of stone like vnto the first and come vp vnto me in to the mount and make y t an Arke of wod and in the tables I wyll wryte the wordes that were in the first which thou brakest and thou shalt laye them in the Arke So I made an Arke of Fyrre tre and hewed two tables of stone like as the first were wente vp into the mount and y e two tables were in my hande Then wrote he in y e tables acordinge as the first wrytinge was the ten verses which the LORDE spake vnto you out of the fyre vpon the mountayne at the tyme of the gatheringe together And the LORDE gaue theÌ„ vnto me And I turned me wente downe from the mount and layed the tables in the Arke which I had made that they mighte be there as the LORDE commaunded me And the childreÌ„ of Israel departed from Beroth Bne Iaâ—kan vnto Mosera there dyed Aaron there was he buried Eleasar his sonne became prest in his steade FroÌ„ thence they departed from Gadgad From Gadgad to Iathbath a londe of ryuers of water At the same season the LORDE separated out the trybe of Leui to beare the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt and to stonde before the LORDE to mynister vnto him and to prayse his name vnto this daye Therfore shal the Leuites haue no porcion ner enheritaunce with their brethren for the LORDE is their enheritaunce as the LORDE thy God hath promysed them But I taried vpoÌ„ the mount like as afore euen fortye dayes and fortye nightes and the LORDE herde me at that tyme also and wolde not destroye the. But he sayde vnto me Vp get the forth y t thou mayest go before the people y t they maye come in and coÌ„quere the loÌ„de which I sware vnto their fathers to geue them Now Israel what requyreth the LORDE thy God of the but y t thou feare the LORDE thy God and that thou walke in all his wayes loue him serue the LORDE y e God with all thy hert with all thy soule and y t thou kepe the coÌ„maundementes of y e LORDE his ordinaunces which I coÌ„maunde the this daye y t thou mayest prospere Beholde the heauen the heauen of all heaueÌ„s and the earth and all y t is therin is y e LORDES y e God Yeth hath he had a pleasure vnto y e fathers to loue theÌ„ and hath chosen their sede after theÌ„ namely you aboue all nacions as it is come to passe this daye Circumcyse therfore y e foreszkynne of yo r hert be nomore styffnecked For the LORDE yo r God is God of all goddes LORDE ouer all lordes a greate God mightie terryble which regardeth no personne taketh no giftes and doeth righte vnto the fatherlesse and wedowe and loueth the straunger to geue him fode rayment Therfore shal ye loue a strauÌ„ger for ye youre selues also were straungers in the londe of Egipte Thou shalt feare the LORDE thy God him onely shalt thou serue vnto him shalt thou cleue sweare by his name He is thy prayse y e God which hath done for y e these greate terryble thinges y t thine eyes haue sene Thy fathers weÌ„te downe in to Egipte w t seuentye soules but now hath y e LORDE thy God made the as y e starres of heauen in multitude The XI Chapter THerfore shalt thou loue the LORDE y e God kepe his coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes his ordinaunces his lawes his preceptes all y e life loÌ„ge And vnderstoÌ„de this daye that which youre childreÌ„ knowe not Which haue not sene the nurtoure of the LORDE yo r God his greatnesse his mightie hande his stretched out arme his tokens and actes which he dyd amonge the EgipciaÌ„s vnto Pharao the kynge of Egipte to all his londe what he dyd to the power of y e Egipcians vnto their horses charettes whan he broughte the waters of the reed see vpoÌ„ them as they folowed after you how y e LORDE hath broughte them to naught vnto this daye what he dyd vnto you in the wildernesse vntyll ye came vnto this place what he dyd vnto Dathan and Abiram the children of Eliab the sonne of Ruben how the earth opened hir mouth and swalowed them with their housholdes teÌ„tes all their good that they had in the myddes amonge all Israel For youre eyes haue sene the greate workes of y e LORDE which he hath done Therfore shal ye kepe all the commaundementes which I commaunde you this daye that ye maye be stronge to come in and to conquere the londe whither ye go to possesse it that ye maye lyue longe in the londe which the LORDE sware vnto youre fathers to geue vnto them and to their sede eueÌ„ a londe that floweth with mylke and hony For the londe whither thou commest in to possesse it is not as the londe of Egipte whence ye came out where thou sowedest thy sede and waterdest it at thy fote as a garden of herbes but it hath hilles and valleys which drynke water of the rayne of heauen a londe that the LORDE thy God careth for And the eyes of the LORDE thy God are allwaye therin from the begynnynge of the yeare vnto the ende Yf ye shal herken therfore vnto my commaundementes which I commaunde you this daye y t ye loue the LORDE youre God and serue him with all youre hert and with all youre soule then wyl I geue rayne vnto youre loÌ„de in due season early and late that thou mayest gather in thy corne thy wyne and thine oyle and I wyll geue grasse vpon thy felde for thy catell that ye maye eate be fylled But bewarre y t youre hert be not disceaued that ye go asyde serue other goddes worshipe them and then the wrath of the LORDE waxe whote vpoÌ„ you and he shut vp the heaueÌ„ that there come no rayne and the earth geue not hir increase ye perishe shortly from the good loÌ„de which the LORDE hath geuen you Put vp therfore these my wordes in youre hertes and in youre soules and bynde theÌ„ for a signe vpon youre handes y t they maye be a token of remembraunce before yo r eyes and teach them youre children so that thou talke therof whan thou syttest in thine house or walkest by the waye whan thou lyest downe and whan thou rysest vp and wryte them vpon the postes of thine house and vpon thy gates that thou and thy children maye lyue longe in the londe which the LORDE sware vnto thy fathers to geue them as longe as the dayes of heauen endure vpon earth For yf ye shal kepe all these commaundementes which I commaunde you so that ye do therafter that ye loue the LORDE youre God and walke in all his wayes and cleue vnto him then shall the LORDE dryue out
God himselfe shall go before the ouer Iordane and HE himselfe shal destroye these nacions before the that thou mayest conquere them and Iosua he shall go ouer before the. as the LORDE hath sayde And the LORDE shal do vnto them as he dyd vnto Sihon and Og the kynges of the Amorites and vnto their lōde which he destroyed Now whan the LORDE shal deliuer thē before you ye shal do vnto them acordynge vnto all the commaundementes which I haue commaunded you Be manly and strōge feare not and be not afrayed of them For the LORDE thy God himselfe shal go with the and shal not fayle the ner forsake the. And Moses called Iosua and sayde vnto him before all Israel Be stronge and bolde for thou shalt brynge this people in to the londe which the LORDE hath sworne vnto their fathers to geue them and thou shalt parte it amonge them by lott But the LORDE himselfe that goeth before you euen HE shal be with the and shal not fayle the ner forsake the Feare not and be not afrayed And Moses wrote this lawe and delyuered it vnto the prestes the children of Leui which bare the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE and vnto all the Elders of Israel And he commaunded them and sayde At the ende of seuen yeares in the tyme of the Fre yeare in the feast of Tabernacles whan all Israel come to appeare before the LORDE thy God in the place that he shall chose thou shalt cause this lawe to be proclamed before all Israel in their eares namely before the congregacion of the people both of men wemen children and thy straungers which are within thy gates that they maye heare and lerne to feare the LORDE their God and be diligent to do all the wordes of this lawe and that their children also which knowe nothinge maye heare and lerne to feare the LORDE yo r God all youre lyue dayes which ye lyue in the londe whither ye go ouer Iordane to possesse it And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Beholde thy tyme is come that thou must die call Iosua and stonde in the Tabernacle of witnesse that I maye geue him a charge Moses wente with Iosua and stode in the Tabernacle of witnesse And the LORDE appeared in the Tabernacle in a cloudy pyler and the same cloudy pyler stode in the dore of the Tabernacle And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Beholde thou shalt slepe with y e fathers and this people wyll ryse vp and go a whoringe after straunge goddes of the londe in to the which they come and wyll forsake me and breake the couenaunt which I haue made w t them And then shall my wrath waxe whote agaynst them at the same tyme I shal forsake thē and hyde my face frō them that they maye be consumed And so whan moch aduersite trouble commeth vpō thē they shal saye Is not all this euell come vpō me because God is not with me But I shal hyde my face at the same tyme because of all the euell that they haue done in that they haue turned vnto other goddes Wryte now therfore this songe teach it the children of Israel and put it in their mouth that this songe maye be a witnesse vnto me amonge the children of Israel For I wil brynge them in to the londe which I sware vnto their fathers that floweth with mylke and hony And whan they eate and are full and fatt they shal turne vnto other goddes and serue them and blaspheme me and breake my couenaunt And so whan moch myschefe and tribulacion is come vpon them this songe shall answere before them for a witnesse It shall not be forgotten out of the mouth of their sede for I knowe their ymaginacion that they go aboute euen now before I brynge them in to the londe which I sware vnto them So Moses wrote this songe at the same tyme and taughte it the children of Israel And the LORDE gaue Iosua the sonne of Nun a charge and sayde Be stronge and bolde for thou shalt brynge the children of Israel in to the londe which I sware vnto them and I wil be with the. Now whan Moses had wrytten out all the wordes of this lawe in a boke he commaunded the Leuites which bare the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt and sayde Take the boke of this lawe and laye it by the syde of the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE youre God that it maye be there a wytnesse agaynst the for I knowe thy stubburnesse and thy harde neck Beholde whyle I am yet alyue w t you this daye ye haue bene disobedient vnto the LORDE how moch more after my death Gather now vnto me all the Elders of youre trybes and youre officers y t I maye speake these wordes in their eares and take heauen and earth to recorde agaynst them For I am sure that after my death ye shall marre youre selues and turne asyde out of the waye which I haue commaunded you and so shall mysfortune happen vnto you her after because ye haue done euell in the sighte of the LORDE in prouokynge him thorow the workes of youre handes So Moses spake out the wordes of this songe euen to the ende in the eares of all the congregacion of Israel The XXXII Chapter HErken O ye heauens I wyll speake and let the earth heare the wordes of my mouth My doctryne droppe as doth the raine and my speach flowe as doth the dew Euen as the rayne vpon the grasse and as the droppes vpon the herbe For I wyl call vpon the name of the LORDE geue ye the glory vnto oure God Perfecte are the workes of the Stone for all his wayes are righteous God is true and no wickednes is there in him righteous and iust is he The frowarde and ouerthwarte generacion hath marred them selues to himwarde and are not his children because of their deformyte Thankest thou the LORDE y i God so thou foolish and vnwyse people Is not he thy father and thy LORDE Hath he not made the and prepared the Remembre the dayes that are past considre the yeares of the generacions afore tyme Axe thy father he shall shewethe thine elders they shal tell the. Whan the most Hyghest deuyded y e nacions and scatred the children of men Then set he the borders of the nacions acordinge to the nombre of the children of Israel For the LORDES parte is his folke Iacob is the meetlyne of his enheritaunce He founde him in the wyldernesse euen in the drye deserte where he roared He led him aboute and gaue him vnderstondinge He kepte him as the aple of his eye As an Aegle stereth vp hir nest and flotereth ouer hir yonge Euen so stretched he out his fethers and toke him and bare him on his wynges The LORDE onely was his gyde there was no straunge God with him He caried him ouer y e heigth of the
first Iehiel Sethan and Ioel these thre The children of Simei were Salomith Hasiel and Haran these thre These were the chefe amonge the fathers of Laedan These also were the children of Simei Iahath Sina Ieus and Bria these foure were Simeis children also Iahath was the first Sina the seconde As for Ieus and Bria they had not many childreÌ„ therfore were they couÌ„ted but for one fathers house The childreÌ„ of Kahath were Amram Iezehar Hebron and Vsiel these foure The childreÌ„ of Amram were Aaron and Moses As for Aaron he was separated to be sanctified for the Most holy he his sonnes for euer to burne incense before the LORDE to mynister and blesse in y e name of the LORDE for euermore And the children of Moses the man of God were named amonge y e trybe of the Leuites The childreÌ„ of Moses were Gerson and Elieser The children of Gerson the fyrst was Sebuel The children of Elieser the fyrst was Rehabia Elieser had none other children But y e childreÌ„ of Rehabia were many ther ouer The children of Iezehar were Salomith the fyrst The children of Hebron were Ieria the fyrst Amaria the seconde Iahasiel the thirde and Iakmeam y e fourth The children of Vsiel were Micha the fyrst and Iesia the seconde The children of Merari were Maheli Musi. The children of Maheli were Eleasar and Cis. And Eleasar dyed and had no sonnes but doughters And the children of Cis their brethren toke them The children of Musi were Maheli Eder and Ieremoth these thre These are the children of Leui amonge their fathers houses and the chefest of the fathers which were counted after the nombre of y e names heade by heade which executed the worke of the offices in the house of the LORDE from thirtie yeare olde aboue For Dauid sayde The LORDE God of Israel hath geuen his people rest shall dwell at Ierusalem for euer Amonge y e Leuites also were the childreÌ„ of Leui nombred from thirtie yeare olde and aboue that they neded not to beare y e Habitacion with all the vessels of their office but acordinge to y e last wordes of Dauid y t they shulde stonde vnder the hande of the children of Aaron to mynister in the house of the LORDE in the courte and to the chestes and for purifyenge and to all maner of sanctifyenge and to euery worke of the office in the house of God And for y e shewbred for the fyne floure for the meat offrynge for the vnleuended wafers for the pannes for y e fryenge and for all maner of weight and measure And in the mornynge to stonde for to geue thankes and to prayse the LORDE and in the euenynge likewyse And vpon all Sabbathes Newmones and feastes to offre all the burnt offerynges vnto the LOROE acordinge to the nombre and ordre allwaye before the LORDE to wayte vpon the Tabernacle of witnesse and of the SaÌ„ctuary and vpon their brethreÌ„ the children of Aaron to mynister in the house of the LORDE The XXV Chapter THis was y e ordinaunce of the childreÌ„ of Aaron The children of Aaron were Nadab Abihu Eleasar and Ithamar But Nadab and Abihu dyed before their fathers and had no children And Eleasar and Ithamar were prestes And Dauid ordred them after his maner Sadoc out of the children of Eleasar and Ahimelech out of the children of Ithamar acordinge to their nombre and office And there were mo chefe stronge men founde amonge the children of Eleasar then the children of Ithamar And he ordeyned them after this maner namely sixtene out of y e childreÌ„ of Eleasar to be rulers thorow out their fathers house eight of the children of Ithamar thorow out their fathers house Neuertheles he ordeyned them by lot because that both the pryncipall of the children of Eleasar and of Ithamar were in y e Sanctuary and chefe before God And the Scrybe Semeia the sonne of Nethaneel one of the Leuites wrote them vp before y e kynge and before the rulers and before Sadoc the prest before Ahimelech â—he sonne of Abiathar before the chefe of the fathers amonge the prestes Leuites namely one fathers house for Eleasar and the other for Ithamar And the first lot fell vpon Ioiarib the seconde vpon Iedana the thirde vpoÌ„ Harim the fourth vpon Seorim the fifth vpoÌ„ Malchia the sixte vpon Meiamin the seuenth vpon Hakoz the eight vpon Abia the nyenth vpon Iesua the tenth vpon Sechania the eleuenth vpon Eliasib the twolueth vpon Iakim the thirtenth vpon Hupa the fourtenth vpon Iesebeab the fiftenth vpon Bilga the sixtenth vpon Immer the seuententh vpon Hesir the eightenth vpon Hapizez the nyententh vpon Pethahia the twentieth vpon Ieheszkel the one and twentieth vpon Iachin the two twentieth vpon Samul the thre twentieth vpoÌ„ Dalaia y e foure and twentieth vpoÌ„ Maasia This is their course after their office to go in to the house of the LORDE acordinge to their maner vnder their father Aaron as the LORDE God of Israel commaunded him Of the children of Leui amonge the children of Amram was Subael Amonge the children of Subael was Iohdea Amonge the children of Rehabia was y e first Iesia Amonge the Iezeharites was Selomoth Amonge the children of Selomoth was Iahath The children of Hebron were Ieria y e first Amaria the seconde Iehasiel the thirde Iakneam the fourth The children of Vsiel were Micha AmoÌ„ge the children of Micha was Samir The brother of Micha was Iesia Amonge the children of Iesia was Zacharias The children of Merari were Maheli Musi whose sonne was Iaesia The childreÌ„ of Merari of his sonne Iaesia were Soham Sacur Ibri Maheli had Eleasar for he had no sonnes Of Cis the children of Cis were Ierahmeel and Musi. The children of Musi were Maheli Eder and Ieremoth These are the childreÌ„ of y e Leuites thorow out y e house of their fathers And the lot was cast for them also besyde their brethren the children of Aaron in the presence of kynge Dauid and Sadoc and Ahimelech and before the chefe fathers amonge the prestes Leuites as well for the leest brother as for the chefest amonge the fathers The XXVI Chapter ANd Dauid with the chefe captaynes sundered to the offices amonge y e childreÌ„ of Assaph Heman Iedithun y e prophetes with harpes psalteries Cymbales and they were nombred vnto the worke acordynge to their offyce Amonge the childreÌ„ of Assaph was Sakur Ioseph Nethania Asarela childreÌ„ of Assaph vnder Assaph which prophecyed besyde y e kynge Of Iedithun The children of Iedithun were Gedalia Zori Iesaia Hasabia Mathithia Simei these sixe vnder their father Iedithun w t harpes whose prophecienge was to geue thankes and to praise the LORDE Of Heman The children of Heman were Bukia Mathania Vsiel Sebuel Ierimoth Hanania Hanani Eliatha Gilthi Remamthieser Iaszbaksa Mallothi Hothir and Mehesioth All these were the children of HemaÌ„ the kynges Seer in the wordes of God
the kinge of Iuda tell him The LORDE sendeth the this worde Beholde I will delyuer this cite in to the hoÌ„de of the kinge of Babilon he shal burne it and thou shalt not escape his hondes but shalt be led awaye presoner and delyuered into his power Thou shalt loke the kinge of Babilon in the face and he shal speake with the mouth to mouth and then shalt thou go to Babilon Yet heare the worde of the LORDE o Sedechias thou kinge of Iuda Thus saieth the LORDE vnto the Thou shalt not be slayne with the swearde but shalt die in peace Like as y e fore fathers the kinges thy progenitours were brente so shalt thou be brente also in the mournynge they shal saye oh lorde For thus haue I determed saieth the LORDE Then spake Ieremy the prophet all these wordes vnto Sedechias kinge of Iuda in Ierusalem what tyme as the kinge of Babilons hooste beseged Ierusalem and the remnaunt of the cities Namely Lachis Azecha which yet remayned of the stronge defensed cities of Iuda These are the wordes that the LORDE spake vnto Ieremy the prophet when Sedechias was agreed with all the people at Ierusalem that there shulde be proclamed a liberte so that euery man shulde let fre go his seruaunt and handemayde Hebrue Hebruesse no Iewe to holde his brother as a bonde man Now as they had consented euen so they were obedient let them go fre But afterwarde they repented toke agayne the seruauntes and handemaydens whom they had letten go fre and so made them bonde agayne For the which cause the worde of the LORDE came vnto Ieremy from the LORDE him self sayenge Thus saieth the LORDE God of Israel I made a couenaunt with youre fathers when I brought them out of Egipte that they shulde no more be bondmen sayenge When seuen yeares are out euery man shal let go fre his bought seruaunte an Hebrue yf he haue serued him sixe yeares But yo r fathers obeied me not herkened not vnto me As for you ye were now turned dyd right before me in y t ye proclamed euery maÌ„ to let his neghboure go fre in y t ye made a couenaunt before me in the temple that beareth my name But yet ye haue turned youre selues agayne and blasphemed my name In this y t euery man hath requyred his seruaunt and handâ—mayden agayne whom ye had letten go quyte and fre and compelled them to serue you agayne and to be youre bonde men And therfore thus saieth the LORDE Ye haue not obeyed me euery man to proclame fredome vnto his brother and neghbo r wherfore I will call you vnto a fredome saieth the LORDE euen vnto the swearde to the pestilence and to honger and will make you to be plaged in all the kyngdomes of the earth Yee those men that haue brokeÌ„ my couenaunt and not kepte the wordes of the apoyntmeÌ„t which they made before me when they hewed the calfe in two when there wente thorow the two halfes therof The prynces of Iuda the prynces of Ierusalem the gelded men the prestes and all the people of the londe which weÌ„te thorow the two sydes of the calfe Those men wil I geue in to the power of their enemies and in to the hondes of them that folowe vpon their lyues And their deed bodies shall be meate for the foules of the ayre and beestes of the felde As for Sedechias the kinge of Iuda his prynces I will delyuer them in to the power of their enemies and of them that desyre to slaye them and in to the honde of the kynge of Babilons hooste which now is departed from you But thorow my commaundement saieth the LORDE they shal come agayne before this cite they shall fight agaynst it wynne it and burne it Morouer I will laye the cities of Iuda so waist that no man shall dwell therin The XXXV Chapter THe wordes which the LORDE spake vnto Ieremy in the reigne of Ioachim the sonne of Iosias kinge of Iuda are these Go vnto y e house of the Rechabites call them out bringe theÌ„ to y e house of the LORDE in to some commodious place and geue them wyne to drynke Then toke I Iasanias the sonne of Ieremy the sonne of Habazania and his brethreÌ„ and all his sonnes and the whole housholde off the Rechabites and brought them to the house off the LORDE in to the closet of the children off Hanan the sonne off Igdalia the man off God which was by the closet off the prynces that is aboue the closet of Maasia the sonne of Sellum which is the chefe off the tresury And before the sonnes of the kynred of the Rechabites I set pottes full of wyne and cuppes and sayde vnto them drynke wyne But they sayde we drynke no wyne For Ionadab the sonne of Rechab oure father commaunded vs sayenge Ye and youre sonnes shall neuer drynke wyne buylde no houses sowe no sede plante no vynes yee ye shall haue no vynyardes but for all youre tyme ye shall dwell inteÌ„tes y t ye maye lyue loÌ„ge in the loÌ„de wherin ye be strauÌ„gers Thus haue we obeyed the coÌ„maundemeÌ„t of Ionadab y e sonne of Rechab oure father in all y t he hath charged vs and so we drynke no wyne all oure lyue longe we oure wyues o r sonnes oure doughters Nether buylde we eny house to dwell therin we haue also amonge vs nether vynyardes ner corne loÌ„de to sowe but we dwell in tentes we obeye do acordinge vnto all that Ionadab oure father commaunded vs. But now y t Nabuchodonosor the kinge of BabiloÌ„ came vp in to the loÌ„de we sayde come let vs go to IerusaleÌ„ y t we maye escape the hooste of the Caldees aÌ„d the AssiriaÌ„s so we dwell now at IerusaleÌ„ Then came y e worde of the LORDE vnto Ieremy sayenge Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Go tell whole Iuda all the inhabitours of IerusaleÌ„ Wyll ye not be refourmed to obeye my wordes saieth the LORDE The wordes which Ionadab the sonne off Rechab coÌ„maunded his sonnes y t they shulde drynke no wyne are fast surely kepte for vnto this daye they drynke no wyâ—e but obeye their fathers coÌ„maundement But as for me I haue stoÌ„de vp early I haue spokeÌ„ vnto you geuen you earnest warnynge yet haue ye not bene obedieÌ„t vnto me Yee I haue sent my seruauÌ„tes all the prophetes vnto you I rose vp early sent you worde sayenge O turne you euery man from his wicked waye ameÌ„de yo r lyues go not after strauÌ„ge goddes to worshippe theÌ„ y t ye maye coÌ„tinue in the loÌ„de which I haue geuen vnto you and youre fathers but ye wolde nether heare me ner folowe me The childreÌ„ of Ionadab Rachabs sonne haue stedfastly kepte their fathers coÌ„mauÌ„dement y t he gaue them but this people is not obedient vnto me And
by Then shal it be sayde This waist lōde is become like a garden of pleasure and the voyde desolate and brokē downe cities are now stronge and fensed agayne Then the residue of the Heithen that lye rounde aboute you shal knowe that I am the LORDE which repayre that was broken downe and plant◠agayne that was made waist Euen I the LORDE haue spoken it wil do it in dede Thus saieth the LORDE God I wil yet once be founde agayne of y e house of Israel do this for them I shal increase them as a flocke of men Like as the holy flocke and the flocke of Ierusalem are in the hie solempne feastes so shal also the wilde waisted cities be fylled with flockes of men and they shal knowe that I am the LORDE The XXXVII Chapter THe honde of the LORDE came vpon me caried me out in the sprete of the LORDE let me downe in a playne felde that laye full of bones he led me rounde aboute by them ▪ beholde the bones that laye vpon the felde were very many maruelous drye also Then sayde he vnto me Thou sonne of man thinkest thou these benes maye lyue agayne I answered O LORDE God thou knowest And he sayde vnto me Prophecy thou vpon these bones speake vnto them Ye drye bones heare the worde of the LORDE Thus saieth the LORDE God vnto these bones Beholde I will put breth in to you that ye maye lyue I wil geue you synowes make flesh growe vpon you couer you ouer with skynne so geue you breth that ye maye lyue and knowe that I am the LORDE So I prophecied as he had cōmaunded me And as I was prophecienge there came a noyse and a greate mocion so that the bones ranne euery one to another Now whē I had loked beholde they had synowes and flesh grewe vpon them and aboue they were couered with skynne but there was no breth in them Then sayde he vnto me Thou sonne of man prophecie thou towarde the wynde prophecy and speake to the wynde Thus saieth the LORDE God Come o thou ayre from the foure wyndes blowe vpon these slayne that they maye be restored to life So I prophecied as he had commaunded me Then came the brethtn to them and they receaued life and stode vp vpon their fete a maruelous greate sorte Morouer he sayde vnto me Thou sonne of man these bones are the whole house of Israel Beholde they saye oure bones are dryed vp oure hope is gone we are clene cut of Therfore prophecie thou speake vnto them Thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I wil open youre graues o my people take you out of youre sepulcres bringe you in to the londe of Israel agayne So shall ye knowe y t I am the LORDE when I open youre graues bringe you out of them My sprete also wil I put in you ye shal lyue I wil set you agayne in youre owne londe and ye shal knowe that I am the LORDE which haue sayde it and fulfilled it in dede The worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man take a sticke and wryte vpon it Vnto Iuda to the children of Israel his companyons Then take another sticke and wryte vpon it Vnto Ioseph the stocke of Ephraim and to all the housholde of Israel his companyons And than take both these together in thine honde so shal there be one stycke therof Now yf the childrē of thy people saye vnto the wilt thou not shewe vs what thou meanest by these Then geue them this answere Thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I wil take the stocke of Ioseph which is in the honde of Ephraim and of the trybes of Israel his felowes and wil put them to the stocke of Iuda make them one stocke and they shal be one in my honde And the two stickes where vpon thou wrytest shalt thou haue in thine honde that they maye se and shalt saye vnto them Thus saieth the LORDE God beholde I wil take awaye the childrē of Israel from amonge the Heithen vnto whom they be gone and wil gather them together on euery syde and bringe them agayne in to their owne londe yee I wil make one people of thē in y e londe vpon the mountaynes of Israel and they all shal haue but one kinge They shall nomore be two peoples from hensforth nether be deuyded in to two kingdomes they shal also defyle thē selues nomore with their abhominacions Idols and all their wicked-doinges I wil helpe thē out of all their dwellinge places wherin they haue synned will so clense them that they shal be my people and I their God Dauid my seruaunt shal be their kinge they all shal haue one shepherde only They shal walke in my lawes and my commaundementes shal they both kepe fulfill They shal dwell in the londe that I gaue vnto Iacob my seruaunt where as youre fathers also haue dwelt Yee euē in the same londe shal they their children their childers children dwell for euermore and my seruaunt Dauid shal be their euerlastynge prynce Morouer I will make a bonde of peace with them which shal be vnto them an euerlastinge couenaunt I wil sattle thē also and multiplie them my Sanctuary wil I set amonge thē for euermore My dwellinge shal be w t them yee I wil be their God they shal be my people Thus the Heithen also shal knowe that I the LORDE am y e holy maker of Israel whē my Sanctuary shal be amonge them for euer more The XXXVIII Chapter ANd the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man turne thy face towarde Gog in the londe of Magog which is the chefe prynce at Mesech and Tubal prophecy agaynst him and saye Thus saieth the LORDE God O Gog thou chefe prynce of Mesech and Tubal beholde I wil vpon the and wil turne the aboute and put a bytt in thy chawes I wil bringe the forth and all thine hoost both horse horsmen which be all weapened of the best fashion a greate people that handle altogether speares shyldes and swerdes the Perses Moryans and with them the Lybians which all beare shyldes and helmettes Gomer and all his hoostes the house of Thogorma out of the north quarters and all his hoostes yee and moch people with the. Therfore prepare the set thy self in araye with all thy people that are come vnto the by heapes and be thou their defence After many dayes thou shalt be visited and in the latter yeares thou shalt come in to the lōde that hath bene destroyed with the swearde now is replenished agayne w t dyuerse people vpon the mountaynes of Israel which haue lōge lyen waist Yee they be brought out of the nacions dwell all safe Thou shalt come vp like a stormy wether to couer the lōde and as it were a darcke cloude thou with all thine
dwell at Gaza The XIIII Chapter IN the Clxxij yeare gathered kynge Demetrius his hoost and departed vnto Media to gett him helpe for to fight agaynst Triphon Now when Arsaces the kynge of Persia and Media herde that Demetrius was entred within his borders he sente one of his prynces to take him alyue and to brynge him vnto him So he wente and slewe Demetrius hoost toke himselfe brought him to Arsaces which kepte him in warde And all the londe of Iuda was in rest so longe as Symon lyued for he sought the wealth of his people therfore were they glad to haue him for their ruler and to do him worshipe allwaye Symon wanne the cite of Ioppa also for an hauen towne and made it an intraunce in to the Iles of the see He enlarged the borders of his people and cōquered them more londe He gathered vp many of their people that were presoners he had the dominiō of Gaza Bethsura and the castell which he clensed from fylthines and there was no mā that resisted him So that euery man tylled his grounde in peace the londe of Iuda and the trees gaue their frute and encreace The elders sat all in iudgment and toke their deuyce for the wealth of the londe the yonge men put on worshipe and harnesse vpon them He prouyded vytayles for the cities and made goodly stronge holdes of them so that the fame of his worshipe was spoken of vnto the ende of y e worlde For he made peace thorow out the londe and Israel was full of myrth and ioye Euery mā sat vnder his vyne fyge trees and there was no man to fraye them awaye There was none in y e londe to fight agaynst them for then the kinges were ouercome He helped those that were in aduersite amonge his people he was diligent to se y e lawe kepte as for soch as were vngodly and wicked he toke thē awaye He set vp y e Sanctuary encreased the holy vessels of the temple When y e Romaynes and Sparcians had gotten worde y t Ionathas was deed they were right sory But when they herde y t Symon his brother was made hye prest in his steade and how he had wonne the londe agayne w t the cities in it they wrote vnto him in tables of laton to renue the frendshipe bonde of loue which they had made afore with Iudas Ionathas his brethrē Which writinges were red before the congregacion at Ierusalem And this is the copy of the lettres that the Sparcians sent The Senatours and citesyns of Sparta sende gretinge vnto Simō y e greate prest w t the elders prestes y e other people of the Iewes their brethrē Whē yo embassitours that were sente vnto o people certified vs of youre worshipe honoure and prosperous wealth we were glad of their cōminge and haue written the earande which they spake before the councell of the people namely that Numenius the sonne of Antiochus and Antipater the sonne of Iason the Iewes embassitours are come vnto vs for to renue the olde frendshipe with vs. Vpon this the people consented that the men shulde be honorably intreated and that the copy of their earande shulde be written in the speciall bokes of the people for a perpetuall memory vnto the Sparcians yee and that we shulde sende a copy of the same vnto Symon the greate prest After this dyd Symon sende Numenius vnto Rome with a golden shylde of a thousande pounde weight to confirme the frendshipe with them which when the Romaynes vnderstode they saide what thākes shal we recompence agayne vnto Symon his children For he hath stablished his brethrē and ouercome the enemies of Israel Wherfore they graūted him to be fre And all this wrote the Iewes in tables of laton and naled it vnto the pilers vpon the mount Sion The copy of the writinge is this The xviij daye of y e moneth Elul in the Clxxij yeare in the thirde yeare of Symon the hye prest in the greate congregacion of y e prestes rulers of the people and elders of the countre at Asaramel were these wordes openly declared For so moch as there was moch warre in oure londe therfore Symon y e sonne of Matathias come of the children of Iareb and his brethren put them selues in parell and resisted the enemies of their people that their Sanctuary and lawe might be manteyned and dyd their people greate worshipe Ionathas in like maner after that he had gouerned his people and bene their hye prest dyed and lyeth buried besyde his elders After that wolde their enemies haue trodden their holy thinges vnder fote destroyed their londe and vtterly waisted their Sanctuary Then Symon withstode them and fought for his people spent moch of his owne money weapened the valeaunt men of his people gaue them wages made stronge y e cities of Iuda with Bethsura that lieth vpon the borders of Iewry where the ordinaunce of their enemies laye somtyme set Iewes there for to kepe it He made fast Ioppa also which lieth vpon the see and Gaza that bordreth vpon Azotus where the enemies dwelt afore and there he set Iewes to kepe it and what so euer was mete for the subduynge of the aduersaries that layed he therin Now whē the people sawe the noble actes of Symon and what worshipe he purposed to do for them his godly behauoure and faithfulnesse which he kepte vnto them how he sought by all waies y e wealth of his people because he dyd all this therfore they chose him to be their prynce hye prest And in his tyme they prospered wel by him so y t the Heithē were takē out of their londe they also which were in the cite of Dauid at Ierusalē in the castell where they wente out and defiled all thinges that were aboute the Sanctuary and did greate harme vnto clenlynes and Symon put men of the Iewes in it for the defence of the londe and the cite and set vp the walles of Ierusalem And kynge Demetrius confirmed him in his hye presthode made him his frende and dyd him greate worshipe For he herde that the Romayns called y e Iewes their frendes louers and brethren how honorably they receaued Symons embassitours how y e Iewes and prestes consented that he shulde be their prynce and hye prest perpetually till God raysed vp the true prophet and that he shulde be their captayne to care for the Sanctuary and to set officers vpon the workes therof ouer the londe ouer the weapens ouer the houses of defence to make prouysion for the holy thynges and to be obeyed of euery man and all the writynges of y e londe to be made in his name that he shulde be clothed in purple and golde and that it shulde be laufull for none of the people nor prestes to breake eny of these thynges to withstonde his wordes ner to call eny congregacion in the londe without him that he shulde be clothed in purple and
borne And they sayde vnto hym at Bethleem in Iury. For thus it is written by the Prophet And thou Bethleem in the londe of Iury art not the leest amonge the Princes of Iuda For out of y e shall come vnto me the captayne that shall gouerne my people Israel Then Herod preuely called the wyse men and dyligently enquyred of them what tyme the starre appered and sent them to Bethleem sainge Go and searche dyligently for the chylde And when ye haue founde hym bringe me worde agayne that I maye come and worshippe hym also When they had heard the kynge they departed and lo the starre which they sawe in the east went before them tyll it came and stode ouer the place where the chylde was When they sawe the starre they were maruelously glad and went into the house and found the chylde with Mary his mother and kneled downe and worshipped hym opened ther treasures and offred vnto hym gyftes gold franckynsence and myrre And after they were warned of God in a dreame that they shuld not go ageine to Herod they returned into their awne countre another waye When they were departed beholde the angell of the LORDE appered to Ioseph in a dreame sayinge aryse and take the chylde â–ª and his mother and flye into Egypte and abyde there tyll I brynge the worde For He rod wyl seke the chylde to destroye hym TheÌ„ he arose and toke the chylde and his mother by night and departed into Egypte and was there vnto y e deeth of Herod that the thinge might be fulfylled which was spokeÌ„ of the LORDE by the Prophet which sayeth out of Egypte haue I called my sonne Then Herod perceauynge y t he was disceaued of the wyse men was excedynge wroth and sent forth and slue all the chyldren that were in Bethleem and in all the coastes there of as many as were two yere olde and vnder accordynge to the tyme which he had diligently searched out of the wyse men Then was y t fulfilled which was spoken by y e Prophet Ieremy sayinge On y e hilles was a voyce herde greate mournynge wepynge lamentacion Rachel wepynge for her chyldren and wolde not be conforted because they were not When Herode was deed beholde an angell of the LORDE appered in a dreame to Ioseph in Egypte sayinge arise and take the chylde and his mother go into y e londe of Israel For they are deed which sought the chyldes life And he arose vp and toke y e chylde and his mother came into the londe of Israel But wheÌ„ he herde that Archelaus did raygne in Iury in y e rowme of his father Herode he was afrayde to go thither Notwithstondinge after he was warned of God in a dreame he turned asyde into the parties of Galile and went and dwelt in a cite called Nazareth to fulfill y t which was spoken by the Prophetes he shal be called a Nazarite The III. Chapter IN those dayes Ihon the Baptyst came and preached in the wildernes of Iury saynge AmeÌ„de youre selues the kyngdome of heuen is at honde This is he of whom it is spokeÌ„ by y e Prophet Esay which sayeth The voyce of a cryer in y e wyldernes prepare the LORDES waye and make his pathes straight This Ihon had his garment of camels heer and a lethreÌ„ gerdell aboute his loynes Hys meate was locustes and wylde hony Then went out to hym Ierusalem and all Iury and all the region rounde aboute Iordan and were baptised of him in Iordan coÌ„fessynge their synnes Now when he sawe many of the Pharises and of y e Saduces come to hys baptim he sayde vnto them ye generacioÌ„ of vipers who hath certified you that ye shal escape y e vengeaunce to come Bewarre brynge forth due frutes of pennaunce Thinke not now to saye in your selues we haue Abraham to oure father For I saye vnto you that God is able of these stones to rayse vp chyldren vnto Abraham Euen now is the axe put vnto y e rote of the trees therfore euery tre which bringeth not forth good frute shal be heweÌ„ downe and cast into the fyre I baptise you with water to repentaunce but he that coÌ„meth after me is myghtier theÌ„ I whose shues I am not worthy to beare He shall baptise you with y e holy goost w t fyre which hath also his fan in his hond and will pourge his floore and gadre the wheet into his garner will burne y e chaffe with vnquencheable fyre Then came Iesus from Galile to Iordan vnto Ihon to be baptised of hym But IhoÌ„ forbade hym saynge I haue nede to be baptysed of the and commest thou to me Iesus answered sayd vnto hym Let it be so now For thus it becommeth vs to fulfyll all righteousnes Then he suffred hym And Iesus assone as he was baptised came straight out of the water And lo heueÌ„ was opeÌ„ ouer hym and Ihon sawe the spirite of God descende lyke a doue and lyght vpon hym And lo there came a voyce froÌ„ heueÌ„ sayng Thys ys that my beloued sonne in whom is my delyte The IIII. Chapter THen was Iesus ledd awaye of the spirite in to wildernes to be tempted of the deuyll And when he had fasted fourtye dayes and fourtye nightes he was afterward an hungred And the teÌ„pter came to him and sayde yf thou be the sonne of God commaunde that these stones be made breed He answered sayde yt is wrytteÌ„ Man shall not lyue by bred onlye but by euery worde that proceadeth out of the mouth of God Then the deuyll toke hym vp into the holy cite and set hym on a pynacle of the temple and sayde vnto hym yf thou be y e sonne of God cast thy sylfe downe For it is wrytten he shall geue his angels charge ouer the and with their handes they shal holde the vp that thouâ—dashe not thy fote agaynst a stone And Iesus sayde vnto hym it ys wrytten also Thou shalt not tempte thy LORDE God Agayne the deuyll toke hym vp and led hym into an excedynge hye mountayne and shewed hym all the kyngdomes of the worlde and all the glorie of them and sayde vnto hym all these wil I geue the yf thou wilt fall downe and worship me Then sayde Iesus vnto hym Auoyde SataÌ„ For it ys wrytteÌ„ thou shalt worshyp the LORDE thy God and hym onely shalt thou serue Then the deuell left hym and beholde the angels came and ministred vnto hym When Iesus had herde that Ihon was taken he departed into Galile and left Nazareth and went and dwelt in Capernaum which is a cite apon the see in the coostes of zabulon and Neptalim y t the thinge might be fulfilled whiche was spoken by Esay the Prophet sayinge The londe of zabulon and Neptalim the waye of the see beyonde Iordan and Galile of the Gentyls the people which sat in darknes
