wyszdome in to the hertes of all that are wyse that they shall make all that I haue commaunded the the Tabernacle of wytnesse the Arke of wytnesse the Mercyseate theron and all the ornamentes of y e Tabernacle the table and his apparell the candilsticke and all his apparell the altare of incense the altare of burnt offerynges w t all his apparell the lauer with his fote the mynistrynge vestimentes of Aaron y e prest and the garmentes of his sonnes to serue like prestes the anoyntinge oyle and the inceÌ„se of spyces for y e SaÌ„ctuary All that I haue commaunded the shal they make And the LORDE talked vnto Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel and saye Kepe my Sabbath for it is a token betwene me and you and youre posterities that ye maye knowe how that I am the LORDE which haloweth you therfore kepe my Sabbath for it shal be holy vnto you Who so vnhaloweth it shall dye the death For who so doth eny worke therin shal be roted out from amonge his people Sixe dayes shall men worke but vpon the seuenth daye is the Sabbath the holy rest of the LORDE Who so doth eny worke vpon the Sabbath daye shall dye the death Therfore shal the children of Israel kepe the Sabbath that they maye kepe it also amonge their posterities for an euerlastynge couenaunt An euerlastynge token is it betwixte me and the children of Israel For in sixe dayes made the LORDE heaueÌ„ earth but vpon y e seuenth daye he rested and was refreshed And whan the LORDE had made an ende of talkinge with Moses vpon the mount Sinai he gaue him two tables of witnesse which were of stone and wrytten with the fynger of God The XXXII Chapter BVt whan the people sawe that Moses made loÌ„ge taryenge to come downe froÌ„ the mount they gathered theÌ„ together agaynst Aaron sayde vnto him Vp and make vs goddes to go before vs for we can not tell what is become of this man Moses that brought vs out of Egipte Aaron sayde vnto them Plucke of the golden earynges from the eares of youre wynes of yo r sonnes of yo r doughters brynge them vnto me Then all the people pluckte of their golden earynges from their eares brought them vnto Aaron And he toke them of their handes fashioned it w t a grauer And they made a molten calfe and sayde These are thy goddes O Israel that brought the out of the londe of Egipte Whan Aaron sawe that he buylded an altare before him and caused it be proclamed and sayde Tomorow is the LORDES feast And they arose vp early in the mornynge and offred burnt offerynges and brought dead offerynges also Then the people sat them downe to eate and drynke rose vp to playe But the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Go get the downe for thy people whom thou broughtest out of the londe of Egipte haue marred all they are soone gone out of the waie which I commaunded them They haue made them a molten calfe and haue worshipped it offred vnto it sayde These are thy goddes O Israel that brought the out of the lande of Egipte And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses I se that it is a styffnecked people and now suffre me that my wrath maye waxe whote ouer them that I maye consume them so wil I make a greate people of the. But Moses be sought the LORDE his God sayde Oh LORDE wherfore wil thy wrath waxe whote ouer thy people whom thou hast brought out of the loÌ„de of Egipte w t greate power a mightie haÌ„de Wherfore shulde the Egipcians speake saye He hath brought theÌ„ for their myschefe to slaye them in the mountaynes and to destroye theÌ„ vtterly from the earth O turne the from the fearcenesse of y e wrath be gracious ouer the wickednesse of thy people Remembre thy seruauÌ„tes Abraham Isaac and Israel vnto whoÌ„ thou swarest by thyne owne self and saydest I wil multiplye youre sede as the starres of heauen and all the londe that I haue promysed you wil I geue vnto youre sede they shall inheret it for euer Thus the LORDE repented of the euell which he sayde he wolde do vnto his people Moses turned him wente downe from the mount and in his hande he had the two tables of wytnesse which were wrytteÌ„ vpon both the sydes and were Gods worke the wrytinge was the wrytinge of God therin Now whan Iosua herde the noyse of y e people as they shouted he sayde vnto Moses This is a noyse of warre in the hoost He answered It is not a noyse of them that haue the victory and of them that haue the worse but I heare a noyse of synginge at a daunse Whan he came nye vnto the hoost and sawe the calfe and the daunsynge he was moued with wrath and cast the â—ables out of his hande and brake them beneth the mount And he toke the calfe that they had made and brent it with fyre and stamped it vnto poulder and strowed it in the water gaue it vnto the children of Israel to drynke sayde vnto Aaron What dyd this people vnto the that thou hast brought so greate a synne vpon them Aaron sayde Let not the wrath of my lorde waxe fearce thou knowest that this is a wicked people They sayde vnto me Make vs goddes to go before vs for we can not tell what is become of this man Moses y t brought vs out of the londe of Egipte I sayde vnto them Who so hath golde let him plucke it of and geue it me and I cast it in the fyre therof came this calfe Now whan Moses sawe that the people were naked for Aaron whan he set them vp made them naked to their shame he weÌ„te in to the gate of the hoost and sayde who so belongeth vnto the LORDE let him come hither vnto me Then all the children of Leui gathered them selues vnto him and he sayde vnto them Thus sayeth the LORDE the God of Israel Euery man put his swerde by his syde and go thorow in and out from one gate to another in the hoost and slaye euery man his brother frende neghboure The children of Leui dyd as Moses sayde vnto them And there fell of the people the same daye thre thousande men TheÌ„ sayde Moses CoÌ„secrate youre handes this daie vnto the LORDE euery man vpon his sonne and brother that the prayse maye be geuen ouer you this daye On the morow Moses sayde vnto the people Ye haue done a greate synnne Now I wil go vp vnto the LORDE yf peraduenture I maye make an attonement for youre synnes Now whaÌ„ Moses came agayne vnto y e LORDE he saide Oh this people haue done a greate synne haue made them goddes of golde Now for geue them their synne yf not theÌ„ wype me out of y e boke that thou hast wrytten The LORDE sayde
bred shalt thou kepe Seuen daies shalt thou eate vnleueÌ„ded bred like as I coÌ„maunded the in the tyme of the moneth Abib for in the moneth Abib thou wentest out of Egipte * All y t first breaketh the Matrix is myne soch as shal be male amoÌ„ge y e catell y t breaketh the Matrix whether it be oxe or shepe But the first of thyne Asse shalt thou bye out w t a shepe yf thou redeme it not then breake his necke All the first borne of thy children shalt thou redeme And se that no man appeare before me â—mpâ—ye Sixe dayes shalt thou labo r vpon y e seâ—eÌ„th daye shalt thou rest both from plowinge and reapynge The feast of wekes shalt thou kepe with the firstlinges of the wheate haruest and the feast of yngaderynge at y e yeares ende Thryse in a yeare shal all yo r men children appeare before the Souernoure euen the LORDE and God of Israel Whan I shal cast out the Heithen before the enlarge y â— borders there shal no man desyre thy loÌ„de for so moch as thou goest vp thre tymes in the yeare to appeare before y e LORDE thy God Thou shalt not offer the bloude of my sacrifice w t leueÌ„ded bred And the offerynge of the Easter feast shal not remayne ouer night vntill the mornynge The firstlinges of y e first frutes of thy loÌ„de shalt thou brynge in to the house of the LORDE thy God Thou shalt not seith a kydd whyle it is yet in his mothers mylke And the LORDE saide vnto Moses wryte these wordes for because of these wordes haue I made a couenaunt with the with Israel And he was there with the LORDE fourtye dayes and fourtye nightes and ate no bred and dranke no water And he wrote in the tables the wordes of the couenauÌ„t euen ten verses Now whaÌ„ Moses came downe fro mouÌ„t Sinai he had the two tables of wytnesse in his hande wyst not y t the skynne of his face shyned because he had talked with him And whaÌ„ Aaron all the childreÌ„ of Israel sawe y t the skynne of his face shyned they were afrayed to come nye him TheÌ„ Moses called them And they returned vnto him both Aaron all the chefest of the coÌ„gregacion And he talked w t them Afterwarde came all the children of Israel vnto him And he coÌ„maunded theÌ„ all y t the LORDE had sayde vnto him vpon the mount Sinai Now whan he had made an ende of talkynge w t theÌ„ he put a couerynge vpoÌ„ his face And whan he weÌ„te in before y e LORDE to talke w t him he toke y e couerynge of till he weÌ„te out agayne And whan he came forth spake w t the childreÌ„ of Israel what was coÌ„maunded him theÌ„ the childreÌ„ of Israel sawe his face how y t the skynne of his face shyned so he put the couerynge vpoÌ„ his face agayne tyll he wente in agayne to talke with him The XXXV Chapter ANd Moses gathered all the coÌ„gregacion of y e childreÌ„ of Israel together and sayde vnto them This is it y t the LORDE hath commaunded you to do Sixe dayes shall ye worke but the seuenth daye shall ye kepe holy a Sabbath of the LORLES rest Who so euer doeth eny worke therin shall dye Ye shal kyndle no fyre vpon the Sabbath daye in all youre dwellynges And Moses sayde vnto y e whole congregacion of the children of Israel This is it that the LORDE hath commaunded Geue from amonge you Heue offerynges vnto y e LORDE so that euery one brynge the LORDES Heue offerynge with a fre hert golde syluer brasse yalowe sylke scarlet purple whyte sylke and goates hayre reed skynnes of rammes doo skynnes and Fyrre tre oyle for the lampes and spyces for the anoyntinge oyle and for swete incense Onix stones and stones to be set in y e ouerbody cote and for the brestlappe And who so is wyse of hert amonge you let him come make what the LORDE hath commaunded namely the Habitacion with the tent couerynge therof the rynges bordes barres pilers sokettes The Arke w t the staues therof the Mercy seate the vayle the table with his staues all his apparell the shewbred The caÌ„dilsticke of light and his apparell and his lampes the oyle for the lightes The altare of incense with his staues The anoyntynge oyle and spyces for incense The hangynge before y e Tabernacle dore The alter of burnt offerynges with his brasen gredyron staues and all his apparell The lauer with his fote The hanginges of the courte with the pilers and sokettes therof the hangynge of the courte dore The nales of the habitacion and of y e courte with their coardes The mynistringe garmentes for the seruyce in the Holy y e holy vestimentes of Aaron the prest w t the vestimentes of his sonnes for y e prestes office Then wente all the congregacion of the childreÌ„ of Israel out fro Moses euery one brought the gift of his hert all that they wolde of fre will the same brought they for an Heue offerynge vnto the LORDE for y e worke of the Tabernacle of witnesse for all the seruyce therof for the holy vestimeÌ„tes Both men wemen that were of a wyllynge hert brought bracelettes earynges rynges gyrdels and all maner Iewels of golde Euery man also brought golde for Waue offerynges vnto the LORDE And who so euer fouÌ„de by him yalow sylke scarlet purple whyte sylke goates hayre reed skynnes of raÌ„mes and Doo skynnes brought it And who so euer houe vp syluer brasse brought it for y e Heue offerynge vnto the LORDE And who so euer founde Fyrre tre by him brought it for all maner of worke of the Gods seruyce And soch wemen as were wyse herted spanne with their haÌ„des and brought their sponne worke of yalow sylke scarlet purple and whyte sylke And soch wemen as had hye vnderstondinge in wyszdome spanne goates hayre As for y e prynces they brought Onix stones and set stones for y e ouerbody coate and for the brestlappe and spyces and oyle for y e lightes and for the anoyntinge oyle and for swete incense Thus the children of Israel brought fre wyllynge offerynges both man and wemeÌ„ for all maner of worke that the LORDE had commaunded by Moses to be made And Moses saide vnto the childreÌ„ of Israel Beholde y e LORDE hath called by name Bezaleel y e sonne of Vri y e sonne of Hur of the trybe of Iuda hath fylled him w t the sprete of God that he maye haue wyszdome vnderstondinge knowlege for all maner of worke to worke connyngly in golde syluer brasse to graue precious stones to set them to carue in wodd to make all maner of connynge workes and hath geueÌ„ instruccion in his hert both him and Ahaliab the sonne of Ahisamach of y e trybe of Dan. These hath he fylled w
take to wife but no wedowe ner deuorsed ner defyled ner whore but a virgin of his awne people shal he take to wife y t he vnhalowe not his sede amonge his people For I am y e LORDE which sanctifie him And y e LORDE talked w t Moses sayde Speake vnto Aaron saie Yf there be a blemysh vpoÌ„ eny of y e sede in yo r generacions the same shal not preasse to offre the bred of his God For who so euer hath a blemysh vpon him shal not come nere whether he be blynde lame with an euell fauoured nose w t eny myszshappen membre or y t hath a broken fote or hande or is croke backed or hath eny blemysh in the eye or is gleyd or is skyrvye or scaulde or hath his stones broken Who so euer now of the sede of Aaron y e prest hath eny blemysh vpoÌ„ him shal not come nye to offre y e sacrifice of the LORDE For he hath a deformyte Therfore shall he not preasse vnto the bred of his God to offre it Notwithstondinge he shal eate of the bred of his God both of the holy of y e most holy but he shal not go in to y e vayle ner come nye the altare for so moch as he hath a blemysh vpoÌ„ him y t he vnhalowe not my SaÌ„ctuary For I am y e LORDE y t sanctifieth theÌ„ And Moses spake this vnto Aaron to his sonnes and to all the children of Israel The XXII Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses sayde Speake vnto Aaron his sonnes y t they absteyne from y e halowed thinges of the childreÌ„ of Israel which they haue halowed vnto me y t they vnhalowe not my holy name for I am y e LORDE Saie now vnto them their posterities Who so euer he be of yo r sede y t commeth nye vnto the holy thinges which the childreÌ„ of Israel halowe vnto the LORDE so defyleth him self vpon the same his soule shal perishe before my face for I am the LORDE Who so euer of the sede of Aaron is a leper or hath a runnynge yssue shall not eate of the holy thinges tyll he be clensed Who so toucheth eny vncleane thinge or whose sede departeth from him by night or who so toucheth eny worme that is vncleane vnto him or a maÌ„ y t is vncleane vnto him what so euer defyleth hiÌ„ loke what soule toucheth eny soch is vncleane vntyll the euen shall not eate of the holy thinges but shall first bath his flesh with water And whaÌ„ y e Sonne is gone downe and he cleane then maye he eate therof for it is his foode Loke what dyeth alone or is rent of wylde beestes shall he not eate y t he be not vncleane theron for I am y e LORDE Therfore shal they kepe my lawe y t they lade not synne vpon them dye therin whan they vnhalowe them selues in it For I am y e LORDE y t halowe them A straunger shal not eate of the holy thinges ner an housholde gest of the prestes ner an hyred seruauÌ„t But yf y e prest bye a soule for his money y e same maye eate therof And loke who is borne in his house maye eate of his bred also Neuertheles yf the prestes doughter be a straungers wife she shal not eate of the Heue offeringes of holynes But yf she be a wedowe or deuorced or haue no sede commeth agayne to hir fathers house as afore whan she was yet a mayden in hir fathers house then shall she eate of hir fathers bred But no strauÌ„ger shal eate therof Who so els eateth of the halowed thynges vnwyttingly shal put y e fifth parte there vnto and geue it vnto the prest with the halowed thinge that they vnhalowe not y e halowed thinges of the children of Israel which they Heue vp vnto the LORDE lest they lade them selues with myszdoinge and trespace whaÌ„ they eate their halowed thynges for I am y e LORDE which halowe theÌ„ And y e LORDE talked w t Moses saide Speake vnto Aaron his sonnes to all y e childreÌ„ of Israel What so euer Israelite or straunger in Israel wyll do his offerynge whether it be their vowe or of fre wyl that they wyll offre a burnt offerynge vnto the LORDE to reconcyle them selues it shal be a male and without blemysh of the oxen or lambes or goates What so euer hath eny blemish shal they not offre for they shal fynde no fauoure therwith And who so wyl offre an health offeringe vnto the LORDE to separate out a vowe or of fre wyl oxen or shepe it shal be without blemysh y t it maye be accepted It shal haue no deformite Yf it be blynde or brokeÌ„ or wounded or haue a wen or skyrvye or scabbed they shal offre none soch vnto the LORDE ner put an offerynge of eny soch vpoÌ„ the altare of the LORDE An oxe or shepe y t hath myszshappeÌ„ membres or no rompe mayest thou offâ—â— of a fre wyll but to a vowe it maye not be accepted Thou shalt offre also vnto the LORDE nothinge y t is brused or broken or rent or cutt out ye shal do no soch in youre londe Morouer ye shall offre no bred vnto youre God of a straungers hande for it is marred of him and he hath a deformite therfore shal it not be accepted for you And the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde WhaÌ„ an oxe or laÌ„be or goate is brought forth it shal be seuen dayes with the dame and vpon the eight daye therafter it maie be offered vnto the LORDE theÌ„ is it accepted Whether it be oxe or lambe it shall not be slayne with his yonge in one daye But whaÌ„ ye wil offre a thaÌ„k offringe vnto the LORDE y t it maye be accepted ye shal eate it the same daye kepe nothinge ouer vntyll the mornynge for I am the LORDE Therfore kepe now my commaundementes and do them for I am the LORDE y t ye vnhalowe not my holy name that I maye be halowed amonge the children of Israel For I am he that halowe you eueÌ„ y e LORDE which brought you out of y e loÌ„de of Egipte y t I might be yo r God Euen I y e LORDE The XXIII Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses sayde Speake vnto y e children of Israel and saye vnto them These are y e feastes of the LORDE which ye shal call holy dayes Sixe dayes shalt thou worke but the seuenth daie is the rest of the Sabbath and shal be called holy Ye shal do no worke therin for it is the Sabbath of the LORDE where so euer ye dwell These are the feastes of the LORDE y t are called holy which ye shal call youre feastes Apon y e fourtene daye of y e first moneth at euen is the LORDES Easter And vpon y e fiftene daye of the same moneth is the feast of vnleueÌ„ded bred of
the LORDE Then shall ye eate vnleuended bred seuen dayes The first daie shal be called holy amonge you ye shal do no worke of bōdage therin seuē daies shal ye offre vnto y e LORDE The seuēth daie shal be called holy likewise wherin ye shal do no worke of bondage also And y e LORDE talked w t Moses sayde Speake to the childrē of Israel saye vnto them * Whan ye come in to the lande y t I shall geue you and reape downe youre haruest ye shal brynge a shefe of the first frutes of youre haruest vnto the prest thē shall the shefe be waued before the LORDE that ye maye be accepted but this shal the prest do the nexte daye after the Sabbath And y e same daie that yo r shefe is waued shal ye offre a burnt offeringe vnto the LORDE of a lambe which is without blemysh and of one yeare olde w t the meat offerynge two tenth deales of fyne floure mengled with oyle for an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE the drynk offerynge also euē the fourth parte of an Hin of wyne And ye shall eate nether bred nor cakes ner furmentye of new corne tyll the same daye that ye brynge an offerynge vnto youre God This shal be a lawe vnto youre posterities where so euer ye dwell Then shal ye nombre from the nexte daye after the Sabbath whan ye brought y e Waueshefe seuen whole wekes vntyll the nexte daie after y e seuēth weke namely fiftie daies shal ye nombre and offre new meat offerynges vnto the LORDE And out of all youre dwellinges shal ye offre namely two Waue loaues of two tenth deales of fyne floure leuēded and baken for the first frutes vnto y e LORDE And with youre bred ye shal brynge seuen lambes of one yeare olde without blemysh and a yonge bullocke and two rammes this shal be the LORDES burnt offerynge meat offerynge and drynk offrynge This is a sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE Morouer ye shal offre an he goate for a syn offerynge and two lambes of a yeare olde for an health offerynge And y e prest shal waue it vpon the bred of the first frutes before the LORDE with the two lambes And they shal be holy vnto the LORDE and shal be the prestes And this daye shal ye proclame for it shal be called holy amonge you no seruyle worke shal ye do therin A perpetuall lawe shall it be amonge yo r posterities where so euer ye dwell Whan ye reape downe y e haruest of youre londe ye shal not cut it cleane downe vpō the felde ner gather vp all but shal leaue it for the poore and straungers I am the LORDE youre God And y e LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel saye Vpon the first daye of the seuenth moneth shal ye haue the holy rest of the remembraunce of blowinge wherin ye shal do no seruyle worke and ye shal offre sacrifice vnto the LORDE And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Vpon the tenth daye in this seuenth moneth is the daye of reconcylinge which shal be an holy conuocacion w t you Ye shal humble youre soules therin and offre vnto the LORDE and shal do no seruyle worke in this daye for it is the daye of attonement that ye maye be reconcyled before the LORDE youre God For what soule so euer humbleth not him self vpon this daye the same shal be roted out from amonge his people And what soule so euer doth eny worke this daye the same wil I destroye from amonge his people therfore shall ye do no worke This shal be a perpetuall lawe vnto youre posterities where so euer ye dwell It is the rest of youre Sabbath that ye maye humble youre soules Vpon the nyenth daye of y e moneth at euen shal ye kepe this holy daye from the euen forth vntyll the euē agayne And the LORDE talked with Moses sayde Vpon the fiftene daye of the seuenth moneth is the feast of Tabernacles seuen dayes vnto the LORDE The first daye shal be an holy cōuocacion no seruyle worke shal ye do therin Seuen dayes shal ye offre vnto the LORDE The eight daye shal be an holy conuocacion vnto you also and ye shal offre vnto the LORDE for it is the daye of gatheringe together No seruyle worke shall ye do therin These are the holy daies of the LORDE which ye shall proclame and holde for holy conuocacions that ye maye offre vnto the LORDE burnt offerynges meat offerynges drynk offerynges and other offerynges euery one acordinge to his daye besyde y e Sabbathes of y e LORDE and youre giftes and vowes and frewyl offerynges that ye offre vnto the LORDE So vpon the fiftene daye of the seuenth moneth whan ye haue brought in the increase of the londe ye shall kepe the LORDES feast seuen dayes longe The first daye shal be kepte holy daye and the eight daye shal be kepte holy daye also And vpon the first daie ye shal take of y e goodly frutefull trees braunches of palme trees bowes of thicke trees and Wyllies of the broke and seuē dayes shal ye be mery before y e LORDE youre God and thus shal ye kepe the feast vnto the LORDE seuen dayes in the yeare This shal be a perpetuall lawe amonge youre posterities that they kepe holy daye thus in y e seuenth moneth Seuen dayes shal ye dwell in bothes Who so euer is an Israelite borne shal dwell in bothes that they which come after you maye knowe how that I made y e children of Israel to dwell in bothes whan I brought them out of the lōde of Egipte I am the LORDE youre God And Moses tolde the children of Israel these holy daies of the LORDE The XXIIII Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Cōmaunde the children of Israel that they brynge pure oyle olyue beaten for lightes that it maye be allwaye put in the lampes without before the vayle of wytnesse in the Tabernacle of wytnesse And Aaron shall dresse it allwaye at euen in y e mornynge before the LORDE Let this be a perpetuall lawe vnto youre posterities The lāpes shal he dresse vpon the pure candilsticke before the LORDE perpetually And thou shalt take fyne floure and bake twolue cakes therof two tēth deales shal euery cake haue thou shalt laye them sixe on a rowe vpō the pure table before the LORDE And vpon the same shalt thou laye pure frankencense that it maye be bred of remembraunce for an offerynge vnto y e LORDE Euery Sabbath shal he prepare thē before the LORDE allwaye and receaue them of the children of Israel for an euerlastinge couenaunt And they shal be Aarons and his sonnes which shal eate them in the holy place For this is his most holy of the offerynges of the LORDE for a perpetuall dewtye And there wente out an Israelitish
For the LORDE shal not holde him â—ngiltie that taketh his name in vayne Remembre the Sabbath daie that thou sanctifie it Sixe dayes shalt thou laboure and do all thy worke But vpon the seuenth daye is the Sabbath of the LORDE thy God thou shalt do no maner worke in it nether thou ner thy sonne ner thy doughter ner thy seruaunt ner thy mayde ner thy catell ner thy straunger that is within thy gates For in sixe dayes the LORDE made heauen and earth and the see and all that therin is and rested vpon the seuenth daye therfore the LORDE blessed the seuenth daye halowed it Honoure thy father and thy mother that thou mayest lyue longe in the londe which the LORDE thy God shal geue the. Thou shalt not kyll Thou shalt not breake wedlocke Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt beare no false wytnesse agaynst thy neghboure Thou shalt not lust after y e neghbours house Thou shalt not lust after thy neghbours wife ner his seruauÌ„t ner his mayde ner his oxe ner his Asse ner all that thy neghboure hath And all the people sawe the thonder and the lightenynge and the noyse of the trompet and how that the mountayne smoked and were afrayed and stackerd stode a farre of and sayde vnto Moses Talke thou with vs we wil heare and let not God talke with vs we might els dye And Moses sayde vnto the people Be not afrayed for God is come to proue you and that his feare maye be before youre eyes y t ye synne not And the people stode afarre of But Moses gat him in to the darcke cloude where in God was And the LORDE spake vnto him Thus shalt thou saye vnto the children of Israel Ye haue sene that I haue talked w t you from heauen therfore shal ye make nothinge with me goddes of syluer and golde shal ye not make you Make me an altare of earth wher vpon thou mayest offer y â— burnt offerynges peace offerynges thy shepe and thine oxen For loke in what place so euer I make y e remembraunce of my name there wil I come vnto the and blesse the. And yf thou wilt make me an altare of stone thou shalt not make it of hewen stone For yf thou lift vp thy tole vpon it thou shalt vnhalowe it Morouer thou shalt not go vp vpon steppes vnto myne altare that thy shame be not discouered before it The XXI Chapter THese are the lawes that thou shalt laye before them Yf thou bye a seruaunt that is an Hebrue he shal serue the sixe yeares in the seuenth yeare shall he go out fre and lowse Yf he came alone then shal he go out alone also but yf he came maried then shall his wife go out with him Yf his master haue geueÌ„ him a wife she haue borne him sonnes or doughters theÌ„ shal the wife and y e children be the masters but he shall go out alone Neuertheles yf the seruaunt saye I loue my master and my wife and children I wil not go out fre then let his master brynge him before the Goddes and holde him to the dore or post and bore him thorow the eare with a botkin and let him be his seruaunt for euer Yf a man sell his doughter to be an hand mayde then shal she not go out as the men seruauntes But yf she please not hir master and he haue not maried her then shal he let her go fre but to sell her vnto a strauÌ„ge people he hath no auctorite for so moch as he hath despysed her Yf he promyse her vnto his sonne then shal he do vnto her after the lawe of doughters But yf he geue him another wife then shall he mynishe nothinge of hir foode rayment and dewtye of mariage Yf he do not these thre then shal she go out fre and paye nothinge He that smyteth a man that he dye shall dye the death Yf he haue not layed wayte for him but God let him fall in his hande vnawares then wil I appoynte the a place where he shal flye vnto But yf a man presume vpon his neghboure and slaye him with disceate then shalt thou take the same fro myne altare that he maye be slayne â–ª Who so smyteth his father or mother shall dye the death He that stealeth a man and selleth him so that he be founde by him the same shall dye the death Who so curseth father and mother shal dye the death Yf men stryue together and one smyte another with a stone or with his fist so that he dye not but lyeth in bedd Yf he ryse and go forth vpon his staff theÌ„ shall he that smote him be vngiltie saue that he shal paye the losse of his tyme and geue y e money for healynge him He that smyteth his seruaunt or mayde with a staff that he dye vnder his handes the same shall suffre vengeaunce therfore But yf he endure a daye or two then shall he suffre no veÌ„geaunce therfore for it is his money Yf men stryue and hytt a woman with childe so that y e frute departe from her and no harme happen vnto her then shall he be punyshed for money as moch as the womans huszbande layeth to his charge and he shall geue it acordinge to the appoyntement of the dayes men But yf there come harme vnto her there thorow then shal he paye soule for soule eye for eye toth for toth hande for hande fote for fote burnynge for burnynge wounde for wounde strype for strype Yf a man smyte his seruaunt or his mayde in the eye and destroye it he shal let them go fre and lowse for the eye sake In like maner yf he smyte out a tothe of his seruaunt or mayde he shall let them go fre and lowse for the tothes sake Yf an oxe gorre a man or a woman that he dye then shall that oxe be stoned and his flesh not eaten so is the master of the oxe vngiltie But yf the oxe haue bene vsed to push in tymes past it hath bene tolde his master and he hath not kepte him and besydes that slayeth a man or a woman then shal y e oxe be stoned and his master shal dye But yf there be money set vpon him then loke what is put vpon him that shall he geue to delyuer his soule Likewyse shall he be dealte withall yf he gorre a sonne or a doughter But yf he gorre a seruaunt or a mayde then shall he geue their master thirtie syluer Sycles and the oxe shal be stoned Yf a man open a well or dygge a pytt and couer it not and there fall an oxe or Asse therin then shall the owner of the pytt make it good with money and restore it vnto his master but the deed carcase shal be his owne Yf one mans oxe gorre another that he dye then shall they sell the lyuynge oxe and deuyde the money and the deed carcase
shal they deuyde also But yf it be knowne that the oxe haue bene vsed to gorre afore then shal he paye his oxe for the other the deed carcase shal be his owne The XXII Chapter YF a man steale an oxe or shepe and slaye it or sell it he shall restore fyue oxen for an oxe and foure shepe for a shepe Yf a thefe be taken breakinge in vpon that be smytten that he dye then shall not he that smote him be giltie of his bloude But yf the sonne be gone vp vpoÌ„ him then hath he committed manslaughter and he shal dye A thefe shall make restitucion Yf he haue nothiÌ„ge theÌ„ let him be solde for his theft But yf y e theft be founde by him alyue from the oxe vnto the Asse or shepe then shall he restore dubble Yf a man hurte a felde or vynyarde so y t he let his catell do harme in another mans felde the same shall make restitucion euen of the best of his owne felde and vynyarde Yf a fyre come out and take holde of y e thornes so that the sheeues be consumed or the corne that stondeth yet vpon the felde he that kyndled the fyre shall make restitucion Yf a man delyuer his neghboure money or vessels to kepe and it be stollen from him out of his house yf the thefe be founde he shal restore dubble But yf the thefe be not founde then shal the good man of the house be brought before the Goddes and shal sweare that he hath not put his hande vnto his neghbours good Yf one accuse another in eny maner of trespace whether it be for oxe or Asse or shepe or rayment what so euer it be that is lost then shall both their causes come before the Goddes Loke whom the Goddes condempne the same shal restore dubble vibe to his neghboure Yf a man delyuer vnto his neghboure an Asse or oxe or shepe or eny maner of catell to kepe and it dye or be hurte or dryuen awaye that no man se it then shall there an â—oth of the LORDE go betwene them that he hath not put his hande vnto his neghbours good and the owner of y e good shal accepte it so that the other shall not make it good Yf a thefe steale it from him then shal he make restitucioÌ„ vnto the owner therof But yf it be rauyshed of beastes then shal he brynge recorde therof and not make it good Yf a man boâ—owe ought of his neghboure and it be hurte or dye so that the owner therof be not by then shall he make it good But yf the owner therof be by then shal he not make it good yf he hyred it for his money Yf a man begile a mayde that is not yet spoused and lye with her the same shal geue her hir dowry and take her to his wife But yf hir father refuse to geue her vnto him theÌ„ shall he we ye there the money acordinge to the dowry of virgins Thou shalt not suffre a witch to lyue Who so lyeth w t a beest shal dye the death Who so offreth to eny goddes saue vnto the LORDE onely let him dye without redempcion Thou shalt not vexe ner oppresse a straunger for ye youre selues were straungers also in the londe of Egipte Ye shall truble no wyddowe ner fatherlesse childe Yf thou shalt trouble them they shall crie vnto me and I shall heare their crye then shal my wrath waxe whote so y t I shal sley you with the swerde and youre wyues shal be wedowes and youre children fatherlesse Yf thou lende money vnto my people that is poore by the thou shalt not behaue thy self as an vsurer vnto him nether shalt thou oppresse him with vsury Yf thou take a garment of thy neghboure to pledge thou shalt geue it him agayne before the Sonne go downe for his raymeÌ„t is his onely couerynge of his skynne wherin he slepeth But yf he shall crie vnto me I wyll heare him for I am mercifull Thou shalt not speake euell of the Goddes and the ruler of thy people shall thou not blaspheme Thy drie and moist frutes shalt thou not kepe backe Thy first sonne shalt thou geue vnto me So shalt thou do also with thine oxen and shepe Seuen dayes let it be with the dame Vpon the eight daye shalt thou geue it vnto me Ye shal be holy people before me Therfore shal ye eate no flesh that is torne of beestes in the felde but cast it vnto the dogges The XXIII Chapter THou shalt not accepte a vayne tale that thou woldest manteyne the vngodly and be a false wytnesse Thou shalt not folowe the multitude vnto euell ner answere at the lawe that thou woldest to folowe the multitude turne a syde from the right Thou shalt not paynte a poore maÌ„s cause Yf thou mete thine enemies oxe or Asse goinge astraye thou shalt brynge the same vnto him agayne Yf thou se the Asse of him that hateth the lye vnder his burthen thou shalt not let him lye but shalt helpe him vp Thou shalt not wraist the righte of thy poore in his cause Kepe the farre from false matters The innocent and righteous shalt thou not sley for Iiustifie not y e vngodly Thou shalt not take giftes for giftes blinde euen them y t are sharpe of sight wraist the righteous causes Ye shall not oppresse a straunger for ye knowe the hert of straungers for so moch as ye youre selues also haue bene straungers in the londe of Egipte Sixe yeares shalt thou sowe thy londe and gather in the frute therof In the seuenth yeare shalt thou let it rest and lye still that the poore amonge thy people maye eate therof and loke what remayneth ouer let y e beestes of the felde eate it Thus shalt thou do also with thy vynyarde and olyue trees Sixe dayes shalt thou do thy worke but vpon the seuenth daye thou shalt kepe holy daye that thine oxe and Asse maye rest and that the sonne of thy handmayden and the straunger maye refresh them selues All that I haue sayde vnto you that kepe And as for the names of other goddes ye shall not remembre them and out of youre mouthes shal they not be herde Thre tymes in the yeare shalt thou kepe feast vnto me namely the feast of vnleuended bred shalt thou kepe that thou eate vnleuended bred seuen dayes like as I commaunded y e in the tyme of y e moneth Abib for in the same wentest thou out of Egipte But appeare not emptye before me And y e feast whan thou first reapest thy labours y t thou hast sowen vpon the felde And the feast of ingatherynge in the ende of y e yeare whan thou hast gathered in thy laboures out of the felde Thre tymes in the yeare shal euery male that thou hast appeare before the LORDE the Gouernoure Thou shalt not offre the
he shal bringe the lyuynge goate TheÌ„ shal Aaron laie both his haÌ„des vpoÌ„ y e heade of him confesse ouer him all the myszdedes of y e childreÌ„ of Israel all their trespaces in their synnes shal laye theÌ„ vpoÌ„ y e heade of the goate by some man y t is at hande shal he let him runne in to the wildernes y t the goate maye so beare all their mysdedes vpon him in to y e wyldernesse and he shal leaue him in the wyldernesse And Aaron shal go in to the Tabernacle of witnesse and put of the lynnen clothes which he put on whaÌ„ he wente in to y e SaÌ„ctuary and shal leaue them there and bathe his flesh with water in the holy place and put on his awne rayment And he shal go forth and make his burnt offeringe and the burnt offeringe of the people and make an attonement both for himself and for the people and burne the fat of the syn offerynge vpon the altare But he y e caried out the fre goate shal wash his clothes and bathe him self with water then come in to the hoost The bullocke of the syn offerynge and y e goate of the syn offerynge whose bloude was brought in to the Sanctuary to make an attonemeÌ„t shal be caried out of y e hoost brent with fyre both their skynnes flesh and donge And he that burneth them shal wash his clothes and bathe him self with water and then come in to the hoost And this shal be a perpetuall lawe vnto you Vpon the tenth daye of the seuenth moneth shal ye humble youre soules and do no worke whether it be one of youre selues or a straunger amonge you For in this daye is youre attonemeÌ„t made that ye maye be clensed from all youre synnes before the LORDE therfore shall it be a fre Sabbath vnto you and ye shal humble youre soules Let this bâ— a perpetuall lawe But the prest that is anoynted and whose hande was fylled to be prest in his fathers steade shal make this attonement and shal put on the lynnen clothes namely the holy vestimeÌ„tes so shal he recoÌ„cyle the holy SaÌ„ctuary and the Tabernacle of wytnesse and the altare and y e prestes and all the people of the congregacion This shal be a perpetuall lawe vnto you that ye reconcyle y e children of Israel from all their synnes once a yeare And Moses dyd as the LORDE commaunded him The XVII Chapter ANd y e LORDE talked with Moses sayde Speake vnto Aaron his sonnes to all y e childreÌ„ of Israel saye vnto them This is it that y e LORDE hath commaunded What so euer he be of y e house of Israel y t kylleth an oxe or laÌ„be or goate in the hoost or out of the hoost and bryngeth it not before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse that it maye be brought vnto the LORDE for an offerynge before the Habitacion of y e LORDE the same shal be giltie of bloude as though he had shed bloude and soch a man shal be roted out from amonge his people Therfore shall the children of Israel brynge their offerynges that they wyll offâ—e vpon the wyde felde before the LORDE euen before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse vnto the prest there offre their health offerynges vnto the LORDE And the prest shal sprenkle the bloude vpon the altare of the LORDE before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and burne the fat for a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE and they shall offre their offerynges nomore vnto deuels with whom they go a whorynge This shal be a perpetuall lawe vnto them amonge their posterities Therfore shalt thou saie vnto theÌ„ What man so euer he be of the house of Israel or a straunger also that is amonge you which offereth a burnt offerynge or eny other offerynge and bringeth it not before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse to offre it vnto the LORDE he shal be roted out from amoÌ„ge his people And what man so euer it be either of the house of Israel or a straunger amonge you that eateth eny maner of bloude agaynst him wyll I set my face and wil rote him out from amonge his people for the soule of y e body is in the bloude and I haue geuen it you for the altare that youre soules maye be reconcyled ther with For the bloude that is in the soule maketh attonement Therfore haue I sayde vnto the children of Israel No soule amonge you shall eate bloude no ner eny straunger that dwelleth amonge you And what man so euer it be amonge you whether he be of the house of Israel or a straunger amoÌ„ge you that at the huntynge taketh a beest or foule which maye be eaten he shall poure out the bloude of the same couer it with earth for all flesh lyueth in the bloude And I haue sayde vnto the children of Israel Ye shall eate the bloude of no body for the life of all flesh is in his bloude Who so euer eateth it shal be roted out And what so euer soule eateth that which dyed alone or y t was torne of wylde beestes whether he be one of youre selues or a straunger the same shal wash his clothes and bathe himself with water and he vncleane vntyll the euen and then is he cleane But yf he wash not his clothes nor bathe him self then shal he beare his synne The XVIII Chapter ANd the LORDE talked w t Moses saide Speake vnto the childreÌ„ of Israel saye vnto them I am the LORDE youre God Ye shall not do after y e workes of the lande of Egipte wherin ye dwelt nether after the doynges of the lande of Canaan in to the which I will brynge you Ye shal not walke after their customes but after my lawes shall ye do my statutes shall ye kepe that ye maye walke therin for I am the LORDE youre God Therfore shal ye kepe my statutes and my lawes For the man that doth the same shal liue therin for I am the LORDE No maÌ„ shal come at his nexte kinszwomaÌ„ to vncouer hir preuytie for I am y e LORDE Thou shalt not vncouer y e preuytie of y e father of y e mother It is thy mother therfore shalt thou not vncouer hir preuytie Thou shalt not vncouer y e preuytie of y e fathers wife for it is y e fathers preuytie Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy sister which is the doughter of y e father or of y e mother whether she be borne at home or without Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy sonnes doughter or of thy doughters doughter for it is thine awne preuytie Thou shalt not vncouer y e preuytie of y e fathers wiues doughter which is borne vnto him and is thy sister Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of thy fathers sister for it is thy fathers nexte kynszwoman Thou shalt not vncouer the preuytie of
