his vestimentes vpon his sonnes vpon their vestimentes and so cōsecrated Aaron his vestimentes his sonnes and their vestimentes with him And he sayde vnto Aaron his sonnes Seeth y e flesh before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse there eate it the bred in y e maunde of the cōsecracion offeringes as it is cōmaunded me sayde Aaron his sonnes shall eate it As for y t which remayneth of the flesh bred ye shal burne it with fyre And in seuē dayes shall ye not departe from y e dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse vntyll the daye y t the dayes of yo r consecracion offerynges be at an ende for seuē dayes must yo r handes be consecrated as it is come to passe this daye The LORDE hath cōmaunded to do it that ye might be reconcyled And ye shal tary before the Tabernacle of wytnesse daye and night seuen dayes longe shal kepe y e watch of y e LORDE that ye dye not for thus am I cōmaunded And Aaron with his sonnes dyd all that y e LORDE commaunded by Moses The IX Chapter ANd vpon the eight daye Moses called Aaron and his sonnes and the Elders in Israel and sayde vnto Aaron Take vnto the a yonge calfe for a syn offeringe and a ramme for a burnt offerynge both without blemysh and brynge them before the LORDE and speake vnto the children of Israel and saye Take an he goate for a syn-offerynge and a calf and a shepe both of a yeare olde and without blemysh for a burnt offerynge and an oxe and a ramme for an health offerynge that we maye offre before the LORDE and a meat offerynge myngled with oyle For to daye shal the LORDE appeare vnto you And they toke what Moses commaunded before y e dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and the whole cōgregacion came nye and stode before the LORDE Then sayde Moses This is it which the LORDE commaunded that ye shulde do and then shall the glory of y e LORDE appeare vnto you And Moses sayde vnto Aaron Go vnto y e altare and offre thy syn offerynge and thy burnt offerynge and make an attonemēt for the and for the people Then offre the peoples offerynge and reconcyle them also as the LORDE hath commaunded And Aaron wente vnto the altare and slewe y e calfe for his syn offerynge his sonnes brought the bloude vnto him And he dypte his fynger in the bloude and put it vpon the hornes of the altare and poured y e bloude vpon y e botome of the altare As for the fat and the kydneys the net vpon the leuer of the syn offerynge he burnt thē vpon the altare as the LORDE cōmaunded Moses The flesh also and the hyde burnt he w t fyre without the hoost Afterwarde he slewe the burnt offeringe and Aarons sonnes brought the bloude vnto him he sprenkled it rounde aboute vpon the altare And they brought him the burnt offerynge in peces the heade he burnt it vpon the altare And he washed the bowels and the legges and burnt them aboue vpon the burnt offerynge on the altare Then brought he the offerynge of the people and toke the goate that syn offerynge of the people and slewe it and made a syn offerynge therof as of the fyrst And brought the burnt offerynge and dyd as the lawe is and brought the meat offerynge and toke his handfull and burnt it vpon the altare besyde the burnt offeringe of the mornynge Afterwarde slewe he the oxe and the ramme for the health offerynge of the people And his sonnes brought him the bloude which he sprenkled vpon the altare rounde aboute But the fat of the oxe of the ramme the rompe and the fat that couereth the bowels the kydneyes the net vpon the leuer all soch fat laied they vpon the brest and burnt the fat vpon the altare But the brest and the right shulder waued Aaron for a Waue offerynge before the LORDE as the LORDE commaunded Moses And Aaron lift vp his hāde ouer the people and blessed them and came downe from the worke of the syn offerynge burnt offerynge and health offerynge And Moses and Aaron wente in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse And whan they came out agayne they blessed the people Then appeared the glory of the LORDE vnto all the people For there came a fyre from the LORDE and vpon the altare it consumed the burnt-offerynge and the fat Whan all the people sawe that they reioysed and fell vpon their faces The X. Chapter Moses called Misael and Elzaphan the sonnes of Vsiel Aarons vncle and sayde vnto them Go to and cary youre brethren out of the Sanctuary without the hoost And they wente and caried them forth in their albes without the hoost as Moses sayde Then sayde Moses vnto Aaron to his sonnes Eleasar and Ithamar Ye shall not vncouer youre heades ner rente yo r clothes that ye dye not and the wrath come vpon the whole congregacion Let youre brethrē of the whole house of Israel bewepe this burnynge which the LORDE hath done As for you ye shall not go out from the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse lest ye dye for the anoyntinge oyle of the LORDE is vpon you And they dyd as Moses sayde The LORDE spake vnto Aaron sayde Thou thy sonnes w t the shal drynke no wyne ner stronge drynke whan ye go in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse that ye dye not Let this be a perpetuall lawe vnto all yo r posterities y t ye maye haue knowlege to discerne what is holy and vnholy what is cleane vncleane that ye maye teach the children of Israel all the lawes which the LORDE hath spoken vnto you by Moses And Moses sayde vnto Aaron and vnto Eleasar and Ithamar his sonnes that were left Take the remnaunt of the meat offerynge in the sacrifices of y e LORDE and eate it without leuen besyde the altare for it is most holy euen in the holy place shal ye eate it For it is thy dutye and thy sonnes dutye in the sacrifices of the LORDE for thus am I commaunded But the Wauebrest and the Heueshulder shalt thou eate and thy sonnes and thy doughters with the in a cleane place For this dutye is geuen vnto the and thy children in the dead offerynges of the children of Israel For the Heueshulder and the Wauebrest to the offerynges of the fat shal be brought in that they maye be waued for a Waue offeringe before the LORDE Therfore is it thine and thy childrens for a perpetuall dutye as the LORDE commaunded And Moses sought for the goate of the syn offerynge and founde it burnt And he was angrie at Eleasar and Ithamar y e sonnes of Aaron which were left alyue and sayde Wherfore haue ye not eaten the syn offerynge in the holy place for it is most holy he hath geuen it you that ye might beare y e synne of the cōgregacion
aboue in the myddest there shal be an hole and a bonde folden together rounde aboute the hole that it rente not And beneth vpon the hemme thou shalt make pomgranates of yalow sylke scarlet purple rounde aboute and belles of golde betwixte the same rounde aboute that there be euer a golden bell and a pomgranate a golden bell and a pomgranate rounde aboute the hemme of the same tunycle And Aaron shall haue it vpon him whaÌ„ he mynistreth that the souÌ„de ther of maye be herde whan he goeth out and in at the Sanctuary before the LORDE that he dye not Thou shalt make a foreheade plate also of pure golde and graue therin after the workmanshipe of the stone grauer the holynes of the LORDE with a yalow lace shalt thou fasten it vnto the fore front of the myter vpon Aarons foreheade y t Aaron maie so beare y e synne of the holy thinges which the childreÌ„ of Israel halowe in all their giftes and Sanctuary And it shall be allwaye vpon his fore heade that he maye reconcyle them before the LORDE Thou shalt make an albe also of whyte sylke and a myter of whyte sylke and a gyrdle of nedle worke And for Aarons sonnes thou shalt make cotes gyrdles and bonetes honorable and glorious and shalt put them vpon thy brother Aaron and his sonnes and shalt anoynte them and fyll their handes and consecrate them that they maye be my prestes And thou shalt make them lynnen breches to couer the flesh of their preuities from the loynes vnto the thyes And Aaron and his sonnes shall haue them on whan they go in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse or go vnto the altare to mynister in the Holy that they beare not their synne and dye This shal be a perpetual custome for him and his sede after him The XXIX Chapter THis is it also that thou shalt do vnto them that they maye be consecrated prestes vnto me Take a yonge bullocke and two rammes without blemish vnleuended bred vnleuended cakes myxte w t oyle and wafers of swete bred tempered w t oyle Of wheate floure shalt thou make them all and put them in a maunde brynge them in the maunde with the bullocke two rammes And thou shalt brynge Aaron his sonnes vnto the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse wash thâ—m w t water take the garmentes and put vpon Aaron the albe and the tunycle the ouer body cote the brestlappe to y e ouer body cote shalt gyrde him on the out syde vpon the ouer body cote and set the myter vpon his heade and the holy crowne vpon the myter and shalt take the anoyntinge oyle and poure it vpon his heade and anoynte him Thou shalt brynge forth his sonnes also put the albes vpon them and gyrde both Aaron them with gyrdles set the bonettes vpon their heades that they maye haue the presthode for a perpetuall custome And thou shalt fyll the haÌ„des of Aaron and his sonnes and brynge forth the bullocke before the Tabernacle of wytnesse And Aaron and his sonnes shall laye their haÌ„des vpon the heade of the bullocke and thou shalt sley the bullocke before the LORDE at the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and shalt take of his bloude and put it vpon the hornes of the altare with thy fynger and poure all the other bloude vpon the botome of the altare And thou shalt take all the fat that couereth the bowels and the nett vpon the leuer and the two kydneys with the fat that is aboute them and burne them vpon the altare But the bullockes flesh skynne and donge shalt thou burne with fyre without the hoost for it is a synne offerynge The one ramme shalt thou take also and Aaron with his sonnes shall laye their handes vpon his heade Then shalt thou sleye him and take of his bloude and sprenkle it vpon the altare rounde aboute But the ramme shalt thou deuyde in peces and wash his bowels and his legges and laye them vpon the peces and the heade and burne the whole ramme vpon the altare for it is a burnt offerynge and a swete sauoure of the sacrifice vnto the LORDE As for the other ramme thou shalt take him and Aaron with his sonnes shall laye their handes vpon his heade and thou shalt slaye him and take of his bloude and put it vpon the typpe of the right eare of Aaron and his sonnes and vpon y e thombe of their right handes and vpon the greate too of their right fete and thou shalt sprenkle the bloude vpon the altare rounde aboute and shalt take of the bloude vpon the altare and the anoyntinge oyle and sprenckle it vpon Aaron and his vestymentes vpon his sonnes and their vestymentes So shall he and his clothes his sonnes and their clothes be consecrated Then shalt thou take the fat of the ramme the rompe and the fatt that couereth y e bowels the net vpon the leuer and the two kydneys with the fatt that is aboute them and the right shulder for it is a ramme of coÌ„secracion and a symnel of bred and an oyled cake and a wafer out of the maunde of the vnleuended bred that stondeth before y e LORDE and put all in to the handes of Aaron and of his sonnes and waue it vnto the LORDE TheÌ„ take it out of their handes and burne it vpon the altare for a burnt offeringe to be a swete sauoure vnto y e LORDE For it is the LORDES sacrifice And thou shalt take the brest of the ramme of AaroÌ„s consecracioÌ„ shalt waue it before y e LORDE y t shal be his parte And thus shalt thou halowe y e Wauebrest y e Heueshulder y t are waued heaued of y e ramme of the consecracion of Aaron his sonnes And it shal be a perpetuall custome for AaroÌ„ and his sonnes of y e children of Israel for it is an Heue offrynge and the Heue offrynge shal be the LORDES dewtye of the children of Israel in their deade offrynges and Heue offrynges which they do vnto the LORDE And the holy garmentes of Aaron shall his sonnes haue after him that they maie be anoynted therin y t their handes maye be fylled Loke which of his sonnes shal be prest in his steade the same shal put them on seueÌ„ dayes that he maye go in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse to mynister in the Sanctuary But the ramme of consecracion shalt thou take and seeth his flesh in an holy place And Aaron with his sonnes shal eate the flesh of the sâ—me ramme with the bred in the maunde at the doâ—â— of the Tabernacle of wytnesse for there is an attonement made therwith to fyll their handes that they maye be consecrated A strauÌ„ger shal not eate therof for it is holy But yf eny of the flesh of the consecracion and of the bred remaine vntyll the mornynge thou shalt burne it with fyre and not let
thou make it of fyne floure with oyle And the meat offerynge that thou wilt make of soch thinges for the LORDE shalt thou brynge vnto y e prest which shal brynge it vnto the altare shal Heue vp the same meat offerynge for a remēbraunce and burne it vpon the altare This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE As for the remnaunt it shal be Aarons and his sonnes This shall be the most holy of the offerynges of the LORDE All the meat offerynges that ye wil offre vnto the LORDE shal ye make without leuē For there shal no leuē nor hony be burnt for an offerynge vnto the LORDE But for the offerynge of the firstlinges shal ye offer thē vnto the LORDE Neuertheles they shal come vpon no altare for a swete sauoure All thy meat offerynges shalt thou salt And thy meat offerynge shal neuer be with out y e salt of the couenaunt of thy God for in all thy offerynges shalt thou offre salt But yf thou wilt offre a meat offerynge of the first frutes vnto y e LORDE then shalt thou drye that which is grene by the fyre beate it small and so offre the meat offerynge of thy first frutes And thou shalt put oyle vpon it and laye frankēcense theron so is it a meat offerynge And then shall the prest beate it and burne of the oyle with all the frankēcense for a remembraunce This is an offerynge vnto the LORDE The III. Chapter BVt yf his offerynge be a deed offeringe of greate catell whether it be oxe or cowe then shal he offre soch as is without blemysh before the LORDE shal laie his hande vpon the heade of it and kyll it before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the prestes Aarons sonnes shall sprenkle the bloude rounde aboute vpon the altare and shal offre of y e dead offerynge vnto the LORDE namely all the fat that is within and the two kydneyes with the fat that is theron vpon the loynes and the nett on the leuer vpō the kydneyes also And Aarons sonnes shal burne it vpon the altare for a burnt offerynge euen vpon the wod that lyeth on the fyre This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE Yf his dead offerynge be of small catell whether it be male or female it shal be with out blemish Yf it be a lambe then shall he brynge it before the LORDE shal laye his hande vpon the heade of it and sleye it before the Tabernacle of wytnesse And Aarons sonnes shal sprenkle his bloude rounde aboute vpon the altare and so offre of the dead-offerynge vnto the LORDE namely the fa◠of it all the rompe with the backe and the fat that couereth the bowels with all y e fat that is within and the two kydneys with the fat that is theron vpon the loynes the nett on the leuer vpon the kydneys also And the prest shal burne it vpon the altare for y e meate of the offerynge vnto y e LORDE But yf his offeringe be a goate and bringeth it before the LORDE he shal laye his hande vpon the heade of it and kyll it before the Tabernacle of wytnesse And Aarons sonnes shal sprēkle the bloude rounde aboute vpō the altare shal offer therof a sacrifice vnto the LORDE namely the fat y t couereth the bowels and all the fat y t is within the two kydneys with the fat that is theron vpon the loynes the net on the leuer vpon the kydneys And the prest shal burne it vpō the altare for the meate of the sacrifice to a swete sauoure All the fatt is the LORDES Let this be a perpetuall lawe amonge yo r posterities in all youre dwellynges that ye eate no fatt ner bloude The IIII. Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Speake vnto the childrē of Israel and saye Whan a soule synneth thorow ignoraunce in any commaundemēt of the LORDE which he ought not to do As namely yf a prest which is anoynted synne that he make the people do amysse he shall brynge for y e synne that he hath done a yonge bullocke without blemysh vnto the LORDE for a syn offerynge And the bullocke shal he brynge to the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse before the LORDE laie his hāde vpō his heade kyll him before y e LORDE And y e prest y t is anoynted shal take of his bloude brynge it in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse And he shall dyppe his fynger in to the bloude sprenkle therwith seuē tymes before the LORDE towarde the vayle of y e Holy And he shal put of the same bloude vpon the hornes of the altare of incense y t stondeth before y e LORDE in the Tabernacle of wytnesse all the bloude of the bullocke shal he poure vpon the botome of the altare of burnt offeringes y t stondeth at the entringe in of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse And all the fat of the syn offerynge shal he Heue vp namely the fat y t couereth the bowels all the fat y t is within y e two kydneys with the fatt that is theron vpon the loynes and the net on the leuer vpon the kydneys also like as he Heueth it from the oxe in the dead offerynge and shall burne it vpon the altare of burnt offerynges But the skynne of the bullocke and all the flesh with the heade legges the bowels and the donge shal he cary alltogether out of the hoost in to a cleane place where y e aszshes are poured out shal burne it vpon wodd with fyre Whan the whole cōgregacion of Israel synneth thorow ignoraūce the dede be hyd from their eyes so y t they do ought agaynst eny of the cōmaundementes of the LORDE which they shulde not do come afterwarde to the knowlege of the synne that they haue done they shal bringe ◠yonge bullocke for a syn offerynge and set him before y e dore of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse And the Elders of the congregacion shall laye their handes vpon his heade before the LORDE kyll y e bullocke before the LORDE And y e prest y t is anoynted shal brynge of y e bullockes bloude in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse dyppe ther in with his fynger and sprenkle ther with seuen tymes before the LORDE euē before the vayle of the Holy And shall put of the bloude vpon the hornes of the altare y t stondeth before the LORDE in the Tabernacle of wytnesse all y e other bloude shal he poure vpō the botome of y e altare of burnt-offerynges y t stondeth before the dore of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse But all his fatt shal he Heue vp burne it vpō the altare shal do with this bullocke as he dyd with y e bullocke of the syn offeringe Thus the prest shal make an attonement for them it shall be forgeuen them And the bullocke shall he
his vnclennes be vpon him and he shal be roted out from amonge his people And whan a soule toucheth eny vncleane thinge whether it be an vncleane man catell or eny other abhominacion that is and eateth of the flesh of the burnt offerynge that belongeth vnto the LORDE the same shal be roted out from amonge his people And the LORDE talketh with Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel saye Ye shall eate no fat of oxen lambes and goates neuerthelesse the fat of it that dyeth alone and of soch as is torne of wylde beastes that maye ye occupye to all maner of vses but ye shall not eate it For who so euer eateth the fat of y e beest that is geuen vnto the LORDE for an offerynge the same soule shal be roted out from his people Morouer ye shall eate no bloude nether of catell ner of foules where so euer ye dwell What soule eateth eny bloude the same shall be roted out from his people And the LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel and saye Who so wyll offre his health-offerynge vnto the LORDE the same shall also brynge with all that belongeth vnto y e health offerynge for the LORDE But he shall brynge it with his hande for the offerynge of the LORDE namely the fat vpon the brest shall he brynge with the brest to be a Waue offerynge before the LORDE And the prest shall burne the fat vpon the altare and the brest shal be Aarons and his sonnes And the right shulder shal they geue vnto the prest for a gift of their health offerynges And loke which of Aarons sonnes offreth the bloude of the health offerynges and the fat the same shall haue the right shulder for his parte For the Wauebrest and the Heueshulder haue I taken of the children of Israel and of their health offerynges and haue geuen them vnto Aaron the prest and vnto his sonnes for a perpetuall dewtye This is the anoyntinge of Aaron and of his sonnes of the offerynges of the LORDE in the daye whā Moses presented them to be prestes vnto the LORDE what tyme as the LORDE commaunded in the daye whan he anoynted them to be geuen them of the children of Israel for a perpetuall dewtye and vnto all their posterities And this is the lawe of the burnt offerynge of the meat offerynge of the syn offerynge of the trespace offerynge of the offerynge of consecracion and of the health offerynges which the LORDE commaunded Moses vpon mount Sinai in the daye whan he gaue him in commaudement vnto the children of Israel to offre their offerynges vnto y e LORDE in the wyldernesse of Sinai The VIII Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Take Aaron and his sonnes w t him their vestimentes the anoyntinge oyle and a bullocke for a syn offerynge two rammes and a maunde with vnleuended bred and call the whole congregacion together before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse Moses dyd as the LORDE commaunded him and gathered the congregacion together vnto the dore of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse and sayde vnto them This is it that the LORDE hath commaunded to do And he toke Aaron and his sonnes and waszshed them with water and put the albe vpō him and girde him with the girdell and put vpon him the yalowe tunycle and put the ouerbody cote vpon him and girde him vpon the ouerbody cote put the brest lappetheron and in y e brestlappe light and perfectnesse And set the myter vpon his heade And vpon the myter euen aboue his fore heade put he a plate of golde on the holy crowne as y e LORDE cōmaunded Moses And Moses toke the anoyntinge oyle anoynted the Habitacion and all that was therin and consecrated it and sprenkled ther with seuē tymes vpon the altare and anoynted the altare with all his vessels the lauer with his fote that it might be consecrated and poured the anoyntinge oyle vpon Aarons heade and anoynted him y t he might be consecrated And he brought Aarons sonnes and put albes vpon them and girde them with the girdle and put bonettes vpon their heades as the LORDE commaunded him And he caused bringe a bullocke for a syn offrynge And Aaron with his sonnes layed their handes vpon his heade and then was he slayne And Moses toke of the bloude put it vpon the hornes of the altare rounde aboute with his fynger and purified the altare and poured the bloude vpon the botome of the altare and consecrated it that he might reconcyle it And toke all the fat vpō the bowels the nett vpon the leuer and the two kydneys with the fat theron and burned it vpon the altare But the bullocke w t his skynne flesh donge burned he with fyre without the hoost as the LORDE commaunded him And he brought a ramme for a burnt offerynge And Aaron w t his sonnes layed their handes vpon his heade then was he slayne And Moses sprenkled of y e bloude vpon the altare rounde aboute hewed the ramme in peces and burnt the heade the peces and the fatt And waszshed the bowels and the legges with water and so burnt y e whole ramme vpō the altare This was a brunt offerynge for a swete sauoure euen a sacrifice vnto the LORDE as the LORDE commaunded him He brought also the other ramme of the offerynge of the consecracion And Aaron with his sonnes layed their hādes vpon his heade and then was it slayne And Moses toke of his bloude and put it vpon the typpe of Aarons right eare and vpon the thombe of his right hande and vpon the greate too of his right fote And he brought Aarons sonnes and put of the bloude vpon the typpe of the right eare of them and vpon y e thombes of their righte handes and vpon the greate toes of their righte fete and poured the resydue of the bloude vpon the altare rounde aboute And he toke the fat and the rompe and all the fat vpon the bowels and the nett vpon the leuer the two kydneys with the fat theron and the righte shulder And out of the maunde of vnleuended bred before the LORDE he toke an vnleuēded cake and a cake of oyled bred and a wafer and layed them vpō the fat and vpon the right shulder and put alltogether vpon the handes of Aaron and of his sonnes and waued it for a Waue offerynge before the LORDE And afterwarde toke he all agayne from their hondes and burned them on the altare euen vpon the burnt offeringe for it is an offerynge of consecracion for a swete sauoure euen a sacrifice vnto y e LORDE And Moses toke the brest and waued it a Waue offerynge before the LORDE of the ramme of the offerynge of consecracion the same was Moses parte as the LORDE commaunded Moses And Moses toke of y e anoyntinge oyle of the bloude vpon the altare sprenkled it vpon Aaron