them how shal it be knowne what is pyped or harped And yf the trōpe geue an vncertayne sounde who wil prepare him selfe to the battayll Euen so ye like wyse whan ye speake with tunges excepte ye speake playne wordes how shal it be knowne what is spokē for ye shal but speake in y e ayre So many kyndes of voyces are in the worlde and none of them is without significacion Yf I knowe not now what y e voyce meaneth I shal be an aleaunt vnto him that speaketh he that speaketh shal be an aleaūt vnto me Euē so ye for so moch as ye couet spirituall giftes seke y t ye maye haue plentye to the edifienge of the congregacion Wherfore let him that speaketh w t tunges praye that he maye interprete also Yf I praye with tunges my sprete prayeth but my vnderstōdinge bryngeth no man frute How shal it be then Namely thus I wil praye with y e sprete and wil praye with the vnderstōdinge also I wil synge psalmes in the sprete and wil synge spalmes with y t vnderstondinge also But whan thou geuest thankes with y e sprete how shal he that occupieth the rowme of the vnlearned saye Amē at thy geuynge of thankes seynge he knoweth not what thou sayest Thou geuest well thankes but the other is not edifyed I thanke my God that I speake with tunges more then ye all Yet had I leuer in the cōgregacion to speake fyue wordes with my vnderstondinge y t I maye enfourme other also rather then ten thousande wordes with tunges Brethren be not children in vnderstondinge howbeit as concerninge maliciousnes be childrē but in vnderstondinge be parfecte In the lawe it is wrytten With other tunges and with other lippes wyl I speake vnto this people and yet shal they not so heare me sayeth the LORDE Therfore are tunges for a token not to thē that beleue but to them that beleue not Contrary wyse prophecienge not to them that beleue not but to them which beleue Yf the whole cōgregacion now came together in to one place spake all with tunges and there came in they that are vnlearned or they which beleue not shulde they not saye that ye were out of youre wyttes But yff all prophecied and there came in one y t beleueth not or one vnlerned he shulde be rebuked of them all and iudged of all and so shulde the secrete of his hert be opened and so shulde he fall downe vpon his face worshippinge God and knowleginge that of a trueth God is in you How is it then brethren Whan ye come together euery one hath a psalme hath doctryne hath a tunge hath a reuelacion hath an interpretacion Let all be done to edifyenge Yf eny mā speake with tunges let him do it him selfe beynge the seconde or at the most him selfe beynge y e thirde and one after another and let one interprete it But yf there be not an interpreter then let him kepe sylence in the congregacion howbeit let him speake to himselfe and to God As for the prophetes let two or thre speake and let the other iudge But yf eny reuelacion be made vnto another that sytteth then let the first holde his peace Ye maye all prophecye one after another that they all maye lerne and that all maye haue comforte And the spretes of the prophetes are subiecte vnto the prophetes For God is not a God off discension but off peace like as in all congregacions off the sayntes Let youre wyues kepe sylence in the cōgregacion for it shal not be permytted vnto thē to speake but to be vnder obedience as y e lawe sayeth also But yf they wyll lerne eny thinge let them axe their huszbādes at home For it becommeth not wemē to speake in the congregacion Or spronge the worde of God from amonge you Or is it come vnto you onely Yf eny man thynke himselfe to be a prophet or spirituall let him knowe what I wryte vnto you for they are the commaundementes of the LORDE But yf eny man be ignoraunt let him be ignoraunt Wherfore brethren couet to prophecye and forbyd not to speake with tunges Let all thinges be done honestly and in order The XV. Chapter I Declare vnto you brethren the Gospell that I haue preached vnto you which ye haue also accepted and in the which ye stōde by the which also ye are saued after what maner I preached it vnto you yf ye haue kepte it excepte ye haue beleued in vayne For first of all I delyuered vnto you that which I also receaued how that Christ dyed for oure synnes acordinge to the scriptures and that he was buried and that he rose agayne y e thirde daye acordinge to the scriptures and that he was sene of Cephas then of the twolue after that was he sene of mo then fyue hundreth brethren at once wherof there are yet many alyue but some are fallen aslepe Afterwarde was he sene of Iames then of all the Apostles Last of all was he sene of me also as of one borne out of due tyme. For I am y e leest of the Apostles which am not worthy to be called an Apostle because I persecuted the congregacion of God But by the grace of God I am that I am And his grace in me hath not bene vayne but I haue laboured more then they all howbeit not I but the grace of God which is w t me Now whether it be I or they thus haue we preached and thus haue ye beleued But yf Christ be preached that he is rysen from the deed how saye then some amōge you that there is no resurreccion of the deed Yf there be no resurrecciō of the deed then is Christ not rysen Yf Christ be not rysen then is oure preachinge in vayne and youre faith is also in vayne yee and we are founde false witnesses of God because we haue testified agaynst God that he hath raysed vp Christ whom he hath not raysed vp yf the deed ryse not agayne For yf the deed ryse not agayne thē is Christ also not rysen agayne But yf Christ be not rysen agayne then is youre faith in vayne and ye are yet in youre synnes they also that are fallē a slepe in Christ are perished Yf in this life onely we hope on Christ then are we of all men the most miserable But now is Christ rysen from the deed and is become y e first frutes of them that slepe For by one man commeth death and by one man the resurreccion of the deed For as they all dye in Adam so shal they all be made alyue in Christ but euery one in his order The first is Christ then they that belōge vnto Christ whan he commeth Then the ende whā he shal delyuer vp the kyngdome vnto God the father whan he shal put downe all rule and all superiorite power For he must raygne tyll he haue put all his enemies vnder his fete The
whan ye knewe not God ye dyd seruyce vnto them which by nature are no Goddes But now seynge ye knowe God yee rather are knowne off God how is iâ— that ye turne you backe agayne vnto the weake and beggerly tradicions wher vnto ye desyre agayne a fresh to be in bondage Ye obserue dayes and â—â—nethes and tymes and yeares I am in feare of you lest I haue bestowed laboure on you in vayne BrethreÌ„ I beseke you be ye as I am for I am as ye are Ye haue not hurte me at all For ye knowe how that in weaknes after y e flesh I preached y e Gospell vnto you at the first and my tentacion which I suffred after the flesh ye despysed not nether abhorred but receaued me as an angell of God yee euen as Christ Iesus How happy were ye then For I beare you recorde that yf it had bene possible ye had plucked out youre awne eyes and geueÌ„ them vnto me Am I therfore become yo r enemy because I tell you y e trueth They are gelous ouer you amysse Yee they wolde make you to fall backe that ye might be ferueÌ„t to theÌ„ warde It is good to be feruent so y t it be allwaye in a good thinge and not onely whan I am present w t you My litle children of whom I trauayle in byrth agayne vntyll Christ be fashioned in you I wolde I were w t you now and coulde chauÌ„ge my voyce for I stoÌ„deiÌ„ doute of you Tell me ye that wylbe vnder the lawe haue ye not herde the lawe For it is wrytten that Abraham had two sonnes the one by a bonde mayde the other by a fre woman As for him that was of the boÌ„de mayde he was borne after y e flesh but he which was of the fre woman was borne by promes These wordes betoken somwhat For these wemen are the two Testamentes The one from the mount Sina that gendreth vnto bondage which is Agar For Agar is called in Arabia y e mount Sina and reacheth vnto Ierusalem which now is and is in bondage with hir children But Ierusalem that is aboue is the fre woman which is the mother of vs all For it is wrytteÌ„ Reioyse thou baren that bearest no childreÌ„ breake forth and crye thou y t trauaylest not for the desolate hath many mo childreÌ„ then she which hath an huszbande As for vs brethren we are the children of Isaac acordinge to the promes But like as at that tyme he that was borne after the flesh persecuted him y t was borne after the sprete euen so is it now also But what sayeth the scripture Put awaye the bonde mayden and hir sonne for the sonne of y e bondmayde shal not be heyre with y e sonne of the fre woman So now brethren we are not children of the bonde mayde but of the fre woman The V. Chapter STonde fast therfore in the libertye wherwith Christ hath made vs fre and be not wrapped agayne in the yocke off bondage Beholde I Paul sayâ— vnto you Yf ye be circumcysed Christ profiteth you nothinge at all I testifye agaâ—â—ne vnto euery man which is circumcyse that he is bounde to kepe the whole larâ— Ye are gone quyte from Christ as many â— you as wylbe made righteous by the laâ—â— and are fallen from grace But we waâ— in the sprete off hope to 〈…〉 by faith For in Christ 〈…〉 circumcision eny thinge worth ner vncircumcision but faith which by loue is mightâ—e in operacion Ye ranne well who was a let vnto you that ye shulde not obeye the trueth Soch councell is not of him that hath called you A litle leuen sowreth the whole lompe of dowe I haue trust towarde you in y e LORDE that ye wylbe none otherwyse mynded But he that troubleth you shal beare his iudgment what so euer he be Brethren yf I yet preach circumcision why do I suffre persecucion then had the slaunder off the crosse ceassed Wolde God they were roted out froÌ„ amoÌ„ge you which trouble you But brethreÌ„ ye are called vnto liberty onely let not youre libertie be an occasion vnto the flesh but by loue serue one another For all the lawe is fulfylled in one worde namely in this loue thy neghboure as thy selfe But yf ye byte and deuoure one another take hede that ye be not consumed one of another I saye Walke in the sprete and so shal ye not fulfill the lustes off the fleshe For the flesh lusteth agaynst the sprete and the sprete agaynst the flesh These are contrary one to the other so that ye can not do that which ye wolde But and yf ye be led of the sprete then are ye not vnder the lawe The dedes of y e flesh are manifest which are these Aduoutrye whordome vncleÌ„nes wantaÌ„nes Idolatrye witchcraft hatred variaunce zele wrath stryfe sedicion sectes envyenge murthur dronkennes glotony and soch like of the which I tell you before as I haue tolde you in tyme past that they which commytte soch shal not inheret the kyngdome of God But the frute of the sprete is loue ioye peace longe sufferinge geÌ„tlenes goodnesse faithfulnes mekenesse teÌ„peraunce Agaynst soch is not y e lawe But they that are Christes haue crucified their flesh with the lustes and desyres The VI. Chapter YF we lyue in the sprete let vs walke also in the sprete Let vs not be vayne glorious prouokinge one another and envyenge another Brethren Yf eny maÌ„ be ouertaken of a faute ye which are spiriâ—uall enfourme him with a meke sprete and â—â—nsidre thine owne selfe that thou also be 〈◊〉 tempted Beare ye one anothers 〈…〉 and so shal ye fulfyll the lawe of Christ. 〈◊〉 yf eny man thinke himselfe to be 〈…〉 whan in dede he is nothinge the 〈…〉 hâ—mselfe Let euery man proue 〈◊〉 owne woâ—â—e and theÌ„ shal he haue reioysinge in his awne selfe and not in another For euery one shal beare his owne burthen But let him that is taughte with the worde mynister in all good thinges vnto him that teacheth him Be not disceaued God wil not be mocked For what soeuer a man soweth that shal he reape He that soweth vpon the flesh shal of the flesh reape destruccion But he that soweth vpon y e sprete shal of the sprete reape life euerlastinge Let vs not be weery of well doynge for whaÌ„ the tyme is come we shal reape without ceassinge Whyle we haue tyme therfore let vs do good vnto all men but specially vnto theÌ„ which are of y e housholde of faith Beholde with how many wordes I haue wrytten vnto you with myne awne hande They that wil please in the flesh constrayne you to be circumcysed onely lest they shulde be persecuted with the crosse of Christ. For eueÌ„ they them selues which are circumcysed kepe not the lawe but wolde haue you circuÌ„cysed that they mighte reioyse in youre flesh But God
reserued vnto fyre agaynst the daye of iudgment and damnacion of vngodlymen Dearly beloued be not ignoraunt of this one thinge how that one daye is with the LORDE as a thousande yeare and a thousande yeare as one daye The LORDE is not slacke to fulfyll his promes as some mē counte slacknesse but is paciēt to vs warde and wyl not that eny mā shulde be lost but that euery man shulde amende himselfe Neuertheles the daye of the LORDE shal come euen as a these in the night in the which daye the heauens shal perishe with a greate noyse and the Elementes shal melte with heate and the earth and y e workes that are therin shal burne Yf all these thinges shal perishe what maner persons then ought ye to be in holy cōuersacion and godlynes lokynge for and hastynge vnto the commynge of the LORDE In the which the heauens shal perishe with fyre and the elementes shal melt with heate Neuertheles we loke for a new heauen and a new earth acordynge to his promes wherin dwelleth righteousnes Wherfore dearly beloued seynge that ye loke for soch thinges be diligent y t ye maye be founde before him in peace without spot and vndefyled and counte the long sufferynge of oure LORDE youre saluacion Euen as oure dearly beloued brother Paul acordinge to the wyszdome geuē vnto him wrote vnto you yee speakinge ther of allmost in all Epistles wherin are many thinges harde to be vnderstonde which they that are vnlerned and vnstable peruerte as they do the other scriptures also to their awne dānacion Ye therfore beloued seynge ye knowe it before hande bewarre lest ye also be plucte awaye thorow the erroure of y e wicked and fall from yo r owne sted fastnes But growe in grace and in the knowlege of oure LORDE and Sauioure Iesus Christ. To him be prayse now and for euer Amen The first Epistle of the Apostle and Euangelist S. Ihon. The summe of this epistle Chap. I. True wytnesse of the euerlastinge worde of God The bloude of Christ is the purgacion from synne No man is without synne Chap. II. Christ is oure aduocate Of true loue and how it is tryed Chap. III. The synguler loue of God to warde vs and how we agayne oughte to loue one another Chap. IIII. Difference of spretes and how the sprete of God maye be knowne from the sprete of erroure Of the loue of God and of oure neghbours Chap. V. To loue God is to kepe his commaundemētes Faith ouercommeth the worlde Euerlastinge life is in the sonne of God ▪ Of the synne vnto death The first Chapter THat which was from y e begynnynge which we haue herde which we haue sene with o r eyes which we haue loked vpon and o r handes haue handled of the worde of life and the life hath appeared and we haue sene and beare wytnes and shewe vnto you y e life that is euerlastinge which was with the father and hath apeared vnto vs. That which we haue sene herde declare we vnto you that ye also maye haue fellishippe with vs and that oure fellishippe maye be with the father and with his sonne Iesus Christ. And this wryte we vnto you that youre ioye maye be full And this is the tydinges which we haue herde of him declare vnto you that ▪ God is lighte and in him is no darknes at all Yf we saye that we haue fellishippe with him and yet walke in darknes we lye and do not the trueth But yf we walke in lighte euen as he is in lighte then haue we fellishippe together and the bloude of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all synne Yf we saye that we haue no synne we disceaue oure selues and the trueth is not in vs. But yf we knowlege oure synnes he is faith full and iust to forgeue vs oure synnes to clense vs from all vnrighteousnes Yf we saye we haue not synned we make him a lyar and his worde is not in vs. The II. Chapter MY litle children these thinges wryte I vnto you that ye shulde not synne and yf eny man synne we haue an aduocate with the father euen Iesus Christ which is righteous and he it is that optayneth grace for oure synnes not for oure synnes onely but also for the synnes of all the worlde And hereby are we sure that we knowe him yf we kepe his cōmaundemētes He that sayeth I knowe him and kepeth not his cōmaundemētes is a lyar and the trueth is not in him But who so kepeth his worde in him is the loue of God perfecte in dede Hereby knowe we that we are in him He y t sayeth he abydeth in him oughte to walke euen as he walked Brethren I wryte no new commaundement vnto you but that olde commaundement which ye haue herde from the begynnynge The olde cōmaundement is the worde which ye haue herde from the begynnynge Agayne a new cōmaundemēt wryte I vnto you a thinge that is true in him also in you for the darknesse is past and the true lighte now shyneth He that sayeth he is in lighte and hateth his brother is yet in darknesse He y t loueth his brother abydeth in the lighte and there is none occasion of euell in him But he y t hateth his brother is in darknes and walketh in darknes and can not tell whither he goeth for y e darknes hath blynded his eyes Babes I wryte vnto you that yo r synnes are forgeuen you for his names sake I wryte vnto you fathers how that ye haue knowne him which is from y e begynnynge I wryte vnto you yonge mē how that ye haue euercome the wicked I wryte vnto you litle children how that ye haue knowne the father I haue wrytten vnto you fathers how that ye haue knowne him which is frō the begynnynge I haue wrytten vnto you yonge men how that ye are stronge and the worde of God abydeth in you and ye haue ouer come that wicked Se that ye loue not the worlde nether y e thinges that are in the worlde Yf eny man loue the worlde the loue of the father is not in him for all that is in the worlde namely the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pryde of life is not of the father but of the worlde And the worlde passeth awaye and the lust therof But he that fulfylleth the wyll of God abydeth for euer Litle children it is the last houre and as ye haue herde that Antechrist shal come euen now are there many become Antechristes allready wherby we knowe that it is y e last houre They wente out frō vs but they were not of vs for yf they had bene of vs they wolde no doute haue contynued with vs. But * that they maye be knowne 〈◊〉 that they are not all of vs. But ye haue the anoyntinge of 〈…〉 holy ye knowe all thīges
admynistracion was nothyng tēporall but playne spiritual as he hym selfe affirmeth proueth in the fourth chapter of saynt Luke out of the prophete Esay where all bysshoppes and prestes maye se how farre theyr byndynge and lowsynge extendeth and where in theyr office consisteth namely in preachynge the Gospell c. wherfore most gracyous prynce there is no tonge I thynke that can fully expresse and declare the vntollerable iniuries which haue bene done vnto God to al prynces and to the comynalties of all christen realmes sence they which shulde be onely the ministers of Gods worde became lordes of the worlde and thrust y e true and iust prynces out of theyr rowmes whose herte wolde not pitie it yee euē with lamentacyon to remember but onely the vntollerable wronge done by that Antychrist of Rome vnto youre graces most noble predecessoure kynge Iohn̄ I passe ouer his pestilent pykynge of Peter pens out of youre realme his stealynge awaye of youre money for pardons benefices and bysshoprykes his disceauyng of youre subiectes soules with his deuelyshe doctrynes and sectes of his false religions his bloudsheddyng of so many of your graces people for bokes of the scripture ▪ whose herte wolde not be greued yee and that out of measure to call to remēbraūce how obstinate and disobedient how presumptuous stubburne that Antychrist made the bysshoppes of youre realme agaynst your graces noble predecessours in tymes past as it is manyfest in y e Cronicles I trust verely there be no suche now within youre realme ▪ Yf there be let them remembre these wordes of scripture Presumptuousnes goeth before destrucciō after a proude stomacke there foloweth a fall what is now the cause of all these vntollerable and nomore to be suffred abhominacions Truely euen the ignoraunce of the scripture of God For how had it els ben possyble that such blyndnes shulde haue come in to y e worlde had not y e lyghte of Gods worde bene extyncte How coulde men I saye haue bene so farre from the true seruyce of God and from the due obedience of theyr prynce had not the lawe of God bene clene shut vp depressed cast asyde and put out of remembraunce As it was afore the tyme of that noble kynge Iosias and as it hath bene also amonge vs vnto youre graces tyme by whose most ryghteous admynistracyon thorowe the mercyfull goodnes of God it is now founde agayne ✚ as it was in the dayes of that most vertuous kynge Iosias And praysed be the father the sonne and the holy goost worlde without ende which so excellently hath endewed youre Pryncely hert with such feruentnes to his honoure and to the welth of youre louyng subiectes that I maye ryghtuously by iust occasyons in youre persone cōpare youre hyghnes vnto that noble and gracyous kynge y t lanterne of lyghte amonge prynces that feruent protectour and defender of the lawes of God which cōmaunded straytly as youre grace doth that the lawe of God shulde be redde and taught vnto all y e people set the prestes to theyr office in the worde of god destroyed Idolatry and false ydols put downe all euell customes and abusyons set vp the true honoure of God applyed all his studye and endeuoure to the ryghtuous admynistracyon of the most vncorrupte lawe of God c. O what felicite was amonge y e people of Ierusalem in his dayes And what prosperous health both of soule body foloweth the lyke mynistracion in youre hyghnes we begynne now praysed be God to haue experience Foras false doctryne is the origenall cause of all euell plages and destruccyon so is y e true executynge of the lawe of God ād the preachyng of the same the mother of all godly prosperite The onely worde of god I saye is the cause of all felicite it bryngeth all goodnes with it it bryngeth lernynge it gēdreth vnderstondynge it causeth good workes it maketh chyldren of obedience breuely it teacheth all estates theyr office and duety Seynge then that the scripture of God teacheth vs euery thynge sufficiently both what we oughte to do and what we oughte to leaue vndone whome we are bounde to obey and whome we shulde not obeye therfore I saye it causeth all prosperite and setteth euery thyng in frame and where it is taught and knowen it lyghteneth all darkenesses cōforteth all sory hertes leaueth no poore man vnhelped suffreth nothynge amysse vnamended letteth no prynce be disobeyed permytteth no heresie to be preached but refourmeth all thinges amēdeth that is amysse and setteth euery thynge in order And why because it is geuen by the inspiracyon of God therfore is it euer bryngynge profyte and frute by teachynge by improuynge by amendynge and refourmyng all thē y t wyl receaue it to make them parfecte mete vnto all good workes Considerynge now most gracyous prynce the inestimable treasure frute prosperite euerlastynge that God geueth with his worde and trustynge in his infynite goodnes that he wolde brynge my symple and rude laboure herin to good effecte therfore as the holy goost moued other mē to do the cost herof so was I boldened in God to laboure in the same Agayne consyderynge youre Imperiall maiestye not onely to be my naturall soueraigne liege Lorde chefe heade of y e church of Englōde but also the true defender and maynteyner of Gods lawes I thought it my dutye and to belonge vnto my allegiaunce whan I had translated this Bible not onely to dedicate this translacyon vnto youre hyghnesse but wholy to commytte it vnto the same to the intent that yf any thynge therin be translated amysse for in many thynges we fayle euen whan we thynke so be sure it may stōde in youre graces handes to correcte it to amende it to improue it yee cleane to reiecte it yf youre godly wysdome shall thynke it necessary And as I do with all humblenes submitte myne vnderstondynge and my poore translacyon vnto y e spirite of trueth in your grace so make I this protestacyon hauyng God to recorde in my cōscience that I haue nether wrested nor altered so moch as one worde for the mayntenaūce of any maner of secte but haue with a cleare conscience purely faythfully translated this out of fyue sundry interpreters hauyng onely the manyfest trueth of the scripture before myne eyes Trustynge in the goodnes of God that it shal be vnto his worshippe quietnes and tranquilite vnto your hyghnes a perfecte stablyshment of all Gods ordynaunces within youre graces domynion a generall comforte to all Christen hertes and a continuall thankfulnesse both of olde and yonge vnto god and to youre grace for beynge oure Moses and for bringynge vs out of this olde Egypte from the cruell handes of our spirituall Pharao For where were the Iewes by ten thousande partes so moch bounde vnto Kynge Dauid for subduynge of greate Goliath and all theyr enemyes as we are to your grace for delyuerynge vs out of oure olde Babylonycall captiuyte For y t
in this poynte also that I will not ouerthrowe the cite wherof thou hast spoken Haist the and saue thy self there for I can do nothinge tyll thou be come thither Therfore is the cite called Zoar. And the Sonne was vp vpon the earth whan Lot came in to Zoar. Then the LORDE caused brymstone and fyre to rayne downe from the LORDE out of heauen vpon Sodoma and Gomorra and ouerthrew those cities the whole region and all that dwelt in the cities and that that grew vpon the earth And his wife loked behynde her and was turned into a pillar of salt Abraham rose vp early in the mornynge and gat him vnto the place where he had stonde before the LORDE and turned his face towarde Sodoma and Gomorra and all y e londe of that countre and loked And beholde there rose vp a smoke from y e countre as it had bene y e smoke of a fornace For whan God destroyed y e cities of the region he thought vpon Abraham and conueyed Lot out of the cities which he ouerthrew wherin Lot dwelt And Lot departed out of Zoar and dwelt in the mountaynes with both his daughters for he was afrayed to tary at Zoar and so remayned he in a caue w t both his daughters Then sayde y e elder vnto the yonger Oure father is olde and there is not a man more vpon earth that can come in vnto vs after the maner of all the worlde Come therfore let vs geue oure father wyne to drynke and lye with him that we maye saue sede of oure father So they gaue their father wyne to drynke that same night And the elder doughter wente in and laye with hir father and he perceaued it not nether when she laye downe ner when she rose vp On the morow the elder sayde vnto the yonger Beholde yesternight laye I with my father let vs geue him wyne to drynke this night also that thou mayest go in and lye with him that we maye saue sede of oure father So they gaue their father wyne to drynke that night also And the yonger arose like wyse and laye with him he perceaued it not nether when she laye downe ner when she rose vp Thus were both the doughters of Lot with childe by their father And the elder bare a sonne and called him Moab of whom come y e Moabytes vnto this daye And y e yonger bare a sonne also and called him the sonne Ammi of whom come the children of Ammon vnto this daye The XX. Chapter AS for Abraham he departed thence in to the south countre and dwelt betwixte Cades and Sur and was a straunger at Gerar and sayde of Sara his wife She is my sister Then Abimelech the kinge of Gerar sent for her and caused her be fett awaye But God came to Abimelech by night in a dreame sayde vnto him Beholde thou art but a deed man for the womans sake which thou hast taken for she is a mans wife Neuertheles Abimelech had not yet touched her and sayde LORDE wilt thou sley a righteous people Sayde not he vnto me she is my sister Yee and sayde not she her self also he is my brother With a pure hert with innocent handes haue I done this And God sayde vnto him in a dreame I knowe that thou dyddest it w t a pure hert and therfore I kepte the that thou shuldest not synne agaynst me nether haue I suffred the to touch her Now therfore delyuer the man his wife ageyne for he is a prophet and let him pray for y e and thou shalt lyue But and yf thou delyuer her not ageyne be sure that thou shalt dye the death and all that is thine Then Abimelech rose vp by tymes in the mornynge and called all his seruauntes and tolde all these thinges in their eares and the men were sore afrayed and Abimelech called Abraham and sayde vnto him Wherfore hast thou done this vnto vs And what haue I offended y e that thou shuldest brynge on me and on my kyngdome so greate a synne Thou hast not dealt with vs as a man shulde deale And Abimelech saide morouer vnto Abraham What sawest thou y t thou hast done this thinge Abraham sayde I thought Peraduenture there is no feare of God in this place they shall sleye me for my wifes sake And of a trueth she is my sister for she is my fathers doughter but not my mothers doughter and is become my wife So whan God charged me to wādre out of my fathers house I sayde vnto her Shew this kyndnes vpon me that where so euer we come thou saye of me that I am thy brother Then toke Abimelech shepe and oxen seruauntes and maydens and gaue them vnto Abraham and delyuered him Sara his wife agayne and sayde Beholde my londe stondeth open before the dwell where it liketh the. And vnto Sara he sayde Beholde I haue geuen thy brother a thousande syluer pens lo he shal be vnto the a couerynge of the eyes for all that are with the and euery where and a sure excuse As for Abraham he prayed vnto God Then God healed Abimelech and his wyfe and his maydens so that they bare childrē For afore the LORDE had closed all the matrices of Abimelechs house because of Sara Abrahams wife The XXI Chapter THe LORDE also vysited Sara acordinge as he had promysed dealt with her euen as he had sayde And Sara was with childe and bare Abraham a sonne in his olde age euen in the tyme appoynted like as God had spoken vnto him afore And Abraham called his sonne which was borne vnto him whō Sara bare him Isaac and circumcided him the eight daye like as God commaunded him An hundreth yeare olde was Abrahā whan his sonne Isaac was borne vnto him And Sara sayde God hath prepared a ioye for me for who so euer heareth of it wyll reioyse with me She sayde morouer Who wolde haue saide vnto Abraham that Sara shulde geue children sucke and beare him a sonne in his olde age And the childe grew and was weened And Abraham made a greate feast in y e daye whan Isaac was weened And Sara sawe the sonne of Agar the Egipcian whom she had borne vnto Abraham that he was a mocker and sayde vnto Abraham Cast out this bonde mayden and hir sonne for this bonde maydēs sonne shall not be heyre w t my sonne Isaac This worde displeased Abraham sore because of his sonne Neuertheles God sayde vnto him let it not displease the because of the childe and the hand mayde What so euer Sara hath sayde vnto the folowe it for in Isaac shall the sede be called vnto the. As for the honde maydens sonne I wyll make a people of him also because he is of thy sede Then Abraham rose vp early in the mornynge and toke bred and a botell with water and put it vpon Agars shulders and gaue her the childe and sent her
him Bilha hir mayden to wyfe And Iacob laye with her So Bilha conceaued and bare Iacob a sonne Then sayde Rachel God hath geuen sentence on my syde and herde my voyce and geuē me a sonne therfore called she him Dan. Bilha Rachels mayde cōceaued agayne and bare another sonne vnto Iacob Then sayde Rachel God hath turned it with me and my sister and I haue gottē the vpperhande And she called him Nephthali Now whan Lea sawe that she had left bearynge she toke Silpa hir mayde and gaue her vnto Iacob to wyfe So Silpa Leas mayde bare Iacob a sonne Then saide Lea This is good lucke she called him Gad. After this Silpa Leas mayde bare Iacob another sonne Then sayde Lea Well is me for the doughters will call me blessed and she called him Asser. Ruben wente out in the tyme of y e wheate haruest and founde Mandragoras in the felde and brought them home vnto his mother Lea. Then sayde Rachel vnto Lea Geue me some of y e sonnes Mādragoras She answered Hast thou not ynough that thou hast taken awaye my huszbande but wilt take awaye my sonnes Mandragoras also Rachel saide Wel let him lye with the this night for thy sonnes Mandragoras Now whan Iacob came home at euen from the felde Lea wente forth to mete him and sayde Thou shalt lye w t me for I haue bought the for my sonnes Mandragoras And he slepte with her that night And God herde Lea and she conceaued and bare Iacob the fifth sonne sayde God hath rewarded me because I gaue my mayden vnto my huszbande and she called him Isachar Lea conceaued yet agayne and bare Iacob the sixte sonne and sayde God hath endewed me with a good dowry Now wyll my huszbande dwell with me agayne for I haue borne him sixe sonnes she called him Zabulon After that she bare a doughter whom she called Dina. Neuertheles God thought vpō Rachel and herde her and made her frutefull Then she conceaued and bare a sonne and sayde God hath taken awaye my rebuke and she called him Ioseph and sayde God geue me yet another sonne Now whan Rachel had borne Ioseph Iacob sayde vnto Laban Let me go departe in to my place and vnto myne owne lande geue me my wyues and my children for the which I haue serued the y t I maye go for thou knowest what seruyce I haue done the. Laban sayde vnto him Can I not fynde fauoure in thy sight I perceaue that God hath blessed me for thy sake Appoynte thou the rewarde y t I shal geue the. But he saide vnto him Thou knowest how I haue serued the and what maner of catell thou hast vnder me Thou haddest but litle afore I came hither but now is it growne into a multitude and the LORDE hath blessed y t for my sake And now whan shall I loke to myne owne house also He saide What shal I then geue the Iacob sayde Thou shalt geue me nothinge at all but yf thou wilt do this for me y t I saye then wyll I fede and kepe thy shepe agayne I wyll go thorow all thy flockes to daye and separate thou from amonge them all the shepe that be spotted and partye coloured and all blacke shepe amonge the lambes Now loke what shal be partie coloured and spotted amōge the kyddes the same shal be my rewarde so shal my righteousnes testifie with me to daye or tomorow whan it cōmeth vnto my rewarde before the so that what so euer is not spotted and partye coloured amonge the kyddes and blacke amōge the lambes let that be theft with me Then sayde Laban Beholde let it be so as thou hast sayde And that same daye he sundered out the speckled and partye coloured goates and all the spotted and partye coloured kyddes where there was eny whyte vpon them and all that was black amonge the lambes and put them vnder the hande of his children and made rowme of thre dayes iourney wyde betwixte him and Iacob So Iacob kepte the residue of Labans flocke But Iacob toke staues of grene wyllies hasell and of chestnottrees and pylled whyte strekes in them and layed the staues that he had pylled in the drynkinge troughes before the flocke which came there to drynke that they shulde conceaue whan they came to drynke So the flockes conceaued ouer y e staues and brought forth speckelde spotted and partye coloured Then Iacob parted y e lambes and put them to the flocke vnto the spotted and all that was blacke in Labans flocke that put he vnto the spotted And he made him a flocke of his owne which he put not vnto Labans flocke Neuertheles in the first buckynge tyme of the flockes he layed the staues in the drynkinge troughes before the eyes of the flockes that they shulde conceaue ouer the staues But in the latter buckynge tyme he layed them not in So the later were Labans but the firstlinges were Iacobs Thus the man became exceadinge riche so that he had many shepe maydens seruauntes Camels and Asses The XXXI Chapter HE herde also of y e wordes of Labans children that they sayde Iacob hath brought all o r fathers good vnto him self of oure fathers good hath he gotten these riches And Iacob behelde Labans countenaunce beholde it was not towarde him as yesterdaye and yeryesterdaye And the LORDE sayde vnto him Departe agayne to thy fatherlāde and to thy kynred I wyll be with the. Then sent Iacob and bad call Rachel and Lea in to the felde to his flockes and sayde vnto them I se youre fathers countenaunce that it is not towarde me like as yesterdaye and yeryesterdaye but the God of my father hath bene with me And ye knowe that I haue serued youre father with all my power And he hath disceaued me and chaunged my wages now ten tymes But God hath not suffred him to do me harme Yf he sayde The partye coloured shal be thy rewarde then the whole flocke bare partye coloured Yf he sayde The speckelde shal be thy rewarde thē the whole flocke bare speckelde Thus hath God with drawen youre fathers goodes from him and geuen them vnto me For whan the buckynge tyme came I lift vp myne eyes and sawe in a dreame and beholde the rammes leapte vpon the flocke that was speckelde spotted partye coloured And the angel of God sayde vnto me in a dreame Iacob And I answered here am I. He sayde lift vp thine eyes and beholde the rammes leape vpon the speckelde spotted and partie coloured flocke for I haue sene all y t Laban doth vnto the. I am y e God at Bethel where thou dyddest anoynte the stone maydest a vowe there vnto me Get the vp now departe out of this londe go agayne in to the londe of thy kynred Then answered Rachel and Lea and sayde vnto him As for vs we haue no porcionner inheritaūce more in oure fathers house he hath coūted vs as straūgers for he
downe for we darre not loke the man in the face yf oure yongest brother be not with vs. Then sayde thy seruaunt my father vnto vs Ye knowe that my wife bare me two sonnes one wente out fro me and I sayde he is torne in peces Yf ye take this fro me also and eny mysfortune happeÌ„ him then shal ye brynge my gray heer with sorowe downe vnto the graue Yf I now come home vnto my father the lad be not with me seynge his soule hangeth by the soule of this then shall it come to passe that yf he se not the lad there he shal dye So shal we thy seruauntes brynge the gray heer of thy seruaunt oure father with sorowe downe to the graue For I thy seruaunt became suertye for the lad vnto my father and sayde yf I brynge him not agayne I will beare the blame all my lyfe longe Therfore let thy seruaunt byde here in steade of y e lad to be my lordes bonde man and let the lad go vp with his brethren For how can I go vp vnto my father yf the lad be not with me Then shulde I se the mysery that shulde happen vnto my father The XLV Chapter THen coude not Ioseph refrayne him self before all them that stode aboute him and he coÌ„maunded euery man to go out from him and there stode no man by him whan Ioseph vttred him self vnto his brethren And he wepte loude so that y e Egipcians and Pharaos housholde herde it And he sayde vnto his brethren I am Ioseph is my father yet alyue And his brethren coulde not answere him they were so abashed before his face But he sayde Come nye vnto me And they came nye And he sayde I am Ioseph youre brother whom ye solde in to Egipte And now vexe not youre selues thinke not y t there is eny wrath because ye solde me hither For God sent me hither before you for yo r lyues sake For these are now two yeares that y e derth hath bene in the lande and there are yet fyue yeares behynde wherin there shal be no plowinge ner haruest But God sent me hither before you y t he might let you remayne vpon earth and to saue youre lyues by a greate delyueraunce And now it was not ye then that sent me hither but God which hath made me a father vnto Pharao lorde ouer all his house and a prynce in the whole lande of Egipte Haist you therfore and go vp vnto my father and saye vnto him Thy sonne Ioseph sendeth the this worde God hath made me lorde in all Egipte come downe vnto me tarye not thou shalt dwel in the lande of Gosen and be with me thou and thy children and thy childers childreÌ„ thy small and greate catell and all that thou hast There wyll I make prouysion for the for there are yet fyne yeares of derth that thou perishe not w t thine house and all that is thyne Beholde youre eyes and the eyes of my brother Ben Iamin se that I myne owne self speake vnto you by mouth Shewe my father all my worshipe in Egipte and all that ye haue sene haist you and come downe hither with my father And he fell aboute his brother Ben Iamyns neck and wepte and Ben Iamin wepte vpon his neck also And he kyssed all his brethren and wepte vpon them And afterwarde talked his brethren w t him And this tydinges came in to Pharaos house Iosephs brethren are come which pleased Pharao well and all his seruauntes And Pharao spake vnto Ioseph Saye vnto thy brethren Do thus lade youre beastes go youre waye and whan ye come in to the lande of Canaan take youre father and youre housholdes and come vnto me I wyl geue you of the goodes in the laÌ„de of Egipte so that ye shall eate the fatt in the lande And he commaunded them Do thus Take you charettes out of y e lande of Egipte for youre children and wyues and brynge youre father and come and regarde not youre housholde stuff for the goodes of all the laÌ„de of Egipte shal be yours The children of Israel dyd so and Ioseph gaue theÌ„ charettes acordynge to Pharaos commaundement and expenses by the waye and gaue them all vnto euery one a chaunge of rayment but vnto Ben Iamin he gaue thre hundreth syluer pens and fyue chaunge of rayment As for his father he sent him ten Asses laden with goodes out of Egipte and ten Asses with corne and bred and vytayles for his father by y e waye So he sent awaye his brethren and sayde vnto them Stryue not by the waye Thus they departed out of Egipte and came to the lande of Canaan vnto Iacob their father and tolde him and sayde Thy sonne Ioseph is yet alyue and is a lorde in all the lande of Egipte But his hert wauered for he beleued them not TheÌ„ tolde they him all the wordes of Ioseph which he had sayde vnto them And whan he sawe y e charettes that Ioseph had sent to fetch him his sprete reuyued he sayde I haue ynough that my sonne Ioseph is yet a liue I wil go and se him before I dye The XLVI Chapter ISrael toke his iourney with all that he had And whan he came to Berseba he offred offerynges vnto y e God of his father Isaac And God spake vnto him in a vision by night Iacob Iacob He sayde here am I. And he saide I am y e mightie God of thy father be not afrayed to go in to Egipte for there wyl I make a greate people of the. I wyll go downe with the wil brynge the vp also And Ioseph shal laye his hande vpon thine eyes Then Iacob gat him vp from Berseba and y e children of Israel caried Iacob their father with their children and wyues vpon the charettes that Pharao had sent to cary him And they toke their catell substaunce which they had gotten in the lande of Canaan and so came in to Egipte Iacob all his sede with him his children his childers children with him his doughters and the doughters of his children all his sede These are y e names of the children of Israel which came in to Egipte Iacob his sonnes The first borne sonne of Iacob Ruben The children of Ruben Hanoch Pallu Hezron and Charmi. The children of Simeon Iemuel Iamin Ohad Iachim Zohar and Saul the sonne of the Cananitish woman The childreÌ„ of Leui Gerson Cahath Merari The childreÌ„ of Iuda Er Onan Sela Phares Serah But Er and Onan dyed in the lande of Canaan The childreÌ„ of Phares Hesron and Hamul The children of Isachar Thola Phua Iob Semron The children of Zabulon Sered Elon and Iahleel These are the childreÌ„ of Lea which she bare vnto Iacob in Mesopotamia with his doughter Dina. These all together with sonnes doughters make thre thirtie soules The childreÌ„ of Gad Zipheon Haggi Suni Eâ—bon Eri