e LORDE y e God in vayne for y e LORDE shal not holde him vngiltie y t taketh his name in vaine Kepe y e Sabbath daye that thou sanctifye it as the LORDE thy God hath commauÌ„ded the. Sixe daies shalt thou laboure and do all thy worke but vpon the seuenth daye it is the Sabbath of the LORDE thy God No maner worke shalt thou do in it thou and thy sonne and thy doughter and thy seruaunt and thy mayde and thine oxe and thine Asse and all thy catell and the straunger which is within thy gates that thy seruaunt and thy mayde maye rest as well as thou For thou shalt remeÌ„bre that thou thyself also wast a seruaunte in the londe of Egipte and how that the LORDE thy God brought the out from thence with a mightye hande and a stretched out arme Therfore hath the LORDE y e God commaunded y t to kepe the Sabbath daye Honoure thy father and thy mother as the LORDE thy God hath commaunded the that thou mayest lyue longe vpoÌ„ earth and that it maye go well with the in the londe which the LORDE thy God shall geue the. Thou shalt not kyll Thou shalt not breake wedlocke Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt beare no false witnes against thy neghboure Thou shalt not lust after y e neghbours wyfe Thou shalt not lust after thy neghbours house londe seruaunt mayde oxe Asse or what so euer he hath These are the wordes that the LORDE spake to all youre congregacion vpon the mount out of the fyre of the cloude and darknesse with a greate voyce and added nothinge therto And he wrote them vpon two tables of stone and delyuered theÌ„ vnto me But whan ye herde the voyce out of the darknes and sawe the mount burne w t fyre ye came vnto me all ye rulers amonge youre trybes and youre Elders and sayde Beholde the LORDE oure God hath shewed vs his glory his greatnes and we haue herde his voyce out of y e fyre This daye haue we sene that God maie talke with a man and he yet lyue And now wherfore shulde we dye that this fire â–ª shulde coÌ„sume vs. Yf we shulde heare the voyce of the LORDE oure God eny more we shulde dye For what is all fleshe that it shulde be able to heare y e voyce of the lyuynge God speakynge out of y e fyre as we haue done and yet lyue Go thou and heare all y t the LORDE oure God sayeth and tell us All y t the LORDE sayeth vnto the that will we heare and do Whan the LORDE herde the voyce of yo r wordes which ye spake vnto me he sayde vnto me I haue herde y e voyce of the wordes of this people which they haue spoken vnto ye. It is all good that they haue spoken But who shal geue them soch an herte y t they maye feare me kepe all my coÌ„maundementes as longe as they lyue y t it maye go well with them and with their childreÌ„ for euer Go saye vnto them Get you in to yo r tentes agayne But thou shalt stonde here before me that I maye tell the all the commaundementes and ordinauÌ„ces and lawes which thou shalt teach them y t they maye do therafter in the loÌ„de which I shal geue theÌ„ to possesse Take hede now therfore that ye do as the LORDE yo r God hath commaunded you and turne not asyde nether to y e right hande ner to the lefâ—e but walke in all y e wayes which the LORDE youre God hath commaunded you that ye maie lyue and that it maie go well with you and y t ye maye lyue longe in y e londe which ye shall haue in possession The VI. Chapter THese are the commaundementes ordinaunces lawes which y e LORDE yo r God hath coÌ„maunded y t ye shulde lerne them do them in the londe whyther ye go to possesse it that thou mayest feare the LORDE y e God kepe all his ordinauÌ„ces commaundementes which I commaunde the thou and y e children and y e childers children all y e dayes of youre life that ye maye lyue loÌ„ge Thou shalt heare O Israel take hede y t thou do therafter y t it maye go well with y e that thou mayest multiplye greatly as y e LORDE God of y e fathers hath promysed the a londe y t floweth w t mylke hony Heare O Israel the LORDE oure God is one LORDE onely And thou shalt loue the LORDE thy God w t all thy hart with all y e soule with all thy mighte And these wordes which I commauÌ„de the this daie shalt thou take to hert shalt whet them vpon y e children and shalt talke of them whaÌ„ thou syttest in thyne house whan thou walkest by the waie whan thou lyest downe whaÌ„ thou rysest vp And thou shalt bynde them for a signe vpon thine hande and they shall be a token of remeÌ„braunce before thine eyes and thou shalt wryte them vpon the postes of thine house and vpon thy gates Now whan y e LORDE y e God shal bringe the in to y e londe wherof he sware vnto y e fathers Abraham Isaac Iacob and shal geue the greate goodly cities which thou hast not buylded and houses full of all goodes which thou hast not filled digged welles which thou hast not digged and vynyardes and olyue trees which thou hast not plaÌ„ted so y t thou eatest and art full then bewarre that thou forget not the LORDE which brought the out of the londe of Egipte froÌ„ the house of bondage but thou shalt feare the LORDE thy God and him onely shalt thou serue and sweare by his name And ye shal not folowe the other goddes of the nacions which are aboute you for the LORDE thy God is a gelous God in the myddest of the that the wrath of the LORDE thy God waxe not whote ouer the and destroye the from the earth Ye shal not tempte y e LORDE youre God as ye tempted him at Massa but kepe the commaundementes of the LORDE yo r God and his witnesses his ordinaunces which he hath commaunded the that thou mayest do that which is right good in y e sighte of the LORDE y t thou mayest prospere and y t thou mayest go in conquere that good londe which the LORDE sware vnto y e fathers that he maye chace out all thine enemies before the as the LORDE hath sayde Now whan thy sonne axeth the todaye or tomorow and sayeth What meane these witnesses ordinaunces and lawes that the LORDE oure God hath comaunded you Then shalt thou saye vnto thy sonne We were Pharaos bondmen in Egipte and the LORDE brought vs out of Egipte with a mightie hande and the LORDE did greate euell tokens wonders in Egipte vpoÌ„ Pharao and all his house before oure eyes and brought vs from thence to bringe vs in
his brethren that he mighte be mercyfull and a faithfull hye prest in thinges concernynge God to make agrement for the synnes of y e people For in that he himselfe suffred and was tempted he is able to sucker them that are tempted The III. Chapter WHerfore holy brethren ye that are partakers of the heauēly callynge consyder the Embasseatour and hye prest of o r profession Christ Iesus which is faithfull to him that ordeyned him euen as was Moses in all his house But this man is worthy of greater honoure then moses in as moch as he which prepareth the house hath greater honoure in it then the house it selfe For euery house is prepared of some mā but he that ordeyned all thinges is God And Moses verely was faithfull in all his house as a mynister to beare witnes of those thinges which were to be spoken afterwarde But Christ as a sonne hath rule ouer his house whose house are we yf we holde fast the confidence and reioysinge of that hope vnto the ende Wherfore as y e holy goost sayeth Todaye yf ye shal heare his voyce harden not youre hertes as in the prouokynke in the daye of temptacion in the wyldernes where youre fathers tempted me proued me and sawe my workes fortye yeares longe Wherfore I was greued w t that generacion and sayde They erre euer in their hertes But they knewe not my wayes so that I sware in my wrath that they shulde not enter into my rest Take hede brethren that there be not in eny of you an euell hert of vnbeleue to departe from the lyuynge God but exhorte youre selues daylie whyle it is called to daye lest eny of you waxe harde harted thorow y e disceatfulnes of synne For we are become partakers of Christ yf we kepe sure vnto y e ende the begynnynge of the substāce so longe as it is sayde Todaye yf ye shal heare his voyce hardē not youre hertes as in the prouocaciō For some whan they herde prouoked Howbeit not all they y t came out of Egipte by Moses But with whom was he displeased fortye yeares longe Was he not displeased with them y t synned whose carcases were ouerthrowne in y e wyldernesse To whom sware he y t they shulde not enter in to his rest but vnto thē y t beleued not And we se y t they coulde not enter in because of vnbeleue The IIII. Chapter LEt vs feare therfore lest eny of vs forsakynge the promes of entrynge in to his rest shulde seme to come behinde for it is declared vnto vs as well as vnto thē But the worde of preachinge helped not thē whā they that herde it beleued it not For we which haue beleued enter in to his rest acordynge as he sayde Euen as I haue sworne in my wrath They shal not enter in to my rest And that spake he verely lōge after that the workes frō the begynnynge of the worlde were made For he spake in a certayne place of the seuēth daye on this wyse And God rested on the seuenth daye from all his workes And in this place agayne They shal not come in to my rest Seynge it foloweth thē that some must enter there in to and they to whom it was first preached entred not therin for vnbeleues sake therfore appoynteth he a daye agayne after so longe tyme and sayeth Todaye as it is rehearsed by Dauid Todaye yf ye shal heare his voyce then harden not youre hertes For yf Iosua had geuen them rest thē wolde he not afterwarde haue spoken of another daye Therfore remayneth there yet a rest vnto the people of God For he that is entred in to his rest ceasseth from his workes as God doth from his Let vs make haist therfore to enter in to that rest lest eny man fall after the same ensample of vnbeleue For y e worde of God is quycke and mightie in operacion and sharper thē eny two edged swerde and entreth thorow euen to the deuydinge of the soule the sprete and of y e ioyntes the mary and is a iudger of the thoughtes intētes of the hert nether is there eny creature invisible in y e sighte of him But all thinges are naked bare vnto y e eyes of hī of whō we speake The V. Chapter SEynge then that we haue a greate hye prest euē Iesus y e sonne of God which is entred in to heauen let vs holde oure profession For we haue not an hye prest which cā not haue cōpassion on o r infirmities but was in all poyntes tēpted like as we are but without synne Let vs therfore go boldely vnto the seate of grace that we maye receaue mercy and fynde grace to helpe in the tyme of nede For euery hye prest that is taken frō amōge men is ordeyned for men in thinges pertayninge to God to offer giftes and sacrifices for synne which can haue cōpassion on the ignoraunt and on them that are out of the waye for so moch as he himselfe also is compased aboute with infirmyte Therfore is he bounde to offer for synnes as well for him selfe as for y e people And nomā taketh y e honoure vnto himselfe but he that is called of God as was Aaron Euen so Christ glorified not himselfe to be made hye prest but he y t sayde vnto him Thou art my sonne this daye haue I begotten the. As he sayeth also in another place Thou art a prest for euer after y e order of Melchisedech And in y e dayes of his fleshe he offred vp prayers supplicacions w t strōge cryenge teares vnto him y t was able to saue him frō death was herde also because he had God in honoure And though he was Gods sonne yet lerned he obedience by those thinges which he suffred And he beynge made perfecte became the cause of euerlastinge saluaciō vnto all thē y t obeye him and is called of God an hye prest after the order of Melchisedech Wherof we haue many thinges to saye which are harde to be vttered because ye are dull of hearynge For where as concernynge the tyme ye ought to be teachers yet haue ye nede agayne y t we teach you the first preceptes of the worde of God and are become soch as haue nede of mylke and not stronge meate For euery one that is fed yet with mylte is vnexperte in the worde of righteousnes for he is but a babe But stronge meate belongeth vnto them y t are perfecte which thorow custome haue their wyttes exercysed to iudge both good and euell The VI. Chapter WHerfore let vs leaue the doctryne pertaynynge to the begynnynge of a Christen life and let vs go vnto perfeccion and now nomore laye y e foundacion of repētaunce from deed workes and of faith towarde God of baptyme of doctryne of layenge on of hādes of resurreccion of the deed of eternall iudgment
y t is not eloqueÌ„t from yesterdaye yeryesterdaye sence the tyme y t thou hast spoâ—â— â–ª vnto thy seruaunt for I haue a slowe speach a slowe tunge The LORDE sayde vnto him Who hath made the mouth of man Or who hath made the domme or the deaf or the seynge or y e blynde Haue not I the LORDE done it Go now thy waye therfore I wil be w t thy mouth teach the what thou shalt saye But Moses sayde â–ª My LORDE sende whom thou wilt sende Then was the LORDE very angrie at Moses and saide Do not I knowe then y t thy brother Aaron the Leuite is well spoken And beholde he shal go forth to mete y e whan he seyth the he shal reioyse from his hert Thou shalt speake vnto him put the wordes in his mouth I wil be with thy mouth his and teach you what ye shall doo he shall speake vnto the people for the â–ª He shal be thy mouth thou shalt be his God And take in thine hande this staff wherwith thou shalt do tokens Moses weÌ„te and came agayne vnto Iethro his father in lawe and sayde vnto him Let me go I praye the that I maye turne agayne vnto my brethreÌ„ which are in Egipte and se whether they be yet alyue Iethro sayde vnto him Go thy waye in peace The LORDE sayde also vnto him in Madian Go y i waye turne againe in to Egipte for y e meÌ„ are deed that sought after thy life So Moses toke his wife and his sonnes and caried them vpon an Asse wente againe in to the lande of Egipte toke the staff of God in his hande And the LORDE saide vnto Moses When thou coÌ„mest agayne in to Egipte se y t thou do all the wonders before Pharao which I haue put in y e haÌ„de But I wil hardeÌ„ his hert y t he shall not let the people go And thou shalt saie vnto Pharao Thus sayeth y e LORDE Israel is my firstborne sonne I saye vnto the Let my sonne go y t he maye serue me Yf thou wilt not let him go then wil I slaye thy firstborne sonne And as he was by the waye in the Inne the LORDE met him and wolde haue slayne him Then toke Zipora a stone and circumcyded the foreskynne of hir sonne and touched his fete and sayde A bloudy brydegrome art thou vnto me TheÌ„ let he him go But she sayde A bloudy brydegrome because of the circumcision And the LORDE sayde vnto Aaron Go mete Moses in the wildernes And he weÌ„te met him on the mount of God and kyssed him And Moses tolde Aaron all the wordes of the LORDE which had sent him all the tokens y t he had charged him withall And they weÌ„te gathered all the elders of the childreÌ„ of Israel And Aaron tolde all y e wordes y t the LORDE had spokeÌ„ vnto Moses dyd the tokens before the people the people beleued And whan they herde y t the LORDE vysited the children of Israel and loked vpon their trouble they bowed them selues and worshipped The V. Chapter AFterwarde wente Moses Aaron spake vnto Pharao Thus sayeth the LORDE the God of Israel let my people go y t they maye kepe holy daye vnto me in the wildernes Pharao answered What felowe is the LORDE that I must heare his voyce and let Israel go I knowe not the LORDE nether wil I let Israel go They sayde The God of the Hebrues hath called vs. Let vs go now therfore thre dayes iourney in the wildernes do sacrifice vnto the LORDE o r God y t there happen not vnto vs pestileÌ„ce or swerde TheÌ„ sayde y e kynge of Egipte vnto theÌ„ Why make ye y e people thou Moses Aaron to leaue their worke Get you heÌ„ce to yo r laboure Pharao saide morouer Beholde y e people are to many in y e lande and yet wil ye byd them ceasse from their laboure The same daye therfore dyd Pharao coÌ„maunde the workmasters of the people and their officers and sayde Ye shal not gather and geue the people eny more strawe to burne bryck as yesterdaye and yeryesterdaye Let them go and gather them strawe them selues And the nombre of the brycke which they made yesterdaye yeryesterdaye shall ye laye vpon them neuertheles and mynish nothinge therof for they are ydle Therfore crye they and saye We wil go and do sacrifice vnto oure God Let the men be kepte downe w t laboure y t they maye haue to do not to turne them selues to false wordes Then wente the workmasters of the people their officers out spake vnto the people Thus sayeth Pharao There shall no strawe be geuen you go youre waye youre selues and get you strawe where ye can fynde it But of youre labo r there shall nothinge be mynished Then were the people scatred in all y e lande of Egipte to gather stubble that they might haue strawe And the workmasters haistied them forwarde sayde Fulfill yo r daye worke like as whan ye had strawe And the officers of y e children of Israel whom Pharaos worckmasters had set ouer them were beaten it was saide vnto them Wherfore haue ye not fulfilled yo r appoynted daye worke to daye and yesterdaye like as in tymes past Than wente the officers of the children of Israel coÌ„playned vnto Pharao Wherfore wilt thou deale thus w t thy seruauntes Thy seruauntes haue no strawe geuen theÌ„ yet must we make the brycke that are appoynted vs. And beholde thy seruauntes are beaten thy people are euell intreated Pharao sayde Ye are ydle ydle are ye therfore saye ye we will go and do sacrifice vnto the LORDE Go now yo r waye therfore worke there shall no strawe be geuen you but the nombre of brycke shal ye delyuer Then sawe the officers of the children of Israel y t it was not amended for it was sayde ye shal mynish nothinge of the daye worke of the brycke And whan Moses Aaron wente from Pharao they came forth to mete them sayde vnto them The LORDE loke vpon you iudge it for ye haue made the sauoure of vs to stynke before Pharao and his seruauntes and haue geuen them a swerde in their handes to slaye vs. But Moses came agayne vnto the LORDE and sayde LORDE wherfore dealest thou so euell w t this people Wherfore hast thou sent me For sence the tyme that I wente in vnto Pharao to speake vnto him in thy name he hath dealt euell with this people and thou hast not delyuered y e people The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Now shalt thou se what I will do vnto Pharao for thorow a mightie hande must he let them go thorow a mightie hande must he dryue them from him out of his londe The VI. Chapter ANd God spake vnto Moses sayde vnto him I am y e LORDE I appeared vnto Abraham Isaac
shal be here after for they couered the londe and made it darcke And they ate vp all the herbes in y e londe all the frutes vpon the trees which remayned from y e hayle left no grene thinge behinde in the trees herbes vpon the felde in all the lande of Egipte Then Pharao called for Moses Aaron in all y e haist saide I haue synned against the LORDE yo r God agaynst you forgeue me my synne this once also pray the LORDE yo r God y t he maye take awaye fro me this death onely And he weÌ„te out from Pharao prayed vnto the LORDE TheÌ„ the LORDE turned a maruelous stroÌ„ge west wynde and toke vp the greshoppers caâ—â— them in to the reed see so that there was not one left in all the quarters of Egipte But the LORDE hardened Pharaos hert that he let not the childreÌ„ of Israel go The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Stretch out thine haÌ„de towarde heauen that it be so darck in the londe of Egipte y t it maye be felt And Moses stretched out his haÌ„de towarde heauen theÌ„ was there a thicke darcknesse in all the londe of Egipte thre dayes so y t in thre dayes no maÌ„ sawe another nor rose vp from y e place where he was But w t the childreÌ„ of Israel there was light in their dwellinges Then Pharao called for Moses sayde Go yo r waye serue the LORDE onely leaue yo r shepe yo r oxen here let yo r childreÌ„ go w t you also Moses sayde Thou must geue vs offringes and brent offerynges that we maye do sacrifice vnto the LORDE o r God Oure catell shal go w t vs and there shal not one hooffe be left behynde for we must take therof for the seruyce of the LORDE o r God Morouer we knowe not wherwithall we shal serue y e LORDE tyll we come thither But the LORDE hardened Pharaos hert y t he wolde not let them go And Pharao sayde vnto him Get the hence fro me bewarre that thou come nomore in my sight For loke what daie so euer thou coÌ„mest in my sight thou shalt dye Moses answered EueÌ„ as thou hast sayde I wil come nomore in thy sight The XI Chapter ANd the LORDE sayde vnto Moses I wil yet brynge a plage vpon Pharao and Egipte after y t shal he let you go from hence shal not onely let all go but also dryue you hence Therfore saye now vnto the people y t euery man borowe of his neghboure euery woman of his neghbouresse Iewels of syluer golde for the LORDE shal geue the people fauo r in the sight of y e EgipciaÌ„s And Moses was a very greate man in the lande of Egipte in y e sight of Pharaos seruauntes in the sight of the people And Moses sayde Thus sayeth the LORDE At mydnight wil I go out in the lande of Egipte all y e first borne in the lande of Egipte shall dye from Pharaos first sonne y t sytteth vpon his seate vnto the first sonne of the mayde seruaunte which is behynde y e myll all the first borne amonge the catell there shal be a greate crie in all the lande of Egipte soch as neuer was ner shal be But amonge all the childreÌ„ of Israel there shall not a dogg quatch w t his tonge fro men vnto catell y t ye maye knowe how y t the LORDE hath put a differeÌ„ce betwixte Egipte Israel TheÌ„ shal all these thy seruauntes come downe vnto me fal at my fote saye Get the out thou all the people that are vnder the. After that wyl I departe And he weÌ„te froÌ„ Pharao w t a wroth full displeasure The LORDE saide vnto Moses Pharao herkeneth not vnto you y t many woÌ„ders maye be done in y e laÌ„de of Egipte And Moses Aaron dyd all these woÌ„ders before Pharao but y e LORDE hardened his hert y t he wolde not let y e childreÌ„ of Israel go out of his londe The XII Chapter THe LORDE sayde vnto Moses Aaron in the londe of Egipte This moneth shal be with you y e first moneth at it ye shall begynne the monethes of the yeare Speake ye vnto all the congregacion of Israel saye Vpon y e tenth daye of this moneth let euery one take a laÌ„be or a kydd where a housholder is to euery house a laÌ„be But yf the housholde be to few for a lambe theÌ„ let him his neghbo r y t is next vnto his house take it acordinge to the nombre of y e soules and counte to the lambe what euery man maye eate But it shal be a lambe with out blemish a male of a yeare olde From amonge the lambes goates shal ye take it And ye shal kepe it vnto y e fourtene daye of the moneth And euery man of the congregacion of Israel shal slaye it aboute the eueninge And they shal take of his bloude and stryke it on both the syde postes of the dore and on the vpperdore post of the house that they eate it in And so shal they eate flesh y e same night rosted at the fyre vnleuended bred and shal eate it with sowre sawse Ye shal not eate it rawe ner sodden with water but onely rosted at the fyre his heade w t his fete and pertenaunce And ye shal leaue nothynge of it ouer vntyll the mornynge but yf eny thinge be left ouer vntyll the mornynge ye shal burne it with fyre Of this maner shal ye eate it Ye shal be gyrded aboute youre loynes and haue youre shues vpon youre fete and staues in yo r handes and ye shal eate it with haist for it is y e LORDES Passeouer For in the same night wil I go thorow the londe of Egipte smyte all the firstborne in the lande of Egipte from men vnto catell vpon all the goddes of Egipte wyll I do execucion Euen I the LORDE And the bloude shal be youre token vpon the houses wherin ye are y t whan I se the bloude I maye passe ouer and that the plage happen not vnto you to destroye you whan I smyte the londe of Egipte And this daye shall ye haue for a remembraunce and ye shall kepe it holy for a feast vnto the LORDE ye all youre posterities for a perpetuall custome Seuen dayes shall ye eate vnleuended bred namely vpon the first daie shal ye leaue of with leuended bred in youre houses Who so euer eateth leuended bred from the first daye vnto y e seuenth that soule shall be roted out from Israel The first daye shall be called holy amonge you and the seuenth also No maner of worke shall ye do therin saue what belongeth to the meate for all maner of soules that onely maye ye do for you And kepe you to leuended bred For euen vpon that same daye wil I brynge youre armies
nombred in the wildernesse of Sinai For y e LORDE sayde vnto theÌ„ y t they shulde dye in the wildernesse And there was not one of them lefte saue Caleb the sonne of Iephune and Iosua the sonne of Nun. The XXVII Chapter ANd the doughters of Zelaphead y e sonne of Hepher y e sonne of Gilead the sonne of Machir the sonne of Manasse amonge the kynreds of Manasse the sonne Ioseph whose names were Mahela Noa Hagla Milca Thirza came stode before Moses Eleasar the prest before the rulers the whole congregacion euen before the dore of y e Tabernacle of witnesse sayde Oure father is deed in the wildernesse was not in the company of them y t rose vp agaynst y e LORDE in the coÌ„gregacion of Corah but dyed in his awne synne and had no sonnes Wherfore shulde o r fathers name perishe then amonge his kynred though he hâ—ue no sonne Geue vs a possession also amâ—â—ge oure fathers brethren Moses broughte their cause before y e LORDE And the LORDE sayde vnto him The doughters of Zelaphead haue spokeÌ„ righte Thou shalt geue theÌ„ a possession to inhereâ— amonge their fathers brethren shalt turne their fathers enheritaunce vnto them And saye vnto the childreÌ„ of Israel Whan a maÌ„ dyeth hath no sonne ye shall turne his enheritaunce vnto his doughter Yf he haue no doughter ye shal geue it vnto his brethreÌ„ Yf he haue no brethren ye shal geue it vnto his fathers brethren Yf he haue no fathers brethreÌ„ ye shal geue it vnto his nexte kynszfolke which beloÌ„ge vnto him in his kynred y t they maye possesse it This shal be an ordynaunce and a perpetuall lawe vnto the children of Israel as the LORDE coÌ„maunded Moses And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Get the vp in to this mount Abarim beholde the loÌ„de which I shal geue vnto the childreÌ„ of Israel And whan thou hast sene it thou shalt be gathered vnto y e people as Aaron y e brother was gathered for ye were dishobedient vnto my worde in the wyldernesse of Zin in y e strife of the coÌ„gregacion whan ye shulde haue sanctified me thorow the water before them This is the water of stryfe at Cades in the wyldernesse of Zin And Moses spake vnto the LORDE sayde O let the LORDE God of the spretes of all flesh set a maÌ„ ouer the congregacion which maye go in out before them to leade theÌ„ out in y t the congregacion of the LORDE be not as the shepe without a shepherde And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Take vnto the Iosua the sonne of Nun which is a man in whom is the sprete and put thine handes vpon him set him before Eleasar the prest and before the whole congregacion and geue him a charge in their sighte beutyfye him with thy bewty that the whole congregacion of the children of Israel maye be obedieÌ„t vnto him And he shal stonde before Eleasar the prest which shall aâ—e councell for him after the maner of the lighte before the LORDE At the mouth of him shall both he and all the children of Israel with him and the whole congregacion go in and out Moses dyd as the LORDE coÌ„maunded him toke Iosua and set him before Eleasar the prest and before all the congregacion and layed his handes vpon him and gaue him a charge as the LORDE sayde vnto Moses The XXVIII Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde CoÌ„maunde y e childreÌ„ of Israel saye vnto theÌ„ The offerynge of my bred which is my offerynge of the swete sauoure shal ye kepe in his due season that ye maie offre vnto me And saye vnto theÌ„ These are the offerynges that ye shal offre vnto the LORDE Lambes of a yeare olde which are without blemysh euery daye two for a daylie burnt offerynge the one lambe in the mornynge the other at euen And therto a tenth deale of an Epha of fyne floure for a meat offerynge myngled with beateÌ„ oyle of the fourth parte of an Hin this is a daylie burnt offerynge which ye offred vpon mouÌ„t Sinai for a swete sauoure of a sacrifice vnto the LORDE And the drynk offeringe of the same y e fourth parte of an Hin to a lambe and this shal be poured in the Sanctuary for a gifte vnto the LORDE The other lambe shalt thou prepare at eueÌ„ like as the meat offerynge in the mornynge the drynk offeringe therof for a sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE On the Sabbath daye two lambes of a yeare olde without blemysh two teÌ„th deales of fyne floure myngled with oyle the drynk offerynge therof This is the burntofferynge of euery Sabbath besyde the daylie burnt offerynge w t his drynk offeringe And on the first daye of youre monethes ye shal offre a burnt offerynge vnto y e LORDE two yonge bullockes a ramme seueÌ„ lambes of a yeare olde without blemysh and allwaye thre tenth deales of fyne floure for a meat offerynge myngled with oyle vnto euery bullocke two tenth deales of fyne floure for a meat offerynge myngled with oyle vnto the ramme and a tenth deale of fyne floure for a meat offerynge myngled with oyle vnto euery lambe This is the burnt offerynge of a swete sauoure a sacrifice vnto y e LORDE And their drynk offerynges shal be half an Hin of wyne vnto euery bullocke the thirde parte of an Hin to the ramme y e fourth parte of an Hin to euery lambe This is the burnt offerynge of euery moneth in the yeare There shal be offered an he goate also for a syn offerynge vnto the LORDE to the daylie burnt offerynge with his drynk-offerynge And on the fourtene daye of the first moneth is the Easter vnto the LORDE and on the fyftene daye of the same moneth is the feast SeueÌ„ dayes shal vnleuended bred be eaten The first daye shal be an holy conuocacion No seruile worke shal ye do therin and ye shal offre a burnt offerynge vnto the LORDE two yonge bullockes one ramme seuen laÌ„bes of a yeare olde without blemysh with their meat offerynge thre tenth deales of fyne floure myngled with oile to either bullocke and two tenth deales to the ramme and one tenth deale to euery lambe amonge the seuen lambes And an he goate for a syn offeringe to make an attonement for you And these shal ye offre in the mornynge besydes the burnt offerynge which is a daylie burnt offerynge After this maner shal ye offre y e bred euery daye seuen dayes longe for an offeringe of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE to the daylie burnt offerynge and drynk offerynge also And the seuenth daye shal be called an holy conuocacion with you no seruyle worke shal ye do therin And the daye of the fyrst frutes whaÌ„ ye offre the meat offerynge of the moneth vnto y e LORDE in youre wekes shal be an holy coÌ„uocacion also No worke of bondage shal
ye do therin And ye shal offre a burnt offerynge for a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE two yonge bullockes a ramme seuen lambes of a yeare olde with their meat offerynges thre tenth deales of fyne floure myngled with oyle to euery bullocke two tenth deales to the ramme and one tent deale to euery lambe of the seuen lambes And an he goate to make an attonement for you This shal ye do besydes y e daylie burnt offerynge with his meat offerynge and his drynk offeringe Without blemysh shal they be all The XXIX Chapter ANd the fyrst daye of the seuenth moneth shal be with you an holy coÌ„uocacion No seruyle worke shal ye do therin for it is the daye of youre trompet blowinge And ye shal offre a burnt offeringe for a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE a yonge bullocke a ramme seuen lambes of a yeare olde without blemish And their meat offeringes thre tenth deales of fyne floure myngled w t oyle to the bullocke two tenth deales to y e raÌ„me and one tenth deale vnto euery lambe of y e seuen laÌ„bes An he goate also for a syn offeringe to make an attonement for you beside y e burnt offeringe of y e moneth his meat offeringe besyde y e daylie burnt offerynge w t his meat offerynge with their drink offeringes acordinge to the maner of theÌ„ for a swete sauor. This is a sacrifice vnto the LORDE The tenth daye of this seuenth moneth shal be an holy conuocacion w t you also and ye shal humble youre soules and do no seruyle worke therin but offre a burnt offerynge vnto the LORDE for a swete sauoure a yonge bullocke a ramme seuen lambes of a yeare olde without blemish w t their meat offeringes thre tenth deales of fine floure myngled with oyle to the bullocke two tenth deales to the raÌ„me one tenth deale to euery one of the seuen lambes And an he goate for a syn offeringe besyde the syn offeringe of the attonemeÌ„t and y e daylie burnt offeriÌ„ge w t his meat offeringe and w t his drynk offeringe The fiftenth daye of the seuenth moneth shal be an holy coÌ„uocacion w t you no seruyle worke shal ye do therin and seueÌ„ dayes shal ye kepe a feast vnto the LORDE And ye shal offre the LORDE a burnt offeringe for a sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE thirtene yonge bullockes two raÌ„mes fourtene laÌ„bes of a yeare olde without blemish w t their meat offerynges thre tenth deales of fyne floure myngled with oyle to euery one of the thirtene bullockes two tenth deales to ether of the two rammes one tenth deale to euery one of the fourtene lambes an he goate for a syn offerynge besyde y e day lye burnt offerynge with his meat offerynge and his drynk offerynge On the seconde daye twolue yonge bullockes two rammes fourtene lambes of a yeare olde without blemysh w t their meat offeges and drink offerynges to the bullockes to the rammes and to the lambes in y e nombre of them acordinge to the maner And an he goate for a syn offeringe besyde the daylie burnt offeringe with his meat offeringe and with his drynk offerynge On the thirde daye eleuen bullockes two rammes fourtene lambes of a yeare olde w t out blemish with their meat offeringes and drynk offeringes to the bullockes to the rammes and to the lambes in their nombre acordinge to the maner And an he goate for a syn offerynge besyde the daylye burnt offeringe with his meat offerynge and his drynk-offerynge On the fourth daye ten bullockes two raÌ„mes fourtene lambes of a yeare olde with out blemysh with their meat offerynges and drynk offerynges to the bullockes to the raÌ„mes and to the lambes in their nombre acordynge to the maner And an he goate for a syn offerynge besyde the daylie burnt offeringe w t his meat offeringe his drynk offeringe On the fifth daye nyne bullockes two raÌ„mes fourtene lambes of a yeare olde without blemysh with their meat offerynges drink offerynges to the bullockes to y e rammes to the lambes in their nombre acordynge to the maner And an he goate for a syn offeringe besyde y e daylie burnt offerynge with his meat offerynge and his drynk offerynge On the sixte daye eight bullockes two raÌ„mes fourtene laÌ„bes of a yeare olde without blemysh with their meat offerynges drynk offeringes to the bullockes to the rammes to the lambes in their nombre acordinge to the maner And an he goate for a syn offeringe beside the daylie burnt offeringe with his meat offerynge and his drynk offerynge On the seuenth daye seuen bullockes two rammes fourtene lambes of a yeare olde w t out blemysh with their meat offeringes and drynk offeringes to the bullockes to the rammes and to the lambes in their nombre acordynge to the maner And an he goate for a syn offerynge besyde the daylie burnt offeringe with his meat offerynge and his drynk-offerynge On the eight daye shal ye gather the people together No seruyle worke shall ye do therin And ye shall offre a burnt offerynge for a sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto y e LORDE A bullocke a ramme seueÌ„ lambes of a yeare olde without blemysh with their meatofferynges and drynk offerynges to y e bullocke to the ramme and to the lambes in their noÌ„bre â—â—ordâ—nge to the maner And an he goate for â— sâ—n offeringe besyde the daylie burntofferynge with his meat offerynge his drink offerynge These thinges shal ye do vnto y e LORDE in youre feastes besyde that ye vowe and geue of a frewyll for burnt offeringes meatofferynges drynk offerynges and health offeringes And Moses tolde the children of Israel all that the LORDE commaunded him The XXX Chapter ANd Moses spake vnto the rulers of the trybes of the children of Israel and saide This is it that the LORDE hath commauÌ„ded Yf eny man make a vowe vnto the LORDE or sweare an ooth so that he binde his soule he shal not breake his worde but do all that is proceaded out of his mouth Yf a damsell make a vowe vnto y e LORDE and bynde hirself whyle she is in hir fathers house and vnmaried and hir vowe or bonde that she maketh ouer hir soule commeth to hir fathers eares he holde his peace therto theÌ„ all hir vowes bondes y t she hath bouÌ„de hir self withall ouer hir soule shal stoÌ„de in effecte But yf hir father forbyd her y e same daye that he heareth it theÌ„ shal no vowe ner bonde that she hath bounde hir self withall ouer hir soule be of vayle And the LORDE shal be mercifull vnto her for so moch as hir father forbad her Yf she haue an huszbande hath a vowe vpon her or yf she haue letten go out of hir lippes a boÌ„de ouer hir soule hir huszbande heare it holdeth his peace therat the same daye that he heareth it then hir vowe bonde wherwith she hath bouÌ„de hir self ouer hir soule shal stonde in effecte But
all that thy soule desyreth whether it be oxeÌ„ shepe wyne stronge drynke or for what so euer thy soule desyreth and eate there before the LORDE thy God and be mery thou and thine housholde and y e Leuite that is within thy gates Thou shalt not forsake him for he hath no porcion nor inheritaunce with the. In the thirde yeare shalt thou brynge forth all the tithes of thine increase of the same yeare and shalt laye it within thy gates TheÌ„ shal the Leuite which hath no porcion ner enheritaunce with the and y e straunger and the fatherlesse and the wedowe which are within thy gates come and eate and fyll them selues that the LORDE thy God maye blesse the in all the workes of y e handes which thou doest The XV. Chapter IN the seueÌ„th yeare shalt thou make a Fre yeare This is y e maner of the Fre yeare Who so euer leÌ„deth oughte with his hande vnto his neghboure shal not requyre it of his neghboure or his brother for it is called the Fre yeare vnto the LORDE Of a strauÌ„ger mayest thou requyre it but vnto him that is thy brother shalt thou remytte it There shall be to beggeâ— amoÌ„ge you for the LORDE shal blesse y e in the loÌ„de which the LORDE y i God shal geue y e to inheritaunce to take it in possession onely y t thou herkeÌ„ vnto the voyce of the LORDE y e God kepe all these coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes which I coÌ„maunde the this daye that thou maiest do therafter For the LORDE y e God shal blesse the as he hath promysed the. TheÌ„ shalt thou lende vnto many nacions shalt borowe of noman Thou shalt raigne ouer many nacions noman shal reigne ouer ye. Whan one of thy brethreÌ„ is waxed poore in eny cite within thy londe which 〈◊〉 LORDE y e God shal geue y e thou shalt not harden thine hert ner withdrawe thine hande from thy poore brother but shalt open thine hande vnto him and lende him acordinge as he hath nede Bewarre that there be not a poynte of Belial in thine hert that thou woldest saye The seuenth yeare the yeare of Fredome is at honde For yf thou lokest not freÌ„dly vpoÌ„ thy poore brother and geuest him nothinge then shall he crye ouer the vnto the LORDE and it shall be synne vnto the But thou shalt geue him and let it not greue thine hert that thou geuest him For because of it shall the LORDE thy God blesse the in all thy workes and in all that thou puttest thine hande vnto The londe shal neuer be with out poore therfore commaunde I the and saye that thou open thine hande vnto thy brother which is neady and poore in thy londe Yf thy brother an Hebrue or Hebruesse be solde vnto the he shal serue the sixe yeare in the seuenth yeare shalt thou let him go Fre. And whaÌ„ thou deliuerest him fre thou shalt not let him go from the emptye but shalt geue him of thy shepe of thy corne and of y e wyne so that thou geue him of that which the LORDE thy God hath blessed the with all And remembre that thou also wast a seruaunte in the loÌ„de of Egipte and how that the LORDE thy God delyuered the therfore commaunde I the this thinge to daye But yf he saye vnto the I wyll not go out awaye from the for I loue y e and thine house in so moch as he is well at ease with the then take a boâ—kyn and bore him thorow his eare to the dore and let him be thy seruaunt for euer And with thy mayde shalt thou do likewyse And let it not seme greuous vnto the to let him go fre from the for he hath serued the sixe yeares as a dubble hyred seruaunt then shall the LORDE thy God blesse the in all that thou doest All the first borne that come of thine oxen and shepe y t are males shalt thou halowe vnto the LORDE thy God Thou shalt not plowe with the firstborne of thine oxeÌ„ and shalt not clyppe the firstborne of thy shepe Before the LORDE thy God shalt thou eate theÌ„ euery yeare in the place that the LORDE choseth thou and thine housholde But yf it haue a deformyte so that it is lame or blynde or hath eny other euell blemysh thou shalt not offre it vnto y e LORDE thy God but shalt eate it within thine awne gates whether thou be vncleane or cleane euen as the Roo and Hert. Onely se that thou eate not of the bloude therof but poure it out as water vpon the grounde The XVI Chapter OBserue the moneth Abib y t thou offre Easter vnto the LORDE y e God for in the moneth Abib the LORDE thy God broughte y t out of Egipte by nighte And for the Easter vnto y e LORDE thy God thou shalt offre oxen shepe in y e * place which y e LORDE shal chose y t his name maye dwell there Thou shalt eate no leuended bred in y t feast Seuen dayes shalt thou eate the vnleuended bred of thy tribulacion For with soroufull haist camest thou out of the londe of Egipte that thou mayest remeÌ„bre the daye of thy departinge out of y e londe of Egipte all y i life longe In seueÌ„ dayes shal there no leueÌ„ded bred be seâ—e within all thy coastes of the flesh that is offred y e first daye at euen there shal nothinge be lefte ouer night vntyll the mornynge Thou mayest not offre Easter w t in eny of thy gates which the LORDE thy God hath geuen the but in the place which the LORDE thy God hath chosen that his name maye dwell there there shalt thou offre this Easter at euen whan the Sonne is gone downe euen in the same season that thou camest out of Egipte and thou shalt dighte it and eate it in the place that the LORDE thy God hath chosen and then turne the on the morowe go home in to thy tente Sixe dayes shalt thou eate vnleuended bred and on the seuenth daye is the gatheringe together of the LORDE thy God Thou shalt do no worke therin Seuen wekes shalt thou nombre vnto y e and begynne to nombre whan the syccle begynneth in the corne and thou shalt kepe the Feast of wekes vnto the LORDE thy God that thou geue a frewyll offerynge of thine hande acordinge as the LORDE thy God hath blessed the and shalt reioyse before the LORDE thy God thou and thy sonne thy doughter thy seruaunt thy mayde and the Leuite that is within thy gates y e straunger the fatherlesse and the wedowe that are amonge you in the place which y e LORDE thy God hath chosen that his name maye dwell there And remembre y t thou wast a seruaunte in Egipte so that thou kepe and do these ordynaunces The feast of Tabernacles shalt thou kepe seuen dayes whan thou hast gathered in the frutes of thy barne
