whales and euery lyuynge mouyng creature which the waters brought forth after theyr kynde and euery fethered foule after theyr kynde And God sawe that it was good And god blessed them sayeng ▪ Growe and increase and fyll the waters of the See and let fethered foules be multiplyed in the earth The euenyng also and the mornynge was made the fyfth day And God sayd Let the earth brynge forth liuynge creature after his kynde catell worme beaste of the earth after his kynde and so it came to passe And God made the beast of the earthe after his kynde and catel after theyr kynde and euery thynge that crepeth vpon the earth after his kynde And god sawe that it was good And god sayde Let vs make man in our ymage after our lykenes and let them haue rule ouer the fysshe of the See ouer foule of the ayre and ouer catell ouer the earth ouer al thyng that crepeth vpon the earth And so god created man in his owne ymage in the ymage of God created he hym male and female created he them And god blessed them and God sayde vnto them Growe and increace and replenysshe the earth and subdue it and haue dominyon ouer the fysshe of the See and ouer foule of the ayre and ouer euery liuynge thyng that moueth vpon the earth And God sayde Beholde I haue gyuen you euery herbe bearyng seede which is in the vpper face of al the earth and euery tree in the whiche is fruyte of tree and that beareth seed that they may be meat for you And vnto euery beast of the earth to euery byrde of the ayre and to euery suche thynge as crepeth vpō the earth wherin is a lyuyng soule I haue gyuen all grenesse of herbe for meate And so it was done And God sawe euery thyng that he had made beholde it was excedynge good The euenynge also and the mornynge was made the syxte daye ▪ ¶ The halowyng of the Sabboth the Chapitre afore repeted The foure cloudes of paradise The settynge of than in paradise The tree of knowledge forbydden The creacion of Eua The institution of mariage CAPI II. THe heuen also and the earth were finysshed and all the hoost of them And in the seuenth daye god ended his worke which he had made And in the seuenth day he rested from all his worke whiche he had made And God blessed the seuenth day and sayntified it bycause that in it he had rested from all his worke whiche God created to make These are the generacions of the henens and of the earth when they were created in the daye when the Lorde God made the earth and the heuens and euery plant of the felde before it was in the earth and euery herbe of the feld before it grew For the lorde god had not caused it to rayne vpō the earth neyther was there a man to tyll the ground And there went vp a myst from the exth and watred the hoole face of the grounde The Lorde God also * shope man euen dust of the grounde brethed in to his nosethyrls the breth of lyfe Adam was made a lyuyng soule Moreouer the lorde god planted a garden in Eden from the east and there he put man whome he had made Also out of the grounde made the Lorde God to growe euery tree that was pleasaunt to the syght cōmodious for meate And the tree of lyfe and the tree of knowledge of good of euyl was in the myddes of the garden And out of Eden there went forth a ryuer to water the garden And from thence it was deuyded became in to foure heades The name of one is Pison The same is it that cōpasseth the hole lande of Hauilah where is golde And the golde of that lande is good There is also Bidelliū and the stoone Onichinus The name of the seconde ryuer is Gihon the same is it that cōpasseth the hole lande of Ethiopis The name of the thyrde ryuer is Hydekel and it goeth towarde the east syde of Assyria And the fourth ryuer is Euphrates And so the lord god toke Adam and put hym in to the garden of Eden that he myght dresse and kepe it And the Lorde God cōmaunded Adam sayenge Eatynge thou shalte eate of euery tree of the garden But of the tree of knowledge of good euyl thou shalt not eate of it For in what day soeuer thou eatest therof thou shalte dye the death And agayne the Lorde God sayde It is not good that Adam shulde be alone I wyll make hym an helpe whiche maye be present with hym And so out of the grounde shope the Lorde god euery beast of the felde and euery foule of the ayre and brought it vnto the man that he myght se how he wold call it For lykewyse as man him selfe named euery lyuynge thynge euen so was the name therof Man hym selfe therfore named the names vnto all catell and foule of the ayre and to euery beast of the felde And for man founde he not an helpe that myght be present with hym The Lorde God also caused a slomber to fall vpon Adam he slepte And he toke one of his rybbes and closed vp the fleshe in steade therof And the ryb which the Lorde God had taken from man made he a woman and brought her vnto the man And the