y t is not eloqueÌ„t from yesterdaye yeryesterdaye sence the tyme y t thou hast spoâ—â— â–ª vnto thy seruaunt for I haue a slowe speach a slowe tunge The LORDE sayde vnto him Who hath made the mouth of man Or who hath made the domme or the deaf or the seynge or y e blynde Haue not I the LORDE done it Go now thy waye therfore I wil be w t thy mouth teach the what thou shalt saye But Moses sayde â–ª My LORDE sende whom thou wilt sende Then was the LORDE very angrie at Moses and saide Do not I knowe then y t thy brother Aaron the Leuite is well spoken And beholde he shal go forth to mete y e whan he seyth the he shal reioyse from his hert Thou shalt speake vnto him put the wordes in his mouth I wil be with thy mouth his and teach you what ye shall doo he shall speake vnto the people for the â–ª He shal be thy mouth thou shalt be his God And take in thine hande this staff wherwith thou shalt do tokens Moses weÌ„te and came agayne vnto Iethro his father in lawe and sayde vnto him Let me go I praye the that I maye turne agayne vnto my brethreÌ„ which are in Egipte and se whether they be yet alyue Iethro sayde vnto him Go thy waye in peace The LORDE sayde also vnto him in Madian Go y i waye turne againe in to Egipte for y e meÌ„ are deed that sought after thy life So Moses toke his wife and his sonnes and caried them vpon an Asse wente againe in to the lande of Egipte toke the staff of God in his hande And the LORDE saide vnto Moses When thou coÌ„mest agayne in to Egipte se y t thou do all the wonders before Pharao which I haue put in y e haÌ„de But I wil hardeÌ„ his hert y t he shall not let the people go And thou shalt saie vnto Pharao Thus sayeth y e LORDE Israel is my firstborne sonne I saye vnto the Let my sonne go y t he maye serue me Yf thou wilt not let him go then wil I slaye thy firstborne sonne And as he was by the waye in the Inne the LORDE met him and wolde haue slayne him Then toke Zipora a stone and circumcyded the foreskynne of hir sonne and touched his fete and sayde A bloudy brydegrome art thou vnto me TheÌ„ let he him go But she sayde A bloudy brydegrome because of the circumcision And the LORDE sayde vnto Aaron Go mete Moses in the wildernes And he weÌ„te met him on the mount of God and kyssed him And Moses tolde Aaron all the wordes of the LORDE which had sent him all the tokens y t he had charged him withall And they weÌ„te gathered all the elders of the childreÌ„ of Israel And Aaron tolde all y e wordes y t the LORDE had spokeÌ„ vnto Moses dyd the tokens before the people the people beleued And whan they herde y t the LORDE vysited the children of Israel and loked vpon their trouble they bowed them selues and worshipped The V. Chapter AFterwarde wente Moses Aaron spake vnto Pharao Thus sayeth the LORDE the God of Israel let my people go y t they maye kepe holy daye vnto me in the wildernes Pharao answered What felowe is the LORDE that I must heare his voyce and let Israel go I knowe not the LORDE nether wil I let Israel go They sayde The God of the Hebrues hath called vs. Let vs go now therfore thre dayes iourney in the wildernes do sacrifice vnto the LORDE o r God y t there happen not vnto vs pestileÌ„ce or swerde TheÌ„ sayde y e kynge of Egipte vnto theÌ„ Why make ye y e people thou Moses Aaron to leaue their worke Get you heÌ„ce to yo r laboure Pharao saide morouer Beholde y e people are to many in y e lande and yet wil ye byd them ceasse from their laboure The same daye therfore dyd Pharao coÌ„maunde the workmasters of the people and their officers and sayde Ye shal not gather and geue the people eny more strawe to burne bryck as yesterdaye and yeryesterdaye Let them go and gather them strawe them selues And the nombre of the brycke which they made yesterdaye yeryesterdaye shall ye laye vpon them neuertheles and mynish nothinge therof for they are ydle Therfore crye they and saye We wil go and do sacrifice vnto oure God Let the men be kepte downe w t laboure y t they maye haue to do not to turne them selues to false wordes Then wente the workmasters of the people their officers out spake vnto the people Thus sayeth Pharao There shall no strawe be geuen you go youre waye youre selues and get you strawe where ye can fynde it But of youre labo r there shall nothinge be mynished Then were the people scatred in all y e lande of Egipte to gather stubble that they might haue strawe And the workmasters haistied them forwarde sayde Fulfill yo r daye worke like as whan ye had strawe And the officers of y e children of Israel whom Pharaos worckmasters had set ouer them were beaten it was saide vnto them Wherfore haue ye not fulfilled yo r appoynted daye worke to daye and yesterdaye like as in tymes past Than wente the officers of the children of Israel coÌ„playned vnto Pharao Wherfore wilt thou deale thus w t thy seruauntes Thy seruauntes haue no strawe geuen theÌ„ yet must we make the brycke that are appoynted vs. And beholde thy seruauntes are beaten thy people are euell intreated Pharao sayde Ye are ydle ydle are ye therfore saye ye we will go and do sacrifice vnto the LORDE Go now yo r waye therfore worke there shall no strawe be geuen you but the nombre of brycke shal ye delyuer Then sawe the officers of the children of Israel y t it was not amended for it was sayde ye shal mynish nothinge of the daye worke of the brycke And whan Moses Aaron wente from Pharao they came forth to mete them sayde vnto them The LORDE loke vpon you iudge it for ye haue made the sauoure of vs to stynke before Pharao and his seruauntes and haue geuen them a swerde in their handes to slaye vs. But Moses came agayne vnto the LORDE and sayde LORDE wherfore dealest thou so euell w t this people Wherfore hast thou sent me For sence the tyme that I wente in vnto Pharao to speake vnto him in thy name he hath dealt euell with this people and thou hast not delyuered y e people The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Now shalt thou se what I will do vnto Pharao for thorow a mightie hande must he let them go thorow a mightie hande must he dryue them from him out of his londe The VI. Chapter ANd God spake vnto Moses sayde vnto him I am y e LORDE I appeared vnto Abraham Isaac
y e Gomor he that gathered moch had not the more and he y t gathered litle wanted nothinge but euery one gathered for himself as moch as he ate And Moses sayde vnto them Let no mā leaue ought therof vntyll the mornynge But they harkened not vnto Moses And some left of it vntill the morninge Then waxed it full of wormes and stanke And Moses was angrie at them And euery mornynge they gathered for them selues as moch as euery one ate but as soone as it was whote of the Sonne it melted awaye And vpon the sixte daye they gathered twyse as moch of bred two Gomors for one And all the rulers of the congregaciō came in and tolde Moses And he sayde vnto them This is it that the LORDE hath sayde Tomorow is the Sabbath of the holy rest of the LORDE loke what ye wil bake that bake and what ye wyll seeth that seeth and that remayneth ouer let it remayne y t it maye be kepte vntyll the mornynge And they let it remayne tyll the morow as Moses commaunded Then stanke it not nether was there eny worme therin Thē sayde Moses Eate that to daye for to daye is y e Sabbath of the LORDE to daye shal ye fynde none in the felde Sixe dayes shall ye gather it but the seuenth daye is the Sabbath wherin there shal be none But vpon the seuenth daye there wente out some of the people to gather and founde nothinge Then sayde y e LORDE vnto Moses How longe refuse ye to kepe my commaundementes and lawes Beholde y e LORDE hath geuen you the Sabbath therfore vpon the sixte daye he geueth you bred for two dayes therfore let euery man now byde at home and no man go forth of his place vpon the seuenth daye So the people rested vpō y e seuenth daye And the house of Israel called it Man and it was like Coriander sede and whyte had a taist like symnels with hony And Moses sayde This is it that y e LORDE hath commaunded Fill a Gomor therof to be kepte for youre posterities y t they maye se the bred wherwith I fed you whan I brought you out of y e lande of Egipte And Moses sayde vnto Aaron Take a cruse and put a Gomor full of Man therin and laye it vp before the LORDE to be kepte for youre posterities as the LORDE commaunded Moses So Aaron layed it vp there for a testimony to be kepte And the children of Israel ate man fourtye yeares tyll they came vnto a lande where people dwelt euen vntyll they came to y e borders of the lande of Canaan ate they Man A Gomor is the tenth parte of an Epha The XVII Chapter ANd the whole multitude of the children of Israel wēte on their iourneys out of the wyldernes of Sin as the LORDE cōmaunded thē pitched in Raphidim Then had the people no water to drynke And they chode w t Moses sayde Geue vs water y t we maye drynke Moses sayde vnto thē Why chyde ye w t me Wherfore tēpte ye y e LORDE But whan the people thyrsted there for water they murmured agaynst Moses sayde Wherfore hast thou caused vs to come out of Egipte to let vs oure children and oure catell dye of honger Moses cried vnto the LORDE and sayde What shal I do w t this people They are all most ready to stone me The LORDE saide vn to him Go before the people take some of the elders of Israel with y e and take in thine hande thy staff wherwith thou smotest the water and go thy waye Beholde I wyl stonde there before the vpon a rock in Horeb there shalt thou smyte the rocke so shall there water runne out that the people maye drynke Moses dyd so before the elders of Israel Then was that place called Massa Meriba because of the chydinge of the children of Israel and because they tempted y e LORDE and sayde Is the LORDE amonge vs or not Then came Ameleck fought agaynst Israel in Raphidim And Moses sayde vnto Iosua Chose vs out men go out fight against Amaleck tomorow wil I stōde vpō the toppe of the hyll haue y e staff of God in my hande And Iosua dyd as Moses bade him fought agaynst Amalek Moses Aaron Hur wente vp to y e toppe of the hyll And whā Moses helde vp his hāde Israel had the victory but whan he let downe his hande Amalek had the victory But Moses hādes were heuy therfore toke they a stone layed it vnder him that he might syt vpon it And Aaron Hur stayed vp his hādes the one vpon the one syde and the other vpon y e other syde So his handes were stedfast vnto y e Sonne wente downe And Iosua discomfited Amalek his people thorow the edge of the swerde And y e LORDE sayde vnto Moses Wryte this for a remēbraunce in a boke cōmytte it vnto y e eares of Iosua for I wyll rote out Amalek from vnder heauen so that he shall nomore be remembred And Moses buylded an altare vnto the LORDE and called it The LORDE Nissi for he sayde The battayll of the LORDE shal be agaynst Amalek thorow an hande vnder the defence of God from childe to childes childe The XVIII Chapter ANd whan Iethro y e prest in Madian Moses father in lawe herde of all y t God had done w t Moses his people of Israel how y t the LORDE had brought Israel out of Egipte he toke Zipora Moses wife whom he had sent backe with her two sonnes The one was called Gerson for he saide I am become a straunger in a straunge londe And the other was called Eliaser for he sayde The God of my fathers hath bene my helpe and hath delyuered me from Pharaos swerde Now whā Iethro Moses father in lawe and his sonnes and his wife came vnto him in the wyldernes by the mount of God where he had pitched his tent he sent worde vnto Moses I Iethro thy father in lawe am come vnto the and y i wife and both hir children with her Then wente Moses forth to mete him and dyd obeysaūce vnto him and kyssed him And whan they had saluted ech other they wente in to the tente Then Moses tolde his father in lawe all that the LORDE had done vnto Pharao and the Egipcians for Israels sake and all the trauayle that had happened them by y e waye and how the LORDE had delyuered them Iethro reioysed ouer all y e good that the LORDE had done for Israel y t he had delyuered them from the hāde of the Egipcians And Iethro sayde Praysed be the LORDE which hath delyuered you from the hande of the Egipcians and of Pharao and that knoweth how to delyuer his people from the Egipcians hande Now I knowe that the LORDE is greater thē all goddes because they dealt proudly w t them And Iethro toke brent offerynges and
offered vnto God Then came Aaron and all y e elders of Israel to eate bred with Moses father in lawe before God On the next morow sat Moses to iudge the people and the people stode roūde aboute Moses from the momynge vntyll y e euen But whan his father in lawe sawe all that he dyd with the people he sayde What is this that thou doest with the people Wherfore syttest thou alone and all y e people stonde rounde aboute from the morninge vntyll the euen Moses answered him The people come to me axe councell at God for whan they haue eny thinge to do they come vnto me that I maye iudge betwixte euery one his neghboure and shewe them the statutes of God and his lawes His father in lawe sayde vnto him It is not well that thou doest Thou weeriest thy self and the people that is with the. This busynesse is to sore for the thou canst not perfourme it alone But herken vnto my voyce I will geue the councell and God shall be with the. Be thou vnto the people to God warde and brynge the causes before God and prouide them with statutes and lawes that thou mayest shewe thē the waie wherin they shulde walke and the workes that they shulde do But loke out amonge all the people for honest men that feare God soch as are true hate couetousnes make these rulers ouer them some ouer thousandes ouer hundredes ouer fiftie and ouer ten that they maye allwaye iudge the people But where there is eny greate matter that they brynge the same vnto the and iudge the small causes them selues so shall it be lighter for the yf they beare the burthen with the. Yf thou shalt do this then mayest thou endure the thinge that God chargeth the withall and all this people maie go peaceably vnto their place Moses herkened vnto the voyce of his father in lawe and dyd all that he sayde And he chose honest men out of all Israel and made them heades ouer the people some ouer thousandes ouer hundredes ouer fiftie and ouer ten that they might allwaye iudge the people As for soch causes as were herde they brought them vnto Moses and iudged the small matters them selues So Moses let his father in lawe departe in to his owne londe The XIX Chapter IN the thirde moneth after that the children of Israel were gone out of the londe of Egipte they came the same daye in to the wyldernes of Sinai for they were departed from Raphidim and wolde in to the wyldernes of Sinai and there they pitched in the wyldernes ouer against the mounte And Moses wente vp vnto God And the LORDE called vnto him out of the mount and sayde Thus shalt thou saye vnto the house of Iacob and tell the children of Israel Ye haue sene what I haue done vnto the Egipcians and how I haue borne you vpon Aegles wynges brought you vnto my self Yf ye wyll harken now vnto my voyce and kepe my couenaunt ye shal be myne owne before all people for the whole earth is myne and ye shall be vnto me a presterly kingdome and an holy people These are the wordes that thou shalt saye vnto the children of Israel Moses came and called for the elders of the people and layed before them all these wordes that the LORDE had commaunded And all the people answered together and sayde All that the LORDE hath sayde wyll we do And Moses tolde the wordes of the people vnto the LORDE agayne And the LORDE sayde vnto Moses Beholde I wyll come vnto the in a thicke cloude that the people maye heare my wordes which I speake vnto the and beleue the for euer And Moses shewed the wordes of the people vnto the LORDE The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Go vnto the people and sanctifie thē to daye and tomorow y t they maye wash their clothes and be ready agaynst the thirde daye for vpon the thirde daye shall the LORDE come downe vpon mount Sinai before all the people And set markes rounde aboute the people and saye vnto them Bewarre that ye go not vp in to y e mount ner touch y e border of it For who so euer toucheth y e moūt shal dye y e death There shal no hāde touch it but he shall either be stoned or shot thorow whether it be beest or man it shal not lyue Whan the horne bloweth then shal they come vp vnto the mounte Moses wente downe from the mount vnto the people and sanctified them And they waszshed their clothes And he sayde vnto them Be ready agaynst the thirde daye and no man come at his wife Now whan the thirde daye came and it was early it beganne to thonder and lighten and there was a thicke cloude vpon the mount and a noyse of a trompet exceadinge mightie And the people that were in the tentes were afrayde And Moses brought the people out of the tentes to mete w t God and they stode vnder the mount But all mount Sinai smoked because y e LORDE came downe vpō it with fyre And the smoke therof wente vp as the smoke of a fornace so that the whole mount was exceadinge terrible And the noyse of the trompet wēte out and was mightie Moses spake God answered him loude Now whan the LORDE was come downe vpon mount Sinai euen vpon the toppe of it he called Moses vp vnto y e toppe of the mount And Moses wente vp Then sayde the LORDE vnto him Go downe and charge the people y t they preasse not vnto the LORDE to se him and so many of them perishe The rulers also that come nye vnto y e LORDE shal sanctifie themselues lest the LORDE smyte thē But Moses sayde vnto the LORDE The people can not come vp vpon mount Sinai for thou hast charged vs sayde Set markes aboute the mount and sanctifie it The LORDE sayde vnto him Go thy waye get y e downe Thou and Aaron with the shalt come vp but the rulers and y e people shal not preasse to come vp vnto y e LORDE lest he smyte thē And Moses wente downe to the people and tolde them The XX. Chapter ANd the LORDE spake all these wordes and sayde I am the LORDE thy God which haue brought the out of the londe of Egipte from y e house of bondage Thou shalt haue none other Goddes in my sight Thou shalt make the no grauen ymage ner eny symilitude nether of it that is aboue in heauen ner of it that is beneth vpon earth ner of it that is in the water vnder the earth Worshipe them not and serue them not for I the LORDE thy God am a gelouse God vysitinge y e synne of the fathers vpon the children vnto y e thirde and fourth generacion of them that hate me And do mercye vpō many thousandes that loue me and kepe my commaundementes Thou shalt not take the name of y e LORDE thy God in vayne
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
bred shalt thou kepe Seuen daies shalt thou eate vnleueÌ„ded bred like as I coÌ„maunded the in the tyme of the moneth Abib for in the moneth Abib thou wentest out of Egipte * All y t first breaketh the Matrix is myne soch as shal be male amoÌ„ge y e catell y t breaketh the Matrix whether it be oxe or shepe But the first of thyne Asse shalt thou bye out w t a shepe yf thou redeme it not then breake his necke All the first borne of thy children shalt thou redeme And se that no man appeare before me â—mpâ—ye Sixe dayes shalt thou labo r vpon y e seâ—eÌ„th daye shalt thou rest both from plowinge and reapynge The feast of wekes shalt thou kepe with the firstlinges of the wheate haruest and the feast of yngaderynge at y e yeares ende Thryse in a yeare shal all yo r men children appeare before the Souernoure euen the LORDE and God of Israel Whan I shal cast out the Heithen before the enlarge y â— borders there shal no man desyre thy loÌ„de for so moch as thou goest vp thre tymes in the yeare to appeare before y e LORDE thy God Thou shalt not offer the bloude of my sacrifice w t leueÌ„ded bred And the offerynge of the Easter feast shal not remayne ouer night vntill the mornynge The firstlinges of y e first frutes of thy loÌ„de shalt thou brynge in to the house of the LORDE thy God Thou shalt not seith a kydd whyle it is yet in his mothers mylke And the LORDE saide vnto Moses wryte these wordes for because of these wordes haue I made a couenaunt with the with Israel And he was there with the LORDE fourtye dayes and fourtye nightes and ate no bred and dranke no water And he wrote in the tables the wordes of the couenauÌ„t euen ten verses Now whaÌ„ Moses came downe fro mouÌ„t Sinai he had the two tables of wytnesse in his hande wyst not y t the skynne of his face shyned because he had talked with him And whaÌ„ Aaron all the childreÌ„ of Israel sawe y t the skynne of his face shyned they were afrayed to come nye him TheÌ„ Moses called them And they returned vnto him both Aaron all the chefest of the coÌ„gregacion And he talked w t them Afterwarde came all the children of Israel vnto him And he coÌ„maunded theÌ„ all y t the LORDE had sayde vnto him vpon the mount Sinai Now whan he had made an ende of talkynge w t theÌ„ he put a couerynge vpoÌ„ his face And whan he weÌ„te in before y e LORDE to talke w t him he toke y e couerynge of till he weÌ„te out agayne And whan he came forth spake w t the childreÌ„ of Israel what was coÌ„maunded him theÌ„ the childreÌ„ of Israel sawe his face how y t the skynne of his face shyned so he put the couerynge vpoÌ„ his face agayne tyll he wente in agayne to talke with him The XXXV Chapter ANd Moses gathered all the coÌ„gregacion of y e childreÌ„ of Israel together and sayde vnto them This is it y t the LORDE hath commaunded you to do Sixe dayes shall ye worke but the seuenth daye shall ye kepe holy a Sabbath of the LORLES rest Who so euer doeth eny worke therin shall dye Ye shal kyndle no fyre vpon the Sabbath daye in all youre dwellynges And Moses sayde vnto y e whole congregacion of the children of Israel This is it that the LORDE hath commaunded Geue from amonge you Heue offerynges vnto y e LORDE so that euery one brynge the LORDES Heue offerynge with a fre hert golde syluer brasse yalowe sylke scarlet purple whyte sylke and goates hayre reed skynnes of rammes doo skynnes and Fyrre tre oyle for the lampes and spyces for the anoyntinge oyle and for swete incense Onix stones and stones to be set in y e ouerbody cote and for the brestlappe And who so is wyse of hert amonge you let him come make what the LORDE hath commaunded namely the Habitacion with the tent couerynge therof the rynges bordes barres pilers sokettes The Arke w t the staues therof the Mercy seate the vayle the table with his staues all his apparell the shewbred The caÌ„dilsticke of light and his apparell and his lampes the oyle for the lightes The altare of incense with his staues The anoyntynge oyle and spyces for incense The hangynge before y e Tabernacle dore The alter of burnt offerynges with his brasen gredyron staues and all his apparell The lauer with his fote The hanginges of the courte with the pilers and sokettes therof the hangynge of the courte dore The nales of the habitacion and of y e courte with their coardes The mynistringe garmentes for the seruyce in the Holy y e holy vestimentes of Aaron the prest w t the vestimentes of his sonnes for y e prestes office Then wente all the congregacion of the childreÌ„ of Israel out fro Moses euery one brought the gift of his hert all that they wolde of fre will the same brought they for an Heue offerynge vnto the LORDE for y e worke of the Tabernacle of witnesse for all the seruyce therof for the holy vestimeÌ„tes Both men wemen that were of a wyllynge hert brought bracelettes earynges rynges gyrdels and all maner Iewels of golde Euery man also brought golde for Waue offerynges vnto the LORDE And who so euer fouÌ„de by him yalow sylke scarlet purple whyte sylke goates hayre reed skynnes of raÌ„mes and Doo skynnes brought it And who so euer houe vp syluer brasse brought it for y e Heue offerynge vnto the LORDE And who so euer founde Fyrre tre by him brought it for all maner of worke of the Gods seruyce And soch wemen as were wyse herted spanne with their haÌ„des and brought their sponne worke of yalow sylke scarlet purple and whyte sylke And soch wemen as had hye vnderstondinge in wyszdome spanne goates hayre As for y e prynces they brought Onix stones and set stones for y e ouerbody coate and for the brestlappe and spyces and oyle for y e lightes and for the anoyntinge oyle and for swete incense Thus the children of Israel brought fre wyllynge offerynges both man and wemeÌ„ for all maner of worke that the LORDE had commaunded by Moses to be made And Moses saide vnto the childreÌ„ of Israel Beholde y e LORDE hath called by name Bezaleel y e sonne of Vri y e sonne of Hur of the trybe of Iuda hath fylled him w t the sprete of God that he maye haue wyszdome vnderstondinge knowlege for all maner of worke to worke connyngly in golde syluer brasse to graue precious stones to set them to carue in wodd to make all maner of connynge workes and hath geueÌ„ instruccion in his hert both him and Ahaliab the sonne of Ahisamach of y e trybe of Dan. These hath he fylled w
w t their hoost their captayne shal be Elisama sonne of Amihud and his armye in the summe fourtye thousande and fyue hundreth Nexte vnto him shal y e trybe of Manasse pitch their captayne Gamaliel the sonne of Pedazur his armye in the summe two and thirtie thousande two huÌ„dreth The trybe of Ben Iamin also their captayne Abidan the sonne of Gedeoni his armye in the summe fyue and thirtie thousande foure hundreth So y t all they which belonge to the hoost of Ephraim be in the summe an hundreth thousande eight thousande an huÌ„dreth belonginge to his armie And they shal be the thirde in the iourney On the North syde shal lye y e pauylions baner of Dan with their hoost their captayne Ahieser y e sonne of Ammi Sadai his armye in the summe two and sixtye thousande and seueÌ„ hundreth Nexte vnto him shal the trybe of Asser pitche their captayne Pagiel y e sonne of Ochran his army in the summe one and fourtie thousande and fyue hundreth The trybe of Nephthali also their captayne Ahira the sonne of Enan his armye in the summe thre fiftye thousande foure huÌ„dreth So y t all they which belonge to the hoost of Dan be in the summe an huÌ„dreth thousande seuen fiftie thousande sixe hundreth And they shal be the last in the iourney with their baners This is the summe of the children of Israel after their fathers houses and armyes with their hoostes euen sixe hundreth thousande thre thousande fyue huÌ„dreth fiftie But y e Leuites were not nombred in y e summe amonge the childreÌ„ of Israel as y e LORDE coÌ„maunded Moses And y e childreÌ„ of Israel dyd all as the LORDE coÌ„maunded Moses And so they pitched vnder their baners toke their iourney euery one in his kynred acordinge to the house of their fathers The III. Chapter THese are the generacions of Aaron Moses whan y e LORDE spake vnto Moses at y e same tyme vpon mount Sinai And these are y e names of the sonnes of Aron The firstborne Nadab then Abihu Eleasar Ithamar These are y e names of the sonnes of Aaron which were anoynted to be prestes their handes fylled for y e presthode But Nadab Abihu dyed before y e LORDE whaÌ„ they offred strauÌ„ge fyre before y e LORDE in y e wildernesse of Sinai had no sonnes But Eleasar and Ithamar executed y e prestes office w t their father Aaron And the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Bringe hither the trybe of Leui and set them before Aaron the prest y t they maye serue w t him wayte vpon him vpoÌ„ the whole congregacion before y e Tabernacle of witnesse and execute the seruyce of the habitacion and kepe all the apparell of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and wayte vpon the children of Israel to mynistre in the seruyce of the habitacion And thou shalt geue y e Leuites vnto Aaron and his sonnes for a gift vnto euery one his awne from amonge the children of Israel As for Aaron his sonnes thou shalt appoynte them to wayte on their prestes office Yf another preasse therto he shal dye And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and saide Beholde I haue takeÌ„ the Leuites froÌ„ amonge the childreÌ„ of Israel for all the first borne that open the Matrix amonge the children of Israel â–ª so that the Leuites shal be myne For the firstborne are myne sence y e tyme that I smoâ—e all the first borne in y e lande of Egipte whaÌ„ I sanctified vnto me all the firstborne in Israel from meÌ„ vnto catell that they shulde be myne I the LORDE And the LORDE spake vnto Moses in the wyldernesse of Sinai and sayde Nombre the children of Leui after their fathers houses and kynreds all that are males of a moneth olde and aboue So Moses nombred them acordinge to the worde of the LORDE as he had commaunded And these were the children of Leui with their names Gerson Kahath Merari The names of the children of Gerson in their kynreds were Libni and Semei The childreÌ„ of Kahath in their kynreds were Amram Iezehar Hebron and Vsiel The children of Merari in their kynreds were Maheli and Musi. These are the kynreds of Leui after their fathers houses These are y e kynreds of Gerson The Libnites and Semeâ—tes the summe was founde in nombre seuen thousande and fyue hundreth of all that were males of a moneth olde and aboue And the same kynreds of the Gersonites shal pitche behinde the Habitacion on the west syde Let Eliasaph the sonne of Lael be their ruler And they shal waite vpon the Tabernacle of wytnesse of the habitacion and of the tent and couerynges therof and the hangynge in the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse the hangynge aboute the courte the hangynge in y e courtedore which courte goeth aboute the habitacion and the altare and the cordes of it all that belongeth to the seruyce therof These are the kynreds of Kahath The Amramites the Iezeharites the Hebronites and Vsielites all that were males of a moneth olde aboue in nombre eight thousande and sixe hundreth waytinge vpon the Tabernacle of the Sanctuary shal pitch on the south syde of y e Habitacion Let Elisaphan the sonne of Vsiel be their ruler And they shal kepe the Arke the table the candil sticke the altare and all the vessels of the Sanctuary to do seruyce in and the vayle and all that belongeth to the seruice therof But the chefe of all the rulers of the Leuites shal be Eleasar the sonne of Aron the prest ouer them that are apoynted to kepe the watch of the Sanctuary These are y e kynreds of Merari The Mahelites and Musites which were in nombre sixe thousande and two huÌ„dreth all that were males of a moneth olde and aboue Let Zuriel y e sonne of Abihail be their ruler and they shall pitche vpon the north syde of the Habitacion And their office shal be to kepe the bordes and barres and pilers and sokettes of the Habitacion and all the apparell therof and that serueth therto y e pilers also aboute y e courte with the sokettes and nales and cordes But before the Habitacion and before y e Tabernacle on the East syde shal Moses Aaron his sonnes pytche that they maye wayte vpon the Sanctuary the children of Israel Yf eny other preasse therto he shal dye All the Leuites in the summe whom Moses and Aaron nombred after their kynreds acordinge to the worde of the LORDE all that were males of a moneth olde and aboue were two and twentye thousande And y e LORDE saide vnto Moses Nombre all the first borne that are males amonge the children of Israel of a moneth olde and aboue and take the nombre of their names And y e Leuites shalt thou take out vnto me the LORDE for all y e first borne of y e childreÌ„ of Israel
the catell of the Leuites for all the first borne amonge the catell of y e children of Israel And Moses nombred all the first borne amōge the childrē of Israel as the LORDE commaunded him And in the nombre of the names of all the first borne that were males of a moneth olde aboue in their summe there were foūde two and twentye thousande two hundreth and thre and seuentye And the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Take the Leuites for all y e first borne amonge the childrē of Israel the catell of y e Leuites for their catell y t the Leuites maye be myne the LORDES But the redempcion money of the two hundreth thre seuentye y t remayne of the first borne of the children of Israel aboue the nombre of the Leuites shalt thou take euen fyue Sycles of euery heade after the Sycle of the Sanctuary one Sycle is worth twentye Geras the money y t remayneth ouer their nōbre shalt thou geue vnto Aaron and his sonnes Then toke Moses y e redempcion money that remayned ouer aboue the nombre of the Leuites from y e first borne of the childrē of Israel euen a thousande thre hundreth and fyue and thre score Sycles after y e Sycle of the Sanctuary gaue it vnto Aaron and his sonnes acordinge to the worde of the LORDE as the LORDE commaunded Moses The IIII. Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses Aaron sayde Take y e summe of the childrē of Kahath from amonge the childrē of Leui after their kynreds fathers houses from thirtie yeare and aboue vntill fiftye yeare all that are mete for the warre that they maye do the worke in the Tabernacle of witnesse This shal be the office of the children of Kahath in the Tabernacle of wytnesse which is most holy Whan the hoost breaketh vp Aaron and his sonnes shall go in and take downe the vayle and couer the Arke of wytnesse therwith and laye the couerynge of doo skynnes vpon it and sprede a whole yalowe clothe aboue theron and put his staues therin And vpon the shewe table they shal sprede a yalowe clothe also and set theron the disshes spones flatpeces and pottes to poure out and in and the daylie bred shal lye vpon it and they shall sprede a purple clothe ther ouer and couer it with a couerynge of doo skynnes and put the staues of it therin And they shal take a yalowe clothe and couer the cādilsticke of light therwith and his lampes with his snoffers and outquenchers and all the oyle vessels that belonge to the seruyce and aboute all this shal they put a couerynge of doo skynnes and put it vpon staues So shal they sprede a yalowe clothe ouer the golden altare also and couer the same with a couerynge of doo skynnes and put it vpon staues All the vessels that they occupye in the Sanctuary shal they take and put a yalowe clothe ther ouer couer them with a couerynge of doo skynnes and put them vpon staues They shal swepe the asshes also from the altare and sprede a clothe of scarlet ouer it and set all his vessels theron that they occupye vpon it colepames fleshokes shouels basens with all the apparell of the altare and they shal sprede a couerynge of doo skynnes theron and put his staues therto Now whan Aaron and his sonnes haue done this and haue couered the Sanctuary all the ornamētes therof whan the hoost breaketh vp then shal the children of Kahath go in that they maye beare it and the Sanctuary shall they not touche lest they dye This is the charge of the childrē of Kahath in the Tabernacle of wytnesse And Eleasar the sonne of Aaron y e prest shal haue the office to prepare the oyle for the light and the spyces for the incense and the daylie meat offerynge and the anoyntinge oyle to order the whole habitacion all that therin is in the Sanctuary and the ornamentes therof And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayde Ye shal not destroye the trybe of the kynred of the Kahathites amōge the Leuites but this shal ye do with them y t they maye lyue not dye yf they touche the most holy Aaron and his sonnes shal go in and appoynte euery one vnto his office charge But they shal not go in presumptuously to loke vpō y e Sanctuary lest they die And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses and Aaron sayde Take the summe of the children of Gerson also after their fathers house kynred from thirtye yeare aboue vntyll fiftye yeare appoynte them all y t are mete for the warre to haue an office in the Tabernacle of wytnesse This shal be the office of the kynred of the Gersonites euē to serue to beare They shal beare the curtaynes of the habitacion and of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and his couerynge and the coueringe of doo skynnes that is aboue theron and the hanginge in the dore of the Tabernacle of wytnesse and the hanginge aboute the courte which goeth aboute the habitacion and the altare and their cordes and all the instrumentes y t serue for thē and all that belongeth to their occupienge Acordinge vnto the worde of Aaron and of his sonnes shal all the office of the children of Gerson be done what so euer they shall beare and occupye And ye shal se that they wayte vpon all their charge This shal be y e office of y e kinred of y e childrē of y e Gersonites in y e Tabernacle of witnes And their waytinge shal be vnder y e hāde of Ithamar the sonne of Aarō the prest The children of Merari after their kynred and fathers house shalt thou appoynte also from thirtie yeare and aboue vnto fiftie yeare all that are mete for the warre y t they maye haue an office in the Tabernacle of wytnesse But vpon this charge shall they wayte acordinge to all their office in y e Tabernacle of witnesse that they beare the bordes of the Habitacion and the barres and pilers and sokettes the pilers of the courte also rounde aboute and the sokettes and nales ▪ and cordes with all their apparell ▪ acordynge to all their seruyce And vnto euery one shall ye appoynte his porcion of charge to waite vpon the apparell Le◠this be the office of the kynred of the children of Merari all that they shall do in the Tabernacle of wytnesse vnder the hande of Ithamar the sonne of Aaron the prest And Moses and Aaron with the captaynes of the congregacion nombred the children of y e Kahathites acordinge to their kynreds and houses of their fathers from thirtie yeare and aboue vntyll fyftye all that were mete for the warre to haue offyce in the Tabernacle of wytnesse And the summe was two thousande seuen hundreth and fyftie This is the summe of the kynred of the Kahathite◠which all had seruyce in the Tabernacle of witnesse whom
Moses and Aaron nombred acordynge to the worde of the LORDE by Moses The children of Gerson were nombred also in their kynreds and fathers houses from thirtie yeare and aboue vntyll fyftie all that were mete for the warre to haue office in y e Tabernacle of witnesse and the summe was two thousande syxe hundreth and thirtie This is y e summe of the kinred of the childrē of Gerson which all had to do in the Tabernacle of wytnesse whom Moses and Aaron nombred acordinge to y e worde of y e LORDE The children of Merari were nombred also acordinge to their kynreds and fathers houses from thirtie yeare and aboue vntyll fyftye all that were mete for the warre to haue office in the Tabernacle of witnesse the summe was thre thousande and two hundreth This is the summe of the kynred of the childrē of Merari whom Moses and Aaron nombred acordinge to the worde of the LORDE by Moses The summe of all the Leuites whom Moses and Aaron with the captaynes of Israel tolde after their kinreds and fathers houses from thyrtie yeare and aboue vntyll fyftye all that wente in to do euery one his office and to beare the burthen in y e Tabernacle of wytnesse was eight thousande fyue hundreth and foure score which were nombred acordinge to the worde of the LORDE by Moses euery one to his office charge ▪ as the LORDE commaunded Moses The V. Chapter ANd y e LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Commaunde the children of Israel y t they put out of the hoost all y e lepers and all that haue yssues and that are defyled vpon the deed both men and womē shall they putt out of the hoost that they defyle not their tentes wherin I dwell amonge them And y e children of Israel dyd so and put them out of the hoost as y e LORDE had sayde vnto Moses And the LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel saye vnto them Whan a man or woman doth a synne to eny body and offendeth ther with agaynst the LORDE then hath that soule a trespace vpon it And they shall knowlege their synne that they haue done and shall make amendes for their trespace euen with the whole summe and put y e fifth parte more therto and geue it vnto him agaynst whom they haue trespaced But yf there be noman to make the amendes vnto for the offence y t he hath trespaced agaynst him then shal the reconcylynge be made vnto the LORDE for the prest besydes the ramme of the attonemēt wherwith he shal be reconcyled Likewyse all the Heue offerynges of all that the children of Israel halowe vnto the LORDE and offre vnto the prest shall be his And who so haloweth enythinge it shal be his And who so geueth the prest eny thinge it shal be his also And the LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake to the children of Israel and saye vnto them Whan eny mans wife goth asyde and trespaceth agaynst him eny mā lye with her fleshlye and the thinge be yet hyd from his eyes and is not come to light that she is defiled and he can brynge no witnesse agaynst her for she was not takē therin and the sprete of gelousye kyndleth him so that he is gelous ouer his wife whether she be vncleane or not vncleane then shal he brynge her vnto the prest and brynge an offerynge for her euen the tenth parte of an Epha of barlye meele and shal poure no oyle theron ner put frankensence vpon it for it is an offerynge of gelousy and an offeringe of remembraunce that remembreth synne Then shall the prest beynge her and sett her before the LORDE and take of the holy water in an earthen vessell and put of y e dust that is on the floore of the habitacion in to the water And he shal set the wife before y e LORDE and vncouer hir heade and the offeringe of remembraunce which is an offeringe of gelousy shall he laye vpon hir handes And the prest shal haue in his hande bytter cursinge water and shal coniure the wife saye vnto her Yf no man haue lyē with the and thou hast not gone asyde from thy huszbande to defyle thy self then shall not these bytter cursinge waters hurte the. But yf thou hast gone asyde from thy huszbande so that thou art defyled and some other man hath lyen with the besyde thy huszbande then shall the prest coniure the wife with this curse and shal saye vnto her The LORDE sett the to a curse and a coniuracion amonge thy people so that the LORDE make thy thye rotte and thy wombe to berst So go this cursed water in to thy body that y e wombe berst and thy thye rotte And the wife shal saye Amen Amen So the prest shall wryte this curse in a byll and wash it out with the water and shall geue the wife of the bytter cursinge waters to drynke And whā the cursinge water is gone in her so y t it is bytter vnto her then shal the prest take the gelousy offerynge out of the wyues hande and waue it for a meat offerynge before the LORDE and offre it vpon the altare namely he shall take an handfull of the meat offerynge for hir remēbraunce burne it vpō the altare then geue the wife the water to drinke And whā she hath dronken the water yf she be defyled and haue trespaced agaynst hir huszbande then shal the cursinge water go in to her and be so bytter that hir wombe shal berst and hir thye shall rotte and the wife shal be a curse amonge hir people But yf the same wife be not defyled but is cleane then shall it do her no harme so that she maye be with childe This is the lawe of gelousy whan a wyfe goeth asyde from hir huszbande and is defyled Or whan y e sprete of gelousy kyndleth a man so that he is gelous ouer his wyfe y t he brynge her before the LORDE and that y e prest do all w t her acordinge vnto this lawe And y e man shal be giltlesse of the synne but the wife shall beare hir myszdede The VI. Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel and saye vnto them Whan a man or woman separateth them selues to vowe a vowe of abstinence vnto the LORDE he shal absteyne from wyne and strōge drynke Vyneger of wyne of stronge drynke shal he not drynke ner that is pressed out of grapes he shall nether eate fresh ner drye grapes so longe as his abstinence endureth Morouer he shall eate nothinge that is made of the vyne tre from the wyne cornels vnto the hulle As longe as the vowe of his abstynence endureth there shall no rasoure come vpon his heade tyll the tyme be out which he absteyneth vnto the LORDE for he is holy And he shall let the heer of his heade growe and stonde bare openly All the