Iacob an Allmightie God but my name LORDE haue I not shewed vnto them My couenaunt also haue I made with them that I wil geue them the londe of Canaan the londe of their pilgremage wherin they haue bene straungers Morouer I haue herde the complaynte of the children of Israel whom y e Egipcians oppresse with laboure and haue remembred my couenaunt Therfore saye vnto the childrē of Israel I am the LORDE wil brynge you out from yo r burthens in Egipte wil rydd you from youre laboure and wil delyuer you thorow a stretched out arme greate iudgmētes and will receaue you for my people will be yo r God so that ye shal knowe that I the LORDE am yo r God which brynge you out from the burthen of Egipte and will brynge you in to the lande ouer the which I haue lift vp my hande to geue it vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob y e same wil I geue vnto you for a possession I the LORDE Moses tolde this vnto the childrē of Israel But they herkened not vnto him for very anguysh of sprete for sore laboure Thē spake the LORDE vnto Moses sayde Go thy waye speake vnto Pharao the kynge of Egypte y t he let the childrē of Israel go out of his lande But Moses spake before y e LORDE saide Beholde y e childrē of Israel herkē not vnto me how shulde Pharao thē heare me And I am also of vncircumcised lyppes So the LORDE spake vnto Moses Aaron gaue thē a commaundemēt vnto the childrē of Israel vnto Pharao the kynge of Egipte y t they shulde brynge the childrē of Israel out of Egipte These are y e heades of the house of their fathers The children of Ruben the first sonne of Israel are these Hanoch Pallu Hezron Charmi These are the generacions of Ruben The children of Simeon are these Iemuel Iamin Ohad Iachin Zophar and Saul the sonne of the Cananitish woman These are the generacions of Symeon These are the names of the childrē of Leui in their generaciōs Gerson Kahath and Merari Leui was an hundreth and seuen thirtie yeare olde The children of Gerson are these Libni and Semei in their generacions The childrē of Kahath are these Amram Iezear Hebron Vsiel Kahath was an hundreth thre thirtie yeare olde The children of Merari are these Maheli and Musi These are y e generacions of Leui in their kynreds And Amram toke his vncles doughter Iochebed to wife which bare him Aaron Moses Amram was an C. vij thirtie yeare olde The childrē of Iezear are these Korah Nepheg Sichri The children of Vsiel are these Misael Elzaphan Sithri Aaron toke Elizaba y e doughter of Aminadab Nahassons sisters to wife which bare him Nadab Abihu Eleasar Ithamar The childrē of Korah are these Assir Elkana Abiassaph These are y e generaciōs of y e Korahites Eleasar Aarons sonne toke one of the doughters of Putiel to wife which bare him Phineas These are the heades amonge the fathers of the generacions of the Leuites This is y t Aaron Moses vnto whom y e LORDE sayde Bringe y e childrē of Israel out of the lande of Egipte w t their armies It is they namely Moses Aaron y t spake vnto Pharao the kynge of Egipte y t they might brynge the children of Israel out of Egipte The same daie spake y e LORDE vnto Moses in y e lande of Egipte sayde I am y e LORDE speake thou vnto Pharao y e kynge of Egipte all y t I saye vnto ye. And he answered before y e LORDE Beholde I am of vncircumcised lippes how shall Pharao thē heare me The VII Chapter THe LORDE sayde vnto Moses Beholde I haue made the a God ouer Pharao Aarō y e brother shal be y e prophet Thou shalt speake all y t I cōmaūde y e but Aaron y e brother shal speake vnto Pharao y t he maye let the childrē of Israel go out of his lande Neuertheles I wil harden Pharaos hert y t I maye multiplye my tokens wonders in the londe of Egipte And Pharao shal not heare you y t I maye shewe my hande in Egipte brynge myne armyes euen my people the childrē of Israel out of y e lande of Egipte by greate iudgmētes And y e Egipcians shal knowe y t I am the LORDE whan I shal stretch out my hande vpon Egipte and brynge the children of of Israel out from amonge them Moses and Aaron dyd as the LORDE cōmaūded them And Moses was fourescore yeare olde Aaron thre foure score yeare olde whan they spake vnto Pharao And y e LORDE sayde vnto Moses Aaron Whan Pharao sayeth vnto you Shew youre wonders then shalt thou saye vnto Aaron Take thy staff and cast it before Pharao it shal turne to a serpent Then wēte Moses Aaron in vnto Pharao dyd as the LORDE cōmaunded them And Aaron cast his staff before Pharao before his seruauntes it turned to a serpēt Then Pharao called for y e wyse men Sorcerers And the Sorcerers of Egipte also dyd like wyse with their Sorceries and euery one cast his staff before him they turned vnto serpentes But Aarons staff deuoured their staues So Pharaos hert was hardened and he herkened not vnto them euen as the LORDE had sayde And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses The hert of Pharao is hardened he refuseth to let y e people go Get y e vnto Pharao in the mornynge he holde he shal come vnto y e water mete thou him vpō the waters brynke take y e staff which turned to a serpēt in thine hande saye vnto him The LORDE God of the Hebrues hath sent me vnto the sendeth y e worde Let my people go that they maye serue me in the wyldernesse but hither to thou woldest not heare Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE Hereby shalt thou knowe y t I am y e LORDE Beholde w t the staff y t I haue in my hande wil I smyte the water which is in y e ryuer it shal be turned in to bloude so that the fishes in the ryuer shall dye the ryuer shall stynke it shall greue the Egipcians to drynke of y e water of the ryuer And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses Saye vnto Aaron Take y e staff stretchout thine hāde ouer y e waters of Egipte ouer their ryuers brokes pondes ouer all water poles y t they maye be turned to bloude that there maye be bloude in all y e lande of Egipte both in vessels of wodd and stone Moses Aaron dyd as y e LORDE cōmaunded them lift vp the staff smote the water y t was in the ryuer before Pharao his seruauntes all the water in the ryuer was turned in to bloude the fysh in the ryuer dyed the ryuer stanke so y t the Egipcians
bloude of my sacrifice with sowre dowe and the fat of my feast shal not remayne till the mornynge The first of the first frutes of thy felde shalt thou brynge in to the house of the LORDE thy God And shalt not seeth a kydd whyle it is in his mothers mylke Beholde I sende an angell before the to kepe the in the waye and to brynge the vnto the place that I haue prepared Therfore be warre of his face and herken vnto his voyce and anger him not for he shall not spare youre myszdedes my name is in him But yf thou shalt herken vnto his voyce and do all that I shal tell the then wyl I be enemie vnto thy enemyes and aduersary vnto thy aduersaries Now whā myne angell goeth before the bryngeth the vnto y e Amorites Hethites Pheresites Cananites Heuites Iebusites I shall haue destroyed them then shalt thou not worshipe their goddes ner serue them nether shalt thou do as they do but shalt ouerthrowe their goddes breake thē downe But y e LORDE yo r God shal ye serue so shal he blesse thy bred thy water and I wyl remoue all sicknesse from the. There shal be nothinge baren ner vnfrutefull in thy londe and I wil fulfill the nombre of thy dayes I wil sende my feare before the and sley all the people where thou cōmest will make all thine enemies to turne their backes vpō the. I wyll sende hornettes before y e and dryue out the Heuytes Cananites and Hethytes before the ▪ In one yeare wyl I not cast thē out before the y t the londe become not waist wylde beastes multiply agaynst y t By litle litle wyll I dryue them out before the tyll thou growe haue the londe in possession And I wil set the borders of thy londe euen from the reed see vnto y e see of the Philistynes from the wyldernes vnto the water For I wil delyuer the indwellers of the londe in to thine hande y t thou shalt dryue them out before the. Thou shalt make no couenaunt w t them ner with their goddes but let thē not dwell in thy lande that they make the not synne ageynst me For yf thou serue their goddes it wil surely be thy decaye The XXIIII Chapter ANd he sayde vnto Moses Come vp vnto the LORDE thou Aaron Nadab and Abihu and the seuētie elders of Israel worshipe afarre of But let Moses onely come nye vnto the LORDE and let not them come nye and let not the people also come vp with him Moses came and tolde the people all the wordes of the LORDE all the lawes Then answered all the people with one voyce and sayde All y e wordes that the LORDE hath sayde wyl we do Then wrote Moses all the wordes of y e LORDE gat him vp bytymes in the mornynge * buylded an altare vnder y e mount with twolue pilers acordinge to the twolue trybes of Israel sent twolue yonge mē of the children of Israel to offre burnt offerynges and peace offerynges theron of bullockes vnto the LORDE And Moses toke the half parte of the bloude and put it in a basen the other half sprenkled he vpon the altare toke the boke of y e couenaunt cried in the eares of the people And whan they had sayde All y t the LORDE hath sayde wil we do herken vnto him Moses toke the bloude sprenkled it vpon the people sayde Beholde this is y e bloude of the couenaunt that the LORDE maketh w t you vpon all these wordes Then wente Moses Aaron Nadab Abihu the seuentye elders of Israel vp sawe y e God of Israel Vnder his fete it was like a stone worke of Saphyre as the fashion of heauē whā it is cleare he put not his hāde vpō the pryncipall of Israel And whan they had sene God they ate dronke And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Come vp vnto me vpon the mount remayne there y t I maye geue the tables of stone y e lawe commaundemētes y t I haue wrytten which thou shalt teach thē Then Moses gat him vp his mynister Iosua wente vp in to the mount of God sayde vnto the elders Tary ye here tyll we come to you agayne beholde Aaron and Hur are with you yf eny mā haue a matter to do let him brynge it vnto them Now whā Moses came vp in to y e moūt a cloude couered y e mount the glory of y e LORDE abode vpon mount Sinai couered it w t the cloude sixe dayes vpon the seuēth daye he called Moses out of y e cloude And y e fashion of y e glory of y e LORDE was like a cōsumynge fyre vpon the toppe of y e mount in the sight of the children of Israel And Moses wente in to the myddest of the cloude and ascēded vp in to the mount and abode vpon the mount fourtye dayes fourtye nightes The XXV Chapter ANd y e LORDE talked w t Moses ayde Speake vnto y e childrē of Israel y t they geue me an Heue offerynge take the some of euery man that hath a frewyllynge hert therto And this is the Heue-offerynge that ye shal take of them Golde syluer brasse yalowe sylke scarlet purple whyte twyned sylke goates hayre reed skynnes of rammes doo skynnes Fyrre tre oyle for lampes spyces for the anoyntynge oyle and for swete incense Onix stones and set stones for the ouerbody cote and for the brestlappe And they shall make me a Sanctuary that I maie dwell amonge them Like as I shal shewe y e a patrone of the Habitacion and of all the ornamentes therof so shall ye make it Make an Arke of Fyrre tre two cubytes a half longe a cubyte a half brode and a cubyte an half hye this shalt thou ouerleye with pure golde within and without make an hye vpō it a crowne of golde rounde aboute and cast foure rynges of golde put them in the foure corners of it so that two rynges be vpon the one syde and two vpon the other syde And make staues of Fyrre tre and ouerlaye them with golde and put them in the rynges alonge by the sydes of the Arke to beare it withall and they shal abyde styll in the rynges not be takē out And in y e Arke thou shalt laye the wytnesse that I wyl geue the. Thou shalt make a Mercyseate also of pure golde two cubytes and a half longe and a cubyte a half brode And thou shalt make two Cherubyns of beaten golde vpō both y e endes of the Mercyseate y t the one Cherub maye be vpon the one ende the other vpon the other ende so to be two Cherubyns vpon the endes of the Mercyseate And the Cherubyns shall sprede out
it be eaten for it is holy And thus shalt thou do with Aaron and his sonnes all that I haue commaunded ye. Seuen dayes shalt thou fyll their handes and offer a bullocke daylie for a synne offeringe because of them y t shal be reconciled And thou shalt halowe the altare whan thou reconcylest it shalt anoynte it that it maye be consecrated Seuen dayes shalt thou reconcyle the altare consecrate it that it maye be an altare of the Most holy Who so wyll touch the altare must be consecrated And this shalt thou do with the altare Two lambes of one yeare olde shalt thou offer euery daye vpon it the one lambe in the mornynge and the other at euen And to one lambe a tenth deale of wheate floure meÌ„gled with y e fourth parte of an Hin of beaten oyle and y e fourth parte of an Hin of wine for a drynk offerynge With the other lambe at euen shalt thou do like as with y e meate offerynge and drynk offerynge in the mornynge for a swete sauoure of sacrifice vnto y e LORDE This is the daylie burnt offerynge amonge youre posterities at the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse before the LORDE where I will proteste vnto you and talke with the. There wil I proteste vnto the children of Israel and be sanctified in my glory and wyl halowe the Tabernacle of wytnes and the altare and consecrate AaroÌ„ and his sonnes to be my prestes And I wyl dwell amonge the children of Israel wyll be their God so y t they shal knowe how that I am the LORDE their God which brought them out of the londe of Egipte that I might dwell amonge them euen I the LORDE their God The XXX Chapter THou shalt make also an incense altare to burne incense of Fyrre tre a cubyte longe brode eauen foure squared and two cubytes hye with his hornes shalt ouerlaye it with pure golde the rofe the walles of it rounde aboute and the hornes therof a crowne of golde shalt thou make rounde aboute it and two golde rynges on ether syde vnder the crowne that there maie be staues put therin to beare it with all The staues shalt thou make of Fyrre tre also and ouerlaye theÌ„ with golde and shalt set it before the vayle that hangeth before the Arke of wytnesse and before the Mercy seate y t is vpon the wytnesse from whence I wyl proteste vnto the. And Aaron shal burne swete incense theron euery morninge whaÌ„ he dresseth the lampes In like maner whan he lighteth the lampes at euen he shall burne soch incense also This shal be the daylie incense before the LORDE amonge youre posterities Ye shall put no straunge incense therin offer no burnt offerynge ner meat offerynge nether drynk offerynge theron And vpon y e hornes of it shall Aaron reconcyle once in a yeare with y e bloude of the synne offerynge which they shall offer that are reconcyled This shal be done amonge youre posterities for this is the most holy vnto the LORDE And the LORDE Espake vnto Moses and sayde Whan thou nombrest the heades of the children of Israel then shal euery one geue vnto the LORDE the reconcylinge of his soule y t there happeÌ„ not a plage vnto them whan they are nombred Euery one that is tolde in the nombre shall geue half a Sycle after the Sycle of the Sanctuary one Sycle is worth twentye Geras This half Sycle shal be y e LORDES Heue offerynge Who so is in the nombre from twenty yeare and aboue shal geue this Heue offerynge vnto y e LORDE The riche shal not geue more and the poore shal not geue lesse in the half Sycle which is geuen vnto the LORDE to be an Heue offerynge for the reconcylinge of their soules And this money of recoÌ„cilinge shalt thou take of the children of Israel put it to the Gods seruyce of the Tabernacle of wytnes that it maye be a remembraunce vnto the children of Israel before the LORDE that he maye let himself be reconcyled ouer their soules And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Thou shalt make a brasen lauer also with a fote of brasse to wash and shalt set it betwixte the Tabernacle of witnesse and y e altare and put water therin that AaroÌ„ and his sonnes maye wash their handes and fete therout whan they go in to the Tabernacle of wytnesse or to the altare to mynistre vnto the LORDE with offerynge incense y t they dye not This shal be a perpetuall custome for him and his sede amonge their posterities And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Take vnto the spyces of the best fyue hundreth Sycles of Myrre and of CynamoÌ„ half so moch euen two hundreth and fyftie and of Kalmus two hundreth and fiftye and of Cassia fyue hundreth after the Sycle of the Sanctuary an Hin of oyle olyue and make an holy anoyntinge oyle after the craft of the Apotecary And there w t shalt thou anoynte the Tabernacle of wytnesse the Arke of wytnes the table with all his apparell y e candilsticke with his apparell the altare of incense the altare of burnt offerynges with all his apparell the lauer with his fote and thus shalt thou consecrate them that they maye be most holy for who so wil touch theÌ„ must be consecrated Thou shalt anoynte Aaron also and his sonnes and consecrate them to be my prestes And thou shalt speake vnto the childreÌ„ of Israel and saye This oyle shal be an holy oyntment vnto me amonge yo r posterities It shal not be poured vpon mans body nether shalt thou make eny soch like it for it is holy therfore shal it be holy vnto you Who so maketh eny soch like or geueth a strauÌ„ger therof the same shal be roted out from amonge his people And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Take vnto the spyces Balme Stacte Galban and pure franckencense of one as moch as of another and make incense therof after the craft of the Apotecary myngled together that it maye be pure holy And thou shalt beate it to poulder and shalt put of the same before the wytnesse in the Tabernacle of wytnesse from whenâ—e I wyll proteste vnto the but it shal be holy vnto the for the LORDE Who so maketh soch to cense therwith shal be roted out from amoÌ„ge his people The XXXI Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses saide I haue called by name Bezaleel the sonne of Vri y e sonne of Hur of y e trybe of Iuda and haue fylled him with y e sprete of God with wyszdome and vnderstoÌ„dynge and knowlege and to worke with all maner of connynge worke in golde syluer brasse to graue stones connyngly and to set them to carue well in tymbre and to make all maner worke And beholde I haue geuen him Ahaliab the sonne of Ahisamach of the trybe of Dan to be his companyon and haue geuen
in the night season was fyre therin in y e sight of all y e house of Israel in all their iourneis The ende of the seconde boke of Moses called Exodus The thirde boke of Moses called Leuiticus What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. The ordre and vse of burnt offerynges whether it be of small or greate catell or of foules Chap. II. Of meat offerynges with fyne floure c. Chap. III. Of deed offerynges otherwyse called health offrynges peace offrynges or thāk-offerynges and of the fatt Chap. IIII. The offringe for the sinne of a prest of the whole congregacion of the ruler or of eny other meane man Chap. V. The offerynge for swearinge for an erroure or ignoraunce Chap. VI. Of daylie burnt offerynges other oblacions The offerynge of the prest in the daye of his anoyntinge Chap. VII Of thank offerynges Of the fat bloude and of the anoyntinge of the prestes Chap. VIII Of the anoyntinge and consecratynge of Aaron and of his sonnes Chap. IX How Aaron and his sonnes offred for synne how the fyre of God consumed the burnt offerynge Chap. X. The death of Nadab Abihu The prestes were forbydden to drynke wyne and their porcion of the offerynges appoynted them Chap. XI Of cleane and vncleane beastes foules Chap. XII Of the vnclennesse of a woman in childe bedd of hir clensynge or purificacion of hir offerynge Chap. XIII Of Leprosy or Mezell Chap. XIIII The clēsynge of lepers and of their offerynge Chap. XV. Of all maner of vncleane fluxes or yssues both of men and wemen Chap. XVI Aarō might not allwaie go in to the Sanctuary Of the two goates Of fastinge in the seuenth moneth Chap. XVII All offrynges were first brought to the Tabernacle dore No bloude ner deed caryon was to be eaten Chap. XVIII The degrees of consanguynite and affynite And what wemen men ought not to marye Chap. XIX Dyuerse and many commaundemētes and statutes Chap. XX. To geue sede vnto Moloch other vnlaufull thinges are forbydden Chap. XXI How cleane and vndefyled the prestes ought to lyue Chap. XXII How the prestes and their housholdes ought to be how the offerynges ought to be vsed Chap. XXIII Of the holy dayes and hye feastes namely the Sabbath Easter Whyt sondaye otherwise called the feast of wekes the feast of Tabernacles c. Chap. XXIIII Of the oyle for the lampes and lightes Of the shewbred Punyshment for cursynge and blasphemy Chap. XXV Of the rest of the seuenth yeare libertye of the Fiftieth yeare otherwyse called the yeare of Iubylie the yeare of hornes blowinge or the trompet yeare Chap. XXVI Swete louynge promyses of God for all soch as wyl kep◠his commaundemētes Agayne Maruelous sore plages are threatened vnto them that wyll not harken to his worde Chap. XXVII Of vowes and of the fre yeare Of redemynge or lowsynge out agayne of catell or londe that a man promyseth voweth or dedicateth vnto the LORDE The first Chapter ANd the LORDE called Moses and spake vnto him out of y e Tabernacle of wytnesse and sayde Speake vnto y e childrē of Israel saie vnto them Who so euer amōge you wyl brynge an offerynge vnto the LORDE let him brynge it of y e catell euen of the oxen of the shepe Yf he wyl brynge a burnt offerynge of y e oxen or greate catell thē let him offre a male without blemysh before y e dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse to reconcyle him self before the LORDE let him laye his hande vpon the heade of the burnt offerynge then shal he be reconcyled so y t God shal be mercifull vnto him And he shall kyll the yonge oxe before y e LORDE and y e prestes Aarons sonnes shal brynge the bloude and sprenkle it rounde aboute vpon the altare that is before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the slrynne shal be flayne from of the burnt offerynge and it shal be hewen in peces And the sonnes of Aaron the prest shal make a fyre vpon the altare and laye wod aboue ther on and y e peces the heade and the fatt shal they laye vpon the wodd that lyeth vpon y e fyre on the altare But y e bowels legges shal be waszshen with water and the prest shal burne alltogether vpon the altare for a burntsacrifice this is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE Yf he wyl offre a burntsacrifice of the small catell that is of the lambes or goates then let him offre a male without a blemysh And he shall kyll it before the LORDE euen at the corner of the altare on the north syde before y e LORDE And the prestes Aarons sonnes shal sprenkle his bloude rounde aboute vpon y e altare and it shal be hewen in peces And the prest shall laye them with the heade and the fatt vpon the wodd that lyeth vpon the fyre on the altare But the bowels and y e legges shal be waszshen with water And y e prest shal offre it alltogether and burne it vpon y e altare for a burntsacrifice This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE But yf he wil offre a burntsacrifice of y e foules vnto the LORDE then let him offre it of the turtill doues or of y e yonge pigeons And the prest shal brynge it vnto the altare and wrynge the neck of it a sunder that it maye be burnt vpon the altare and let the bloude of it runne out vpon the sydes of the altare and the croppe of it with the fethers shal be cast vpon the heape of aszshes besyde the altare towarde the east and he shall deuyde the wynges of it but not breake thē cleane of And thus shall the prest burne it vpon the altare euen vpon the wodd that lyeth vpō the fyre for a burntsacrifice This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE The II. Chapter WHan a soule wyll offre a meat offerynge vnto the LORDE then shal it be of fyne floure and he shal poure oyle vpon it and put frankencense theron so brynge it vnto Aarons sonnes the prestes Then shal one of them take his handefull of the same floure and oyle with all the frankēcense and burne it for a remembraunce vpon the altare This is an offeringe of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE As for y e remnaunt of the meat offerynge it shal be Aarons and his sonnes This shal be y e most holy of the offerynges of the LORDE But yf he wyll brynge a meat offerynge of that which is baken in the ouen then let him take swete cakes of wheate mixte with oyle and vnleuended wafers anoynted with oyle Neuertheles yf thy meat offerynge be enythinge of that which is fryed in the panne then shal it be of fyne swete floure myxte with oyle And thou shalt cut it in peces poure oyle theron so is it a meat offerynge But yf thy meat offeringe be ought broyled on the gredyron then shalt
