on the Apostles and put them in the comon preson But the angell of y e LORDE by night opened the preson dores and brought theÌ„ out and sayde Go youre waye and steppe vp and speake in the temple to the people all the wordes of this life Whan they herde that they entred in to the temple early in the mornynge and taught But the hye prest came and they y t were with him and called the councell together all y e Elders of the children of Israel and sent to the preson to fet them The mynisters came and founde them not in the preson â—ame agayne and tolde and sayde The preson founde we shut with all diligence and the kepers stondinge without before the dores but whaÌ„ we had opened we founde noman therin Whan the hye prest and the rulers of the temple and the other hye prestes herde these wordes they douted of them whervnto this wolde growe Then came there one which tolde them Beholde the men that ye put in preson are in the temple stondinge and teachinge the people Then weÌ„te y e rulers with their mynisters and fetched them without violence for they feared the people lest they shulde haue bene stoned And whan they had brought them they set theÌ„ before the councell And the hye prest axed them and sayde Dyd not we coÌ„maunde you strately that ye shulde not teache in this name And beholde ye haue fylled Ierusalem with youre doctryne and ye inteÌ„de to brynge this mans bloude vpon vs. But Peter and the Apostles answered and sayde We ought more to obeye God then men The God of oure fathers hath raysed vp Iesus whoÌ„ ye slewe and hanged on tre Him hath the righte hande of God exalted to be a prynce and Sauioure to geue repentaunce and forgeuenesse of synnes vnto Israel And we are his recordes of these wordes and the holy goost whoÌ„ God hath geuen vnto theÌ„ that obeye him WhaÌ„ they herde that it wente thorow the hertes of them and they thoughte to slaye them Then stode there vp in y e councell a pharyse named Gamaliel a scribe had in greate reputacion before all y e people and bad put the Apostles asyde a litle and sayde vnto them Ye men of Israel take hede to youre selues what ye do as touchinge these men Before these dayes rose vp one Theudas boostinge himself And there cleued vnto him a noÌ„bre of meÌ„ aboute a foure hundreth which was slayne and all they y t enclyned vnto him were scatred abrode and brought to naught After this stode vp Iudas of Galile in y e dayes of trybute and drewe awaye moch people after him he also perished all they that enclyned vnto him are scatred abrode And now I saye vnto you refrayne yo selues froÌ„ these men and let theÌ„ go Yf this councell or worke be of meÌ„ it wil come to naught but yf it be of God ye are not able to destroye it lest ye be founde to be the men that wil stryue agaynst God Then they agreed vnto him and called the Apostles and bet them and commaunded them that they shulde speake nothinge in the name of Iesu and let them go But they departed from the presence of the councell reioysinge that they were worthy to suffre rebuke for his names sake And daylie in the temple and in euery house they ceassed not to teache and to preache the Gospell of Iesus Christ. The VI. Chapter IN those dayes whan the nombre of the disciples increased there arose a grudge amoÌ„ge the Grekes agaynst the Hebrues because their wyddowes were not loked vpon in the daylie handreachinge Then the twolue called the multitude of the disciples together and sayde It is not mete that we shulde leaue the worde of God and to serue at the tables Wherfore brethren loke out amonge you seueÌ„ men that are of honeste reporte and full of the holy goost and wyszdome whom we maye appoynte to this nedefull busynes But we wil geue oure selues vnto prayer and to the mynistracion of the worde of God And the sayenge pleased the whole multitude And they chose Steuen a man full of fayth and of the holy goost and Philippe and Procorus and Nicanor and Thimon and Parmenas and Nicolas the Proselite of Antioche These they set before y e Apostles and they prayed and layed their handes vpon them And the worde of God increased and the nombre of the disciples multiplied greatly at Ierusalem And there were many prestes also obedient vnto the fayth Steuen full of faith and power dyd wonders and greate tokens amonge the people Then arose there certayne of the synagoge which is called the synagoge of y e Libertynes of the Cyrenites and of the AlexaÌ„drines and of theÌ„ y t were of Celicia and Asia disputed with SteueÌ„ and they coulde not resiste the wyszdome and the sprete out of the which he spake Then sent they in certayne men that sayde We haue herde him speake blasphemous wordes agaynst Moses and agaynst God And they moued the people and the Elders and the scrybes and came vpon him caught him and brought him before the councell and set false witnesses there which sayde This man ceasseth not to speake blasphemous wordes agaynst this holy place and the lawe For we herde him saye Iesus of Nazareth shall destroye this place and chaunge the ordinaunces which Moses gaue vs. And all they that sat in the councell loked vpoÌ„ him and sawe his face as the face of an angell The VII Chapter Then sayde the hye prest Is it eueÌ„ so He sayde Deare brethren and fathers herken to The God of glorye appeared vnto o father AbrahaÌ„ whyle he was yet in Mesopotamia before he dwelt in Haran and sayde vnto him Get y t out of thy couÌ„tre and froÌ„ thy kynred and come in to a londe which I wil shewe ye. TheÌ„ wente he out of the lande of the Caldees and dwelt in Haran And from theÌ„ce whan his father was deed he brought him ouer in to this londe where ye dwell now and gaue him no enheritauÌ„ce therin no not y e bredth of a fote and promysed him that he wolde geue it him to possesse and to his sede after him whan as yet he had no childe But thus sayde God vnto him Thy sede shal be a straunger in a straunge londe and they shal
of the prophetes the rulers of the synagoge sent vnto them sayenge Good brethren yf ye haue eny sermon to exorte the people saye on Then stode Paul vp and beckened with the hande that they shulde holde their peace and sayde Yemen of Israel and ye that feare God herkeÌ„ to The God of this people chose oure fathers and exalted the people whan they were straungers in the loÌ„de of Egipte and with a mightie arme broughte he them out of it And by the space of fortye yeares suffred he their maners in the wyldernesse and destroyed seuen nacions in the lande of Canaan and parted their londe amonge them by lott After that gaue he them iudges by the space of foure hundreth and fiftye yeares vnto the prophet Samuel And after that they desyred a kynge and God gaue vnto them Saul the sonne of Cis a man of the trybe of Ben Iamin fortye yeares longe And whan he had put him downe he set vp Dauid to be their kynge of whom he reported sayenge I haue founde Dauid the sonne of Iesse a man after my hert he shal fulfyll all my wyll Of this mans sede hath God acordinge to the promesse broughte forth vnto the people of Israel y e Sauioure Iesus whan Ihon had first preached before his coÌ„mynge the baptyme of repentaunce vnto Israel But whan Ihon had fulfylled his course he sayde I am not he that ye take me for But beholde there commeth one after me whose shues of his fete I am not worthy to lowse Ye men and brethren ye children of the generacion of Abraham and they that feare God amonge you vnto you is y e worde of this saluacion sent For the inhabiters of Ierusalem and their rulers for somoch as they knewe him not ner yet the voyces of the prophetes which are red euery Sabbath haue fulfylled them in condemnynge him And though they founde no cause of death in him yet desyred they Pilate to kyll him And whan they had fulfylled all that was wrytten of him they toke him downe from the tre and layed him in a sepulcre But on y e thirde daye God raysed him vp from the deed and he appeared many dayes vnto theÌ„ that wente vp with him from Galile vnto Ierusalem which are his witnesses vnto the people And we also declare vnto you y e promes which was made vnto oure fathers how that God hath fulfylled the same vnto vs their children in y t he raysed vp Iesus agayne As it is wrytten in the seconde Psalme Thou art my sonne this daye haue I begotten the. But that he hath raysed him vp froÌ„ the deed now nomore to returne to corrupcion he sayde on this wyse The grace promysed to Dauid wyl I faithfully kepe vnto you Therfore sayeth he also in another place Thou shalt not suffre thy Holy tose corrupcion For Dauid whan he in his tyme had serued the wyll of God he fell a slepe and was layed by his fathers sawe corrupcion But he whoÌ„ God raysed vp agayne sawe no corrupcion Be it knowne vnto you therfore ye men and brethreÌ„ y t thorow this man is preached vnto you y e forgeuenesse of synnes and froÌ„ all y e thinges wherby ye mighte not be iustifyed in the lawe of Moses But whosoeuer beleueth on this man is iustifyed Bewarre therfore that it come not vpon you which is spoken in the prophetes Beholde ye despysers and wonder at it and perishe for I do a worke in youre tyme which ye shal not beleue yf eny man tell it you Whan the Iewes were gone out of the synagoge the Heythen besoughte them y t they wolde speake y e worde vnto them betwene the Sabbath dayes And whaÌ„ the coÌ„gregacion of the synagoge was broken vp many Iewes and Proselites y t serued God folowed Paul and Barnabas which spake to them and exorted them that they shulde contynue in the grace of God On y e Sabbath folowinge came almost the whole cite together to heare the worde of God But whan the Iewes sawe the people they were full of indignacion and spake agaynst that which was spoken of Paul speakinge agaynst it blasphemynge But Paul and Barnabas waxed bolde and sayde It behoued first the worde of God to be spoken vnto you but now that ye thrust it froÌ„ you and counte youre selues vnworthy of euerlastinge life lo we turne to the Gentyles For so hath the LORDE coÌ„maunded vs I haue set the to be a lighte vnto y e Gentyles y t thou be y e Saluacion vnto the ende of the earth Whan the Gentyles herde that they were glad and praysed the worde of the LORDE and beleued eueÌ„ as many as were ordeyned to euerlastinge life And the worde of y e LORDE was spred abrode thorow out all the region Howbeit the Iewes moued the deuoute and honorable wemen and the chefemen of the citie and raysed vp a persecucion agaynst Paul and Barnabas and expelled them out of their coastes But they shoke of the dust of their fete agaynst them and came to Iconium And the disciples were fylled with ioye and with the holy goost The XIIII Chapter IT fortuned at Iconium that they weÌ„te both together in to the synagoge of the Iewes and spake so that a greate multitude of the Iewes of the Grekes beleued But the vnbeleuynge Iewes moued and disquyeted the soules of the HeytheÌ„ agaynst the brethreÌ„ So they had their beynge there a loÌ„ge season and quyte themselues boldly in the LORDE which gaue testimony vnto the worde of his grace and caused tokens and wonders to be done by their handes Howbeyt the multitude of the cite was deuyded some helde w t the Iewes and some with the Apostles But whan there rose vp an insurreccion of the HeytheÌ„ and of y e Iewes and of their rulers to put them to shame and to stone theÌ„ they perceaued it and fled vnto lystra and Derba cities of y e countre of Licaoniâ—â— and vnto y e region that lyeth rounde aboute and there they preached the Gospell And amonge them of Lystra there was a man which sat beynge impotent of his fete and was crepell froÌ„ his mothers wombâ— and had neuer walked the same herde Paul speake And whan he behelde him and perceaued that he had faith to be made whole he sayde w t a loude voyce Stonde vprighte on thy fete And he sprange vp and walked But whan the people sawe what Paul had done they lifte vp their voyce and sayde in y e speache of Lycaonia The goddes are become like vnto men and are come downe vnto vs. And they called Barnabas Iupiter and Paul Mercurius because he was the preacher But Iupiters prest which dwelâ— before their cite broughte oxen and garlandes before the gate and wolde haue done sacrifice with the people Whan y e Apostles Barnabas and Paul herde that they rent their clothes and
¶ Because that whan thou goest to study in holy scripture thou shuldest do it with reuerence therfore for thy instruction louynge admonicion therto the Reuerende father in god Nicolas Bisshoppe of Salisbury hath prescrybed the this prayer folowynge taken out of the same O Lorde God almyghtye whiche longe agoo saydest by the mouthe of Iames thyn Apostle If any of you lacke wysdom let hym aske it of God whiche geueth it plenteously to all men and casteth no man in the tethe and it shal be geuen hym Heare my peticion for this thy promes sake Let my prayer ascende luckely in to thy syght lyke incense Let thy◠eare be attent vnto my depe desyre Geue me wysdome which is eue◠assistent about thy seate And put me not out from amonge 〈…〉 for I am thy seruaunt and y e sonne of thy handmayde ▪ 〈…〉 her I meane thy godly wysedome out of thyne holy heauens and from the trone of thy maiestye that she maye be with me and laboure with me y t I may knowe what is acceptable in thy syght Oh lerne me goodnes nurtoure and knowlege for I beleue thy commaundementes Thou art good and gracyous instructe me in thyne ordynaunces Let myne hertie besechynge ascende in to thy presence Geue me vnderstondynge accordynge to thy worde Oh geue me vnderstōdynge and I shall kepe thy lawe Yee I shall kepe it with all myne herte Shewe me thy wayes o Lorde teache me thy patthes Leade me in to thy trueth and lerne me for thou art the God of my helth And on the do I depende alway Heare now my voyce O Lorde with which I haue cryed vnto the. Haue mercy vpon me and gracyouslye heare me for Iesus Christes sake oure Lorde which lyueth and reygneth with the his father the holy goost worlde without ende Amen ¶ After the ende of any Chapter yf thou wylt thou mayest saye these verses folowynge LEade me o Lorde in thy waye and let me walke in thy trueth Oh let myne herte delyte in fearynge thy name Ordre my goynges after thy worde that no wyckednes reygne in me Kepe my steppes within thy patthes lest my fete turne in to any contrary waye Vnto the most victorious Prynce and oure most gracyous soueraigne Lorde kynge Henry the kynge of Englonde and of Fraunce lorde of Irlonde c. Defendour of the Fayth and vnder God the chefe and suppreme heade of the Church of Englonde ¶ The ryght iust administracyon of the lawes that God gaue vnto Moses and vnto Iosua the testimonye of faythfulnes that God gaue of Dauid the plenteous abundaunce of wysdome that God gaue vnto Salomon the lucky and prosperous age with the multiplicacyon of sede whiche God gaue vnto Abraham and Sara his wyfe be geuē vnto you most gracyous Prynce with your dearest iust wyfe and most vertuous Pryncesse Quene Anne Amen CAiphas beynge bysshope of that yeare lyke a blynde prophete not vnderstandyng what he sayd prophecied that it was better to put Christ vnto death then that all the people shulde perysshe he meanyng that Christ was an heretike a deceauer of the people a destroyer of the lawe and that it was better therfore to put Christ vnto death thā to suffre hym for to lyue and to deceaue the people c. where in very dede Christ was the true prophete the true Messias and the onely true Sauiour of the worlde sent of his heauenly father to suffre the moste cruell most shamefull and most necessary death for our redempcyon accordyng to y e meanynge of the prophecie truely vnderstonde Euen after the same maner y e blynde bysshoppe of Rome that blynde Baalam I saye not vnderstondynge what he dyd gaue vnto your grace this tytle Defendour of the fayth onely bycause your hyghnes suffred your bysshoppes to burne Gods worde the rote of fayth and to persecute the louers and mynisters of y e same where in very dede the blynde bysshoppe though he knewe not what he dyd prophecied that by the ryghteous admynistracyon and contynuall diligence of youre grace the fayth shulde so be defended that Gods worde the mother of Fayth with the frutes therof shulde haue his fre course thorowe out all Christendome but specyally in your realme Yf your hyghnesse now of your pryncely benignite wyll pardon me to compare these two bysshoppes I meane bysshoppe Caiphas and the bysshoppe of Rome theyr prophecies together I doute not but we shal fynde them agree lyke brethren though the one be a Iewe and the other a counterfayre Christian. Fyrst Caiphas prophecied that it was better to put Christ vnto death then that the people shulde perysshe The bysshoppe of Rome also not knowynge what he prophecied gaue youre grace this tytle Defendour of the fayth The trueth of both these prophecies is of the holy goost as was Baalams prophecie though they that spake thē knewe not what they sayd The trueth of Caiphas prophecie is that it was necessary for mans saluacyon that Christ by his death shulde ouercome death and redeme vs. And the trueth of oure Baalams prophecie is y t your grace in very dede shulde defende the Fayth Yee euen the true fayth of Christ no dreames no fables no heresie no papisticall inuencions but the vncorrupte fayth of Gods most holy worde which to set forth praysed be the goodnes of God and increace youre gracyous purpose your hyghnes with youre most honorable councell applyeth all his studye and endeuoure These two blynde bysshopes now agree in y e vnderstādyng of theyr prophecies for Caiphas taketh Christ for an heretike Oure Balaā taketh the worde of Christ for heresie Caiphas iudgeth it to be a good dede to put Christ vnto death that he shulde not deceaue the people Oure Balaam calleth defendynge of the fayth the suppressyng kepyng secrete and burnyng of the worde of fayth lest the lyght thereof shulde vtter his darknes lest his owne Decretales Decrees his owne lawes and constitucions his owne statutes and inuencions shulde come to none effecte lest his intollerable exactions and vsurpacions shulde lose theyr strengthe lest it shulde be knowen what a thefe and murtherer he is in the cause of Christ and how haynous a traytoure to God and man in defraudynge all Christen kynges prynces of theyr due obedience lest we youre graces subiectes shulde haue eyes in the worde of God at the last to spye out his crafty conueyaūce and iuglynges and lest men shulde se how sore he and his false Apostles haue deceaued all Christendome specyally youre noble realme of Englonde Thus your grace seyth how brotherly the Iewysh bysshoppe and oure Balaam agree together not onely in myter and outwarde appearaunce but as the one persecuted the Lorde Iesus in his owne persone so doth the other persecute his worde and resysteth his holy ordynaunce in the auctorite of his anoynted kynges For so moche nowe as the worde of God is the onely trueth that dryueth awaye all
lyes and discloseth all iuglyng and disceate therfore is oure Balaam of Rome so lothe that the scripture shulde be knoweÌ„ in the mother tonge lest yf kynges and prynces specially aboue all other were exercysed therin they shulde reclame and chalenge agayne theyr due auctorite which he falsely hath vsurped so many yeres and so 〈◊〉 tye hym shorter and lest the people beyng taught by the worde of God shulde fall from y e false fayned obedieÌ„ce of hym and his disguysed Apostles vnto the true obedience commaunded by Gods owne mouthe as namely to obey theyr prynce to obey father and mother c. and not to steppe ouer father and mothers bely to enter in to his paynted religions as his ypocrites teache For he knoweth well ynough that yf the cleare Sonne of Gods worde come ones to the heate of the daye it shal dryue awaye all the foule myst of his deuelysh doctrines Therfore were it more to the mayntenaunce of Antichristes kyngdome that the worlde were styll in ignoraunce and blyndnes and that the scripture shulde neuer come to lyghte For the scripture both in the olde testament and in the new declareth most abouÌ„â—dauntly that the office auctorite and power geuen of God vnto kynges is in earth aboue all other powers let them call theÌ„ selues Popes Cardynalles or what so euer they will the worde of god declareth them yee and commaundeth them vnder payne of dampnacion to be obedient vnto the temporall swerde As in the olde Testament all the Prophetes Prestes and Leuites were And in the new Testament Christ his Apostles both were obedient them selues and taught obedience of all men vnto theyr prynces aÌ„d temporall rulers which here vnto vs in the worlde present the persone of God and are called Goddes in the scripture bycause of the excelleÌ„cy of theyr office And though there were no mo auctorities but the same to proue the pÌ„eminence of the temporall swerde Yet by this the scripture declareth playnly that as there is nothyng aboue God so is there no man aboue the kynge in his realme but that he onely vnder God is the chefe heade of all the coÌ„gregacyon and church of the same And in token that this is true there hath ben of olde antiquite and is yet vnto this daye a louynge ceremonye vsed in your realme of Englonde y t whaÌ„ your graces subiectes reade your letters or begynne to talke or comeÌ„ of your hyghnes they moue theyr bonettes for a signe token of reuerence vnto your grace as to their most soueraigne lorde heade vnder God which thyng no man vseth to do to eny bysshoppe wherby yf oure vnderstondyng were nat blynded we myght euydently perceaue that euen very nature teacheth vs the same that scripture coÌ„mauÌ„deth vs and that lyke as it is agaynst Gods worde that a kynge shulde not be the chefe heade of his people euen so I saye is it agaynst kynde that we shulde knowe any other heade aboue hym vnder God And that no prest nor bysshoppe is exempte nor can be lawfully from the obedience of his prynce the scripture is full both of strayte coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes practises of the holyest men ✚ Aaron was obedient vnto Moses and called hym his lorde though he was his owne brother Eleasar and Phinâ—as were vnder the obedieÌ„ce of Iosua ✚ Nathan the prophete fell downe to the grounde before kynge Dauid he had his Prynce in such reuerence He made not the kynge for to kysse his fote as the bysshoppe of Rome maketh Emperours to do Notwithstondynge he spared not to rebuke hym and that ryght sharply whan he fell from the worde of God to adultery and manslaughter For he was not afrayed to reproue hym of his sinnes nomore than Helyas the prophete stode in feare to saye vnto kynge Achab ✚ It is thou and thy fathers house that trouble Israel because ye haue forsaken y e commaundementes of the Lorde and walke after Baal And as Iohan Baptyste durst saye vnto Kynge Herode It is not lawful for the to take thy brothers wyfe But to my purpose I passe ouer innumerable mo ensaÌ„ples both of the olde Testament and of the new for feare lest I be to tedyous vnto your grace SuÌ„ma in all godly regimentes of olde tyme the kynge and teÌ„porall iudge was obeyed of euery man and was alwaye vnder God the chefe and suppreme heade of the whole congregacyon and deposed euen prestes whan he sawe an vrgent cause as Salomon dyd vnto Abiathar who coulde than stonde agaynst the godly obedience of his prynce excepte he wolde be at defyaunce with God and all his holy ordinaunces that were well acquaynted with the holy scripture which so earnestly coÌ„mendeth vnto euery one of vs the auctorite and power geuen of God vnto kynges and temporall rulers Therfore doth Moses so strately forbyde the Israelites to speake so moche as an euell worde agaynst the prynce of y e people moche lesse than to disobeye hym or to withstonde hym Doth not Ieremy the prophete and Baruc also exhorte the people in captiuite to praye for the prosperous welfare of the kynge of Babilon and to obeye hym though he was an infidele In the new Testament whaÌ„ oure sauioure Christ beyng yet fre Lorde of al kynges prynces shewed his obedience in payenge the trybute to oure ensample ✚ dyd he not a miracle there in puttynge the pece of money in the fysshes mouth that Peter myght paye the customer therwith and all to stablysshe the obedience due vnto prynces ✚ Dyd not Ioseph and Mary the mother of our sauiour Christ departe froÌ„ Nazareth vnto BethleeÌ„ so farre from home to shewe theyr obedience in payenge the taxe to the prynce And wolde not oure Sauioure be borne in the same obedience ✚ Doth not Paule pronounce hym to resyste God hym selfe that resysteth the auctorite of his prynce And to be shorte the Apostle Peter dothe not onely stablysshe the obedience vnto prynces and temporall rulers but affirmeth playnly the kynge and no bysshoppe to be the chefe heade Innumerable places mo are there in scripture which bynde vs to the obedience of oure prynce and declare vnto vs that no man is nor can be lawfully excepte from the same but that all the mynisters of Goddes worde are vnder the teÌ„porall swerde Prynces onely to owe obedience vnto God his worde And where as Anthichrist vnto youre graces tyme dyd thrust his heade into y e imperiall crowne of your hyghnes as he doth yet with other noble prynces mo that lerned he of SathaÌ„ the authour of pryde and therin doth he both agaynst the doctryne also agaynst y e ensample of Christe whiche because his kyngdome was not of this worlde medled with no temporal matters as it is euydent both by his wordes and practyse Luc. xii Math. xxvi Ioh. vi Ioh. xviii where he y t hath eyes to se maye se he y t hath eares to heare maye heare y t Christes
helpe of God ouerloke it better amende it Now wil I exhorte the who so euer thou be y e readest scripture yf thou fynde oughte therin y t thou vnderstondest not or that apeareth to be repugnaunt geue no temerarious ner haystye iudgmeÌ„t therof but ascrybe it to thyne awne ignoraunce not to the scrypture thynke y t thou vnderstondest it not or y t it hath some other meanynge or y t it is happlye ouersene of y e interpreters or wronge prynted Agayne it shall greately helpe y t to vnderstonde scripture yf thou marke not onely what is spoken or wrytten but of whom vnto whom with what wordes at what tyme where to what intent with what circumstaunce consyderynge what goeth before and what foloweth after For there be some thynges which are done wrytteÌ„ to the intente y t we shulde do lykewyse as whan Abraham beleueth God is obedient vnto his worde defendeth Loth his kynsman from violent wronge There be some thynges also which are wrytteÌ„ to the intente y t we shulde eschue soch lyke As whan Dauid lyeth with Vrias wyfe causeth him to be slayne Therfore I saye whan thou readest scripture be wyse circumspecte whan thou commest to soch straunge maners of speakynge darke sentences to soch parables similitudes to soch dreames or vysions as are hyd from thy vnderstondynge coÌ„mytte them vnto God or to the gyfte of his holy sprete in them y t are better lerned then thou As for the commendacyon of Gods holy scripture I wolde fayne magnifye it as it is worthy but I am farre vnsufficieÌ„t therto therfore I thoughte it better for me to holde my tonge then with few wordes to prayse or commeÌ„de it exhortynge y e most deare reader so to loue it so to cleue vnto it so to folowe it in thy daylye conuersacyon y t other men seynge thy good workes the frutes of y e holy goost in the maye prayse the father of heauen geue his worde a good reporte for to lyue after the lawe of God to leade a vertuous conuersacyon is the greatest prayse y t thou canst geue â—nto his doctryne But as touchynge the euell reporte and disprayse that the good worde of God hath by the corrupte and euell conuersacyon of some y t daylye heare it and professe it outwardly with theyr mouthes I exhorte y e most deare reader let not y t offende the ner withdrawe thy mynde froÌ„ the loue of y e trueth nether moue y e to be partaker in lyke vnthankfulnes but seynge y e lighte is come in to the worlde loue nomore the workes of darknes receaue not the grace of god in vayne Call to thy remembraunce how louynge mercifull God is vnto the how kyndly and fatherly he helpeth the in alâ— trouble teacheth thyne ignoraunce healeth the in all thy sycknesse forgeueth the all thy synnes fedeth y e geueth the drynke helpeth y e out of preson norysheth the in straunge countrees careth for the seyeth y t thou wante nothynge Call this to mynde I saye that earnestly and consydre how thou hast receaued of god all these benefites yee and many mo then thou canst desyre how thou art bounde lykewise to shewe thy selfe vnto thy neghboure as farre as thou canst to teach him yf he be ignoraunt to helpe him in all his trouble to heale his sycknes to forgeue him his offences and that hartely to fede him to cherish him to care for him and to se y t he wante nothyng· And on this behalfe I beseke the thou y t hast y e ryches of this worlde and louest God with thy harte to lyfte vp thyne eyes and se how greate a multitude of poore people renne thorow euery towne haue pitie on thyne awne flesh helpe them with a good harte and do with thy councell all that euer thou canst that this vnshamefast beggynge maye be put downe that these ydle folkes maye be set to laboure that soch as are not able to get theyr lyuynge maye be prouyded for At the leest thou y t art of councell with soch as are in auctoryte geue them some occasyon to cast theyr heades together and to make prouysyon for the poore Put the in remembraunce of those noble cityes in other countrees that by the auctoryte of theyr prynces haue so rychely aÌ„d well prouided for theyr poore people to the greate shame deshonestye of vs yf we lykewyse receauynge y e worde of God shewe not soch lyke frutes therof wolde God y t those men whose office is to maynteyne y e comon welth were as diligent in this cause as they are in other Let vs bewarre by tymes for after vnthankfulnes there foloweth euer a plage the mercyful hande of God be with vs defende vs that we be not partakers therof Go to now most deare reader syt the downe at the Lordes fete and reade his wordes as Moses teacheth the Iewes take them in to theyr herte let thy talkynge communicacion be of them whan thou syttest in thyne house or goest by y e waye whan thou lyest downe whan thou ryseth vp And aboue all thynges fasshyon thy lyfe coÌ„uersacion acordyng to the doctryne of the holy goost therin that thou mayest be partaker of y e good promyses of god in the Byble be heyre of his blessynge in Christ. In whom yf thou put thy trust be an vnfayned reader or hearer of hys worde with thy hert thou shalt fynde swetenesse theryn spye woÌ„derous thynges to thy vnderstondynge to the auoydynge of all sedicyous sectes to the abhorrynge of thy olde synfull lyfe to the stablyshynge of thy godly conuersacyon In the first boke of Moses called Genesis thou mayest lerne to knowe the almightye power of god in creatynge all of naught his infinite wysdome in ordryng the same his ryghteousnes in punyshynge y e vngodly his loue fatherly mercy in comfortynge the righteous with his promes c. In the seconde boke called Exodus we se the myghtye arme of god in delyuerynge his people from so greate bondage out of Egypte and what prouysyon he maketh for them in the wildernes how he teacheth them with his wholsome worde and how the Tabernacle was made and set vp In the thyrde boke called Leuiticus is declared what sacrifices the prestes Leuites vsed and what theyr office ministracyon was In the fourth boke called Numerus is declared how the people are nombred and mustred how the captaynes are chosen after y e trybes kynreds how they weÌ„te forth to y e battayll how they pitched theyr tentes how they brake vp The fyfth boke called Deuteronomium sheweth how that Moses now beynge olde rehearseth the lawe of god vnto y e people putteth them in remembraunce agayne of all the wonders benefices that god had shewed for them and exhorteth them earnestly to loue y e Lorde theyr god to cleue vnto him to put their trust
in him and to herken vnto his voyce After the death of Moses doth Iosue brynge the people in to the loÌ„de of promes where God doth wonderous thynges for his people by Iosue which distributeth y e londe vnto them vnto euery trybe theyr possession But in theyr wealth they forgat the goodnes of God so that oft tymes he gaue theÌ„ ouer in to the hande of theyr enemies Neuertheles whan so euer they called faithfully vpon him and conuerted he delyuered them agayne as the boke of Iudges declareth In the bokes of the kynges is descrybed the regiment of good and euell prynces and how the decaye of all nacions commeth by euel kynges For in Ieroboam thou seyst what myschefe what ydolatrye soch like abhominacyon foloweth whaÌ„ the kynge is a maynteyner of false doctryne aÌ„d causeth the people to synne agaynst God which fallinge awaye from gods worde increased so sore amonge them that it was the cause of all theyr sorowe and misery the very occasion why Israel first and then Iuda were caryed awaye in to captyuite Agayne in Iosaphat in Ezechias and in Iosias thou seyst the nature of a vertuous kynge He putteth downe the houses of ydolatrye seyth that his prestes teach nothynge but y e lawe of God coÌ„maundeth his lordes to go with them and to se that they teach the people In these kynges I saye thou seyst the coÌ„dicyon of a true defender of y e fayth for he spareth nether cost ner laboure to manteyne the lawes of God to seke the welth prosperite of his people and to rote out the wicked And where soch a prince is thou seyst agayne how God defendeth him and his people though he haue neuer so many enemyes Thus wente it with theÌ„ in the olde tyme and euen after y e same maner goeth it now with vs God be praysed therfore aÌ„d graunte vs of his fatherly mercy that we be not vnthankfull lest where he now geueth vs a Iosaphat an Ezechias yee a very Iosias he sende vs a Pharao a Ieroboam or an Achab. In the two first bokes of Eâ—dras in Hester thou seyst the delyueraunce of the people which though they were but fewe yet is it vnto vs all a speciall coÌ„forte for so moch as God is not forgetfull of his promes but bryngeth them out of captiuite acordynge as he had tolde them before In the boke of Iob we lerne comforte and pacience in that God not onely punysheth the wicked but proueth tryeth the iust and righteous howbeit there is noman innocent in his sighte by dyuerse troubles in this lyfe declaryng therby y t they are not his bastardes but his deare sonnes and that he loueth them In the Psalmes we lerne how to resorte onely vnto God in all oure troubles to seke helpe at him to call onely vpon him to satle oure myndes by pacieÌ„ce how we ought in prosperite to be thankfull vnto him The Prouerbes and the Preacher of Salomon teach vs wysdome to knowe God oure owne selues and the worlde and how vayne all thynges are saue onely to cleue vnto God As for the doctryne of the Prophetes what is it els but an earnest exhortacion to eschue synne to turne vnto God a faythfull promes of the mercy aÌ„d pardon of God vnto all them y t turne vnto him and a threatenyng of his wrath to the vngodly sauynge that here and there they prophecye also manifestly of Christ of y e expulsion of the Iewes and callynge of the Heythen Thus moch thought I to speake of y e olde Testament wherin almyghtie God openeth vnto vs his myghtye power his wysdome his louynge mercy righteousnesse for the which cause it oughte of no man to be abhorred despysed or lyghtly regarded as though it were an olde scripture y t nothyng beloÌ„ged vnto vs or y t now were to be refused For it is Gods true scripture testimony which the Lorde Iesus commaundeth the Iewes to search who so euer beleueth not the scripture beleueth not Christ and who so refuseth it refuseth God also The New Testament or Gospell is a manyfest and cleare testymony of Christ how God perfourmeth his ooth and promes made in the olde Testament how the New is declared and included in the Olde and the Olde fulfylled and verifyed in the New Now where as the most famous interpreters of all geue sondrye iudgmentes of the texte so farre as it is done by y e sprete of knowlege in the holy goost me thynke noman shulde be offended there at for they referre theyr doinges in mekenes to the sprete of trueth in the congregacyon of god sure I am that there commeth more knowlege and vnderstondinge of the scripture by theyr sondrie translacyons then by all the gloses of oure sophisticall doctours For that one interpreteth somthynge obscurely in one place the same transâ—ateth another or els he him selfe more manifestly by a more playne vocable of the same meanyng in another place Be not thou offended therfore good Reader though one call a scrybe that another calleth a lawyer or elders that another calleth father mother or repentaunce that another calleth pennaunce or amendment For yf thou be not disceaued by mens tradicioÌ„s thou shalt fynde nomore dyuersite betwene these termes then betwene foure pens and a grote And this maner haue I vsed in my translacyon callyng it in some place pennaunce that in another place I call repentaunce and that not onely because the interpreters haue done so before me but that the aduersaries of the trueth maye se how that we abhorre not this worde peÌ„naunce as they vntruly reporte of vs no more then the interpreters of latyn abhorre penitere whan they reade resipiscere Onely oure hertes desyre vnto God is that his people be not blynded in theyr vnderstondyng lest they beleue pennaunce to be ought saue a very repeÌ„taunce ameÌ„dment or conuersyon vnto God and to be an vnfayned new creature in Christ and to lyue acordyng to his lawe For els shall they fal in to the olde blasphemy of Christes bloude and beleue that they theÌ„ selues are able to make satisfaccion vnto God for theyr awne synnes from the which erroure god of his mercy and pleÌ„teous goodnes preserue all his Now to conclude for so moch as all the scripture is wrytten for thy doctryne ensample it shal be necessary for the to take holde vpon it whyle it is offred the yee and with ten handes thankfully to receaue it And though it be not worthely ministred vnto the in this translacyon by reason of my rudnes Yet yf thou be ferueÌ„t in thy prayer God shal not onely sende it the in a better shappe by the mynistracyon of other that beganne it afore but shall also moue the hertes of them which as yet medled not withall to take it in hande and to bestowe the gifte of theyr vnderstondynge theron as well in oure language as other famous interpreters do in other languages And I praye God that
other Zilla And Ada bare Iabel of whom came they that dwelt in tentes and had catell And his brothers name was Iuball Of him came they that occupied harpes pypes And Zilla she also bare Tubalcain a worker in all connynge poyntes of metall yron And Tubalcains sister was called Naema And Lamech sayde vnto his wyues Ada and Zilla Heare my voyce ye wyues of Lamech and herken vnto my wordes for I haue slayne a man and wounded my selfe and haue kylled a yonge man and gotteÌ„ my self strypes Cain shal be aueÌ„ged seueÌ„ tymes but Lamech seuen and seuentie tymes Adam laye yet with his wyfe agayne she bare a sonne and called him Seth. For God sayde she hath apoynted me another sede for Abell whom Cain slew And Seth begat a sonne also and called him Enos At the same tyme beganne men to call vpon the name of the LORDE The V. Chapter THis is the boke of the generacion of man in the tyme whan God created man and made him after the symilitude of God Male and female made he them and blessed theÌ„ called their names Man in the tyme whan they were created And Adam was an hundreth and thirtie yeare olde and begat a sonne which was like his owne ymage and called his name Seth lyued therafter eight huÌ„dreth yeare and begat sonnes and doughters And his whole age was nyne hundreth and thirtie yeares and so he dyed Seth was an hundreth and fyue yeare olde and begat Enos lyued therafter eight hundreth and seuen yeare and begat sonnes and doughters And his whole age was nyene huÌ„dreth and twolue yeares and so he dyed Enos was nyentie yeare olde and begat Kenan and lyued therafter eight hundreth fyftene yeare and begat sonnes daughters And his whole age was nyene huÌ„dreth and fyue yeares and so he dyed Kenan was seueÌ„tie yeare olde and begat Mahalaliel and lyued therafter eight hundreth and fourtie yeare and begat sonnes doughters And his whole age was nyene hundreth and ten yeares and so he dyed Mahalaliel was thre score yeare olde fyue and begat Iared and lyued therafter eight hundreth and thirtie yeare and begat sonnes and doughters And his whole age was eight hundreth nyentie and fyue yeares and so he dyed Iared was an hundreth and two sixtie yeare olde and begat Henoch lyued therafter eight huÌ„dreth yeare and begat sonnes doughters And his whole age was nyene hundreth and two and sixtie yeare and so he dyed Henoch was fyue and thre score yeare olde and begat Mathusalah and led a godly conuersacion thre hundreth yeares therafter and begat sonnes doughters And his whole age was thre hundreth and fyue and thre score yeares And for so moch as he lyued a godly life God toke him awaye he was nomore sene Mathusalah was an uÌ„hdreth seueÌ„ and foure score yeare olde begat Lamech and lyued therafter seuen hundreth and two and foure score yeare and begat sonnes doughters And his whole age was nyene hundreth and nyene and trescore yeares and so he dyed Lamech was an hundreth and two and foure score yeare olde and begat a sonne called him Noe and sayde This same shall coÌ„forte vs in oure workes and in the sorowe of oure hondes vpon the earth which the LORDE hath cursed After this he lyued fyue huÌ„dreth and fyue nyentie yeare and begat sonnes and doughters And his whole age was seuen hundreth seuen and seuentie yeares and so he dyed Noe was fyue hundreth yeare olde and begat Sem Ham and Iaphet The VI. Chapter SO whan men beganne to multiplie vpon the earth and had begot them doughters the children of God sawe the doughters of men that they were fayre and toke vnto theÌ„ wyues soch as they liked Then sayde y e LORDE My sprete shal not allwaye stryue with man for he is but flesh also I wil yet geue him respyte an hundreth and tweÌ„ty yeares There were giauntes also in the worlde at that tyme. For whan the children of God had lyen with the daughters of men and begotten them children y e same children became mightie in the worlde and men of renowne But whan the LORDE sawe y t the wickednes of man was increased vpon y e earth and that all y e thought and imaginacion of their hert was but onely euell contynually it repented him that he had made man vpon the earth and he sorowed in his hert and sayde I wyll destroye man kynde which I haue made from the earth both man beest worme and foule vnder the heauen for it repenteth me that I haue made them Neuertheles Noe founde grace in the sight of the LORDE This is y e generacion of Noe. Noe was a righteous and parfecte maÌ„ and led a godly life in his tyme and begat thre sonnes Sem Ham and Iaphet Notwithstondinge y e earth was corrupte in y e sight of God and full of myschefe Then God loked vpon y e earth and lo it was corrupte for all flesh had corrupte his waye vpon the earth Then sayde God vnto Noe Then ende of all flesh is come before me for the earth is full of myschefe before them And lo I wyll destroye them with the earth Make the an Arcke of Pyne tre and make chambers in it and pitch it within and without with pitch and make it after this fashion The length shal be thre hundreth cubites the bredth fiftie cubites and the heyght thirtie cubites A wyndow shalt thou make aboue of a cubyte greate but the dore shalt thou set in the myddest in the syde of it And the Arke shalt thou make with thre loftes one aboue another For â—o I wyll bringe a floude of water vpon the earth to destroye all flesh wherin the breth of life is vnder the heaueÌ„ All that is vpon earth shal perishe But with the wyll I make a couenaunt and thou shalt go in to the Arcke with thy sonnes with thy wyfe and with thy sonnes wyues And of all creatures what so euer flesh it be thou shalt bringe in to the Arcke euen a payre the male and the female that they maye lyue w t the Of foules after their kynde of beastes after their kynde and of all maner wormes of the earth after their kinde Of euery one of these shal there a payre go in vnto the that they maye lyue And thou shalt take vnto the all maner of meate that maye be eaten and shalt laye it vp in stoare by the that it maye be meate for the and them And Noe dyd acordinge to all that God commaunded him The VII Chapter ANd y e LORDE sayde vnto Noe Go in to the Arcke thou thy whole house for the haue I sene righteous before me at this tyme. Of all cleane beastes take vnto the seuen and seuen the male and his female And of vncleane beastes a payre the male and his female Like wyse of the foules vnder the heauen
him geue it me for a possession to burye in amoÌ„ge you For Ephron dwelt amonge the Hethites Then answered Ephron the Hethire vnto Abraham that the Hethites might heare before all that wente out and in at the gates of his cite and sayde No my lorde but heare me As for the felde and the caue also that is therin I geue it the and in the sight of my people I geue it the to burye thy deâ—â—â—n â—â—en Abraham thanked the people of the londe and talked with Ephron that the people of the londe might heare and sayde Heare me then Receaue of me the money that I geue the for the felde and so wyll I burye my deed there Ephron answered Abraham and sayde vnto him Heare me my lorde The felde is worth foure hundreth Sycles of syluer but what is that betwixte me and the Burye thy deed Abraham herkened vnto Ephron and weyed him the money which he had sayde that the Hethites might heare namely foure hundreth syluer sycles of currant money amonge marchauntes Thus Ephrons felde where in the dubble caue is which lyeth ouer before Mamre euen the felde and the caue was made sure for Abrahams owne good with all the trees of the felde also rounde aboute in the sight of the Hethites and of all that go out and in at the gates of his cite Then Abraham buried Sara his wife in the dubble caue of the felde that lyeth ouer before Mamre that is Hebron in the londe of Canaan So the felde and the caue therin was made sure of the Hethites vnto Abraham for a possession to bury in The XXIIII Chapter ABraham was olde and well stricken in age and the LORDE had blessed him in all thinges And he sayde vnto his eldest seruaunt of his house which had the rule of all his goodes Laye thine haÌ„de vnder my thye that I maye make the sweare by y e LORDE the God of heauen and earth that thou take no wife vnto my sonne amonge y e doughters of y e Cananites amonge whom I dwell but that thou go in to my countre and to myne owne kynred and brynge my sonne Isaac a wife The seruaunt sayde What and the woman wyl not folowe me in to this countre shal I then cary thy sonne agayne in to yonder londe where thou camest out of Abraham sayde vnto him Beware of that that thou brynge not my sonne thither agayne The LORDE the God of heauen which toke me fro my fathers house and from the londe of my kynred and that talked with me and sware also vnto me and sayde Vnto y e sede wyll I geue this londe Euen he shall sende his angell before the that thou maiest brynge my sonne a wife from thence But yf the woman wyll not folowe the thou art discharged of this ooth onely brynge not my sonne thither agayne Then y e seruaunt layed his haÌ„de vnder his master Abrahams thye and sware the same vnto him So the seruaunt toke ten Camels of the Camels of his master and departed and had w t him of all maner of goodes of his master and gat him vp and departed vnto Mesopotamia to the cite of Nahor Then let he the Camels lye downe without before the cite besyde a well of water in the euenynge aboute the tyme that the wemen vsed to go forth and to drawe water And he sayde O LORDE thou God of my master Abraham mete me to daye and shew mercy vnto my master Abraham Lo I stonde here besyde the well of water the mens doughters of this cite wyll come forth to drawe water Now yf there come a damsell to whom I saye bowe downe thy pytcher let me drynke and yf she saye drynke and I wyll geue y e Camels drynke also That y e same be she whom thou hast prouyded for thy seruaunt Isaac that I maye knowe by y e same that thou hast shewed mercy vpon my master And or euer he had left of speakynge beholde Rebecca the doughter of Bethuel which was the sonne of Milca that was the wyfe of Nahor Abrahams brother came forth and bare a pytcher vpon hir shulder and she was a very fayre damsell of face and yet a virgin and vnknowne of eny man She wente downe to the well and fylled hir pitcher and came vp agayne Then ranne the seruaunt to mete her and sayde Let me drynke a litle water out of y e pitcher And she sayde drynke syr And haistely let she downe the pitcher in hir hande and gaue him drynke And whan she had geuen him drynke she sayde I wyll drawe for thy Camels also tyll they haue dronke ynough And she made haist and poured out hir pitcher in to the trough and ranne agayne to the well to drawe and drew for all his Camels The maÌ„ marueyled at her and helde his tonge tyll he knewe whether the LORDE had prospered his iourney or not Now whan the Camels had all dronken he toke a goldeÌ„ earynge of half a Sycle weight and two bracelettes for hir handes weynge ten Sycles of golde and sayde Doughter whose art thou tell me Is there rowme for vs in thy fathers house to lodge in She sayde vnto him I am the doughter of Bethuel the sonne of Mylca whom she bare vnto Nahor And sayde morouer vnto him We haue plentye of litter and prouender and rowme ynough to lodge in Then the man bowed himself and thanked the LORDE and sayde Praysed be the LORDE the God of my master Abraham which hath not withdrawen his mercy and his trueth fro my master for the LORDE hath brought me the waye to my masters brothers house And the damsell ranne and tolde all this in hir mothers house And Rebecca had a brother called Laban And Laban ranne to the man without by the well syde and that came by the reason that he sawe the earynges and the bracelettes vpon his sisters handes and herde the wordes of Rebecca his syster that she sayde thus spake the man vnto me And whan he came to the man beholde he stode by the Camels at the well syde And he sayde Come in thou blessed of the LORDE wherfore stondest thou without I haue dressed the house and made rowme for y e Camels So he brought the man in to y e house and vnbridled the Camels and gaue them litter and prouender and water to wash his fete and the mens that were with him and set meate before him Neuertheles he sayde I wil not eate tyll I haue fyrst tolde myne earaÌ„de They answered Tell on He sayde I am Abrahams seruaunt and the LORDE hath prospered my master richely so y t he is become greate and he hath geuen him shepe and oxeÌ„ syluer and golde seruauntes and maidens Camels and Asses yee and Sara my masters wife hath borne my master a sonne in hir olde age vnto him hath he geuen all that he hath And my master hath taken an ooth of me and saide Thou shalt not take a
hath solde vs spent vp o r wages Therfore hath God withdrawē o r fathers riches from him vnto vs oure children What so euer now God hath sayde vnto the that do So Iacob gat vp and set his children and wyues vpon Camels and caried awaye all his catell and all his substaunce that he had gotten at Mesopotamia y t he might come vnto Isaac his father in the lande of Canaan Labā was gone to clyppe his flocke and Rachel stale hir fathers ymages Thus dyd Iacob steale awaie y e hert of Laban y e Syrian in y t he tolde him not that he fled So he fled all that was his gat vp and passed ouer the water wente straight towarde the mount Gilead Vpon the thirde daye it was tolde Laban that Iacob fled And he toke his brethrē vnto him and folowed after him seuen dayes iourney and ouertoke him vpon the mount Gilead But God came vnto Laban the Syrian in a dreame by night sayde vnto him Bewarre that thou speake nothinge to Iacob but good And Labā drew nye vnto Iacob As for Iacob he had pytched his tente vpon the mount And Laban with his brethrē pytched his tent also vpon the same mount Gilead Then sayde Laban vnto Iacob What hast thou done that thou hast stollen awaie my hert and caried awaye my doughters as though they had bene taken captyue w t y e swerde Wherfore keptest thou that secrete that thou woldest flye and hast stollen awaye fro me and toldest me not that I might haue brought the on the waye with myrth with synginge with tabrettes and harpes and hast not suffred me to kysse my children and doughters Thou hast done foolishly and so moch might I haue made that I coude haue done you euell but youre fathers God saide yesterdaye vnto me Bewarre that thou speake nothinge vnto Iacob but good And for so moch then as thou woldest nedes departe and longedest sore after y e fathers house why hast thou stollen away my goddes Iacob answered and sayde vnto Laban I was afrayed that thou shuldest haue taken away thy doughters fro me but loke by whom thou fyndest thy goddes let the same dye here before oure brethren Seke that thine is by me and take it awaye But he knew not that Rachel had stollen them Then wente Laban in to Iacobs tent and in to Leas tent and in to both the maydens tētes and founde nothinge and out of Leas tente he wente in to Rachels tent Then toke Rachel the ymages and layed them vnder the Camels strawe and sat downe vpon them But Laban searched the whole tent and founde nothinge Then sayde she vnto hir father Be not angrie my lorde that I can not ryse vp vnto the for it goeth w t me after the maner of wemen So he sought and founde not the ymages And Iacob was wroth and chode with Laban answered sayde vnto him What haue I trespased or offended y t thou art so whote vpon me Thou hast searched all my housholde stuff what hast thou founde of thy housholde stuff Laye it here before my brethren thyne y t they maye iudge betwene vs both Twentye yeare haue I bene w t the thy shepe goates haue not bene vnfrutefull the rammes of thy flocke haue I not eaten Loke what was torne of beastes I brought it not vnto y t I was fayne to paie it my self thou requyredest it of my hand◠whether it were stollen fro me by daye or by night On the daye tyme the heate cōsumed me and the frost on the night and my slepe departed fro myne eyes Thus haue I serued twentye yeare in thy house fourtene yeares for thy doughters sixe for thy flocke and ten tymes hast thou chaunged my rewarde yf the God of my father the God of Abraham and the feare of Isaac had not bene on my syde thou haddest latten me go awaye emptye But God hath loked vpon myne aduersite and laboure and rebuked the yesterdaye Laban answered and sayde The doughters are my doughters the children are my childrē and the flockes are my flockes all that thou seist is myne What can I do this daye vnto these my doughters or to their children whom they haue borne Now therfore come on let vs make a couenaunt I thou which maye be a wytnesse betwene me and the. Then toke Iacob a stone set it vp for a piler or markstone and sayde vnto his brethren Gather stones And they toke the stones and made an heape ate vpon the same heape And Labā called it Iegar Sahadutha but Iacob called it Gilead either of them after the properte of his language Then sayde Laban This heape be wytnesse betwene me and the this daye therfore is it called Gilead and a testimony for he sayde The LORDE loke betwene me and y e whan we are departed y e one from y e other yf thou vexe my doughters or take other wyues vnto them There is no mā with vs but lo God is the wytnesse betwene me and the. And Laban sayde morouer vnto Iacob Beholde this is the heape and this is the marckstone that I haue set vp betwixte me and the the same heape be wytnesse and the same marckstone also be wytnesse yf I passe ouer vnto the or yf thou passe ouer this heape marckstone vnto me to do eny harme The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor and the God of their fathers be iudge betwene vs. And Iacob sware vnto him by the feare of his father Isaac And Iacob offred an offerynge vpon the mount and called his brethrē to eate bred And whan they had eaten they taried vpon the mount all night But vpon the morow Laban rose vp early kyssed his childrē doughters blessed thē departed and came agayne vnto his place As for Iacob he wente on his iourney the angels of God met him And whan he sawe them he sayde It is Gods hoost called the same place Mahanaim The XXXII Chapter IAcob sent messaungers before him to his brother Esau in to the lande of Seir of the felde of Edom commaunded thē sayde Saye thus vnto my lorde Esau Thy seruaunt Iacob sendeth y e this worde I haue bene out w t Laban haue bene hither to amonge straungers haue oxen Asses shepe seruauntes maydēs haue sent forth to shewe it the my lorde y t I might fynde fauoure in thy sight The messaungers came agayne vnto Iacob and sayde We came vnto thy brother Esau he commeth forth also agaynst the with foure hundreth men Then was Iacob sore afrayed and wyst not what waye to turne himself deuyded the people that was with him and the shepe and the oxen the Camels in to two droues sayde Yf Esau come vpon the one droue and smyte it the other shal escape Iacob sayde morouer O God of my father Abrahā God of my father Isaac LORDE thou that saydest
