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The prophete Isaye, translated into englysshe, by George Ioye; Bible. O.T. Isaiah. English. Joye.
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Joye, George, d. 1553.
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The Prophete Isaye translated into englysshe by George Ioye My shepe heare my voyce saith Christe Ioan. x Euery man that is of y e truthe hearethe my voyce IoaÌ„ xviij Despyse not the doctrine aÌ„d warninge of the Prophete of God ¶ A Prologe into y e Prophete Isaye THis is the boke of y e sainges actes of y e prophete Isaye chefist of al prophets as coÌ„cerninge y e office of ouerseinge preaching diligent watchinge ouer the congregraâ—â—â— of godâ— which office is nolesse pereâ—ouse tâ—e◠〈◊〉 boriouse This is Isaye so ofte in theuangelists mouthes so familiare w t Ioan baptist Paule of fich autorite with Christ y t he toke this boke opened it red y e. Iwes a lesson therof in their synagoge at Nazareth Luc. iiij This boke declarethe howe faithfully Isaye watched wayted on his flok w t what constancy he warned how sharpely he corrected rebuked at laste conforted the zagene This prophete was in lyke troublouse tyme synful worlde as we ar now when destruccioÌ„ captiuite was at hande men wer fled bakwarde froÌ„ y e true worshype of god to y e worshippinge of stockes stones puttinge al their confidence in vtwarde work is holynes inuented of their owne braines when al was done with pow r tyranye with oute equite trwe iugement aÌ„d good ordre Wherby we may wel see y â— merciful goodnes of god which in so troublouse and synfula state steredvp as he dothe nowe so excellent a witte and so feruent a spriteâ— prophete ¶ When men ar geuen to synne luste then sette thei al their myndes to disgoyse their selfe so to playe the hypocrites y t what so eu r they do it shal be so kraftely handled so coloured so paynted y t it maye apere well rightuously ye godlely done be it neuer so cruel neu r so vngodly aÌ„d this their hypocrisy when they entende to staye it moste with suê‘sticion eloquence as with two stronge pyllers I will not set audacite betwene theÌ„ for y t same hypocrisy is y e moste vnshamefaced boldenes then thorow suê‘sticion fayne they godlynes by eloqueÌ„ce erudicioÌ„ knowlege But agenste this krafty effeminate mockinge monstre as Isaye paynteth hir thus stayed on and not aftyr his owne doctryne preceptes puttinge our vayne confidence in our workes leauinge his coÌ„maundements vndone Also in readinge this heaueÌ„ly Prophete we muste consyder y â— we are the spiritual Israel Iuda of the sede of Abraham by faith vnto whom the lawe is geueÌ„ aÌ„d promyses ar made that god wil be our god allalone sufficient if we be perfite walke in his wayes Geness xvij Not withstandinge yet ar we aftyr y â— flesshe the verye gentyles whoÌ„ god of his mercy hath called into the place of the Iwes to benamed his people We muste also remember in readiÌ„ge this boke that Isaye preacheth to vs not to the carnall Israel only It is we that nowe labour in lyke idolatrye aÌ„d synne let vs therfore take his warninges aÌ„d terrible threateninges vnto ourselues there is now the same god y â— same Christe yesterdaye to daye the same to contynue for euer Hebre .xiij. the same holygoste the same saviour that thorowe the same faith the same mercy iustice iugemeÌ„t abydinge vs the carnall Israel before oth r nacions was cutte oute of Abraham but we by y â— spirit of election throw faith ar cutoute of the stone y t is christe Isay .li. Israel descended into Egipte there oppressed in harde seruitute we descende into our owne wayes oppressed with synne for the which we are vnder the daunger of hell dethe Israel had their passe ouer in the rememberaunce of their delyuerance out of Egipt we haue owr lambe christe offred for vs into a perpetuall memoriall of owr delyueraunce frome synne hell deth Israel for their vnbelefe was forsaken blynded assayled of the Madianites Amalekts of y â— AssyrioÌ„s of y â— Antiochens Rhomans which brente their temple destroyd their lande led theÌ„ into captiuite we for our vnbelefe are not withe out our spirituall Sennacherib Nabuchodonosor Antioche our RhomaÌ„s coÌ„tinually fightiÌ„ge ageÌ„st Christ vs leadiÌ„g vs into captiuite vnd r thei r traditioÌ„s burniÌ„ge y â— very teÌ„ple of god dest-roying eu ry ouerseer or preach r plentuously fynd al maner of ryches y t maye make for the edifyinge of Christes flocke take awaye siche a bishop from Mosesbokis as Isaye is thexample y t he lefte vs to folowe in expoundinge the lawe the prophetes interprete y e lawe the newe testameÌ„t expoundeth theÌ„ bothe thow shittest vp the lawe and puttest it owte of mynde ¶ Owte of Isayes schole it pleased god to sende these two lights that is to saye Ioan baptiste and Paule hym to y â— blinde phary sayes to their blinde disciples the Iwes this to illumyn the gentyls sittinge yet in derkenes Ioan baptiste with oute doute preached many a sermone to many men before thei flocked forth so faste to hym to be baptized coÌ„fessinge their synnes but oute of what prophets schole he was sente the theme and argument of his sermons the roughe rebukinge aÌ„d sharpe threatening so frely so boldely with oute feare of man of what estate so ever he was playnely declareth Sayde he not frely to the pharisayes and Saduceys Mat. iij. For all they were in so grete opinion and autorite with the people for their vtwarde holynes sayde he not openly to these hypocrytes O ye edders whelpes who shal shewe you the waye to auoyde the vengeance to come And with Paule was there no Prophete so familiare so ready to proue and to confirme his sayinges as was Isaye as it aperethe in his pistels sermons especially in his pistle to the Romans Where yn the nienthe and tenthe Chapit When he came vnto the callinge of the Gentyles into the place of the Iwes nowe fallen awaye aÌ„d reiected whiche callinge of the Gentyles and fall of the Iwes Isaye sawe aÌ„d prophecyed here moste clearly how thicke I praye yow alledged he Isaye be name briÌ„giÌ„ge iÌ„ his ful sentences hol testimones garneshinge his pistle w t thez as y â— starres ornowerne y â— firmameÌ„t so y t it maye be thought he wat rd not his gardeÌ„s of eny oth r prophets ryuers so plentuously so ofte as he dyd of Isayes swete floudes runninge in them so puerly so plentuously and so swetely But what nedeth me to remember the seruants when y â— Master of all broughtyn no prophets testimones so sone as he dyd his prophet Isays the sonne of Amoz As when he came to Nazareth whe r he was broughtup aftyr the custome entred into their Synagoge on the Sabbath daye and rosup to reade his lesson there was delyuerde him the boke of Isaye the prophete as ye maye se Luce. iiij which he opened and fyndinge this place of