brynge without the hoost and burne him as he brent y e first bullocke This shal be y e synofferynge of the congregacion Whan a prynce synneth doth agaynst the coÌ„maundement of the LORDE his God y t he ought not to do offendeth ignorauntly commeth to the knowlege of his synne y t he hath done he shal bringe for his offeringe an he goate without blemysh laye his hande vpoÌ„ the goates heade slaye him in y e place where y e burnt offeringes are slayne before y e LORDE TheÌ„ shal y e prest take of y e bloude of y e syn offeringe w t his fynger and put it vpon the altare of burnt offerynges poure the other bloude vpon the botome of the altare of burnt offerynges But all the fat of it shal he burne vpoÌ„ the altare like as the fat of the health offerynge And so the prest shal make an attonement for his synne and it shal be forgeuen him WhaÌ„ a soule of y e comon people synneth ignorauntly doinge eny thinge agaynst the coÌ„maundement of the LORDE y t he ought not to do so offendeth coÌ„meth to y e knowlege of the synne y t he hath done he shal bringe for his offerynge a she goate without blemysh for the synne y t he hath done and shal laye his hande vpon the heade of the synofferynge slaye it in the place of the burnt-offerynges And the prest shall take of the bloude w t his fynger put it vpon the hornes of y e altare of burnt offerynges poure all the bloude vpon the botome of the altare But all the fat of it shal he take awaye like as he taketh awaye the fat of the dead-offerynge and shal burne it vpon the altare for a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE And so shal the prest make an attonemeÌ„t for him and it shal be forgeuen him But yf he brynge a lambe for a syn offerynge then let him brynge a female without blemysh and laye his hande vpon the heade of the syn offerynge kyll it for a syn offerynge in the place where the burnt offerynges are slayne And the prest shal take of y e bloude w t his fynger put it vpon the hornes of the altare of burnt offerynges poure all the bloude vpon the botome of the altare But all y e fatt therof shall he take froÌ„ it like as he dyd the fat of the lambe of the health offerynge shal burne it vpon y e altare for the LORDES sacrifice And so y e prest shal make an attonement for the synne that he hath done and it shal be forgeuen him The V. Chapter WHan a soule synneth y t he heare a oursynge and is wytnesse therof or hath sene it or knowne it telleth it not he is giltie of a trespace Or whan a soule toucheth eny vncleane thiÌ„ge whether it be y e carion of an vncleane beast or catell or worme was not awarre of it he is vncleane and hath offended Or whan he toucheth an vncleane man what vnclennesse so euer a man is defyled withall was not awarre of it afterwarde coÌ„meth to y e knowlege therof y e same hath offended Or whan a soule sweareth so y t he pronounceth w t his mouth to do euell or good what so euer it be that a man pronounceth w t an ooth was not awarre of it afterwarde coÌ„meth to the knowlege therof he hath offended in one of these Now whan it so is y t he hath offended in one of these is enfourmed therof what he hath synned he shal bringe vnto y e LORDE for his trespace of this his synne y t he hath done a female from the flocke either a yewe or a she goate for a syn offerynge so shal the prest make an attonement for him concernynge his synne But yf he be not able to brynge a shepe then let him brynge vnto y e LORDE for his offence that he hath done two turtill doues or two yonge pigeons one for a syn offerynge the other for a burnt offerynge and brynge them to the prest Which shall make the first a syn offerynge and fyrst wringe the neck of it so that he plucke it not cleane of and sprenkle with the bloude vpoÌ„ the sydes of the altare and let the resydue of the bloude blede out vpon the botome of the altare This is the syn offerynge As for the other he shal make it a burnt offerynge after the maner therof And thus shall the prest make an attonement for him concernynge the synne that he hath done it shal be forgeuen him But yf he be not able to brynge two turtill doues or two yonge pigeons then let him brynge his offerynge for his synne a tenth deale of an Epha of fyne floure for a syn offerynge But he shall put no oyle theron ner laye frankeÌ„cense vpon it for it is a syn offerynge And he shal brynge it vnto the prest y e prest shal take his haÌ„d full of it for a remembraunce and burne it vpon the altare for an offerynge vnto the LORDE This is a syn offeringe And so shal the prest make an attoment for him concernynge his synne that he hath done it shal be forgeuen him And the remnaunt shall be the prestes like a meat offerynge And the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Yf a soule trespace so y t thorow ignorauÌ„ce he offendeth in any thinge y t is halowed vnto the LORDE he shal brynge his trespace offeringe vnto the LORDE euen a ramme from y e flocke without blemysh worth two Sycles of syluer after the Sycle of the Sanctuary for a trespace offerynge and loke what he hath offended in the halowed thinge he shall make restitucion geue the fifth parte more therto And he shal delyuer it vnto y e prest which shall make an attonement for him w t the ramme of the trespace offeringe it shal be forgeuen him Whan a soule synneth and doth ought agaynst eny coÌ„maundement of the LORDE y t he shulde not do is infourmed therof he hath trespased is giltie of the synne And he shall brynge from the flocke a ramme w t out blemysh that is worth a trespace offeringe vnto the prest which shal make an attonement for him concernynge his ignoraunce which he dyd and was not awarre and it shal be forgeuen him This is the trespace-offerynge because he trespaced agaynst the LORDE And y e LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Whan a soule synneth trespaceth agaynst the LORDE so that he denyeth vnto his neghboure that which he gaue him to kepe or that was put vnder his hande or that he hath violently taken awaye or gotten vnrighteously or founde that was lost and denyeth it with a false â—oth what so euer it be wherin a man synneth agaynst his neghboure Now whan it commeth so to passe that he synneth after this maner trespaceth he shal restore agayne that he toke
farther in the skynne after y t he is iudged cleane and the prest loketh and fyndeth that y e scabbe hath frett farther in the skynne then shal he seke nomâ—re for golden hayres for he is vncleane Neuerthelesse yf he se that the scabbe stondeth styll that pale hayres are there rysen vp then is y e scabbe hole and he is cleane therfore shall y e prest iudge him to be cleane WhaÌ„ there is eny glisteringe whyte vpoÌ„ y e skynne of the flesh of a man or woman and the prest seyth there that the glisterynge whyte vanysheth then is it but a whyte scabbe rysen vp in y e skynne he is cleane Whan the hayres fall out of the heade of a man or a woman so that he is balde the same is cleane Yf they fall out of his fore heade then is he fore heade balde cleane But yf there be a whyte reedish sore in the balde heade or balde fore heade then is there a leprosy rysen vp in the balde heade or balde foreheade therfore shal y e prest loke vpon him And whan he fyndeth the whyte reedysh sore rysen vp in his balde heade or balde foreheade then shal y e skynne of the flesh be as leporous therfore is he a leporous man and vncleane And the prest shall iudge him vncleane because of y e same sore vpoÌ„ his heade Who so now is leporous his clothes shal be rent and the heade bare the lippes moffled and shall in eny wyse be called vncleane And as longe as the sore is vpon him he shal be vncleane dwell alone and haue his dwellinge without the hoost Whan the plage of leprosy is in a cloth whether it be wollen or lynnen in the warpe or weft whether it be lynnen or wollen or in a skynne or in eny maner thynge that is made of skynne And whan y e plage is pale or reedish in the cloth or skynne either in the warpe or weft or in eny maner thinge that is made of skynne the same is surely the plage of leprosy therfore shall the prest loke vpon it And whan he seyth the plage he shal shut it vp seuen dayes And vpon the seueÌ„th daye whan he seyth that y e plage hath frett farther in the cloth in the warpe or weft in a skynne or in eny maner thinge that is made of skynne then is it a fretinge plage of leprosye and is vn cleane And the cloth shal be burnt either warpe or weft whether it be wollen or lynneÌ„ or eny thynge made of skynne wherin is eny soch plage For it is a plage of leprosy and shal be burnt w t fyre But yf the prest se that the plage hath frete no farther in y e cloth either in the warpe or weft or eny thinge made of skynne then shal he commaunde to wash the thinge that the plage is in and shall shut it vp other seuen dayes And whan the prest seyth after that the plage is waszshen y t the plage is not chauÌ„ged before his eyes and hath frett no farther also yet is it vn cleane shal be burnt w t fyre for it is depe freteÌ„ inwarde and hath made skyrfes Neuertheles whan the prest seyth that the prynte is vanyshed after the washinge of it then shall he rente it out of the clothe and of the skynne out of the warpe or weft But yf it appeare eny more in the clothe either in the warpe or in the weft or eny maner thinge made of skynne then is it a waxinge plage and with fyre shal it be burnt that eny soch plage is in As for the cloth either warpe or weft or eny maner thynge made of skynne that is waszsheÌ„ and the plage be departed from it it shal be waszshen once agayne then is it cleane This is the lawe ouer the plage of leprosy in clothes whether they be wollen or lynneÌ„ ether in the warpe or in the weft and in eny maner of thinge made of sknne to iudge them cleane or vncleane The XIIII Chapter ANd the LORDE spâ—tâ— vnto Moses and sayde This is the â—â—we ouer y e leper whan he shal be clensed He shall come vnto y e prest and the prest shal go out of the hoost and loke how the plage of leprosye is healed vpon the leper And he shal commaunde him that is to be clensed to take two lyuinge byâ—des which are cleane and Ceder wodd and purple woll and ysope and shall commaunde the one byrde to be kylled in an earthen vessell ouer sprynginge water And he shall take the lyuynge byrde with the Ceder wodd the purple woll and ysope and dyppe them in the bloude of the slaine byrde vpon the springynge water and sprenkle it seuen tymes vpon him that must be clensed from y e leprosy And so clense him and let the lyuynge byrde flye at libertye in to the felde But he that is clensed shal wash his clothes and shaue of all his hayre and bathe him self with water so is he cleane Afterwarde let him go in to the hoost yet shall he tarye without his tent seuen dayes And vpon the seuenth daye shal he shaue of all y e hayre vpon his heade vpoÌ„ his beerde vpon his browes so that all the hayre be shauen of and he shall wash his clothes and bathe his flesh in water then is he cleane And vpoÌ„ the eight daye shal he take two lambes without blemysh and a shepe of a yeare olde without blemysh and thre tenth deales of fyne floure for a meat offerynge myngled with oyle a Logg of oyle TheÌ„ shall the prest presente him that is clensed and these thinges before the LORDE before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and shal take y e one lambe and offre it for trespace offerynge with the Logg of oyle shall waue them before y e LORDE and afterwarde slaye the lambe where the syn offerynge and burnt offerynge are slayne namely in the holy place For as the syn offerynge so is the trespace offerynge the prestes also for it is most holy And the prest shall take of the bloude of the trespace offerynge and put it vpon the typpe of y e right eare of him that is cleÌ„sed and vpon the thombe of his right hande and vpon the greate too of his right fote Afterwarde shall he take of the oyle out of the Logg and poure it in to his awne left hande and dyppe his right fynger in the oyle that is in his left hande and sprenkle the oyle with his fynger seuen tymes before the LORDE As for the remnaunt of the oyle in his hande he shall put it vpon the typpe of the right eare of him that is clensed and vpon the thombe of his right hande vpon the greate too of his right fote euen aboue vpon the bloude of the trespace offerynge But the remnaunt of the oyle in his hande shall he poure vpon the heade of him that is clensed and make an attonement for him
before the LORDE And he shall make the syn offerynge and reconcyle him that is clēsed because of his vnclennesse And afterwarde shall he sleye the burnt offerynge and shal offre it vpon the altare with the meatofferynge and make an attonement for him than is he cleane But yf he be poore and getteth not so moch with his hande then let him take one lambe for a trespace offerynge to waue it to make an attonement for him and a tenth deale of fyne floure myngled with oyle for a meat offerynge and a Logg of oyle two turtyll doues or two yonge pigeons which he is able to get with his hande let the one be a syn offerynge the other a burnt offerynge and let him brynge them vpon the eight daye of his clensynge vnto the prest before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse before the LORDE Then shall the prest take the lambe for the syn offerynge and the Logg of oyle and shall waue them all before the LORDE and sley the lambe of the trespace offerynge and take of y e bloude of the same trespace offerynge and put it vpon the typpe of the righte eare of him that is clensed and vpon the thombe of his right hande and vpon the greate too of his righte fote and poure of the oyle in to his awne lefte hande and with his right fynger sprenkle the oyle that is in his left hande seuen tymes before the LORDE As for the remnaunt of the oyle in his hande he shal put it vpon the typpe of the right eare of him that is clensed and vpon the thombe of his right hande vpon the greate too of his right fote euen aboue vpō y e bloude of y e trespace offerynge The other oyle in his hāde shal he poure vpō y e heade of him y t is clensed to make an attonement for him before the LORDE And afterwarde of the one of the turtill doues or yonge pigeons acordinge as his handes are able to get he shal make a syn offerynge of y e other a burnt offerynge with the meat offerynge and so shal the prest make an attonemēt for him that is clensed before the LORDE Let this be the lawe for the leper which is not able with his hande to get that belongeth vnto his clensynge And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and Aaron and sayde Whan ye are come in to the lande of Canaan which I geue you to possesse and yf there happen a plage of leprosy in any house of youre possession then shal he that oweth the house come and tell the prest and saye Me thynke there is as it were a plage of leprosy in my house Then shal the prest commaunde to rydde all thynge out of the house or euer the prest go in to se y e plage lest all that is in the house be made vncleane Afterwarde shall y e prest go in to se the plage Now whan he loketh and fyndeth y t there be holowe strakes yalowe or reedish in the walles of the house they seme to be lower then the wall besyde then shall he go out at the dore of the house and shut vp the house for seuen dayes And vpon the seuenth daye whan he commeth and seyth that the plage hath fretten farther in the walles of the house thē shall he commaunde to breake out the stones wherin the plage is to cast thē in a foule place without the cite the house to be scraped within rounde aboute and the dust y t is scraped of to be poured without y e cite in an vncleane place to take other stones and put them in the place of the other and to take other playster and playster the house Whan the plage then commeth agayne and breaketh forth in the house after y t the stones are brokē out the playster scraped of and the house playsterd of the new thē shal the prest go in and whan he seyth that the plage hath fretten farther in the house then is there surely a fretinge leprosy in the house and it is vncleane therfore shal the house be broken downe both the stones and y e tymber and all the dust of the house and shal be caried out of the cite in to an vncleane place And who so goeth in to the house whyle it is shut vp is vncleane vntyll y e euen And he y t lyeth therin or eateth therin shal wash his clothes But yf the prest se whā he goeth in that this plage hath frett no farther in the house after that the house is new playsterd thē shal he iudge it to be cleane for the plage is healed And to a syn offeringe for the house he shal take two byrdes Ceder wodd purple woll and ysope and slaye the one byrde in an erthen vessell vpon sprynginge water and shall take the Ceder wodd the purple woll the ysope and the lyuinge byrde dyppe them in the bloude of the slayne byrde vpon the sprynginge water and sprenkle the house with all seuē tymes and so shal he purifie the house with the bloude of the byrde with the springinge water with the lyuinge byrde with the Ceder wodd with the ysope and with the purple woll And the lyuynge byrde shall he let flye at libertye out of the towne in to the felde make an attonement for the house and then is it cleane This is the lawe ouer all maner plage of leprosye skyrfe ouer y e leprosye of clothes and of houses ouer sores scabbes and gliste rynge whyte that it maye be knowne whan eny thinge is vncleane or cleane This is y e lawe of leprosy The XV. Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses and Aaron and sayde Speake to the children of Israel and saie vnto him Whan a man hath a runnynge yssue from out of his flesh y e same is vncleane but thē is he vncleane by the reason of this yssue whan his flesh is fretten of y e yssue or wounde Euery bed where on he lyeth what so euer he sytteth vpon shal be vncleane And he that toucheth his bed shall wash his clothes and bathe him self with water and be vncleane vntyll the euen And he y t sytteth where he sat shal wash his clothes and bathe him self with water and be vncleane vntyll the euē Who so toucheth his flesh shall wash his clothes bathe him self with water and be vncleane vntyll the euen Whan he spytteth vpon him that is cleane y e same shal wash his clothes and bathe him self with water be vncleane vntyll the euen And the saddell and what so euer he rydeth vpō shal be vncleane And who so euer toucheth eny thinge that hath bene vnder him shal be vncleane vntyll the euen And who so beareth eny soch shall wash his clothes and bathe him self with water and be vncleane vntyll the euen And whom so euer he toucheth and washeth not his handes first the same shal wash his clothes and bathe him self with water and
be vncleane vntyll the euen Whan he toucheth an erthen vessell it shal be broken but the treen vessell shal be rensed w t water And whā he is cleane of his yssue he shal nombre vij dayes after y t he is made cleane wash his clothes bathe him self w t sprynginge water thē is he cleane And vpon the eight daye shal he take two turtill doues or two yonge pigeōs and brynge them before the LORDE before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and geue them vnto the prest And the prest shal make of the one a syn offeringe of the other a burnt offerynge and make an attonement for him before the LORDE as concernynge his yssue Whan a mans sede departeth from him in slepe the same shal bathe all his flesh w t water and be vncleane vntyll the euen And all clothes and euery skynne that is stained with soch sede shall he wash with water be vncleane vntyll the euen A woman by whom soch one lyeth shall bathe hir self w t water and be vncleane vntyll the euen Whan a woman hath the bloude yssue of hir flesh she shal be put a parte vij daies in to a sundrie place Who so euer toucheth her shal be vncleane vntyll the euē And all that she lyeth vpon as longe as she is put aparte shal be vncleane And that she sytteth vpō shal be vncleane And who so euer toucheth hir bed shal wash his clothes and bathe him self with water and be vncleane vntyll the euen And who so euer toucheth eny maner thinge that she hath sytten vpō shal wash his clothes and bathe him self with water and be vncleane vntyll the euē And yf a man lye with her whyle she is put a parte he shal be vncleane seuen dayes and the bed that he laye vpon shal be vncleane But whan a woman hath hir bloude yssue a longe season not onely at the tyme of hir naturall course but also out of the tyme of hir naturall course then shall she be vncleane so longe as she hath the yssue euē as she is at the tyme whan she is put aparte so shall she be vncleane here also What so euer she lyeth vpon all the tyme of hir yssue shal be as hir bed whan she is put aparte And all that she sytteth vpon shal be vncleane as is hir vnclennesse whan she is put aparte Who so euer toucheth eny of them shal be vncleane and shal wash his clothes and bathe him self with water be vncleane vntyll the euen But yf she be cleane of hir yssue thē shal she nombre seuen dayes afterwarde shall she be cleane and vpon the eight daye shall she take two turtill doues or two yonge pigeons and brynge them vnto the prest before the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the prest shall make of the one a synofferynge of the other a burnt offerynge and make an attonement for her before the LORDE as concernynge the yssue of hir vnclennesse Thus shal ye se that the childrē of Israel kepe them selues from their vnclēnesse that they dye not in their vnclennesse whan they defyle my habitacion which is amōge you This is the lawe ouer him that hath a runnynge sore him whose sede departeth from him in slepe so that he is vncleane ther of And ouer her that hath hir bloude yssue and who so euer hath a runnynge sore whether it be man or woman and whan a man lyeth with her that is vncleane The XVI Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses after that Aarons two sonnes were deed whan they offered before the LORDE sayde Speake vnto Aaron thy brother y t he go not at all tymes in to y e ynnermer Sanctuary within the vale before the Mercyseate which is vpon the Arke y t he dye not for I wyll appeare in a cloude vpon y e Mercyseate But herewithall shal he go in euen with a yonge bullocke for a syn offerynge and with a ramme for a burntofferynge and shal put on the holy lynnen albe and haue lynnen breches vpon his flesh and gyrde him with a lynnē girdell and haue the lynnen myter vpon his heade For these are y e holy garmentes he shal bathe his flesh with water put them on of the cōgregacion of the childrē of Israel he shal take two he goates for a syn offerynge and a ramme for a burnt offerynge And Aaron shal brynge the bullocke his owne syn offerynge and make an attonemēt for himself and his house and afterwarde shall he take the two goates and present them before the LORDE euen before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse and shall cast lottes ouer the two goates the lot of the one goate for the LORDE and the other for the fre goate And the goate that y e LORDES lot fell vpon shal he offre for a syn offerynge But the goate that the fre goates lot fell vpon shal he present alyue before y e LORDE to make an attonement for him and to let the fre goate go into y e wyldernes And so shal he brynge the bullocke of his syn offerynge and make an attonement for him and his housholde and shal kyll him And he shall take a censor full of coales from the altare that stondeth before the LORDE and his handfull of beaten incense and brynge them in within y e vayle and put the incense vpon the fyre before y e LORDE that the cloude of the incense maye couer the Mercyseate which is vpon the witnesse that he dye not And he shall take of the bloude of the bullocke and sprenkle it with his fynger towarde the Mercyseate on the foresyde Seuen tymes shall he sprenkle of the bloude thus with his fynger before the Mercyseate Thē shal he kyll the goate which is the peoples syn offerynge brynge in of his bloude within the vayle shall do with his bloude as he dyd with the bloude of the bullocke and sprenkle therwith also on the foresyde towarde the Mercyseate and so shal he reconcyle the Sāctuary from the vnclennesse of the childrē of Israel and frō their trespaces in all their synnes Thus shal he do vnto the Tabernacle of wytnesse which is the habitacion with them amōge their vnclennesses No man shal be in the Tabernacle of witnesse whan he goeth in to make an attonement in the Sāctuary vntyll he go out and so shall he make an attonement for him self and his house and for the whole congregacion of Israel And whā he goeth forth vnto the altare that stondeth before the LORDE he shal reconcyle it and shal take of y e bullockes bloude and of the goates bloude put it vpon the hornes of the altare rounde aboute And with his fynger shal he sprēkle of the bloude theron seuen tymes and halowe it and consecrate it from the vnclennesse of the children of Israel And whan he hath made an ende of reconcylinge the Sanctuary and the Tabernacle of witnesse and the altare
go thorow the fyre or a prophecier or a choser out of dayes or that regardeth the foules cryenge or a witch or a coniurer or soythsayer or an expounder of tokens or y t axeth eny thinge of the deed For who so euer doth soch is abhominacion vnto the LORDE and because of soch abhominacions doth the LORDE y e God dryue thē out before the. But thou shalt be perfecte with the LORDE y e God For these naciōs whom thou shalt conquere whom the LORDE thy God hath geuen the herken to the chosers out of dayes and to the soythsayers but so shalt not thou do vnto the LORDE thy God A prophet like vnto me shall the LORDE thy God raise the vp euen out of the from amonge thy brethren vnto him shal ye herkē acordinge as thou desyredest before the LORDE thy God in Horeb in the daye of y e gatheringe together saydest Let me heare the voyce of the LORDE my God nomore and se nomore this greate fyre that I dye not And y e LORDE saide vnto me They haue well spoken I wil rayse them vp a prophet from amonge their brethren like vnto the and wyl put my wordes in his mouth he shal speake vnto them all that I shal cōmaunde him And who so euer wyl not herken vnto my wordes which he shal speake in my name of him wil I requyre it But yf a prophete presume to speake ought in my name which I haue not cōmaūded him to speake and he that speaketh in y e name of other goddes y e same prophete shal dye But yf thou saye in thine hert How can I knowe what worde the LORDE hath not spoken Euen whan the prophete speaketh in the name of y e LORDE and the thinge foloweth not and commeth not to passe y e same is the worde y t the LORDE hath not spokē The prophet hath spokē it presumtuously therfore be not afrayed of him The XIX Chapter WHan y e LORDE thy God shall haue roted out y e naciōs whose londe y e LORDE thy God shal geue the so y t thou hast conquered them and dwellest in their cities and houses thou shalt appoynte the out thre cities in the myddes of the lōde y t the LORDE thy God shal geue y e to possesse Thou shalt prepare the waye and parte the coastes of y e londe which y e LORDE thy God shal deuyde out vnto the in to thre partes that whosoeuer hath commytted a slaughter maye flie thither And this shal be the cause that whosoeuer hath committed a slaughter maye flye thyther and lyue Yf eny man smyte his neghboure vnawarres and hath not hated him in tyme passed as whan a man goeth vnto the wod with his neghboure to hew downe tymber and he turneth his hande w t the axe to hewe downe the wod and the yron slyppeth from the helue and hytteth his neghboure that he dyeth the same shal flye in to one of these cities that he maye lyue lest the auenger of bloude folowe after the deedsleyer whyle his hert is whote and ouertake him whyle the waye is so farre and slaye him where as yet no cause of death is in hī for so moch as he hated him not in tyme passed Therfore commaunde I the that thou appoynte out thre cities And whan the LORDE y e God enlargeth thy borders as he hath sworne vnto thy fathers geueth the all the lōde which he promysed thy fathers to geue so that thou kepe all these cōmaundementes and do y t I commaunde the this daye y t thou loue the LORDE thy God and walke in his wayes all y e life longe thē shalt thou adde yet thre cities vnto these thre that innocent bloude be not shed in thy londe which the LORDE y e God geueth the to enheritaunce and so bloude come vpon the. But yf eny man beare hate agaynst his neghboure and layeth waite for him and ryseth agaynst him and smyteth him that he dye and flyeth in to one of these cities then shall the Elders of the same cite sende thither and cause him to be fetched from thence and delyuer him in to the handes of the auenger of bloude that he maye dye thine eye shal not pitie him and the giltye bloude shalt thou put awaye frō Israel that thou mayest prospere Thou shalt not remoue thy neghbours marck which they of olde tyme haue set in thine enheritaunce that thou enheretest in the londe which the LORDE thy God hath geuen the to possesse it One witnesse shal not stonde vp alone agaynst a man ouer eny trespace or synne what maner of synne so euer it be y t a man can do but in the mouth of two or thre witnesses shal euery matter be stablished But yf an vnrighteous wytnesse stonde vp agaynst eny man to testifye eny trespace vpon him then shall both the men that stryue together stonde before the LORDE before the prestes and Iudges which shall be at the same tyme. And the iudges shall make diligent inquisicion yf the witnesse be founde false and hath geuē false witnesse agaynst his brother then shall ye do vnto him euen as he thoughte to do vnto his brother that thou mayest put awaye the euell from the that other maye heare and feare and take nomore vpon them to do soch wicked poyntes amonge you Thine eye shall not pitie him Soule for soule eye for eye to the for to the hande for hande fote for fote The XX. Chapter WHan thou goest out to battayll agaynst thine enemies and seyst horses and charettes of the people more then thou be not afrayed of them for the LORDE thy God which brought y e out of the londe of Egipte is with the. Now whā ye are come nye vnto the battayll the prest shal steppe forth speake to the people and saye vnto thē Heare Israel Ye go this daye in to the battayll agaynst youre enemies let not yo r hert faynte Feare not be not afrayed ner a drede of them For the LORDE youre God goeth with you to fyghte for you agaynst youre enemies y t he maye saue you And the captaynes shal speake to y e people and saye Who so hath buylded a new house and hath not dedicate it let him go and byde in his house that he dye not in y e battayll and another dedicate it Who so hath planted a vynyarde and hath not yet made it comen lett him go and byde at home that he dye not in the battayll and another make it comen Who so hath spoused a wyfe and hath not yet brought her home let him go and byde at home y t he die not in the battayll another brynge her home And the captaines shal speake further vnto the people and saye He that feareth and hath a faynte hert lett him go and byde at home that he make not his brethrens hert fainte