of thy wyne presse and thou shalt reioyse in thy feast thou and thy sonne thy doughter thy seruaunte thy mayde the Leuite the straunger the fatherlesse and the wedowe that are within y e gates Seuen dayes shalt thou kepe y e feast vnto the LORDE thy God in the place that he hath chosen For the LORDE thy God shal blesse the in all thy frutes and in all the workes of thine hādes Therfore shalt thou be glad Thre tymes in the yeare shal all thy males appeare before the LORDE thy God in the place that he shall chose namely in the feast of vnleuended bred in the feast of wekes and in the feast of Tabernacles He shal not appeare emptie before the LORDE but euery one after the gifte of his hande acordinge to the blessinge that the LORDE thy God hath geuen the. The XVII Chapter IVdges officers shalt thou ordeyne within all y e gates which y e LORDE thy God geueth the amōge thy trybes y t they maye iudge the people with righteous iudgment Thou shalt not wrest the lawe Thou shalt knowe no personne also ner take giftes For giftes blynde the eyes of y e wyse peruerte y e righteous causes Loke what righte is y t shalt thou folowe that thou mayest lyue possesse the londe which the LORDE thy God shal geue the. Thou shalt plante no groue of what so euer trees it be nye vnto the altare of the LORDE thy God which thou makest the. Thou shalt set the vp no piler which y e LORDE y e God hateth Thou shalt offre vnto the LORDE thy God no oxe or shepe that hath a blemish or eny euell fauourednesse on it for that is abhominacion vnto the LORDE thy God Yf there be founde amonge you within eny of thy gates which the LORDE y e God shal geue y e a man or woman that worketh wickednesse in y e sighte of the LORDE thy God so that he transgresseth his couenaūte and goeth and serueth other goddes worshippeth them whether it be Sōne or Mone or eny of the hooste of heauen which I haue not commaunded and it is tolde the thou hearest of it Then shalt thou make diligent search therfore And yf thou fyndest that it is so of a trueth that soch abhominacion is wroughte in Israel then shalt thou brynge forth the same man or y e same womā which haue done soch euell vnto thy gates and shalt stone them to death At the mouth of two or thre witnesses shal he dye that is worthy of death At the mouth of one witnes shal he not dye The handes of the witnesses shal be the first to kyll him and thē y e handes of all the people that thou mayest put awaye the euell from the. Yf a matter be to harde for the in iudgmēt betwixte bloude and bloude betwixte plee and plee betwixte stroke and stroke and yf there be matters of stryfe within thy gates then shalt thou ryse and go vp vnto y e place that y e LORDE thy God hath chosen and shalt come to the prestes the Leuites to the iudge which shal be at that tyme and shalt axe They shal shewe the how to iudge and thou shalt do therafter as they saye vnto the in y e place which the LORDE hath chosen and thou shalt take hede that thou do acordinge vnto all y t they teach the. Acordinge to the lawe y t they teach the after the iudgment that they tell y e shalt thou do so that thou turne not asyde from y e same nether to the righte hande ner to the lefts And yf eny man deale presumptuously so that he herkeneth not vnto the prest which stondeth to do seruyce vnto the LORDE thy God or to the Iudge the same shal dye and thou shalt put awaye the euell from Israel that all y e people maye heare and feare and be nomore presumptuous Whan thou art come in to y e londe which the LORDE thy God shal geue the takest it in possession and dwellest therin and shalt saie I wil set a kinge ouer me as all the nacions haue aboute me thē shalt thou set him to be kynge ouer the whom the LORDE thy God shal chose One of thy brethren shalt thou sett to be kynge ouer the. Thou mayest not set a straūger ouer the which is not thy brother Onely let him not haue many horses y t he brynge not y e people againe in to Egipte thorow y e multitude of horses for as moch as y e LORDE hath sayde vnto you that from hence forth ye shulde come nomore this waye agayne He shall not haue many wynes also that his hert be not turned awaye Nether shal he gather him syluer and golde to moch And whan he is set vpon the seate of his kingdome he shal take of the prestes the Leuites this seconde lawe and cause it be wrytten in a boke and that shall he haue by him and he shall rede therin all the dayes of his life that he maye lerne to feare y e LORDE his God to kepe all the wordes of this lawe all these ordinaūces so that he do therafter He shall not lifte vp his herte aboue his brethren and shall not turne asyde from the commaundement nether to the right hāde ner to the lefte that he maye prolōge his dayes in his kyngdome he and his children in Israel The XVIII Chapter THe prestes the Leuites all the trybe of Leui shal haue no parte ner enheritaunce w t Israel The offerynges of y e LORDE his enheritaunce shal they eate Therfore shal they haue no inheritaunce amonge their brethren because the LORDE is their enheritaūce as he hath saide vnto thē This shal be y e prestes dutye of the people of thē that offre whether it be oxe or shepe so that they geue vnto the prest the shulder and both the chekes and the brest And the first frutes of thy corne of thy wyne and of thy oyle and the first of thy shepe sheringe For the LORDE thy God hath chosen him out of all thy trybes to stonde and mynyster in the name of the LORDE he and his sonnes all the dayes of their life Yf a Leuite come out of eny of thy gates or out of eny place of all Israel where he is a gest and cōmeth with all the desyre of his soule vnto the place which the LORDE hath chosen to mynister in the name of the LORDE his God like as all his brethren y e Leuites which stonde there before the LORDE thē shal he haue like porcion of meate with the other besydes that which he hath of the solde good of his fathers Whan thou commest in to y e londe which the LORDE thy God shal geue y e thou shalt not lerne to do y e abhominacions of these nacions that there be not founde amonge you y t maketh his sonne or doughter
God maketh with the this daye that he mighte set the vp this daye to be a people vnto himself and that he mighte be thy God as he hath sayde vnto the and as he sware vnto y e fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob For I make not this couenaunt and this ooth with you onely but both with you y t are here this daye and stonde with vs before the LORDE oure God and also with them that are not here with vs this daye For ye knowe how we haue dwelt in the londe of Egipte and how we came thorow the myddes of the Heythen whom ye passed by and sawe their abhominacions and their Idols wodd and stone syluer and golde which were with them Lest there be amōge you man or woman or an housholde or a trybe which turneth awaye his hert this daye from the LORDE oure God to go and to serue y e goddes of these nacions and lest there be amonge you some rote that beareth gall worm wodd so that though he heare the wordes of this curse he blesse him selfe yet in his hert and saye Tush it shal not be so euell I wil walke after the meanynge of myne awne hert that the dronken maye perishe with the thyrstie Then shall not the LORDE be mercifull vnto him but his wrath and gelousy shall smoke ouer soch a man and all the curses that are wrytten in this boke shall lighte vpon him and the LORDE shal put out his name from vnder heauen and shall separate him vnto euell out of all the trybes of Israel acordinge vnto all the curses of the couenaunt that is wrytten in the boke of this lawe So the posterities of youre childrē which shal ryse vp after you and the straungers that come out of farre countrees shall saye whan they se the plages of this londe and the diseases wherwith the LORDE hath smytten it that he hath brent vp all their londe with brymstone and salt so y t it cannot be sowne ner is frutefull nether groweth there eny grasse therin Like as Sodom Gomor Adama and Zeboim are ouer throwne which the LORDE ouerthrewe in his wrath and anger Then shall all nacions saye Wherfore hath the LORDE done thus vnto this londe What greate wrothfull displeasure is this Then shalt it be sayde Euen because they haue forsaken the couenaunt of y e LORDE God of their fathers which he made with them whan he broughte them out of the londe of Egipte and they wēte and serued other goddes and worshipped thē euen soch goddes as they knewe not and whom he had not deuyded vnto them Therfore the wrath of the LORDE waxed whote ouer this londe to brynge vpon it all the curses that are wrytten in this boke And the LORDE thrust them out of their londe w t greate wrath indignacion displeasoure hath cast them into another londe as it is come to passe this daye These are the secretes of the LORDE oure God which are opened vnto vs and oure children for euer y t we shulde do all the wordes of this lawe The XXX Chapter NOw whan all this commeth vpon the whether it be the blessinge or y e curse which I haue layed before the and thou goest in to thine hert beynge amōge the Heithen whither the LORDE thy God hath thrust the and thou turnest vnto the LORDE y e God so that thou herkenest vnto his voyce thou and thy children with all y e hert and with all thy soule in all that I commaunde the this daye then shal the LORDE thy God turne thy captiuyte and haue compassion vpon the and shal gather thy congregacion agayne from amonge all the nacions whither the LORDE thy God hath scatered the. And though thou werest thrust out vnto the vttemost partes of the heauen yet shall the LORDE thy God gather the from thence and from thēce shal he fetch the and shal brynge the in to the londe which thy fathers haue possessed and thou shalt enioye it and he shal do the good and multiplye the aboue thy fathers And the LORDE thy God shall circumcyse thine hert and the hert of thy sede that thou mayest loue the LORDE y t God with all thy hert and with all y e soule that thou mayest lyue But all these curses shall the LORDE thy God laye vpon thine enemyes and vpon them that hate the and persecute the. But thou shalt turne and herken vnto the voyce of the LORDE to do all his commaundementes which I commaunde the this daye And the LORDE thy God shal make the plenteous in all the workes of thine hādes in the frute of thy body in the frute of thy catell in the frute of thy londe to good For the LORDE shall turne to reioyse ouer the to good as he reioysed ouer thy fathers so that thou herken vnto the voyce of the LORDE thy God to kepe his commaundementes and ordinaunces which are wrytten in the boke of this lawe and turne vnto the LORDE thy God with all thy hert and with all thy soule For the commaundement which I commaunde y e this daye is not to wonderfull for the ner to farre ner yet in heauen that thou neadest to saye Who wil go vp for vs in to heauen and brynge it vnto vs that we maie heare it and do it Nether is it beyonde the see that thou neadest to saye Who wyll go ouer the see for vs and fetch it vs that we maye heare it and do it For the worde is very nye vnto the euē in thy mouth and in thine hert that thou do it Beholde I haue layed before you this daye life and good death and euell For I cōmaunde the this daye to loue the LORDE thy God and to walke in his wayes and to kepe his commaundementes ordinaunces and lawes that thou mayest lyue and multiplye and that the LORDE thy God maye blesse the in the londe whither thou goest to possesse it But yf thou turnest awaye thine hert so that thou wilt not heare but fall a waye to worshipe other goddes and to serue them I certifye you this daye that ye shal perishe not lyue longe in the londe whither thou goest ouer Iordane to possesse it I take heauen and earth this daye to recorde ouer you I haue layed before you life and death blessinge and cursinge that thou mayest chose life and that thou and thy sede maye lyue y t ye maye loue the LORDE youre God and herken vnto his voyce and cleue vnto him For he is thy life and thy lōge age that thou mayest dwell in the londe which the LORDE sware vnto thy fathers Abraham Isaac and Iacob to geue them The XXXI Chapter ANd Moses wente spake these wordes to all Israel and saide vnto them I am this daye an hundreth and twētye yeare olde I can nomore go out and in the LORDE also hath sayde vnto me Thou shalt not go ouer this Iordane The LORDE thy
acordinge as I promysed thy father Dauid and sayde Thou shalt not wante a man from the seate of Israel But yf ye turne back fro me ye and youre childreÌ„ and kepe not my commaundementes and ordinaunces which I haue layed before you but go and serue other goddes and worshipe them then wyll I rote Israel out of the londe that I haue geuen them And the house that I haue halowed vnto my name wyll I put awaye fro my face And Israel shall be come a byworde and fabell amoÌ„ge all nacions and so shal this hye house so that euery one y t goeth by shall be astonyed and make an hyssynge and saye Wherfore hath the LORDE done thus vnto this londe and to this house Then shal it be answered Because they forsoke y e LORDE their God which brought their fathers out of the londe of Egipte and haue receaued other goddes and worshipped them and serued them Therfore hath y e LORDE brought all this euell vpon them Now whan the twentye yeares were ended wherin Salomon buylded the two houses the LORDES house and the kynges house where vnto Hiram the kynge of Tyre brought SalomoÌ„ Ceder trees Pyne trees and golde after all his desyre then gaue kynge Salomon vnto Hiram twentye cities in the countre of Galile And Hiram departed from Tyre to vyset the cities which Salomon had geuen him they pleased him not and he sayde What maner of cities are these my brother that thou hast geueÌ„ me And he called them the londe of Cabul vnto this daye And Hiram sent vnto the kynge sixe score hundreth weight of Golde And the same is the summe of the taxe that kynge Salomon raysed to the buyldinge of the house of the LORDE and his awne house Millo and the walles of Ierusalem and Hasor and Megiddo and Gaser For Pharao y e kynge of Egipte came vp and waÌ„ne Gaser brent it with fyre slewe the Cananites y t dwelt in the cite gaue it for a gifte vnto his doughter SalomoÌ„s wife So Salomon buylded Gaser the lower Bethoron and Baelath and Thamar in y e wyldernes in the londe all the cities of the corne houses that Salomon had and all the cities of the charettes all the cities of the horsmen and what it pleased him to buylde at Ierusalem in Libanus in euery countre of his domynion And all the remnaunt of the people of the Amorytes Hethites Pheresites Henites and Ieâ—usites which were not of the children of Israel their children which they lefte behynde them in the londe whom the children of Israel coulde not vtterly destroye those dyd Salomon make tributaries vnto this daye But of the children of Israel he made no bondmen but let them be men of warre and his seruauntes and prynces and knightes and ouer his charettes and horsmeÌ„ And the officers which were ouer Salomons busynesse were fyue hundreth and fyftye which ruled the people and perfourmed the worke And Pharaos doughter wente vp from the cite of Dauid in to hir house which he had buylded for her Then buylded he Millo likewyse And thre tymes in the yeare dyd Salomon offre burnt offerynges and deed offerynges vpon the altare that he had buylded vnto the LORDE and burnt incense vpon it before the LORDE and so was the house ended and fynished And Salomon made shippes also at Ezeon Geber which lyeth by Eloth besyde the Reed See shorâ— in y e londe of the Edomites And Hiram sent his seruauntes by shippe which were shipmen and had experience of the See with Salomons seruauntes and they came vnto Ophir and fetched from thence one twenty score hundreth weight of golde and bâ—ought it vnto Salomon The X. Chapter ANd whan kynge Salomons fame of the name of the LORDE came to the eares of the Quene of riche Arabia she came to proue him with darke sentences And she came to Ierusalem with a maruelous greate trayne with camels which bare spyces and moch golde and precious stones And whan she came in to kynge Salomon she spake vnto him all that was in hir hert And Salomon tolde her euery thinge and the kynge had nothinge in secrete but he tolde it her But whan the Quene of riche Arabia sawe all the wyszdome of Salomon and the house that he had buylded and the meates of his table and the dwellinges of his seruauntes the offyces of his ministers and their garmentes and his butlers and the burnt offerynges which he offred in the house of the LORDE she wondred exceadingly and coulde no longer refrayne but sayde vnto the kynge It is true that I haue herde in my londe of thy behauoure and of thy wyszdome And I wolde not beleue it tyll I came and sawe it with myne eyes and beholde the halfe hath not bene tolde me Thou hast more wyszdome and good theÌ„ the fame is that I haue herde Happye are thy people and thy seruauntes that allwaie stonde before the and heare thy wyszdome Praysed be the LORDE thy God which had soch a pleasure vnto the that he set the vpon the seate of Israel because he hath allwaye loued Israel and hath set the to be kynge that thou shuldest mantayne iustyce and equyte And she gaue the kynge syxe score hundreth weighte of golde and very moch spyce and precious stones There came neuer so moch spyce thyther as the Quene of riche Arabia gaue vnto kynge Salomon And Hirams shippes which caried golde out of Ophir broughte maruelous moch costly tymber and precious stones from Ophir And of that costly tymber the kynge caused to make pilers in the house of the LORDE and in y e kinges house and harpes and Psalteries for the Musicians There came nomore soch costly tymber nether was it sene vnto this daye And kynge Salomon gaue the quene of riche Arabia all that she desyred and axed besydes that which he gaue her of a frye hande And she returned and departed in to hir lande with hir seruauntes The golde that came to Salomon in one yeare was nyne and thyrtie score hundreth weighte besydes that which came of chapmen marchauntes and Apotecaries and of the nexte kynges and of the mightie men in the londe And kynge Salomon caused to make two hundreth speares of beaten golde sixe hundreth peces of golde put he to euery speare and thre hundreth shyldes of y e best golde euen thre pounde of golde vpon euery shylde And the kynge put them in the house of the wod of Libanus And the kynge made a greate seate of Yuery and ouerlayed it with y e most precious golde And the seate had sixe steppes and y e heade of the seate was rouÌ„de behynde And there were two postes to leane vpoÌ„ on both the sydes of the seate and two lyons stode vpon the leanynge postes and twolue lyons stode vpon the sixe steppes on both the sydes Soch one hath not bene made in eny kyngdome All kynge
dorekepers were appointed towarde the foure wyndes towarde the East towarde the West towarde the North towarde y e South But their brethreÌ„ were in their vyllages that they might come allwaye on the seuenth daye to be with them for vnto these foure maner of chefe dorrkepers were the Leuites committed And they had the ouersight of the chestes and treasures in y e house of God In the nighte season also remayned they aboute the house of God for their dewtye was to geue attendaunce to open euery mornynge And some of them had the ouersight of the mynistrynge vessell for they bare the vessell out and in And some of theÌ„ were appoynted ouer the vessell and ouer all the holy vessell ouer the fine wheate floure ouer y e wyne ouer the oile ouer the frankencense ouer the swete odoures but some of y e prestes children made the incense Vnto Mathithia one of the Leuites the fyrst sonne of Sallum the Corahite were y e pannes coÌ„mytted And certayne of the Kahathites their brethren were appointed ouer the shewbred to prepare it euery Sabbath daye These are the heades of the singers amoÌ„ge the fathers of the Leuites chosen out ouer the chestes for daye and night were they in worke withall These are the heades of y e fathers amonge y e Leuites in their kinreds These dwelt at Ierusalem At Gibeon dwelt Ieiel the father of Gibeon his wiues name was Maecha and his fyrst sonne Abdon Zur Cis Baal Ner Nadab Gedor Ahaio Sacharia Mikloth Mikloth begat Simeam And they dwelt also aboute their brethren at Ierusalem amonge theirs Ner begat Cis Cis begat Saul Saul begat Ionathas Malchisua Abinadab Esbaal The sonne of Ionathas was Meribaal Meribaal begat Micha The children of Micha were Pithon Melech and Thaherea Ahas begat Iaera Iaera begat Alemeth Asmaueth and Simri Simri begat Moza Moza begat Binea whose sonne was Raphaia whose sonne was Eleasa whose sonne was Azel Azel had sixe sonnes whose names were Asrikam Bochru Iesmael Searia Obadia Hanan These are the children of Azel The XI Chapter THe Philistynes foughte agaynst Israel And they of Israel fled before the Philistynes and y e wounded fell vpon mount Gilboa And the Philistynes folowed vpon Saul and his sonnes and smote Ionathas Abinadab and Malchisua y e sonnes of Saul And the battayll was sore agaynst Saul And the archers came vpon him so that he was wounded of the archers Then sayde Saul vnto his weapenbearer Drawe out thy swerde and thrust it thorow me that these vncircumcysed come not and deale shamefully with me Neuertheles his weapenbearer wolde not for he was sore afrayed Then toke Saul his swerde and fell therin Whan his weapenbearer sawe that Saul was deed he fell vpon his swerde also and dyed Thus died Saul and his thre sonnes and all his housholde together And whan the men of Israel which were in y e valley sawe that Saul and his sonnes were deed they lefte their cities and fled and the Philistynes came and dwelt therin On the morowe came the Philistynes to spoyle the slayne and founde Saul and his sonnes lyenge vpon mount Gelboa and stryped him out and toke his heade and his harnesse and sent it aboute in to y e londe of the Philistynes and caused it to be shewed before their Idoles and the people And his weapens layed they in the house of their god and styckte vp his heade vpon the house of Dagon But whan all they of Iabes in Gilead herde of euery thinge that the Philistynes had done vnto Saul they gat them vp as many as were men of armes and toke the body of Saul and of his sonnes and broughte them vnto Iabes and buryed their bones vnder the Oke at Iabes and fasted seuen dayes Thus dyed Saul in his trespace which he commytted agaynst the LORDE because he kepte not the worde of the LORDE because he axed councell at the soythsayer and axed not at the LORDE therfore slewe he him turned the kyngdome vnto Dauid The XII Chapter ANd all Israel resorted to Dauid vnto Hebron and sayde Beholde we are y e bone and thy flesh And afore tyme whan Saul reigned thou leddest Israel out and in So the LORDE thy God hath sayde vnto the Thou shalt kepe my people of Israel and thou shalt be the prynce ouer my people of Israel And all the Elders of Israel came to the kynge vnto Hebron And Dauid made a couenaunt with them at Hebron before the LORDE And they anoynted Dauid to be kynge ouer Israel acordynge to the worde of the LORDE by Samuel And Dauid and all Israel weÌ„te vnto Ierusalem that is Iebus for the Iebusites dwelt in the loÌ„de And the citesyns of Iebus saide vnto Dauid Thou shalt not come in hither Howbeit Dauid waÌ„ne y e castell of SioÌ„ which is y e cite of Dauid And Dauid sayde who so euer smyteth y e Iebusites first shal be a prynce captayne TheÌ„ Ioab y e sonne of Zerâ—ia clymmed vp first was made captayne So Dauid dwelt in y e castell therfore was it called y e cite of Dauid And he buylded y e cite rouÌ„de aboute fro Millo forth on euery syde As for y e remnaunt of y e cite Ioab buylded it repayred it And Dauid weÌ„te forth grewe the LORDE Zebaoth was w t him These are y e chefe amoÌ„ge y e mightie meÌ„ of Dauid which dealt valeauntly w t him in his kyngdome w t all Israel to make him kynge acordinge to the worde of y e LORDE ouer Israel And this is y e nombre of Dauids mightie men Iesabeam the sonne of Hachmoni the chefest amoÌ„ge thirtie He lifte vp his speare smote thre C. at one tyme. After him was Eleasar the sonne of Dodo the Ahohite and he was amoÌ„ge the thre mightie This man was w t Dauid whaÌ„ they blasphemed the Philistynes gathered theÌ„ selues there to y e batayll And eueÌ„ ther â–ª was there a pece of londe full of barly the people fled before the Philistynes And they stode in the myddes of the londe and rescued it and smote the Philistynes And the LORDE gaue a greate health And thre of the chefest thirtie weÌ„te downe to the rocke vnto Dauid in to the caue of Adullam But the Philistynes hoost laye in the valley of Rephain As for Dauid he was in the castell And the Philistynes people were then at Bethleem And Dauid was desyrous and sayde O that some wolde geue me to drynke of the water out of the well at Bethleem vnder the gate TheÌ„ brake those thre in to the Philistynes hoost and drue of the water out of the well at Bethleem vnder the gate and caried it and broughte it vnto Dauid Neuertheles he wolde not drynke it but poured it vnto the LORDE and sayde God let this be farre fro me y t I shulde do it and drynke the bloude of these men in y e parell of their life for with the
Assaph the sonne of Barachias and of the children of Merari their brethren Ethan the sonne of Cusaia and with them their brethren of the seconde course namely Zacharias Iaesiel Semiramoth Iehiel Vnni Eliab Benaia Maeseia Mathithia Elipheleia Mikneia Obed Edom Ieiel the dore kepers For Heman Assaph and Ethan were syngers with brasen belles makynge a loude noyse but Zacharias Iaesiel Semiramoth Iehiel Vnni Eliab Maeseia Benaia with Phalteries to Alamoth Mathithia Elipheleia Mikneia Obed Edom Ieiel Asasia with harpes to synge aboue them on hye Chenania the ruler of the Leuites was the master of Musick to teach them for to synge for he was a man of vnderstondinge And Barachias and Elcana were the dorekepers of the Arke But Sachamia Iosaphat Nathaneel Amasai Zacharias Benaia Elieser the prestes blewe the trompettes before y e Arke of God And Obed Edom and Iehia were dorekepers of the Arke So Dauid and the Elders of Israel and the captaynes ouer thousandes wente vp to fetch the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE out of the house of Obed Edom w t ioye And whan God had helped the Leuites y t bare the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt there were offred seuen bullockes seuen raÌ„mes And Dauid had a lynneÌ„ garment vpoÌ„ him and so had all the Leuites y t bare the Arke and y e syngers and Chenania the master of Musick w t the syngers Dauid had an ouerbody cote of lynnen vpon him also Thus all Israel brought vp the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE with myrth with trompettes tabrettes loude Cymbales with psalteries and harpes Now whan the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE came in to the cite of Dauid Michol y e doughter of Saul loked out at awyndowe whaÌ„ she sawe kynge Dauid daunsynge playenge she despysed him in hir hert The XVII Chapter ANd whaÌ„ they brought in the Arke of God they set it in y e Tabernacle that Dauid had pitched for it and offred burnt offerynges thank offerynges before God And whaÌ„ Dauid had ended the burnt offerynges and thank offerynges he blessed the people in the name of the LORDE distributed vnto euery man in Israel both vnto man and woman a cake of bred and a pece of flesh and a meece of potage And he appoynted before the Arke of y e LORDE certayne Leuites to mynister that they shulde geue prayse thankes and loauinges vnto the LORDE God of Israel namely Assaph the first Zacharias the seconde Ieâ—el Semiramoth Iehiel Mathithia Eliab Benaia Obed Edom and Iehiel with psalteries and harpes But Assaph with loude Cymbales Benaia and Iehasiel the prestes with tabrettes allwaye before the Arke of y e couenaunt of God At the same tyme ordeyned Dauid first of all to geue thaÌ„kes vnto the LORDE by Assaph and his brethren O geue thankes vnto the LORDE call vpon his name tell the people what thinges he hath done O let youre songes be of him prayse him and let youre talkynge be of all his wonderous workes Geue his holy name a good reporte let y e hert of them reioyce that seke the LORDE O seke the LORDE and his strength seke his face euermore RemeÌ„bre his maruelous workes that he hath done his wonders and the iudgmeÌ„tes of his mouth Ye sede of Israel his seruaunt ye children of Iacob his chosen He is the LORDE oure God his iudgmeÌ„tes are in all londes Be myndefull euer of his couenauÌ„t what he hath commaunded in to a thousande generacions Which he made with Abraham his ooth vnto Isaac And he comfirmed the same vnto Iacob for a perpetuall lawe and to Israel for an euerlastinge couenaunt And sayde Vnto the wyl I geue y e londe of Canaan y e metelyne of yo r inheritaunce WhaÌ„ they were yet but small fewe in noÌ„bre and straungers in the same londe And they wente from one nacion to another from one realme to another people He suffred no man to hurte them and reproued euen kynges for their sakes Touch not myne anoynted do my prophetes no harme O synge vnto y e LORDE let all y e earth be tellynge of his saluacion from daye to daye Declare his holynes amoÌ„ge the HeytheÌ„ his wonderous workes amonge y e people For the LORDE is greate and can not worthely be praysed and more to he had in awe then all goddes As for all the goddes of the HeytheÌ„ they are but Idols but it is the LORDE that made the heauens Thankesgeuynge and worshipe are before him strength and ioye is in his place Ascrybe vnto the LORDE ye kynreds of nacions ascrybe vnto the LORDE worshipe and strength Ascrybe vnto the LORDE the honoure of his name brynge presentes and come before him and worshipe y e LORDE in y e bewtye of holynes Let the whole earth stoÌ„de in awe of him he hath made the compase of the worlde so fast that it can not be moued Let the heauens reioyse and let the earth be glad and let it be tolde amonge the Heythen that the LORDE reigneth Let the See make a noyse and the fulnesse therof let the felde be ioyfull and all that therin is Let all the trees in the wod leape for ioye before the LORDE for he commeth to iudge the earth O geue thankes vnto the LORDE for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer And saye Helpe vs O God oure Sauioure and gather vs together and delyuer vs from the Heythen that we maye geue thankes vnto y e holy name and synge prayses vnto the in thy Psalmes Praysed be the LORDE God of Israel from euerlastinge to euerlastinge and let all people saye Amen And Prayse be vnto the LORDE So he lefte Assaph and his brethren there before the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE to mynister allwaye before the Arke euery daye his daye worke But Obed Edom and their brethren eight and threscore and Obed Edom the sonne of Iedithun and Hossa to be dore kepers And Sadoc y e prest his brethreÌ„ the prestes lefte he before the habitacion of the LORDE vpon the hye place at GibeoÌ„ to offre burntsacrifices daylie vnto the LORDE vpon the altare of burnt offerynges in the mornynge in the euenynge as it is wrytten in the lawe of the LORDE which he coÌ„maunded vnto Israel And with them Heman Iedithun and y e other chosen which were named by name to geue thankes vnto the LORDE because his mercy endureth for euer And with them Heman Iedithun to stryke vpon the tabrettes and Cymbales and the musicall instrumentes of God As for the childreÌ„ of Iedithun he made them dorekepers So all the people departed euery one to his house and Dauid returned also to blesse his house The XVIII Chapter IT fortuned whaÌ„ Dauid dwelt in his house he sayde vnto y e prophet Nathan Beholde I dwell in a house of Ceder and the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE is amonge the curtaynes
brasen altare that Salomon made might not conteyne all the burnt offeringes meat offerynges and the fat And at the same tyme helde Salomon a feast seuen daies longe and all Israel with him a very greate congregacion from Hemath vnto the ryuer of Egipte and on the eight daye helde he a conuocacion For the dedicacion of the altare helde they seuen daies and the feast seuen dayes also But on the thre and twentyeth daye of the seuenth moneth he let the people go vnto their tentes ioyfull and with mery hertes because of all the good that the LORDE had done vnto Dauid vnto Salomō and to his people of Israel * Thus fynished Salomō the house of y e LORDE and the kinges house and all y t came in his hert to make in the house of the LORDE and in his awne house prosperously And the LORDE appeared vnto Salomon in the nighte season and sayde vnto him I haue herde thy prayer and chosen this place vnto my selfe for an house of sacrifyce Beholde whan I shut the heauē so y t it raine not or commaunde the greshopper to cōsume the londe or cause a pestilence to come amonge my people to humble my people which is named after my name and yf they praye and seke my face and turne from their euell wayes thē wyl I heare them from heauen and wyll forgeue their sinne and heale their londe So shal myne eyes now be open and myne eares shal be attente vnto prayer in this place Thus haue I now chosen this house and sanctifyed it that my name maye be there for euer and myne eyes and my hert shal allwaye be there And yf thou walke before me as thy father Dauid walked so that thou do all that I commaunde the and kepe myne ordinaūces and lawes then wyll I stablishe the seate of thy kyngdome acordynge as I promysed thy father Dauid and sayde Thou shalt not wante a man to be lorde ouer Israel But yf ye turne backe and forsake myne ordynaunces and commaundemētes which I haue layed before you and so go youre waye and serue other goddes and worshippe them thē wyll I rote you out of my londe that I haue geuen you and this house which I haue sanctifyed vnto my name wil I cast awaye out of my presence and geue it ouer to be a byworde and fabell amōge all nacions And euery one that goeth by shall be astonnyed at this hye house and shall hysse at it and saye Wherfore hath the LORDE dealte thus with this londe and with this house Then shall it be sayde Euen because they haue forsaken the LORDE God of their fathers which brought them out of the londe of Egipte haue cleued vnto other goddes worshipped them and serued thē therfore hath he brought all this euell vpon thē The VIII Chapter ANd after twentye yeares wherin Salomon buylded the house of the LORDE and his awne house he buylded the cyties also which Hiram gaue vnto Salomon and caused the children of Israel to dwell therin And Salomon wente vnto Hemath Zoba and made it stronge and buylded Thadmor in the wyldernes and all the cornecyties which he buylded in Hemath He buylded the vpper and lower Bethoron likewyse so that they were stronge cities w t walles portes and barres And Baelath and all the cornecites which Salomon had and all the cities of the charettes and of the horse men and all that Salomon had lust to buylde both at Ierusalem and vpon Libanus and in all the londe of his domynion All the remnaunt of the people of the Hethites Amorites Pheresites Heuites and Iebusites which were not of the children of Israel and their children which they had lefte behynde them in the londe whom the children of Israel had not vtterly destroied those dyd Salomon make trybutaries vnto this daye As for the children of Israel Salomon made no bondmen of them vnto his worke but they were men of warre and chefe captaynes and ouer his charettes horsmen And the chefe of kynge Salomons officers were two hundreth and fyftie which ruled the people And Salomon caused Pharaos doughter to be fetched vp out of the cite of Dauid in to the house that he had buylded for her for he sayde My wyfe shall not dwell in the house of Dauid the kynge of Israel for it is sanctifyed in as moch as y e Arke of the LORDE is come in to it Then offred Salomon burnt offerynges vnto the LORDE vpon the LORDES altare which he had buylded before the porche euery one vpon his daye to offre after the cōmaundement of Moses on the Sabbathes Newmones at the appoynted seasons of the yeare euen thre tymes namely in y e feast of vnleuended bred in the feast of wekes in the feast of Tabernacles And he set the prestes in ordre to their ministracion acordynge as Dauid his father had appoynted and the Leuites in their offyces to geue thankes and to mynister in the presence of the prestes euery one vpon his daye And the dorekepers in their courses euery one at his dore for so had Dauid the mā of God commaunded And they departed not from the kynges commaundement ouer the prestes and Leuites in euery matter and in the treasures Thus was all Salomons busynesse made ready from the daye that the foundacion of the LORDES house was layed tyll it was fynished so that the house of the LORDE was all prepared Then wente Salomon vnto Ezeon Geber and vnto Eloth by the See syde in the londe of Edomea And Hiram sent him shippes by his seruauntes which had knowlege of the See and they wente with Salomōs seruauntes vnto Ophir and fetched from thence foure hundreth and fyftye talentes of golde and broughte it vnto kynge Salomon The IX Chapter ANd whan the quene of rich Arabia herde the fame of Salomon she came with a very greate tryne to Ierusalem with Camels that bare spyces and golde and precious stones to proue Salomon with darke sentences And whan she came vnto Salomon she spake vnto him all that she had deuysed in hir mynde And the kynge tolde her all hir matters Salomon had nothinge in secrete but he tolde it her And whan the Quene of riche Arabia sawe the wyszdome of Salomon and y e house that he had buylded the meates of his table the dwellinges of his seruauntes y e offices of his mynisters and their garmentes his butlers and their apparell and his parler where he wente vp in to the house of the LORDE she coulde no longer refrayne And she sayde vnto the kynge It is true that I haue herde in my londe of thy behaue oure and of thy wyszdome howbeit I wolde not beleue their wordes tyll I came my selfe sawe it with myne eyes and beholde the halfe of thy greate wyszdome hath not bene tolde me there is more in y e then the fame that I haue herde Happye are thy men and happie are these thy seruauntes