offered vnto God Then came Aaron and all y e elders of Israel to eate bred with Moses father in lawe before God On the next morow sat Moses to iudge the people and the people stode roūde aboute Moses from the momynge vntyll y e euen But whan his father in lawe sawe all that he dyd with the people he sayde What is this that thou doest with the people Wherfore syttest thou alone and all y e people stonde rounde aboute from the morninge vntyll the euen Moses answered him The people come to me axe councell at God for whan they haue eny thinge to do they come vnto me that I maye iudge betwixte euery one his neghboure and shewe them the statutes of God and his lawes His father in lawe sayde vnto him It is not well that thou doest Thou weeriest thy self and the people that is with the. This busynesse is to sore for the thou canst not perfourme it alone But herken vnto my voyce I will geue the councell and God shall be with the. Be thou vnto the people to God warde and brynge the causes before God and prouide them with statutes and lawes that thou mayest shewe thē the waie wherin they shulde walke and the workes that they shulde do But loke out amonge all the people for honest men that feare God soch as are true hate couetousnes make these rulers ouer them some ouer thousandes ouer hundredes ouer fiftie and ouer ten that they maye allwaye iudge the people But where there is eny greate matter that they brynge the same vnto the and iudge the small causes them selues so shall it be lighter for the yf they beare the burthen with the. Yf thou shalt do this then mayest thou endure the thinge that God chargeth the withall and all this people maie go peaceably vnto their place Moses herkened vnto the voyce of his father in lawe and dyd all that he sayde And he chose honest men out of all Israel and made them heades ouer the people some ouer thousandes ouer hundredes ouer fiftie and ouer ten that they might allwaye iudge the people As for soch causes as were herde they brought them vnto Moses and iudged the small matters them selues So Moses let his father in lawe departe in to his owne londe The XIX Chapter IN the thirde moneth after that the children of Israel were gone out of the londe of Egipte they came the same daye in to the wyldernes of Sinai for they were departed from Raphidim and wolde in to the wyldernes of Sinai and there they pitched in the wyldernes ouer against the mounte And Moses wente vp vnto God And the LORDE called vnto him out of the mount and sayde Thus shalt thou saye vnto the house of Iacob and tell the children of Israel Ye haue sene what I haue done vnto the Egipcians and how I haue borne you vpon Aegles wynges brought you vnto my self Yf ye wyll harken now vnto my voyce and kepe my couenaunt ye shal be myne owne before all people for the whole earth is myne and ye shall be vnto me a presterly kingdome and an holy people These are the wordes that thou shalt saye vnto the children of Israel Moses came and called for the elders of the people and layed before them all these wordes that the LORDE had commaunded And all the people answered together and sayde All that the LORDE hath sayde wyll we do And Moses tolde the wordes of the people vnto the LORDE agayne And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Beholde I wyll come vnto the in a thicke cloude that the people maye heare my wordes which I speake vnto the and beleue the for euer And Moses shewed the wordes of the people vnto the LORDE The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Go vnto the people and sanctifie thē to daye and tomorow y t they maye wash their clothes and be ready agaynst the thirde daye for vpon the thirde daye shall the LORDE come downe vpon mount Sinai before all the people And set markes rounde aboute the people and saye vnto them Bewarre that ye go not vp in to y e mount ner touch y e border of it For who so euer toucheth y e moūt shal dye y e death There shal no hāde touch it but he shall either be stoned or shot thorow whether it be beest or man it shal not lyue Whan the horne bloweth then shal they come vp vnto the mounte Moses wente downe from the mount vnto the people and sanctified them And they waszshed their clothes And he sayde vnto them Be ready agaynst the thirde daye and no man come at his wife Now whan the thirde daye came and it was early it beganne to thonder and lighten and there was a thicke cloude vpon the mount and a noyse of a trompet exceadinge mightie And the people that were in the tentes were afrayde And Moses brought the people out of the tentes to mete w t God and they stode vnder the mount But all mount Sinai smoked because y e LORDE came downe vpō it with fyre And the smoke therof wente vp as the smoke of a fornace so that the whole mount was exceadinge terrible And the noyse of the trompet wēte out and was mightie Moses spake God answered him loude Now whan the LORDE was come downe vpon mount Sinai euen vpon the toppe of it he called Moses vp vnto y e toppe of the mount And Moses wente vp Then sayde the LORDE vnto him Go downe and charge the people y t they preasse not vnto the LORDE to se him and so many of them perishe The rulers also that come nye vnto y e LORDE shal sanctifie themselues lest the LORDE smyte thē But Moses sayde vnto the LORDE The people can not come vp vpon mount Sinai for thou hast charged vs sayde Set markes aboute the mount and sanctifie it The LORDE sayde vnto him Go thy waye get y e downe Thou and Aaron with the shalt come vp but the rulers and y e people shal not preasse to come vp vnto y e LORDE lest he smyte thē And Moses wente downe to the people and tolde them The XX. Chapter ANd the LORDE spake all these wordes and sayde I am the LORDE thy God which haue brought the out of the londe of Egipte from y e house of bondage Thou shalt haue none other Goddes in my sight Thou shalt make the no grauen ymage ner eny symilitude nether of it that is aboue in heauen ner of it that is beneth vpon earth ner of it that is in the water vnder the earth Worshipe them not and serue them not for I the LORDE thy God am a gelouse God vysitinge y e synne of the fathers vpon the children vnto y e thirde and fourth generacion of them that hate me And do mercye vpō many thousandes that loue me and kepe my commaundementes Thou shalt not take the name of y e LORDE thy God in vayne
in the night season was fyre therin in y e sight of all y e house of Israel in all their iourneis The ende of the seconde boke of Moses called Exodus The thirde boke of Moses called Leuiticus What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. The ordre and vse of burnt offerynges whether it be of small or greate catell or of foules Chap. II. Of meat offerynges with fyne floure c. Chap. III. Of deed offerynges otherwyse called health offrynges peace offrynges or thāk-offerynges and of the fatt Chap. IIII. The offringe for the sinne of a prest of the whole congregacion of the ruler or of eny other meane man Chap. V. The offerynge for swearinge for an erroure or ignoraunce Chap. VI. Of daylie burnt offerynges other oblacions The offerynge of the prest in the daye of his anoyntinge Chap. VII Of thank offerynges Of the fat bloude and of the anoyntinge of the prestes Chap. VIII Of the anoyntinge and consecratynge of Aaron and of his sonnes Chap. IX How Aaron and his sonnes offred for synne how the fyre of God consumed the burnt offerynge Chap. X. The death of Nadab Abihu The prestes were forbydden to drynke wyne and their porcion of the offerynges appoynted them Chap. XI Of cleane and vncleane beastes foules Chap. XII Of the vnclennesse of a woman in childe bedd of hir clensynge or purificacion of hir offerynge Chap. XIII Of Leprosy or Mezell Chap. XIIII The clēsynge of lepers and of their offerynge Chap. XV. Of all maner of vncleane fluxes or yssues both of men and wemen Chap. XVI Aarō might not allwaie go in to the Sanctuary Of the two goates Of fastinge in the seuenth moneth Chap. XVII All offrynges were first brought to the Tabernacle dore No bloude ner deed caryon was to be eaten Chap. XVIII The degrees of consanguynite and affynite And what wemen men ought not to marye Chap. XIX Dyuerse and many commaundemētes and statutes Chap. XX. To geue sede vnto Moloch other vnlaufull thinges are forbydden Chap. XXI How cleane and vndefyled the prestes ought to lyue Chap. XXII How the prestes and their housholdes ought to be how the offerynges ought to be vsed Chap. XXIII Of the holy dayes and hye feastes namely the Sabbath Easter Whyt sondaye otherwise called the feast of wekes the feast of Tabernacles c. Chap. XXIIII Of the oyle for the lampes and lightes Of the shewbred Punyshment for cursynge and blasphemy Chap. XXV Of the rest of the seuenth yeare libertye of the Fiftieth yeare otherwyse called the yeare of Iubylie the yeare of hornes blowinge or the trompet yeare Chap. XXVI Swete louynge promyses of God for all soch as wyl kep◠his commaundemētes Agayne Maruelous sore plages are threatened vnto them that wyll not harken to his worde Chap. XXVII Of vowes and of the fre yeare Of redemynge or lowsynge out agayne of catell or londe that a man promyseth voweth or dedicateth vnto the LORDE The first Chapter ANd the LORDE called Moses and spake vnto him out of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse and sayde Speake vnto y e childrē of Israel saie vnto them Who so euer amōge you wyl brynge an offerynge vnto the LORDE let him brynge it of y e catell euen of the oxen of the shepe Yf he wyl brynge a burnt offerynge of y e oxen or greate catell thē let him offre a male without blemysh before y e dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse to reconcyle him self before the LORDE let him laye his hande vpon the heade of the burnt offerynge then shal he be reconcyled so y t God shal be mercifull vnto him And he shall kyll the yonge oxe before y e LORDE and y e prestes Aarons sonnes shal brynge the bloude and sprenkle it rounde aboute vpon the altare that is before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the slrynne shal be flayne from of the burnt offerynge and it shal be hewen in peces And the sonnes of Aaron the prest shal make a fyre vpon the altare and laye wod aboue ther on and y e peces the heade and the fatt shal they laye vpon the wodd that lyeth vpon y e fyre on the altare But y e bowels legges shal be waszshen with water and the prest shal burne alltogether vpon the altare for a burntsacrifice this is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE Yf he wyl offre a burntsacrifice of the small catell that is of the lambes or goates then let him offre a male without a blemysh And he shall kyll it before the LORDE euen at the corner of the altare on the north syde before y e LORDE And the prestes Aarons sonnes shal sprenkle his bloude rounde aboute vpon y e altare and it shal be hewen in peces And the prest shall laye them with the heade and the fatt vpon the wodd that lyeth vpon the fyre on the altare But the bowels and y e legges shal be waszshen with water And y e prest shal offre it alltogether and burne it vpon y e altare for a burntsacrifice This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE But yf he wil offre a burntsacrifice of y e foules vnto the LORDE then let him offre it of the turtill doues or of y e yonge pigeons And the prest shal brynge it vnto the altare and wrynge the neck of it a sunder that it maye be burnt vpon the altare and let the bloude of it runne out vpon the sydes of the altare and the croppe of it with the fethers shal be cast vpon the heape of aszshes besyde the altare towarde the east and he shall deuyde the wynges of it but not breake thē cleane of And thus shall the prest burne it vpon the altare euen vpon the wodd that lyeth vpō the fyre for a burntsacrifice This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE The II. Chapter WHan a soule wyll offre a meat offerynge vnto the LORDE then shal it be of fyne floure and he shal poure oyle vpon it and put frankencense theron so brynge it vnto Aarons sonnes the prestes Then shal one of them take his handefull of the same floure and oyle with all the frankēcense and burne it for a remembraunce vpon the altare This is an offeringe of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE As for y e remnaunt of the meat offerynge it shal be Aarons and his sonnes This shal be y e most holy of the offerynges of the LORDE But yf he wyll brynge a meat offerynge of that which is baken in the ouen then let him take swete cakes of wheate mixte with oyle and vnleuended wafers anoynted with oyle Neuertheles yf thy meat offerynge be enythinge of that which is fryed in the panne then shal it be of fyne swete floure myxte with oyle And thou shalt cut it in peces poure oyle theron so is it a meat offerynge But yf thy meat offeringe be ought broyled on the gredyron then shalt
is worth and the fifth parte shal be geuen more therro Yf he wil not redeme it thē let it be solde as it is worth There shall no dedicated thinge be solde ner bought out y t eny man dedicateth vnto y e LORDE of all y t is his good whether it be mē catell or lōde For euery dedicated thīge is most holy vnto y e LORDE There shal no dedicated thīge of mā be bought out but shal dye the death All the tythes in the londe both of the sede of the londe of y e frutes of the trees are the LORDES shal be holy vnto the LORDE But yf eny man wil redeme his tithes he shall geue the fifth parte more therto And all the tithes of oxen shepe that goeth vnder the rod the same is an holy tythe vnto the LORDE It shall not be axed whether it be good or bad nether shall it be chaunged But yf eny man chaunge it then both it that it was chaunged withall shal be holy not redemed These are the cōmaundementes which y e LORDE gaue Moses in charge vnto childrē of Israel vpon mount Sinai The ende of the thirde boke of Moses called Leuiticus The fourth boke of Moses called Numerus What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. The children of Israel are nombred and musterd out as many as are mete for the batayll The captaynes are ordeyned and Leui appoynted to the seruyce of the Tabernacle Chap. II. The ordre and maner how the tētes were pitched and how the children of Israel laye aboute the Tabernacle of wytnes Chap. III. The office of Leui of the sonnes of Aaron Chap. IIII. The office of the sonnes of Kahath Gerson and Merari Chap. V. What maner of people were dryuen out of the hoost The lawe of Gelousy of the man towarde the wife Chap. VI. The lawe and ordinaunce concerninge the Nazarees or absteyners The blessynge of the Israelites Chap. VII The offerynges of the captaynes at the dedicaciō of the altare after that the Tabernacle was set vp Chap. VIII Of the candilsticke offerynges purifienge and altare of the Leuites Chap. IX Of the feast of Easter how the vncleane shulde kepe it Of the cloude vpon the Tabernacle Chap. X. The vse of the syluer trompettes how the children of Israel brake vp and toke their iourney with Hobab Moses brother in lawe Chap. XI The people are weery and vnpaciēt by the waye murmur agaynst Moses desyre flesh and abhorre the Manna The LORDE geueth them after their lust but punisheth them sore Chap. XII Miriam and Aaron grudge agaynst Moses Miriam is smytten with Leprosy Chap. XIII The spyes that were sent in to the lande of Canaan ▪ come agayne and put the people in feare Chap. XIIII The people are vnpacient wepe and murmur agaynst Moses Iosue Caleb geue the londe a good worde cōforte them The LORDE is angrie punysheth the people Chap. XV. Of dyuerse offerynges and how he was punyshed that gathered stickes vpon the Sabbath The people are commaūded to make gardes of remembraunce vpon their garmentes to thinke vpon the commaundementes of the LORDE Chap. XVI Of the vproure and insurreccion of Corah Dathan and Abyram their punyshment The people murmur Fourtene thousande and seuen hundreth dye in the plage Chap. XVII ▪ By the florishinge staff of Aaron 〈◊〉 is declared that the trybe of Leui and the presthode of Aaron is chosen of God Chap. XVIII The office mynistracion of Aaron ▪ of the prestes Leuites their dewtye Chap. XIX Of the reed cowe that was brent and how the sprynklinge water was made of the aszshes of her Chap. XX. Miriam dyeth at Cades The people chyde with Moses and Aaron for faute of water the LORDE geueth it them out of the hard stonye rocke Moses desyreth the kynge of Edom to let them go thorow his londe Aaron dyeth vpon mount Hor. Chap. XXI The battaill betwene Israel and Arad the kynge of the Cananites The people murmur and are plaged with the serpentes They wynne the victory of Og and Sihon Chap. XXII Of Balac the kynge of the Moabites and of Balaam the Soythsayer Chap. XXIII Balaam is brought to curse the people of God Chap. XXIIII The LORDE turneth Balaams curse in to a blessynge and prayse Chap. XXV The people fall to whordome and Idolatrye with the wemen of Moab and ioyne themselues to the seruice of Ball Peor Foure and twentye thousande are destroyed ▪ Phineas in his feruent zele slayeth a man and woman in their synne Chap. XXVI The people are nombred agayne and musterd Chap. XXVII What inheritaūce the doughters haue where there is no sonne Iosua is made captayne of the people in Moses steade Chap. XXVIII Offeringes apoynted for euery tyme Chap. XXIX The feast of the seuenth moneth and the offerynges therof Chap. XXX Of vowes made by mē or women Chap. XXXI Israel wynneth the victory of the Madianites and deuydeth the spoyle Chap. XXXII Ruben Gad and the half trybe of Manasse haue their inheritaūce apoynted them on this syde of Iordan Chap. XXXIII The iourneys of the children of Israel are nombred The people are commaunded whan they come in to the londe of Canaan to destroye all vtterly Chap. XXXIIII The deuydinge of the londe of Canaan with the borders therof and what they be that deuyde it Chap. XXXV The porcion of the Leuites Fredome for soch as commytte slaughter vnawares Dyuerse slaughters ▪ Chap. XXXVI The inheritaūce of the tribe maie not be mixte nor chaunged The first Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses in y e wyldernesse of Sinai in the Tabernacle of witnesse the first daye of the secōde moneth in the seconde yeare whā they were gone out of the lāde of Egipte and sayde Take y e summe of the whole congregacion of the children of Israel after their kynredes their fathers houses with the nombre of the names all that are males heade by heade frō twentye yeare and aboue as many as are able to go forth into y e warre in Israel And ye shal nombre them acordinge to their armyes thou and Aaron and of euery trybe ye shal take vnto you one captayne ouer his fathers house These are the names of the captaynes that shal stonde with you Of Ruben Elizur the sonne of Sedeur Of Simeon Selumiel the sonne of Zuri Sadai Of Iuda Nahasson the sonne of Aminadab Of Isachar Nathaneel the sonne of Zuar Of Zabulon Eliab the sonne of Helon Amonge the children of Ioseph Of Ephraim Elisama y e sonne of Amihud Of Manasse Gamaliel the sonne of Pedazur Of Ben Iamin Abidam y e sonne of Gedeoni Of Dan Ahieser the sonne of Ammi Sadai Of Asser Pagiel the sonne of Ochram Of Gad Eliasaph y e sonne of Deguel Of Nephthali Ahira the sonne of Enan These are the awncient men of the congregacion the captaynes amonge the trybes of their fathers which were heades and prynces in Israel And Moses Aaron
before me and saye Geue vs flesh that we maye eâ—te I am not able to beare all this people alone for it is to heuy for me And yf thou wylt deale thus w t me O kyll me then yf I haue founde fauoure in thy sight that I se not my wrechednesse And the LORDE saide vnto Moses Gather vnto me seuentye men amonge the Elders of Israel whom thou knowest y t they are the Elders in y e people and officers ouer them and brynge them before the Tabernacle of witnesse and set them there with the then wil I come downe and talke with the euen there take of thy sprete that is vpon the and putt it vpon them that they maye beare the burthen of the people with the y t thou beare not all alone And vnto y e people thou shalt saye SaÌ„ctifye yo r selues agaynst tomorow y t ye maye eate flesh for youre wepynge is come into the eares of the LORDE ye that saye Who shal geue vs flesh to eate for we were well at ease in Egipte Therfore shal the LORDE geue you flesh to eate not one daye not two not fyue not ten not twentye dayes longe but a moneth longe tyll it go out at youre noses and tyll ye lothe it euen because ye haue refused the LORDE which is amonge you and haue wepte before him sayde Wherfore wente we out of Egipte And Moses sayde Sixe hundreth thousande fote men are there of the people amoÌ„ge whom I am and thou sayest I wyll geue you flesh to eate a moneth loÌ„ge Shal the shepe and oxen be slayne to be ynough for them Or shal all the fishes of the see be gathered together to be sufficient for them The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Is the LORDES hande shortened then But now shalt thou se whether my wordes shall be fulfilled in dede or no And Moses weÌ„te out and tolde the people y e worde of the LORDE and gathered the seuentye men amonge the Eldest of the people set them rounde aboute the Tabernacle Then came the LORDE downe in a cloude spake vnto him toke of the sprete y t was vpon him put it vpon the seuentie Elders And whan the sprete rested vpon them they prophecied and ceassed not But in the hoost there remayned yet two men of whom the one was called Eldad y e other Medad the sprete rested vpoÌ„ them For they were wrytten vp also yet were they not gone out vnto the Tabernacle and they prophecied in the hoost Then ran there a lad tolde Moses sayde Eldad and Medad prophecie in the hoost Then answered Iosua y e sonne of Nun Moses seruaunte whom he had chosen and sayde My lorde Moses for bydde them But Moses sayde vnto him Art thou gelous for my sake wolde God y t all the people of y e LORDE coulde prophecie and that y e LORDE wolde geue them his sprete So Moses and the Elders of Israel gat them to the hoost Then wente out the wynde from y e LORDE caused quayles to come from the see scatred theÌ„ ouer the hoost here a dayes iourney there a dayes iourney rounde aboute y e hoost two cubytes hye aboue y e earth Then the people stode vp all that daye and all y t night and all the nexte daye and gathered quayles and he that gathered the leest gathered ten Homers they kylled them rounde aboute the hoost But whyle y e flesh was yet betwene their tethe or euer it was vp the wrath of the LORDE waxed whote amonge the people and slewe them with an exceadinge greate slaughter Therfore is the same place called the graues of lust because the voluptuous people were buried there From the lustgraues toke the people their iourney vnto Hazeroth and abode at Hazeroth The XII Chapter ANd Miriam Aaron spake agaynst Moses because of his wife the Morian which he had taken because he had takeÌ„ a Morian to wife and they sayde Doth the LORDE speake onely thorow Moses Speaketh he not also by vs And the LORDE herde it But Moses was a very meke man aboue all men vpon earth And haistely spake the LORDE vnto Moses and to Aaron and to Miriam Go out ye thre vnto y e Tabernacle of wytnesse And they wente out all thre Then came the LORDE downe in the cloudy piler stode in the dore of the Tabernacle called Aaron Miriam they both weÌ„te out And he sayde Heare my wordes Yf eny man be a prophet of the LORDE vnto him wil I shewe my self in a vision or wil speake vnto him in a dreame But not so w t my seruaunt Moses which is faithfull in all my house Mouth to mouth speake I vnto him he seyth the LORDE in his fashion not thorow darke wordes or licknesses Wherfore were ye not afrayed then to speake agaynst my seruaunt Moses And y e wrath of the LORDE waxed whote ouer them he turned him awaye and y e cloude also departed from the Tabernacle And beholde then was Miriam become leporus as it were snowe And Aaron turned him vnto Miriam and sawe that she was leporous and sayde vnto Moses Oh my lorde put not the synne vpon vs which we haue foolishly committed and synned that she be not as one that commeth deed out of his mothers wombe It hath eaten vp half hir flesh allready But Moses cried vnto the LORDE sayde Oh God heale her The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Yf hir father had spytte in hir face shulde she not be ashamed seuen dayes Let her be shut out of y e hoost seueÌ„ dayes after y t let her be receaued agayne So Miriam was shut out of the hoost seueÌ„ dayes the people wente no farther tyll Miriam was receaued againe Afterwarde departed the people from Hazeroth and pitched in y e wildernesse of Paran The XIII Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Sende forth men to spye out y e lande of Canaan which I wil geue vnto y e children of Israel of euery trybe of their fathers a man and let them all be soch as are captaynes amonge them Moses sent theÌ„ out of the wildernes of Paran acordinge to the worde of the LORDE soch as were all heades amonge the children of Israel and these are their names Samma the sonne of Zacur of the trybe of Ruben Saphat the sonne of Hori of the trybe of Simeon Caleb y e sonne of Iephune of the trybe of Iuda Igeal the sonne of Ioseph of the trybe of Isachar Hosea the sonne of Nun of y e trybe of Ephraim Palti the sonne of Raphu of the trybe of Ben Iamin Gadiel the sonne of Sodi of y e trybe of Zabulon Gaddi the sonne of Susi of the trybe of Ioseph of Manasse Ammiel the sonne of Gemalli of the trybe of Dan. Sethur y e sonne of Michael of the trybe of Asser. Nahebi
vnto the that shal come vpon thy two sonnes Ophni and Phineas They shall both dye in one daye But vnto my selfe I wyll rayse vp a faithfull prest which shal do acordinge as it is in my hert in my soule vnto him wyll I buylde a sure house that he maye allwaye walke before myne anoynted And who so euer remayneth of thy house shall come and worshipe him for a syluer peny and for a pece of bred and shall saye I praye the leaue me to one prestes parte that I maye eate a morsell of bred The III. Chapter ANd whan the childe Samuel mynistred vnto the LORDE vnder Eli the worde of y e LORDE was deare at the same tyme nether was there eny sure manifest vision And it fortuned at the same tyme that Eli laye in his place and his eyes beganne to be dymme so that he coulde not se. And Samuel had layed him downe in y e temple of the LORDE where the Arke of God was before y e lampe of God was put out And the LORDE called Samuel He answered Beholde here am I. And he ranne vnto Eli sayde Beholde here am I thou hast called me But he saide I haue not called the go thy waye agayne and laye the downe to slepe And he wente his waye and layed him downe to slepe The LORDE called againe Samuel And Samuel arose wente vnto Eli sayde Beholde here am I thou hast called me Neuertheles he sayde My sonne I haue not called the. So thy waye agayne and laye the downe to slepe As for Samuel he knewe not the LORDE as yet the worde of y e LORDE was not yet shewed vnto him And y e LORDE called Samuel y e thirde tyme. And he arose wente vnto Eli sayde Beholde here am I thou hast called me Then perceaued Eli y t the LORDE called y e childe he sayde vnto him Go thy waye agayne laye the downe to slepe and yf the LORDE call the eny more then saye Speake LORDE for y e seruaunt heareth Samuel wēte his waye and layed him downe in his place Thē came y e LORDE stode and called like as afore Samuel Samuel And Samuel sayde Speake LORDE for thy seruaunt heareth And the LORDE saide vnto Samuel Beholde I do a thinge in Israel y t who so euer shall heare it both his eares shal glowe In y t daie will I rayse vp vpon Eli all y t I haue spokē cōcernynge his house I will take it in hande perfourme it for I haue tolde him y t I wil be Iudge ouer his house for euer because of the wickednes y t he knewe how shamefully his childrē behaued thēselues and hath not once loked sowerly therto Therfore haue I sworne vnto y e house of Eli y t this wickednes of y e house of Eli shall not be recōcyled nether w t sacrifice ner w t meat offringe for euer And Samuel laye vnto y e morow opened the dores of the house of the LORDE But Samuel was afrayed to tell the vysion vnto Eli. Then Eli called him sayde Samuel my sonne He answered Beholde here am I. He sayde What is y e worde y t the LORDE hath spokē vnto the hyde it not fro me God do this that vnto y e yf thou hyde oughte fro me of all that he hath talked w t the. Then Samuel tolde him alltogether hyd nothinge from him He sayde It is the LORDE let him do what pleaseth him Samuel grewe vp the LORDE was w t him there fell none of all his wordes vpō the earth And all Israel frō Dan vnto Bersaba knewe y t Samuel was faithfull to be a prophet of the LORDE And the LORDE appeared agayne at Silo for the LORDE shewed him selfe vnto Samuel at Silo thorow the worde of the LORDE The IIII. Chapter ANd all Israel spake of Samuel And Israel wente forth to the battayll against the Philistynes pitched besyde the. Helpe stone As for the Philistynes they pitched at Aphek and prepared them selues agaynst Israel And whan the battayll beganne the hoost was deuyded so that Israel was smyttē before the enemies in the edge in the felde they slewe aboute a foure thousande men And whan the people came in to the hoost the Elders of Israel sayde Wherfore hath the LORDE caused vs to be smytten this daie before the Philistynes Let vs take vnto vs the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt from Silo let it come amōge vs that it maye helpe vs from the hande of oure enemies And the people sent vnto Silo caused to set thēce the Arke of y e couenaunt of the LORDE Zebaoth that sytteth vpon the Cherubins And with the Arke of the couenaunt of God there were the two sonnes of Eli Ophni and Phineas And whan the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE came in to the hoost all Israel shouted w t a greate shoute so that the earth sounded withall But whan the Philistynes herde y e noyse of y e shoute they sayde what noyse is this of soch greate shoutinge in the tentes of the Hebrues And whan they perceaued y t the Arke of the LORDE was come in to the hoost they were afrayed sayde God is come in to the hoost And they sayde morouer Wo vnto vs for it hath not bene thus afore tyme. Wo vnto vs. Who wil delyuer vs frō the hande of these hye goddes These are the goddes that smote Egipte w t all maner of plages in the wyldernesse Be stronge now and manly ye Philistynes that ye serue not the Hebrues as they haue serued you Be manly and fighte Then foughte the Philistynes Israel was smytten euery one fled vnto his tēte there was a very greate slaughter so that there fell of Israel thirtye thousande fote mē the Arke of God was takē the two sonnes of Eli Ophni and Phineas dyed Then rāne there one of Ben Iamin out of the fore fronte of the battayl came vnto Silo the same daye had his clothes rente and had earth vpō his heade And whan he came in Heli sat vpon the seate that he mighte loke towarde the waye for his herte was fearfull aboute y e Arke of God And whan the man came in to the cite he tolde it forth and all the cite cried And whan Eli herde y e noyse of the cryēge he axed What noyse of busynes is this The man came haistely and tolde Eli. As for Eli he was fourescore and eightene yeare olde and his eyes were dymme so that he could not se. The man sayde vnto Eli I come and am fled this daye out of the hoost He sayde How is it my sonne Then answered the tydinge bringer sayde Israel is fled before the Philistynes and a greate slaughter hath there bene amonge the people thy two sonnes Ophni Phineas are deed yee the Arke of God is takē awaye Whan
that daye forth Saul loked sowerly vpoÌ„ Dauid The nexte daye after came the euell sprete of God vpon Saul and prophecyed in y e myddes of the house But Dauid played on the instrumente with his hande as he was wonte daylie And Saul had a iauelynge in his hande and cast it and thoughte I wyll stycke Dauid fast to the wall Neuerthelesse Dauid turned himselfe twyse awaye from him And Saul was afrayed of Dauid for the LORDE was with him and was departed from Saul Then Saul put him from him and set him to be prynce ouer a thousande men and he went out and in before the people And Dauid behaued himselfe wysely in all his doynges and the LORDE was with him Now whan Saul sawe that he was so exceadynge wyse he stode in feare of him But all Israel and Iuda loued Dauid for he wente out and in before them And Saul sayde vnto Dauid Beholde my greatest doughter Merob wyl I geue the to wyfe be stronge now gouerne the warres of the LORDE For Saul thought my haÌ„de shal not be vpon him but the hande of y e Pilistynes Neuertheles Dauid answered Saul Who am I what is my life the kynred of my father in Israel that I shulde mary the kinges doughter But whan the tyme came that Merob y e doughter of Saul shulde haue bene geueÌ„ vnto Dauid she was geuen vnto Adriel y e Meholathite to wyfe Neuerthelesse Mâ—chol Sauls doughter loued Dauid Whan this was tolde Saul y e matter pleased him well he sayde I wyl geue him her y t she maye be a snare vnto him that the handes of y e Philistynes maye come vpon him And he sayde vnto Dauid This daye shalt thou be my doughters huszbaÌ„de y e secoÌ„de time And Saul spake vnto his seruauÌ„tes Talke w t Dauid secretly saye Beholde the kinge hath pleasure in the and all his seruauntes loue the mary thou therfore the kynges doughter And Sauls seruauntes spake these wordes in the eares of Dauid But Dauid saide Thynke ye it but a small matter to mary the kynges doughter As for me I am but a poore symple man And Sauls seruauntes tolde him agayne and sayde Soch wordes hath Dauid spoken Saul sayde Then saye ye vnto Dauid The kynge desyreth no dowry but onely an hundreth foreszkynnes of the Philistynes that vengeaunce maye be taken of the kinges enemies Howbeit Saul thought to cause Dauid be slayne by the haÌ„des of the Philistynes Then his seruauntes tolde Dauid these wordes and Dauid was contente with the matter to mary the kynges doughter And after a fewe dayes Dauid gatt him vp and wente with his men and smote two hundreth men amonge the Philistynes And Dauid broughte their foreszkynnes and made their nombre sufficient vnto the kynge y t he mighte mary the kynges doughter TheÌ„ Saul gaue him his doughter Michol to wyfe And Saul sawe and perceaued that the LORDE was w t Dauid And Michol Sauls doughter loued him Then was Saul the more afrayed and became his enemye as loÌ„ge as he lyued And whan the prynces of the Philistynes weÌ„te forth Dauid behaued him selfe more wysely then all the seruauntes of Saul in their outgoynge so that his name was in greate reputacion The XIX Chapter SAul spake to Ionathas his sonne and to all his seruauntes that they shulde kyll Dauid Neuerthelesse Ionathas the sonne of Saul loued Dauid exceadingly and tolde him and sayde Saul my father goeth aboute to slaye the. Kepe the therfore I praye the in the mornynge and abyde in secrete and hyde the. But I wyll go forth and stonde besyde my father in the felde where thou art and wyll speake of the vnto my father and what soeuer I se I shal brynge the worde And Ionathas reported y e best of Dauid vnto Saul his father and sayde vnto him Oh let not the kynge synne agaynst his seruaunt for he hath not synned agaynst the and his doynge is very necessary for the he put his lyfe in his hande also and smote the Philistyne the LORDE dyd a greate health vnto all Israel this hast thou sene and reioysed therof Wherfore wylt thou then offende agaynst innocent bloude that thou woldest kyll Dauid without a cause Then herkened Saul vnto the voice of Ionathas and sware As truly as the LORDE lyueth he shal not dye Then Ionathas called Dauid and tolde him all these wordes and brought him to Saul so that he was in presence like as afore tyme. But there arose a battayll agayne and Dauid wente forth and fought agaynst the Philistynes and smote a greate slaughter so that they fled before him Neuertheles y e euell sprete of the LORDE came vpon Saul and he sat in his house and had a iauelynge in his hande But Dauid plaied vpon the instrument with his haÌ„de And Saul thoughâ— with the iauelinge to sticke Dauid fast to the wall Howbeit he wente asyde froÌ„ Saul and the iauelynge smote in the wall And Dauid fled and escaped that night Notwithstondinge Saul sent his messaungers to Dauids house that they shulde laye wayte for him and kyll him in the mornynge Michol Dauids wyfe tolde him this and sayde Yf thou saue not thy soule this night thou shalt dye tomorow Then Michol let him downe thorow the wyndow so that he wente his waye fled and escaped And Mickol toke an ymage and layed it in the bed and laied a goates szkinne at the heade of it and couered it with clothes Then Saul sent messauÌ„gers to fetch Dauid But she sayde He is sicke Neuerthelesse Saul sent messaungers to se Dauid sayde Bringe him vp to me with the bed that he maye be slayne Now whan the messaungers came beholde the ymage laye in the bed and a goates szkynne at the heade of it Theâ— sayde Saul vnto Michol Why hast thou begyled me and let myne enemye go that he mighte escape Michol sayde vnto Saul He sayde vnto me Let me go or I wyl kyll the. Aâ— for Dauid he fled and escaped and came to Samuel vnto Ramath and tolde him all y t Saul had done vnto him And he wente w t Samuel and they abode at Naioth And it was tolde Saul Beholde Dauid is at Naioth in Ramath Then Saul sente messaungers to fetch Dauid And they sawe a company of prophetes prophecienge and Samuel had the ouersight of them Then came the sprete of God vpon the messaungers of Saul so that they prophecyed also Whan this was tolde Saul he sent other messaungers which prophecied likewyse Then sente he messaungers the thyrde tyme and they in like maner prophecyed Then wente he himselfe also vnto Ramath and whan he came to the greate well which is at Secho he axed and sayde Where is Samuel and Dauid Then was it tolde him beholde at Naioth in Ramath And he wente thither euen vnto Naioth in Ramath And y e sprete of God came vpon him also and he weÌ„te prophecied till he came vnto Naioth in
that folowed Absalō thē shulde euery man be discoraged which els is valeaunt hath a hert like a lyō for all Israel knoweth that thy father is stronge and that all they which be with him are mightie men But this is my coūcell that thou gather together all Israel from Dan vnto Berseba in nombre as the sonde of the See and go thou thine owne person amonge them then wil we fall vpon him in what place we finde him and wyll ouerwhelme him euen as the dew falleth vpon the earth so that we shal not leaue one of him and of all his men But yf he resorte in to a cite then shal all Israel cast roapes aboute the same cite and drawe it in to the riuer so that there shal not one stone of it be founde Then sayde Absalom and euery man in Israel The councell of Chusai the Arachite is better then Achitophels councell But the LORDE broughte it so to passe that y e good councell of Achitophel was hyndred that the LORDE mighte brynge euell vpon Absalom And Chusai sayde vnto Sadoc Abiathar the prestes Thus and thus hath Achitophel counceled Absalom and the Elders in Israel but so and so haue I counceled Sende now therfore in all the haist and tell Dauid and saye Abyde not all nighte in the playne felde of the wyldernes but get the ouer that the kynge be not swalowed vp and all the people that is with him As for Ionathas and Ahimaaz they stode by the well of Rogel and a damsell wente thither and tolde them They wente on their waye and tolde kynge Dauid for they durst not be sene to come in to the cite But a lad sawe them and tolde Absalom Neuertheles they wente on their waye and came to a mans house at Bahurim which had a well in his courte and they wēte downe in to it And the woman toke and spred a couerynge ouer the welles mouth strowed firmentye corne theron that it was not perceaued Now whan Absaloms seruauntes came to the woman in to the house they sayde where is Ahimaaz and Ionathas The womā sayde vnto them They are gone ouer the litle water And whā they soughte and founde them not they wente agayne to Ierusalem And whan they were gone they clymmed vp out of the well and wente their waye and tolde Dauid y e kynge and sayde vnto Dauid Get you vp and go soone ouer y e water for thus and thus hath Achitophel geuen councell agaynst you Then Dauid gat him vp and all the people that was with him and passed ouer Iordane tyll it was cleare mornynge And there was not one but he wente ouer Iordane Whan Achitophel sawe that his coūcell wente not forth he sadled his asse gat him vp and wēte home in to his cite and put his house to poynte and hanged him selfe and dyed and was buried in his fathers graue And Dauid came to Mahanaim and Absalom wente ouer Iordane all the men of Israel w t him And Absalom had set Amasa ouer the hoost in Ioabs steade Amasa was the sonne of a man whose name was Iethra a Iesraelite which laye with Abigail the doughter of Nahas the sister of Zeru Ia Ioabs mother But Israel and Absalom pitched in Gilead Whan Dauid was come to Mahanaim Nahas of Rabbath of the childrē of Ammon and Machir the sonne of Ammiel of Lodebar and Barsillai a Gileadite of Roglim broughte bedstuffe tapestrie worke basens earthen vessell where barly meel parched corne beenes otemeell ryse hony butter shepe and fat oxen vnto Dauid and to y e people that was with him for to eate for they thought The people shall be hongrie weerye and thirstye in the wyldernes The XVIII Chapter ANd Dauid mustred the people y t was with him and set captaynes ouer thē ouer thousandes and ouer hundreds And sent out of the people one thirde parte vnder Abisai the sonne of Zeru Ia Ioabs brother and one thirde parte vnder Ithai the Gethite And the kynge sayde vnto the people I wyll go forth with you also Neuertheles the people sayde Thou shalt not go forth for though we fle or die halfe of vs they shal not regarde vs. For thou art as ten thousande of vs. Therfore is this better that thou mayest helpe vs out of the cite The kynge sayde Loke what ye are content withall that wyl I do And the kynge stode in the gate and all the people wente forth by hundreds and by thousandes And y e kinge cōmaunded Ioab and Abisai and Ithai and sayde Intreate me the yonge man Absalom gently And all the people herde it whā the kynge cōmaunded all the captaynes concernynge Absalom And whan the people were come forth in to the felde agaynst Israel the battayll beganne in the wod of Ephraim And the people of Israel were smitten there before Dauids seruauntes so that there was a greate slaughter the same daye of twentye thousande men And the battaill was scatred abrode there in the londe And the wod consumed moch more people the same daye then the swerde consumed And Absalom met Dauids seruauntes and rode vpon a Mule And whan the Mule came vnder a greate thicke Oke tre his heade toke holde on the Oke and so hanged he betwene heauen and earth but the Mule ranne awaye from vnder him Whan a certayne man sawe that he tolde Ioab and saide Beholde I sawe Absalom hange vpō an Oke tre And Ioab saide vnto the mā y t tolde it him Beholde sawest thou that why smotest thou him not there to the groūde so wolde I haue geuen the of myne awne behalfe ten syluerlynges and a gyrdell The man sayde vnto Ioab Yf thou haddest weyed me a thousande syluerlynges in my handes yet wolde I not haue layed my handes on the kynges sonne For the kynge commaunded the and Abisai and Ithai before oure eares and sayde Kepe me the yonge man Absalom Or yf I had dyssembled vpon the ioperdy of myne owne soule for so moch as nothinge shulde be hyd from y e kinge thou thy selfe shuldest haue stōde against me Ioab sayde Not so I wil vpon him before thy face Then toke Ioab thre speares in his hande and thrust Absalom thorow y e hert while he was yet alyue vpon the Oke And ten yōge men Ioabs weapenbearers came aboute him and smote him to death Then blewe Ioab the trompe and broughte the people agayne that they shulde folowe nomore vpon Israel For Ioab wolde fauoure the people And they toke Absalom and cast him in the wod in to a greate pytt and layed a greate heape of stones vpon him And all Israel fled euery one vnto his tente Absalom had set him vp a piler whyle he was yet alyue which stode in the kynges valley for he sayde I haue no sonne therfore shall this be a remembraunce of my name and he called the piler after his owne name And vnto this daie it is yet called Absaloms place Ahimaas the sonne of
Sadoc sayde Let me runne now and brynge the kynge worde that the LORDE hath gotten him righte frō the hande of his enemies But Ioab sayde Thou shalt bringe no good tidinges to daie another daye shalt thou brynge him worde and not to daye for the kynges sonne is deed But vnto Chusi sayde Ioab Go thou thy waye and tell the kynge what thou hast sene And Chusi did his obeysaūce vnto Ioab and ranne Ahimaas the sonne of Sadoc saide agayne vnto Ioab What and I ranne also Ioab sayde What wilt thou runne my sonne Come hither thou shalt brynge no good tydinges He answered What and I ranne yet He saide vnto him Renne on y e waye then So Ahimaas ranne the straight waye and came before Chusi As for Dauid he sat betwene the two gates And the watchman wente vp to y e toppe of the porte vpon the wall and lifte vp his eyes and sawe a man renninge alone and cryed and tolde the kinge The kynge sayde Yf he be alone then is there good tydinges in his mouth And as the same wente and came forth the watchman sawe another man rennynge and cryed in the porte and sayde Beholde there renneth a man alone The kinge sayde The same is a good messaunger also The watchman sayde I se the rennynge of the first as it were the rennynge of Ahimaas the sonne of Sadoc And the kynge sayde He is a good man and bryngeth good tidinges Ahimaas cryed and sayde vnto y e kinge Peace and worshipped before the kynge vpon his face to the grounde and sayde Praised be the LORDE thy God which hath geuen ouer y e men that lifte vp their handes agaynst my LORDE the kynge The kynge sayde Goeth it well with the yonge man Absalom Ahimaas sayde I sawe a greate vproure whan Ioab the kynges seruaunt sent me thy seruaunt and I wote not what it was The kynge sayde Go aboute and stonde here And he wente aboute and stode there Beholde then came Chusi and sayde I brynge good tydinges my lorde the kynge The LORDE hath executed righte for the this daye from the hande of all them that rose vp agaynst the. But the kynge sayde vnto Chusi Goeth it well with the yonge man Absalom Chusi sayde Euen so go it w t all the enemyes of my lorde the kynge and with all them that ryse vp agaynst the to do euell as it goeth with the yonge man Then was the kynge soroufull and wente vp in to the perler vpon the gate and wepte and as he wente he sayde thus O my sonne Absalō my sonne my sonne Absalom wolde God y t I shulde dye for the. O Absalom my sonne my sonne The XIX Chapter ANd it was tolde Ioab beholde y e kinge wepeth mourneth for Absalom And so out of y e victory of y t daye there came a mourninge amonge all the people For the people had herde the same daye y t the kynge toke on heuely because of his sonne And y e people stale awaye the same daye so that they came not in to the cite as a people that is put to shame pycketh them selues awaye whan they are fled in a battayll As for the kynge he had couered his face and cryed loude and sayde Oh my sonne Absalom Absalom my sonne my sonne But Ioab came to the kynge in to the house and sayde This daye hast thou shamed all thy seruauntes which haue delyuered thy soule this daye and the soules of thy sonnes of thy doughters of thy wyues and of thy cōcubynes in that thou louest them that hate the and hatest those that loue ye. For to daye thou shewest thyselfe that thou carest not for the captaynes and seruauntes For I perceaue this daye that yf Absalom onely were alyue and we all deed this daye thou woldest thynke it were well Get the vp now therfore and go forth and speake louyngly vnto thy seruauntes For I sweare vnto the by y e LORDE yf thou go not forth there shall not be lefte the one man this nighte this shal be worse vnto y t then all the euell that happened the sence y e youth vp hither to Thē the kynge gat him vp and sat in the gate And it was sayde vnto the people beholde the kynge sytteth in the gate Then came all the people before y e kynge But Israel was fled euery one vnto his tent And all the people stroue in all the trybes of Israel and sayde The kynge ryd vs from the hande of oure enemies and delyuered vs from the hande of the Philistynes and was fayne to fle out of the lōde for Absalom So Absalom whom we had anoynted ouer vs is deed in the battayll Why are ye so styll now that ye fetch not the kynge agayne The kynge sent vnto Sadoc Abiathar the prestes caused to saye vnto thē Speake to the Elders of Iuda saye Why wyl ye be the last to fetch the kynge agayne vnto his house for y e sayenge of all Israel was come before the kynge in to his house ye are my brethren my bone and my flesh Wherfore wyl ye then be the last to brynge the kynge agayne And saye vnto Amasa Art not thou my bone and my flesh God do this that vnto me yf thou shalt not be the chefe captayne before me in Ioabs steade as longe as thou lyuest And he bowed the hert of all the men of Iud◠as of one man And they sent vnto y e kynge Come agayne thou and all thy seruauntes So the kynge came agayne And whan he came vnto Iordane y e men of Iuda were come to Gilgal for to go downe to mete the kynge that they mighte brynge y e kynge ouer Iordane And Semei the sonne of Gera the sonne of Iemini which dwelt at Bahurim made haist and wente downe with y e men of Iuda to mete kynge Dauid and there were with him a thousande mē of Ben Iamin Siba also the seruaunt of the house of Saul with his fyftene sonnes and twenty seruauntes gat them thorow Iordane and passed ouer y e fery that they mighte brynge ouer the kynges housholde and to do him pleasure But Semei the sonne of Gera fell downe before the kynge whan he passed ouer Iordane and sayde vnto the kynge O my lorde laye not the trespace vnto my charge thynke not vpon it that thy seruaunt vexed the in the daye whan my lorde the kynge wente out of Ierusalem and let not y e kynge take it to hert for thy seruaunt knoweth that he hath synned And beholde this daye am I come the first amonge all the house of Ioseph for to go downe to mete my lorde the kynge Neuertheles Abisai the sonne of Zeru Ia answered and sayde And shulde not Semei dye therfore seynge he hath cursed y e anoynted of y e LORDE But Dauid sayde What haue I to do with you ye children of Zeru Ia that ye wyll become Sathan vnto me this daye Shulde eny man dye this daye in
