in youth and not to deferre tyll age 7 The soule returneth to God 12 Wisdome is the gyft of God and consisteth in fearing hym and keping his commaundementes 1 PVt away displeasure out of thine heart and remoue euill from thy body for chyldhood and youth is but vanitie 2 Remember thy maker the sooner in thy youth or euer the dayes of aduersitie come and or the yeres drawe nye when thou shalt say I haue not pleasure in them 3 Before the sunne the light the moone and starres be darkened and or the cloudes turne agayne after the rayne 4 When the kepers of the house shall tremble and when the strong men shall bowe them selues when the milners stand styll because they be so fewe and when the sight of the windowes shall waxe dimme 5 When the doores in the streetes shal be shut and when the voyce of the milner shal be layde downe when men shall ryse vp at the voyce of the byrde and when all the daughters of musicke shal be brought lowe 6 When men shall feare in hye places and be afraide in the streetes when the Almonde tree shall florishe and be laden with the grashopper and when all lust shal passe because man goeth to his long home and the mourners go about the streetes 7 Or euer the siluer lace be taken away and or the golden well be broken Or the pot be broken at the well and the wheele broken vpon the cesterne 8 Then shall the dust be turned agayne vnto earth from whence it came and the spirite shall returne vnto God who gaue it 9 All is but vanitie saith the preacher all is but playne vanitie 10 The preacher was yet more wyse and taught the people knowledge he gaue good heede sought out the ground and set foorth many parables His diligence was to finde out acceptable wordes right scripture the wordes of trueth 11 For the wordes of the wyse are like prickes and nayles that go thorowe of the auctoures of gatheringes which are geuen of one shephearde 21 Therefore beware my sonne of that doctrine that is beside this for to make many bookes it is an endlesse worke and to muche studie weerieth the body 13 Let vs heare the conclusion of all thinges Feare God and kepe his commaundementes for that toucheth all men For God shall iudge all workes and secrete thinges whether they be good or euyll ¶ The ende of the booke of the preacher otherwise called Ecclesiastes ⧠The Ballet of Ballettes of Solomon called in Latin Canticum Canticorum The first Chapter 1 The familier talke and misticall communication of the spirituall loue betweene Iesus Christe and his Churche 6 The domesticall enemies that persecute the Churche 1 O That he would kisse me with the kisses of his mouth for thy loue is more pleasaunt then wine and that because of the good and pleasaunt sauour of thy most precious baulmes 2 Thy name is a sweet smelling oyntment when it is shed foorth therfore do the maydens loue thee 3 Drawe thou me vnto thee we wyll runne after thee The kyng hath brought me into his priuie chaumbers We wylbe glad and reioyce in thee we thinke more of thy loue then of wine they that be righteous loue thee 4 I am blacke O ye daughters of Hierusalem but yet fayre and well fauoured like as the tentes of the Cedarenes and as the hanginges of Solomon 5 Marueyle not at me that I am so blacke for why the sunne hath shined vpon me my mothers chyldren haue euyll wyll at me they made me the keper of the vineyardes but mine owne vineyarde haue I not kept 6 Tell me O thou whom my soule loueth where thou feedest the sheepe where thou makest them rest at the noone day for why shall I be like hym that goeth wrong about the flockes of thy companions 7 If thou knowe not thy selfe O thou fayrest among women then go thy way foorth after the footesteppes of the sheepe and feede thy goates besyde the shepheardes tentes 8 Vnto the hoast of Pharaos charets haue I compared thee O my loue 9 Thy cheekes and thy necke is beautifull as the turtles and hanged with spanges and goodly iewels a neckband of golde wyll we make thee with siluer buttons 10 When the king sitteth at the table he shall smell my Nardus a bundell of myrre is my loue vnto me he wyll lye betwixt my brestes a cluster of Camphire in the vineyardes of Engaddi is my loue vnto me 11 Oh howe fayre art thou my loue Oh howe fayre art thou thou hast doues eyes O howe fayre art thou my beloued howe well fauoured art thou 12 Our bed is dect with flowres the seelinges of our house are of Cedar tree and our crosse ioyntes of Cipresse The .ij. Chapter 3 The Churche desireth to rest vnder the shadowe of Christe 8 She heareth his voyce 14 She is compared to the doue 15 And the enemies to the foxes 1 I Am the rose of the fielde and lillie of the valleys 2 As the lillie among the thornes so is my loue among the daughters 3 Like as the apple tree among the trees of the wood so is my beloued among the sonnes 4 My delight is to sit vnder his shadowe for his fruite is sweete vnto my throte 5 He bringeth me into his wine seller his banner spread ouer me whiche is his loue 6 Set about me cuppes of wine comfort me with apples for I am sicke of loue 7 His left hande lyeth vnder my head and his right hande shall imbrace me 8 I charge you O ye daughters of Hierusalem by the roes and hindes of the fiede that ye wake not vp my loue nor touche her tyll she be content her selfe 9 Me thinke I heare the voyce of my beloued lo there commeth he hopping vpon the mountaines and leaping ouer the litle hilles 10 My beloued is lyke a roe or a young hart beholde he standeth behinde our wall he looketh in at the windowe and peepeth thorowe the grate 11 My beloued aunswered and sayd vnto me O stande vp my loue my beautifull and go to thyne owne for lo the winter is nowe past the rayne is away and gone 12 The flowres are come vp in the field the tyme of the byrdes singing is come and the voyce of the turtle doue is hearde in our lande 13 The figge tree bryngeth foorth her figges and the vines beare blossomes and haue a good smell 14 O stande vp then and come my loue my beautifull and come I say O my doue out of the caues of the rockes out of the holes of the wall O let me see thy countenaunce and heare thy voyce for sweete is thy voyce and fayre is thy face 15 Get vs the foxes yea the litle foxes that hurt
life geuen thee 6 O Lorde if thou suffer not thy seruaunt to intreate thee that thou mayest geue seede vnto our heart and buylde our vnderstanding that there maye come fruite of it wherby eche man may liue that is corrupt then who shall step foorth in the place of man 7 For thou art alone and we all one workemanship of thy handes like as thou hast sayde 8 For when the body is fashioned nowe in the mothers wombe and thou geuest the membres thy creature is preserued in fire and water and nine monethes doth thy worke suffer thy creature whiche is fashioned in her 9 But the thinges that kepeth and that is kept shall both be preserued and when the time commeth the wombe preserued deliuereth vp the thinges that grewe in it 10 For thou hast commaunded the partes of the body euen the breastes to geue milke vnto the fruite of the breastes 11 That the thing whiche is created and fashioned may be nourished for a time till thou disposest and ordrest it with thy mercy 12 And then thou bringest it vp with thy righteousnesse nurturest it in thy lawe and refourmest it with thy vnderstanding 13 Mortifiest it as thy creature and makest it liuing as thy worke 14 Seing then that thou destroyest him whiche with so great labours is created and fashioned thorowe thy commaundement thou couldest lightly ordayne also that the thing whiche is made might be preserued 15 Nowe therfore Lord I wyll speake for concerning all men in generall thou shalt rather prouide but touching thy people for whose sake I am sory 16 And thyne inheritaunce for whose cause I mourne and Israel for whom I am wofull and Iacob for whose sake I am greeued 17 Therfore begin I to pray before thee for my selfe and for them for I see the fauls of vs that dwell in the lande 18 But I haue hearde the swiftnesse of the iudge whiche is to come 19 Therefore heare my voyce and vnderstand my wordes and I shal speake before thee This is the beginning of the wordes of Esdras before he was taken vp 20 O Lord thou that dwellest in euerlastingnesse which beholdest from aboue thinges in the heauen and in the ayre 21 Whos 's throne is inestimable whose glory â—and maiestieâ— may not be comprehended before whom the hoastes of angels stande with tremblyng 22 Whos 's keping is turned in winde and fire whose worde is true whose sayinges are stedfast whose commaundement is strong whose ordinaunce is fearefull 23 Whose looke dryeth vp the deapthes whose wrath maketh the mountaynes to melt away and whose trueth beareth witnesse 24 O heare the prayer of thy seruaunt and marke with thyne eares the petition of thy creature 25 For whyle I liue I wyll speake and so long as I haue vnderstanding I wyll aunswere 26 O looke not vpon the sinnes of thy people rather then on them whiche serue thee in trueth 27 Haue no respect vnto the wicked stustiâ—s of the heathen but to the desire of those that kepe thy testimonies with afflictions 28 Thinke not vpon those that haue walked faynedly before thee but remember them which according to thy wyll haue knowen thy feare 29 Let it not be thy will to destroy them whiche haue had beastly maners but to looke vpon them that haue clearely taught thy lawe 30 Take thou no indignation at them whiche are worse then beastes but loue them that alway put their trust in thy righteousnesse and glory 31 For we and our fathers haue all the same sicknes and disease but because of vs sinners thou shalt be called merciful 32 For if thou hast mercy vpon vs thou shalt be called mercifull to vs that haue no workes of righteousnesse 33 For the righteous whiche haue layde vp many good workes together shall out of their deedes receaue rewarde 34 But what is man that thou shouldest take displeasure at hym Or what is this corruptible and mortall generation that thou shouldest be so rough towarde hâ—m 35 For of a trueth there is no maÌ„ among them that be borne but he hath dealt wickedly among the fayâ—hfull there is none which hath not done amisse 36 For in this O Lorde thy righteousnesse and thy goodnesse shal be praysed and declared if thou be mercifull vnto them whiche are not riche in good workes 37 Then aunswered he me and sayde Some things hast thou spoken aright according vnto thy wordes it shal be 38 For I wyll not veryly consider the workes of them whiche haue sinned before death before iudgement before destruction 39 But I wyll reioyce ouer the worke and thought of the righteous I wyll remember also the pilgrimage the saluation and the rewarde that they shall haue 40 Like as I haue spoken nowe so shall it come to passe 41 For as the husbandman soweth much seede vpon the grounde and planteth many trees and yet alway the thing that is sowne or planted is not all kept safe neither doth it all take roote Euen so is it of them that are sowen in the worlde they shall not all be saued 42 I aunswered then and sayde If I haue founde grace then let me speake 43 Like as the husbandmans seede perisheth if it come not vp and receaue not thy rayne in due season or if there come to much rayne vpon it and corrupt it 44 Euen so perisheth man also which is created with thy handes and is like vnto thyne owne image and to thy selfe for whose sake thou hast made all thinges and lykened hym vnto the husbandmans seede 45 Be not wroth with vs O Lorde but spare thy people and haue mercy vpon thyne owne inheritaunce for thou wylt be mercyfull vnto thy creature 46 Then aunswered he me and sayde Thinges present are for the present and thinges to come for such as be to come 47 For thou lackest yet much seing thou canst loue my creature aboue me but I haue oft tymes drawen nye vnto thee and vnto it but neuer to the vnrighteous 48 In this also thou art marueylous before the highest 49 In that thou hast humbled thy selfe as it becommeth thee and hast not iudged thy selfe worthy to be much glorified among the righteous 50 For many and great miseries remaine for them that in the latter tyme shall dwell in the worlde because they haue walked in great pride 51 But vnderstande thou for thy selfe and seeke out the glory for suche as be like thee 52 For vnto you is paradise opened the tree of life is planted the tyme to come is prepared plenteousnes is made redy the citie is buylded for you and rest is prepared yea perfect goodnes and wysdome 53 The roote of euyll is marked from you the weakenesse and moth is hid from you and into hell fleeth corruption in forgetfulnesse 54 Sorowes are vanished away and in the ende is shewed the treasure of immortalitie 55 And therfore aske thou no more questions concerning the multitude of them that perishe
iii. Iohn xiii A Prid. Kl. Siluester bish xxx lxv xxviii lxvi Iude. i. ¶ The summe of the vvhole Scripture of the bookes of the olde and new Testament The bookes of the olde Testament do teache vs that the same God whom Adam Noe Abraham Isahac Iacob Dauid and the other fathers did worship is the onely true God and that he the same is almightie and euerlasting VVho of his meere goodnesse hath created by his worde heauen and earth and all that is in them From whom all thinges do come without whom there is nothing at all And that he is iust and mercifull VVho also worketh all in all after his owne wyll To whom it is not lawfull to say wherefore he doth thus or thus Moreouer these bookes teache vs that this very God almightie after he created all thinges shope also Adam the first man to the image and spirituall similitude of him selfe and that he did constitute him lorde ouer all thinges that he had created in earth VVhich Adam by the enuie and fraude of the deuill transgressing the precept of his creator by this his sinne brought in such and so great sinne into the worlde that we which be sprong from him by the fleshe be in nature the children of wrath and therevpon we be made subiect and thraule to death to dampnation to the yoke and tyranny of the deuill Furthermore vve are taught by these excellent bookes that God promysed to Adam Abraham Isahac Iacob Dauid and to other fathers of the olde time that he would send that blessed seede his sonne Iesus Christe our sauiour which should deliuer all those from sinne and from the tyranny of the deuill which by a liuely and working faith should beleue this promise and put their trust in Iesus Christe hoping that of him and by him they shoulde obtayne this deliueraunce Also they geue vs to vnderstand that in the meane season whyle those fathers the Israelites loked for the saluation and deliueraunce promysed for that the nature of man is such so proude and so corrupt that those would not wyllingly acknowledge themselues to be sinners which had nede of the sauiour promysed God the creator gaue by Moyses his lawe wrytten in two tables of stone that by it sinne and the malice of mans heart being knowen men mought more vehemently thirst for the comming of Iesus Christe who should redeeme and deliuer them from sinne VVhich thing neither the lawe nor yet the sacrifices and oblations of the lawe did perfourme For they were shadowes and figures of the true oblation of the body of Christe by which oblation all sinnes should be blotted out and quite put away By the bookes of the newe Testament we be taught that Christe so afore promysed which is God aboue al thinges most blessed for euer euen he I say which was shadowed in the bookes of the olde Testament and in sacrifices figured that he was sent at the last from the father the selfe same time which the father did constitute within him selfe I say at that time when all wickednesse abounded in the worlde than he was sent And this Iesus our sauiour being borne in the fleshe suffered death and rose againe from the dead VVhich actes of his were not done by him in respect of the good workes of any man for we were all sinners but that this God our father shoulde appeare true in exhibiting the aboundant ryches of his grace which he promysed and that through his mercie he mought bring vs to saluation VVhereupon it is euidently shewed in the newe Testament that Iesus Christe being the true lambe the true sacrifice of the worlde putting away the sinnes of men came into this worlde to purchase grace and peace for vs with the father washing vs from our sinnes in his owne blood and should deliuer vs from the bondage of the deuil whom by sinne we did serue And so we should be adopted by him to be the sonnes of God made heires with him of that most excellent and euerlasting kingdome Now that we should acknowledge this singuler and excellent benefite of God toward vs almightie God geueth vs his holy spirite the fruite and effect of the which is faith in God and in his Christe For without the holy ghost by which we are instructed and sealed neither can we beleue that God the father sent Messias nor yet that Iesus is Christe For no man saith Paul can say that Iesus is the Lorde but by the holy ghost The same spirite witnesseth to our spirite that we are the children of God and powreth into our bowels that charitie which Paul describeth to the Corinthians Furthermore that holy spirite doth geue vs hope which is a sure loking for eternall lyfe whereof he him selfe is the certaine token and pledge Also he geueth vs other spirituall giftes of the which Paul wryteth to the Galathians Therefore the benefite of faith is not to be despised or little to be set by For by the meanes of this trust and faith in Christe which worketh by charitie and sheweth it selfe foorth by the workes of charitie mouing man therto we are iustified and sanctified that is to say God and the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe which is made our father also by him being our brother doth accompt vs to be iust and holy through his grace and through the merite of his sonne Iesus Christe not imputing our sinnes to vs so farre foorth that we shoulde suffer the paynes of hell for them Finally Christe him selfe came into the worlde to the intent that we through him being sanctified and cleansed from our sinnes folowing his wyll in good workes shoulde deny the thinges pertayning to the fleshe and freely serue him in righteousnesse and holynesse all the dayes of our lyfe and that by good workes which God hath prepared for vs to walke in we should shewe our selues to be called to this grace and gift of faith which good workes who so hath not doth shewe him selfe not to haue such a faith in Christe as is required in vs. To Christe must we come and folowe him with a chearefull minde that he may teache vs For he is our maister lowly and humble of heart he is to vs an example whereby we must learne the rule to lyue well Moreouer he is our bishop and our high priest which dyd him selfe offer vp for vs his owne blood being the onely mediator betweene God and men VVho now sitteth at the right hande of God the father being made our aduocate making prayer and intercession for vs who doubtlesse shall obtayne for vs whatsoeuer we shall desire eyther of him or els of his father in his name if so be that we thus desiring shall beleue that he wyll so do for thus hath he promysed Therefore let vs not doubt if we sinne at any tyme to come with
at the last he declareth his vngraciousnesse 8 A nygarde hath a wicked eye he turneth away his face and despiseth men 9 A couetous mans eye hath neuer enough in the portion of wickednesse vntill the time that he wyther away and haue lost his owne soule 10 A wicked eye enuieth bread and there is scarcenesse vpon his table 11 My sonne do good to thy selfe of that thou hast and geue the Lorde his due offeringes 12 Remember that death tarieth not and how that the graue is not shewed vnto thee for the couenaunt of this world shall dye the death 13 Do good vnto thy friende before thou dye and according to thy abilitie reache out thyne hande geue vnto the poore 14 Be not disapoynted of the good day and let not the portion of the good desire ouerpasse thee 15 Shalt thou not leaue thy trauayles and labours vnto other men In the deuiding of the heritage geue and take and sanctifie thy soule 16 Worke thou righteousnes before thy death for in the hell there is no meate to finde 17 All fleshe shall fade away lyke a garment and lyke a florishing leafe in a greene tree 18 Some growe some are cast downe euen so is the generation of fleshe and blood one commeth to an ende another is borne and this is the condition of all times thou shalt dye the death 19 All transitorie thinges shal fayle at the last the worker therof shal go withal 20 Euery chosen worke shal be iustified and he that medled withall shall haue honour therin 21 Blessed is the man that kepeth hym in wysdome and exerciseth him selfe in vnderstanding and with discretion shall thinke vpon the foreknowledge of God 22 Whiche considereth the wayes of wysdome in his heart hath vnderstanding in her secretes 23 Goeth after her as one that seketh her out and continueth in her ways 24 He loketh in at her windowes hearkeneth at her doores 25 He taketh his rest beside her house and fasteneth his stake in her walles he shal pitche his tent nye vnto her hand and in his tent shall good thinges rest for euermore 26 He shal set his children vnder her couering shall dwell vnder her braunches 27 Vnder her couering shall he be defended from her heate and in the glorie shal he rest The .xv. Chapter 1 The goodnesse that foloweth hym which feareth God 8 God reiecteth and casteth of the sinner 11 God is not the auctour of euyll 1 HE that feareth God wil do good who so kepeth the lawe shall obtayne wysdome 2 As an honorable mother shall she meete hym and she as his wife maried of a virgin shal receaue him 3 With the bread of lyfe and vnderstanding shal she feede him geue him the water of wholsome wisdome to drinke 4 If he be constant in her he shall not be moued and if he holde him fast by her he shall not come to confusion 5 She shall bring him to honour among his neyghbours and in the middest of the congregation shall she open his mouth With the spirite of wysdome and vnderstanding shall she fyll him and cloth him with the garment of glorie 6 She shall heape the treasure of myrth and ioye vpon him and geue him an euerlasting name to heritage 7 Foolishe men will not take holde vpon her but such as haue vnderstanding will meete her Foolishe men shall not see her for she is farre from pryde and disceyte 8 Men that go about with lyes will not remember her but men of trueth shal be founde in her and shall prosper euen vnto the beholding of God 9 Prayse is not seemely in the mouth of the vngodly for he is not sent of the Lorde 10 But if prayse come of wysdome and be plenteous in a faythfull mouth then the Lorde will prosper it 11 Say not thou it is the Lordes fault that I am gone by for thou shalt not do the thing that God hateth 12 Say not thou he hath caused me to do wrong for he hath no neede of the vngodly 13 God hateth al abhomination of errour and they that feare God will loue none such 14 God made man from the beginning and left him in the hande of his counsell He gaue his commaundementes and preceptes 15 If thou wilt obserue the commaundementes and kepe acceptable faythfulnesse for euer they shall preserue thee 16 He hath set water and fyre before thee reache out thine hande vnto which thou wilt 17 Before man is lyfe and death good and euyll loke what him lyketh shal be geuen him 18 For the wysdome of God is great and mightie in power and beholdeth all thinges continually 19 The eyes of the Lorde are vpon them that feare him and he knoweth all the workes of man 20 He hath commaunded no man to do vngodly neither hath he geuen any man licence to sinne for he desireth not a multitude of infidels and vnprofitable children The .xvi. Chapter 1 Of vnhappie and wicked children 19 No man can hyde him selfe from God 24 An exhortation to the receauing of instruction 1 DElite not thou in the multitude of vngodly children and haue no pleasure in them if they feare not God 2 Trust not thou to their lyfe and regarde not their labours 3 For one sonne that feareth God is better then a thousand vngodly And better it is for a man to dye without children then to leaue beynde hym such children as are vngodly 4 For by one that hath vnderstanding may a whole citie be vpholden but though the vngodly be many yet shal it be wasted through them 5 Many such thinges hath mine eye seene and greater thinges then these haue I heard with myne eares 6 In the congregation of the vngodly shal a fire burne and among vnfaythful people shall the wrath be kindled 7 The olde giauntes optayned no grace for their sinnes whiche were destroyed trusting to their owne strength 8 Neither spared he them among whō Lot was a straunger but smote them and abhorred them because of the pride of their wordes 9 He had no pitie vpon them but destroyed all the people that were so stout in sinne 10 And forsomuch as he ouersawe the sixe hundred thousand that gathered them selues together in the hardnesse of their heart in afflicting them in pitiing them in smiting them and healing them with mercie and chastisement it were maruell if one being hardnecked should be free 11 For mercy wrath is with him he is both mightie to forgeue and to powre out displeasure 12 Lyke as his mercy is great euen so is his punishement also he iudgeth a man according to his workes 13 The vngodly shall not escape in his spoyle the long patience of him that sheweth mercie shall not byde behinde 14 He wyll make a place for euery mercifull deede and euery man shall finde according to his workes 15 The Lorde hardened Pharao that he should not know him and