VIII Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses sayde Speake to Aaron saye vnto him Whan thou settest vp y e lāpes thou shalt set thē so that they maye all seuē geue light aboue vpō y e candilsticke And Aaron dyd so set y e lampes vpō y e candilsticke as y e LORDE cōmaunded Moses The worke of y e cādilsticke was of beatē golde both y e shaft floures therof Acordynge to y e visiō that the LORDE had shewed Moses euen so made he the candelsticke And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Take the Leuites frō amonge the children of Israel clense them But thus shalt thou do with them that thou mayest clense them Thou shalt sprenkle purifienge water vpon them and lett a rasure go ouer their whole body and washe their clothes and then are they cleane Then shall they take a yonge bullocke and his meat offerynge of fyne floure myngled with oyle And another yonge bullocke shalt thou take for a synofferinge And thou shalt brynge the Leuites before the Tabernacle of wytnesse and gather together the whole congregacion of y e children of Israel and brynge the Leuytes before the LORDE And the children of Israel shall laye their handes vpon the Leuites And Aaron shal waue y e Leuites before the LORDE for the children of Israel that they maye mynistre in the seruyce of the LORDE And the Leuites shall laye their handes vpon the heedes of the bullockes and the one shal be made a synn offerynge the other a burnt offeringe vnto the LORDE to make an attonement for the Leuites And thou shalt set the Leuites before Aaron and his sonnes and waue them before the LORDE and so shalt thou separate them from y e children of Israel that they maye be myne Thē shall they go in that they maye do seruyce in the Tabernacle of witnesse Thus shalt thou clense thē waue them for they are my gifte of the children of Israel and I haue taken them vnto me for all that openeth the Matrix namely for the first borne of all the children of Israel For euery first borne amonge the children of Israel is myne both of men and of catell sens the tyme that I smote all the first borne in the lande of Egipte and sanctified them vnto myself and toke the Leuites for all the first borne amonge the childrē of Israel and gaue them for a gifte vnto Aarō and his sonnes from amonge the children of Israel y t they shulde do the seruyce of the children of Israel in the Tabernacle of witnesse to make attonemēt for the children of Israel that there be not a plage amonge the children of Israel yf they wyll come nye y e Sanctuary And Moses with Aaron and the whole congregaciō of the childrē of Israel dyd w t the Leuites all as the LORDE had commaūded Moses And they purified the Leuites and waszshed their clothes And Aaron waued them before the LORDE and made attoment for them that they might be cleane After that wente they in to do their office in the Tabernacle of witnesse before Aaron and his sonnes as the LORDE commaūded Moses concernynge the Leuites euen so dyd they with them And the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde This is it that belongeth vnto the Leuites From fyue and twentye yeare and aboue shal they go in to the office of the Tabernacle of witnesse But frō fyftie yeare forth they shal ceasse from the waitinge of the seruyce therof and shall mynister nomore but shal appoynte their brethren to waite and to serue in the Tabernacle of wytnesse but the office shal not they execute Thus shalt thou do with the Leuites in their seruyces that euery one maye wayte vpon his awne charge The IX Chapter ANnd the LORDE spake vnto Moses in the wildernesse of Sinai in y e first moneth of the seconde yeare that they were departed out of the lande of Egipte ▪ sayde Let the children of Israel kepe Easter in his season euen vpon the fourtene daye of this moneth at euen in his season shall they kepe it acordynge to all the statutes lawes therof And Moses spake to y e childrē of Israel y t they shulde kepe Easter And they kep Easter vpō the fourtene daye of the first moneth at euen in the wildernes of Sinai Acordinge to all that the LORDE cōmaunded Moses euen so dyd the children of Israel Then were there certayne men defyled of a deed man so that they coulde not kepe Easter vpon that daye these came before Moses and Aaron the same daye and sayde vnto him We are defiled of a deed mā wherfore shulde we be despysed that we must not bringe oure giftes in his season amonge the children of Israel Moses sayde vnto them Stonde styll I wil heare what the LORDE commaundeth you And the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Speake vnto the children of Israel saie Whā eny man is defyled of a deed coarse or is gone farre from you ouer the felde or is amonge youre kynszfolkes yet shall he kepe Easter but in the seconde moneth vpō y e fourtene daye at euen and they shal eate it with vnleuended bred and sowre sawse and shall leaue none of it vntyll the mornynge ner breake eny bone therof and shal kepe it acordinge to all y e maner of y e Easter But he that is cleane and not gone in a iourney and is negligent to kepe the Easter the same soule shal be roted out from amōge his people because he brought not his gifte to the LORDE in his season he shal beare his synne And whan there dwelleth a straunger amonge you he shal kepe Easter also vnto the LORDE shal holde it acordinge to y e ordinaunce and lawe of y e Easter This statute shal be vnto you alike to the straunger as to him that is borne in the londe And y e same daye y t the Habitacion was set vp a cloude couered it vpō the Tabernacle of witnesse at euen there was a symilitude of fyre vpon the Habitacion vntill the mornynge So came it to passe allwaye y t the cloude couered it by daye the symilitude of fyre by night And whan the cloude was takē vp from the Habitacion then the children of Israel wente on their iourney And loke in what place the cloude abode there the childrē of Israel pitched their tentes Acordinge to the worde of the LORDE toke the children of Israel their iourney and acordinge to his worde pitched they their tentes So longe as the cloude abode vpon the Habitacion they laye styll And whan the cloude taried many dayes vpon the Habitacion the childrē of Israel wayted vpon the LORDE wente not on their iourney And whan it chaunced that the cloude abode vpō y e Habitacion eny space of dayes then pitched they acordinge to the worde of the LORDE after the worde of the LORDE wente they on their iourney Whan the
cloude was there from the euenynge vntyll the mornynge and so was taken vp then wēte they on their iourney and whether it was takē vp by daye or by night they iourneyed But whan it taried vpon the habitacion two dayes or a moneth or a longe season then laye the children of Israel and iourneyed not and so whan it was taken vp they wente on their iourney For acordinge to the mouth of the LORDE they laye and after the mouth of the LORDE they iourneyed so y t they kepte the LORDES watch acordinge to the worde of the LORDE by Moses The X. Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Make the two trompettes of beaten syluer that thou mayest vse them to call the cōgregacion together and whan the hoost shal breake vp Whan they blowe with both then shall the whole congregacion gather them selues together vnto the before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse Whan they blowe but with one then the captaynes the rulers ouer the thousandes in Israel shal gather them selues together vnto the. Whan ye trompe then shal the hoostes that lye on the East syde breake vp And whan ye trompe the seconde tyme the hoostes that lye on the South syde shal breake vp For ye shall trompe whan they shal take their iourneys But whan y e congregacion is to be gathered together ye shal blowe and not trompe This blowinge w t the trompettes shal the sonnes of Aaron the prest do And it shall be yo r lawe for euer amonge youre posterities Whan ye go to a battayll in youre londe agaynst youre enemies y t vexe you ye shall trompe with the trompettes that ye maye be remembred before the LORDE yo r God and delyuered from youre enemies Like wyse whan ye are mery and in youre feast dayes in youre new Monethes ye shal blowe with the trompettes ouer youre burntsacrifices health offeringes y t it maie be a remembraunce vnto you before youre God I am the LORDE youre God Vpon the twentye daye in the seconde moneth of the seconde yeare arose the cloude from the habitacion of witnesse And the childrē of Israel wente on their iourney out of the wyldernesse of Sinai and the cloude abode in the wyldernesse of Paran First brake vp acordinge to the worde of the LORDE by Moses Namely the baner of the hoost of Iuda wente forth first with their armies and ouer their hoost was Nahasson the sonne of Aminadab And ouer the hoost of the trybe of the children of Isachar was Nathaneel the sonne of Zuar And ouer the hoost of the trybe of the children of Zabulon was Eliab the sonne of Elon And the habitacion was taken downe and the children of Gerson and Merari bare the habitacion After that wente the baner of the hoost of Ruben with their armies and ouer their hoost was Elizur the sonne of Sedeur And ouer the hoost of the trybe of the children of Simeon was Selumiel the sonne of Zuri Sadai And Eliasaph the sonne of Deguel ouer the hoost of the trybe of the children of Gad. Then wente the Kahathites forwarde also and bare the Sanctuary and caused y e habitacion be set vp agaynst they came After that wente the baner of the hoost of the children of Ephraim with their armies and ouer their hoost was Elisama the sonne of Amihud And Gamaliel the sonne of Pedazur ouer the hoost of the trybe of the children of Manasse And Abidan the sonne of Gedeoni ouer the hoost of the trybe of the children of Ben Iamin After that wente the baner of the hoost of the children of Dan with their Armyes and so were all the hoostes vp and Ahieser the sonne of Ammi Sadai was ouer their hoost And Pagiel y e sonne of Ochran ouer the hoost of the trybe of the children of Asser And Ahira the sonne of Enan ouer the hoost of the trybe of the children of Nephthali Thus the childrē of Israel wēte forth with their armyes And Moses spake vnto his brother in lawe Hobab the sonne of Raguel of Madian We go vnto the place of the which y e LORDE sayde I wil geue it you Come now with vs therfore and we wil do y e best with the for the LORDE hath promysed good vnto Israel But he answered I wil not go w t you but wil go in to myne awne londe vnto my kynred He sayde Oh nay leaue vs not for thou knowest where is best for vs to pytche in the wyldernesse and thou shalt be oure eye And yf thou goest with vs loke what good the LORDE doth vnto vs the same wil we do vnto the. So they departed from the mount of the LORDE thre dayes iourney the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt wente before them those thre dayes iourney to shewe thē where they shulde rest And y e cloude of the LORDE was ouer them in the daye tyme whan they wēte out of y e tētes And whan the Arke wente forth Moses sayde Aryse LORDE let thine enemies be scatered and let them that hate the flye before the. And whan it rested he sayde Come agayne O LORDE vnto the multitude of the thousandes of Israel The XI Chapter ANd whan y e people waxed vnpaciēt it displeased sore y e eares of y e LORDE And whan the LORDE herde it his wrath waxed whote the fyre of y e LORDE burnt amōge them so y t it cōsumed the vttemost of y e hoost Thē cryed the people vnto Moses And Moses prayed vnto the LORDE So y e fyre quenched And the place was called Tabera because the fyre of the LORDE burnt amonge them Then the comon sorte of people y t was amōge them fell a lustinge and sat wepte w t the children of Israel and sayde Who wyll geue vs flesh to eate We remembre the fish the we ate in Egipte for naught Cucumbers Melouns lekes onyons garleke But now is oure soule dryed awaye oure eyes se nothinge then the Manna The Manna was like Coriāder sede and to loke vpon like Bedellion And the people ranne here and there gathered it grounde it in Milles and beate it in morters and baked it in pānes and made cakes of it and it had a taist like an oyle cake And whan y e dew fell vpon the tētes in the night y e Manna fell therwith Now whan Moses herde the people wepe amōge their kynreds euery one in his tēt dore then the wrath of the LORDE waxed exceadinge whote And it greued Moses also And Moses sayde vnto the LORDE Why vexest thou thy seruaunte And why fynde not I fauoure in y e sight y t thou layest y e burthen of all this people vpō me Haue I thē cōceaued all this people or begotten them that thou shuldest saye vnto me Cary them in thine armes as a nurse beareth a childe vnto the londe that thou hast sworne vnto their fathers Where shal I get flesh to geue all this people They wepe
before me and saye Geue vs flesh that we maye eâ—te I am not able to beare all this people alone for it is to heuy for me And yf thou wylt deale thus w t me O kyll me then yf I haue founde fauoure in thy sight that I se not my wrechednesse And the LORDE saide vnto Moses Gather vnto me seuentye men amonge the Elders of Israel whom thou knowest y t they are the Elders in y e people and officers ouer them and brynge them before the Tabernacle of witnesse and set them there with the then wil I come downe and talke with the euen there take of thy sprete that is vpon the and putt it vpon them that they maye beare the burthen of the people with the y t thou beare not all alone And vnto y e people thou shalt saye SaÌ„ctifye yo r selues agaynst tomorow y t ye maye eate flesh for youre wepynge is come into the eares of the LORDE ye that saye Who shal geue vs flesh to eate for we were well at ease in Egipte Therfore shal the LORDE geue you flesh to eate not one daye not two not fyue not ten not twentye dayes longe but a moneth longe tyll it go out at youre noses and tyll ye lothe it euen because ye haue refused the LORDE which is amonge you and haue wepte before him sayde Wherfore wente we out of Egipte And Moses sayde Sixe hundreth thousande fote men are there of the people amoÌ„ge whom I am and thou sayest I wyll geue you flesh to eate a moneth loÌ„ge Shal the shepe and oxen be slayne to be ynough for them Or shal all the fishes of the see be gathered together to be sufficient for them The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Is the LORDES hande shortened then But now shalt thou se whether my wordes shall be fulfilled in dede or no And Moses weÌ„te out and tolde the people y e worde of the LORDE and gathered the seuentye men amonge the Eldest of the people set them rounde aboute the Tabernacle Then came the LORDE downe in a cloude spake vnto him toke of the sprete y t was vpon him put it vpon the seuentie Elders And whan the sprete rested vpon them they prophecied and ceassed not But in the hoost there remayned yet two men of whom the one was called Eldad y e other Medad the sprete rested vpoÌ„ them For they were wrytten vp also yet were they not gone out vnto the Tabernacle and they prophecied in the hoost Then ran there a lad tolde Moses sayde Eldad and Medad prophecie in the hoost Then answered Iosua y e sonne of Nun Moses seruaunte whom he had chosen and sayde My lorde Moses for bydde them But Moses sayde vnto him Art thou gelous for my sake wolde God y t all the people of y e LORDE coulde prophecie and that y e LORDE wolde geue them his sprete So Moses and the Elders of Israel gat them to the hoost Then wente out the wynde from y e LORDE caused quayles to come from the see scatred theÌ„ ouer the hoost here a dayes iourney there a dayes iourney rounde aboute y e hoost two cubytes hye aboue y e earth Then the people stode vp all that daye and all y t night and all the nexte daye and gathered quayles and he that gathered the leest gathered ten Homers they kylled them rounde aboute the hoost But whyle y e flesh was yet betwene their tethe or euer it was vp the wrath of the LORDE waxed whote amonge the people and slewe them with an exceadinge greate slaughter Therfore is the same place called the graues of lust because the voluptuous people were buried there From the lustgraues toke the people their iourney vnto Hazeroth and abode at Hazeroth The XII Chapter ANd Miriam Aaron spake agaynst Moses because of his wife the Morian which he had taken because he had takeÌ„ a Morian to wife and they sayde Doth the LORDE speake onely thorow Moses Speaketh he not also by vs And the LORDE herde it But Moses was a very meke man aboue all men vpon earth And haistely spake the LORDE vnto Moses and to Aaron and to Miriam Go out ye thre vnto y e Tabernacle of wytnesse And they wente out all thre Then came the LORDE downe in the cloudy piler stode in the dore of the Tabernacle called Aaron Miriam they both weÌ„te out And he sayde Heare my wordes Yf eny man be a prophet of the LORDE vnto him wil I shewe my self in a vision or wil speake vnto him in a dreame But not so w t my seruaunt Moses which is faithfull in all my house Mouth to mouth speake I vnto him he seyth the LORDE in his fashion not thorow darke wordes or licknesses Wherfore were ye not afrayed then to speake agaynst my seruaunt Moses And y e wrath of the LORDE waxed whote ouer them he turned him awaye and y e cloude also departed from the Tabernacle And beholde then was Miriam become leporus as it were snowe And Aaron turned him vnto Miriam and sawe that she was leporous and sayde vnto Moses Oh my lorde put not the synne vpon vs which we haue foolishly committed and synned that she be not as one that commeth deed out of his mothers wombe It hath eaten vp half hir flesh allready But Moses cried vnto the LORDE sayde Oh God heale her The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Yf hir father had spytte in hir face shulde she not be ashamed seuen dayes Let her be shut out of y e hoost seueÌ„ dayes after y t let her be receaued agayne So Miriam was shut out of the hoost seueÌ„ dayes the people wente no farther tyll Miriam was receaued againe Afterwarde departed the people from Hazeroth and pitched in y e wildernesse of Paran The XIII Chapter ANd the LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Sende forth men to spye out y e lande of Canaan which I wil geue vnto y e children of Israel of euery trybe of their fathers a man and let them all be soch as are captaynes amonge them Moses sent theÌ„ out of the wildernes of Paran acordinge to the worde of the LORDE soch as were all heades amonge the children of Israel and these are their names Samma the sonne of Zacur of the trybe of Ruben Saphat the sonne of Hori of the trybe of Simeon Caleb y e sonne of Iephune of the trybe of Iuda Igeal the sonne of Ioseph of the trybe of Isachar Hosea the sonne of Nun of y e trybe of Ephraim Palti the sonne of Raphu of the trybe of Ben Iamin Gadiel the sonne of Sodi of y e trybe of Zabulon Gaddi the sonne of Susi of the trybe of Ioseph of Manasse Ammiel the sonne of Gemalli of the trybe of Dan. Sethur y e sonne of Michael of the trybe of Asser. Nahebi
them wyll I brynge in so y t they shal knowe the lande which ye haue refused But ye with youre carcases shall lye in this wildernesse and yo r children shal wander in this wildernesse fourtye yeares beare yo r whordome tyll yo r carcases be waisted in the wildernesse acordinge to the nombre of y e fourtye dayes wherin ye spyed out the londe A daye for a yeare so y t fourtye yeares ye shall beare youre myszdede that ye maye knowe what it is whan I with drawe my hande Euen I the LORDE haue sayde it wil do it in dede vnto all this euell congregacion that haue lift vp themselues agaynst me In this wildernesse shal they be consumed and there shal they dye So there dyed and were plaged before the LORDE all the mē whom Moses sent to spye out the lāde came agayne and made the whole cōgregacion to murmur agaynst it because they brought vp a myszreporte of the lande that it was euell But Iosua the sonne of Nun and Caleb y e sonne of Iephune were left alyue of the men that wente to spye out the lande And Moses spake these wordes vnto all the children of Israel Thē toke the people greate sorowe And they arose early in y e mornynge and wente vp to the toppe of y e mountayne and sayde Lo here are we and will go vp to the place wherof the LORDE hath sayde for we haue synned But Moses sayde wherfore go ye on this maner beyonde y e worde of the LORDE It shall not prospere with you go not vp for y e LORDE is not amōge you y t ye be not slayne before yo r enemies For the Amalechites and Cananites are there before you ye shal fall thorow y e swerde because ye haue turned yo r selues from the LORDE and the LORDE shal not be with you But they were blynded to go vp to the toppe of the mountaine neuertheles the Arke of the LORDES couenaunt Moses came not out of the hooste Then came downe y e Amalechites Cananites which dwelt vpon that mountayne and smote them and hewed them euen vnto Horma The XV. Chapter ANd the LORDE talked with Moses and sayde Speake to the childrē of Israel saye vnto them Whan ye come in to the lande of youre dwellinge which I shal geue you and wil do sacrifice vnto the LORDE whether it be a burnt offerynge or an offrynge for a speciall vowe or a frewyll offerynge or youre feast offerynges that ye maye make a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE of oxen or of shepe He y t wil offre now his gifte vnto y e LORDE shal brynge for the meat offeringe a tēth deale of fyne floure myngled with oyle of the fourth parte of an Hin and wyne for y e drynk offerynge the fourth parte of an Hin also to the burnt offeringe or eny other offeringe whan a lambe is offred But whā there is a ramme offred thou shalt make the meat offerynge two tēth deales of fyne floure myngled with oyle of the thirde parte of an Hin and y e thirde parte of an Hin of wyne also for a drynk offeringe this shalt thou offre for a swete sauo r vnto the LORDE But yf thou wilt offre an oxe for a burnt offerynge or for a speciall vowe offerynge or for an health offeringe vnto the LORDE thou shalt brynge to the oxe the meat offrynge euen thre tenth deales of fyne floure mingled with half an Hin of oyle half an Hin of wyne for a drynk offrynge This is an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE Thus shalt thou do with an oxe with a ramme with a lambe and with a goate Acordinge as the nombre of the offerynges is therafter shall the nombre of the meat offerynges and drynk offerynges be also He that is one of youre selues shall do this that he maye offre a sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE And yf there dwell a straunger with you or is amōge youre kynszfolkes and wil do an offerynge vnto the LORDE for a swete sauoure the same shal do as ye do Let there be one statute for the whole cōgregacion both vnto you and to the straungers A perpetuall statute shal it be vnto youre posterities that the straunger be euē as ye before y e LORDE One lawe and one ordinaunce shal be vnto you and to the straunger that dwelleth with you And the LORDE talked with Moses sayde Speake to the children of Israel and saye vnto them Whan ye come in to the lande in to y t which I shal brynge you so that ye eate the bred of the londe ye shal heue vp an Heue offerynge vnto the LORDE namely a cake of the firstlinges of youre dowe shall ye geue for an Heue offerynge as the Heue offerynge of the barne euen so shal ye geue the firstlinges of youre dowe also vnto the LORDE for an Heue offerynge amonge youre posterities And whan ye thorow ignoraunce ouer se eny of these commaundementes which the LORDE hath spoken by Moses and all y t the LORDE hath commaunded you by Moses from the daye that the LORDE beganne to commaunde for youre posterities and the cōgregacion do ought ignorauntly thē shal the whole congregacion offre a yonge bullocke from amonge the greate catell to a burnt offerynge for a swete sauoure vnto the LORDE with his meat offerynge and drynk offerynge as the maner is and an he goate for a syn offerynge And so shal the prest make an attonement for the whole congregacion of the children of Israel and it shal be forgeuen them for it is an ignoraunce And they shal brynge these their giftes for an offerynge vnto the LORDE and their syn offerynge before the LORDE for their ignoraunce and it shal be forgeuen the whole congregacion of the childrē of Israel the straunger also y t dwelleth amonge you for so moch as all the people is in soch ignoraunce Yf one soule synne thorow ignoraunce the same shal brynge a she goate of a yeare olde for a syn offerynge And the prest shall make an attonement for soch an ignoraunt soule with the syn offeringe for the ignoraunce before the LORDE that he maye reconcyle him and it shal be forgeuen him And it shal be one lawe that ye shal do for y e ignoraunce both vnto him that is borne amonge the children of Israel and to the straunger that dwelleth amonge you But yf a soule do ought presumptuously whether he be one of youre selues or a straunger he hath despysed the LORDE y e same soule shal be roted out from amōge his people because he hath despysed the worde of the LORDE and hath left his commaundement vndone that soule shall vtterly perishe his synne shal be vpon him Now whyle the children of Israel were in the wyldernesse they founde a man gatherynge stickes vpon the Sabbath daye And they that founde him gatherynge stickes brought him vnto Moses and Aaron and before
that is not of y e sede of Aaron come nye to offre incense before the LORDE y t it happē not vnto him as vnto Corah and his companye acordynge as the LORDE sayde vnto him by Moses On the nexte morow murmured y e whole congregacion of y e childrē of Israel against Moses Aarō saide Ye haue slayne y e people of y e LORDE And whan the cōgregaciō was gathered agaynst Moses Aarō they turned thē towarde y e Tabernacle of witnes And beholde thē y e cloude couered y e Tabernacle y e glory of y e LORDE appeared And Moses Aarō wēte in before y e Tabernacle of witnes And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Get you out of this cōgregacion I wil shortly consume thē And they fell vpon their faces And Moses sayde vnto Aaron Take the cēser put fyre therin frō of the altare laye incēse theron go soone to the cōgregacion make an attonement for them For the wrath is gone out from the LORDE and the plage is begōne amonge the people And Aaron dyd as Moses sayde ranne in the myddest amonge y e congregaciō And beholde y e plage was begōne And he burnt incēse made an attonemēt for the people stode betwene the deed the lyuynge and the plage ceassed But there were fourtene thousande and seuē hundreth deed in the plage besydes them that dyed aboute the busynesse of Corah And Aaron came agayne vnto Moses before the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse And the plage ceassed The XVII Chapter ANd y e LORDE spake vnto Moses sayde Speake to the children of Israel take of thē twolue staues of euery captayne of his fathers house one and wryte euery mans name vpon his staffe But Aarons name shalt thou wryte vpon the staffe of Leui For euery heade of their fathers house shal haue a staffe And laye thē in the Tabernacle of witnesse before the witnesse where I testifie vnto you And loke whom I shall chose his staffe shal florishe y t I maye stylle the grudginges of the children of Israel which they grudge agaynst you And Moses spake vnto the childrē of Israel all their captaynes gaue him twolue staues euery captayne a staffe after y e house of their fathers And Aarons staffe was amonge their staues also And Moses layed the staues before the LORDE in the Tabernacle of witnesse On the morow whā Moses wēte in to y e Tabernacle of witnesse he foūde y t Aarōs rodde of the house of Leui florished and brought forth blossoms bare allmondes And Moses brought forth all y e staues frō y e LORDE before all y e childrē of Israel that they might se it And they toke euery mā his staffe The LORDE sayde vnto Moses Bringe Aarōs staffe againe before the wytnesse y t it maye be kepte for a tokē to the children of rebellion that their murmuringes maye ceasse frome lest they dye Moses dyd as y e LORDE cōmaunded him And y e childrē of Israel sayde vnto Moses Beholde we cōsume awaie we are destroied perishe Who so cōmeth nye y e dwellynge place of y e LORDE he dyeth Shal we thē vtterly cōsume awaie The XVIII Chap. ANd the LORDE sayde vnto Aaron Thou thy sonnes thy fathers house w t the shal beare the myszdede of y e Sāctuary thou thy sonnes w t the shall beare the myszdede of yo r presthode But thy brethren of the trybe of Leui y e father shal come nye the be ioyned vnto the that they maye mynistre vnto ye. But thou thy sonnes w t the shal mynistre before y e Tabernacle of witnesse And they shal wayte vpō y e seruyce vpon y e seruyce of the whole Tabernacle But nye vnto the vessels of y e Sāctuary to the altare shall they not come y t both they ye dye not howbeit they shal be ioyned vnto the to wayte vpō the mynistracion in the Tabernacle of witnesse in all the seruice of the Tabernacle And there shal no straunger come nye vnto you Therfore wayte now vpon the seruyce of the Sanctuary and vpon the seruyce of the altare that there come no more wrath vpon the children of Israel For lo I haue takē yo r brethrē the Leuites frō amonge the children of Israel to be youre gifte for a presente vnto y e LORDE to do y e seruyce in y e Tabernacle of witnes As for y e and y i sonnes with the ye shal waite vpon youre prestes office that ye maye ministre in all maner busynes of the altare and within the vayle for yo r prestes office geue I vnto you for a gifte to do seruyce Yf a straunger come nye he shall dye And the LORDE sayde vnto Aaron beholde I haue geuen the my Heue offerynges And all that the children of Israel halowe haue I geuen vnto the and to thy sonnes for a perpetuall dewtye This shalt thou haue of the most holy thinges that they offer All their giftes with all their meat offeringes and with all their syn offerynges and w t all their trespace offerynges that they geue me the same shal be most holy vnto the and y e sonnes In the most holy place shalt thou eate it All that are males shall eate therof For it shal be holy vnto the. The Heue offerynge of their giftes in all the Waue offerynges of the children of Israel haue I geuen vnto the also and to thy sonnes and to thy doughters for a perpetuall dewtye Who so is cleane in thy house shal eate therof All the fat of the oyle and a◠y e fat of the wyne and corne of their firstlinges that they geue vnto the LORDE haue I geuen vnto ye. The first frutes of all that is in their londe which they bringe vnto the LORDE shal be thine Who so euer is cleane in thine house shal eate therof All dedicate thinges in Israel shal be thine All that breaketh the Matrix amonge all flesh which they brynge vnto the LORDE whether it be man or beest shal be thine But so that thou cause the firstborne of mā to be redemed and that thou cause the first borne of vncleane beestes to be redemed also They shal redeme it whan it is a moneth olde and shall geue it lowse for money euen for fyue Sycles after the Sycle of the Sanctuary which Sycle is worth twentye Geras But the first frutes of an oxe or lambe or goate shalt thou not cause to be redemed for they are holy Their bloude shalt thou sprenkle vpon the altare and their fat shalt thou burne for an offerynge of a swete sauoure vnto y e LORDE Their flesh shal be thine like as y e Wauebrest and y e right shulder is thine also All the Heue offeringes that y e childrē of Israel halowe vnto y e LORDE haue I geuen vnto the to thy sonnes to thy doughters with the for
Kenaâ—h with the townes belonginge therto and called it Nobah after his awne name The XXXIII Chapter THese are y e iourneys of the childreÌ„ of Israel which weÌ„te out of y e lande of Egipte acordinge to their armies 〈◊〉 Moses AaroÌ„ And Moses wrote their 〈◊〉 out as they iourneyed after y e coÌ„maundâ—ment of y e LORDE And these namely are the yourneyes of their outgoinge They departed froÌ„ Raemses vpon y e fiftene daye of the first moneth euen the morow after the Easter thorow an hye hande so that all the Egipcians sawe and buried then their first borne whom the LORDE had slayne amonge them for the LORDE executed iudgment also vpon their goddes When they were departed from Raemses they pitched in Sucoth And froÌ„ Sucoth they departed pitched their tentes in EthaÌ„ which lyeth in y e edge of y e wildernes FroÌ„ Etham they departed and abode in the valley of Hiroth which lyeth towarde Baal Zephon pitched ouer agaynst Migdol From Hyroth they departed wente in thorow y e middes of the see in to y e wyldernes and wente thre dayes yourney in the wildernes of Etham pitâ—hed in Marah From Marah they departed and came vnto Elim whâ—re there were twolue welles of water and seuentye palme trees and there they pitched â–ª From Elim they departed and pitched by the reed see From y e reed see they departed and pitched in the wildernesse of Sin From the wildernes of Sin they departed and pitched in Daphka FroÌ„ Daphka they departed and pitched in Alus From Alus they departed and pitched in Raphidim where the people had no water to drynke From Raphidim they departed and pitched in the wildernes of Sinai From Sinai they departed and pitched at the Lustgraues FroÌ„ the Lustgraues they departed and pitched in Hazeroth From Hazeroth they departed pitched in Rithma From Rithma they departed and pitched in Rimon Parez From Rimon Parez they departed and pitched in Libna From Libna they departed and pitched in Rissa FroÌ„ Rissa they departed pitched in Kehelatha FroÌ„ Kehelatha they departed pitched in mouÌ„t Sapher From mouÌ„t Sapher they departed pitched in Harada FroÌ„ Harada they departed pitched in Makeheloth From Makeheloth they departed pitched in Tahath From Tahath they departed and pitched in Tharah From Tharah they departed and pitched in Mitka From Mitka they departed and pitched in Hasmona From Hasmona they departed and pitched in Mosseroth From Mosseroth they departed and pitched in Bne Iaekon From Bne Iaekon they departed and pitched in Horgadgad From Horgadgad they departed pitched in Iathbatha From Iathbatha they departed and pitched in Abrona From Abrona they departed and pitched in Ezeon gaber From Ezeon gaber they departed and pitched in y e wildernes of Zin which is Cades From Cades they departed and pitched at mount Hor on the border of the londe of Edom. Then Aaron the prest wente vp vnto mount Hor acordynge to the commaundement of the LORDE and died there in the fourtyeth yeare after y t the children of Israel departed out of the londe of Egipte in the first daie of the fifte moneth whaÌ„ he was an hundreth and thre and twentye yeare olde And Arad the kynge of the Cananites which dwelt in the south countre of CanaaÌ„ herde y t the children of Israel came And from mount Hor they departed and pitched in Zalmona From Zalmona they departed and pitched in Phimon From Phimon they departed and pitched in Oboth From Oboth they departed and pitched in Igim by Abarim vpon the border of the loÌ„de of y e Moabites From Igim they departed and pitched in Dibâ—â— Gad. From DiboÌ„ Gad they departed and pitched in Almon Diblathama FroÌ„ Almon Diblathama they departed and pitched in the mountaynes of Abarim ouer agaynst Nebo From the mouÌ„taynes of Abarim they departed and pitched in y e felde of the Moabites besyde Ioâ—dane ouer agaynst Iericho FroÌ„ Beth haiesmoth vnto the playne of Sitim laye they in the felde of the Moabites And the LORDE spake vnto Moses in the felde of the Moabites by Iordane ouer agaynst Iericho and sayde Speake to the children of Israel and saie vnto them WhaÌ„ ye are come ouer Iordane in the lande of Canaan ye shal dryue out all the inhabiters before youre face and plucke downe all their pilers and all their ymages of metall and destroye all their hye places that ye maye so take the londe in possession and dwell therin For I haue geueÌ„ you the londe to enioye it And the londe shall ye deuyde out by lott amonge youre kynreds Vnto those that are many shall ye deuyde the more And vnto them that are fewe shall ye deuyde the lesse Euen as the lott falleth there vnto euery one so shal he haue it acordinge to the trybes of their fathers But yf ye wyll not dryue out the inhabiters of y e lande before yo r face then they whoÌ„ ye suffre to remayne shall become thornes in youre eyes and dartes in youre sydes shall vexe you in the londe where ye dwell Then wil it come to passe that I shal do vnto you euen as I thought to do vnto them The XXXIIII Chapter ANnd the LORDE spake vnto Moses and sayde Commaunde the childreÌ„ of Israel and saye vnto them Whan ye come into the londe of Canaan the londe y t falleth to youre inheritaunce shall haue hir borders in the londe of Canaan The South quarter shall begynne at the wyldernesse of Zin by Edom so that youre South quarter be from the edge of the Salt see which lyeth towarde the South and that y e same quarter fet a compasse from the South vp to Acrabim go thorow Zimma that his out goinge be from the South vnto Cades Barnea reache vnto Hazor Adar and go thorow Azmona and stretch out from Azmona vnto the ryuer of Egipte and that the ende therof be at the greate see But the West quarter shal be this namely the greate see let y t be youre border towarde the West The North quarter shal be this Ye shall compasse from the greate see vnto mount Hor. And fro mount Hor ye shall compasse tyll a man come vnto Hemath that the out goynge therof be the coast of Zedada and that the border of the same go out vnto Siphron and that the goynge out of it be at Hazor Enan Let this be youre North quarter And youre East quarter shall ye coÌ„passe from Hazor Enan vnto Sephan let the coaste go downe from Sephan and Ribla on the East syde of Ain TheÌ„ let it go downe reache vnto the syde of the see of Chinereth East warde and come downe by Iordane so y t the goynge out of it be the Salt see Let this be youre londe with the borders therof rounde aboute And Moses commaunded the children of Israel and sayde This is youre londe that ye shal deuyde out amonge
was nothinge left ouer vnto him Then wanne we at the same tyme all his cities there was not one cite that we toke not from him euen thre score cities the whole region of Argob in the kyngdome of Og at Basan All these cities were strōge with hye walles gates and barres besyde many other vnwalled townes And we vtterly destroyed them as we dyd with Sihon the kynge at Heszbon All the cities destroyed we vtterly and the men wemen and children But all the catell and spoyle of the cities caughte we for oure selues Thus toke we at the same tyme the londe out of the honde of the two kynges of the Amorites beyonde Iordane from the ryuer of Arnon vnto mount Hermon which the Sidons call Sirion but the Amorites call it Senir all the cities vpon the playne and all Gilead and all Basan vnto Salcha and Edrei the cities of the kyngdome of Og at Basan For onely Og the kynge of Basan remayned ouer of the giauntes Beholde his yron bed is here at Rabath amonge the children of Ammon nyne cubites longe and foure cubites brode after the cubite of a man This londe conquered we at the same tyme from Aroer that lyeth on y e ryuer of Arnon And vnto the Rubenites and Gaddites I gaue halfe mount Gilead with the cities therof but y e remnaunt of Gilead all Basan the kyngdome of Og gaue I vnto the halfe trybe of Manasse The whole region of Argob with all Basan was called the giauntes londe Iair the sonne of Manasse toke all the region of Argob vnto the coastes of Gessuri and Maachati and Basan called he Hauoth Iair after his awne name vnto this daye But vnto Machir I gaue Gilead And vnto the Rubenites and Gaddites I gaue one parte of Gilead vnto the ryuer of Arnon at the myddes of the ryuer is y e border and vnto the ryuer Iabok which is the border of the children of Ammon the felde also and Iordane which is the coaste from Cinereth vnto the see in the felde namely y e Salt see vnder mount Pisga Eastwarde And I commaunded you at the same tyme and sayde The LORDE youre God hath geuen you this londe to take possession of it Go youre waye forth therfore harnessed before youre brethren the children of Israel all ye that be mete for the warre As for youre wyues and children and catell for I knowe that ye haue moch catell let them remayne in youre cities which I haue geuen you vntyl the LORDE youre God haue broughte yo r brethren to rest also as well as you that they also maye take possession of the londe which y e LORDE youre God shal geue thē beyonde Iordane and then shal ye turne agayne to youre awne possession which I haue geuen you And I warned Iosua at the same tyme and sayde Thine eyes haue sene all that the LORDE youre God hath done vnto these two kynges euē so shal the LORDE do also vnto all y e kyngdomes whither thou goest Feare them not for the LORDE youre God shal fighte for you And I besoughte the LORDE at the same tyme sayde O LORDE LORDE thou hast begonne to shewe y e seruaunte thy greatnesse and thy mightie hāde For where is there a God in heauen earth that can do after y e workes and after thy power O let me go se y t good londe beyonde Iordane y t goodly hye countre and Libanus But the LORDE was angrie with me for youre sakes and wolde not heare me but sayde vnto me Be content speake nomore to me of this matter Get the vp to the toppe of mount Pisga and lifte vp thine eyes towarde the west and towarde the north and towarde the south and towarde y e east and beholde it with thine eies for thou shalt not go ouer this Iordane And geue Iosua his charge and corage him and bolde him for he shal go ouer Iordane before the people and shal deuyde vnto them the londe that thou shalt se. And so we abode in the valley ouer agaynst the house of Peor The IIII. Chapter ANd now herken Israel vnto the ordinaūces and lawes which I teach you that ye do them y t ye maye lyue and come in take possession of the londe which the LORDE God of yo r fathers geueth vnto you Ye shal put nothinge vnto the worde which I commaunde you nether do oughte there from that ye maye kepe the commaundementes of the LORDE youre God which I commaunde you Youre eyes haue sene what the LORDE hath done w t Baal Peor all them that walked after Baal Peor hath the LORDE thy God destroied from amonge you But ye that cleue vnto the LORDE yo r God are all aliue this daye Beholde I haue taughte you ordinaūces and lawes soc◠as the LORDE my God commaunded me that ye shulde do euē so in the londe in to y e which ye shal come to possesse it Kepe them now therfore and do them for that is youre wyszdome and vnderstondinge in the sight of all nacions which whā they haue herde all these ordinaunces shall saye O what a wyse and vnderstondinge folke is this and how excellent a people For where is there so excellent a nacion that hath goddes so nye him as the LORDE oure God is nye vnto vs as oft as we call vpon him And where is there so excellent a nacion that hath so righteous ordinaunces and lawes as all this lawe which I laye before you this daye Take hede to thy selfe now and kepe well thy soule that thou forget not the thinges which thine eyes haue sene and that they departe not out of thy hert all the dayes of thy life And thou shalt teach them thy children and thy childers children the daye whā thou stodest before the LORDE thy God by mount Horeb whan the LORDE sayde vnto me Gather me the people together that I maye make them heare my wordes which they shal lerne that they maye feare me all the dayes of their life vpon earth that they also maye teach their children And ye came nye stode vnder y e mount But the mount burnt euen vnto the myddes of heauen and there was darknesse cloudes and myst And y e LORDE spake vnto you out of the myddes of the fyre The voyce of his wordes ye herde neuerthelesse ye sawe no ymage but herde the voyce onely And he declared vnto you his couenaunt which he cōmaunded you to do namely the ten verses and wrote them vpon two tables of stone And the LORDE commmaūded me at the same time to teach you ordinaunces lawes that ye might do therafter in the londe in to the which ye go to possesse it Kepe well youre soules therfore for ye sawe no maner of ymage in the daye whā the LORDE spake vnto you out of the fyre vpon mount Horeb that ye destroye not youre selues and make you