man sayde This is nowe boone of my bones and flesshe of my flesshe she shall be called woman bycause she was taken out of man For this cause shall a man leaue his father and his mother and shall be ioyned with his wyfe and they shall become one flesshe And they were bothe naked the man I say and his wyfe and were not ashamed ¶ The serpent deceyueth the woman The serpent is cursed the punishment of the man and woman Adam driuen out of Paradise Chryste our sauyour is promysed CAPI III. BUt the serpent was sotyller then all the beastes of the felde whiche the Lorde God made And he sayde vnto the woman yea hath God sayde ye shall not eate of euery tree of the garden And the woman sayde vnto the serpent we eate of the fruyte of the tree of the garden but as for the fruyt of the tree which is in the myddes of the garden God hath sayd ye shal not eate of it ney ther shall ye touche it leest haply ye dye And the serpent sayde vnto the woman ye shal not dye the death but God doth knowe that the same daye that ye eate therof youre eyes shall be opened and ye shall be euen as Goddes knowynge good and euyll And so the woman seynge that the same tree was good to eate and delectable to the eyes and that the same tree was pleasant to get wysdome toke of the fruyte therof and dyd eate and gaue vnto her husband beyng with her whiche dyd eate also And the eyes of them bothe were opened and they knewe that
maketh lyke that or whosoeuer putteth any of it vppon a straunger shal perysh from among his people And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses take vnto the swete spices balme Onycha swete galbanum these spyces with pure frankencens of eche lyke moche and make of them swete smellyng insence after the crafte of the apoticarie myngled togyther pure and holy And beate it to powder and putof it before the wytnesse in the Tabernacle of wytnesse where I wyll mete the. It shall be vnto you moost holye And se that ye make none after the makyng of that It shal be vnto you holy for the Lorde Whosoeuer shal make lyke vn to that to smel therto shal perysh froÌ„ among his people ¶ The callynge of Bezaleel and Ahaliab the workemen The Sabboth coÌ„mauÌ„ded The tables of stone ginen Moses CAPI XXXI ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge beholde I haue called by name Bezaleel the sonne of Ury the sonne of Hur of the trybe of Iuda And I haue fylled hym with the spiryte of God in wysdome and vnderstandynge in knowledge and in all maner worke to fynde out subtyll feates and to worke in golde syluer and brasse and in the crafte to set stoones to carue in tymbre and to worke in al maner workmanshyp And behold I haue gyuen hym to be his coÌ„panion Ahaliab the sonne of Ahisamach of the trybe of Dan and in the hertes of al that are wyse herted I haue put wysdome to make al that I haue coÌ„maunded the the tabernacle of wytnesse the arke of wytnes and the mercyseate that is there vpon and al the ornamentes of the Tabernacle and the table and his ornamentes the pure candelstycke with al his apparel and the aulter of insens and the aulter of burntoffrynges and al his vessels and the lauer with his foote The vestimentes to minystre in and the holye garmentes for Aaron the preest and the garmen tes of his sonnes to minystre in the anoyntynge oyle and swete sence for the sanctuary accordyng to al that I haue coÌ„maunded the shall they do And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Speake vnto the chyldren of Israell and saye In any wyse se that ye kepe my Sabboths for it is a sygne bytwene me you in your generacyons for to knowe that I the Lorde am he that doeth sanctifye you Kepe my Sabboth therfore for it is holye vnto you He that defyleth it shal be stayne For whosoeuer worketh therin the same soule shal be roted out from amonge his people Sixe dayes shall men worke And in the seuenth daye is the Sabboth of the hoolye reste of the Lorde Whosoeuer doth any worke in the Sabboth daye shall dye wherfore let the chyldren of Israel kepe the Sabboth that they obserue it thorowout theyr generacyons that it be an appoyntemeÌ„t for euer For it is a sygne bytwene me the chyldreÌ„ of Israel for euer For in syx dayes the lorde made heuen and earth and in the seuenth day he rested was refreshed And when the Lorde had made an ende of the coÌ„monyng with Moses vpon the mounte Sinay he gaue hym two tables of wytnes euen tables of stone wrytten with the ☞ fynger of God ¶ The golden calfe Moses prayeth he breaketh the tables for anger He chydeth Aaron The ydolaters slayne CAPI XXXII ANd when the people sawe that it was longe or Moses came downe out of the mountayne they gathered them selues togyther vnto Aaron and sayde vnto hym Up make vs Goddes to go before vs for of this Moses the felowe that brought vs out of the lande of