one euen by our father Isaac 11 For yer the chyldren were borne when they had neither done good neither bad that the purpose of God by election might stande not by the reason of workes but by the caller 12 It was sayde vnto her * The elder shall serue the younger 13 As it is written Iacob haue I loued but Esau haue I hated 14 What shall we say then Is there any vnrighteousnes with God God forbid 15 For he sayth to Moyses I wyll shewe mercy to whom I shewe mercy And wyll haue compassion on whom I haue compassion 16 So then it is not of the wyller nor of the runner but of the mercy of God 17 For the scripture sayth vnto Pharao Euen for this same purpose haue I stirred thee vp to shewe my power in thee that my name myght be declared throughout all the worlde 18 So hath he mercy on whom he wyll and whom he wyll he hardeneth 19 Thou wylt say then vnto me Why then blameth he vs yet For who hath ben able to resist his wyll 20 But O man what art thou which disputest with God Shall the worke say to the workeman why hast thou made me on this fashion 21 Hath not the potter power ouer the clay euen of the same lumpe to make one vessel vnto honour and another vnto dishonour 22 If then God wyllyng to shewe his wrath and to make his power knowē suffred with long patience the vessels of wrath ordayned to destruction 23 To declare the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy which he had prepared vnto glory 24 Whom also he called not of y e Iewes only but also of the Gentiles 25 As he sayth also in Osee I wyll call them my people which were not my people and her beloued which was not beloued 26 And it shall come to passe that in the place where it was sayde vnto them Ye are not my people there shall they be called y e chyldren of the lyuyng God 27 And Esaias cryeth concerning Israel Though the number of the children of Israel be as the sande of the sea yet but a remnaunt shal be saued 28 For he finisheth the worde and maketh it short in ryghteousnesse For a short worde wyll the Lorde make on earth 29 And as Esaias sayde before * Except the Lorde of Sabboth had lefte vs seede we had ben made as Sodoma and had ben lykened to Gomorrha 30 What shall we say then that the gentiles which folowed not ryghteousnes haue obtayned righteousnesse euen the ryghteousnesse which cōmeth of fayth 31 But Israel which folowed the lawe of ryghteousnesse hath not attayned to the lawe of ryghteousnesse 32 Wherfore Because they sought it not by fayth but as it were by the workes of the lawe For they haue stumbled at the stumblyng stone 33 As it is written Beholde I put in Sion a stumblyng stone and a rocke of offence And whosoeuer beleueth on hym shall not be confounded ¶ The .x. Chapter 3 Paul sheweth the cause of the fall of the Iewes 5 The difference betwene the iustice of the lawe and fayth 16 The castyng of of the Iewes and callyng of the Gentiles 1 BRethren my heartes desire prayer to God for Israel is that they myght be saued 2 For I beare them recorde that they haue a zeale of God but not accordyng to knowledge 3 For they beyng ignoraunt of Gods ryghteousnesse and goyng about to stablyshe their owne righteousnesse haue not ben obedient vnto the ryghteousnes of God ☜ 4 For * Christe is the c ende of the lawe for ryghteousnesse to all that beleue 5 For * Moyses writeth of the ryghteousnesse which is of the lawe howe that the man which doth those thinges shall lyue by them 6 But the ryghteousnesse which is of fayth speaketh on this wise Say not thou in thyne heart who shall ascende into heauen That is to fetch Christe downe from aboue 7 Either who shall descende into the deepe That is to fetch vp Christe agayne from the dead 8 But what sayth he The worde is nye thee euen in thy mouth and in thy heart This same is the worde of faith which we preache 9 For if thou shalt knowledge with thy mouth the Lorde Iesus and shalt beleue in thyne heart that God raysed hym from the dead thou shalt be saued 10 ☞ For with the heart man beleueth vnto ryghteousnesse and with y e mouth man confesseth to saluation 11 For the scripture sayth Whosoeuer beleueth on him shall not be cōfounded 12 There is no difference betwene the Iewe the Greke for the same Lorde ouer al is riche vnto al y t call vpon him 13 For whosoeuer shall call on the name of the Lorde shal be saued 14 Howe then shall they call on hym on whom they haue not beleued Howe shall they beleue on hym of whom they haue not hearde Howe shal they heare without a preacher 15 And howe shall they preache except they be sent As it is written Howe beautifull are the feete of them whiche bryng good tydynges of peace bryng good tydynges of good thynges 16 But they haue not all obeyed y e Gospel For Esaias sayth Lorde who hath beleued our sayinges 17 So then fayth commeth by hearyng and hearyng commeth by the worde of God 18 But I aske Haue they not hearde No doubt their sounde went out into all landes and their wordes into the endes of the worlde ☜ 19 But I demaunde whether Israel did knowe or not First Moyses sayth I wyll prouoke you to enuie by them that are no people and by a foolyshe nation I wyll anger you 20 And Esaias is bolde and sayeth I am founde of them that sought me not I am manifest vnto them that asked not after me 21 But agaynst Israel he sayeth All day long haue I stretched foorth my handes vnto a people that beleueth not but speaketh agaynst me ¶ The .xj. Chapter 1 God hath his Churche though it appeare not alway to the worlde 8 God hath forsaken the Iewes and chosen the gentiles 18 whom yet he warneth to humble them selues 29 God repenteth hym not of his giftes 33 The depth of Gods iudgementes 1 I Say then hath God cast away his people God forbid For I also am an Israelite of the seede of Abraham of the tribe of Beniamin 2 God hath not cast away way his people which he knewe before Wote ye not what the scripture sayth of Elias howe he maketh intercession to God agaynst Israel 3 Saying Lord they haue kylled thy prophetes and dygged downe thyne aulters and I am left alone and they seke my lyfe 4 But what sayth the aunswere of God vnto hym * I haue reserued vnto my selfe seuen thousande men which haue not bowed the knee to y e image of Baal 5 Euen so at this tyme there is a remnaunt according to the election of
aulter 6 And thou shalt make two barres for the aulter of Sittim wood and couer them with brasse ' 7 And let them be put in the ringes along ' by the sides of the aulter to beare it with all 8 And make the aulter holowe with boordes euen as it was shewed thee in the mount so shalt thou make it 9 And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle on the south side euen full south the curtaines for the court shal be of whyte twined silke of an hundreth cubites long for one side 10 And twentie pillers therof with their twentie sockets of brasse but the knops of the pillers and their whopes shal be siluer 11 In likewise on the north syde there shal be curtaynes of an hundred cubites long and twentie pillers with their twentie sockets of brasse and the knops and the whopes of siluer 12 And the breadth of the court whiche is westwarde shall haue curtaynes of fiftie cubites and the pillers of them shal be ten and the sockets of them ten ' 13 Fiftie cubites shal be in the court eastwarde ' euen full east 14 The curtaynes of one syde shal be of fifteene cubites the pillers of them three and the sockets three 15 And likewise on the other side shal be curtaines of fifteene cubites with their three pillers and three sockets 16 And in the gate of the court shal be a vayle of twentie cubites of blewe silke purple and scarlet and white twyned silke wrought with needle worke and foure pillers with their foure sockets 17 All the pillers rounde about the court shal be whoped with siluer and their knoppes shal be of siluer and their sockets of brasse 18 The length of the court shal be an hundred cubites and the breadth fiftie on euery side and the heyght of the curtaynes shal be fiue cubites of whyte twyned silke and their sockettes of brasse 19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all maner of seruice and the pinnes therof yea and all the pinnes also of the court shal be of brasse 20 And thou shalt commaunde the chyldren of Israel that they geue thee pure oyle oliue beaten for the light that they may make the lampes to borne alwayes 21 In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vayle whiche is before the witnesse shall Aaron his sonnes dresse the lampes both euening and morning before the Lorde and it shal be a statute for euer vnto the generations of the chyldren of Israel AB The length of the court a hundred cubites on the south side in which there are .20 pillers of .5 cubites hye with their sockettes and heades and curtains of twined linnen CD The like length on the north side BC. The west side .50 cubites long in which there are .10 pillers of .5 cubites high with their sockettes and heades and curtains of twined linnen AD. The east side is also .50 cubites long E. The curtains of twined linnen of .50 cubites long and .3 pillers of .5 cubites high with their heades and sockettes F. Like curtaines on the side ouer agaynst it G. Curtains of .20 cubites long beyng at the entry of the court embrodered with .4 pillers H. The stakes or pinnes to which the cordes of the tentes are fastened ¶ The .xxviij. Chapter 1 The deckyng of Aaron the priest 6 The Ephod or the ornament that shoulde be vpon the shoulders 15 The pectorall or stomacher of iudgement 1 AND take thou vnto thee Aaron thy brother and his sonnes with him from among the children of Israel that Aaron may minister vnto me in the priestes office Nadab and Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar Aarons sonnes 2 And thou shalt make holy rayment for Aaron thy brother glorious and beautifull 3 And thou shalt speake vnto all that are wise hearted whom I haue filled with the spirite of wisdome that they make Aarons rayment to consecrate him that he may minister vnto me in the priestes office 4 These are the garmentes which they shall make a brestlap and an ephod a tunicle a brodered coate a miter and a girdle these holy garmentes shall they make for Aaron thy brother and his sonnes that they may minister vnto me in the priestes office ' 5 And let them take golde blewe silke ' purple scarlet and whyte twined silke 6 They shall make the ephod of golde blewe silke purple scarlet and whyte twined silke with brodered worke ' 7 The two sides shall come together and ' be closed vp in the two edges therof 8 And the girdle of the ephod shal be of the same workmanship and of the same stuffe euen of golde blewe silke purple scarlet and whyte twined silke 9 And thou shalt take two Onyx stones and graue in them the names of the children of Israel 10 Sixe names of them in the one stone and the other sixe in the other stone accordyng to their birth 11 After the worke of a stone grauer and of him that graueth signettes shalt thou graue the two stones with the names of the children of Israel and shalt make them to be set in ouches of golde 12 And thou shalt put the two stones vpon the two shoulders of the ephod that they may be stones of remembraunce vnto the children of Israel and Aaron shal beare their names before the Lord vpon his two shoulders for a remembraunce 13 And thou shalt make ouches of golde ' 14 And two chaynes of fine golde of a certayne length linke worke wreathed and fasten the wreathed chaynes to the ouches 15 And thou shalt make the brestlap of iudgement with brodered worke euen after the worke of the ephod thou shalt make it namely of golde blewe silke purple scarlet and whyte twined silke 16 Foure square it shal be and double an hande bredth long and an hande bredth brode 17 And thou shalt fill it with foure rowes of stones in the first rowe shal be a Sardius a Topas and Smaragdus 18 In the seconde rowe a Rubi Saphir ' and Diamonde ' 19 In the thirde a Lyncurius an Achat ' and an Ametyst ' 20 In the fourth a Turcas an Onyx and a Iaspis and they shal be set in golde in their inclosers 21 And the stones shal be grauen as signettes be grauen with the names of the children of Israel euen with twelue names euery one with his name accordyng to the twelue tribes 22 And thou shalt make vpon the brestlap two fastenyng chaynes of pure golde and wreathen worke 23 And thou shalt make likewise vpon the brestlap two ringes of golde and put them on the edges of the brestlap 24 And put the two wreathen chaynes of golde in the two ringes which are in the edges of the brestlap 25 And the other two endes of the chaines thou shalt fasten in two close ouches and put them vpon the shoulders of the ephod on the foreside of it 26 And thou shalt yet make two ringes of golde which thou shalt put in the two edges of the brestlap
euen in the borders therof towarde the inside of the ephod ouer agaynst it 27 And yet two other ringes of gold thou shalt make and put them on the two sides of y e Ephod beneath ouer agaynst the brestlap alowe where the sides are ioyned together vpon the brodered gyrdle of the Ephod 28 And they shall bynde the brestlap by his ringes vnto y e ringes of the Ephod with a lase of blewe silke that it may lye close aboue the brodered gyrdle of the Ephod and that the brestlap be not loosed from the Ephod 29 And Aaron shall beare the names of the children of Israel in the brestlap of iudgement vpon his heart when he goeth into the holy place for a remembraunce before the Lorde alway 30 And thou shalt put in the brestlap of iudgment the Vrim the Thummim and they shal be euen vpō Aarons heart whē he goeth in before the Lord and Aaron shall beare the iudgement of the children of Israel vpon his heart before the Lorde alway ' 31 And thou shalt make the tunicle vnto ' the Ephod altogether of blewe silke 32 And there shal be an hole for the head in the middest of it hauyng a bonde of wouen worke rounde about the coller of it as it were the coller of a partlet that it rent not 33 And beneath vpon the hem thou shalt make pomgranates of blewe sylke and of purple and of scarlet rounde about the hem and belles of gold betweene them rounde about 34 And let there be euer a golden bell and a pomgranate a golden bell and a pomgranate rounde about vpon the hem of the tunicle 35 And Aaron shall haue it vpon hym when he ministreth and the sound shal be hearde when he goeth into the holy place before the Lorde when he commeth out and he shall not dye 36 And thou shalt make a plate of pure gold and graue theron as signettes are grauen the holynes of the Lorde 37 And put it on a blewe sylke lase to be vpon the mytre euen vpon the forefront of it 38 And it shal be vpon Aarons forehead that Aaron may beare the sinne of the holy thinges whiche the children of Israel halowe in all their holy gyftes and it shal be alwayes vpon his forehead for the reconciling of them before the Lorde 39 And thou shalt make a coate of white sylke embrodered with knottes thou shalt make a mytre of whyte sylke and a gyrdle of needle worke 40 And thou shalt make for Aarons sonnes also coates and thou shalt make for them gyrdles bonettes shalt thou make for them glorious and bewtiful 41 And thou shalt put them vpon Aaron thy brother on his sonnes with hym and shalt annoynt them and fill their handes sanctifie them that they may minister vnto me in the priestes office 42 And thou shalt make them lynnen sloppes to couer their priuities frō the loynes vnto y e thighes they shal reache 43 And they shal be vpon Aaron and his sonnes when they come into the tabercle of the congregatiō or whē they come vnto the aulter to minister in holines that they beare no sinne so dye And it shal be a lawe for euer vnto Aaron and his seede after him ' ¶ The .xxix. Chapter ' 1 The maner to consecrate priestes vnto God and the rite to offer for them 38 The continuall dayly sacrifice 1 THis thyng also shalt thou do vnto them when thou halowest thē to be my priestes Thou shalt take one young calfe and two rammes y t are without blemyshe 2 And vnleauened bread and cakes vnleauened tempered with oyle and wafers vnleauened annoynted with oyle of wheaten floure shalt thou make thē 3 And thou shalt put them in a maunde and bryng them in the maunde with the calfe and the two rammes 4 And bryng Aaron and his sonnes vnto the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation washe thē with water 5 And take the garmentes and put vppon Aaron the coate the tunicle of the Ephod and the Ephod it selfe and the brestlap gyrde them to hym with the brodered gyrdle which is in the Ephod 7 Then shalt thou take the anoyntyng oyle and powre it vpon his head and anoynt hym 8 And bryng his sonnes and put coates vpon them 9 And gyrde them with gyrdels aswell Aaron as his sonnes and put the bonnettes on them and the priestes office shal be theirs for a perpetuall lawe and thou shalt fill the handes of Aaron and the handes of his sonnes 10 And thou shalt cause a calfe to be brought before the tabernacle of witnesse and Aaron and his sonnes shall put theyr handes vpon the head of the calfe 11 And thou shalt kyll hym before the Lord by the doore of the tabernacle of witnesse 12 And take of the blood of the calfe and put it vpon the hornes of the aulter with thy finger and powre all the rest of the blood beside the bottome of the aulter 13 And take all the fat that couereth the inwardes and the kall that is on the lyuer and the two kydneys and the fat that is vpon them and burne them vpon the aulter 14 But the flesh of the calfe and his skin and his doung shalt thou burne with fire without the hoast it is a synne offeryng 15 Thou shalt also take one Ramme and Aaron and his sonnes shall put theyr handes vpon the head of the Ramme 16 And when thou hast slaine the Rāme thou shalt take his blood and sprinckle it rounde about vpon the aulter 17 And cut the Ramme in peeces and washe the inwardes of hym and his legges and put them vnto the peeces and vnto his head 18 And then burne the whole Ramme vpō the aulter for it is a burnt offering vnto the Lorde for a sweete sauour a sacrifice made by fire vnto the Lord. 19 And take the other Ramme and Aaron his sonnes shall put theyr handes vpon his head 20 Then shalt thou kyll hym and take of his blood and put it vpon the tip of the right eare of Aaron and vpon the tip of the right eare of his sonnes and vpon the thombe of theyr right handes and vpon the great toe of theyr right foot and sprinckle the blood vpon the aulter rounde about 21 And thou shalt take of the blood that is vpon the aulter of the anoyntyng oyle and sprinckle it vpon Aaron his vestmentes and vpon his sonnes and vpon theyr garmentes with hym and he shal be halowed and his clothes and his sonnes and theyr clothes with him 22 And thou shalt take the fat of the Ramme his rumpe and the fat that couereth the inwardes and the kall of the lyuer and the two kydneys and the fat that is vpon them and the right shoulder for that Ramme is a ful offeryng 23 And a synmell of bread and a cake of oyled bread and a wafer out of the basket of
of an hande brode rounde about and made vpon the hoope a crowne of golde rounde about 13 And he caste for it foure rynges of golde and put the rynges in the foure corners that were in the foure feete thereof 14 Euen harde by the hoope were the ringes into the whiche the barres were put to beare the table withall 15 And he made the barres of Sittim wood and couered them with golde to beare the table withall 16 And made the vessels for the table of pure gold his dishes his incense cuppes his couerynges his bowles to powre out with all 17 And he made the candelsticke of pure golde euen of a whole worke made he the candelsticke his staffe his braunches his bolles his knoppes and his flowres were of one peece 18 Sixe braunches proceeding out of the sides therof three braunches of the candelsticke out of the one side thereof and three braunches of the candelsticke out of the other side thereof 19 And in one braunch three bolles made like vnto almondes with a knop and a flowre and in another braunche three bolles made like almondes with a knop and a flowre and so throughout the sixe braunches that proceede out of the candelsticke 20 And vpon the candelsticke selfe were foure bolles after the fashion of almondes with knoppes and floures 21 Vnder euery two braunches a knop of the same and a knop vnder two braunches of the same and a knop vnder two braūches of the same according to the sixe braūches y e proceede out of it 22 And the knoppes and the braunches proceeded out of it and it was all one peece of pure thicke golde 23 And he made his seuen lampes with the snuffers and vessels for the snuffe of pure golde 24 Euen of a talent of pure golde made ' he it with all the vessels therof ' 25 And he made the incense aulter of Sittim wood the length of it was a cubite and the breadth a cubite for it was foure square and two cubites hye with hornes proceedyng out of it 26 And he couered it with pure golde both the top and the sides therof round about and the hornes of it and made vnto it a crowne of golde round about 27 And he made two rynges of golde for it euen vnder the crowne therof in the two corners of it in the two sides therof to put barres in for to beare it withal 28 And he made the barres of Sittim ' wood ouerlayde them with golde ' 29 And he made the holy anoynting oyle and the sweete pure incense after the apoticaries craft ' ¶ The .xxxviii. Chapter ' 1 The framing of the aulter of burnt sacrifice 8 Of the brasen lauer 9 Of the entraunce 24 The accompt and summe of the price offered of the people 1 ANd he made the burnt offering aulter of Sittim wood fiue cubites was the length thereof and fiue cubites the breadth euen foure square and three cubites hye 2 And he made vnto it hornes in the foure corners of it proceedyng out of it and he ouerlayde it with brasse 3 And he made all the vessels of the aulter the ashpannes and besomes and basins fleshehokes fire pannes all the vessels therof made he of brasse 4 And he made a brasen grediron of networke vnto the aulter rounde about alowe beneath vnto the middest of the aulter 5 And cast foure ringes of brasse for the foure endes of the grediron to put barres in 6 And he made the barres of Sittim ' wood and couered them with brasse ' 7 And put the barres into the ringes in the foure corners of the aulter to beare it with all and made the aulter holowe within the boordes 8 And he made the lauer of brasse and the foote of it also of brasse of the glasses of the women assemblyng whiche came together at the doore of the tabernacle of the congregation 9 And he made the court on the south side full south and the hanginges of the court were of whyte twined silke hauing a hundreth cubites 10 Their pillers were twentie and their brasen sockettes twentie but the knoppes of the pyllers and their hoopes were of siluer 11 And on the northsyde the hangynges were an hundred cubites their pillers were twentie and their sockettes of brasse twentie but the knoppes and the hoopes of the pyllers were of siluer 12 On the west syde were hangynges of fiftie cubites ten pillers and their ten sockettes but the knoppes and the hoopes of the pyllers were of siluer ' 13 And towarde the east syde full easte ' were hangynges of fiftie cubites 14 The hangynges of the one syde of the gate were fifteene cubites long with three pillers and three sockettes 15 And of the other side of the court gate were hangynges also of fifteene cubites long with three pillers three sockets ' 16 All the hangynges of the court rounde ' about were of whyte twyned silke 17 But the sockettes of the pillers were of brasse and the knoppes the hoopes were of siluer and the coueryng of the heades was of siluer and all the pillers of the court were hooped about with siluer 18 And the hangyng of the gate of the court was needle worke of blewe silke purple scarlet and whyte twyned silke twentie cubites long fiue in breadth ouer against the hanginges of the court 19 And their pillers were foure and their foure sockettes of brasse the knoppes of siluer and the heades ouerlayde with siluer and hooped about with siluer 20 And all the pynnes of the tabernacle and of the court rounde about were of brasse 21 This is the sūme of the tabernacle euen of the tabernacle of y e congregation as it was coūted accordyng to the cōmaundement of Moyses for the office of the Leuites by the hande of Ithamar sonne to Aaron the priest 22 And Betsaleel the sonne of Vri the sonne of Hur of the tribe of Iuda made all that the Lorde commaunded Moyses 23 And with hym was Aholiab sonne of Ahisamach of the tribe of Dan a cunnyng workeman an embroderer and a worker of needle worke in blewe silke purple scarlet and whyte twyned silke 24 All the golde that was occupyed for all the worke of the holy place was the golde of the waue offeryng twentie and nine talentes and seuen hundred and thirtie sicles after the sicle of the sanctuarie 25 And the summe of siluer of them that were numbred in the congregation was an hundred talentes and a thousande seuen hundred and three score and fifteene sicles after the sicle of the sanctuarie 26 For euery man an halfe weyght euen halfe a sicle after the sicle of the sanctuarie for all them that went to be numbred from twentie yere olde and aboue euen for sixe hundred thousande and three thousande and fiue hundreth and fiftie men 27 And of the hundred talentes of siluer were cast the sockets of the sanctuarie and the sockettes of the vayle an hundred