Be it knowne vnto the kynge that we came in to Iewry to the house of y e greate God which is buylded with all maner of stone and balckes are layed in the walles and y e worke goeth fast forth and prospereth in their handes Neuertheles we axed the Elders and sayde vnto them Who hath cōmaunded you to buylde this house and to make vp the walles therof We axed their names also that we might certifye the and haue wrytten the names of the men that were their rulers But they answered vs w t these wordes and sayde We are the seruaūtes of the God of heauen and earth and buylde the house y t was buylded many yeares agoo which a greate kynge of Israel buylded and set vp Howbeit whan oure fathers prouoked the God of heauen vnto wrath he gaue them ouer in the hande of Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon the Caldee which brake downe this house caried y e people awaye vnto Babilon Neuertheles in the first yeare of Cyrus the kynge of Babilon y e same kynge Cyrus commaunded to buylde this house of God for the vessels of golde and siluer in the house of God which Nabuchodonosor toke out of the temple at Ierusalē and broughte thē in to y e temple at Babilon those dyd Cyrus the kynge take out of y e temple at Babilon and delyuered them vnto Seszbazer by name whom he made Debyte and sayde vnto him Take these vessels go thy waye and brynge them vnto the temple at Ierusalem and let the house of God be buylded in his place Then came the same Seszbazar and layed y e foundacion of the house of God at Ierusalem Sence that tyme hath it bene in buyldinge and yet is it not fynished Yf it please y e kynge now let there be search made in y e kynges treasure house which is at Babilon whether it haue bene kynge Cyrus commaundement that the house of God at Ierusalem shulde be buylded sende vs y e kynges mynde concernynge the same The VI. Chapter THen cōmaunded kinge Darius that search shulde be made in y e library of y e kynges treasure house which laye at Babilon So at Egbathanis in a castell that lyeth in the londe of the Meedes there was founde a boke in it was there an acte wrytten after this maner In the first yeare of kynge Cyrus cōmaunded the same kynge Cyrus to buylde y e house of God at Ierusalem in the place where the sacrifice is made to laye the foundacion to beare thre score cubites heyght thre score cubites bredth thre walles of all maner of stones and one wall of tymber the expences shal be geuen of the kynges house And the goldē and syluer vessell of y e house of God which Nabuchodonosor toke out of the temple at Ierusalem and broughte vnto Babilon shal be restored agayne y t they maye be broughte vnto the temple at Ierusalē to their place in to the house of God Get you farre from them therfore thou Thathnai Debyte beyonde the water and Sethar of Bosen youre councelers which are beyonde the water Let them worke in y e house of God that the Debyte of y e Iewes and their Elders maye buylde the house of God in his place I haue commaunded also what shal be done to y e Elders of Iuda for the buyldinge of the house of God that there shal diligently be takē of the kynges goodes euen of the rentes beyonde the water geuen vnto the men and that they be not hyndered And yf they haue nede of calues lambes or goates for the burnt offrynge vnto y e God of heauen wheate salt wyne and oyle after the custome of the prestes at Ierusalem there shal be geuen them daylie as is acordinge and se that this be not done necligētly that they maye offre swete sauoures vnto y e God of heauen and praye for the kynges lyfe and for his children This commaundement haue I geuē And what man so euer he be that altereth these wordes there shal a balke be taken from his house and set vp and he shal be hanged theron and his house shal be prysed for the dede But the God that dwelleth in heauen destroye all kynges and people that put to their hāde to alter and to breake downe the house of God at Ierusalem I Darius haue commaunded that this be diligently done Then Thathnai y e Debyte beyonde y e water and Sethar of Bosen with their councelers to whom kynge Darius had sent dyd their diligence And y e Elders of the Iewes buylded and they prospered thorow the prophecienge of Aggeus the prophet and Zachary the sonne of Iddo and they buylded and set vp the worke acordinge to the commaundement of the God of Israel and after the commaundement of Cyrus Darius and Artaxerses kynges of Persia. And they perfourmed the house vnto the thirde daye of the moneth Adar that was the sixte yeare of the reigne of kynge Darius And the children of Israel the prestes the Leuites and the other children of y e captyuite helde the dedicacion of the house of God with ioye and offred at the dedicacion of the house of God an hundreth calues two hundreth lambes foure hundreth goates and for the syn offerynge for all Israel twolue he goates acordinge to the nombre of the trybes of Israel and set the prestes in their courses and y e Leuites in their offices to mynister vnto God which is at Ierusalē as it is wrytten in the boke of Moses And the children of the captyuite helde Passeouer vpon the fourtenth daye of the first moneth for y e prestes and Leuites had purified them selues so y t they were all cleane as one man and kylled Passeouer for all the children of the captyuite and for their brethrē the prestes and for them selues And the childrē of Israel which were come agayne out of captiuyte and all soch as had separated them selues vnto them from the fylthinesse of the Heythen in the londe to seke the LORDE God of Israel ate helde the feast of vnleuēded bred seuen dayes with ioye for the LORDE had made them glad and turned the hert of the kynge of Assur vnto thē so that their handes were strengthed in the worke of the house of God which is y e God of Israel The VII Chapter AFter these actes in the reigne of Artaxerses kynge of Persia there wente vp from Babilon Eszdras the sonne of Seraia the sonne of Asaria the sonne of Helchias the sonne of Sallum the sonne of Sadoc the sonne of Achitob the sonne of Amaria the sonne of Asaria the sonne Meraioth the sonne of Serahia y e sonne of Vsi the sonne of Buki the sonne of Abisua the sonne of Phineas the sonne of Eleasar the sonne of Aaron the chefe prest which was a quycke scrybe in the lawe of Moses which the LORDE God of Israel dyd geue And y e kynge gaue him all that he
soch wordes it displeased me sore and I aduysed so in my mynde y t I rebuked the councelers and the rulers and sayde vnto them Wyl ye requyre vsury one of another And I broughte a greate congregacion agaynst them and sayde vnto them We after oure abilyte haue boughte oure brethren the Iewes which were solde vnto the Heythen And wyl ye sell youre brethren whom we haue boughte vnto vs Then helde they their peace coulde fynde nothinge to answere And I sayde It is not good that ye do Oughte ye not to walke in the feare of God because of the rebuke of the Heythen oure enemies I and my brethrē and my seruauntes haue lent them money and corne but as for vsury let vs leaue it Therfore this same daye se that ye restore thē their londes agayne their vynyardes oyle gardens and houses and the hundreth parte of the money of the corne wyne and oyle that ye haue wonne of them Then sayde they We wyl restore them agayne and wyl requyre nothinge of them and wyl do as thou hast spoken And I called the prestes and toke an ooth of thē that they shulde do so And I shoke my lappe and sayde God shake out euery man after the same maner frō his house and laboure that maynteyneth not this worde euen thus be he shaken out and voyde And all y e congregacion sayde Amen and praysed the LORDE And the people dyd so And from the tyme forth that it was commytted vnto me to be a Debyte in the londe of Iuda namely from the twentieth yeare vnto the two and thirtieth yeare off kynge Artaxerses that is twolue yeare I and my brethrē lyued not of soch sustenaunbe as was geuen to a Debyte For the olde Debytes that were before me had bene chargeable vnto the people and had takē of thē bred and wyne and fortye Sycles of syluer Yee and their seruauntes had oppressed the people But so dyd not I and that because of the feare of God I laboured also in the worke vpon the wall and boughte no lōde And all my seruaūtes came thither together vnto y e worke Morouer there were at my table an hundreth and fiftie of the Iewes and rulers which came vnto me from amonge the Heythen that are aboute vs. And there was prepared me daylie an oxe and sixe chosen shepe and byrdes and euer once in ten dayes a greate summe of wyne Yet requyred not I the lyuynge of a Debyte for y e bondage was greuous vnto y e people Thynke vpō me my God vnto y e best acordīge to all that I haue done for this people The VI. Chapter ANd whan Saneballat Tobias and Gosem the Arabian and the other of oure enemyes herde that I had buylded the wall and that there were no mo gappes ther in howbeit at the same tyme had I not hanged the dores vpon the gates Saneballat and Gosem sent vnto me sayenge Come and let us mete together in the vyllages vpon the playne of the cite On◠Neuertheles they thoughte to do me euell Notwithstondynge I sent messaungers vnto them sayenge I haue a greate busynes to do I can not come downe The worke shulde stonde still yf I were necligent and came downe to you Howbeit they sent vnto me as good as foure tymes after the same maner And I gaue the same answere Then sent Saneballat his seruaunt vnto me the fifth tyme with an open letter in his hande wherin was wrytten It is tolde the Heythen Gosem hath sayde it that thou and the Iewes thynke to rebell for y e which cause thou buyldest the wall and wylt be their kynge in these matters and hast ordeyned the prophetes to preach of the at Ierusalem and to saye He is kynge of Iuda Now shal this come to the kynges eares come now therfore and let us take oure councell together Neuertheles I sent vnto him sayenge There is no soch thinge done as thou sayest thou hast fayned it out of thine owne hert For they were all mynded to make us afrayed and thoughte They shal withdrawe their handes from the worke y t they shal not laboure Howbeit I strēgthed my hande the more And I came vnto y e house of Semaia y e sonne of Delaia the sonne of Mechetabeel he had shut him selfe within sayde Let us come together in to y e house of God euē vnto y e myddes of y e tēple sparre y e dores of y e tēple for they wyl come to slaye y e yee euē in the night wyl they come to put the to death But I sayde Shulde soch a mā flye Shulde soch a mā as I am go in to y e tēple to saue his life I wyl not go in For I perceaued that God had not sent him Yet spake he prophecye vpon me neuerthelesse Tobias and Saneballat had hired him for money Therfore toke he the money that I shulde be afrayed and so to do and synne that they might haue an euell reporte of me to blaspheme me My God thynke thou vpon Tobias and Saneballat acordynge vnto these their workes and of y e prophet Noadia and of the other prophetes y t wolde haue put me in feare And the wall was fynished on the fyue twentyeth daye of the moneth Elul in two and fyftye dayes And whan all o r enemies herde therof all the Heithen y t were aboute vs were afraied and their corage failed thē for they perceaued that this worke came of God And at y e same tyme were there many of y e chefe of Iuda whose letters wēte vnto Tobias from Tobias vnto them for there were many in Iuda that were sworne vnto him for he was the sonne in lawe of Sachania the sonne of Arah and his sonne Iohanan had the doughter of Mesullam the sonne of Barachia and they spake good of him before me and tolde him my wordes And Tobias sent letters to put me in feare The VII Chapter NOw whan we had buylded the wall I hanged on the dores and the porters syngers and Leuites were appoynted And I cōmaunded my brother Hanani and Hanania the ruler of the palace at Ierusalem for he was a faithfull man and feared God more then dyd many other and I sayde vnto them Let not the gates of Ierusalē be opened vntyll the Sonne be whote And whyle they are yet stondinge in the watch the dores shall be shut and barred And there were certayne citesyns of Ierusalem appoynted to be watchmen euery one in his watch and aboute his house As for y e cite it was large of rowme and greate but y e people were fewe therin and the houses were not buylded And my God gaue me in my hert that I gatherd together the pryncipall men and y e people to nombre them and I founde a register of their nombre which came vp afore out of the captiuyte whom Nabuchodonosor y e kynge of Babilō had caryed awaie and dwelt at Ierusalem and in Iuda
are not able to perfourme the thynges that they take in hoÌ„de which compaseth y e wyse in their owne crafâ—ynesse and ouertroweth the councell of the wicked In so moch that they runne in to darcknesse by fayre daye and grope aboute them at the noone daye like as in the night And so he delyuereth the poore from the swearde from their mouth and from the hoÌ„de of the cruell that the poore maye haue hope that the mouth of the oppressoure maye be stopped Beholde happie is the man whom God punysheth therfore despyse not thou y e chastenynge of the Allmighty For though he make a wounde he geueth a medicyne agayne though he smyte his honde maketh whole agayne He delyuereth the out of sixe troubles so that in the seuenth there can no harme touch the. In the myddest of honger he saueth y e from death and when it is warre from the power of the swearde He shall kepe the from the persons tonge so that when trouble commeth thou shalt not nede to feare In destruccion and derth thou shalt be mery and shalt not be afrayed for the beastes of the earth But the castels in the londe shal be confederate with the the beastes of the felde shall geue the peace Yee thou shalt se that thy dwellynge place shal be in rest thou shalt beholde thy substaunce and be nomore punyshed for synne Thou shalt se also that thy sede shall encreace and that thy posterite shal be as the grasse vpon the earth Thou shalt come to thy graue in a fayre age like as y e corne sheeues are brought in to the barne in due season Lo this is the matter as we oure selues haue proued by experience Therfore now that thou hearest it take better hede to thyselff The VI. Chapter IOb answered and sayde O that my misery weere weyed and my punyshment layed in the balaunces for then shulde it be heuyer then the sonde of the see This is the cause that my wordes are so soroufull For the allmighty hath shott at me with his arowes whose indignacion hath droncke vp my sprete and y e terrible feares of God fight agaynst me Doth the wilde asse roare when he hath grasse Or crieth the oxe wheÌ„ he hath fodder ynough Maye a thynge be eaten vnseasoned or without salt What taist hath y e whyte within the yoke an egg The thinges that sometyme I might not a waye withall are now my meate for very sorow O that I might haue my desyre O y e God wolde graunte me the thynge that I longe for That he wolde begynne and smyte me that he wolde let his honde go hew me downe TheÌ„ shulde I haue some coÌ„forte yee I wolde desyre him in my payne that he shulde not spare for I will not be agaynst y e wordes of the holy one What power haue I to endure Or â–ª what is myne ende that my soule might be pacieÌ„t Is my strength the strength of stones Or is my flesh made of brasse Am I able to helpe my self â–ª Is not my strength gone fro me like as yf one withdrewe a good dede from his frende and forsoke the feare of God Myne owne brethren passe ouer by me as the waterbroke that hastely runneth thorow y e valleys But they that feare the horefrost the snowe shal fall vpon them When their tyme coÌ„meth they shal be destroyed and perishe and when they be set on fyre they shal be remoued out of their place for the pathes y t they go in are croked they haist after vayne thinges and shal perish Considre the pathes off Theman the wayes off Saba wherin they haue put their trust Confounded are they that put eny coÌ„fidence in them For wheÌ„ they came to opteyne the thynges that they loked for they were brought to confucion EueÌ„ so are ye also come vnto me but now that ye se my mysery ye are afrayed Dyd I desyre you to come hyther Or to geue me eny off youre substaunce To delyuer me me from the enemies honde or to saue me from the power off the mightie Teach me and I will holde my tonge and yf I do erre shewe me wherin Wherfore blame ye then the wordes that are well and truly spoken which of you can reproue them Sauynge only that ye are sotyll to check mens sayenges and can speake many wordes in the wynde Ye fall vpon the fatherlesse aÌ„d go aboute to ouerthrowe youre owne frende Wherfore loke not only vpon me but vpon youre selues whether I lye or no. Turne in to youre owne selues I praye you be indifferent iudges and considre myne vngyltinesse whether there be eny vnrightuousnesse in my tonge or vayne wordes in my mouth The VII Chapter IS not the life off maÌ„ vpon earth a very batayll Are not his dayes like the dayes of an hyred seruaunte For like as a bonde seruaunt desyreth the shadowe and as an hyrelinge wolde fayne haue an ende of his worke Euen so haue I laboured whole monethes longe but in vayne and many a carefull night haue I tolde When I layed me downe to slepe I sayde O when shal I ryse Agayne I longed sore for the night Thus am I full off sorowe till it be darcke My flesh is clothed with wormes fylthinesse and dust my skynne is wythered and crompled together my dayes passe ouer more spedely theÌ„ a weeuer can weeue out his webbe and are gone or I am awarre O remembre that my life is but a wynde aÌ„d that myne eye shal nomore se the pleasures therof yee and that none other mans eye shall se me eny more For yf thou fasten thine eyes vpon me I come to naught â–ª like as a cloude is coÌ„sumed and vanyshed awaye euen so he that goeth downe to hell commeth nomore vp ner turneth agayne in to his house nether shall his place knowe him eny more Therfore I will not spare my mouth but will speake in the trouble of my sprete in y e bytternesse of my mynde will I talke Am I a see or a whalfysh that thou kepest me so in preson When I thynke my bedd shall comforte me I shall haue some refresshinge by talkynge with myself vpon my couche TheÌ„ troublest thou me with dreames aÌ„d makest me so afrayed thorow visions that my soule wyssheth rather to be hanged and my bones to be deed I can se no remedy I shall lyue nomore O spare me then for my dayes are but vayne What is man that thou hast him in soch reputacion and settest so moch by him Thou takest diligent care for him and sodeÌ„ly doest thou trye him Why goest thou not fro me ner lettest me alone so longe till I swalow downe my spetle I haue offended what shal I do vnto y e O thou preseruer off men Why hast thou made me to stonde in thy waye and am so heuy a burden vnto myself Why doest thou not forgeue me my synne Wherfore takest thou not awaye my
in to my mynde Wherfore do I beare my flesh in myteth and my soule in myne hondes Lo there is nether cōforte ner hope for me yf he wil slaye me But yf I shewe and reproue myne owne wayes in his sight he is euen the same that maketh me whole and why there maye no Ypocrite come before him Heare my wordes and pondre my sayenges with youre eares Beholde though sentence were geuen vpon me I am sure to be knowne for vngilty What is he that will go to lawe with me For yf I holde my tonge I shal dye Neuerthelesse graunte me ij thinges and then will I not hyde my self from the. Withdrawe thine honde fro me let not the fearfull drede of the make me afrayed And then sende for me to the lawe y t I maye answere for my self or els let me speake and geue thou the answere How greate are my myszdedes synnes Let me knowe my trāsgressions offences Wherfore hydest thou thy face and holdest me for thine enemye Wilt thou be so cruell extreme vnto a flyenge leaf and folowe vpon drye stubble that thou layest so sharply to my charge and wilt vtterly vndoo me for y e synnes of my yougth Thou hast put my fote in the stockes thou lokest narowly vnto all my pathes marckest the steppes of my fete where as I notwithstondinge must consume like as a foule carion and as a cloth that is moth eaten The XIIII Chapter MAn that is borne of a woman hath but a shorte tyme to lyue and is full of dyuerse miseries He cōmeth vp and falleth awaye like a floure He flyeth as it were a shadowe and neuer continueth in one state Thinkest thou it now well done to open thine eyes vpon soch one and to brynge me before the in iudgment Who can make it cleane that commeth of an vncleane thinge No body The dayes of man are shorte y e nombre of his monethes are knowne only vnto the. Thou hast apoynted him his boundes he can not go beyonde them Go from him that he maye rest a litle vntill his daye come which he loketh for like as an hyrelinge doth Yf a tre be cutt downe there is some hope yet that it will sproute and shute forth the braunches againe For though a rote be waxen olde and deed in the grounde yet whē the stocke getteth the sent of water it will budde and brynge forth bowes like as when it was first planted But as for man when he is deed perished and consumed awaye what becommeth of him The floudes when they be dryed vp the ryuers when they be emptie are fylled agayne thorow the flowinge waters of the see but when man slepeth he ryseth not agayne vntill the heauen perish he shal not wake vp ner ryse out of his slepe O that thou woldest kepe me and hyde me in the hell vntill thy wrath were stilled to appoynte me a tyme wherin thou mightest remembre me Maye a deed man lyue agayne All the dayes of this my pilgremage am I lokynge when my chaunginge shal come Yf thou woldest but call me I shulde obeie the only despyse not the worke of thine owne hondes For thou hast nombred all my goynges yet be not thou to extreme vpon my synnes Thou hast sealed vp myne offences as it were in a bagg but be mercifull vnto my wickednesse The mountaynes fall awaye at the last the rockes are remoued out of their place the waters pearse thorow the very stones by litle and litle the floudes waszshe awaye the grauell earth Euen so destroyest thou the hope of man in like maner Thou preuaylest agaynst him so that he passeth awaye thou chaungest his estate and puttest him from the. Whether his children come to worshipe or no he can not tell And yf they be men of lowe degre he knoweth not Whyle he lyueth his flesh must haue trauayle and whyle the soule is in him he must be in sorowe The XV. Chapter THen answered Eliphas the Themanite and sayde Shulde a wyse man geue soch an answere as it were one that spake in the wynde and fyll his stomacke with anger Thou reprouest w t wordes that are nothinge wroth and speakest the thinges which can do no good As for shame thou hast set it asyde els woldest thou not make so many wordes before God but thy wickednesse teacheth thy mouth and so thou hast chosen the a craftie tonge Thine owne mouth condemneth the and not I yee thine owne lippes shappe the an answere Art thou the first man that euer was borne Or wast thou made before the hylles hast thou herde the secrete councell of God that all wyszdome is to litle for y e What knowest thou y t we knowe not What vnderstondest thou but we can the same With vs are olde and aged men yee soch as haue lyued longer then thy forefathers Dost thou nomore regarde the comforte of God but thy wicked wordes wil not suffre the. Why doth thine herte make the so proude Why stondest thou so greatly in thine owne conceate Where vnto loke thine eyes y t thy mynde is so puft vp agaynst God lettest soch wordes go out of thy mouth What is man that he shulde be vncleane what hath he which is borne of a woman wherby he might be knowne to be rightuous Beholde he hath founde vnfaithfulnesse amōge his owne sanctes yee the very heauens are vnclene in his sight How moch more then an abhominable and vyle mā which dryncketh wickednesse like water I will tell the heare me I wil shewethe a thinge that I knowe which wyse men haue tolde hath not bene hyd from their fathers vnto whom only the londe was geuen ▪ that no straunger shulde come amonge them The vngodly despayreth all the dayes of his life the nombre of a tyrauntes yeares is vnknowne A fearfull sounde is euer in his eares when it is peace yet feareth he destruccion He beleueth neuer to be delyuered out of darcknesse the swearde is allwaye before his eyes When he goeth forth to get his lyuinge he thinketh planely that the daye of darcknesse is at honde Sorow and carefulnesse make him afrayed cōpasse him rounde aboute like as it were a kinge with his hoost redy to the battayll For he hath stretched out his honde agaynst God armed himself agaynst y e Allmightie He runneth proudly vpon him with a stiff necke fighteth he agaynst him where as he couereth his face with fatnesse and maketh his body well lykynge Therfore shall his dwellynge be in desolate cities in houses which nomā inhabiteth but are become heapes of stones He shall not be rich nether shall his substaunce continue ner encrease vpon earth He shal neuer come out of darcknesse the flame shal drye vp his braunches with y e blast of the mouth of God shal he be takē awaie He wil nether applye himself to faithfulnes ner treuth so sore is he disceaued w t
For they persecute him whom thou hast smytten besyde thy woundes they haue geuen him moo Let them fall froÌ„ one wickednesse to another not come into thy rightuousnesse Let theÌ„ be wyped out of y e boke of the lyuinge not be written amonge the rightuous As for me I am poore in heuynesse let thy helpe defende me o God That I maye prayse y e name of God with a songe magnifie it with thankesgeuynge This shal please the LORDE better then a bullocke that hath hornes hoffes O considre this be glad ye that be in aduersite seke after God yo r soule shal lyue For the LORDE heareth the poore despyâ—â— not his presoners Let heauen earth praise him the see all that moueth therin For God wil saue Sion buylde the cities of Iuda that men maye dwell there haue theÌ„ in possession The sede of his seruauntes shal iÌ„heret it they that loue his name shal dwell therin The LXIX A psalme of Dauid HAist the o God to delyuer me to helpe me o LORDE Let theÌ„ be shamed confounded that seke after my soule let them be turned backwarde put to confucioÌ„ that wysh me euell Let them soone be brought to shame y t crie ouer me there there But let all those that seke the be ioyfull glad in the and let all soch as delyte in thy sauynge health saye alwaye y e LORDE be pray 〈…〉 As for me I am poore in misery 〈…〉 to helpe me Thou art my helpe my redemer my God oh make no 〈◊〉 tarienge The LXX psalme IN the o LORDE is my trust let me neuer be put to coÌ„fucioÌ„ but rydde me delyuer me thorow thy rightuousnesse â–ª encline thine eare vnto me helpe me Be thou my stronge holde where vnto I maye allwaye fle thou that hast promised to helpe me for thou art my house of defence my castell Delyuer me o my God out of y e haÌ„de of the vngodly out of the hande of theâ— rightuous cruell man For thou o LORDE God art the thinge that I loÌ„ge for thou art my hope euen fro my youth I haue â—eaned vpoÌ„ y e euer sens I was borne thou art he that toke me out of my mothers wombe therfore is my prayse allwaye of the. I am become a wonder vnto the multitude but my sure trust is in the. Oh let my mouth be fylled with thy prayse honoure all the daye loÌ„ge Cast me not awaye in myne olde age forsake me not when my strength fayleth me For myne enemies speake agaynst me they that laye wayte for my soule take their coâ—â—cell together sayenge God hath forsakeÌ„ him pÌ„ersecute him take him for there is none to helpe him Go not farre fro me o God my God haist the to helpe me Let them be coÌ„founded perish that are agaynst my soule let theÌ„ be couered with shame dishonoure that seke to do me euell As for me I wil pacieÌ„tly abyde allwaye wil euer encrease thy prayse My mouth shal speake of thy rightuousnesse sauynge health all the daye loÌ„ge for I knowe no ende therof Let me go in o LORDE God I wil make mencion of thy power and rightuousnesse only Thou o God hast lerned me fro my youth vp vntill now therfore wil I tell of y e wonderous workes Forsake me not o God in myne olde age when I am gray headed vntill I haue shewed thyne arme vnto childers children thy power to all them that are yet for to come Thy rightuousnes o God is very hie thou that doest greate thinges o God who is like vnto the O what greate troubles aduersite hast thou shewed me yet didest thou turne refresh me yee broughtest me from the depe of the earth agayne Thou hast brought me to greate honoure comforted me on euery syde Therfore wil I prayse the thy faith fulnesse o God playeÌ„ge vpon the lute vnto the wil I synge vpon the harpe o thou holy one of Israel My lippes wolde fayne synge prayses vnto the so wolde my soule whom thou hast delyuered My tonge talketh of thy rightuousnesse all the daye longe for they are confounded brought vnto shame y t sought to do me euel The LXXI A psalme of Salomon GEue the kinge thy iudgmeÌ„t o God and thy rightuousnesse vnto the kynges sonne That he maye gouerne thy people acordinge vnto right and defende thy poore That the mountaynes maye brynge peace and the litle hilles rightuousnes vnto the people He shal kepe the symple folke by their right defende the childreÌ„ of the poore and punysh the wrongeous doer Thou shalt be feared as longe as y e Sonne and the Moone endureth from one generacion to another He shal come downe like the rayne in to a flese of woll and like the droppes that water y e earth In his tyme shal rightuousnesse florish yee and abundauÌ„ce of peace so longe as the Moone endureth His dominion shal be from the one see to the other and from the floude vnto the worldes ende They that dwell in the wildernes shal knele before him his enemies shal licke the dust The kynges of the see and of the Iles shal brynge presentes y e kinges of Araby Saba shall offre giftes All kynges shal worshipe him all HeitheÌ„ shal do him seruyce For he shal deliuer the poore wheÌ„ he crieth the nedy y t hath no helpe He shall be fauorable to the symple poore he shal preserue the soules of soch as be in aduersite He shal deliuer their soules from extorcion wronge deare shal their bloude be in his sight He shal lyue vnto him shal be geueÌ„ of y e golde of Arabia Prayer shal be made euer vnto him daylie shal he be praysed There shal be an heape of corne in the earth hye vpon the hilles his frute shal shake like Libanus shal be grene in the cite like grasse vpoÌ„ the earth His name shal endure for euer his name shal remayne vnder the sonne amonge the posterites which shal be blessed thorow him all the Heithen shal prayse him Blessed be the LORDE God euen the God of Israel which only doth woÌ„derous thinges And blessed be the name of his maiesty for euer and all londes be fulfilled with his glory Amen Amen Here ende the prayers of Dauid the sonne of Iesse The LXXII A psalme of Asaph O How louynge is God vnto Israel to soch as are of a clene hert Neâ—erthelesse my fete were allmost gone my treadinges had wel nye slipte And why I was greued at y e wicked to se the vngodly in soch prosperite For they are in no parell of death but stonde fast like a palace They come in no misfortune like other folke nether are they plaged like other men And this is the cause that they be so puft vp in pryde ouerwhelmed with cruelte
is hast thou made all men for naught What man is he that lyueth and shal not se death Maye a maÌ„ delyuer his owne soule from the honde of hell Sela. LORDE where are thy olde louynge kyndnesses which thou sworest vnto Dauid in thy trueth RemeÌ„bre LORDE the rebuke that y e multitude of the people do vnto thy seruauntes how I haue borne it in my bosome Wher w t thine enemies blaspheme the slauÌ„der y e fotesteppes of y e anoynted Thankes be to the LORDE for euermore Amen Amen The LXXXIX psalme A prayer of Moses the man of God LORDE thou art oure refuge from one generacion to another Before the mountaynes were brought forth or euer the earth the worlde were made thou art God from euerlastinge and worlde with out ende Thou turnest man to destruccion Agayne thou sayest come agayne ye children of men For a thousande yeares in thy sight are but as yesterdaye that is past and like as it were a night watch As soone as thou scatrest them they are euen as a slepe and fade awaye sodenly like the grasse In the mornynge it is grene and groweth vp but in the euenynge it is cutt downe and wythered For we consume awaye in thy displeasure and are afrayed at thy wrothfull indignacion Thou â—ettest oure miszdedes before the and oure secrete synnes in the light of thy countenaunce For when thou art angrie all o r dayes are gone we brynge o r yeares to an ende â–ª as it were a tayle that is tolde The daye of oure age are iij. score yeares ten though men be so stronge that they come to iiij score yeares yet is their strength then but laboure and sorowe so soone passeth it awaye we are gone But who regardeth the power of thy wrath thy fearfull terrible displeasure O teach vs to nombre oure dayes that we maye applie oure hertes vnto wyszdome Turne the agayne o LORDE at the last and be gracious vnto thy seruauntes O satisfie vs with thy mercy and that soone so shal we reioyse and be glad all the dayes of oure life Comforte vs agayne now after the tyme that thou hast plaged vs and for the yeares wherin we haue suffred aduersite Shewe thy seruauntes thy worke their children thy glory And the glorious maiesty of the LORDE oure God be vpon vs O prospere thou the worke of oure hondes vpon vs o prospere thou oure hondy worke The XC psalme WHo so dwelleth vnder y e defence of the most hyest abydeth vnder y e shadowe of y e allmightie He shal saye vnto y e LORDE o my hope my stronge holde my God in whoÌ„ I wil trust For he shal deliuer the froÌ„ the snare of the hunter froÌ„ the noysome pestilence He shal couer the vnder his wynges that thou mayest be safe vnder his fethers his faithfulnesse and trueth shal be thy shylde and buckler So y t thou shalt not nede to be afrayed for eny bugges by night ner for arowe that flyeth by daye For the pestileÌ„ce that crepeth in y e darcknesse ner for the sicknesse y t destroyeth in the noone daye A thousande shal fall besyde the and ten thousande at thy right honde but it shal not come nye the. Yee with thyne eyes shalt thou beholde and se the rewarde of the vngodly For thou LORDE art my hope thou hast set thy house of defence very hye There shal no euell happen vnto the nether shal eny plage come nye thy dwellinge For he shall geue his angels charge ouer the to kepe the in all thy wayes They shal beare the in their hondes that thou hurte not thy fote agaynst a stone Thou shalt go vpoÌ„ the Lyon and Adder the yonge Lyon and the Dragon shalt thou treade vnder thy fete Because he hath set his loue vpon me I shal delyuer him I shal defende him for he hath knowne my name When he calleth vpon me I shall heare him yee I am with him in his trouble wher out I wil delyuer him and brynge him to honoure With loÌ„ge life wil I satisfie him shewe him my saluacion The XCI psalme IT is a good thinge to geue thankes vnto the LORDE and to synge prayses vnto y e name o most hyest To tell of thy louynge kyndnesse early in the mornynge and of thy trueth in the night season Vpon an instrumeÌ„t of ten strynges vpon the luâ—e and with a songe vpon the harpe For thou LORDE hast made me glad thorow thy workes â–ª and I wil reioyse ouer the operacion of thy hondes O LORDE how glorious are thy workes thy thoughtes are very depe An vnwyse man wil not knowe this a foole wil not vnderstoÌ„de it That the vngodly are grene as the grasse and that all the workes of wickednes do florish to be destroyed for euer But thou LORDE o most hyest abydest worlde without ende For lo thy enemies o LORDE lo thy enemies shal perishe and all the workers of wickednes shal be scatred abrode But my horne shal be exalted like the horne of an Vnicorne shal be anoynted with fresh oyle Myne eye also shal se his lust of myne enemies myne eare shall heare his desyre of the wicked y t ryse vp agaynst me The rightuous shal florish like a palme tre and growe like a Cedre of Libanus Soch as be planted in the house of the LORDE be frutefull plenteous grene That they maye shewe how true the LORDE my streÌ„gth is and that there is no vnrightuousnesse in him The XCII psalme THe LORDE is kynge and hath put on glorious apparell the LORDE hath put on his apparell gyrded himself with streÌ„gth he hath made the rounde worlde so sure that it can not be moued From that tyme forth hath y e seate bene prepared thou art from euerlastinge The floudes aryse o LORDE the floudes lift vp their noyse y e floudes lift vp their wawes The wawes of the see are mightie rage horribly but yet the LORDE that dwelleth on hye is mightier Thy testimonies o LORDE are very sure holynesse becommeth thyne house for euer The XCIII psalme O LORDE God to whom vengeaunce beloÌ„geth thou God to whom vengeaunce belongeth shewe thy self Arise thou iudge of the worlde rewarde the proude after their deseruynge LORDE how longe shal the vngodly how longe shal the vngodly tryumphe How longe shal all wicked doers speake so diszdaynedly and make soch proude boastynge They smyte downe thy people o LORDE and trouble thine heretage They murthur the widdowe and the straunger and put the fatherlesse to death And yet they saie Tush the LORDE seyth not the God of Iacob regardeth it not Take hede ye vnwise amonge the people o ye fooles when wil ye vnderstonde He that planted the eare shal he not heare he that made the eye shal not he se He that nurtureth the Heithen and teacheth a man knowlege shal not he punysh The LORDE
knoweth the thoughtes of men that they are but vayne Blessed is the maÌ„ whom thou lernest o LORDE and teachest him in thy lawe That thou mayest geue him pacience in tyme of aduersite vntill the pytte be dygged vp for the vngodly For the LORDE wil not fayle his people nether wil he forsake his inheritaunce And why iudgment shal be turned agayne vnto rightuousnesse and all soch as be true of hert shal folowe it Who ryseth vp with me agaynst the wicked who taketh my parte agaynst the euell doers Yf the LORDE had not helped me my soule had allmost bene put to sylence When I sayde my fote hath slipped thy mercy o LORDE helde me vp In y e multitude of the sorowes that I had in my herte thy comfortes haue refreshed my soule Wilt thou haue eny thinge to do with the stole of wickednesse which ymagineth myschefe in the lawe They gather them together agaynst the soule of the rightuous condemne the innocent bloude But the LORDE is my refuge my God is the streÌ„gth of my confideÌ„ce He shal recompence theÌ„ their wickednesse and destroye them in their owne malice yee the LORDE oure God shal destroye them The XCIIII psalme O Come let vs prayse the LORDE let vs hertely reioyse in the strength of oure saluacion Let vs come before his presence with thaÌ„kesgeuynge shewe oure self glad in him w t psalmes For the LORDE is a greate God and a greate kynge aboue all goddes In his honde are all y e corners of the earth and the strength of the hilles is his also The see is his for he made it and his hondes prepared the drie loÌ„de O come let vs worshipe and bowe downe oure selues Let vs knele before the LORDE oure maker For he is oure God as for vs we are the people of his pasture and the shepe of his hoÌ„des To daye yf ye wil heare his voyce hardeÌ„ not youre hertes as wheÌ„ ye prouoked in tyme of temptacion in the wildernes Where yo r fathers teÌ„pted me proued me and sawe my workes XL. yeares longe was I greued with that generacion sayde they euer erre in their hertes they verely haue not knowne my wayes Therfore I sware vnto theÌ„ in my wrath that they shulde not enter in to my rest The XCV psalme O Synge vnto the LORDE a new songe synge vnto the LORDE all the whole earth Synge vnto y e LORDE prayse his name be tellynge of his saluacion from daye to daye Declare his honoure amonge the HeitheÌ„ and his wonders amonge all people For y e LORDE is greate and can not worthely be praysed he is more to be feared then all goddes As for all y e goddes of the HeitheÌ„ they be but Idols but it is the LORDE that made the heaueÌ„s Thankesgeuynge and worshipe are before him power and honoure are in his Sanctuary Ascrybe vnto the LORDE o ye kinredes of the Heithen ascrybe vnto the LORDE worshipe and strength Ascrybe vnto the LORDE the honoure of his name brynge presentes and come in to his courte O worshipe the LORDE in the beutye of holynesse let the whole earth stonde in awe of him Tell it out amonge the HeitheÌ„ that the LORDE is kynge and that it is he which hath made the rounde worlde so fast that it can not be moued and how that he shal iudge the people rightuously Let the heaueÌ„s reioyse and let the earth be glad let the see make a noyse yee all that therin is Let the felde be ioyfull and all that is in it let all the trees of the wodd leape for ioye Before the LORDE for he commeth for he coÌ„meth to iudge the earth yee with rightuousnesse shal he iudge the worlde and y e people with his trueth The XCVI psalme THe LORDE is kynge the earth maye be glad therof yee the multitude of the Iles maie be glad therof Cloudes and darcknesse are rounde aboute him rightuousnesse and iudgment are the habitacion of his seate There goeth a fyre before him to burne vp his enemies on euery syde His lightenynges geue shyne vnto the worlde the earth seyth it is afraied The hilles melt like wax at the presence of y e LORDE at the presence of the LORDE of the whole earth The very heauens declare his rightuousnes all people se his glory CoÌ„founded be all they that worshipe ymages and delite in their Idols worshipe him all ye goddes Sion heareh of it and reioyseth yee all y e doughters of Iuda are glad because of thy iudgmentes o LORDE For thou LORDE art the most hyest ouer all the earth thou art exalted farre aboue all goddes O ye that loue the LORDE se that ye hate the thinge which is euell the LORDE preserueth the soules of his sayntes he shal delyuer theÌ„ from the honde of the vngodly There is spronge vp a light for the rightuous and a ioyfull gladnesse for soch as be true herted Reioyse therfore in the LORDE ye rightuous and geue thankes for a remembraunce of his holynesse The XCVII psalme O Synge vnto the LORDE a new songe for he hath â—one maruelous thinges With his owne right honde and with his holy arme hath he gotten the victory The LORDE hath declared his sauynge health and his rightuousnes hath he openly shewed in the sight of the HeitheÌ„ He hath remembred his mercy and trueth towarde the house of Israel so that all the endes of the worlde se the sauynge health of oure God Shewe youre self ioyfull vnto the LORDE all ye londes synge reioyse and geue thankes Prayse the LORDE vpon the harpe synge to the harpe with a psalme of thankesgeuynge With trompettes also shawmes O shewe youre selues ioyfull before the LORDE the kynge Let the see make a noyse and all y t therin is yee the whole worlde all that dwell therin Let the floudes clappe their hondes and let all the hilles be ioyfull together Before the LORDE for he is come to iudge the earth Yee with rightuousnes shall he iudge the worlde and the people with equite The XCVIII psalme THe LORDE is kynge be the people neuer so vnpacient he sytteth vpon the Cherubins be the earth neuer so vnquiete The LORDE is greate in Sion hye aboue all people O let men geue thaÌ„kes vnto thy greate wonderful name for it is holy The kynges power loueth iudgment thou preparest equite thou executest iudgmeÌ„t rightuousnes in Iâ—cob O magnifie the LORDE o r God fâ—ll downe before his fote stole for he his holy Moses Aaron amonge his prestes Samuel amonge soch as call vpoÌ„ his name these called vpon the LORDE he herde theÌ„ He spake vnto theÌ„ out of the cloudy piler for they kepte his testimonies the lawe that he gaue them Thou herdest theÌ„ o LORDE o r God thou forgauest theÌ„ o God punyshedst their owne invencions O magnifie the LORDE oure God and worshipe