also like as his hert is And whan the captaynes haue made an ende of speakinge vnto the people they shall set the rulers of the hoost before the people in the forefronte Whan thou commest nye vnto a cite to fight against it thou shalt offre them peace Yf they answere the peaceably and open vnto the then shal all y e people y t is founde therin be tributaries vnto the and serue ye. But yf they wyl not deale peaceably w t the and wyll warre with the then besege it and whan the LORDE thy God delyuereth it in to thy hande thou shalt smyte all the males that are therin with the edge of the swerde saue the wemen and the children As for the catell and all that is in the cite and all the spoyle thou shalt take them vnto thy selfe and eate the spoyle of thine enemies which the LORDE thy God hath geuen the. Thus shalt thou do vnto all the cities that are very farre from the and are not of the cities of these nacions But in the cities of these nacions which the LORDE thy God shall geue the to enheritaūce thou shalt leaue nothinge alyue that hath breth but shalt vtterly destroye thē namely the Hethites Amorites Cananites Pheresites Heuites Iebusites as the LORDE thy God hath commaunded the y t they teache you not to do all y e abhominacions which they do vnto their goddes so ye to synne agaynst the LORDE youre God Whan thou must lye a longe season before a cite against the which thou makest warre to take it thou shalt not destroye y e trees therof that thou woldest hew them downe w t the axe for thou mayest eate therof and therfore shalt thou not hew them downe For it is but wodd vpon the felde and no man and can not come be bullworkes agaynst the. But the trees which thou knowest y t mē eate not of those shalt thou destroye and rote out and make bullworkes therof agaynst the cite that warreth with the tyll thou haue ouercome it The XXI Chapter WHan there is one slayne founde in y e londe which y e LORDE y e God shall geue y e to possesse it lyeth in y e felde it is not knowne who hath slaine him then shal thy Elders iudges go forth and meet from the slayne vnto the cities that lye rounde aboute Loke which cite is the nexte y e Elders of the same shal take a yōge cowe which hath not bene laboured ner hath drawē in the yocke they shal brynge her in to a valley where as is nether earinge nor sowinge and strike of hir heade there in the valley Then shal the prestes y e children of Leuicome forth For the LORDE thy God hath chosen them to serue him and to prayse his name and at their mouth shal all plees and strypes be tryed And all the Elders of the same cite shall come forth vnto the slayne wash their handes ouer y e yonge cowe whose heade is stricken of in the valley and shal answere and saie Oure hādes haue not shed this bloude nether haue oure eyes sene it Be mercifull O LORDE vnto thy people of Israel whō thou hast delyuered laye no innocent bloude vnto thy people of Israels charge then shall they be reconcyled from the bloude Thus shalt thou put awaye the innocent bloude from the in that thou doest the thinge whis is righte in the sighte of y e LORDE Whā thou goest forth to warre against thine enemies the LORDE thy God delyuereth them in to thine handes so that thou cariest awaye their presoners and seist amōge the captyues a bewtyfull woman hast a desyre vnto her to take her to thy wife thē brynge her home to thine house and let her shaue hir heade and pare hir nayles and put of hir clothes that she was taken presoner in and let her sit in thine house and mourne for hir father and mother a moneth longe after that lye with her and mary her and let her be thy wife But yf thou haue no fauoure vnto her then shalt thou let her go whither she wyll and not to sell her ner to make cheuesaunce of her because thou hast dishonoured her Yf a man haue two wyues one that he loueth and one that he hateth and they beare him children both the beloued and the hated so that the firstborne be hirs that is hated and the tyme commeth that he dealeth out the inheritaunce vnto his children then can he not make the sonne of y e beloued first borne before the firstborne sonne of the hated but he shall knowe the sonne of the hated for y e first sonne so that he geue him dubble of all that is at hande for the same is y e begynnynge of his strength the firstbyrth righte is his Yf eny man haue a stubborne and dishobedient sonne which herkeneth not vnto the voyce of his father and mother and whan they teach him nurtoure wyll not folowe them then shall his father and mother take him and brynge him to y e Elders of their cite and to the gate of the same place and saye vnto the Elders of the cite This oure sonne is stobburne and dishobediēt and herkeneth not vnto oure voyce and is a ryoter and a dronkarde Then shal all the men of y e same cite stone him to death and thus shalt thou put awaye the euell frō the that all Israel maye heare and feare Yf a man haue commytted a synne y t is worthy of death and is put to death so that he is hanged on tre then shal not his body remayne all night on tre but thou shalt burye him the same daye For cursed is he of God that is hanged that thou defyle not thy londe which the LORDE thy God geueth the to enheritaunce The XXII Chapter YF thou se thy brothers oxe or shepe go astraie thou shalt not withdrawe thy selfe from them but shalt brynge thē againe vnto y e brother But yf y e brother be not nye vnto the thou knowest him not then shalt thou take thē in to thine house y t they maye be w t the tyll y e brother axe after them then delyuer him thē agayne In like maner shalt thou do with his Asse w t his rayment with euery lost thinge of y e brother which he hath lost thou hast founde it thou mayest not withdrawe thy selfe Yf thou se thy brothers oxe or Asse fallen downe by the waye thou shalt not wtdrawe thy selfe from him but shalt helpe him vp A woman shall not weere y t which pertayneth to a man nether shal a man put on womans raymēt For who so euer doth soch is abhominacion vnto y e LORDE y e God Yf thou chaunce vpon a byrdes nest by y e waye in a tre or on the grounde with yonge or with egges and the dame syttinge vpon the yonge or vpon
with you and set my sonne Salomon vpon my Mule and cary him downe to Gihon and let Sadoc y e prest and the prophet Nathan anoynte him there to be kynge ouer Israel and blowe the trompe and saye God saue kynge Salomon and go ye vp after him and whan he commeth he shal syt vpoÌ„ my seate and be kynge in my steade for I haue ordeyned him to be prynce ouer Israel and Iuda Then answered Benaia the sonne of Ioiada vnto the kynge sayde Amen The LORDE God of my lorde the kynge saye thus also As the LORDE hath bene with my lorde the kynge so be he with Salomon also that his seate maye be greater then the seate of my lorde kynge Dauid Then wente they downe the prest Sadoc and the prophet Nathan and Benaia the sonne of Ioiada and the Chrethians Plethians set Salomon vpon kynge Dauids Mule broughte him to Gihon And Sadoc the prest toke the oyle horne out of the Tabernacle and anoynted Salomon And they blewe the trompe And all y e people sayde God saue kynge Salomon And all the people wente vp after him and the people pyped with pypes and was very ioyfull so that the earth range at the noyse of them And Adonias herde it and all they whom he had called which were w t him and they had new eaten And whan Ioab herde the noyse of the trompe he sayde What meaneth this noyse of the cite and this busynes But whyle he yet spake beholde Ionathas the sonne of Abiathar y e prest came And Adonias sayde Come in for thou art a valeaunt man and bryngest good tydinges Ionathas answered and sayde vnto Adonias Alas o r lorde kynge Dauid hath made Salomon kynge and hath sent with him Sadoc the prest and the propheth Nathan and Benaia the sonne of Ioiada and the Chrethians and Plethians and they haue set him vpon the kynges Mule and Sadoc y e prest with the prophet Nathan hath anoynted him kynge at Gihon and from theÌ„ce are they gone vp with ioye that the cite range with all that is the noyse that ye haue herde Salomon also sytteth vpoÌ„ the kynges seate and the kynges seruauntes are gone in to wysh good lucke vnto ouer lorde kynge Dauid and haue sayde Thy God make Salomon a better name then thy name is and make his seate greater then thy seate And they haue wyszshed the kynge good lucke vpon the bed Morouer y e kynge hath sayde thus Praysed be y e LORDE God of Israel which this daye hath made one to syt vpon my seate that myne eyes haue sene it Then were they afrayed and gatt them vp all that were called by Adonias and so they departed euery man his waye But Adonias was afrayed of Salomon and gat him vp and weÌ„te his waye toke holde of y e hornes of y e altare And it was tolde Salomon beholde Adonias feareth kynge SalomoÌ„ beholde he taketh holde of the hornes of y e altare sayeth Let kiÌ„ge SalomoÌ„ sweare vnto me this daye that he shall not slaye his seruaunt with the swerde Salomon sayde Yf he wil be an honest man there shall not one heer fall from him vpon the earth but yf there be euell founde in him he shall dye And kinge SalomoÌ„ sent and caused him to be fetched from the altare And whan he came he fell downe before kynge Salomon But Salomon sayde vnto him Go y e waye in to thy house The II. Chapter NOw whan the tyme came that Dauid shulde dye he commaunded Salomon his sonne and sayde I go the waye of all the worlde Be thou stroÌ„ge therfore and shewe thyselfe a man and kepe the watch of the LORDE thy God that thou walke in his wayes and holde his ordinaunces his commaundementes his lawes and his testimonies as it is written in the lawe of Moses that thou mayest be wyse in all that thou doest and whither so euer thou turnest the that the LORDE maye rayse vp his worde which he hath spokeÌ„ ouer me and saide Yf thy children kepe their waye and walke before me faithfully and truly and with all their hert and withall their soule theÌ„ shal there neuer fayle the a man vpon the seate of Israel Thou knowest well also what Ioab the sonne of Zeru Ia hath done vnto me what he dyd vnto the two chefe captaynes of Israel Abner the sonne of Ner and Amasa the sonne of Iether whom he slewe and shed the bloude of warre whaÌ„ it was peace put the bloude of warre vpon his girdel y t was aboute his loynes and in his shues that were vpon his fete Do thou acordynge to thy wyszdome that thou brynge not his graye heer downe to the graue in peace And to the children of Barsyllai the Gileadite thou shalt shewe mercy that they maye eate at thy table For so ioined they theÌ„ selues vnto me whan I fled before thy brother Absalom And beholde thou hast with the Semei the sonne of Gera the sonne of Iemini of Bahurim which cursed me with very bytter and shamefull cursynges what tyme as I wente to Mahanaim Yet came he downe to mete me at Iordan where I sware vnto him by the LORDE and sayde I wyll not slaye the with the swerde But suffre not thou him to be vngiltye for thou art a wyse man and shalt wel knowe what thou oughtest to do vnto him that thou mayest brynge his graye heer downe to the graue with bloude So Dauid slepte with his fathers and was buried in the cite of Dauid The tyme that Dauid was kynge ouer Israel is fortie yeare Seuen yeares was he kynge at HebroÌ„ and thre and thirtie yeare at Ierusalem And Salomon sat vpon the seate of Dauid his father and his kyngdome was made very sure But Adonias the sonne of Hagith came in to Bethseba Salomons mother And she sayde Is thy commynge peaceable He spake Yee and sayde I haue somwhat to â—aye to the. She sayde Saye on He sayde Thou knowest that the kyngdome was myne and that all Israel had sett them selues vpon me that I shulde be kynge but now is the kyngdome turned and become my brothers for he hath it of the LORDE Now desyre I one peticion of the Make not my face ashamed She sayde vnto him Saye on He sayde Speake vnto kynge Salomon for he shall not shame thy face that he maye geue me Abisag to wyfe Bethseba sayde Wel I wil speake to the kynge for the. And Bethseba came in to kynge Salomon to speake with him And the kynge stode vp and wente to mete her and worshipped her and sat him downe vpon his seate And there was a chayre set for the kynges mother so that she sat at his righte hande And she sayde One peticion desyre I of the make not my face ashamed The kynge saydt Axe O my mother I wyl not shame thy face She saide Let Abisag of Sunem be geuen thy brother Adonias to wyfe Then
is to saye of Iotham and all that he dyd beholde it is wrytteÌ„ in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda At y e same tyme beganne y e LORDE to sende Rezin y e kynge of Syria Pecah y e sonne of Romelia in to Iuda And Iotham fell on slepe with his fathers and was buried w t his fathers in the cite of Dauid his father And Achas his sonne was kynge in his steade The XVI Chapter IN the seuententh yeare of Pecah y e sonne of Romelia was Achas the sonne of Iotham kynge of Iuda TweÌ„tye yeare olde was Achas whaÌ„ he was made kynge reigned sixtene yeare at Ierusalem dyd not y t which was righte in the sighte of y e LORDE his God as dyd Dauid his father for he walked in the waye of the kynges of Israel Yee and caused his sonne to go thorow the fyre after the maner of the abhominacions of the Heythen whom the LORDE droue awaye before the childreÌ„ of Israel And he dyd sacrifice and brent incense vpon the hye places vpon all hilles and amonge all grene trees Then wente Rezin the kynge of Syria and Pecah the sonne of Romelia kynge of Israel vp to Ierusalem to fighte agaynst it and layed sege to Achas but they coulde not wynne it At the same tyme dyd Rezin the kynge of Syria brynge Eloth agayne vnto Syria and thrust y e Iewes out of Eloth But the Syrians came dwelt therin vnto this daye Neuertheles Achas sent messaungers vnto Teglatphaâ—asser y e kynge of Assiria sayeÌ„ge I am thy seruaunt thy sonne come vp helpe me out of y e hande of the kynge of Syria of the kynge of Israel which are rysen vp agaynst me And Achas toke the syluer golde y t was founde in y e house of y e LORDE in the treasures of y e kynges house sent a present to y e kynge of Assiria And y e kinge of Assiria coÌ„sented vnto him wente vp to Damascon wanne it caried them awaye vnto Cira slewe Rezin And kynge Achas weÌ„te to Damascon for to mete Teglatphalasser y e kynge of Assiria And whaÌ„ he sawe an altare y t was at Damascon kynge Achas sent a patrone symilitude of y e same altare vnto the prest Vrias euen as it was made And Vrias the prest buylded an altare and made it acordinge as kynge Achas had sent vnto him from Damascon tyll Achas y e kynge came from Damascon And whan y e kynge came from Damascon and sawe the altare he offred theron kyndled his burnt offerynges and meat offerynges vpon it and poured his drynk offeringes theron caused the bloude of y e deedofferynges which he offred to be sprenkled vpon the altare But the brasen altare that stode before the LORDE put he awaye so that it stode not betwene the altare and the house of the LORDE but set it in the corner on the north syde of the altare And Achas the kynge coÌ„maunded Vrias y e prest sayde VpoÌ„ the greate altare shalt thou kyndle y e burnt offrynge in the mornynge the meat offrynge in the euenynge the kynges burnt offrynge his meat offrynge the burnt offrynge of all the people in the londe w t their meat offrynge drynk offrynge And all the bloude of the burnt offerynges all the bloude of the other offrynges shalt thou sprenkle theron but with the brasen altare wyll I deuyse what I can Vrias the prest dyd all acordinge as Achas the kynge commaunded him And kynge Achas brake downe the seates and put awaye the ketell from aboue and toke the lauer from the brasen bullockes that were there vnder and set it vpon y e pauement of stone And the pulpit for the Sabbath which they had buylded in the house and y e entrye of the kynges house turned he vnto the house of the LORDE for the kynge of Assirias sake What more there is to saye of Achas what he dyd beholde it is wrytten in y e Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda And Achas fell on slepe with his fathers was buried w t his fathers in the cite of Dauid And Ezechias his sonne was kynge in his steade The XVII Chapter IN the twolueth yeare of Achas the kynge of Iuda begaÌ„ne Oseas y e sonne of Ela to reigne ouer Israel at Samaria nyne yeare and dyd y t which was euell in y e sighte of the LORDE but not as y e kynges of Israel y t were before him Agaynst him dyd Salmanasar y e kynge of Assiria come vp And Oseas was subiecte vnto him gaue him trybutes But whaÌ„ the y e kynge of Assâ—ria perceaued y t Oseas had conspyred sent messaungers to Sua y e kynge of Egipte payed not trybute yearly to y e kynge of y e Assirians he beseged him put him in preson And the kynge of Assiria wente vp in to all the londe and to Samaria and layed sege vnto it thre yeare And in the nyenth yeare of Oseas dyd y e kynge of Assiria wynne Samaria and caried Israel awaye in to Assiria and set them at Halah and at Habor by the water Gosan and in the cities of the Meedes For whan the childreÌ„ of Israel synned agaynst y e LORDE their God y t broughte theÌ„ out of y e londe of Egipte from the haÌ„de of Pharao kynge of Egipte and serued other goddes and walked after the customes of the HeytheÌ„ whom the LORDE had dryuen out before the children of Israel and dyd as the kynges of Israel and prouoked y e LORDE their God and dyd secretly the thinges that were not righte in the sighte of y e LORDE their God namely in that they buylded them hye places in all cities both in castels and stronge cities and set vp pilers and groues vpon all hye hilles and amonge all grene trees and brent incense there in all y e hye places euen as dyd the Heythen whom the LORDE had cast out before them wroughte wicked thinges wherwith they prouoked the LORDE vnto wrath serued the Idols wherof the LORDE sayde vnto them Ye shal not do soch a thynge And whan the LORDE testified in Israel and Iuda by all the prophetes and Seers sayenge O turne agayne from youre euell wayes and kepe my commaundemeÌ„tes and ordynaunces acordinge to all y e lawe which I gaue vnto youre fathers and that I sent vnto you by my seruauntes the prophetes they wolde not herken but herdened their neckes acordinge to the hardneck of their fathers which beleued not on the LORDE their God Yee they despysed his ordinaunces and his couenaunt which he made with their fathers and his testimonies which he witnessed amonge them and walked in their awne vanities and became vayne folowinge the Heythen which dwelt rounde aboute them concernynge whom the LORDE had commaunded them that they shulde not do as they dyd Neuertheles they forsoke all
ye haue caried awaye from youre brethren for the wrath of y e LORDE is fearce ouer you Then gat vp certayne of the chefe of the children of Ephraim Asarias the sonne of Iohanan Barachias the sonne of Mesillemoth Ezechias the sonne of Sallum Amasa y e sonne of Hadlai agaynst them y t came from y e battayll sayde vnto them Ye shal not brynge the presoners in hither for youre mynde is but to make vs trespace before the LORDE to make oure synnes and offences the greater for the trespace is to moch allready the wrath is fearce ouer Israel So the hoost lefte the presoners the spoyle before y e rulers and before the whole coÌ„gregacion Then stode vp the men which now were rehearced by name and toke the presoners and as many as were naked amonge them clothed they with y e spoyles deckte them and put shues vpon their fete and gaue theÌ„ to eate and drynke and anoynted them and caried them vpon asses as many as were feble and broughte them to Iericho to y e Palme cite vnto their brethren and came agayne to Samaria At the same tyme sent kynge Achas vnto the kynges of Assur y t they shulde helpe him And the Edomites came agayne and smote Iuda and caried some awaye captyue The Philistynes also fell in to the cities in the playne towarde y e south parte of Iuda wanne Beth Semes Aâ—alon Gederoth and Socho with the vyllages therof Timna w t the vyllages therof Gimso with the vyllages therof and dwelt therin For y e LORDE subdued Iuda for Achas sake y e kynge of Iuda because he made Iuda naked and rebelled agaynst the LORDE And Teglatpilnesser the kynge of Assur came agaynst him and beseged him he was not mightie ynough for him For Achas spoyled the house of the LORDE and the kynges house and of the rulers to geue vnto y e kynge of Assur but it helped him not Morouer kinge Achas trespaced yet more against the LORDE euen in his trouble and dyd sacrifyce vnto the goddes of them of Damascon which had smitten him sayde The goddes of the kynges of Syria helpe them therfore wil I offre vnto them that they maye helpe me also where as the same yet were a fall vnto him and to all Israel And Achas gathered the vessels of y e house of God together and brake the vessels in y e house of God shut the dores of the house of y e LORDE and made him altares in all corners at Ierusalem and euery where in the cyties of Iuda made he hye places to burne incense vnto other goddes and prouoked y e LORDE God of his fathers vnto wrath What more there is to saye of him and of all his wayes both first and last beholde it is wrytten in the boke of the kynges of Iuda and Israel And Achas fell on slepe with his fathers and they buried him in y e cite of Ierusalem for they brought him not amonge the sepulcres of the kynges of Israel And Ezechias his sonne was kynge in his steade The XXIX Chapter EZechias was fyue twentye yeare olde whan he was made kynge reigned nyne twentye yeares at Ierusalem His mothers name was Abia y e doughter of Zachary And he dyd that which was right in the sight of the LORDE as did his father Dauid He opened the dores of y e house of the LORDE in the first moneth of y e first yeare of his raigne made them stronge brought in the prestes and Leuites and gathered them together vnto the East streate and sayde vnto them Herken vnto me ye Leuites sanctifye youre selues now y t ye maye halowe the house of the LORDE God of yo r fathers and put fylthines out of the Sanctuary for oure fathers haue trespaced and done y t which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE oure God and haue forsaken him For they turned their faces from the habitacioÌ„ of y e LORDE oure God turned their backes on it and shut the dores of the Porche and put out the lampes and brent no incense offred no burntsacrifyces in the Sanctuary vnto the God of Israel Therfore is the wrath of the LORDE come ouer Iuda and Ierusalem and he hath geuen them ouer to be scatred abrode desolate and to be hyssed at as ye se with yo r eies· For beholde euen for the same cause fell oure fathers thorow the swerde oure sonnes doughters and wyues were caryed awaye captyue Now am I mynded to make a couenaunt with the LORDE God of Israel y t he maye turne awaie from vs his wrath indignacion Now my sonnes be not ye negligent for the LORDE hath chosen you to stoÌ„de before him and to be his mynisters and to burne incense vnto him Then rose the Leuites Mahath the sonne of Amasai and Ioel the sonne of Asaria of the children of the Rahathites Of the children of Merari Cis the sonne of Abdi Asaria the sonne of Iehaleleel Of the children of the Gersonites Ioah the sonne of Simma and Eden the sonne of Ioah And of the childreÌ„ of Elizaphan Simri Ieiel And of the childreÌ„ of Assaph Sachary and Mathania And of the chidren of Heman Iehiel and Simei And of the children of Iedithun Semaia and Vsiel And they gathered their brethren together and were sanctified and wente in acordinge to the kynges commaundement at the worde of the LORDE to clense the house of y e LORDE And the prestes entred within in the house of the LORDE to purifye and put out all the vnclennes that was founde in the teÌ„ple of the LORDE in the courte of the LORDES house and the prestes toke it vp and caryed it out in to the broke Cedron The fyrst daye of the fyrst moneth beganne they to sanctifye them selues and on the eight daye of the moneth wente they in to the porche of the LORDE and halowed the house of y e LORDE eight dayes and fynished it on the sixtenth daye of the fyrst moneth And they weÌ„te in to the kynge Ezechias and sayde We haue clensed all the house of the LORDE the altare of burnt offerynges and all his vessels the table of the shewbred and all the apparell therof and all the ornamentes that kynge Achas cast awaye whaÌ„ he was kynge what tyme as he transgressed those haue we prepared and halowed Beholde they are before the altare of the LORDE TheÌ„ the kynge Ezechias gat him vp early and gathered together the Elders of the cite and weÌ„te vp vnto the house of the LORDE and they broughte seuen bullockes seuen rammes seuen lambes and seuen he goates to be the syn offerynge for the Sanctuary for Iuda And he spake vnto the prestes the children of Aaron that they shulde offre vpon the altare of the LORDE So they slewe the bullockes and the prestes toke the bloude and sprenkled it vpon y e altare and slewe the rammes and sprenkled the bloude vpon