11 But at euen let hym washe hym selfe with water and then when the sunne is downe let hym come into the hoast agayne 12 Thou shalt haue a place also without the hoast whyther thou shalt resort to 13 And thou shalt haue a paddle staffe vpon thy weapon and when thou wilt ease thy selfe digge therwith and turne and couer that which is departed from thee 14 For the Lorde thy God walketh in the middes of thyne hoast to ryd thee and to set thyne enemies before thee Therfore shall the place of thyne hoast be pure that he see do vncleane thyng in thee and so turne him selfe from thee 15 Thou shalt not deliuer vnto his maister the seruaunt whiche is escaped from his maister vnto thee 16 He shall dwell with thee euen among you in what place he hym selfe liketh best in one of thy cities where it is good for hym and thou shalt not vexe hym 17 There shal be no whore of the daughters of Israel nor whore keper of the sonnes of Israel 18 Thou shalt neither bryng the hyre of a Whore nor the pryce of a dogge into the house of the Lorde thy God in any maner of vowe for euē both of them are abhomination vnto the Lord thy God 19 Thou shalt not hurt thy brother by vsurie of money nor by vsurie of corne nor by vsurie of any thyng that he may be hurt withall 20 Vnto a straunger thou mayest lend vpon vsurie but not vnto thy brother that the Lord thy God may blesse thee in all that thou settest thyne hande to in the lande whyther thou goest to possesse it 21 When thou hast vowed a vowe vnto the Lorde thy God thou shalt not slacke to pay it For the Lorde thy God wyll surely requir◠it of thee and it shal be sinne in thee 22 If thou shalt leaue vowyng it shal be no sinne in thee 23 But that whiche is once gone out of thy lippes thou must kepe and do accordyng as thou hast vowed vnto the Lorde thy God of a freewyll and as thou hast spoken with thy mouth 24 When thou commest into thy neighbours vineyarde thou mayest eate grapes thy belly ful at thine owne pleasure but thou shalt put none in thy vessell 25 Euen so when thou commest into thy neighbours corne thou mayest plucke the eares with thyne hande but thou shalt not moue a sickle vnto thy neyghbours corne The .xxiiij. Chapter 1 Deuorcement is permitted 5 He that is newly maryed is exempted from warre 6 Of the pledge 14 Wages must not be retayned 16 The good must not be punished for the bad 17 The care of the straunger fatherlesse and wydowe 1 WHen a man hath taken a wife and maried her if she finde no fauour in his eyes because he hath spyed some vncleannes in her then let hym wryte her a byll of deuorcement and put it in her hande and sende her out of his house 2 And when she is departed out of his house let her go and be another mans wyfe 3 And if the seconde husbande hate her let him write her also a letter of deuorcement and put it in her hande and sende her out of his house Or if the seconde man dye whiche toke her to wyfe 4 Her first man whiche sent her away may not take her agayne to be his wyfe after that she is defiled For that is abhomination in the sight of the Lorde and thou shalt not cause the lande to sinne whiche the Lorde thy God shall geue thee to inherite 5 When a man taketh a newe wyfe he shall not go a warfare neither shal be charged with any businesse but shal be free at home one yere and reioyce with his wyfe whiche he hath taken 6 No man shall take the neather or the vpper mylstone to pledge for then he shall hurt a mans life 7 If any man be founde stealing any of his brethren the chyldren of Israel and abuseth hym or selleth hym the thiefe shall dye and thou shalt put euill away from the middest of thee 8 Take heede to thy selfe as concerning the plague of leprosie that thou obserue diligently and ye shall do according to all that the priestes the Leuites shall teache you euen as I commaunded them so ye shall obserue to do 9 Remember what the Lorde thy God dyd vnto Miriam by the way after that ye were come out of Egypt 10 When thou doest lend thy brother any thing thou shalt not go into his house to fetche a pledge from thence 11 But shalt stande without and the man that borowed it of thee shall bring the pledge out of the doores vnto thee 12 Furthermore if it be a poore body thou shalt not sleepe with his pledge 13 But deliuer hym the pledge agayne when the sunne goeth downe that he may sleepe in his owne raiment blesse thee And it shal be righteousnes vnto thee before the Lorde thy Lorde 14 Thou shalt not oppresse an hyred seruaunt that is needie and poore whether he be of thy brethrē or of the straungers that are in thy lande within thy gates 15 But shalt geue him his hyre the same day let not the sunne go downe theron for he is needie and therwith sustayneth his life lest he crye against thee vnto the Lorde and it be sinne vnto thee 16 The fathers shall not be put to death for the chyldren nor the chyldren for the fathers but euery man shal be put to death for his owne sinne 17 Thou shalt not peruert the ryght of the straūger nor of the fatherlesse nor take a wydowes rayment to pledge 18 But remember that thou wast a seruaunt in Egypt and howe the Lorde thy God deliuered thee thence And therfore I commaunde thee to do this thyng 19 When thou cuttest downe thyne haruest in thy field and hast forgot a sheafe in the fielde thou shalt not go agayne to fet it But it shal be for the straunger the fatherlesse and the wydowe that the Lorde thy God may blesse thee in all the workes of thyne hande 20 When thou beatest downe thine oliue tree thou shalt not search y e boughes agayne to gather vp that thou leftest behinde thee but it shal be for the straūger the fatherlesse and the wydowe 21 When thou gatherest the grapes of thy vineyarde thou shalt not gather the grapes cleane after thee but leaue them for the straunger the fatherlesse and the wydowe 22 And remember that thou also wast a seruaunt in the lande of Egypt therfore I cōmaunde thee to do this thing ¶ The .xxv. Chapter 3 The beatyng of the offenders 5 To rayse vp seede to the kinseman 11 In what case a womans hande must be cut of 13 Of iust waightes and measures 19 To destroy the Amalekites 1 IF there be strife betweene men they shall come vnto the lawe and let the Iudges geue sentence betwene them and
blesse thee 5 Then sayde Booz vnto his young man that stode by the reapers Whose damosel is this 6 And the young man that stode by the reapers aunswered and sayd It is the Moabitishe damosel that came with Naomi out of the countrey of Moab 7 And she sayde vnto vs I pray you let me gleane and gather after the reapers amongst the sheaues and so she came and hath continued euen from the morning vnto nowe saue that she taried a litle in the house 8 Then sayd Booz vnto Ruth Hearest thou my daughter Go to no other fielde to gather neither go from hence but abyde here by my maydens 9 Let thyne eyes be on the fielde that they do reape go thou after the maydens Haue I not charged the young men that they shall do thee no hurte Moreouer when thou art a thyrst go vnto the vessels drinke of that which the laddes haue drawen 10 Then she fell on her face and bowed her selfe to the ground and sayde vnto him Howe is it that I haue founde grace in thyne eyes that thou shouldest knowe me seing I am an aliaunt 11 And Booz aunswered and sayde vnto her Al is tolde shewed me that thou hast done vnto thy mother in law sence the death of thyne husband howe thou hast left thy father and thy mother and the land where thou wast borne and art come vnto a people which thou knewest not in time passed 12 The Lord quyte thy worke and a full reward be geuen thee of the Lord God of Israel vnder whose winges thou art come to trust 13 Then she sayde Let me finde fauour in thy sight my lord thou that hast comforted me and spoken comfortably vnto thy mayde whiche yet am not lyke vnto one of thy maydens 14 Booz sayde vnto her agayne At the meale tyme come thou hyther and eate of the bread and dyp thy morsel in the vineger And she sat besyde the reapers and he reached her parched corne she dyd eate and was suffised left part 15 And when she was rysen vp to gather Booz cōmaunded his young men saying Let her gather euen among the sheaues and rebuke her not 16 And leaue her some of the sheaues for the nonce and let it lye that she may gather it vp and rebuke her not 17 And so she gathered in the fielde vntil euen and threshed that she had gathered and it was in measure vpon an Epha of barlye 18 And she toke it vp and went into the citie and when her mother in lawe had seene what she had gathered she plucked out also gaue to her that she had reserued when she had eaten enough 19 And her mother in lawe sayde vnto her Where hast thou gathered to day and where wroughtest thou blessed be he that knewe thee And she shewed her mother in lawe howe she had wrought with him and sayde The mans name with whom I wrought to day is Booz 20 And Naomi said vnto her daughter in lawe Blessed be he of the Lord for he ceasseth not to do good to the lyuing to the dead And Naomi sayd agayne vnto her The man is nye vnto vs and of our affinitie 21 And Ruth the Moabitesse sayd he sayd vnto me also Thou shalt be with my young men vntil they haue ended al my haruest 22 And Naomi aunswered vnto Ruth her daughter in lawe It is best my daughter that thou go out with his maydens that they come not against thee in any other fielde 23 And so she kept her by the maydens of Booz to gather vnto the ende of barlye haruest and of wheate haruest also dwelt with her mother in lawe The .iii. Chapter 1 Naomi geueth Ruth councel 8 She sleepeth at Booz feete 12 He acknowledgeth him selfe to be her kinseman 1 THen Naomi her mother in lawe sayde vnto her My daughter shal I not seke rest for thee y t thou mayest prosper 2 And is not Booz our kinsman with whose maydens thou wast Beholde he winnoweth barlie to night in the thresshing floore 3 Wasshe thy selfe therfore and annoynt thee and put thy rayment vpon thee get thee downe to the floore but let not the man knowe of thee vntill he haue left eating and drincking 4 And when he goeth to sleepe marke the place where he layeth him downe and then go and lyft vp the clothes that are on his feete lay thee downe there and he shall tel thee what thou shalt do 5 And she aunswered her All that thou biddest me I will do 6 And she went downe vnto the floore and dyd according to al that her mother in lawe bad her 7 And when Booz had eaten and drunken cheared his heart he went to lye downe at the ende of the heape of corne and she came softly and lift vp the clothes of his feete and layed her downe 8 And at midnight the man was afraide and caught holde and beholde a woman lay at his feete 9 And he sayde What art thou She aunswered I am Ruth thyne handmayde Spreade the wing of thy garment ouer thyne handmayde for thou art the kinsman 10 He sayde Blessed be thou in the Lord my daughter for thou hast shewed more goodnesse in the latter ende then at the beginning inasmuche as thou folowedst not young men whether they were poore or riche 11 And nowe my daughter feare not I will do to the all that thou requirest for all the citie of my people doth know that thou art a woman of vertue 12 And it is true that I am of thy next kinne howbeit there is one nier then I. 13 Tary this night and when morning is come if he wil perfourme the part of a kinsman vnto thee it is good let him do the kinsmans part but if he wyl not do the kinsmans part then wyl I do the duetie of a kinsman as the Lorde liueth sleepe vntil the morning 14 And she lay at his feete vntill the morning and she arose vp before one coulde knowe another And he sayde Let no man knowe that there came any woman into the floore 15 And he sayde againe Bring the mantel that thou hast vpon thee holde it And when she held it he mette in sixe measures of barlye and layde it on her And she gat her into the citie 16 And when she came in to her mother in lawe she sayde Who art thou my daughter And she tolde her all that the man had done to her 17 And sayde These sixe measures of barlye gaue he me and sayde Thou shalt not come emptie vnto thy mother in lawe 18 Then sayde she My daughter sit still vntil thou knowe howe the matter will fall for the man will not be in rest vntill he haue finished the thing this same day The .iiii. Chapter 1 Booz speaketh to Ruths next kinseman touching her mariage 7 The auncient custome in Israel 10 Booz marieth Ruth of
king 12 Wysedome and knowledge is graunted vnto thee and I will geue thee treasure riches and glory so that among the kinges that haue ben before thee or after thee none was or shal be lyke thee 13 And so Solomon came from the high place that was at Gibeon to Hierusalem from the tabernacle of the congregation and raigned ouer Israel 14 And Solomon gathered charets and horsemen and he had a thousand and foure hundred charets twelue thousand horsemen whom he bestowed in the charet cities and with the king at Hierusalem 15 And the king made siluer and golde at Hierusalem as plenteous as stones and Cedar trees made he as plentie as the Mulbery trees that growe in the valleyes 16 Also Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt fine linnen The kinges marchaūtes receaued the fine linnen for a price 17 They came also and brought out of Egypt a charet for sixe hundred peeces of siluer euen an horse for an hundred and fiftie And so brought they horses for all the kinges of the Hethites and for the kinges of Syria by their owne hande The .ii. Chapter 2 The number of Solomons workemen to buylde the temple 3 Solomon sendeth to Hiram the king of Cyrus for wood and workemen 1 AND Solomon determined to buylde an house for the name of the Lord and an house for his kingdome 2 And Solomon tolde out threescore and ten thousande men to beare burthens and fourescore thousand men to hewe stones in the mountayne and three thousand and sixe hundred to ouersee them 3 And Solomon sent to Hiram the king of Tyre saying As thou diddest deale with Dauid my father and diddest send him Cedar wood to buyld him an house to dwell in euen so deale with me 4 Behold I buylde an house for the name of the Lorde my God to offer vnto him holy thinges to burne sweete incense and to set shewe bread before him continually to offer burnt sacrifices of the morning and euening on the Sabbath dayes in the firste day of euery newe moone and in the solempne feastes of the Lorde our God for it is an ordinaunce to be continually kept of Israel 5 And the house which I buylde shal be great for great is our God aboue all gods 6 But who is able to buylde him an house when that heauen and heauen aboue all heauens is not able to receaue him what am I then that should buyld him an house nay but euen to burne sacrifice before him shall this buylding be 7 Sende me nowe therefore a cunning man that can worke in golde and siluer in brasse and iron in purple crymosin yelowe silke that can skyll to graue with the cunning men that are with me in Iuda and Hierusalem whom Dauid my father dyd prepare 8 Sende me also Cedar trees pine trees and algume trees out of Libanon For I wot that thy seruauntes can skill to hewe timber in Libanon and behold my men shal be with thyne 9 That they may prepare me timber enough For the house whiche I am determined to buylde shal be wonderfull great 10 And behold for the vse of thy seruauntes the cutters and hewers of timber I haue geuen twentie thousande quarters of beaten wheat and twentie thousand quarters of barlye and twentie thousande battes of wine and twentie thousande battes of oyle 11 And Hiram y e king of Tyre aunswered in writing whiche he sent to Solomon ▪ Because the Lorde hath loued his people therefore hath he made thee king ouer them 12 And Hiram sayde moreouer Blessed be the Lorde God of Israel whiche made heauen earth that hath geuen Dauid the king a wise sonne and one that hath descretion prudence and vnderstanding to buyld an house for the Lord and a palace for his kingdome 13 And now I haue sent a wise man and a man of vnderstanding whom my father Hiram dyd vse 14 The sonne of a woman of the daughters of Dan and his father was a man of Tyre and he can skil to worke in gold and siluer in brasse and iron in stone and timber in purple and yelowe silke in fine whyte and crymosin and can graue sundry maner of grauinges and to finde out diuers maner of subtill worke that shal be set before hym with thy cunning men and with the cunning men of my lorde Dauid thy father 15 Nowe therefore the wheate and barlye oyle and wine which my lorde hath spoken of let him sende vnto his seruauntes 16 And we will cut wood in Libanon as much as thou shalt neede and wil bring it to thee in flotes by sea to Iapho from whence thou mayest cary them to Hierusalem 17 And Solomon numbred all the straungers that were in the lande of Israel after the number of them whom his father Dauid had numbred And they were founde an hundred fiftie and three thousand and sixe hundred 18 And he set threescore and ten thousande to beare burthens and fourescore thousande to hewe stones in the mountayne and three thousande sixe hundred officers to set the people a worke The .iii. Chapter The temple of the Lorde and the porche are buylded with other things thereto belonging 1 ANd Solomon began to buylde the house of the Lorde at Hierusalem in mount Moria where the Lorde appeared vnto Dauid his father euen in the place that Dauid prepared in the thresshing floore of Ornan the Iebusite 2 And he began to buylde in the seconde day of the seconde moneth the fourth yere of his raigne 3 And these are the patternes whereby Solomon was instruct to buylde the house of God The length was threescore cubites after the olde measure and the breadth twentie cubites 4 And the porche that was before the length in the front according to the breadth of the house was twentie cubites and the heyght was an hundred and twentie cubites and he ouerlayed it on the inner syde with pure golde 5 And the greater house he seeled with firre tree whiche he ouerlayed with the best golde and graued thereto paulme trees and chaynes 6 And he ouerlayed the house with precious stone beautyfully And the golde was golde of Paruaim 7 The house I say the beames postes walles and doores therof ouerlayed he with golde and graued Cherubs on the walles 8 And he made the house most holy whose length was twentie cubites like to the breadth of the house and the breadth therof was also twentie cubites and he ouerlayed it with good golde euen with sixe hundred talentes 9 And the wayght of the nayles of golde was fiftie sicles and he ouerlayed the vpper chambers with golde 10 And in the house most holy he made two Cherubims of image worke like children and ouerlayed them with gold 11 And the wynges of the Cherubs were twentie cubites long The one wyng was fiue cubites reaching to the wall of the house and the other wyng was likewise fiue cubites reaching to