the Iesraelite which he denyed to geue the for money for Naboth lyueth no more but is deed And whan Achab herde y e Naboth was deed he rose to go downe vn-the vyniarde of Naboth the Iesraelite and to take possession of it But the worde of the LORDE came to Elias the Theszbite and sayde Get the vp and go downe to mete Achab the kynge of Israel which is at Samaria beholde he is in Naboths vynyarde in to the which he is gone downe to take possession of it and talke thou with him and speake Thus sayeth the LORDE Thou hast slayne and taken in possession And thou shalt talke morouer vnto him and saye Thus sayeth the LORDE Euen in the place where the dogges licked vp Naboths bloude shall the dogges licke thy bloude also And Achab sayde vnto Elias Hast thou euer founde me thine enemye He saide Yee I haue founde the because thou art euen solde to do euell in the sighte of the LORDE Beholde I wyll brynge mysfortune vpon the and take awaye thy posterite and wil rote out from Achab euen him that maketh water agaynst the wall and him that is shut vp and lefte behynde in Israel and thy house wyll I make as the house of Ieroboam y e sonne of Nebat and as the house of Baesa the sonne of Ahia because of y e prouocacion wherwhith thou hast prouoked me vnto wrath and made Israel to synne And ouer Iesabel spake the LORDE also and sayde The dogges shal deuoure Iesabel in y e felde of Iesrael Who so of Achab dyeth in y e cite him shal the dogges eate vp and who so dyeth in the felde the foules vnder the heauen shall eate him vp So cleane solde to do myschefe in y e sighte of the LORDE hath no man bene as Achab for his Iesabel hath so disceaued him and he maketh him selfe a greate abhominacion that he goeth after Idols acordīge vnto all as dyd the Amorites whom the LORDE expelled before the children of Israel But whan Achab herde these wordes he rēte his clothes put a sack cloth on his body fasted and slepte in sack cloth and wente aboute hanginge downe his heade And the worde of the LORDE came to Elias the Theszbite sayde Hast thou not sene how Achab humbleth him selfe before me For so moch now as he hūbleth him selfe in my sighte I wil not brynge that plage whyle he lyueth but by his sonnes life wil I brynge mysfortune vpon his house The XXII Chapter ANd there passed ouer thre yeares that there was no warre betwene the Sirians Israel But in the thirde yeare wente Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda downe to the kynge of Israel And the kynge of Israel sayde vnto his seruauntes Knowe ye not y t Ramoth in Gilead is oures and we syt styll and take it not out of the hande of the kynge of Syria And he sayde vnto Iosaphat Wilt thou go with me to the battaill vnto Ramoth in Gilead Iosaphat sayde vnto the kynge of Israel I wyll be as thou my people as thy people and my horses as thy horses And Iosaphat sayde vnto y e kynge of Israel Axe this daye at the worde of the LORDE Then the kynge of Israel gathered the prophetes aboute a foure hundreth men and sayde vnto them Shal I go vnto Ramoth in Gilead to fighte or shal I let it alone They sayde Go vp y e LORDE shal delyuer it in to y e kinges hande But Iosaphat sayde Is there not one prophet here more of y e LORDE that we maye axe at him The kinge of Israel saide vnto Iosaphat Here is yet a man one Micheas the sonne of Iemla at whom we maye axe of the LORDE but I hate him for he prophecieth me no good but euell Iosaphat sayde Let not the kynge saye so Then called the kynge of Israel a chamberlayne and sayde Brynge hither soone Micheas the sonne of Iemla As for the kynge of Israel and Iosaphat y e kinge of Iuda they sat ether of them vpon his seate arayed in their garmentes in the place at y e dore of the porte of Samaria and all y e prophetes prophecied before thē And Sedechias the sonne of Cnaena had made him hornes of yron and sayde Thus sayeth the LORDE With these shalt thou puszshe at y e Syrians tyll thou brynge them to naughte And all the prophetes prophecied likewyse and sayde Go vp vnto Ramoth in Gilead thou shalt prospere right well the LORDE shal delyuer it in to the kynges hande And the messaunger that wente to call Micheas sayde vnto him Beholde The wordes of y e prophetes are with one acorde good before the kynge let thy worde therfore be as their worde and speake thou good also Micheas sayde As truly as the LORDE liueth loke what the LORDE sayeth vnto me y t wyl I speake And whan he came to the kynge the kynge sayde vnto him Micheas shal we go vnto Ramoth in Gilead to fight or shall we let it alone He sayde vnto him Yee go vp thou shalt prospere righte well the LORDE shall geue it in to the kynges hande But the kynge sayde vnto him agayne I charge y t that thou saye no other thinge vnto me but the trueth in the name of y e LORDE He sayde I sawe all Israel scatred abrode vpon the mountaynes as the shepe that haue no shepherde And the LORDE saide Haue these no lorde Let euery one turne home agayne in peace Then sayde y e kinge of Israel vnto Iosaphat Tolde not I y e that he wolde prophecye me no good but euell He sayde Heare now therfore the worde of the LORDE I sawe the LORDE syt vpon his seate and all the hoost of heauen stōdinge by him at his righte hande at his lefte And the LORDE saide Who wil disceaue Achab to go vp fall at Ramoth in Gilead And one sayde this another that Then wēte there forth a sprete stode before the LORDE and sayde I wyl disceaue him The LORDE sayde vnto him Wherwith He sayde vnto him I wyll go forth and be a false sprete in the mouth of all his prophetes He saide Thou shalt disceaue him and shalt be able go forth and do so Beholde now the LORDE hath geuē a false sprete in y e mouth of all these y e prophetes and the LORDE hath spoken euell ouer the. Then stepte forth Sedechias the sonne of Cnaena and smote Micheas vpon the cheke and sayde What is the sprete of the LORDE departed fro me to speake with the Micheas sayde Beholde thou shalt se it in y t daye whan thou shalt go frō one chamber to another to hyde the. The kynge of Israel sayde Take Micheas and let him remayne with Amon the ruler of the cite and with Ioas the kynges sonne and saye Thus sayeth the kynge Put this man in preson and fede him with bred and water of trouble tyll I come agayne in peace Micheas sayde Yf
LORDE stode besyde y e barne of Arnan y e Iebusite And Dauid lifte vp his eyes and sawe the angell of y e LORDE stondinge betwene heauē and earth and a naked swerde in his hande stretched out ouer Ierusalem Then Dauid and y e Elders beynge clothed with sack cloth fell vpō their faces And Dauid sayde vnto God Am not I he that caused the people to be nombred I am he that hath synned and done euell as for these shepe what haue they done ▪ LORDE my God let thine hande be agaynst me and agaynst my fathers house and not agaynst thy people to plage them And the angell sayde vnto Gad that he shulde speake vnto Dauid that Dauid shulde shulde go vp set vp an altare in the barne of Arnan the Iebusite So Dauid wente vp acordinge to y e worde of Gad which he spake in the name of the LORDE But whā Arnan turned him and sawe the angell and his foure sonnes with him they hyd thēselues for Arnan throszshed wheate Now whan Dauid came to Arnan Arnan loked and was aware of Dauid and wēte forth out of the barne and worshipped Dauid with his face to the grounde And Dauid sayde vnto Arnan Geue me rowme in the barne to buylde an altare vnto the LORDE therin for y e full money shalt thou geue it me that the plage maye ceasse from the people But Arnan sayde vnto Dauid Take it vnto the and let my lorde the kynge do as pleaseth him Beholde that oxe geue I for a burnt offerynge and those vessels to the oxe and wheate for the meat offerynge I geue it all Neuertheles the kynge sayde vnto Arnan Not so but for y e full money wyl I bye it for that which is thine wyl not I take for the LORDE and offre a burnt offerynge for naughte So Dauid gaue Arnan for y e rowme sixe hundreth Sycles of golde in weight And there buylded Dauid an altare vnto y e LORDE offred burnt offerynges slayn offerynges And whan he called vpō the LORDE he herde him thorow the fyre from heauē vpon y e altare of the burnt offerynge And y e LORDE sayde vnto the angell that he shulde put his swerde in to his sheeth At the same tyme whā Dauid sawe that the LORDE had herde him vpon the corne floore of Arnan y e Iebusite he dyd sacrifice there For y e habitacion of y e LORDE which Moses had made in the wyldernes and the altare of burnt offerynges was at that tyme in the hye place at Gibeon But Dauid coulde not go thitherto seke God before it for he feared the swerde of the LORDES angell And Dauid sayde Here shal be y e house of God y e LORDE and this the altare of burnt offerynges fo◠Israel The XXIII Chapter ANd Dauid cōmaunded to gather together the straungers that were in y e londe of Israel and appoynted masons to hewe stone for the buyldinge of the house of God And Dauid prepared moch yron for nales in the dores of the portes and for soch thinges as were to be naled together and so moch brasse that is was not to be weyed and Cedre trees innumerable for they of Zidon Tyre brought Dauid moch Cedre tymbre for Dauid thoughte Salomō my sonne is but a childe and tender But the house that shal be buylded vnto the LORDE shal be greate that his name prayse maye be exalted in all londes therfore wyl I prouyde for him So Dauid made greate prouysion before his death And he called Salomon his sonne commaunded him to buylde the house of LORDE God of Israel and sayde vnto him My sonne I was minded to buylde an house vnto the name of the LORDE my God but the worde of y e LORDE came vnto me and sayde Thou hast shed moch bloude and strycken many battayls therfore shalt thou not buylde an house vnto my name for as moch as thou hast shed so moch bloude vpon the earth before me Beholde the sonne which shal be borne vnto the shal be a quyete man and I wyl cause him to be in rest from al his enemies on euery syde for his name shal be Salomon for I wyll geue peace and rest vpon Israel as longe as he lyueth He shal buylde an house vnto my name He shal be my sonne and I wyll be his father And I wyl stablyshe y e seate of his kyngdome vpō Israel for euer Now my sonne the LORDE shal be wyth the and thou shalt prospere that thou mayest buylde an house vnto the LORDE thy God acordynge as he hath spoken of the. The LORDE also shal geue the wyszdome vnderstondynge and shal commytte Israel vnto the that thou mayest kepe the lawe of the LORDE thy God But then shal thou prospere yf thou take hede to do after the ordynaunces and lawes which the LORDE commaunded Moses vnto Israel Be stronge and take a good corage vnto the feare not and be not faynt harted Beholde I haue in my pouerte prouyded for the house of the LORDE an hundreth thousande talentes of golde and a thousande tymes a thousande talentes of syluer and brasse and yron without nombre for there is so moch of it And tymbre and stone haue I prepared thou mayest get more therof Thou hast many workmen also mesons and carpenters in stone and tymber and all maner of men that haue vnderstondinge in all worke off golde syluer brasse and yron without nombre Yet get the vp and be doynge and the LORDE shal be with the. And Dauid commaunded all the rulers of Israel to helpe Salomon his sonne and sayde Is not the LORDE youre God with you and hath geuen you rest on euery syde for he hath delyuered the inhabiters of the londe in to youre handes and the londe is subdued before the LORDE and before his people Geue ouer youre hert now therfore and youre soule to seke the LORDE youre God and get you vp and buylde a Sanctuary vnto the LORDE God that the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE and the holy vessels of God maye be brought in to the house which shal be buylded vnto the name of the LORDE So Dauid made Salomon his sonne kynge ouer Israel whan he himselfe was olde and had lyued ynough The XXIIII Chapter ANd Dauid gathered all the rulers in Israel together and the prestes Leuites to nombre y e Leuites from thirtie yeare olde aboue And y e nombre of thē which were strōge men frō heade to heade was eight and thirtie thousande of whom there were foure twentie thousande which dyd their diligence in the worke ouer y e house of the LORDE and sixe thousande officers and Iudges and foure thousande porters foure thousande that songe prayses vnto y e LORDE with instrumentes which he had made to synge prayse with all And Dauid made the ordinaunce amonge the children of Leui namely amōge Gerson Kahath Merari The Gersonites were Laedan and Simei The children of Laedan the
y e LORDE but I hate him for he prophecieth me no good but allwaye euell namely Micheas the sonne of Iemla Iosaphat sayde Let not the kynge saye so And the kynge of Israel called one of his chamberlaynes sayde Brynge hither soone Micheas the sonne of Iemla And the kynge of Israel and Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda sat either of them vpon his seate arayed in their garmentes Euen in the place at the dore of the porte of Samaria sat they and all y e prophetes prophecied before them And Sedechias the sonne of Cnaena had made him hornes of yron and sayde Thus sayeth the LORDE With these shalt thou puszshe at the Syrians tyll thou brynge them to naughte And all the prophetes prophecied likewyse sayde Go vp vnto Ramoth in Gilead and thou shalt prospere and y e LORDE shal delyuer it in to the kynges hande And the messaunger that wente to call Micheas spake vnto him and sayde Beholde y e wordes of the prophetes are with one acorde good before the kynge let thy worde I praye the be as one of theirs and speake thou good also But Micheas sayde As truly as the LORDE lyueth loke what my God sayeth vnto me y t wyl I speake And whan he came to the kynge the kynge sayde vnto him Micheas shulde we go vnto Ramoth in Gilead to the battayll or shulde we let it alone He saide Go vp and ye shal prospere It shal be geuē you in youre handes But y e kynge sayde vnto him I charge y e yet agayne that thou tell me nothinge but y e trueth in the name of the LORDE Then saide he I sawe all Israel scatered abrode vpō the mountaynes as the shepe y t haue no shepherde And the LORDE sayde Haue these no lorde Let euery one turne home agayne in peace Thē sayde the kynge of Israel vnto Iosaphat Dyd not I tell the y t he wolde prophecie me no good but euell And he sayde Therfore heare ye the worde of the LORDE I sawe the LORDE syt vpon his seate and all the hoost of heauen stondinge at his righte hande at his lefte And the LORDE sayde Wo wyll disceaue Achab the kynge of Israel that he maye go vp fall at Ramoth in Gilead And whan one sayde thus another so there came forth a sprete and stode before y e LORDE and sayde I wyl disceaue him The LORDE sayde vnto him Wherwith He sayde I wyll go forth and be a false sprete in the mouth of all his prophetes And he sayde Thou shalt disceaue him and shalt be able go thy waye and do so Beholde now the LORDE hath geuen a false sprete in the mouth of all these thy prophetes and the LORDE hath spokē euell agaynst the. Then stepte forth Sedechias the sonne of Cnaena and smote Micheas vpon the cheke and sayde Which waye is the sprete of y e LORDE departed fro me to speake thorow the Micheas sayde Beholde thou shalt se it whan thou commest in to y e ynmost chamber to hyde the. But the kynge of Israel sayde Take Micheas and let him remayne w t Amon the ruler of the cite and with Ioas the sonne of Melech and saye Thus sayeth the kynge Put this man in preson and fede him w t bred and water of trouble tyll I come agayne in peace Micheas saide Yf thou commest agayne in peace then hath not the LORDE spoken thorow me And he sayde Herken to all ye people So the kynge of Israel and Iosaphat y e kynge of Iuda wente vp vnto Ramoth in Gilead And y e kynge of Israel sayde vnto Iosaphat Chaunge thy clothes and come to the battayll in thine araye And y e kynge of Israel chaunged his rayment came in to the battayll But the kynge of Syria had commaunded the rulers of his charettes Ye shal fighte nether agaynst small ner greate but onely agaynst the kynge of Israel Now whan the rulers of the charrettes sawe Iosaphat they thoughte It is y e kynge of Israel and they wēte aboute to fighte agaynst him But Iosaphat cryed and the LORDE helped him And God turned them from him for whan the rulers of the charettes sawe that it was not y e kynge of Israel they turned back from him But a certayne man bended his bowe harde shot the kynge of Israel betwene the mawe and the longes Thē sayde he vnto his charet man Turne thine hāde and cary me out of the hoost for I am wounded And the battayll was sore the same daye And the kynge of Israel stode vpon his charet agaynst the Syrians vntyll the euenynge and dyed whā the Sonne wente downe The XIX Chapter BVt Iosaphat the kynge of Iuda came home agayne in peace vnto Ierusalem And Iehu y e sonne of Hanani the Seer wēte forth to mete him sayde vnto kynge Iosaphat Shuldest thou so helpe the vngodly and loue them that hate the LORDE And for this cause is y e wrath vpō the from the LORDE neuertheles there is some good founde in the that thou hast put the groues out of the londe and hast prepared thine hert to seke God So Iosaphat abode at Ierusalem And he wente agayne amonge the people from Berseba vnto moūt Ephraim and broughte them agayne to the LORDE God of their fathers And he set Iudges thorow out the londe in all the stronge cities of Iuda and a certayne in euery cite And sayde vnto the Iudges Take hede what ye do for ye execute not the iudgment of man but of the LORDE and he is with you in iudgmēt therfore let the feare of the LORDE be with you and bewarre and do it for with the LORDE oure God there is no vnrighteousnes ner respecte of personnes ner acceptinge of giftes And at Ierusalem dyd Iosaphat ordeyne certayne of the Leuites and prestes and of the awnciēt fathers of Israel for y e iudgment of the LORDE and ouer the matter of the lawe and caused them to dwell at Ierusalem and commaunded them and sayde Se that ye do thus in the feare of the LORDE in faithfulnes in a perfect hert In all causes that come vnto you from youre brethren which dwell in their cities betwene bloude and bloude betwene lawe and commaundement betwene statutes and ordinaunces ye shal enforme them y t they synne not against the LORDE and so the wrath to come vpon you and youre brethren Do thus and ye shal not offende Beholde Amaria the prest is chefe ouer you in all causes of y e LORDE so is Sabadia the sonne of Ismael prynce in the house of Iuda in all the kynges matters Ye haue officers likewyse the Leuites before you Take a good corage vnto you and be doynge and the LORDE shal be with the good The XX. Chapter AFter this came the childrē of Moab the children of Ammon and certayne of Amanim w t them to fighte against Iosaphat And they came and tolde Iosaphat and sayde There cōmeth a greate multitude agaynst the
and off his abhominacions which he dyd and that were founde in him beholde they are wrytten in the boke of the kynges of Israel and Iuda And Ioachim his sonne was kynge in his steade Eight yeare olde was Ioachim whan he was made kynge and reigned thre monethes and ten dayes at Ierusalē and dyd y t which was euell in the sighte of y e LORDE But whā the yeare came aboute Nabuchodonosor sent thither and caused him be fetched vnto Babilon with the costly vessels and Iewels of the house of the LORDE and made Sedechias his brother kynge ouer Iuda and Ierusalem One and twentye yeare olde was Sedechias whan he was made kynge reigned eleuen yeare at Ierusalem and dyd that which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE his God and submytted not himselfe before the face of the prophet Ieremy which spake out of the mouth of the LORDE He fell awaye also from Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon which had taken an ooth of him by God and was styfnecked and hardened his hert that he shulde not conuerte vnto the LORDE God of Israel And all y e chefe amonge the prestes and the people multiplyed their synnes acordinge to all the abhominacions of the Heythen and dyfyled the house of the LORDE which he had sanctified at Ierusalem And the LORDE God of their fathers sent vnto them early by his messaungers for he spared his people and his habitacion but they laughed the messaungers of God to scorne and despysed his wordes and had his prophetes in derision so lōge tyll the indignacion of the LORDE increased ouer his people and there was no remedye of healinge For he broughte the kynge of the Caldees vpon them and caused for to slaye all their yonge men with the swerde in the house of their Sanctuary and spared nether yonge māner virgin nether aged ner graūd father but gaue them all in to his hande And all the vessels in the house of God greate and small the treasures in the house of y e LORDE and the treasures of the kynge and of his prynces all this caused he to be caried vnto Babilon And they brent the house of God and brake downe the wall of Ierusalē and all the palaces therof brent they with fyre so that all the costly ornamentes of it were destroyed And loke who escaped y e swerde hī caried he awaye vnto Babilon they became his seruaūtes the seruauntes of his sonnes tyll the Persians had the empyre that y e worde of the LORDE by the mouth of Ieremy mighte be perfourmed euen vntyll the londe had ynough of hir Sabbathes for all the tyme of the desolacion was it Sabbath vntyll the seuentye yeares were fulfylled But in the first yeare of Cyrus the kynge of Persia that the worde of the LORDE spoken by the mouth of Ieremy mighte be fulfylled the LODDE raysed vp the sprete of Cyrus the kynge of Persia that he caused it be proclamed thorow out all his empyre yee and by wrytinge also sayenge Thus sayeth Cyrus the kynge of Persia The LORDE God of heauen hath geuen me all the kyngdomes in the londe and hath commaunded me to buylde him an house at Ierusalem in Iuda Who soeuer now amonge you is of his people the LORDE his God be with him and let him go vp The ende of the seconde boke of the Cronicles The first boke of Esdras What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Cyrus otherwyse called Cores the kynge of Persia geueth the Iewes lycōce to go agayne to Ierusalem and to buylde it Chap. II. The nombre of them that wente vp from Babilon vnto Ierusalem Chap. III. The people resorte to Ierusalem the prestes buylde the altare kepe the feastes and sacrifices and prepare to buylde the temple Chap. IIII. The Heythen wolde buylde with them and because they are not suffred therfore laboure they with their councell and letters to hynder the buyldinge of the temple Chap. V. In this tyme prophecied Aggeus and Zachary The officers of the Heythen forbyd the buyldinge and hynder it Chap. VI. Darius renueth the commaundement of Cyrus and geueth the Iewes lycēce to buylde the temple Chap. VII Artaxerses sendeth Eszdras vnto Ierusalem with a charge vnto the officers beyonde the water Chap. VIII The nombre of them that wente vp with Eszdras vnto Ierusalem Chap IX Eszdras is sory that the people haue myxte them selues with the Heythenish wemen Chap. X. They make a couenaunt to put awaye their Heythenish wyues The first Chapter IN the first yeare of Cyrus kynge off Persia that the worde of the LORDE spoken by the mouth of Ieremy might be fulfilled the LORDE stered vp the sprete of Cyrus kynge of Persia y t he caused it be proclamed thorow out all his empyre yee and by wrytinge also sayenge Thus sayeth Cyrus the kynge of Persia The LORDE God of heauē hath geuen me all the kyngdomes in the londe and hath commaunded me to buylde him an house at Ierusalem in Iuda Who soeuer now amonge you is of his people the LORDE his God be with him and let him go vp to Ierusalem in Iuda and buylde the house of the LORDE God of Israel He is y e God that is at Ierusalē And who so euer remayneth yet in eny maner of place where he is a straunger let the mē of his place helpe him with syluer and golde with good and catell of a good frewill for the house of God at Ierusalem Then gat vp the pryncipall fathers of Iuda and Ben Iamin and the prestes and Leuites and all they whose sprete God had raysed to go vp and to buylde the house of the LORDE at Ierusalē And all they that were aboute them strengthed their hande with vessels of syluer and golde with good and catell and Iewels besydes that which they gaue of their awne frewill And kynge Cyrus brought forth the vessels of the LORDES house which Nabuchodonosor had takē out of Ierusalem and put in his gods house But Cyrus y e kynge of Persia brought thē forth by Mithredath the treasurer and nombred thē vnto Seszbazar the prynce of Iuda And this is the nombre of them thirtye basens of golde and a thousande basens of syluer and nyne and twentye knyues thirtye cuppes of golde and of other syluer cuppes foure hundreth and ten and of other vessels a thousande So that all the vessels both of golde and syluer were fyue thousande and foure hundreth Seszbazar broughte them all vp with them that came vp out of the captiuyte off Babilon vnto Ierusalem The II. Chapter THese are the childrē of the londe that wente vp out of the captiuyte whō Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon had caried awaye vnto Babilon and came agayne to Ierusalem and in to Iuda euery one vnto his cite and came with Zorobabel Iesua Nehemias Seraia Reeleia Mardachai Bilsan Mispar Begeuai Rehum and Baena This is now the nombre of the men of the people of Israel The children
they shulde do acordynge to this worde and they swore And Eszdras stode vp before the house of God and wente in to the chamber of Iohanan the sonne of Eliasab And whan he came thither he ate no bred and dranke no water for he mourned because of the transgression of them that had bene in captiuyte And they caused a proclamacion be made thorow out Iuda and Ierusalem vnto all the children which had bene in captiuite y t they shulde gather them selues together vnto Ierusalē And that who soeuer came not within thre dayes acordinge to the deuyce of the rulers and Elders all his substaunce shulde be forfett and he put out from the cōgregacion of the captiue Then all the men of Iuda and Ben Iamin gathered them selues together vnto Ierusalem in thre dayes y t is on the twentieth daye of the nyenth moneth and all the people sat in the strete before the house of God and trembled because of the matter and for the rayne And Eszdras y e prest stode vp and sayde vnto them Ye haue transgressed y t ye haue taken straunge wyues to make the trespace of Israel yet more confesse now therfore vnto y e LORDE God of youre fathers do his pleasure and separate youre selues from the people of the londe from y e straunge wyues Thē answered all the cōgregacion sayde with loude voyce Let it be done as thou hast sayde But the people are many it is a raynye wether they cānot stōde here without nether is this a worke of one daye or two for we are many y t haue offended in this transgression Let vs appoynte oure rulers therfore in all the congregacion y t all they which haue taken straunge wyues in oure cities maye come at the tyme appoynted and the Elders of euery cite and their Iudges with them tyll the wrath of oure God because of this matter be turned awaye from vs. Then were appoynted Ionathan the sonne of Asahel Iehasia the sonne of Thecua ouer this matter And Mesullam and Sabthai the Leuites helped them And the children of the captiuyte dyd euen so And Eszdras the prest and y e awncient fathers thorow the house of their fathers and all that were now rehearsed by name separated thē selues and sat them downe on the first daye of the tenth moneth to examē this matter And on y e first daye of y e first moneth broughte they the matter to a conclusion concernynge all the men y t had takē straunge wyues And amōge the childrē of the prestes there were men founde y t had takē straunge wyues namely amōge the children of Iesua the sonne of Iosedec of his brethrē Maeseia Elieser Iarib and Godolia And they gaue their hādes there vpon that they wolde put awaye their wyues for their trespace offerynge to geue a rāme for their trespace Amōge the children of Immer Hanani Sabadia Amonge the childrē of Harim Maeseia Elia Semaia Iehiel and Vsia Amonge y e children of Pashur Elioenai Maeseia Ismael Nethaneel Iosabad Eleasa Amonge the Leuites Iosabad Simei and Celaia He is that Celita Pethahia Iuda Eleasar Amonge the syngers Elyasib Amonge the porters Sallum Telem and Vri. Of Israel Amonge the children of Pareos Ramia Iesia Malchia Meiamin Eleasar Malchia Benaia Amonge y e children of Elam Mathania Zachary Iehiel Abdy Ieremoth Elia. Amonge the children of Sathu Elioenai Eliasib Mathania Ieremoth Sabad Asisa Amonge the children of Bebai Iohanan Hanania Sabai Athlai Amonge the children of Bani Mesullam Malluch Adaia Iasub Seal and Ieremoth Amonge the children of Pahath Moab Adna Chelal Benaia Maesea Mathania Bezaleel Benui and Manasse Amonge the children of Harim Elieser Iesia Malchia Semaia Simeon Bē Iamin Malluch Samaria Amonge the childrē of Hasum Mathnai Mathatha Sabad Eliphelet Ieremai Manasse Simei Amōge the childrē of Bani Maedai Amram Huel Benaia Bedia Chelui Naia Meremoth Eliasib Mathania Mathnai Iaesau Bani Benui Simei Selemia Nathan Adaia Machnadbai Sasai Sarai Afareel Selemia Samaria Sallum Amaria Ioseph Amonge the childrē of Nebo Ieiel Mathithia Sabad Sebina Iaddai Ioel and Benaia All these had taken straunge wyues And amonge the same wyues there were some that had borne children The ende of the first boke of Eszdras The seconde boke of Esdras otherwyse called the boke of Nehemias What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Nehemias mourneth for the captiuyte of the people Chap. II. Nehemias optayneth licence of the kynge Artaxerses otherwyse called Arthasastha to go vnto Ierusalem Chap. III. Of buyldinge the cite Chap. IIII. The officers go aboute to hynder the buyldinge The Iewes watch prepayre thē selues to buylde and to fighte Chap. V. Nehemias reproueth vsury Chap. VI. The officers go aboute to kyll Nehemias Chap. VII The nombre of them that departe from Babilon Chap. VIII In the feast of the Tabernacles readeth Eszdras the boke of the lawe Chap. IX The lawe is red before the people which are exhorted vnto godlynesse Chap. X. They renue the couenaunt with the LORDE and seale it Chap. XI How the people are sundered out some to dwell at Ierusalem and some in the cities without Chap. XII The names of the prestes and Leuites that wente vp with Zorobabel Of the dedicacion of the wall at Ierusalem Chap. XIII They separate the straungers from amonge the people of God The porcion of the Leuites is appoynted and the Sabbath renued The first Chapter THese are the actes of Nehemias the sonne of Hachalia It fortuned in y e moneth Chisleu in y e twētieth yeare that I was in the castell at Susan and Hanani one of my brethren came with certayne mē of Iuda and I axed them how the Iewes dyd that were delyuered and escaped from the captiuyte how it wente at Ierusalē And they sayde vnto me The remnaunt of the captiuyte are there in the londe in greate mysfortune rebuke The walles of Ierusalem are broken downe and the portes therof are brent with fyre Whā I herde these wordes I sat me downe wepte mourned two dayes fasted prayed before the God of heauen sayde O LORDE God of heauen thou greate terrible God thou y t kepest couenaunt mercy for them y t loue the obserue thy cōmaundementes let y e eares marke let thine eies be open y t thou mayest heare the prayer of y e seruaunt ▪ which I praye now before y e daye and nighte for the children of Israel thy seruauntes knowlege the synnes of the children of Israel which we haue commytted agaynst the. And I my fathers house haue synned also We haue bene corrupte vnto the in y t we haue not kepte the cōmaundementes statutes lawes which thou cōmaundedst y e seruaunt Moses Yet call to remembraunce y e worde that thou cōmaundedst thy seruaunt Moses and saydest Yf ye trāsgresse then wil I scater you abrode amonge the naciōs But yf ye turne vnto me and kepe my
soch wordes it displeased me sore and I aduysed so in my mynde y t I rebuked the councelers and the rulers and sayde vnto them Wyl ye requyre vsury one of another And I broughte a greate congregacion agaynst them and sayde vnto them We after oure abilyte haue boughte oure brethren the Iewes which were solde vnto the Heythen And wyl ye sell youre brethren whom we haue boughte vnto vs Then helde they their peace coulde fynde nothinge to answere And I sayde It is not good that ye do Oughte ye not to walke in the feare of God because of the rebuke of the Heythen oure enemies I and my brethrē and my seruauntes haue lent them money and corne but as for vsury let vs leaue it Therfore this same daye se that ye restore thē their londes agayne their vynyardes oyle gardens and houses and the hundreth parte of the money of the corne wyne and oyle that ye haue wonne of them Then sayde they We wyl restore them agayne and wyl requyre nothinge of them and wyl do as thou hast spoken And I called the prestes and toke an ooth of thē that they shulde do so And I shoke my lappe and sayde God shake out euery man after the same maner frō his house and laboure that maynteyneth not this worde euen thus be he shaken out and voyde And all y e congregacion sayde Amen and praysed the LORDE And the people dyd so And from the tyme forth that it was commytted vnto me to be a Debyte in the londe of Iuda namely from the twentieth yeare vnto the two and thirtieth yeare off kynge Artaxerses that is twolue yeare I and my brethrē lyued not of soch sustenaunbe as was geuen to a Debyte For the olde Debytes that were before me had bene chargeable vnto the people and had takē of thē bred and wyne and fortye Sycles of syluer Yee and their seruauntes had oppressed the people But so dyd not I and that because of the feare of God I laboured also in the worke vpon the wall and boughte no lōde And all my seruaūtes came thither together vnto y e worke Morouer there were at my table an hundreth and fiftie of the Iewes and rulers which came vnto me from amonge the Heythen that are aboute vs. And there was prepared me daylie an oxe and sixe chosen shepe and byrdes and euer once in ten dayes a greate summe of wyne Yet requyred not I the lyuynge of a Debyte for y e bondage was greuous vnto y e people Thynke vpō me my God vnto y e best acordīge to all that I haue done for this people The VI. Chapter ANd whan Saneballat Tobias and Gosem the Arabian and the other of oure enemyes herde that I had buylded the wall and that there were no mo gappes ther in howbeit at the same tyme had I not hanged the dores vpon the gates Saneballat and Gosem sent vnto me sayenge Come and let us mete together in the vyllages vpon the playne of the cite On◠Neuertheles they thoughte to do me euell Notwithstondynge I sent messaungers vnto them sayenge I haue a greate busynes to do I can not come downe The worke shulde stonde still yf I were necligent and came downe to you Howbeit they sent vnto me as good as foure tymes after the same maner And I gaue the same answere Then sent Saneballat his seruaunt vnto me the fifth tyme with an open letter in his hande wherin was wrytten It is tolde the Heythen Gosem hath sayde it that thou and the Iewes thynke to rebell for y e which cause thou buyldest the wall and wylt be their kynge in these matters and hast ordeyned the prophetes to preach of the at Ierusalem and to saye He is kynge of Iuda Now shal this come to the kynges eares come now therfore and let us take oure councell together Neuertheles I sent vnto him sayenge There is no soch thinge done as thou sayest thou hast fayned it out of thine owne hert For they were all mynded to make us afrayed and thoughte They shal withdrawe their handes from the worke y t they shal not laboure Howbeit I strēgthed my hande the more And I came vnto y e house of Semaia y e sonne of Delaia the sonne of Mechetabeel he had shut him selfe within sayde Let us come together in to y e house of God euē vnto y e myddes of y e tēple sparre y e dores of y e tēple for they wyl come to slaye y e yee euē in the night wyl they come to put the to death But I sayde Shulde soch a mā flye Shulde soch a mā as I am go in to y e tēple to saue his life I wyl not go in For I perceaued that God had not sent him Yet spake he prophecye vpon me neuerthelesse Tobias and Saneballat had hired him for money Therfore toke he the money that I shulde be afrayed and so to do and synne that they might haue an euell reporte of me to blaspheme me My God thynke thou vpon Tobias and Saneballat acordynge vnto these their workes and of y e prophet Noadia and of the other prophetes y t wolde haue put me in feare And the wall was fynished on the fyue twentyeth daye of the moneth Elul in two and fyftye dayes And whan all o r enemies herde therof all the Heithen y t were aboute vs were afraied and their corage failed thē for they perceaued that this worke came of God And at y e same tyme were there many of y e chefe of Iuda whose letters wēte vnto Tobias from Tobias vnto them for there were many in Iuda that were sworne vnto him for he was the sonne in lawe of Sachania the sonne of Arah and his sonne Iohanan had the doughter of Mesullam the sonne of Barachia and they spake good of him before me and tolde him my wordes And Tobias sent letters to put me in feare The VII Chapter NOw whan we had buylded the wall I hanged on the dores and the porters syngers and Leuites were appoynted And I cōmaunded my brother Hanani and Hanania the ruler of the palace at Ierusalem for he was a faithfull man and feared God more then dyd many other and I sayde vnto them Let not the gates of Ierusalē be opened vntyll the Sonne be whote And whyle they are yet stondinge in the watch the dores shall be shut and barred And there were certayne citesyns of Ierusalem appoynted to be watchmen euery one in his watch and aboute his house As for y e cite it was large of rowme and greate but y e people were fewe therin and the houses were not buylded And my God gaue me in my hert that I gatherd together the pryncipall men and y e people to nombre them and I founde a register of their nombre which came vp afore out of the captiuyte whom Nabuchodonosor y e kynge of Babilō had caryed awaie and dwelt at Ierusalem and in Iuda
grounde And Iesua Bani Serebia Iamin Acub Sabthai Hodaia Maescia Celita Asaria Iosabad Hanam Plaia and the Leuites caused y e people to geue hede vnto the lawe the people stode in their place And they red in the boke of the lawe of God distinctly and planely so that men vnderstode the thinge that was red And Nehemias which is Hathirsatha and Esdras the prest and scrybe and the Leuites y t caused the people to take hede sayde vnto all the people This daye is holy vnto the LORDE youre God be not ye sory therfore wepe not For all y e people wepte whaÌ„ they herde the wordes of the lawe Therfore sayde he vnto them * Go youre waye and eate the fat and drynke the swete and sende parte vnto them also that haue not prepared themselues for this daye is holy vnto oure LORDE be not ye sory therfore for the ioye of the LORDE is youre strength And the Leuites stylled all the people and sayde Holde youre peace for the daye is holy vexe not ye youre selues And all the people wente their waye to eate and drinke and to sende paâ—te vnto other and to make greate myrth for they had vnderstonde the wordes that were declared vnto them And on the nexte daye were gathered together the chefe fathers amonge all the people and the prestes and Leuites vnto Esdras the scrybe that he shulde teach them y e wordes of the lawe And they founde written in the lawe how that the LORDE had commaunded by Moses that the childreÌ„ of Israel shulde dwell in bothes in the feast of the seuenth moneth And so they caused it be declared and proclamed in all their cities at Ierusalem sayenge Go vp vnto y e mouÌ„t and fetch Olyue braunches Pynebraunches Myrtbraunches Palmebraunches braunches of thicketrees to make bothes as it is wrytten And y e people wente vp and fetched theÌ„ and made them bothes euery one vpon the rofe of his house and in their courtes and in the courtes of the house of God and in the strete by the Watergate and in the strete by Ephraims porte And all the congregacion of them that were come agayne out of the captyuite made bothes and dwelt therin for sence the tyme of Iosua the sonne of NuÌ„ vnto this daye had not the children of Israel done so and there was very greate gladnesse And euery daye from the first daie vnto the last red he in the boke of the lawe of God And seuen dayes helde they the feast on the eight daye the gatherynge together acordynge vnto the maner The IX Chapter IN the foure and twentieth daye of this moneth came the children of Israel together with fastinge and sack clothes and earth vpon them and separated the sede of Israel from all the straunge children and stode and knowleged their synnes and the wyckednesses of their fathers and stode vp in their place and red in the boke of the lawe of the LORDE their God foure tymes on the daye and they knowleged and worshipped the LORDE their God foure tymes on the daye And the Leuites stode on hye namely Iesua Bani Cadmiel Sebania Buni Serebia Bani and Chenani and cryed loude vnto the LORDE their God And the Leuites Iesua Cadmiel Bani Hasabenia Serebia Hodia Sebania Pethahia sayde Stonde vp prayse the LORDE oure God for euer and let thankes be geueÌ„ vnto the name of thy glorye which excelleth all thankesgeuynge and prayse LORDE thou art alone thou hast made heauen and the heauen of all heauens with all their hoost the earth and all that therin is the See and all that is therin thou geuest life vnto all and y e hoost of heauen bowe themselues vnto the. Thou art the LORDE God that hast chosen AbraÌ„ and broughte him out of Vr in Chaldea called him Abraham and founde his hert faithfull before the and madest a couenauÌ„t with him to geue vnto his sede the londe of the Cananites Hethites Amorites Pheresites Iebusites and Girgosites and hast made good thy wordes for thou art righteous And hast considered the mysery of oure fathers in Egipte and herde their complainte by the reed See and shewed tokeÌ„s and wonders vpoÌ„ Pharao and on all his seruauÌ„tes and on all his people of his londe for thou knewest y t they were presumptuous cruell against them so madest thou the a name as it is this daie And the reed See partedst thou in sunder before them so that they weÌ„te thorow the myddes of the See drye shod their persecuters threwest thou in to the depe as a stone in the mightie waters and leddest them on the daye tyme in a cloudy pyler and on the nighte season in a piler of fyre to shewe them lighte in the waye y t they wente Thou camest downe also vpoÌ„ mount Sinai and spakest vnto them from heauen and gauest them righte iudgmentes true lawes good commaundementes and statutes and declared vnto them thy holy Sabbath and commaunded them preceptes ordinaunces and lawes by Moses thy seruaunt and gauest them bred from heauen whan they were hongrye and broughte forth water for them out of the rock whan they were thyrstye and promysed them that they shulde go in and take possession of the londe where ouer thou haddest lyfte vp thine hande for to geue them Neuertheles oure fathers were proude and hardnecked so that they folowed not y e coÌ„maundementes and refused to heare and were not myndefull of the wonders y t thou dyddest for them but became obstynate and heady in so moch that they turned back to their bondage in their dishobedience But thou my God forgauest and wast gracious mercifull pacient and of greate goodnesse and forsokest them not And though they made a molten calfe and sayde This is thy God that broughte the out of the londe of Egipte and dyd greate blasphemies yet for sokest thou them not in the wyldernes acordinge to thy greate mercy And y e cloudy piler departed not from them on y e daye tyme to lede them the waye nether the piler of fyre in the night season to shewe them lighte in the waye that they wente And thou gauest them thy good sprete to enfourme them and withheldest not thy Manna from their mouth and gauest theÌ„ water whaÌ„ they were thirstie Fortye yeares longe madest thou prouysion for them in the wyldernesse so that they wanted nothinge their clothes waxed not olde and their fete swelled not And thou gauest theÌ„ kiÌ„gdomes nacions partedst theÌ„ acordinge to their porcions so that they possessed the londe of Sihon kynge of Heszbon the londe of Og y e kynge of Basan And their childreÌ„ multiplyedst thou as the starres of heauen and broughtest theÌ„ in to the londe wherof thou haddest spoken vnto their fathers that they shulde go in to it and haue it in possession And y e children wente in and possessed the londe and thou subdudest before theÌ„ the
The darcknes shal once come to an ende he can seke out the grounde of all thinges the stones the darcke the horrible shadowe w t the ryuer of water parteth he a sunder the straunge people y t knoweth no good neghbourheade soch as are rude vnmanerly boysteous He bryngeth foode out of the earth y t which is vnder consumeth he with fyre There is founde a place whose stones are clene Saphirs and where y e clottes of the earth are golde There is a waye also that the byrdes knowe not that no vulturs eye hath sene wherin y e proude hye mynded walke not where no lyon commeth There putteth he his honde vpon the stony rockes ouerthroweth the mountaynes Ryuers flowe out of the rockes loke what is pleasaunt his eye seyth it Out of droppes bryngeth he greate floudes together the thinge that is hyd bryngeth he â—o light How commeth a man then by wyszdome Where is the place that men fynde vnderstondinge Verely no man can tell how worthy a thinge she is nether is she fouÌ„de in the loÌ„de of the lyuynge The depe sayeth she is not in me The see sayeth she is not with me She can not be gotten for the most fyne golde nether maye the pryce of her be bought with eny moneye No wedges of golde of Ophir no precious Onix stones no Saphirs maye be compared vnto her No nether golde ner Christall nether swete odours ner golden plate There is nothinge so worthy or so excelleÌ„t as once to be named vnto her for parfecte wyszdome goeth farre beyonde theÌ„ all The Topas that coÌ„meth out of Inde maye in no wyse be lickened vnto her yee no maner of apparell how pleasaunt and fayre so euer it be From wheÌ„ce then commeth wyszdome where is the place of vnderstondinge She is hyd from the eyes of all men yee froÌ„ the foules of the ayre Destruccion death saie we haue herde tell of her w t oure eares But God seyth hir waie knoweth hir place For he beholdeth the endes of the worlde and loketh vpon all that is vnder the heaueÌ„ When he weyed the wyndes measured y e waters when he set the rayne in ordre and gaue the mightie floudes a lawe Then dyd he se her theÌ„ declared he her prepared her and knewe her And vnto man he sayde Beholde to feare the LORDE is wyszdome to forsake euell is vnderstondinge The XXIX Chap. SO Iob proceaded and weÌ„te forth in his communicacion sayenge O y t I were as I was in the monethes by past in the dayes wheÌ„ God preserued me when his light shyned vpon my heade wheÌ„ I wente after the same light shyne eueÌ„ thorow the darcknesse As it stode w t me wheÌ„ I was welthy had ynough wheÌ„ God prospered my house when the allmightie was with me when my housholde folkes stode aboute me wheÌ„ my wayes ranne ouer w t butter when the stony rockes gaue me ryuers of oyle when I wente thorow the cite vnto the gate wheÌ„ they set me a chayre in y e strete wheÌ„ the yonge meÌ„ as soone as they sawe me hyd theÌ„ selues when the aged arose stode vp vnto me wheÌ„ the princes left of their talkinge laied their haÌ„de to their mouth wheÌ„ the mightie kepte still their voyce and wheÌ„ their tonges cleued to the rofe of their mouthes When all they y t herde me called me happie when all they y t sawe me wysshed me good For I delyuered y e poore wheÌ„ he cried the fatherlesse y t wanted helpe He y t shulde haue bene lost gaue me a good worde y e widdowes hert praised me And why I put vpon me rightuousnes which couered me as a garmeÌ„t equite was my crowne I was an eye vnto the blynde a fote to the lame I was a father vnto the poore wheÌ„ I knew not their cause I sought it out diligeÌ„tly I brake the chaftes of y e vnrightuous plucte the spoyle out of their teth Therfore I thought verely y t I shulde haue dyed in my nest y t my dayes shulde haue bene as many as the sondes of the see For my rote was spred out by the waters syde the dew laye vpoÌ„ my corne My hono r encreased more more and my bowe was euer the stronger in my hande Vnto me men gaue eare me they regarded w t sylence they taried for my couÌ„cell Yf I had spoken they wolde haue it none other wayes my wordes were so well taken amonge theÌ„ They wayted for me as the earth doth for the rayne gaped vpon me as the grouÌ„de doth to receaue the latter shower When I laughed they knew well it was not earnest this testimony of my couÌ„tenaunce pleased theÌ„ nothinge at all When I agreed vnto their waye I was the chefe sat as a kynge amonge his seruauntes Or as one that comforteth soch as be in heuynesse The XXX Chapter BVt now they that are my inferiours yonger then I haue me in derision yee eueÌ„ they whose fathers I wolde haue thought scorne to haue set w t the dogges of my catell The power streÌ„gth of their haÌ„des might do me no good as for their age it is speÌ„t past awaye without eny profit For very misery honger they wente aboute in the wildernesse like wretches beggers pluckynge vp herbes from amonge the buszshes the Iumpers rote was their meate And when they were dryuen forth men cried after them as it had bene after a thefe Their dwellinge was beside foule brokes yee in the caues dennes of the earth VpoÌ„ the drye heeth weÌ„te they aboute crienge in the brome hilles they gathered them together They were the children of fooles vylanes which are deed awaye froÌ„ the worlde Now am I their songe am become their iestinge stocke they abhorre me they fle farre fro me stayne my face w t spetle For y e LORDE hath opened his quyuer he hath hytt me put a brydle in my mouth Vpon my right haÌ„de they rose together agaynst me they haue hurte my fete made awaye to destroye me my path haue they clene marred It was so easy for them to do me harme that they neded no man to helpe theÌ„ They fell vpon me as it had bene y e breakynge in of waters came in by heapes to destroye me Fearfulnesse is turned agaynst me Myne honoure vanâ—sheth awaye more swiftly then wynde my prosperite departeth heÌ„ce like as it were a cloude Therfore is my mynde poured full of heuynesse y e dayes of trouble haue takeÌ„ holde vpon me My bones are pearsed thorow in y e night season my synewes take no rest With all their power haue they chaunged my garmeÌ„t gyrded me therwith as it were w t a coate I am eueÌ„ as it were claye am become like aszshes dust WheÌ„ I crie vnto the thou
God of Abraham for God is farre farre hyer exalted then the mightie lordes of the earth The XLVII A psalme of the children of Corah GReate is y e LORDE hyelie to be praysed in y e cite of o r God eueÌ„ vpoÌ„ his holy hill The hill of Sion is like a fayre plaÌ„te wherof all the londe reioyseth vpon the north syde lyeth the cite of the greate kinge God is well knowne in hir palaces y t he is the defence of the same For lo kynges are gathered and gone by together They marveled to se soch thinges they were astonâ—ied sodeÌ„ly cast downe Feare came there vpon theÌ„ sorowe as vpoÌ„ a woman in hir trauayle Thou shalt breake y e shippes of the see thorow the east wynde Like as we haue herde so se we in the cite of the LORDE of hoostes in the cite of o r God God vpholdeth the same for euer Sela. We wayte for thy louynge kyndnesse o God in the myddest of thy temple O God acordinge vnto thy name so is y e prayse vnto the worldes ende thy right hoÌ„de is full of rightuousnes Oh let the mouÌ„t Sion reioyse y e doughters of Iuda be glad because of thy iudgmeÌ„tes Walke aboute Sion go rounde aboute her and tell hir towres Marke well hir walles set vâ— hir houses that it maye be tolde them y t come after For this God is o r God for euer euer and he shal allwaie be o r gyde The XLVIII A psalme of the children of Corah O Heare this all ye people pondre it well all ye that dwell vpoÌ„ the earth Hye lowe riche poore one w t another My mouth shal speake of wyszdome and my hert shal muse of vnderstondinge I wil encline myne eare to the parable shewe my darcke speach vpon the harpe Wherfore shulde I feare the euell dayes wheÌ„ the wickednesse of my heles coÌ„paseth me rounde aboute They that put their trust in their good boost them selues in the multitude of their riches No man maye deliuer his brother ner make agrement for him vnto God For it costeth more to redeme their soules so that he must let that alone for euer Yee though he lyue loÌ„ge se not y e graue For it shal be sene y t soch wyse meÌ„ shal dye perishe together as well as the ignoraunt and foolish leaue their goodes for other Loke what is in their houses it coÌ„tinueth still their dwellinge places endure from one generacion to another are called after their owne names vpon the earth Neuerthelesse maÌ„ abydeth not in soch hono r but is coÌ„pared vnto y e brute beastes becoÌ„meth like vnto theÌ„ This waie of theirs is very foolishnesse yet their posterite prayse it w t their mouth Sela. They lye in the hell like shepe death shal gnawe vpon them the rightuous shal haue dominacion of them in the moâ—â—nynge by tymes their streÌ„gth shal consumâ— hell shal be their dwellinge But God shal deliuer my soule from the power of hell when he receaueth me Sela. O be not thou afrayed whan one is made riche thâ— glory of his hense increased For he 〈◊〉 cary nothingâ— awaye w t him when he dyeâ— nether shal his pompe folowe him 〈◊〉 he lyueth he is counted an happie 〈◊〉 so loÌ„ge as he is in prosperite meÌ„ speake good of him But wheÌ„ he foloweth his fathers generacion he shal neuer se light eny more When a man is in honoure and hath no vnderstoÌ„dinge he is compared vnto the brute beastes and becommeth like vnto them The XLIX A psalme of Asaph THe LORDE euen the mightie God hath spokeÌ„ called the worlde from the rysinge vp of the sonne vnto the goinge downe of the same Out of Sion â—peareth the glorious beutie of God Oure God shal come and not kepe sylence there goeth befoâ—â— him a consumynge fyre and a mightie tempest rounde aboute him He shal call the heauens from aboue and the earth that he maye iudge his people Gather my sayntes together vnto me those y t set more by the couenaunt then by eny offeringe And the heauens shal declare his rightuousnesse for God is iudge himself Sela. Heare o my people let me speake let me testifie amonge you o Israel I am God euen thy God I reproue the not because of thy sacrifice y e burnt offeringes are allwaye before me I wil take no bullockes out of thy house ner gotes out of thy foldes For all the beestes of the felde are myâ—e and thousandes of catell vpon the hilles I knowe all the foules vpon the mountaynes and the wilde beastes of the felde are in â—y sight Yf I be hongrie I wil not tell â—he for y e whole worlde is myne and all that â—herin is Thynkest thou that I wil eate â—he flesh of oxen or drynke the bloude of goaâ—es Offre vnto God prayse and thankesgeuynge and paye thy vowes vnto the most â—yest And call vpoÌ„ me in the tyme of trouâ—le so wil I heare the that thou shalt thanâ—e me But vnto the vngodly sayeth God Why doest thou preach my lawes and taâ—est my couenaunt in thy mouth Where â—s thou hatest to be refourmed and castest â—y wordes behynde the Yf thou seist a â—hefe thou runnest with him and art partaâ—er with the aduouterers Thou lettest yeâ—outh speake wickednesse thy tonge payneth disceate Thou syttest and speakest aâ—aynst thy brother yee and slaundrest thine â—wne mothers sonne This thou doest whyâ—e I holde my tonge and thinkest me to be eâ—eÌ„ soch one as thy self but I wil reproue the set my self agaynst the. O considre this 〈◊〉 that forget God lest I plucke you awaie 〈◊〉 there be none to delyuer you Who so â—â—reth me thaÌ„kes and prayse he honoureth me this is the waye wherby I wil shewe him the sauynge health of God The L. A psalme of Dauid HAue mercy vpon me o God after thy goodnes acordinge vnto thy greate mercies do awaye myne offences Wash me well fro my wickednesse clense me fro my synne For I knowlege my fautes and my synne is euer before me Agaynst the only agaynst the haue I synned and done euell in thy sight that thou mightest be iustified in thy saynges and shuldest ouer come when thou art iudged Beholde I was borne in wickednesse and in synne hath my mother conceaued me But lo thou hast a pleasure in the treuth â–ª and hast shewed me secrete wyszdome O reconcile me with Isope and I shal be clene wash thou me and I shal be whyter then snowe Oh let me heare of ioye and gladnesse that the bones which thou hast broken maye reioyse Turne thy face fro my synnes and put out all my myszdedes Make me a clene hert o God and renue a right sprete within me Cast me not awaie from thy presence and take not thy holy sprete fro me O geue me the comforte of thy helpe agayne and stablish me with thy fre sprete Then