thou LORDE of thy goodnesse haddest made my hill so stronge But as soone as thou turnedest thy face fro me I was brought in feare TheÌ„ cried I vnto y e O LORDE yee vnto y e LORDE made I my prayer What profit is there in my bloude yf I go downe to corrupcion Maye the dust geue thankes vnto ye Or shal it declare thy faithfulnesse Heare O LORDE and haue mercy vpon me LORDE be thou my helper And so thou hast turned my heuynesse in to ioye thou hast put of my sack cloth gyrded me w t gladnesse That my hono r might synge prayses vnto the w t out ceassynge O LORDE my God I wil geue thankes vnto the for euer The XXX A psalme of Dauid IN the O LORDE is my trust let me neuer be put to coÌ„fucion but delyuer me in thy rightuousnesse Bowe downe thine eare to me make haist to delyuer me be thou my stronge rocke and a house of defence that thou mayest saue me For thou art my stronge holde my castell O be thou my gyde lede me for thy names sake Drawe me out of the nett y t they haue layed priuely for me for thou art my streÌ„gth Into thy hondes I commende my sprete thou hast â—â—lyuered me O LORDE thou God of treuth I hate them that holde of vanities and my trust is in the LORDE I will be glad and reioyse in thy mercy for thou hast considred my trouble thou hast knowne my soule in aduersite Thou hast not delyuered me ouer in to the hoÌ„des of the enemie but hast set my fete in a large rowme Haue mercy vpon me O LORDE for I am in trouble myne eye is consumed for very heuynesse yee my soule and my body My life is waxen olde with heuynesse and my yeares w t mournynge My streÌ„gth fayleth me because of my aduersite and my bones are corrupte I am become a very reprofe amonge all myne enemies my neghbours they of myne owne acquauntaunce are afrayed of me they y t seme in the strete coÌ„veye them selues fro me I am clene forgotten and out of mynde as a deed man I am become like a broken vessell For I haue herde the blasphemy of the multitude euery man abhorreth me they haue gathered a councel together agaynst me and are purposed to take awaye my life But my hope is in y e O LORDE I saye thou art my God My tyme is in thy honde delyuer me from the honde of myne enemies from them y t persecute me Shewe thy seruaunt the light of thy countenaunce helpe me for thy mercies sake Let me not be confounded o LORDE for I call vpon the let the vngodly rather be put to confucion and brought vnto the hell Let the lyenge lippes be put to sylence which cruelly diszdanedly despitefully speake agaynst the rightuous O how greate and manifolde is thy good which thou haist hyd for them that feare y e O what thinges bringest thou to passe for them that put their trust in the euen before the sonnes of men Thou hydest them priuely by thine owne presence from the proude men thou kepest them secretly in thy tabernacle from the strife of tonges Thankes be to the LORDE for he hath shewed me maruelous greate kyndnesse in a stronge cite For when the sodane feare came vpon me I sayde I am cast out of thy sight Neuertheles thou herdest myne humble prayer when I cried vnto the. O loue the LORDE all ye his sayntes for the LORDE preserueth the faith full and plenteously rewardeth he the proude doer Be stroÌ„ge therfore take a good herte vnto you all ye that put youre trust in the LORDE The XXXI A psalme of Dauid BLessed are they whose vnrightuousnesse is forgeuen and whose synnes are couered Blessed is the man vnto whom the LORDE imputeth no synne in whose sprete there is no gyle For whyle I helde my tonge my bones consumed awaye thorow my daylie complaynynges And because thy hande was so heuy vpon me both daye and night my moysture was like the drouth in Sommer Sela. Therfore I confessed my synne vnto the and hyd not myne vnrightuousnesse I saide I will knowlege myne offence and accuse my self vnto the LORDE and so thou forgauest me the wickednesse of my synne Sela. For this shal euery saynte make his prayer vnto the in due season therfore shall not the greate water floudes come nye him Thou art my defence in the trouble that is come aboute me O coÌ„passe thou me aboute also with the ioye of delyueraunce Sela. I wil enforme the and shewe the the waye wherin thou shalt go I wil fasten myne eyes vpon the. Be not ye now like horses mooles which haue no vnderstondinge Whose mouthes thou must holde with bytt brydle yf they wil not obeie the. Greate plages shall y e vngodly haue but who so putteth his trust in the LORDE mercy shall compasse him on euery syde Be glad o ye rightuous and reioyse in the LORDE be ioyfull all ye that are true of herte The XXXII A psalme of Dauid EEioyse in y e LORDE o ye rightuous for it becommeth well the iust to be thankfull Prayse the LORDE with harpe synge psalmes vnto him with the lute and instrument of ten strynges Singe him a new songe yee synge lustely vnto him with a good corage For the worde of y e LORDE is true and all his workes are faithfull He loueth mercy iudgment y e earth is full of the goodnesse of the LORDE By the worde of the LORDE were the heauens made all the hoostes of them by y e breth of his mouth He gathereth y e waters together as it were in a bottell laieth vp the depe in secrete Let all the earth feare the LORDE and let all them that dwell in the worlde stoÌ„de in awe of him For loke what he sayeth it is done and loke what he coÌ„mauÌ„deth it stondeth fast The LORDE bryngeth the councell of the Heithen to naught and turneth the deuyces of the people But the couÌ„cell of the LORDE endureth and the thoughtes of his hert from generacion to generacion Blessed are the people that holde the LORDE for their God blessed are the folke whom he hath chosen to be his heretage The LORDE loketh downe from heauen beholdeth all the children of men from his stronge seate he considreth all them y t dwell in the worlde He only hath fashioned all the hertes of them knoweth all their workes A kynge is not helped by his owne greate hoost nether is a giaunte saued thorow the might of his owne streÌ„gth A horse is but a vayne thynge to saue a man it is not the power of his streÌ„gth that can delyuer him Beholde the eye of the LORDE loketh vnto them that feare him 〈◊〉 put their trust in his mercy That he maye delyuer their soules from death and to fede them
earth vpon hir foundacion that it neuer moueth at eny tyme. Thou couerest it with the depe like as with a garmeÌ„t so that the waters stonde aboue the hilles But at thy rebuke they fle at the voyce of thy thonder they are afrayed Then are the hilles sene alofte the valleys beneth in their place which thou hast appoynted for theÌ„ Thou hast set them their boundes which they maie not passe that they turne not agayne to couer y e earth Thou causest the welles to sprynge vp amonge the valleys and the waters runne amonge y e hilles That all the beastes of the felde maye haue drynke that the wylde asses maye quench their thyrste Aboue vpon the hilles haue the foules of the ayre their habitacion and synge amonge the braunches Thou watrest the hylles from aboue the erth is fylled with y e frutes of thy workes Thou bryngest forth grasse for the catell and grene herbe for the seruyce of men Thou bryngest fode out of the earth wyne to make glad y e herte of maÌ„ oyle to make him a chearfull countenaunce bred to strength mans herte The trees of the LORDE are full of sappe euen the trees of Libanus which he hath planted There make the byrdes their nestes and the fyrre trees are a dwellinge for the storcke The hilles are a refuge for the wylde goates and so are the stony rockes for y e conyes Thou hast appoynted the Moone for certayne seasons the Sonne knoweth his goinge downe Thou makest darcknesse that it maye be night wherin all the beastes of the forest do moue Yee and the yonge lyons which roare after the praye and seke their meate at God But when the Sonne ariseth they get them awaye together and lye them downe in their dennes Then goeth man forth to his worke and to till his londe vntill the euenynge O LORDE how manifolde are thy workes right wysely hast thou made theÌ„ all yee the earth is full of thy riches So is this greate and wyde see also wherin are thinges crepinge innumerable both small and greate beastes There go the shippes â—uer and there is that Leuiathan whom thou hast made to take his pastyme therin They wayte all vpoÌ„ the that thou mayest geue them meate in due season WheÌ„ thou geuest it them they gather it wheÌ„ thou openest thine honde they are fylled with good But when thou hydest thy face they are soroufull yf thou takest awaye their breth they dye are turned agayne to their dust Agayne when thou lattest thy breth go forth they are made and so thou renuest the face of the earth The glorious magesty of the LORDE endureth for euer and the LORDE reioyseth in his workes The earth treÌ„bleth at the loke of him he doth but touch y e hilles and they smoke I will synge vnto the LORDE as longe as I lyue I wil prayse my God whyle I haue my beinge O that my wordes might please him for my â—oye is in the LORDE As for synners they shal be coÌ„sumed out of the earth and the vngodly shal come to an ende but prayse thou the LORDE o my soule Halleluya The CIIII. psalme O Geue thankes vnto the LORDE and call vpon his name tell the people what thinges he hath done O let youre songes be of him prayse him and let youre talkynge be of all his wonderous workes Geue his holy name a good reporte let their hertes reioyse that seke the LORDE Seke the LORDE and his strength seke his face euermore Remembre the maruelous workes that he hath done his wonders and the iudgmentes of his mouth O ye sede of Abraham his seruaunt ye children of Iacob his chosen He is the LORDE oure God whose punyshmentes are thorow out all the worlde He is allwaye myndfull of his couenaunt and promyse that he made to a thousande generacions Yee the couenaunt that he made w t Abraham and the ooth that he swore vnto Isaac And apoynted the same vnto Iacob for a lawe and to Israel for an euerlastinge testament Sayenge vnto the wil I geue the londe of Canaan the lott of youre heretage When there was yet but a fewe of them and they straungers therin What tyme as they wente from one nacion to another from one kyngdome to another He suffred no man to hurte them but reproued euen kynges for their sakes Touch not myne anoynted do my prophetes no harme Morouer he called for a derth vpon the loÌ„de and destroyed all the prouysion of bred But he had sent a man before them euen Ioseph which was solde to be a bonde seruaunt They hurte his fete in the stockes the yron pearsed his herte Vntill the tyme that his worde came and till the worde of y e LORDE had tried him Then sent the kinge and caused him be delyuered the prynce of the people bad let him go He made him lorde of his house ruler of all his substaunce That he might enfourme his prynces after his wil and teach his Senatours wysdome Israel also came in to Egipte and Iacob was a straunger in the loÌ„de of Ham. But he increased his people exceadingly and made them stronger then their enemies Whose hert turned so that they hated his people and dealt vntruly with his seruauntes Then sent he Moses his seruaunt and Aaron whom he had chosen These dyd his tokens amoÌ„ge them and wonders in the londe of Ham. He sent darcknesse and it was darcke for they were not obedient vnto his worde He turned their waters in to bloude and slewe their fishe Their londe brought forth frogges yee euen in their kynges chambers He spake the worde their came all maner of flies lise in all their quarters He gaue them hale stones for rayne and flammes of fyre in their loÌ„de He smote their vynyardes fige trees and destroyed the trees that were in their coastes He spake y e worde and their came greshoppers catirpillers innumerable These ate vp all the grasse in their loÌ„de and deuoured the frutes of their grouÌ„de He smote all y e first borne in their loÌ„de euen the chefe of all their substaunce He brought them forth w t syluer golde there was not one feble personne amoÌ„ge their tryâ—es Egipte was glad of their departinge for they were afraied of theÌ„ He spred out a cloude to be a couerynge and fyre to geue light in the night season At their desyre there came quales and he fylled them with the bred of heaueÌ„ He opened the rocke of stone the waters flowed out so that ryuers ranne in the wildernesse For why he remembred his holy promyse which he had made vnto Abraham his seruaunt Thus he brought forth his people with ioye and his chosen with gladnesse And gaue them the loÌ„des of the HeitheÌ„ where they toke the labours of the people in possession That they might kepe his statutes and obserue his lawes Halleluya
fooles despyse wysdome and nurtoure The first Chapter MY sonne heare thy fathers doctryne and forsake not the lawe of y e mother for that shal brynge grace vnto thy heade shal be â— cheyne aboute thy necke My sonne coÌ„sente not vnto synners yf they entyse the and saye come wyth us let us laye wayte for bloude lurke preuely for the innoceÌ„t wyth out a cause let us swalowe theÌ„ vp like y e hell let us deuoure theÌ„ quycke and whole as those that go downe in to the pytt So shal we fynde all maner of costly riches and fyll oure houses wyth spoyles Cast in thy lott amonge us we shal haue all one purse My sonne walke not thou w t them refrayne y e fote froÌ„ their wayes For their fete ruÌ„ne to euell are haistie to shed bloude But in vayne is y e net layed forth before the byrdes eyes Yee they theÌ„ selues laye wayte one for anothers bloude and one of theÌ„ wolde slaye another These are the wayes of all soch as be couetous that one wolde rauysh anothers life Wyszdome crieth without putteth forth hir voyce in the stretes She calleth before y e congregacion in y e open gates and sheweth hir wordes thorow y e cite sayenge O ye childreÌ„ how loÌ„ge wil ye loue childyshnesse how longe wil y e scorners delyte in scornynge y e vnwyse be enemies vnto knowlege O turne you vnto my correccion lo I wil expresse my mynde vnto you and make you vnderstoÌ„de my wordes Seinge then that I haue called and ye refused it I haue stretched out my honde and no maÌ„ regarded it but all my couÌ„cels haue ye despysed and set my correccioÌ„s at naught Therfore shal I also laugh in yo r destruccion and mocke you when y e thinge that ye feare coÌ„meth vpon you euen wheÌ„ y e thinge that ye be afrayed of falleth in sodenly like a storme and yo r misery like a tempest yee whaÌ„ trouble and heuynesse coÌ„meth vpon you Then shal they call vpoÌ„ me but I wil not heare they shal seke me early but they shal not fynde me And y t because they hated knowlege and receaued not y e feare of y e LORDE but abhorred my councell and despysed my correccion Therfore shal they eate y e frutes of their owne waye and be fylled w t their owne councels for y e turnynge awaye of y e vnwyse shal slaye theÌ„ y e prosperi of fooles shal be their owne destruccioÌ„ But who so harkeneth vnto me shal dwell safely and haue ynough without eny feare of euell The II. Chapter MY sonne yf thou wilt receaue my wordes and kepe my coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes by the that thine eare maye herken vnto wysdome applie thine herte then to vnderstoÌ„dinge For yf thou criest after wyszdome callest for knowlege yf thou sekest after her as after money and dyggest for her as for treasure TheÌ„ shalt thou vnderstonde y e feare of the LORDE and fynde y e knowlege of God For it is the LORDE that geueth wyszdome out of his mouth commeth knowlege and vnderstondinge He preserueth y e welfare of the rightuous and defendeth them y t walke innocently he kepeth them in y e right path and preserueth y e waye of his sayntes Then shalt thou vnderstonde rightuousnesse iudgment and equite yee and euery good path Yf wyszdome entre in to thine herte and y e soule delyte in knowlege then shal councell preserue the and vnderstondinge shal kepe the. That thou mayest be delyuered froÌ„ y e euell waye and from the man y t speaketh fâ—owarde thinges From soch as leaue the hye strete and walke iÌ„ y e wayes of darcknesse which reioyse in doynge euell and delyte iÌ„ wicked thinges whose wayes are croked and their pathes slaunderous That thou mayest be delyuered also from the straunge woman and from her that is not thine owne which geueth swete wordes forsaketh the huszbande of hir youth and forgetteth the couenaunt of hir God For hir house is enclyned vnto death and hir pathes vnto hell All they that go in vnto her come not agayne nether take they holde of the waye of life That thou mayest walke in y e good waye and kepe the pathes of the rightuous For the iust shal dwell in the londe and the innocentes shal remayne in it but the vngodly shal be roted out of y e londe and the wicked doers shal be taken out of it The III. Chapter MY sonne forget not my lawe but se y t thine hert kepe my coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes For they shal proloÌ„ge y e dayes yeares of y e lyfe brynge y e peace Let mercy faithfulnes neuer go from y e bynde theÌ„ about y e necke wryte them in the tables of thine herte So shalt thou fynde fauo r and good vnderstondinge in y e sight of God and men Put thy trust in y e LORDE with all thine herte and leane not vnto thine owne vnderstondinge In all thy wayes haue respecte vnto him and he shal ordre thy goinges Be not wyse in thine owne conceate but feare y e LORDE and departe from euell so shal thy nauel be whole and thy bones stronge Honoure the LORDE w t y e substaunce w t y e firstlinges of all thine encrease so shal thy barnes be fylled with plenteousnesse and thy presses shal flowe ouer with swete wyne My sonne despyse not the chastenynge of y e LORDE nether faynte when thou art rebuked of him For whoÌ„ the LORDE loueth him he chasteneth and yet delyteth in him euen as a father in his owne sonne Well is him that fyndeth wyszdome opteyneth vnderstondinge for the gettinge of it is better then eny marchaundise of syluer the profit of it is better then golde Wyszdome is more worth theÌ„ precious stones all y e thinges y t thou canst desyre are not to be compared vnto her Vpon hir right hande is longe life vpon hir left hande is riches honor. Hir wayes are pleasaunt wayes and all hir pathes are peaceable She is a tre of life to them that laye holde vpon her and blessed are they that kepe her fast With wyszdome hath y e LORDE layed the fouÌ„dacion of y e earth thorow vnderstondinge hath he stablished y e heaueÌ„s Thorow his wiszdome y e depthes breake vp y e cloudes droppe downe the dew My sonne let not these thinges departe from thyne eyes but kepe my lawe and my councell so shal it be life vnto thy soule grace vnto y e mouth Then shalt thou walke safely in y e waye thy fote shal not stomble Yf thou slepest thou shalt not be afrayed but shalt take thy rest slepe swetely Thou neddest not to be afrayed of eny sodane feare nether for the violent russhinge in of the vngodly when it commeth For the LORDE shal be besyde the kepe thy fote y t thou be not taken Refuse not to do good vnto
of God Punishment of the vngodly Chap. XLIII A prophecye of the coÌ„mynge of the Sauioure He putteth them in mynde of the benefites past Chap. XLIIII VnthaÌ„kfulnes of the people The vanite of Idols or ymages The madd foolishnes of those that make theÌ„ or worshipe them Chap. XLV The LORDE onely is the true God of Israel Chap. XLVI Of the destruccion of ymages The power of the true God Chap. XLVII Plages vpon proude Babilon Chap. XLVIII Agaynst the vanite of ymages Chap. XLIX The coÌ„mynge office of Christ. SaluacioÌ„ for the Iewes and for the gentyles Chap. L. The Iewes refused because they haue forsaken their maker and go a whoringe with straunge goddes Chap. LI. The mightie God hath euer done them good yf they cleue to him there shal no body hurte them Chap. LII A promyse of Messias He waketh vp the Iewes and Gentyles also to the commynge of him Chap. LIII He complayneth of the hardneckes of the people testifieth clearly of Christ. Chap. LIIII One church of Iewes GeÌ„tiles Chap. LV. God calleth all men to his goodnes in Christ. Chap. LVI How the church of Christ shulde prepare hir self agaynst his coÌ„mynge A complaynte of false prophetes and rulers Chap. LVII He rebuketh the prophetes râ—lers and the people and promyseth mercy to all soch as wyl turne Chap. LVIII He putteth the prophetes in mynde of their office What the true fast is Chap. LIX Why God heareth not the Iewes Chap. LX. He calleth vnto all soch as feare God that they wyl knowe his goodnes Chap. LXI The office of a prophet fulfilled specially in Christ. Chap. LXII The prophet maye not leaue of to crie to warne and to exorte vntyll the light of grace aryse in Sion Chap. LXIII An exortacion to receaue the Sauioure for to come Chap. LXIIII. He longeth sore for the commynge of the Sauioure sheweth his power prayeth for the people Chap. LXV Of the forsakinge of the Iewes and callinge of the Heithen Chap. LXVI The outwarde ceremonies of the Iewes are refused and here is shewed the true seruyce of God This is the prophecy of Esay the sonne of Amos which he shewed vpon Iuda and Ierusalem In the tyme of Osias Ioathan Ahas and Ezechias kynges of Iuda The first Chapter HEare o heauen herken o earth for the LORDE speaketh I haue norished brought vp children and they are fallen awaye fro me An oxe knoweth his LORDE and an Asse his masters stall but Israel knoweth nothinge my people hath no vnderstondinge Alas for this synful people which are experte in blasphemies a frawerde generacion vnnatural children They haue forsaken the LORDE they haue prouoked the holy one of Israel vnto anger and are gone bacward Wherfore shulde ye be plaged eny more For ye are euer fallinge awaye The whole heade is sick and the herte is very heuy From the sole of the foote vnto the heade there is no whole parte in all yo r body but all are woundes botches sores and strypes which can nether be helped bounde vp molified ner eased with eny oyntment Youre londe lieth waist youre cities are brent vp youre enemies deuoure youre londe and ye must be fayne to stonde and loke vpon it and it is desolate as it were with enemies in a batell Morouer y e doughter of Syonis left alone like a cotage in a vynyearde like a watchouse in tyme of warre like a beseged citie And excepte the LORDE of hostes had left us a few alyue we shulde haue bene as Sodoma like vnto Gomorra Heare the worde of the LORDE ye tyrauntes of Sodoma and herken vnto the lawe of oure God thou people of Gomorra Why offre ye so many sacrifices vnto me I am discontent for the brent offringes of wethers and with y e fatnesse offedbeastes I haue no pleasure in the bloude of bullockes lambes and gootes When ye apeare before me who requyreth you to treade within my porches Offreme no mo oblacions for it is but lost laboure I abhorre youre incense I maye not awaye with youre newmoones youre Sabbathes and solempne dayes You re fastinges are also in vayne I hate youre new holy dayes and fastinges euen fro my very harte They make me weery I can not abyde them Though ye holde out yo r hondes yet turne I myne eyes from you And though ye make many prayers yet heare I nothinge at all for youre hondes are full of bloude Wash you make you clene put awaye yo r euell thoughtes out of my sight cease from doinge of euell and violence Lerne to do right applie youre selues to equyte delyuer the oppressed helpe the fatherlesse to his right let the wydowes complaynte come be fore you Now go to saieth the LORDE we wil talke together Is it not so Though youre synnes be as read as scarlet shal theâ— not be whyter then snowe And though they were like purple shall they not be like whyte woll Is it not so Yf ye be louynge obedient ye shal enioye the best thinge that groweth in the londe But yf ye be obstinate and rebellious ye shal be deuoured with the swerde for thus the LORDE hath promised with his owne mouth How happeneth it then that the rightuous citie which was full of equite is become vnfaithfull as an whore rightuousnes dwelt in it but now murthur Thy Siluer is turned to drosse and thy wyne myxte w t water Thy prynces are traytours and companyons of theues They loue giftes altogether and folowe rewardes As for the fatherles they helpe him not to his right nether wil they let the wydowes causes come before them Therfore speaketh the LORDE God of hostes the mighty one of Israel Ah I must ease me of myne enemies and a venge me vpoÌ„ theÌ„ And therfore shal I laye my honde vpon the and burne out thy drosse from the fynest and purest and put out all thy leade set thy iudges agayne as they were somtyme and thy Senatours as they were from y e begynnynge Then shalt thou be called the rightuous citie the faithful citie But Sion shal be redemed with equyte and hyr captiuyte with rightuousnesse For the transgressours and vngodly and soch as are become vnfaithfull vnto the LORDE must all together be vtterly destroyed And excepte ye be ashamed of the oke-trees wherin ye haue so delited and of the gardeÌ„s that ye haue chosen ye shal be as an oke whose leaues are fallen awaye and as a garden that hath no moystnesse And as for the glory of these thinges it shal be turned to drie strawe and he that made them to a sparke And they shal both burne together so that no man shal be able to quench them The seconde Chapter MOrouer this is the worde that was opened vnto Esaye the sonne of Amos vpon Iuda and Ierusalem It will be also in processe of tyme That the hill where the the house of the LORDE is buylded shal be y e chefe amoÌ„ge