him vpō his holy hill for the LORDE oure God is holy The XCIX psalme O Be ioyfull in God all ye lōdes serue the LORDE w t gladnes come before his presence w t ioye Be ye sure y t the LORDE he is God It is he y t hath made vs not we oure selues we are but his people the shepe of his pasture O go youre waye in to his gates thē with thankesgeuynge in to his courtes w t prayse be thākfull vnto him speake good of his name For the LORDE is gracious his mercy is euerlastinge and his treuth endureth from generacion to generacion The C. psalme A thākesgeuynge of Dauid MY songe shal be of mercy and iudgment yee vnto the o LORDE wil I synge O let me haue vnderstondinge in the waye of godlynesse vntill the tyme that thou come vnto me so shal I walke in my house w t an innocent herte I wil take no wicked thinge in honde I hate the synne of vnfaithfulnesse it shal not cleue vnto me A frowarde herte shal departe fro me I wil not knowe a wicked personne Who so preuely slaundreth his neghboure him wil I destroye Who so hath a proude loke an hye stomacke I maye not awaye with him Myne eyes shal loke for soch as be faithfull in the londe y t they maye dwell with me and who so ledeth a godly life shal be my seruaunt There shall no disceatfull personne dwell in my house he that telleth lyes shal not tary in my sight I shal soone destroye all the vngodly of the londe that all wicked doers maye be roted out of the cite of the LORDE The CI. psalme HEare my prayer o LORDE and let my criēge come vnto the. Hyde not thy face fro me in the tyme of my trouble enclyne thine eares vnto me when I call O heare me and that right soone For my dayes are consumed awaye like smoke my bones are brent vp as it were a fyre brande My hert is smyttē downe and wythered like grasse so that I forget to eate my bred For the voyce of my gronynge my bone wil scarse cleue to my flesh I am become like a Pellicane in the wildernes and like an Oule in a broken wall I wake and am euen as it were a sparow sittinge alone vpon the house toppe Myne enemies reuyle me all the daye longe they laugh me to scorne and are sworne together against me I eate ashes with my bred and mengle my drynke with wepynge And that because of y e indignacion and wrath for thou hast taken me vp and cast me awaye My dayes are gone like a shadowe and I am wythered like grasse But thou o LORDE endurest for euer and thy remembraunce thorow out all generacions Arise therfore and haue mercy vpon Sion for it is tyme to haue mercy vpon her yee the tyme is come And why thy seruauntes haue a loue to hir stones it pitieth them to se her in the dust The Heithen shal feare thy name o LORDE and all the kynges of the earth thy maiesty For the LORDE shal buylde vp Sion and shal apeare in his glory He turneth him vnto the prayer of the poore destitute and despyseth not their desyre This shal be written for those y t come after that the people which shal be borne maye prayse the LORDE For He loketh downe from his Sanctuary out of the heauen doth the LORDE beholde the earth That he maye heare the mournynges of soch as be in captinyte and delyuer the children of death That they maie preach the name of the LORDE in Sion and his worshipe at Ierusalem When the people are gathered together and the kyngdomes also to serue y e LORDE He hath brought downe my strength in my iourney and shortened my dayes Yet wil I saye O my God take me not awaye in y e myddest of myne age as for thy yeares they endure thorow out all generacions Thou LORDE in the begynnynge hast layed y e foundacion of the earth and the heauens are the workes of thy hondes They shal perishe but thou shalt endure they all shall wexe olde as doth a garment as a vesture shalt thou chaunge thē and they shal be chaunged But thou art the same and thy yeares shal not fayle The children of thy seruauntes shall contynue their sede shal prospere in y e sight The CII A psalme of Dauid PRayse the LORDE o my soule all that is within me prayse his holy name Prayse the LORDE o my soule forget not all his benefites Which forgeueth all thy synnes and healeth all thy infirmities Which saueth thy life from destruccion and crowneth the with mercy louynge kyndnesse Which satisfieth thy desyre with good thinges makynge the yonge and lusty as an Aegle The LORDE executeth rightuousnesse and iudgment for all them y t suffre wronge He shewed his wayes vnto Moses and his workes vnto the children of Israel The LORDE is full of compassion and mercy longe sufferinge and of greate goodnesse He wil not allwaye be chydinge nether wil he kepe his anger for euer He hath not dealt with vs after oure synnes ner rewarded vs acordinge to oure wickednesses For loke how hye the heauē is in comparison of the earth so greate is his mercy also towarde them that feare him Loke how wyde the east is from the west so farre hath he set oure synnes from vs. Yee like as a father pitieth his owne children euen so is the LORDE mercifull vnto thē that feare him For he knoweth wherof we be made he remembreth that we are but dust That a man in his tyme is but as is grasse florisheth as a floure of the felde For as soone as the wynde goeth ouer it it gone and the place therof knoweth it nomore But the mercifull goodnesse of y e LORDE endureth for euer and euer vpon them y t feare him and his rightuousnesse vpon their childers children Soch as kepe his couenaunt and thinke vpon his commaundementes to do them The LORDE hath prepared his seate in heauē and his kyngdome ruleth ouer all O prayse the LORDE ye angels of his ye that be mightie instrēgth fulfillinge his commaundement that mē maye heare the voyce of his wordes O prayse the LORDE all ye his hoostes ye seruauntes of his that do his pleasure O speake good of the LORDE all ye workes of his in euery place of his dominion prayse thou the LORDE o my soule The CIII psalme PRayse the LORDE o my soule O LORDE my God thou art become exceadinge glorious thou art clothed with maiesty and honoure Thou deckest thy self with light as it were w t a garment thou spredest out the heauen like a curtayne Thou voltest it aboue with waters thou makest the cloudes thy charet and goest vpon the wynges of the wynde Thou makest thine angels spretes and thy ministers flammes of fyre Thou hast layed y e
for his mercy endureth for euer And Og the kynge of Basan for his mercy endureth for euer And gaue awaye their londe for an heretage for his mercy endureth for euer Euen for an heretage vnto Israel his seruaunt for his mercy endureth for euer Which remeÌ„breth vs wheÌ„ we are in trouble for his mercy endureth for euer Which geueth foode vnto all flesh for his mercy endureth foreuer O geue thankes vnto the God of heauen for his mercy endureth for euer The CXXXVI psalme BY the waters of Babilon we sat downe and wepte when we remeÌ„bred Sion As for oure harpes we hanged them vp vpon the trees that are therin TheÌ„ they that led vs awaye captyue requyred of vs a songe and melody in o r heuynes â–ª synge vs one of the songes of Sion How shal we synge the LORDES songe in a strauÌ„ge loÌ„de Yf I forget the o Ierusalem let my right hande be forgotten Yf I do not remembre the let my tonge cleue to the rofe of my mouth yee yf I preferre not Ierusalem in my myrth Remembre the childreÌ„ of Edom o LORDE in the daye of Ierusalem how they sayde downe with it downe with it eueÌ„ to the grounde O doughter BabiloÌ„ thou shalt come to misery thy self yee happie shal he be that rewardeth y e as thou hast serued vs. Blessed shal he be that taketh thy children and throweth them agaynst the stones The CXXXVII A psalme of Dauid I Wil geue thaÌ„kes vnto the o LORDE with my whole hert euen before the goddes wil I synge prayses vnto the. I wil worshippe towarde thy holy teÌ„ple and prayse thy name because of thy louynge kyndnesse and treuth for thou hast magnified thy worde acordynge vnto thy greate name When I call vpoÌ„ the thou hearest me and endewest my soule with moch streÌ„gth All the kynges of the earth shal prayse the o LORDE when they heare the wordes of thy mouth Yee they shal synge in the wayes of the LORDE that greate is the glory of the LORDE For though the LORDE be hye yet hath he respecte vnto y e lowly as for y e proude he beholdeth him afarre off Though I walke iÌ„ y e myddest of trouble yet shalt thou refresh me thou shalt stretch forth thine haÌ„de vpoÌ„ the furiousnes of myne enemies y e righthande shal saue me The LORDE shal make good for me yee thy mercy o LORDE endureth for euer despyse not then the worke of thine owne handes The CXXXVIII A psalme of Dauid O LORDE thou searchest me out and knowest me Thou knowest my downe syttinge my vprisynge thou vnderstoÌ„dest my thoughtes afarre of Thou art aboute my path aboute my bedd spyest out all my wayes For lo there is not a worde iÌ„ my toÌ„ge but thou o LORDE knowest it alltogether Thou hast fashioned me behinde before layed thine hoÌ„de vpon me Soch knowlege is to wonderfull excelleÌ„t for me I can not atteyne vnto it Whither shal I go then from thy sprete Or whither shal I fle from thy presence Yf I clymme vp in to heauen thou art there yf I go downe to hell thou art there also Yf I take the wynges of the mornynge remayne in the vttemost parte of the see Euen there also shal thy honde lede me and thy right hande shal holde me Yf I saye peradueÌ„ture the darcknesse shal couer me then shal my night be turned to daye Yee the darcknesse is no darcknesse with the but the night is as cleare as the daye the darcknesse light are both alike For my reynes are thyne thou hast couered me in my mothers wombe I wil geue thaÌ„kes vnto the for I am woÌ„derously made maruelous are thy workes and that my soule knoweth right well My bones â—re not hyd from the though I be made secretly and fashioned beneth in the earth Thine eyes se myne vnparfitnesse they stonâ—e all writteÌ„ iÌ„ thy boke my dayes were fashiâ—ned when as yet there was not one of them How deare are y e couÌ„cels vnto me o God O how greate is the summe of them Yf I tell them they are mo in nombre then the ende when I wake vp I am present with â—he Wilt thou not slaye y e wicked oh God â—hat the bloudethyrstie mighte departe froâ—â—e For they speake vnright of the thine â—â—emies exalte them selues presumptuously I hate them o LORDE that hate the I maye not awaye with those that ryse vp â—gaynst the Yee I hate them right sore â—â—erfore are they myne enemies Trye me â—o God and seke the grounde of myne hert proue me examen my 〈…〉 well yf there be eny waye 〈…〉 me lede me in the waye 〈…〉 The CXXXIX A psalme of Dauid â–ª DElyuer me o LORDE from the 〈◊〉 men oh preserue me from the wicked men Which ymagin myschefe in their hertes stere vp strife all the daye longe They sharpen their tonges like a serpent Adders poyson is vnder their lippes Sela. Kepe me o LORDE from the hande of the vngodly preserue me from the wicked men which are purposed to ouerthrowe my goinges The proude haue layed a snare for me spred a nett abrode with coardes yee sett trappes in my waye Sela. But my sayenge is vnto the LORDE thou art my God heare the voyce of my prayer o LORDE O LORDE God thou strength of my health thou hast couered my heade in y e daye of battayll Let not y e vngodly haue his desyre o LORDE let him not haue his purpose lest they be to proude Sela. Let the myschefe of their owne lippes fall vpon y e head of theÌ„ y t coÌ„pase me aboute Let hote burnynge coales fall vpoÌ„ theÌ„ let theÌ„ be cast in to the fyre and in to the pytt that they neuer ryse vp agayne A man full of wordes shal not prospere vpon earth a malicious wicked person shal be hunted awaye and destroyed Sure I am that the LORDE wil auenge the poore and manteyne the cause of the helplesse The rightuous also shal geue thaÌ„kes vnto thy name the iust shal continue in thy sight The CXL A psalme of Dauid LORDE I call vpon the haist the vnto me and consider my voyce wheÌ„ I crie vnto the. Let my prayer be set forth in thy sight as the inceÌ„se and let the liftinge vp of my haÌ„des be an euenynge sacrifice Set a watch o LORDE before my mouth yee a watch at the dore of my lippes O let not myne hert be enclyned to eny euell thiÌ„ge to be mynded as the vngodly or wicked men lest I eate of soch thinges as please theÌ„ Let the rightuous rather smyte me frendly and reproue me so wil I take it as though he had poured oyle vpoÌ„ my heade it shal not hurte my heade yee I wil praye yet for theâ— wickednesse Their iudges stoÌ„ble at the stone yet heare they my wordes y t they be ioyfull Oure bones lye scatered before y e pytt like as when one graueth and dyggeth
Be not haistely angrie in y e mynde for wrath resteth in the bosome of a foole Saye not thou What is the cause that y e dayes of y e olde tyme were better then they y t be now ▪ for that were no wyse question Wyszdome is better then riches yee moch more worth then the eye sight For wyszdome defendeth as well as moneye and the excellent knowlege and wyszdome geueth life vnto him that hath it in possession Considre the worke of God how that no man can make the thinge straight which he maketh croked Vse well the tyme of prosperite and remembre the tyme of mysfortune for God maketh the one by the other so that a man can fynde nothinge els These ij thīges also haue I cōsidred in y e tyme of vanite y t the iust man perisheth for his rightuousnes sake the vngodly liueth in his wickednesse Therfore be thou nether to rightuous ner ouer wyse y t thou perish not be nether to vnrightuous also ner to foolish lest thou die before thy tyme. It is good for the to take holde of this not to let y t go out of thy hande For he y t feareth God shal escape them all Wyszdome geueth more corage vnto the wyse then ten mightie men of the citie for there is not one iust vpō earth y t doth good sinneth not Take not hede vnto euery worde y t is spoken lest thou heare thy seruaunt curse the for thine owne hert knoweth that thou thy self also hast oft tymes spokē euell by other men All these thinges haue I proued because of wyszdome for I thought to be wyse but she wente farther fro me then she was before yee so depe that I might not reach vnto her I applied my mynde also vnto knowlege and to seke out sciēce wisdome and vnderstondinge to knowe the foolishnesse of the vngodly and the erroure of dotinge fooles And I founde that a woman is bytterer then death for she is a very angle hir hert is a nett and hir handes are cheynes Who so pleaseth God shal escape from her but the synne◠will be taken w t her Beholde sayeth y e preacher this haue I diligently searched out proued y t I might come by knowlege which as yet I seke and fynde it not Amonge a thousande men I haue founde one but not one woman amonge all Lo this onely haue I founde that God made man iust right but they seke dyuerse sotylties where as no man hath wyszdome vnderstōdinge to geue answere there vnto The VIII Chapter WYszdome maketh a mās face to shyne but malice putteth it out of fauoure Kepe the kynges commaundemēt I warne the the ooth y t thou hast made vnto God Be not haistie to go out of his sight se thou cōtynue in no euell thinge for what so euer it pleaseth him y t doeth he Like as when a kynge geueth a charge his commaundement is mightie Euen so who maye saye vnto him what doest thou Who so kepeth the commaundement shall fele no harme but a wyse mans herte discerneth tyme and maner For euery thinge wil haue opportunite and iudgment and this is the thinge that maketh men full of carefulnes sorowe And why a man knoweth not what is for to come for who wyll tell him Nether is there eny mā y t hath power ouer y e sprete to kepe stil y e sprete ner to haue eny power in the tyme of death It is not he also that can make an ende of the batayll nether maye vngodlynes delyuer him y t medleth withall All these thinges haue I considered and applied my mynde vnto euery worke that is vnder the Sonne how one man hath lordshipe vpon another to his owne harme For I haue oft sene y e vngodly brought to their graues and fallen downe from the hye and glorious place in so moch y t they were forgotten in the cite where they were had in so hye greate reputacion This is also a vayne thinge Because now that euell workes are not haistely punyshed the hert of man geueth him self ouer vnto wickednesse But though an euell personne offende an hundreth tymes and haue a longe life yet am I sure that it shal go well with thē that feare God because they haue him before their eyes Agayne as for the vngodly it shall not be well with him nether shal he prolōge his dayes but euen as a shadowe so shall he be that feareth not God Yet is there a vanite vpon earth There be iust men vnto whom it happeneth as though they had the workes of the vngodly Agayne there be vngodly with whom it goeth as though they had the workes of y e rightuous This me thinke also a vaine thinge Therfore I commende gladnesse because a man hath no better thinge vnder the Sonne then to eate and drynke and to be mery for that shal he haue of his laboure all the daies of his life which God geueth him vnder the Sonne When I applied my mynde to lerne wyszdome and to knowe the trauayle that is in the worlde and that of soch a fashion y t I suffred not myne eyes to slepe nether daye ner night I vnderstode of all y e workes of God that it is not possible for a man to attayne vnto y e workes that are done vnder y e Sonne and though he bestowe his laboure to seke them out yet can he not reach vnto thē yee though a wyse man wolde vndertake to knowe them yet might he not fynde them The IX Chapter FOr all these thinges purposed I in my mynde to seke out The righteus and wyse yee and their workes also are in the hande of God and there is no man that knoweth ether the loue or hate of the thinge that he hath before him It happeneth vnto one as vnto another It goeth with the rightuous as with the vngodly with the good cleane as with the vncleane with him that offereth as with him that offereth not like as it goeth with the vertuous so goeth it also with the synner As it happeneth vnto the periured so happeneth it also vnto him that is afrayed to be man sworne Amonge all thinges y t come to passe vnder the Sonne this is a misery that it happeneth vnto all alyke This is the cause also that the hertes of men are full of wickednesse madd foolishnesse is in their hertes as longe as they lyue vntill they dye And why As longe as a man lyueth he is careles for a quyck dogg saye they is better thē a deed lion for they that be lyuynge knowe y t they shall dye but they y t be deed knowe nothinge nether deserue they eny more For their memoriall is forgottē so y t they be nether loued hated ner envyed nether haue they eny more parte in y e worlde in all y t is done vnder the Sonne Go thou y e waye then eate thy bred with
a man goeth forth wrothfully to recōpence his enemies to be avenged of his aduersaries Namely that he might recompence and rewarde the I lōdes wherthorow the name of the LORDE might be feared from the risynge of the Sōne and his magesty vnto the goinge downe of the same For he shal come as a violent waterstreame which the wynde of the LORDE hath moued But vnto Sion there shal come a redemer and vnto them in Iacob that turne from wickednesse saieth the LORDE I will make this conuenaunt with them sayeth y e LORDE My sprete that is come vpon the the wordes which I haue put in y t mouth shal neuer go out of thy mouth nor out of y e mouth of thy childrē no ner out of y e mouth of thy childers childrē from this tyme forth for euer more The lx Chapter ANd therfore get the vp by tymes for thy light cometh the glory of y e LORDE shal ryse vp vpō ye. For lo while y e darknesse cloude couereth the earth the people the LORDE shal shewe the light his glory shal be sene in the. The Gentiles shal come to thy light kynges to the brightnes y t springeth forth vpō ye. Lift vp thine eyes loke rounde aboute the All these gather thē selues come to the. Sonnes shal come vnto y e from farre doughters shal gather thē selues to the on euery side When thou seist this thou shalt maruel exceadingly and thine hert shal be opened when the power of the see shal be cōuerted vnto the that is whē the strength of the Gentiles shal come vnto the. The multitude of Camels shal couer y e the Dromedaries of Madiā and Epha All they of Saba shal come bringinge golde incense shewinge the prayse of the LORDE All the catel of Cedar shal be gathered vnto y e the rāmes of Nabaioth shal serue the to be offred vpō myne aulter which I haue chosen in the house of my glory which I haue garnished But what are these that fle here like the cloudes and as the doues flienge to their wyndowes The Iles also shal gather thē vnto me and specially the shippes of y e see that they maye bringe the sonnes from farre and their syluer and their golde with them vnto the name of the LORDE thy God vnto the holy one of Israel that hath glorified the. Straūgers shal buylde vp thy walles and their kīges shal do the seruyce For when I am angrie I smyte the and when it pleaseth me I pardon the. Thy gates shal stonde open still both daye and night and neuer be shut that the hooste of the Gentiles maye come and that their kinges maye be brought vnto the. For euery people kingdome that serueth not the shal perish and be distroyed w t the swerde The glory of libanus shal come vnto the The Fyrre trees Boxes Cedres together to garnish the place of my Sanctuary for I wil glorifie the place of my fete Morouer those shal come knelinge vnto the y t haue vexed the all they that despised y e shal fall downe at y e fote Thou shalt be called the cite of the LORDE the holy Sion of Israel Because thou hast bene forsakē and hated so that noman went thorow the I wil make the glorious for euer and euer ād ioyful thorow out all posterities Thou shalt sucke the mylck of the Gentiles and kinges brestes shal fede the. And thou shalt knowe that I the LORDE am thy Sauioure and defender the mighty one of Iacob For brasse wil I geue the golde and for yron syluer for wod brasse and for stones yron I wil make peace thy ruler and rightuousnes thyne officer Violence and robbery shal neuer be herde of in thy londe nether harme and destruction with in thy borders Thy walles shal be called health thy gates the prayse of God The Sonne shal neuer by thy daye light ād the light of the Moone shal neuer shyne vnto the but y e LORDE himself shal be thy euerlastinge light thy God shal be thy glory Thy Sonne shal neuer go downe thy Moone shal not be taken awaye for the LORDE himself shal be thy euerlastinge light ād thy sorouful dayes shal be rewarded ye. Thy people shal be all godly possesse the londe for euer the floure of my plantinge the worke of my hondes wherof I wil reioyce The yongest leest shal growe in to a thousande the symplest in to a stronge people I the LORDE shal shortly bringe this thinge to passe in his tyme. The lxj Chapter THe sprete of the LORDE God is w t me for y e LORDE hath anoynted me sent me to preach good tydīges vnto the poore y t I might bynde vp y e wounded hertes y t I might preach delyueraunce to y e captyue open the preson to thē that are bounde y t I might declare y e acceptable yeare of y e LORDE the daye of y e avēgeaunce of oure God that I might comforte all them that are in heuynesse that I might geue vnto them y t mourne in Sion bewty in the steade of asshes ioyful oyntmēt for sighinge pleasaunt raymēt for an heuy mīde That they might be called excellent in rightuousnesse a plātinge of the LORDE for him to reioyce in They shal buylde the lōge rough wildernes set vp y e olde deserte They shal repayre the waist places soch as haue bene voyde thorow out many generaciōs Straūgers shal stōde fede yo r catel the Aleauntes shal be yo r plowmē reapers But ye shal be named the prestes of the LORDE mē shall call you the seruaūtes of oure God Ye shall enioye the goodes of y e Gētiles tryūphe in their substaūce For yo r greate reprofe shame shal they haue ioye y t ye maye haue parte w t thē For they shal haue dubble possession ī their lōde euerlastinge ioye shal be w t them For I the LORDE which loue right ād hate robbery though it were offred me shal make their workes ful of faithfulnes make an euerlastinge couenaunt with them Their sede also and their generacion shal be knowne amōge the Gentiles and amōge the people All they that se them shall knowe that they are the hie blessed sede of y e LORDE And therfore I am ioyful in the LORDE my soule reioyseth in my God For he shall put vpon me the garmēt of health couer me with the mātle of rightuousnes He shal decke me like a brydegrome as a bryde that hath hir apparell vpō her For like as y e grounde bringeth forth frute as the gardē shuteth forth sede So shal the LORDE God cause rightuousnes and the feare of God to florish forth before all the Heithen The lij Chapter FOr Sions sake therfore wil I not holde my tūge
agayne Namely that the mercies of the LORDE are not clene gone that his louynge kyndnesse ceasseth not His faithfulnes is greate and renueth it self as the mornynge The LORDE is my porcion saieth my soule therfore wil I hope in him O how good is the LORDE vnto theÌ„ that put their trust in him and to the soule that seketh after him O how good is it with stilnesse to wate and tarie for the health of the LORDE O how good is it for a man to take the yock vpon him from his youth vp He sitteth alone he holdeth him still â–ª and dwelleth quietly by him self He layeth his face vpon the earth yf per case there happen to be eny hope He offreth his cheke to the smyter he will be content with reproues For the LORDE wil not forsake for euer But though he do cast of yet acordinge to y e multitude of his mercies he receaueth to grace agayne For he doth not plage cast out the children of men from his herte To treade all the presoners of the earth vnder his fete To moue the iudgment of man before the most highest To condemne a man in his cause The LORDE hath no pleasure in soch thinges What is he then that saieth there shulde somthinge be done without the LORDES coÌ„maundement Out of the mouth of the most highest goeth not euell and good Wherfore them murmureth the lyuinge man let him murmoure at his owne synne Let vs loke well vpon oure owne waies remembre oureselues and turne agayne to y e LORDE Let vs lift vp oure hertes with oure hondes vnto the LORDE that is in heauen We haue bene dyssemblers haue offended wilt thou therfore not be intreated Thou hast couered vs in thy wrath persecuted vs thou hast slayne vs without eny fauoure Thou hast hyd thy self in a cloude that oure prayer shulde not go thorow Thou hast made vs outcastes and to be despysed amonge the Heithen All oure enemies gape vpon vs. Feare and snare is come vpon vs yee despite and destruccion Whole ryuers of water guszshe out of myne eyes for the greate hurte of my people Myne eyes runne and can not ceasse for there is no rest O LORDE when wilt thou loke downe froÌ„ heauen and considre Myne eye breaketh my herte because of all the doughters of my cite Myne enemies hunted me out sharpely like a byrde yee and that with out a cause They haue put downe my life in to a pitte and layed a stone vpon me They poured water vpon my heade then thought I now am I vndone I called vpon thy name O LORDE out of the depe pitte Thou hast herde my voyce hast not turned awaye thine eares fro my sighinge and crienge Thou hast enclyned y i self vnto me wheÌ„ I called vpon the haist sayde feare not Thou O LORDE hast mayntened the cause of my soule and hast redemed my life O LORDE thou hast sene my blasphemers take thou my cause vpon the. Thou hast well considred how they go aboute to do me harme that all their councels are agaynst me Thou hast herde their despytefull wordes O LORDE yee and all their ymaginacions agaynst me The lippes of myne enemies their deuyces that they take agaynst me all the daye longe Thou seist also their sittinge downe and their rysinge vp they make their songes of nothinge but of me Rewarde them O LORDE acordinge to the workes of their hondes Geue them y e thinge that their owne herte is afrayed of euen thy curse Persecute them O LORDE with thy indignacion rote them out from vnder the heauen The IIII. Chapter O How is the golde become so dymme How is the goodly coloure of it so sore chaunged and the stones of y e Sanctuary thus scatred in the corner of euery strete The children of Sion that were allwaye in honoure clothed with y e most precious golde how are they now becomme like the erthen vessels which be made with the potters honde The Lamyes geue their yonge ones sucâ— w t bare brestes but the doughter of my people is cruel and dwelleth in the wyldernesse like the Estriches The tonges of the suckinge children cleue to y e rofe of their mouthes for very thurst The yonge children axe bred but there is noman that geueth it them They that were wonte to fayre delicatly perishe in the stretes they that afore were brought vp in purple make now moch of donge The synne of the doughter of my people is become greater then y e wickednesse of Sodome that sodeÌ„ly was destroyed and not taken with hondes Hir absâ—â—yners or Nazarees were whyter then y e snowe or mylke their coloure was fresh read as the Corall their beutie like the Saphyre But now their faces are very black In so moch that thou shuldest not knowe them in the stretes Their skynne cleueth to their bones It is wythered and become like a drye stock They that be slayne with the swearde are happier then soch as dye of honger and perishe awaye famishinge for the frutes of the felde The womeÌ„ which of nature are pitefull haue sodden their owne children with their hondes that they might be their meate in y e miserable destruccion of the doughter of my people The LORDE hath perfourmed his heuy wrath he hath poured out the furiousnes of his displeasure He hath kindled a fyre in Sion which hath consumed the foundacions therof Nether the kinges of the earth ner all y e inhabitours of the worlde wolde haue beleued that the enemie aduersary shulde haue come in at the gates of the cite of IerusaleÌ„ Which neuertheles is come to passe for y e synnes of hir prophetes and for the wickednes of hir prestes that haue shed innocentes bloude within her So that these blynde men weÌ„te stomblinge in the stretes and stayned themselues w t bloude which els wolde touche no bloudy cloth But they cried vnto euery maÌ„ fle the staynynge awaye get you heÌ„ce touch it not Yee sayde they ye must be brent ye must dwell amonge the Gentiles byde no longer here The countenaunce of the LORDE hath banyshed them shal neuer loke more vpon them For they them selues nether regarded the prestes nor pitied their elders Wherfore yet oure eyes fayle vs whyle we loke for vayne helpe seynge we be euer waitynge vpon a people that can do vs no good They laye so sharpe waite for vs that we can not go safe vpon the stretes for oure ende is come oure dayes are fulfilled oure ende is here Oure persecuters are swifter then the Aegles of the ayre they folowed vpon vs ouer the mountaynes and layed wait for vs in y
LORDE in the sight of the people acordinge as it is wrytten in the boke of Moses so they rosted the Easter-lambe as acordinge was As for the thaÌ„kofferinges the other they dight theÌ„ in kettels pottes sett them before the people w t good will and afterwarde before them selues and the prestes For the prestes offred the fatt vntyll the tyme was expyred but the Leuites prepared for them selues for their brethren the childreÌ„ of Aaron The syngers also y e children of Asaph stode in their ordre acordinge as Dauid had deuysed So dyd Asaph Zachary IedithuÌ„ which were appoynted by the kynge Morouer the porters dorekepers stode by the dores y t diligently so y t none wente out of his stondinge seruyce for their brethren the Leuites prepared for them Thus were all thinges perfourmed that belonged to the offringe of the LORDE In that daye they helde the Passeouer offred thankofferinges besyde y e sacrifice of y e LORRDE acordinge to y e coÌ„maundement of kynge Iosias So the children of Israel which were theÌ„ present helde an honorable Passeouer the feast of swete bred vij dayes loÌ„ge Yee soch a Passeouer was not kepte in Israel from y e tyme of the prophet Samuel And all the kynges of Israel helde not soch an Easter as this which kynge Iosias helde y e prestes y e leuites y e Iewes all Israel of all theÌ„ y t were at IerusaleÌ„ In y e xviij yeare of y e raigne of Iosias was this Passeouer kepte And w t a parfecte hert dyd kynge Iosias ordre all his workes before y e LORDE y e thinges y t were wrytteÌ„ of hiÌ„ in tymes past coÌ„cernynge those y t synned were vngodly agaynst y e LORDE before all people y t sought not the worde of y e LORDE vpon Israel After all these actes of kynge Iosias Pharao y e kynge of Egipte weÌ„te vp came towarde Carcamis by Euphrates Iosias weÌ„te to mete hiÌ„ Then sent the kynge of Egipte vnto Iosias sayenge what haue I to do w t y e o kynge of Iuda I am not sent of y e LORDE to fight agaynst y e for my warre is vpoÌ„ Euphrates go thou y e waye home agayne in all y e haist And Iosias wolde not turne agayne vpon his charet but vndertoke to fight agaynst him herkened not vnto y e worde of y e prophet which he tolde him out of the mouth of God but pitched a battaill agaynst him in y e felde of Mageddo And the prynces preassed to kynge Iosias Then sayde the kynge vnto his seruauntes Cary me awaye out of the battayll for I am sore wounded And immediatly his seruauntes toke him awaye out of the front of the battayll Then satt he vp vpon the secoÌ„de charett came to IerusaleÌ„ dyed was buried in his fathers sepulcre And in all Iewry they mourned for Iosias yee the rulers also w t their wyues made lameÌ„tacion for him vnto this daye And this was done euer still in Israel These thinges are written in the boke of of the stories of y e kynges of Iuda namely all the actes workes of kynge Iosias his kyngly power maiesty his vnderstandinge in the lawe of God what he dyd yee thinges which are not wrytteÌ„ in the boke of the kynges of Israel Iuda And y e people toke Iechonias the sonne of Iosias made him kynge in y e steade of Iosias his father whan he was xxxiij yeare olde And he raigned ouer Israel thre monethes And the kinge of Egipte put him downe y t he shulde not raigne in IerusaleÌ„ raysed vp a taxinge of the people namely an C. talentes of syluer one taleÌ„t of golde The kinge of Egipte also made Ioachim his brother kynge of Iuda IerusaleÌ„ As for theÌ„ of the kinges councell w t the kynge himself and Zaraceles his brother he toke theÌ„ caried theÌ„ awaye presoners in to Egipte Fyue twentie yeare olde was Ioachim whan he was made kynge in the londe of Iuda and Ierusalem and he dyd euell before the LORDE After this Nabuchodonosor y e kynge of BabyloÌ„ came vp bounde him w t bandes of yron caried him vnto BabiloÌ„ Nabuchodonosor also toke all y e vessell y t were halowed in the teÌ„ple of the LORDE all y e Iewels caried theÌ„ vnto Babilon brought theÌ„ in to his owne teÌ„ple at Babilon Of his vnclennes vngodlynes it is writteÌ„ in y e boke of the actes of y e kynges And Ioachim his sonne raigned in his steade He was made kynge beinge xviij yeare olde raigned but thre monethes x. dayes in IerusaleÌ„ dyd euell before the LORDE So after a yeare Nabuchodonosor sent caused him be brought vnto Babilon w t y e holy vessels of y e LORDE made Sedechias his brother kynge of Iuda and IerusaleÌ„ whan he was xxj yeare olde and he raigned xj yeare And he dyd euell also in y e sight of y e LORDE cared not for y e wordes y t were spokeÌ„ vnto hiÌ„ by y e prophet Ieremy at y e mouth of the LORDE And where as he had made on â—oth vnto kynge Nabuchodonosor he mansworâ— himself fell froÌ„ him hauynge a stiff neck hert traÌ„sgressed all y e statutes ordinaunces of the LORDE God of Israel The rulers also heades of y e people of the LORDE dyd moch euell became vngodly more theÌ„ the Heithen beynge defyled in all maner of abhominacioÌ„s Yee defyled y e holy teÌ„ple of the LORDE at IerusaleÌ„ And the God of their fathers sent his messaungers vnto theÌ„ to turne them backe to call theÌ„ agayne froÌ„ their synnes for he wolde fayne haue spared theÌ„ for his holy tabernacles sake Neuertheles they had his messaungers in derision loke what God spake vnto theÌ„ by his prophetes they made but a sporte of it This drew on so longe tyll the LORDE was wroth w t his people for their vngodlynes tyll he caused the kinges of y e Caldees to come vp which slew their yonge men w t the swerde yee euen in the compasse of their holy teÌ„ple spared no body nether yonge ner olde nether mayden ner yonge man but they were all delyuered in to the power of the kynges of y e Caldees all the holy vessels of the LORDE and the kynges treasures toke they caried them vnto Babilon As for the house of the LORDE they breÌ„t it brake downe the walles of IerusaleÌ„ set fyre vpon hir towres destroyed all hir noble buyldinges and brought them to naught and the people that were not slayne with the swerde they caried vnto Babilon Thus became they y e presoners boÌ„demeÌ„ of y e kynge of Babilon tyll they were delyuered raygned for them selues when the wordes of the LORDE were fulfilled which he promysed them by the mouth
yonge mē y t they might declare their meanynges thēselues by mouth So when they were sent for and came in y e kynge sayde vnto them shew vs and make vs to vnderstōde what the thinges are that ye haue wrytten Then beganne the first which had spokē of the strength of wyne sayde O ye men wyne is maruelous strōge and ouercōmeth them y e drynke it it disceaueth the mynde bryngeth both the poore man y e kynge to dotage and vanite Thus doth it also w t the bondman and with the fre with the poore rych it taketh awaye their vnderstondinge and maketh them careles and mery so that none of them remembreth eny heuynes dett or dewtie It causeth a man to thinke also that y e thinge which he doth is honest and good and remembreth not that he is a kynge nor y t he is in auctorite y t he ought not to do soch thinges Morouer whan men are drynckinge they forgett all frendshipe all brotherly faithfulnes loue but as soone as they are dronckē they drawe out the swerde wil fight whā they are layed downe frō the wyne so rysen vp agayne they can not tell what they dyd Iudge ye now Is not wyne the strongest For who wolde els take in hande to do soch thinges And whan he had spoken this he helde his tonge The IIII. Chapter THen the seconde which had sayde y t the kynge was stronger beganne to speake sayēge O ye men are not they the strongest most excellent y t cōquere the lōde the see all y t is in y e see in the earth Now is the kynge lorde of all these thinges hath dominion of thē all loke what he cōmaūdeth it is done Yf he sende his mē forth a warfare they go and breake downe hilles walles towres They are slayne slaye oher men them selues ouer passe not y e kynges worde Yf they get the victory they brynge the kynge all the spoyle Likewyse the other y t medle not w t warres fightinge but tyll the grounde whan they reape they brynge trybute vnto y e kynge And yf y e kynge alone do but cōmaunde to kyll they kyll yf he cōmaunde to forgeue they forgeue yf he cōmaunde to smyte they smyte yf he byd dryue awaye they dryue awaye yf he commaunde to buylde they buylde yf he cōmaūde to breake downe they breake downe yf he cōmaunde to plante they plāte The comon people y e rulers are obedient vnto him And y e kynge in the meane season sytteth hī downe eateth and drynketh taketh his rest thē kepe they watch roūde aboute y e kinge not one of thē darre gett him out of y e waye to do his owne busynes but must be obediēt vnto y e kinge at a worde Iudge ye now o ye men how shulde not he go farre aboue vnto whom men are thus obediēt And whan he had spokē this he helde his tonge The thirde whose name was Zorobabel which had spokē of wemen of y e trueth begāne to saye after this maner O ye mē it is not y e greate kynge it is not the multitude of mē nether is it wine y t excelleth Who is it thē y t hath y e lordshipe ouer thē Haue not wemen borne the kynge all y e people y t rule these thinges Haue not wemē borne thē brought thē vp y t plante the vynes wher out y e wyne cōmeth They make garmētes for all mē they geue hono r vnto all men w t out wemen can not men lyue Yf they gather golde syluer all precious thinges se a fayre wel fauoured womā they leaue all together and turne their eyes onely vnto the woman gape vpon her haue more desyre vnto her then vnto the syluer golde or eny maner of precious thinge A mā leaueth his father y t brought him vp he leaueth his owne naturall coūtre and cleueth vnto the woman yee he ioperdeth his life with the woman and remembreth nether father ner mother ner countre By this then ye must nedes knowe y t wemen haue y e domynion ouer you Doth it greue you A mā taketh his swerde goeth his waye to steale to kyll to murther to sayle vpon the see seyth a lyon and goeth in the darcknes and when he hath stollen disceaued robbed he bringeth it vnto his loue Agayne a man loueth his wyfe better then father and mother yee many one there be that renne out of their wyttes become bondmen for their wyues sakes many one also haue perished haue bene slayne haue synned because of wemen And now beleue me I knowe a kynge which is greate in his power all lōdes stōde in awe of him no man darre laye hande vpon him yet dyd I se y t Apame y e daughter of the greate kynge Bartacus the kynges cōcubine satt besyde the kynge vpō the right hāde and toke of his crowne from his heade and set it vpon hir owne heade and smote the kynge with hir left hande Morouer the kynge loked vpō her w t open mouth yf she laughed vpon him he laughed also but yf she toke eny displeasure with him the kynge was fayne to flater her to geue her good wordes till he had gotten hir fauoure agayne O ye men are not wemen then stronger Greate is the earth and hie is the heauen that do these thinges Then the kynge the prynces loked one vpon another So he beganne to speake of the trueth O ye men are not wemē stronger Greate is the earth hye is the heauen swyft is the course of the Sonne he compaseth the heauen rounde aboute and fetcheth his course againe to his owne place in one daye Is he not excellent that doth this yee greate is the trueth and stronger then all thinges All the earth calleth vpon the trueth the heauen prayseth it all workes shake and tremble at it and with it is no vnrighteous thinge Wine is vnrighteous the kynge is vnrighteous wemen are vnrighteous all the children of men are vnrighteous yee all their workes are vnrighteous and there is no trueth in them in their vnrighteousnes also shall they be destroyed and perish As for y e trueth it endureth and is allwaye stronge it lyueth and cōquereth for euermore worlde without ende The trueth accepteth no personnes it putteth no difference betwixte rych or poore betwixte y e mightie or symple but doth right vnto euery mā whether they be euel or good all men are louyngly dealt withall in the workes of it In the iudgment of it there is no vnrighteous thinge but strength kingdome power and maiesty for euermore Blessed be the God of trueth And with that he helde his tōge and all y e people cried sayde Greate is the trueth and aboue all Then sayde the kynge vnto him Axe what thou wilt more then is