Egypt we wote not what is become And AaroÌ„ said vnto him plucke of the golden earingê which are in the eares of your wyues your Sonnes and of youre doughters and brynge them vnto me And all the people plucked of the golden earynges which they had in theyr eares and brought them vnto Aaron And he receyued them of theyr handes and facyoned it with a grauer and made of it a calfe of molton mettall And they sayde These be thy Goddes o Israell whiche brought the out of the lande of Egypt And when Aaron sawe that he made an aulter before it And Aaron cryed sayenge tomorow is the holy day of the Lorde And they roose vp in the mornynge and offered burntofferynges brought peaceofferynges also And the people sat them downe to eate and drynke and rose vp agayne to playe And ✚ the Lorde sayd vnto Moses go gette the downe Thy people whiche thou broughtest out of the lande of Egypte haue marred all they are turned atonce out of the waye whiche I coÌ„maunded them for they haue made them a calfe of molten metal and haue worshipped it and haue offered therto saynge These be thy goddes o Israel which hath brought the out of the lande of Egypt And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses I haue sene this people beholde it is a styffe necked people and nowe suffre me that my wrath may waxe hote agaynst them and con sume them and I wyll make of the a myghtye people And Moses besought the Lorde his god sayd O lorde why doth thy wrath waxe hote agaynst thy peple which thou hast brought out of the lande of Egypt w t greate power and with a myghtye hande wherfore shulde the Egyptians speake and saye For a myschefe dyd he brynge them out euen for to flee them in the mountaynes and to coÌ„ sume them from the face of the earth Turne from thy fearse wrath and †turne from this euyll deuysed agaynst thy people Remembre Abraham Isaac and Israel thy seruauntes to whome y u swarest by thyne owne selfe and saydest to them I wyl mul tiplye your seede as the sterres of heuen and all this lande that I haue spoken of wyll I gyue vnto your seede and they shal enheryte it for euer And the lorde refrayned hym selfe from that euyll ⊢ whiche he sayde he wolde do vnto his people And Moses turned his backe and went downe from the hyll the two tables of wytnesse were in his hande and the same tables were wrytten on bothe the leaues and those tables were the worke of God and the wrytynge was the wrytynge of god grauen in the tables And wheÌ„ Iosua herde the noyce of the peple as they showted he sayd vnto Moses there is a noyse of war in the host And he answered it is not the crye of them that haue the maystrye nor of them that haue the worse but I do heare the noyse of them that synge And it fortuned assoone as he came nye vnto the host he saw the calfe and the daunsyng and Moses wrath waxed hote and he cast the tables out of his hande and brake them benethe the hyll And he toke the calfe whiche they had made and burned it in the fyre and stampt it vnto powder and strawed it in the water made the Chyldren of Israel drynke of
before the hyll And Moses hewed two tables of stoone lyke vnto the fyrste and rose vp early in the mornynge and went vp vnto the mounte of Sinay as the Lorde had coÌ„maunded hym and toke in his hand the two tables of stone And the Lorde descended in the cloude and stoode with hym there and he called vppon the name of the Lorde And when the Lorde walked before hym he cryed Lorde Lorde god mercyful and gracyous long sufferyng and aboundaunt in mercy and truth kepynge mercy in store for thousandes forgyuynge wyckednesse vngodlynesse and synne and †☞ not leauynge one innocent vysytynge the wyckednesse of the fathers vpon the chyldren and vpon chyldrens chyldren euen vnto the thyrde and fourth generacyon And Moses bowed hym selfe to the earthe quyckely and worshypped and sayde If I haue founde grace in thy syght o lorde then let my lorde go with vs for it is a stubburne people thou shalte haue mercy vpon oure wyckednesse and our synne and shalte take vs for thyne enheritaunce He sayde beholde I make an appoyntment before all thy people and I wyll doo ☞ meruayles suche as haue not bene done in all the worlde neyther in all nacyons And all the people amonge whiche thou arte shal se the worke of the Lorde ☞ for it is a terrible thynge that I wyl do with the kepe those thynges that I commaunde the this daye Beholde I cast out before the the Amorites Canaanites Hethites Pherezites Heuites and Iebusites Take hede to thy selfe that thou make no compacte with the inhabiters of the lande whyther y u goest leest it be cause of tuyne amonge you But ouerthrowe theyr aulters and breake theyr ymages and cut downe theyr groues Thou shalte worshyp no straunge God For the Lorde is called ielouse bycause he is a ielouse God leest yf thou make