Iuda 17 They which buylded on the wall and they that bare burthens and those that laded them with one hande did euery one his worke and with the other helde his weapon 18 For euery one that buylded had his sword girded by his thingh and so buylded they And he that blewe the trumpet was beside me 19 And I saide vnto the principall men to the rulers and to the other people The worke is great and large we are seperated vpon the wall one farre from another 20 Loke in what place therefore ye heare the noyse of the trumpet resort ye thither vnto vs and our God shall fight for vs 21 And we wil be labouring in the worke And the halfe part of them helde their speares from the morning spring tyll the starres came foorth 22 And at the same time saide I vnto the people Let euery one with his seruaūt lodge within Hierusalem that in the night season we may watch and labour on the day time 23 As for me and my brethren my seruauntes and the men of the watch which folowed me we put neuer of our clothes saue onely because of the wasshing ¶ The .v. Chapter 1 The people are oppressed and in necessitie 7 Nehemia remedieth it 15 He tooke not the portion of others that had ruled before lest he shoulde greeue the people 1 ANd there arose a great complaynt of the people and their wyues against their brethrē the Iewes 2 For there were some that saide Our sonnes and daughters and we are very many therefore wyll we take corne for them that we may eate and liue 3 Some also there were that saide Let vs set our landes vineyardes and houses to pledge and take vp corne in the dearth 4 But some there were that saide We haue borowed money for the kinges tribute and that vpon our landes vineyardes 5 And now our fleshe is as the fleshe of our brethren and our children as their children and loe we bring into subiection our sonnes and our daughters as seruauntes and some of our daughters are subdued vnto bondage alredie and no strength is there in our handes to redeeme them and other men haue our landes and vineyardes 6 And when I heard their complaynt and such wordes it displeased me sore 7 And I aduised so in my minde that I rebuked the counsellers and the rulers and saide vnto them Euery one of you layeth great burdens vpon his brother And I brought a great congregation against them 8 And saide vnto them We after our habilitie haue redeemed our brethren the Iewes which were solde vnto the heathen And wyll you sell your brethrē againe and shall they be solde vnto vs Then held they their peace and coulde finde nothing to aunswere 9 And Nehemia saide It is not good that ye do Ought ye not to walke in the feare of our God because of the rebuke of the heathen that are our enemies 10 I and my brethren and my seruauntes do lende them money and corne I pray you let vs leaue of this burden 11 Therefore this same day I pray you see that ye restore them their landes againe their vineyardes olyue gardens and their houses and remit the hundred parte of the money of the corne wine and oyle that ye haue exacted of them 12 Then saide they We wyll restore them againe wyll require nothing of them and wyll do as thou hast spoken And I called the priestes and tooke an oth of them that they should do so 13 And I shooke my lappe and saide God shake out euery man after the same maner from his house laboure that maintaineth not this worde euen thus be he shaken out and voyde And all the congregation saide Amen and praysed the Lorde And the people did according to this promise 14 And from the time foorth that the king committed vnto me to be captayne of them that were in the lande of Iuda euen from the twentie yere vnto the thirtie two yere of king Artaxerxes that is twelue yeres I with my brethrē liued not of such sustinaunce as was geuen to a captayne 15 For the olde captaynes that were before me had ben chargeable vnto the people and had taken of them bread wine beside fouretie sicles of siluer yea and their seruauntes had oppressed the people But so did not I and that because of the feare of God 16 But I laboured also in the worke vpon the wall and we bought no lande and all my seruauntes came thither together vnto the worke 17 Moreouer there were at my table an hundred and fiftie of the Iewes and rulers which came vnto me from among the heathen that are about vs. 18 And there was prepared for me dayly an oxe and sixe chosen sheepe and birdes were prepared for me and euer once in ten dayes wine for all in aboundance Yet required not I the liuing of a captayne for the bondage was greeuous vnto the people 19 Thinke vpon me my God vnto the best according to all that I haue done for this people The .vj. Chapter 8 Nehemia aunswereth with great wysdome and zeale to his aduersarie 11 He is not discouraged by the false prophetes 1 AND when Sanaballat Tobia and Gesem the Arabian and the other of our enemies heard that I had builded the wall and that there were no mo gappes therein howebeit at the same time had I not hanged the doores vpon the gates 2 Sanaballat and Gesem sent vnto me saying Come that we may meete take counsel together in the villages that are in the playne of the citie Ono. Neuerthelesse they thought to do me euill 3 And I sent messengers vnto them saying I haue a great businesse to do and I can not come downe Why should the worke ceasse whilest I leaue it and come downe to you 4 Howbeit they sent vnto me as good as foure times after the same maner And I gaue them the same aunswere 5 Then sent Sanaballat his seruaunt againe vnto me the fift time with an open letter in his hande 6 Wherein was written It is tolde the heathen and Gesem hath saide it that thou and the Iewes thinke to rebel for the which cause thou buildest the wall that thou mayst be their king according to these wordes 7 And hast ordayned the prophetes to preache of thee at Hierusalem and to say He is king of Iuda And now shall this come to the kinges eares come now therefore and let vs take our counsell together 8 And I sent vnto him saying There is no such thing done as thou sayest for thou fainest them out of thyne owne heart 9 For they were all minded to make vs afrayde saying They shall withdrawe their handes from their worke that it shall not be finished Nowe therefore strengthen thou my hande 10 And I came vnto the house of Semaia the sonne of Delaia the sonne of Mehetabeel he had shut him selfe within and saide Let vs come together in the house of
for that God and his wyll was knowen in it for that also that there God had geuen a notable victorie as declaryng him selfe to be the defendour of Hierusalem He setteth foorth the terrible iudgement power of God agaynst wicked enemies Finally he exhorteth all Israelites to the true worshyppyng of God ¶ To rhe chiefe musition in Neginoth the psalme of Asaph a song 1 IN Iurie is God knowen his name is great in Israel 2 At Shalem is his tabernacle and his dwellyng in Sion 3 There he brake the arrowes of the bowe the shielde the sworde and the battayle Selah 4 Thou art honourable and of more puissaunce then the mountaynes of robbers 5 The hygh couragious stomackes are spoyled they haue slept their slepe and the valiaunt souldiours coulde not finde their owne handes 6 At thy rebuke O God of Iacob both the charet and horse be brought to naught 7 Thou euen thou art dreadfull and who may stande in thy syght when thou begynnest to be angry 8 Thou causest thy iudgement to be hearde from heauen then the earth trembleth and is styll 9 When God ariseth to iudgement and to helpe all the afflicted vpon the earth Selah 10 The fearcenesse of man shall turne to thy prayse and the remnaunt of the fearcenesse thou wylt restrayne 11 Make vowes vnto God your Lorde perfourme them all ye that be rounde about hym bryng presentes vnto hym that is dreadfull 12 He abateth the spirite of princes he is dreadfull to the kynges of the earth ⧠The argument of the .lxxvii. psalme ¶ The prophete vttereth in a lamentation wonderfull cogitations of a sorowfull afflicted pensiue heart almost brought into desperation but consideryng the manifolde argument of Gods power and goodnesse declared to hym and to his fathers in tyme past he taketh good courage and trusteth of Gods helpe ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Ieduthun a psalme of Asaph 1 MY voyce was vnto the Lorde and I cryed my voyce was vnto the Lord and he hearkened vnto me 2 In the tyme of my trouble I sought the Lorde my hande all the nyght catched ceassed not my soule refused comfort 3 I called to remembraunce God and I was disquieted I conferred with my selfe and my spirite was wrapped in pensiuenesse Selah 4 Thou dydst kepe the watche of mine eies I was amased coulde not speake 5 I dyd thynke vpon the dayes past and on the yeres of the olde worlde 6 I called to remembraunce my psalme song on the musicall instrument in the nyght tyme I communed with myne owne heart searched out my spirites 7 What wyll the Lorde forsake me for euer wyll he be no more intreated to be fauourable 8 Is his mercie cleane gone for euer and is his promise made from one generatiō to another come vtterly to an ende 9 Hath God forgotten to be gratious and will he shut vp his louing kindnesse in displeasure Selah 10 And I sayde this is my death but the ryght hande of the most hyghest may graunt me yeres 11 I dyd call to remēbraunce the workes of God almightie for thy wonders done a great whyle a goe came into my mynde 12 I also gaue my selfe to muse of all thy workes and I talked of all thy actes 13 Thy way O Lorde is in holynesse who is so great a God as the Lorde 14 Thou art y e God that doth wonders thou hast made thy power knowen among the people 15 Thou hast redeemed thy people with a mightie arme the sonnes of Iacob and Ioseph Selah 16 The waters sawe thee O God the waters sawe thee they feared yea the depthes of them moued out of their place 17 Thicke cloudes powred downe rayne thinne cloudes gaue a noyse and thine arrowes went abrode into al corners 18 The sounde of thy thunder was rounde about the sky the lightnynges shone through the worlde the earth quaked and trembled 19 Thy way is in the sea and thy pathes in the great waters and thy footesteppes are not knowen 20 Thou dydst leade thy people lyke sheepe by the hande of Moyses and Aaron ¶ The argument of the .lxxviij. Psalme ¶ The prophete moueth his people to geue diligent eare vnto hym vtteryng the wonderfull benefites of God to the Iewes euen such as were cōmonly knowen amongst them and were to be declared of fathers vnto their children in all generations by the commaundement of God to the intent that they be not as their forefathers were rebelles and stubburne agaynst God and his worde For which cause they had euyll successe in battayle and were afflicted with sundry calamities yet they feelyng the smart of affliction made a countenaunce as though they sought God but it was hypocritically not forsakyng their sinnes and fleyng to Gods mercie wherfore God gaue the arcke to the Philistines as forsakyng the Israelites because they greued hym with hyll alters and images God also refused the tribe of Ephraim and chose the tribe of Iuda appoyntyng Dauid a sheephearde kepyng sheepe for to be kyng of his people ¶ A wise instruction of Asaph 1 HEare my lawe O my people enclyne your eares vnto the wordes of my mouth 2 I wyll open my mouth in a parable I wyll declare harde sentences of the olde tyme past 3 Which we haue hearde and knowen and such as our fathers haue tolde vs. 4 We wyll not hyde them from their children nay we wyll set foorth in wordes to the generation to come the prayses of God and his myght and wonderfull workes that he hath done 5 For he reuiued a statute in Iacob and gaue Israel a lawe in the whiche he commaunded our forefathers to teache their children 6 To the intent the posteritie shoulde knowe it and children whiche shal be borne that they shoulde ryse vp and declare it to their children 7 That they shoulde put their trust in God and not forget the workes of God but kepe his commaundementes 8 And that they be not as their forefathers were a rebellious and a mutable generation a generation that directed not their heart aright and whose spirite cleaued not stedfastly vnto God 9 Like as the children of Ephraim which beyng harnessed carying bowes turned their backes in the day of battayle 10 They kept not the couenaunt of God and they woulde not walke in his law 11 But they forgat his workes and his wonders which he had shewed them 12 Marueylous thinges dyd he in the sight of their fathers in the land of Egypt in the fielde of Zoan 13 He deuided the sea and let them go thorowe he made the waters to stande as on an heape 14 In the day time also he led them with a cloude and all the night through with a light of fire 15 He cloued the harde rockes in the wildernes gaue them drinke therof as it had ben out of the great deepe waters 16 He brought running streames out of a stonie rocke and
after and the people which shal be borne shall prayse the Lorde 17 For he hath loked downe from his high sanctuarie out of heauen did God beholde the earth 18 That he might heare the mourninges of such as be in captiuitie and delyuer the children of death 19 That they may declare y e name of God in Sion and his prayse at Hierusalem 20 When people were gathered together kyngdomes to serue God he afflicted my strength in the way he shortened my dayes 21 But I say O my God take me not away in the middest of myne age as for thy yeres they endure throughout all generations 22 Thou hast before tyme layde the foundation of the earth and the heauens are the worke of thy handes 23 They shall perishe but thou wylt remayne styll they all shall waxe olde as doth a garment and as a vesture thou wylt chaunge them and they shal be chaunged 24 But thou art and thy yeres can not fayle the children of thy seruauntes shal dwell and their seede shal be maynteyned in thy syght ¶ The argument of the .ciii. psalme ¶ The prophete stirreth vp hym selfe and all that is within hym to blesse God for such benefites as both he hym selfe and all the Israelites haue at his handes receaued in that he pardoneth their sinne redeemeth them from death and maketh his holy wyll knowen vnto them beyng men miserable and of a short lyfe Finally he calleth vpon angels and all sortes of men with all their power to blesse God who is kyng of heauen and earth 1 BLesse God O my soule and all that is within me prayse his holy name 2 Blesse God O my soule and forget not all his benefites 3 Who forgeueth all thy wickednesse and healeth all thine infirmities 4 Who redeemeth thy lyfe from destruction and crowneth thee with mercie and louyng kyndnesse 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good thynges causyng thy youth lyke an Egles to be renued 6 God executeth iustice and iudgement for all them that are oppressed with wrong 7 He made his wayes knowen vnto Moyses his workes vnto the children of Israel 8 God is full of compassion and pitie loth to be angry and exceedyng great in mercie 9 He vseth not to continue in chydyng neither reserueth he his anger for euer 10 He dealeth not with vs accordyng to our sinnes nor rewardeth vs according to our wickednesse 11 For accordyng to the hyghnesse of heauen aboue the earth his mercie preuayleth to them that feare hym 12 Loke howe farre distaunt the east is from the west so farre a sunder setteth he our sinnes from vs. 13 Yea lyke as a father pitieth his owne children euen so is God mercifull vnto them that feare hym 14 For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but dust 15 The dayes of man are as the dayes of an hearbe he florisheth as a flowre in the fielde 16 For the winde passeth ouer it and it is no more seene and the place therof knoweth it no more 17 But the mercifull goodnesse of God endureth for euer and euer vpon them that feare hym and his righteousnesse vpon childers children 18 Euen vpon such as kepe his couenaunt and thinke vpon his commaundementes to do them 19 God hath prepared his seate in heauen and his kyngdome ruleth ouer all 20 Blesse God O ye his angels mightie in operation who fulfyll his worde in hearkening vnto the voyce of his word 21 Blesse God all ye his hoastes you his ministers that do his pleasure 22 Blesse God all you his workes in all places of his dominion O my soule blesse thou God The argument of the .ciiij. psalme ¶ The prophete blesseth God the creatour and gouernour of all thinges by whose prouidence man beast hath the vse of the ayre cloudes angels earth hilles valleys bread drinke trees sunne moone day nyght and sea 1 MY soule blesse thou God O God my Lord thou art become exceeding great thou hast put on glory and maiestie 2 Who is decked with light as it were with a garment spreadyng out the heauens like a curtayne 3 Who seeleth his vpper chaumbers with waters and maketh the cloudes his charriot and walketh vpon the wynges of the wynde 4 He maketh his angels spirites and his ministers a flaming fire 5 He hath layde the earth sure vpon her foundations that it can neuer moue at any tyme. 6 Thou coueredst it with the deepe lyke as with a garment the waters stande vpon the hilles 7 At thy rebuke they flee at the noyse of thy thunder they bluster downe apace 8 The hilles mount aloft and the valleys settle downe beneath vnto the place where thou hast layde a foundation for them 9 Thou hast set them their boundes which they shall not passe neither shall they returne agayne to couer the earth 10 Who also causeth the springes which runne betweene the hilles to flowe into the riuers 11 All beastes of the fielde drinke therof and the wylde asses quench their thirst 12 The foules of the ayre haue their habitation nigh vnto them singing out of the midst of the bowes of trees 13 He watereth the hilles from aboue the earth is replenished with the fruite of thy workes 14 He causeth grasse to growe for cattell * and hearbes for the vse of man 15 That he may bryng foorth foode out * of the earth both wine that maketh glad the heart of man and oyle to make hym haue a chearefull countenaunce also bread to strengthen mans heart 16 The trees of God be satisfied euen the Cedars of Libanus which he hath planted 17 Wherin the birdes make their nestes in the fyrre trees the storke buyldeth 18 The high hilles are a refuge for goates and so are the stonie rockes for comes 19 He hath made the moone for certayne seasons and the sunne knoweth his goyng downe 20 Thou makest darknes and it is night wherein all the beastes of the forrest do go abrode 21 The Lions do roare after a pray and in seeking their meate of God 22 When the sunne ariseth they recoyle backe and lay them downe to rest in their dennes 23 Man goeth foorth to his worke and to do his seruice vntyll the euening 24 O God howe manyfolde are thy workes thou hast made them al in wisdome the earth is ful of thy ryches 25 So is the sea it selfe large and wyde in compasse wherein are thinges creeping innumerable both small and great beastes 26 There go the shippes and there is that Leuiathan whom thou hast made to take his pastime therin 27 These wayte all vpon thee that thou mayest geue them meate in due season 28 When thou geuest it them they gather it and when thou openest thyne hand they are filled with that which is good 29 When thou hydest thy face they are troubled when thou takest away their spirite they dye and are turned agayne to their dust 30 When thou sendest
26 She openeth her mouth with wisdome and in her tongue is the lawe of grace 27 She loketh well to the wayes of her housholde and eateth not her bread with idlenesse 28 Her children arise vp call her blessed and her husbande shall make much of her 29 Many daughters there be that gather riches together but thou goest aboue them all 30 As for fauour it is deceiptfull beautie is a vayne thyng but a woman that feareth the Lorde shal be praysed 31 Geue her of the fruite of her handes and let her owne workes prayse her in the gates A. P. C. The ende of the prouerbes of Solomon ⧠The booke of the preacher otherwise called Ecclesiastes which is Solomon the king ¶ For Solomon is called in scripture by three sundry names The one Solomon that is the maker of peace The seconde Idida that is beloued of God The thirde Ecclesiastes that is a preacher teachyng that true and eternall felicitie consisteth not in any worldly wisdome or aboundaunce of riches or in carnall pleasure which all be but vayne and transitorie but he proueth that true felicitie consisteth in a whole ioynyng our selues to God by pure religion that is with a sincere fayth and the feare of God obseruyng his commaundementes The first Chapter 2 All thynges in this worlde are full of vanitie and of none induraunce 13 All mans wisdome is but follie and griefe 1 THe wordes of the preacher y e sonne of Dauid kyng of Hierusalem 2 All is but most vayne vanitie saith the preacher all is most vayne I say and but playne vanitie 3 For what els hath a man of all the labour that he taketh vnder the sunne 4 One generation passeth away another commeth but the earth abideth styll 5 The sunne aryseth the sunne goeth downe and returneth to his place that he may there ryse vp agayne 6 The wynde goeth towarde the south and turneth vnto the north fetcheth his compasse whirleth about and goeth foorth and returneth agayne to his circuites from whence he dyd come 7 All fluddes runne into the sea and yet is the sea it selfe not fylled For loke vnto what place the waters runne thence they come to flowe agayne 8 All thinges are so harde to be knowen that no man can expresse them The eye is not satisfied with sight the eare is not fylled with hearyng 9 The thyng that hath ben commeth to passe agayne and the thyng that hath ben done shal be done agayne There is no newe thyng vnder the sunne 10 Is there any thyng wherof it may be sayde lo this is newe for it was long ago in the tymes that haue ben before vs. 11 The thyng that is past is out of remembraunce euen so the thynges that are for to come shal no more be thought vpon among them that come after 12 I my selfe the preacher was kyng of Israel at Hierusalem 13 And dyd applie my mynde to seke out searche for knowledge of all thynges that are done vnder heauen Such trauayle and labour hath God geuen vnto the children of men to exercise them selues therin 14 Thus haue I considered all these thynges that come to passe vnder the sunne and lo they are all but vanitie and vexation of mynde 15 The croked can not be made straight nor the imperfection of thynges can be numbred 16 I communed with myne owne heart saying lo I am come to great estate and haue gotten more wisdome then all they that haue ben before me in Hierusalem 17 Yea my heart had great experience of wisdome knowledge for thervnto I applied my mynde that I myght knowe what were wisdome and vnderstandyng what were errour and foolishnesse and I perceaued that this was also but a vexation of mynde 18 For where much wisdome is there is also great trauayle and disquietnesse and the more knowledge a man hath the more is his care The .ij. Chapter 1 Pleasures sumptuous buildynges riches and possessions are but vanitie 14 The wise and the foole haue both one ende touchyng the bodyly death 1 THen sayde I thus in my heart Nowe go to I will take myne ease and haue good dayes But lo that is vanitie also 2 Insomuch that I saide vnto the man geuen to laughter thou art mad and to mirth what doest thou 3 So I thought in my heart to geue my fleshe vnto wine and agayne to apply my mynde vnto wisdome and to comprehende foolishnesse vntyll the tyme that among all the thynges which are vnder the sunne I myght see what were best for men to do so long as they liue vnder heauen 4 I made gorgious faire workes I builded my houses and planted vineyardes 5 I made me orchardes and gardens of pleasure and planted trees in them of all maner of fruites 6 I made pooles of water to water the greene and fruitfull trees withall 7 I bought seruauntes and maydens and had a great housholde As for cattel and sheepe I had more substaunce of them then all they that were before me in Hierusalem 8 I gathered together siluer and golde and the chiefe treasures of kynges and landes I haue prouided me men singgers and women singers and the delites of the sonnes of men as a woman taken captiue and women taken captiues 9 And I was greater and in more worship then all my predecessours in Hierusalem For wisdome remayned with me 10 And loke whatsoeuer myne eyes desired I let them haue it and wherin soeuer my heart delited or had any pleasure I withhelde it not from it Thus my heart reioyced in all that I did and this was my portion of all my trauayle 11 But when I considered all the workes that my handes had wrought and all the labour that I had taken therin lo all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde and nothing of any value vnder the sunne 12 Then turned I me to consider wisdome errour and foolishnesse for what is he among men that myght be compared to me the kyng in such workes 13 And I sawe that wisdome excelleth foolishnesse as farre as light doth darknesse 14 For a wise man hath his eyes in his head but the foole goeth in darknesse I perceaued also that they both had one ende 15 Then thought I in my mynde yf it happen vnto the foole as it doth vnto me what needeth me then to labour any more for wisdome So I confessed within my heart that this also was but vanitie 16 For the wise are euer as litle in remembraunce as the foolishe for the dayes shall come when all shal be forgotten yea the wise man dyeth as well as the foole 17 Thus began I to be weery of my life insomuch that I coulde away with nothyng that is done vnder the sunne for all was but vanitie and vexation of mynde 18 Yea I was weery of my labour which I had taken vnder the sunne because I shoulde be fayne to leaue