e LORDE y e God in vayne for y e LORDE shal not holde him vngiltie y t taketh his name in vaine Kepe y e Sabbath daye that thou sanctifye it as the LORDE thy God hath commauÌ„ded the. Sixe daies shalt thou laboure and do all thy worke but vpon the seuenth daye it is the Sabbath of the LORDE thy God No maner worke shalt thou do in it thou and thy sonne and thy doughter and thy seruaunt and thy mayde and thine oxe and thine Asse and all thy catell and the straunger which is within thy gates that thy seruaunt and thy mayde maye rest as well as thou For thou shalt remeÌ„bre that thou thyself also wast a seruaunte in the londe of Egipte and how that the LORDE thy God brought the out from thence with a mightye hande and a stretched out arme Therfore hath the LORDE y e God commaunded y t to kepe the Sabbath daye Honoure thy father and thy mother as the LORDE thy God hath commaunded the that thou mayest lyue longe vpoÌ„ earth and that it maye go well with the in the londe which the LORDE thy God shall geue the. Thou shalt not kyll Thou shalt not breake wedlocke Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt beare no false witnes against thy neghboure Thou shalt not lust after y e neghbours wyfe Thou shalt not lust after thy neghbours house londe seruaunt mayde oxe Asse or what so euer he hath These are the wordes that the LORDE spake to all youre congregacion vpon the mount out of the fyre of the cloude and darknesse with a greate voyce and added nothinge therto And he wrote them vpon two tables of stone and delyuered theÌ„ vnto me But whan ye herde the voyce out of the darknes and sawe the mount burne w t fyre ye came vnto me all ye rulers amonge youre trybes and youre Elders and sayde Beholde the LORDE oure God hath shewed vs his glory his greatnes and we haue herde his voyce out of y e fyre This daye haue we sene that God maie talke with a man and he yet lyue And now wherfore shulde we dye that this fire â–ª shulde coÌ„sume vs. Yf we shulde heare the voyce of the LORDE oure God eny more we shulde dye For what is all fleshe that it shulde be able to heare y e voyce of the lyuynge God speakynge out of y e fyre as we haue done and yet lyue Go thou and heare all y t the LORDE oure God sayeth and tell us All y t the LORDE sayeth vnto the that will we heare and do Whan the LORDE herde the voyce of yo r wordes which ye spake vnto me he sayde vnto me I haue herde y e voyce of the wordes of this people which they haue spoken vnto ye. It is all good that they haue spoken But who shal geue them soch an herte y t they maye feare me kepe all my coÌ„maundementes as longe as they lyue y t it maye go well with them and with their childreÌ„ for euer Go saye vnto them Get you in to yo r tentes agayne But thou shalt stonde here before me that I maye tell the all the commaundementes and ordinauÌ„ces and lawes which thou shalt teach them y t they maye do therafter in the loÌ„de which I shal geue theÌ„ to possesse Take hede now therfore that ye do as the LORDE yo r God hath commaunded you and turne not asyde nether to y e right hande ner to the lefâ—e but walke in all y e wayes which the LORDE youre God hath commaunded you that ye maie lyue and that it maie go well with you and y t ye maye lyue longe in y e londe which ye shall haue in possession The VI. Chapter THese are the commaundementes ordinaunces lawes which y e LORDE yo r God hath coÌ„maunded y t ye shulde lerne them do them in the londe whyther ye go to possesse it that thou mayest feare the LORDE y e God kepe all his ordinauÌ„ces commaundementes which I commaunde the thou and y e children and y e childers children all y e dayes of youre life that ye maye lyue loÌ„ge Thou shalt heare O Israel take hede y t thou do therafter y t it maye go well with y e that thou mayest multiplye greatly as y e LORDE God of y e fathers hath promysed the a londe y t floweth w t mylke hony Heare O Israel the LORDE oure God is one LORDE onely And thou shalt loue the LORDE thy God w t all thy hart with all y e soule with all thy mighte And these wordes which I commauÌ„de the this daie shalt thou take to hert shalt whet them vpon y e children and shalt talke of them whaÌ„ thou syttest in thyne house whan thou walkest by the waie whan thou lyest downe whaÌ„ thou rysest vp And thou shalt bynde them for a signe vpon thine hande and they shall be a token of remeÌ„braunce before thine eyes and thou shalt wryte them vpon the postes of thine house and vpon thy gates Now whan y e LORDE y e God shal bringe the in to y e londe wherof he sware vnto y e fathers Abraham Isaac Iacob and shal geue the greate goodly cities which thou hast not buylded and houses full of all goodes which thou hast not filled digged welles which thou hast not digged and vynyardes and olyue trees which thou hast not plaÌ„ted so y t thou eatest and art full then bewarre that thou forget not the LORDE which brought the out of the londe of Egipte froÌ„ the house of bondage but thou shalt feare the LORDE thy God and him onely shalt thou serue and sweare by his name And ye shal not folowe the other goddes of the nacions which are aboute you for the LORDE thy God is a gelous God in the myddest of the that the wrath of the LORDE thy God waxe not whote ouer the and destroye the from the earth Ye shal not tempte y e LORDE youre God as ye tempted him at Massa but kepe the commaundementes of the LORDE yo r God and his witnesses his ordinaunces which he hath commaunded the that thou mayest do that which is right good in y e sighte of the LORDE y t thou mayest prospere and y t thou mayest go in conquere that good londe which the LORDE sware vnto y e fathers that he maye chace out all thine enemies before the as the LORDE hath sayde Now whan thy sonne axeth the todaye or tomorow and sayeth What meane these witnesses ordinaunces and lawes that the LORDE oure God hath comaunded you Then shalt thou saye vnto thy sonne We were Pharaos bondmen in Egipte and the LORDE brought vs out of Egipte with a mightie hande and the LORDE did greate euell tokens wonders in Egipte vpoÌ„ Pharao and all his house before oure eyes and brought vs from thence to bringe vs in
all these nacions before you so that ye shall cōquere greater and mightier nacions then ye youre selues are All the places that the soles of youre fete treade vpon shal be yours from the wyldernes and fro mount Libanus and from the water Euphrates vnto y e vttemost see shal youre coastes be Noman shal be able to wtstonde you The LORDE youre God shal let the feare and drede of you come vpon all y e londes wherin ye go like as he hath promysed you Beholde I laye before you this daye the blessynge and the curse The blessynge yf ye be obedient vnto the commaundementes of the LORDE youre God which I commaunde you this daye The curse yf ye wyl not be obedient to the commaundementes of the LORDE youre God but turne out of the waye which I cōmaunde you this daye so that ye walke after other goddes whom ye knowe not Whan y e LORDE y e God hath broughte the in to the londe whither thou commest in to possesse it then shalt thou geue the blessynge vpon mount Grisim and the curse vpon mount Ebal which are beyonde Iordane the waye towarde the goinge downe of the Sonne in the lōde of the Cananites which dwell in y e playne felde ouer agaynst Gilgal besyde the Oke groue of More For ye shal go ouer Iordane that ye maye come in to take possession of the londe which the LORDE youre God hath geuen you to conquere it and to dwell therin Take hede now therfore that ye do acordinge vnto all the ordinaunces and lawes which I laye before you this daye The XII Chapter THese are the ordinaunces and lawes which ye shal kepe that ye do therafter in the londe which the LORDE God of thy fathers hath geuen the to possesse as longe as ye lyue vpon earth Destroye all the places wherin y e Heithen whō ye shal conquere haue serued their goddes whether it be vpō hye mountaynes vpō hilles or amonge grene trees And ouerthrowe their altares and breake downe their pilers and burne their groues with fyre and hewe downe the ymages of their goddes brynge the names of them to naught out of the same place Ye shal not do so vnto the LORDE youre God but the place which y e LORDE youre God shal chose out of all yo r trybes that he maye let his name dwell there shal ye seke and come thither and thither shal ye brynge youre burntsacrifices youre other offerynges and youre tithes and the Heue offerynges of youre handes and youre vowes and youre fre wyll offerynges and the firstborne of youre oxen and shepe and there shall ye eate before the LORDE youre God and reioyse ouer all that ye and youre houses haue geuē with youre handes because the LORDE thy God hath blessed the. Ye shall do none of the thinges y t we do here this daye euery man what semeth him good in his awne eyes For ye are not yet come to rest ner to y e enheritaūce which the LORDE thy God shal geue the. But ye shal go ouer Iordane and dwell in the londe y t the LORDE youre God shall deuyde out vnto you he shal geue you rest from all youre enemies rounde aboute and ye shal dwell safe Now whan the LORDE thy God hath chosen a place to make his name dwell there ye shall brynge thither all y t I haue commaunded you namely yo r burne sacrifices youre other offerynges youre tythes the Heue offerynges of youre handes all youre fre vowes which ye shall vowe vnto y e LORDE and there shal ye eate and reioyse before the LORDE youre God ye and youre sonnes and youre doughters and youre seruauntes and youre maydes and the Leuites that are within youre gates for they haue no porcion ner inheritaūce with you Take hede vnto thy selfe that thou offer not thy burnt offerynges in what so euer place thou seyst but in the place which y e LORDE shall haue chosen in one of thy trybes there shalt thou offer thy burnt offerynges and do all that I commaunde the. Notwtstondinge thou mayest kyll and eate flesh within all thy gates after all the desyre of thy soule acordynge to the blessynge of the LORDE thy God which he hath geuē the both the cleane and vncleane maye eate it as of the Roo and herte onely the bloude shalt thou not eate but poure it out as water vpon the earth But within thy gates mayest thou not eate of the tythes of thy corne of thy wyne of thy oyle ner of y e first borne of thine oxen and of thy shepe or of eny of thy vowes which thou hast vowed or of thy frewylofferinges or Heue offeringes of thy handes but before the LORDE thy God shalt thou eate them in the place which the LORDE thy God choseth thou thy sonne and thy doughter thy seruaunt thy mayde and the Leuite that is within y e gates thou shalt reioyse before y e LORDE thy God ouer all y t thou puttest thine hande vnto And bewarre that thou forsake not the Leuite as longe as thou lyuest vpon the earth But whan the LORDE thy God shal enlarge thy bordes of thy londe as he hath promysed the and thou saye I wil eate flesh for so moch as thy soule longeth to eate flesh then eate flesh acordinge to all the desyre of thy soule But yf the place that the LORDE thy God hath chosen to let his name be there be farre from the then kyll of y e oxen and of thy shepe which the LORDE hath geuen the as he hath commaunded the and eate it within thy gates acordinge to all y e desyre of thy soule Euen as a Roo or Hert is eaten maiest thou eate it both the cleane and vncleane maie eate it indifferently Onely bewarre that thou eate not the bloude for the bloude is the life Therfore shalt thou not eate the life w t the flesh but shalt poure it out like water vpon the earth y t thou mayest prospere and y e children after the whan thou hast done that which is righte in the sighte of the LORDE But whan thou halowest oughte that is thine or makest a vowe thou shalt take it and brynge it vnto the place that the LORDE hath chosen and do thy burnt offerynges with the flesh and bloude vpon the altare of the LORDE thy God The bloude of thine offrynge shalt thou poure vpon the altare of the LORDE thy God and eate the flesh Take hede and heare all these wordes which I commaunde the y t it maye go well with the and thy children after y t for euer whan thou hast done y t which is righte and acceptable in the sighte of the LORDE thy God Whan the LORDE y i God hath roted out the Heithen before the whither thou commest in to conquere them whan thou hast cōquered them dwelt in their londe bewarre then y t thou fall not
of thy wyne presse and thou shalt reioyse in thy feast thou and thy sonne thy doughter thy seruaunte thy mayde the Leuite the straunger the fatherlesse and the wedowe that are within y e gates Seuen dayes shalt thou kepe y e feast vnto the LORDE thy God in the place that he hath chosen For the LORDE thy God shal blesse the in all thy frutes and in all the workes of thine hādes Therfore shalt thou be glad Thre tymes in the yeare shal all thy males appeare before the LORDE thy God in the place that he shall chose namely in the feast of vnleuended bred in the feast of wekes and in the feast of Tabernacles He shal not appeare emptie before the LORDE but euery one after the gifte of his hande acordinge to the blessinge that the LORDE thy God hath geuen the. The XVII Chapter IVdges officers shalt thou ordeyne within all y e gates which y e LORDE thy God geueth the amōge thy trybes y t they maye iudge the people with righteous iudgment Thou shalt not wrest the lawe Thou shalt knowe no personne also ner take giftes For giftes blynde the eyes of y e wyse peruerte y e righteous causes Loke what righte is y t shalt thou folowe that thou mayest lyue possesse the londe which the LORDE thy God shal geue the. Thou shalt plante no groue of what so euer trees it be nye vnto the altare of the LORDE thy God which thou makest the. Thou shalt set the vp no piler which y e LORDE y e God hateth Thou shalt offre vnto the LORDE thy God no oxe or shepe that hath a blemish or eny euell fauourednesse on it for that is abhominacion vnto the LORDE thy God Yf there be founde amonge you within eny of thy gates which the LORDE y e God shal geue y e a man or woman that worketh wickednesse in y e sighte of the LORDE thy God so that he transgresseth his couenaūte and goeth and serueth other goddes worshippeth them whether it be Sōne or Mone or eny of the hooste of heauen which I haue not commaunded and it is tolde the thou hearest of it Then shalt thou make diligent search therfore And yf thou fyndest that it is so of a trueth that soch abhominacion is wroughte in Israel then shalt thou brynge forth the same man or y e same womā which haue done soch euell vnto thy gates and shalt stone them to death At the mouth of two or thre witnesses shal he dye that is worthy of death At the mouth of one witnes shal he not dye The handes of the witnesses shal be the first to kyll him and thē y e handes of all the people that thou mayest put awaye the euell from the. Yf a matter be to harde for the in iudgmēt betwixte bloude and bloude betwixte plee and plee betwixte stroke and stroke and yf there be matters of stryfe within thy gates then shalt thou ryse and go vp vnto y e place that y e LORDE thy God hath chosen and shalt come to the prestes the Leuites to the iudge which shal be at that tyme and shalt axe They shal shewe the how to iudge and thou shalt do therafter as they saye vnto the in y e place which the LORDE hath chosen and thou shalt take hede that thou do acordinge vnto all y t they teach the. Acordinge to the lawe y t they teach the after the iudgment that they tell y e shalt thou do so that thou turne not asyde from y e same nether to the righte hande ner to the lefts And yf eny man deale presumptuously so that he herkeneth not vnto the prest which stondeth to do seruyce vnto the LORDE thy God or to the Iudge the same shal dye and thou shalt put awaye the euell from Israel that all y e people maye heare and feare and be nomore presumptuous Whan thou art come in to y e londe which the LORDE thy God shal geue the takest it in possession and dwellest therin and shalt saie I wil set a kinge ouer me as all the nacions haue aboute me thē shalt thou set him to be kynge ouer the whom the LORDE thy God shal chose One of thy brethren shalt thou sett to be kynge ouer the. Thou mayest not set a straūger ouer the which is not thy brother Onely let him not haue many horses y t he brynge not y e people againe in to Egipte thorow y e multitude of horses for as moch as y e LORDE hath sayde vnto you that from hence forth ye shulde come nomore this waye agayne He shall not haue many wynes also that his hert be not turned awaye Nether shal he gather him syluer and golde to moch And whan he is set vpon the seate of his kingdome he shal take of the prestes the Leuites this seconde lawe and cause it be wrytten in a boke and that shall he haue by him and he shall rede therin all the dayes of his life that he maye lerne to feare y e LORDE his God to kepe all the wordes of this lawe all these ordinaūces so that he do therafter He shall not lifte vp his herte aboue his brethren and shall not turne asyde from the commaundement nether to the right hāde ner to the lefte that he maye prolōge his dayes in his kyngdome he and his children in Israel The XVIII Chapter THe prestes the Leuites all the trybe of Leui shal haue no parte ner enheritaunce w t Israel The offerynges of y e LORDE his enheritaunce shal they eate Therfore shal they haue no inheritaunce amonge their brethren because the LORDE is their enheritaūce as he hath saide vnto thē This shal be y e prestes dutye of the people of thē that offre whether it be oxe or shepe so that they geue vnto the prest the shulder and both the chekes and the brest And the first frutes of thy corne of thy wyne and of thy oyle and the first of thy shepe sheringe For the LORDE thy God hath chosen him out of all thy trybes to stonde and mynyster in the name of the LORDE he and his sonnes all the dayes of their life Yf a Leuite come out of eny of thy gates or out of eny place of all Israel where he is a gest and cōmeth with all the desyre of his soule vnto the place which the LORDE hath chosen to mynister in the name of the LORDE his God like as all his brethren y e Leuites which stonde there before the LORDE thē shal he haue like porcion of meate with the other besydes that which he hath of the solde good of his fathers Whan thou commest in to y e londe which the LORDE thy God shal geue y e thou shalt not lerne to do y e abhominacions of these nacions that there be not founde amonge you y t maketh his sonne or doughter
ouer the and be allwaye aboue the but thou shalt come downe alowe and lye euer beneth He shal lende vnto the but thou shalt not lende him He shal be before but thou shalt be behynde And all these curses shall come vpon the and folowe the and ouertake y t tyll thou be destroyed because thou herkenest not vnto y e voyce of the LORDE y t God to kepe his commaundemētes and ordinaunces which he hath commaunded the. Therfore shal there betokens and wonders vpon the vpon thy sede for euer because thou hast not serued y e LORDE thy God with a ioyfull and good hert whan thou haddest abundaunce of all thinges And therfore shalt thou serue thine enemye which the LORDE shal sende vpon the in hunger and thyrst in nakednesse and neade of all thinge he shal put a yocke of yron vpon thy necke vntyll he haue broughte the to naughte The LORDE shal brynge a nacion vpon the from farre euen from the ende of y e worlde as a flyenge Aegle a people whose speache thou canst not vnderstonde an harde fauoured people which regarde not the personne of the olde ner haue compassion on the yonge And they shal eate vp y e frute of thy catell the frute of thy londe tyll they haue destroyed the and shall leaue the nothinge in corne wyne oyle in the frute of y e oxen and shepe vntyll they haue broughte the to naughte and shal laye sege vnto the w t in all thy gates tyll they cast downe thy hye and stronge walles wherin thou trustest thorow out all thy londe And thou shalt be beseged within all thy portes thorow out all thy londe which the LORDE thy God hath geuen the. Thou shalt eate the frute of thine awne body the flesh of thy sonnes and of thy doughters which the LORDE y t God hath geuē the in that straytnesse and sege wherwith thine enemye shall besege the so that it shal greue the man y t afore hath lyued tenderly and in voluptuousnes amonge you to loke vpon his brother and vpon his wife y t lyeth in his bosome and on the sonne that is left ouer of his sonnes lest he shulde geue eny of them of the flesh of his children that he eateth in as moch as there is nothinge left him in that straytnesse and sege wherwith thine enemye shal besege y t within all thy gates And the woman that afore hath lyued so tenderly and voluptuously amonge you that she durste not set the sole of hir fote vpon the grounde for tendernes and voluptuousnes shal be greued to loke vpon hir huszbande that lieth in hir bosome and on hir sonne and on hir doughter euen because of hir doughters which she hath norished betwixte hir legges in hir lappe and because of hir sonnes that she hath borne For she shall eate them secretly for very scarcenesse of all thinges in the straytnesse and sege wherwith thine enemye shal besege y t with in thy gates Yf thou wilt not be diligent to do all the wordes of this lawe which are wrytten in this boke that thou mayest feare this glorious and fearfull name euen the LORDE thy God then shal the LORDE entreate y e wonderously with plages vpon y e and thy sede yee with greate and continuall plages with euell and contynuall sicknesses and shal brynge vpō y e all y e sicknesses of Egipte wherof thou wast afrayed and they shal cleue vnto the. Therto all maner sicknesses and all maner plages which are not wrytten in the boke of this lawe shal the LORDE thy God cause to come vpon the vntyll he haue destroyed the. And there shal be left but a fewe people of you which afore were as the starres of heauen in multitude because thou hast not herkened vnto the voyce of the LORDE thy God And as y e LORDE reioysed ouer you afore to do you good and to multiplye you euē so shall he reioyse ouer you to destroye you and to brynge you to naughte and ye shal be waysted from of the londe whither thou goest now to possesse it For the LORDE shal scater the amonge all nacions from the one ende of the worlde vnto another and there shalt thou serue other goddes whom thou knowest not ner yet ▪ thy fathers euen wodd and stone And amonge those same nacions shalt thou haue no quyetnesse nether shal the sole of y e fote haue eny rest for the LORDE shal geue the there a fearfull hert and dasynge of eyes and a troubled soule so that thy life shal hāge before the Night and daye shalt thou feare and shalt haue no trust in thy life In the mornynge thou shalt saye Who shall geue me the euenynge And at euen shalt thou saye Who shal geue me the mornynge For the very greate feare of thine hert which shal make the afrayed and for the fighte of thine eyes which thou shalt se. And the LORDE shal brynge the agayne in to Egipte by shippe fulles euen thorow the waye wherof I sayde vnto the Thou shalt se it nomore and there shal ye be solde vnto youre enemies for bonde seruauntes and bondemaidens and there shal be no man to bye you The XXIX Chapter THese are y e wordes of the couenaunt which the LORDE cōmaunded Moses to make w t the children of Israel in the londe of the Moabites besyde y e couenaunt which he made with them in Horeb And Moses called all Israel and sayde vnto them Ye haue sene all that the LORDE dyd before youre eyes in the londe of Egipte vnto Pharao with all his seruaūtes and all his londe the greate tentacions which thine eyes haue sene that they were greate tokēs and wonders And yet vnto this daye hath not the LORDE geuen you an hert that vnderstondeth eyes that se eares that heare He hath caused you to walke fortye yeares in the wyldernesse You re clothes are not waxed olde vpon you nether is thy shue waxed olde on thy fote Ye haue eaten no bred and dronken no wyne ner stronge drynke that ye mighte knowe that he is y e LORDE youre God And whan ye came vnto this place Sihon the kynge of Heszbon and Og y e kynge of Basan came out agaynst vs vnto battayll and we smote them and toke their londe and gaue it to enheritaunce vnto y e Rubenites and Gaddites and to the halfe trybe of the Manassites Kepe now therfore the wordes of this couenaunt and do therafter that ye maye haue vnderstondinge in all that ye do Ye stonde this daye all before the LORDE youre God the chefe rulers of youre trybes youre Elders youre officers euery man in Israel youre children youre wyues y e straungers that are in thine hoost from the hewer of y e wodd vnto y e drawer of y t water that thou shuldest enter in to the couenaunt of the LORDE thy God and in to the ooth which the LORDE thy
earth and fed him with the increase of the felde He caused him sucke hony out of the rocke and oyle out of the harde stone Butter of the kyne and mylke of the shepe with the fat of the lambes and rammes of the sonnes of Basan and he goates with the fat of the kydneys and wheate And gaue him drynke of the very bloude of grapes And whan he was fat and had ynough he waxed wanton He is fat and thicke and smothe hath letten God go that made him and despysed the rocke of his saluacion He hath prouoked him to indignacion thorow straunge goddes and thorow abhominacion hath he angred him They offred vnto felde deuels not vnto their God Vnto goddes whom they knewe not eueÌ„ vnto new goddes y t came newly vp whom their fathers honoured not Thy rocke that begat y e hast thou despysed and hast forgotten God that made the. And whan the LORDE sawe it he was moued vnto wrath ouer his sonnes and his doughters And he sayde I wyll hyde my face from them I wyll se what their ende shal be for it is a frowarde generacion they are childreÌ„ in whom is no fayth They haue prouoked me in it that is not God w t their vanites haue they angred me And I agayne wil prouoke them by those that are no people by a foolish nacion wil I anger them For the fyre is kyndled in my wrath and shal burne vnto y e nethermost hell and shal consume the londe with the increase therof and set the foundacions of y e mountaynes on fyre I wil heape myscheues vpoÌ„ them I wil spende all myne arowes at them They shal pyne awaye thorow honger be consumed of the feuers and of bytter sicknesses I wil sende amonge them y e tethe of beestes and furious serpentes Without shall the swearde robbe them feare in the chambers both the yonge man and yonge woman the suckynge children w t the gray headed man I wyll saye Where are they I shall make their remembraunce to ceasse from amonge men Yf the wrath of the enemies were not gathered lest their enemies shulde be proude might saie Oure hande is hye and The LORDE hath not done all this For it is a people wherin is no councell and there is no vnderstondinge in them O that they were wyse vnderstode this that they wolde coÌ„sidre what shulde happeÌ„ vnto them herafter How coÌ„meth it y t one shall chace a thousande of them and y t two shal put ten thousande to flyghte Is it not so euen because their rocke hath solde them and because the LORDE hath geuen them ouer For oure rocke is not as their rocke of this are oure enemies iudges themselues Their vyne is of the vyne of Sodom and of the feldes of Gomorra their grapes are the grapes of gall they haue bytter clusters Their wyne is the poyson of Dragons the furious gall of Adders Is not this hid with me and sealed vp in my treasures Vengeaunce is myne and I wyll rewarde in due season Their fote shall slyde for the tyme of their destruccioÌ„ is at honde and the thinge that is to come vpon them maketh haiste For the LORDE shall iudge his people and shal haue compassion on his seruauntes For he shal considre that their power is awaie and that it is gone with them which were shut vp and remayned ouer And he shal saye Where are their goddes their rocke wherin they trusted Of whose sacrifices they ate y e fatt and dranke the wyne of their drynk offeringes Let them ryse vp and helpe you and be youre proteccion Se now that I I am and that there is none other God but I. I can kyll and make alyue what I haue smytten that can I heale and there is noman able to delyuer out of my hande For I wil lifte vp my hande to heauen wyl saye I lyue euer Yf I whet y e edge of my swerde and my hande take holde of iudgment then wyll I auenge me on myne enemies and rewarde them that hate me I wil make myne arowes dronken with bloude and my swerde shal eate flesh ouer y e bloude of the slayne and ouer the captyuite and in that the enemies heade shall be discouered Reioyse ye Heythen with his people for he wil auenge the bloude of his seruauntes and wyl auenge him on his enemies wil be mercifull vnto the londe of his people And Moses came and spake all the wordes of this songe in the eares of the people he and Iosua the sonne of Nun. Now whaÌ„ Moses had made an ende of speakinge all these wordes vnto all Israel he sayde vnto theÌ„ Take to hert all y e wordes which I testifye vnto you this daye that ye commaunde youre children to obserue and do all the wordes of this lawe For it is no vaine worde vnto you but it is yo r life this worde shal prolonge youre life in y e londe whither ye go â—uer Iordane to conquere it And y e LORDE spake vnto Moses y e same daie sayde Get the vp to this mount Abarim vpon mount Nebo which lyeth in y e londe of the Moabites ouer agaynst Iericho beholde the londe of Canaan which I shall geue vnto the children of Israel in possessioÌ„ And dye thou vpon the mount whan thou art come vp and be gathered vnto thy people like as Aaron thy brother dyed vpon mount Hor and was gathered vnto his people â–ª Because ye trespaced agaynst me amonge the children of Israel by the water of stryfe at Cades in the wildernesse of Zin and sanctified me not amonge the children of Israel For thou shalt se the londe ouer against the which I geue vnto y e children of Israel but thou shalt not come in to it The XXXIII Chapter THis is the blessynge wherwith Moses the man of God blessed y e childreÌ„ of Israel before his death and saide The LORDE came from Sinai and rose vp vnto theÌ„ from Seir. He appeared fro mount Paran and came w t many thousande sayntes At his righte hande is there a lawe of fyre for them O how loued he the people All his sayntes are in his hande they shall set them selues downe at thy fete and receaue of thy wordes Moses commaunded vs the lawe which is the enheritaunce of the congregacion of Iacob And he was in the fulnesse of the kynge helde y e rulers of y e people together with the trybes of Israel Let Ruben lyue and not dye and his people be fewe in nombre This is the blessynge of Iuda And he sayde LORDE heare the voyce of Iuda and brynge him vnto his people Let his haÌ„des multiplye him and let him be helped froÌ„ his enemies And vnto Leui he sayde Thy perfectnes and y e lighte be acordinge vnto the man of thy mercy whoÌ„ thou hast tempted at Massa whan ye stroue by
to stoâ—de styll hangeth vp fyue kynges and taketh the cities Chap. XI The HeytheÌ„ kynges gather theÌ„ selues together agaynst Israel but they are discomfited and their cities wonne Chap. XII The names of the kynges whom Iosua and the Israelites slewe are here rehearsed euen one and thirtye Chap â–ª XIII The remnaunt of the londe on this syde Iordane Chap. XIIII The dealinge out of the londe Chap. XV. The londe that fell vnto Iuda by lott Chap. XVI The lot of Ephraim Chap. XVII The lot and porcion of Manasse Chap. XVIII Men are sent out of the seuen trybes to consyder the londe and to deale it out The porcion of Ben Iamin Chap. XIX The porcion of Simeon Zabulon Isachar Aser Nephtali and Dan. Chap. XX. The partinge out of the fre cities Chap. XXI Of the cities and suburbes of the Leuites Chap. XXII The two tribes and a halfe are senâ— home agayne with a charge to be diligent in kepynge Gods commaundement Of the altare of witnesse Chap. XXIII Iosua calleth the people together before his death exorteth them to cleue fast to the commaundementes of the LORDE Chap. XXIIII He calleth the people together iâ— Sichem and rehearceth the benefites of God vnto theÌ„ The couenauÌ„t with God is renewed Iosua dyeth and so doth Eleasar The first Chapter AFter the death of Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE spake the LORDE vnto Iosua y e sonne of Nun Moses mynister My seruaunt Moses is deed vp now and go ouer this Iordane thou and all this people in to the londe that I haue geuen the children of Israel All the places that the soles of youre fete shal treade vpon haue I geuen vnto you as I sayde vnto Moses From the wyldernesse and this Libanus vnto the greate water Euphrates all the londe of the Hethites vnto the greate see towarde the west shal be youre border There shall noman be able to withstonde y t all thy life longe And like as I was with Moses so wil I be with the also I will not fayle the nether forsake the. Be stronge and bolde for vnto this people shalt thou deuyde y e londe which I sware vnto their fathers to geue it them Be stroÌ„ge therfore and very bolde that thou mayest kepe and do euery thynge acordinge to the lawe that Moses my seruaunt commaunded the. Turne not asyde from it nether to the righte hande ner to the lefte y t thou mayest deale wysely whither so euer thou goest And let not the boke of this lawe departe out of thy mouth but exercyse thy selfe therin daie and nighte that thou mayest kepe and do euery thinge acordinge to it that is wrytteÌ„ therin Then shalt thou prospere in thy waies and deale wysely Lo I haue commaunded the to be stronge and bolde Feare not and be not afrayed for the LORDE thy God is with y e whither so euer thou goest Then commaunded Iosua the officers of the people and sayde Go thorow the hoost and charge y e people and saye Prepare you vytayles for ouer thre dayes shal ye go ouer this Iordane that ye maye come in and take possession of the londe which the LORDE youre God shal geue you And to the Rubenites Gaddites and to the halfe trybe of Manasse sayde Iosua Thynke vpon the worde that Moses the seruaunt of y e LORDE spake vnto you and sayde The LORDE yo r God hath brought you to rest and geuen you this londe Let youre wyues and children and catell remayne in y e londe that Moses gaue you on this syde Iordane But ye youre selues as many as be fightinge men shal go forth before youre brethren in harnesse and helpe them tyll the LORDE haue broughte youre brethren to rest also as well as you that they also maye take possession of the londe which the LORDE yo r God shal geue them Then shal ye turne agayne in to the londe of youre possession that ye maye enioye it which Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE hath geuen you on this syde Iordane towarde y e Easte And they answered Iosua and sayde All that thou hast commaunded vs wyll we do and whither so euer thou sendest vs we wyl go thither Like as we haue obeyed Moses so wyl we be obedient also vnto the Onely that the LORDE thy God be with y e like as he was with Moses Who so euer disobeyeth thy mouth and herkeneth not vnto thy wordes in all that thou hast commaunded vs shal dye Onely be thou stronge and bolde The II. Chapter IOsua the sonne of Nun sent out two spyes preuely from Setim and sayde vnto them Go youre waye loke vpon the londe and Iericho They wente forth and came in to y e house of an harlot called Rahab and laye there Then was it tolde the kynge of Iericho Lo there are men come in this nighte from the childreÌ„ of Israel to spye the londe Then sent the kynge of Iericho vnto Rahab saynge Delyuer the men forth that are come vnto the in to thy house for they are come to spye out the whole londe Now as for the two men the woman had hyd them and sayde There came men in vnto me in dede but I knewe not whence they were And at the shuttinge in of the gate whan it was darcke they wente out so y t I can not tell whither they be gone folowe soone after them for ye shal ouertake them But she had caused them to clymme vp vnto the house toppe and hyd them vnder the stalkes of flaxe that she had prepared her vpoÌ„ the toppe of the house Howbeit the men folowed after them in y e waye towarde Iordane euen vnto the ferye and whan they that folowed vpon them were gone forth the gate was shut And or euer the men layed them downe to slepe she wente vp to them vnto the house toppe and sayde vnto theÌ„ I knowe that the LORDE shal delyuer you the londe for the feare of you is fallen vpon vs and all the inhabiters of the londe are discoraged at youre commynge For we haue herde how the LORDE dryed vp the water in the reed see before you whaÌ„ ye departed out of Egipte and what ye dyd vnto the two kynges of the Amorites Sihon and Og beyonde Iordane how ye roted them out and destroyed them And sence we herde therof oure hert hath failed vs nether is there a good stomacke more in eny man by the reason of youre commynge For the LORDE yo r God is both the God aboue in heaueÌ„ and beneth vpon earth Sweare now then vnto me euen by the LORDE for so moch as I haue dealte mercifully with you that ye wyl also shewe mercy vpon my fathers house and geue me a true token that ye wyl let my father lyue and my mother my brethren and my sisters and all that they haue and delyuer oure soules from death The men sayde vnto her Yf we shewe not mercy and faithfulnesse vpon
and two huÌ„dreth Sycles of syluer and a tunge of golde worth fiftye Sycles in weight vnto the which I had a lust and toke it and beholde it is hyd in the grounde in my tente and the syluer vnder it Then Iosua sent messaungers thither which ranne to the tente and beholde it was hyd in his tente and the siluer vnder it And they toke it out of the tente and broughte it vnto Iosua and to all the children of Israel and poured it before the LORDE Then Iosua and all Israel with him toke Achan the sonne of Serah with the siluer the garment and goldeÌ„ tunge his sonnes and doughters his oxen and asses and shepe and all that he had broughte they in to y e valley of Achor And Iosua sayde For so moch as thou hast troubled vs the LORDE trouble the this daye And all Israel stoned him and burned him with fyre with all that he had And whan they had stoned him they made ouer him a greate heape of stones which remayneth vnto this daye So the LORDE turned from the rigorousnes of his wrath Therfore is the same place called y e valley of Achor vnto this daye The VIII Chapter ANd y e LORDE saide vnto Iosua Feare not and be not afrayed Take all the men of warre with the and ryse and get the vp vnto Hai. Beholde I haue geuen in to thy hande the kynge of Hai with his people in his cite countre And thou shalt do with Hai and the kynge of it as thou dyddest with Iericho and the kynge therof sauynge that ye shal deale amoÌ„ge you their spoyle catell but set thou a preuy watch behynde the cite Then Iosua arose and all y e men of warre to go vp vnto Hai and Iosua chose thirtie thousande fightinge men and sent them out by night and commaunded them and sayde Take hede ye shal be y e preuye watch behynde the cite but go not to farre from the cite and se that ye be redye alltogether As for me and all the people that is with me we wyll make vs to the cite And whan they come forth agaynst vs as afore we wyll flye before them that they maye folowe out after vs tyll we haue prouoked them forth of the cite for they shal thinke that we flye before them like as at y e first And whyle we flye before them ye shal get you vp out of the preuy watch and wynne the cite For y e LORDE youre God shal delyuer it in to youre handes But whan ye haue wonne the cite set fyre vpon it doinge acordinge vnto the worde of the LORDE· Beholde I haue commaunded you So Iosua sent them awaye they wente vnto the place of the preuy watch and laye betwixte Bethel and Hai on the west syde of Hai. But Iosua abode that night amoÌ„ge the people And in the mornynge he arose early and set the people in order and wente vp with the Elders of Israel before the people towarde Hai and all the men of warre that were with him wente vp gat them forth and came ouer agaynst the cite and pitched their tentes on the north syde of Hai so y t there was but a valley betwene him and Hai. He had taken aboute a fyue thousande men and set them in the hynder watch betwene Bethel and Hai on the west syde of the cite and they ordred the people of the whole hoost that was on the north syde of the cite so that the vttemost of the people reached vnto the west ende of the cite So Iosua wente the same nighte in to the myddes of the valley But whan the kynge of Hai sawe that he made haist and gat him vp early and the men out of the cite to mete Israel to y e battayll with all his people euen righte before the felde for he wyst not that there was a preuy watch behynde him on the backe syde of the cite But Iosua and all Israel were feble before them and fled by the waye to y e wyldernesse Then cried all the people in the ciâ—â—â—â—at they shulde folowe vpon them anâ—â—â—ey folowed after Iosua and ruszshed out of 〈◊〉 cite so that there remayned not one man in Hai and Bethel which wente not out to folowe vpon Israel and they lefte the cite stondinge open that they mighte persecute Israel TheÌ„ sayde y e LORDE vnto Iosua Reach out the speare that thou hast in thine hande towarde Hai for I wyll delyuer it in to thy hande And whan Iosua reached out the speare that was in his hande towarde y e cite y e hinder watch brake vp out of their place and ranne whan he had stretched out his hande and came in to the cite and wanne it and made haist set fyre vpon it And the men of Hai turned them and loked behynde them and the smoke of the cite wente vp towarde heauen and they had no place to flie vnto nether hither ner thither and the people that fled towarde the wyldernes turned aboute to folowe vpon them And whan Iosua and all Israel sawe y t the hynder watch had wonne the cite for y e smoke of the cite ascended they turned againe and smote the men of Hai. And they in the cite came forth also agaynst them so y t they came in the myddes amonge Israel on both the sydes and they slewe them so that there was not one man of them left ouer or escaped and they toke the kynge of Hai alyue and broughte him vnto Iosua And whaÌ„ Israel had slayne all the inhabiters of Hai which had folowed vpon them in the felde and in the wildernesse and whan they were all fallen thorow the edge of the swerde tyll they were destroied theÌ„ turned all Israel vnto Hai and smote it with the edge of y e swerde And of all them which fell that daye fro man vnto womaÌ„ there were twolue thousande all men of Hai. But Iosua withdrue not his hande wherwith he reached out the speare tyll all the inhabiters of Hai were vtterly destroyed sauynge the catell and the spoyle of y e cite dyd Israel parte amonge themselues acordinge vnto the worde of the LORDE which he coÌ„maunded Iosua And Iosua burned vp Hai and made an heape therof for euer which is there yet vnto this daye And the kynge of Hai caused he to be hanged on a tre vntyll the euen But whaÌ„ the Sonne was gone downe he commaunded to take his body from the tre and to cast it vnder the gate of the cite and made vpon him a greate heape of stones which is there yet vnto this daye Then buylded Iosua an altare vnto the LORDE God of Israel vpon mount Ebal acordinge as Moses the seruaunt of y e LORDE commaunded the children of Israel as it is wrytten in the boke of the lawe of Moses euen an altare of whole stone whervpon there was no yron lifted and he offred burnt-offeringes and health offeringes and