any agrement with the inhabyters of the land and they go a hooryng after theyr Goddes and do sacrifyce vnto theyr Goddes they call the and thou eate of theyr sacrifice and thou take of theyr doughters vnto thy sonnes and theyr doughters go a hoorynge after theyr goddes and make thy sonnes go a hoorynge after theyr gods also Thou shalte make the no Goddes of metall The feast of swete breade shalte thou kepe Seuen dayes thou shalte eate vnleuen ded breade as I coÌ„maunded the in the tyme of the moneth when corne begynneth to rype For in the moneth when corne begynneth to type thou camest out of Egypte All that openeth the matryce is myne and al that ope neth the matryce amonge the cattell yf it be male whyther it be oxe or shepe But the fyrst of the asse thou shalte bye out with a lambe And yf thou redeme hym not thou shalte breake his necke All the fyrste borne of thy sonnes shalte thou redeme And se that no man appeare before me emptye Syx dayes thou shalte worke in the seuenth day thou shalt rest bothe from earynge and reapyng Thou shalt obserue the feast of wekes with the fyrst fruytes of wheate haruest and the feast of ingatherynge at the yeres ende Thryse in a yere shall all your men chyldren appeare before the lorde Iehoua God of Israell When I caste out the nacyons before the and enlarge thy coostes so that no man shall desyre thy lande thou shalte goo vp to appeare before the Lorde thy God thryse in the yere Thou shalte not offer the bloode of my Sacrifyce vpon leuen ney ther shall oughte of the Sacrifyce of the feast of Passeouer be lefte vnto the mornynge The fyrste rype fruytes of thy lande thou shalte brynge vnto the house of the Lorde thy God And thou shalt not sethe a kyd in his mothers mylke And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses wryte these wordes for after the tenoure of these wordes I haue made a couenaunt with the and with Israel And he was there with the Lorde fourtye dayes and fourtye nyghtes and dyd neyther eate breade nor drynke water And he wrote vpon the tables the wordes of the couenaunt euen ten verses And it fortuned when Moses came downe from mounte Sinay the two tables of wytnesse were in Moses hande when he came downe from the mounte And Moses wyste not that tâ—e skynne of his face shone in maner of an horne whyle he talked with hym And Aaron and all the chyldren of Israel loked vpon Moses and beholde the skynne of his face ☞ shone and they were afrayde to come nye hym And when he had called them Aaron and all the cheyfe that were in the companye came vnto hym and Moses talked with them And afterwarde all the chyldren of Israel came nye and he coÌ„maunded them all that the Lorde had sayde vnto hym in mounte Sinay And when Moses had made an ende of coÌ„monyng with them he put a couerynge vpon his face And agayne when Moses went in before the lorde to speake with hym he toke the couerynge of vntyll he came out And he came out and spake vnto the chyldren of Israel that which was coÌ„maunded And the chyldren of Israel sawe the face of Moses that the skynne of Moses face shone And Moses put the couerynge vpon his face agayne vntyll he wente in to comon with hym ¶ The sabboth The fyrst fruytes requyred The redynesse of the people to offre Bezalcel and Ahaliab praysed of Moses and set to worke CAPI XXXV ANd Moses gathered all the companye of the chyldren of Israel togyther and sayd vnto them These are the wordes whiche the Lorde hath commaunded that ye shulde do them Syxe dayes ye shal worke but in the seuenth day shall be vnto you the holy Sabboth of the Lordes rest Who soeuer doth any worke therin shal dye Ye shal kyndle no fyre thorowout oll your habitacyons vpon the Sabboth day And Moses spake vnto all the multitude of the chyldren of Israel sayenge This is the thynge whiche the Lorde commaunded saynge Take from among you an heueofferyng vnto the Lorde Who soeuer is of the wyllyng herte let hym bryng it for the heueofferyng of the Lorde Namely golde syluer and brasse and yelowe sylke purple scarlet whyte sylke gootê heere and rains skynnes red and taxus skynnes with Sethim wood oyle for lyght and spyces for the anoyntynge oyle for the swete sence And Onix stones stones to be set in the Ephod in the brestlap And let all them that are wyse herted among you come and make all that the lorde hath coÌ„maunded the habitacyon w t the tente therof his coueryng and his rynges his boordes his barres his pyllers his sockets the arke the staues therof with the mercy-seate and the vayle that couereth it the table and his barres all his vessels the shew-bread the caÌ„delstycke of lyght and his apparell his lampes with the oyle for the lyght the sence aulter his barres the anoyntynge oyle the swete sence the hangynge of the dore at the