was oure house fynished vnto the xxiij daye of the moneth Addar in y e vj. yeare of kynge Darius And the children of Israel the prestes the Leuites the other that were come out of captiuyte soch as were ioyned vnto them dyd acordinge as it is wrytten in the boke of Moses And in the dedicacion of the temple they offred an hundreth oxen an C. rammes iiij C. lambes xij goates for the synnes of all the people of Israel after y e nombre of the trybes of Israel The prestes also the Leuites stode arayed in the prestly garmētes after y e trybes ouer all y e workes of the LORDE God of Israel acordinge to y e boke of Moses and the porters by all the dores And the children of Israel w t those y t were come out of captiuyte helde the Passeouer the xiiij daye of the first moneth whan the prestes and the Leuites were sanctified They that came out of captiuyte were not all sanctified together but the Leuites were all sanctified together And so all they that came out of captiuyte kylled the easter lambe for their brethrē for the prestes for them selues And the childrē of Israel y t came out of captiuyte escaped frō all y e abhominacions of the Heithē sought the LORDE and kepte the feast of vnleuended bred vij daies longe eatinge drynkynge were mery before the LORDE y t the LORDE had turned the deuyce of the kynge of Assiria comforted their handes to the workes of y e LORDE God of Israel The VIII Chapter ANd after him whan Artaxerses the kynge of y e Persiās raigned there wēte vnto him Eszdras the sonne of Saraias the sonne of Azarias the sonne of Helchia y e sonne of Sallū the sonne of Sadoc y e sonne of Achitob the sonne of Amarias y e sonne of Azarias the sonne of Boccus y e sonne of Abisu y e sonne of Phineas the sonne of Eleazar y e sonne of Aaron y e first prest This Eszdras wēte vp from Babilon for he had good vnderstondinge in y e lawe of Moses y t was geuē of the LORDE God of Israel to be taught done in dede And y e kinge fauoured him dyd him greate worshipe and honoure after all his desyres There wente vp with him also certayne of y e children of Israel of the prestes of y e Leuites of the syngers porters and mynisters of y e temple at Ierusalem In the vij yeare of the raigne of kynge Artaxerses in the v. moneth y t is in the vij yeare of the raigne they wente from Babilon in the newmoone of the v. moneth came the hye waye to Ierusalē after his commaundement like as the LORDE had prospered their iourney For in these Eszdras gat greate instruccion y t he shulde leaue none of y e thinges behynde which were in y e lawe cōmaundementes of God And he taught whole Israel all righteousnes iudgment Then came the Secretaries of kynge Artaxerses delyuered y e wrytinges y t were come frō Artaxerses the kynge to Eszdras the prest reder of the lawe of the LORDE And this is y e copye of y e letter Kynge Artaxerses sendeth his gretinge vnto Eszdras the prest reder of the lawe of y e LORDE Of frendshipe good will I haue ordeyned and charged yf there be eny of the Iewes of y e prestes Leuites in my realme which desyreth is contēt to go w t the vnto Ierusalē y t he maye do it Therfore yf eny be mynded to beare the cōpany let thē come together go w t the like as I am contēt my vij frendes my coūcelers to se what they do at Ierusalē in Iewry kepe y e thinges acordinge as thou hast in y e lawe of the LORDE to bringe the giftes vnto God the LORDE of Israel y t I my frendes haue promysed to Ierusalē all the syluer golde y t is in y e countre of Babilon vnto y e LORDE to Ierusalē w t the thinge y t is geuē for the people in the LORDES temple at Ierusalem Yee that the same syluer golde maye be gathered and oxen rammes shepe goates and other that belōge to these thinges and that they maye offer sacrifices vnto the LORDE vpon the aulter of their LORDE which is at Ierusalem And what so euer thou thy brethrē wyl do w t the syluer golde y t do after y e mynde after the cōmaundement of the LORDE thy God like wyse w t all the holy vessels y t are geuē the for the seruyce of the house of the LORDE thy God other thinges what soeuer is necessary for the to the worke of the temple y t shal be geuē the of the kynges treasure loke what thou with thy brethrē wilt do with the golde and syluer that do after y e wil of the LORDE And I kynge Artaxerses haue commaunded the kepers of y e treasures in Syria and Phenices that what soeuer Eszdras the prest and reder of the lawe of the LORDE doth wryte it shal be geue◠him tyll an C. talentes of syluer and of golde in lyke maner Of corne also an C. measures and tyll an hūdreth vessels of wyne and other plenteous thinges without nombre Let all thinges be done after the lawe of y e hyest God that the wrath of God aryse not in the realme of the kynge and of his sonnes I commaunde you also that ye requyne no taxinge ner tribute of the prestes Leuites syngers and mynisters of the temple ner of the wryters and that no man haue auctorite to medle eny thinge against them As for the O Eszdras set thou iudges and arbitrers in the whole lande of Syria and Phenices after the wyszdome of God and lerne all soch as are ignoraunt in the lawe of God thy LORDE and let all them that offende agaynst the lawe be punyshed whether it be with death with payne to be condemned in money or to be banyshed Then sayde Eszdras y e wryter Blessed be y e God of oure fathers that hath geuen so good a mynde and wyll in to the hert of the kynge to magnifie his house y t is at Ierusalem and hath made me to be accepted in the sight of y e kynge of his councell of his frēdes and of his nobles And so I was stedfast in my mynde acordinge as the LORDE my God helped me and I chose out men of Israel to go vp with me And these are the heades after their kynreds houses of their fathers that wente vp with me from Babilon out of the kyngdome of Artaxerses Of the sonnes of Phares Gersonius Of y e sonnes of Siemarith Amenus Of the sonnes of Dauid Accus the sonne of Cecilia Of the sonnes of Phares Zachary and with him there turned agayne an hundreth and fiftie men Of the sonnes of the captayne of Moabilon Zaraei
and I sayde O LORDE thou spakest vnto thy creature from the begynnynge euen the first daye and saydest Let heauen and earth be made and thy worde was a perfecte worke And then was there the sprete and the darcknesses were yet on euery syde and sylence there was no mans voyce as yet from the. Then commaundedst thou a fayre light to come forth out of thy treasures that thy worke might appeare and be sene Vpon the seconde daye thou maydest the sprete of the firmament and commaundedst it to parte asunder to make a deuysion betwixte the waters that the one parte might remayne aboue and the other beneth Vpon the thirde daye thou broughtest to passe y t the waters were gathered in the seuenth parte of the earth Sixe partes hast thou dryed vp and kepte them to the inteÌ„t y t men might sowe and occupie huszbandrie therin As soone as thy worde wente forth the worke was made For immediatly there was greate in numerable frute many dyuerse pleasures desyres of temptacion floures of chaungeable coloure and smell and this was done the thirde daye Vpon the fourth daye thou coÌ„maundedst that the Sonne shulde geue his shyne and y e Moone hir light the starres didest thou sett in ordre and gauest them a charge to do seruyce euen vnto man that was for to be made VpoÌ„ the fifth daye thou saydest vnto the seuenth parte where the waters were gathered that they shulde bringe forth diuerse beastes foules and fishes And so it came to passe that the domme water and without soule brought forth lyuynge beastes at the commaundement of God that all people might prayse thy wonderous workes Then didest thou preserue two soules y e one thou calldest Enoch and the other Leuiathan and didest separate the one from the other for the seuenth parte namely where the water was gathered together might not holde them both Vnto Enoch thou gauest one parte which was dryed vp the thirde daye that he shulde dwell in the same parte wherin are a thousande hilles But vnto LeuiathaÌ„ thou gauest the seuenth parte namely the moyst and hast kepte him to deuoure what thâ—â— wylt and whan Vpon the sixte daye thou gauest coÌ„maundement vnto the earth that before the it shulde brynge forth beastes catell and all y e crepe besydes this Adam also whom thou maydest lorde of all thy creatures Of him come we all and the people also whom thou hast chosen specially vnto thy self All this haue I sayde now and spoken before the that I might shewe how that the worlde is made for oure sakes As for the other people which also come of Adam thou hast sayde that they are nothinge but be like a spetle and hast lickened the abundauÌ„ce of them vnto a droppe that falleth from the rofe of the house And now O LORDE the HeitheÌ„ which haue euer bene reputed as nothinge haue begoÌ„ne to be lordes ouer vs and to deuoure vs but we thy people whom thou hast called y e first borne thy only begotten and thy feruent louer are geuen in to their handes and power Yf the worlde now be made for oure sakes why haue we not the inheritaunce in possession with the worlde How longe shal this endure The VII Chapter ANd it happened after that I had spoken out these wordes there was sent vnto me an angell which had bene by me also the nightes afore and he sayde vnto me Vp Eszdras and heare the wordes that I am come to tell the. And I sayde speake on LORDE my God TheÌ„ sayde he vnto me The see is sett in a wyde place y t it might be depe and greate but the intrauÌ„ce is narow and small like a ryuer For who wolde go in to the see to loke vpon it and to rule it Yf he wente not thorow the narow how might he come in to the brode Item another A cite is buylded and sett vpon a brode felde and is full of all goodes the intraunce is narow and sodane like as yf there were a fyre at the right hande and a depe water at the left and as it were onely one strate path betwixte theÌ„ both so small that there coude but one man go there Yf this cite now were geuen to an heyre he neuer wente thorow this parlous waye how wolde he receaue his inheritauÌ„ce And I sayde It is so LORDE Then sayde he Euen so is Israel also a porcion And why for their sakes haue I made the worlde whan Adam traÌ„sgressed my statutes then was y e thinge iudged that was done â–ª Then were y e intraunces of the worlde made narow full of sorow and trauayle They are but few euell full of parels and laboure For the intraunces of the fore worlde were wyde and sure and brought immortall frute Yf they now which are entred in to this worlde maye not comprehende these strayte and vayne thinges moch lesse maye they coÌ„prehende and vnderstonde the secrete thinges Why disquietest thou thy self then seynge thou art but a corruptible maÌ„ And what woldest thou knowe where as thou art but mortall And why hast thou not receaued in to thine hert the thinge that is for to come but that is present TheÌ„ sayde I O LORDE LORDE thou hast ordened in thy lawe that the righteous shulde inheret these thinges but that the vnfaithfull and vngodly shulde perishe Neuertheles the righteous shall suffre strayte thinges and hope for wyde for they that haue lyued vngodly suffred strayte thinges shal not se the wyde And he saide vnto me There is no iudge aboue God and none that hath vnderstondinge aboue the Hyest For there be many y t perish because they despyse y e lawe of God that is sett before them For God hath geuen strayte commaundement to soch as come that they knowe what they do and how they shulde lyue and yf they kepte this they shulde not be punyshed Neuertheles they were not obedient vnto him but spake agaynst him ymagined vayne thinges purposed to synne and sayde morouer that there was no God that God regarded it not His wayes haue they not knowne his lawe haue they despysed denyed his promyses in his statutes ordinaunces haue they not bene faithfull stedfast and haue not perfourmed his workes And therfore Eszdras vnto the full plenty and to the emptye emptynesse Beholde the tyme shal come y t these tokens which I haue tolde the shal come to passe the bryde shall appeare the earth y t now passeth awaye shal be shewed whoso euer is delyuered from y e foresayde euels shal se my woÌ„ders For my sonne Iesus shal be openly declared w t those y t be w t him they y t remayne shal be mery in foure hundreth yeares After these same yeares shall my sonne Christ dye and all men that haue life and y e worlde shal be turned in to the olde sylence seuen dayes like as in the fore iudgmentes so that no man shall
hath shewed his mercy vnto vs. It is good to hyde the Kynges secrete but to shew and to prayse y e workes of God it is an honorable thinge Prayer is good with fastinge and to geue allmes is better then to hoorde vp treasures of golde For allmes delyuereth from death clenseth synne and causeth to fynde euerlastinge life But they that do synne and vnrighteousnes are y e enemies of their owne soules Wherfore I tell you the trueth and wyll hyde nothinge from you Whan thou praydest with teares and burydest the deed and leftest thy dyner and hyddest the deed in thy house vpon the daye tyme that thou mightest burye them in the night I offred thy prayer before the LORDE And because thou wast accepte and beloued of God it was necessary that tentacion shulde trye the. And now hath the LORDE sent me to heale the and to delyuer Sara y e sonnes wife from the euell sprete For I am Raphael an angell one of the seuen that stonde before God Whā they herde this they were sore afrayed and trembled and fell downe vpon their faces vnto the grounde Then sayde the angell Peace be with you feare not Where as I haue bene w t you it is the will of God geue prayse and thankes vnto him You thought that I dyd eate and drinke with you but I vse meate that is invisible and drynke that can not be sene of men Now therfore is y e tyme that I must turne agayne vnto him that sent me but be ye thankfull vnto God and tell out all his wonderous workes And whan he had spoken these wordes he was taken awaye out of their sight so y t they sawe him nomore Then fell they downe flat vpon their faces by the space of thre houres and praysed God and whan they rose vp they tolde all his wōderous workes Then XIII Chapter THen olde Tobias opened his mouth and praysed the LORDE and sayde Greate art thou o LORDE for euermore and thy kyngdome worlde without ende for thou scourgest and healest thou ledest vnto hell and bryngest out agayne and there is none y t maye escape thy hande O geue thankes vnto y e LORDE ye children of Israel and prayse him in the sight of the Heithē For amonge the Heithen which knowe him not hath he scatred you to the intēt that ye shulde shew forth his maruelous workes cause them for to knowe that there is none other God allmightie but he He hath chastened vs for oure myszdedes and for his owne mercy sake shal he saue vs. Considre then how he hath dealt w t you prayse him with feare and drede and magnifie the euerlastinge kynge in yo r workes I wil prayse him euen in the londe of my captiuyte for he hath shewed his maiesty vnto a synfull people Turne you therfore O ye synners and do righteousnes before God and be ye sure that he wyl shew his mercy vpon you As for me my soule we wil reioyse in God O prayse the LORDE all ye his chosen holde the dayes of gladnesse and be thankfull vnto him O Ierusalem thou cite of God the LORDE hath punyshed the for the workes of thine owne handes O prayse the LORDE in thy good thinges geue thankes to the euerlastinge God that he maye builde vp his tabernacle agayne in y e that he maye call agayne vnto the all soch as be in captiuyte and that thou mayest haue ioye for euermore With a fayre light shalt thou shyne all y e endes of y e worlde shal honoure the. The people shal come vnto the from farre they shal bringe giftes and worshipe y e LORDE in the and thy londe shal they haue for a Sanctuary for they shal call vpon the greate name in the. Cursed shal they be that despyse the all they that blaspheme the shal be condēpned but blessed shal they be y t buylde the vp As for the thou shalt reioyse in y i childrē for they all shal be blessed and gathered together vnto the LORDE Blessed are they all y t loue y e and be glad of thy peace Prayse thou the LORDE o my soule for the LORDE oure God hath delyuered his cite Ierusalem from all hir troubles I wil counte my self happie yf my sede remayne to se y e clearnes of Ierusalē The gates of Ierusalem shal be buylded with Saphyre and Smaragde and all the cōpase of hir walles with precious stones All hir stretes shal be paued w t whyte Marblestone and in all hir stretes shal Alleluya be sunge Praysed be y e LORDE which hath exalted her y t his kyngdome maye be vpon her for euermore Amen And so Tobias made an ende of his talkynge The XIIII Chapter ANd after that Tobias had gottē his sight agayne he lyued two and xl yeares sawe his childers children Now whan he was an hundreth and two yeare olde he dyed was buried honorably in Niniue For whan he was sixe and fiftie yeares of age he lost the sight of his eyes and whā he was thre score yeare olde he gat his sight agayne The residue of his life led he in ioye and increased well in the feare of God departed in peace But in y e houre of his death he called vnto him his sonne Tobias seuen yonge springaldes his sonnes children and sayde vnto them The destruccion of Niniue is at hande for the worde of the LORDE can not fayle and oure brethren that are scatred out of the londe of Israel shal come thither agayne And the whole londe of it that hath bene waist shal be fylled and the house of God that was brent in it shal be buylded againe all soch as feare God shall returne thither the Heithen also shal forsake their Idols come to Ierusalem and dwell there and all the kynges of the earth shal be glad of her and worshipe the LORDE God of Israel And therfore my children heare youre father Serue the LORDE in faithfulnes seke after his will and do the thinge that pleaseth him Commaunde youre children y t they do right geue allmes be myndefull of God and euer to be thankfull vnto him in trueth and with all their power Heare me therfore my childrē and abyde not here but in what daye so euer ye haue buried youre mother besyde me gett you from hence For I se that the wickednes of it shal brynge it to destruccion and ende After y e death of his mother Tobias departed awaye from Niniue with his wife and children and with his childers children came agayne to his father and mother in lawe and founde them whole and in a good age and toke the care of thē And he closed their eyes and was heyre vnto all Raguels goodes and sawe the fifth generacion and childers childrē And whan he was xcix yeare of age he dyed in the feare of the LORDE and his kynsfolkes buried him And all his posterite
promysed offerynges And Iudith offred all Holofernes weapâ—ns and all the Iewels that y e people had geueÌ„ her and the canapy that she toke from his bed and hanged them vp vnto the LORDE The people was ioyfull as the vse is this ioye by reason of the victory with Iudith endured thre monethes So after these dayes euery man wente home agayne and Iudith was in greate reputacion at Bethulia and right honorably taken in all the londe of Israel Vnto hir vertue also was chastite ioyned so y t after hir huszbonde Manasses dyed she neuer knew man all the dayes of hir life Vpon the hye solempne dayes she wente out with greate worshipe She dwelt in hir huszbandes house an hundreth and fyue yeare left hir hondâ— mayden fre and dyed and was buried besyde hir huszbande in Bethulia And all the people mourned for her seuen dayes So longe as she lyued there was none that troubled Israel and many yeares also after hir death The daye wherin this victory was gotten was solemply holden and rekened of the Iewes in the nombre of the holy dayes and is yet greatly holden of the Iewes euer sence vnto this daye The ende of the boke of Iudith The chapters in the boke of Hester which are not founde in the text of the Hebrue but in the Greke and Latyn The XI Chapter after the Latyn In this chapter is descrybed the dreame of Mardocheus MArdocheus the sonne of Iair the sonne of Semei y e sonne of Cisei of y e trybe of Ben Iamin a Iew which had his dwelllynge in Susis a man of greate reputacioÌ„ excellent amonge all them that were in the kynges courte Neuerthelesse he was one of the presoners whom Nabuchodonosor the kynge of BabiloÌ„ had caried awaye from Ierusalem vnto Babilon w t Iechonias the kynge of Iuda In the seconde yeare of the raigne of greate Artaxerses in the first daye of y e moneth Nisan had this Mardocheus soch a dreame He thought he herde a greate teÌ„pest horrible thonder clappes erthquakes greate vpro r in y e londe y t he sawe two greate dragoÌ„s ready to fight one agaiÌ„st another Their crye was greate At the which roaringe and crye all Heithen were vp to fight agaynst y e righteous people And y e same daye was full of darcknes very vncleare full of trouble anguysh yee a greate fearfulnes was there in all the londe The righteous were amased for they feared y e plage euell y t was deuysed ouer theÌ„ were at a poynte w t them selues to dye So they cried vnto God and while they were cryenge the litle well grew in to a greate ryuer in to many waters And with y t it was daye the sonne rose vp agayne And y e lowly were exalted and deuoured the glorious and proude Now whan Mardocheus had sene this dreame he awoke and mused stedfastly in his hert what God wolde do and so he desyred to knowe all the matter and his mynde was there vpon vntyll the night The XII Chapter In this chapter is declared how Mardocheus vttereth the treason of the two seruauntes agaynst the kynge and therfore doth the kynge rewarde him AT the same tyme dwelt Mardocheus with Bagatha and Thares the kynges chamberlaynes and porters of the palace But whan he herde their deuyce and had diligently considered their ymaginacions he perceaued that they wente aboute to laye their cruell handes vpon the kynge Artaxerses and so he certified the kinge therof Then caused the kynge to examen y e two gelded with tormentes And whan they had graunted it they were put to death This the kynge caused to be put in y e Cronicles for an euerlastinge remembrauÌ„ce and Mardocheus wrote vp the same matter So the kynge commaunded that Mardocheus shulde do seruyce in the courte and for this faithfulnesse of his he gaue him a rewarde But Aman the sonne of Amadathu the Agagite which was holden in greate honoure and reputacion in the kynges courte vndertoke to hurte Mardocheus his people because of the two chamberlaynes that were put to death The XIII Chapter The copie of the commaundement which kiÌ„ge Artaxerses by the entisinge of AmaÌ„ sent out in to all countres for the destruccion of the Iewes The prayer of Mardocheus THe greate kynge Artaxerses which raigneth from India vnto Ethiopia ouer an hundreth and seuen and tweÌ„tye londes sendeth his frendly salutacion vnto all the prynces and debytes of the countrees which be subiecte vnto his dominion Whan I was made lorde ouer many people and had subdued the whole earth vnto my dominion my mynde was not with crueltye and wronge to exalte myself by the reason of my power but purposed w t equyte allwaye and gentylnes to gouerne those that be vnder my iuriszdiccion and wholy to set them in a peaceable life and therby to brynge my kingdome vnto tranquylite that men might safely go thorow on euery syde and to renue peace agayne which all men desyre Now whan I axed my councelers how these thines might be brought to a good ende there was one by vs excelleÌ„t in wyszdome whose good wyll trueth faithfulnes hath oft bene shewed proued which was also y e pryncipall next vnto y e kiÌ„ge AmaÌ„ by name which certified vs how y t in all loÌ„des there was crepte in a rebellious folke y t made statutes lawes agaynst all other people haue allwaye despysed the proclamed commaundementes of kynges and how that for this cause it were not to be suffred that soch rule shulde contynue by you not to be put downe Seinge now we perceaue the same that this people alone are contrary vnto euery man vsynge straunge and other maner of lawes withstonde oure statutes and doinges and go aboute to stablish shrewd matters that oure kyngdome shulde neuer come to good estate and stedfastnes Therfore haue we commauÌ„ded that all they that are appoynted in wrytinge and shewed vnto you by Aman which is ordened and set ouer all oure busynes and the most pryncipall next vnto the kynge and in maner as a father shal with their wiues children be destroyed and roted out with the swerde of their enemies and aduersaries y t there shal be no mercy shewed no man spared And this shal be done y e xiiij daye of the moneth called Adar of this yeare that they which of olde and now also haue euer bene rebellious maye in one daye with violence be thrust downe in to the hell to the inteÌ„t that after this maner oure empyre maye haue peace and tranquylite But Mardocheus thought vpon all the workes and noble actes of y e LORDE made his prayer vnto him sayenge O LORDE LORDE thou valeaunt and allmightie kynge for all thinges are in thy power and yf thou wilt helpe and delyuer Israel there is no maÌ„ that can withstoÌ„de ner lett the for thou hast made heauen earth and what
of the LORDE is the rote of wyszdome and hir braunches are longe life In the treasures of wyszdome is vnderstondinge and deuocion of knowlege but wyszdome is abhorred of synners The feare of the LORDE dryueth out synne for he that is without feare can not be made righteous his wilfull boldnes is his owne destruccion A paciēt man wyl suffre vnto the tyme and thē shal he haue y e rewarde of ioye A good vnderstōdinge wil hyde his wordes for a tyme and many mēs lippes shal speake of his wyszdome In the treasures of wyszdome is the declaracion of doctrine but the synner abhorreth the worshipe of God My sonne yf thou desyre wiszdome kepe the commaundement and God shal geue her vnto the for the feare of the LORDE is wyszdome nurtoure he hath pleasure in faith and louynge mekenesse and he shal fyll the treasures therof Be not obstinate and vnfaithfull to the feare of the LORDE and come not vnto him with a duble hert Be not an ypocrite in the sight of men and take good hede what thou speakest Marck well these thinges lest thou happen to fall and brynge thy soule to dishonoure and so God discouer thy secretes and cast the downe in the myddest of the congregacion because thou woldest not receaue the feare of God and because thy hert is full of faynednes and disceate The II. Chapter MY sonne yf thou wilt come in to y e seruyce of God stonde fast in rightousnes and feare arme thy soule to tentacion sattle thine hert and be paciēt bowe downe thine eare receaue the wordes of vnderstondinge and shrencke not awaye whan thou art entysed Holde the fast vpon God ioyne thy self vnto him suffre that thy life maye encreace at the last What so euer happeneth vnto the receaue it suffre in heuynesse and be pacient in thy trouble For like as golde and syluer are tryed in the fyre euen so are acceptable men in the fornace of aduersite Beleue in God and he shal helpe the ordre thy waie a right and put thy trust in him Holde fast his feare and growe therin ▪ O ye y t feare the LORDE take sure holde of his mercy shrencke not awaye frō him that ye fall not O ye that feare y e LORDE beleue him and youre rewarde shall not be emptye O ye that feare y e LORDE put youre trust in him mercy shal come vnto you for pleasure O ye y t feare y e LORDE set yo r loue vpō him yo r hertes shal be lightened Considre the olde generacions of men o ye children and marck them well was there euer eny one confounded that put his trust in the LORDE Who euer contynued in his feare and was forsaken Or whom dyd he euer despyse that called faithfully vpō him For God is gracious and mercifull he forgeueth synnes in y e tyme of trouble and is a defender for all them y t seke him in y e trueth Wo be vnto him that hath a dubble hert wicked lippes and euell occupied handes to the synner y t goeth two maner of waies Wo be vnto them that are lowse of hert which put not their trust in God and therfore shal they not be defended of him Wo be vnto them that haue lost pacience forsaken the right wayes and are turned back in to frowarde wayes What wyl they do whan the LORDE shal begynne to vyset thē They that feare y e LORDE wil not mystrust his worde and they that loue him wyl kepe his commaundement They that feare the LORDE wyl seke out y e thinges that are pleasaunt vnto him and they that loue him shal fulfill his lawe They that feare y e LORDE wil prepare their hertes and hūble their soules in his sight They that feare the LORDE kepe his commaundementes and wil be pacient tyll they se himself sayenge better it is for vs to fall in to the handes of y e LORDE then in to the hādes of men for his mercy is as greate as him self The III. Chapter THe children of wyszdome are a cōgregacion of the righteous and their exercise is obedience and loue Heare me youre father o my deare children and do there after that ye maie be safe For the LORDE wil haue the father honoured of the children and loke what a mother commaūdeth hir children to do he wil haue it kepte Who so honoureth his father his synnes shall be forgeuē him and he that honoureth his mother is like one that gathereth treasure together Who so honoureth his father shal haue ioye of his owne children whan he maketh his prayer he shal be herde He that honoureth his father shall haue a longe life he that is obedient for y e LORDES sake his mother shal haue ioye of him He that feareth the LORDE honoureth his father and mother and doth them seruyce as it were vnto the LORDE himself Honoure thy father in dede in worde and in all pacience that thou mayest haue his blessinge for the blessinge of y e father buyldeth vp the houses of the children but the mothers curse roteth out the foundacions Reioyse not whan thy father is reproued for it is no honoure vnto the but a shame For the worshipe of a mans father is his awne worshipe and where the father is without honoure it is the dishonesty of the sonne My sonne make moch of thy father in his age and greue him not as longe as he lyueth And yf his vnderstandinge fayle haue pacience w t him despyse him not in thy strength For the good dede that thou shewest vnto thy father shall not be forgotten and whan thou thy self wantest it shall be rewarded the and for thy mothers offence thou shalt be recompensed with good yee it shal be founded for the in righteousnes and in the daye of trouble thou shalt be remembred thy synnes also shall melt awaye like as the yse in y e fayre warme wether He y t forsaketh his father shall come to shame he that defyeth his mother is cursed of God My sonne perfourme y e workes w t louynge mekenesse so shalt thou be loued aboue other men The greater thou art the more hūble thy self in all thinges and thou shalt fynde fauo r in the sight of God For greate power belongeth onely vnto God he is honoured of the lowly Seke not out the thinges that are aboue thy capacite and search not the grounde of soch thinges as are to mightie for the but loke what God hath commaunded the thinke vpō that allwaye and be not curious in many of his workes For it is not nedefull for the to se w t thine eyes y e thinges y t are secrete Make not thou to moch search in superfluous thinges and be not curious in many of his workes for many thinges are shewed vnto the allready which be aboue y e capacite of men The medlinge with soch hath begyled
is hatefull before God and men and all wickednes of the Heithen is to be abhorred Because of vnrighteous dealinge wronge blasphemies and diuerse disceate a realme shal be trāslated frō one people to another There is nothinge worse then a cuvetous man What prydest thou the o thou earth and aszshes There is not a more wicked thinge then to loue moneye And why soch one hath his soule to sell yet is he but fylthie dōge whyle he lyueth And though the phisician shewe his helpe neuer so longe yet in conclucion it goeth after this maner to daye a kynge tomorow deed For whan a man dyeth he is the heyre of serpentes beastes and wormes The begynnynge of mans pryde is to fall awaye from God and why his hert is gone from his maker for pryde is the origenall of all synne Who so taketh holde therof shal be fylled with cursinges and at y e last it shal ouer throwe him Therfore hath the LORDE brought the cōgregacions of the wicked to dishono r and destroyed them vnto the ende God hath destroyed the seates of proude prynces and sett vp the meke in their steade God hath wythered the rotes of the proude Heithen and planted the lowly amonge them God hath ouerthrowne the londes of the Heithen and destroyed them out of the grounde He hath caused them to wyther awaye he hath brought them to naught and made the memoriall of them to ceasse from out of the earth God hath destroyed the name of the proude and left the name of y e humble of mynde Pryde was not made for man nether wrothfulnes for mens children The sede of men that feareth God shal be brought to honoure but y e sede which transgresseth the commaundementes of y e LORDE shal be shamed He y t is the ruler amōge brethren is holdē in honoure amōge them and he regardeth soch as feare the LORDE The glory of the riche of the honorable and of the poore is the feare of God Despyse not thou the iust poore man and magnifie not y e rich vngodly Greate is the iudge and mightie in hono yet is there none greater then he y t feareth God Vnto y e seruaunt that is disceete shal the fre do seruyce He that is wyse and well nurtoured wyll not grudge whan he is refourmed an ignoraūt body shal not come to honoure Be not proude to do thy worke and dispare not in the tyme of aduersite Better is he y t laboureth and hath plenteousnes of all thinges then he y t is gorgious and wanteth bred My sonne kepe thy soule in mekenes and geue her hir due honoure Who shal iustifie him that synneth agaynst himself Who wil honoure him that dishonoureth his owne life The poore is honoured for his faithfulnes and trueth but y e rich is had in reputaciō because of his goodes He that ordreth himself honestly in pouerte how moch more shal he behaue himself honestly in riches And who so ordreth himself vnhonestly in riches how moch more shal he behaue himself vnhonestly in pouerte The XI Chapter THe wyszdome of him y t is brought lowe shal lift vp his heade and shal make him to sytt amonge greate mē Commende not a man in his bewtye nether despyse a man in his vtter appearaūce The Bey is but a small beast amonge the foules yet is hir frute exceadīge swete Be not proude of thy rayment and exalte not thyself in the daye of thy honoure for y e workes of the Hyest onely are wonderfull yee glorious secrete and vnknowne are his workes Many tyrauntes haue bene fayne to syt downe vpō the earth y e vnlickly hath worne y e crowne Many mightie mē haue bene brought lowe and the honorable haue bene delyuered in to other mens handes Condemne no man before thou haue tryed out the matter and whan thou hast made enquisicion then refourme righteously Geue no sentēce before thou hast herde the cause but first let men tell out their tayles Stryue not for a matter that toucheth not thyself and stonde not in the iudgment of synners My sonne medle not with many matters yf thou wylt be riche thou shalt not gett it and though thou rennest y e waye afore yet shalt thou not escape There is some mā that laboureth and the more he weerieth himself the lesse he hath Agayne some man is slouthfull hath nede of helpe wāteth strēgth and hath greate pouerte and Gods eye loketh vpon him to good setteth him vp from his lowe estate and lifteth vp his heade so that many men maruell at him and geue honoure vnto God Prosperite and aduersite life and death pouerte and riches come all of the LORDE Wyszdome nurtoure and knowlege of y e lawe are with God loue and y e wayes of good are with him Erroure and darcknes are made for synners and they that exalte them selues in euell waxe olde in euell The gift of God remayneth for the righteous and his good wyl shal geue prosperite for euer Some man is rich by lyuynge nygardly and y t is the porcion of his rewarde in that he sayeth now haue I gotten rest and now wyl I eate and drynke of my goodes myself alone And yet he considereth not that the tyme draweth nye y t he must leaue all these thinges vnto other men and dye himself Stonde thou fast in thy couenaunt and exercyse thy self therin and remayne in the worke vnto y e age Contynue not in the workes of synners but put thy trust in God and byde in thine estate for it is but an easy thīge in y e sight of God to make a poore man riche and that sodenly The blessinge of God haisteth to y e rewarde of the rightous and maketh his frutes soone to florish and prospere Saye not what helpeth it me and what shal I haue y e whyle Agayne saye not I haue ynough how can I wante Whan thou art in welfare forget not aduersite and whan it goeth not well with the haue a good hope that it shal be better For it is but a small thinge vnto God in the daye of death to rewarde euery mā acordinge to his wayes The aduersite of an houre maketh one to forgett all pleasure and whan a man dyeth his workes are discouered Prayse no body before his death for a man shal be knowne in his children Bringe not euery man in to thine house for the disceatfull layeth wayte dyuersly Like as a partrich in a maūde so is the hert of the proude and like as a spye that loketh vpon the fall of his neghbo For he turneth good vnto euell and slaundreth the chosen Of one sparck is made a greate fyre an vngodly mā layeth wayte for bloude Bewarre of the disceatfull for he ymagineth wicked thinges to bringe y t in to a perpetuall shame Yf thou takest an aleaūt vnto y e he shal destroye the in vnquietnes and dryue the
brought to shame amoÌ„ge his neghbours whaÌ„ he heareth it it maketh him to sighe All wickednes is but litle to the wickkednes of a woman y e porcion of the vngodly shal fall vpon her Like as to clymme vp a sondy waye is to y e fete of the aged eueÌ„ so is a wife full of wordes to a still quyete man Loke not to narowly vpon the bewtye of a woman lest thou be prouoked in desyre towarde her The wrath of a woman is dishonoure and greate confucioÌ„ Yf a woman gett the mastrie then is she contrary to hir huszbande A wicked wife maketh a sory hert an heuy countenaunce and a deed wounde Of the woman came y e begynnynge of synne and thorow her we all are deed Geue thy water no passage no not a litle nether geue a wicked woman hir will Yf she walke not after thy hande she shall confounde the in the sight of thy enemies Cut her of then from thy flesh that she do not allwaye abuse the. The XXVI Chapter HAppie is the man that hath a vertuous wyfe for the noÌ„bre of his yeares shal be dubble An honest woman maketh hir huszbande a ioyfull man she shall fyll y e yeares of his life in peace A vertuous woman is a noble gift which shal be geuen for a good porcion vnto soch as feare God Whether a man be rich or poore he maye haue euer a mery hert a chearful countenauÌ„ce There be thre thinges y t my hert feareth and my face is afrayed of the fourth Treason in a cite a sedicious people and noysome tonges all these are heuyer then the death But whan one is gelous ouer his wife it bryngeth payne and sorowe vnto the hert and a woman that telleth out all thinges is a scourge of the tonge Whan one hath an euell wife it is euen as whan an vnlike parâ— of oxen must drawe together he that getteth her getteth a scorpion A dronken woman is a greate plage for she can not couer hir owne shame The whordome of a woman maye be knowne in the pryde of hir eyes and eyelydlyddes Yf thy daughter be not shamefast holde her straitly lest she abuse hirself thorow ouermoch liberte Bewarre of all the dishonesty of hir eyes and maruell not yf she do agaynst the. Lik as one that goeth by the waye and is thyrstie so shall she open hir mouth and drynke of euery nexte water that she maye gett By euery hedge shal she syt her downe opeÌ„ hir quyuer against euery arowe A louynge wyfe reioyseth hir huszbande and fedeth his bones with hir wyszdome A woman of few wordes is a gift of God and to a well nurtured mynde maye nothinge be compared An honest and manerly woman is a gyft aboue other giftes and there is no waight to be compared vnto a mynde that can rule it self Like as the Sonne whan it aryseth is an ornament in the hye heauen of y e LORDE so is a vertuous wife y e bewtye of all hir house Like as the cleare light is vpon y e holy caÌ„delstick so is the bewtye of the face vpoÌ„ an honest body Like as the goldeÌ„ pilers are vpon the sockettes of syluer so are the fayre legges vpon a woman that hath a coÌ„stant mynde Perpetuall are the fouÌ„dacions that be laied vpon a whole stonye rocke so are y e commaundementes of God vpon an holy woman There be two thinges y t greue my hert and in the thirde is a displeasure come vpon me When an experte man of warre suffreth scarsenes and pouerte Whan men of vnderstondinge and wyszdome are not set by And whan one departeth from righteousnes vnto synne Who so doth soch the LORDE hath prepared him vnto the swerde There be two maner of thinges which me thyncke to be herde and perylous A marchaunt can not lightly kepe him from wronge nether a tauerner himself from synne The XXVII Chapter BEcause of pouerte haue many one offended and he that seketh to be riche turneth his eyes asyde Like as a nale in the wall sticketh fast betwixte two stones euen so doth synne sticke betwixte y e byer and the seller Yf he holde him not diligently in y e feare of the LORDE his house shall soone be ouerthrowne Like as whan one sifteth the fylthynes remayneth in the syue So remayneth there some vncleane thinge in the thought of man The ouen proueth the potters vessell so doth tentacion of trouble trye righteous men The tre of the felde is knowne by his frute so is the thought of maÌ„s hert knowne by his wordes Prayse no maÌ„ excepte thou haue harde him for a man is knowne by his wordes Yf thou folowest righteousnes thou shalt get her and put her vpon y t as a fayre garment And thou shalt dwell with her and she shal defende the for euer and in y e daye of knowlege thou shalt fynde stedfastnesse The byrdes resorte vnto their like so doth the trueth turne vnto them that be occupied withall The lyon wayteth for y e praye so do the synnes lurke vpon the workes of wickednes The talkinge of him that feareth God is nothinge but wyszdome as for a foole he chaungeth as y e Moone Yf thou be amonge the vndiscrete kepe thy worde to a conuenient tyme but amonge soch as be wyse speake on hardely The talkinge of fooles is abhominacioÌ„ and their spoâ—te is volupteousnesse and mysnurtoure Moch swearynge maketh the hayre to stonde vp and to stryue with soch stoppeth the eares The stryfe of the proude is bloudsheddynge their blasphemynge is heuy to heare Who so discouereth secretes leseth his credence and fyndeth no frende after his will Loue thy frende and bynde thyself in faithfulnes with him but yf thou bewrayest his secretes thou shalt not get him agayne For like as the maÌ„ is that destroyeth his enemye so is he also that dealeth falsly in the frendshipe of his neghboure Like as one that letteth a byrde go out of his honde can not take her agayne Euen so thou yf thou geue ouer thy frende thou canst not get him agayne Yee thou caÌ„st not come by him for he is to farre of He is vnto the as a Roo escaped out of the snare for his soule is wounded As for woundes they maye be bounde vp agayne and an euell worde maye be reconcyled but who so bewrayeth the secretes of a frende there is no more hope to be had vnto him He that wyncketh with the eyes ymagineth some euell and no man shal take him from it Whan thou art present he shal hylie commende and prayse thy wordes but at the last he shall turne his tayle and slauÌ„der thy sayenge Many thinges haue I hated but nothinge so euell for the LORDE himself also abhorreth soch one Who so casteth a stone an hye it shal fall vpon his owne heade and he that smyteth with gyle woundeth himself Who so diggeth a pytt shal fall therin and he that layeth