shal I teach thy wayes vnto the wicked that synners maye be conuerted vnto the. Delyuer me from bloudegyltynesse o God thou that art the God of my health that my tonge maye prayse thy rightuousnesse Open my lippes O LORDE that my mouth maye shewe thy prayse For yf thou haddest pleasure in sacrifice I wolde geue it the but thou delytest not in burnt offerynges The sacrifice of God is a troubled sprete a broken and a coÌ„trite here o God shalt thou not despise O be fauorable and gracious vnto Sion that the walles of Ierusalem maye be buylded For then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of rightuousnesse with the burnt offerynges and oblacions then shal they laye bullockes vpon thine aulter The LI. A psalme of Dauid WHy boastest thou thy self thou Tyraunt that thou canst do myschefe Where as the goodnesse of God endureth yet daylie Thy tonge ymagineth wickednesse and with lyes it cutteth like a sharpe rasoure Thou louest vngraciousnesse more theÌ„ good to talke of lyes more then rightuousnesse Sela. Thou louest to speake all wordes y t maye do hurte O thou false toÌ„ge Therfore shal God cleane destroye the smyte the in peces plucke the out of thy dwellinge and rote the out of the londe of the lyuinge Sela. The rightuous shal se this feare and laugh him to scorne Lo this is the maÌ„ y t toke not God for his streÌ„gth but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches was mightie in his wickednesse As for me I am like a grene olyue tre in y e house of God my trust is in the tender mercy of God for euer euer I wil allwaye geue thankes vnto the for that thou hast done and wil hope in thy name for thy sayntes like it well The LII A psalme of Dauid THe foolish bodies saye in their hertes â–ª Tush there is no God Corrupte are they and become abhominable in their wickednesses there is not one that doth good God loked downe from heauen vpoÌ„ the children of men to se yf there were eny that wolde vnderstonde or seke after God But they are all gone out of y e waye they are all become vnprofitable there is none y t doth good no not one How caÌ„ they haue vnderstondinge that are the workers of wickednes eatinge vp my people as it were bred call not vpon God They are afrayed where no feare is for God breaketh the bones of them that besege the thou puttest them to confucion for God despiseth them Oh y t the sauynge health were geuen vnto Israel out of Sion Oh that the LORDE wolde delyuer his people out of captiuyte Then shulde Iacob reioyse Israel shulde be right glad The LIII A psalme of Dauid HElpe me o God for thy names sake and delyuer me in thy streÌ„gth Heare my prayer o God considre the wordes of my mouth For straungers are rysen vp agaynst me and the mightie which haue not God before their eyes seke after my soule Sela. But lo God is my helper it is he that vpholdeth my soule He shall rewarde euell vnto myne enemies and in thy treuth shalt thou destroye them A frewil offeringe wil I geue the and prayse thy name o LORDE because it is so comfortable For thou hast delyuered me out of all my trouble so that myne eye seyth his desyre vpoÌ„ myne enemies The LIIII A psalme of Dauid HEare my prayer o God and hyde not thy self fro my peticion Take hede vnto me and heare me how piteously I mourne coÌ„playne The enemie crieth so the vngodly commeth on so fast for they are mynded to do me some myschefe so maliciously are they set agaynst me My herte is heuy within me and the feare of death is fallen vpon me Fearfullnesse and tremblinge are come vpon me and an horrible drede hath ouerwhelmed me And I sayde O that I had wynges like a doue that I might fle somwhere and be at rest Lo then wolde I get me awaye farre of and remayne in the wildernesse Sela. I wolde make haist to escape from the stormy wynde and tempest Destroie their tonges o LORDE and deuyde them for I se vnrightuousnes strife in y e cite This goeth daye and night aboute the walles myschefe and vyce are in the myddest of it Wickednesse is therin disceate and gyle go not out of hir stretes Yf it were myne enemie that reuyled me I coude beare it or yf one that ought me euell will dyd threaten me I wolde hyde myself from him But it is thou my companyon my gyde and myne owne familier freÌ„de We had swete 〈◊〉 secrete communicacion together and louyngly walked we together in y e house of God Let death come hastely vpon them and let them go downe quick in to hell for wickednes is amonge them in their dwellinges As for me I will call vnto God and the LORDE shall helpe me In the eueninge mornynge and at noone daye wil I mourne and complayne and he shal heare my voyce It is he that delyuereth my soule in peace from them that laye waite for me for they are many agaynst me Yee euen God that endureth for euer shal heare me and brynge them downe Sela. For they wil not turne and why they feare not God Yee they laye hondes vpon soch as be at peace with him and so thei breake his couenaunt Their mouthes are softer then butter yet haue they batell in their mynde their wordes are smoother then oyle and yet be they very swerdes O cast thy burthen or care vpon the LORDE he shal norish the and not leaue the rightuous in vnquietnesse But as for them thou o God shalt cast them downe in to the pitte of destruccion The bloudthurstie and disceatfull shal not lyue out half their daies Neuerthelesse my trust is in the. The LV. A psalme of Dauid BE mercifull vnto me o God for 〈…〉 wil treade me downe they are 〈…〉 fightinge troublinge me 〈…〉 enemies treade me daylie vnder their fete for they be many y t proudly fight agaynst me Neuerthelesse wheÌ„ I am afrayed I put my trust in the. I wil comforte my self in Gods worde yee I wil hope in God and not feare What can flesh then do vnto me They vexe me daylie in my wordes all y t they ymagin is to do me euell They holdâ—â—lltogether kepe them selues close they marck my steppes how they maye catch my soule But in vayne for it shal escape theÌ„ and why thou o God in thy displeasure shalt cast downe soch people Thou tellest my flittinges thou puttest my teares in thy botell and nombrest them When so euer I call vpon the myne enemies are put to flight wherby I knowe that thou art my God In Gods worde wil I reioyse in the LORDES worde wil I comforte me Yee in God do I â—rust am not afraied what caÌ„ man theÌ„ do vnto me Vnto the o God wil I paye my vowes vnto y e wil I geue thaÌ„kes
earth vpon hir foundacion that it neuer moueth at eny tyme. Thou couerest it with the depe like as with a garmeÌ„t so that the waters stonde aboue the hilles But at thy rebuke they fle at the voyce of thy thonder they are afrayed Then are the hilles sene alofte the valleys beneth in their place which thou hast appoynted for theÌ„ Thou hast set them their boundes which they maie not passe that they turne not agayne to couer y e earth Thou causest the welles to sprynge vp amonge the valleys and the waters runne amonge y e hilles That all the beastes of the felde maye haue drynke that the wylde asses maye quench their thyrste Aboue vpon the hilles haue the foules of the ayre their habitacion and synge amonge the braunches Thou watrest the hylles from aboue the erth is fylled with y e frutes of thy workes Thou bryngest forth grasse for the catell and grene herbe for the seruyce of men Thou bryngest fode out of the earth wyne to make glad y e herte of maÌ„ oyle to make him a chearfull countenaunce bred to strength mans herte The trees of the LORDE are full of sappe euen the trees of Libanus which he hath planted There make the byrdes their nestes and the fyrre trees are a dwellinge for the storcke The hilles are a refuge for the wylde goates and so are the stony rockes for y e conyes Thou hast appoynted the Moone for certayne seasons the Sonne knoweth his goinge downe Thou makest darcknesse that it maye be night wherin all the beastes of the forest do moue Yee and the yonge lyons which roare after the praye and seke their meate at God But when the Sonne ariseth they get them awaye together and lye them downe in their dennes Then goeth man forth to his worke and to till his londe vntill the euenynge O LORDE how manifolde are thy workes right wysely hast thou made theÌ„ all yee the earth is full of thy riches So is this greate and wyde see also wherin are thinges crepinge innumerable both small and greate beastes There go the shippes â—uer and there is that Leuiathan whom thou hast made to take his pastyme therin They wayte all vpoÌ„ the that thou mayest geue them meate in due season WheÌ„ thou geuest it them they gather it wheÌ„ thou openest thine honde they are fylled with good But when thou hydest thy face they are soroufull yf thou takest awaye their breth they dye are turned agayne to their dust Agayne when thou lattest thy breth go forth they are made and so thou renuest the face of the earth The glorious magesty of the LORDE endureth for euer and the LORDE reioyseth in his workes The earth treÌ„bleth at the loke of him he doth but touch y e hilles and they smoke I will synge vnto the LORDE as longe as I lyue I wil prayse my God whyle I haue my beinge O that my wordes might please him for my â—oye is in the LORDE As for synners they shal be coÌ„sumed out of the earth and the vngodly shal come to an ende but prayse thou the LORDE o my soule Halleluya The CIIII. psalme O Geue thankes vnto the LORDE and call vpon his name tell the people what thinges he hath done O let youre songes be of him prayse him and let youre talkynge be of all his wonderous workes Geue his holy name a good reporte let their hertes reioyse that seke the LORDE Seke the LORDE and his strength seke his face euermore Remembre the maruelous workes that he hath done his wonders and the iudgmentes of his mouth O ye sede of Abraham his seruaunt ye children of Iacob his chosen He is the LORDE oure God whose punyshmentes are thorow out all the worlde He is allwaye myndfull of his couenaunt and promyse that he made to a thousande generacions Yee the couenaunt that he made w t Abraham and the ooth that he swore vnto Isaac And apoynted the same vnto Iacob for a lawe and to Israel for an euerlastinge testament Sayenge vnto the wil I geue the londe of Canaan the lott of youre heretage When there was yet but a fewe of them and they straungers therin What tyme as they wente from one nacion to another from one kyngdome to another He suffred no man to hurte them but reproued euen kynges for their sakes Touch not myne anoynted do my prophetes no harme Morouer he called for a derth vpon the loÌ„de and destroyed all the prouysion of bred But he had sent a man before them euen Ioseph which was solde to be a bonde seruaunt They hurte his fete in the stockes the yron pearsed his herte Vntill the tyme that his worde came and till the worde of y e LORDE had tried him Then sent the kinge and caused him be delyuered the prynce of the people bad let him go He made him lorde of his house ruler of all his substaunce That he might enfourme his prynces after his wil and teach his Senatours wysdome Israel also came in to Egipte and Iacob was a straunger in the loÌ„de of Ham. But he increased his people exceadingly and made them stronger then their enemies Whose hert turned so that they hated his people and dealt vntruly with his seruauntes Then sent he Moses his seruaunt and Aaron whom he had chosen These dyd his tokens amoÌ„ge them and wonders in the londe of Ham. He sent darcknesse and it was darcke for they were not obedient vnto his worde He turned their waters in to bloude and slewe their fishe Their londe brought forth frogges yee euen in their kynges chambers He spake the worde their came all maner of flies lise in all their quarters He gaue them hale stones for rayne and flammes of fyre in their loÌ„de He smote their vynyardes fige trees and destroyed the trees that were in their coastes He spake y e worde and their came greshoppers catirpillers innumerable These ate vp all the grasse in their loÌ„de and deuoured the frutes of their grouÌ„de He smote all y e first borne in their loÌ„de euen the chefe of all their substaunce He brought them forth w t syluer golde there was not one feble personne amoÌ„ge their tryâ—es Egipte was glad of their departinge for they were afraied of theÌ„ He spred out a cloude to be a couerynge and fyre to geue light in the night season At their desyre there came quales and he fylled them with the bred of heaueÌ„ He opened the rocke of stone the waters flowed out so that ryuers ranne in the wildernesse For why he remembred his holy promyse which he had made vnto Abraham his seruaunt Thus he brought forth his people with ioye and his chosen with gladnesse And gaue them the loÌ„des of the HeitheÌ„ where they toke the labours of the people in possession That they might kepe his statutes and obserue his lawes Halleluya
צ Ryghtuous art thou O Lorde and true is thy iudgment צ The testymonyes that thou hast coÌ„manded are exceadynge ryghtuous and true צ My zele hath eueÌ„ consumed me because myne enemyes haue forgotten thy wordes צ Thy worde is tryed to the vttermost and thy seruaunte loueth it צ I am small and of no reputacyon yet do not I forget thy commaundementes צ Thy ryghtuousnesse is an euerlastynge ryghtuousnes and thy lawe is true צ Trouble and heuynesse haue taken holde vpoÌ„ me yet is my delyte in thy commaundementes צ The ryghtuousnes of thy testymonyes is euerlastyng O graunte me vnderstaÌ„dyng and I shall lyue ק Koph ק I call with my whole herte heare me O Lorde I wyll kepe thy statutes ק Yee euen vpon the do I cal helpe me and I shall kepe thy testymonies ק Early in the mornynge do Is crye vnto the for in thy worde is my trust ק Myne eyes preuente the night watches that I myght be occupied in thy wordes ק Heare my voyce O Lorde accordynge vnto thy louynge kyndnesse quycken me accordynge as thou art wont ק They drawe nye that of malyce persecute me and are farre from thâ— lawe ק Be thou nye at hande also O Lorde for thy promyses are faythfull ק As concernynge thy testimonies I haue knowne euer sens the begynnynge y t thou hast grounded them for euer ר Res. ר O coÌ„sydre myne aduersyte delyuer me for I do not forget thy lawe ר Manteyn thou my cause and defende me quycken me accordynge vnto thy worde ר Health is farre from the vngodly for they regarde not thy statutes ר Greate is thy mercy O Lorde quycken me as thou art wont ר Many there are that trouble me persecute me yet do not I swarue from thy testimonyes ר It greueth me when I se that the transgressours kepe not thy lawe ר Consydre O Lorde how I loue thy commaundementes O quycken me with thy louynge kyndnesse ר Thy worde is true from euerlastynge all the iudgmentes of thy ryghtuousnesse endure for euer more ש Sin שh*The princes persecute me wtout 〈◊〉 but my herte staÌ„deth in awe of thy 〈◊〉 ש I am as glad of thy worde as one 〈◊〉 greate spoyles ש As for lyes I hate and abhorre 〈…〉 thy lawe do I loue שi* SeueÌ„ tymes a daye do I prayse â—â—â—cause of thy ryghtuous iudgmentes ש Greate is the peace that they haue 〈◊〉 loâ—e thy lawe they are not offendâ—â— â–ª ש Lorde I loke for thy sauynge 〈◊〉 do after thy commaundementes ש My soule kepeth thy testymonyes 〈◊〉 loueth them exceadingly ש I kepe thy commaundementes and 〈◊〉 for all my wayes are before 〈◊〉 â–ª ת Chau. ת Let my complaynte come before 〈◊〉 Lorde geue me vnderstandynge 〈…〉 vnto thy worde ת Oh let my supplicacyon come befoâ—â— delyuer me accordynge to thy promes â–ª ת My lyppes shall speake of thy 〈◊〉 seynge thou hast taught me thy statuâ—â—â— â–ª ת Yee my tonge shall synge of thy 〈◊〉 for all thy commaundementes are 〈◊〉 ת Let thyne hande helpe me for I haue 〈…〉 thy commaundementes ת I longe for thy sauynge health O 〈◊〉 and in thy lawe is my delyte ת Oh let my soule lyue and prayse the 〈◊〉 thy iudgmentes maye helpe me ת I go astraye lyke a shepe that is 〈◊〉 seke thy seruaunt for I do not forget thâ—â—â—â—â—maundementes ¶ The .cxx. Psalme ¶ An affectuous complaynâ—e of the propheâ—◠〈◊〉 dryue oute of the lâ—nde â— aâ—ydyng amonge 〈…〉 that dyd all thynges by fraude and violence The songe of the steares WHen I am in trouble I call 〈◊〉 the Lorde 〈◊〉 answereth 〈◊〉 â–ª Delyuer my soule O 〈◊〉 from lyenge â—lyppes from a â—â—â—ceatfull tonge What rewarde shaâ—â— be geuen or 〈…〉 to the thou false tongâ—â— Euen myghtye anâ— sharpe arowes 〈◊〉 hote burnyngea* 〈◊〉 Wo is me that 〈◊〉 banishmeÌ„t endurâ—â—â— loÌ„ge I dwell in y e tabernacles of y e soroâ—â—â— My soule hath loâ—ge dwelt amoÌ„ge 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the enemyes vnto peace I laboured for peace but when I spake 〈◊〉 they made them to battayle ¶ The .cxxj Psalme 〈◊〉 sheweth that the godly must loke for their helpe 〈◊〉 God only that he geueth it very readely The songe of the steares I Lyft vp myne eyes vnto thea*hylles 〈◊〉 from whence coÌ„meth my helpe My helpe commeth euen from the â—â—rde which hath made heauen and earth He wyll not suffre thy fote to be moued 〈◊〉 he that kepeth the slepeth not * Beholde he that kepeth Israel doth 〈◊〉 â—lombre nor slepe The Lorde him selfe is thy keper 〈◊〉 Lord â—hy defence vpon thy ryght hande So that the sunne shall not burne the by 〈◊〉 nether the moone by nyght The Lorde preserueth the from all euell 〈◊〉 it is the Lorde that kepeth thy soule The Lorde preserueth thy goynge out 〈◊〉 commynge in from this tyme forth for â—â—er more ¶ The .cxxij. Psalme â—nder the shadow and fygure of Ierusalem he deâ—â—â—â—eth the felycytie of the congregacyon of Christ 〈◊〉 the desyres of the saynctes wyshyng euer the furâ—â—â—â—aunce of it The songe of the steares I Was glad when they sayde vnto me we wyll go in to the house of the Lorde Oure fete shall stande in thy gates 〈◊〉 Ierusalem Ierusalem is buylded as a cytye that is 〈…〉 in it selfe For there the tribes go vp euen the tribes 〈◊〉 the Lorde to testyfye vnto Israel to geue â—â—anâ—kes vnto the name of the Lorde For there is the seate of iudgement euen 〈◊〉 seate of the house of Dauid O praye for the peace of IerusaleÌ„ they 〈◊〉 all prospere that loue the. Peace be within thy walles plenteousâ—â—â—s with 〈◊〉 thy palaces For my brethren and companions sakes 〈◊〉 wyll wysh 〈◊〉 the prosperite Yee because of the house of the Lord oure 〈◊〉 I wyll seâ—â—e to do the good ¶ The .cxxiij. Psalme The godly subdued 〈◊〉 the wycked do affectuously 〈◊〉 God to delyuer thâ—â— for vnto hym they wholy 〈◊〉 them selues The songe of the steares VNto the lyft I 〈◊〉 myne a * eyes thou that dwellest in thâ—â—e heauens Beholde eueÌ„ as the eyes of seruauÌ„â—â—â— loke vnto the handes of their masters 〈◊〉 the eyes of a mayden vnto the handes of â—astresse euen so oure eyes wayte vpon 〈…〉 oure God vnâ—yll he haue mercy vpon vs. Haue mercy vpon vs O Lord haue mercy vpon vs for we are vtterly despysed Oure soule is fylled with the scornefull reprofe of the welthy and wyth the despitefulnesse of the proude ¶ The .cxxiiij. Psalme ¶ The godly reioyse that they are rydde by the helpe of God froÌ„ a Ieopardy wherevnto they were very nye The songe of the steares IF the Lorde had not bene of oure syde now maye Israel saye If the Lorde had not bene of oure syde wheÌ„ men rose vp agaynst vs. They had swalowed vs vp quycke when they were so wrathfully dyspleased at vs. Yee the waters had drowned vs y e streame had gone ouer oure soule The depe waters of the proude had gone euen vnto oure soule But
for his mercy endureth for euer And Og the kynge of Basan for his mercy endureth for euer And gaue awaye their londe for an heretage for his mercy endureth for euer Euen for an heretage vnto Israel his seruaunt for his mercy endureth for euer Which remeÌ„breth vs wheÌ„ we are in trouble for his mercy endureth for euer Which geueth foode vnto all flesh for his mercy endureth foreuer O geue thankes vnto the God of heauen for his mercy endureth for euer The CXXXVI psalme BY the waters of Babilon we sat downe and wepte when we remeÌ„bred Sion As for oure harpes we hanged them vp vpon the trees that are therin TheÌ„ they that led vs awaye captyue requyred of vs a songe and melody in o r heuynes â–ª synge vs one of the songes of Sion How shal we synge the LORDES songe in a strauÌ„ge loÌ„de Yf I forget the o Ierusalem let my right hande be forgotten Yf I do not remembre the let my tonge cleue to the rofe of my mouth yee yf I preferre not Ierusalem in my myrth Remembre the childreÌ„ of Edom o LORDE in the daye of Ierusalem how they sayde downe with it downe with it eueÌ„ to the grounde O doughter BabiloÌ„ thou shalt come to misery thy self yee happie shal he be that rewardeth y e as thou hast serued vs. Blessed shal he be that taketh thy children and throweth them agaynst the stones The CXXXVII A psalme of Dauid I Wil geue thaÌ„kes vnto the o LORDE with my whole hert euen before the goddes wil I synge prayses vnto the. I wil worshippe towarde thy holy teÌ„ple and prayse thy name because of thy louynge kyndnesse and treuth for thou hast magnified thy worde acordynge vnto thy greate name When I call vpoÌ„ the thou hearest me and endewest my soule with moch streÌ„gth All the kynges of the earth shal prayse the o LORDE when they heare the wordes of thy mouth Yee they shal synge in the wayes of the LORDE that greate is the glory of the LORDE For though the LORDE be hye yet hath he respecte vnto y e lowly as for y e proude he beholdeth him afarre off Though I walke iÌ„ y e myddest of trouble yet shalt thou refresh me thou shalt stretch forth thine haÌ„de vpoÌ„ the furiousnes of myne enemies y e righthande shal saue me The LORDE shal make good for me yee thy mercy o LORDE endureth for euer despyse not then the worke of thine owne handes The CXXXVIII A psalme of Dauid O LORDE thou searchest me out and knowest me Thou knowest my downe syttinge my vprisynge thou vnderstoÌ„dest my thoughtes afarre of Thou art aboute my path aboute my bedd spyest out all my wayes For lo there is not a worde iÌ„ my toÌ„ge but thou o LORDE knowest it alltogether Thou hast fashioned me behinde before layed thine hoÌ„de vpon me Soch knowlege is to wonderfull excelleÌ„t for me I can not atteyne vnto it Whither shal I go then from thy sprete Or whither shal I fle from thy presence Yf I clymme vp in to heauen thou art there yf I go downe to hell thou art there also Yf I take the wynges of the mornynge remayne in the vttemost parte of the see Euen there also shal thy honde lede me and thy right hande shal holde me Yf I saye peradueÌ„ture the darcknesse shal couer me then shal my night be turned to daye Yee the darcknesse is no darcknesse with the but the night is as cleare as the daye the darcknesse light are both alike For my reynes are thyne thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe I wil geue thaÌ„kes vnto the for I am woÌ„derously made maruelous are thy workes and that my soule knoweth right well My bones â—re not hyd from the though I be made secretly and fashioned beneth in the earth Thine eyes se myne vnparfitnesse they stonâ—e all writteÌ„ iÌ„ thy boke my dayes were fashiâ—ned when as yet there was not one of them How deare are y e couÌ„cels vnto me o God O how greate is the summe of them Yf I tell them they are mo in nombre then the ende when I wake vp I am present with â—he Wilt thou not slaye y e wicked oh God â—hat the bloudethyrstie mighte departe froâ—â—e For they speake vnright of the thine â—â—emies exalte them selues presumptuously I hate them o LORDE that hate the I maye not awaye with those that ryse vp â—gaynst the Yee I hate them right sore â—â—erfore are they myne enemies Trye me â—o God and seke the grounde of myne hert proue me examen my 〈…〉 well yf there be eny waye 〈…〉 me lede me in the waye 〈…〉 The CXXXIX A psalme of Dauid â–ª DElyuer me o LORDE from the 〈◊〉 men oh preserue me from the wicked men Which ymagin myschefe in their hertes stere vp strife all the daye longe They sharpen their tonges like a serpent Adders poyson is vnder their lippes Sela. Kepe me o LORDE from the hande of the vngodly preserue me from the wicked men which are purposed to ouerthrowe my goinges The proude haue layed a snare for me spred a nett abrode with coardes yee sett trappes in my waye Sela. But my sayenge is vnto the LORDE thou art my God heare the voyce of my prayer o LORDE O LORDE God thou strength of my health thou hast couered my heade in y e daye of battayll Let not y e vngodly haue his desyre o LORDE let him not haue his purpose lest they be to proude Sela. Let the myschefe of their owne lippes fall vpon y e head of theÌ„ y t coÌ„pase me aboute Let hote burnynge coales fall vpoÌ„ theÌ„ let theÌ„ be cast in to the fyre and in to the pytt that they neuer ryse vp agayne A man full of wordes shal not prospere vpon earth a malicious wicked person shal be hunted awaye and destroyed Sure I am that the LORDE wil auenge the poore and manteyne the cause of the helplesse The rightuous also shal geue thaÌ„kes vnto thy name the iust shal continue in thy sight The CXL A psalme of Dauid LORDE I call vpon the haist the vnto me and consider my voyce wheÌ„ I crie vnto the. Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the inceÌ„se and let the liftinge vp of my haÌ„des be an euenynge sacrifice Set a watch o LORDE before my mouth yee a watch at the dore of my lippes O let not myne hert be enclyned to eny euell thiÌ„ge to be mynded as the vngodly or wicked men lest I eate of soch thinges as please theÌ„ Let the rightuous rather smyte me frendly and reproue me so wil I take it as though he had poured oyle vpoÌ„ my heade it shal not hurte my heade yee I wil praye yet for theâ— wickednesse Their iudges stoÌ„ble at the stone yet heare they my wordes y t they be ioyfull Oure bones lye scatered before y e pytt like as when one graueth and dyggeth
hongrie The LORDE lowseth men out of preson the LORDE geueth sight to the blynde The LORDE helpeth theÌ„ vp that are fallen the LORDE loueth the righteous The LORDE careth for the straungers he defendeth y e fatherlesse and wyddowe as for the waye of y e vngodly he turneth it vpsyde downe The LORDE thy God o Sion is kynge for euermore and thorow out all generacions Halleluya The CXLVI psalme O Prayse the LORDE for it is a good thinge to synge prayses vnto o r God yee a ioyfull and pleasaunt thinge is it to be thankfull The LORDE shal buylde vp IerusaleÌ„ gather together y e outcastes of Israel He healeth the contrite in herte and byndeth vp their woundes He telleth the nombre of the starres and calleth them all by their names Greate is o r LORDE and greate is his power yee his wyszdome is infinite The LORDE setteth vp y e meke bryngeth y e vngodly downe to y e grouÌ„de O synge vnto y e LORDE w t thankesgeuynge synge prayses vpoÌ„ y e harpe vnto o r God Which couereth y e heauen w t cloudes prepareth rayne for y e earth maketh y e grasse to growe vpon the mountaynes Which geueth foder vnto y e catell fedeth y e yonge rauens y t call vpoÌ„ him He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse nether delyteth he in eny maÌ„s legges But the LORDES delyte is in them that feare him and put their trust in his mercy The CXLVII psalme This psalme do the hebrues ioyne vnto it that goeth before PRayse y e LORDE o IerusaleÌ„ prayse 〈◊〉 God o Sion For he maketh fast 〈◊〉 baries of y e gates blesseth y e 〈…〉 within ye. He maketh peace in y e bordâ—â—◠〈◊〉 fylleth y e with y e flo r of wheate He 〈◊〉 synde y e forth his coÌ„maundemeÌ„t vpoÌ„ earth 〈…〉 LORDE ruÌ„neth swiftly He geueth snowe scatereth y e horefrost like ashes 〈◊〉 He forth his yse like morsels who is ghtuous and de his frost He sendeth out â—â—cently he â—emelteth them he bloweth w t hi◠〈◊〉 preserueth y e waters flowe He sheweth 〈◊〉 shalt thou unIacob his statutes 〈…〉 and equi rael He hath not dealt 〈◊〉 Yf wyszdome then nether haue they 〈◊〉 and y e soule delyte in es Halleluya 〈◊〉 councell preserue the The 〈…〉 shal kepe the. That â—Pâ—est be delyuered froÌ„ y e euell waye â—om the man y t speaketh fâ—owarde thines from soch as leave the hye strete and ualkei y e wayes of darcknesse which reioyse 〈◊〉 doynge euell and delyte i wicked thinges whose wayes are croked and their pathes slaunderous that thou mayest be delyuered also from the straunge woman and from her that is not thine owne which geueth swete wordes forfaketh the huszbande of hir youth and for getteth the couenaunt of hir God For hir house is enclyned unto death and hir pathes unto hell All they that go in unto her come not agayne nether take they holde of the wave of life That thou mayest walke in y e good waye and kepe tha pathes of the righuous For the iust shal dwell in the lende and the inno Let them prayse the name of the LORDE for his name only is excellent and his prayse aboue heauen and earth He exalteth the horne of his people all his sayntes shal prayse him the children of Israel euen the people that serueth him Halleluya The CXLIX psalme Halleluya O Synge vnto y e LORDE a new songe let the coÌ„gregacion of sayntes prayse him Let Israel reioyse in him that made him and let the children of Sion be ioyfull in their kynge Let them prayse his name in the dauÌ„ce let them synge prayses vnto him with tabrettes and harpes For the LORDE hath pleasure in his people and helpeth the mekcharted Let the sayntes be ioyfull with glory let them reioyse in their beddes Let the prayses of God be in their mouth and sharpe swerdes in their handes To be auenged of the Heiâ—heÌ„ to rebuke the people To bynde their â—â—nges in cheynes their nobles with lyncâ—â—â—â— of yron That they maye be auenged 〈…〉 as it is written Soch honoure haue 〈…〉 sayntes Halleluya The CL. psalme Halleluya 〈◊〉 Prayse the LORDE in his Sanctuâ—â—◠〈…〉 prayse him in the firmament of 〈…〉 power Prayse him in his noble 〈…〉 him in his excelleÌ„t greatnesse 〈…〉 in the sounde of the trompet 〈…〉 â—poÌ„ the lute and harpe Pray 〈…〉 â—ymbals and daunse prayse him 〈…〉 and pype Prayse him 〈…〉 cymbals prayse him 〈…〉 cymbals Let 〈…〉 y t hath breth 〈◊〉 LORDE 〈◊〉 The Prouerbes of Salomon What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. The wysdome of God calleth vs by the mouth of SalomoÌ„ exorteth vs and geueth vs warnynge to eschue the wicked whose vn godly coÌ„uersacion in worde and worke and punyshment also of the same is here descrybed Chap. II. How wisdome maye be gotten and what profit commeth of it Chap. III. He exorteth us to the feare of God and to pacience he commendeth wyszdome â— requyreth us to cleue vnto the same Chap. IIII. A fatherly exortacion vnto wisdome with the profit therof and how we ought to refrayne the meÌ„bres of oure body froÌ„ euell Chap. V. He exorteth vnto wyszdoÌ„e and to be warre of harlottes he telleth what harme mâ—ye folowe therout wheÌ„ men medle with soch hâ— teacheth men louyngly to cleue vnto their mâ—ried wyues and descrybeth the ende of the vnâ—godly Chap. VI. He warneth men to bewarre of sâ—â—â—tishipe exorteth the slouthfull to laboure sheweth the wikednesse of false tonges and requyreth men to bewarre of aduoutry because it is more perloâ—s then theft or felony Chap. VII He exorteth vnto wiszdome sheweth the condicions of harlottes and what hurt happeneth vnto soch as enclyne to the prouocacioÌ„s and desyres of the flesh Chap. VIII Wyszdome calleth men swetely vnto her and telleth them what treasure and power she hath A coÌ„mendacion and prayse of wiszdome wherout euery maÌ„ is exorted to cleue vnto her Chap. IX Wyszdome crieth vpoÌ„ the ignorauÌ„t and promiseth them greate thinges The foolish maner of a light woman Chap. X. From this chapter forth vnto the XXXI there are described many swete louely and wyse sentences which teach men wyszdome and what profit commeth of it Agayne how men maye auoyde foolishnesse and the hurte therof Chap. XXXI Wyszdome warneth us to bewarre of euell women and descrybeth the coÌ„uersacion maner behauoure of an honest maried wyfe These are the prouerbes of Salomon the sonne of Dauid kynge of Israel to lerne wyszdome nurtoure vnderstondinge prudence rightuousnesse iudgment and equite That the very babes might haue wyt and that yonge men might haue knowlege and vnderstondinge By hearinge the wyse maÌ„ shal coÌ„me by more wysdome and by experience he shal be more apte to vnderstonde a parable and the interpretacion therof the wordes of the wyse and the darcke speaches of the same The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wysdome But
fooles despyse wysdome and nurtoure The first Chapter MY sonne heare thy fathers doctryne and forsake not the lawe of y e mother for that shal brynge grace vnto thy heade shal be â— cheyne aboute thy necke My sonne coÌ„sente not vnto synners yf they entyse the and saye come wyth us let us laye wayte for bloude lurke preuely for the innoceÌ„t wyth out a cause let us swalowe theÌ„ vp like y e hell let us deuoure theÌ„ quycke and whole as those that go downe in to the pytt So shal we fynde all maner of costly riches and fyll oure houses wyth spoyles Cast in thy lott amonge us we shal haue all one purse My sonne walke not thou w t them refrayne y e fote froÌ„ their wayes For their fete ruÌ„ne to euell are haistie to shed bloude But in vayne is y e net layed forth before the byrdes eyes Yee they theÌ„ selues laye wayte one for anothers bloude and one of theÌ„ wolde slaye another These are the wayes of all soch as be couetous that one wolde rauysh anothers life Wyszdome crieth without putteth forth hir voyce in the stretes She calleth before y e congregacion in y e open gates and sheweth hir wordes thorow y e cite sayenge O ye childreÌ„ how loÌ„ge wil ye loue childyshnesse how longe wil y e scorners delyte in scornynge y e vnwyse be enemies vnto knowlege O turne you vnto my correccion lo I wil expresse my mynde vnto you and make you vnderstoÌ„de my wordes Seinge then that I haue called and ye refused it I haue stretched out my honde and no maÌ„ regarded it but all my couÌ„cels haue ye despysed and set my correccioÌ„s at naught Therfore shal I also laugh in yo r destruccion and mocke you when y e thinge that ye feare coÌ„meth vpon you euen wheÌ„ y e thinge that ye be afrayed of falleth in sodenly like a storme and yo r misery like a tempest yee whaÌ„ trouble and heuynesse coÌ„meth vpon you Then shal they call vpoÌ„ me but I wil not heare they shal seke me early but they shal not fynde me And y t because they hated knowlege and receaued not y e feare of y e LORDE but abhorred my councell and despysed my correccion Therfore shal they eate y e frutes of their owne waye and be fylled w t their owne councels for y e turnynge awaye of y e vnwyse shal slaye theÌ„ y e prosperi of fooles shal be their owne destruccioÌ„ But who so harkeneth vnto me shal dwell safely and haue ynough without eny feare of euell The II. Chapter MY sonne yf thou wilt receaue my wordes and kepe my coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes by the that thine eare maye herken vnto wysdome applie thine herte then to vnderstoÌ„dinge For yf thou criest after wyszdome callest for knowlege yf thou sekest after her as after money and dyggest for her as for treasure TheÌ„ shalt thou vnderstonde y e feare of the LORDE and fynde y e knowlege of God For it is the LORDE that geueth wyszdome out of his mouth commeth knowlege and vnderstondinge He preserueth y e welfare of the rightuous and defendeth them y t walke innocently he kepeth them in y e right path and preserueth y e waye of his sayntes Then shalt thou vnderstonde rightuousnesse iudgment and equite yee and euery good path Yf wyszdome entre in to thine herte and y e soule delyte in knowlege then shal councell preserue the and vnderstondinge shal kepe the. That thou mayest be delyuered froÌ„ y e euell waye and from the man y t speaketh fâ—owarde thinges From soch as leaue the hye strete and walke iÌ„ y e wayes of darcknesse which reioyse in doynge euell and delyte iÌ„ wicked thinges whose wayes are croked and their pathes slaunderous That thou mayest be delyuered also from the straunge woman and from her that is not thine owne which geueth swete wordes forsaketh the huszbande of hir youth and forgetteth the couenaunt of hir God For hir house is enclyned vnto death and hir pathes vnto hell All they that go in vnto her come not agayne nether take they holde of the waye of life That thou mayest walke in y e good waye and kepe the pathes of the rightuous For the iust shal dwell in the londe and the innocentes shal remayne in it but the vngodly shal be roted out of y e londe and the wicked doers shal be taken out of it The III. Chapter MY sonne forget not my lawe but se y t thine hert kepe my coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes For they shal proloÌ„ge y e dayes yeares of y e lyfe brynge y e peace Let mercy faithfulnes neuer go from y e bynde theÌ„ about y e necke wryte them in the tables of thine herte So shalt thou fynde fauo r and good vnderstondinge in y e sight of God and men Put thy trust in y e LORDE with all thine herte and leane not vnto thine owne vnderstondinge In all thy wayes haue respecte vnto him and he shal ordre thy goinges Be not wyse in thine owne conceate but feare y e LORDE and departe from euell so shal thy nauel be whole and thy bones stronge Honoure the LORDE w t y e substaunce w t y e firstlinges of all thine encrease so shal thy barnes be fylled with plenteousnesse and thy presses shal flowe ouer with swete wyne My sonne despyse not the chastenynge of y e LORDE nether faynte when thou art rebuked of him For whoÌ„ the LORDE loueth him he chasteneth and yet delyteth in him euen as a father in his owne sonne Well is him that fyndeth wyszdome opteyneth vnderstondinge for the gettinge of it is better then eny marchaundise of syluer the profit of it is better then golde Wyszdome is more worth theÌ„ precious stones all y e thinges y t thou canst desyre are not to be compared vnto her Vpon hir right hande is longe life vpon hir left hande is riches honor. Hir wayes are pleasaunt wayes and all hir pathes are peaceable She is a tre of life to them that laye holde vpon her and blessed are they that kepe her fast With wyszdome hath y e LORDE layed the fouÌ„dacion of y e earth thorow vnderstondinge hath he stablished y e heaueÌ„s Thorow his wiszdome y e depthes breake vp y e cloudes droppe downe the dew My sonne let not these thinges departe from thyne eyes but kepe my lawe and my councell so shal it be life vnto thy soule grace vnto y e mouth Then shalt thou walke safely in y e waye thy fote shal not stomble Yf thou slepest thou shalt not be afrayed but shalt take thy rest slepe swetely Thou neddest not to be afrayed of eny sodane feare nether for the violent russhinge in of the vngodly when it commeth For the LORDE shal be besyde the kepe thy fote y t thou be not taken Refuse not to do good vnto
a dyssemblynge tonge hādes that shed innocent bloude an herte y t goeth aboute w t wicked ymaginaciōs fete that be swift in rennynge to do myschefe a false wytnesse y t bringeth vp lyes soch one as soweth discorde amonge brethren My sonne kepe thy fathers cōmaundemētes forsake not y e lawe of thy mother Put thē vp together in thine herte and bynde thē aboute thy necke That they maye lede the where thou goest preserue the when thou art aslepe y t when thou awakest thou mayest talke of thē For the commaundement is a lanterne and the lawe a light yee chastenynge nurtoure is y e waye of life that they maye kepe the frō the euell woman from the flaterynge tonge of the harlott y t thou lust not after her beuty in thine herte lest thou be takē w t hir fayre lokes An harlot wil make a mā to begg his bred but a maried woman wil hunt for y e precious life Maye a man take fyre in his bosome and his clothes not be brent Or can one go vpon hote coales and his fete not be hurte Euen so who so euer goeth in to his neghbours wife and toucheth her can not be vngiltie Men do not vtterly despyse a thefe that stealeth to satisfie his soule when he is hongerie but yf he maye be gotten he restoreth agayne seuen tymes asmoch or els he maketh recompence with all the good of his house But who so cōmitteth aduoutrie with a womā he is a foole and bryngeth his life to destruccion He getteth him self also shame dishono r soch as shal neuer be put out For the gelousy wrath of the mā will not be ītreated no though thou woldest ofre him greate giftes to make amendes he will not receaue them The VII Chapter MY sonne kepe my wordes laye vp my cōmaundemētes by the. Kepe my cōmaundemētes my lawe euē as the aple of thine eye thou shalt lyue Bynde them vpon thy fyngers wryte thē in the table of thine hert Saye vnto wysdome thou art my sister and call vnderstondinge thy kynswoman that she maye kepe y e frō y e straūge womā frō y e harlot which geueth swete wordes For out of the wyndowe of my house I loked thorow the trelies behelde the simple people amonge other yonge folkes I spyed one yonge foole goinge ouer the stretes by the corner in the waye towarde the harlottes house in the twylight of of the euenynge when it begāne now to be night and darcke And beholde there mett him a womā in an harlottes apparell a disceatfull wāton an vnstedfast womā whose fete coude not abyde in y e house now is she without now ī y e stretes lurketh ī euery corner she caught y e yōge mā kyssed him was not ashamed sayēge I had a vowe to paye this daye I perfourme it Therfore came I forth to mete the that I might seke thy face and so I haue founde the. I haue deckte my bed with coueringes clothes of Egipte My bed haue I made to smell of Myrre Aloes and Cynamom Come let vs lye together take oure pleasure till it be daye light For the good man is not at home he is gone farre of He hath taken the bagg of moneye with him who can tell whē he cōmeth home Thus with many swete wordes she ouercame him and with hir flateringe lippes she wanne him Immediatly he foloweth her as it were an oxeled to the slaughter and like as it were to the stockes where fooles are punyshed so longe till she hath wounded his lyuer with hir darte like as yf a byrde haisted to the snare not knowinge that the parell of his life lyeth there vpō Heare me now therfore o my sonne and marcke the wordes of my mouth Let not thine herte wandre in hir wayes be not thou disceaued in hir pathes For many one hath she woūded and cast downe yee many a stronge mā hath she slayne Hir house is the waye vnto hell where men go downe to the chambers of death The VIII Chapter DOth not wysdome crie doth not vnderstondinge put forth hir voyce Stondeth she not in the hye places in the stretes wayes doth she not crie before the whole cite in the gates where men go out in It is you o ye men sayeth she whom I call Vnto you o ye childrē of mē lift I vp my voyce Take hede vnto knowlege o ye ignoraūt be wyse in herte o ye fooles Geue eare for I wil speake of greate matters open my lippes to tell thinges that be right For my throte shal be talkynge of y e trueth my lippes abhorre vngodlynesse All the wordes of my mouth are rightuous there is no frowardnesse ner falsede therin They are all playne to soch as wil vnderstōde right to thē that fynde knowlege Receaue my doctryne therfore and not syluer knowlege more then fyne golde For wysdome is more worth then precious stones ye◠all the thinges that thou cāst desyre are not to be compared vnto it I wysdome haue my dwellynge w t knowlege and prudent councell is myne owne With me is the feare of the LORDE and y e eschuynge of euell As for pryde disdayne an euell waye a mouth that speaketh wicked thīges I vtterly abhorre thē I can geue councell and be a gyde I haue vnderstondinge I haue strength Thorow me kynges reigne thorow me paces make iust lawes Thorow me lordes beare rule and all iudges of y e earth execute iudgmēt I am louynge vnto those that loue me and they that seke me early shal fynde me Riches honoure are w t me yee excellent goodes rightuousnes My frute is better thē golde precious stone myne encrease more worth then fyne syluer I walke in y e waye of rightuousnes in the strete of iudgment That I maye sende prosperite to those that loue me to encrease their treasure The LORDE himself had me in possessiō in the begynnynge of his wayes or euer he begame his workes aforetyme I haue bene ordened frō euerlastīge frō y e beginnynge or euer the earth was made When I was borne there were nether depthes ner springes of water Before the foundacions of y e mountaynes ▪ were layed yee before all hilles was I borne The earth and all that is vpon the earth was not yet made no not the grounde it self For when he made the heauens I was present whā he set the depthes in ordre whan he hanged the cloudes aboue whan he fastened the sprynges of the depe Whan he shutt the see within certayne bowndes that y e waters shulde not go ouer their marckes When he layed the foundacions of the earth I was with him ordringe all thinges delytinge daylie reioysynge all waye before him As for the roūde cōpase of his worlde I make it ioyfull ▪ for my delyte is
The cities of thy Sanctuary lye waist Sion is a wildernesse and Ierusalem a deserte Oure holy house which is oure bewty where oure fathers praysed the is brent vp yee all oure cōmodities and pleasures are waysted awaye Wilt thou not be intreated LORDE for all this Wilt thou holde thy peace and scourge vs so sore The lxv Chapter THey shal seke me that hitherto haue not axed for me they shal fynde me that hither to haue not sought me Then shal I saye immediatly to the people that neuer called vpon my name I am here I am here For thus longe haue I euer holden out my hondes to an vnfaithful people that go not the right waye but after their owne ymaginacions To a people that is euer defyenge me to my face They make their oblacions in gardens and their smoke vpon aulters of bricke they lurck amonge the graues and lie in the dennes all night They eate swyne flesh and vnclene broth is in their vessels Yf thou comest nye them they saie touch me not for I am holyer then thou All these men when I am angrie shal be turned to smoke and fyre that shal burne for euer Beholde it is written before my face shal not be forgotten but recōpensed I shal rewarde it them in to their bosome I meane youre mysdedes and the mysdedes of youre fathers together saieth the LORDE which haue made their smokes vpon the mountaynes and blasphemed me vpon the hilles therfore will I measure their olde dedes in to their bosome agayne Morouer thus saieth the LORDE like as when one wolde gather holy grapes men saye vnto him breake it not of for it is holy Euen so will I do also for my seruauntes sakes that I will not destroye them all But I will take a sede out of Iacob and out of Iuda one to take possession of my hill My chosen shal possesse these thinges my seruauntes shall dwell there Saron shal be a shepefolde and the valley of Achor shal geue stallinge for the catell of my people that feare me But as for you ye are they y t haue for saken the LORDE and forgotten my holy hill Ye haue set vp an aulter vnto fortune geuē rich drink offeringes vnto treasure Therfore wil I nombre you with the swerde that ye shall be destroyed all together For when I called no man gaue me answere when I spake ye herkened not vnto me but dyd wickednes before myne eyes and chosed the thinge that pleased me not Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde my seruauntes shal eate but ye shall haue honger Beholde my seruauntes shall drynke but ye shal suffre thurste Beholde my seruauntes shal be mery but ye shal be cōfounded Beholde my seruauntes shal reioyse for very quietnesse of herte But ye shal crie for sorow of hert and cōplayne for vexacion of mynde Youre name shal not be sworne by amonge my chosen for God the LORDE shal slaye you and call his seruauntes by another name Who so reioyseth vpō earth shall reioyse in the true God And Who so sweareth vpō earth shal sweare in the true God For the olde enemite shal be forgotten and taken awaye out of my sight For lo I shal make a new heauē a new earth And as for the olde they shall neuer be thought vpō ner kepte in mynde but mē shal be glad and euermore reioyse for the thinges that I shall do For why Beholde I shal make a ioyfull Ierusalē yee I myself will reioyse with Ierusalem be glad with my people And the voyce of wepinge and waylinge shall not be herde in her from thēce forth There shall neuer be childe ner olde man that haue not their full dayes But whē the childe cometh to an hūderth yeare olde it shall dye And yf he that is an hūderth yeare of age do wronge he shal be cursed They shal buylde houses and dwel in them they shal plante vynyardes and eate the frute of them They shall not buylde another possesse they shall not plante and another eate But the life of my people shal be like a tre and so shal the worke of their hondes My chosen shal lyue longe they shall not laboure in vayne ner beget w t trouble for they are the hie blessed sede of the LORDE their frutes with them And it shal be that or euer they call I shal answere them Whyle they are yet but thinkinge how to speake I shal heare them The wolff and the lambe shal fede together and the lyon shal eate haye like the bullocke But earth shal be the serpētes meate There shal no man hurte ner slaye another in all my holy hill saieth the LORDE The lxvj Chapter THus saieth the LORDE Heauē is my seate and the earth is my fote stole Where shal now the house stonde y t ye will buylde vnto me And where shal be the place y t I wil dwel in As for these thinges my hōde hath made them all and they are all created saieth the LORDE Which of them shal I then regarde Euē him that is of a lowly troubled sprete and stōdeth in awe of my wordes For who so slayeth an oxe for me doth me so greate dishonoure as he y t kylleth a mā He that kylleth a shepe for me choketh a dogge He that bringeth me meat offringes offreth swynes bloude Who so maketh me a memoriall of Incense prayseth the thinge y t is vnright Yet take they soch wayes in honde and their soule deliteth in these abhominacions Therfore wil I also haue pleasure in laughinge them to scorne and the thinge that they feare wil I bringe vpon thē For when I called no man gaue answere when I spake they wolde not heare But dyd wickednesse before myne eyes chose the thinges that displease me Heare the worde of God all ye that feare the thinge which he speaketh You re brethren that hate you and cast you out for my names sake saye Let the LORDE magnifie himself that we maye se youre gladnesse yet they shal be cōfounded For as touchinge the cite and the temple I heare the voyce of the LORDE that will rewarde and recompēce his enemies like as when a wife bringeth forth a man childe or euer she suffre the payne of the byrth and anguysh of y e trauayle Who euer herde or sawe soch thinges doth the grounde beare in one daye or are the people borne all at once as Sion beareth his sonnes For thus-sayeth the LORDE Am I he that maketh other to beare and beare not my self Am not I he that beareth and maketh baren saieth thy God Reioyse with Ierusalem be glad with her all ye that loue her Be ioyful with her all ye that mourned for her For ye shal sucke cōforte out of hir brestes and be satisfied Ye shal taist and haue delite in the plenteousnesse of hir power For