washe his clothes and bathe his flesshe in water then come in to the hoost And this shal be an ordinauÌ„ce for euer vnto you that in the tenth daye of the seuenth moneth ye ☞ humble your soules and do no worke at all whyther it be one of youre selues or a straunger that soiourneth amonge you for that daye shall the Preest make an attonemente for you to clense you and that ye may be cleane from al your synnes before the lorde Let it be a Sabboth of rest vnto you ye shall humble your soules by an ordinaunce for euer And the preest that is anoynted whose hande was consecrated to ministre in his fathers steade shall make an attonement and shall put on his lynnen clothes holy vestimentes and reconcile the holy sanctuary and the Tabernacle of wytnesse and shall clense the aulter and make an attonement then for the preestes and for the people of the congregacyon And this shal be an euerlastyng ordinaunce vnto you that he make an attonement for the chyldren of Israel for all theyr synnes once a yere and he dyd as the Lorde coÌ„maunded Moses ¶ All sacrifyce must be brought to the dore of the Tabernacle To deuyls may they not offer CAPI XVII ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Speake vnto Aaron and vnto his sonnes and vnto all the chyldren of Israel and say vnto them This is the thing which the lorde hath charged saynge What man soeuer of the house of Israel kylleth an oxe or lambe or goote in the hooste or that kylleth it oute of the hooste and bryngeth it not vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse to offre an offrynge vnto the Lorde before the dwellyng place of the Lorde bloode shall be imputed vnto that man as thoughe he had shed bloode and that man shal be roted out from amonge his people Wherfore when the chyldren of Israel bryng theyr offrynges that they offre in the wyde felde they shulde bryng them vnto the lorde euen vnto the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse to the preest to offre them for peace offrynges vnto the lord And the preest must sprynkle the bloode vppon the aulter of the Lorde whiche is before the dore of the tabernacle of wytnesse burne the fat for a swete sauoure vnto the Lorde And let them no more offre theyr offrynges vnto deuyls after whom they haue gone a hoorynge This shall be an ordinaunce for euer vnto them in theyr generacyons And thou shalte saye vnto them what soeuer man it be of the house of Israell or of the straungers which soiourne among you that offereth a burtofferyng or sacrifice and bryngeth it not vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse to offre it vnto the Lorde that man shal peryshe froÌ„ among his people And what soeuer man it be of the house of Israel or of the straungers that soiourne among you that eateth any maner of bloode I wyl set my face agaynst that soule that eateth blood wyll destroy hym from amonge his people for the lyfe of the flesshe is in the bloode and I haue gyuen it vnto you vpon the aulter to make an attonement for your soules for bloode shall make an attonement for the soule And therfore I sayde vnto the chyldren of Israell let no Soule of you eate blood Neyther let any strauÌ„ger that soiourneth amonge you eate bloode And what souer man it be of the chyldren of Israel or of the straungers that soiurne among you whiche hunteth and catcheth any beast or foule that may be eateÌ„ let him powre out the blood therof and couer it with earth for the lyfe of all flesshe is in the bloode of it therfore I sayde vnto the chyldren of Israel ye shal eate the blood of no maner of fleshe for the lyfe of all flesshe is the blood therof whosoeuer eateth it shal perysshe And euery soule that eateth it whiche dyed alone or that whiche was torne with wylde beastes whyther it be one of youre selues or a straunger he shall wasshe his clothes and bathe hym selfe in water and be vncleane vnto the euen and then shal he be cleane If he wasshe them not nor bathe his fleshe he shal bere his syn ¶ What degrees of kynred may marrye togyther CAPI XVIII ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge Speake vnto the chyldren of Israel and say vnto them I am the lorde your God After the doynges of the lande of Egypte wherin ye dwelte shal ye not do and after the doynges of the lande of Canaan whyther I wyll brynge you shall ye not do neyther walke in theyr ordynaunces but do after my iudgementes and kepe my ceremonyes to walke therin I am the Lorde youre god Ye shall kepe therfore myne ordynaunces and my iudgementes whiche yf a man do he shall lyue in them I am the Lorde Se that none go to his nyghest kynred for to vncouer theyr secretes I am the lorde The secretes of thy father and the secretes of thy mother shalt thou not vncouer for she is thy mother therfore shalt thou not dyscouer her secretê The secretes of thy fathers wyfe shalt thou not