and pouerte greueth the hert in tentacion offence Take no heuynes to hert dryue it awaye and remembre the last thinges Forget it not for there is no turnynge agayne Thou shalt do him no good but hurte thy self Remembre his iudgmēt thine also shal be likewyse vnto me yesterdaye vnto the to daye Let the remembraunce of the deed ceasse in his rest and cōforte thy self agayne ouer him seynge his sprete is departed from him The wyszdome of the scrybe is at cōuenyent tyme of rest he y t ceasseth from exercyse labo shal be wyse He that holdeth y e plough hath pleasure in proddynge dryuynge y e oxen goeth aboute w t soch workes he can speake of oxen He setteth his hert to make forowes is diligent to geue y e kyne fodder So is euery carpenter also work master that laboureth still night daye he carueth graueth cutteth out his desyre is in sondrye connynge thinges and his hert ymagineth how he maye conyngly cast an ymage his diligence also watchinge perfourmeth the worke The yronsmyth in like maner bydeth by his stythie doth his diligence to laboure the yron The vapoure of the fyre brenneth his flesh and he must fight with the heate of the fornace The noyse of the Hammer soundeth euer in his eares and his eyes loke still vpon the thinge y t he maketh He hath set his minde there vpon that he wyll make out his worke and therfore he watcheth how he maie set it out and brynge it to an ende So doth the potter syt by his worke he turneth y e whele aboute with his fete he is diligent carefull in all his doynges his laboure and worke is without nombre He fashioneth the claye with his arme and w t his fete he tēpereth it His hert ymagineth how he maye make it pleasaunt his diligence is to clense the ouen All these hope in their hādes euery one thinketh to be connynge in his worke Without these maye not the cities be manteyned inhabited ner occupied yet come they not hye in the congregacion they vnderstande not the couenaunt of y e lawe they can not declare equyte iudgment they can not fynde out the darck sentēces but thorow them shal the creature of y e worlde be manteyned their prayer concerneth onely the worke labo r of cōninge The XXXIX Chapter BVt he y t applyeth his mynde to vnderstande the lawe of God doth diligently seke out y e wyszdome of them of the olde tyme exercyseth him self in the prophetes He kepeth y e sayenges of famous men and preasseth to the vnderstandinge of darck sentēces of wyszdome He seketh out y e mysterye of secrete sayēges and exercyseth him self therin cōtynually He doth seruyce amonge greate men appeareth before the prynce He goeth in to a straunge countre trauaileth thorow it loke what good or euell is amōge men he proueth it seketh it out He purposeth in his hert to resorte early vnto the LORDE y t made him to praye before the hyest God He openeth his mouth in prayer prayeth for his synnes When the greate LORDE wil he shal be filled w t the sprete of vnderstādinge y t he maie then poure out wyse sentences geue thankes vnto the LORDE in his prayer He shal ordre his deuyce and lede his knowlege aright geue him vnderstandinge of secrete thinges He shal shew forth the sciēce of his lerninge reioyce in the couenaunt of the lawe of the LORDE The whole congregacion shal cōmende his wyszdome it shal neuer be put out The remembraunce of him shal neuer be forgotten his name shal contynue from one generacion to another His wyszdome shal be spoken of the whole congregacion shall openly declare his prayse Whyle he liueth he hath a greater name thē a thousande besyde after his death the same name remayneth vnto him Yet wyll I speake of mo men of vnderstandinge for I am full as the Moone Herkē vnto me ye holy vertuous childrē brynge forth frute as the rose that is planted by the brokes of the felde and geue ye a swete smell as Libanus Florish as the rose garden synge a songe of prayse O geue thākes vnto God ouer all his workes Geue glory and honoure vnto the LORDE shew his prayse with youre lippes Yee euen with the songe of youre lippes with harpes playenge and in geuinge thankes vnto him saye after this maner All y e workes of the LORDE are exceadinge good and all his commaundementes are mete and conuenient in due season A mā nede not to saie what is y t what is that for at time conuenient they shal all be sought At his cōmaundement y e water was as a wall at the worde of his mouth y e waters stode still In his commaundement is euery thinge acceptable and reconcyled and his health can not be minished The workes of all flesh are before him there is nothinge hydd from his eyes He seith from euerlastinge to euerlastinge and there is nothinge to wonderfull or hye vnto him A man nede not to saye then what is this or that For he hath made all thinges to do good vnto man His blessynge shall renne ouer as the streame and moysture the earth like a floude of water Like as he maketh the water for drouth so shall his wrath fall vpon the Heithen His wayes are playne and right vnto y e iust but the vngodly stomble at them For the good are good thinges created from the begynnynge and euell thinges for the vngodly All thinges necessary for the life of man are created from the begynnynge water fyre yron and salt meel wheate and hony mylke and wyne oyle and clothinge All these thinges are created for the best to the faithfull But to the vngodly shal all these thinges be turned to hurte and harme There be spretes that are created for vengeaūce and in their rigorousnes haue they fastened their tormentes In the tyme of the ende they shal poure out their strēgth and pacifie y e wrath of him that made them Fyre hayle honger and death all these thinges are created for vengeaunce The teth of wylde noysome beestes the scorpions serpentes and the swerde are created also for vengeaunce to the destruccion of the vngodly They shall be glad to do his commaundementes and whan nede is they shal be ready vpon earth and whan their houre is come they shal not ouerpasse the commaundement of the LORDE Therfore haue I taken a good corage vnto me from the begynnynge and thought to put these thinges in wrytinge and to leaue thē behynde me All y e workes of the LORDE are good and he geueth euery one in due season and whan nede is So that a man nede not to saye this is worse then that For in due season they are all pleasaunt and good And therfore prayse the LORDE with
thou ashamed and accepte no personne to offende Namely of these thinges be not ashamed Of the lawe of God of the couenaunt of iudgmeÌ„t to brynge the vngodly from his vngodlines vnto righteousnes and to make him a good man to deale faithfully w t neghbo companyon to distribute the heretage vnto y e frendes to be diligent to kepe true measure and weight to be content whether thou gettest moch or litle to deale truly w t temporall goodes in byenge and sellynge to brynge vp children with diligence to correcke an euell seruaunt to kepe that thine is froÌ„ an euell wife to set a lock where many handes are what thou delyuerest and geuest out to be kepte to tell it and to weye it to wryte vp all the out geuynge and receauynge to enfourme y e vnlerned and vnwyse Of the aged that are iudged of the yonge Yf thou be diligeÌ„t in these thinges truly thou shalt be lerned and wyse and accepted of all men The daughter maketh y e father to watch secretly and the carefulnes that he hath for her taketh awaye his slepe yee in the youth lest she shulde ouergrowe him And whan she hath an huszbande lest she shulde be hated lest she shulde be defyled or rauyshed in hir virginyte or gotten with childe in hir fathers house Or whan she commeth to the man lest she behaue herself not right or coÌ„contynue vnfrutefull Yf thy daughter be wanton kepe her strately lest she cause thine enemies laugh the to scorne the whole cite to geue y t an euell reporte and so â—hou be fayne to heare thy shame of euery man and be confounded before all y e people Beholde not euery bodies bewtye haue not moch dwellynge amonge wemen For like as the worme and moth commeth out of clothinge so doth wickednes come of wemen It is better to be with an euell man then w t a frendly wife y t putteth one to shame and rebuke I wyl remembre the workes of the LORDE and declare the thinge y t I haue sene In y e wordes of y e LORDE are his workes The SoÌ„ne ouerloketh all thiÌ„ges w t his shine all his workes are full of y e clearnes therof Hath not the LORDE brought to passe that his sayntes shulde tell out all his woÌ„derous workes which the allmightie LORDE hath stablyshed All thinges endure in his glory He seketh out the grounde of the depe and the hert and he knoweth all their ymaginacion wyszdome For y e LORDE knoweth all scyence and he loketh in to y e token of the time He declareth the thinges y t are past and for to come discloseth thinges that are secrete No thought maye escape him nether maye eny worde be hyd from him He hath garnyshed the hye excellent workes of his wyszdome and he is froÌ„ euerlastinge to euerlastinge Vnto him maye nothinge be added nether can he be mynished he hath no nede also of eny councell O how amiable are all his workes as a sparke to loke vpon They lyue all and endure for euer and whan so euer nede is they are all obedient vnto him They are all dubble one agaynst another he hath made nothinge that hath faute or blemysh He hath stablyshed the goodes of euerychone and who maye be satisfied with his glory whan he seith it The XLIII Chapter THe glory of the heyth is the fayre and cleare firmament the bewtye of the heauen in his glorious clearnes The sonne whan it appeareth declareth the daye in y e goinge out of it a maruelous worke of the Hyest At noone it burneth y e earth and who maye abyde for the heate therof Who so kepeth an ouen whan it is hote thre tymes more doth the Sonne burne vpon y e mountaynes whan it bretheth out the fyrie beames and shyneth with the brightnes of it it blyndeth the eyes Greate is the LORDE that made it and in his commaundement he causeth it to renne haistely The Moone also is in all and at conuenient season it sheweth the tymes and is a token of the tyme. The token of the solempne feast is taken of the Moone a light that mynisheth and increaseth againe The Moneth is called after the Moone it groweth wonderously in hir chaunginge The armye of heauen also is in the Heith in the firmament of heauen it geueth a cleare and glorious shyne This is the clearnes of the starres the bewtifull apparell of heauen the apparell that the LORDE lighteneth in the heyth In his holy worke they continue in their ordre and not one of them fayleth in his watch Loke vpon y e rayne bowe and prayse him that made it very bewtifull is it in his shyne He compaseth the heauen aboute with his clearnes glory the handes of the Hyest haue beÌ„ded it Thorow his commaundement he maketh the snowe to fall the thonder of his iudgment to smyte hastely Thorow his commaundement the treasures are opened and the cloudes fle as the foules In his power hath he strengthened the cloudes and brokeÌ„ the hayle stones The mountaynes melt at y e sight of him the wynde bloweth accordinge to his wyll The sounde of his thonder beateth y e earth and so doth the storme of the north the whirle wynde also lighteth downe as a fethered foule casteth out and spredeth the snow abrode and as the greshoppers that destroye all so falleth it downe The eie marueleth at y e bewtye of the whytenesse therof and the hert is afraied at the raine of it He poureth out the frost vpon earth like salt and whan it is frosen it is as sharpe as the prycke of a thistle Whan the colde northwynde bloweth harde Christall commeth of the water He lighteth downe vpon all the gatheringes together of water and putteth on y e waters as a brest plate He deuoureth the mountaynes and burneth the wyldernesses and loke what is grene he putteth it out like fyre The medycine of all these is whan a cloude commeth hastely and whan a dew commeth vpon the heate it shal be refreszshed agayne In his worde he stylleth the wynde In his councell he setteth the depe and the LORDE Iesus planted it They that sayle ouer the see tell of his parels and harmes and whan we heare it with oure eares we maruell therat For there be strauÌ„ge wonderous workes dyuerse maner of nyce beestes and whall fishes Thorow him are all thinges set in good ordre and perfourmed in his worde all thinges endure I speake moch but I can not sufficiently attayne vnto it for he himself onely is the perfeccion of all wordes We shulde prayse the LORDE after all o power for he is greate in all his workes The LORDE is to be feared yee very greate is he and maruelous is his power Prayse the LORDE and magnifie him as moch as ye maye yet doth he farre farre exceade all prayse O magnifie him w t all youre power and laboure earnestly
his porcion and enheritaunce The thirde noble and excellent mā is Phineas the sonne of Eleazer which pleased the God of Israel because he had y e zele feare of the LORDE For whan the people were turned back he put him self forth right soone that with a good wyll to pacifie the wrath of the LORDE towarde Israel Therfore was there a couenaūt of peace made with him y t he shulde be the principall amonge the righteous and the people that he and his posterite shulde haue the office of the presthode for euer Like as there was made a couenaūt with Dauid of the trybe of Iuda that frō amonge his sonnes onely there shulde be a kynge And that Aaron also his sede shulde be the heretage to geue vs wyszdome in o hert to iudge his people in righteousnes that his goodes shulde not come in to forgetfulnes and that their honoure might endure for euer The XLVI Chapter MAnly stronge in battaill was Iesus y e sonne of Naue which in steade of Moses y e prophet was geuen to be captayne of the people which acordinge vnto his name was a greate sauioure vnto the electe of God to punysh the enemies that rose vp agaynst Israel y t Israel might optayne their inheritaunce O how greate noble and excellent was he whan he lift vp his hande and drew out his swerde agaynst the cities Who stode so manly before him For the LORDE himself brought in the enemies Stode not the Sonne styll at his commaundemēt and one daye was as longe as two He called vpon the Hyest most mightie whā y e enemies preassed vpon him on euery syde and the LORDE herde him with the hayle stones They smote y e Heithenish people mightely in fallinge downe they slew all y e aduersaries so that the Heithē knewe his hoost and all his defence that the LOR himself fought against them for he folowed vpon the mightie men of them In the tyme of Moses also he and Caleb the sonne of Iephune dyd a good worke which stode agaynst the enemies withelde the people from synne and stylled y e wicked murmurynge And of sixe hundreth thousande people of fote they two were preserued whan they were brought in to the heretage namely a londe that floweth with mylke hony The LORDE gaue strength also vnto Caleb which remayned with him vnto his age so that he wente vp in to the hye places of the londe and his sede conquered the same for an heretage that all the childrē of Israel might se how good a thinge it is to be obedient vnto the LORDE And the iudges or rulers euery one after his name whose hert wente not a whoringe ner departed from y e LORDE and that forsake not the LORDE vnfaithfully whose remembraūce hath a good reporte Yee their bones florish out of their place and their name shal neuer be chaūged Samuel the prophet beloued of the LORDE ordeyned a kinge and anoynted the prynces ouer the people In the lawe of the LORDE ruled he and iudged the congregacion the LORDE had respecte vnto Iacob The prophet was founde diligent in his faithfulnes yee in his faithfulnes was the faithfulnes of the vision knowne He called vpon y e LORDE the mightie whā the enemies preassed vpon him on euery syde what tyme as he offred the suckynge lambes And the LORDE thondred from heauen and mayde his voyce to be herde w t a greate noyse He discomfited the prynces of Tyre all the rulers of the Philistynes Before his last ende he made protestacion in the sight of the LORDE his anoynted that he toke nether substaunce ner good of eny man no not so moch as a shue no man might accuse him After this he tolde that his ende was at honde and shewed the kynge also his ende and death from y e earth lift he vp his voyce in the prophecie y t the vngodly people shulde perishe The XLVII Chapter AFterwarde in the tyme of kynge Dauid there rose vp a prophet called Nathan For like as the fat is taken awaye from the offrynge so was Dauid chosen out of the childrē of Israel He toke his pastyme w t the lyons as w t kyddes and with beares like as with lambes Slew he not a giaunte whan he was yet but yonge toke awaye the rebuke from his people what tyme as he toke the stone in his hande smote downe proude Goliath w t the slynge For he called vpon the hyest LORDE which gaue him strength in his right hande so that he ouerthrew the mightie giaunte in the battayll that he might set vp the horne of his people agayne Thus brought he him to worshipe aboue all prynces and made him to haue a good reporte in the prayse of the LORDE y t he shulde weere a crowne of glory For he destroied the enemies on euery syde roted out the Philistynes his aduersaries brake their horne in sunder like as it is brokē yet this daye In all his workes he praysed y e Hyest Holiest ascrybed the honoure vnto him With his whole hert dyd he prayse and loue him that made him He set syngers also before the aulter and in their tune he made swete songes He ordeyned to kepe the holy daies worship fully and that the solempne feastes thorow the whole yeare shulde be honorably holdē with praysinge the name of the LORDE with synginge by tymes in the mornynge in the Sanctuary The LORDE toke awaye his synnes and exalted his horne for euer He gaue him y e couenaunt of the kyngdome and the trone of worshipe in Israel After him there rose vp the wyse sonne called Salomon and for his sake he droue y e enemies awaie farre of This Salomon reigned with peace in his tyme for God gaue him rest from his enemies on euery syde that he might buylde him an house in his name prepare the Sanctuary for euer like as he was well īstructe in his youth fylled with wyszdome and vnderstōdinge as it were with a water floude He couered and fylled the whole londe with similitudes and wyse prudent sentences His name wente abrode in the Iles because of his peace he was beloued All londes marueled at his songes prouerbes symilitudes and at his peace and at the name of y e LORDE God which is called the God of Israel He gathered golde as tynne he had as moch syluer as leade He was moued in vnordinate loue towarde wemen and was ouercome in affeccion He stayned his hono and worshipe yee his posterite defyled he also in bringinge the wrath of the LORDE vpon his children and sorowe after his ioye so y t his kyngdome was deuyded Ephraim became an vnfaithfull an vnconstant kingdome Neuertheles God forsoke not his mercy nether was he vtterly destroyed because of his workes y t he shulde leaue him no
the lorde of the vynyarde commeth what wyl he do w t those huszbandmen They sayde vnto him He wyl cruelly destroye those euell personnes let out his vyniarde vnto other huszbaÌ„dmen which shal delyuer him the frute at tymes conuenyent Iesus sayde vnto theÌ„ Dyd ye neuer rede in the scriptures The same stone which the buylders refused is become the heade stone in the corner This was the LORDES doynge it is maruelous iÌ„ oure eyes Therfore I saie vnto you The kingdome of God shal be takeÌ„ froÌ„ you shal be geueÌ„ vnto the HeitheÌ„ which shal brynge forth y e frutes of it And who so falleth vpoÌ„ this stone shal be brokeÌ„ in peces loke vpoÌ„ whom it falleth it shal grynde him to poulder And when the hye prestes Pharises herde his parables they perceaued that he spake of them And they wente aboute to take him but they feared y e people because they helde hiÌ„ for a prophet The XXII Chapter ANd Iesus answered and spake vnto theÌ„ agayne by parables sayde The kingdome of heauen is like vnto a kynge which maried his sonne And sent forth his seruauntes to call the gestes vnto the mariage they wolde not come Agayne he sent forth other seruauntes and sayde Tell the gestes Beholde I haue prepared my dynner myne oxen and my fed catell are kylled and all thinges are readye come to the mariage But they made light of it and wente their wayes one to his huszbandrye another to his marchaundise As fâ—â— the remnauÌ„t they toke his seruauntes and intreated theÌ„ shamefully and slew theÌ„ When the kynge herde that he was wroth and sent forth his warryers and destroyed those murtherers and set fyre vpon their cite Then sayde he vnto his seruauntes The mariage in dede is prepared but the gestes were not worthy Go youre waye out therfore into y e hye wayes and as many as ye fynde byd them to the mariage And the seruauntes weÌ„te out in to the hye wayes and gathered together as many as they coulde fynde both good and bad the tables were all full Then the kynge weÌ„te in to se the gestes and spyed there a man that had not on a weddynge garment and sayde vnto him Frende how camest thou in hither hast not on a weddyinge garment And he was euen spechlesse Then sayde the kynge vnto his seruauntes Take and bynde him hande and fote cast him into y e vtter darcknes there shal be waylinge and gnaszhinge of teth For many be called but few are choseÌ„ Then wente the Pharises and toke councell how they might tangle him in his wordes and sent vnto him their disciples with Herodes officers and sayde Master we knowe that thou art true and teachest the waye of God truly and carest for no maÌ„ for thou regardest not the outwarde appearaunce of meÌ„ Tell us therfore how thinkest thou Is it laufull to geue tribute vnto the Emperoure or not Now whaÌ„ Iesus perceaued their wickednes he sayde O ye ypocrites why teÌ„pte ye me Shewe me y e tribute money And they toke hiÌ„ a peny And he saide vnto theÌ„ Whose is this ymage and superscription They sayde vnto him The Emperours Then sayde he vnto them Geue therfore vnto the Emperour that which is the Emperours and geue vnto God that which is Gods When they herde that they marueyled and left him weÌ„te their waye The same daye there came vnto him the Saduces which holde that there is no resurreccion and axed him and sayde Master Moses sayde Yf a man dye hauynge no children his brother shal mary his wife rayse vp sede vnto his brother Now were there with us seueÌ„ brethren The first maried a wife and dyed for somoch as he had no sede he left his wife vnto his brother Like wyse the secoÌ„de and thirde vnto the seueÌ„th Last of all the woman dyed also Now in the resurreccion whose wife shal she be of the seuen For they all had her Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Ye erre and vnderstoÌ„de not the scriptures ner the power of God In the resurreccion they shal nether mary ner be maried but are as the angels of God in heauen As touchinge the resurreccioÌ„ of the deed haue ye notred what is spoken vnto you of God which sayeth I am the God of Abraham and y e God of Isaac and the God of Iacob Yet is not God a God of the deed but of the lyuynge And whan the people herde that they were astonnyed at his doctryne When the Pharises herde that he had stopped the mouth of the Saduces they gathered them selues together And one of them a Scrybe teÌ„pted him and sayde Master which is the chefest commaundemeÌ„t in the lawe Iesus saide vnto him Thou shalt loue the LORDE thy God with all thy hert with all thy soule and with all thy mynde this is the pryncipall and greatest coÌ„maundement As for the seconde it is like vnto it Thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thyself In these two commaundementes hange all the lawe and the prophetes Now whyle the Pharises were gathered together Iesus axed them and sayde What thinke ye of Christ Whose sonne is he They sayde vnto him Dauids He sayde vnto them How then doth Dauid in sprete call him LORDE sayenge The LORDE sayde vnto my LORDE Syt thou on my right honde tyll I make thine enemies thy fote stole Yf Dauid now call him LORDE how is he then his sonne And no man coude answere him one worde nether durst eny man axe him eny mo questioÌ„s froÌ„ that daye forth The XXIII Chapter THen spake Iesus vnto y e people and to his disciples and sayde The scrybes Pharises are set downe vpon Moses seate Therfore what soeuer they bid you obserue that obserue and do but after their workes shal ye not do for they saye do not For they bynde heuy and intollerable burthens and laye them vpon mens shulders But they them selues wil not heaue at them with one of their fyngers All their workes do they to be sene of men They set abrode their Philateries and make large borders vpon their garmentes and loue to syt vppermost at the table and to haue the chefe seates in the synagoges and loue to be saluted in the market and to be called of meÌ„ Rabbi But ye shal not suffre youre selues to be called Rabbi for one is youre master euen Christ and all ye are brethren And call no man father vpon earth for one is youre father which is in heaueÌ„ And ye shal not suffre youre selues to be called masters for one is youre master namely Christ. He that is greatest amoÌ„ge you shal be youre seruaunt For who so exalteth him self shal be brought lowe and he that humbleth himself shal be exalted Wo vnto you Scrybes and Pharises ye ypocrytes that shut vp the kyngdome of heauen before men Ye come not in youre
worlde For his awne brethren also beleued not in him Then sayde Iesus vnto them My tyme is not yet come but youre tyme is allwaye ready The worlde can not hate you but me it hateth because I testifye of it that the workes of it are euell Go ye vp vnto this feast I wyll not go vp yet vnto this feast for my tyme is not yet fulfylled Whan he sayde this vnto them he abode styll in Galile But as soone as his brethren were gone vp then wente he vp also vnto the feast not openly but as it were secretly Then sought him y e Iewes at y e feast and sayde Where is he And there was a greate murmur of him amonge the people Some sayde He is good But other sayde No he doth but disceaue the people Howbeit no man spake frely of him for feare of the Iewes But in the myddes of the feast wēte Iesus vp in to the temple and taught And the Iewes marueyled and sayde How can he y e scrypture seynge he hath not lerned it Iesus answered them and sayde My doctryne is not myne but his that hath sent me Yf eny man wyl do his will he shal knowe whether this doctryne be of God or whether I speake of my self He that speaketh of himself seketh his awne prayse but he that seketh the prayse of him that sent him the same is true there is no vnrighteousnes in him Hath not Moses geuen you the lawe and none of you kepeth the lawe Why go ye aboute to kyll me The people answered and sayde Thou hast the deuell who goeth aboute to kyll the Iesus answered and sayde One worke haue I done and ye all maruayle Moses gaue you the circumcision not because it commeth of Moses but of y e fathers Yet do ye circumcyse a man vpon the Sabbath Yf a man receaue circūcision vpon the Sabbath that the lawe of Moses shulde not be broken diszdayne ye then at me because I haue made a mā euery whyt whole on the Sabbath Iudge not after the vtter appearaūce but iudge righteous iudgment Then sayde some of them of Ierusalem Is not this he whō they go aboute to kyll And beholde he speaketh boldely and they saye nothinge to him Do oure rulers knowe in dede that he is very Christ Howbeyt we knowe whence this is But whā Christ commeth no man shal knowe whence he is Then cryed Iesus in the temple as he taught and sayde Yee ye knowe me and whence I am ye knowe and of my self am I not come but he y t sent me is true whom ye knowe not But I knowe him for I am of him and he hath sent me Then sought they to take him but no mamlayed handes vpon him for his houre was not yet come But many of the people beleued on him and sayde Whan Christ commeth shall he do mo tokens then this doth And it came to the Pharises eares that y e people murmured soch thinges of him And the Pharises and hye prestes sent out seruauntes to take him Then sayde Iesus vnto them I am yet a litle whyle with you and then go I vnto him that hath sent me Ye shal seke me not fynde me and where I am thither can ye not come Then sayde the Iewes amonge them selues Whyther wil he go that we shal not fynde him Wyl he go amōge the Grekes that are scatred abrode and teach the Grekes What maner of sayenge is this that he sayeth ye shal seke me and not fynde me and where I am thither can not ye come But in the last daye which was y e most solempne daye of the feast Iesus stode vp cried and sayde Who so thyrsteth let him come vnto me and drynke He that beleueth on me as the scripture sayeth out of his body shal flowe ryuers of the water of life But this spake he of the sprete which they that beleue on him shulde receaue For the holy goost was not yet there because Iesus was not yet glorifyed Many of the people now whan they herde this sayenge sayde This is a very prophet Other sayde He is Christ. But some sayde Shal Christ come out of Galile Sayeth not the scripture that Christ shal come of the sede of Dauid and out of the towne of Bethleem where Dauid was Thus was there discencion amonge the people for his sake Some of them wolde haue taken him but no man layed handes on him The seruauntes came to the hye prestes and pharises and they sayde vnto them Why haue ye not brought him The seruauntes answered Neuer mā spake as this man doth Then answered them the pharises Are ye also disceaued Doth eny of the rulers or pharises beleue on him But the comon people which knowe not the lawe are cursed Nicodemus sayde vnto them he that came to him by night which was one of them Doth oure lawe iudge eny man before it heare him and knowe what he hath done They answered and sayde vnto him Art thou a Galilean also Searche and loke out of Galile aryseth no prophet And so euery man wente home The VIII Chapter IEsus wente vnto mount Oliuete and early in the mornynge came he agayne in to the temple and all the people came vnto him And he sat downe and taught them And y e scrybes and Pharises brought vnto him a woman taken in aduoutrye and set her there openly and sayde vnto him Master this woman was taken in aduontrye euē as the dede was adoynge Moses in the lawe commaunded vs to stone soch What sayest thou This they sayde to tempte him that they might haue wherof to accuse him But Iesus stouped downe and wrote with his fynger vpō the grounde Now whyle they contynued axynge him he lift him self vp and sayde vnto them He that is amonge you without synne let him cast the first stone at her And he stouped downe agayne and wrote vpon the grounde But whan they herde that they wente out one after another the eldest first and left Iesus alone and the woman stondinge before him Iesus lift himself vp and whan be sawe noman but the woman he sayde vnto her Woman where are thine accusers Hath noman condempned the She sayde LORDE no man Iesus sayde Nether do I cōdempne the Go thy waye and synne nomore Then spake Iesus agayne vnto them and sayde I am the light of the worlde He that foloweth me shal not walke in darknesse but shal haue the light of life Then sayde the Pharises vnto him Thou bearest recorde of thy self thy recorde is not true Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Though I beare recorde of my self yet my recorde is true for I knowe whence I came and whither I go but ye can not tell whence I come and whither I go Ye iudge after the flesh I iudge no man but yf I iudge my iudgment is true for I am not alone but
grewe more and more In so moch that they brought out the sycke in to the stretes and layed them vpon beddes and barowes that at the leest waye the shadowe of Peter whan he came by might ouershadowe some of theÌ„ There came many also out of y e cities rounde aboute vnto Ierusalem and brought the sicke and theÌ„ that were vexed with vncleane spretes and they were healed euery one But the hye prest rose vp and all they y t were with him which is the secte of the Saduces and were full of indignacion layed handes on the Apostles and put them in the comon preson But the angell of y e LORDE by night opened the preson dores and brought theÌ„ out and sayde Go youre waye and steppe vp and speake in the temple to the people all the wordes of this life Whan they herde that they entred in to the temple early in the mornynge and taught But the hye prest came and they y t were with him and called the councell together all y e Elders of the children of Israel and sent to the preson to fet them The mynisters came and founde them not in the preson â—ame agayne and tolde and sayde The preson founde we shut with all diligence and the kepers stondinge without before the dores but whaÌ„ we had opened we founde noman therin Whan the hye prest and the rulers of the temple and the other hye prestes herde these wordes they douted of them whervnto this wolde growe Then came there one which tolde them Beholde the men that ye put in preson are in the temple stondinge and teachinge the people Then weÌ„te y e rulers with their mynisters and fetched them without violence for they feared the people lest they shulde haue bene stoned And whan they had brought them they set theÌ„ before the councell And the hye prest axed them and sayde Dyd not we coÌ„maunde you strately that ye shulde not teache in this name And beholde ye haue fylled Ierusalem with youre doctryne and ye inteÌ„de to brynge this mans bloude vpon vs. But Peter and the Apostles answered and sayde We ought more to obeye God then men The God of oure fathers hath raysed vp Iesus whoÌ„ ye slewe and hanged on tre Him hath the righte hande of God exalted to be a prynce and Sauioure to geue repentaunce and forgeuenesse of synnes vnto Israel And we are his recordes of these wordes and the holy goost whoÌ„ God hath geuen vnto theÌ„ that obeye him WhaÌ„ they herde that it wente thorow the hertes of them and they thoughte to slaye them Then stode there vp in y e councell a pharyse named Gamaliel a scribe had in greate reputacion before all y e people and bad put the Apostles asyde a litle and sayde vnto them Ye men of Israel take hede to youre selues what ye do as touchinge these men Before these dayes rose vp one Theudas boostinge himself And there cleued vnto him a noÌ„bre of meÌ„ aboute a foure hundreth which was slayne and all they y t enclyned vnto him were scatred abrode and brought to naught After this stode vp Iudas of Galile in y e dayes of trybute and drewe awaye moch people after him he also perished all they that enclyned vnto him are scatred abrode And now I saye vnto you refrayne yo selues froÌ„ these men and let theÌ„ go Yf this councell or worke be of meÌ„ it wil come to naught but yf it be of God ye are not able to destroye it lest ye be founde to be the men that wil stryue agaynst God Then they agreed vnto him and called the Apostles and bet them and commaunded them that they shulde speake nothinge in the name of Iesu and let them go But they departed from the presence of the councell reioysinge that they were worthy to suffre rebuke for his names sake And daylie in the temple and in euery house they ceassed not to teache and to preache the Gospell of Iesus Christ. The VI. Chapter IN those dayes whan the nombre of the disciples increased there arose a grudge amoÌ„ge the Grekes agaynst the Hebrues because their wyddowes were not loked vpon in the daylie handreachinge Then the twolue called the multitude of the disciples together and sayde It is not mete that we shulde leaue the worde of God and to serue at the tables Wherfore brethren loke out amonge you seueÌ„ men that are of honeste reporte and full of the holy goost and wyszdome whom we maye appoynte to this nedefull busynes But we wil geue oure selues vnto prayer and to the mynistracion of the worde of God And the sayenge pleased the whole multitude And they chose Steuen a man full of fayth and of the holy goost and Philippe and Procorus and Nicanor and Thimon and Parmenas and Nicolas the Proselite of Antioche These they set before y e Apostles and they prayed and layed their handes vpon them And the worde of God increased and the nombre of the disciples multiplied greatly at Ierusalem And there were many prestes also obedient vnto the fayth Steuen full of faith and power dyd wonders and greate tokens amonge the people Then arose there certayne of the synagoge which is called the synagoge of y e Libertynes of the Cyrenites and of the AlexaÌ„drines and of theÌ„ y t were of Celicia and Asia disputed with SteueÌ„ and they coulde not resiste the wyszdome and the sprete out of the which he spake Then sent they in certayne men that sayde We haue herde him speake blasphemous wordes agaynst Moses and agaynst God And they moued the people and the Elders and the scrybes and came vpon him caught him and brought him before the councell and set false witnesses there which sayde This man ceasseth not to speake blasphemous wordes agaynst this holy place and the lawe For we herde him saye Iesus of Nazareth shall destroye this place and chaunge the ordinaunces which Moses gaue vs. And all they that sat in the councell loked vpoÌ„ him and sawe his face as the face of an angell The VII Chapter Then sayde the hye prest Is it eueÌ„ so He sayde Deare brethren and fathers herken to The God of glorye appeared vnto o father AbrahaÌ„ whyle he was yet in Mesopotamia before he dwelt in Haran and sayde vnto him Get y t out of thy couÌ„tre and froÌ„ thy kynred and come in to a londe which I wil shewe ye. TheÌ„ wente he out of the lande of the Caldees and dwelt in Haran And from theÌ„ce whan his father was deed he brought him ouer in to this londe where ye dwell now and gaue him no enheritauÌ„ce therin no not y e bredth of a fote and promysed him that he wolde geue it him to possesse and to his sede after him whan as yet he had no childe But thus sayde God vnto him Thy sede shal be a straunger in a straunge londe and they shal