there vpon the stones he wrote the seconde lawe of Moses which he wrote before the childrē of Israel And all Israel with their Elders and officers and iudges stode on both the sydes of the Arke right ouer agaynst the prestes y t bare the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE the straunger as well as one of them selues the one halfe besyde mount Grysim and the other halfe beside mount Ebal as Moses the seruaunt of the LORDE commaunded afore to blesse the people of Israel Afterwarde caused he to proclame all the wordes of the lawe of the blessynge and cursynge as it is wrytten in the boke of the lawe There was not one worde that Moses commaunded but Iosua caused it to be proclamed before all the congregacion of Israel and before the wemē and children and straūgers which walked amonge them The IX Chapter NOw whan all the kynges that were beyonde Iordane vpon the mountaynes and in the lowe countrees in all the hauens of the greate see and besyde mount Libanus herde this namely y e Hethites Amorites Cananites Pheresites Heuites and Iebusytes they gathered thē selues together with one acorde to fighte agaynst Iosua and agaynst Israel But whan the inhabiters of Gibeon herde what Iosua had done with Iericho and Hai they dealte craftely wēte on their waie and made a message and toke olde sackes vpon their asses and olde rente wyne botels and olde mended shues vpon their fete and put on olde and peced garmentes and all y e bred of their vytayles was harde and moulde and they wente vnto Iosua into y e hoost at Gilgall and sayde vnto him and to euery man in Israel We are come out of a farre countre therfore make now a couenaunt w t vs. Then sayde euery man in Israel vnto y e Heuyte Peraduenture thou dwellest amonge vs how can I then make a couenaunt with the They saide vnto Iosua We are y e seruaūtes Iosua sayde vnto them What are ye whence come ye They sayde Thy seruauntes are come out of a very farre countre because of the name of the LORDE thy God for we haue herde the reporte of him and all that he dyd in Egipte and all that he dyd vnto the two kynges of the Amorites beyōde Iordane Sihon the kynge at Heszbō and Og the kynge of Basan which dwelt at Astaroth Therfore sayde oure Elders and all the inhabiters of oure countre Take fode with you for youre iourney and go mete them and saye vnto them We are youre seruaūtes therfore make now a bonde with vs This oure bred that we toke out of oure houses for oure foode was new whan we toke o r iourney towarde you but now lo it is harde moulde And these bottels fylled we new and lo they are rēte And these oure clothes and shues are waxed olde by y e reason of the sore longe iourney Then the captaynes toke their vytayles and axed not the mouth of the LORDE ▪ And Iosua made peace with them and set vp a couenaunt with them that they shulde be saued alyue and the rulers of the congregacion sware vnto them But thre dayes after that they had made a couenaunt with them they herde that they were their neghbours and dwelt amonge them For as the children of Israel wente forth on their iourney they came on the thirde daye vnto their cities which are called Gibeon Caphira Beeroth and Cirath Iearim and smote thē not because that the rulers of the congregacisn had sworne vnto them by the name of the LORDE the God of Israel But whan all the congregacion murmured agaynst the rulers all the rulers sayde vnto the whole congregacion We haue sworne vnto them by the LORDE the God of Israel therfore maye we not touch them But this wil we do vnto them Let them lyue that there come no wrath vpon vs because of the ooth that we haue made vnto them And the rulers sayde vnto them Let them lyue that they maye be hewers of wodd and bearers of water for the whole congregacion as the rulers haue sayde vnto them Then Iosua called them and commened with them and sayde Wherfore haue ye disceaued vs and sayde that ye were farre from vs where as ye dwell amonge vs Therfore shall ye be cursed so that of you there shall not ceasse seruauntes to hew wodd and to beare water for the house of my God They answered Iosua sayde It was tolde thy seruauntes that the LORDE thy God commaunded Moses his seruaunt that he shulde geue you the whole lōde and that he wolde destroye all the inhabiters of the londe before you therfore were we sore afrayed of oure lyues before you and thus haue we done But now lo we are in thy handes loke what thou thinkest good and righte to do vnto vs that do And he dyd euen so vnto them and delyuered them from the children of Israels hāde that they shulde not slaye them So vpō the same daye Iosua made them hewers of wodd and water bearers for the congregacion and for the altare of the LORDE vnto this daye in the place that he shall chose The X. Chapter WHan Adonisedech the kynge of Ierusalem herde that Iosua had wonne Hai and damned it and done vnto Hai and y e kynge of it like as he dyd vnto Iericho and to the kynge therof and that they of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were come vnder them they were sore afrayed For Gibeon was a greate cite like as one of the kynges cities and greater then Hai and all the citesyns therof were men of armes Therfore sent he vnto Hoham the kynge of Hebron and to Pirea the kynge of Iarmuth and to Iaphia the kynge of Lachis and to Debir the kynge of Eglon and caused to saie vnto them Come vp vnto me and helpe me that we maie smyte Gibeon for they haue made peace with Iosua and the children of Israel Then came the fyue kynges of the Amorites together and wente vp the kynge of Ierusalem the kynge of Hebron y e kynge of Iarmuth the kynge of Lachis the kynge of Eglon with all their armies layed sege vnto Gibeon and foughte agaynst it Howbeit they of Gibeon sent vnto Iosua to Gilgall and caused to saye vnto him Withdrawe not thine hande from thy seruauntes come vp soone vnto vs delyuer and helpe vs for all the kynges of the Amorites that dwell vpon the mountaynes are gathered together agaynst vs. Iosua wente vp from Gilgall and all the warryers and all the men armes with him And the LORDE sayde vnto Iosua Feare them not for I haue geuē them in to thy hande There shall not one of them be able to stonde before the. So Iosua came sodenly vpon them for all that night wente he vp from Gilgall And the LORDE discomfyted thē before Israel and smote them with a greate slaughter at Gibeon they chaced them the waie downe to Beth Horon and smote them vnto Aseka
and Makeda And whan they fled before Israel the waye downe to Bethoron the LORDE caused a greate hayle from heauen to fall vpon them vnto Aseka so that they dyed many mo of them dyed of the hayle then the children of Israel slewe with the swerde Then spake Iosua vnto the LORDE the same daye that the LORDE gaue ouer the Amorites before the children of Israel and sayde in the presence of Israel Sonne holde styll at Gibeon and thou Moone in the valley of Aialon Then the Sonne helde styll and y e Moone stode vntyll the people had auenged theÌ„selues on their enemies Is not this wrytten in the boke of the righteous Thus the Sonne stode styll in the myddes of heauen and dyfferred to go downe for the space of a whole daye after And there was no daye like vnto this nether before ner after whan the LORDE herkened vnto the voyce of one man for the LORDE fought for Israel And Iosua wente agayne to Gilgall in to the teÌ„tes and all Israel with him As for the fyue kynges they were fled and had hyd theÌ„ selues in the caue at Makeda Then was it tolde Iosua We haue fouÌ„de the fyue kynges hyd in the caue at Makeda Iosua sayde Rolle greate stones then before the hole of the caue and set men there to kepe them As for you stonde not ye styll but folowe after youre enemies and smyte them behynde and let them not come in their cities for the LORDE youre God hath delyuered theÌ„ in to youre hande And whan Iosua and y e children of Israel had ended the sore greate slaughter vpoÌ„ them so y t they were brought to naught the remnaunt of them came in to the stronge cities So all the people came agayne to the hoost vnto Iosua to Makeda in peace and no man durst moue his tunge agaynst the children of Israel Iosua sayde Open the mouth of the caue and brynge the fyue kynge forth vnto me They dyd so and broughte the kynges vnto him out of the caue the kinge of Ierusalem the kynge of HebroÌ„ the kynge of Iarmuth the kynge of Lachis the kinge of Eglon. Whan these fyue kynges were broughte forth vnto him Iosua called euery man of Israel and sayde vnto the rulers of the men of warre that wente with him Come forth and treade vpon the neckes of these kynges with youre fete And they came forth and trode vpon their neckes with their fete And Iosua saide vnto them Be not afrayed and feare not be stronge and bolde for thus shal the LORDE do vnto all yo r enemies agaynst whom ye fighte And Iosua smote them afterwarde and put them to death and hanged them vpon fyue trees And they hanged styll vpon the trees vntyll the euenynge But whan the Sonne was gone downe he commaunded to take them of from the trees and they cast them in the caue wherin they had hyd them selues before the hole of the caue they layed greate stones which are there yet vnto this daye The same daye wanne Iosua Makeda also and smote it with the edge of the swerde and the kynge therof and damned it and all the soules that were therin and let none remayne escaped and dyd vnto the kynge of Makeda as he dyd vnto the kynge of Iericho Then Iosua and all Israel with him departed fro Makeda vnto Lybna foughte agaynst it And the LORDE gaue it with y e kynge therof into the hande of Israel and smote it and all the soules that were therin with the edge of the swerde and let not one remayne in it and dyd vnto the kinge therof as he had done vnto the kynge of Iericho Afterwarde wente Iosua and all Israel with him from Lybna vnto Lachis and layed sege vnto it and fought agaynst it And the LORDE delyuered Lachis also in to the hande of Israel so that they wanne it vpon the seconde daye and smote it with y e edge of the swerde and all the soules that were therin acordinge to all as he had done vnto Lybna At the same tyme Horam y e kynge of Gazer wente vp to helpe Lachis But Iosua smote him with all his people tyll there remayned not one And Iosua wente with all Israel from Lachis vnto Eglon and layed sege vnto it and fought agaynst it and wanne it the same daye and smote it with the edge of the swerde and damned all the soules that were therin the same daye acordynge vnto all as he had done vnto Lachis After that wente Iosua with all Israel from Eglon vnto Hebron and foughte agaynst it and wanne it and smote it with y e edge of the swerde and the kynge of it 〈◊〉 all the cities therof and all the soules 〈◊〉 were therin and let not one remayne acoâ—â—dynge vnto all as he had done vnto Egâ—â—â— and damned it and all the soules that 〈◊〉 therin Then turned Iosua agayne with all Iâ—â—rael towarde Debir and fought agaynst 〈◊〉 and wanne it with the kinge of it and all y e cities therof and smote them with the edgâ— of the swerde and damned all y e soules that were therin and let not one remayne ouer â–ª Euen as he had done vnto HebroÌ„ and Lâ—â—â—na with their kynges so dyd he also vnto Dâ—â—bir and the kynge therof Thus Iosua smote all the londe vpon the mountaynes and towarde the south and in the lowe countrees and by the ryuers with all their kynges and let not one remaine ouer and damned all that had breth * as the LORDE God of Israel had commaunded And Iosua smote them from Cades Bernea vnto Gaza and all the londe of Gosen vnto Gibeon and toke all these kynges with their loÌ„de at one tyme for the LORDE God of Israel foughte for Israel And Iosua wente agayne withall Israel to the tentes vnto Gilgal The XI Chapter WHan Iabin the kynge of Asor herde this he sent vnto Iabob the kynge of Madon and to the kynge of Samron and to the kynge of Achsaph and to the kynges that dwelt towarde the north vpon the mountaynes and in the playne on the southsyde of Cineroth and in the loâ—â— countrees and in the lordshippes of Dor by the see syde and to the Cananites towarde y e east and west to y e Amorites Hethites Pheresites and Iebusites vpon the mountaynes and to the Heuites vnder mount Hermon in the londe of Mispa These weÌ„te out with all their armies a greate people as many as y e sonde of the see and exceadinge many horses and charettes All these kinges gathered theÌ„ selues and came and pitched together by y e water of Meram to fighte with Israel And the LORDE sayde vnto Iosua Feare them not for tomorow aboute this tyme wil I delyuer them all slayne before the children of Israel thou shalt lame their horses and burne their charettes with fire And Iosâ—â— came sodenly vpon them and all the men of warre with him by the water of Meroâ—â— fell vpon them And the LORDE delyuered
of the LORDE vnto you What trespace is this y t ye haue trespaced agaynst the God of Israel that ye shulde turne backe from y e LORDE this daye to builde you an altare for to fall awaye from the LORDE Haue we not ynough of the wickednesse of Peor from the which we are not yet clensed this daye and there came a plage amonge the congregacion of the LORDE and ye turne you backe this daye from the LORDE and this daye are ye fallen awaye from the LORDE that he maye be wroth to daye or tomorow at the whole congregacion of the LORDE Yf the londe of youre possession be vncleane then come ouer in to the londe that the LORDE possesseth where the dwellynge of the LORDE is and take possessions amonge vs and fall not awaye from the LORDE and from vs to builde you an altare with out the altare of the LORDE oure God Did not Achan the sonne of Serah trespace in the thinge that was damned and the wrath came ouer y e whole congregacion of Israel and he wente not downe alone for his myszdede Then answered the children of Ruben and the children of Gad and the halfe trybe of Manasse and sayde vnto the heades and prynces of Israel The mightie God y e LORDE the mightie God the LORDE knoweth and Israel knoweth also yf this be a trangressynge or trespacynge agaynst the LORDE then let it not helpe vs this daye Yf we haue buylded the altare because we wolde turne awaye backe from the LORDE to offre burnt offerynges or meat offeringes theron or to make eny deed offerynges vpon it then let the LORDE requyre it And yf we haue not done it rather for very feare of this thinge and sayde To daye or tomorow mighte youre children saye vnto oure children What haue ye to do with the LORDE the God of Israel The LORDE hath set Iordane for a border betwene vs and you ye children of Ruben and Gad ye haue no porcion in the LORDE By this shulde your◠children make oure children to turne awaye from the feare of the LORDE Therfore sayde we Let vs make oure children an altare not for sacrifice ner for burnt offeringe but that it maye be a takē betwene vs and you and oure posterities that we maye serue the LORDE in his sighte with oure burnt offeringes deed offeringes and other offeringes and y t youre children to daye or tomorow neade not to saye vnto oure children Ye haue no parte in the LORDE And we sayde But yf they shulde speake so vnto vs or to oure posterities to daye or tomorow then maye we saye Beholde the symilitude of y e altare of the LORDE which oure fathers made not for sacrifyce ner for burnt offerynge but for a wytnesse betwene vs and you God forbydde that we shulde fall awaye from the LORDE to turne backe from him this daye and to buylde an altare for sacrifice for burnt offeringe and for eny presente without y e altare of the LORDE oure God that stondeth before his Habitacion But whan Phineas the prest and the chefe of the congregacion the prynces of Israel which were with him herde these wordes that the children of Ruben Gad and Manasse had spoken they pleased them well And Phineas the sonne of Eleasar the prest sayde vnto the children of Rubē Gad and Manasse This daye we knowe that y e LORDE is amonge vs in that ye haue not trespaced agaynst the LORDE in this dede Now haue ye delyuered the children of Israel out of the hande of the LORDE Then Phineas the sonne of Eleasar the prest and the rulers returned out of the londe of Gilead from the children of Ruben and Gad vnto y e londe of Canaā to the children of Israel and brought them worde agayne of the matter Then were the children of Israel well cōtente with the thinge And they praysed the God of Israel and sayde nomore that they wolde go vp agaynst them with an armye to destroye the londe that the childrē of Ruben and Gad dwelt in And y e childrē of Ruben and Gad called the name of the altare This altare be witnesse betwene vs that the LORDE is God The XXIII Chapter ANd after a longe season whan the LORDE had broughte Israel to rest from all their enemies rounde aboute and Iosua was now olde and well stricken in age he called all Israel and their Elders heades iudges and officers and sayde vnto them I am olde and well aged and ye haue sene all that the LORDE youre God hath done vnto all these nacions in youre sighte For the LORDE youre God himself hath foughte for you Beholde I haue parted amonge you y e rēnaunt of the nacions by lot vnto euery trybe his enheritaunce from Iordane forth and all the nacions whom I haue roted out vnto the greate see westwarde And the LORDE youre God shal thrust them out before you and dryue them awaye from you that ye maye haue their londe in possession as the LORDE youre God hath promysed you Be strōge now therfore that ye maye obserue and do all that is wrytten in the boke of the lawe of Moses so that ye turne not asyde from it nether to the righte hande ner to the lefte that ye come not amonge y e remnaunt of these naciōs which are with you And se that ye make no mencion ner sweare by the names of their goddes nether serue them ner bowe youre selues vnto them But cleue vnto the LORDE youre God as ye haue done vnto this daye thē shal the LORDE dryue awaye greate and mightie nacions before you like as there hath no man bene able to stonde before you vnto this daye One of you shall chace a thousande for the LORDE youre God fighteth for you acordinge as he promysed you Take diligent hede therfore vnto youre soules that ye loue the LORDE youre God But yf ye turne backe and cleue vnto these other nacions and make mariages with them so that ye come amōge them and they amonge you be ye sure then that the LORDE youre God shall nomore dryue out all these nacions before you but they shall be vnto you a snare and net and prickes in youre sydes and thornes in youre eyes vntyll he haue destroyed you from the good lōde which the LORDE youre God hath geuen you Beholde this daye do I go the waye of all the worlde and ye shal knowe euen from all youre hert and from all youre soule that there hath not fayled one worde of all the good that the LORDE youre God promysed you Now like as all the good is come that the LORDE youre God promised you euen so shal the LORDE cause all euell to come vpon you tyll he haue destroied you from this good londe which the LORDE youre God hath geuen you yf ye transgresse y e couenaunt of the LORDE youre God which he hath commaunded you And yf ye go yo r waye and serue other goddes and worshipe
couenaunt with the â—â—dwellers of this londe but breake downe their altares Neuertheles ye haue not herkâ—â—ed vnto my voyce Wherfore haue ye done this Then saide I morouer I wil noâ— dryue them out before you that they mayâ— be a fall vnto you and their goddes a 〈◊〉 And whan y e messaunger of the LORDE had spoken these wordes vnto all the children of Israel the people lefte vp their voyce wepte and called y e name of the place Bochim and offred there vnto the LORDE For whan Iosua had sente awaye y e people and the childreÌ„ of Israel were gone euery one to his enheritauÌ„ce for to take possession of the londe the people serued the LORDE as longe as Iosua lyued and y e Elders which lyued longe after Iosua and y t sawe all the greate workes of the LORDE which he dyd for Israel Now whan Iosua the sonne of Nun the seruaunt of the LORDE was deed whan he was an huÌ„dreth and ten yeare olde they buried him in y e border of his inheritaunce at Timnath Here 's vpon mount Ephraim on the north syde of mount Gaas And whan all the same generacion was gathered vnto their fathers there came vp after them another generacion which knew not the LORDE ner the workes that he had done for Israel Then wroughte the children of Israel euell before the LORDE and serued Baalâ—m and forsoke y e LORDE the God of their fathers which broughte them out of the londe of Egipte and folowed other goddes the goddes of the nacions that dwelt rounde aboute them worshipped them displeased the LORDE for they forsoke y e LORDE euer more and more and serued Baal and Astaroth Then y e wrath of the LORDE waxed whote vpoÌ„ Israel he delyuered theÌ„ in to y e handes of those y t spoyled theÌ„ that they mighte spoyle them solde theÌ„ in to the handes of their enemies rouÌ„de aboute they were not able to withstonde their enemies eny more but what waye so euer they wolde out y e haÌ„de of the LORDE was agaynst theÌ„ to their hurte euen as the LORDE sayde and sware vnto them and they were sore oppressed Now whan the LORDE raysed them vp iudges which helped them out of the hande of soch as spoyled theÌ„ they folowed not the iudges nether but wente a whoringe after other goddes worshipped them and were soone gone out of y e waye y t their fathers walked in to heare the coÌ„maundementes of the LORDE dyd not as they dyd But whan y e LORDE raysed vp iudges vnto them the LORDE was with y e iudge and helped them out of the hande of their enemies as longe as the iudge lyued For the LORDE had pitie of their complaynte which they made ouer those y t subdued theÌ„ and oppressed them Neuertheles whan the iudge dyed they turned backe and marred all more theÌ„ their fathers so that they folowed other goddes to serue them and to bowe them selues vnto them they wolde not fall from their purposes ner from their obstinate waye Therfore waxed the wrath of the LORDE allwaie so whote ouer Israel that he sayde For so moch as the people haue transgressed my couenaunt which I commaunded their fathers folowe not my voyce I wil from hence forth dryue out none of the Heythen whoÌ„ Iosua lefte behynde him whaÌ„ he dyed that by them I maye proue Israel whether they wil kepe the waye of the LORDE to walke therin as their fathers dyd or not Thus the LORDE suffred all these nacions so that in a shorte tyme he droue them not out whom he had not geuen ouer in to Iosuas hande The III. Chapter THese are the nacions whom the LORDE suffred to remayne y t by them he mighte proue Israel which had no vnderstondinge in the warres of Canaan onely because y t the trybes of the childreÌ„ of Israel might knowe lerne to warre which afore had no knowlege therof namely The fyue lordes of y e Philistynes all the Cananites Sidonians the Hethites y t dwelt vpon mount Libanus fro mount Baal Hermon vntyll a man come vnto Hemath The same remayned that Israel mighte be proued by them that it mighte be knowne whether they wolde herken to the commaundementes of the LORDE which he commaunded their fathers by Moses Now whan the children of Israel dwelt thus amoÌ„ge the Cananites Hethites Amorites Pheresites Heuites Iebusites they toke their doughters to wyues gaue their doughters vnto their sonnes serued their goddes and wroughte wickednes before the LORDE forgat the LORDE their God serued Baalim Astaroth Then y e wrath of y e LORDE waxed whote ouer Israel he solde theÌ„ vnder the haÌ„de of Cusan Risathaim kynge of Mesopotamia so y e childreÌ„ of Israel serued Cusan Risathaim viij yeare TheÌ„ cried the childreÌ„ of Israel vnto the LORDE the LORDE raysed theÌ„ vp a sauio r which delyuered theÌ„ namely Athniel y e sonne of Kenas Calebs yongest brother And the sprete of the LORDE came vpon him he was iudge in Israel wente out a warre fare And y e LORDE delyuered Cusan Risathaim the kynge of Syria in to his haÌ„de so y t his hande was to stroÌ„ge for him Then was the londe in rest fortye yeares And Athniel the sonne of Kenas dyed But the children of Israel dyd yet more euell before the LORDE Then the LORDE strengthed Eglon the kynge of y e Moabites agaynst y e childreÌ„ of Israel because they wrought wickednesse before y e LORDE And he gathered vnto him y e childreÌ„ of Ammon the Amalechites weÌ„te and smote Israel and conquered the cite of the palme trees And the children of Israel serued Eglon y e kynge of y e Moabites eightene yeare TheÌ„ cried they vnto the LORDE And the LORDE raysed theÌ„ vp a sauioure namely Ehud the sonne of Gera y e sonne of Iemini which was a man that mighte do nothinge with his righte hande And whaÌ„ the childreÌ„ of Israel sent a present by him vnto Eglon the kynge of the Moabites Ehud made him a two edged dagger of a spanne longe gyrded it vnder his garmeÌ„t vpoÌ„ his righte thye broughte y e present vnto Eglon the kynge of y e Moabites As for Eglon he was a very fat man And whan he had delyuered the presente he let the people go that had caried the present and he himselfe turned backe from the Idols at Gilgall caused to saye thus vnto the kynge I haue a secrete thinge to tell the O kynge And he commaunded to kepe sylence all they that stode aboute him wente out from him And Ehud came in vnto him He sat in a syled Sommer perler which was for him selfe alone And Ehud saide I haue somwhat to saye vnto the of God TheÌ„ rose he vp froÌ„ his seate But Ehud put forth his lefte hande toke the dagger from his righte thye thrust
fathers house and now come ye to me whan ye are in trouble The Elders of Gilead sayde Therfore come we now againe vnto the that thou mayest go with vs and fighte agaynst the châ—ldren of Ammon and be oure captayne ouer all that dwell in Gilead Iephthae sayde vnto the Elders of Gilead Yf ye fetch me agayne to fighte agaynst the childreÌ„ of Ammon and the LORDE delyuer them before me shal I then be youre heade The Elders of Gilead saide vnto Iephthae The LORDE be hearer betwene vs yf we do not as thou hast sayde So Iephthae weÌ„te with the Elders of Gilead And the people made him heade and duke ouer them And Iephthae spake all this before the LORDE at Mispa Then sente Iephthae messaungers to the kynge of the children of Ammon and caused to saye vnto him What hast thou to do with me that thou coÌ„mest vnto me to fight agaynst my londe The kynge of the childreÌ„ of AmmoÌ„ answered Iephthaes messaungers Because that Israel toke awaye my londe whan they departed out of Egipte from Arnon vnto Iabock and vnto Iordane geue it me agayne now therfore peaceably But Iephthae sent yet mo messaungers to y e kynge of the children of Ammon which sayde vnto him Thus sayeth Iephthae Israel hath taken no londe nether from the Moabites ner from the children of Ammon for when they departed out of Egipte Israel walked thorow the wyldernes vnto the reed see and came to Cades and sent messaungers to the kynge of the Edomites and sayde Let me go thorow thy londe But the kynge of y e Edomites wolde not heare theÌ„ They sent lykewyse vnto the kynge of the Moabites which wolde not also Thus Israel abode in Cades and compased the loÌ„de of the Edomites and Moabites and came on the eastsyde of the londe of the Moabites and pitched beyonde Arnon and came noâ— within the coaste of the Moabites For Arnon is the border of the Moabites And Israel sent messaungers vnto Siâ—hon the kynge of the Amorites at Heszbon and caused to saye vnto him Let me go thorow thy londe vnto my place Neuertheles Sihon wolde not trust Israel to go thorow the border of his londe but gathered all his people and pitched at Iahza and foughte with Israel Howbeit the LORDE God of Israel gaue Sihon with all his people in to Israels haÌ„de so that they slewe them Thus Israel conquered all the londe of the Amorites that dwelt in y e same countre And they toke possessioÌ„ of all the borders of the Amorites from Arnon vnto Iabok from y e wyldernesse vnto Iordane So y e LORDE God of Israel droue awaye the Amorites before his people of Israel and wilt thou coÌ„quere them Is it not so yf thy God Camos gaue the oughte to possesse woldest thou not possesse it What so euer the LORDE oure God hath geueÌ„ vs before vs to possesse that shal we conquere and take in possession Hast thou better right thinkest thou theÌ„ Balac the sonne of Ziphor the kynge of y e Moabites Dyd he euer go to lawe or fighte agaynst Israel Though Israel haue dwelt now vpoÌ„ a thre huÌ„dreth yeare in Hesbon and in the vyllages therof in Aroer and in the vyllages therof and in all the cities that lye by Arnon Why dyd not ye rescue it at the same tyme I haue not offended the thou doest me euell to fighte agaynst me The LORDE geue sentence this daie betwene Israel and the children of Ammon Neuertheles the kynge of the children of Ammon wolde not heare y e wordes of Iephthae which he sent vnto him Then came y e sprete of the LORDE vpon Iephthae and he wente thorow Gileaâ—â—nd Manasse and thorow Mispa which lieth in Gilead and fro Mispa that lieth in Gilead vnto y e children of Ammon And Iephthae vowed a vowe vnto the LORDE and sayde Yf thou wilt delyuer the childreÌ„ of Ammon in to my hande what so euer commeth first out at the dore of my house in my waye whan I returne agayne peaceably from the childreÌ„ of Ammon that same shal be the LORDES and I wyl offre it for a burtn offerynge So Iephthae wente vpon the children of Ammon to fighte against them And y e LORDE gaue them in to his hande and he smote theÌ„ from Arâ—er tyll thou comest vnto Minnith euen twentye cities and vnto the playne of y e vynyardes a very greate slaughter and thus were the children of Ammon subdued before the children of Israel Now whan Iephthae came to Mispa vnto his house beholde his doughter wente out to mete him with tabrettes and daunces and she was his onely childe he had els nether sonne ner doughter And whan he sawe her he rente his clothes sayde Alas my doughter thou makest my hert soroufull and discomfortest me for I haue opened my mouth vnto the LORDE and can not call it agayne She sayde My father yf thou hast opened thy mouth vnto the LORDE then do vnto me as it is proceaded out of y e mouth acordinge as the LORDE hath aueÌ„ged the of thyne enemies the children of Ammon And she sayde vnto hir father Do this for me geue me leue to go downe vpoÌ„ the mountaynes two monethes that I maye bewepâ— my virginite with my playfeeres He sayde Go thy waye And he let her go two monethes Then wente she with her playefeeres and bewayled hir mayden heade vpon the mountaynes And after two monethes she came agayne vnto hir father And he dyd vnto her acordinge as he had vowed And she had neuer bene in daunger of eny man And it was a custome in Israel that the doughters of Israel shulde go euery yeare and mourne for the doughter of Iephthae the Gileadite foure dayes in the yeare The XII Chapter ANd they of Ephraim made insurreccion wente northwarde sayde vnto Iephthae Wherfore weÌ„test thou to the battayll agaynst the children of Ammon hast not called vs that we mighte go with the We wil burne thy house and the with fyre Iephthae sayde vnto theÌ„ I and my people had a greate matter with y e children of Ammon and I cried vpon you but ye helped me not out of their handes Now whan I sawe y t there was no helper I put my soule in my honde and wente agaynst the children of Ammon and the LORDE delyuered them in to my hande Wherfore come ye vp to me to fighte agaynst me And Iephthae gathered all the men in Gilead foughte agaynst Ephraim And the men in Gilead smote Ephraim because they sayde Ye Gileadites are as they y t fle awaye before Ephraim and dwell amoÌ„ge Ephraim Manasse And the Gileadites toke y e ferye of Iordane from Ephraim Now whaÌ„ one of y e fugityue Ephraites dyd saye Let me go ouer y e men of Gilead sayde Art thou an Ephraite yf he answered No they bad him saye Schiboleth he sayde Siboleth coulde not speake it righte
bloude without a cause and auenged thy selfe then shal y e LORDE do good vnto my lorde and thou shalt thynke vpon thy hand mayden Then saide Dauid vnto Abigail Blessed be the LORDE God of Israel which hath sent the to mete me this daye and blessed be thy speach and blessed be thou which hast kepte me backe this daye that I am not come agaynst bloude to auenge me with myne awne hande Verely as truly as the LORDE the God of Israel lyueth which hath hyndred me that I shulde do the no euell Yf thou haddest not met me in all the haist Nabal shulde not haue had lefte him vntyll y e lighte mornynge so moch as one that maketh water agaynst the wall So Dauid toke of hir hāde what she had broughte him and sayde vnto her Go vp in peace vnto y e house beholde I haue herkened vnto y e voyce and accepted thy personne But whan Abigail came to Nabal beholde he had prepared a feast in his house like a kynges feast and his hert was mery for he was very dronken And she tolde him nothinge nether small ner greate vntyll y e cleare mornynge But whan it was daye the wyne was come from Nabal his wife tolde him these thinges Then was his hert deed in his body so that he became euen as a stone and ouer ten dayes the LORDE smote him so y t he dyed Whan Dauid herde that Nabal was deed he sayde Blessed be y e LORDE which hath auenged my rebuke on Nabal and preserued his seruaunt from euell And the LORDE hath rewarded Nabal that euell vpon his heade And Dauid sent and caused to talke with Abigail y t he mighte take her to wife And whan Dauids seruauntes came to Abigail vnto Carmel they spake vnto her and saide Dauid hath sent vs vnto the that he maye take y e to wife She rose vp and worshipped vpon hir face vnto the earth and sayde beholde here is thy handmayde that she maie do seruyce vnto the seruauntes of my lorde and to waszshe their fete And Abigail made haist and gat her vp and rode vpō an asse and fyue maydens that were vnder her and wente after Dauids messaungers and became his wife Dauid toke Ahinoam of Iesrael also and they both became his wyues But Saul gaue Michol his doughter the wife of Dauid vnto Phalti y e sonne of Lais of Gallim The XXVI Chapter THey of Siph came to Saul vnto Gibeath sayde Is not Dauid hyd vpō the hill of Hachila which lyeth ouer agaynst the wyldernesse Then Saul gat him vp and wente downe to the wildernes of Siph and thre thousande chosen men of Israel with him to seke Dauid in the wildernes of Siph and pitched vpon the hill of Hachila which lyeth by the waye before the wildernes But Dauid remayned in the wyldernes and whan he sawe that Saul came after him in to the wildernes he sent out spyes and knewe of a suertie that he was come in dede And Dauid gat him vp and came to the place where Saul had pitched his tēt and sawe the place where Saul laye with his chefe captayne Abner y e sonne of Ner for Saul laye in the tent and the hoost aboute him Then answered Dauid and sayde vnto Ahimelech the Hethite and to Abisai the sonne of Ieru Ia y e brother of Ioab Who wil go downe w t me to Saul in to the hoost Abisai sayde I wil go downe with the. So Dauid and Abisai came to the people in the night season beholde Saul laye and slepte in the tent and his speare stacke in y e grounde at his heade But Abner and the people laye rounde aboute him Thē sayde Abisai vnto Dauid God hath closed thine enemye in thyne hande this daye Therfore will I now thrust him thorow once with the speare euen in to the grounde y t he shall haue ynough of it Neuertheles Dauid sayde vnto Abisai Destroye him not for who wil laye hande vpon the anoynted of y e LORDE remayne vngiltye Dauid sayde morouer As truly as the LORDE lyueth yf y e LORDE him selfe smyte him not or excepte his tyme come that he dye or that he go in to the battayll and perishe the LORDE let it be farre fro me that I shulde laye my hande on the LORDES anoynted Take y e speare now therfore at his heade the cuppe of water let vs go So Dauid toke y e speare the cuppe of water at Sauls heade they wente their waye And there was no man y t sawe it ner perceaued it nether awaked but they slepte euery one for there was a depe slepe fallen vpon them from the LORDE Now whan Dauid was come ouer on y e other syde he stode vpon the toppe of the mount a farre of so that there was a wyde space betwene them and cried vpon y e people and vpō Abner the sonne of Ner sayde Hearest thou not Abner And Abner answered and sayde Who art thou that cryest so and diseasest the kynge And Dauid sayde vnto Abner Art thou not a man And where is there soch one as thou in Israel Why hast thou not then kepte thy lorde y e kynge for there is one of y e people come in to destroye thy lorde y e kynge It is not well that thou hast done As truly as the LORDE lyueth ye are the children of death because ye haue not kepte youre lorde the LORDES anoynted Beholde now where is y e kynges speare and the cuppe of water that was at his heade Then knewe Saul the voyce of Dauid and saide Is not that thy voyce my sonne Dauid Dauid sayde It is my voyce my lorde the kynge And he sayde morouer Why doth my lorde so persecute his seruaunt What haue I done and what euell is there in my hande Yet let my lorde the kynge heare but the wordes of his seruaunt Yf y e LORDE prouoke the against me let there be smelled a meat offerynge but yf the childrē of men do it cursed be they before the LORDE because they haue thrust me out this daye that I shulde not dwell in the LORDES inheritaunce and saye Go y t waye and serue other goddes So fall not now my bloude vpon the earth from the face of the LORDE For the kynge of Israel is gone forth to seke a flee as a partriche is folowed on vpō the mountaynes And Saul sayde I haue synned Come agayne Dauid my sonne I wil do the nomore hurte because my soule hath bene deare in y e sighte this daye Beholde I haue done foolishly and very vnwysely Dauid answered and sayde Beholde here is the kynges speare let one of the yonge men come ouer here and fetch it But the LORDE shal rewarde euery one acordinge to his righteousnes and faith for y e LORDE delyuered y t this daye into my hande neuertheles I wolde not laie my hande vpō the LORDES anoynted And as y e soule hath bene greatly
his sonne and ouer the people of the LORDE and ouer the house of Israel because they were fallen thorow the swerde And Dauid sayde to the yonge man that broughte him worde What art thou He sayde I am y e sonne of a straunger an Amalechite Dauid sayde How happeneth it that thou wast not afrayed to laye thine hāde vpon the LORDES anointed to destroye him And Dauid sayde vnto one of his yonge men Come hither and slaye him And he smote him that he dyed Then sayde Dauid vnto him Thy bloude be vpon thyne owne heade For thy mouth hath spoken against thyselfe and sayde I haue slayne the anoynted of the LORDE And Dauid mourned this lamentacion ouer Saul and Ionathas his sonne and commaunded to teach the childrē of Iuda the bowe Beholde it is wrytten in the boke of the righteous The Eldest in Israel are slayne vpon the heigth of the. How are the Worthies fallē Tell it not at Gath speake not of it in y e stretes at Ascalon lest the doughters of y e Philistynes reioyse lest the doughters of y e vncircumcysed tryumphe Ye mountaynes of Gelboa nether dew ner rayne come vpō you nether lōde be wherof commeth Heue offerynges for there is y e shylde of the Worthies smytten downe the shylde of Saul as though he had not bene anoynted with oyle The bowe of Ionathas fayled not and the swerde of Saul came not agayne voyde from the bloude of the slayne and frō the fat of the giauntes Saul and Ionathas louely and pleasaūt in their lyfe and in their deeth were not parted asunder lighter then Aegles and stronger then lyons Ye doughters of Israel wepe ouer Saul which clothed yow with purple in pleasures and decked you with Iewels of golde on youre garmentes How are the Worthies fallen so in the battayll Ionathas is slayne vpon y e heigth of the. I am sory for the my brother Ionathas thou hast bene very louely vnto me Thy loue hath bene more speciall vnto me then the loue of wemen How are the Worthies falle◠and y e weapens destroyed The II. Chapter AFter these actes Dauid axed at the LORDE and sayde Shall I go vp in to one of the cities of Iuda And the LORDE sayde vnto him Go vp Dauid sayde Whither He sayde Vnto Hebron So Dauid wente thither with his two wyues Ahinoam the Iesraelitisse and Abigail Nabals wyfe of Carmel And Dauid broughte vp the men that were him also euery one with his housholde and they dwelt in the cities of Hebron And y e men of Iuda came and there they anointed him kynge ouer the house of Iuda And whā it was tolde Dauid that they of Iabes in Gilead had buried Saul he sent messaungers vnto them sayenge Blessed be ye of the LORDE that ye haue done soch mercy vpon youre lorde Saul and haue buried him The LORDE therfore shewe mercy now and faithfulnes vpon you And because ye haue done this I also wyll do you good Let youre hāde now therfore be comforted and be ye stronge for though Saul youre lorde be deed yet hath the house of Iuda chosen me to be kynge ouer them But Abner the sonne of Ner which was Sauls chefe captayne toke Iszboseth the sonne of Saul and broughte him thorow the hoost and made him kynge ouer Gilead Assuri Iesrael Ephraim Ben Iamin and ouer all Israel And Iszboseth the sonne of Saul was fourtye yeare olde whan he was made kynge of Israel he raigned two yeares But the house of Iuda helde with Dauid The tyme y t Dauid was kynge at Hebron ouer the house of Iuda was seuen yeare and sixe monethes longe And Abner the sonne of Ner wēte forth with the seruauntes of Iszboseth the sonne of Saul out of y e hoost vnto Gibeon And Ioab the sonne of Zeru Ia wēte forth with Dauids seruauntes and they met together by the pole at Gibeon and these laye on the one syde of the pole the other on the other syde And Abner sayde vnto Ioab Let the yonge mē get them vp and playe before vs. Ioab sayde Let them aryse Then gat they them vp wente in nombre twolue of Ben Iamin on Iszboseth Sauls sonnes syde and twolue of Dauids seruauntes And euery one gat another by the heade and thrust his swerde in his syde and fell together therfore is the place called Helkath hazurim that is the felde of the Worthies which is at Gibeon And there arose a sore harde battayll the same daye But Abner and the men of Israel were put to flighte of Dauids seruauntes Thre sonnes of Zeru Ia were there Ioab Abisai Asahel As for Asahel he was lighte of fete as a Roo in y e felde folowed after Abner and turned not asyde nether to the righte hande ner to y e lefte from Abner Then Abner turned him aboute and sayde Art thou Asahel He sayde Yee Abner sayde vnto him Go thy waye ether to the righte hande or to the lefte and get the one of y e yonge men and take his harnesse from him Neuertheles he wolde not leaue of frō him Then sayde Abner agayne to Asahel Get the awaye fro me why wilt thou that I smyte the to the grounde and how darre I lifte vp my face before y e brother Ioab Howbeit he wolde not go his waye Then Abner thrust him in with a speare in to his bely so that the speare wēte out behynde him And there he fell and dyed before him and who so came to the place where Asahel laye deed stode styll there But Ioab and Abisai folowed vpon Abner till the sonne wente downe And whan they came to y e hyll of Amma which lieth before Giah by y e waye to the wildernes of Gibeon the children of Ben Iamin gathered them selues together behynde Abner and grewe to a multitude and stode vpon the toppe of an hyll And Abner called vnto Ioab and sayde Shal the swerde thē deuoure without ende Knowest thou not that it wyll be bytter at the last How longe wil it be or thou saie vnto the people that they leaue of from their brethrē Ioab sayde As truly as God lyueth yf thou haddest sayde thus daye in the morninge the people had ceassed euery one from his brother And Ioab blewe the trompet all the people stode still and folowed nomore vpon Israel nether foughte they eny more Abner and his men wente all that same night ouer the playne felde and passed ouer Iordane walked thorow all Bithron and came to the tentes Ioab turned him from Abner and gathered all y e people together And of Dauids seruauntes there myssed nynetene men and Asahel But Dauids seruaūtes had smytten so amonge Ben Iamin and the men of Abner that thre hundreth and threscore men were deed And they toke vp Asahel and buried him in his fathers graue at Bethleem And Ioab with his men wēte all that nighte and at the breake of the daie they came vnto Hebron