dyscouer for it is thy fathers secretes Thou shalt not dyscouer the preuyte of thy syster the doughter of thy father or of thy mother whyther she be borne at home or without Thou shalt not vncouer the secretes of thy Sonnes doughter or thy doughters doughter for that is thyne owne preuite Thou shalt not vncouer the secretes of thy fathers wyues doughter whiche was begotten of thy father and is thy syster thou shalt not dyscouer her secretes Thou shalt not vncouer the secretes of thy fathers syster for she is thy fathers nexte kynswoman Thou shalt not dyscouer the secretes of thy mothers syster for she is thy mothers nexte kynswoman Thou shalte not vncouer the secretes of thy fathers brother that is thou shalte not go in to his wyfe which is thyne awnte Thou shalte not discouer the secretes of thy doughter in lawe For she is thy sonnes wyfe therfore shalt thou not vncouer her secretes Thou not vncouer the secretes of the brothers wyfe for that is thy brothers preuytye Thou shalt not discouer the preuytes of the wyfe her doughter neyther shalt thou take her sonnes doughter or her doughters doughter to vncouer theyr secretes For they are her nexte kyn it were wyckdnesse Thou shalt not take a wyfe and her syster also to vere her that thou woldest vncouer her secretes as longe as she lyueth Thou shalte also not go vnto a woman to vncouer her preuitie as long as she is put a parte for her vnclennesse Moreouer thou shalte not lye with thy neyghbours wyfe to defyle her with seede Thou shalte not also gyue of ☞ thy seed to offre it vnto Meloch neyther shalte thou defyle the name of thy God I am the Lorde Thou shalte not lye with mankynde as with womankynde for it is abhominacyon Thou shalte
Moses tolde it vnto Aaron and to his sonnes and vnto all the chyldren of Israell ¶ Who ought to absteyne from eatynge the thynges that were offered Howe what when they shulde be offered CAPI XXII ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto Aaron and his sonnes that they be seperated from ☞ the holye thynges of the chyldren of Israell and that they polute not my holye name in those thynges whiche they halowe vnto me I am the Lorde Saye vnto them who soeuer he be of all your seede amonge your generacyons after you that goeth vnto the holy thynges whiche the Chyldren of Israell halowe vnto the Lorde hauynge his vnclennes vpoÌ„ hym that soule shall perysshe from out of my syght I am the Lorde What man soeuer of the seede of Aaron is a leper or hath a runnynge yssue he shall not eate of the holy thyn ges vntyll he be cleane And who so toucheth any man that is vncleane ouer the soule of the dead or a man whose seede runneth from hym in his slepe or who soeuer toucheth any worme wherby he maye be made vncleane or a man of whome he maye take vnclennesse what soeuer vnclennesse he hath the same soule that hath touched any such shal be vncleane vntyll euen and shall not eate of the holy thynges vntyl he haue washed his flesh with water And when the sonne is downe he shal be cleane and shal afterwarde eate of the holye thynges for asmoche as it is his foode Of a beast that dyeth alone or is rent with wyld beastes wherby he maye be defyled he shall not eate I am the Lorde Let them kepe therfore myne ordinaunce leest they for the same lade synne vpon them and dye for it yf they defyle it I the Lorde sanctifye them There shall no straunger eate of the holye thynge neyther a gest of the preestes neyther shal an hyred seruaunt eate of the holye thynge But yf the preest bye anye Soule with money he shal eate of it lyke as he that is borne in his house shal they eate of his bread If the preestes doughter also be maryed vnto a straunger she maye not eate of the halowed heueofferyngê Notwithstandyng yf the Preestes doughter be a wydowe or deuorsed and haue no chylde but is returned vnto her Fathers house agayne she shall eate of her Fathers breade as well as she dyd in her youth But there shall no strauÌ„ger eate therof If a man eate of the holy thynge vnwyttyngly he shal put the fyfth part there vnto and gyue it vnto the Preest ☞ with the halowed thynge And the preestê shall not defyle the holy thynges of the Chyldren of Israell whiche they offre vnto the lorde to lade them selues with mysdoynge trespace whyle they eate theyr holy thyngê for I the lorde do halow them And the lorde spake vnto Moses sayeng speake vnto Aaron and his sonnê and vnto all the chyldren of Israell saye vnto them what soeuer he be of the house of Israel or straunger in Israel that wyll offre his Sacrifyce for all his vowes and for all his frewylofferynges whiche they wyll offre vnto the Lorde for a burnt offerynge ye shall offre to reconsyle youre selues a male without blemysshe of the oxen of the shepe or of the gootes But what soeuer hath a blemysshe that shall ye not