people euen the frute of their owne ymaginacions For they haue not bene obedient vnto my wordes and to my lawe but abhorred them Wherfore bringe ye me incense from Saba swete smellinge Calamus from farre countrees You re burnt offeringes displease me and I reioyse not in youre sacrifices And therfore thus saieth the LORDE beholde I will make this people fall and there shal fall from amonge them the father w t the children one neghboure shal perish with another Morouer thus saieth y e LORDE Beholde there shal come a people from the North a greate people shal arise from y e endes of y e earth w t bowes w t dartes shal they be weapened It is a rough fearce people an vnmerciful people their voyce roareth like the see they ride vpō horses wel apointed to y e batell agaynst the o doughter Sion Then shal this crie be herde Oure armes are feble heuynes and sorow is come vpon vs as vpon a woman trauelinge with childe Noman go forth in to the felde no man come vpon the hie strete for the swearde and feare of the enemie shal be on euery side Wherfore gyrde a sack cloth aboute the o thou doughter of my people sprynkle thy self with aszshes mourne and wepe bitterly as vpon thy only beloued sonne For the destroyer shal sodenly fall vpon vs. The haue I set for a prouer of my harde people to seke out and to trye their wayes For they are all vnfaithful and fallen awaye they hange vpon shameful lucre they are clene brasse and yron for they hurte and destroye euery man The bellous are brent in the fyre the leade is consumed the melter melteth in vayne for the euel is not taken awaye from them Therfore shal they be called naughty syluer because the LORDE hath cast them out The VII Chapter THese are the wordes that God spake vnto Ieremy Stonde vnder the gates of the LORDES house and crie out these wordes there with a loude voyce and saye Heare the worde of the LORDE all ye of Iuda that go in at this dore to honoure the LORDE Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Amende youre wayes and youre councels and I wil let you dwell in this place Trust not in false lyenge wordes sayenge here is the temple of the LORDE here is the temple of the LORDE here is the temple of the LORDE For yf ye will amende youre waies and councels yf ye wil iudge right betwixte a man and his neghboure yf ye wil not oppresse the straunger the fatherles the wyddowe yf ye will not shed innocent bloude in this place yf ye wil not cleue to straūge goddes to youre owne destruction then wil I let you dwell in this place yee in the londe that I gaue afore tyme vnto youre fathers for euer But take hede yee trust in councels that begyle you and do you no good For when ye haue stollē murthured committed aduoutrie and periury Whē ye haue offred vnto Baal folowinge straunge vnknowne goddes Then come ye and stonde before me in this house which hath my name geuen vnto it and saye Tush we are absolued quyte though we haue done all these abhominacions What thinke you this house that beareth my name is a denne of theues And these thinges are not done priuely but before myne eyes saieth the LORDE Go to my place in Silo where vnto I gaue my name afore tyme and loke well what I dyd to the same place for the wickednes of my people of Israel And now though ye haue done all these dede◠saieth the LORDE and I my self rose vp euer by tymes to warne you and to comon with you yet wolde ye not heare me I called ye wolde not answere And therfore euen as I haue done vnto Silo so wil I do to this house that my name is geuen vnto and that ye put youre trust in yee vnto the place that I haue geuen to you and youre fathers And I shal thrust you out of my sight as I haue cast out all youre brethren the whole sede of Ephraim Therfore thou shalt not praye for this people thou shalt nether geue thākes nor byd prayer for them thou shalt make no intercession to me for them for in no wise will I heare the. Seist thou not what they do in the cities of Iuda and without Ierusalem The children gather stickes the fathers kyndle the fyre the mothers kneade the dowe to bake cakes for the quene of heauen They poure out drink offringes vnto straūge goddes to prouoke me vnto wrath How be it they hurte not me saieth the LORDE but rather confounde and shame them selues And therfore thus saieth the LORDE God beholde my wrath and my indignacion shal be poured out vpon this place vpon men and catell vpō the trees in the felde and all frute of the londe it shal burne so that no man maye quench it Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Ye heape vp youre burntoffringes with youre sacrifices eate y e flesh But when I brought youre fathers out of Egipte I spake no worde vnto them of burnt offringes and sacrifices but this I commaunded them sayenge herken and obeye my voyce and I shal be youre God and ye shal be my people so that ye walke in all the wayes which I haue cōmaunded you that ye maye prospere But they were not obedient they inclyned not their eares there vnto but went after their owne ymagynacions and after the mocions of their owne wicked herte and so turned them selues awaye and conuerted not vnto me And this haue they done from the tyme that youre fathers came out of Egipte vnto this daye Neuertheles I sent vnto them my seruauntes all the prophetes I rose vp early and sent them worde yet wolde they not herkē ner offre me their eares but were obstinate and worse then their fathers And thou shalt now speake all these wordes vnto them but they shal not heare the thou shalt crie vpon them but they shal not answere the. Therfore shalt thou saye vnto them this is the people that nether heareth the voyce of the LORDE their God ner receaueth his correction Faithfulnes treuth is clene rooted out of their mouth Wherfore cut of thine hayre and cast it awaye take vp a complaynte in the whole londe for the LORDE shal cast awaye and scatre the people y t he is displeased withall For the children of Iuda haue done euell in my sight saieth the LORDE They haue set vp their abhominacions in the house y t hath my name and haue defyled it They haue also buylded an aulter at Tophet which is in the valley of y e childrē of Ennō y t they might burne their sonnes and doughters which I neuer cōmaunded them nether came it euer in my thought And therfore beholde the dayes shal come saieth the
serued straunge goddes as their fathers taught them Therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Beholde I will fede this people with wormwod and geue thē gall to drynke I will scatre them also amonge the Heithen whom nether they ner their fathers haue knowne and I will sende a swearde amonge them to persecute them vntill I bringe them to naught Morouer thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes loke that ye call for mournynge wyues and sende for wise women that they come shortly and singe a mournynge songe of you that the teares maye fall out of oure eyes and that oure eye lyddes maye guszhe out of water For there is a lamentable noyse herde of Sion O how are we so sore destroyed O how are we so piteously confounded We must forsake oure owne naturall countre and we are shot out of oure owne lodgīges Yet heare the worde of the LORDE o ye women and set youre eares regarde the wordes of his mouth that ye maye lerne youre doughters to mourne and that euery one maye teach hir neghbouresse to make lamentacion Namely thus Deeth is clymmē vp in at oure wyndowes he is come in to oure houses to destroye the childe before the dore y e yonge man in the strete But tell thou planely thus saieth y e LORDE The deed bodies of men shal lye apon y e grounde as the donge vpon the felde and as the hay after the mower and there shal be no man to take them vp Morouer thus saieth the LORDE Let not the wise man reioyse in his wisdome ner the stronge man in his strength nether the rich man in his riches But who so wil reioyse let him reioyse in this that he vnderstōdeth and knoweth me for I am the LORDE which do mercie equite and rightuousnes vpon earth Therfore haue I pleasure in soch thinges saieth y e LORDE Beholde the tyme cōmeth saieth the LORDE that I wil vyset all them whose foreskynne is vncircumciscd The Egipcians the Iewes the Edomites the Ammonites the Moabites and the shauen Madianites that dwel in the wildernes For all y e Gentiles are vncircumcised in the flesh but all the house of Israel are vncircumcised in the herte The x. Chapter HEare the worde of the LORDE y t he speaketh vnto the o thou house of Israel Thus saieth the LORDE Ye shal not lerne after the maner of the Heithē and ye shal not be afrayed for the tokens of heauen for the Heithen are afrayed of soch Yee all the customes and lawes of the Gētiles are nothinge but vanite They hewe downe a tre in the wod with the hondes of the worke man and fashion it with the axe they couer it ouer with golde or syluer they fasten it w t nales and hammers that it moue not It stōdeth as stiff as the palme tre it can nether speake ner go but must be borne Be not ye afrayed of soch for they cā do nether good ner euel But there is none like vnto y e o LORDE thou art greate and greate is the name of y i power Who wolde not feare the ▪ or what kīge of the Gentiles wolde not obeye the For amonge all the wysemen of the Gentiles and in all their kingdomes there is none that maye be lickened vnto the. They are alltogether vnlerned and vnwise All their connynge is but vanite namely wod syluer which is brought out of Tharsis and beatē to plates and golde from Ophir a worke y t is made with the honde of the craftesman the caster clothed with yalow sylck and scarlet euen so is the worke of their wyse men all together But the LORDE is a true God a lyuinge God and an euerlastinge kinge Yf he be wroth the earth shaketh all the Gētiles maye not abyde his indignacion As for their goddes it maye well be sayde of thē they are goddes that made nether heauē ner earth therfore shal they perish frō the earth and from all thinges vnder heauen But as for oure God he made the earth with his power and with his wisdome hath he fynished the whole compasse of the worlde with his discrecion hath he spred out the heauens At his voyce the waters gather together in the ayre he draweth vp y e cloudes from the vttemost partes of y e earth he turneth lighteninge to rayne and brīgeth forth the wyndes out of their treasuries His wisdome maketh all men fooles And confunded be all casters of ymages for that they cast is but a vayne thinge and hath no life The vayne craftes men with their workes that they in their vanite haue made shall perish one with another in the tyme of visitacion ▪ Neuertheles Iacobs porciō is not soch but it is he that hath made all thinges and Israel is the rodd of his inheritaūce The LORDE of hoostes is his name Put awaye thy vnclennesse out of the londe thou that art in the stronge cities For thus saieth the LORDE Beholde I wil now thrust out the inhatours of this londe a greate waye off and trouble them of soch a fashiō that they shal no more be founde Alas how am I hurte Alas how panefull are my scourges vnto me For I cōsidre this sorow by my self I must suffre it My tabernacle is destroyed and all my coardes are broken My children are gone fro me ād can no where be founde Now haue I none to sprede out my tente or to set vp my hanginges For the hyrdmen haue done folishly that they haue not sought the LORDE Therfore haue they dealt vnwisely with their catell all are scatred abrode Beholde the noyse is harde at honde and greate sediciō out of the north to make the cities of Iuda a wyldernesse and a dwellinge place for Dragons Now I knowe o LORDE that is not in mās power to ordre his owne waies or to rule his owne steppes goinges Therfore chastē thou vs o LORDE but with fauoure and not in thy wrath bringe vs not vtterly to naught Poure out thy indignacion rather vpon the Gētiles that knowe y e not and vpon the people that call not on thy name And that because they haue consumed deuoured and destroyed Iacob and haue roted out his glory The XI Chapter THis is another Sermon which the LORDE commaunded Ieremy for to preach sayenge Heare the wordes of the couenant and speake vnto all Iuda and to all them that dwel at Ierusalem And saye thou vnto thē Thus saieth the LORDE God of Israel Cursed be euery one that is not obedient vnto y e wordes of this couenaūt which I commaunded vnto youre fathers what tyme as I brought them out of Egipte from the yron fornace sayenge Be obedient vnto my voyce and do accordinge to all that I commaunde you so shal ye be my people and I wil be youre God and will kepe my promyse y t I haue sworne vnto youre fathers
brydegrome and off the bryde yee and that in youre dayes that ye maye se it Now when thou shewest this people all these wordes and they saye vnto the Wherfore hath the LORDE deuysed all this greate plage for vs Or what is the offence and synne that we haue done agaynst the LORDE oure God Then make thou them this answere Because youre fathers haue forsaken me saieth the LORDE and haue cleued vnto straunge goddes whom they haue honoured and worshipped but me haue they forsakē and haue not kepte my lawe And ye w t youre shamefull blasphemies haue exceaded the wickednes off youre fathers For euery one off you foloweth the frawerde euel ymaginacion off his owne hert and is not obedient vnto me Therfore wil I cast you out off this londe in to a londe that ye and youre fathers knowe not and there shall ye serue straunge goddes daye and night there will I shewe you no fauoure Beholde therfore saieth the LORDE the daies are come that it shall nomore be sayed The LORDE lyueth which brought the children of Israel out of the lōde of Egipte but it shall be sayde the LORDE lyueth that brought the children of Israel from the North from all londes where I had scatred them For I wil bringe thē agayne in to the lōde that I gaue vnto their fathers Beholde saieth the LORDE I will sende out many fiszhers to take them and after y t wil I sende out many hunters to hunte thē out from all mountaynes and hilles ād out of the caues of stones For myne eyes beholde all their wayes and they can not be hyd fro my face nether can their wicked dedes be kepte close out of my sight But first will I sufficiently rewarde their shamefull blasphemies and synnes wherwith they haue defyled my londe Namely with their stinckinge Idols and abhominacions wherw t they haue fylled myne heretage O LORDE my strength my power and refuge in tyme off trouble The Gentiles shall come vnto the from the endes off the worlde and saye Verely oure fathers haue cleued vnto lies their Idols are but vayne and vnprofitable How can a man make those his goddes which are not able to be goddes And therfore I will once teach them saieth y e LORDE I wil shewe them my honde and my power that they maye knowe y t my name is y e LORDE The XVII Chapter YOure synne o ye off the trybe of Iuda is writtē in the table of yo r hertes grauē so vpon the edges of yo r aulters w t a penne of yron with an Adamāt clawe y t youre children also maye thynke vpon youre aulters woddes thicke trees hie hilles mountaynes feldes Wherfore I will make all youre substaunce treasure be spoyled for the greate synne that ye haue done vpon youre hie places thorow out all y e coostes off youre lōde Ye shal be cast out also from the heretage that I gaue you And I wil subdue you vnder the heuy bōdage of youre enemies in a londe that ye knowe not For ye haue ministred fyre to my indignacion which shal burne euermore Thus saieth the LORDE Cursed be the man that putteth his trust in man ād that taketh flesh for his arme and he whose herte departeth from y e LORDE He shall be like the heeth that groweth in the wildernes As for the good thinge that is for to come he shall not se it but dwell in a drie place off the wildernes in a salt and vnoccupied londe O Blissed is the man that putteth his trust in the LORDE and whose hope the LORDE is himself For he shal be as a tre that is planted by the water syde which spredeth out the rote vnto moystnesse whom the heate can not harme when it commeth but his leaues are grene And though there growe but litle frute because off drouth yet is he not carefull but he neuer leaueth of to bringe forth frute Amonge all thinges lyuynge man hath the most disceatfull and vnsercheable hert Who shall then knowe it Euen I the LORDE ripe out the grounde off the hert ād search the reynes and rewarde euery mā acordinge to his wayes and acordinge to the frute off his councels The disceatfull maketh a nest but bringeth forth no yonge He commeth by riches but not rightuously In the myddest off his life must he leaue them behinde him and at the last be founde a very foole But thou o LORDE whose trone is most glorious excellent and off most antiquite which dwellest in the place of oure holy rest Thou art the comforte off Israel All they that forsake the shal be confounded all they that departe from the shal be written in earth for they haue forsaken the LORDE the very condite of the waters of life Heale me o LORDE and I shall be whole saue thou me and I shal be saued for thou art my prayse Beholde these men saye vnto me Where is the worde of the LORDE Let it come Where as I neuertheles ledinge the flock in thy wayes haue compelled none by violence For I neuer desyred eny mās deeth this knowest thou well My wordes also were right before the. Be not now terrible vnto me o LORDE for thou art he in whom I hope when I am in parell Let my persecuters be confounded but not me let them be afrayed and not me Thou shalt bringe vpon thē the tyme off their plage and shalt destroye them right sore Agayne thus hath the LORDE sayde vnto me Go and stonde vnder the gate where thorow the people and the kinges of Iuda go out and in yee vnder all the gates of Ierusalem and saye vnto them Heare the worde of the LORDE ye kinges of Iuda and all thou people of Iuda and all ye citesyns of Ierusalem that go thorow this gate Thus the LORDE commaundeth Take hede for youre lyues that ye carie no burthen vpon you in the Sabbath to bringe it thorow the gates of Ierusalem ye shall beare no burthen also out of youre houses in the Sabbath Ye shall do no laboure there in but halowe the Sabbath as I commaunded youre fathers How be it they obeyed me not nether herkened they vnto me but were obstinate stubburne ād nether obeyed me ner receaued my correccion Neuertheles yf ye will heare me saieth the LORDE and beare no burthen in to y e cite thorow this gate vpon the Sabbath Yf ye will halowe the Sabbath so that ye do no worke there in then shal there go thorow the gates of this cite kinges and prynces that shall syt vpon the stole of Dauid They shall be caried vpon charettes and ryde vpon horses both they and their princes Yee whole Iuda and all the citesyns of Ierusalem shall go here thorow and this cite shall euer be the more and more inhabited There shall come men also from the cities of Iuda from aboute Ierusalem ād from y e londe of Ben
Iosias kinge of Iuda that was in the first yeare of Nabuchodonosor kinge of Babilon Which sermone Ieremy the prophet made vnto all the people of Iuda to all y e Inhabitours of Ierusalē on this maner From the xiij yeare of Iosias the sonne of Amon kinge of Iuda vnto this present daye that is euen xxiij yeare the worde of the LORDE hath bene committed vnto me And so I haue spokē to you I haue rysen vp early I haue geuē you warnynge in season but ye wolde not heare me Though the LORDE hath sent his seruauntes all the prophetes vnto you in season Yet wolde ye not obeye ye wolde not encline yo r eares to heare He sayde turne agayne euery man from his euell waye from youre wicked ymaginacions so shal ye dwell for euer in the londe that the LORDE promised you youre fore fathers And go not after straunge goddes serue them not worshipe them not angre me not with the workes of youre hōdes then will not I punysh you Neuertheles ye wolde not heare me saieth the LORDE but haue defied me with the workes of youre hōdes to youre owne greate harme Wherfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes Because ye haue not herkened vnto my worde lo I will sende out call for all the people y t dwell in the north saieth the LORDE wil prepayre Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon my seruaunt and wil bringe them vpon this londe and vpon all y t dwell therein vpon all the people that are aboute them and will vterly rote them out I will make of them a wildernesse a mockage and a continuall deserte Morouer I will take from them the voyce of gladnesse and solace the voyce of the brydegrome the bryde the voyce of the anoynted with the creszshettes this whole londe shal become a wildernes they shall serue the sayde people and the kinge of Babilon thre score yeares and ten When the lxx yeares are expyred I wil viset also the wickednesse of the kinge of Babylon his people saieth the LORDE yee the londe of the Caldees wil make it a perpetuall wildernes wil fulfil all my wordes vpon that londe which I haue deuysed agaynst it yee all that is written in this boke which Ieremy hath prophecied of all people so that they also shal be subdued vnto dyuerse nacions greate kynges for I wil recompense them acordinge to their dedes workes of their owne hondes For thus hath the LORDE God of Israel spoken vnto me Take this wyne cuppe of indignacion fro my honde that thou mayest cause all the people to whom I sende the for to drinke of it that when they haue dronkē thereof they maye be madd out of their wyttes when the swearde commeth that I wil sende amōge them Then toke I the cuppe from the LORDES honde made all the people drynke there of vnto whom the LORDE had sent me But first the cite of Ierusalem all the cities of Iuda their kinges prynces to make thē desolate waist despysed cursed acordinge as it is come to passe this daye Yee Pharao y e kinge of Egipte his seruauntes his prynces his people altogether one w t another and all kinges of the londe of Hus all kinges of the Philistynes londe Ascalon Gaza Accaron the remnaunt of Aszdod ▪ the Edomites the Moabites the Ammonites all the kinges of Tirus Sidon the kinges of the Iles that are beyonde the see Dedan Thema Buz the shauen Ismaelites all the kinges of Araby generally all the kinges that dwell in the deserte all the kinges of Simri all the kinges of Elam all y e kinges of the Meedes all kinges towarde the north whether they be farre or nye euery one with his neghbours Yee and all the kingdomes that are vpon the whole earth The kinge of Sesach sayde he shal drinke with them also And saye thou vnto them this is the commaundement of the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel drinke and be droncken spewe and fall that ye neuer ryse and that thorow the swearde which I wil sende amonge you But yf they will not receaue the cuppe of thy honde and drinke it then tell them Thus doth the LORDE of hoostes threaten you drynke it ye shal and that shortly For lo I begynne to plage the cite that my name is geuen vnto thynke ye then that I will leaue you vnpunyshed Ye shall not go quyte For why I call for a swearde vpō all the inhabitours of the earth saieth the LORDE of hoostes Therfore tell them all these wordes and saye vnto them The LORDE shal crie from aboue and let his voyce be herde from his holy habitacion With a greate noyse shall he crie from his courte regall He shal geue a greate voyce like the grape gatherers and the sounde thereof shal be herde vnto the endes of the worlde For the LORDE hath a iudgment to geue vpon all people and will holde his courte of iustice with all flesh and punyshe the vngodly saieth the LORDE For thus sayeth y e LORDE of hoostes Beholde a miserable plage shall go from one people to another and a greate stormy water shal arise from all the endes of the earth And the same daye shall the LORDE himself slaye them from one ende of the earth to another There shall no mone be made for eny of them none gathered vp none buried but shall lie as dunge vpon the grounde Mourne o ye shepherdes crie sprinckle youre selues with aszshes o ye rammes of the flocke for the tyme of youre slaughter is fulfilled and ye shal fall like vessels connyngly made for pleasure The shepherdes shall haue no waye to fle and the rammes of the flocke shall not escape Then shal the shepherdes crie horribly and the rammes of the flocke shal mourne for the LORDE shal consume their pasture and their best feldes shal lie deed because of the horrible wrath of the LORDE They shall forsake their foldes like as a lyon For their londes shal be waist because of the wrath of the destroyer and because of his fearfull indignacion The XXVI Chapter IN the begynnynge of the reigne of Ioachim the sonne of Iosias kynge of Iuda came this worde from the LORDE sayenge Thus saieth the LORDE Stonde in the courte of the LORDE house and speake vnto all them which out of the cities of Iuda come to do worshippe in the LORDES house all the wordes y t I commaundethe to saye Loke that thou kepe not one worde backe yf perauenture they will herkē and turne euery man from his wicked waye that I maye also repente of the plage which I haue determed to brynge vpon them because of their wicked invencions And after this maner shalt thou speake vnto them Thus saieth the LORDE yf ye will not obeye me to walke in my lawes which I
haue geuen you and to heare the wordes of my seruauntes the prophetes whom I sent vnto you rysynge vp tymely and still sendinge Yf ye will not folowe thē I saye then will I do to this house as I dyd vnto Silo and will make this cite to be abhorred of all the people of the earth And the prestes the prophetes and all the people herde Ieremy preach these wordes in the house of the LORDE Now when he had spoken out all the wordes that the LORDE commaunded him to preach vnto all the people then the prestes the prophetes and all the people toke holde vpon him and sayde thou shalt dye How darrest thou be so bolde as to saye in the name of the LORDE it shal happen to this house as it dyd vnto Silo and this cite shal be so waist that no man shal dwell there in And when all the people were gathered aboute Ieremy in the house of the LORDE the prynces of Iuda herde of this rumoure they came soone out of the kinges Palace in to the house of the LORDE and sat them downe before the new dore of the LORDE Then spake the prestes and the prophetes vnto the rulers to all the people these wordes This man is worthy to dye for he hath preached agaynst this cite as ye youre selues haue herde with youre eares Then sayde Ieremy vnto the rulers and to all the people The LORDE hath sente me to preach agaynst this house agaynst this cite all the wordes that ye haue herde Therfore amende youre wayes and youre advysementes and be obedient vnto the voyce of the LORDE youre God so shal the LORDE repēt of the plage y t he had deuysed agaynst you Now as forme I am in youre hondes do with me as ye thinke expediēt and good But this shall ye knowe yf ye put me to death ye shal make youre selues this cite all the inhabitours there of giltie of innocent bloude For this is of a treuth that the LORDE hath sente me vnto you to speake all these wordes in youre eares Then sayde the rulers and the people vn the prestes and prophetes This man maye not be condemned to death for he hath preached vnto vs in the name of the LORDE oure God The Elders also of the londe stode vp sayde thus vnto all the people Micheas the Morascite which was a prophet vnder Ezechias kinge of Iuda spake to all the people of Iuda Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes Sion shal be plowed like a felde Ierusalē shal be an heape of stones the hill of the LORDES house shal be turned to an hie wod Dyd Ezechias y e kinge of Iuda the people of Iuda put him to deeth for this No verely but rather feared y e LORDE made their praier vnto him For the which cause also y e LORDE repented of the plage y t he had deuysed agaynst them Shulde we then do soch a shamefull dede agaynst oure soules There was a prophet also that preached stiffly in the name of the LORDE called Vrias the sonne of Semeia of Cariathiarim this mā preached also agaynst this cite agaynst this lōde acordinge to all as Ieremy saieth Now when Ioachim the kinge with all the estates prynces had herde his wordes the kinge went aboute to slaye him When Vrias perceaued that he was afrayed fled departed in to Egipte Then Ioachim the kinge sent seruauntes in to the lōde of Egipte Namely Elnathā the sonne of Achbor certayne men w t him in to Egipte which fetched Vrias out of Egipte brought him vnto kinge Ioachim that slewe him with the swearde cast his deed body in to y e comō peoples graue But Ahicam the sonne of Saphan helped Ieremy that he came not in to the hondes of the people to be slayne The XXVII Chapter IN the begynnynge of the reigne of Ioachim the sonne of Iosias kynge of Iuda came this worde vnto Ieremy from the LORDE which spake thus vnto me Make the bondes chaynes and put them aboute thy neck sende thē to the kinge of Edom the kinge of Moab the kinge of Amon the kinge of Tirus to the kinge of Sidon that by the messaungers which shal come to Ierusalem vnto Sedechias the kinge of Iuda and byd them saye vnto their masters Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel speake thus vnto yo r masters I am he that made the earth the men y e catell that are vpon the grounde with my greate power outstretched arme haue geuen it vnto whom it pleased me And now will I delyuer all these londes in to the power of Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon my seruaunt The beestes also of the felde shal I geue him to do him seruyce And all people shal serue him his sonne and his childes children vntil the tyme of the same lōde be come also Yee many people greate kinges shal serue him Morouer that people kingdome which wil not serue Nabuchodonosor and that wil not put their neckes vnder y e yock of the kinge of Babilon the same people will I viset with swearde with honger with pestilence vntill I haue consumed them in his hondes saieth the LORDE And therfore folowe not youre prophetes soythsayers expounders of dreames charmers witches which saye vnto you ye shal not serue the kinge of Babilon For they preach you lies to bringe you farre from youre londe that I might cast you out destroye you But the people that put their neckes vnder the yock of the kinge of Babilon serue him those I willet remayne still in their owne lōde saieth the LORDE they shal occupie it dwell there in All these thinges tolde I Sedechias the kinge of Iuda and sayde Put youre neckes vnder the yock of the kinge of Babilon and serue him his people that ye maye lyue Why wilt thou and thy people perish with the swearde with honger with pestilence like as the LORDE hath deuysed for all people that wil not serue the kinge of Babilon Therfore geue no eare vnto those prophetes that tell you Ye shall not serue the kinge of Babilon for they preach you lies nether haue I sent them saieth the LORDE how be it they are bolde falsely for to prophecie in my name that I might y e sooner dryue you out that ye might perish with yo r preachers I spake to the prestes also and to all the people Thus saieth the LORDE Heare not the wordes of those prophetes that preach vnto you saye Beholde the vessels of the LORDES house shall shortly be brought hither agayne from Babilon For they prophecie lies vnto you Heare them not but serue the kinge of Babilon y t ye maye lyue Wherfore will ye make this cite to be destroyed But yf they be true prophetes in very dede and yf the worde of
the kinge of Iuda tell him The LORDE sendeth the this worde Beholde I will delyuer this cite in to the hoÌ„de of the kinge of Babilon he shal burne it and thou shalt not escape his hondes but shalt be led awaye presoner and delyuered into his power Thou shalt loke the kinge of Babilon in the face and he shal speake with the mouth to mouth and then shalt thou go to Babilon Yet heare the worde of the LORDE o Sedechias thou kinge of Iuda Thus saieth the LORDE vnto the Thou shalt not be slayne with the swearde but shalt die in peace Like as y e fore fathers the kinges thy progenitours were brente so shalt thou be brente also in the mournynge they shal saye oh lorde For thus haue I determed saieth the LORDE Then spake Ieremy the prophet all these wordes vnto Sedechias kinge of Iuda in Ierusalem what tyme as the kinge of Babilons hooste beseged Ierusalem and the remnaunt of the cities Namely Lachis Azecha which yet remayned of the stronge defensed cities of Iuda These are the wordes that the LORDE spake vnto Ieremy the prophet when Sedechias was agreed with all the people at Ierusalem that there shulde be proclamed a liberte so that euery man shulde let fre go his seruaunt and handemayde Hebrue Hebruesse no Iewe to holde his brother as a bonde man Now as they had consented euen so they were obedient let them go fre But afterwarde they repented toke agayne the seruauntes and handemaydens whom they had letten go fre and so made them bonde agayne For the which cause the worde of the LORDE came vnto Ieremy from the LORDE him self sayenge Thus saieth the LORDE God of Israel I made a couenaunt with youre fathers when I brought them out of Egipte that they shulde no more be bondmen sayenge When seuen yeares are out euery man shal let go fre his bought seruaunte an Hebrue yf he haue serued him sixe yeares But yo r fathers obeied me not herkened not vnto me As for you ye were now turned dyd right before me in y t ye proclamed euery maÌ„ to let his neghboure go fre in y t ye made a couenaunt before me in the temple that beareth my name But yet ye haue turned youre selues agayne and blasphemed my name In this y t euery man hath requyred his seruaunt and handâ—mayden agayne whom ye had letten go quyte and fre and compelled them to serue you agayne and to be youre bonde men And therfore thus saieth the LORDE Ye haue not obeyed me euery man to proclame fredome vnto his brother and neghbo r wherfore I will call you vnto a fredome saieth the LORDE euen vnto the swearde to the pestilence and to honger and will make you to be plaged in all the kyngdomes of the earth Yee those men that haue brokeÌ„ my couenaunt and not kepte the wordes of the apoyntmeÌ„t which they made before me when they hewed the calfe in two when there wente thorow the two halfes therof The prynces of Iuda the prynces of Ierusalem the gelded men the prestes and all the people of the londe which weÌ„te thorow the two sydes of the calfe Those men wil I geue in to the power of their enemies and in to the hondes of them that folowe vpon their lyues And their deed bodies shall be meate for the foules of the ayre and beestes of the felde As for Sedechias the kinge of Iuda his prynces I will delyuer them in to the power of their enemies and of them that desyre to slaye them and in to the honde of the kynge of Babilons hooste which now is departed from you But thorow my commaundement saieth the LORDE they shal come agayne before this cite they shall fight agaynst it wynne it and burne it Morouer I will laye the cities of Iuda so waist that no man shall dwell therin The XXXV Chapter THe wordes which the LORDE spake vnto Ieremy in the reigne of Ioachim the sonne of Iosias kinge of Iuda are these Go vnto y e house of the Rechabites call them out bringe theÌ„ to y e house of the LORDE in to some commodious place and geue them wyne to drynke Then toke I Iasanias the sonne of Ieremy the sonne of Habazania and his brethreÌ„ and all his sonnes and the whole housholde off the Rechabites and brought them to the house off the LORDE in to the closet of the children off Hanan the sonne off Igdalia the man off God which was by the closet off the prynces that is aboue the closet of Maasia the sonne of Sellum which is the chefe off the tresury And before the sonnes of the kynred of the Rechabites I set pottes full of wyne and cuppes and sayde vnto them drynke wyne But they sayde we drynke no wyne For Ionadab the sonne of Rechab oure father commaunded vs sayenge Ye and youre sonnes shall neuer drynke wyne buylde no houses sowe no sede plante no vynes yee ye shall haue no vynyardes but for all youre tyme ye shall dwell inteÌ„tes y t ye maye lyue loÌ„ge in the loÌ„de wherin ye be strauÌ„gers Thus haue we obeyed the coÌ„maundemeÌ„t of Ionadab y e sonne of Rechab oure father in all y t he hath charged vs and so we drynke no wyne all oure lyue longe we oure wyues o r sonnes oure doughters Nether buylde we eny house to dwell therin we haue also amonge vs nether vynyardes ner corne loÌ„de to sowe but we dwell in tentes we obeye do acordinge vnto all that Ionadab oure father commaunded vs. But now y t Nabuchodonosor the kinge of BabiloÌ„ came vp in to the loÌ„de we sayde come let vs go to IerusaleÌ„ y t we maye escape the hooste of the Caldees aÌ„d the AssiriaÌ„s so we dwell now at IerusaleÌ„ Then came y e worde of the LORDE vnto Ieremy sayenge Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Go tell whole Iuda all the inhabitours of IerusaleÌ„ Wyll ye not be refourmed to obeye my wordes saieth the LORDE The wordes which Ionadab the sonne off Rechab coÌ„maunded his sonnes y t they shulde drynke no wyne are fast surely kepte for vnto this daye they drynke no wyâ—e but obeye their fathers coÌ„maundement But as for me I haue stoÌ„de vp early I haue spokeÌ„ vnto you geuen you earnest warnynge yet haue ye not bene obedieÌ„t vnto me Yee I haue sent my seruauÌ„tes all the prophetes vnto you I rose vp early sent you worde sayenge O turne you euery man from his wicked waye ameÌ„de yo r lyues go not after strauÌ„ge goddes to worshippe theÌ„ y t ye maye coÌ„tinue in the loÌ„de which I haue geuen vnto you and youre fathers but ye wolde nether heare me ner folowe me The childreÌ„ of Ionadab Rachabs sonne haue stedfastly kepte their fathers coÌ„mauÌ„dement y t he gaue them but this people is not obedient vnto me And
therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes y e God of Israel Beholde I wil bringe vpō Iuda vpō euery one y t dwelleth in Ierusalē all the trouble y t I haue deuysed agaynst thē For I haue spokē vnto thē but they wolde not folowe I haue called vnto them neuertheles they wolde geue me no answere Ieremy also spake vnto the housholde off the Rechabites Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel For so moch as ye haue obeyed y e cōmaundemēt of Ionadab yo r father kepte all his preceptes done acordinge vnto all y t he hath bydden you Therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Ionadab the sonne of Rechab shal not fayle but haue one out of his stocke to stōde allwaye before me The XXXVI Chap. IN the fourth yeare of Ioachim the sonne of Iosias kynge of Iuda came y e worde of the LORDE vnto Ieremy sayege Take a boke write therin all y e wordes y t I haue spokē to the to Israel to Iuda to all the people frō the tyme y t I begāne for to speake vnto the in y e reigne of Iosias vnto this daye That when the house of Iuda heareth of the plage which I haue deuysed for thē they maye peraduēture turne euery man frō his wicked waye that I maye forgeue their offences and synnes Then dyd Ieremy call Baruch the sonne of Nerias Baruch wrote in the boke at y e mouth of Ieremy all the wordes of the LORDE which he had spoken vnto him And Ieremy commaunded Baruch sayenge I am in preson so that I maye not come in to the house of y e LORDE therfore go thou thither rede the boke that thou hast writtē at my mouth Namely the wordes off the LORDE rede thē in the LORDES house vpon the fastinge daye that the people whole Iuda all they that come out of the cities maye heare Peraduenture they will praye mekely before the face of the LORDE and turne euery one from his wicked waye For greate is the wrath and displeasure that the LORDE hath taken agaynst this people So Baruch the sonne of Nerias dyd acordinge vnto all that Ieremy the prophet cōmaūded him readinge the wordes off the LORDE out off the boke in the LORDES house And this was done in the fyfth yeare off Ioachim y e sonne of Iosias kinge of Iuda in the ix moneth when it was commaunded that all the people of Ierusalem shulde fast before the LORDE and they also that were come from the cities of Iuda vnto Ierusalem Then red Baruch the wordes of Ieremy out of the boke within the house of the LORDE out of y e treasury of Gamarias the sonne off Saphan the scrybe which is besyde the hyer loffte off the new dore of the LORDES house that all y e people might heare Now whē Micheas the sonne off Gamarias the sonne of Saphan had herde all the wordes of the LORDE out of y e boke he wēte downe to the kinges palace in to y e scrybes chābre for there all y e prynces were set Elisama the scrybe Dalias the sonne of Semei Elnathā the sonne off Achbor Gamaria the sonne of Saphan Sedechias the sonne of Hananias with all the princes And Micheas tolde them all the wordes y t he herde Baruch rede out of the boke before the people Then all the prynces sent Iehudi y e sonne of Nathanias the sonne of Salamia the sonne of Chusi vnto Baruch sayenge Take in thine honde the boke wherout thou hast red before all the people and come So Baruch the sonne of Nerias toke y e boke in his honde and came vnto them And they sayde vnto him Syt downe and rede the boke y t we maye heare also So Baruch red y t they might heare Now when they had herde all the wordes they were abaszhed one vpon another and sayde vnto Baruch We wil certifie the kinge of all these wordes And they examined Baruch sayenge Tell vs how didest thou wryte all these wordes out off his mouth Then Baruch answered them He spake all these wordes vnto me with his mouth and I alone was with him and wrote them in the boke Then sayde the prynces vnto Baruch Go thy waye and hyde the with Ieremy so that no man knowe where ye be And they went in to the kinge to the courte But they kepte the boke in the chambre off Elisama the scrybe ād tolde the kynge all the wordes that he might heare So the kynge sent Iehudi to fetch him y e boke which he brought out of Elisama y e scrybes chambre And Iehudi red it that the kynge and all the prynces which were aboute him might heare Now the kynge sat in the wynter house for it was in their Moneth and there was a good fyre before him And whē Iehudi had red thre or foure leaues therof he cut the boke in peces with a penne knyfe and cast it in to the fyre vpō the herth vntil the boke was all brente in the fyre vpon the herth Yet no man was abashed therof or rente his clothes nether the kynge himselffe ner his seruauntes though they herde all these wordes Neuertheles Elnathan Dalias ād Gamarias besoughte the kings that he wolde not burne the boke notwithstondinge y e kynge wolde not heare them but commaunded Ieramyhel the sonne off Amalech Sarias the sonne of Esriel and Selamia y e sonne of Abdiel to laye hondes vpon Baruch the scrybe and vpon Ieremy the prophet but the LORDE kepte them out of sight After now that the kynge had brente the boke ād y e sermōs which Baruch wrote at y e mouth off Ieremy The worde of the LORDE came vnto Ieremy sayenge Take another boke and write in it all the forsayde sermons that were written in the first boke which Ioachim the kynge off Iuda hath brente And tell Ioachim the kynge off Iuda Thus saieth the LORDE thou hast brente y e boke and thoughtest within thy selff Why hast thou written therin that the kynge off Babilon shal come make this lōde waist so that he shall make both people and catel to be out of it Therfore thus the LORDE saieth of Ioachim the kynge of Iuda There shal none of his generacion syt vpon the trone of Dauid His deed corse shal be cast out that the heat off the daye and the frost of the night maye come vpon him And I will vyset the wickednes of him of his sede and of his seruauntes Morouer all the euell that I haue promised thē though they herde me not will I bringe vpon them vpon y e inhabitours of Ierusalem and vpon all Iuda Then toke Ieremy another boke and gaue it Baruch the scrybe the sonne of Nerias which wrote therin out of the mouth off Ieremy all the sermons that were in the first boke which Ioachim the kynge off Iuda dyd burne And there were added vnto them many mo
anothers Chap. XIX The captiuyte off the kyngâ—s of Iuda The crueltie of kinges and princes Chap. XX. The greate vnthanfulnesse off the people Agayne the merciful longe sufferaunce of God Chap. XXI The swearde prophecyed to come vpon Israel and the Ammonites by the kynge of Babilon Chap. XXII The synnes wherfore IerusaleÌ„ was punished both the prophetes prestes rulers and comon people Chap. XXIII The Idolatry or whordome of Samaria and Ierusalem Chap. XXIIII The destruccion off Ierusalem and captiuyte of the people signified by the pot Chap. XXV Agaynst Ammon Moab Seir and the Palestynes Chap. XXVI He mourneth vpon the cite off Tyre otherwyse called Zor for the destruccion that was to come vpon her Chap. XXVII XXVIII Agaynst the prince of Tyre and agaynst Sidon Chap. XXIX XXX.XXXI.XXXII Plages vpon Egipte and the kynges therof Chap. XXXIII The office off a preacher The worde of God must be folowed in very 〈◊〉 and not only in mouth Chap. XXXIIII Agaynst euell shepherdes Christ the only true shepherde is promised Chap. XXXV Agaynst the mount Seir that is agaynst the Edomites Chap. XXXVI A promyse of the delyueraunce of Israel Chap. XXXVII A consolacion for the Israelites and a figure of the generall resurreccioÌ„ signified by the drye bones Chap. XXXVIII XXXIX Of Gog and Magog with their destruccion Chap. XL. From this chapter vnto the ende the prophet seith in a vision the buyldinge agayne of IerusaleÌ„ aÌ„d the temple Wherby is descrybed the mystery off the church off christ and saluacion of the faithfull in hiâ— â–ª The first Chapter IT chauÌ„sed in the xxx yeare the fifth daye off the fourth Moneth that I was amonge the presoners by the ryuer off Cobar where the heauens opened I sawe a vision of God Now the fifth daye off the Moneth made out the fyfth yeare off kynge Ioachims captiuyte At the same tyme came y e worde off the LORDE vnto Ezechiel the sonne off Buzi prest in the londe off the Caldees by the water of Cobar where the honde off the LORDE came vpoÌ„ him And I loked beholde a stormy wynde came out off the north with a greate doude full of fyre which w t his glistre lightened all rounde aboute And in y e myddest off the fyre it was all cleare and as it were the licknesse of foure beastes which were fashioned like a man sauynge that euery one had foure faces and foure wynges Their legges were straight but their fete were like bullockes fete and they glistred as it had bene fayre scoured metall Vnder their wynges vpon all the foure corners they had mens hondes Their faces and the it wynges were towarde the foure corners yet were the wynges so that one euer touched another When they wente they turned them not aboute but ech one wente straight forwarde Vpon the rightside off these foure their faces were like the face off a man and the fa off a Lyon But vpon the left side they had the face off an oxe and the face off an Aegle Their faces also and their wynges werespred out aboue so that two wynges off one touched euer two wynges off another and with the other two they couered their bodie Euery one when it wente it wente straight forwarde Where as the sprete led them thither they wente and turned not aboute in their goynge The fashion and countenauÌ„ce of the beestes was like hote coales off fyre euen as though burnynge cresshettes had bene amonge the beestes and the fyre gaue a glistre and out off the fyre there wente lighteninge WheÌ„ y e beestes weÌ„te forwarde backwarde one wolde haue thought it had lightened Now wheÌ„ I had well considered the beestes I sawe a worke off wheles vpon the earth with foure faces also like the beestes The fashion worke of the wheles was like the see The foure wheles were ioyned and made to loke vpon as it had bene one whele in another When one wente forwarde they wente all foure and turned theÌ„ not aboute iÌ„ their goinge They were large greate and horrible to loke vpon Their bodies were full off eyes rounde aboute them all foure WheÌ„ the beestes weÌ„te the wheles wente also with them And when the beestes lift them selues vp from y e earth the wheles were lift vp also Whyther so euer the sprete wente thither wente they also y e wheles were lift vp folowed theÌ„ for y e sprete of life was in the wheles When y e beestes weÌ„te forth stode still or lift them selues vp from the earth then the wheles also wente stode still were lift vp for y e breth off life was in the wheles Aboue ouer y e heades of the beestes there was a firmament which was fashioned as it had bene off the most pure Christall that was spred out aboue vpon their heades vnder the same firmament were their wynges layed abrode one towarde another and two wynges couered the body of euery beest And when thy wente forth I herde the noyse off their wynges like the noyse of greate waters as it had bene the voyce off the greate God and a russhinge together as it were off an hoost off men And when they stode still they let downe their winges Now when they stode still and had letten downe their wynges it thondred in the firmament that was aboue their heades Aboue the firmament that was ouer their heades there was the fashion off a seate as it had bene made off Saphir Apon the seate there sat one like a maÌ„ I behelde him and he was like a cleare light as it had bene all of fyre with in from his loynes vpwarde And beneth when I loked vpon him vnder y e loynes me thought he was like a shyninge fyre that geueth light on euery syde Yee the shyne and glistre y t lightened rounde aboute was like a raynbowe which in a raynie daye apeareth in the cloudes EueÌ„ so was the similitude wherin the glory off the LORDE apeared WheÌ„ I sawe it I fell vpon my face and herkened vnto the voyce off him that spake The II. Chapter THen sayde he vnto me Stonde vp vpon thy fete O thou sonne of maÌ„ and I will talke with the. And as he was commonynge with me the sprete came in to me and set me vp vpon my fete so that I marcked the thinge that he sayde vnto me And he sayde Beholde thou sonne off man I will sende the to the children off Israel to those runnagates and obstinate people for they haue takeÌ„ parte agaynst me and are runne a waye fro me both they and their forefathers vnto this daye Yee I will sende y e vnto a people y t haue rough vysages and stiff stomackes vnto whom thou shalt saye on this maner This the LORDE God himselff hath spoken y t whether they be obedient or no for it is a frauwarde housholde they maye knowe yet that there hath bene a prophet amonge them Therfore thou sonne off man feare theÌ„ not
mercy to those that wil repente Chap· III. The mercifull loue of God towarde the same vnthankful people Chap. IIII. The synnes of the prestes and of the people with reprofe for the same Chap. V. Against the prestes that disceaue the people Chap. VI. The vnthankfulnes of the People Agayne the louynge kyndnesse of God Chap. VII No medycine can helpe so sore are they wounded with ydolatry Chap. VIII Idolatry in Samaria and Israel Chap. IX Punyszhment vpon Israel for Idolatry Chap. X. The vnthankfulnesse of Israel The calfe in Samaria for the which and soch like abhominacions he telleth them of destruccion Cha. XI.XII. God calleth them agayne with rehearsinge his benefites done to them afore Chap. XIII He sheweth them their wickednesse and punyszhment for the same Chap. XIIII He crieth and exorteth the people to conuerte promisynge swetely and louyngly to receaue them This is the worde of the LORDE that came vnto Oseas the sonne of Beeri in the dayes of Osias Ioathan Achas Ezechias kinges of Iuda and in the tyme of Ieroboam the sonne of Ioas kynge of Israel The first Chapter FIrst when the LORDE spake vnto Oseas he saide vnto him Go thy waye take an harlot to thy wife and get childreÌ„ by her for the â—ode hath coÌ„mitted greate whordome agaynst the LORDE So he wente and toke Gomer y e doughter of Deblaim which conceaued and brought forth a sonne And the LORDE sayde vnto him call his name Iesrael for I wil shortly auenge the bloude of Iesrael vpon the house of Iehu and will bringe the kingdome of the house of Israel to an ende Then will I breake the bowe of Israel in the valley of Iesrael She conceaued yet agayne and bare a doughter And he sayde vnto him Call hir name Loruhama that is not opteyninge mercy ofr I wil haue no pyte vpon the house of Israel but forget them and put them clene out of remembraunce Neuerthelesse I wil haue mercy vpon the house of Iuda wil saue them euen thorow the LORDE their God But I wil not delyuer them thorow eny bow swearde batel horses or horsmen Now when she had weened Loruhama she conceaued agayne bare a sonne Then sayde he call his name Lo Ami that is to saye not my people For why ye are not my people therfore will not I be yours And though the nombre of the children of Israel be as the sonde of the see which can nether be measured ner tolde Yet in the place where it is sayde vnto them ye be not my people euen there shall it be thus reported of them they be y e childreÌ„ of the lyuynge God Then shal the children of Iuda and the childreÌ„ of Israel be gathered together agayne chose them selues one heade and then departe out of the londe for greate shal be the daye of Iesrael The II. Chapter TEll youre brethren that they are my people and youre sisteren that they haue optayned mercy As for youre mother ye shal chyde with her and reproue her for she is not my wife nether am I hir huszboÌ„de vnlesse she put awaye hir whordome out of my sight and hir aduoutry from hir brestes Yf no I shal strype her naked set her euen as she came in to y e worlde Yee I shal laye hir waist and make her like a wildernesse and slaye her for thyrste I shal haue no pite also vpon hir children for they be the children of fâ—rnicacion Their mother hath broken hir wedlocke and she that bare them is come to coÌ„fucion For she sayde I wil go after my louers that geue me my water and my bred my woll my flax my oyle and my drynke But I will hedge hir waye with thornes and stoppe it that she shal not fynde hir fotestoppes and though she runne after hir louers yet shall she not get them she shal seke them but not fynde them Then shal she saye well I will go turne agayne to my first huszbonde for at y t tyme was I better at ease then now But this wolde she not knowe where as I yet gaue her corne wyne oyle syluer and golde which she hath hanged vpon Baal Wherfore now will I go take my corne wyne agayne in their season and fet agayne my woll and my flax which I gaue her to couer hir shame And now will I dyscouer hir foolishnesse euen in the sight of hir louers and no man shal delyuer her out of my hondes Morouer I wil take awaye all hir myrth hir holy dayes hir newmoones hir Sabbathes and all hir solempne feastes I will destroye hir vynyardes and fyge trees though she saieth lo here are my rewardes that my louers haue geuen me I wil make it a wodde and the wylde beestes shall eate it vp I will punysh her also for the dayes of Baal wherin she censed him deckynge him with hir earynges and cheynes when she folowed hir louers and forgat me saieth the LORDE Wherfore beholde I wil call her againe bringe her in to a wildernes and speake frendly vnto her there wil I geue her hir vynyardes agayne yee and the valley of Achor also to shewe hir hope comforte Then shal she synge there as in the tyme of hir youth like as in the daye when she came out of the londe of Egipte Then saieth the LORDE she shal saye vnto me O my houszbande shal call me nomore Baal for I wil take awaye those names of Baal from hir mouth yee she shal neuer remembre their names eny more Then will I make a couenaunt with them with the wylde beastes with the foules of the ayre with euerythinge that crepeth vpon the earth As for bowe swerde and batel I will destroye soch out of the londe wil make them to slepe safely Thus wil I mary the vnto myne owne self for euermore yee euen to my self wil I mary the in rightuousnesse in equyte in louynge kyndnesse and mercy In faith also will I mary the vnto my self thou shalt knowe the LORDE At the same tyme wil I shewe my self frendly and gracious vnto y e heauens saieth the LORDE the heauens shal helpe the earth and the earth shal helpe the corne wyne and oyle and they shal helpe Iesrael I wil sowe them vpoÌ„ earth for a sede to myne owne self wil haue mercy vpon her y t was without mercy And to theÌ„ which were not my people I wil saye thou art my people And he shal saye thou art my God The III. Chapter THen sayde y e LORDE to me Go yet y e waye wowe an aduouterous womaÌ„ whoÌ„ thy neghboure loueth as y e LORDE doth the childreÌ„ of Israel how be it they haue respecte to straunge goddes and loue the wyne kannes So I gat her for xv syluerlinges and for an Homer and an half of barlye sayde vnto her Thou shalt byde with me