and fetched vp the Arke of God out of y e house of Obed Edom in to the cite of Dauid with ioye And whā they were gone sixe steppes in with the Arke of the LORDE they offered an oxe and a fat shepe And Dauid daunsed w t all his mighte before the LORDE and was girded with an ouerbody cote of lynnē And Dauid with all Israel brought vp y e Arke of the LORDE with tabrettes and trompettes And whan the Arke of the LORDE came in to the cite of Dauid Michol the doughte of Saul loked out at a window and sawe kynge Dauid leapynge sprynginge and daūsynge before the LORDE and despysed him in hir hert But whan they brought in y e Arke of the LORDE they set it in hir place in the myddes of the Tabernacle which Dauid had pitched for it And Dauid offred burnt offerynges and deed offeryges before y e LORDE And whan Dauid had made an ende of offerynge the burnt offerynges and deed offerynges he blessed the people in the name of the LORDE Zebaoth and dealte out vnto all the people and to the multitude of Israel both to man womā vnto euery one a cake of bred and a pece of flesh and a meece of potage Then wente all the people their waye euery one vnto his house Whan Dauid came agayne to blesse his house Michol the doughter of Saul wente forth to mete him and sayde How glorious hath the kynge of Israel bene to daye which hath vncouered himselfe before the maydēs of his seruauntes like as the rascall people discouer them selues But Dauid saide vnto Michol I wil playe before y e LORDE which hath chosen me afore y e father and afore all his house because he hath commaunded me to be the prynce ouer the people of the LORDE euen ouer Israel and yet wyl I be vyler then so and wyll be lowe in myne owne sighte and with the maydens wherof thou hast spoken wyll I be honoured As for Michol the doughter of Saul she had no childe vnto the daye of hir death The VII Chapter NOw whan the kynge sat in his house and the LORDE had geuen him rest from all his enemies on euery syde he sayde vnto the prophet Nathan Beholde I dwell in a house of Cedre and the Arke of God dwelleth amonge the curtaynes Nathan sayde vnto the kynge Go thy waye what so euer thou hast in thine hert y t do for the LORDE is w t the. But the same nighte came y e worde of the LORDE vnto Nathan sayde Go speake to my seruaūt Dauid Thus sayeth y e LORDE Shalt thou buylde me an house to dwell in I haue dwelt in no house sence the daye that I broughte the children of Israel vnto this daye but haue walked in the Tabernacle and Habitacion whither so euer I wente with the children of Israel Dyd I euer speake to eny of the trybes of Israel whom I commaunded to kepe my people of Israel sayde Wherfore do ye not buylde me an house of Ceder wodd So shalt thou speake now vnto my seruaunt Dauid Thus sayeth the LORDE Zebaoth I toke the from the pasture whan thou wentest behynde the shepe y t thou shuldest be y e prynce ouer my people of Israel haue bene w t the whither so euer thou wentest haue roted out all thine enemies before the haue made the a greate name acordinge to the name of the greate men vpon earth And for my people of Israel I wyll appoynte a place and wyll plante them that they maye remayne there nomore to be remoued and y t the childrē of wickednes oppresse them nomore like as afore and sence the tyme that I ordeyned Iudges ouer my people of Israel And I wyll geue the rest from all thine enemies And the LORDE sheweth the that the LORDE wyl make the a house Now whan y e tyme is fulfylled y t thou shalt slepe w t thy fathers I wil after y e rayse vp thy syde which shal come of thy body his kyngdome wyl I stablishe he shal buylde an house for my name and I wyll stablyshe y e seate of his kyngdome for euer I wyll be his father and he shall be my sonne Whan he doth a trespace I wyll reproue him with the rodd of men and with the plages of y e childrē of men But my mercy shal not be withdrawen frō him as I haue with drawē it frō Saul whō I haue takē awaye before the. As for y e house thy kyngdome it shal be stablished for euer before the thy seate shal endure fast for euermore Whan Nathan had tolde all these wordes all this vision vnto Dauid kynge Dauid came and sat him downe before the LORDE and sayde O LORDE God who am I and what is my house y t thou hast broughte me thus farre This O LORDE God hast thou thoughte to litle also but hast spoken of the house of thy seruaunt yet lōge for to come O LORDE God is that the lawe of men And what shall Dauid speake vnto the thou knowest thy seruaunt O LORDE God for thy wordes sake and acordinge to y e hert hast thou done all these greate thinges y t thou mightest shewe thē vnto thy seruaunt Therfore art thou greatly magnified O LORDE God for there is none like the there is no God but thou acordinge vnto all that we haue herde with o r eares For where is there a people vpon earth as thy people of Israel For whose sake God wente to delyuer him a people and to make him selfe a name and to do them soch greate and terrible thinges in thy lōde before y e people whom thou hast delyuered vnto thy selfe frō Egipte from the people and from their goddes And thy people of Israel hast thou prepared the to be a people vnto thyne owne selfe for euer and thou O LORDE art become their God Stablish now y e worde therfore for euer O LORDE God which thou hast spokē ouer thy seruaunt ouer his house do acordinge as thou hast sayde So shall thy name be greate for euer so that it shal be sayde The LORDE Zebaoth is the God ouer Israel the house of thy seruaunt Dauid shal be made sure before the. For thou LORDE Zebaoth thou God of Israel hast opened the eare of thy seruaunt and sayde I wil buylde the an house Therfore hath y e seruaunt founde his hert to praye this prayer vnto the. Now LORDE God thou thy selfe art God thy wordes shal be the trueth Thou hast spoken soch good ouer thy seruaunt Begynne now therfore and blesse y e seruauntes house that it maye be before the for euer for thou LORDE God thine awne selfe hast spoken it and with thy blessynge shal thy seruauntes house be blessed for euer The VIII Chapter ANd it fortuned after this y t Dauid smote y e Philistynes and discomfited them and toke the brydell of bondage out of
haue I geuen the and yf that be to litle I wyl yet do this and that for the also Wherfore hast thou then despysed the worde of the LORDE to do soch euell in his sighte Vrias the Hethite hast thou slayne with the swerde His wife hast thou taken to be thy wyfe but him hast thou slayne with y e swerde of the children of Ammon Now therfore shal not y e swerde departe from thy house for ouer because thou hast despysed me and taken the wife of Vrias the Hithite to be thy wife Thus sayeth the LORDE Beholde I wyll rayse vp euell of thyne awne house and wyll take thy wyues before thyne eyes and wyl geue them vnto thy neghboure so that he shall lye with thy wyues by Sonne lighte For thou hast done it secretly but I wyl do this in the sighte of all Israel and by Sonne lighte Then sayde Dauid vnto Nathan I haue synned vnto the LORDE Nathan sayde vnto Dauid So hath the LORDE also taken awaye thy synne thou shalt not dye But for so moch as thou thorow this dede hast caused the enemies of the LORDE to blaspheme y e sonne that is borne vnto the shall dye the death And Nathan wente home As for the childe which Vrias wife bare vnto Dauid the LORDE smote it so that it was deedsicke And Dauid besoughte God for the childe and fasted and wente in and laie all nighte vpon the earth Then rose the Elders of his house and wolde haue taken him vp frō the grounde neuertheles he wolde not nether ate he w t them Vpon the seuenth daye y e childe dyed And Dauids seruauntes durst not tell him that the childe was deed For they thoughte Beholde whan the childe was yet alyue we spake vnto him and he herkened not vnto oure voyce How moch more shall it greue him yf we saye The childe is deed And Dauid sawe that his seruauntes made a whisperinge together and perceaued that the childe was deed and sayde vnto his seruauntes Is the childe deed They sayde Yee Then rose Dauid vp from the earth and waszshed him selfe and anoynted him and put on other garmentes wente in to the house of the LORDE and worshipped And whan he came agayne he commaunded to set bred before him and ate Then sayde his seruauntes vnto him What maner of thinge is this that thou doest Whan the childe was alyue thou fastedst and weptest but now that it is deed thou stōdest vp and eatest He sayde I fasted and wepte for the childe whan it was yet a lyue for I thoughte Who knoweth peraduenture the LORDE maye be gracious vnto me that the childe maye lyue But now that it is deed wherfore shulde I fast Can I fetch it agayne I shal go vnto it but it shall not come agayne vnto me And whan Dauid had comforted Bethseba his wife he wente in vnto her and laye with her And she bare a sonne whom he called Salomon And the LORDE loued him And he put him vnder the hāde of Nathan y e prophet which called him Iedidia because of the LORDE So Ioab foughte agaynst Rabba of y e children of Ammon and wanne the kynges cite sent messaūgers vnto Dauid caused to saye vnto him I haue foughte against Rabba and haue wonne the water cite also Gather thou therfore the residue of the people together and laye sege to y e cite and wynne it that I wynne it not and haue the name therof So Dauid gathered all y e people together and wente foughte agaynst Rabba and wanne it and toke their kynges crowne frō his heade which in weight had a talente of golde and precious stones and was set vpon Dauids heade and very moch spoyle caried he out of the cite As for the people that was therin he broughte thē forth and layed them vnder yron sawes and hokes and wedges of yron and burned thē in tyle ouens Thus dyd he vnto all the cities of the children of Ammon Then returned Dauid and all the people vnto Ierusalem agayne The XIII Chapter ANd it fortuned after this that Absalom y e sonne of Dauid had a fayre sister whose name was Thamar Ammon the sonne of Dauid loued her And Ammon was in greate combraunce in so moch that he was euen sicke because of Thamar his sister For she was a virgin and Ammon thoughte it shulde be harde for him to do eny thinge vnto her But Ammon had a frēde whose name was Ionadab the sonne of Simea Dauids brother And the same Ionadab was a very wyse man which sayde vnto him Why art thou so leane thou kynges sonne from daye to daye Mayest thou not tell me Then sayde Ammon vnto him I loue Thamar my brother Absaloms sister exceadingly Ionadab sayde vnto him laye the downe vpon thy bedd and make the sicke And whan thy father commeth to loke how thou doest saye vnto him Oh let my sister Thamar come that she maye fede me and make a meece of meate before me that I maye se it eate it of hir hande So Ammon layed him downe and made him sicke Now whā the kynge came in to loke how he dyd Ammon sayde vnto the kynge Oh let my sister Thamar come and make me a syppynge or two and that I maye eate it of hir hand◠Then sent Dauid for Thamar in to the house and sayde vnto her Go thy waye to thy brother Ammons house make him a meece of meate Thamar wente vnto hir brother Amons house but he laye in his bed And she toke floure and mixte it and dighte it before his eyes and made him a syppynge And she toke the meece of meate and poured it out before him but he wolde not eate And Ammon saide Put forth euery man fro me And euery man wēte forth from him Then sayde Ammon vnto Thamar Brynge me that meece of meate in to the chamber that I maye eate it of thy hande Then toke Thamar y e syppynge that she had made and broughte it vnto Ammon hir brother in to the chamber And whan she broughte it vnto him y t he mighte eate he toke holde of her sayde vnto her Come my sister lye with me Neuertheles she saide Oh no my brother force me not for so do they not in Israel do not thou soch foly Whither shal I go with my shame And thou shalt be as one of the vnwyse in Israel But speake vnto the kynge he shal not withholde me from the. Howbeit he wolde not herken vnto her and ouercame her and forced her and laye with her And Ammon hated her exceadingly so that the hate was greater then the loue was before And Ammon sayde vnto her Vp and get the hence She saide vnto him This euell that thou thrustest me out is greater then the other that thou hast done vnto me Neuertheles he herkened not vnto her but called his boye that serued him and sayde Put awaye this woman fro me and locke the dore
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
aduysed to buylde an house vnto the name of the LORDE my God acordinge as the LORDE spake vnto Dauid my father and sayde Thy sonne whom I shal set vpon thy seate in thy steade shal buylde an house vnto my name Commaunde therfore that they hewe me downe Ceders out of Libanus and that thy seruauntes be with my seruauntes the rewarde of thy seruauntes wyll I geue the what so euer thou shalt axe for thou knowest y t with vs there is no maÌ„ which can hewe tymber as the Sidonians Whan Hiram herde the wordes of Salomon he was very glad and sayde Praysed be the LORDE this daye which hath geuen Dauid a wyse sonne ouer this greate people And Hiram sent vnto Salomon sayenge I haue herde what thou hast sent vnto me I wyl do acordinge vnto all thy desyre with Ceders and Pyne trees My seruauÌ„tes shall brynge them downe from Libanus vnto y e See and I wyl make them to flote vpoÌ„ the See vnto the place which thou shalt shewe me and there wyl I cause them to aryue thou shalt make theÌ„ to be fetched But thou shalt fulfyll my desyre also and geue fode vnto my housholde folkes So HiraÌ„ gaue Salomon Ceders and Pyne trees acordinge to all his desyre But Salomon gaue Hiram twentye thousande quarters of wheate to eate for his housholde and tweÌ„tye quarters of beaten oyle This gaue Salomon yearly vnto Hiram And the LORDE gaue Salomon wyszdome acordynge as he had sayde vnto him there was peace betwene Hiram and Salomon and they made a couenaunt both together And Salomon made an outchosynge of workmen thorow out all Israel And y e outchosynge was thirtie thousande meÌ„ and he sent theÌ„ to mount Libanus euery two monethes ten thousande so that they were one moneth vpon Libanus and two monethes at home And Adoniram was ouer the outchosynge And Salomon had thre score thousande ten that bare burthens foure score thousande that hewed tymber vpon the mount besyde Salomons chefe officers which were ordeyned ouer the worke namely thre thousande and thre hundreth which ruled y e people that laboured there in the worke And y e kynge commaunded that they shulde breake out greate and costly stones namely frestone for the foundacion of the house And Salomons masons and Hirams and they that were in those coastes hewed out prepared tymbre and stones to the buyldinge of the house The VI. Chapter IN the foure hundreth and foure score yeare after the departinge of the children of Israel out of the londe of Egipte in the fourth yeare of the raigne of Salomon ouer Israel in the moneth Sif y t is the seconde moneth was the house buylded vnto the LORDE This house that kynge Salomon buylded vnto y e LORDE was thre score cubytes loÌ„ge twenty cubytes brode thirtie cubites hye And he buylded a Porche before the temple of twentye cubytes longe after the bredth of the house ten cubites brode before the house And in y e house he made wyndowes which might be opened and shut with lyddes And rounde aboute by the wall of y e house he buylded a compase so y t it wente both aboute the temple and the quere and made his outwarde wall rouÌ„de aboute The nether most stacion was fyue cubytes wyde and y e myddest sixe cubites wyde and the thirde seuen cubites wyde For he layed balkes rounde aboute the house that they touched not y e wall of the house And whan y e house was buylded it was buylded of whole and outbroken stones so y t there was herde nether hammer ner axe ner eny other instrument of yron whan the house was a buyldinge But on the righte syde of the myddes of the house there was a dore so y t they might go vp to the myddest stacion by a turne grese from the myddest stacion vnto y e thirde Thus buylded he the house fynished it syled y e house both aboue by the walles w t Ceder wodd He buylded a galery also aboue vpon the whole house fyue cubytes hye and couered the house with Ceder tymber And the worde of the LORDE came vnto Salomon sayde Let this be the house y t thou buyldest Yf thou shalt walke in myne ordinaunces do acordinge to my lawes kepe all my coÌ„maundementes to walke therin then wyl I stablyszshe my worde with y e as I sayde vnto Dauid thy father wyll dwell amonge the childreÌ„ of Israel and wil not forsake my people of Israel Thus Salomon buylded the house fynished it buylded the walles on the insyde with Ceder tymber from the grounde of y e house vnto the rofe and syled it with tymbre on the ynsyde and ouerlayed the floore of y e house with bordes of Pyne tre And behynde in the house he buylded a wall of Ceder tymber twentye cubytes longe from the floore vnto the rofe And there on the ynsyde buylded he the quere for the most holy But the house of the temple before the quere was fortye cubites longe on the ynsyde was the whole house of Ceder with throwne knoppes and floures so that there was no stone sene As for the quere he prepared it on the ynsyde of the house that the Arke of the couenaunt of the LORDE might be set therin And before the quere which was twentye cubites longe twentye cubytes brode and twentye cubytes hye and ouerlayed with pure golde he syled the altare with Ceder And Salomon ouerlayed the house on y e ynsyde w t pure golde shot barres of golde before the quere which he had ouerlayed w t golde so that y e whole house was layed ouer with golde And all the altare also before y e quere ouerlayed he with golde He made also in the quere two Cherubins ten cubites hye of Olyue tre One wynge of ether of the Cherubs had fyue cubytes so that from the edge of his one wynge to the edge of his other wynge there were ten cubytes Euen so had the other Cherub ten cubites also and both the Cherubs were of one measure and of one quantitie so y t ether Cherub was ten cubites hye And he put the Cherubins within in the house And the Cherubins spred forth their wynges so that the wynge of the one touched the one wall and the other Cherubs wynge touched the other wall But in the myddes of y e house the one wynge â—â—uched another And he ouerlayed the Cherubins with golde And on all the walles of the house rounde aboute he caused to make carued worke with carued Cherubins palme trees and floures And the pauement of the house ouerlayed he also with goldeÌ„ plates And at the intraunce of the quere he made two dores of olyue thre with fyue squared postes and caused carued worke to be made therof with Cherubins palme trees and floures ouerlayed them with plates of golde So made he also at the intraunce of the temple foure squared
straunge But whan Ahias herde the noyse of hir fete goynge in at the dore he saide Come in thou wyfe of Ieroboā Why shewest thou thy selfe so straunge I am sent vnto y e an harde messaunger Go thy waye and tell Ieroboam Thus sayeth y e LORDE God of Israel I haue exalted the from amonge the people and set the to be prynce ouer my people of Israel and haue rente the kyngdome from the house of Dauid and geuen it the. But thou hast not bene as my seruaunt Dauid which kepte my commaundemētes and walked after me with all his hert so that he did onely y e thinge that was righte in my sighte and thou hast done worse then all they that haue bene before the thou hast gone thy waye and made the other goddes and molten ymages to prouoke me vnto wrath and hast cast me behynde thy backe Beholde therfore I wil brynge mysfortune vpon the house of Ieroboam and wyl rote out from Ieroboam euē him that maketh water agaynst the wall the presoner and forsaken in Israel and the posterite of y e house of Ieroboam wyll I swepe out as donge is swepte out tyll he be cleane broughte to naught He that dieth of Ieroboam in the cite the dogges shal eate him vp But him y t dyeth in the felde shall the foules of the aire eat vp for the LORDE hath spoken it Get the vp therfore and go home whan thy fete enter in to y e cite the childe shal dye And all Israel shal bewayle him and burye him For he onely of Ieroboam shal come to the graue because there is some good founde in him before the LORDE God of Israel in Ieroboams house But the LORDE shall rayse him vp a kynge which shal rote out y e house of Ieroboam in that daie And what is it y t is now in hande all ready And the LORDE shal smyte Israel like as a rede is moued in the water shal rote out Israel from this good londe that he gaue vnto their fathers shal scater them beyonde the water because they haue made their groues to prouoke the LORDE vnto wrath And Israel shall be geuen ouer because of the synne of Ieroboam which hath synned him selfe made Israel to synne And Ieroboams wife gat her vp wente hir waye came vnto Thirza And whan she came vpō the thresholde of the house y e childe dyed they buried him all Israel made lamentacion for him acordinge to y e worde of the LORDE which he spake by his seruaunt Ahia y e prophet What more there is to saye of Ieroboam how he foughte raigned beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel The tyme that Ieroboam raigned was two twentye yeare And he slepte with his fathers And Nadab his sonne was kynge in his steade Roboam y e sonne of Salomon was kynge in Iuda One and fortye yeare olde was Roboam whā he was made kynge seuentene yeare raigned he at Ierusalem in the cite y t the LORDE had chosen out of all y e trybes of Israel to set his name there His mothers name was Naemaan Ammonitisse And Iuda dyd y t which displeased the LORDE prouoked him to indignacion more thē all y t their fathers had done w t their synnes which they dyd for they likewyse buylded them hye places pilers and groues vpō euery hye hill and amonge all grene trees There were whoremōgers also they dyd all y e abhominaciōs of y e Heythē whom y e LORDE droue out before the children of Israel But in y e fifth yeare of kynge Roboam wēte Sisack y e kynge of Egipte vp agaynst Ierusalem toke the treasure out of y e house of the LORDE out of the kynges house all that mighte be gotten toke all the shyldes of golde which Salomon caused to be made In steade wherof y e kynge Roboam caused for to make shyldes of stele commytted them vnder the handes of the chefe fotemen which kepte the dore of the kynges house And as oft as the kynge wente in to y e house of the LORDE the fote men bare them and brought them agayne in to the fote mens chamber What more there is to saye of Roboam and all that he dyd beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda But betwene Roboam Ieroboam there was warre as longe as they lyued And Robobam slepte with his fathers was buried w t his fathers in the cite of Dauid And his mothers name was Naema an Ammonitisse And his sonne Abia was kynge in his steade The XV. Chapter IN the eightenth yeare of kynge Ieroboā the sonne of Nebat was Abia kynge in Iuda and reigned thre yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Maecha the doughter of Abisalom and he walked in all the synnes of his father which he had done before him and his hert was not perfecte with the LORDE his God as was the hert of Dauid his father For because of Dauids sake dyd the LORDE his God geue him a lanterne at Ierusalem so y t he raysed his sonne after him manteyned him at Ierusalem because Dauid dyd the thinge y t was righte in y e sighte of the LORDE and departed not from all that he commaunded him as longe as he lyued sauynge in the matter with Vrias y e Hethite But there was warre betwene Roboam and Ieroboam as longe as he lyued What more there is to saye of Abia and all that he dyd beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda There was warre also betwene Abia and Ieroboam And Abia slepte with his fathers and they buried him in the cite of Dauid And Asa his sonne was kynge in his steade In y e twentyeth yeare of kynge Ieroboam ouer Israel was Asa kynge in Iuda and reigned one fortye yeare at Ierusalem His graund mothers name was Maecha the doughter of Abisalom And Asa dyd that which was righte in the sighte of the LORDE as dyd his father Dauid And he remoued y e who remongers out of the londe and put downe all the Idols that his fathers had made He put his mother from the mynistracion that she had made vnto Miplezeth in y e groue And Asa roted out hir Miplezeth and brent it in the broke Cedron but the hye places put he not downe Yet was the hert of Asa perfecte with the LORDE as longe as he lyued And the syluer and golde and vessels that his father had halowed soch as was sanctified vnto y e house of the LORDE that broughte he in And there was warre betwene Asa Baesa the kynge of Israel as longe as they lyued Baesa the kynge of Israel wente vp agaynst Iuda and buylded Rama that no man shulde go out and in of Asas syde the kynge of Iuda Then toke Asa all the syluer
Iuniper tre And beholde y e angell touched him sayde vnto him Stonde vp and eate And he loked aboute him beholde at his heade there was a bred baken on the coles a cruse w t water And whan he had eaten and dronkē he layed him downe agayne to slepe And y e angell of the LORDE came agayne the seconde tyme touched him sayde Stonde vp and eate for thou hast a greate waye to go And he arose and ate and drāke and wente on thorow the strength of that meate fortye dayes and fortye nightes euē vnto Horeb y e mount of God and there he came to a caue and abode there all nighte And beholde the worde of the LORDE came to him and sayde vnto him What doest thou here Elias He sayde I haue bene zelous for the LORDE God Zebaoth for the children of Israel haue forsaken thy couenaunt and broken downe thine altares and slayne thy prophetes with the swerde and I am lefte onely they seke to take awaye my life He sayde Go forth and stonde vpon the mount before the LORDE And beholde the LORDE wēte ouer and a greate mightie wynde which roue the mountaynes and brake the harde stones came before the LORDE but the LORDE was not in the wynde After the wynde came there an earthquake but the LORDE was not in the earthquake And after the earth quake there came a fyre but the LORDE was not in the fyre And after the fyre came there a styll softe hyssinge Whan Elias herde that he couered his face with his cloke and wente forth and stode in the dore of the caue And beholde there came a voyce vnto him and sayde What hast thou here to do Elias He sayde I haue bene zelous for the LORDE God Zebaoth for the children of Israel haue forsakē thy couenaunt broken downe thine altares slayne y e prophetes w t theswerde I onely am lefte and they seke to take awaye my life But the LORDE sayde vnto him Go y e waye agayne thorow the wyldernes vnto Damascon go in anoynte Hasael kynge ouer Siria Iehu the sonne of Nimsi kynge ouer Israel Eliseus y e sonne of Saphat of Abel Mehola to be prophet in y e steade And it shal come to passe y t who so escapeth the swerde of Hasael Iehu shall slaye him who so escapeth y e swerde of Iehu Eliseus shal slaye him And I wil reserue vnto me vij M. men in Israel namely all y e knees which haue not bowed thē selues vnto Baal and euery mouth y t hath not kyssed him And he departed thence founde Elizeus y e sonne of Saphat plowinge w t twolue yocke of oxen before him he himselfe was amōge the twolue And Elias wēte vnto him cast his cloke vpon him And he lefte the oxen ranne after Elias sayde Let me kysse my father my mother and so wil I folowe the. And he sayde vnto him Go thy waye come agayne for I haue some what to do with the. And he ranne agayne from him and toke a yock of oxen and offred it and sod y e flesh with the wod of the oxen plowes and gaue it vnto the people to eate and gat him vp folowed Elias and mynistred vnto him The XX. Chapter ANd Benadab y e kynge of Siria gathered all his power there were two thirtie kynges w t him horses charettes and he wente vp and layed sege vnto Samaria foughte agaynst it And he sent messaungers vnto Achab y e kynge of Israel in to y e cite caused to saye vnto him Thus sayeth Benadab Thy syluer thy golde is myne and thy wyues thy best children are myne also The kynge of Israel answered sayde My lorde O kynge euen as thou hast sayde I am thine and all that I haue And the messaungers came agayne sayde Thus sayeth Benadab For so moch as I haue sent vnto the sayenge Thy syluer thy golde thy wyues thy childrē shalt thou geue me tomorow aboute this tyme wil I sende my seruaūtes vnto the y t they maye serch thyne house and the houses of thy subiectes loke what pleasaunt thinge thou hast y t shal they take in their handes and cary it awaye So the kynge of Israel called all y e Elders of the lōde sayde Mark well se what myschefe this mā seketh He sent vnto me for my wyues children for syluer golde I haue not sayde him naye Then sayde all the Elders and all the people vnto him Thou shalt not cōsente ner agree vnto him And he spake vnto Benadabs messaūgers Saye vnto my lorde y e kynge All y e thynges wherfore thou dyddest sende vnto me y e seruaunt at y e first wil I do but this can I not do And y e messaungers wēte and tolde this againe Thē sent Benadab vnto him sayēge The goddes do this and y t vnto me yf the dust of Samaria shal be ynough for euery one of my people to brynge me an handfull therof But y e kynge of Israel answered sayde Tell him Let not him y t putteth on y e harnes make his boast like him y t hath put it of Whā Benadab herde y t euē as he was drynkinge w t the kynges in y e pauylion he sayde vnto his seruaūtes Set yo r selues in araye And they set thē selues in araie against y e cite And beholde there came a prophet vnto Achab y e kynge of Israel saide Thus sayeth the LORDE Hast thou sene all this greate multitude Beholde this daie wil I delyuer thē in to y e hande so y t thou shalt knowe how y t I am y e LORDE Achab sayde By whom He sayde Thus sayeth the LORDE Euen by the yonge men of the rulers of the londe He sayde Who shal order the battayl He sayde Thou Then mustered he the yonge men of the rulers of the londe there were two hūdreth and two and thirtie of them after thē mustured he of the whole people of all the childrē of Israel seuē thousande men and they wente out in the noone daye As for Benadab he dranke and was dronken in the pauylion with the two thirtie kynges which were come to helpe him And the yonge men of the rulers of the londe wente forth first Benadab sent forth they brought him worde sayde There come men out of Samaria He sayde Take them alyue whether they be come forth for peace or for warre But whan the londe rulers yonge men were gone forth and the hoost behynde them euery one smote him y t came in his waye And the Sirians fled and Israel folowed after them And Benadab the kynge of Syria escaped with horses and horsmē And the kynge of Israel wente forth and smote horses and charettes and dyd a greate slaughter on the Syrians Then came there a prophet vnto the
the house of Ieroboam which caused Israel to synne but walked in them The groue at Samaria stode styll also For of the people of Ioahas there were no mo lefte but fyftye horsmen ten charettes and ten thousande fote men for the kynge of Syria had destroyed them and made them as the dust in the barne What more there is to saye of Ioahas and all that he dyd and his power beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel And Ioahas fell on slepe with his fathers and was buried in Samaria Ioas his sonne was kinge in his steade In the seuen and thirtieth yeare of Ioas kynge of Iuda was Ioas the sonne of Ioahas kynge ouer Israel at Samaria sixtene yeare And he dyd that which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE and departed not from all the synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat which made Israel for to synne but walked in them What more there is to saye of Ioas and what he dyd his power how he foughte with Amasias kynge of Iuda beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel And Ioas fell on slepe with his fathers and Ieroboam sat vpoÌ„ his seate And Ioas was buried in Samaria w t the kynges of Israel As for Eliseus he fell in to a sicknes wherof he dyed And Ioas the kynge of Israel came downe vnto him and wepte for him and saide My father my father the charet man of Israel and his horsmen Eliseus sayde vnto him Take the bowe and the arowes And whan he had taken the bowe and the arowes he sayde vnto the kynge of Israel Bende the bowe with thine hande And he bent it with his haÌ„de And Eliseus layed his hande vpon the kynges hande and sayde Open that wyndowe towarde the Easâ— And he opened it And Eliseus saide Shâ—â—â— And he shot He sayde one arowe of the saluacion of the LORDE one arowe of saluacioÌ„ agaynst the Syrians and thou shalt smyâ—â— the Syrians at Aphek tyll they be brought to naughte And he sayde Take y e arowes And whâ—â— he had taken them he sayde vnto the kynge of Israel Smyte the earth And he smote thre tymes and stode still Then was them â–ª of God wroth at him and sayde Yf thou haddest smytten fyue or sixe times thou shuldest haue smytten y e Syrians tyll thou had dest vtterly brought them to naughte But now shalt thou smyte them thre tymes Whan Eliseus was deed and buried the men of warre of the Moabites fell in to the londe the same yeare And it fortuned y t they buryed a certaine man But whaÌ„ they sawe the men of warre they cast the man in to Eliseus graue And whan he was therin and touched Eliseus bones he reuyued and stode vpon his fete So Hasael the kynge of Syria oppressed Israel as longe as Ioahas lyued But the LORDE was gracious vnto them and had mercy vpon them and turned him to them for his couenauntes sake with Abraham Isaac and Iacob and wolde not destroye theÌ„ nether dyd he cast them out from his presence vnto this houre And Hasael the kinge of Syria dyed and Benadad his sonne was kynge in his steade But Ioas turned backe and toke out of the hande of Benadad the sonne of Hasael the cyties which he had takeÌ„ in battaill out of the hande of his father Ioahas Thre tymes dyd Ioas smyte him and broughte the cities of Israel agayne The XIIII Chapter IN the seconde yeare of Ioas y e sonne of Ioahas kynge of Israel was Amasias the sonne of Ioas kynge of Iuda made kynge fyue and twenty yeare olde was he whan he was made kynge reigned nyne and twentye yeare at IerusaleÌ„ His mothers name was Ioadan of Ierusalem And he dyd that which was righte in the sighte of the LORDE yet not as his father Dauid but euen as his father Ioas did so dyd he also for y e hye places were not put downe but the people offred and brent inceÌ„se yet vpon the hye places Now whan he had gotten the power of the kyngdome he smote his seruauntes which had smytteÌ„ the kynge his father but the children of y e deed slayers slewe he not acordinge to y t which is wrytteÌ„ in the boke of the lawe of Moses where the LORDE hath coÌ„maunded sayde The fathers shal not dye for the children the children shal not dye for the fathers but euery one shal dye for his awne synne Ten thousande of the Edomites smote he also in the Salt valley and wanne Sela in battayll and called it Iatheel vnto this daye Then sent Amasias messaungers vnto Ioas the sonne of Ioahas the sonne of Iehu kynge of Israel sayenge Come hither let vs se one another But Ioas y e kynge of Israel sent vnto Amasias the kynge of Iuda sayenge The hawthorne that is in Libanus sent to the Ceder tre in Libanus sayenge Geue thy doughter vnto my sonne to wife But a wylde beest of the felde ranne ouer y e hawthorne and trode it downe Thou hast smytteÌ„ the Edomites therfore is thine hert waxen proude Take the prayse and byde at home why stryuest thou for mysfortune y t thou mayest fall and Iuda with the Howbeit Amasias consented not Then weÌ„te Ioas the kynge of Israel vp and they sawe one another he and Amasias the kynge of Iuda at Beth Semes which lyeth in Iuda But Iuda was smytten before Israel so that euery one fled in to his tente And Ioas the kynge of Israel toke Amasias the kynge of Iuda the sonne of Ioas the sonne of Ochosias at Beth Semes and came to Ierusalem and brake downe y e wall of Ierusalem from y e porte of Ephraim vnto the corner porte euen foure hundreth cubites loÌ„ge and toke all the golde and syluer and ornamentes that were founde in the house of the LORDE and in y e treasures of the kynges house the children also to pledge departed agayne to Samaria What more there is to saie of Ioas what he dyd and of his power how he foughte with Amasias the kynge of Iuda beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel And Ioas fell on slepe with his fathers and was buried at Samaria amonge y e kynges of Israel And Ieroboam his sonne was kynge in his steade But Amasias the sonne of Ioas kynge of Iuda lyued after the death of Ioas the sonne of Ioahas kynge of Israel fiftene yeare What more there is to saye of Amasias it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda And they conspyred agaynst him at Ierusalem but he fled vnto Lachis And they sent after him vnto Lachis and slewe him there And they broughte him vpon horses he was buried at Ierusalem with his fathers in y e cite of Dauid And all the people of Iuda toke Asarias in his sixtenth yeare and made him kynge in steade of Amasias his father He buylded
Eloth and broughte it agayne vnto Iuda after that the kynge was fallen on slepe with his fathers In the fyftenth yeare of Amasias the sonne of Ioas kynge of Iuda was Ieroboam the sonne of Ioas kynge ouer Israel at Samaria one and fortye yeare And he dyd that which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE and departed not from all the synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat which caused Israel for to synne But the borders of Israel broughte he agayne from Hemath vnto y e see that lyeth in the playne felde acordinge to the worde of the LORDE God of Israel which he spake by his seruaunt Ionas y e sonne of Amithai the prophete which was of Gath Epher For the LORDE considered the myserable affliccion of Israel how that euen they which were shut vp and desolate were awaye and that there was no helper in Israel And the LORDE sayde not that he wolde destroye the name of Israel from vnder heauē And he helped thē by Ieroboam the sonne of Ioas. What more there is to saye of Ieroboam and all that he dyd and of his power how he foughte and how broughte Damascon and Hemath agayne vnto Iuda in Israel beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel And Ieroboam fell on slepe with his fathers with the kynges of Israel And Zacharias his sonne was kynge in his steade The XV. Chapter IN the seuen twentieth yeare of Ieroboam kynge of Israel reigned Asarias the sonne of Amasias kynge of Iuda and was sixtene yeare olde whan he was made kynge and reigned two and fyftye yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Iechalia of Ierusalē And he dyd righte in the sighte of the LORDE acordinge to all as dyd Amasias his father sauynge that they put not downe the hye places For the people dyd sacryfice and brent incense yet vpon the hye places Howbeit the LORDE smote the kynge so that he was leper vnto his death and dwelt in a frye house But Iotham the kynges sonne ruled the house and iudged the people in the londe What more there is to saye of Asarias all y t he dyd beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Iuda And Asarias fell on slepe with his fathers was buried with his fathers in the cite of Dauid Iotham his sonne was kynge in his steade In the eight and thirtieth yeare of Asarias kynge of Iuda was Zacharias the sonne of Ieroboam kynge ouer Israel at Samaria sixe monethes And he dyd y t which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE euen as his fathers dyd He departed not from y e synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat which caused Israel for to synne And Sellum the sonne of Iabes conspyred agaynst him and smote him in the presence of y e people and slewe him was kynge in his steade What more there is to saie of Zacharias beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel And this is it y t the LORDE sayde vnto Iehu Thy children shall syt vpō the seate of Israel vntyll the fourth generacion And euen so came it to passe Sellum the sonne of Iabes reigned in y e nyne thirtieth yeare of Asarias kynge of Iuda reigned one moneth at Samaria For Menahem the sonne of Gadi wēte vp from Thirza came to Samaria and smote Sellum the sonne of Iabes at Samaria slewe him and was kynge in his steade What more there is to saye of Sellum of his sedicion which he stered vp beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel At the same tyme dyd Manahem smyte Tiphsa all y t were therin the coastes therof from Thirza because they wolde not let him in and smote all their wemen w t childe and rypte them vp In the nyne thirtieth yeare of Asarias kynge of Iuda beganne Manahem the sonne of Gad to reigne ouer Israel ten yeares at Samaria and dyd that which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE As longe as he lyued departed he not from y e synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat which caused Israel for to synne And Phul the kynge of Assiria came in to the lōde And Manahem gaue vnto Phul a thousande talentes of syluer to holde with him and to cōfirme him in the kyngdome And Manahem raysed vp a taxe in Israel vpon the richest fiftye Sycles of syluer vpon eueryman to geue vnto y e kynge of Assiria So the kynge of Assiria wēte home agayne and taried not in the londe What more there is to saye of Manahem all y t he dyd beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel And Manahem fell on slepe w t his fathers And Pecahia his sonne was kynge in his steade In the fiftieth yeare of Asarias kynge of Iuda beganne Pecahia the sonne of Manahem to reigne ouer Israel at Samaria two yeare and dyd that which was euell in the sighte of the LORDE for he departed not frō the synnes of Ieroboam y e sonne of Nebat which caused Israel for to synne And Pecah the sonne of Romelia his knyghte conspyred agaynst him smote him at Samaria in y e palace of the kynges house w t Argob and Ariah and fiftye men w t him of y e childrē of Gilead slewe him was kynge in his steade What more there is to saye of Pecahia all that he dyd beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel In the two and fiftieth yeare of Asarias kynge of Iuda beganne Pecah the sonne of Romelia to reigne ouer Israel at Samaria twentye yeare dyd that which was euell in the sighte of y e LORDE for he departed not from the synnes of Ieroboam the sonne of Nebat which caused Israel for to synne In the tyme of Pecah the kynge of Israel came Teglatphalasser the kynge of Assiria toke Eion Abel Beth Maecha Ianoha Kedes Hasor Gilead Galile and all the londe of Nephtali caried thē awaye in to Assiria And Osea the sonne of Ela conspyred agaynst Pecah the sonne of Romelia slue him and was kynge in his steade in the twētieth yeare of Iotham the sonne of Osias What more there is to saye of Pecah all that he dyd beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Israel In the seconde yeare of Pecah the sonne of Romelia kynge of Israel was Iotham the sonne of Osias kynge of Iuda was fyue and twentye yeare olde whan he was made kynge and reigned sixtene yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Ierusa the doughter of Sadok And he dyd y t which was righte in y e sighte of the LORDE acordinge vnto all as dyd Osias his father ▪ sauynge that he put not downe the hye places for the people offred brent incense yet vpon the hye places He buylded the hye poete of the house of the LORDE What more there