with the saieth the LORDE God so thou becamest myne owne Then waszshed I the with water pourged thy bloude from the. I anoynted the with oyle I gaue the chaunge of raymentes I made the shues of Taxus lether I gyrthed y e aboute w t white sylcke I clothed the with kerchues I decked the w t costly apparell I put rynges vpon thy fyngers a chayne aboute thy necke spaÌ„ges vpoÌ„ thy foreheade eare rynges vpon thyne eares set a beutifull crowne vpon thine heade Thus wast thou deckte with syluer golde thy rayment was of fyne white sylke of nedle worke of dyuerse colours Thou didest eate nothinge but symnels honny oyle maruelous goodly wast thou beutifull yee euen a very Quene wast thou In so moch that thy beuty was spoken of amonge the Heithen for thou wast excelleÌ„t in my beuty which I put vpoÌ„ the saieth the LORDE God But thou hast put confideÌ„ce in thine owne beuty played the harlot when thou haddest gotten the a name Thou hast committed whordome with all that wente by the hast fulfilled their desyres Yee thou hast taken thy garmeÌ„tes of dyuerse colours deckte thine aulters therwith where vpon thou mightest fulfill thine whordome of soch a fashion as neuer was done ner shal be The goodly ornameÌ„tes Iewels which I gaue the of myne owne golde and syluer hast thou takeÌ„ made the meÌ„s ymages therof and committed whordome withall Thy garmentes of dyuerse colours hast thou taken and deckte them therwith myne oyle incense hast thou set before them My meate which I gaue the as symnels oyle hony to fede the withall that hast thou set before them for a swete sauoure And this came also to passe saieth the LORDE God â–ª Thou hast takeÌ„ thine owne sonnes doughters whom thou haddest begotten vnto me â–ª and these hast thou offred vp vnto them to be their meate Is this but a small whordome of thine thinkest thou that thou slayest my children and geuest them ouer to be brâ—â— vnto them And yet in all thy abhominacions and whordome thou hast not remembred the dayes of thy youth how naked and bare thou wast at that tyme troden downe in thine owne bloude After all these thy wickednesses wo wo vnto the saieth y e LORDE thou hast buylded thy stewes and bredel houses in euery place yee at the heade of euery strete hast thou buylded the an aulter Thou hast made thy beuty to be abhorred thou hast layed out thy legges to euery one that came by and multiplied thine whordome Thou hast committed fornicacion with the Egipcians thy neghbours which had moch flesh thus hast thou vsed thine whordome to anger me Beholde I will stretch out myne honde ouer the and wil mynish thy stoare of fode and delyuer the ouer in to the willes of the Philistynes thine enemies which are ashamed of thy abhominable waye Thou hast played the whore also with the Assirians which might not satisfie the Yee thou hast played the harlot not had ynough Thus hast thou still coÌ„mitted thy fornicacion from the londe of Canaan vnto the Caldees and yet thy lust not satisfied How shulde I circumcide thine herte saieth the LORDE God seinge thou doest all these thinges thou precious whore buyldinge thy stewes at the heade of euery strete and thy brodel houses in all places Thou hast not bene as an other whore y t maketh booste of hir wynnynge but as a wife y t breaketh wedlocke taketh other in steade of hir huszboÌ„de Giftes are geuen to all other whores but thou geuest rewardes vnto all thy louers offrest them giftes to come vnto the out of all places to committe fornicacio with the. It is come to passe with the in thy whordomes contrary to the vse of other women yee there hath no soch fornicacion bene committed after the seinge that thou profrest giftes vnto other no rewarde is geuen the this is a contrary thinge Therfore heare the worde of the LORDE o thou harlot Thus saieth the LORDE God For so moch as thou hast speÌ„t thy moneye discouered thy shame thorow thy whordome with all thy louers and with all the Idols of thy abhominacions in the bloude of thy children whom thou hast geuen them Beholde therfore I wil gather together all thy louers vnto whom thou hast made thy self comon yee all them whom thou fauourest and euery one that thou hatest and will discouer thy shame before theÌ„ that they all maye se thy fylthines Morouer I wil iudge the as a breaker of wedlocke and a murthurer and recompence the thine owne bloude in wrath and gelousy I wil geue the ouer in to their power that shal breake downe thy stewes and destroye thy brodel houses they shal stripe the out of thy clothes all thy fayre beutifull Iewels shal they take from the and so let the syt naked bare Yee they shal bringe the comon people vpon the which shal stone the slaye the downe with their sweardes They shall burne vp thy houses and punysh the in the sight of many womeÌ„ Thus wil I make thy whordome to ceasse so that thou shalt geue out no mo rewardes Shulde I make my wrath to be still take my gelousy from the be content and nomore to be displeased seinge thou remembrest not the dayes of thy youth but hast prouoked me to wrath in all these thinges Beholde therfore I wil bringe thine owne wayes vpon thine heade saieth the LORDE God how be it I neuer dyd vnto the acordinge to thy wickednesse and all thy abhominacions Beholde all they y t vse comon prouerbes shall vse this prouerbe also agaynst the Soch a mother soch a doughter Thou art euen thy mothers owne doughter that hath cast of hir houszbonde and hir children Yee thou art the sister of thy sisters which forsoke their huszboÌ„des and their children Youre mother is a Cethite and youre father an Amorite Thine eldest sister is Samaria she and hir doughters that dwel vpoÌ„ thy left honde But thy yongest sister that dwelleth on y e right hoÌ„de is Sodoma and hir doughters Yet hast thou not walked after their wayes ner done after their abhominacions But in all thy wayes thou hast bene more corrupte then they As truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE God Sodoma thy sister with hir doughters hath not done so euel as thou and thy doughters Beholde the synnes of thy sister Sodoma were these Pryde fulnesse of meate abundaunce and Idilnesse these thinges had she and hir doughters Besydes that they reached not their honde to the poore and nedy but were proude and dyd abhominable thinges before me therfore I toke them awaye when I had sene it Nether hath Samaria done half of thy synnes yee thou hast exceaded them in wickednesse In so moch that in comparison of all the abhominacions which thou hast done thou hast made thy sisters good women
youre owne selues for all youre wickednes that ye haue done And ye shal knowe that I am the LORDE when I entreate you after my name not after yo r wicked wayes ner acordinge to youre corrupte workes o ye house of Israel saieth the LORDE Morouer the worde of y e LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of maÌ„ set thy face towarde the south speake to the south wynde and saye to the wodde towarde the souht Heare the worde of the LORDE thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I wil kyndle a fyre in the y t shal coÌ„sume the grene trees w t the drye No man shal be able to quench his flame but all that â—oketh from the south to the north shal be brent therin all flesh shal se that I the LORDE haue kyndled it so that no man maye quench it Then sayde I O LORDE they wil saye of me Tush they are but fables that he telleth The XXI Chapter THe worde of the LORDE came to me sayenge Thou sonne of man set thy face towarde Ierusalem speake agaynst the Sanctuary prophecie agaynst the londe of Israel saye to the loÌ„de of Israel Thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I wil vpon the wil drawe my swearde out of y e sheth rote out of y e both the rightuous the wicked Seinge then that I will rote out of the both the rightuous wicked therfore shal my swearde go out of his sheth agaynst all flesh from the north to the south that all flesh maye knowe how that I the LORDE haue drawen my swearde out of the sheth it shal not be put in agayne Mourne therfore o thou sonne of man y t thy loynes crack withall yee mourne bytterly for them And yf they saye wherfore mournest thou Then tell them for the tydinges that commeth at the which all hertes shall melt all hondes shal be letten downe all stomackes shal faynte and all knees shall waxe feble Beholde it commeth shal be fulfilled saieth the LORDE God Agayne the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man prophecie and speake Thus saieth the LORDE God speake the swearde is sharpened wel scoured Sharpened is it for the slaughter scoured y t it maye be bright O the destroyenge staff of my sonne shal bringe downe all wodde He hath put his swearde to y e dightinge y t good holde maye be takeÌ„ of it This swearde is sharpened dight y t it maye be geuen in to the honde of the manslayer Crie o thou sonne of man and howle for this swearde shal smyte my people all the rulers in Israel which with my people shall be slayne downe to the grounde thorow this swearde Smyte thou vpoÌ„ thy thee for wherfore shulde not the plage staff of indgmeÌ„t come Prophecy thou sonne of man smyte thine hoÌ„des together make the swearde two edged yee make it thre edged y t manslayers swearde that swearde of the greate slaughter which shal smyte them euen in their preuy chambres to make them abaszshed faynte at the hertes in all gates to make some of them fall O how bright and sharpe is it how wel dight mete for y e slaughter Get the to some place alone ether vpon the right honde or on the lefte whither so euer thy face turneth I wil smyte my hondes together also and satisfie my wrothfull indignacion Euen I the LORDE haue sayde it The worde of the LORDE came yet vnto me agayne sayenge Thou sonne of man make the two stretes that the swearde of y e kinge of BabiloÌ„ maye come Both these stretes shall go out of one londe He shal set him vp a place at the heade of the strete shal be chose him out a corner Make y e a strete that the swearde maye come towarde Rabath of the Ammonites and to the stronge cite of Ierusalem For the kinge of Babilon shall stonde in the turnynge of the waye at the heade of the two stretes to axe councell at the soythsayers castinge the lottes with his arowes to axe councell at the Idols and to loke in the lyuer But the soythsayenge shall poynte to the right syde vpon Ierusalem that he maye set men of warre to smyte it with a greate noyse to crie out Alarum to set batellrammes agaynst the gates to graue vp dyches to make bulworkes Neuertheles as for y e soythsayenge they shall holde it but for vanite euen as though a iest were tolde them Yee and they them selues remembre their wickednesse so that by right they must be takeÌ„ and wonne Therfore saieth the LORDE God For so moch as ye youre selues shewe youre offence and haue opened youre wickednesse so that in all youre workes men maye se youre synnes Yet in so moch I saye that ye youreselues haue made mencion therof ye shal be taken by violence O thou shameful wicked gyde of Israel whose daye is come â–ª euen the tyme that wickednesse shall haue an ende Thus saieth the LORDE God take awaye the mytre and put of the crowne and so is it awaye the humble is exalted and the proude brought lowe Punysh punysh yee punysh them will I and destroye them and that shall not be fulfilled vntill he come to whom the iudgment belongeth and to whom I haue geueÌ„ it And thou o sonne of man prophecy speake Thus saieth the LORDE God to the children of Ammon to their blasphemy speake then The swearde the swearde is drawen forth alredy to the slaughter sâ—â—ured that it glistreth because thou hast loked the out vanities prophecied lyes y t it maye come vpon thy necke like as vpoÌ„ the other vngodly which be slayne whose daye came when their wickednesse was full Though it were put vp agayne into the sheath yet will I punysh the in the londe where thou wast norished borne and poure my indignacion vpon the and will blowe vpon the in the fyre of my wrath and delyuer the vnto cruell people which are lerned to destroye Thou shalt fede the fyre and y t bloude shall be shed in the londe that thou mayest be put out of remembraunce Euen I the LORDE haue spoken it The XXII Chapter MOrouer the worde of y e LORDE came vnto me sayde Thou sonne of man wilt thou not reproue this bloudthurstie cite Shewe theÌ„ their abhominacioÌ„s tell them Thus saieth the LORDE God O thou cite y t sheddest bloude in y e myddest of the y t thy tyme maye come also and makest the Idols to defyle the withall Thou hast made thy self gilty in y e bloude y t thou hast shed defyled y e iÌ„ y e ydols which thou hast made Thou hast caused thy daies to drawe nye made the tyme of thy yeares to come Therfore will I make y e to be confounded amoÌ„ge the HeitheÌ„ to be despised in all the loÌ„des whether they be nye or farre froÌ„ the they shal laugh
mountaynes in all valleys his bowes shall be broken downe to the grounde thorow out the londe Then all the people of the londe shal go from his shadowe and forsake him When he is fallē all y e foules of y e ayre shal syt vpon him and all wilde beestes of the felde shal go aboute amonge his braūches so that from hence forth no tre in the water shall attayne to his hyenesse nor reach his toppe vnto the cloudes nether shall eny tre off the water stonde so hye as he hath done For vnto death shall they all be delyuered vnder the earth and go downe to y e graue like other men Morouer thus saieth the LORDE God In the daye when he goeth downe to the graue I wil cause a lamentacion to be made I will couer the depe vpon him I will staunch his floudes and the greate waters shal be restrayned I shall cause Libanus to be soroufull for his sake and all the trees off the felde shall be smyttē I wil make the Heithen shake at the sounde of his fall when I cast him downe to hell with them y t descende in to the pytte All the trees of Eden w t all the chosen and besttrees of Libanus yee and all they that are planted vpon the waters shal mourne with him also in the lower habitaciōs for they shal go downe to hell w t him vnto thē that be slayne with the swearde which dwelt afore vnder the shadow off his arme amōge the Heithē To whom shalt thou be lickened that art so glorious greate amonge the trees off Eden Yet art thou cast downe vnder y e earth amonge the trees off Eden where thou must lye amonge the vncircumcised with them that be slayne w t the swearde Euen thus is it with Pharao all his people saieth the LORDE God The XXXII Chapter IN the xij yeare the first daye of the xij Moneth the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man take vp a lamentacion vpō Pharao the kynge of Egipte saye vnto him Thou art reputed as a Lyon of the Heithen as a whalfish in the see Thou castest y t waters aboute the thou troublest the waters w t thy fete and stampest in their floudes Thus sayeth the LORDE God I wil sprede my net ouer y e namely a greate multitude of people these shal dryue the into my yarne for I will cast the vpō the lōde and let the lye vpō the felde that all the foules of the ayre maye syt vpō the I wil geue all the beastes of the felde ynough off the. Thy flesh will I cast vpō the hilles and fyll the valleys with thy hyenesse I will water the londe with the abundaunce off thy bloude euen to the moūtaynes y e valleys shal be full off the. When thou art put out I will couer the heauen and make his starres dymme I will sprede a cloude ouer the Sonne ād the Moone shall not geue hir light All the lightes off heauen will I put out ouer the and bringe darcknesse vpon thy londe saieth y e LORDE God I wil trouble the hertes off many people when I bringe thy destruccion amōge the Heithen and countrees whom thou knowest not Yee I will make many people with their kynges so afrayed thorow y e that their hayre shal stonde vp whē I shake my swearde at their faces Sodenly shal they be astonnyed euery man in him self at y e daye of thy fall For thus saieth the LORDE God the kynge of Babilons swearde shal come vpon y e with y e sweardes of the worthies will I smyte downe thy people All they that be mightie amonge the Gētiles shal waist the proude pompe of Egipte and brynge downe all hir people All the catell also of Egipte wil I destroye that they shal come nomore vpō the waters so that nether mās fote ner beastes clawe shal stere them eny more Then wil I make their waters cleare and cause their floudes to runne like oyle sayeth the LORDE God when I make the londe of Egipte desolate and when y e countre with all that is therin shal be layde waist and whē I smyte all thē which dwell in it that they maye knowe that I am the LORDE This is the mournynge that the doughters off the Heithen shall make Yee a sorow and lamentaciō shal they take vp vpon Egipte and all hir people saieth the LORDE God In the xij yeare the xv daye of the Moneth came the worde off the LORDE vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man Take vp a lamentacion vpon the people of Egipte and cast them downe yee ād the mightie people of the Heithē also euen with thē that dwell beneth and with them that go downe in to the graue Downe how fayre so euer thou be and laye the with the vncircircumcised Amōge those that be slayne with the swearde shal they lye The swearde is geuen alredy ▪ he shal be drawen forth and all his people The mightie worthies and his helpers y t be gone downe and lye with the vncircumcised and with them that be slayne with y e swearde shal speake to him out of the hell Assur is there also with his company ād their graues rounde aboute which were slayne ād fell all with the swearde whose graues lye besyde him in the lowe pytte His comōs are buried rounde aboute his graue alltogether wounded and slayne with the swearde which men afore tyme brought feare into y e londe off the lyuynge There is Elam also with all his people and their graues rounde aboute which all beynge wounded and slayne with the swearde are gone downe vncircumcised vnder the earth which neuertheles somtyme brought feare in to the londe off the lyuynge for the which they beare their shame with the other that be gone downe to y e graue Their buryall is geuen them and all their people amonge them that be slayne Their graues are rounde aboute all them which be vncircumcised and with them that be slay ▪ thorow the swearde for seynge that in tymes past they made the londe off the lyuynge afrayed they must now beare their owne shame with them that go downe to the pytte and lye amonge them that be slayne There is Mesech also and Tubal and their people and their graues rounde aboute These all are amonge the vncircūcised and them that be slayne with the swearde because afore tyme they made the londe off the lyuynge afrayed Shulde not they then lye also amonge y e worthies and vncircumcised Giauntes which w t their weapens are gone downe to hel whose sweardes are layed vnder their heades whose wickednesse is vpon their bones because that as worthies they haue brought feare in to y e lōde of y e lyuinge Yee amōge the vncircūcised shalt thou be destroyed and slepe with them that perished thorow the swearde There is the lōde off Edom with hir kynges and prynces also which w t
his lawes pondre well with thine herte the commynge in of the house and the goinge forth of the Sanctuary and tell that obstinate housholde of Israel Thus saieth the LORDE God O house of Israel ye haue now done ynough with all youre abhominaciōs seynge that ye haue brought in to my Sanctuary straungers hauynge vncircumcised hertes flesh where thorow my Sāctuary is defiled whē ye offre my bred fat bloude Thus with all youre abhominacions ye haue broken my couenaunt and not kepte the holy ordinaunces of my Sanctuary ▪ but set kepers of my Sanctuary euen after youre owne mynde Therfore thus saieth y e LORDE God Of all the straungers that dwell amōge the childrē of Israel no straunger whose herte flesh is not circumcised shal come within my Sanctuary No ner the Leuites that be gone backe fro me and haue disceaued the people of Israel with erroures goinge after their Idols therfore shal thei beare their owne wickednes Shulde they be set and ordened to ministre vnder the dores of the house of my Sanctuary and to do seruyce in the house to slaye burnt offringes and sacrifices for y e people to stōde before them and to serue them seynge the seruyce that they do them is before their Idols and cause the house of Israel to stomble thorow wickednesse For the which cause I haue pluckte out myne honde ouer them saieth the LORDE so that now they must beare their owne iniquyte and not to come nye me to serue me with their preasheade in my Sanctuary and most holyest of all that they maye beare their owne shame and abhominacions which they haue done Shulde I vse them to be porters of the house and to all the seruyce y t is done therin But the prestes y e Leuites the sonnes of Sadoch that kepte the holy ordinaunces of my Sanctuary when the children of Israel were gone fro me shal come to me to do me seruyce to stonde before me and to offre me the fat and the bloude saieth the LORDE God They shall go in to my Sanctuary and treade before my table to do me seruyce and to waite vpō myne ordinaunces Now whē they go in at the dores of the ynnermer courte they shal put on lynnynge clothes so that no wollyne come vpon them whyle they do seruyce vnder the dores of y e ynnermer courte and within They shal haue fayre lynnynge bonettes vpon their heades and lynnynge breches vpon their loynes which in their laboure they shal not put aboute them And when they go forth to the people in to the outwarde courte they shal put of the clothes wherin they haue ministred and laye them in the habitacion of the Sanctuary put on other apparell lest they onhalowe y e people with their clothes They shal not shaue their heades ner norish the bushe of their hayre but roūde their heades only All the prestes that go in to the ynmost courte shall drynke no wyne They shall mary no wydowe nether one that is put from hir huszbonde but a mayde of the sede of the house of Israel or a wydowe that hath had a prest before They shal shewe my people the difference betwene the holy and vnholy betwixte the clene and vnclene Yf eny discorde aryse they shal discerne it and geue sentence after my iudgmentes My solempne feastes my lawes and ordinaunces shal they kepe and halowe my Sabbathes They shal come at no deed persone to defyle them selues excepte it be father or mother sonne or doughter brother or sister that hath had yet no husbonde in soch they maye be defyled And when he is clensed there shal be rekened vnto him vij dayes and yf he go into the Sanctuary agayne to do seruyce he shal bringe a syn offringe saieth the LORDE God They shall haue an heretage yee I my self wil be their heretage els shall ye geue thē no possession in Israel for I am their possession The meat offringe syn offringe trespace offringe shal they eate and euery dedicate thinge in Israel shal be theirs The firstlinges of all the first frutes and all fre will offringes shal be the prestes Ye shall geue vnto the prest also the firstlinges of youre dowe that God maye prospere the resydue But no deed carion shall the prest eate ner soch as is deuoured of wilde beestes foules or catell The XLV Chapter WHen ye deuyde the lōde by the lott ye shal put asyde one parte for the LORDE to be holy from other londes namely xxv M meteroddes longe and x M brode This shal be holy as wyde as it is rounde aboute Of this parte there shal be longe vnto the Sanctuary v C meteroddes in all the foure corners and l cubites wyde rounde aboute to the suburbes And from this meausre namely of xxv M metteroddes longe and x M brode thou shalt measure wherin the Sanctuary and the holiest of all maye stonde The resydue of that holy grounde shall be the prestes which do seruyce in the Sanctuary of the LORDE and go in before the LORDE to serue him that they maye haue rowme to dwell in As for the Sanctuary it shal stonde for it self and to the Leuites the serue in that house there shal be geuen xx habitacions of the xxv M lēgth x M bredth ye shal geue also vnto the cite a possessiō of v M meteroddes brode xxv M longe besyde the parte of y e Sanctuary that shal be for the whole house of Israel Vpon both the sydes of the Sanctuarys parte by the cite there shal be geuen vnto the prynce what so euer lyeth ouer agaynst the cite as farre as reacheth westwarde and eastwarde which shal be as longe as one parte frō y e west vnto y e east This shal be his owne lōde in Israel that my princes be nomore chargeable vnto my people And soch as remayneth yet ouer in the londe shal be geuen to the house of Israel acordinge to their trybes Thus saieth the LORDE God O ye princes ye haue now oppressed and destroyed ynough now leaue of handle now acordinge to the thinge that is equall and laufull and thrust out my people nomore sayeth y e LORDE God Ye shal haue a true weight a true Epha a true Bat. The Epha the Bat shal be a like One Bat shal cōteyne y e tēth parte of an Homer and so shal one Epha do their measure shal be after y e Homer One Sycle maketh xx Geras So xx Sycles and xxv xv Sycles make a pounde This is the Heaue offrynge that ye shal geue to be heaued namely the xvj parte of an Epha out of an Homer of wheat and the xvj parte of an Epha out of an Homer of barlie The oyle shal be measured with the Bat euen the x. parte of one Bat out of a Cor. Ten Battes make one Homer for one Homer maketh ten Battes And one lābe from two
bloude from the vexacions of oure enemies he shal brynge downe all the Heithen that ryse vp agaynst vs and put them to dishonoure euē the LORDE oure God Therfore deare brethren seinge ye are the honorable and elders in the people of God vnto whom all y e people haue respecte and vpon whom the life of the people stondeth lift vp their hertes with youre exortacion y t they maye call to remembraunce how oure fathers also in tymes past were tempted y t they might be proued yf they worshipped their God a right They ought to remēbre how oure father Abraham beinge tempted and tryed thorow many tribulacions was founde a louer and frende of God So was Isaac so was Iacob so was Moses and all they that pleased God beinge tryed thorow many troubles were foūde stedfast in faith Agayne they that receaued not their tentacions with the feare of God but put thē selues forth with vnpaciency and murmurynge agaynst God perished of the destroyer and were slayne of serpentes And therfore shulde not we vndertake to be auenged for the thinge that is done vnto vs but to considre that all these punyshmentes are farre lesse then oure synnes myszdedes Beleuynge also that this correccion commeth vnto vs as to the seruauntes of God for amendment and not for oure destruccion Then sayde Osias the elders vnto Iudith All that thou speakest is true and no mā can reproue y e wordes Praie thou for vs now therfore vnto God for thou art an holy womā and fearest God And Iudith sayde vnto them Seynge ye knowe that my wordes are of God then proue my councell and deuice yf it be of God and beseke God that he wyll brynge my councell to a good ende Thus haue I deuysed Ye shal stōde this night before the porte and I wyll go forth with Abra my maydē Praye ye therfore vnto God that he wyl graciously remēbre his people of Israel within fyue daies as ye haue sayde As for the thinge that I go in hande withall axe ye no questions of it tyll Iopen it vnto you myself do ye nothinge els but praye vnto the LORDE youre God for me Then Osias the prynce of the people of Iuda sayde vnto her Go thy waye in peace the LORDE be with the that we maye be auenged of oure enemies And so they wente from her agayne The IX Chapter NOw whā they were gone their way Iudith wente in to hir oratory put on an hayrie smock strowed aszhes vpon hir heade fell downe before the LORDE and cryed vnto him sayenge O LORDE God of my father Symeon which gauest him a swerde for a defence agaynst the enemies that vsed violence and wilfulnes and that rauyshed y e vyrgin and put her to dishonesty Thou that gauest their wiues in to a praye and their daughters in to captiuyte and all their praye for a spoyle vnto thy seruauntes which bare a zele vnto the helpe me wyddow O LORDE my God I beseke ye. For thou hast done all thinges from the begynnynge and loke what thou hast taken in hande and deuysed it came euer to passe For all thy wayes are prepared thy iudgmentes are done in thy euerlastinge fore knowlege O loke now vpon the armyes of the Assirians like as it was thy pleasure somtyme to loke vpon the hoost of the Egipcians whan they beynge weapened persecuted thy seruauntes put their trust in their charettes horsmen and in the multitude of their men of warre But thou lokedest vpon their hoost castinge a thick darcknes before them and whan they came in to the depe the waters ouerwhelmed them Euē so LORDE let it go with these that trust in y e power and multitude of their men of warre in their charettes arowes speares and knowe not that thou onely art oure God which destroyest warres from the begynnynge and that thou art the LORDE O lift vp thine arme now like as euer from y e begynnynge and in thy power brynge their power to naught cause their might to fall in thy wrath They make their boast y t they wyl vnhalowe and defyle thy Sanctuary and to waist the tabernacle of y e name and to cast downe the horne of thine aulter with their swerde Brynge to passe O LORDE y t the pryde of the enemye maye be cut downe with his owne swerde that he maie be taken with the snare of his eyes in me and y t thou mayest smyte him with the lippes of my loue O geue me a stedfast mynde that I maye despyse him and his strength and that I maye destroye him This shal brynge thy name an euerlastinge remēbraunce yf the hande of a woman ouerthrowe him For thy power O LORDE stondeth not in y e power of men nether hast thou eny pleasure in the strēgth of horses There was neuer proude personne that pleased the but in the prayer of the humble and meke hath thy pleasure bene euermore O thou God of the heauens thou maker of the waters and LORDE of all creatures heare me poore woman callynge vpon the and puttynge my trust in thy mercy Remembre thy couenaunt O LORDE and mynister wordes in my mouth stablysh this deuyce in my hert that thy house maye contynue still in holynes and that all the Heithen maye knowe and vnderstōde that thou art God and that there is none other but thou The X. Chapter ANd whan she had left of cryenge vnto the LORDE she rose vp from the place where she had lyen flat before the LORDE and called hir mayde wente downe in to hir house layed y e hayrie cloth from her put of the garmentes of hir wyddowhode waszshed hir body anoynted hir self with precious thinges of swete sauoure broyded and plated hir hayre sett an hooue vpon hir heade and put on soch apparell as belongeth vnto gladnesse slippers vpon hir fete armelettes spanges earynges fynger rynges and deckte herself with all hir best araye The LORDE gaue her also a speciall beutye and fayrnesse for all this deckinge of hir self was not done for eny volupteousnesse and pleasure of the flesh but of a right discrecion and vertue therfore dyd the LORDE increase hir bewtye so y t she was exceadinge amyable and welfauoured in all mens eyes She gaue hir mayde also a bottell of wyne a pot with oyle pottage cakes bred chese and wente hir waye Now whan she came to the porte of the cite she founde Osias and the elders of the cite waitinge there Which whan they sawe her they were astonnyed marueled greatly at her bewty neuertheles they axed no question at her but let her go sayenge The God of oure fathers geue y e his grace and with his power perfourme all the deuyce of thy hert that Ierusalem maye reioyse ouer the and that thy name maye be in the nombre of the holy righteous And all they y t were there sayde w t one voyce so be it so be