for the breath of the Lord bloweth vpon them of a trueth the people are grasse 8 The grasse withereth and the floure fadeth away yet the worde of our God endureth for euer 9 Go vp vnto the hye hyll O Sion thou that bryngest good tidinges lyft vp thy voyce with power O thou preacher Hierusalem lyft vp without feare say vnto the cities of Iuda Beholde your God 10 Beholde y e Lorde God shal come with power and shall of him selfe beare rule with his arme beholde his rewarde with hym and his workes before hym 11 He shall feede his flocke like an heardman he shall gather the lambes together with his arme and cary them in his bosome and shall kyndly intreate those that beare young 12 Who hath measured the waters in his fist who hath measured heauen with his spanne and hath comprehended all the earth of the worlde in three measures who hath wayed the mountaynes and hylles in a ballaunce 13 Who hath directed the spirite of the Lorde or who gaue hym counsayle and shewed hym 14 Who is of his counsayle and geueth hym vnderstandyng and hath taught hym the path of iudgement who taught hym cunnyng and opened to hym the way of vnderstandyng 15 Beholde all people are in comparison of hym as a droppe of a bucket full and are counted as the least thyng that the ballaunce wayeth yea and the Isles he taketh vp as a very litle thyng 16 Libanus is not sufficient to minister fire to his offeryng and all the beastes therof are not inough for one sacrifice 17 All people in comparison of hym are reckened as nothyng yf they be compared with hym lesse then nothyng and as it that is not 18 To whom then wyll ye lyken God or what similitude will ye set vp to him 19 Shall the caruer make hym a carued image and shall the goldesmith couer hym with golde or cast hym into a fourme of siluer plates 20 Moreouer shal the image maker that the poore man which is disposed may haue some thyng to set vp also seeke out and choose a tree that is not rotten and carue thereout an image that moueth not 21 Knowe ye nothyng hearde ye neuer of it hath it not ben preached vnto you since the beginning haue ye not ben enfourmed of this by the foundation of the earth 22 It is he that sitteth vpon the circle of the world whose inhabiters are in comparison of him but as grashoppers he spreadeth out the heauens as a couering he stretcheth them out as a tent to dwell in 23 He bringeth princes to nothing and the iudges of the earth as though they were not 24 So that of them it may be sayde they be not planted nor sowne agayne neither their stocke rooted agayne in the earth for assoone as he bloweth vpon them they wither and fade away lyke the strawe in a whirle winde 25 To whom nowe will ye liken me and whom shall I be lyke saith the holy one 26 Lift vp your eyes on high and consider who hath made those thinges which come out by so great heapes and he calleth them al by their names there is nothing hid from the greatnesse of his power strength and might 27 Howe may then Iacob thinke or may Israel say My wayes are hid from the Lord and my God knoweth not of my iudgementes 28 Knowest thou not or hast thou not hearde that the euerlasting God the Lorde whiche made all the corners of the earth is neither weerie nor fainte and that his wysdome can not be comprehended 29 It is he that geueth strength vnto the weerie and power vnto the faint 30 Children are weerie and faint and the strongest men fall 31 But vnto them that haue their trust in the Lorde shall strength be increased Egles winges shall growe vpon them when they runne they shall not fall and when they go they shall not be weerie The .xlj. Chapter 2 Of the goodnesse and mercy of God towarde the people 1 BE styll you Ilandes and hearken vnto me let the people lay their strength together let them come hither and then shew their cause we will go to the lawe together 2 Who raysed vp the iust man from the east and called hym to go foorth who cast downe the people and subdued the kynges before him that he may throw them al to the ground with his sworde and scatter them lyke stubble with his bowe 3 He foloweth vpon them and goeth safely him selfe that in a way where before his foote had not troden 4 Who hath made and created these thinges euen he that called the generations from the beginning euen I the Lorde whiche am the first and with the last 5 The Isles sawe and did feare and the endes of the earth were abashed drewe nye and came hither 6 Euery man helped his neighbour and sayd to his brother be strong 7 The carpenter comforted the goldsmith and the goldsmith the hammerman saying sowder wyll do very well in it and they fastened it with nayles that it shoulde not be moued 8 But thou Israel art my seruaunt thou Iacob whom I haue chosē thou art the seede of Abraham my beloued 9 Thou art he whom I led from the endes of the earth for I called thee euen from among the glorious men of it and sayd vnto thee Thou art my seruaunt I haue chosen thee and not cast thee away 10 Be not afraide for I am with thee Melt not away as waxe for I am thy God to strength thee helpe thee and kepe thee with the right hande of my righteousnesse 11 Beholde all they that resist thee shall come to confusion and shame and thine aduersaries shal be destroyed brought to naught 12 So that who so seeketh after them shall not finde them thy destroyers shall perishe and so shall they that vndertake to make battayle against thee be as that is not as a thing of naught 13 For I the Lorde thy God wyll strengthen thy right hande euen I that say vnto thee Feare not I wyll helpe thee 14 Be not afraide thou litle worme Iacob and thou despised Israel for I wil helpe thee saith the Lorde and the holy one of Israel thy redeemer 15 Beholde I will make thee a treading cart and a newe flaile that thou mayest threshe and grinde the mountaines and bring the hilles to powder 16 Thou shalt fanne them and the winde shall carrie them away and the whirle winde shall scatter them but thou shalt reioyce in the Lorde and shalt delight in the holy one of Israel 17 When the thirstie and poore seeke water and finde none and when their tongue is drye of thirst I geue it them saith the Lorde I the God of Israel forsake them not 18 I bryng foorth fluddes in the hilles and welles in the playne fieldes I turne the wildernesse to riuers and the drye lande to conduites of water 19 I plant in the waste
thou wast deare in my sight and because I set by thee and loued thee I wyl geue ouer all men for thee and deliuer vp all people for thy sake 5 Feare not for I am with thee I will bryng thy seede from the east and gather thee together from the west 6 I wyll say to the north let go and to the south kepe not backe but bring me my sonnes from farre and my daughters from the endes of the worlde 7 Namely all those that be called after my name For them haue I created fashioned and made for mine honour 8 Bring foorth that people whiche is blinde and yet hath eyes whiche are deafe although they haue eares 9 If all nations come in one and be gathered together whiche among them shall declare suche thinges and tell vs the things that are past let them bring their witnesse so that they be iust els let them heare and say it is trueth 10 You are my witnesses saith the Lord and my seruaunt whom I haue chosen therefore be certified and geue me faythfull credence and consider that I am he before whom there was neuer any god neither shal be any after me 11 I am euen I am the only Lord and beside me there is no sauiour 12 I gaue warning I made whole I taught you when there was no straunge god among you and this recorde must ye beare me your selues saith the Lorde that I am God 13 And euen he am I who was from the beginning and there is none that can take any thing out of my hande I do the worke and who shal be able to let it 14 Thus saith the Lorde the holy one of Israel your redeemer for your sake I haue sent to BabyloÌ„ brought it down al they are fugitiue with the Chaldees whose sorowfull crie is in their shippes 15 I am the Lord your holy one which haue made Israel and am your kyng 16 Thus saith the Lorde euen he that maketh away in the sea and a foote path in the mightie waters 17 It is he whiche bringeth foorth the charrets and horses the hoast and power of warre that they may fall together and neuer rise and be extinct lyke as towe are they quenched 18 Remember not thinges of olde and regarde nothing that is past 19 Beholde I shall make a newe thing and shortly shall it appeare and shall you not knowe it I wyll make a way in the desert and riuers of water in the wyldernesse 20 The wilde beastes shall worship me the dragons and the young Esâ—riches for I shall geue water in the wyldernesse and streames in the desert that they may geue drinke to my people whom I chose 21 This people haue I made for my self and they shall shewe foorth my prayse 22 For thou Iacob wouldest not call vppon me but thou haddest an vnlust towarde me O Israel 23 Thou gauest me not thy beastes for burnt offerings neither diddest honour me with sacrifices I haue not ben chargeable vnto thee in offeringes neither greeuous in incense 24 Thou boughtest me no deare spice with thy money neither powredst the fat of thy sacrifices vpon me but thou hast laden me with thy sinnes and weeried me with thy vngodlynesse 25 Where as I yet euen I am he onlye that for my owne selues sake do away thine offences and forget thy sinnes so that I wyll neuer thinke vpon them 26 Put me now in remembraunce for we wyl reason together shew what thou hast for thee to make thee righteous 27 Thy first father offended sore and thy rulers haue sinned against me 28 Therefore I profaned or slue the princes of the sanctuarie I dyd curse Iacob and gaue Israel into reproofe ¶ The .xliiij. Chapter 5 Christe promiseth to deliuer his Churche without any her desertes 1 SO heare nowe O Iacob my seruaunt and Israel whom I haue chosen 2 For thus saith the Lorde that made thee fassioned thee and helped thee euen from thy mothers wombe Be not afraide O Iacob my seruaunt thou righteous whom I haue chosen 3 For I shall powre water vpon the drye grounde and riuers vpon the thirstie I shall powre my spirite vpon thy seede and my blessing vpon thy stocke 4 They shall growe together lyke as the grasse and as the willowes by the waters side 5 One shal say I am the Lordes another shall call hym selfe after the name of Iacob the thirde shall subscribe with his hande vnto the Lorde and geue hym selfe vnder the name of Israel 6 Thus hath the Lorde spoken euen the kyng of Israel and his redeemer the Lorde of hoastes I am the first and the last and besides me there is no God 7 If any be like me let hym call foorth the thing past and openly shewe it and lay it playne before me what hath chaunced since I appointed the people of the worlde and what shal be shortly or what shal come to passe in tyme long to come let them shewe these thinges 8 Be not abashed nor afraide for haue not I euer tolde you hitherto and warned you ye can beare me recorde your selues is there any God except me or any maker that I should not know hym 9 All caruers of images are but vayne and the carued images that they loue can do no good they must beare recorde them selues that seeing they can neither see nor vnderstande they shal be confounded 10 Who dare then make a god or fashion an image that is profitable for nothing 11 Beholde all the felowship of them must be brought to confusion truely all the workemasters of them are men they shal all be gathered together they shall stand tremble and be confounded one with another 12 The smith maketh an axe and tempereth it with hotte coales and fashioneth it with hammers and worketh it with all the strength of his armes yea sometime he is fainte for very hunger and so thirstie that he hath no more power 13 The carpenter or image caruer taketh measure of the timber and spreadeth foorth his line he marketh it with some colour he playneth it he ruleth it and squareth it and maketh it after the image of a man and according to the beautie of a man that it may stande in the house 14 Moreouer he goeth out to hewe Cedar trees he bringeth home Elmes and Okes and taking a bolde courage he seeketh out the best timber of the wood he him selfe hath planted a Pine tree whiche the rayne hath swelled 15 Which wood serueth for men to burne Of this he taketh and warmeth hym selfe withall he maketh a fire of it to bake bread and maketh also a god therof to honour it and a grauen image to kneele before it 16 One peece he burneth in the fire with another he rosteth fleshe that he may eate roste his belly full with the thirde he warmeth him selfe and saith Aha I am well warmed I haue ben at the
fire 17 And of the residue he maketh hym a god and grauen image for him selfe he kneeleth before it he worshippeth it he prayeth vnto it and saith Deliuer me for thou art my god 18 Yet men neither consider nor vnderstande because their eyes be stopped that they can not see and their heartes that they can not perceaue 19 They ponder not in their mindes for they haue neither knowledge nor vnderstanding to thinke thus I haue brent one peece in the fire I haue baked bread with the coales thereof I haue rosted fleshe withall and eaten it and I wyll nowe of the residue make an abhominable idoll and fall downe before a rotten peece of wood 20 Thus doth he but lose his labour and his heart whiche is deceaued doth turne hym aside so that none of them can haue a free conscience to thinke Do not I erre 21 Consider this O Iacob and Israel for thou art my seruaunt I made thee that thou mightest serue me O Israel forget me not 22 As for thyne offences I haue driuen them away lyke the cloudes and thy sinnes as the mist Turne thee agayne vnto me for I haue redeemed thee 23 Be glad ye heauens for the Lorde hath dealt graciously with his people let all that is here beneath vpon the earth be ioyfull reioyce ye mountaines and woods with all the trees thereof for the Lorde hath redeemed Iacob and wyll shewe his glory vpon Israel 24 Thus saith the Lorde thy redeemer euen he that fassioned thee from thy mothers wombe I the Lorde do all thinges my selfe alone I only spreade out the heauens and I only haue laide abrode the earth by my owne selfe 25 I destroy the tokens of witches and make the soothsayers fooles As for the wise I turne them backwarde and make their cunning foolishnesse 26 He doth set vp the purpose of his seruaunt and fulfilleth the counsaile of his messengers concerning Hierusalem he saith it shal be inhabited and of the cities of Iuda they shal be buylded againe and I will repayre their decayed places 27 He saith to the deapth be drye and I wyll drye vp water fluddes 28 He saith of Cyrus he is my heardman so that he shall fulfill all thinges after my wyll He saith also of Herusalem it shal be buylded and of the temple it shal be fast grounded The .xlv. Chapter 1 The deliueraunce of the people by Cyrus 20 The comming of Christe and the calling of the gentiles 1 THus saith the Lorde vnto Cyrus his annointed whoÌ„ I haue taken by the right hande to subdue nations before hym I wyl loose the loynes of kinges and I wyl open the gates before his face and the gates shall not be shut 2 I wyll go before thee and make the crooked straigth I shall breake the brasen doores and burst the iron barres 3 I shall geue thee hid treasures and the thing whiche is secretly kept that thou mayest know that I am the Lord God of Israel whiche haue called thee by thy name 4 For Iacob my seruauntes sake and for Israel my chosen I called thee by thy name and ordayned thee or euer thou knewest me 5 I am the Lord and there is none other for without me there is no God I haue prepared thee or euer thou knewest me 6 Therfore they shall knowe from the rising of the sunne vnto the goyng downe of the same that all is nothing without me for I am the Lorde and there is els none 7 It is I that created light and darknesse I make peace and trouble yea euen I the Lorde do all these thinges 8 Ye heauens from aboue drop downe and let the cloudes rayne righteousnesse the earth open it selfe let saluation and righteousnesse growe foorth let it bryng them foorth together I the Lorde haue created him 9 Wo be vnto hym that striueth with his maker let the potsherde striue with the potsherdes of the earth Saieth the clay to the potter What makest thou or thy worke is not perfectly done 10 Wo be vnto hym that saieth to his father what begettest thou and to his mother what bearest thou 11 Thus saith the Lorde euen the holy one and maker of Israel Aske me of thinges for to come concerning my sonnes and put me in remembraunce as touching the workes of my handes 12 I haue made the earth and created man vpon it With my handes haue I spread foorth heauen and geuen a commaundement for all the hoast thereof 13 I shall wake hym vp with righteousnesse and order all his wayes He shall buylde my citie and let out my prisoners and that neither for gyftes nor rewardes saith the Lorde of hoastes 14 Thus saith the Lorde The occupiers of Egypt the marchauntes of the Ethiopians and Sabees shall come vnto thee with tribute they shal be thyne they shall folowe thee and go with chaines vpon their feete they shall fall downe before thee and make supplication vnto thee for God without whom there is none other God shal be with thee 15 O howe profounde art thou O God thou God and sauiour of Israel 16 Confounded are they all and put to dishonour thei are gone hence together with shame euen the makers of images 17 But Israel shal be saued in the Lord with an euerlasting saluation ye shall not come to shame nor confusion world without ende 18 For thus saith the Lorde Euen he that created heauen the God that made the earth fassioned it and set it foorth he dyd not make it for naught but to be inhabited euen I the Lorde without whom there is none other 19 I haue not spoken secretly neither in darke places of the earth I sayde not in vayne to the seede of Iacob seeke me I am the Lorde whiche when I speake do declare the thing that is righteous and true 20 Gather you and come together drawe nigh hither you that escaped of the people they haue no vnderstanding that set vp the stockes of their idols and pray vnto a god that can not helpe them 21 Drawe nye come hyther and let them aske counsaile one at another and shew foorth what is he that â—old this before or who spake of it euer since the beginning haue not I the Lorde done it without whom there is none other God the true God and sauiour and there is els none but I. 22 And therfore turne you vnto me all ye endes of the earth that ye may be saued for I am God and there is els none 23 I sweare by my self out of my mouth commeth the worde of righteousnesse and that may no man turne but all knees shall bowe vnto me and all tongues shall sweare by my name 24 Saying veryly in the Lorde is my righteousnesse and strength to hym shall men come but all they that thinke scorne of him shal be confounded 25 And the whole seede of Israel shal be iustified and glory in the Lorde The
for ye haue ministred fire to mine indignation which shall burne euermore 5 Thus saith the Lorde Cursed be the man that putteth his trust in man and that taketh fleshe for his arme and he whose heart departeth from the Lord. 6 He shal be like the heath that groweth in wildernesse As for the good thyng that is for to come he shall not see it but dwell in a drye place of the wildernesse in a salt and vnoccupied lande 7 O blessed is the man that putteth his trust in the Lorde and whose hope is in the Lorde hym selfe 8 For he shal be as a tree that is planted by the water side which spreadeth out the roote vnto moystnesse whom the heate can not harme when it commeth but his leafe shal be greene And though there growe but litle fruite because of drouth yet is he not carefull but he neuer leaueth of to bryng foorth fruite 9 Among all thynges man hath the most deceiptfull and stubburne heart Who shall then knowe it 10 Euen I the Lorde searche out the grounde of the heart trye the raynes and rewarde euery man accordyng to his wayes and accordyng to the fruite of his workes 11 The partrich maketh a nest of egges which she layed not he commeth by riches but not righteously in the middest of his life must he leaue them behynde hym at the last be founde a very foole 12 But thou O Lorde whose throne is most glorious excellent and of most antiquitie which dwellest in the place of our holy rest 13 Thou art the comfort of Israel all they that forsake thee shal be confounded all they that do depart from thee shal be written in earth for they haue forsaken the Lorde the very conduite of the waters of lyfe 14 Heale me O Lorde and I shal be whole saue thou me I shal be saued for thou art my prayse 15 Beholde these men say vnto me where is the worde of the Lorde let it come nowe 16 Wheras I neuerthelesse obediently folowed thee as a sheephearde haue not vncalled taken this office vpon me â–ª this knowest thou well my wordes also were ryght before thee 17 Be not thou terrible vnto me O Lord for thou art he in whom I hope when I am in perill 18 Let my persecutours be confounded but not me let them be afrayde and not me Thou shalt bryng vpon them the tyme of plague and shalt destroy them right sore 19 Thus hath the Lorde sayde vnto me Go and stande vnder the gate wherethrough the people and the kynges of Iuda go out and in yea vnder all the gates of Hierusalem 20 And say vnto them Heare the worde of the Lorde ye kynges of Iuda and all thou people of Iuda and all the citezins of Hierusalem that go through this gate 21 Thus the Lorde coÌ„maundeth Take heede for your lyues that ye cary no burthen vpon you in the Sabbath to bryng it through the gates of Hierusalem 22 Ye shall beare no burthen also out of your houses in the Sabbath you shall do no labour therin but halowe the Sabbath as I commaunded your fathers 23 Howbeit they obeyed me not neither hearkened they vnto me but were obstinate stubburne and neither obeyed me nor receaued my correction 24 Neuerthelesse yf ye wyll heare me saith the Lorde and beare no burthen into the citie through this gate vpon the Sabbath yf ye wyll halowe the Sabbath so that ye do no worke therin 25 Then shall there go through the gates of this citie kynges and princes that shal sit vpon the throne of Dauid they shal be caryed vpon charrettes and ride vpon horses both they their princes yea whole Iuda and all the citezins of Hierusalem shall go here through and this citie shall euer be inhabited 26 There shall come men also from the cities of Iuda from about Hierusalem and from the lande of Beniamin from the plaine fieldes from the mouÌ„taynes and from the wildernesse which shall bryng burnt offerynges sacrifices oblations and incense and offer vp thankesgeuyng in the house of the Lorde 27 But yf ye wyll not be obedient vnto me to halowe the Sabbath so that ye wyll beare your burthens through the gates of Hierusalem vpon the Sabbath then shall I set fire vpon the gates of Hierusalem and it shall burne vp the houses of Hierusalem and no man shal be able to quenche it ¶ The .xviij. Chapter 2 God sheweth by the example of a potter that it is in his power to destroy the dispisers of his worde and to helpe them agayne when they amende 18 The conspiracie of the Iewes agaynst Ieremie 19 His prayer agaynst his aduersaries 1 THis is another communication that God had with Ieremie saying 2 Arise and go downe into the potters house there shal I tell thee more of my mynde 3 Nowe when I came to the potters house I founde hym makyng his worke vpon a wheele 4 The vessell that the potter made of clay brake among his handes So he began a newe and made another vessell accordyng to his mynde 5 Then sayde the Lorde thus vnto me 6 May not I do with you as this potter doth O ye house of Israel saith the Lorde Beholde ye house of Israel ye are in my hande euen as the clay is in the potters hande 7 When I take in hande to roote out to destroy or to waste away any people or kyngdome 8 If that people agaynst whom I haue thus deuised conuert from their wickednesse I repent of the plague that I deuised to bryng vpon them 9 Agayne when I take in hande to builde or to plant a people or a kyngdome 10 If the same people do euyll before me and heare not my voyce I repent of the good that I haue deuised for them 11 Speake nowe therfore vnto whole Iuda and to them that dwell at Hierusalem thus saith the Lorde Beholde I am deuisyng a plague for you and am takyng a thyng in hande agaynst you therfore let euery man turne from his euyll way and take vpon you the thyng that is good and ryght 12 But they sayde No more of this we wyll folowe our owne imaginations and do euery man accordyng to the wilfulnesse of his owne mynde 13 Therfore thus saith the Lorde Aske among the heathen yf any man haue hearde such horrible thynges as the mayden Israel hath done 14 Wyll a man forsake the snowe of Libanus which commeth from the rocke of the fielde Or shall the colde flowyng waters that commeth from another place be forsaken 15 But my people hath forgotten me they haue made sacrifice in vayne and their prophetes make them fall in their wayes from the auncient pathes and to go into a way not vsed to be troden â—of iust men 16 Wherethrough they haue brought their lande into an euerlastyng wildernesse and scorne so that whosoeuer trauayleth therby shal be abashed and wagge