offre for ye shall get no fauoure therwith And who soeuer bryngeth a peace offerynge vnto the Lorde accordynge as he is appoynted or a vowe or a frewyl offerynge in oxe or shepe that is without deformyte he shall be accepted There shall be also no blemyshe therin blynde or broken or wounded or haue a wenne or be maungie or scabbed Ye shal not offre such vnto the lorde nor put an offeryng of any such vpon the aulter vnto the Lorde An oxe or a shepe that hath any membre out of proporcyon mayst thou offre for a frewylofferyng but for a vowe it shal not be accepted Ye shall not offre vnto the Lorde that whiche is broused or broken or plucked out or cut away neyther shall ye make any suche in your lande neyther of a straungers hande shal ye offre breade vnto youre God of any suche Bycause theyr corrupcyon is in them and they haue deformyte in them selues and therfore shall they not be accepted for you And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge WheÌ„ an oxe or a shepe or a goote is brought forth it shal be seuen dayes vnder the dam. And from the eyght daye forth it shall be accepted for a Sacrifyce vnto the Lorde And whyther it be oxe or shepe ye shall not kyll it and her yonge bothe in one daye When ye wyll offre a thanke offeryng vnto the Lorde offre it that ye maye be accepted And the same day it must be eaten vp so that ye leaue none of it vntyll the morowe I am the lorde Therfore shall ye kepe my coÌ„mauÌ„dementes and do them I am the Lorde Neyther shall ye polute my holy name but I wyll be halowed amonge the chyldren of Israel I am the Lorde whiche halowe you and that brought you out of the lande of Egypte to be youre god I am the Lorde ¶ Of the holy doyes that they shulde hepe CAPI XXIII ANd the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayenge speake vnto the chyldreÌ„ of Israel and say vnto them These are my feastes euen the feastes of the Lorde whiche ye shall call holy conuocacyons Syxe dayes ye shall worke but the Seuenth daye is the Sabboth of rest an holy coÌ„uocacyon so that ye do no worke therin it is the Sabboth of the Lorde in all your dwellynges These are the feastes of the Lorde euen holye conuocacyons whiche ye shal proclayme in theyr ceasons In the .xiiii. daye of the fyrste moneth at euen is the lordes Passeouer And in the fyftene daye of the same moneth is the feast of swete breade vnto the Lorde seuen dayes ye must eate vnleuended bread In the fyrst daye ye shall haue an holye conuocacyon ye shall do no laborous worke therin But ye shal offre sacrifyces vnto the Lorde thorowe out those seuen dayes in the seuenth daye is an holy conuocacyon ye shall do no laborous worke therin ✚ And the Lorde spake vnto Moses saynge speake vnto the Chyldren of Israell saye vnto them when ye be come in to the lande whiche I gyue vnto you and reape downe the haruest therof ye shall brynge a sheafe of the fyrste fruytes of youre haruest vnto the preest which shall waue the sheafe before the the lorde to be accepted for you and euen the morowe after the Sabboth the Preest shall waue it And ye shall offre that daye when ye waue the sheafe an he lambe wtout blemyshe of a yeare olde for a burntofferynge vnto the Lorde and the meat offerynge therof shal be made of two tenthdeales of fyne floure mengled with oyle to be a sacrifyce vnto the lord for a swete sauour and the drynke offerynge therof shal be
bloode is drynke in dede He that eateth my flesshe and drynketh my bloode dwelleth in me and I in hym As the liuyng father hath sent me and I lyue for the father Euen so he that eateth me shall lyue by the meanes of me This is that bread whiche came downe froÌ„ heuen not as your fathers dyd eate Man na are deade He that eateth of this bread shall lyue euer ⊢ These thynges sayde he in the synagoge as he taught in Capernaum Many therfore of his discyples when they had herde this sayd this is an harde sayeng who can abyde the hearyng of it Iesus knewe in hym selfe that his disciples murmured at it he sayde vnto them Doth this offende you What and yf ye shall se the son of man ascende vp thyther where he was before It is the spiryte that quyckeneth the flesshe profyteth nothynge The wordes that I speake vnto you are spiryte and lyfe But there are some of you that bileue not For Iesus knew from the begynnyng whiche they were that byleued not and who shulde betraye hym And he sayde therfore sayd I vnto you that no man can come vnto me except it were gyuen vnto hym of my father From that tyme many of his disciples went backe and forsoke hym and walked no more with hym Then sayde Iesus to the twelue wyll ye also go awaye Then Simon Peter answered hym Lorde to whome shal we go Thou haste the wordes of eternall lyfe and we byleue and are sure that thou arte Chryst the sonne of the lyuynge god Iesus