of the prophet Ieremy and tyll the londe had hir rest namely all the tyme y t it laye wayest had it rest quyetnes lxxvij yeares The II. Chapter NOw whā kynge Cyrus raigned ouer the Persians whā the LORDE wolde perfourme the worde y t he had promysed by the mouth of the prophet Ieremy the LORDE raysed vp the sprete of Cyrus the kynge of the Persiās so y t he caused this wrytinge to be proclamed thorow out his whole realme sayenge Thus sayeth the kynge of y e Persians The LORDE of Israel that hye LORDE hath made me kynge of the lōde and commaunded me to buylde him an house at Ierusalem in Iewry Yf there be eny now of youre people y e LORDE be with him and go vp with him to Ierusalem And all they that dwell rounde aboute y t place shal helpe thē whether it be with golde with syluer with giftes with horses and necessary catell and all other thinges that are brought w t a fre wyll to the house of the LORDE at Ierusalē Then the pryncipall mē out of the trybes and vyllages of Iuda and Ben Iamin stode vp so dyd the prestes also the leuites whō the LORDE had moued to go vp and to buylde the house of the LORDE at Ierusalē And they that were aboute them helped them w t all maner of golde and syluer and catell also and with many liberall giftes and this dyd many one whose mynde was stered vp therto Kynge Cyrus also brought forth the vessels and ornamentes that were halowed vnto the LORDE which Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon had caried awaye from Ierusalem and consecrated them to his Idoll and ymage and delyuered them to Mithridatus his treasurer and by him they were delyuered to Salmanasar y e debyte in Iewry And this was the nōbre of them Two thousande and iiij C. syluer boules xxx syluer basens xxx basens of golde ij M. and iiij C. vessels of syluer and a thousande besyde All the vessels of golde and syluer were v. M.viij C. and lx These were nombred vnto Salmanasar and them that were come agayne with him to Ierusalē out of the captiuyte of Babilon Now in the tyme of kynge Artaxerses the kynge of Persia these men Balemus and Mithridatus Sabellius Rathimus Balthemus Semelius y e scrybe and other that dwelt in Samaria in other places vnder y e dominion therof Wrote a letter vnto kynge Artaxerses wherin they complayned vnto the kynge of them in Iewry and Ierusalem The letter was made after this maner Syr thy seruauntes Rathimus the story wryter Sabellius the Scrybe other iudges of thy courte in Celosyria and Phenices Be it knowne and manifest to o r lorde the kyn that the Iewes which are come vp frō you vnto vs into the rebellious and wicked cite begynne to buylde it agayne and the walles aboute it and to set vp the tēple of the new Now yf this cite and the walles therof be sett vp agayne they shal not only refuse to geue trybutes and taxinges but also rebell vtterly agaynst the kynge And for so moch as they take this in hande now aboute the temple we thought it reason to thinke no scorne of it but to shewe it vnto o r lorde the kynge to certifie him therof to the intent y t yf it please the kinge he maye cause it be sought in the bokes of olde and thou shalt fynde soch warnynge wrytten and shalt vnderstonde that this cite hath allwaye bene rebellious and disobedient that it hath subdued kynges and cities and that the Iewes which dwell therin haue euer bene a rebellious obstinate vnfaithfull and fightinge people for the which cause this cite is waysted Wherfore now we certifie oure lorde the kynge that yf this cite be buylded and occupied agayne the walles therof set vp a new thou canst haue no passage in to Celosyria and Phenices Then wrote the kynge to Rathimus the story wryter to Balthemus to Sabellius y e scrybe and to the other officers and dwellers in Syria and Phenices after this maner I haue red the epistle which thou sentest vnto me and haue commaunded to make diligent search and haue founde that the cite hath euer resisted kynges that the same people are dishobedient and haue caused moch warre that mightie kynges haue raigned in Ierusalem which also haue raysed vp taxinges of Syria and Phenices Wherfore I haue commaūded those people that they shal not buylde the cite that they make no more in it and that they procede no further with the buyldinge for so moch as it might be the cause of warre and displeasure vnto kynges Now whan Rathymus and Sabellius the scrybe and the rulers in the londe had red the wrytinge of kynge Artaxerses they gatt them together and came in all the haist to Ierusalem with an hoost of horsemen and with moch people of fote and forbad them to buylde And so they left of from buyldinge of the temple vnto the seconde yeare of kynge Darius The III. Chapter KYnge Darius made a greate feast vnto his seruaūtes vnto all his courte to all the officers of Media and Persia yee and to all the debytes rulers that were vnder him from India vnto Ethiopia an hundreth xxvij countrees So whan they had eaten and dronken beinge satisfied and were gone home agayne Darius the kynge wente in to his chambre layed him downe to slepe and so awaked Then the thre yonge men that kepte the kynges personne and watched his body commoned amonge them selues and spake one to another Let euery one of vs saye some thinge and loke whose sentence is wyser and more excellent then the other vnto him shal kinge Darius geue greate giftes and clothe him with purple He shal geue him vessels of golde to drynke in clothes of golde and coueringes he shall make him a costly charett a brydle of golde he shall geue him a bonet of whyte sylke and a chayne of golde aboute his neck yee he shal be the seconde pryncipall nexte vnto kynge Darius that because of his wyszdome and shal be called y e kynges kynsman So euery one wrote his meaninge sealed it and layed it vnder the kinges pelowe and sayde whan the kynge aryseth we will geue him oure wrytinges and loke whose worde the kynge and his chefe lordes iudge to be the most wysely spoken the same shall haue the victory One wrote wyne is a stronge thinge The secōde wrote The kynge is strōger The thirde wrote wemen haue yet more strength but aboue all thinges y e trueth beareth awaye the victory Now whan the kynge was rysen vp they toke their wrytinges and delyuered them vnto him and so hered them Then sent he forth to call all his chefe lordes all the debytes rulers of the countrees of Media and Persia. And whan they were sett downe in the councell the wrytinges were red before them And he commaunded to call for y e
loke for the life which God shal geue vnto them that neuer turne their beleue from him Anna his wife wente daylie to the weeuynge worke loke what lyuinge she coude get w t the labo r of hir handes she brought it And it happened y t she toke a kyd and brought it home And whan hir huszband herd it crie he sayde loke y t it be not stollen restore it agayne to the owners for it is not laufull for vs to eate or to touch eny thinge of theft Then was his wife angrie and sayde Now is thy hope become vayne openly thy allmes dedes are manifest With these soch like wordes dyd she cast him in the tethe The III. Chapter THen Tobias toke it heuely w t teares beganne to make his prayer sayeÌ„ge O LORDE thou art righteous all thy iudgmeÌ„tes are true yee all y e wayes are mercy faithfulnes iudgmeÌ„t And now O LORDE be myndefull of me take no vengeaunce of my synnes nether remembre my myszdedes ner y e myszdedes of my elders For we haue not bene obedieÌ„t vnto y e coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes therfore are we spoyled brought in to captiuyte in to death in to derision shame vnto all nacions amoÌ„ge whoÌ„ thou hast â—catred vs. And now O LORDE y e iudgmentes are greate for we haue not done acordiÌ„ge to y e coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes nether haue we walked innoceÌ„tly before ye. And now O LORDE deâ—le with me acordinge to thy wil coÌ„maunde my sprete to be receaued in peace for mere erpedieÌ„t were it for me to dye theÌ„ to lyue At the same tyme it happened that Sara the daughter of Raguel at Rages a cite of y e Medes was slaundred of one of hir fathers handmaydes namely that she shulde haue had seuen huszbandes which as soone as they were gone in vnto hir were slayne of the deuell called Asmodeus Therfore whan she reproued the mayden for hir faute she answerde her sayenge God let vs neuer se sonne ner daughter of the more vpon earth thou kyller of thy huszbandes Wilt thou slay me also as thou hast slayne seuen men At this voyce weÌ„te Sara in to an hye chamber of hir house and thre dayes and thre nightes she nether ate ner draÌ„ke but coÌ„tynued in prayer and besought God with teares that he wolde delyuer her from this rebuke Vpon the thirde daye it chaunced that whan she had made an ende of hir prayer she praysed the LORDE sayenge Blessed be thy name O God of o r fathers which whan thou art wroth shewest mercy and in the tyme of trouble thou forgeuest the synnes of them that call vpon the. Vnto the O LORDE turne I my face vnto the lift I vp myne eyes I beseke y e O LORDE lowse me out of the bondes of this rebuke or els take me vtterly awaye froÌ„ of y e earth Thou knowest LORDE that I neuer had desyre vnto man and that I haue kepte my soule cleane from all vnclenly lust I haue not kepte company with those that passe their tyme in sporte nether haue I made my self partaker with them that walke in lighte behauoure Neuertheles an huszbande haue I consented to take not for my pleasure but in thy feare Now peraduenture either I haue bene vnworthy of them or els were they vnmete for me for thou happly hast kepte me to another huszband For why thy councell is not in y e power of man But who so euer loueth the and serueth the a right is sure that yf his life be tempted and proued it staÌ„deth in the tryenge and yf he endure in pacience he shal haue a rewarde and be hylie crowned and yf he be in trouble that God no doute shal delyuer him and yf his life be in chastenynge that he shall haue leue to come vnto thy mercy For thou hast no pleasure in oure dampnacion why after a storme thou makest y e wether fayre and still after wepinge and heuynes thou geuest greate ioye Thy name O God of Israel be praysed for euer At the same tyme were both their prayers herde in the sight of the magesty of the Hyest God And Raphael the holy angel of the LORDE was sent to helpe theÌ„ both whose prayers came together before God The IIII. Chapter SO whaÌ„ Tobias thought his prayer to be herde that he might dye he called vnto him his sonne Tobias sayde vnto him My sonne heare the wordes of my mouth and laye theÌ„ in thine hert as a foundacion Whan God taketh awaye my soule burie thou my body holde thy mother in honoure all the dayes of hir life For thou oughtest to remembre what and how greate parels she suffred for y e in hir woÌ„be And whaÌ„ she also hath fulfilled the tyme of hir life bury her besyde me Haue God in thy thought all the dayes of thy life bewarre lest at eny tyme thou coÌ„sent vnto synne and lest thou let slippe the commaundemeÌ„tes of the LORDE oure God Geue allmes of thy goodes and turne neuer thy face from the poore and so shal it come to passe that the face of the LORDE shal not be turned awaye from the. Be mercifull after y e power Yf thou hast moch geue pleÌ„teously yf thou hast litle do thy diligence gladly to geue of that litle For so gatherest thou thy self a good rewarde in the daye of necessite For allmes delyuereth froÌ„ death suffreth not the soule to come in darcknes A greate comforte is allmes before the hye God vnto all them that do it My sonne kepe the well from all whordome and besyde thy wife se that no faute be knowne of the. Let neuer pryde haue rule in thy mynde ner in thy worde for in pryde beganne all destruccion Who so euer worketh eny thinge for the immediatly geue him his hyre and loke that thy hyred seruaunte wagies remayne not by the ouer night Loke that thou neuer do vnto another man the thinge that thou woldest not another maÌ„ shulde do vnto the. Eate thy bred with the hongrie and poore and couer the naked with thy clothes Set thy bred and wyne vpon the buryall of the righteous and do not thou eate and drynke therof with the synners Axe euer councell at y e wyse Be allwaye thankfull vnto God and be seke him that he will ordre thy wayes that what so euer thou deuysest or takest in hande it maye remayne in him I certifie the also my sonne that whan thou wast yet but a bab I delyuered ten talentes of syluer vnto Gabelus at Rages a cite of the Medes his handwritinge haue I by me And therfore seke some meanes how thou mayest come by him receaue of him y e sayde weight of syluer and geue him his handwritynge agayne My sonne be not afrayed trueth it is we lede here a poore life but greate good shall we haue yf we feare God and departe from all synne and do
in to Raguel which receaued them ioyfully And whan Raguel loked vpon Tobias he sayde vnto Anna his wife How like is this yonge man vnto my sisters sonne And whan he had spoken this he saide whence be ye good brethren They saide Of the trybe of Nephtali out of the captiuyte of Niniue Then sayde Raguel vnto them knowe ye my brother Tobias They saide yee we knowe him well And whan he had spoken moch good of him the angell sayde vnto Raguel Tobias of whom thou axest is this yonge mās father Then Raguel bowed him self downe and wepte toke him aboute the neck and kyssed him and sayde Gods blessynge haue thou my sonne for thou art the sonne of a good vertuous man And Anna his wyfe and Sara his daughter wepte also Now whā they had talked together Raguel bad kyll a wether and to make a feast And whā he prayed thē to sytt downe to dyner Tobias sayde I wil nether eate ner drinke here this daye excepte thou first graunte me my peticion promyse me to geue me thy daughter Sara Whan Raguel herde this he was astonnyed for he knew what had happened vnto the other seuen men that wēte in vnto her and he begannne to feare that it shulde chaunce vnto him also in like maner And whyle he stode so in doute and gaue the yonge man no answere the angell sayde vnto him Feare not to geue him thy daughter for vnto this man that feareth God belōgeth thy daughter to wife therfore might none other haue her Thē sayde Raguel I doute not but God hath accepted my prayers and teares in his sight and I trust he caused you to come vnto me for the same intent that this daughter of myne might be maried in hir owne kynred acordinge to the lawe of Moses And now dowte thou not but I wil geue her vnto the So he toke the righthande of his daughter and gaue her in to the right hāde of Tobias and sayde The God of Abrahā the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob be with you ioyne you together and fulfill his blessynge in you And they toke a letter and made a wrytinge of the mariage And then made they mery and praysed God And Raguel called Anna his wife vnto him and bad her prepare another chamber and thither he brought Sara his daughter and she wepte Then sayde he vnto her Be of good cheare my daughter the LORDE of heauen geue the ioye for the heuynesse that thou hast suffred The VIII Chapter NOw after y t they had supped they brought the yōge man in to her Thē thought Tobias vpon the wordes of the angell and toke out of his bagg a pece of the leuer of the fish and layed it vpon the hote coales So the angell Raphael toke holde of the deuell and sent him awaye and bounde him in the wyldernes of the hyer Egipte Thē spake Tobias vnto the virgin and sayde Vp Sara let vs make oure prayer vnto God to daye tomorow and ouermorow for these thre nightes wil we reconcyle oure selues with God and whan the thirde holy night is past we shall ioyne together in y e deutye of mariage For we are the children of holy men and we maye not come together as the Heithen y t knowe not God Then stode they vp both together and be sought God earnestly y t he wolde preserue them And Tobias sayde O LORDE God of o fathers praysed be thou of heauē earth of the see welles floudes of all the crea tures that be therin Thou maydest Adam of the moulde of the earth gauest him Eua for an helper And now LORDE thou knowest that it is not because of voluptuousnes that I take this sister of myne to wyfe but onely for the loue of childen in whom thy name be blessed for euer And Sara sayde haue mercy vpon vs O LORDE haue mercy vpon vs and let vs both come whole and sounde to a good age And aboute the cocke crowe it happened that Raguel called his seruauntes and they wēte with him to make a graue For he sayde it is chaunced vnto him peraduēture as it dyd vnto the other seuen men that wente in vnto her Now whā they had made the graue Raguel came agayne to his wyfe and sayde vnto her sende one of thy maydēs to loke yf he be deed that I maye burye him afore it be light daye So she sent a mayden to se which whan she came in to the chamber she founde them whole and sounde slepynge together And so she came agayne brought good tydinges Then Raguel and Anna his wife praysed y e LORDE and sayde Praysed be thou o LORDE God of Israel For it is not happened vnto vs as we thought For thou hast dealte mercifully with vs and put awaye from vs the enemye that persecuted vs and hast shewed mercy vnto yonder two beloued O LORDE cause thē to magnifie the more perfectly and to offre the the sacrifice of thy prayse and of their health that all people maye knowe y t thou onely art God in all the earth And immediatly Raguel commaunded his seruauntes to fyll the graue that they had made with earth afore it was light and bade his wife prepare a feast to make ready all thinges that were necessary for meate to soch as wente by y e waye He caused two fatt kyne also and foure wethers to be slayne meates to be prepared for all his neghbours and frendes And Raguel charged Tobias to remayne with him two wekes As for all the good y t he had he gaue Tobias y e one half of it and made this wrytinge that the half which remayned shulde fall vnto Tobias after their death The IX Chapter THen Tobias called vnto him the angell whom he thought to haue bene a man and sayde vnto him Brother Azarias I praye the herkē vnto my wordes Yf I shulde geue myself to be y e seruaunt I shal not deserue y e prouydence Neuertheles I beseke the that thou wylt take the beastes and the seruauntes and go vnto Gabelus in Rages the cite of the Meedes and delyuer him his handwrytinge and receaue the money of him and praye him to come to my mariage For thou knowest thy self that my father telleth y e dayes and yf I tary one daye to longe he wyl be sory in his mynde Now seist thou how earnestly Raguel hath requyred me so that I can not saye him nay Then toke Raphael foure of Raguels seruauntes and two Camels wente vnto Rages the cite of the Medes and whan he had founde Gabelus he gaue him his handwrytynge receaued all y e money He tolde him also of Tobias y e sonne of Toby how all thīges had happened caused him to come w t him to y e mariage Now whan he came in to the house of Raguel he foūde Tobias syttinge at y e table he leape vp they kyssed one another and Gabelus wepte and praysed
hath shewed his mercy vnto vs. It is good to hyde the Kynges secrete but to shew and to prayse y e workes of God it is an honorable thinge Prayer is good with fastinge and to geue allmes is better then to hoorde vp treasures of golde For allmes delyuereth from death clenseth synne and causeth to fynde euerlastinge life But they that do synne and vnrighteousnes are y e enemies of their owne soules Wherfore I tell you the trueth and wyll hyde nothinge from you Whan thou praydest with teares and burydest the deed and leftest thy dyner and hyddest the deed in thy house vpon the daye tyme that thou mightest burye them in the night I offred thy prayer before the LORDE And because thou wast accepte and beloued of God it was necessary that tentacion shulde trye the. And now hath the LORDE sent me to heale the and to delyuer Sara y e sonnes wife from the euell sprete For I am Raphael an angell one of the seuen that stonde before God Whā they herde this they were sore afrayed and trembled and fell downe vpon their faces vnto the grounde Then sayde the angell Peace be with you feare not Where as I haue bene w t you it is the will of God geue prayse and thankes vnto him You thought that I dyd eate and drinke with you but I vse meate that is invisible and drynke that can not be sene of men Now therfore is y e tyme that I must turne agayne vnto him that sent me but be ye thankfull vnto God and tell out all his wonderous workes And whan he had spoken these wordes he was taken awaye out of their sight so y t they sawe him nomore Then fell they downe flat vpon their faces by the space of thre houres and praysed God and whan they rose vp they tolde all his wōderous workes Then XIII Chapter THen olde Tobias opened his mouth and praysed the LORDE and sayde Greate art thou o LORDE for euermore and thy kyngdome worlde without ende for thou scourgest and healest thou ledest vnto hell and bryngest out agayne and there is none y t maye escape thy hande O geue thankes vnto y e LORDE ye children of Israel and prayse him in the sight of the Heithē For amonge the Heithen which knowe him not hath he scatred you to the intēt that ye shulde shew forth his maruelous workes cause them for to knowe that there is none other God allmightie but he He hath chastened vs for oure myszdedes and for his owne mercy sake shal he saue vs. Considre then how he hath dealt w t you prayse him with feare and drede and magnifie the euerlastinge kynge in yo r workes I wil prayse him euen in the londe of my captiuyte for he hath shewed his maiesty vnto a synfull people Turne you therfore O ye synners and do righteousnes before God and be ye sure that he wyl shew his mercy vpon you As for me my soule we wil reioyse in God O prayse the LORDE all ye his chosen holde the dayes of gladnesse and be thankfull vnto him O Ierusalem thou cite of God the LORDE hath punyshed the for the workes of thine owne handes O prayse the LORDE in thy good thinges geue thankes to the euerlastinge God that he maye builde vp his tabernacle agayne in y e that he maye call agayne vnto the all soch as be in captiuyte and that thou mayest haue ioye for euermore With a fayre light shalt thou shyne all y e endes of y e worlde shal honoure the. The people shal come vnto the from farre they shal bringe giftes and worshipe y e LORDE in the and thy londe shal they haue for a Sanctuary for they shal call vpon the greate name in the. Cursed shal they be that despyse the all they that blaspheme the shal be condēpned but blessed shal they be y t buylde the vp As for the thou shalt reioyse in y i childrē for they all shal be blessed and gathered together vnto the LORDE Blessed are they all y t loue y e and be glad of thy peace Prayse thou the LORDE o my soule for the LORDE oure God hath delyuered his cite Ierusalem from all hir troubles I wil counte my self happie yf my sede remayne to se y e clearnes of Ierusalē The gates of Ierusalem shal be buylded with Saphyre and Smaragde and all the cōpase of hir walles with precious stones All hir stretes shal be paued w t whyte Marblestone and in all hir stretes shal Alleluya be sunge Praysed be y e LORDE which hath exalted her y t his kyngdome maye be vpon her for euermore Amen And so Tobias made an ende of his talkynge The XIIII Chapter ANd after that Tobias had gottē his sight agayne he lyued two and xl yeares sawe his childers children Now whan he was an hundreth and two yeare olde he dyed was buried honorably in Niniue For whan he was sixe and fiftie yeares of age he lost the sight of his eyes and whā he was thre score yeare olde he gat his sight agayne The residue of his life led he in ioye and increased well in the feare of God departed in peace But in y e houre of his death he called vnto him his sonne Tobias seuen yonge springaldes his sonnes children and sayde vnto them The destruccion of Niniue is at hande for the worde of the LORDE can not fayle and oure brethren that are scatred out of the londe of Israel shal come thither agayne And the whole londe of it that hath bene waist shal be fylled and the house of God that was brent in it shal be buylded againe all soch as feare God shall returne thither the Heithen also shal forsake their Idols come to Ierusalem and dwell there and all the kynges of the earth shal be glad of her and worshipe the LORDE God of Israel And therfore my children heare youre father Serue the LORDE in faithfulnes seke after his will and do the thinge that pleaseth him Commaunde youre children y t they do right geue allmes be myndefull of God and euer to be thankfull vnto him in trueth and with all their power Heare me therfore my childrē and abyde not here but in what daye so euer ye haue buried youre mother besyde me gett you from hence For I se that the wickednes of it shal brynge it to destruccion and ende After y e death of his mother Tobias departed awaye from Niniue with his wife and children and with his childers children came agayne to his father and mother in lawe and founde them whole and in a good age and toke the care of thē And he closed their eyes and was heyre vnto all Raguels goodes and sawe the fifth generacion and childers childrē And whan he was xcix yeare of age he dyed in the feare of the LORDE and his kynsfolkes buried him And all his posterite
wildernesse Moses intreateth for the people Chap. XIX Like as the wicked are euer synnynge more and more so doth the wrath of God neuer ceasse tyll they be destroyed Of them that were punyshed in the tyme of Loth. The first Chapter O Set youre affeccion vpoÌ„ wyszdome ye that be iudges of the earth Haue a good opinion of the LORDE seke him in the synglenesse of hert For he will be fouÌ„de of them that tempte him not and appeareth vnto soch as put their trust in him As for frowarde thoughtes they separate from God but vertue yf it be alowed refourmeth y e vnwyse And why wyszdome shall not entre in to a frowarde soule ner dwell in the body that is subdued vnto synne For the holy goost abhorreth fayned nurtoure withdraweth himself froÌ„ y e thoughtes that are without vnderstondinge where wickednes hath the vpper haÌ„de he flieth from thence For the sprete of wyszdome is louynge gentle and gracious and wil haue no pleasure in him that speaketh euell with his lippes For God is a witnesse of his reynes a true searcher out of his hert and an hearer of his tonge For the sprete of y e LORDE fylleth the rounde compasse of the worlde and y e same that vpholdeth all thinges hath knowlege also of the voyce Therfore he that speaketh vnrighteous thinges can not be hydd nether maye he escape the iudgmeÌ„t of reprofe And why inquysicion shal be made for the thoughtes of the vngodly and the reporte of his wordes shal come vnto God so that his wickednes shal be punished For the eare of gelousy heareth all thinges and the noyse of the grudginges shal not be hydd Therfore bewarre of murmuringe which is nothinge worth and refrayne youre tonge from slauÌ„der For there is no worde so darck and secrete that it shall go for naught and the mouth that speaketh lyes slayeth the soule O seke not youre owne death in y e erroure of youre life destroye not youre selues thorow the workes of youre awne handes For God hath not made death nether hath he pleasure in the destruccion of the lyuynge For he created all thinges that they might haue their beynge yee all the people of the earth hath he made that they shulde haue health that there shulde be no destruccion in them and that the kyngdome of hell shulde not be vpon earth for righteousnesse is euerlastinge and immortall but vnrighteousnes bringeth death Neuerthelesse the vngodly call her vnto them both w t wordes workes whyle they thinke to haue a frende of her they come to naught for the vngodly that are confederate with her and take hir parte are worthy of death The II. Chapter FOr y e vngodly talke ymagin thus amonge them selues but not right The tyme of oure life is but short tedious when a man is once gone he hath nomore ioye ner pleasure nether knowe we eny man y t turneth agayne from death for we are borne of naught we shal be herafter as though we had neuer bene For oure breth is as a smoke in oure nostrels y e wordes as a sparck to moue oure herte As for o r body it shal be very aszshes y t are queÌ„ched o r soule shal vanish as y e soft ayre Oure life shall passe awaye as y e trace of a cloude come to naught as y e myst y t is dryueÌ„ awaye w t the beames of y e Sonne put downe w t the heate therof Oure name also shal be forgotten by litle litle no man shal haue oure workes in remembraunce For o r tyme is a very shadow y t passeth awaye after o r ende there is no returnynge for it is fast sealed so y t no maÌ„ coÌ„meth agayne Come on therfore let vs enioye y e pleasures y t there are let vs soone vse y e creature like as in youth We wil fyll oure selues w t good wyne oyntment there shal no floure of the tyme go by vs. We wil crowne o r selues w t roses afore they be wythered There shal be no fayre medowe but o r lust shall go thorow it Let euery one of you be partaker of oure volupteousnes Let vs leaue some token of o r pleasure in euery place for y t is oure porcion els gett we nothinge Let vs oppresse the poore righteous let vs not spare the wyddowe ner olde man let vs not regarde y e heades y t are gray for age Let y e lawe of vnrighteousnesse be oure auctorite for y e thinge y t is feble is nothinge worth Therfore let vs defraude the righteous whyâ—he is not for o r profit yee he is cleane coÌ„trary to o r doinges He checketh vs for offendinge agaynst y e lawe slaundreth vs as transgressours of all nurtor. He maketh his boost to haue y e knowlege of God yee he calleth him self Gods sonne He is the bewrayer of oure thoughtes It greueth vs also to loke vpon him for his lyfe is not lyke other mens his wayes are of another fashion He counteth vs but vayne personnes he w t draweth him self from o r wayes as from fylthynes he coÌ„mendeth greatly y e latter ende of the iust maketh his boast y t God is his father Let vs se then yf his wordes be true let vs proue what shal come vpon him so shal we knowe what ende he shal haue For yf he be y e true sonne of God he will receaue him delyuer him from the handes of his enemies Let vs examen him with despitefull rebuke and tormentinge that we maye knowe his dignite proue his pacience Let vs condemne him with the most shamefull death for like as he hath spoken so shal he be rewarded Soch thinges do the vngodly ymagin go astraye for their owne wickednes hath blynded them As for the misteries of God they vnderstonde them not they nether hope for the rewarde of righteousnesse ner regarde the worshipe that holy soules shall haue For God created man to be vndestroied yee after the ymage of his awne licknesse made he him Neuerthelesse thorow envye of the deuell came death in to the worlde and they that holde of his syde do as he doth The III. Chapter BVt the soules of y e righteous are in y e hande of God y e payne of death shal not touch theÌ„ In y e sight of the vnwyse they appeare to dye their ende is takeÌ„ for very destruccion The waye of the righteous is iudged to be vtter destruccion but they are in rest And though they suffre payne before men yet is their hope full of immortalite They are punished but in few thinges neuerthelesse in many thinges shal they be well rewarded For God proueth them fyndeth theÌ„ mete for himself yee as the golde in the fornace doth he trye them receaueth them as a brent
from thine owne wayes The XII Chapter WHan thou wylt do good knowe to whom thou doest it so shalt thou be greatly thanked for thy benefites Do good vnto the righteous and thou shalt fynde greate rewarde though not of him yet no doute the LORDE him self shal rewarde the. He stoÌ„deth not in a good case that is allwaye occupied in euell geueth no allmes for the Hyest hateth the synners and hath mercy vpon them that shew the workes of repeÌ„taunce Geue thou vnto soch as feare God and receaue not a synner As for the vngodly and synners he shall recompense vengeauÌ„ce vnto them and kepe them to the daye of wrath Geue thou vnto the good and receaue not the synner do well vnto him that is lowly but geue not to the vngodly Let not the bred be geuen him that he be not mightier then thy self therin For so shalt thou receaue twyse as moch euell in all the good that thou doest vnto him And why the Hyest hateth synners and shal rewarde vengeaunce to the vngodly In prosperite a frende shal not be knowne in aduersite an enemye shal not be hyd For whan a maÌ„ is in wealth it greueth his enemies but in heuynes and trouble a man shal knowe his frende Trust neuer thine enemy for like as an yron rusteth so doth his wikednes And though he make moch croutchinge and knelinge yet kepe well thy mynde and bewarre of him Sett him not by y t nether let him sytt at thy right haÌ„de lest he turne him gett in to thy place take thy rowme and seke thy seate and so thou at the last remembre my wordes and be pricked at my sayenges Bynde not two synnes together for there shal not one be vnpunyshed Who wil haue pite of the charmer that is stynged of y e serpeÌ„t or of all soch as come nye y e beastes EueÌ„ so is it w t him y t kepeth coÌ„pany with a wicked maÌ„ lappeth him self in his synnes For a season wil he byde w t the but yf thou stomble he tarieth not An enemy is swete in his lippes he can make many wordes speake many good thinges Yee he can wepe w t his eies but in his herte he ymagineth how to throwe the in to the pytte yf he maye fynde oportunyte he wil not be satisfied w t bloude Yf aduersite come vpon the thou shalt fynde him there first though he preteÌ„de to do y e helpe yet shal he vndermyne ye. He shal shake his heade clape his handes ouer y t for very gladnes whyle he maketh many wordes he shall dysguyse his countenaunce The XIII Chapter WHo so toucheth pitch shal be fyled withall and he that is famyliar w t y e proude shal clothe himself with pryde He taketh a burthen vpon him that accompanyeth a more honorable man then him self Therfore kepe no familiarite with one that is richer then thy self How agree the ketell the pott together for yf y e one be smytten agaynst the other it shal be brokeÌ„ The rich dealeth vnrighteously threateneth withall but y e poore beinge oppressed and wroÌ„geously dealt withall suffreth scarcenesse geueth fayre wordes Yf thou be for his profit he vseth the but yf thou haue nothinge he shal forsake the. As longe as thou hast eny thinge of thine owne he shal be a good felowe with the Yee he shal make the a bare man and not be sory for the. Yf he haue nede of the he shall defraude the with a preuy mock shal he put the in an hope and geue the all good wordes and saye what wantest thou Thus shal he shame y t in his meate vntill he haue supte the cleane vp twyse or thryse and at the last shal he laugh the to scorne Afterwarde whan he seyth that thou hast nothinge he shal forsake the and shake his heade at the. Bewarre that thou be not disceaued and brought downe in thy symplenesse Be not to humble in thy wyszdome lest whan thou art brought lowe thou be disceaued thorow foolishnes Yf thou be called of a mightie man absent thy self so shal he call the to him the more oft Preasse not thou vnto him that thou be not shott out but go not thou farre of lest he forgett the. Withdrawe not y i self froÌ„ his speach but beleue not his many wordes For w t moch coÌ„municacion shall he tempte the and w t a preuy mock shall he question y e of thy secretes The vnmercifull mynde of his shal marck y e wordes he shal not spare to do y e hurte to put y t in preson Bewarre take good hede to y i self for thou walkest in parell of y t ouerthrowinge Now whaÌ„ thou hearest his wordes make the as though thou werest in a dreame wake vp Loue God all thy life longe call vpon him in thy nede Euery beast loueth his like euen so let euery man loue his neghboure All flesh wil resorte to their like and euery man will kepe company with soch as he is himself But as y e wolfe agreeth with the lambe so doth the vngodly with y e righteous What felishippe shulde an holy man haue with a dogg How can the ryche and the poore agree together The wilde asse is the lyons pray in the wildernesse euen so are poore men the meate of the ryche Like as the proude maye not awaye with lowlynes euen so doth the riche abhorre the poore Yf a rich man fall his frendes sett him vp agayne but whan the poore falleth his frendes forsake him Yf a rich maÌ„ fall in to an erroure he hath many helpers he speaketh proude wordes and yet men iustifie him But yf a poore man go wronge he is punyshed yee though he speake wisely yet can it haue no place Whan the riche man speaketh euery body holdeth his toÌ„ge and loke what he sayeth they prayse it vnto the cloudes But yf the poore man speake they saye What felowe is this and yf he do amysse they shal destroye him Riches are good vnto him that hath no synne in his conscience and pouerte is a wicked thinge in the mouth of the vngodly The hâ—rt of man chaungeth his countenaunce whether it be in good or euell A chearfull countenaunce is a tokeÌ„ of a good hert for els is it an harde thinge to knowe the thought The XIIII Chapter BLissed is the man that hath not fallen with y e worde of his mouth and is not pricked with the conscience of synne Happie is he that hath had no heuynes in his mynde and is not fallen from his hope It becommeth not a cuvetous man and a nygarde to be ryche and what shulde a nygarde do with golde He that with all his carefulnes heapeth together vnrighteously gathereth for other folkes and another maÌ„ shal make good chere with his goodes He y t is wicked vnto him self how shulde he be good vnto other meÌ„ How can soch one haue eny
kyndled Like as an whole ornament of pure golde set with all maner of precious stones and as an olyue tre that is frutefull as a Cypres tre which groweth vp an hye Whan he put on the garment of honoure was clothed withall bewtye whan he wente to the holy altare to garnysh the couerynge of the Sanctuary whan he toke y e porcions out of the prestes hande he himself stode by the herth of the altare and his brethren rounde aboute in ordre As the braunches of Cedre tre vpon the mount Libanus so stode they rounde aboute him And as the braunches of the olyue tre so stode all y e sonnes of Aaron in their glory And y t he might sufficiently perfourme his seruyce vpon the altare garnysh the offrynge of the hyest God he stretched out his hande and toke of the drynk offerynge poured in of the wyne so he poured vpon the botome of the aulter a good smell vnto the hyest prynce Then beganne y e sonnes of Aaron to synge and to blowe with trompettes to make a greate noyse for a remembraūce prayse vnto the LORDE Then were the people afrayed fell downe to the earth vpō their faces to worshipe the LORDE their God to geue thankes to Allmightie God They sunge goodly also with their voyces so that there was a pleasaunt noyse in y e greate house of the LORDE And the people in their prayer besought the LORDE the Hyest that he wolde be mercyfull tyll the honoure of y e LORDE were perfourmed Thus ended they their mynistracion and seruyce Then wente he downe and stretched out his handes ouer the whole multitude of the people of Israel that they shulde geue praise thankes out of their lippes vnto y e LORDE and to reioyse in his name He beganne yet once also to praye that he might openly shew the thankesgeuynge before the Hyest namely thus O geue prayse thankes ye all vnto the LORDE oure God which hath euer done noble and greate thinges which hath increased oure dayes from o r mothers wombe and dealt with vs acordinge to his mercy that he wyl geue vs the ioyfulnes of hert peace for oure tymes in Israel Which faithfully kepeth his mercy for vs euermore allwaye delyuereth vs in due season There be two maner of people that I abhorre fro my hert as for the thirde whom I hate it is no people They that syt vpon the mountayne of Samaria the Philistynes the foolish people that dwell in Sichimis I Iesus the sonne of Sirac Eleazarus of Ierusalem haue tokened vp these informacions and documētes of wyszdome and vnderstādinge in this boke and poured out the wyszdome out of my hert Blessed is he that exerciseth him self therin and who so taketh soch to hert shal be wyse Yf he do these thinges he shal be stronge in all For the light of the LORDE ledeth him The LI. Chapter A prayer of Iesus the sonne of Sirac I Thanke the O LORDE and kynge and praise the O God my Sauioure I wil yelde prayse vnto y e name for thou art my defender and helper hast preserued my body from destruccion from y e snare of traytorous tōges and from the lippes that are occupied with leyes Thou hast bene my helper from soch as stode vp agaynst me and hast delyuered me after the multitude of thy mercy and for thy holy names sake Thou hast delyuered me from the roaringe of them that prepared them selues to deuoure me out of y e handes of soch as sought after my life from the multitude of them y t troubled me wente aboute to set fyre vpon me on euery syde so y t I am not brent in the myddest of the fyre From the depe of hell from an vncleane tōge from lyenge wordes from the wicked kynge and from an vnrighteous tonge My soule shal prayse y e LORDE vnto death for my life drew nye vnto hell They cōpased me rounde aboute on euery syde there was no mā to helpe me I loked aboute me yf there were eny man that wolde socoure me but there was none Then thought I vpon thy mercy O LORDE and vpon thy actes that thou hast done euer of olde namely y t thou delyuerest soch as putt their trust in the and ryddest them out of y e handes of the Heithen Thus lift I vp my prayer from the earth and prayed for delyueraunce from death I called vpon the LORDE my father that he wolde not leaue me w t out helpe in the daye of my trouble in the tyme of the proude I praysed thy name contynually yeldinge honoure and thākes vnto it and so my prayer was herde Thou sauedest me from destruccion and delyueredest me frō y e vnrighteous tyme. Therfore wil I aknowlege and praise the and magnifie y e name of the LORDE Whā I was yet but yonge or euer I wēte astraye I desyred wyszdome openly in my prayer I came therfore before the temple sought her vnto the last Then florished she vnto me as a grape that is soone rype My hert reioysed in her then wente my fote the right waye yee from youth vp sought I after her I bowed downe myne eare and receaued her I founde me moch wyszdome and prospered greatly in her Therfore wyll Iascrybe the glory vnto him that geueth me wyszdome for I am aduysed to do therafter I will be gelous to cleue vnto the thinge y t is good so shal I not be cōfounded My soule hath wrestled with her and I haue bene diligent to be occupied in her I lift vp myne handes an hye then was my soule lightened thorow wiszdome that I knowleged my foolishnes I ordred my soule after her she I were one hert from the begynninge and I founde her in clennesse And therfore shal I not be forsaken My hert longed after her and I gat a good treasure Thorow her y e LORDE hath geuen me a new tonge wherwith I wil praise him O come vnto me ye vnlerned dwell in y e house of wyszdome withdrawe not youre selues from her but talke comon of these thinges for youre soules are very thirstie I opened my mouth and spake O come bye wyszdome without money bowe downe youre neck vnder hir yock and youre soule shall receaue wyszdome She is harde at hande is content to be founde Beholde with youre eyes how that I haue had but litle laboure and yet haue founde moch rest O receaue wyszdome and ye shall haue plenteousnes of syluer and golde in possession Let youre mynde reioyse in his mercy be not ashamed of his prayse Wyrke his worke by tymes he shal geue you youre rewarde in due tyme. The ende of Ecclesiasticus other wyse called Iesus the sonne of Syrac The prayer of Azarias and the songe of y e thre children after Theodotios translacion which wordes are wryten in y e thirde chapter of Daniel after the olde text in Latyn
might be disceaued by this meanes also shulde I defyle myne age make it abhominable For though I were now delyuered from the tormentes of men yet shulde I not escape the honde of allmightie God nether alyue ner deed Wherfore I will dye manfully do as it becommeth myne age Wherby I maie peraduenture leaue an exāple of stedfastnesse for soch as be yonge yf I w t a ready mynde manfully dye an honest death for the most worthy and holy lawes When he had sayde these wordes immediatly he was drawen to the tormēte Now they that led him and were mylde a litle afore beganne to take displeasure because of the wordes y t he sayde for they thought he had spokē them of an hye mynde But whē he was in his martirdome he mourned and sayde Thou O LORDE which hast the holy knowlege knowest openly that where as I might be delyuered frō death I suffre these sore paynes of my body but in my mynde I am wel contente to suffre them because I feare the. Thus this man dyed leauynge y e memoriall of his death for an example not only vnto yonge men but vnto all y e people to be stedfast and manly The VII Chapter IT happened also that there were vij brethren with their mother taken compelled by the kynge agaynst the lawe to eate swynes flesh namely w t scourges and lethren whippes And one of them which was y e chefe sayde What sekest thou and what requyrest thou of vs As for vs we are ready rather to suffre death then to offende the lawes of God and the fathers Then was the kynge angrie and bad heare cauldrons and brasen pottes Which when they were made hote immediatly he commaunded y e tonge of him that spake first to be cut out to pull the skynne ouer his heade to payre of the edges of his handes and fete yee and that in the sight of his mother and the other of his brethren Now when he was cleane marred he commaunded a fyre to be made so whyle there was eny breath in him to be fryed in the caudron In the which when he had bene longe payned the other brethren with their mother exorted him to dye manfully sayēge The LORDE God shal regarde the treuth and comforte vs like as Moses testifieth and declareth in his songe sayenge and he wyl haue compassion on his seruauntes So whē the first was deed after this maner they brought the seconde to haue him in derision pulled the skynne with the hayre ouer his heade and axed him yf he wolde eate swynes flesh or he were payned in y e other membres also thorow out his body But he answered boldly and sayde I will not do it And so was he tormented like as y e first And whē he was euē at y e geuinge vp of y e goost he sayde Thou most vngracious personne puttest vs now to death but the kynge of y e worlde shall rayse vs vp which dye for his lawes in y e resurreccion of euerlastinge life After him was the thirde had in derision and when he was requyred he putt out his tonge and that right soone holdinge forth his hondes manfully and spake with a stedfast faith These haue I of heauē but now for the lawe of God I despyse them for my trust is that I shall receaue them of him agayne In so moch that the kynge and they which were with him marueled at the yonge mans boldnesse that he nothinge regarded the paynes Now when he was deed also they vexed the fourth with tormentes in like maner So when he was now at his death he sayde It is better that we beynge put to death of mē haue oure hope and trust in God for he shal rayse vs vp agayne As for the thou shalt haue no resurreccion to life And when they had spoken to the fifth they tormēted him Then loked he vnto y e kinge sayde Thou hast power amōge mē for thou art a mortall man also y i self to do what thou wilt but thinke not y t God hath forsaken o r generacion Abyde the tary styll a whyle thou shalt se the greate power of God how he wil punysh the thy sede After him they brought the sixte which beynge at the poynte of death sayde Be not disceaued o kynge for this we suffre for oure owne sakes because we haue offended oure God therfore marvelous thinges are shewed vpon vs. But thinke not thou which takest in honde to stryue agaynst God that thou shalt escape vnpunyshed This excellent mother worthy to be well reported of and had in remembraunce sawe hir seuen sonnes dye in one daye and suffred it paciētly because of the hope that she had in God Yee she exorted euery one of them in especiall and that boldly and stedfastly w t parfite wyszdome wakynge vp hir wyuysh thought with a manly stomacke and sayde vnto them I can not tell how ye came in my wombe for I nether gaue you breth ner soule no ner life It is not I y t ioyned y t mēbres of yo bodies together but y e maker of y e worlde which fashioned y e byrth of mā begāne all thinges Euen he also of his owne mercy shall geue you breath and life agayne like as ye now regarde not youre owne selues for his lawes sake Now thought Antiochus that she had despysed him therfore he let her go with hir reproues and beganne to exorte the yongest sonne which yet was left not only w t wordes but swore vnto him w t an ooth y t he shulde make him a rich welthy man yf he wolde forsake y e lawes of his fathers yee and y t he shulde geue him what so euer were necessary for him But whē the yonge man wolde not be moued for all these thinges he called his mother counceled her to saue hir sonnes life And when he had exorted her with many wordes she promised him that she shulde speake vnto hir sonne So she turned her vnto him laughinge y e cruell tyraunte to scorne spake w t a boylde voyce O my sonne haue pite vpon me y t bare y e ix monethes in my wombe that gaue the sucke norished the and brought the vp vnto this age I beseke the my sonne loke vpon heauen and earth and all that is therin and considre that God made them and mans generacion of naught so shalt thou not feare this hangman but suffre death stedfastly like as thy brethren haue done that I maye receaue the agayne in the same mercy with thy brethren Whyle she was yet speakynge these wordes the yonge man sayde Whom loke ye for ▪ Wherfore do ye tary I wil not obeye the kynges commaundement but the lawe that God gaue vs by Moses As for the that ymaginest all myschefe agaynst the Iewes thou shalt not escape the honde of God for we suffre these thinges because of oure synnes And though
borne And they sayde vnto hym at Bethleem in Iury. For thus it is written by the Prophet And thou Bethleem in the londe of Iury art not the leest amonge the Princes of Iuda For out of y e shall come vnto me the captayne that shall gouerne my people Israel Then Herod preuely called the wyse men and dyligently enquyred of them what tyme the starre appered and sent them to Bethleem sainge Go and searche dyligently for the chylde And when ye haue founde hym bringe me worde agayne that I maye come and worshippe hym also When they had heard the kynge they departed and lo the starre which they sawe in the east went before them tyll it came and stode ouer the place where the chylde was When they sawe the starre they were maruelously glad and went into the house and found the chylde with Mary his mother and kneled downe and worshipped hym opened ther treasures and offred vnto hym gyftes gold franckynsence and myrre And after they were warned of God in a dreame that they shuld not go ageine to Herod they returned into their awne countre another waye When they were departed beholde the angell of the LORDE appered to Ioseph in a dreame sayinge aryse and take the chylde â–ª and his mother and flye into Egypte and abyde there tyll I brynge the worde For He rod wyl seke the chylde to destroye hym TheÌ„ he arose and toke the chylde and his mother by night and departed into Egypte and was there vnto y e deeth of Herod that the thinge might be fulfylled which was spokeÌ„ of the LORDE by the Prophet which sayeth out of Egypte haue I called my sonne Then Herod perceauynge y t he was disceaued of the wyse men was excedynge wroth and sent forth and slue all the chyldren that were in Bethleem and in all the coastes there of as many as were two yere olde and vnder accordynge to the tyme which he had diligently searched out of the wyse men Then was y t fulfilled which was spoken by y e Prophet Ieremy sayinge On y e hilles was a voyce herde greate mournynge wepynge lamentacion Rachel wepynge for her chyldren and wolde not be conforted because they were not When Herode was deed beholde an angell of the LORDE appered in a dreame to Ioseph in Egypte sayinge arise and take the chylde and his mother go into y e londe of Israel For they are deed which sought the chyldes life And he arose vp and toke y e chylde and his mother came into the londe of Israel But wheÌ„ he herde that Archelaus did raygne in Iury in y e rowme of his father Herode he was afrayde to go thither Notwithstondinge after he was warned of God in a dreame he turned asyde into the parties of Galile and went and dwelt in a cite called Nazareth to fulfill y t which was spoken by the Prophetes he shal be called a Nazarite The III. Chapter IN those dayes Ihon the Baptyst came and preached in the wildernes of Iury saynge AmeÌ„de youre selues the kyngdome of heuen is at honde This is he of whom it is spokeÌ„ by y e Prophet Esay which sayeth The voyce of a cryer in y e wyldernes prepare the LORDES waye and make his pathes straight This Ihon had his garment of camels heer and a lethreÌ„ gerdell aboute his loynes Hys meate was locustes and wylde hony Then went out to hym Ierusalem and all Iury and all the region rounde aboute Iordan and were baptised of him in Iordan coÌ„fessynge their synnes Now when he sawe many of the Pharises and of y e Saduces come to hys baptim he sayde vnto them ye generacioÌ„ of vipers who hath certified you that ye shal escape y e vengeaunce to come Bewarre brynge forth due frutes of pennaunce Thinke not now to saye in your selues we haue Abraham to oure father For I saye vnto you that God is able of these stones to rayse vp chyldren vnto Abraham Euen now is the axe put vnto y e rote of the trees therfore euery tre which bringeth not forth good frute shal be heweÌ„ downe and cast into the fyre I baptise you with water to repentaunce but he that coÌ„meth after me is myghtier theÌ„ I whose shues I am not worthy to beare He shall baptise you with y e holy goost w t fyre which hath also his fan in his hond and will pourge his floore and gadre the wheet into his garner will burne y e chaffe with vnquencheable fyre Then came Iesus from Galile to Iordan vnto Ihon to be baptised of hym But IhoÌ„ forbade hym saynge I haue nede to be baptysed of the and commest thou to me Iesus answered sayd vnto hym Let it be so now For thus it becommeth vs to fulfyll all righteousnes Then he suffred hym And Iesus assone as he was baptised came straight out of the water And lo heueÌ„ was opeÌ„ ouer hym and Ihon sawe the spirite of God descende lyke a doue and lyght vpon hym And lo there came a voyce froÌ„ heueÌ„ sayng Thys ys that my beloued sonne in whom is my delyte The IIII. Chapter THen was Iesus ledd awaye of the spirite in to wildernes to be tempted of the deuyll And when he had fasted fourtye dayes and fourtye nightes he was afterward an hungred And the teÌ„pter came to him and sayde yf thou be the sonne of God commaunde that these stones be made breed He answered sayde yt is wrytteÌ„ Man shall not lyue by bred onlye but by euery worde that proceadeth out of the mouth of God Then the deuyll toke hym vp into the holy cite and set hym on a pynacle of the temple and sayde vnto hym yf thou be y e sonne of God cast thy sylfe downe For it is wrytten he shall geue his angels charge ouer the and with their handes they shal holde the vp that thouâ—dashe not thy fote agaynst a stone And Iesus sayde vnto hym it ys wrytten also Thou shalt not tempte thy LORDE God Agayne the deuyll toke hym vp and led hym into an excedynge hye mountayne and shewed hym all the kyngdomes of the worlde and all the glorie of them and sayde vnto hym all these wil I geue the yf thou wilt fall downe and worship me Then sayde Iesus vnto hym Auoyde SataÌ„ For it ys wrytteÌ„ thou shalt worshyp the LORDE thy God and hym onely shalt thou serue Then the deuell left hym and beholde the angels came and ministred vnto hym When Iesus had herde that Ihon was taken he departed into Galile and left Nazareth and went and dwelt in Capernaum which is a cite apon the see in the coostes of zabulon and Neptalim y t the thinge might be fulfilled whiche was spoken by Esay the Prophet sayinge The londe of zabulon and Neptalim the waye of the see beyonde Iordan and Galile of the Gentyls the people which sat in darknes