and sende dearth vpon them to destroy man and beast foorth of it 14 And though Noe Daniel and Iob these three men were among them yet shal they in their righteousnesse deliuer but their owne soules saith the Lorde God 15 If I bryng noysome beastes into the lande and they spoyle it and it be so desolate that no man may passe through it for beastes 16 If these three men were also in the land as truely as I liue saith the Lord God they shall saue neither sonnes nor daughters but be onlye deliuered them selues as for the land it shal be waste 17 Or if I bryng a sworde vpon this lande and say sworde go through the lande so that I slay downe man and beast in it 18 And if these three men were therein as truely as I liue saith the Lord God they shall deliuer neither sonnes nor daughters but only be saued thēselues 19 If I sende a pestilence into this lande and powre out my sore indignation vppon it in blood so that I roote out of it both man and beast 20 And if Noe Daniel and Iob were therein as truely as I liue saith the Lorde God they shall deliuer neither sonne nor daughter but saue their owne soules in their righteousnesse 21 Moreouer thus saith the Lorde God Howe muche more when I sende my foure troublous plagues vpon Hierusalem the sworde hunger perillous beastes and pestilence to destroy man and beast out of it 22 Beholde there shal be a remnaunt saued therein whiche shall bryng foorth their sonnes and daughters beholde they shall come foorth vnto you and ye shall see their way and their enterprise and ye shal be comforted concerning the euyll that I haue brought vpon Hierusalem euen concerning all that I haue brought vpon it 23 They shall comfort you when ye shal see their way and workes and ye shall knowe howe that it is not without a cause that I haue done all against Hierusalem as I dyd saith the Lorde God ¶ The .xv. Chapter As the vnprofitable wood of the vine tree is cast into the fire so saith he that Hierusalem shal be brent 1 THe worde of the Lord came vnto me saying 2 Thou sonne of man what commeth of the vine tree more then of euery other tree of the wylde vine stocke among other trees of the forest 3 Do men take wood of it to make any worke withall or wyll men take a pin of it to hang any vessell theron 4 Behold it is cast in the fire to be brent the fire consumeth both the endes of it the middes of it is brent is it meete then for any worke 5 Seeing then that it was meete for no worke beyng whole muche lesse may there any thing be made of it when the fire hath consumed and brent it 6 And therefore thus saith the Lorde god As the vine tree that is among the trees of the forest which I haue geuen to the fire to be consumed so wyll I geue the inhabitauntes of Hierusalem 7 And I wyll set my face against them they shall go out from the fire and yet the fire shall consume them then shall ye knowe that I am the Lorde when I set my face against them 8 And when I make the lande waste because they haue so sore offended saith the Lorde God The .xvj. Chapter 2 The prophete declareth the benefites of God towarde Hierusalem 15 Hierusalem is reproued of vnkindnesse for her fornication with idols 46 He iustifieth the wickednesse of other people in comparison of the sinnes of Hierusalem 49 The cause of the abhominations into which the Sodomites fell 60 Mercy is promised to the repentaunt 1 AGayne the word of the Lorde came vnto me saying 2 Thou sonne of man shewe Hierusalē their abhominations 3 And say Thus saith the Lorde God vnto Hierusalem thy habitation and kinred is of the lande of Chanaan thy father was an Amorite thy mother an Hittite 4 In the day of thy byrth when thou wast borne the string of thy nauell was not cut of thou wast not bathed in water to make thee cleane thou wast not salted with salt nor swadled in cloutes 5 No eye pitied thee to do any of these thinges for thee for to haue compassion vpon thee but thou wast vtterly cast out vpon the fielde in contempt of thy person in the day of thy byrth 6 Then came I by thee and sawe thee defiled in thyne owne blood and I said vnto thee when thou wast in thy blood liue euen when thou wast in thy blood I sayde vnto thee liue 7 I caused thee to multiplie as the bud of the fielde thou art growen vp and waxen great thou hast gotten a marueylous pleasaunt beautie thy brestes are fashioned thy heere is goodly growen where as thou wast naked bare 8 Nowe when I went by thee and looked vpon thee beholde thy tyme was come yea euen the time to woo thee then spread I my clothes ouer thee to couer thy dishonestie yea I made an othe vnto thee and contracted my selfe with thee saith the Lorde God and so thou becamest myne owne 9 Then washed I thee with water and purged thy blood from thee and I annointed thee with oyle 10 I clothed thee with broidred worke and shod thee with badgers skin and I gyrded thee about with fine linnen and couered thee with silke 11 I decked thee with costly apparell I put braselets vpon thy hands a chayne about thy necke 12 And I put a frontlet vpon thy face and eareringes vpon thyne eares and a beautifull crowne vpon thyne head 13 Thus wast thou deckt with golde and siluer and thy rayment was of fine linnen and of silke and of broidred worke thou didst eate fine floure honye and oyle marueylous beautifull wast thou and thou dydst luckyly prosper into a kingdome 14 And thy name was spread among the heathen for thy beautie for it was perfite through thy beautie whiche I put vpon thee saith the Lorde God 15 But thou hast put thy confidence in thyne owne beautie and played the harlot because of thy renowne and hast powred out thy fornications with euery one that went by thou wast his 16 Thou didst take thy garmentes and deckt thy hye places with diuers colours and played the harlot thervpon they come not and it shall not be 17 The goodly iewels whiche I gaue thee of mine owne golde and siluer hast thou taken and made thee mens images therof and committed whordome with them 18 Thy broidred garmentes hast thou taken and deckt them therewith myne oyle and incense hast thou set before them 19 My meate whiche I gaue thee as fine floure oyle and hony to feede the withall that hast thou set before them for a sweete sauour and thus it was saith the Lorde God 20 Thou hast taken thyne owne sonnes and daughters whom thou hast begotten vnto me and these hast thou offred vp vnto them to be deuoured is this but
had ben burnt with Sion 45 For we are not better then they that dyed there And they wept with loude voyce Then aunswered I them said 46 Be of good comfort O Israel and be not heauy thou house of Iacob 47 For the hyest hath you in remembraunce and the mightie hath not forgotten you in temptation 48 As for me I haue not forsaken you neither am I departed from you but am come into this place to pray because of the miserie of Israel that I myght seeke mercie for the lowe estate of your sanctuarie 49 And nowe go your way home euery man and after these dayes will I come vnto you 50 So the people went their way into the citie lyke as I commaunded them 51 But I remayned styll in the fielde seuen dayes as the angell bad me and dyd eate only of the floures of the fielde and had my meate of the hearbes in those dayes The .xiij. Chapter 2 The vision of a wynde commyng foorth of the sea â— which became a man 5 His propertie power agaynst his enemies 21 The declaration of this vision 1 AND after the seuen dayes I dreamed a dreame by nyght 2 And beholde there arose a wynde from the sea that it moued all the waues therof 3 And I loked and beholde there was a strong man with the thousandes of heauen and when he turned his countenaunce to loke all the thynges trembled that were seene vnder hym 4 And when the voyce went out of his mouth all they burnt that hearde his voyce lyke as the earth fayleth when it feeleth the fire 5 After these I sawe and beholde there was gathered together a multitude of men out of number from the foure wyndes of the heauen to fyght agaynst the man that came out of the sea 6 And I loked and beholde he graued hym selfe a great mountayne and flewe vp vpon it 7 But I woulde haue seene the region or place wherout the hyll was grauen and I coulde not 8 I sawe after these that all they which came to fyght agaynst hym were sore afraide and yet durst they fyght 9 Neuerthelesse when he sawe the fiercenesse and violence of the people that came he neither lyft vp his hande nor helde sworde nor any weapon 10 But only as I sawe he sent out of his mouth as it had ben a blast of fire and out of his lippes the wynde of the flambe and out of his tongue he cast out sparkes and stormes 11 And they were all mixt together the blast of fire the wynde of the flambes and the great storme and fell with a rushe vpon the people which was prepared to fight and burnt them vp euery one so that of the innumerable multitude there was nothing seene but only dust and smell of smoke When I sawe this I was afraide 12 Afterwarde sawe I the same man come downe from the mountayne and callyng vnto hym another peaceable people 13 And there came much people vnto hym some were glad some were sorye some of them were bounde and other some brought of them that were offered Then was I sicke through great feare and I awaked and sayde 14 Thou hast shewed thy seruaunt these wonders from the begynnyng and hast counted me worthy that thou myghtest receaue my prayer 15 Shewe me nowe yet the interpretation of this dreame 16 For thus I consider in my vnderstandyng wo vnto them that shal be left in those dayes and much more wo vnto them that are not left behynde 17 For they that were not left were in heauinesse 18 Nowe vnderstande I the thynges that are layde vp in the latter dayes which shall happen vnto them and to those that are left behynde 19 Therfore are they come into great perilles and many necessities like as these dreames declare 20 Yet is it easyer that he which is in daunger fall into these and nowe to see that which shall chaunce hereafter then to passe out of this worlde as a cloude Then aunswered he me and sayde 21 The interpretation of the syght shall I shewe thee and I wyll open vnto thee the thyng that thou hast required 22 Wheras thou hast spoken of them that are left behynde this is the interpretation 23 He that beareth the peril in that tyme hath kept him selfe They that be fallen into daunger are such as haue workes and fayth vnto the most mightie 24 Knowe this therfore that they which be left behynde are more blessed then they that be dead 25 This is the meanyng of the vision Wheras thou sawest a man commyng vp from the deepe of the sea 26 The same is he whom God the hyest hath kept a great season which by his owne selfe shall deliuer his creature and he shall order them that are left behynde 27 And wheras thou sawest that out of his mouth there came as a blast of wynde fire and storme 28 And howe that he lift vp neither sword nor weapon but that the russhyng in of hym destroyed the whole multitude that came to fight agaynst hym it signifieth 29 That the dayes come when the most hyest wyll begyn to deliuer them that are vpon earth 30 And in a traunce of mynde shall he come vpon them that dwel in the earth 31 And one shall vndertake to fyght agaynst another one citie agaynst another one place agaynst another one people agaynst another and one realme agaynst another 32 When this commeth to passe then shall the tokens come that I shewed thee before and then shall my sonne be declared whom thou sawest clymbe vp as a man 33 And when all the people heare his voyce euery man shall in their owne lande leaue the battayle that they haue one agaynst another 34 And an innumerable multitude shal be gathered together as they that be wyllyng to come and to ouercome hym by fyghtyng 35 But he shall stande vpon the toppe of the mount Sion 36 And Sion shall come shal be shewed to all men beyng prepared and builded lyke as thou sawest the hyll grauen foorth without any handes 37 And this my sonne shall rebuke those nations which are fallen into the tempest for their wickednesse and euyll imaginations 38 And into tormentes lyke to flambe wherwith they shal be punished and without any labour shall he destroy them euen by the lawe which is compared vnto the fire 36 And wheras thou sawest that he gathered another peaceable people vnto hym 40 Those are the ten tribes which were caryed away prisoners out of their owne lande in the tyme of Oseas the kyng whom Salmanasar the kyng of Assyria toke prisoner and caryed them ouer the water and so came they into another lande 41 But they toke this counsayle among them selues that they woulde leaue the multitude of the heathen and to go foorth into a farther countrey where neuer mankynde dwelt 42 That they myght there kepe their statutes which they neuer kept in their owne lande 43
And so they entred in at the narowe passages of the ryuer of Euphrates 44 For the most hyghest then shewed tokens for them and helde styll the fludde tyll they were passed ouer 45 For through the countrey there was a great way namely of a yere a halfe iourney and the same region is called Arsareth 46 Then dwelt they there vntyll the latter tyme and when they come foorth agayne 47 The hyest shall holde stil the springes of the streame agayne that they may go through therfore sawest thou the multitude with peace 48 But they that be left behynde of thy people are those that are founde within my borders 49 Nowe when he destroyeth the multitude of the nations that are gathered together he shall defende his people that remayne 50 And then shall he shewe them great wonders 51 Then said I O Lorde Lorde shewe me this wherfore haue I seene the man commyng vp from the deepe of the sea 52 And he sayde vnto me Lyke as thou canst neither seeke out nor knowe these thynges that are in the deepe of the sea euen so can no man vpon earth see my sonne or those that be with hym but in the tyme of the day 53 This is the interpretation of the dreame which thou sawest wherby thou only art here lyghtned 54 For thou hast forsaken thine owne lawe and applied thy diligence vnto myne and sought it 55 Thy lyfe hast thou ordered in wisdome and hast called vnderstandyng thy mother 56 And therfore haue I shewed thee the treasures of the hyest After other three dayes I wyll shewe thee more talke with thee more at large yea heauy and wonderous thynges wyll I declare vnto thee 57 Then went I foorth into the fielde geuyng prayse thankes greatly vnto God because of his wonders which he dyd in tyme 58 And because he gouerneth the same and such thinges as fall in their seasons and there I sate three dayes The .xiiij. Chapter 3 Howe God appeared to Moyses in the bushe 10 All thynges decline to age 16 The latter age worse then the former 29 The ingratitude of Israel 35 The resurrection and iudgement 1 VPon the thirde day I sate vnder an oke tree then came there a voyce vnto me out of the bushe and sayde Esdras Esdras 2 And I sayde Here am I Lorde and stoode vp vpon my feete 3 Then saide he vnto me In the bushe did I appeare vnto Moyses and talked with hym when my people serued in Egypt 4 And I sent hym and led my people out of Egypt and brought hym vp to the mount Sina where I helde hym by me a long season 5 And tolde hym many wonderous workes and shewed hym the secretes of the tymes and the ende and commaunded hym saying 6 These wordes shalt thou declare and these shalt thou hyde 7 And nowe I say vnto thee 8 That thou lay vp in thine heart the signes that I haue shewed and the dreames that thou hast seene and the interpretations which thou hast heard 9 For thou shalt be taken away from among all and hencefoorth thou shalt remayne with my counsayle and with such as be like thee vntyll the tymes be ended 10 For the worlde hath lost his youth and the tymes begynne to waxe olde 11 For the worlde is deuided into twelue partes and tenne partes of it are gone alredy and halfe of a tenth part 12 And there remayneth there that which is after the halfe of the tenth part 13 Therfore set thine house in order and refourme thy people comfort such of them as be in trouble and nowe renounce corruption 14 Let go from thee mortall thoughtes cast away the burthens of men put of the weake nature 15 And set aside the thoughtes that are most heauy vnto thee and haste thee to flee from these tymes 16 For as for such euyll and wickednesse as thou hast nowe seene happen they shall do yet much worse 17 For the weaker that the worlde is by reason of age the more shall euils increase vpon them that dwell therin 18 For the trueth is fled farre away and leasyng is hearde at hande For nowe hasteth the vision to come that thou hast seene 19 Then aunswered I before thee and sayde 20 Beholde Lorde I wyll go as thou hast commaunded me and refourme the people which are present but they that shal be borne afterwarde who will admonishe them Thus the worlde is set in darknesse and they that dwell therin are without lyght 21 For thy lawe is burnt therfore no man knoweth the thynges that are done of thee or the workes that shal be done 22 But yf I haue founde grace before thee sende the holy ghost into me and I shall write all that hath ben done in the worlde since the begynnyng which was written in thy lawe that men may finde the path and that they which will lyue in the latter dayes may lyue 23 And he aunswered me saying Go thy way gather the people together and say vnto them that they seke thee not for fourtie dayes 24 But loke thou gather thee many bore trees and take with thee Sarca Dabria Selemia Ecanus and Asiel these fyue which are redy to write swiftly 25 And come hyther and I shall lyght a candel of vnderstandyng in thine heart which shall not be put out till y e thinges be perfourmed which thou shalt begyn to write 26 And then shalt thou declare some thynges openly vnto the perfect and some thynges shalt thou shewe secretly vnto the wise To morowe this houre shalt thou begyn to write 27 Then went I foorth as he commaunded me and gathered all the people together and sayde 28 Heare these wordes O Israel 29 Our fathers at the begynnyng were staungers in Egypt from whence they were deliuered 30 And receaued the lawe of lyfe which they kept not which ye also haue transgressed after them 31 Then was the lande euen the lande of Sion parted among you by lot to possesse But your fathers and ye your selues also haue done vnrighteousnesse and haue not kept the wayes which the hyest commaunded you 32 And for so much as he is a righteous iudge he toke from you in tyme the thyng that he had geuen you 33 And nowe are ye here and your brethren among you 34 Therfore yf so be that ye wyll subdue your owne vnderstandyng refourme your heart ye shal be kept alyue and after death shall ye obteyne mercie 25 For after death shall the iudgement come when we shall liue agayne then shall the names of the righteous be manifest and the workes of the vngodly shal be declared 26 Let no man therfore come nowe vnto me nor seke after me these fourtie dayes 37 So I toke the fyue men as he commaunded me and we went into the fielde and remayned there 38 The next day a voyce called me saying Esdras open thy mouth and drynke that I geue thee to drynke 39 Then
myght any thyng endure yf it were not thy wyll or howe coulde any thyng be preserued except it were called of thee 26 But thou sparest all for they are thine O Lorde thou louer of soules ¶ The .xij. Chapter 2 The mercy of God towarde sinners 14 The workes of God are vnreprouable 19 God geueth leasure to repent 1 FOr thy vncorruptible spirite O Lorde is in all thinges 2 Therfore chastenest thou them measurably that go wrong and warnest them by putting them in remembraunce in what thinges they haue offended that leauing their wickednesse they may beleue on thee O Lorde 3 As for those olde inhabiters of thy holy lande thou mightest not away with them 4 For they committed abhominable workes against thee as witchcraft sorcerie and wicked sacrifices 5 They slue their owne chyldren without mercy they dyd eate vp the bowels of mens fleshe and deuoured the blood in abhominable bankets and had their mad fanaticall priestes 6 And the fathers were the chiefe murderers of the soules destitute of helpe these doers thou wouldest destroy by the handes of our fathers 7 That the lande whiche thou louest aboue all other might be a meete dwelling for the chyldren of God 8 Neuerthelesse thou sparedst them also as men and sendedst the forerunners of thyne hoast euen hornettes to destroy them out by litle and litle 9 Not that thou wast vnable to subdue the vngodly vnto the righteous in battayle or with cruell beastes or with one rough worde to destroy them together 10 But thy mynde was in punishing them by litle litle to geue them place for amendement knowing well that it was an vnrighteous nation and wicked of nature and that their thought might neuer be altered 11 For it was a cursed seede from the beginning yet hast thou not pardoned their sinnes wherein they offended for that thou fearest any man 12 For who will stand against thy iudgement or who wyll blame thee for the nations that perishe whom thou hast made or who wyll come before thy face to be reuenged for the vnrighteous men 13 For there is none other God but thou that carest for all thinges that thou mayest declare howe that thy iudgement is not vnright 14 There dare neither king nor tiraunt in thy sight require accomptes of them whom thou hast destroyed 15 Forsomuche then as thou art righteous thy selfe thou ordrest all thinges righteously thinking it vnseemely for thy power to condempne hym that hath not deserued to be punished 16 For thy power is the beginning of righteousnesse and because thou art Lorde of all thinges it maketh thee to be gracious vnto all 17 For when men thinke thee not to be of a full strength thou declarest thy power and reprouest the boldnesse of the wyse 18 But thou mastring thy power doest iudge with equitie and ordrest vs with great fauour for thou mayest vse power when thou wylt 19 By suche workes nowe hast thou taught thy people that the iust man shoulde be louing and hast made thy chyldren to be of a good hope because thou geuest roome to repentaunce for sinnes 20 For insomuche as thou hast punished and with such deliberation and obtestation the enemies of thy seruauntes whiche were worthy to dye where through thou gauest them tyme and place of amendement that they might turne from their wickednesse 21 With howe great circumspection then punishest thou thyne owne chyldren vnto whose fathers thou hast sworne made couenauntes of good promises 22 So where as thou doest chasten vs thou punishest our enemies a thousande tymes more to the intent that when we punishe we should diligently thinke of thy goodnesse and when we our selues are punished we shoulde hope for mercy 23 Wherefore where as men haue liued dissolutely and vnrighteously thou hast punished them sore with their owne abhominations 24 For they went astray very long in the wayes of errour held the beastes whiche euen their enemies despised for gods deceaued as chyldren of no vnderstanding 25 Therefore hast thou sent them thy iudgement in scorne as to chyldren voyde of reason 26 As for such as wyll not be refourmed by those scornes and rebukes they shall feele the worthy punishment of God 27 For looke in what thinges they disdayned when they suffred for their sakes whom they counted gods seyng them selues punished in the same they perceaued that he was in deede the true God whom before they had denyed to knowe and therefore came extreme dampnation vpon them ¶ The .xiij. Chapter 1 All thinges be vayne except the knowledge of God 10 Idolaters and idols are mocked 1 SVrely vayne are all men by nature which were ignoraunt of God and coulde not out of the good things that are seene knowe hym that of hym selfe is euerlasting neither toke so muche regarde of the workes that are made as therby to knowe who was the craftesman of them 2 But some toke the fire some the winde or swift ayre some the course of the starres some the running water some toke sunne and moone or the lightes of heauen for gods that rule the worlde 3 But though they had such pleasure in their beautie that they thought them to haue ben gods yet should they haue knowen howe muche more fayrer he is that made them For the maker of beautie hath ordayned al these thinges 4 Or if they marueyled at the power and worke of them they shoulde haue perceaued therby how much he which made these thinges is mightier then they 5 For by the greatnesse of the beautie and of the creatures the maker therof compared with them may playnely be knowen 6 Notwithstanding they are the lesse to be blamed that seeke God and woulde finde him yet peraduenture misse 7 For they being occupied in his works do seeke hym diligently and are perswaded by the sight because the things are beautifull that are seene 8 Howebeit yet neither are they to be excused 9 For if their vnderstanding and knowledge be so great that they can discerne the world and the creatures why do they not rather finde out the Lorde therof 10 But miserable are they and among the dead is their hope that call them gods whiche are but the workes of mens handes golde siluer and the thing that is founde out by cunning the similitude of beastes or any vayne stone that hath ben made by hande of olde 11 Or as whē a carpenter cutteth downe a tree meete for the purpose and pareth of al the barke cunningly and so by arte comely maketh a vessell profitable to the vse of life 12 And with that whiche is cut of from his worke doth dresse his meate to fyll his belly 13 And as for the other part that is left whiche is profitable for nothing for it is a crooked peece of wood and full of knobbes he carueth it diligently by leasure and according to the knowledge of his