to come in to my lorde that she maye be honoured before him that she maye eate and drynke wyne and be mery with him Vnto whom Iudith answered Who am I that I shulde saye my lorde naye what so euer is good before his eyes I shal do it and loke what is his pleasure that shal I thinke well done as longe as I lyue So she stode vp and deckte hirself with hir apparell and wente in and stode before him And Holofernes hert was whole moued so that he brent in desyre towarde her And Holofernes sayde vnto her drynke now and sytt downe and be mery for thou hast founde fauoure before me Then sayde Iudith Syr I wil drynke for my mynde is meryer to daye then euer it was in all my life And she toke and ate and dranke before him the thinges that hir mayden had prepared for her And Holofernes was mery w t her and dranke more wyne then euer he dyd afore in his life The XIII Chapter NOw whan it was late in the night his seruauntes made haist euery mā to his lodginge And Vagao shutt the chamber dores and wente his waye for they were all ouerladen with wyne So was Iudith alone in the chamber As for Holofernes he laye vpon the bed all droncken and of very dronkennes fell a slepe Then commaunded Iudith hir mayden to stōde without before the dore and to wayte And Iudith stode before the bed makynge hir prayer with teares and moued hir lippes secretly and sayde Strength me O LORDE God of Israel and haue respecte vnto the workes of my handes in this houre that thou mayest set vp thy cite of Ierusalem like as thou hast promysed O graunte that by the I maye perfourme the thinge which I haue deuysed thorow the beleue that I haue in the. And whan she had spoken this she wente to the bedsteade and lowsed the swerde that hanged vpon it and drew it out Then toke she holde of the hairie lockes of his heade and sayde Strength me o LORDE God in this houre and with that she gaue him two strokes vpon the neck and smote of his heade Then toke she the canapy awaye and rolled the deed body asyde Immediatly she gat her forth and delyuered the head of Holofernes vnto hir mayden and bad hir put it in hir walett And so these two wente forth together after their custome as though they wolde praye and so passed by the hoost and came thorow the valley vnto the porte of the cite And Iudith cried a farre of vnto y e watch men vpon the walles Open the gates sayde she for God is with vs which hath shewed his power in Israel And whan they herde hir voyce they called the elders of the cite together And they came all to mete her litle greate yonge olde for they thought not that she shulde haue come so soone So they lighted candels and gathered aboute hir euaerichone but she wente vp into an hye place and caused sylence to be proclamed Whan euery man now helde his tonge Iudith sayde O prayse the LORDE oure God for he hath not despysed ner forsaken them that put their trust in him and in me his honde mayden he hath perfourmed his mercy which he promysed vnto the house of Israel yee in my hāde this same night hath he slayne the enemy of his people And with that she toke forth the heade of Holofernes out of the walett and shewed it them sayenge Beholde the heade of Holofernes the captayne of the Assiriās and this is the canapy wherin he laye in his dronkennes where the LORDE oure God hath slayne him by the hande of a woman But as truly as the LORDE lyueth his angell hath kepte me goinge thither remayninge there and commynge hither agayne from thence And the LORDE hath not suffred me his handmayden to be defyled but without eny fylthynes of synne hath he brought me agayne vnto you y t with greate victory so that I am escaped and ye delyuered O geue thankes vnto him euerychone for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer So they praysed the LORDE alltogether and gaue thākes vnto him And to her they sayde The LORDE hath blessed the in his power for thorow the he hath brought oure enemies to naught And Ozias y e chefe ruler of the people of Israel sayde vnto her Blessed art thou of the LORDE the hye God aboue all wemen vpon earth Blessed be the LORDE the maker of heauen and earth which hath gyded y e a right to wounde and to smyte of the heade of the captayne of oure enemies For this daye he hath made thy name so honorable that thy prayse shall neuer come out of the mouth of mē which shal all waye remembre y e power of the LORDE seinge thou hast not spared thine owne self but put the in ieoperdy consideringe the anguysh and trouble of thy people and so hast helped their fall before God o r LORDE And all the people sayde Amē Amen Achior also was called he came Then sayde Iudith vnto him The God of Israel vnto whō thou gauest wytnes that he wolde be auenged of his enemies euen he hath this night thorow my hande smyttē of the head of all the vnfaithfull And that thou mayest se that it so is beholde this is y e heade of Holofernes which in his presumptuous pryde despysed the God of the people of Israel and threatened y e with destruccion sayenge whan the people of Israel is takē I shall cause the also to be stickte with the swerde Whan Achior sawe Holofernes heade ▪ he fell downe vpon his face to the grounde for very anguish feare so y t he swowned with all But after that he was come agayne to himself he fell downe before her praysed her sayēge Blessed art thou of thy God in all the tabernacles of Iacob for all the people that heare of thy name shall prayse the God of Israel because of the. The XIIII Chapter IVdith saide vnto all the people Brethren heare me Styck vp this heade vpon oure walles and whan the Sonne aryseth take euery man his weapen and fall out violently not as though ye wolde go besyde them but to renne vpon them with violence Whan the spyes in the tētes se this they shall of necessite be cōpelled to fle bacwarde and to rayse vp their captayne to the battayll So whā their captaynes come in to Holofernes pauylion and fynde the deed body wrapped in the bloude fearfulnes shall fall vpon them and whan ye perceaue that they fle folowe them without all care for God shal delyuer them vnto you to be destroyed Then Achior seynge the power of God which he had shewed vnto the people of Israel fell of from his Heithenish beleue and put his trust in God and let him self be circumcided and so was he nombred amonge the people of Israel he and all his posterite vnto this daye Now as soone as it was
Iudas one of the twolue came and with him a greate multitude with swerdes and staues sent froÌ„ the hye prestes and elders of the people And he that betrayed him had geuen them a tokeÌ„ sayenge Whom so euer I kysse that same is he laye hoÌ„des vpoÌ„ him And forth withal he came to Iesus and sayde Hayle master and kyssed him And Iesus sayde vnto him Frende wherfore art thou come Then came they and layed hondes vpon Iesus and toke him And beholde one of them that were with Iesus stretched out his honde and drue his swerde and stroke a seruaunt of the hye prestes smote of his eare Then sayde Iesus vnto him Put vp y e swerde in to his place For all that take the swerde shal perish with the swerde Or thinkest thou that I can not praye my father now to sende me more then twolue legions of angels But how theÌ„ shulde the scriptures be fulfylled For thus must it be In the same houre sayde Iesus vnto the multitude Ye are come out as it were to a murthurer with swerdes and staues for to take me I sat daylie teachinge in the temple amonge you and ye toke me not But all this is done that the scriptures of the prophetes might be fulfylled TheÌ„ all the disciples left him and fled But they that toke Iesus led him to Caiphas the hye prest where the scrybes and the elders were gathered together As for Peter he folowed him a farre of vnto the hye prestes palace wente in and sat with the seruauntes that he might se the ende But the hye prestes and the elders and the whole councell sought false wytnesse ageynst Iesus that they might put him to death and founde none And though many false wytnesses stepte forth yet founde they none At the last there stepte forth two false wytnesses spake He sayde I can breake downe the temple of God and buylde it agayne in thre dayes And the hye prest stode vp and sayde vnto him Answerest thou nothinge vnto it that these testifie agaynst the Neuertheles Iesus helde his tonge And the hye prest answered and sayde vnto him I charge the by y e lyuynge God that thou tell us yf thou be Christ the sonne of God Iesus spake Thou hast sayde it Neuerthelesse I saye vnto you From this tyme forth it shal come to passe that ye shal se the sonne of man syttinge vpon the right hande of the power of God and commynge in the cloudes of the heauen Then the hye prest rente his clothes and sayde He hath blasphemed what nede we eny mo wytnesses Lo now haue ye herde his blasphemy What thinke ye They answered sayde He is gyltie of death Then spytted they in his face smote him with fistes Some smote him vpon the face and sayde Prophecie vnto vs thou Christ who is it that smote the As for Peter he sat without in the palace And there came vnto him a damsell and sayde And thou wast with Iesus of Galile also Neuertheles he denyed before theÌ„ all and sayde I can not tell what thou sayest But whan he weÌ„te out at the dore another damsell sawe him and sayde vnto them that were there This was also with Iesus of Nazareth And he denyed agayne and sware also I knowe not the maÌ„ And after a litle whyle they that stode there stepte forth and sayde vnto Peter Of a trueth thou art one of them also for thy speach be wrayeth the. Then begaÌ„ne he to curse and to sweare I knowe not the man And immediatly the cock crew Then thought Peter vpon the wordes of Iesus which sayde vnto him before the cock crow thou shalt denye me thryse And he wente out and wepte bytterly The XXVII Chapter VPon the morow all the hye prestes and elders of the people helde a councell agaynst Iesus that they might put him to death and bounde him and led him forth and delyuered him vnto Pontius Pilate the debyte When Iudas which betrayed him sawe this that he was condemned vnto death it repented him and brought agayne the thirtie syluer pens to the hye prestes and the elders and sayde I haue done euell in that I haue betrayed innoceÌ„t bloude They sayde What haue we to do with y t Se thou therto And he cast the syluer pens in the teÌ„ple and gat him awaye and wente and hanged him self So the hye prestes toke the syluer pens and sayde It is not laufull to put them in to the Gods chest for it is bloudmoney Neuertheles they helde a councell and bought with theÌ„ a potters felde for to burye strauÌ„gers in Wherfore the same felde is called the bloudfelde vnto this daye Then was that fulfylled which was spoken by Ieremy the prophet sayenge And they toke thirtie syluer pens the pryce of him that was solde whom they bought of the children of Israell and these they gaue for a potters felde as the LORDE commaunded me As for Iesus he stode before the debyte and the debyte axed him and sayde Art thou the kynge of the Iewes And Iesus sayde vnto him Thou sayest it And whaÌ„ he was accused of the hye prestes and elders he answered nothinge Then sayde Pylate vnto him Hearest thou not how sore they accuse the And he answered him not one worde in so moch that the debyte marueled exceadingly At that feast the debyte was woÌ„te to delyuer a presoner fre vnto the people whom they wolde And at the same tyme he had a notable presoner called Barrabas And whan they were gathered together Pylate sayde vnto them Whether wil ye that I geue lowse vnto you Barrabas or Iesus which is called Christ For he knewe well that they had delyuered him of enuye And whaÌ„ he sat vpoÌ„ the iudgmeÌ„t seate his wife sent vnto him sayenge Haue thou nothinge to do with that righteous man for I haue suffred many thinges this daye in a dreame because of him But the hye prestes and the elders persuaded the people that they shulde axe Barrabas and destroye Iesus Then answered the debyte sayde vnto theÌ„ Whether of these two wyl ye y t I geue lowse vnto you They sayde Barrabas Pylate sayâ—â— vnto them What shal I do then with Iesus which is called Christ They sayde all let him be crucified The debyte saide What euell hath he done theÌ„ Neuertheles they cried yet more and sayde let him be crucified So whan Pilate sawe that he coude not helpe but that there was a greater vproure he toke water and waszhed his handes before the people and sayde I am vngiltie of y e bloude of this righteous man Se ye therto Then answered all the people and sayde His bloude come vpon vs and vpon oure children Then gaue he Barrabas lowse vnto theÌ„ but caused Iesus be scourged and delyuered him to be crucified â–ª Then the debites soudyers toke Iesus in to the comon
vpoÌ„ the house of Israel and vpon the house off Iuda a new Testament not as the Testament which I made with their fathers in that daye whan I toke them by the handes to lede them out of the londe of Egipte for they contynued not in my Testament and I regarded them not sayeth the LORDE For this is the Testament that I wil make w t the house of Israell after those dayes sayeth the LORDE I wyl geue my lawes in their mynde and in their hertes wyl I wryte them And I wil be their God and they shal be my people and they shal not teach euery maÌ„ his neghboure and euery man his brother sayenge knowe y e LORDE for they shal knowe me from the leest to the most of them for I wil be mercifull ouer their vnrighteousnesses And on their synnes on their iniquyties wyl I not thynke eny more In that he sayeth A new he weereth out y e olde Now y t which is worne out and waxed olde is ready to vanish awaye The IX Chapter THat first Tabernacle verely had ordinaunces and seruynges off God and outwarde holynes For there was made a foretabernacle wherin was y e candilsticke and the table and the shewe bred and this is called y e Holy But behynde the seconde vayle was the Tabernacle which is called Holiest of all which had the golden censor and the Arke of the Testament ouerlayed rounde aboute with golde wherin was the golden pot with Manna and Aarons rodd that florished and the tables of the Testament Aboue therin were the Cherubins off glory ouershadowynge the Mercyseate Of which thinges it is not now to speake perticularly When these thinges were thus ordeyned the prestes wente allwayes in to the first Tabernacle and excuted y e seruyce of God But in to the seconde wente the hye prest alone once in the yeare not without bloude which he offred for himselfe and for the ignoraunce of the people Wherwith the holy goost this signifyeth that the waye of holynes was not yet opened whyle as yet the first Tabernacle was stondynge Which was a symilitude for the tyme then present in the which were offred giftes and sacrifices and coulde not make perfecte as partaynynge to the conscience him that dyd the Gods seruyce onely with meates and drynkes and dyuerse waszhinges and iustifienges of the flesh which were ordeyned vnto the tyme of reformacion But Christ beynge an hye prest of good thinges to come came by a greater and a more perfecte Tabernacle not made with handes that is to saye not of this maner buyldynge nether by the bloude of goates or calues but by his owne bloude entred he once for all in to the holy place and hath founde eternall redempcion For yff the bloude off oxen and off goates and the aszhes off the cowe whan it is sprenkled haloweth the vncleane as touchynge the purificacion of the flesh How moch more shal the bloude of Christ which thorow the eternall sprete offred him selfe without spot vnto God pourge oure conscience from deed workes for to serue tâ—â—geuynge God And for this cause is â—â—â—eâ—diatour of the new 〈…〉 thorow death which chaursed 〈◊〉 redempcion of those traÌ„sgressons that were vnder the first Testament they which were called mighte receaue the promes of eternall inheritaunce For where soeuer is a Testament there must also be the death of him that maketh the testament For a TestameÌ„t taketh auctorite whan men are deed for it is of no value as longe as he that made it is alyue For the which cause that first TestameÌ„t also was not ordeyned without bloude For whan all the commaundementes acordinge to the lawe were red of Moses vnto all the people he toke y e bloude of calues and of goates with water and purple woll and ysope and sprenkled the boke and all the people sayenge * This is the bloude of the Testament which God hath appoynted vnto you And the Tabernakle and all the vessels of the Gods seruyce sprenkled he with bloude likewyse And allmost all thinges are pourged with bloude after the lawe and without sheddynge of bloude is no remyssion It is necessary then that the symilitude of heauenly thinges be purified with soche but y e heauenly thinges themselues are purified with better sacrifices then are those For Christ is not entred in to the holy places y t are made with handes which are but symilitudes of true thinges but in to the very heauen for to apeare now before the face of God for vs Not to offer himselfe offâ— as the hye prest entreth in to the holy place euery yeare with straunge bloude for theÌ„ must he often haue suffred sence the worlde beganne But now in the ende of the worlde hath he appeared once to put synne to flight by the offerynge vp of himselfe And as it is appoynted vnto meÌ„ y t they shal once dye and then coÌ„meth the iudgmeÌ„t EueÌ„ so Christ was once offred to take awaye the synnes of many And vnto them that loke for him shal he appeare agayne without synne vnto saluacion The X. Chapter FOr the lawe * which hath but the shadowe off good thinges to come and not the thinges in their awne fashion can neuer by the sacrifices which they offer yeare by yeare continually make the commers there vnto perfecte Els shulde they haue ceassed to haue bene offred because that the offerers once pourged shulâ—◠〈◊〉 had nomore conscience of synnes 〈…〉 in those sacrifices there is maâ—e but a â—â—â—â—â—braunce of synnes euery yeaâ—e * For 〈…〉 y t the bloude of oxen â—nd of goates shulde take awaye synnes Wherfore whan he commeth in to the worlde he sayeth Sacrifice offerynge thou woldest not haue but a body hast thou ordeyned me Burnt offerynges and synneofferynges hast thou not alowed Then sayde I Lo I come I the begynnynge of the boke it is wrytten of me that I shulde do y e wyll O God Aboue whaÌ„ he had sayde Sacrifice and offerynge and burntsacrifices syn offerynges thou woldest not haue nether hast alowed which yet are offered after y e lawe TheÌ„ sayde he Lo I come to do wil thy O God there taketh he awaye the first to stablyszhe the latter In the which wyll we are sanctified by the offerynge vp of the body of Iesus Christ once for all And euery prest is ready daylie mynistringe and oftymes offereth one maner of offerynges which can neuer take awaye synnes But this man whan he had offred for synnes one sacrifice which is of value for euer sat him downe on the righte hande of God and from hence forth tarieth tyll his foes be made his fote stole For with one offerynge hath he made perfecte for euer theÌ„ that are sanctified And the holy goost also beareth vs recorde of this euen whan he sayde before This is the Testament that I wyl make vnto them after those dayes sayeth y e LORDE I
to make agremēt for them before the LORDE Beholde the bloude of it came not in to the Sanctuary Ye shulde haue eaten it in the Sanctuary as I was commaunded Aaron sayde vnto Moses Beholde this daye haue they offred their syn offerynge their burnt offerynge before y e LORDE And it is chaunsed me after this maner And shulde I eate of the syn offerynge to daye be mery before the LORDE Whan Moses herde that he was content The XI Chapter ANd y e LORDE talked w t Moses Aaron sayde Speake vnto y e childrē of Israel and saye These are the beestes which ye shal eate amōge all y e beestes vpō earth What so euer hath hoffe deuydeth it in to two clawes cheweth cud amonge the beestes that shal ye eate But loke what cheweth cud hath hoffe deuydeth it not as the Camell the same is vncleane vnto you ye shal not eate it The Conyes chewe cud but they deuyde not the hoffe in to two clawes therfore are they vncleane vnto you The Hare cheweth cud also but deuydeth not y e hoffe in to two clawes therfore is he vncleane vnto you And the Swyne deuydeth y e hoffe in to two clawes but cheweth not the cud therfore is it vncleane vnto you Of the flesh of these shall ye not eate ner touch their carcases for they are vncleane vnto you These shall ye eate of all that are in the waters What so euer hath fynnes and scales in the waters sees ryuers that shal ye eate But what so euer hath not fynnes and scales in the sees and ryuers amonge all y t moue in the waters of all that lyue in the waters it shal be an abhominacion vnto you so that ye eate not of their flesh and that ye abhorre their carcases For all that haue not fynnes scales in the waters shall ye abhorre And these shal ye abhorre amonge y e foules so that ye eate them not The Aegle the Goshauke the Cormoraunte the Vultur y e Ryte and all his kynde and all Rauens w t their kynde the Estrich y e Nightcrow the Cocow the Sparow hauke with his kynde the litle Oule the Storke the greate Oule y e Backe the Pellycane the Swanne the Pye the Heron y e Iaye with his kynde the Lap wynge and y e Swalowe And whatso euer crepeth amonge the foules and goeth vpon foure fete shal be an abhominaciō vnto you Yet these shal ye eate of the foules that crepe and go vpon foure fete euen those that haue no knyes aboue vpon y e legges to hoppe withall vpon earth Of these maye ye eate as there is the Arbe with his kynde and the Selaam with his kynde the Hargol with his kynde the Hagab w t his kynde But what so euer els hath foure fete amonge the foules it shal be an abhominacion vnto you and ye shal take it for vncleane Who so euer toucheth the carcase of soch shall be vncleane vntill y e euen and who so euer beareth the carcase of eny of these shall wash his clothes and shal be vncleane vntyll the euen Therfore euery beest that hath hoffe and deuydeth it not in to two clawes cheweth not cud shal be vncleane vnto you Who so euer toucheth soch shal be vncleane And what so euer goeth vpon handes amonge y e beestes that go vpon foure fete shal be vncleane vnto you Who so euer toucheth the carcases of thē shal be vncleane vntyll euen And he y t beareth their carcase shall wash his clothes and be vncleane vntyll the euē For soch are vncleane vnto you These shal be vncleane vnto you also amonge the beestes that crepe vpon earth y e Wesell the Mouse the Tode euery one with his kynde the Hedgehogge the Stellio the Lacerte the Snale and the Moule these are vncleane vnto you amonge all that crepe Who so euer toucheth the deed carcase of thē shal be vncleane vntyll the euen And what so euer eny soch deed carcase falleth vpon it shal be vncleane what so euer vessell of wodd it be or rayment or skynne or bagge And euery vessell that eny thinge is occupyed withall shal be put in the water and is vncleane vntyll the euen and then shal it be cleane All maner of earthen vessell that eny soch carcase falleth in to shal all be vncleane that therin is ye shal breake it All meate which is eatē that eny soch water commeth in to is vncleane all maner of drynke that is dronkē in all maner of soch vessell is vncleane And what so euer eny soch carcase falleth vpō it shal be vncleane whether it be ouen or kettell so shal it be brokē for it is vncleane and shal be vncleane vnto you Neuertheles the fountaynes welles poundes of water are cleane But who so euer toucheth their carcases is vncleane And though the deed carcase of eny soch fell vpon the sede that is sowne yet is it cleane But whan there is water poured vpon the sede and afterwarde eny soch deed carcase falleth theron then shall it be vncleane vnto you Whan a beest dyeth that ye maye eate he that toucheth the deed carcase therof is vncleane vntyll euen Who so eateth of eny soch carcase shall wash his clothes and be vncleane vntyll the euen Likewyse he that beareth eny soch carcase shal wash his clothes and be vncleane vntyll the euen What so euer crepeth vpon earth shall be an abhominacion vnto you and shall not be eaten And what so euer crepeth vpon y e bely or all that goeth vpon foure or mo fete amōge all that crepeth vpon earth shall ye not eate for it shal be an abhominacion vnto you Make not youre soules abhominable and defyle you not in them to stayne youre selues for I am the LORDE youre God Therfore shal ye sanctifie youre selues that ye maye be holy for I am holy And ye shal not defyle youre selues on eny maner of crepynge beest that crepeth vpon earth for I am the LORDE which brought you out of the londe of Egipte that I might be youre God therfore shal ye be holy for I am holy This is the lawe ouer y e beestes and foules all maner of soules of crepynge beestes in the waters and all maner of soules y t crepe vpon earth that ye maie knowe to discerne what is vncleane cleane and what maner of beestes are to be eaten and which are not to be eaten The XII Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel and saye Whan a woman hath conceaued and beareth a manchilde she shal be vncleane seuen dayes so longe as she suffreth hir disease and in y e eight daye shal y e flesh of his foreskynne be cut awaie And she shal byde at home thre and thirtie dayes in y e bloude of hir purifienger she shal touch no holy thinge ner come in to y e