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
of y e good treasure of his hert bryngeth forth y t which is good and an euell mā out of the euell treasure of his hert bryngeth forth that which is euell For of the abundaunce of the hert the mouth speaketh But why call ye me LORDE LORDE do not that I saye vnto you Who so euer commeth vnto me and heareth my wordes and doth thē I wil shewe you to whom he is lyke He is like vnto a man which buylded an house and digged depe and layed y e foundacion vpon a rocke Whan the waters came the floudes bett vpon that house and coulde not moue it for it was groūded vpō y e rocke But he that heareth and doth not is like vnto a man that buylded his house vpō the earth without foundacion and the streames bett vpō it and it fell immediatly and greate was the fall of that house The VII Chapter WHan he had ended his talkynge vnto the people he wente in to Capernaum and a captaynes seruaunt laye deed sicke whom he loued Whā he herde of Iesus he sent the elders of the Iewes vnto him and prayed him that he wolde come and make his seruaunt whole But whā they came to Iesus they besought him instantly sayde He is worthy y t thou shuldest shewe this for him for he loueth oure people hath buylded vs y e synagoge And Iesus wente w t them Now whan they were not farre from y e house y e captaine sent frēdes vnto hī saiēge vnto him Oh LORDE trouble not thy self I am not worthy y t thou shuldest enter vnder my rofe and therfore I thought not my self worthy to come to y e but speake y e worde my seruaūt shal be whole For I my self also am a mā subiecte to the hygher auctorite haue soudyers vnder me And I saye vnto one Go he goeth And to another Come he cōmeth And to my seruaūt Do this he doeth it Whan Iesus herde y t he marueyled at hī turned him aboute sayde vnto y e people y t folowed hī I saye vnto you So greate faith haue I not founde no not in Israel And whā they that were sent came home agayne they founde the seruaūt that was sicke whole And it fortuned afterwarde that he wēte into a cite called Naim and many of his disciples wente with him and moch people Whan he came nye to the gate of the cite beholde there was caried out one deed which was the onely sonne of his mother and she was a wyddowe and moch people of the cite wente with her And whan the LORDE sawe her he had cōpassion on her and sayde vnto her Wepe not And he came nye and touched the Coffyn And they that bare him stode styll And he sayde Yonge man I saye vnto the Aryse And the deed sat vp and beganne to speake And he delyuered him vnto his mother And there came a feare on them all and they praysed God and sayde A greate prophet is rysen amonge vs and God hath vysited his people And this fame of him was noysed in all Iewry and in all y e regions that laye rounde aboute And the disciples of Ihō shewed him of all these thinges And Ihon called vnto him two of his disciples and sent thē vnto Iesus sayenge Art thou he that shal come or shal we loke for another Whan the men came to him they sayde Ihon y e baptist hath sent vs vnto the sayenge Art thou he that shal come or shal we loke for another At the same houre healed he many from sicknesses plages and frō euell spretes and vnto many that were blynde he gaue sight And Iesus answered sayde vnto thē Go yo r waye shewe Ihon what ye haue sene herde The blynde se the halt go the lepers are clensed the deaf heare the deed aryse the Gospell is preached vnto y e poore and blessed is he that is not offended at me Whan the messaungers of Ihō were departed Iesus begāne to speake vnto y e people cōcernynge Ihō What are ye gone out for to se in y e wyldernesse Wolde ye se a rede that is shakē w t the wynde Or what are ye gone out for to se Wolde ye se a mā clothed in soft rayment Beholde they that are gorgiously arayed lyue delycately are in kynges courtes Or what are ye gone out for to se Wolde ye se a prophet Yee I saye vnto you one that is more thē a prophet This is he of whom it is wrytten Beholde I sende my messaunger before y e face which shal prepare thy waye before the. For I saye vnto you Amonge thē y t are borne of wemē there is no greater prophet thē Ihon the baptist Notwith stondynge he that is lesse in the kyngdome of God is greater then he And all the people that herde him and y e publicans iustified God and were baptysed with the baptyme of Ihon. But the Pharises and scrybes despysed y e councell of God against thē selues were not baptised of hī But the LORDE saide Where vnto shal I licken the men of this generacion And whom are they like They are like vnto childrē which syt in the market and crye one to another and saye We haue pyped vnto you and ye haue not daunsed we haue mourned vnto you ye haue not wepte For Ihon y e baptist came and ate no bred and drāke no wyne and ye saye he hath y e deuell The sonne of man is come eateth and drynketh ye saye This man is a glutton and a wyne bebber a frende of publicans and synners And wyszdome is iustified of all hir children And one of the Pharises desyred him y t he wolde eate with him And he wente in to the Pharises house and sat him downe at y e table And beholde there was in the cite a womā which was a synner Whē she knewe that Iesus sat at the table in the Pharises house she brought a boxe with oyntment stode behynde at his fete and wepte and beganne to water his fete with teares and to drye thē w t the hayres of hir heade and kyssed his fete anoynted thē with oyntmēt But whan the Pharise which had called him sawe that he spake within himself and sayde Yf this mā were a prophet he wolde knowe who what maner of woman this is that toucheth him for she is a synner And Iesus answered and saide vnto him Simō I haue somewhat to saye vnto the. He sayde Master saye on A certayne lender had two detters the one ought fyue hundreth pens the other fiftie but whan they had no thinge to paye he forgaue thē both Tell me which of them wyl loue him most Symon answered and sayde He I suppose to whō he forgaue most Then sayde he vnto him Thou hast iudged right And he turned him to the woman and sayde vnto Symō Seist thou this womā I am come
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
He put claye vpon myne eyes and I waszhed me now I se. Then sayde some of the pharises This man is not of God seynge he kepeth not y e Sabbath But the other sayde How can a synfull man do soch tokens And there was a stryfe amonge theÌ„ They sayde agayne vnto y e blynde What sayest thou of him that he hath opened thine eyes He sayde he is a prophet The Iewes beleued not hiÌ„ that he was blynde and had receaued his sight tyll they called the elders of him that had receaued his sight and they axed them and sayde Is this youre sonne whom ye saye was borne blynde How doth he now se then His elders answered them and sayde We knowe â–ª that this is oure sonne and that he was borne blynde But how he now seyeth we can not tell or who hath opened his eyes can we not tell He is olde ynough himself 〈◊〉 him let him speake for him self This sayde his elders because they feared the 〈…〉 Therfore sayde his elders He is olde ynough are him Then called they the maÌ„ agayne y t was blynde and sayde vnto him Geue God y e prayse we knowe that this man is a synner He answered sayde Whether he be a synner or no I can not tell one thinge am I sure off that I was blynde and now I se. TheÌ„ sayde they vnto him agayne What dyd he vnto the How opened he thine eyes He answered them I tolde you right now Herde ye it not What wil ye heare it agayne Will ye also be his disciples Then rayted they him and sayde Thou art his disciple We are sure that God spake w t Moses As for this felowe we know not wheÌ„ce he is The man answered and sayde vnto theÌ„ This is a maruelous thinge that ye wote not whence he is and he hath opened mine eyes For we knowe that God heareth not y e sinners but yf eny maÌ„ be a fearer of God and doth his will him heareth he Sens y e worlde beganne was it not herde that eny man opened the eyes of one that was borne blynde Yf this man were not of God he coulde haue done nothinge They answered and sayde vnto him Thou art alltogether borne in synne and teachest thou vs And they thrust him out Iesus herde y t they had thrust him out and whaÌ„ he had founde him he sayde vnto him Beleuest thou on the sonne of God He answered and sayde LORDE who is it y t I might beleue on him Iesus sayde vnto him Thou hast sene him and he it is that talketh with the. He sayde LORDE I beleue And he worshipped him And Iesus sayde I am come to iudgmeÌ„t in to this worlde that they which se not might se and that they which se might be made blynde And some of the Pharises y t were with him herde this and sayde vnto him Are we then blynde also Iesus sayde vnto theÌ„ Yf ye were blynde ye shulde haue no synne But now that ye saye we se therfore youre sonne remayneth The X. Chapter VErely verely I saye vnto you He y t entreth not in at the dore in to the shepefolde but clymmeth vp some other waye the same is a thefe a murthurer But he that goeth in at the dore is the shepherde of the shepe to him y e porter openeth and the shepe heare his voyce and he * calleth his awne shepe by name and ledeth them out And whan he 〈…〉 forth his â—wne shepe he 〈…〉 and the 〈…〉 is voyce As for a straunger they folowe him not but flye from him for they knowe not the voyce of straungers This prouerbe spake Iesus vnto them but they vnderstode not what it was that he sayde vnto them Then sayde Iesus vnto them agayne Verely verely I saye vnto you I am the dore of the shepe All they that are come before me are theues and murthures But y e shepe harkened not vnto them I am the dore Yf eny man entre in by me he shal be saued and shal go in and out and fynde pasture A thefe coÌ„meth not but for to steale kyll and destroye I am come y t they might haue life and haue it more abundauntly I am a good shepherde A good shepherde geueth his life for the shepe But an hyred seruaunt which is not the shepherde nether the shepe are his awne seyth y e wolfe coÌ„mynge and leaueth y e shepe and flyeth And the wolfe catcheth scatereth y e shepe But the hyred seruauÌ„t flyeth because he is an hyred seruaunte and careth not for the shepe I am a good sheperde and knowe myne and am knowne of myne EueÌ„ as my father knoweth me and I knowe y e father And I geue my life for my shepe And I haue yet other shepe which are not of this folde and those same must I brynge also and they shal heare my voyce and there shal be one flocke and one shepherde Therfore doth my father loue me because I leaue my life that I maye take it agayne NomaÌ„ taketh it fro me but I leaue it of myself I haue power to leaue it and haue power to take it agayne This commaundement haue I receaued of my father Then was there discension amoÌ„ge the Iewes for these sayenges Many of theÌ„ sayde He hath the deuell and is madd why heare ye him Other sayde These are not wordes of one that is possessed Can the deuell also open y e eyes of the blynde It was the dedicacion of the teÌ„ple at IerusaleÌ„ was wynter and Iesus walked in SalomoÌ„s porche TheÌ„ came y e Iewes rounde aboute hiÌ„ saide vnto hiÌ„ How loÌ„ge dost thou make vs doute Yf thou be Christ tell vs planely Iesus answered theÌ„ I tolde you ye beleue not The workes y t I do in my fathers name they beare wytnesse of me But ye beleue not because ye are not of my shepe as I sayde vnto you My shepe heare my voyce I knowe theÌ„ they folowe me And I geue theÌ„ euerlastinge life they shal neuer perishe and nomaÌ„ shal plucke theÌ„ out of my hande My father which gaue theÌ„ me is greater theÌ„ all noman is able to plucke them out of my fathers hande I and the father are one Then the Iewes toke vp stones agayne to stone him Iesus answered theÌ„ Many good workes haue I shewed you fro my father for which of theÌ„ stone ye me The Iewes answered hiÌ„ and sayde For the good worke sake we stone the not but for the blasphemy and because y t thou beynge a man makest thy self God Iesus answered theÌ„ Is it not wrytten in youre lawe I haue sayde Ye are Goddes Yf he call them Goddes vnto whom the worde of God came the scripture can not be brokeÌ„ saye ye theÌ„ vnto hiÌ„ whoÌ„ y e father hath sanctified sent in to y e worlde thou blasphemest God because I sayde I am y e sonne of God Yf
the sprete sayde vnto him beholde the men seke the. Aryse therfore and get the downe go with theÌ„ and doute not for I haue sent them Then wente Peter downe to the men y t were sent vnto him from Cornelius and sayde lo I am he whom ye seke what is y t cause wherfore ye are come They sayde Cornelius the captayne a iust man and one that feareth God and of good reporte amoÌ„ge all the people of the Iewes was warned by an holy angell to sende for the in to his house and to heare wordes of the. Then called he them in and lodged them The nexte daye after wente Peter forth with them and certayne brethren of Ioppa bare him company And y e daye folowinge came they to Cesarea Cornelius wayted for theÌ„ and had called together his kynszfolkes and speciall frendes And as it chaunced y t Peter came in Cornelius mett him and fell downe at his fete worshipped him But Peter toke him vp and sayde Stonde vp I am a man also And as he talked w t him he wente in and founde many that were come together and he sayde vnto them Ye knowe that it is not laufull for a man beynge a Iewe to ioyne him selfe or to come to a straunger But God hath shewed me y t I shulde call no maÌ„ coÌ„men or vncleane Therfore haue I not douted to come as soone as I was sent for I axe you therfore for what intent haue ye sent for me Cornelius sayde It is now foure dayes agoo then fasted I and at the nyenth houre I prayed in my house and beholde there stode a maÌ„ before me in a bryghte clothinge and sayde Cornelius y i prayer is herde and thine allmesse dedes are had in remeÌ„braunce in the sighte of God Sende therfore to Ioppa and call for one Simon whose syrname is Peter which is at lodginge in y e house of Simon y e taÌ„ner by the seesyde y e same whaÌ„ he commeth shal speake vnto ye. Then sent I vnto the immediatly and thou hast done well that thou art come Now are we all here presente before God to heare all thinges that are commaunded the of God Peter opened his mouth sayde Now perceaue I of a trueth that God hath no respecte of personnes but in all people he y t feareth him and worketh righteousnes is accepted vnto him Ye knowe of y e preachinge that God sent vnto the children of Israel preachinge thorow Iesus Christ which is LORDE ouer all which preachinge was published thorow out all Iewry and begaÌ„ne in Galile after y e baptyme that Ihon preached how God anoynted the same Iâ—sus of Nazareth with the holy goost and w t power which wente aboute dyd good and healed all those that were oppressed of the deuell for God was with him And we are witnesses of all that he dyd in the londe of the Iewes at Ierusalem Whom they slewe and hanged on tre Him God raysed vp on the thirde daye and caused him be openly shewed not to all the people but to y e chosen witnesses of God euen vnto vs which ate dronke with him after he was rysen vp from the deed And he commaunded vs to preach vnto the people and to testifye that it is he which is ordeyned of God a iudge of the lyuynge and of the deed Of him beare all the prophetes wytnesse that thorow his name all they y t beleue in him shal receaue remyssion of synnes Whyle Peter was yet speakynge these wordes the holy goost fell vpoÌ„ all theÌ„ that herkened vnto the worde And the faithfull of the circuÌ„cision which came with Peter were astonnyed because that the gifte of y e holy goost was shed out also vpon the Heythen For they herde that they spake with tunges and magnified God TheÌ„ answered Peter Maye eny man forbydde water that these shulde not be baptysed which haue receaued the holy goost as well as we And he commaunded them to be baptysed in the name of the LORDE TheÌ„ prayed they him that he wolde tary there certayne dayes The XI Chapter THe Apostles and the brethren that were in Iewrye herde saye that the Heythen also had receaued the worde of God And whan Peter was come vp to Ierusalem they that were of the circuÌ„cision chode with him and sayde Thou wentest into men that are vncircumcysed and hast eaten with them But Peter beganne and expounded the thinge in order vnto theÌ„ and sayde I was in y e cite of Ioppa prayeÌ„ge and in a traunce I sawe a vision a vessell cominynge downe as it had bene a greate lynnen clothe with foure corners and let downe from heauen and came vnto me In to the which I loked and considered and sawe foure foted beestes of the earth and wylde beestes and wormes and foules of the ayre And I herde a voyce which sayde vnto me Ryse Peter slaye eate But I sayde Oh no LORDE for there neuer entred eny commen or vncleane thinge in to my mouth Neuertheles the voyce answered me agayne from heauen What God hath clensed that call not thou vncleane This was done thre tymes and all was taken vp agayne into heauen And beholde immediatly stode there thre men before the dore of the house that I was in sent from Cesarea vnto me But the sprete sayde vnto me that I shulde go with theÌ„ and doute nothinge These sixe brethreÌ„ also came with me and we entred in to the maÌ„s house And he shewed vs how he had sene an angell stondinge in his house which sayde vnto him Sende men to Ioppa and call for Simon whose syrname is Peter he shal tell y e wordes wherby thou and all thy house shal be saued But whan I beganne to speake the holy goost fell vpoÌ„ them like as vpon vs at y e begynnynge Then thoughte I vpon the worde of the LORDE how he sayde Ihon baptysed with water but ye shal be baptysed with y e holy goost For as moch then as God hath geuen them like giftes as vnto vs which beleue on the LORDE Iesus Christ who was I that I shulde be able to withstoÌ„de God Whan they herde this they helde their peace and praysed God and sayde Then hath God also to the Heithen graunted repentaunce vnto life They that were scatred abrode thorow y e trouble y t rose aboute Steuen walked on euerysyde vntyll Phenices and Cipers and Antioche and spake the worde vnto noman but onely vnto y e Iewes Neuertheles some of theÌ„ were men of Cipers and Cyren which came to Antioche and spake also vnto the Grekes preached the Gospell of the LORDE Iesu. And y e hande of the LORDE was with theÌ„ And a greate nombre beleued and turned vnto the LORDE This tydinges of them came to y e eares of the coÌ„gregacion at Ierusalem And they sent Barnabas that he shulde go vnto Antioche Which whan he was come thither
sawe the grace of God he was glad and exorted them all that with purpose of hert they wolde contynue in the LORDE For he was a good man full of the holy goost and faith And there was a greate multitude of people added vnto the LORDE But Barnabas departed vnto Tharsus to seke Saul And whaÌ„ he had fouÌ„de hiÌ„ he brought hiÌ„ to Anthioche It chauÌ„ced that a whole yeare they were there coÌ„uersaunte together in the coÌ„gregacioÌ„ taughte moch people so that the disciples at Antioche were first called Christen In those dayes came there prophetes froÌ„ Ierusalem vnto Antioche And one of them whose name was Agabus stode vp and declared by the sprete a greate derth that shulde come ouer the whole compasse of the earth which came to passe vnder the Emperoure Claudius But the disciples coÌ„cluded euery one acordinge to his abylite to sende an handreachinge vnto y e brethren that were in Iewry which thinge they also dyd and sent it by the handes of Barnabas and Saul The XII Chapter AT the same tyme layed kynge Herode handes vpon certayne of the congregacion to vexe them As for Iames the brother of Ihon him he slewe with the swerde And whan he sawe that it pleased the Iewes he proceaded farther to take Peter also But it was Easter Now whan he had taken him he put him in preson and delyuered him vnto foure quaternions of soudyers to kepe him and thought after Easter to bringe him forth to the people And Peter was kepte in the preson But prayer was made without ceassinge of the congregacion vnto God for him And whan Herode wolde haue broughte him out vnto the people in the same nighte slepte Peter betwene two soudiers bounde with two cheynes And the kepers before the dore kepte the preson And beholde the angell of the LORDE was there presente and a lighte shyned in the habitacion and he smote Peter on the syde and waked him vp and sayde Aryse vp quyckly And the cheynes fell of from his hondes And the angell sayde vnto him Gyrde the and put on thy shues And he dyd so And he sayde vnto him Cast thy mantle aboute the and folowe me And he wente out and folowed him and wyst not that it was trueth that was done by y e angell but thoughte he had sene a vision Neuertheles they wente thorow the first and seconde watch and came to the yron gate that ledeth vnto the cite which opened to theÌ„ by his awne acorde And they wente out and passed thorow one strete and immediatly the angell departed from him And whan Peter was come to himself he sayde Now I knowe of a trueth that y e LORDE hath sent his angell and delyuered me out of the honde of Herode and from all the waytinge for of the people of the Iewes And as he considered the thinge he came to the house of Mary the mother of one Ihon which after his syrname was called Marke where many were gathered together and prayed As Peter knocked at the entry dore there came forth a damsell to herken named Rhoda And whan she knewe Peters voyce she opened not the entrye for gladnes but raÌ„ne in and tolde that Peter stode before y e entrye But they sayde vnto her Thou art mad Neuertheles she abode by it that is was so They sayde it is his angell But Peter contynued knockinge Whan they opened the dore they sawe him and were astonnyed But he beckened vnto them with the hande to holde their peace tolde them how the LORDE had broughte him out of the preson And he sayde Shewe this vnto Iames and to the brethren And he departed and weÌ„te in to another place Whan it was daye there was not a litle a doo amoÌ„ge the soudyers what was become of Peter Whan Herode had called for him and founde him not he caused the kepers to be examyned and commaunded theÌ„ to be caried awaye and he wente downe froÌ„ Iewry vnto Cesarea and there abode But he was displeased with theÌ„ of Tyre and SidoÌ„ Neuertheles they came vnto him with one accorde and made intercession to Blastus the kynges chamberlayne and desyred peace because their countre was norished by the kynges londe But vpon a daye appoynted Herode put on y e kyngly apparell sat him downe vpon the iudgment seate and made an oracion vnto them As for the people they cried therto This is a voyce of God and not of a man Immediatly the angell of the LORDE smote him because he gaue not God the honoure And he was eaten vp of wormes and gaue vp the goost But the worde of God grewe and multiplyed As for Barnabas and Saul they came agayne to Ierusalem and delyuered the handreachinge and toke with them Ihon whose syrname was Marke The XIII Chapter THere were at Antioche in the congregacion prophetes and teachers as Barnabas and Simon called Niger and Lucius of Cyren and Manahen Herodes the Tetrachas norsfelowe and Saul As they serued y e LORDE and fasted the holy goost sayde Separate me out Barnabas and Saul for the worke where vnto I haue called them Then fasted they and prayed and layed the handes on them and let them go And they beynge sent of the holy goost came vnto Seleucia from thence they sayled vnto Cypers And whan they were come in to the cite Salamin they shewed the worde of God in the synagoges of y e Iewes And they had Ihon to their mynister And whan they had gone thorow out the yle vnto the cyte of Paphos they founde a certayne Sorcerer and false prophete a Iewe whose name was Bariesu which was with Sergius Paulus the ruler of the countre a maÌ„ of vnderstondinge The same called Barnabas and Saul vnto him and desyred to heare y e worde of God Then the Sorcerer Elimas for so was his name by interpretacion withstode theÌ„ and soughte to turne awaye the ruler froÌ„ the faith But Saul which is also called Paul beynge full of the holy goost loked vpon him and sayde O thou childe of the deuell full of all suttylâ—ie and all disceatfulnesse and enemye of all righteousnes thou ceassest not to peruerte the straight wayes of y e LORDE And now beholde the haÌ„de of the LORDE commeth vpon the and thou shalt be blynde and not se the Sonne for a season And immediatly there fell on him a myst and darknesse and he wente aboute and soughte them that shulde lede him by the hande Whan the ruler sawe what was done he beleued and woÌ„dred at the doctryne of the LORDE Whan Paul and they that were with him were departed by shippe froÌ„ Paphos they came to Perga in the londe of Pamphilia But Ihon departed from them and wente agayne to Ierusalem Neuertheles they wandred thorow from Perga and came to Antioche in the londe of Pisidia and weÌ„te in to the synagoge vpon the Sabbath daye and sat downe But after the lecture of the lawe and
e congregacion and toke his iourney downe to Antioche and taried there a certayne tyme and departed and walked thorow all y e countre of Galatia and Phrigia by ordre and strengthed all the disciples There came vnto Ephesus a certayne Iewe named Apollo borne at Alexādria an eloquent man and mightie in the scriptures the same was infourmed in the waye of the LORDE and spake feruently in the sprete and taughte diligently the thinges of the LORDE and knewe but the baptyme off Ihon onely The same beganne to speake boldly in the synagoge Whan Aquila and Priscilla herde him they toke him vnto thē and expounded the waye of God vnto him more perfectly But whan he wolde go in to Achaia the brethren wrote and exorted the disciples to receaue him And whan he was come thither he helped them moch which beleued thorow grace For he ouercame the Iewes mightely and shewed openly by y e scripture that Iesus was Christ. The XIX Chapter BVt it fortuned whan Apollo was at Corinthum that Paul walked thorow the vpper coastes and came to Ephesus and founde certayne disciples vnto whom he sayde Haue ye receaued y e holy goost sence ye beleued They sayde vnto hī We haue not herde whether there be an holy goost He sayde vnto them Where with then were ye baptysed They sayde With the baptyme of Ihon. Paul sayde Ihon baptysed with the baptyme of repentaunce and spake vnto y e people that they shulde beleue on him which shulde come after him that is on Iesus that the same is Christ. Whan they herde that they were baptysed in the name of the LORDE Iesu. And whan Paul layed the hādes on thē the holy goost came vpon them and they spake with tunges and prophecied And all the men were aboute twolue He wēte in to y e synagoge and preached boldly thre monethes longe teachinge and geuynge them exortacions of the kyngdome of God But whan dyuerse waxed herde herted and beleued not and spake euell of the waye of the LORDE before the multitude he departed from them and separated the disciples and disputed daylye in the scole of one called Tyrannus And this was done two yeares lōge so that all they which dwelt in Asia herde the worde of the LORDE Iesu both Iewes Grekes And God wroughte no small miracles by the handes of Paul so that from his body there were broughte napkyns or partlettes vnto the sicke and the diseases departed from them and the euell spretes wente out of them But certayne of the vagabounde Iewes which were coniurers vndertoke to name y e name of the LORDE Iesus ouer those that had euell spretes and sayde We charge you by Iesus whom Paul preacheth They were seuen sonnes of one Sceua a Iewe the hye prest which dyd so The euell sprete answered and sayde Iesus I knowe and Paul I knowe but who are ye And the mā in whō the euell sprete was ranne vpon them and ouercame them and cast them vnder him so that they fled out of the same house naked and wounded This was knowne vnto all the Iewes and Grekes which dwelt at Ephesus and there fell a feare vpon them all And y e name of the LORDE Iesus was magnified Many of thē also that beleued came and cōfessed and shewed their workes But many of them that had vsed curious craftes broughte the bokes together and burnte them openly and they counted the pryce of them and founde it of money fiftye thousande pens So mightely grewe y e worde of the LORDE and preuayled Whan this was done Paul purposed in sprete to take his iourney thorow Macedonia and Achaia and to go to Ierusalē and sayde After that I haue bene there I must se Rome also And he sent into Macedonia two that mynistred vnto him Timotheus and Erastus But he himselfe remayned in Asia for a season At the same tyme there rose no litle a doo aboute that waye For a certayne man named Demetrius a goldsmyth which made syluer shrynes for Diana and broughte them of the crafte no small vauntage Them he gathered together and the felowe workmē of the same occupacion and sayde Syrs ye knowe that by this craft◠we haue vauntage and ye se and heare that not onely at Ephesus but almost also thorow out all Asia this Paul turneth awaye moch people with his persuadynge and sayeth They be not goddes that are made with hondes Howbeit it shal not onely brynge oure occupacion to this poynte to be set at naught but also the temple of greate Diana shal from hence forth be despysed and hir maiestye also shal be destroyed whō neuertheles all Asia and the worlde worshippeth Whan they herde this they were full of wrath cried out and sayde Greate is Diana of the Ephesians And all y e cite was on a roore and they ruszhed in with one assent in to the open place and toke Gaius and Aristarchus of Macedonia Pauls companyons Whan Paul wolde haue gone in amonge the people the disciples suffred him not Certayne also of y e chefe of Asia which were Pauls good frendes sent vnto him and desyred him that he shulde not preasse in to the open place Some cried one thinge some another And the congregacion was out of quyete and the more parte knewe not wherfore they were come together Some of the people drue forth Alexander whan y e Iewes thrust him forwarde Alexāder beckened with the hande and wolde haue geuen the people an answere But whan they knewe that he was a Iewe there arose a shoute of all and cried the space of two houres Greate is Diana of the Ephesians Whan the towne clarke had stylled the people he sayde Ye men of Ephesus what man is it which knoweth not that the cite of y e Ephesiās is a worshipper of the greate goddesse Diana and of the heauenly ymage Seinge now that this can not be sayde agaynst ye ought to be contente and to do nothinge without aduysement Ye haue broughte hither these men which are nether churchrobbers ner blasphemers off youre goddesse But yff Demetrius and they that are craftesmen with him haue ought to saye vnto eny man the lawe is open and there are rulers let them accuse one another But yf ye wil go aboute eny other thinge it maye be determyned in a laufull congregacion For we stonde in ioperdy to be accused of this dayes vproure and yet is there no man giltye of whom we mighte geue a rekenynge of this vproure And whan he had sayde this he let the congregacion departe The XX. Chapter NOw whan the vproure was ceassed Paul called the disciples vnto him and toke his leue of them and departed to go in to Macedonia And whan he had gone thorow those partes and exhorted them with many wordes he came in to Grekelonde and there abode thre monethes But whan the Iewes layed wayte for him as he was aboute to sayle in to Syria he purposed to turne agayne thorow Macedonia There
that do I. Yf I do now that I wil not then is it not I that do it but synne that dwelleth in me Thus fynde I now by the lawe y t whan I wyl do good euell is present with me For I delite in the lawe of God after the inwarde man but I se another lawe in my membres which stryueth agaynst y e lawe of my mynde and taketh me presoner in y e lawe of synne which is in my membres O wretched man that I am who shal delyuer me from the body of this death I thanke God thorow Iesus Christ oure LORDE So then w t the mynde I serue y e lawe of God but with the flesh the lawe of synne The VIII Chapter THen is there now no damnacion vnto theÌ„ that are in Christ Iesu which walke not after the flesh but after y e sprete For y e lawe of y e sprete y t bryngeth life iÌ„ Christ Iesu hath made me fre froÌ„ the lawe of synne death For what vnpossible was vnto y e lawe in as moch as it was weake because of the flesh y t perfourmed God sent his sonne in y e similitude of synfull flesh by synne daÌ„ned synne in y e flesh that the righteousnes requyred of the lawe mighte be fulfylled in vs which walke not after the flesh but after the sprete For they that are fleshly are fleshly mynded but they that are goostly are goostly mynded To be fleshly mynded is death but to be goostly mynded is life and peace For to be fleshly mynded is enemyte agaynst God syth it is not subdued vnto y e lawe of God for it can not also As for theÌ„ that are fleshlye they can not please God Howbeit ye are not fleshly but goostly yf so be that the sprete of God dwell in you But who so hath not the sprete of Christ the same is not his Neuertheles yf Christ be in you then is the body deed because of synne But the sprete is life for righteousnes sake Wherfore yf the sprete of him that raysed vp Iesus from the deed dwell in you then shal euen he also that raysed vp Christ from the deed quyckeÌ„ youre mortal bodies because y t his sprete dwelleth in you Therfore brethreÌ„ we are now detters not to the flesh to lyue after the flesh for yf ye lyue after y e fleshe ye must dye but yf ye mortyfye the dedes of the body thorow the sprete ye shal lyue For who so euer are led by the sprete of God are Gods childreÌ„ for ye haue not receaued the sprete of bondage to feare eny more but ye haue receaued y e sprete of adopcion wherby we crye Abba deare father The same sprete certifieth oure sprete that we are the childreÌ„ of God Yf we be childreÌ„ then are we heyres also namely the heyres of God and heyres annexed with Christ yf so be that we suffer together that we maye be also glorified together For I suppose that the affliccions off this tyme are not worthy of y e glorye which shal be shewed vpon vs. For the feruent loÌ„ginge of y e creature loketh for the appearinge of the children of God because the creature is subdued vnto vanyte agaynst hir will but for his wyll that hath subdued her vpon hope For the creature also shal be fre from the bondage of corrupcion vnto the glorious libertye of the childreÌ„ of God For we knowe that euery creature groneth and trauayleth with vs in payne vnto the same tyme. Not they only but we oure selues also which haue the first frutes of the sprete grone within in oure selues for the childshippe and loke for y e delyueraunce of oure bodye For we are sâ—ued iÌ„ dede howbeit iÌ„ hope but y e hope that is sene is no hope for how can a man hope for that which he seyeth But yf we hope for that which we se not theÌ„ do we thorow pacience abyde for it Likewyse the sprete also helpeth oure weaknesse for we knowe not what we shulde desyre as we oughte neuertheles y e sprete it selfe maketh intercession mightely for vs with vnoutspeakable gronynges Howbeit he y t searcheth the hert knoweth what the mynde of the sprete is for he maketh intercession for the sayntes acordinge to the pleasure of God But sure we are that all thinges serue for the best vnto them that loue of God which are called of purpose For those whom he knewe before hath he ordeyned also before y t they shulde be like fashioned vnto y e shappe of his sonne y t he mighte be the first begotteÌ„ amoÌ„ge many brethreÌ„ As for those whom he hath ordeyned before them hath he called also and whom he hath called theÌ„ hath he also made righteous and whom he hath made righteous them hath he glorified also What shal we saye then vnto these thinges Yff God be on oure syde who can be agaynst vs. Which spared not his owne sonne but hath geuen him for vs all how shal he not with him geue vs all thinges also Who wyl laye enythinge to y e charge of Gods chosen Here is God that maketh righteous who wil then condemne Here is Christ that is deed yee rather which is raysed vp agayne which is also on y e righte hande of God and maketh intercession for vs. Who will separate vs from the loue of God Trouble or anguysh or persecucioÌ„ or honger or nakednesse or parell or swerde As it is wrytten For thy sake are we kylled all the daye longe we are counted as shepe appoynted to be slayne Neuerthelesse in all these thinges we ouercome farre for his sake that loued vs. For sure I am that nether death ner life nether angell ner rule nether power nether thinges present nether thinges to come nether heyth ner loweth nether eny other creature shal be able to separate vs from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesu oure LORDE The IX Chapter I Saye the trueth in Christ and lye not wherof my conscience beareth me witnesse in the holy goost that I haue greate heuynesse contynuall sorowe in my hert I haue wyszhed my selfe to be cursed from Christ for my brethren that are my kynsmen after the flesh which are off Israel vnto whom pertayneth the childshippe and the glory and the couenauntes and lawe and the seruyce of God and the promyses whose are also the fathers off whom after the flesh commeth Christ which is God ouer all blessed for euer Amē· But I speake not these thinges as though the worde of God were of none effecte for they are not all Israelites which are of Israel nether are they all children because they are the sede of Abraham but in Isaac shal the sede be called vnto the that is They which are children after the flesh are not the children of God but the children of the promes are counted for the sede For this is a worde of the promes
where he sayeth Aboute this tyme wyl I come and Sara shal haue a sonne Howbeit it is not so with this onely but also whan Rebecca was with childe by one namely by oure father Isaac or euer the childrē were borne had done nether good ner bad that the purpose of God might stōde acordinge to the eleccion not by the deseruynge of workes but by the grace of the caller it was sayde thus vnto her The greater shal serue the lesse As it is wrytten Iacob haue I loued but Esau haue I hated What shal we saye then Is God then vnrighteous God forbyd For he sayeth vnto Moses I shewe mercy to whom I shewe mercy and haue cōpassion on whō I haue compassion So lyeth it not then in eny mans wyll or runnynge but in the mercy of God For the scripture sayeth vnto Pharao For this cause haue I stered the vp euen to shewe my power on the that my name mighte be declared in all lōdes Thus hath he mercy on whom he wyl and whom he wyl he hardeneth Thou wilt saye then vnto me Why blameth he vs yet For who can resiste his will O thou man who art thou that disputest with God Sayeth the worke to his workman Why hast thou made me on this fashion Hath not the potter power out of one lompe of claye to make one vessell vnto honoure and another vnto dishonoure Therfore whan God wolde shewe wrath and to make his power knowne he broughte forth with greate pacience the vessels off wrath which are ordeyned to damnacion that he mighte declare the riches off his glorye on y e vessels of mercy which he hath prepared vnto glorye whom he hath called namely vs not onely of the Iewes but also of the Gentyles As he sayeth also by Osee I wil call that my people which is not my people and my beloued which is not y e beloued And it shal come to passe in y e place where it was sayde vnto them Ye are not my people there shal they be called the children of the lyuynge God But Esay crieth ouer Israel Though the nombre of the children of Israel be as the sonde of the see yet shal there but a remnaunt be saued For there is the worde that fynisheth and shorteneth in righteousnes for a shorte worde shal God make vpon earth And as Esay sayde before Excepte the LORDE of Sabbaoth had lefte vs fede we shulde haue bene as Sodoma and like vnto Gomorra What shal we saye then This wil we saye The Heythen which folowed not righteousnes haue ouertaken righteousnes but I speake of the righteousnes that commeth of faith Agayne Israel folowed the lawe of righteousnes and attayned not vnto the lawe of righteousnes Why so Euen because they soughte it not out of faith but as it were out of the deseruynge of workes For they haue stombled at the stomblinge stone As it is wrytten Beholde I laye in Sion a stone to stōble at and a rocke to be offended at and who so euer beleueth on him shal not be confounded The X. Chapter BRethren my hertes desyre prayer vnto God for Israel is that they might be saued For I beare them recorde that they are zelous for Gods cause but not w t vnderstondinge For they knowe not the righteousnes which auayleth before God and go aboute to manteyne their awne righteousnes and thus they are not subdued vnto the righteousnes that is off value before God For Christ is the ende of the lawe vnto righteousnes for euery one y t beleueth Moses wryteth of y e righteousnes which commeth of the lawe that the man which doth y e same shal lyue therin But y e righteousnes which cōmeth of faith speaketh on this wyse Saye not in thine hert Who wil go vp in to heauē that is nothinge els then to fetch Christ downe Or who wyl go downe in to y e depe that is nothinge els thē to fetch vp Christ from the deed But what sayeth the scripture The worde is nye the euen in thy mouth and in thine hert This is y e worde of faith y t we preach For yf thou knowlegest Iesus with thy mouth that he is the LORDE and beleuest in thine hert that God hath raysed him vp from the deed thou shalt be saued For yf a man beleue from the hert he shal be made righteous and yf a mā knowlege with the mouth he shal be saued For the scripture sayeth Who so euer beleueth on him shal not be confounded Here is no difference nether of the Iewe ner of the Gentyle For one is LORDE of all which is riche vnto all y t call vpō him * For who so euer shal call vpon the name of the LORDE shal be saued But how shal they call vpō him on whō they beleue not How shal they beleue on him of whō they haue not herde How shal they heare without a preacher But how shal they preach excepte they be sent As it is wryttē How beutyfull are the fete of thē y t preach peace y t brynge good tidinges But they are not all obedient vnto the Gospell For Esaye sayeth LORDE who beleueth oure preachinge So thē faith cōmeth by hearynge but hearinge cōmeth by the worde of God But I saye Haue they not herde No doute their sounde wēte out in to all londes and their wordes in to the endes of the worlde But I saye Hath not Israel knowne First Moses sayeth I wil prouoke you to enuye by them that are not my people by a foolish nacion wyl I anger you Esaye after him is bolde and sayeth I am founde of them that sought me not haue appeared vnto them that axed not after me But vnto Israel he sayeth All the daye lōge haue I stretched forth my handes vnto a people y t beleueth not but speaketh agaynst me The XI Chapter I Saye then Hath God thrust out his people God forbyd for I also am an Israelite of the sede of Abraham out of the trybe of Ben Iamin God hath not thrust out his people whom he knewe before Or wote ye not what the scripture sayeth of Elias how he maketh intercession vnto God agaynst Israel and sayeth LORDE they haue slayne thy prophetes dydged downe thine altares and I am lefte ouer onely and they seke my life But what sayeth the answere of God vnto him I haue reserued vnto me seuen thousande men which haue not bowed their knee before Baal Euē so goeth it now at this tyme also w t this remnaunt after y e eleccion of grace Yf it be done of grace thē is it not of deseruynge els were grace no grace But yf it be of deseruynge then is grace nothinge els were deseruynge no deseruynge What thē Israel hath not optayned y t which he soughte but the eleccion hath optayned it As for y e other they are blynded As
whan ye knewe not God ye dyd seruyce vnto them which by nature are no Goddes But now seynge ye knowe God yee rather are knowne off God how is iâ— that ye turne you backe agayne vnto the weake and beggerly tradicions wher vnto ye desyre agayne a fresh to be in bondage Ye obserue dayes and â—â—nethes and tymes and yeares I am in feare of you lest I haue bestowed laboure on you in vayne BrethreÌ„ I beseke you be ye as I am for I am as ye are Ye haue not hurte me at all For ye knowe how that in weaknes after y e flesh I preached y e Gospell vnto you at the first and my tentacion which I suffred after the flesh ye despysed not nether abhorred but receaued me as an angell of God yee euen as Christ Iesus How happy were ye then For I beare you recorde that yf it had bene possible ye had plucked out youre awne eyes and geueÌ„ them vnto me Am I therfore become yo r enemy because I tell you y e trueth They are gelous ouer you amysse Yee they wolde make you to fall backe that ye might be ferueÌ„t to theÌ„ warde It is good to be feruent so y t it be allwaye in a good thinge and not onely whan I am present w t you My litle children of whom I trauayle in byrth agayne vntyll Christ be fashioned in you I wolde I were w t you now and coulde chauÌ„ge my voyce for I stoÌ„deiÌ„ doute of you Tell me ye that wylbe vnder the lawe haue ye not herde the lawe For it is wrytten that Abraham had two sonnes the one by a bonde mayde the other by a fre woman As for him that was of the boÌ„de mayde he was borne after y e flesh but he which was of the fre woman was borne by promes These wordes betoken somwhat For these wemen are the two Testamentes The one from the mount Sina that gendreth vnto bondage which is Agar For Agar is called in Arabia y e mount Sina and reacheth vnto Ierusalem which now is and is in bondage with hir children But Ierusalem that is aboue is the fre woman which is the mother of vs all For it is wrytteÌ„ Reioyse thou baren that bearest no childreÌ„ breake forth and crye thou y t trauaylest not for the desolate hath many mo childreÌ„ then she which hath an huszbande As for vs brethren we are the children of Isaac acordinge to the promes But like as at that tyme he that was borne after the flesh persecuted him y t was borne after the sprete euen so is it now also But what sayeth the scripture Put awaye the bonde mayden and hir sonne for the sonne of y e bondmayde shal not be heyre with y e sonne of the fre woman So now brethren we are not children of the bonde mayde but of the fre woman The V. Chapter STonde fast therfore in the libertye wherwith Christ hath made vs fre and be not wrapped agayne in the yocke off bondage Beholde I Paul sayâ— vnto you Yf ye be circumcysed Christ profiteth you nothinge at all I testifye agaâ—â—ne vnto euery man which is circumcyse that he is bounde to kepe the whole larâ— Ye are gone quyte from Christ as many â— you as wylbe made righteous by the laâ—â— and are fallen from grace But we waâ— in the sprete off hope to 〈…〉 by faith For in Christ 〈…〉 circumcision eny thinge worth ner vncircumcision but faith which by loue is mightâ—e in operacion Ye ranne well who was a let vnto you that ye shulde not obeye the trueth Soch councell is not of him that hath called you A litle leuen sowreth the whole lompe of dowe I haue trust towarde you in y e LORDE that ye wylbe none otherwyse mynded But he that troubleth you shal beare his iudgment what so euer he be Brethren yf I yet preach circumcision why do I suffre persecucion then had the slaunder off the crosse ceassed Wolde God they were roted out froÌ„ amoÌ„ge you which trouble you But brethreÌ„ ye are called vnto liberty onely let not youre libertie be an occasion vnto the flesh but by loue serue one another For all the lawe is fulfylled in one worde namely in this loue thy neghboure as thy selfe But yf ye byte and deuoure one another take hede that ye be not consumed one of another I saye Walke in the sprete and so shal ye not fulfill the lustes off the fleshe For the flesh lusteth agaynst the sprete and the sprete agaynst the flesh These are contrary one to the other so that ye can not do that which ye wolde But and yf ye be led of the sprete then are ye not vnder the lawe The dedes of y e flesh are manifest which are these Aduoutrye whordome vncleÌ„nes wantaÌ„nes Idolatrye witchcraft hatred variaunce zele wrath stryfe sedicion sectes envyenge murthur dronkennes glotony and soch like of the which I tell you before as I haue tolde you in tyme past that they which commytte soch shal not inheret the kyngdome of God But the frute of the sprete is loue ioye peace longe sufferinge geÌ„tlenes goodnesse faithfulnes mekenesse teÌ„peraunce Agaynst soch is not y e lawe But they that are Christes haue crucified their flesh with the lustes and desyres The VI. Chapter YF we lyue in the sprete let vs walke also in the sprete Let vs not be vayne glorious prouokinge one another and envyenge another Brethren Yf eny maÌ„ be ouertaken of a faute ye which are spiriâ—uall enfourme him with a meke sprete and â—â—nsidre thine owne selfe that thou also be 〈◊〉 tempted Beare ye one anothers 〈…〉 and so shal ye fulfyll the lawe of Christ. 〈◊〉 yf eny man thinke himselfe to be 〈…〉 whan in dede he is nothinge the 〈…〉 hâ—mselfe Let euery man proue 〈◊〉 owne woâ—â—e and theÌ„ shal he haue reioysinge in his awne selfe and not in another For euery one shal beare his owne burthen But let him that is taughte with the worde mynister in all good thinges vnto him that teacheth him Be not disceaued God wil not be mocked For what soeuer a man soweth that shal he reape He that soweth vpon the flesh shal of the flesh reape destruccion But he that soweth vpon y e sprete shal of the sprete reape life euerlastinge Let vs not be weery of well doynge for whaÌ„ the tyme is come we shal reape without ceassinge Whyle we haue tyme therfore let vs do good vnto all men but specially vnto theÌ„ which are of y e housholde of faith Beholde with how many wordes I haue wrytten vnto you with myne awne hande They that wil please in the flesh constrayne you to be circumcysed onely lest they shulde be persecuted with the crosse of Christ. For eueÌ„ they them selues which are circumcysed kepe not the lawe but wolde haue you circuÌ„cysed that they mighte reioyse in youre flesh But God