that his workes might be knowen vpon the earth vnder the heauen 16 His mercie is knowen to all creatures he hath seperated his light from the darkenesse with an adamant 17 Say not thou I wyll hide my selfe from God for who wyll thinke vpon me from aboue I shall not be knowen in so great an heape of people for what is my soule among so many creatures 18 Beholde the heauen yea the heauen of heauens of God the deepe the earth and all that therein is shal be moued at his presence 19 The mountaynes the hilles and the foundations of the earth shall shake for feare when God visiteth them 20 These thinges doth no heart vnderstand worthyly but he vnderstandeth euery heart 21 And who vnderstandeth his wayes No man seeth his stormes and the most part of his workes are secrete 22 Who wyll declare the workes of his righteousnesse or who shal be able to abide them For the couenaunt is farre from some and trying out of men is in the ende 23 He that is humble of heart thinketh vpon such thinges but an vnwyse and erronious man casteth his minde vnto foolishe thinges 24 My sonne hearken thou vnto me and learne vnderstanding and marke my wordes with thyne heart I wyll geue thee a sure doctrine and plainely shall I instruct thee 25 Marke my wordes then in thyne heart for in righteousnesse of the spirite do I speake of the wonders that God hath shewed among his workes from the beginning in the trueth do I shew the knowledge of him 26 God hath set his workes in good order from the beginning part of them hath he sundred from the other 27 He hath garnished his workes from euerlasting and their beginninges according to their generations they are not hungrie nor weeried in their labours nor ceasse from their offices 28 None of them hindred another neitheir was any of them disobedient vnto his wordes 29 After this God loked vpon the earth and filled it with his goodnesse 30 With all maner of liuing beastes hath he couered the grounde and they all shal be turned vnto earth againe ¶ The .xvii. Chapter 1 The creation of man and the goodnesse that God hath done vnto him 20 Of almes 26 and repentaunce 1 GOd shaped man of the earth made him after his owne image and turned him vnto earth againe and cloathed him with his owne strength 2 He gaue him the number of dayes and certaine time yea and gaue him power of the thinges that are vpon earth 3 He made all fleshe to stand in awe of him so that he had the dominion of all beastes and foules 4 He made out of him an helper lyke vnto to him selfe gaue them discretion and tongue eyes and eares and a heart to vnderstande 5 He gaue them a spirite and a speache to declare his workes filled them with instruction and vnderstanding 6 He created for them also the knowledge of the spirite filled their heartes with vnderstanding and shewed them good and euill 7 He set his eye vpon their heartes declaring vnto them his great and noble workes 8 That they should prayse his holy name together reioyce of his wonders and be telling of his noble actes 9 Beside this he gaue them instruction and the lawe of life for an heritage that they might now know that they were mortall 10 He made an euerlasting couenaunt with them and shewed them his righteousnesse and iudgementes 11 They sawe the maiestie of his glorie with their eyes and their eares heard the maiestie of his voyce and he saide vnto them beware of all vnrighteous thinges 12 He gaue euery man also a cōmaundement concerning his neighbour 13 Their wayes are euer before him and are not hid from his eyes 14 Euery man from his youth is geuen to euill and their stony heartes can not become fleshe 15 He hath set a ruler vpon euery people but Israel is the Lordes portion 16 Whom he nourisheth with discipline as his first borne and geueth him most louing light and doth not forsake him 17 All their workes are as the sunne in the sight of God his eyes are alway looking vpon their wayes 18 All their vnrighteousnesses are manifest vnto him and al their wickednesses are open in his sight 19 And as he is mercifull and knoweth his worke he doth not leaue them nor forsake them but spareth them 20 The mercie that a man sheweth is as a seale with him and the grace that is geuen to man preserueth him as the apple of an eye and geueth repentaunce to their sonnes and daughters 21 At the last shall he awake and reward euery man vpon his head shall turne them together into the neathermost partes of the earth 22 But vnto them that wyll repent he hath geuen the way of righteousnesse As for such as be weake he comforteth them suffereth them and sendeth them the portion of the veritie 23 O turne then vnto the Lorde forsake thy sinnes make thy prayer before the Lorde do the lesse offence 24 Turne againe vnto the Lorde for he wyll bring thee from darkenesse vnto holsome light forsake thyne vnrighteousnesse be an vtter enemie to abhomination 25 Learne to know the righteousnesse and iudgementes of God stand in the portion that is set foorth for thee and in the prayer of the most hye God 26 Go in the portion of the holy worlde with such as be lyuing geue thankes vnto God 27 Who wil prayse the Lorde in the hel abide not thou in y e errour of the vngodlie but geue him thankes before death 28 As for the dead thankfulnes perisheth from him as nothing Geue thou thankes in thy lyfe yea whyle thou art lyuing and whole shalt thou geue thankes and prayse God and reioyce in his mercie 29 O how great is the louing kindnesse of the Lorde and his mercifull goodnes vnto such as turne vnto him 30 For all thinges may not be in man and why the sonne of man is not immortal and he hath pleasure in the vanitie of wickednesse 31 What is more cleare then the sonne yet shall it fayle 32 Or what is more wicked then the thyng that fleshe and blood hath imagined and that same shal be reproued 33 The Lorde seeth the power of the hye heauen and al are but earth and asshes The .xviii. Chapter 1 The marueylous workes of God 6 The miserie and wretchednes of man 9 Against God ought we not to complaine 21 The perfourming of vowes 1 HE that lyueth for euermore made al thinges together God onely is righteous and there is none other but he and remaineth a victorious king for euer 2 He ordereth the worlde with the power of his hande and all thinges obey his wyl for he gouerneth all thinges by his power and deuideth the holy thinges from the prophane 3 Who shal be able to expresse the workes of him who wyll seeke out the grounde of his
39 And they caught hym and thrust him out of the vineyarde and slewe hym 40 When the Lorde therfore of the vineyarde commeth what wyll he do vnto those husbande men 41 They sayde vnto hym He wyll miserably destroy those wicked men wyll let out his vineyard vnto other husband men which shall delyuer him the fruite in due seasons 42 Iesus sayth vnto them Did ye neuer reade in the Scriptures The stone which the buylders refused the same is become the head of the corner This is the Lordes doing and it is marueylous in our eyes 43 Therefore saye I vnto you the kyngdome of God shal be taken from you geuen to a nation bryngyng foorth the fruites therof 44 And whosoeuer falleth on this stone shal be broken in peeces but on whomsoeuer it falleth it shal all to grynd him 45 And when the chiefe priestes and pharisees had heard his parables they perceaued that he spake of them 46 And they went about to laye handes on hym but they feared the multitudes because they toke him as a prophet ¶ The .xxij. Chapter ¶ 2 The mariage of the kynges sonne 17 Tribute to be geuen to the Emperour 25 Christe confuteth the opinion of the Saducees concernyng the resurrection 36 and aunswereth the Scribe vnto his question 1 AND Iesus aunswered and spake vnto them againe by parables and sayde 2 ☞ The kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a man that was a kyng which made a mariage for his sonne 3 And sent foorth his seruauntes to call them that were bidden to the wedding and they woulde not come 4 Agayne he sent foorth other seruauntes saying Tell them which are bidden beholde I haue prepared my dinner my oxen and my fatlynges are kylled and all thynges are redy come vnto the mariage 5 But they made lyght of it and went their wayes one to his farme another to his marchaundize 6 And the remnaunt toke his seruauntes and entreated them spitefully and slewe them 7 But when the kyng hearde therof he was wroth and sent foorth his men of warre and destroyed those murtherers and brent vp their citie 8 Then sayde he to his seruauntes the mariage in dede is prepared But they which were bidden were not worthy 9 Go ye therfore out into the hye wayes and as many as ye fynde bid them to the mariage 10 And the seruauntes went out into the hye wayes and gathered together all as many as they coulde fynde both good and bad and the weddyng was furnished with ghestes 11 Then the kyng came in to see the ghestes and whē he spyed there a man which had not on a weddyng garmēt 12 He sayde vnto hym frende howe camest thou in hyther not hauyng a weddyng garment And he was euen speachlesse 13 Then sayde the kyng to the ministers bynde hym hande and foote and cast hym into vtter darknesse there shal be wepyng and gnasshyng of teeth 14 For many be called but fewe are chosen ☜ 15 ☞ Then went the Pharisees and toke councell how they myght intangle hym in his talke 16 And they sent out vnto hym their disciples with the Herodians seruauntes saying Maister we knowe that thou art true and teachest the way of God truely neither carest thou for any man for thou doest not respect mens persons 17 Tell vs therfore howe thynkest thou Is it lawfull that tribute be geuen vnto Caesar or not 18 But Iesus perceauyng their wickednesse sayde Why tempt ye me ye hypocrites 19 Shewe me the tribute money And they brought vnto hym a peny 20 And he sayde to them whose is this image and superscription 21 They say vnto hym Caesars Then sayde he vnto them Geue therfore vnto Caesar the thynges which are Caesars and vnto God those thynges that are gods ☜ 22 When they had hearde these wordes they marueyled and left hym and went their way 23 The same day came to hym the Saducees which say that there is no resurrection and asked hym 24 Saying Maister Moyses sayde that if a man dye hauing no childrē his brother shoulde mary his wyfe and rayse vp seede vnto his brother 25 Ther were with vs seuen brethren and the first maryed a wyfe and deceassed without issue and left his wyfe vnto his brother 26 Likewyse the seconde and the thirde vnto the seuenth 27 Last of all the woman dyed also 28 Therfore in the resurrection whose wyfe shall she be of the seuen For they all had her 29 Iesus aunswered sayde vnto them ye do erre not knowyng the Scriptures nor the power of God 30 For in the resurrection they neither mary nor are geuen in maryage but are as the Angels of God in heauen 31 But as touchyng the resurrection of the dead haue ye not read that which is spoken vnto you of God which sayth 32 I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob God is not the God of the dead but of the lyuyng 33 And when the multitudes hearde this they were astonyed at his doctrine 34 ☞ But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Saducees to silence they came together 35 And one of them which was a lawyer asked hym a question temptyng hym and saying 36 Maister which is the great commaundent in the lawe 37 Iesus sayde vnto hym Thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soule and with all thy mynde 38 This is the first and great commaundement 39 And the seconde is lyke vnto this Thou shalt loue thy neyghbour as thy selfe 40 In these two commaundementes hang all the lawe and the prophetes 41 Whyle the Pharisees were gathered together Iesus asked them 42 Saying what thynke ye of Christe whose sonne is he They sayde vnto hym the sonne of Dauid 43 He sayde vnto them howe then doth Dauid in spirite call him Lorde saying 44 The Lorde sayd vnto my Lorde sit thou on my ryght hande tyll I make thyne enemyes thy footestoole 45 If Dauid then call him Lorde howe is he then his sonne 46 And no man was able to aunswere hym a worde neither durst any man from that day foorth aske hym any mo questions ☜ ¶ The .xxiij. Chapter ¶ 3 Christe cryeth wo to the Pharisees Scribes and hypocrites 37 and prophesieth the destruction of Hierusalem 1 THen spake Iesus to the multitudes and to his disciples 2 Saying The Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moyses seate 3 All therfore whatsoeuer they bid you obserue that obserue and do but do not ye after their workes for they say and do not 4 Yea they bynde together heauy burthens and greeuous to be borne and lay them on mens shoulders but they them selues wyll not moue them with one of their fingers 5 All their workes they do for to be sene of men They make broade their philacteries and enlarge the hemmes of their garmentes 6 And loue the vppermost seates
there is no trueth in hym When he speaketh a lye he speaketh of his owne For he is a lyer and the father of the same thyng 45 And because I tel you the trueth therfore ye beleue me not 46 ☞ Which of you rebuketh me of sinne Yf I say the trueth why do not ye beleue me 47 He that is of god heareth gods wordes Ye therfore heare thē not because ye are not of God 48 Then aunswered the Iewes saide vnto hym Say we not well that thou art a Samaritane and hast the deuyl 49 Iesus aunswered I haue not the deuyll but I honour my father and ye haue dishonoured me 50 I seke not myne owne praise there is one that seketh and iudgeth 51 Veryly veryly I saye vnto you yf a man kepe my saying he shall neuer see death 52 Then sayde the Iewes vnto hym Now know we that thou hast y e deuyll Abraham is dead the prophetes and thou sayest yf a man kepe my saying he shall neuer taste of death 53 Art thou greater thē our father Abraham which is dead and the prophetes are dead whom makest thou thy selfe 54 Iesus aunswered Yf I honour my selfe mine honour is nothing It is my father that honoureth me which ye say is your God 55 And yet ye haue not knowen him but I knowe hym And if I say I knowe hym not I shal be a lyer lyke vnto you But I knowe hym kepe his saying 56 Your father Abraham was glad to see my day and he saw it and reioyced 57 Then sayde the Iewes vnto hym Thou art not yet fiftie yeres olde hast thou seene Abraham 58 Iesus sayde vnto them Veryly veryly I saye vnto you before Abraham was I am 59 Then toke they vp stones to caste at hym but Iesus hyd hym selfe and went out of the temple ☜ ¶ The .ix. Chapter 1 Christe restored sight vpon the Sabboth day to him that was borne blynde 13 The pharisees reason with him that was blynde 27 The pharisees excommunicate those that beleue in Christe 34 they excommunicate hym that was borne blynde 35 Christe teacheth hym and he beleueth 39 To what blynde men Christe restored syght 1 AND as Iesus passed by he saw a man whiche was blynde frō his birth 2 And his disciples asked hym saying Maister who did sinne this man or his father and mother that he was borne blynde 3 Iesus aunswered Neither hath this man sinned nor yet his father mother but that the workes of God shoulde be shewed in hym 4 I must worke the workes of him that sent me whyle it is daye The nyght commeth when no man can worke 5 As long as I am in the world I am the lyght of the worlde 6 Assoone as he had thus spokē he spat on the grounde and made claye of the spittle and he annoynted with the claye the eyes of the blynde 7 And sayde vnto hym Go washe thee in the poole of Siloe whiche by interpretation is as much to say as sent He went his way therefore washed and came agayne seyng 8 So the neyghbours and they that hadde seene hym before when he was blynde sayde Is not this he that sate and begged 9 Some sayde this is he Other sayde he is lyke hym He hym selfe sayde I am euen he 10 Therfore sayde they vnto him Howe are thyne eyes opened 11 He aunswered and sayde The man that is called Iesus made claye and annoynted myne eyes and sayde vnto me go to the poole Siloe and washe And when I went and washed I receaued my syght 12 Then sayde they vnto hym where is he He sayde I can not tell 13 They brought to the pharisees hym that a litle before was blynde 14 And it was the Sabboth day when Iesus made y e claye opened his eyes 15 Then againe the pharisees also asked hym howe he had receaued his syght He sayde vnto them He put claye vpon myne eyes and I washed and do see 16 Therfore sayde some of the pharisees this man is not of God because he kepeth not the Sabboth day Other said How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles And there was a stryfe among them 17 They spake vnto the blynde man againe What sayest thou of him because he hath opened thyne eyes He sayde he is a prophete 18 But the Iewes dyd not beleue the man howe that he had ben blynde and receaued his syght vntyll they called the father and mother of hym that had receaued his syght 19 And they asked them saying Is this your sonne whom ye saye was borne blynde Howe doeth he nowe see then 20 His father mother aunswered them and sayde We knowe that this is our sonne and that he was come blynde 21 But by what meanes he now seeth we can not tell Or who hath opened his eyes can not we tell He is olde inough aske him let him aunswere for himselfe 22 Such wordes spake his father mother because they feared the Iewes For the Iewes had decreed alredy that yf any man dyd confesse that he was Christe he shoulde be excommunicate out of the synagogue 23 Therfore sayde his father mother he is olde inough aske hym 24 Then agayne called they the man that was blynde and sayde vnto hym Geue God the prayse we knowe that this man is a sinner 25 He aunswered and sayde Whether he be a sinner or no I can not tell One thyng I am sure of that whereas I was blynde nowe I see 26 Then sayde they to hym agayne What dyd he to thee Howe opened he thyne eyes 27 He aunswered them I tolde you yer whyle and ye dyd not heare Wherfore woulde ye heare it agayne Wyll ye also be his disciples 28 Then rayted they hym and sayde Be thou his disciple We are Moyses disciples 29 We are sure that God spake vnto Moyses As for this felowe we knowe not from whence he is 30 The man aunswered and sayde vnto them this is a marueylous thyng that ye wote not from whence he is and yet he hath opened myne eyes 31 For we be sure that God heareth not sinners But yf any man be a worshipper of God and obedient vnto his wyll hym heareth he 32 Sence the worlde began was it not hearde that any man opened the eyes of one that was borne blynde 33 If this man were not of God he coulde haue done nothyng 34 They aunswered sayde vnto hym Thou art altogether borne in sinne and doest thou teache vs And they cast hym out 35 Iesus hearde that they had excommunicate hym when he had founde hym he sayde vnto hym Doest thou beleue on the sonne of God 36 He aunswered and sayde Who is he Lorde that I myght beleue on hym 37 And Iesus sayde vnto hym Thou hast both seene hym and it is he that talketh with thee 38 And he sayde Lorde I beleue And he worshipped hym ☜ 39 And Iesus