answereth them Haue not I chosen you twelue one of you is a deuyll He spake of Iudas Iscariot the sonne of Simon For he it was that shulde betraye hym beynge one of the twelue ¶ Iesus cometh to Ierusalem at the least teacheth the Iues and reproueth them There are dyuerse opinyons of hym amonge the people The Pharyses rebuke the offycers bycause they haue not brought hym chyde with Nicodemus for takynge his parte CAPI VII AFter these thynges Iesus went about in Galile for he wolde not go aboute in Iurye bycause that the Iues sought to kyll hym The Iues feast of tabernacles was at hande His brethren therfore sayde vnto hym get the hence and go in to Iury that thy discyples also maye se thy workes that thou doest For there is no man that doeth any thynge in secret and he hym selfe seketh to be knowen openly Yf thou do soch thynges shewe thy selfe to the worlde For his brethren byleued not in hym Then Iesus sayde vnto them My tyme is not yet come but your tyme is alwaye redy The worlde can not hate you But me it hateth bycause I â—â—stifye of it that the workes therof are euyl Go ye vp vnto this feast I wyll not go vp yet vnto this feast for my tyme is not yet full come When he had sayd these wordes vnto them he abode styl in Ga lile But as soone as his brethren were come then went he also vp vnto the feast not open ly but as it were preuely Then sought hym the Iues at the feast and sayde where is he And moth murmurynge was there of hym among the people For some sayde He is good other sayde naye but he deceyueth the people Howbeit no man spake openly of hym for feare of the Iues. ⊢ ✚ Nowe when halfe of the feast was done Iesus went vp in to the temple and taught And the Iues meruayled sayenge Howe knoweth he the scryptures seyng that he neuer lerned Iesus answered them and sayd My doctryne is not myne but his that sent me Yf any man wyll be obedyent vnto his wyll he shall know of the doctryne whyther it be of God or whyther I speake of my selfe He that speaketh of hym selfe seketh his owne prayse But he that seketh his prayse that sent hym the same is true and no vnryghtwysenesse is in hym Dyd not Moses gyue you a lawe and yet none of you kepeth the lawe Why go ye about to kyll me The people answered and sayd thou hast the deuyll who goeth aboute to kyll the Iesus answered and sayde vnto them I haue done one worke and ye all meruayle Moses therfore gaue vnto you the circumsicion not bycause it is of Moses but of the fathers And yet ye on the Sabboth daye circumcise a man Yf a man on the Sabboth daye receyue circumsicion without breakyng of the lawe of Moses disdayne ye at me bycause I haue made a man euery whyt hole on the Sabboth daye Iudge not after the vtter appearaunce but Iudge with a ryghteous iuogement Then sayde some of them of Ierusalem is not this he whom they go aboute to kyll But â—o he spea keth boldly and they saye nothynge to hym Do the rulers knowe in dede that this is very Chryst Howbeit we knowe this man whence he is but when Chryste cometh no man knoweth whence he is Then cryed Iesus in the temple as he taught sayeng ye both knowe me whence I am ye knowe And I am not come of my selfe but he that sente me is true whome ye knowe not But I knowe hym †And yf I saye that I knovv him not I shal be a lyer lyke vnto you but I knovv hym for I am of hym and he hath sent me Then they sought to take hym but no man layde handes on hym bycause his houre was not yet come Many of the people byleued on hym ⊢ and sayd when Chryst cometh wyl he do mo myracles then these that this man hath doone The Pharyses herde that the people murmured soche thynges concernynge hym ✚ And the Pharises and hygh Preestes sent ministers to take hym Then sayd Iesus vnto them Yet am I a lytell whyle with you and then go I vnto hym that sent me Ye shall seke me shall not fynde me and where I am thyther can ye not come Then sayde the Iues among them selues whyther wyll he go that we shall not fynde hym wyll he go amonge the Gentyls whiche are scattered abrode and teache the gentyls What maner of sayenge is this that he sayde ye shall seke me and shal not fynde me where I am thyther can ye not come In the last day that great day of the feast Iesus stode and cryed saynge yf any man chyrst let hym come vnto me and drynke He that byleueth on me as sayeth the scrypture out of his belly shal flowe ryuers of water of lyfe But this spake he of the spiryte whiche they that byleue on hym shulde receyue ⊢ For the holy goost was not yet there bicause Iesus was not yet glorifyed ✚ Many of the peple therfore when they herde this sayenge sayde of a trueth this is a prophet but other sayd this is Chryst But some sayd shall Chryst come out of Galyle Sayeth not the scrypture that Chryst shall come of the seede of Dauid and out of the towne of Bethleem where