a shyne of wyszdome thorow chosen spiritualtie and humblenes and in that they spare not the body and do the flesh no worshipe vnto his nede The III. Chapter YF ye be rysen now with Christ seke those thinges then which are aboue where Christ is syttinge on the righte hande of God Set youre mynde on the thinges which are aboue not on y e thingeâ— that are vpon earth For ye are deed * 〈◊〉 youre life is hyd with Christ in God * 〈◊〉 whan Christ o r life shal shewe himselfe theÌ„ shal ye also appeare with him in glory Mortifye therfore youre meÌ„bres which are vpon earth whordome vnclennes vnnaturall lust euell concupisceÌ„ce and couetousnes which is a worshippynge of Idols for which thinges sakes the wrath of God commeth vpon the children of vnbeleue in the which thinges ye walked some tyme whan ye lyued in them But now put all awaye froÌ„ you wrath fearcenesse maliciousnes cursed speakynge fylthie wordes out of youre mouth Lye not one to another Put of y e olde maÌ„ with his workes and put on y e newe which is renued in knowlege after y e ymage of him that made him where there is no Greke Iewe circumcision vncircumcision Barbarous Sithian boÌ„de fre but Christ is all and in all Now therfore as the electe of God holy and beloued put on tender mercye kyndnes humblenes of mynde mekenesse longe sufferynge forbearinge one another and forgenynge one another yf eny man haue a quarell agaynst another Like as Christ hath forgeuen you euen so do ye also But aboue all thinges put on loue which is the bonde of perfectnesse And the peace of God rule in youre hertes to the which peace ye are called also in one body and se y t ye be thanfull Let y e worde of Christ dwell in you plenteously in all wyszdome Teach and exhorte youre awne selues with psalmes and ymnes and spirituall songes which haue fauoure with them synginge in youre hertes to the LORDE And what soeuer ye do in worde or worke do all in the name of the LORDE Iesu and geue thankes vnto God the father by him Ye wyues submytte youre selues vnto youre huszbandes as it is comly in the LORDE Ye huszbandes loue youre wyues and be not bytter vnto them Ye children obeye youre elders in all thinges for that is well pleasynge vnto the LORDE Ye fathers rate not yo r children lest they be of a desperate mynde Ye seruauntes be obedient vnto youre bodely masters in all thinges not with eye seruyce as men pleasers but in synglenes of â—ert fearinge God What so euer ye do do it â—â—rtely euen as vnto the LORDE and not 〈…〉 And be sure that of the LORDE 〈…〉 the rewarde of y e enheritaunâ—◠〈…〉 LORDE Christ. But he that doth 〈◊〉 shal receaue for the wronge that he hath done for there is no respecte of persons with God Ye masters do vnto youre seruauntes that which is iust and equall and knowe y t ye also haue a master in heauen The IIII. Chapter COntynue in prayer and watch in the same with thankesgeuynge and praye also together for vs that God open vnto vs the dore of the worde to speake the mystery of Christ wherfore I am also in boÌ„des that I maye vtter y e same as it becommeth me to speake Walke wysely towarde them that are without and redeme y e tyme. Let youre speach be allwaye fauorable seasoned with salt that ye maye knowe how to answere euery man Tichicus the deare brother and faithfull mynister felowe seruauÌ„t in y e LORDE shal tell you what case I am in Whom I haue sent vnto you for the same purpose that he mighte knowe how ye do that he mighte comforte youre hertes with one Onesimus a faithfull and beloued brother which is one of you they shal shewe you of all thinges which are adoynge here Aristarchus my preson felowe saluteth you and Marcus Barnabasses sisters sonne touchinge whom ye receaued commaundementes Yf he come vnto you receaue him and Iesus which is called Iustus which are of the circumcision These onely are my helpers in the kyngdome of God which were to my consolacion Epaphras a seruaunt of Christ which is one of you saluteth you allwaye laboureth feruently for you in prayers y t ye maye stonde perfecte and full in all that is the wil of God I beare him recorde that he hath a feruent mynde for you and for theÌ„ at Laodicea and at Hierapolis Deare Lucas the Phisician saluteth you and so doth Demas Salute the brethreÌ„ which are at Laodicea and salute Nymphas and the coÌ„gregacion which is in his house And whan the epistle is red of you cause it to be red also in the coÌ„gregacioÌ„ at Laodicea that ye likewyse reade the epistle of Laodicea And saye to Archippus Take hede to the office which thou hast receaued in the LORDE that thou fulfyll it My salutacion with the hnade of me Paul Remembre my boÌ„des Grace be with you Amen Sent from Rome by Tichicus and Onesimus The first Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Tessalonians The summe of this Epistle Chap. I. He thanketh God for them that they are so stedfast in faith and good workes and receaue the gospell with soch earnest Chap. II. He putteth them in mynde of the godly conuersacion that he led amonge them when he preached the gospell vnto them thanketh God that they receaue his worde so frutefully and excuseth his absence Chap. III. He sheweth how greatly he was reioysed whaÌ„ Timothy tolde him of their faith and loue Chap. IIII. He exhorteth them to stedfastnesse to kepe them selues from synne and vnclenly coÌ„uersacion to loue one another rebuketh ydilnesse and speaketh of the resurreccion Chap. V. He enfourmeth them of the daye of dome and coÌ„mynge of the LORDE exhorteth them to watch and to regarde soch as preach Gods worde amonge them The first Chapter PAVL and Siluanus and Timotheus Vnto the coÌ„gregacion of the Tessalonyans in God the father and in the LORDE Iesus Christ. Grace be with you and peace from God oure father and from the LORDE Iesus Christ. We geue thankes vnto God allwaye for you all makynge meÌ„sion of you in o r prayers without ceassynge and call to remembraunce youre worke in the faith and youre laboure in loue youre pacience in hope which is oure LORDE Iesus Christ before God oure father Because we knowe brethren beloued of God how that ye are electe for oure Gospell hath not bene with you in worde onely but both in power and in the holy goost and in moch certayntie as ye knowe after what maner we were amonge you for youre sakes And ye became the folowers of vs and of the LORDE and receaued the worde in moch affliccion with ioye of the holy goost so that ye were an example to all that beleued in Macedonia and
Achaia For froÌ„ you was the worde of the LORDE noysed out not onely in Macedonia Achaia but iÌ„ all quarters also is yo r faith iÌ„ God spred abrode so that it nedeth not vs to speake eny thinge at all For they them selues shewe of you what maner of entrynge in we had vnto you and how ye are turned vnto God from ymages for to serue the lyuynge and true God and to loke for his sonne from heaueÌ„ whom he raysed vp from the deed euen Iesus which hath delyuered vs froÌ„ the wrath to come The II. Chapter FOr ye youre selues brethren knowe of oure intrauÌ„ce vnto you how that it was not in vayne but as we had suffred afore were shamefully intreated at Philippos as ye knowe we were bolde in oure God to speake vnto you y e Gospel of God with moch stryuynge For oure exhortacion was not to brynge you to erroure ner yet to vnclennes nether was it with gyle but as we are alowed of God that the Gospell shulde be commytted vnto vs to preache euen so we speake not as though we wolde please meÌ„ but God which tryeth oure hertes For we haue not gone aboute with flateringe wordes as ye knowe ner wayted for oure owne profit God is recorde nether soughte we prayse of men nether of you ner of eny other whan we mighte haue bene chargeable vnto you as the Apostles off Christ but we were tender amonge you Like as a norsse cherisheth hir children euen so had we hartely affeccion towarde you and wolde with good wyl haue dealte vnto you not onely the Gospell of God but oure lyues also because ye were deare vnto vs. Ye remembre brethren oure laboure and trauayle For daye and nighte wroughte we because we wolde not be chargeable vnto eny of you and preached the Gospell of God amonge you Ye are witnesses and so is God how holyly and iustly and vnblameable we behaued oure selues amoÌ„ge you thaâ— beleue as ye knowe how that as a 〈…〉 his children euen so exhorte 〈…〉 and besoughte euery one 〈…〉 wolde walke worthely before God 〈…〉 hath called you vnto his kyngdome 〈…〉 For this cause thanke we God without ceassynge because that whaÌ„ ye receaued of vs the worde of the preachinge of God ye receaued it not as y e worde of men but eueÌ„ as it is of a trueth the worde of God which worketh in you that beleue For ye brethren are become the folowers off the congregacions off God which in Iewry are in Christ Iesu so that ye haue suffred euen like thinges of youre kynsmen as they haue suffred of the Iewes Which as they put the LORDE Iesus to death and their awne prophetes euen so haue they persecuted vs also and please not God and are coÌ„trary to all men forbyddinge vs to speake vnto the Heythen that they mighte be saued to fulfill their synnes allwaye for the wrath is come vpon them allready vnto y e vttemost But we brethren for as moch as we haue bene kepte from you for a season as concernynge the bodely presence but not in the hert we haue haisted the more with greate desyre to se you personally Therfore wolde we haue come vnto you I Paul two tymes but Sathan withstode vs. For who is oure hope or ioye or crowne of reioysinge are not ye it in y e sighte of oure LORDE Iesus Christ at his commynge Yes ye are oure prayse and ioye The III. Chapter WHerfore sence we coulde no longer forbeare we thoughte it good to remayne at Athens alone sent Timotheus oure brother and mynister of God and oure helper in y e gospell of Christ to stablysh you and to comforte you in youre faith that noman shulde be moued in these troubles for ye youre selues knowe that we are euen appoynted there vnto And whan we were with you we tolde you before that we shulde suffre tribulacion euen as it is come to passe as ye knowe For this cause seynge I coulde no longer forbeare I sent that I mighte haue knowlege of youre faith lest happly the tempter had tempted you and lest oure laboure had bene in vayne But now that Timotheus is come froÌ„ you vnto vs and hath shewed vs of youre faith and loue how that ye haue allwaye good remembraunce of vs desyringe to se vs 〈…〉 to se you therfore brethren 〈…〉 in you in all oure 〈…〉 thorow youre faith For 〈…〉 yf ye stonde stedfast in y e â—ORDE For what thankes can we recompeÌ„ce to God agayne for you because of this ioye that we haue concernynge you before oure God We praye exceadingly daye and nighte that we mighte se you presently and fulfill that which is lackynge in yo r faith God himselfe o r father o r LORDE Iesus Christ gyde oure iourney vnto you But the LORDE increace you make you flowe ouer in loue one towarde another and towarde all men euen as we do towarde you that yo r hertes maye be stable and vnblameable in holynes before God oure father at the commynge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ with all his sayntes The IIII. Chapter FVrthermore we beseke you brethren and exhorte you in the LORDE Iesus that ye increace more and more euen as ye haue receaued of vs how ye oughte to walke and to please God For ye knowe what commaundementes we gaâ—ue you by oure LORDE Iesus Christ. For this is the will of God euen youre sanctifienge that ye shulde absteyne from whordome y t euery one of you shulde knowe how to kepe his vessell in holynes and honoure not in the lust of concupiscence as the Heythen which knowe not God And that no man go to farre ner defraude his brother in bargayninge For the LORDE is the auenger of all soch thinges as we haue sayde testified vnto you afore tyme. For God hath not called vs to vnclennesse but vnto holynes He therfore that despyseth despyseth not man but God which hath geuen his holy sprete in to you But as touchinge brotherly loue ye nede not that I wryte vnto you for ye youre selues are taught of God to loue one another yee and that thinge ye do vnto all the brethreÌ„ which are thorow out all Macedonia But we beseke you brethren that ye increace yet more and more and that ye study to be quyete and to medle with youre awne busynesse and to worke with youre awne haÌ„des as we commaunded you that ye maye walke honestly towarde theÌ„ that are without and that nothinge be lackynge vnto you We wolde not brethren that ye shulde be ignoraunt concernynge them which are fallen a slepe that ye sorowe not as other do which haue no hope For yf we beleue that Iesus dyed and rose agayne euen so theÌ„ also which slepe by Iesus shal God brynge with him For this we saye vnto you in the worde of the LORDE that we which lyue and are remaynynge
by name The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Hebrues The summe of this epistle Chap. I. How God dealt louyngly with theÌ„ of the olde tyme in sendynge them his prophetes but moch more mercy hath he shewed vs in that he sent vs his owne sonne Of the most excellent glory of Iesus Christ which in all thinges is like to his father Chap. II. He exhorteth vs to be obedient vnto the new lawe which Christ hath geuen vs and not to be offended at the infirmite and lowe degre of Christ why it was necessary that for oure sakes he shulde take soch an humble state vpon him that he might be like vnto his brethren Chap. III. He requyreth vs to be obedient vnto the worde of Christ which is more worthy then Moses The punyshment of soch as wyll nedes harden their hertes Chap. IIII. The Sabbath or rest of the Christen Punyshment of vnbeleuers The nature of the worde of God Chap. V. Christ is oure hye prest the seate of grace and more excellent then the hye prestes of the olde lawe Chap. VI. He goeth forth with the thiÌ„ge that he beganne in the latter ende of the fyfft chapter and exhorteth them not to faynt but to be stedfast and pacient for so moch as God is sure in his promesse Chap. VII He coÌ„pareth the presthode of Christ vnto Melchisedech but to be farre more excellent Chap. VIII The office of Christ is more worthy then the prestes office of the olde lawe which was vnperfecte and therfore abrogate Chap. IX The profit and worthynesse of the olde Testament and how farre the new excelleth it Chap. X. The olde lawe had no power to cleÌ„se awaye synne but Christ dyd it with offerynge vp his body once for all An exhortacion to receaue this goodnesse of God thaÌ„k fully with pacience and stedfast faith Chap. XI What faith is and a commeÌ„dacion of the same The stedfast beleue of the fathers in olde tyme. Chap. XII An exhortacion to be pacient and stedfast in trouble and aduersite vpon hope of euerlastinge rewarde A commeÌ„dacion of the new Testament aboue the olde Chap. XIII He exhorteth vs vnto loue to hospitalite to thinke vpon soch as be in aduersite to manteyne wedlocke to avoyde cuvetousnesse to make moch of theÌ„ that preach Gods worde to bewarre of straunge lernynge to be content to suffre rebuke with Christ to be thankfull vnto God and obedient vnto to oure heades The first Chapter GOD in tyme past dyuersly many wayes spake vnto y e fathers by prophetes but in these last dayes he hath spoken vnto vs by his sonne whom he hath made heyre of all thinges by whom also he made the worlde Which sonne beynge the brightnes of his glory the very ymage of his substaunce bearinge vp all thinges with the worde of his power hath in his owne personne pourged oure synnes and is set on the righte hande of the maiestie on hye beynge eueÌ„ as moch more excelleÌ„t theÌ„ y e angels as he hath optayned a more excelleÌ„t name then they For vnto which of the angels sayde he at eny tyme Thou art my sonne this daye haue I begotten the And agayne I will be his father he shal be my sonne And agayne whaÌ„ he bryngeth in the fyrst begotteÌ„ sonne in to the worlde he sayeth And all the angels of God shal worshippe him And of the angels he sayeth He maketh his angels spretes his mynisters flaÌ„mes of fyre But vnto y e sonne he sayeth God y e seate endureth for euer euer the cepter of y e kyngdome is a right cepter Thou hast loued righteousnes hated iniquyte wherfore God which is thy God hath anoynted the with the oyle of gladnesse aboue y e felowes And thou LORDE in y e begynnynge hast layed the foundacion of the earth and y e heaueÌ„s are the workes of thy handes they shal perishe but thou shalt endure they all shal waxe olde as doth a garmeÌ„t and as a vesture shalt thou chaunge them and they shal be chaunged But thou art y e same and thâ— yeares shal not fayle Vnto which of the angels sayde he at eny tyme * Syt thou on my righte haÌ„de tyll I make thyne enemies thy fote stole Are they not all mynistry 〈◊〉 spretes sent to mynister for 〈…〉 which shal be heyres of saluacion 〈…〉 The II. Chapter WHerfore we ought to geue the more hede vnto the thinges which we haue herde lest we periszhe For yf the worde which was spokeÌ„ by angels was stedfast and euery traÌ„sgression and dishobedience receaued a iust recompence of rewarde how shal we escape yf we despyse so greate a saluacion which after that it beganne to be preached by the LORDE himselfe was confirmed vpon vs by them that herde it God bearynge witnesse therto with tokens wonders and dyuerse powers and giftes of the holy goost acordinge to his awne wyll For vnto the angels hath he not subdued the worlde to come wherof we speake But one in a certayne place witnesseth sayeth What is man that thou art myndefull of him or the sonne of man that thou vysitest him After thou haddest for a litle season made him lower theÌ„ y e angels thou crownedst him with honoure and glory and hast set him aboue the workes of thy handes Thou hast put all thinges in subieccion vnder his fete In that he subdued all thinges vnto him he lefte nothinge that is not put vnder him Neuertheles now se we not all thinges yet subdued vnto him But him which for a litle season was made lesse then the angels we se that it is Iesus which is crowned with honoure and glory for the sufferynge of death that he by the grace of God shulde taist of death for all men For it became him for whom are all thinges and by whoÌ„ are all thinges after y t he had broughte many children vnto glory that he shulde make the LORDE of their saluacion perfecte thorow sufferynge for so moch as they all come of one both he that sanctifieth they which are sanctified For the which causes sake he is not ashamed to call them brethren sayenge I will declare thy name vnto my brethren and in the myddes of the coÌ„gregacion wil I prayse the. And agayne I wyl put my trust in him And agayne beholde here am I and my children which God hath geuen me For as moch then as the children haue flesh and bloude he also himselfe likewyse toke parte with them y t he thorow death mighte take awaye y e power of him which had lordshippe ouer death that is to saye y e deuell that he mighte delyuer theÌ„ which thorow feare of death were all their life tyme in 〈…〉 boÌ„dage For he in no place taketh on him 〈◊〉 â—ngels but y e sede of Abraham tabeth he on him Wherfore in all thinges it became him to be made like vnto
thou art fallen and repent and do the fyrst workes Or elles I wyl come vnto the shortly and wil remoue thy caÌ„delstycke out of his place excepte thou repent But this thou hast because thou hatest y e dedes of the Nicolaitans which dedes I also hate Let him y t hath eares heare what y e sprete saith vnto the congregacions To him that ouercommeth will I geue to eate of the tree of life which is in the myddes of y e paradise of God And vnto the angell of the congregacion of Smyrna wryte These thinges saith he that is fyrst and the last which was deed and is aliue I knowe thy workes and tribulacion and pouerte but thou art ryche And I knowe the blaspheny of them which call them selues Iewes and are not but are the coÌ„gregacion of Sathan Feare none of tho thinges which thou shalt soffre Beholde y e deuell shal cast of you in to preson to tempte you and ye shal haue tribulacion x. dayes Be faithfull vnto the deeth and I wil geue y e a crowne of life Let him that hath ears heare what the sprete saith to the congregacions He that ouer coÌ„meth shal not be hurte of the seconde deeth And to the angell of the congregacion in Pergamos wryte This sayth he which hath the sharpe swearde with two edges I knowe thy workes and where thou dwellest euen where Sathans seat is and thou kepest my name hast not denyed my faith And in my dayes Antipas was a faithfull witnes of myne which was slayne amonge you where Sathan dwelleth But I haue a fewe thinges agaynst the that thou hast there theÌ„ that manyntayne the doctryne of Balaam which taught in Balak to put occasion of syn before the children of Israell that they shulde eate of meate dedicat vnto ydoles and to commyt fornicacion Euen so hast thou theâ—â— that mayntayne y e doctryne of the Nicolaytans which thinge I hate But be coÌ„uerted or elles I wil come vnto the shortly and wil fight agaynste theÌ„ with the swearde of my mouth Let him y t hath eares heare what the sprete saith vnto the coÌ„gregacions To him that ouer commeth wil I geue to eate maÌ„na that is hyd and wil geue him a whyte stone in the stone a newâ— name wrytteÌ„ which no man knoweth sauinge he that receaueth it And vnto the angell of the coÌ„gregacion of Theatira write This saith the sonne of God which hath his eyes lyke vnto a flame of fyre whose fete are like brasse I knowe thy workes and thy loue seruice and faith and thy pacience and thy dedes which are mo at the last then at the firste Notwithstondinge I haue a feawe thinges agaynst the that thou sufferest that woman Iesabell which called her selfe a prophetisse to teache and to deceaue my seruauntes to make them committ fornicacion and to eate meates offered vp vnto ydoles And I gaue her space to repeÌ„t of her fornicacion and she repented not Beholde I wil cast her into a bed and them that commit fornicacion with her in to gret aduersite excepte they turne from their dedes And I wil kyll her childreÌ„ with deeth And all the coÌ„gregacioÌ„s shal knowe y t I am he which searcheth the reynes and hertes And I wil geue vnto euery one of you acordynge vnto youre workes Vnto you I saye and vnto other of theÌ„ of Thiatyra as many as haue not this lernynge and which haue not knowen the depnes of Sathan as they saye I wil put vpoÌ„ you none other burthen but y t which ye haue already Holde fast tyll I come and whosoeuer ouercoÌ„meth and kepeth my workes vnto y e ende to him wil I geue power ouer nacions and he shal rule them with a rodde of yron and as the vessels of a potter shal he breake them to sheuers EueÌ„ as I receaued of my father so wil I geue him y t mornynge starre Let him y t hath eares heare what the sprete sayth to the coÌ„gregacions The III. Chapter ANd wryte vnto the angell of the congregacion off Sardis this sayth he that hath the seuen spretes of God the seuen starres I knowe thy workes thou hast a name that thou lyuest and thou art deed Be awake and strength the thinges which remayne that are redy to dye For I haue not founde thy workes perfecte before God Remember therfore how thou hast receaued and hearde and holde fast and repent Yf thou shalt not watche I wil come on the as a these and thou shalt not knowe what houre I wil come vpon y e Thou hast a fewe names in Sardis which haue not defyled their garmentes and they shal walke with me in whyte for they are worthy He that ouercommeth shal be clothed in whyte araye and I wil not put out his name out of the boke of life and I wil coÌ„fesse his name before my father and before his angels Let him y t hath eares heare what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacions And wryte vnto y e angell of the coÌ„gregacioÌ„ of Philadelphia this sayth he y t is holy and true which hath the keye of Dauid which openyth and no man shutteth and shutteth and no man openeth I knowe thy workes Beholde I haue set before the an open doore and no man can shut it for thou hast a lyttell strength and hast not denyed my name Beholde I shal geue some of the congregacion of Sathan which call them selues Iewes and are not but dolye Beholde I wil make them that they shal come worshippe before thy fete and shal knowe that I haue loued the. Because thou hast kept the wordes of my pacience therfore wil I kepe the from the houre of temptacion which will come vpon all the worlde to tempte them that dwell vpoÌ„ the earth Beholde I come shortly Holde that which thou hast that no maÌ„ take awaye thy crowne Him that ouer commeth will I make a pyllar in the temple of my God and he shal goo no more out And I will wryte vpon him the name of my God and the name of y e cite of my God newe Ierusalem which coÌ„meth downe out of heauen from my God and I will wryte vpoÌ„ him my newe name Let him that hath eares heare what the sprete saith vnto the congregacions And vnto the angell of the coÌ„gregacion which is in Laodicia wryte This sayth Amen the faithfull and true witnes the begynnynge of y e creatures of God I knowe thy workes y t thou art nether colde nor hot I wolde thou were colde or hote So then because thou art bitwene bothe and nether colde ner hote I wyll spew the out off my mouth because thou saist thou art riche and incresyd with goodes and hast nede of nothinge and knowest not how thou art wretched miserable poore blynde and nakyd I counsell the to bye of me golde tryed in the fyre that thou mayste be riche and whyte rayment that thou mayste be clothed that
thou sawest where y e whore sytteth are people and folke and nacions and tonges And the ten hornes which thou sawest vpon the beest are they that shal hate the whore and shal make her desolate and naked and shall eate hir fleszhe and burne her with fyre For God hath put in their hertes to fulfill his wyll and to do with one consent for to geue hir kyngdome vnto the beest vntill the wordes of God be fulfylled And the womā which thou sawest is that greate cite which raigneth ouer the kynges of the earth The XVIII Chapter ANd after that I sawe another angel come downe frō heauē hauinge greate power and y e earth was lyghtned with his bryghtnes And he cryed mightely with a stronge voyce sayenge She is fallen she is fallen euen greate Babilon and is become the habitacion of deuels and y e holde of all fowle spretes and a cage of all vncleane and hatefull byrdes for all naciōs haue dronken of the wyne of the wrath of her whordome And the kynges of the earth haue committed fornicacion with her and her marchauntes are wexed ryche of the abundaunce of her pleasures And I herde another voyce from heauen saye come awaye from her my people that ye be not partakers of her synnes lest ye receaue of her plages For her synnes are gone vp to heauen and the LORDE hath remembred her wyckednes Rewarde her euen as she rewarded you and geue her dubble acordinge to her workes And poure in dubble to her in the same cuppe which she fylled vnto you And as moche as she gloryfied her selfe and lyued wantanly so moch poure ye in for her of punyszhmēt and sorowe for she sayeth in her herte I syt beinge a quene and am no wyddowe and shall se no sorowe Therfore shal her plages come at one daye death and sorowe and honger and she shal be brēt with fyre for stronge is the LORDE God which shal iudge her And the kynges of the earth shal bewepe her and wayle ouer her which haue committed fornicacion and lyued wantanly with her when they shal se the smoke of her burnynge and shal stonde a farre of for feare of her punyszhment sayenge Alas Alas that greate cite Babylon that mighty cite For at one houre is thy iudgment come And the marchauntes off the earth shall wepe and wayle in them selues because no man will bye their ware eny more the ware of golde and syluer and of precious stones off pearle sylke and purple and skarlet all Thynen wod and all manner vessels of yuery and all manner vessels of most precious wod and of brasse and of yron synomom and odours and oyntmentes and frank ynsence and wyne and oyle and fyne floure and wheate and catell and shepe and horses and charrettes and bodies and soules of men And the apples that thy soule lusted after are departed from the. And all thinges which were deyntie and had in pryce are departed from the and thou shalt fynde them no more The marchauntes of these thinges which were wexed ryche by her shall stonde afarre of for feare of the punyszhment of her wepynge and waylinge and sayenge alas alas that greate cite that was clothed in sylke and purple and scarlet and decked with golde and precious stone and pearles for at one houre so greate ryches is come to naught And euery shippe gouerner and all they that occupie shippes and shippmen which worke in the see stode a farre of and cryed when they sawe the smoke of her burnynge and sayde what cite is like vnto this greate cite And they cast dust on their heades and cryed wepynge and waylinge and sayde Alas Alas the greate cite wher in were made ryche all that had shippes in the see by the reason of her wares for at one houre is she made desolate Reioyce ouer her thou heauē and ye holy Apostles and prophetes for God hath geuen youre iudgmēt on her And a mighty angell toke vp a greate stone lyke a mylstone and cast it in to the see sayenge with suche violēce shal that greate cite Babylon be cast and shal be founde nomore And the voyce of harpers and musicions and of pypers and trompetters shal be herde no more in the and no craftes man of what soeuer craft he be shal be founde eny more in the and the sounde of a myll shal be herde no more in the and the voyce of the brydegrome and of the bryde shal be herde nomore in the for thy marchauntes were prynces of the earth And with thyne inchaūtment were deceaued all nacions and in her was founde the bloude of the prophetes and of the sayntes and of all that were slayne vpō the earth The XIX Chapter ANd after that I herde the voyce of moch people in heauen sayenge Alleluia Saluacion and glory and honour and power be ascribed to the LORDE o r God for true and righteous are his iudgmentes because he hath iudged the greate whore which did corrupt y e earth with her fornicacion and hath auenged the bloud of his seruaūtes of her hond And agayne they sayde Alleluia And smoke rose vp for euermore And y e xxiiij elders the foure beestes fell downe and worshipped God that sat on the seate sayenge Amen Alleluia And a voice came out of the seate sayenge prayse o r LORDE God all ye that are his seruaūtes 〈◊〉 that feare him both small and greate And I herde the voyce of moch people 〈◊〉 y e voyce of many waters as y e voyce of stronge thondrynges sayenge Alleluia for God omnipotent raigneth Let vs be glad and reioyce and geue honour to him for the mariage of the lābe is come and his wife made her selfe ready And to her was graunted that she shulde be arayed with pure and goodly sylke As for the sylke it is the rightewesnes of sayntes And he sayde vnto me Blessed are they which are called vnto the Lambes supper And he sayde vnto me these are the true sayenges of God And I fell at his fete to worshippe him And he sayde vnto me Se thou do it not For I am thy felowe seruaunt and one of thy brethren and of them that haue the testimony of Iesus Worshippe God For the testimony of Iesus is y e sprete of prophesy And I sawe heauē open beholde a whyte horss◠and he y t sat vpon him was called 〈◊〉 and true in rightewesnes dyd 〈…〉 make battayle His eyes were 〈…〉 fyre and on his heade were 〈…〉 he had a name wrytten 〈…〉 but him selfe And he was 〈…〉 vesture dipt in bloude and his name is called y e worde of God And y e warriers which were in heauen folowed him vpon whyte horsses clothed with whyte and pure sylke and out of his mouthe wante a sharppe swerde that with it he shulde smyte the Heithen And he shall rule them with a rodde of yron and he trode the wynefatte of the fearcenesse
me Herken vnto me o Iacob Israel whō I haue called I am euen he that is I am y e first and the last My honde is the foundacion of the earth my right honde spanneth ouer the heauens As soone as I called thē they were there Gather you all together ād herken Which of yonder goddes hath declared this that the LORDE wil do by the kinge of Babilon whom he loueth fauoureth and by the Caldees his arme ▪ I my self alone haue tolde you this before Yee I shal call him and bringe him forth geue him a prosperous iourneye Come nye heare this haue I spokē eny thīge darckly sence the begynnynge whē a thīge begynneth I am there Wherfore the LORDE God with his sprete hath sent me And thus saieth the LORDE thine avenger the holyone of Israel I am y e LORDE thy God which teach the profitable thinges and lede y e the waye that thou shuldest go Yf thou wilt now regarde my cōmaundement thy welthynes shal be as the water streame thy rightuousnes as the wawes flowinge in the see Thysede shal be like as the sonde in the see the frute of thy body like the grauel stones therof Thy name shal not be roted out nor destroyed before me Ye shal go awaye from Babilon and escape the Caldees with a mery voyce This shal be spoken of declared abrode go forth vnto the ende of the worlde so that it shal be sayde The LORDE hath defended his seruaunte Iacob that they suffred no thurste whē they trauayled in the wildernesse He claue the rockes a sonder and the water gusshed out As for the vngodly they haue no peace saieth the LORDE MESSIAS The xlix Chapter HErken vnto me ye Iles and take hede ye people from farre The LORDE hath called me fro my byrth and made mēcion of my name fro my mothers wōbe he hath made my mouth like a sharpe swerde vnder y e shadowe of his honde hath he defended me and hyd me in his quyuer as a good arowe and sayde vnto me Thou art my seruaunt Israel I wil be honoured in the. Then answerde I I shal lese my laboure I shal spende my strength in vayne Neuertheles I wil commytte my cause and my worke vnto the LORDE my God And now saieth the LORDE euē he that fashioned me fro my mothers wombe to be his seruaūte that I maye bringe Iacob agayne vnto him howbeit Israel will not be gathered vnto hī agayne In whose sight I am greate which also is my LORDE my God and my strēgth Let it be but a smal thinge that thou art my seruaunt to set vp the kinreddes of Iacob to restore the destructiō of Israel yf I make the not also the light of the Gentiles that thou mayest be my health vnto the ende of the worlde Morouer thus saieth the LORDE the avēger and holy one of Israel because of the abhorringe and despisinge amonge the Gentiles concernynge the seruaunt of all them y t beare rule Kynges and prynces shal se and arise and worshipe because of the LORDE that he is faithfull and because of the holy one of Israel which hath chosen the. And thus saieth the LORDE In the tyme apoynted wil I be present with the. And in the houre of health wil I helpe the delyuer the. I wil make the a pledge for y e people so y t thou shalt helpe vp the earth agayne and chalenge agayne the scatred heretages That thou mayest saye to y e presoners go forth to them that are in darknesse come in to the light that they maye fede in the hie wayes get their lyuynge in all places There shal nether hunger ner thirste heate nor Sonne hurte them For he that fauoureth them shal lede them and geue them drīke of the springe welles I will make wayes vpon all my mountaynes and my fote pathes shal be exalted And beholde they shal come from farre lo seme from the north and west some from the south Reioyse ye heauens and synge prayses thou earth Talke of ioye ye hilles for God wil cōforte his people haue mercy vpon his y t be in trouble Then shal Sion saye God hath forsaken me and the LORDE hath forgottē me Doth a wife forget the childe of hir wombe ād the sonne whō she hath borne And though she do forget yet wil not I forget the. Beholde I haue written the vp vpon my hondes thy walles are euer in my sight They that haue broken the downe shal make haist to buylde the vp agayne and they that made the waist shal dwell in the. Lift vp thine eyes and loke aboute the all these shal gather them together and come to the. As truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE thou shalt put them all vpō the as an apparell and gyrde thē to the as a bryde doth hir Iewels As for thy londe that lieth desolate waisted destroyed it shal be to narow for thē that shal dwell in it And they y t wolde deuoure the shal be farre a waye Then the childe whō y e barē shall bringe forth vnto y e shal saye in thine eare this place is to narow syt nye together y t I maye haue rowme Then shalt thou thinke by thy self Who hath begottē me these seinge I am barē alōe a captyue an outcast And who hath norished thē vp for me I am desolate alone but frō whēce come these And therfore thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I will stretch out myne honde to the Gentiles and set vp my token to the people They shal bringe the thy sonnes in their lappes carie thy doughters vnto y e vpon their shulders For kinges shal be thy noursinge fathers and Quenes shal be thy noursinge mothers They shal fall before the w t their faces flat vpon the earth and lick vp the dust of thy fete that thou mayest knowe how that I am the LORDE And who so putteth his trust in me shal not be confounded Who spoyleth the giaunte of his pray or who taketh the presoner from the mightie And therfore thus saieth the LORDE The prisoners shal be taken from the giaunte and the spoyle delyuered from the violēte for I wil maynteyne thy cause agaynst thine aduersaries and saue thy sonnes And wil fede thine enemies with their owne fleshe and make thē drinke of their owne bloude as of swete wyne And all flesh shal knowe o Iacob that I am the LORDE thy Sauioure and stronge auenger Chap. I. THus saieth the LORDE Where is the bill of yo r mothers deuorcemēt that I sent vnto her or who is the vsurer to whō I solde you Beholde for youre owne offēces are ye solde because of youre transgression is youre mother forsakē For why wolde no mā receaue me when I came when I called no man gaue me answere Was my hōde clene smytē of that it
might not helpe or had I not power to delyuer lo at a worde I driÌ„ke vp the see of water floudes I make drie loÌ„de so y t for want of water the fish corruppe and die of thurst As for heauen I clooth it with darcknesse and put a sack vpon it The LORDE God hath geueÌ„ me a wel lerned tuÌ„ge so that I can conforte them which are troubled yee y t in due season He waked myne eare vp by tymes in y e mornynge as y e scolemasters do y t I might herkeÌ„ The LORDE God hath opened myne eare therfore caÌ„ I not saye naye ner wtdrawe myself but I offre my backe vnto y e smyters and my chees to the nyppers I turne not my face froÌ„ shame aÌ„d spittinge for the LORDE God helpeth me therfore shal I not be coÌ„founded I haue hardened my face like a flynt stone for I am sure that I shal not come to confucion Myne aduocate speaketh for me who wil then go with me to lawe Let vs stoÌ„de one agaynst another yf there be eny that wil reason with me let him come here forth to me Beholde the LORDE God stondeth by me what is he that can condempne me lo they shal be all like as an olde cloth which y e mothes shal eate vp Therfore who so feareth the LORDE amoÌ„ge you let him heare the voyce of his seruauÌ„t Who so walketh in darcknesse no light shyneth vpoÌ„ him let him hope in the LORDE and holde him by his God But take hede ye haue all kyndled a fyre and gyrded youre selues with the flame Ye walke in the glistriÌ„ge of youre owne fyre and in the flame that ye haue kyndled This cometh vnto you fro my honde namely y t ye shal slepe in sorowe The li. Chapter HErken vnto me ye that holde of rightuousnes ye that seke the LORDE Take hede vnto the stone wherout ye are hewen and to the graue wherout ye are digged Considre Abraham youre father Sara that bare you how that I called him alone prospered him wel encreased him how the LORDE conforted SioÌ„ and repayred all hir decaye makinge hir deserte as a Paradise and hir wildernesse as the garden of the LORDE Myrth and ioye was there thankes geuynge and y e voyce of prayse Haue respecte vnto me then o my people and laye thine eare to me for a lawe and an ordinaunce shal go forth fro me to lighten the Gentiles It is hard by that my health my rightuousnesse shal go forth and the people shal be ordred with myne arme The Ilondes that is y e Gentiles shal hope in me and put their trust in myne arme Lift vp youre eyes toward heaueÌ„ and loke vpon the earth beneth For the heauens shal vanish awaye like smoke and the earth shall teare like a clothe they that dwel therin shal perish in like maner But my health endureth for euer and my rightuousnes shall not ceasse Therfore hercken vnto me ye y t haue pleasure in rightuousnes thou people that bearest my lawe in thine herte Feare not the curse of men be not afrayde of their blasphemies reuylinges for wormes mothes shal eat theÌ„ vp like clothe woll But my rightuousnesse shal endure for euer my sauynge health from generacion to generacion Wake vp wake vp be stronge O thou arme of the LORDE wake vp lyke as in tymes past euer and sence the worlde beganne Art not thou he that hast wounded that proude lucifer and hewen the dragon in peces Art not thou euen he which hast dried vp the depe of the see which hast made playne the see grounde that the delyuered might go thorow That the redemed of the LORDE which turned agayne might come with ioye vnto SioÌ„ there to endure for euer â–ª That myrth and gladnesse might be with them that sorowe wo might fle from theÌ„ Yee I I am eueÌ„ he that in all thiÌ„ges geueth you consolacion What art thou then that fearest a mortall maÌ„ y e childe of man which goeth awaye as doeth the floure And forgettest the LORDE that made the that spâ—ed out the heauens and layde the foundacion of the earth But thou art euer afrayde for the sight of thyne oppressoure which is ready to do harme Where is the wrath of the oppressoure It cometh on fast it maketh haist to apeare It shal not perish y t it shulde not be able to destroye nether shal it fayle for faute of norishinge I am the LORDE y i God that make the see to be still and to rage whose name is the LORDE of hoostes I shal put my worde also in thy mouth and defende the with the turnynge of my hondeâ— that thou mayest plante the heauens and laye the foundacions of the earth and saye vnto Sion thou art my people Awake Awake and stonde vp o Ierusasalem thou that from the honde of the LORDE hast dronkeÌ„ out the cuppe of his wrath thou that hast supped of and sucked out the slombringe cuppe to the botome For amonge all the sonnes whom thou hast begotten there is not one that maye holde the vp and not one to lede the by the honde of all the sonnes that thou hast norished Both these thinges are happened vnto the but who is sory for it Yee destruction waistinge hunger swerde but who hath conforted the Thy sonnes lie comfortles at y e heade of euery strete like a takeÌ„ venyson are ful of y e teâ—rible wrath of y e LORDE punyshmeÌ„t of thy God And therfore thou miserable dronkeÌ„ howbeit not w t wyne Heare this Thus saieth thy LORDE thy LORDE God y e defender of his people Beholde I wil take y e sloÌ„briÌ„ge cuppe out of thy hoÌ„de eueÌ„ y e cuppe w t the dregges of my wrath y t froÌ„ hence forth thou shalt neuer drinke it more wil put it iÌ„ their hoÌ„de that trouble the which haue spoken to thy soule stoupe downe that we maye go ouer the make thy body eaueÌ„ with the grounde and as the strete to go vpon The lij Chapter VP Sion vp take thy strength vnto the put on thine honest rayment o IerusaleÌ„ thou citie of the holy one For from this tyme forth there shal no vncircumcised ner vncleane person come in the. Shake the froÌ„ the dust arise stonde vp o IerusaleÌ„ Pluck out thy neck from the boÌ„de o thou captyue doughter Sion For thus saieth the LORDE Ye are solde for naught therfore shal ye be redemed also without eny money For thus hath the LORDE sayde My people weÌ„te downe afore tyme in to Egipte there to be straungers Afterwarde dyd the kinge of the Assirians oppresse theÌ„ for naught And now what profit is it to me saieth y e LORDE y t my people is frely caried awaye brought in to heuynes by their rulers and my name euer still blasphemed saieth the LORDE But
dwell at Gaza The XIIII Chapter IN the Clxxij yeare gathered kynge Demetrius his hoost and departed vnto Media to gett him helpe for to fight agaynst Triphon Now when Arsaces the kynge of Persia and Media herde that Demetrius was entred within his borders he sente one of his prynces to take him alyue and to brynge him vnto him So he wente and slewe Demetrius hoost toke himselfe brought him to Arsaces which kepte him in warde And all the londe of Iuda was in rest so longe as Symon lyued for he sought the wealth of his people therfore were they glad to haue him for their ruler and to do him worshipe allwaye Symon wanne the cite of Ioppa also for an hauen towne and made it an intraunce in to the Iles of the see He enlarged the borders of his people and cōquered them more londe He gathered vp many of their people that were presoners he had the dominiō of Gaza Bethsura and the castell which he clensed from fylthines and there was no mā that resisted him So that euery man tylled his grounde in peace the londe of Iuda and the trees gaue their frute and encreace The elders sat all in iudgment and toke their deuyce for the wealth of the londe the yonge men put on worshipe and harnesse vpon them He prouyded vytayles for the cities and made goodly stronge holdes of them so that the fame of his worshipe was spoken of vnto the ende of y e worlde For he made peace thorow out the londe and Israel was full of myrth and ioye Euery mā sat vnder his vyne fyge trees and there was no man to fraye them awaye There was none in y e londe to fight agaynst them for then the kinges were ouercome He helped those that were in aduersite amonge his people he was diligent to se y e lawe kepte as for soch as were vngodly and wicked he toke thē awaye He set vp y e Sanctuary encreased the holy vessels of the temple When y e Romaynes and Sparcians had gotten worde y t Ionathas was deed they were right sory But when they herde y t Symon his brother was made hye prest in his steade and how he had wonne the londe agayne w t the cities in it they wrote vnto him in tables of laton to renue the frendshipe bonde of loue which they had made afore with Iudas Ionathas his brethrē Which writinges were red before the congregacion at Ierusalem And this is the copy of the lettres that the Sparcians sent The Senatours and citesyns of Sparta sende gretinge vnto Simō y e greate prest w t the elders prestes y e other people of the Iewes their brethrē Whē yo embassitours that were sente vnto o people certified vs of youre worshipe honoure and prosperous wealth we were glad of their cōminge and haue written the earande which they spake before the councell of the people namely that Numenius the sonne of Antiochus and Antipater the sonne of Iason the Iewes embassitours are come vnto vs for to renue the olde frendshipe with vs. Vpon this the people consented that the men shulde be honorably intreated and that the copy of their earande shulde be written in the speciall bokes of the people for a perpetuall memory vnto the Sparcians yee and that we shulde sende a copy of the same vnto Symon the greate prest After this dyd Symon sende Numenius vnto Rome with a golden shylde of a thousande pounde weight to confirme the frendshipe with them which when the Romaynes vnderstode they saide what thākes shal we recompence agayne vnto Symon his children For he hath stablished his brethrē and ouercome the enemies of Israel Wherfore they graūted him to be fre And all this wrote the Iewes in tables of laton and naled it vnto the pilers vpon the mount Sion The copy of the writinge is this The xviij daye of y e moneth Elul in the Clxxij yeare in the thirde yeare of Symon the hye prest in the greate congregacion of y e prestes rulers of the people and elders of the countre at Asaramel were these wordes openly declared For so moch as there was moch warre in oure londe therfore Symon y e sonne of Matathias come of the children of Iareb and his brethren put them selues in parell and resisted the enemies of their people that their Sanctuary and lawe might be manteyned and dyd their people greate worshipe Ionathas in like maner after that he had gouerned his people and bene their hye prest dyed and lyeth buried besyde his elders After that wolde their enemies haue trodden their holy thinges vnder fote destroyed their londe and vtterly waisted their Sanctuary Then Symon withstode them and fought for his people spent moch of his owne money weapened the valeaunt men of his people gaue them wages made stronge y e cities of Iuda with Bethsura that lieth vpon the borders of Iewry where the ordinaunce of their enemies laye somtyme set Iewes there for to kepe it He made fast Ioppa also which lieth vpon the see and Gaza that bordreth vpon Azotus where the enemies dwelt afore and there he set Iewes to kepe it and what so euer was mete for the subduynge of the aduersaries that layed he therin Now whē the people sawe the noble actes of Symon and what worshipe he purposed to do for them his godly behauoure and faithfulnesse which he kepte vnto them how he sought by all waies y e wealth of his people because he dyd all this therfore they chose him to be their prynce hye prest And in his tyme they prospered wel by him so y t the Heithē were takē out of their londe they also which were in the cite of Dauid at Ierusalē in the castell where they wente out and defiled all thinges that were aboute the Sanctuary and did greate harme vnto clenlynes and Symon put men of the Iewes in it for the defence of the londe and the cite and set vp the walles of Ierusalem And kynge Demetrius confirmed him in his hye presthode made him his frende and dyd him greate worshipe For he herde that the Romayns called y e Iewes their frendes louers and brethren how honorably they receaued Symons embassitours how y e Iewes and prestes consented that he shulde be their prynce and hye prest perpetually till God raysed vp the true prophet and that he shulde be their captayne to care for the Sanctuary and to set officers vpon the workes therof ouer the londe ouer the weapens ouer the houses of defence to make prouysion for the holy thynges and to be obeyed of euery man and all the writynges of y e londe to be made in his name that he shulde be clothed in purple and golde and that it shulde be laufull for none of the people nor prestes to breake eny of these thynges to withstonde his wordes ner to call eny congregacion in the londe without him that he shulde be clothed in purple and
weere a colar of golde And yf there were eny which disobeyed or brake this ordinaunce that he shulde be punyshed So all the people consented to alowe Symon and to do acordynge to these wordes Symon also himself toke it vpon him and was contente to be the hye prest the captayne and prynce of the Iewes and prestes and to gouerne them all And they commaunded to make this writinge in tables of laton and to fasten it vnto the compasse of the Sanctuary in an open place and to laye vp a copy of the same in the treasury that Symon and his posterite might haue it The XV. Chapter MOrouer kynge Antiochus the sonne of Demetrius sente lettres from the Iles of the see vnto Symon the hye prest and prynce of the Iewes and to all the people conteyninge these wordes Antiochus the kynge sendeth gretinge vnto Symon the hye prest and to the people of the Iewes For so moch as certayne wicked men haue gotten the kyngdome of oure progenitours I am purposed to chalenge the realme agayne and to restore it to the olde estate Wherfore I haue gathered a greate hoost and made shyppes of warre that I maye go thorow the countre and be auenged of them which haue destroyed oure londe and waysted many cities in my realme And therfore now I make the fre also from all the tributes wherof all kynges my progenitours haue discharged the and from other customes wher from they haue released the what so euer they be Yee I geue the leaue to smyte money of thine owne within thy londe As for Ierusalem I wil that it be holy and fre and all the weapens and houses of defence which thou hast buylded and kepest in thine hondes shal be thine Where as eny thinge is or shal be owynge vnto the kynge I forgeue it the from this tyme forth for euermore And when we haue optayned oure kyngdome we shal do the thy people and the temple greate worshipe so that youre honoure shal be knowne thorow out y e whole worlde In the Clxxiiij yeare wente Antiochus in to his fathers londe and all the men of warre came together vnto him so that fewe were left with Triphon So the kynge Antiochus folowed vpon him but he fled vnto Dora which lieth by the see syde for he sawe y t there was myschefe comminge vnto him and that his hoost had forsaken him Then came Antiochus vnto Dora w t an huÌ„dreth twentye thousande men of armes vpon fote and eight thousande horsmen So he compased the cite rounde aboute and y e shippes came by the see Thus they vexed the cite by londe and by water in so moch that they suffred no man to go in nor out In the meane season came Numenius they that had bene with him from the cite of Rome hauynge lettres written vnto the kynges and prouyncies wherin were conteyned these wordes Lucius the Mayre of Rome sendeth gretinge vnto Ptolomy the kynge The embassitours of the Iewes oure freÌ„des beinge sent from Symon the hye prest and from the people of the Iewes came vnto vs for to renue the olde frendshipe and bonde of loue and brought a shylde of golde weyenge a thousande pounde which we were contente to receaue of them Wherfore we thought it good to wryte vnto the kynges prouincies to do them no harme nor to take parte agaynst theÌ„ their cities ner countrees nether to mayntene their enemies agaynst them Yf there be eny wicked personnes therfore fled from their countre vnto you dely-them vnto Symon the hye prest y t he maye punysh them acordinge to their owne lawe The same wordes wrote the Romaynes also vnto Demetrius the kynge to Attaâ—us Araba Arsaces and to all regions as Samsanes to them of Sparta Delo Mioâ— Sydon Caria Samos Pamphilia Lycia Alicarnassum and to y e Rhodes to Faselis Coo Sida Arado Gortyna Gnydum to Cypres and to Cyren And of euery lettre they sent a copy to Symon the hye prest and to the people of the Iewes So Antiochus the kynge brought his host vnto Dora the seconde tyme to take it where he made diuerse ordinauÌ„ce of warre and kepte Triphon in y t he shulde not come forth Then Symon sent Antiochus two thousande chosen meÌ„ to helpe him with golde syluer and other plenteous geâ—â— Neuerthelesse he wolde not receaue them but brake all y e couenaunt which he made w t Symon afore withdrewe himself froÌ„ him He sent Athenobius also a frende of his vnto Symon for to reason with him sayenge Ye witholde fro me Ioppa and Gaza w t the castell that is at IerusaleÌ„ which are cities of my realme whose borders ye haue destroyed and done greate euell in the londe hauynge the dominacioÌ„ in many other places of my kyngdome Wherfore delyuer now y e cities which ye haue takeÌ„ w t y e tributes of y e places y t ye haue rule vpon without the borders of Iewry Or els geue me fyue huÌ„dreth talentes of syluer yee and for the harme that ye haue done in the cities and for the tributes of the same other fyue hundreth taleÌ„tes Yf no we shal come and fight agaynst you So Athenobius the kynges frende came to IerusaleÌ„ and when he sawe y e greate worshipe and honoure of SymoÌ„ in golde syluer and so greate plenty of ornamentes he marveled and tolde Symon as the kynge commaunded him Then answered Symon and saide vnto him As for vs we haue nether taken other meÌ„s londe ner witholdeÌ„ them but only oure fathers heretage which oure enemies had vnrighteously in possession a certayne tyme. This heretage of oure fathers haue we chalenged in processe of tyme. And where as thou coÌ„playnest concernynge Ioppa and Gaza they dyd greate harme to o r people and in o londe yet wyll we geue an C. talentes for them Neuertheles Athenobius answered him not one worde but turned agayne wrothfully vnto y e kynge and tolde him all these wordes and the greate dignite of Symon with all that he had sene and the kinge was very angrie In the meane tyme fled Triphon by shippe vnto Orthosaida Then the kynge made Cendebeus captayne of the see coost gaue him an hoost of fote men and horsmen coÌ„maundinge him to remoue y e hoost towarde Iewry to buylde vp the cite of Cedron to make vp y e portes to warre agaynst y e people of the Iewes As for the kynge himself he folowed vpon Triphon So Cendebe us came vnto Iamnia beganne to vexe y e people to treade downe Iewry to take the people presoners to slaye theÌ„ to buylde vp Cedron where he set horsmeÌ„ other men of warre that they might come forth and go thorow the stretes of Iewry like as the kynge had commaunded him The XVI Chapter THen came Ihon vp from Gaza and tolde Symon his father what Cendebeus had done amonge their people Vpon this called Symon two of his eldest sonnes Iudas Ihon and sayde vnto