of the prophetes the rulers of the synagoge sent vnto them sayenge Good brethren yf ye haue eny sermon to exorte the people saye on Then stode Paul vp and beckened with the hande that they shulde holde their peace and sayde Yemen of Israel and ye that feare God herkeÌ„ to The God of this people chose oure fathers and exalted the people whan they were straungers in the loÌ„de of Egipte and with a mightie arme broughte he them out of it And by the space of fortye yeares suffred he their maners in the wyldernesse and destroyed seuen nacions in the lande of Canaan and parted their londe amonge them by lott After that gaue he them iudges by the space of foure hundreth and fiftye yeares vnto the prophet Samuel And after that they desyred a kynge and God gaue vnto them Saul the sonne of Cis a man of the trybe of Ben Iamin fortye yeares longe And whan he had put him downe he set vp Dauid to be their kynge of whom he reported sayenge I haue founde Dauid the sonne of Iesse a man after my hert he shal fulfyll all my wyll Of this mans sede hath God acordinge to the promesse broughte forth vnto the people of Israel y e Sauioure Iesus whan Ihon had first preached before his coÌ„mynge the baptyme of repentaunce vnto Israel But whan Ihon had fulfylled his course he sayde I am not he that ye take me for But beholde there commeth one after me whose shues of his fete I am not worthy to lowse Ye men and brethren ye children of the generacion of Abraham and they that feare God amonge you vnto you is y e worde of this saluacion sent For the inhabiters of Ierusalem and their rulers for somoch as they knewe him not ner yet the voyces of the prophetes which are red euery Sabbath haue fulfylled them in condemnynge him And though they founde no cause of death in him yet desyred they Pilate to kyll him And whan they had fulfylled all that was wrytten of him they toke him downe from the tre and layed him in a sepulcre But on y e thirde daye God raysed him vp from the deed and he appeared many dayes vnto theÌ„ that wente vp with him from Galile vnto Ierusalem which are his witnesses vnto the people And we also declare vnto you y e promes which was made vnto oure fathers how that God hath fulfylled the same vnto vs their children in y t he raysed vp Iesus agayne As it is wrytten in the seconde Psalme Thou art my sonne this daye haue I begotten the. But that he hath raysed him vp froÌ„ the deed now nomore to returne to corrupcion he sayde on this wyse The grace promysed to Dauid wyl I faithfully kepe vnto you Therfore sayeth he also in another place Thou shalt not suffre thy Holy tose corrupcion For Dauid whan he in his tyme had serued the wyll of God he fell a slepe and was layed by his fathers sawe corrupcion But he whoÌ„ God raysed vp agayne sawe no corrupcion Be it knowne vnto you therfore ye men and brethreÌ„ y t thorow this man is preached vnto you y e forgeuenesse of synnes and froÌ„ all y e thinges wherby ye mighte not be iustifyed in the lawe of Moses But whosoeuer beleueth on this man is iustifyed Bewarre therfore that it come not vpon you which is spoken in the prophetes Beholde ye despysers and wonder at it and perishe for I do a worke in youre tyme which ye shal not beleue yf eny man tell it you Whan the Iewes were gone out of the synagoge the Heythen besoughte them y t they wolde speake y e worde vnto them betwene the Sabbath dayes And whaÌ„ the coÌ„gregacion of the synagoge was broken vp many Iewes and Proselites y t serued God folowed Paul and Barnabas which spake to them and exorted them that they shulde contynue in the grace of God On y e Sabbath folowinge came almost the whole cite together to heare the worde of God But whan the Iewes sawe the people they were full of indignacion and spake agaynst that which was spoken of Paul speakinge agaynst it blasphemynge But Paul and Barnabas waxed bolde and sayde It behoued first the worde of God to be spoken vnto you but now that ye thrust it froÌ„ you and counte youre selues vnworthy of euerlastinge life lo we turne to the Gentyles For so hath the LORDE coÌ„maunded vs I haue set the to be a lighte vnto y e Gentyles y t thou be y e Saluacion vnto the ende of the earth Whan the Gentyles herde that they were glad and praysed the worde of the LORDE and beleued eueÌ„ as many as were ordeyned to euerlastinge life And the worde of y e LORDE was spred abrode thorow out all the region Howbeit the Iewes moued the deuoute and honorable wemen and the chefemen of the citie and raysed vp a persecucion agaynst Paul and Barnabas and expelled them out of their coastes But they shoke of the dust of their fete agaynst them and came to Iconium And the disciples were fylled with ioye and with the holy goost The XIIII Chapter IT fortuned at Iconium that they weÌ„te both together in to the synagoge of the Iewes and spake so that a greate multitude of the Iewes of the Grekes beleued But the vnbeleuynge Iewes moued and disquyeted the soules of the HeytheÌ„ agaynst the brethreÌ„ So they had their beynge there a loÌ„ge season and quyte themselues boldly in the LORDE which gaue testimony vnto the worde of his grace and caused tokens and wonders to be done by their handes Howbeyt the multitude of the cite was deuyded some helde w t the Iewes and some with the Apostles But whan there rose vp an insurreccion of the HeytheÌ„ and of y e Iewes and of their rulers to put them to shame and to stone theÌ„ they perceaued it and fled vnto lystra and Derba cities of y e countre of Licaoniâ—â— and vnto y e region that lyeth rounde aboute and there they preached the Gospell And amonge them of Lystra there was a man which sat beynge impotent of his fete and was crepell froÌ„ his mothers wombâ— and had neuer walked the same herde Paul speake And whan he behelde him and perceaued that he had faith to be made whole he sayde w t a loude voyce Stonde vprighte on thy fete And he sprange vp and walked But whan the people sawe what Paul had done they lifte vp their voyce and sayde in y e speache of Lycaonia The goddes are become like vnto men and are come downe vnto vs. And they called Barnabas Iupiter and Paul Mercurius because he was the preacher But Iupiters prest which dwelâ— before their cite broughte oxen and garlandes before the gate and wolde haue done sacrifice with the people Whan y e Apostles Barnabas and Paul herde that they rent their clothes and
same for he is the minister off God for thy wealth But yff thou do euell then feare for he beareth not the swerde for naughte For he is the mynister of God a taker of vengeaunce to punyshe him that doth euell Wherfore ye must nedes obeye not onely for punyshmēt but also because of conscience For this cause must ye geue trybute also For they are Gods mynisters which māteyne y e same defence Geue to euery man therfore his dutye tribute to whom tribute belongeth custome to whom custome is due feare to whom feare belongeth honoure to whom honoure pertayneth Owe nothinge to eny man but to loue one another For he that loueth another hath fulfylled the lawe For where it is sayde Thou shalt not breake wedlocke thou shalt not kyll thou shalt not steale thou shalt not beare false witnesse thou shalt not lust and yf there be eny other commaundement it is comprehēded in this worde Thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thy selfe Loue doth his neghboure no euell Therfore is loue y e fulfillynge of the lawe And for so moch as we know this namely the tyme that the houre is now for vs to ryse from slepe For now is oure saluacion nearer then whan we beleued the nighte is past but the daye is come nye Let vs therfore cast awaye y e workes of darknesse and put on the armoure of lighte Let vs walke honestly as in the daye not in excesse off eatinge and in dronkennesse not in chamburynge and wantonnesse not in stryfe and enuyenge but put ye on the LORDE Iesus Christ and make not prouysion for y e flesh to fulfill the lustes of it The XIIII Chapter HIm that is weake in the faith receaue vnto you and trouble not the consciences One beleueth that he maye eate all thinge but he that is weake eateth herbes Let not him that eateth despyse him that eateth not and let not him which eateth not iudge him that eateth for God hath receaued him Who art thou that iudgest another mans seruaūt He stondeth or falleth vnto his LORDE Yee he maye well stōde for God is able to make hī stōde Some man putteth differēce betwene daye daye but another man counteth all dayes alyke Let euery man be sure of his meanynge He that putteth difference in the daye doth it vnto the LORDE he that putteth no differēce in the daye doth it vnto y e LORDE also He y t eateth eateth vnto the LORDE for he geueth God thākes and he that eateth not eateth not vnto y e LORDE and geueth God thankes For none of vs lyueth to him selfe and none dyeth to him selfe Yf we lyue we lyue vnto the LORDE Yf we dye we dye vnto the LORDE Therfore whether we lyue or dye we are the LORDES For therto dyed Christ and rose agayne and reuyued that he mighte be LORDE both of deed and quycke But why iudgest thou y e brother Or thou other why despysest thou y e brother We shal all be broughte before y e iudgmēt seate of Christ. For it is wryttē As truly as I lyue sayeth the LORDE all knees shal bowe vnto me all tūges shal knowlege vnto God Thus shal euery one of vs geue acomptes for himselfe vnto God Let vs not therfore iudge one another eny more But iudge this rather y t nomā put a stomblinge blocke or an occasion to fall in his brothers waye I knowe am full certified in y e LORDE Iesu y t there is nothinge cōmen of it selfe but vnto him y t iudgeth it to be cōmen to him is it cōmen But yf y e brother be greued ouer y e meate thē walkest thou not now after charite Destroye not w t thy meate him for whom Christ dyed Se therfore that youre treasure be not euell spokē of For the kyngdome of God is not meate and drynke but righteousnes peace and ioye in the holy goost He that in these thinges serueth Christ pleaseth God is cōmended of mē Let vs therfore folowe those thinges which make for peace thinges wherwith one maye edifye another Destroye not y e worke of God for eny meates sake All thinges truly are cleane but it is euell for y t mā which eateth w t hurte of his cōscience It is moch better y t thou eate no flesh and drynke no wyne nor eny thinge wherby thy brother stombleth or falleth or is made weake Hast thou faith haue it with y e selfe before God happye is he that cōdemneth not him selfe in y t thinge which he aloweth But he that maketh conscience of it and yet eateth is dampned because he doth it not of faith For what so euer is not of faith that same is synne The XV. Chapter WE that are stronge ought to beare y e fraylnesse of them which are weake and not to stonde in oure awne consaytes Let euery one of vs ordre himselfe so that he please his neghboure vnto his welth and edifienge For Christ pleased not himselfe but as it is wrytten The rebukes of them which rebuked the are fallen vpon me What so euer thinges are wryttē afore tyme are wrytten for oure learnynge that we thorow pacience and comforte off the scriptures might haue hope The God of pacience and consolacion graunte you to be like mynded one towarde another acordinge vnto Iesu Christ that ye beynge of one mynde maye w t one mouth prayse God the father of oure LORDE Iesu Christ. Wherfore receaue ye one another as Christ hath receaued you to the prayse off God But I saye that Christ Iesus was a mynister of the circumcision for the trueth of God to cōfirme the promyses made vnto the fathers and that the Heythen mighte prayse God because of mercy as it is wrytten For this cause wyl I prayse the amōge the Gētyles and synge vnto thy name And agayne he sayeth Reioyse ye Heythen with his people And agayne Prayse the LORDE all ye Gentiles and laude him all ye naciōs And agayne Esay sayeth There shal be the rote of Iesse and he that shal ryse to rule the Gentyles in him shal the Gentyles trust The God off hope fyll you w t all ioye and peace in beleuynge y t ye maye be plenteous in hope thorow y e power of the holy goost I my selfe am full certified of you my brethren that ye youre selues are full of goodnes fylled with all knowlege so that ye are able to exhorte one another Neuertheles brethrē I haue somwhat more boldly wrytten vnto you as one that putteth you in remembraunce for the grace that is geuē me of God ▪ that I shulde be a mynister of Iesu Christ amonge the Heythen to declare the gospell of God that the Heythen mighte be an acceptable offerynge vnto God sanctified by the holy goost Therfore maye I boost myselfe thorow Iesu Christ that I medle with thinges perteyninge vnto God For I durst not speake
another I holde of Apollo are ye not thē fleshlye What is Paul What is ▪ Apollo Euē mynisters are they by whom ye are come to the beleue and the same acordinge as the LORDE hath geuen vnto euery man I haue planted Apollo hath watred but God hath geuen the increace So then nether is he that planteth eny thinge nether he that watreth but God which geueth the increace As for him that planteth and he that watreth y e one is as the other but yet shal euery one receaue his rewarde acordinge to his laboure For we are Gods labourers ye are Gods huszbandry ye are Gods buyldinge Acordinge to the grace of God which is geuen vnto me as a wyse buylder haue I layed the foundacion but another buyldeth theron Yet let euery man take hede how he buyldeth theron For other foūdacion can noman laye then that which is layed the which is Iesus Christ. But yf enyman buylde vpon this foundacion golde syluer precious stones tymber haye stobble euery mās worke shal be shewed For the daye of the LORDE shal declare it which shal be shewed with fyre and the fyre shal trye euery mās worke what it is Yf eny mans worke that he hath buylde theron abyde he shal receaue a rewarde Yf eny mans worke burne he shal suffre losse but he shal be saued himselfe neuertheles as thorow fyre Knowe ye not that ye are the temple of God and that the sprete of God dwelleth in you Yf eny man defyle the tēple of God him shal God destroye For the temple of God is holy which ye are Let no mā disceaue himselfe Yf eny man thinke himselfe wyse amōge you let him become a foole in this worlde that he maye be wyse For the wyszdome off this worlde is foolishnes with God For it is wrytten He compaseth the wyse in their craftynesse And agayne The LORDE knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse that they are vayne Therfore let no man reioyse in men For all is youres whether it be Paul or Apollo whether it be Cephas or ▪ the worlde whether it be life or death whether it be presente or for to come All is youres but ye are Christes and Christ is Gods The IIII. Chapter LEt euery man this wyse esteme vs euen for the mynisters of Christ and stewardes of the secretes of God Now is there no more requyred of the stewardes then that they be founde faithfull It is but a small thinge vnto me that I shulde be iudged of you or of mans daye nether iudge I myne awne selfe I knowe noughte by my selfe yet am I not therby iustified It is the LORDE that iudgeth me Therfore iudge ye nothinge before y e tyme vntyll the LORDE come which shal brynge it to lighte that is hyd in darknesse and opē the councels of y e hertes and thē shal euery one haue prayse of God These thinges brethren haue I described in myne awne preson in Apollos for youre sakes that ye mighte lerne by vs that noman counte hygher of him self then aboue is wrytten that one be not puft vp agaynst another for eny mans cause For who preferreth the What hast thou that thou hast not receaued Yf thou hast receaued it why makest thou thē thy boost as though thou haddest not receaued it Now ye are full now ye are made riche ye raigne without vs and wolde God ye dyd raigne that we might raigne with you Me thynketh that God hath set forth vs Apostles for the lowest off all euen as those that are appoynted vnto death For we are agasynge stocke vnto y e worlde and to the angels and vnto men We are fooles for Christes sake but ye are wyse in Christ We weake but ye strōge Ye honorable but we despysed Euen vnto this daye we hōger and thyrst and are naked and are boffetted with fystes and haue no certayne dwellinge place and laboure and worke with oure awne handes We are reuyled and yet we blesse we are persecuted and suffre it We are euell spoken of and we praye We are become as it were the very outswepinges of y e worlde yee the of scowringe of all men vnto this tyme. I wryte not this to shame you but as my deare childrē I warne you For though ye haue ten thousande instructours in Christ yet haue ye not many fathers For I haue begotten you in Christ Iesu thorow y e Gospell Wherfore I exhorte you be ye my folowers For this cause haue I sent vnto you Timotheus which is my deare sonne and faithfull in the LORDE that he maye put you in remembraunce of my wayes which are in Christ euē as I teach euery where in all congregacions Some are puft vp as though I wolde come nomore at you But I wil come to you shortly yf the LORDE wyl and wyl knowe not the wordes of thē that are puft vp but y e power For the kyngdome of God is not ī wordes but in power What wil ye Shal I come vnto you w t the rodd or with loue and the sprete of mekenesse The V. Chapter THere goeth a commen reporte that there is whordome amōge you and soch whordome as is not once named amōge the Heythen that one shulde haue his fathers wife And ye are puft vp and haue not rather sorowed that he which hath done this dede mighte be put frō amōge you For I verely as absent in body but present in sprete haue determyned allready as though I were present cōcernynge him that hath done this dede in y e name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ whā ye are gathered together with my sprete and with the power of oure LORDE Iesus Christ to delyuer him vnto Sathan for the destruccion of the flesh that the sprete maye be saued in the daye of the LORDE Iesus You re reioysinge is not good Knowe ye not that a litle leuen sowereth the whole lompe of dowe Pourge out therfore the olde leuen that ye maye be new dowe like as ye are swete bred For we also haue an Easter lambe which is Christ that is offred for vs. Wherfore let vs kepe Easter not in y e olde leuen ner in the leuen of maliciousnes and wickednes but in the swete bred of purenesse and of the trueth I wrote vnto you in the Epistle that ye shulde haue nothinge to do with whoremōgers that meant I not at all of the whoremongers of this worlde ether of the couetous or of extorcioners or of thē that worshippe ymages for then must ye nedes haue gone out of the worlde But now haue I wryttē vnto you y t ye shulde haue nothinge to do with them Namely yf there be eny man that is called a brother and is an whoremonger or couetous or a worshipper of ymages ether a raylar or a dronkarde or an extorcioner with soch shal ye not eate For what haue I to do to
last enemye that shal be destroyed is death for he hath put all thinges vnder his fete But whā he sayeth that all thinges are put vnder him it is manifest that he is excepted which put all thinges vnder him Whan all thinges shal be subdued vnto him then shal the sonne himselfe also be subiecte vnto him which put all thinges vnder him that God maye be all in all Or els what do they which are baptised ouer y e deed yf the deed ryse not at all Why are they then baptysed ouer the deed And why stonde we in ioperdy euery houre By oure reioysinge which I haue in Christ Iesu o LORDE I dye daylie That I haue foughte with beestes at Ephesus after y e maner of men what helpeth it me yf the deed ryse not agayne Let vs eate and drynke for tomorow we shal dye Be not ye disceaued Euell speakinges corruppe good maners Awake righte vp and synne not for some haue not y e knowlege of God This I saye to youre shame But some man mighte saye How shal the deed aryse And with what maner off body shal they come Thou foole y t which thou sowest is not quyckened excepte it dye And what sowest thou thou sowest not y e body that shal be but a bare corne namely of wheate or of some other But God geueth it a body as he wil and vnto euery one of y e sedes his owne body All fleszhe is not one maner of fleszhe but there is one maner fleszhe of men another of beastes another of fiszhes another of byrdes And there are heauenly bodies and there are earthy bodies but the heauenly haue one glory and y e earthy another The Sonne hath one clearnes the Moone hath another clearnesse and the starres haue another clearnesse for one starre excelleth another in clearnesse Euen so the resurreccion of the deed It is sowne in corrupcion and shal ryse in vncorrupcion It is sowne in dishonoure shal ryse in glory It is sowne in weaknesse and shal ryse in power It is sowne a naturall body shal ryse a spirituall body Yf there be a naturall body there is a spirituall body also As it is wrytten The first man Adam was made in to a naturall life and the last Adā in to a spiritual life Howbeit the spirituall body is not the first but y e naturall and then the spirituall The first man is of the earth earthy y e seconde mā is frō heauē heauēly As the earthy is soch are they also that are earthy and as y e heauenly is soch are they also y t are heauenly And as we haue borne the ymage of the earthy so shal we beare the ymage of the heauenly also This I saye brethren that flesh bloude can not inheret y e kyngdome of God nether shal corrupcion inheret vncorrupcion Beholde I saye vnto you a mystery We shal not all slepe but we shal all be chaunged and that sodenly and in the twinklynge of an eye at the tyme of the last trompe For the trompe shal blowe and the deed shal ryse vncorruptible and we shal be chaunged For this corruptible must put on vncorrupcion and this mortall must put on immortalite But whan this corruptible shal put on vncorrupcion and this mortall shal put on immortalite thē shal the worde be fulfylled that is wryttē Death is swalowed vp in victory Death where is thy stynge Hell where is y e victory The stynge of death is synne The strength of synne is the lawe But thankes be vnto God which hath geuē vs the victory thorow oure LORDE Iesus Christ. Therfore my deare brethrē be ye stedfast vnmoueable allwaye riche in the worke of the LORDE for as moch as ye knowe that youre laboure is not in vayne in the LORDE The XVI Chapter COncernynge the gadderynge that is made for the sayntes as I haue ordeyned in the congregacions of Galacia euen so do ye also Vpon some Sabbath daye let euery one of you put aside by himselfe and laye vp what so euer he thinketh mete that the colleccion be not to gather whan I come Whan I am come whom so euer ye shal alowe by youre letters thē wyll I sende to brynge youre liberalite vnto Ierusalem Neuertheles yf it be mete that I go thither also they shal go with me But I wil come vnto you whan I go thorow Macedonia for thorow Macedonia wyl I take my iourney With you peraduēture wil I abyde or els wynter that ye maye brynge me on my waye whither so euer I go I wyl not se you now in my passage for I hope to abyde a whyle with you yf the LORDE shal suffre me But I wil tary at Ephesus vntyll whitsontyde For a greate and frutefull dore is opened vnto me and there are many aduersaries Yf Timotheus come se that he be without feare with you for he worketh y e worke of the LORDE as I do Let no man therfore despyse him but conuaye him forth in peace that he maye come vnto me for I loke for him with the brethren As for brother Apollo be ye sure that I greatly desyred him to come vnto you with the brethrē And his mynde was not at all to come at this tyme but he wyl come whā he hath oportunyte Watch ye stonde fast in the faith quyte you like men and be stronge let all youre thinges be done in loue But brethren ye knowe the house off Stephana that they are the first frutes in Achaia and that they haue appoynted thē selues to mynister vnto the sayntes I exhorte you to be obedient vnto soche and to all that helpe and laboure I am glad of the cōmynge of Stephana and Fortunatus and Achaicus For loke what was lackynge vnto me on youre parte y t haue they suppleed they haue refreszhed my sprete and youres Knowe them therfore that are soch The congregacions of Asia salute you Aquila and Priscilla salute you moch in the LORDE and so doth the cōgregacion that is in their house All the brethren salute you Salute ye one another with an holy kysse The salutacion of me Paul w t myne awne hande Yf eny mā loue not the LORDE Iesus Christ the same be Anathema Maharan Matha The grace of the LORDE Iesus Christ be with you My loue be with you all in Christ Iesu. Amen The first Epistle to the Corinthians sent out of Asia by Stephana and Fortunatus and Achaicus and Timotheus The seconde Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Corinthians The summe of this Epistle Chap. I. The consolacion of God in trouble The loue of Paul towarde the Corinthians and his excuse that he came not vnto them Chap. II. He sheweth the cause of his absence and exorteth thē to forgeue the man that was fallen and to receaue him agayne with loue Chap. III. He prayseth the preachinge of the Gospell aboue the preachinge of the lawe Chap. IIII. A
whom he calleth dogges and enemies of Christ and reproueth maÌ„s owne righteousnesse Chap. IIII. He saluteth certayne of them exhorteth them to be of honest conuersacion and thanketh them because of the prouysion that they made for him beynge in preson The first Chapter PAul and Timotheus the seruauntes of Iesu Christ. Vnto all the sayntes in Iesu Christ which are at Philippos with the Biszhoppes and mynisters Grace be with you and peace from God oure father and from the LORDE Iesus Christ. I thanke my God as oft as I remeÌ„bre you which I allwayes do in all my prayers for you all and praye with gladnesse because of youre fellishippe which ye haue in the Gospell from the first daye vnto now and am surely certified of this y t he which hath begonne that good worke in you shal go forth with it untyll y e daye of Iesus Christ as it becommeth me to iudge of you all because I haue you in my hert as those that are partakers with me of grace in my bondes in defendinge and stablyshinge of the Gospell For God is my recorde how I loÌ„ge after you all euen froÌ„ the very hert rote in Iesus Christ. And for the same I praye y t yo loue maye increace more more in all maner of knowlege and in all experience y t ye maye proue what is best that ye maye be pure soch as hurte no mans conscience vnto the daye of Christ fylled with the frutes of righteousnes which come by Iesus Christ vnto the glorye and prayse of God I wolde ye vnderstode brethren that my busynes is happened vnto the greater furtheraunce of the Gospell so that my bondes in Christ are manifest thorow out all y e iudgmeÌ„t hall and in all other places In so moch that many brethren in the LORDE are boldened thorow my boÌ„des and darre more largely speake the worde without feare Some no doute preach Christ of enuye and stryfe but some of good wil. The one parte preacheth Christ off stryfe and not purely supposynge to adde more aduersite vnto my bondes The other parte of loue for they knowe that I lye here for the defence of the Gospell What then So that Christ be preached all maner of wayes whether it be done by occasion or of true meaninge I reioyce therin and wil reioyce For I knowe that the same shal chaunce to my saluacion thorow youre prayer and mynistrynge of the sprete of Iesu Christ as I loke for and hope that in nothinge I shal be ashamed but y t with all coÌ„fidence as allwayes in tymes past eueÌ„ so now Christ shal be magnified in my body whether it be thorow life or thorow death For Christ is to me life death is to me auâ—â—ge But in as moch as to lyue in y e 〈◊〉 frutefull to me for the worke 〈…〉 what I shal chose for both these 〈…〉 harde vpon me I desyre to 〈…〉 be with Christ which thinâ—◠〈…〉 forme but to abyde 〈…〉 nedefull for you And this am I sure of that I shal abyde and contynue with you all for the furtheraunce and ioye of youre faith that ye maye abundauntly reioyse in Christ Iesu thorow me by my coÌ„mynge to you agayne Onely let youre conuersacion be as it becommeth the Gospell of Christ that whether I come se you or els be absent I maye yet heare of you that ye coÌ„tynue in one sprete and one soule labourynge as we do to mayntayne the faith of the Gospell and in nothinge fearinge youre aduersaries which is to them a token off perdicion but vnto you of saluacion and that of God For vnto you it is geuen not onely that ye shulde beleue on Christ but also suffre for his sake and to haue euen the same fighte which ye haue sene in me and now heare of me The II. Chapter YF there be amonge you eny consolacion in Christ yf there be eny comforte of loue yf there be eny fellishippe off the sprete yf there be eny compassion and mercy fulfyll my ioye that ye drawe one waye hauynge one loue beynge of one accorde and of one mynde that there be nothinge done thorow stryfe and vayne glory but that thorow mekenesse of mynde euery man esteme another better then himselfe and let euery maÌ„ loke not for his awne profet but for the profet of other Let the same mynde be in you that was in Christ Iesu which beyinge in the shappe of God thought it not robbery to be equall with God but made himselfe of no reputacion and toke vpon him the shappe of a seruaunt became like another man and was founde in his apparell as a man he humbled himselfe and became obedient vnto the death euen vnto the death of the crosse Therfore hath God also exalted him and geuen him a name which is aboue all names that in the name of Iesus euery kne shulde bowe both of thinges in heauen of thinges vpoÌ„ earth and of thinges vnder the earth and that all tunges shulde confesse that Iesus Christ is the LORDE vnto 〈◊〉 prayse of God the father Wherfore my dearly beloued as ye haue 〈…〉 obeyed not onely in my presence 〈…〉 so moch more in my absence euen 〈…〉 youre awne saluacion with 〈…〉 For it is God which 〈…〉 the wyll and the deed euen of his owne good wyll Do all thinges without murmurynges and disputinges that ye maye be fautles and pure and the childreÌ„ of God without rebuke in the myddes of y e croked and peruerse nacion amonge whom se that ye shyne as lightes in the worlde holdinge fast the worde of life vnto my reioysinge in the daye of Christ that I haue not runne in vayne nether laboured in vayne Yee and though I be offred vp vpoÌ„ the offerynge sacrifice of youre faith I am glad and reioyce with you all be ye glad also and reioyce ye with me I trust in the LORDE Iesus to sende Timotheus shortly vnto you that I also maye be of good comforte whan I knowe what case ye stonde in For I haue no man that is so like mynded to me which with so pure affeccioÌ„ careth for you for all other seke their awne not that which is Iesus Christes But ye knowe the profe of him for as a childe vnto the father so hath he mynistred vnto me in the Gospell Him I hope to sende as soone as I knowe how it wyll go with me But I trust in the LORDE that I also my selfe shal come shortly Neuertheles I thoughte it necessary to sende vnto you the brother Ephraditus which is my companyon in laboure and felowe soudyer and youre Apostell and my mynister at my nede for so moch as he longed after you all and was full of heuynes because ye had herde that he was sicke And no doute he was sicke and that nye vnto death but God had mercy on him and not on him onely but on me also lest I shulde
in the coÌ„myng â–ª of the LORDE shal not come yer they which slepe For the LORDE himselfe shal come downe froÌ„ heauen with a shoute and voyce of y e Archangell and with the trompe of God and the deed in Christ shal aryse first then shal we which lyue and remayne be caught vp w t them also in the cloudes to mete the LORDE in the ayre and so shal we euer be with the LORDE Wherfore comforte youre selues one another with these wordes The V. Chapter BVt of y e tymes and seasons brethreÌ„ it is no nede to wryte vnto you For ye youreselues knowe perfectly that the daye of the LORDE shal come euen as a thefe in the nighte For whan they shal saye â–ª Tush It is peace there is no daunger then shall soden destruccion come vpoÌ„ theÌ„ euen as the payne of a woman trauaylinge with childe and they shal not escape But ye brethren are not in darknes that that daye shulde come on you as a thefe Ye are alltogether children of lighte and children of the daye We are not of the night nether of darknesse Therfore let vs not slepe as do other but let vs watch and be sober For they that slepe slepe in the nighte and they that be dronken are dronken in the nighte But let vs which are of the daye be sober armed w t the brestplate of faith and loue and with y e helmet of hope to saluacion For God hath not appoynted vs vnto wrath but to optayne saluacion by y e meanes of oure LORDE Iesu Christ â–ª which dyed for vs that whether we wake or slepe we shulde lyue together with him Wherfore comforte youre selues together and edifye one another euen as ye do We beseke you brethren that ye knowe them which laboure amonge you and haue the ouersighte of you in the LORDE and geue you exhortacion that ye haue theÌ„ the more in loue for their workes sake and be at peace with them We desyre you brethreÌ„ warne them that are vnruly coÌ„forte the feble mynded forbeare the weake be pacient towarde all men * So that none recompence euell for euell vnto eny man but euer folowe that which is good both amoÌ„ge youre selues and to all men Reioyse alwaye praye contynually in all thinges be thankfull for this is the wyll of God in Christ Iesu towarde you QueÌ„ch not y e sprete despyse not prophecieÌ„ges proue all thiÌ„ges kepe y t which is good Abstayne froÌ„ all suspicious thinges The very God â—f peace sanctifye you thorow out And I â—raye God that youre whole sprete soule â—ody be kepte blameles vnto y e coÌ„mynge of â—ure LORDE Iesus Christ. Faithfull is he which hath called you which wil also do it Brethren praye for vs. Grete all the brethreÌ„ with an holy kysse I charge you by y e LORDE that this epistle be red vnto all y e holy brethren The grace of oure LORDE Iesus Christ be with you Amen The first Epistle to the Tessalonians sent from Athens The seconde Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Tessalonians The summe of this epistle Chap. I. He thanketh God for their faith and loue and prayeth for the increase of the same Chap. II. He sheweth them that the daye of the LORDE shal not come till the departinge froÌ„ the faith come first and therfore he exhorteth them not to be disceaued but to stonde stedfast in the thinges that hâ— hath taught them Chap. III. He desyreth them to praye for him that the gospell maye prospere and geueth theÌ„ warnynge to reproue the ydle and yf they wil not laboure with their handes that they shal not eate The first Chapter PAVL and Siluanus and Timotheus To the congregacion of y e TessaloniaÌ„s in God oure father and in the LORDE Iesus Christ. Grace be with you and peace from God oure father and from the LORDE Iesus Christ. We are bounde to thanke God allwayes for you brethren as it is mete because that youre faith groweth exceadingly and the loue of euery one of you increaseth towarde another amoÌ„ge youre selues so that we oure selues make oure boast of you in the congregacions of God of youre pacieÌ„ce and faith in all youre persecucions and troubles that ye suffre which is a token of the righteous iudgment of God that ye are counted worthy of the kyngdome of God for the which ye also suffre For it is a righteous thinge with God to recoÌ„pence tribulacion vnto theÌ„ y t trouble you but vnto you which are troubled rest with vs whaÌ„ the LORDE Iesus shal shewe himselfe from heauen with the angels of his power and with flammynge fyre to geue vengeauÌ„ce vnto them that knowe not God and to them that obeye not the Gospell of oure LORDE Iesus Christ. Which shal be punyshed with euerlastinge damnacion from y e presence of the LORDE and from the glory of his power whan he shal come to be glorified in his sayntes and to be come maruelous in all them that beleue because ye haue beleued oure testimony vnto you of the same daye * Wherfore we praye allwayes for you that oure God make you worthy of y e callynge and fulfill all delectacion of goodnes and the worke of faith in power that y e name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ maye be praysed in you and ye in him acordinge to the grace of oure God and of the LORDE Iesus Christ. The II. Chapter WE beseke you brethren by the commynge of o r LORDE Iesus Christ and in that we shal assemble vnto him that ye be not sodenly moued froÌ„ youre mynde and be not troubled nether by sprete nether by wordes ner yet by letter which shulde seme to be sent from vs as though y e daye of Christ were at hande Let noman disceaue you by eny meanes For the LORDE commeth not excepte the departynge come first and that that Man of synne be opened euen the sonne of perdicion which is an aduersary and is exalted aboue all y t is called God or Gods seruyce so that he sytteth as God in the temple of God and boasteth himselfe to be God Remembre ye not that whan I was yet with you I tolde you these thinges And now ye knowe what witholdeth it eueÌ„ that it mighte be vttered at his tyme. For the mystery of the iniquyte worketh allready tyll he which now onely letteth be takeÌ„ out of the waye And then shal that wicked be vttered whom the LORDE shal coÌ„sume with y e sprete of his mouth shal destroye with the appearaunce of his commynge euen him whose commynge is after the workynge of Sathan with all lyenge power and signes and wonders and with all deceauablenes of vnrighteousnes amonge them that perishe because they receaued not the loue of y e trueth that they might haue bene saued â–ª Therfore shal God sende them stroÌ„ge deâ—â—sion that they shulde beleue lyes y t all they
reserued vnto fyre agaynst the daye of iudgment and damnacion of vngodlymen Dearly beloued be not ignoraunt of this one thinge how that one daye is with the LORDE as a thousande yeare and a thousande yeare as one daye The LORDE is not slacke to fulfyll his promes as some mē counte slacknesse but is paciēt to vs warde and wyl not that eny mā shulde be lost but that euery man shulde amende himselfe Neuertheles the daye of the LORDE shal come euen as a these in the night in the which daye the heauens shal perishe with a greate noyse and the Elementes shal melte with heate and the earth and y e workes that are therin shal burne Yf all these thinges shal perishe what maner persons then ought ye to be in holy cōuersacion and godlynes lokynge for and hastynge vnto the commynge of the LORDE In the which the heauens shal perishe with fyre and the elementes shal melt with heate Neuertheles we loke for a new heauen and a new earth acordynge to his promes wherin dwelleth righteousnes Wherfore dearly beloued seynge that ye loke for soch thinges be diligent y t ye maye be founde before him in peace without spot and vndefyled and counte the long sufferynge of oure LORDE youre saluacion Euen as oure dearly beloued brother Paul acordinge to the wyszdome geuē vnto him wrote vnto you yee speakinge ther of allmost in all Epistles wherin are many thinges harde to be vnderstonde which they that are vnlerned and vnstable peruerte as they do the other scriptures also to their awne dānacion Ye therfore beloued seynge ye knowe it before hande bewarre lest ye also be plucte awaye thorow the erroure of y e wicked and fall from yo r owne sted fastnes But growe in grace and in the knowlege of oure LORDE and Sauioure Iesus Christ. To him be prayse now and for euer Amen The first Epistle of the Apostle and Euangelist S. Ihon. The summe of this epistle Chap. I. True wytnesse of the euerlastinge worde of God The bloude of Christ is the purgacion from synne No man is without synne Chap. II. Christ is oure aduocate Of true loue and how it is tryed Chap. III. The synguler loue of God to warde vs and how we agayne oughte to loue one another Chap. IIII. Difference of spretes and how the sprete of God maye be knowne from the sprete of erroure Of the loue of God and of oure neghbours Chap. V. To loue God is to kepe his commaundemētes Faith ouercommeth the worlde Euerlastinge life is in the sonne of God ▪ Of the synne vnto death The first Chapter THat which was from y e begynnynge which we haue herde which we haue sene with o r eyes which we haue loked vpon and o r handes haue handled of the worde of life and the life hath appeared and we haue sene and beare wytnes and shewe vnto you y e life that is euerlastinge which was with the father and hath apeared vnto vs. That which we haue sene herde declare we vnto you that ye also maye haue fellishippe with vs and that oure fellishippe maye be with the father and with his sonne Iesus Christ. And this wryte we vnto you that youre ioye maye be full And this is the tydinges which we haue herde of him declare vnto you that ▪ God is lighte and in him is no darknes at all Yf we saye that we haue fellishippe with him and yet walke in darknes we lye and do not the trueth But yf we walke in lighte euen as he is in lighte then haue we fellishippe together and the bloude of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all synne Yf we saye that we haue no synne we disceaue oure selues and the trueth is not in vs. But yf we knowlege oure synnes he is faith full and iust to forgeue vs oure synnes to clense vs from all vnrighteousnes Yf we saye we haue not synned we make him a lyar and his worde is not in vs. The II. Chapter MY litle children these thinges wryte I vnto you that ye shulde not synne and yf eny man synne we haue an aduocate with the father euen Iesus Christ which is righteous and he it is that optayneth grace for oure synnes not for oure synnes onely but also for the synnes of all the worlde And hereby are we sure that we knowe him yf we kepe his cōmaundemētes He that sayeth I knowe him and kepeth not his cōmaundemētes is a lyar and the trueth is not in him But who so kepeth his worde in him is the loue of God perfecte in dede Hereby knowe we that we are in him He y t sayeth he abydeth in him oughte to walke euen as he walked Brethren I wryte no new commaundement vnto you but that olde commaundement which ye haue herde from the begynnynge The olde cōmaundement is the worde which ye haue herde from the begynnynge Agayne a new cōmaundemēt wryte I vnto you a thinge that is true in him also in you for the darknesse is past and the true lighte now shyneth He that sayeth he is in lighte and hateth his brother is yet in darknesse He y t loueth his brother abydeth in the lighte and there is none occasion of euell in him But he y t hateth his brother is in darknes and walketh in darknes and can not tell whither he goeth for y e darknes hath blynded his eyes Babes I wryte vnto you that yo r synnes are forgeuen you for his names sake I wryte vnto you fathers how that ye haue knowne him which is from y e begynnynge I wryte vnto you yonge mē how that ye haue euercome the wicked I wryte vnto you litle children how that ye haue knowne the father I haue wrytten vnto you fathers how that ye haue knowne him which is frō the begynnynge I haue wrytten vnto you yonge men how that ye are stronge and the worde of God abydeth in you and ye haue ouer come that wicked Se that ye loue not the worlde nether y e thinges that are in the worlde Yf eny man loue the worlde the loue of the father is not in him for all that is in the worlde namely the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pryde of life is not of the father but of the worlde And the worlde passeth awaye and the lust therof But he that fulfylleth the wyll of God abydeth for euer Litle children it is the last houre and as ye haue herde that Antechrist shal come euen now are there many become Antechristes allready wherby we knowe that it is y e last houre They wente out frō vs but they were not of vs for yf they had bene of vs they wolde no doute haue contynued with vs. But * that they maye be knowne 〈◊〉 that they are not all of vs. But ye haue the anoyntinge of 〈…〉 holy ye knowe all thīges