woulde haue plucked out your owne eyes and haue geuen them to me 16 Am I therfore become your enemie because I tell you the trueth 17 They are gelouse ouer you amisse Yea they intende to exclude you that ye shoulde be feruent to them warde 18 It is good alwayes to be zelous in a good thyng and not only when I am present with you 19 My litle chyldren of whom I trauayle in birth agayne vntyll Christe be fashioned in you 20 But I desire to be present with you nowe and to chaunge my voyce for I stande in doubt of you 21 Tell me ye that desire to be vnder the lawe do ye not heare the lawe 22 ☞ For it is written that Abraham had two sonnes the one by a bonde mayde the other by a free woman 23 But he which was of the bonde woman was borne after the fleshe but he which was of the free woman was borne by promise 24 Which thynges are spoken by an allegorie For these are two testamentes the one from the mount Sina which gendreth vnto bondage which is Agar 25 For Agar is the mount Sina in Arabia and bordreth vpon the citie which is nowe called Hierusalem and is in bondage with her chyldren 26 But Hierusalem which is aboue is free which is the mother of vs all 27 For it is written Reioyce thou baren that bearest no chyldren breake foorth and crye thou that trauaylest not For the desolate hath many mo chyldren then she which hath an husbande 28 But brethren we are after Isaac the chyldren of promise 29 But as then he that was borne after the flesshe persecuted hym that was borne after the spirite euen so is it now 30 Neuerthelesse what saith the scripture put away the bondwoman and her sonne For the sonne of the bond-woman shall not be heire with the sonne of the free woman 31 So then brethren we are not chyldren of the bonde woman but of the free ☜ ⧠The .v. Chapter 2 He laboureth to drawe them away from circumcision 17 and sheweth them the battell betwixt the spirite and the flesshe and the fruites of them both 1 STande fast therfore in the libertie wherwith Christe hath made vs free and be not intangled agayne with y e yoke of bondage 2 Beholde I Paul saye vnto you that yf ye be circumcised Christe shall profite you nothyng 3 For I testifie agayne to euery man which is circumcised that he is a detter to do the whole lawe 4 Christe is become but vayne to you as many of you as are iustified by the lawe are fallen from grace 5 For we through the spirite wayte for the hope of ryghteousnes by fayth 6 For in Iesus Christe neither is circumcision any thing woorth neither yet vncircumcision but fayth which worketh by loue 7 Ye dyd runne well who was a let vnto you that ye should not obey y e trueth 8 Not the perfection of hym that called you 9 A litle leauen doth leauen the whole lumpe of dowe 10 ☞ I haue truste towarde you in the Lorde that ye wyll be none otherwyse mynded But he that troubleth you shall beare iudgement whatsoeuer he be 11 And brethren if I yet preache circumcision why do I yet suffer persecution Then is the slaunder of the crosse ceassed 12 I woulde to God they were cut of which trouble you 13 For brethren ye haue ben called into libertie Only let not libertie be an occasiō to the flesshe but by loue serue one another 14 For all the lawe is fulfylled in one worde which is this Thou shalt loue thy neyghbour as thy selfe 15 Yf ye byte and deuoure one another take heede lest ye be consumed one of another ☜ 16 ☞ Then I say walke in the spirite and ye shall not fulfyll the lust of the flesshe 17 For the flesshe lusteth contrary to the spirite and the spirite contrary to the flesshe These are contrary one to the other so that ye can not do what ye woulde 18 But and yf ye be ledde of the spirite then are ye not vnder the lawe 19 The deedes of the flesshe are manifest which are these adulterie fornication vncleannesse wantonnesse 20 Worshippyng of images witchcrafte hatred variaunce zeale wrath strife seditions sectes 21 Enuyinges murthers drunkennesse gluttonies and such lyke of the whiche I tell you before as I haue tolde you in tyme past that they which do suche thinges shall not inherite the kingdome of God 22 But the fruite of the spirite is loue ioye peace long sufferyng gentlenesse goodnesse fayth 23 Mekenesse temperauncie agaynst such there is no lawe 24 They truely that are Christes haue crucified the flesshe with the affections and lustes ☜ 25 ☞ Yf we lyue in y e spirite let vs walke in the spirite 26 Let vs not be desirous of vayne glorie prouoking one another enuying one another ¶ The .vj. Chapter 1 He exhorteth them to vse gentlenesse towarde the weake 2 and to shewe their brotherly loue and modestie ◠also to prouide for their ministers 9 to perseuer 14 to reioyce in the crosse of Christe 15 to newnesse of lyfe 1◠and last of all wysheth to them with the rest of the faythfull all prosperitie 1 BRethren yf a man be taken in any fault ye which are spiritual restore such a one in the spirite of mekenes consideryng thy selfe lest thou also be tempted 2 Beare ye one anothers burthen and so fulfyll the lawe of Christe 3 For if any man seeme to him selfe that he is somewhat when he is nothyng the same deceaueth hymselfe in his owne fansie 4 But let euery man proue his owne worke then shall he haue reioyceyng only in his owne selfe and not in another 5 For euery man shall beare his owne burthen 6 Let hym that is taught in the word minister vnto hym that teacheth hym in all good thynges 7 Be not deceaued God is not mocked For whatsoeuer a man soweth that shall he also reape 8 For he that soweth into his flesshe shal of the flesshe reape corruption But he that soweth into the spirite shall of the spirite reape lyfe euerlastyng 9 Let vs not be weery in well doyng for in due season we shall reape yf we faynt not 10 Whyle we haue therefore tyme let vs do good vnto all men specially vnto thē which are of the housholde of fayth ☜ 11 Ye see how large a letter I haue written vnto you with myne owne hande 12 As many as desire with outwarde appearaunce to please carnally the same constrayne you to be circumcised onlye lest they shoulde suffer persecution for the crosse of Christe 13 For they thēselues which are circumcised kepe not the lawe but desire to haue you circumcised that they myght reioyce in your flesshe 14 God forbyd that I shoulde reioyce but in the crosse of our Lorde Iesus Christe wherby the world is crucified vnto
can not be touched with the feelyng of our infirmities but was in all poyntes tempted lyke as we are and yet without sinne 16 Let vs therfore come boldly vnto the throne of grace that we may obteyne mercie and fynde grace to helpe in time of neede The .v. Chapter 5 He compareth Iesus Christe with the Leuiticall priestes she wyng wherein they eyther agree or dissent 11 Afterwarde he reproueth the negligence of the Iewes 1 FOr euery hye priest taken from among men is ordeined for men in things parteynyng to God to offer gyftes sacrifices for sinne 2 Which can sufficiently haue compassion on the ignoraunt on them that erre out of the waye forasmuche as he hym selfe also is compassed with infirmitie 3 And for y e same infirmitie he is bounde to offer for sinnes aswell for hym selfe as for the people 4 And no man taketh the honour vnto hym selfe but he that is called of God as was Aaron 5 Euen so Christ also glorified not hym selfe to be made y e hye priest but he that sayde vnto hym thou art my sonne to day haue I begotten thee gaue it hym 6 As he saith also in another place thou art a priest for euer after the order of Melchisedech ☜ 7 Which in the dayes of his fleshe when he had offered vp prayers and supplications with strong crying and teares vnto hym that was able to saue hym from death and was hearde in that which he feared 8 Though he were the sonne yet learned he obediēce by these thinges which he suffred 9 And being perfect was made the aucthour of eternall saluation vnto al them that obey hym 10 And is called of God an hye priest after the order of Melchisedech 11 Of whom we haue many thynges to say and harde to be vttered seing ye are dull of hearyng 12 For when as concernyng the tyme ye ought to be teachers yet haue ye nede againe that we teache you the first principles of the begynnyng of the worde of God and are become such as haue nede of mylke and not of strong meate 13 For euery one that vseth mylke is vnexpert of the worde of righteousnes for he is a babe 14 But strong meate belongeth to them that are perfecte euen those whiche by reason of vse haue their wittes exercised to discerne both good and euyll ¶ The .vj. Chapter 1 He proceadeth in reprouyng them and exhorteth them not to faynt 12 but to be stedfast and pacient 18 forasmuch as God is sure in his promise 1 THerefore leauyng the doctrine of the begynnyng of Christe let vs go foorth vnto perfection not laying agayne the foundatiō of repentaunce from dead workes and of fayth towarde God 2 Of the doctrine of baptismes and of laying on of handes and of resurrection of the dead and of eternall iudgement 3 And this wyll I do yf God permit 4 For it can not be that they which were once lighted and haue tasted of the heauenly gyft and were become partakers of the holy ghost 5 And haue tasted of the good worde of God and the powers of the worlde to come 6 And they fall away shoulde be renued agayne into repentaunce hauyng crucified to thē selues the sonne of God a fresshe and made a mocke of hym 7 For the earth which drynketh in the rayne that commeth oft vppon it and bringeth foorth hearbes meete for them by whom also it is dressed receaueth blessyng of God 8 But that grounde whiche beareth thornes and bryers is reproued and is nye vnto cursyng whose ende is to be burned 9 Neuerthelesse deare frendes we haue perswaded our selues better thynges of you and thynges whiche accompanie saluation though we thus speake 10 For God is not vnryghteous to forget your worke labour of loue whiche ye haue shewed towarde his name hauyng ministred to the saintes and do minister 11 Yea and we desire that euery one of you do shewe the same diligence to the full assuraunce of hope vnto the ende 12 That ye faynt not but be folowers of them which through fayth and pacience inherite the promises 13 For when God made promise to Abraham because he had no greater to sweare by he sware by hym selfe 14 Saying Surely blessyng I wyll blesse thee and multipliyng multiplie thee 15 And so after that he had taryed paciently he enioyed the promise 16 For men veryly sweare by the greater and an oth for confirmation is to them an ende of all stryfe 17 Wherein God wyllyng very aboundauntly to shewe vnto the heires of promise the stablenesse of his counsayle confirmed by an oth 18 That by two immutable thynges in whiche it was vnpossible for God to lye we myght haue a strong consolation which haue fledde to holde fast the hope layde before vs 19 Which hope we holde as an ancker of the soule both sure and stedfast and entryng in into that thing which is within the vayle 20 Whyther the forerunner is for vs entred euen Iesus after the order of Melchisedech made a priest for euer ⧠The .vij Chapter 1 He compareth the priesthood of Christe vnto Melchisedech 11 also Christes priesthood with the Leuites 1 FOr this Melchisedech kyng of Salem priest of the most hye God who met Abraham returnyng from the slaughter of the kynges and blessed hym 2 To whom also Abraham gaue tythe of all thynges first being called by interpretatiō king of righteousnes after y t also kyng of Salem which is kyng of peace 3 Without father without mother without kynne hauyng neither beginnyng of dayes neither ende of lyfe but lykened vnto the sonne of God and continueth a priest for euer 4 Nowe consider howe great this man was vnto whom also the patriarche Abraham gaue tythe of the spoyles 5 And veryly * they which are of the children of Leuie which receaue the office of the priesthood haue a commaundement to take tythe of the people accordyng to the lawe that is of their brethren though they came out of y e loynes of Abraham 6 But he whose kynrede is not counted among them receaued tythe of Abraham and blessed hym that had the promises 7 And without all controuersie the lesse is blessed of the better 8 And here men that dye receaue tithes but there he receaueth them of whom it is witnessed that he lyueth 9 And to say the trueth Leuie also whiche receaueth tythes payed tythes in Abraham 10 For he was yet in the loynes of his father when Melchisedech met Abraham 11 If therefore perfection was by the priesthood of y e Leuites For vnder that priesthood the people receaued the law what neded it furthermore that another priest shoulde rise after the order of Melchisedech and not to be called after the order of Aaron 12 For yf the priesthood be translated of necessitie also there is made a translation of the lawe 13 For he of whom these thynges are
Beholde also y e shippes which though they be so great and are dryuen of fierce windes yet are they turned about with a very small helme whither soeuer the violence of the gouernour wyll 5 Euen so the tongue is a litle member also boasteth great thynges Beholde how great a matter a litle fire kindleth 6 And the tongue is fyre euen a worlde of wickednesse So is the tongue set among our members that it defileth the whole body and setteth on fyre the course of nature it is set on fyre of hell 7 All the natures of beastes of byrdes and of serpentes and thynges of the sea are meeked and tamed of the nature of man 8 But the tongue can no man tame it is an vnruly euyll full of deadly poyson 9 Therwith blesse we God the father and therwith curse we men which are made after the similitude of God 10 Out of one mouth proceadeth blessing and cursing My brethren these thynges ought not so to be 11 Doth a fountayne sende foorth at one place sweete water and bitter also 12 Can the fygge tree my brethren beare oliue beries either a vine beare figges So can no fountayne geue both salt water and freshe also 13 Who is a wise man and endued with knoweledge among you let him shewe his workes out of good conuersation with mekenesse of wisdome 14 But yf ye haue bitter enuiyng strife in your hearte glorie not neither be lyers agaynst the trueth 15 For such wisdome descendeth not frō aboue but is earthlie sensuall and deuelishe 16 For where enuiyng and strife is there is sedition all maner of euyll workes 17 But the wisdome that is from aboue is first pure then peaseable gentle and easie to be entreated full of mercie and good fruites without iudgyng without simulation 18 Yea and the fruite of ryghteousnes is sowen in peace of thē that make peace ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 Hauyng shewed the cause of all wrong and wickednesse and also of all graces and goodnesse 4 he exhorteth them to loue God 7 and submit them selues to hym 11 not speakyng euyll of their neighbours 13 but patiently to depende on Gods prouidence 1 FRom whence cōmeth warre and fightyng among you come they not here hence euen of your lustes that fight in your members 2 Ye lust and haue not Ye enuie and haue indignation and can not obtayne Ye fyght and warre ye haue not because ye aske not 3 Ye aske and receaue not because ye aske amisse euen to consume it vpon your lustes 4 Ye adulterers adultresses knowe you not howe that the frendship of the world is enmitie with God Whosoeuer therfore wylbe a friende of the worlde is made the enemie of God 5 Either do ye thynke that the scripture sayth in vayne the spirite that dwelleth in vs lusteth after enuie 6 But the scripture offereth more grace and therefore sayth God resisteth the proude but geueth grace vnto y e lowlie 7 Submit your selues therfore to God but resist the deuyll and he wyll flee from you 8 Drawe nye to God and he wyll drawe nye to you Clense your handes ye sinners and purifie your heartes ye double mynded 9 Suffer afflictions and mourne and weepe Let your laughter be turned to mournyng and your ioy to heauinesse 10 Humble your selues in the sight of the Lorde and he shall lyft you vp 11 Backbite not one another brethren He that backbiteth his brother and he that iudgeth his brother backbiteth y e lawe and iudgeth the lawe But and yf thou iudge the lawe thou art not an obseruer of the lawe but a iudge 12 There is one lawe geuer which is able to saue and to destroy What art thou that iudgest another 13 Go to nowe ye that say to day and to morowe let vs go into such a citie and continue there a yere and bye and sell and wynne 14 And yet can not ye tel what shall happen on the morowe For what thyng is your lyfe It is euen a vapour that appeareth for a litle tyme and then he vanisheth away 15 For that ye ought to say If the Lorde wyll and yf we lyue let vs do this or that 16 But now ye reioyce in your boastinges All such reioycyng is euyll 17 Therfore to hym that knoweth howe to do good and doth it not to hym it is sinne The .v. Chapter 2 He threatneth the wicked riche men 7 exhorteth vnto patience 12 to beware of swearyng 16 one to knowledge his faultes to another 20 and one to labour to bryng another to the trueth 1 GO to nowe ye riche men weepe and howle on your wretchednesse that shall come vpon you 2 Your riches is corrupt your garmentes are motheaten 3 Your golde and siluer is cankred and the rust of them shal be a witnesse agaynst you and shall eate your fleshe as it were fyre Ye haue heaped treasure together in your last dayes 4 Beholde the hire of labourers which haue reaped downe your fieldes which hire is of you kept backe by fraude cryeth and the cryes of them which haue reaped are entred into the eares of the Lorde Sabaoth 5 Ye haue liued in pleasure on the earth and ben wanton Ye haue nourisshed your heartes as in a day of slaughter 6 Ye haue condempned and kylled the iust and he hath not resisted you 7 ☞ Be patient therfore brethren vnto the commyng of the Lorde Beholde the husbandman wayteth for the precious fruite of the earth and hath long patience thervpon vntill he receaue the early and the later rayne 8 Be ye also patient therfore and settle your heartes for the commyng of the Lorde draweth nye 9 Grudge not one agaynst another brethren lest ye be dampned Beholde the iudge standeth before the doore 10 Take my brethren the prophetes for an ensample of suffering aduersitie and of patience which spake in the name of the Lorde ☜ 11 Beholde we count thē happy which endure Ye haue hearde of the patience of Iob and haue knowen what ende the Lorde made For the Lorde is very pitifull and mercifull 12 But aboue all thynges my brethren sweare not neither by heauen neither by earth neither any other othe Let your yea be yea and your nay nay lest you fall into condempnation 13 Is any among you afflicted let hym pray Is any mery let him sing psalmes 14 Is any diseased among you let hym call for the elders of the Churche and let them pray for him and annoynt him with oyle in the name of the Lorde 15 And the prayer of fayth shall saue the sicke and the Lorde shall raise him vp and yf he haue committed sinnes they shal be forgeuen hym 16 ☞ Knowledge your faultes one to another and pray one for another that ye may be healed For y e feruent prayer of a ryghteous man auayleth much 17 Elias was a man vnder infirmities euen as we are and he
prouideÌ„ce of God (m) For God otherwayes then they hoped professed hym selfe to be their deliuerer (n) This was trueth though God declared not to the tirant farther of his councell “ Or But by a strong hande (o) God can turne y e hartes of the moste cruel enimies “ Vessels (p) This was no sinne in them which had a speciall commaundement thereof by God who hath the orderyng of all mens goodes (a) Though Moâ—ses conâ—ed not Gods â—lling yet 〈◊〉 thereof troubled him much “ Or sâ—beardes staffe (b) Hereby he was assured that he should be fearful to others though he was but contemptible in the world (c) Auctoritie geueÌ„ to Moyses to worke the like signes (d) God sheweth howe he wyll restore Moyses and the people to their olde dignitie (e) They myght learne that it was in Gods hand to turne all the commodities of the Egyptians to their owne destruction (f) God choseth instrumentes of his glorie otherwyse then man (g) God wyll graunt sufficient meanes to y e ende which he commaundeth (h) God woulde haue his voyce obeyed “ Of Leui. “ Or he shal be the interpretour and thou shalt be his guyde (i) Two vertues in a gouernour wisdome and eloquence “ Seeke thy soule (k) Which he caryed not to rule his shepe but to other vses nowe appoynted by God (l) Moyses shoulde not geue ouer though Pharao yelded not at the begynnyng (m) God can not beare to be depriued of his worshippe for mans sake as Moyses dyd in not circumcising his chylde (n) That is the Lord that woulde haue kylled hym (o) God hereby commendeth the ministerie of man (p) It was such a beliefe as tribulation afterwarde consumed awaye “ VVorshippe God solemely (a) This superstitious tiranne wyll not be accounted to worship false Gods “ Or VVe worship the God of the Hebrues (b) He that dyd let them from the true worshippe of God shoulde much more be punished (c) The godly ought not to be offended yf afflictions encrease when god beginneth to deliuer theÌ„ (d) The true worshippe of God is called of the wicked vanitie (e) This intollerable laboure was layde on the people that they myght dryue awaye Moyses and Aaron (f) In this tiranne there is neither mercie nor humanitie “ Or They deale euill with thy people (g) Idlenesse is layde to their charge that are oppressed with labour They misiâ—dgâ—ng gods 〈◊〉 by the 〈◊〉 sucâ— become vnthâ—nkefull to men and iniurious to God “ â—ncke (i) Moyses in the 〈◊〉 appeareth in y t he is weary of his vocation and comâ—neth of Gods slowenesse in delyueryng his people Moyses â—ste is gently blamed (b) By this name of his substaunce God declareth that he is the perfourmer of his promise and so wylbe (c) The greater knowledge lyght this people had the redier shoulde they haue obeyed (d) As the couenauÌ„t was of Gods free grace so also was this redemption (e) The ende of their deliueraunce was in the continuaunce of Gods grace (f) That they myght knowe howe his power ouercommeth all letteâ—s and â—ppes g It is daungerous in affliction not to heare Gods promises “ Or which haue an impediment in my speache or rude (h) It appeareth that this redemption came altogether of Gods mercie seyng that Moyses was vnwyllyng the people carelesse “ Or He should let go ☜ (i) Ruben Simeon beyng elder then Leui are rehearsed that hereby he might speake of Leui more commodiously (k) It was necessarie to be knowen y t the minister of this redemption was of Abrahams stocke (l) Moyses glorieth not in his kinrede who was borne of vnlawfull maryage (m) Aarons wyfe was of the tribe of Iuda (n) It was gods singuler worke that they shoulde leade out such great armies “ Or carie “ Myght let go (o) God not only in the desert of Madian but also in Egypt spake to Moyses ☞ (a) God communicateth his auctoritie and power with his ministers (b) God was no cause of Pharaos sinne though he executed this iust iugdement vpon hym (c) True obedience to do only y t which God willeth to be done (d) The prayse was Gods who by fearefull olde men wrought so meruelously (e) The deuyl to robbe God of his glorie geueth his seruauÌ„tes goodly titles “ Made heauie or burthened (f) The wicked that are not moued with Gods threates are inexcusable “ Or Stinâ— (g) The corruption of the most necessary meane of lyfe shoulde haue taught them to obey God (h) The waters wherein the Israelites chyldren were drowned are nowe turned to the Egyptians sorowe The firste plague They shoulde 〈◊〉 knowen gâ—ds hande in that thyng wherin lay their wealth and safetie (k) The faithfull ouercame this temptation through gods worde confirmed by a heauenly vision (l) Gods workes are not lyghtly to be considered (m) These circumstauÌ„ces declare that this was no vayne illusion (a) An ignominius punishment vppon the contemners of God (b) God can arme his creatures at his wyll agaynst the wicked The second plague (c) Thus God wyll exercise his seruauntes with aduersaries to their triall (d) Hypocrites feared with Gods iudgement pretend a certayde repentaunce (e) He is wylled to forsake his arrogancie and reioyce in the mercie of god which he shuld attayne by the prayer of gods seruauntes (f) He meaneth not the differyng of Moyses prayer but to haue respite that nyght for the peoples deliuerie (g) The wicked are deliuered from temporall punishment by the prayer of the faythfull “ Stanke (h) God most easilye ouerthroweth the strength of man The thirde plague (i) The smallest beastes haue strength inough to hurt beyng armed by God “ wrought (k) Satans ministers shal be confounded when God hath proued the fayth of his seruauntes (l) They woulde not seeme ouercome of any man therfore they confesse Gods power agaynst themselues (m) God woulde haue al this matter done publikly “ Swarmes of flees “ Or Separate (n) Benefites and plagues are in Gods onlye hande wherein the false Gods can do nothyng “ Redemption (o) God graunteth a tyme of repentaunce (p) This miracle was wrought without the meanes of the rodde The fourth plague (q) This compelled obedience robbeth god of a great part of his honour who should not in one part of the Realme but in the whole haue ben truely worshipped (r) The true worshippyng of God ought not to be made a laughyng stocke to the gentiles (Å¿) Gods wyll in his worshippyng is onely to be folowed (t) The wicked in their necessitie pretende great religion (v) Moyses constantly rebukâ—th the kyng of his lyes (x) Moyses by Gods speciall motion promised the kynges the relaxation of his punishment (y) For all Gods punishmentes he yet remayned rebellious agaynst God (a) The morren of cattell commeth of the iust iudgement of God and not of other causes (b) He was abstinate in his malice y t no tyme could bryng to repentaunce (c) This speache signifieth a very