off water It is Egipte that ryseth vp like the floude and casteth out the waters with so greate noyse For they saye We will go vp and will couer the earth we wil destroye y e cities with them that dwell therin Get you to horse backe roll forth y e Charettes come forth ye worthies ye Morians ye Libeans with youre buclers ye Lideans with youre bowes So shall this daye be vnto the LORDE God of hoostes a daye of veÌ„geaunce that he maye aveÌ„ge him of his enemies The swearde shal deuoure it shal be satisfied and bated in their bloude For the LORDE God off hoostes shall haue a slayne offringe towarde the North by the water of Euphrates Go vp o Galaad bringe triacle vnto the doughter off Egipte But in vayne shalt thou go to surgery for thy wounde shall not be stopped The Heithen shall heare off thy shame and the londe shal be full of thy confucion for one stronge man shall stomble vpon another how then shulde they not fall both together These are the wordes that the LORDE spake to the prophet Ieremy concernyge y e hoost of Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon which was to destroye the londe off Egipte Preach out thorow the londe of Egipte and cause it be proclamed at Migdal Memphis and Taphnis and saye Stonde still make the redie for the swearde shal consume the rounde aboute How happeneth it that thy mightie worthies are fallen why stode they not fast Euen because the LORDE thrust them downe The slaughter was greate for one fell euer still vpon another One cried vpon another Vp let vs go agayne to oure owne people and to oure owne naturall countre from the swearde of oure enemie Crie euen there O Pharao kynge of Egipte the tyme will bringe sedicion As truly as I lyue saieth the kynge whose name is the LORDE of hoostes it shall come as y e mount of Thabor and as Libanus yf it stode in the see O thou doughter of Egipte make redy thy geer to flyt For Memphis shal be voyde and desolate so that no maÌ„ shal dwell therin The londe of Egipte is like a goodly fayre calfe but one shall come out of the north to dryue her forwarde Hir wagied souldyers that be with her are like fat calues They also shall fle awaye together and not abyde for the daye off their slaughter and the tyme of their visitacion shall come vpon them The crie off their enemies shall make a noyse as the blast of a trompet For they shall entre in with their hooste and come w t axes as it were hewers downe of wod And they shall cut downe hir wod saieth the LORDE with out eny discrecion For they shal be mo in noÌ„bre then the greshoppers so that no man shal be able to tell theÌ„ The doughter of Egipte shal be confouÌ„ded wheÌ„ she shal be delyuered in to the hondes off the people off the north Morouer thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Beholde I will vyset that restlesse people off Alexandria Pharao and Egipte yee both their goddes and their kynges euen Pharao and all them y t litten vnto him Yee I will delyuer them in to the hondes off those that seke after their lyues Namely in to the power off Nabuchodonosor the kynge off Babilon and in to the power off his seruauÌ„tes And after all these thinges it shal be inhabited as afore tyme saieth the LORDE But be not thou afrayed o my seruaunt Iacob feare not thou o Israel For lo I wil helpe the from farre and thy sede from the londe of thy captiuyte Iacob also shall come agayne and be in rest he shall be rich and no man shall do him harme Feare thou not o Iacob my seruaunt saieth the LORDE for I am with the and will destroye all nacions amonge whom I haue scatred the. Neuertheles I will not consume the but chasten the and correcke the yee and that with discrecion nether wil I spare the as one that were fautlesse The XLVII Chapter THese are the wordes that the LORDE spake vnto Ieremy the prophet agaynst the Phylistines before that Pharao smote the cite off Gaza Thus saieth the LORDE Beholde there shall waters arise out off the north and shall growe to a greate floude runnynge ouer and couerynge the londe the cities and them that dwell therin And the men shall crie and all they that dwell in the londe shall mourne at the noyse and stampynge off their stronge barded horses at the shakynge off their charettes and at the remblinge off the wheles The fathers shall not loke to their children so feable and weery shall their hondes be at the same tyme when he shal be there to destroye the whole londe off the Phylistynes He shall make waist both Tirus Sidon aÌ„d all other that are sworne vnto them For the LORDE will destroye all Palestina and the other Iles that be deuyded froÌ„ the countre Baldnesse is come vpon Gaza Ascalon with hir other valleys shall kepe hir peace How longe wilt thou slaye O thou swearde off the LORDE Turne agayne in to y e sheeth reste and leaue off But how can it ceasse when the LORDE himselff hath geuen it a charge agaynst Ascalon and raysed it vp agaynst the cities off the see coast The XLVIII Chapter THus saieth y e LORDE off hoostes y e God of Israel against Moab Wo be to y e cite of Nebo for it shal be layed waist brought to confucion and taken Yee y e stroÌ„ge cite of Cariatharim shal be brought to shame and afrayed Moab shall nomore â—e had in honoure Wicked councell shal be taken vpon Hesebon Come shall they saye let vs rote them out that they maye be nomore amonge the nombre of the Gentiles yee that they maye nomore be thought vpon Thus the swearde shall persecute ye. A voyce shall crie from Horonaim With greate waistinge and destruction is Moab made desolate And this crie shal be herde in all hir cities At the goinge vp vnto Luhtih there shall arise a lameÌ„tacion and downe towarde Horonaim there shall be herde a cruell and a deedly crie Get you awaye saue youre lyues be like vnto the heeth in y e wildernes For because thou hast trusted in thy stronge holdes and treasure thou shalt be taken Chamos with his prestes and prynces shall go awaye in to captiuyte The destroyer shal come vpon all cities none shall escape The valleys shal be destroyed and the feldes shall be layed waist like as the LORDE hath determed Make a token vnto Moab that she get hir awaye spedely for hir cities shal be made so desolate that no man shall dwell therin Cursed be he that doth the worke of the LORDE necligently and cursed be he that kepeth backe his swearde from sheddynge off bloude Moab hath euer bene rich and carlesse from hir youth vp she hath sytten and takeÌ„ hir ease with hir treasure She was
neuer yet put out off one vessell in to another y t is she neuer wente awaye in to captyuyte therfore hir taist remayneth and hir sauoure is not yet chaunged But lo the tyme commeth saieth the LORDE that I shall sende hir trussers to trusse her vp to prepare and season hir vessels yee hir tankerdes rattell and shake to fro And Moab shal be ashamed off Chamos like as Israel was ashamed off Bethel wherin she put hir trust Wherfore do ye thinke thus we are mightie and stronge men off warre Moab shal be destroyed and hir cities brente vp hir chosen yonge men shall be slayne saieth the kinge whose name is the LORDE off hoostes The destruction off Moab commeth on a pace and hir fall is at honde All hir neghbours shall mourne for her and all they that knowe hir name shal saye O how happeneth it that the stronge staff and the goodly rod is thus broken And thou doughter DiboÌ„ come downe from thy glory and syt in pouerte For he that destroyeth Moab shall come vp to the also and breake downe thy stronge holdes And thou that dwellest in Aroer get the to y e strete loke aboute the axe them that are fled and escaped and saye what thynge is happened O Moab is confounded and ouercome Mourne and crie tell it out at Arnon that Moab is destroyed And mysery shall come vpon the playne londe Namely vpoÌ„ holon and Iaza vpon Mephat and DiboÌ„ vpon Nâ—bo and the house of Diplathaim vpon Cariatharim and Bethgamul vpon Bethniaon and Carioth vpon Bosra and all the cities in the loÌ„de off Moab whether they lye farre or neare The horne of Moab shal be smytteÌ„ downe hir arme broken saieth the LORDE Make hir dronken for she magnified hir self aboue the LORDE that men maye clappe their hondes at hir vomyte and that she also maye be laughed to scorne O Israeli â–ª shalt thou not laugh him to scorne when he is taken amoÌ„ge theues Yee because off thy wordes that thou hast spoken agaynst him thou shalt be dryuen awaye Ye Moabites shal leaue the cities and dwell in rockes off stone and become like doues that make their nestes in holes As for Moabs pryde we haue herde off it she is very hie mynded I knowe hir stoutnesse hir boostinge hir arogaÌ„cy and the pryde off hir stomack saieth the LORDE For hir furiousnes maye nether vpholde her w t strength ner dede Therfore shal there mournynge be made for Moab and euery maÌ„ shal crie for Moabs sake a lamentacion shal be made to the men that stonde vpon the wall So will I mourne for the also o Iazer and for the O thou vynyarde off Sybma Thy wyne brauÌ„ches shal come ouer y e see and the braunches off Iazer but vnto the see the destroyer shall breake in to thy haruest and grape gatheringe Myrth and cheare shal be taken awaye from the tymbre felde and from the whole londe off Moab There shall be no swete wyne in the presse the treader shall haue no stomacke to crie yee there shall be none to crie vnto him which afore tyme were herde from hesebon to Eleale and Ioaz which lifted vp their voyce from Zoar vnto Horonaim that bullock off thre yeare olde The waters also off Nemrim shal be dried vp Morouer I will make Moab ceasse saieth the LORDE from the offringes and censinge that she hath made vnto hir goddes in hie places Wherfore my herte mourneth for Moab like a crowde playenge an heuy songe and for the mens sake off the bricke wall my herte mourneth also euen as a pype that pipeth a dolefull songe for they shal be very fewe and destroyed All heades shall be shauen and all beerdes clipped off all hondes bounde and all loynes gyrded aboute with sack cloth VpoÌ„ all the house toppes and stretes off Moab there shal be mournynge For I will breake Moab like an vnprofitable vessell saieh the LORDE O how fearfull is she O how mourneth she O how doth Moab hange downe hir heade and is ashamed Thus shall Moab be a laughinge stocke and had in derision off all them that be rounde aboute her For thus saieth the LORDE Beholde the enemie shal come flyenge as an Aegle and sprede his wynges vpon Moab They shall clymme ouer the walles and wynne the stronge holdes Then the mighty mens hertes in Moab shal be like the herte off a woman trauelinge with childe And Moab shal be made so desolate that she shal nomore be a people because she hath set vp her selfe agaynst the LORDE Feare pyt and snare shall come vpoÌ„ the o Moab saieth the LORDE Who so escapeth the feare shal fall in the pyt and who so getteth out off the pyt shall betaken in the snare For I will bringe a yeare off visitacion vpon Moab saieth the LORDE They that are able to fle shall stonde vnder the shadowe off Hesebon For there shall go a fyre out off Hesebon and a flame from Sion shall burne vp that proude people off Moab both before and behynde Wo be vnto the o Moab for thou people off Chamos shalt perish Yee thy sonnes and doughters shall be led awaye captyne Yet at the last will I bringe Moab out off captiuyte agayne saieth the LORDE Thus farre off the plage off Moab The XLIX Chapter AS concerninge the Ammonites thus the LORDE saieth Hath Israel no children or is he without an heyre Why hath youre kynge then taken Gad in wherfore doth his people dwell in his cities Beholde therfore the tyme commeth saieth y e LORDE that I will brynge a noyse off warre into Rabath off the Ammonites Lahel shal be desolate and hir cities brent vp and the Israelites shall be lordes ouer those that had theÌ„ in possession afore saieth the LORDE Hesebon shall mourne for it shal be roted out off the grounde saieth the LORDE The cities off Rabath shall crie out and gyrde them selues with sack cloth they shall mourne and runne aboute the walles for their kynge shall be led awaye presoner yee his preestes and prynces with him Wherfore trustest thou in the water streames that flowe to and fro o thou fearce doughter and thynkest thou art so safe by reason off thy treasure that no man shal come to the Beholde I will brynge a feare vpon the saieth the LORDE God off hoostes from all those that be aboute the so that ye shall be scatred euery man from another and no maÌ„ shall gather them together agayne that be fled But after that I will bringe the Ammonites also out off captyuyte agayne Vpon the Edomites hath the LORDE off hoostes spoken on this maner Is there no more wyszdome in Theman Is there no more good councell amonge his people Is their wyszdome then turned clene to naught Get you hence turne youre backes crepe downe into the depe O ye citesyns off Dedan For I will bringe destructioÌ„ vpon Esau yee and the daye off his visitacion Yff the
forbyd that I shulde reioyse saue onely in the crosse of oure LORDE Iesus Christ wherby the worlde is crucified vnto me and I vnto the worlde For in Christ Iesu nether circūcision avayleth eny thinge ner vncircumcision but a new creature And as many as walke acordynge to this rule peace and mercy be vpon thē and vpon Israel of God From hence forth let no man put me to busynesse for I beare in my body the markes of the LORDE Iesu. Brethren the grace of oure LORDE Iesu Christ be with youre sprete Amen Vnto the Galathians sent from Rome The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Ephesians The summe of this Epistle Chap. I. The euerlastinge ordinaunce and eleccion of God in sauynge all men thorow Christ Iesus his sonne We are ordened vnto good workes The dominion of Christ. Chap. II. Paul sheweth them what maner of people they were before their conuersion and what they are now in Christ. Chap. III. He sheweth the cause of his presonment desyreth them not to faynte because of his trouble and prayeth God to make thē stedfast in his sprete Chap. IIII. He exhorteth them vnto mekenes longe sufferinge vnto loue and peace euery one to serue and edifie another with the gifte that God hath geuē him to bewarre of straunge doctrine to laye asyde the olde conuersacion of gredy lustes and to walke in a new life Chap. V. He exhorteth them vnto loue warneth them to bewarre of vnclennes cuvetounesse foolish talkynge and false doctryne to be circumspecte to avoyde dronkennesse to reioyse and to be thankfull towarde God to submytt thēselues one to another He teacheth how wemen shulde obeye their huszbōdes and how louyngly men ought to intreate their wyues Chap. VI. How children shulde behaue themselues towarde their fathers and mothers Likewyse fathers towarde their children Seruauntes towarde their masters Agayne masters towarde their seruaūtes An exhortacion to the spirituall battayll and what weapens christen men shulde fight withall The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Ephesians The first Chapter PAul an Apostle of Iesus Christ by the will of God To y e sayntes which are Ephesus to thē that beleue on Iesus Christ. Grace be with you and peace from God oure father frō the LORDE Iesus Christ. Blessed be God the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ which hath blessed vs w t all maner of spirituall blessynge in heauenly thynges by Christ acordinge as he had chosen vs by him or euer the foundacion of the worlde was layed that we shulde be holy and without blame before him in loue ordeyned vs before to receaue vs as children thorow Iesus Christ acordinge to the pleasure of his will vnto the prayse of the glory of his grace wherby he hath made vs accepted in the Beloued in whom we haue redempcion thorow his bloude namely the forgeuenes of synnes acordynge to y e riches of his grace which he hath shed vpon vs abundauntly in all wyszdome and prudēce and hath opened vnto vs the mystery of his wil acordinge to his pleasure which he had purposed in himselfe y t it shulde be preached whā the tyme was fullcome that all thinges shulde be gathered together by Christ both the thinges which are in heauen and also the thinges that are vpon earth euen by him by whom also we are come to the inheritaunce we that were therto predestinate before acordinge to y e purpose of him which worketh all thinges after y e councell of his owne wyll that we mighte be to the prayse of his glory euen we that before beleued on Christ on whō also ye beleued after that ye herde the worde of trueth namely y e Gospell of youre saluacion wherin whan ye beleued ye were sealed with the holy sprete of promes which is the ernest of oure inheritaunce to oure redempcion that we mighte be his owne to the prayse off his glory Wherfore I also in so moch as I haue herde of the faith which ye haue in y e LORDE Iesu and of youre loue vnto all y e sayntes ceasse not to geue thankes for you and make mencion of you in my prayers that y e God of oure LORDE Iesus Christ the father of glory maye geue vnto you the sprete of wyszdome and open vnto you the knowlege of himselfe and lighten the eyes of youre vnderstondinge that ye maye knowe what is the hope of youre callynge and what the riches of his glorious enheritaunce is vpon the sayntes what is the exceadinge greatnesse of his power towarde vs which beleue acordinge to y e workynge of his mightie power which he wroughte in Christ whan he raysed him vp frō the deed and set him on his righte hāde ī heauēly thinges aboue all rule power and mighte and dominaciō and aboue all that maye be named not onely in this worlde but also in y e worlde to come And hath put all thinges vnder his fete and hath made him aboue all thinges the heade of the cōgregacion which is his body and the fulnesse of him that fylleth all in all The II. Chapter ANd quyckened you also whan ye were deed thorow trespaces and synnes in the which in tyme past ye walked acordinge to the course off this worlde and after the prynce that ruleth in the ayre namely after y e sprete which now worketh in the children of vnbeleue amonge whom we also had oure conuersacion in tyme past in the lustes of oure flesh and dyd the wyll of the flesh and of the mynde and were naturally the children of wrath euen as well as other But God which is riche in mercy thorow his greate loue wherwith he loued vs euē whā we were deed in synnes hath quyckened vs in Christ for by grace are ye saued and hath raysed vs vp with him and set vs with him in heauēly thinges thorow Christ Iesus y t in tymes to come he mighte shewe the exceadinge riches of his grace in kyndnesse to vs warde in Christ Iesu. For by grace are ye saued thorow faith and that not of youre selues For it is y e gifte of God not of workes lest eny mā shulde boast him selfe For we are his workmanshippe created in Christ Iesu vnto good workes to y t which God ordeyned vs before that we shulde walke in them Wherfore remēbre that ye which afore tyme were Gentyles after the flesh and were called vncircumcision of thē that are called circumcision after the flesh which circumcision is made with the hande that ye at the same tyme were without Christ and reputed aleauntes from the comen welth of Israel and were straungers from the Testamentes of promes therfore had ye no hope and were without God in this worlde But now ye that be in Christ Iesu and afore tyme were farre of are now made nye by the bloude of Christ. For he is o peace which of both hath made one and hath broken downe the
wall that was a stoppe betwene vs and hath also thorow his flesh put awaye the cause off hatred namely the lawe of the commaundemeÌ„tes contayned in the lawe wrytten that of twayne he mighte create one new man in him selfe and make peace and to reconcyle both vnto God in one body thorow the crosse and so he slewe y e hatred thorow his owne selfe and came and preached peace in the Gospell vnto you which were afarre of and to theÌ„ that were nye For thorow him we both haue intraunce in â—ne sprete vnto the father Now therfore ye are nomore gestes and straungers but citesins with the sayntes of the housholde of God buylded vpon y e foundacion of y e Apostles and prophetes where Iesus Christ is y e heade corner stone in whom euery buyldinge coupled together groweth to an holy temple in the LORDE in whom ye also are buylded together to be an habitacion of God in the sprete The III. Chapter FOr this cause I Paul am a presoner of Iesus Christ for you Heythen acordinge as ye haue herde of y e office of the grace of God which is geuen me to you warde For by reuelacion was this mystery shewed vnto me as I wrote abouâ— in fewe wordes wherby whan ye rede it 〈◊〉 maye perceaue myne vnderstondynge in y e mystery of Christ which mystery in tymes past was not opened vnto the childreÌ„ of meÌ„ as it is now declared to his holy Apostles and prophetes by the sprete namely that the Heythen shulde be inheritours also and of the same body and partakers of his promes in Christ by the Gospell wherof I am made a mynister acordynge to the gifte of the grace of God which is geueÌ„ me acordinge to the workynge of his power Vnto me the leest of all sayntes is this grace geuen that I shulde preach amonge the HeytheÌ„ y e vnsearcheable riches of Christ and to make all men se what is the fellishippe of the mystery which froÌ„ the begynnynge of the worlde hath bene hyd in God which made all thiÌ„ges thorow Iesus Christ to the intent that now vnto the rulers and powers in heaueÌ„ mighte be knowne by the congregacion the manifolde wyszdome off God acordinge to y e eternall purpose which he hath shewed in Christ Iesu oure LORDE by whom we haue boldnesse and intraunce in all confideÌ„ce thorow faith on him Wherfore I desyre that ye faynte not because of my tribulacions y t I suffre for you which is youre prayse For this cause I bowe my knees vnto the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ which is the true father ouer all that is called father in heauen and in earth that he graunte you acordinge to y e riches of his glory to be strengthed with power by his sprete in y e inwarde maÌ„ that Christ maye dwell in youre hertes by faith that ye beynge roted and grounded in loue maye be able to coÌ„prehende with all sayntes what is the bredth and the length and the deepth and the heyth and to knowe the loue of Christ which loue yet passeth all knowlege that ye maye be fylled with all maner of fulnesse of God Vnto him that is able to do exceadinge abundauntly aboue all that we axe or vnderstonde acordinge to y e power that worketh in vs be prayse in the congregacion which is in Christ Iesu at all tymes for euer and euer Amen The IIII. Chapter I Therfore which am presoner in the LORDE exhorte you that ye walke as it becoÌ„meth yo r callinge wherin ye are called with all humblenes off mynde and mekenes and longe sufferinge forbearinge one another in loue and be diligent to kepe the vnite of the sprete thorow the bonde of peace One body and one sprete eueÌ„ as ye are called in one hope of youre callynge One LORDE one faith one baptyme one God and father of vs all which is aboue all and thorow all and in you all Vnto euery one of vs is geuen grace acordinge to the measure off the gifte off Christ. Therfore sayeth he He is gone vp an hye and hath led awaye captiuyte captyue and hath geueÌ„ giftes vnto men That he wente vp what is it but that he first came downe in to y e lowest partes of y e earth He that came downe is euen the same which is gone vp aboue all heauens to fulfill all And y e same hath set some to be Apostles some to be prophetes some to be Euangelistes some to be shepherdes teachers wherby the sayntes mighte be coupled together thorow comen seruyce to the edifienge of y e body of Christ tyll we all come vnto one maner of faith and knowlege of the sonne of God and become a perfecte man in to the measure of the perfecte age of Christ that we be nomore children waueringe caried aboute with euery wynde of doctryne thorow the wickednes of men and craftynes wherby they laye awayte for vs to disceaue vs. But let vs folowe the trueth in loue and in all thinges growe in him which is the heade euen Christ in whom all the body is coupled together and one membre hangeth by another thorow out all y e ioyntes Wherby one mynistreth vnto another acordinge to the operacion as euery membre hath his measure and maketh that y e body groweth to the edifienge of it selfe in loue This I saye therfore and testifye in the LORDE that ye walke nomore * as y e other Heythen walke in the vanite of their mynde blynded in their vnderstondinge beynge straungers froÌ„ the life which is in God thorow the ignoraunce that is in them because of the blyndnes of their hert which beynge past repentaunce haue geueÌ„ them selues ouer vnto wantonnes to worke all maner of vnclennes euen with gredynesse But ye haue not so learned Christ yf so be that ye haue herde of him are taught in him euen as the trueth is in Iesu. So then as concernynge the conuersacion in tyme past laye from you that olde man which marreth himselfe thorow disceauable lustes but be ye renued in the sprete of youre mynde and put on that new man which is shapen after God in true righteousnes and holynes Wherfore put awaye lyenge and speake euery man the trueth vnto his neghboure for as moch as we are membres one of another Be angrie but synne not Let not y e Sonne go downe vpoÌ„ youre wrath nether geue place to the bacbyter He that hath stollen let him steale nomore but let him laboure rather and do some good with his hondes that he maye haue to geue vnto him that nedeth Let no filthy communicacion proceade out of youre mouth but that which is good to edifye withall whaÌ„ nede is that it be gracious to heare And greue not the holy sprete of God wherwith ye are sealed vnto y e daye of redempcion Let all bytternes and fearsnes and wrath and