of Assiria haue destroyed the Heythen and their londe with the swerde and haue cast their goddes in the fyre for they were not Goddes but y e worke of mēs hondes wodd and stone therfore haue they destroyed them But now O LORDE helpe thou vs out of his hande that all the kyngdomes vpon earth maye knowe that thou LORDE art God alone Then sent Esay the sonne of Amos vnto Ezechias sayenge Thus sayeth the LORDE God of Israel Where as thou hast made thy prayer vnto me concernynge Sennacherib y e kynge of Assiria I haue herde it This is it that the LORDE hath spoken agaynst him He hath despysed y e and mocked the O virgin thou doughter Sion he hath shakē his heade at the O doughter Ierusalem Whom hast thou despysed blasphemed Ouer whom hast thou lifte vp thy voyce Euē agaynst y e holy one in Israel hast thou lifte vp thine eyes thou hast blasphemed y e LORDE by thy messaungers and sayde Thorow the multitude of my charettes haue I gone vp to the toppes of the mountaynes vpon the sydes of Libanus I haue hewen downe his hye Ceders and his chosen Pyne trees and am come to the vttemost habitacion of the wod of Carmel that belongeth vnto it I haue dygged and dronke vp the straunge waters and with y e soles of my fete haue I dryed vp the See But hast thou not herde how that I haue done this longe agoo and haue prepared it from the begynnynge Now haue I caused it for to come that contencious stronge cities mighte fall in to a waist heape of stones they that dwell therin shal be faynte and fearfull and a shamed and shal be as the grasse vpon the felde and as y e grene herbe and hay vpon the house toppes that wythereth afore it be growne vp I knowe thy habitacion thy out and ingoynge and that thou ragest agaynst me For so moch then as thou ragest agaynst me and seynge thy presumpcion is come vp to myne eares therfore wyll I put a rynge in thy nose and a brydle bytt in thy lippes and wyll brynge the agayne euen the same waye thou camest And let this be a token vnto the O Ezechias In this yeare eate y t which is fallen ▪ in the seconde yeare soch as groweth of it selfe In y e thirde yeare sowe and reape and plante vynyardes and eate the frute therof And the doughter Iuda which is escaped remayneth shall from hence forth take rote beneth and beare frute aboue For the remnaunt shal go forth from Ierusalem they y t are escaped shall go out fro mount Sion The gelousy of the LORDE Zebaoth shall brynge this to passe Therfore thus sayeth the LORDE concernynge y e kynge of the Assyrians He shall not come in to this cite and shall shute no arowe therin nether shal there come eny shylde before it nether shall he dygge eny backe aboute it but shal go agayne the waye that he came and shall not come in to this cite sayeth the LORDE and I wyll defende this cite to helpe it for myne awne sake and for my seruaunt Dauids sake And in the same nighte wente the angell of the LORDE and smote in the hoost of the Assyrians an hundreth and fyue and foure score thousande men And whan they gatt them vp in the mornynge beholde all laye full of deed coarses So Sennacherib the kinge of Assyria brake vp and departed and returned and abode at Niniue And as he worshipped in y e house of Nesrach his god his awne sonnes Adramalech and Sarazer smote him with the swerde and fled in to y e londe of Ararat And Asarhadon his sonne was kynge in his steade The XX. Chapter AT that tyme was Ezechias deedsicke And the prophet Esay y e sonne of Amos came to him sayde vnto him Thus sayeth y e LORDE Set thine house in ordre for thou shalt dye not lyue And he turned his face to the wall and prayed vnto y e LORDE and sayde Remembre O LORDE that I haue walked faithfully before the with a perfecte hert and haue done y t which is good in thy syghte And Ezechias wepte sore But whan Esay was not gone out of halfe the cite y e worde of y e LORDE came to him sayde Turne back tell Ezechias y e prynce of my people Thus sayeth y e LORDE God of thy father Dauid I haue herde thy praier considered y e teares Beholde I wil heale y e on the thirde daye shalt thou go in to y e house of the LORDE fiftene yeares wil I adde vnto y e life wyll delyuer the this cite from the kynge of Assyria this cite wil I defende for myne awne sake and for my seruaūt Dauids sake And Esay sayde Bringe hither a quantite of fygges And whan they broughte them they layed them vpon the sore and it was healed Ezechias sayde vn to Esay Which is y e token that the LORDE wyll heale me and that I shal go vp in to the house of y e LORDE on the thirde daye Esay sayde This token shalt thou haue of the LORDE that the LORDE shal do acordynge as he hath sayde Shall the shadowe go ten degrees forwarde or shal it turne ten degrees backwarde Ezechias sayde It is an easy thinge for the shadowe to go ten degrees downewarde y t is not my mynde but that it go ten degrees backwarde Then cryed the prophet Esay vnto the LORDE and the shadowe wente backe ten degrees in Achas Dyall which he was descended afore At the same tyme Merodach Baladan the sonne of Baladan kynge of Babilon sent letters and presentes vnto Ezechias for he had herde that Ezechias had bene sicke And Ezechias reioysed with them shewed them all the house of rotes the syluer golde spyces and the best oyle and the house of ordinaunce and all that was founde in his treasures There was nothinge in his house and in all his domynion but Ezechias shewed it them Then came Esay the prophet vnto kynge Ezechias and sayde vnto him What haue these men sayde and whence came they vnto the Ezechias sayde They came to me out of a farre countre euen from Babilon He sayde What haue they sene in thyne house Ezechias sayde They haue sene all that is in my house and there is nothynge in my 〈◊〉 but I haue shewed it them Then sayde Esay vnto Ezechias Heare the worde of the LORDE Beholde the tyme commeth that it shall all be caryed awaye vnto Babilon and whatsoeuer thy fathers haue layed vp vnto this daye and there shall nothinge be lefte sayeth the LORDE Yee and the children which come of the whom thou shalt beget shal be taken awaye to be chamberlaynes in the kynge of Babilons palace Ezechias sayde vnto Esay It is good that the LORDE hath spoken And he sayde morouer Let there be peace yet and faithfulnesse in my tyme. What more there is to saye
Sedechias eies and bounde him with cheynes and caryed him vnto Babilon Vpon the seuenth daye of the fyfth monet that is the ninetenth yeare of Nabuchodonosor kynge of Babilon came Nabusaradan the chefe captayne the kynge of Babilons seruaunt vnto Ierusalem and brent y e house of the LORDE and the kynges house all the houses at Ierusalem and all the greate houses brent he with fyre And all the power of the Caldees which was with the chefe captayne brake downe the walles rounde aboute Ierusalem As for the other people that yet were lefte in the cite and were falleÌ„ vnto the kinge of Babilon and the other comen people Nabusaradan the chefe captayne caryed them awaye And of the poorest people dyd the chefe captaine leaue in y e londe to be wynegardeners and plowmen But the brasen pilers in the house of the LORDE and the seates and the brasen lauer that was in the house of the LORDE dyd y e Caldees breake downe and caried the metall vnto Babilon And the pottes shouels fleshokes spones all y e brasen vessell that was occupied in the seruyce caried they awaye And y e chefe captayne toke awaye y e censors and basens y t were of golde and syluer two pilers one lauer and the seates y t Salomon had made for y e house of the LORDE The metall of all these ornamentes coulde not be weyed Eightene cubytes hye was one piler and y e knoppe theron was of brasse also thre cubytes hye the rope and the pomgranates vpon the knoppe rounde aboute were all of brasse After the same maner was the other piler also with the rope And the chefe captayne toke Seraia the prest of the first course Sophony the prest of the seconde course and thre dorekepers and one chamberlayne out of the cite which was appoynted ouer y e men of warre and fyue men that were euer before the kynge which were founde in the cite and Sophar the captayne which taught the people of y e londe to fighte and thre score men of y e people of the londe that were founde in the cite these dyd Nabusaradan y e chefe captayne take and broughte them to the kynge of Babilon vnto Reblatha And the kynge of Babilon slewe them at Reblatha in y e londe of Hemath Thus was Iuda caried awaye out of his awne londe But ouer the remnaunt of the people in the londe of Iuda whom Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon lefte behynde he set Godolias y e sonne of Ahicam y e sonne of Saphan Now whaÌ„ all the captaynes of the soudyers the men herde that the kynge of Babilon had made Godolias gouernoure they came to Godolias vnto Mispa namely Ismael y e sonne of Nathanias Iohanna y e sonne Carea Seraia y e sonne of Tanhometh the Netophatite Iesanias y e sonne of Maechati w t their men And Godolias sware vnto them to their men sayde vnto them Feare not ye y e officers of the Caldees tary in the londe submytte youre selues vnto the kynge of Babilon ye shal prospere But in the seueÌ„th moneth came Ismael the sonne of Nathanias the sonne of Elisama of the kynges kynred and ten men with him and slewe Godolias and the Iewes and Caldees that were with him at Mispa Then all the people gat them vp both small and greate and the captaynes of the hoost and came in to Egipte for they were afrayed of y e Caldees Howbeit in the seuen and thirtieth yeare after that Ioachim the kynge of Iuda was caried awaye on the seuen and twenty daye of the twolueth moneth Euilmerodach the kynge of Babilon in the first yeare of his reigne lifte vp the heade of Ioachim y e kynge of Iuda out of preson and spake louyngly vnto him and set his trone aboue y e trones of y e kynges that were with him at Babilon and chaunged the clothes of his captiuyte And he ate allwaye before him as longe as he lyued And he appoynted him his porcion which was euer geueÌ„ him daylie of the kynge as longe as he lyued The ende of the fourth boke of the kynges The first boke of the Cronicles called Paralipomenon What this boke conteyneth Chap. I.II. A rehearsynge of the generacions Chap. III. Of Dauid and his sonnes Chap. IIII. A register of the children of Iuda Chap. V. A register of the childreÌ„ of SimeoÌ„ Chap. VI. A register of the Rubenites Chap. VII A register of the children of Leui. Chap. VIII Of the children of Isachar Ben Iamin Chap. IX Of the trybe of Ben Iamin Chap. X. The nombre of the Israelites that were caried awaye vnto Babilon Chap. XI The battayll of the Philistynes agaynst Saul and his sonnes Chap. XII How Dauid was anoynted kynge and of his kyngdome Chap. XIII Of Dauids worthy men of warre which came vnto him out of all the trybes Chap. XIIII How the other trybes were called and how they fetched awaye the Arke Chap. XV. Hiram sendeth tymber vnto Dauid Of Dauids wyues He ouercommeth the Philistynes Chap. XVI Dauid appoynteth the Leuites to beare the Arke Chap. XVII The Arke is set in the Tabernacle with sacrifice and thankesgeuynge Chap. XVIII God forbyddeth Dauid to buylde the temple Chap. XIX Dauid subdueth the enemies on euery syde Chap. XX. Hanun the kynge of Amon dealeth shamefully with Dauid seruauÌ„tes that come to comforte him Chap. XXI Of certaine batels which Dauid winneth with worshipe Chap. XXII Dauid nombreth the people and displeaseth the LORDE which punysheth the people for his sake Chap. XXIII Dauid prepareth tymber and stone golde syluer for the buyldinge of the teÌ„ple Chap. XXIIII XXV Dauid in his age before his death appoynteth the offices in the house of God Chap. XXVI The office of the children of Asaph Heman and Iedithun Chap. XXVII The office of the porters Chap. XXVIII The office of the captaynes amonge the trybes Chap. XXIX The wordes of Dauid to the captaynes to the people and to Salomon Chap. XXX How Dauid talketh of buyldiÌ„ge the temple and what the prynces geue ther to The first Chapter ADam Seth Enos Kenan Mahalaleel Iared Henoch Mathusalah Lamech Noe Sem Ham Iaphet The childreÌ„ of Iaphet are these Gomer Magog Madai Iauan Tubal Mesech and Thiras The children of Gomer are these Ascenas Riphat Togarma The children of Iauan are these Elisa Tharsisa Chitim and Dodanim The childreÌ„ of Ham are these Chus Misraim Phut Canaan The children of Chus are these Seba Heuila Sabtha Reyma Sabthecha The childreÌ„ of Reyma are these Sheba Dedan Chus begat Nemrâ—â— y t beganne to be mighty vpon earthe Misraim begat Ludim Enanim Lehabim Napthuhim Pathrusim and Casluhim of whom came the Philistynes and Caphthorims Canaan begat Sidon his first sonne Heth Iebusi Amori Girgosi Heui Arki Sim Aruadi Zemari and Hemathi The childreÌ„ of Sem are these Elam Assur Arphachsad Lud Aram Vz Hul Gether Masech
sonne was Thahan whose sonne was Laedan whose sonne was Ammihud whose sonne was Elisama whose sonne was Nun whose sonne was Iosua And their substaunce dwellynge was Bethel and the vyllages therof and towarde the East syde of Naeran and towarde the westparte of Geser and y e vyllages therof Sechem and hir vyllages vnto Aia and hir vyllages And by the children of Manasses Bethsean and y e vyllages therof That nach and the vyllages therof Dor and the vyllages therof In these dwelt the children of Ioseph the sonne of Israel The children of Asser were these Iemna Iesua Iesui Bria and Serah their sister The children of Bria were Heber and Malchiel this is y e father of Birsauith Heber begat Iaphet Somor Hothan and Sua their sister The childrē of Iaphlet were Passach Bimehal and Asuath these were the childrē of Iaphlet The childrē of Somer were Ahi Rahag Iehuba and Aram. And the children of his brother Helē were Zophah Iemna Seles and Amal. The children of Zophah were Suah Harnepher Sual Beri Iemra Bezer Hod Sama Silsa Iethran and Beera The children of Iether were Iephune Phispa and Ara. The children of Vlla were Arah Haniel and Rizia. All these were the children of Asser heades in the house of their fathers chosen out valeaunt men and heades amonge the prynces and were mustered to the warre for to fight in their nombre sixe and twentye thousande men The IX Chapter BEn Iamin begat Bela his fyrst sonne Aszbal the secōde Ahrah y e thirde Noah the fourth Rapha the fyfth And Bela had children Gera Abihud Abisua Neman Ahoah Gera Sphuphan and Huram These are Ehuds children which were heades of the fathers amonge the citesyns at Geba and wēte awaye vnto Manahath namely Naeman Ahia and Gera the same caryed them awaye and begat Vsa and Ahihud And Seharaim whan he had sent thē awaye begat children in the londe of Moab of Husim and Baera his wyues And of Hodes his wyfe begat he Iobab Zibea Mesa Malcham Ieus Sachia and Mirma these are his children heades of the fathers Of Husim begat he Ahitob and Elpaal The childrē of Elpaal were Eber Miseam and Samed The same buylded Ono Lod and the vyllages therof And Bria and Sama were heades of the fathers amonge the citesyns at Aialon These chaced awaye thē of Gath. His brethrē Sasak Ieremoth Sebadia Arad Ader Michael Iespa and Ioha these are the children of Bria Sebadia Mesullam Ezechi Heber Iesmerai Ieslia Ioab these are y e childrē of Elpaal Iakim Sichri Sabdi Eloenai Zilthai Eliel Adaia Braia and Simrath these are the childrē of Semei Iespan Eber Eliel Abdon Sichri Hanan Hanania Elan Enthothia Iephdeia and Penuel these are the children of Sasak Samserai Seharia Athalia Iaeresia Elia and Sichri these are the children of Ieroham These are the heades of the fathers of their kynreds which dwelt at Ierusalem But at Gibeon dwelt the father of Gibeon his wyues name was Maecha and his first sonne was Abdon Zur Cis Baal Nadab Gedor Ahio and Secher Mikloth begat Simea And they dwelt ouer agaynst their brethrē at Ierusalem with theirs Ner begat Cis. Cis begat Saul Saul begat Ionathas Melchisua Abinadab and Esbaal The sonne of Ionathas was Meribaal Meribaal begat Micha The children of Micha were Pithon Melech Thaerea and Ahas Ahas begat Ioadda Ioadda begat Alemeth Asmaneth and Simri Simri begat Moza Moza begat Binea whose sonne was Rapha whose sonne was Eleasa whose sonne was Azel Azel had sixe sonnes whose names were Esricam Bochru Iesmael Searia Abadia Hanan all these were the sonnes of Azel The children of Esek his brother were Vlam his first sonne Ieus the seconde Elipelet the thirde The children of Vlam were valeaunt men and coulde handell bowes and had many sonnes and sonnes sonnes an hundreth and fiftye All these are of the children of Ben Iamin The X. Chapter ANd all Israel were nombred and beholde they are wrytten in the boke of the kynges of Israel and Iuda and now are they caried awaie vnto Babilō for their synne euen they y t afore dwelt in their possessions and cities namely Israel y e prestes Leuites and Nethinim But at Ierusalem dwelt certayne of the children of Iuda some of the children of Ben Iamin some of the children of Ephraim and of Manasses Namely of the children of Phares of the sonne of Iuda was Vthai the sonne of Ammihud the sonne of Amri the sonne of Imri the sonne of Bani Of Soloni Asaia y e first sonne and his other sonnes Of the children of Serah Ieguel and his brethren sixe hundreth foure score and ten Of the children of Ben Iamin Sallu y e sonne of Mesullam the sonne of Hodauia y e sonne of Hasnua And Iebneia the sonne of Ieroham And Ela the sonne of Vsi the sonne of Michri And Mesullam the sonne of Sephatia the sonne of Reguel the sonne of Iebneia And their brethren in their kinreds nyne hundreth and syxe and fyftye All these were heades of the fathers in the house of their fathers Of the prestes Iedaia Ioiarib Iachim And Asaria the sonne of Helchia the sonne of Mesullam the sonne of Sadoc the sonne of Meraioth the sonne of Achitob prynce in the house of God And Adaia the sonne of Ieroham the sonne of Pashur the sonne of Malchia And Maesai the sonne of Adiel the sonne of Iachsera the sonne of Mesullam the sonne of Messylemeth the sonne of Immer And their brethren heades in the house of their fathers a thousande seuen hundreth and thre score valeaunt men in executynge the offyce in the house of God Of the Leuites of the children of Merari Semaia the sonne of Hasub the sonne of Asrikam the sonne of Hasabia And Bakbakar the carpenter and Galal And Mathania y e sonne of Micha y e sonne of Sichri the sonne of Assaph And Obadia the sonne of Semaia the sonne of Galal y e sonne of Elkana which dwelt in the vyllages of the Netophatites The porters were Sallum Acub Talmon Ahiman with their brethren and Sallum the chefest for hither to had the children of Leui kepte the watch at the eastsyde of the kinges gate by armies And Sallum the sonne of Core the sonne of Abiassaph the sonne of Corah and his brethren of his fathers house The Corahytes were in the worke of the seruyce to kepe the thresholdes of the Tabernacle and their fathers in the hoost of the LORDE to kepe the intraunce Phineas the sonne of Eleasar was the prynce ouer them because the LORDE had bene with him before Sacharia the sonne of Meselemia was keper at the dore of the Tabernacle of witnesse All these were chosen out to be kepers of the thresholdes euen two hundreth and twolue These were nombred in their vyllages And Dauid and Samuel the Seer foūded them thorow their faith that they and their children shulde kepe the house of the LORDE namely to kepe the watch of y e house of the Tabernacle These
parell of their life haue they broughte it therfore wolde he not drynke it This dyd the thre Worthies Abisai the brother of Ioab he was the chefest amonge thre And he lifte vp his speare and smote thre hundreth And he was famous amonge thre and before the thirde more honorable then the two yet came he not vnto the thre Benaia the sonne of Ioiada the sonne of Ishail of Cabzeel was a man of greate actes He smote two lyons of the Moabites And he wente downe and smote a lyon in the myddes of a well in the tyme of snowe He smote a man of Egipte also which was fyue cubites greate of stature and had in his hande a speare like a weuers lome Yet wente he downe to him with a staffe and toke the speare out of his hande and slewe him with his awne speare This dyd Benaia the sonne of Ioiada and was a famous man amonge thre Worthies and most awncient amonge thirtie But vnto the thre came he not Howbeit Dauid made him of his secrete councell The valeaunt Worthies are these Asahel the brother of Ioab Elhanam his Vncles sonne of Bethleem Samoth the Harodite Helez the Pelonite Ira the sonne of Ekes the Thecoite Abraser the Anathothite Sibechai the Husathite Ilai the Ahohite Matheraithe Netophatite Heled y e sonne of Baena y e Netophatite Ithai y e sonne of Ribai of Gibeath of the childrē of Ben Ianim Benaia the Pirgathonite Hura of the broke of Gaas Abiel the arbathite Asmaneth the Baherunite Eliahba the Saalbonite The children of Hasem y e Gisonite Ionathas the sonne of Sage the Hararite Ahiam the sonne of Sachar the Hararite Eliphal the sonne of Vr Hepher the Macherathite Ahia the Pelointe Hezro of Carmel Naerai the sonne of Aszbai Ioel the brother of Nathan Mibehar the sonne of Hagri Zeleg the Ammonite Naherai the Berothithe the wapenbearer of Ioab the sonne of Zernia Ira the Iethrite Gareb the Iethrite Vrias the Hethite Sabad the sonne of Ahalai Adina the sonne of Sisa the Rubenite a captayne of the Rubenites and there were thirtie vnder him Hanam y e sonne of Maecha Iosaphat the Mathonite Vsia y e Astharathite Sama and Iaiel the sonnes of Hotham the Aroerite Iediael the sonne of Simri Ioha his brother the Thirzite Eliel the Mahenite Ieribai and Iosua the sonnes of Elnaan Iethma the Moabite Eliel Obed Iaesiel of Mizobaia Tha XIII Chapter THese also came to Dauid vnto Siclag whan he was yet kepte asyde be cause of Saul the sonne of Cis ▪ 〈◊〉 they were like wyse amonge the worthies y e helped in the battayll and coulde handle bowes with both their handes coulde cast stones and shute arowes with the bowe Of Sauls brethren which were of Ben Iamin The chefest Ahieser and Ioas y e children of Samaa the Gibeathite Iesiel and Pelet the children of Asmaueth Baracha and Iehu the Anthothite Iesmaia the Gibeonite valeaunt amonge thirtie and ouer thirtie Ieremia Iahasiel Iohanan Iosabad the Gederathite Eleusai Ierimoth Bealia Samaria Saphatia the Harophite Elkana Iesiia Asareel Iasabeam y e Korahyte Ioela and Sabadia the children of Ieroham of Gedor Of the Gaddites resorted there vnto Dauid to the castell in the wyldernesse mightie Worthies and men of armes which hādled speares and swerdes and had faces like liōs were as swifte as the Roes vpon y e mountaynes The fyrst Eser the seconde Obadia the thyrde Eliab the fourth Masmanna y e fyfth Ieremia the sixte Athai the seuēth Eliel the eight Iohanna the nyenth Elsabad the tenth Ieremia y e eleuenth Machbanai These were of the children of Gad heades in the hoost the leest ouer an hundreth and y e greatest ouer a thousande These are they which in the fyrst moneth wente ouer Iordane whan it was full on both the shores so that all the valleys were eauen both towarde the East and towarde the West There came of the children of Ben Iamin also and of Iuda vnto the castell of Dauid But Dauid wente forth vnto them and answered and sayde vnto them Yf ye come to me in peace and to helpe me my hert shal be with you But yf ye come vpō disceate and to be mine aduersaries where as there is yet no vnrighte in me the God of oure fathers loke vpon it and rebuke it Neuertheles the sprete endued Amasai the captayne amonge thirtie and he sayde We are thine O Dauid and holde with the thou sonne of Isai. Peace peace be with the peace be with thy helpers for thy God helpeth the. Then Dauid receaued them and made them captaynes ouer the men of warre And of Manasses there fell certaine vnto Dauid whan he came to the battayll with the Philistynes agaynst Saul and helped them not for the prynces of y e Philistynes counceled to let him go from them and sayde Yf he fell vnto his lorde Saul it mighte cost vs oure neckes Now whā he departed vnto Siclag there fell vnto him of Manasses Adna Iosabad Iediael Michael Iosabad Elihu Zilthai heades ouer thousandes in Manasses And they helped Dauid against the men of warre for they were all valeaunt Worthies and were captaynes ouer the hoost And euery daye came there some to Dauid to helpe him till there was a greate hoost as an hoost of God And this is the nombre of the heades harnessed vnto the warre which came to Dauid vnto Hebron for to turne the kyngdome of Saul vnto him acordynge to the worde of the LORDE The childrē of Iuda which handled speares and swerdes were sixe thousande eight hundreth ready harnessed vnto y e warre Of the children of Simeon noble men of armes for the battayll seuen thousande and an hūdreth Of the children of Leui foure thousande and sixe hundreth And Ioiada the prynce amonge them of Aaron with thre thousande and seuen hundreth Sadoc the yonge valeaunt man of armes with his fathers house two and twentye rulers Of the children of Ben Iamin Sauls brother thre thousande for vnto that time helde many of thē yet with the house of Saul Of y e children of Ephraim twentie thousande and eighte hundreth valeaunt men of armes and famous in the house of their fathers Of the halfe trybe of Manasses eightene thousande named by name to come and make Dauid kynge Of the children of Isachar which were men of vnderstondynge whan nede requyred to knowe what Israel shulde do two hundreth captaynes and all their brethren folowed their worde Of Sabulon soch as wente forth in the hoost to y e warre ready with all maner of weapens for the battayll fyftye thousande beynge of one mynde to kepe them selues in ordre Of Nephtali a thousande captaynes with them soch as handled shylde and speare seuen and thyrtie thousande Of Dan ready harnessed to the battayll eight and twentye thousande and sixe hundreth Of Asser soch as wente forth in y e hoost ready harnessed to the battayll fortye thousande From beyonde Iordane of the Rubenites Gaddites and the halfe trybe
Nathan saide vnto Dauid Whatsoeuer is in thine hert that do for God is with ye. But the same night came y e worde of God vnto Nathan and sayde Go and speake to Dauid my seruaunt Thus sayeth the LORDE Thou shalt not buylde me an house to be an habitaciō for I haue dwelt in no house sence the daye that I broughte forth the children of Israel vnto this daye But where the Tabernacle and habitacion hath bene there haue I bene where so euer I haue walked in all Israel Spake I euer to eny of the Iudges in Israel whom I commaunded to kepe my people and sayde Wherfore do ye not buylde me an house of Cedre tymber So shalt thou speake now vnto my seruaunt Dauid Thus sayeth the LORDE Zebaoth I toke the from the pasture behynde the shepe that thou shuldest be the prynce ouer my people and haue bene with the whither so euer thou wētest and haue roted out all thine enemies before the and haue made the a name acordinge to the name of the greate men that are vpō earth And for my people of Israel I wyll appoynte them a place and wyl plante them that they maye dwell there and nomore to be remoued And the childrē of wickednes shal oppresse them nomore like as afore tyme whan I cōmaunded the Iudges ouer my people of Israel And I wyl subdue all thine enemies and do declare vnto the that the LORDE wyl buylde the an house But whan thy dayes are fulfilled that thou departest hence with y e fathers I wyl after the rayse vp y e sede which shall be euē one of thy sonnes his kyngdome wyl I stabliszshe he shal buylde me an house I wyl make his seate sure for euer I wyl be his father and he shal be my sonne And I wyl not withdrawe my mercy from him as I haue withdrawen it frō him that was before the But I wyll set him in my house and in my kyngdome for euer so that his seate shal be sure for euermore And whā Nathan had spoken vnto Dauid acordinge to all these wordes all this vision kynge Dauid came and sat him downe before the LORDE and sayde O LORDE God who am I and what is my house y t thou hast broughte me thus farre And this O God hast thou thoughte yet to litle but hast spoken of thy seruauntes house yet longe for to come And thou LORDE God hast loked downe vpon me from aboue euen as one man loketh vpon another What more shal Dauid saye vnto the y t thou bryngest y e seruaunt to soch honoure Thou knowest thy seruaunt O LORDE for thy seruauntes sake and acordinge to thy hert hast thou done all these greate thinges that thou mightest shewe all greate thinges vnto thy seruaunt LORDE there is none lykel the and there is no God but thou of whom we haue herde with oure eares And where is there a people vpon earth as thy people of Israel where God wente to delyuer him a people and to make him selfe a name thorow greate terrible thinges to cast out the Heythen before thy people whom thou hast delyuered out of Egipte and y e people of Israel hast thou made y e people for euer and thou LORDE art become their God Now LORDE let the worde be verified for euer that thou hast spoken ouer thy seruaunt and ouer his house do as thou hast spoken and let thy name endure and be magnified for euer that it maye sayde The LORDE Zebaoth the God of Israel is the God in Israel and that the house of thy seruaunt Dauid maye be stablyszshed before the for thou LORDE hast opened the eare of y e seruaunt that thou wilt buylde him an house Therfore hath thy seruaunt founde confydence to make his prayer before the. Now LORDE thou art God and hast promysed soch good vnto thy seruaunt Begynne now to blesse the house of thy seruaunt that it maye be euermore before the for loke what thou blessest O LORDE the same is blessed for euer The XIX Chapter AFter this smote Dauid the Philistynes and subdued them and toke Gath the vyllages therof out of the hande of the Philistynes He smote the Moabites likewyse so that the Moabites were subdued vnto Dauid and gaue him trybute He smote Hadad Eser also y e kynge of Zoba in Hemath whan he wente to set vp his power by the water Euphrates And Dauid toke from him a thousande charettes seuen thousande horsmen and twētye thousande fote men And Dauid lamed all the charettes and kepte an hundreth charettes ouer And the Syriās came from Damascon to helpe Hadad Eser the kynge of Zoba Howbeit Dauid smote two twentie thousande of the same Syrians and layed men of warre at Damascon in Syria so that the Syrians were subdued vnto Dauid and broughte him trybute For the LORDE helped Dauid whither so euer he wente And Dauid toke the shyldes of golde y t Hadad Esers seruaūtes had broughte thē to Ierusalē And out of Tibehath Chun the cities of Hadad Eser toke Dauid very moch brasse wherof Salomon made the brasen lauer and pilers and brasen vessels And whā Thogu the kynge of Hemath herde y t Dauid had smytten all y e power of Hadad Eser he sent his sonne Hadorā vnto kynge Dauid to salute him to blesse him because he had foughtē w t Hadad Eser smyttē hī for Thogu had warre w t Hadad Eser and all the same vessels of golde syluer and of brasse dyd kynge Dauid consecrate vnto the LORDE with the syluer and golde that he had taken from the Heythē namely from the Edomites Moabites Ammonites Philistynes and Amalechites And Abisai the sonne of Zeru Ia smote eightene thousande of the Edomites in the Salt valley and layed mē of warre in Edomea so that all the Edomites were subdued vnto Dauid for y e LORDE helped Dauid whither so euer he wente Thus Dauid reigned ouer all Israel and executed iudgment and righteousnes vnto all the people Ioab the sonne of Zeru Ia was captayne ouer the hoost Iosaphat the sonne of Ahilud was Chaunceler Sadoc the sonne of Achitob and Ahimelech y e sonne of Abiathar were prestes Sauesa was Scrybe Benaia the sonne of Ioiada was ouer the Chrethians Plethians And Dauids sonnes were chefe at y e kynges hande The XX. Chapter ANd after this dyed Nahas y e kynge of the childrē of Ammon and his sonne was kynge in his steade Then sayde Dauid I wil do mercy vpon Hanun the sonne of Nahas for his father dyd mercy vpon me and so he sent messaungers to comforte him ouer his father And whā Dauids seruauntes came in to the londe of the children of Ammon vnto Hanun to comforte him the prynces of the children of Ammon sayde vnto Hanun Thinkest thou that Dauid honoureth thy father in thy sighte that he hath sent cōforters vnto the Yee his seruauntes are come vnto the to search and to
it And whan the yeare was gone aboute y e power of the Syrians wente vp came to Iuda Ierusalem and destroyed the rulers in the people and sent all the spoiles of them vnto Damascon For the power of the Syrians came but with a fewe men yet gaue y e LORDE a very greate power in to their hande because they had forsaken y e LORDE God of their fathers They executed iudgment also vpon Ioas. And whan they departed frō him they lefte him in greate sicknesses Neuertheles his seruauntes conspyred against him because of the bloude of the childrē of Ioiada the prest slewe him vpō his bed he dyed and they buryed him in the cite of Dauid but not amonge the sepulcres of the kynges They that conspyred against him were these Sabad y e sonne of Simeath the Ammonitisse and Iosabad the sonne of Simrith the Moabitisse As for his sonnes and the summe that was gathered vnder him and the buyldinge of the house of God beholde they are wrytten in the storye in the boke of the kynges And Amasias his sonne was kynge in his steade The XXV Chapter FYue and twentye yeare olde was Amasias whan he was made kynge and reigned nyne and twentye yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Ioadan of Ierusalem And he dyd y t which was right in the sighte of the LORDE but not w t a whole her Now whan his kingdome was in strēgth he slewe his seruaūtes which had slayne the kinge his father But their childrē slewe he not for so is it wrytten in the boke of the lawe of Moses where the LORDE cōmaundeth and sayeth The fathers shal not dye for the children nether shal the children dye for the fathers but euery one shal die for his awne synne And Amasias broughte Iuda together and set them after the fathers houses after the rulers ouer thousandes ouer hundreds amonge all Iuda and Ben Iamin and nombred them from twentye yeare olde aboue and founde of thē thre hundreth thousande chosen men which were able to go forth to the warre and caryed speares and shyldes And out of Israel appoynted he an hundreth thousande stronge men of warre for an hundreth talentes of siluer But there came a man of God vnto him and sayde O kynge Let not the hoost of Israel come w t the for the LORDE is not with Israel nether with all the childrē of Ephraim For yf thou commest to shewe y e boldnes in the battaill God shal make the fall before thine enemies For God hath power to helpe and to cause for to fall Amasias sayde vnto the man of God What shal be done then with y e hundreth talentes y t I haue geuē y e soudyers of Israel The mā of God sayde The LORDE hath yet more thē this to geue the. So Amasias separated out the men of warre which were come to him out of Ephraim y t they shulde departed vnto their place Then waxed their wrath very whote agaynst Iuda and they wente agayne vnto their place in wrothfull displeasure And Amasias strēgthed himselfe and caried out his people and wente forth in to the Salt valley and smote ten thousande of the children of Seir. And the childrē of Iuda toke ten thousande of thē alyue whom they broughte vp to the toppe of a mountayne and cast thē downe headlinges from the toppe of the mount so that they all to barst in sunder But y e childrē of the men of warre whom Amasias had sent awaye agayne that they shulde not go to the battayll with his people fell in to the cities of Iuda from Samaria vnto Beth Horon and smote thre thousande of mē and toke moch spoyle And whan Amasias came agayne from the slaughter of the Edomites he broughte the goddes of the children of Seir and made them his goddes and worshipped before them brent incense vnto them Then was the LORDE very wroth at Amasias sent vnto him a prophet which sayde vnto him Why sekest thou the goddes of the people which coulde not delyuer their folke from y e hande And whan he talked with him the kynge sayde vnto him Haue they made y e of the kynges councell Ceasse why wilt thou be smytten Then the prophet ceassed sayde I perceaue that the LORDE is mynded to destroye y e because thou hast done this and herkenest not vnto my councell And Amasias y e kynge of Iuda toke coūcell sent vnto Ioas the sonne of Ioahas y e sonne of Iehu kynge of Israel sayēge Come let vs se one another But Ioas the kynge of Israel sent vnto Amasias y e kynge of Iuda sayenge The hawthorne in Libanus sent vnto y e Cedre tre in Libanus sayēge Geue thy doughter vnto my sonne to wife But a wylde beest in Libanus ranne ouer y e haw thorne trode it downe Thou thinkest Beholde I haue smytten the Edomites therfore is thine hert proude to boaste Now byde at home why stryuest thou after mysfortune that thou mayest fall Iuda w t the Neuertheles Amasias consented not for so was it broughte to passe of God y t they mighte be geuen in to the handes of the enemies because they soughte the goddes of y e Edomites Then wente Ioas the kynge of Israel vp they sawe one another he and Amasias the kynge of Iuda at Beth Semes which lyeth in Iuda But Iuda was smyttē before Israel and they fled euery one vnto his tent And Ioas the kynge of Israel toke Amasias y e kynge of Iuda the sonne of Ioas y e sonne of Ioahas at Beth Semes broughte him to Ierusalem brake downe the wall of Ierusalē from y e porte of Ephraim vnto the corner porte euē foure hundreth cubites longe and toke with him all the golde and siluer and all the ornamentes that were foūde in y e house of God with Obed Edom and in the treasures in the kynges house and the childrē to pledge vnto Samaria And Amasias the sonne of Ioas kynge of Iuda liued after the death of Ioas the sonne of Ioahas kynge of Israel fiftene yeare What more there is to saye of Amasias both the first and last beholde it is written in y e boke of the kynges of Iuda Israel And frō the tyme forth that Amasias departed from the LORDE they conspyred against him at Ierusalem But he fled vnto Lachis Thē sent they after him vnto Lachis slewe him there And they brought him vpō horses buried him beside his fathers in the cite of Iuda The XXVI Chapter THen all the people of Iuda toke Osias which was syxtene yeare olde and made him kynge in steade of his father Amasias He builded Eloth broughte it agayne vnto Iuda after that the kynge was fallen on slepe with his fathers Sixtene yeare olde was Osias whan he was made kinge and reigned two and fiftie yeare at Ierusalē His mothers name was Iechalia of Ierusalem And he did right in the syght of
the LORDE as his father Amasias had done and soughte God as longe as Zacharias lyued which taughte in the visyons of God and as longe as he sought the LORDE God made him to prospere For he wente forth and foughte agaynst the Philistynes and brake downe y e walles of Gath and the walles of Iabne and the walles of Aszdod and buylded cities aboute Aszdod amonge the Philistynes For God helped him agaynst the Philistines against the Arabians agaynst them of Gur Baal agaynst the Meunites And y e Ammonites gaue Osias presentes his name came in to Egipte for he was exceadinge stronge And Osias buylded towres at Ierusalem vpon the cornerporte and on the valley gate and on other corners and made them stronge He buylded castels also in the wyldernesse and dygged many welles for he had many catell both in the medewes and in the playnes huszbandmen also and wynegardeners on the mountaynes and on Carmel for he delyted in huszbandaye And Osias had an hoost of men of warre goynge forth to the battaill which were noÌ„bred vnder the hande of Ieiel the scrybe of Maesa the offycer vnder the haÌ„de of Hanania of the kynges rulers And the nombre of the chefe fathers amonge the stronge meÌ„ of warre was two thousande and syxe hundreth And vnder the hande of the hoost thre hundreth thousande and seuen thousande and fyue hundreth mete for the battayll in the strength of an armye to helpe the kinge agaynst the enemies And Osias prepared for all the hoost shyldes speares helmettes brestplates bowes and slyngstones And at IerusaleÌ„ he made ordinaunce coÌ„ningly to be vpon the towres and in the pynnacles to shute arowes and greate stones And the fame of him came farre abrode because he was specially helped tyll he became mightie And whan his power was greate his hert arose to his awne destruccion for he trespaced agaynst the LORDE his God and wente in to the temple of the LORDE to burne incense vpon the altare of incense But Asarias the prest wente after him and foure score prestes with him valeaunt men and withstode kynge Osias and saide vnto him It belongeth not vnto thy offyce Osias to burne incense vnto the LORDE but vnto the prestes belongeth it euen vnto the children of Aaron which are halowed to burne incense Go forth out of the Sanctuary for thou offendest and it shall be no worshippe vnto the before God the LORDE And Osias was wroth and had a censoure in his hande And whyle he murmured with the prestes the leprosy spronge out of his foreheade in the presence of the prestes in the house of the LORDE before the altare of incense And Asarias the chefe prest turned his heade towarde him and so dyd all the prestes and beholde he was leper in his foreheade And they put him out from thence Yee he made haist himselfe to go forth for his plage came of the LORDE Thus became Osias y e kynge a leper vnto his death and dwelt full of leprosye in a fre house for he was put out of the house of the LORDE But Ioram his sonne had the ouersight of the kynges house and iudged the people in the lâ—nde What more there is to saie of Osias both first and last Esay the sonne of Amos hath wrytten it And Osias fell on slepe w t his fathers and they buryed him with his fathers in the pece of grounde beside y e kynges sepulcres for they sayde He is leporous And Iotham his sonne was kynge in his steade The XXVII Chapter IOtham was fyue and twentye yeare olde whan he was made kynge and reigned sixtene yeare at Ierusalem His mothers name was Ierusa the daughter of Sadoc he dyd righte in the sighte of the LORDE as did Osias his father sauynge y t he wente not in to the temple of the LORDE and the people yet marred them selues He buylded the hye porte of the house of y e LORDE and on the wall of Ophel buylded he moch and buylded the cities vpon the mountaynes of Iuda and in the woddes buylded he castels and towres And he fought with the kinge of the children of Ammon and ouer came them so that the childreÌ„ of Ammon gaue him y e same yeare an hundreth talentes of siluer ten thousande quarters of wheate and ten thousande of barlye So moch dyd the children of Ammon geue him also in y e seconde thirde yeare Thus became Iotham mightye for he gyded his wayes before the LORDE his God What more there is to saye of Iotham all his warres vnd his waies beholde it is wrytten in y e boke of the kinges of Israel Iuda Fyue and twentye yeare olde was he whan he was made kynge reigned sixtene yeare at IerusaleÌ„ And IothaÌ„ fell on slepe w t his fathers they buryed him in the cite of Dauid and Achas his sonne was kynge in his steade The XXVIII Chapter AChas was twentye yeare olde whan he was made kynge and reigned sixtene yeare at Ierusalem and dyd not that which was righte in the sighte of the LORDE as did Dauid his father but walked in the wayes of the kinges of Israel and made molten ymages vnto Baalim and brent incense in the valley of the children of Hennon and breÌ„t his awne sonnes in y e fire after the abhominacions of the Heithen whoÌ„ the LORDE expelled before the childreÌ„ of Israel And he dyd sacrifice and brent incense vpon the hye places and vpon the hilles and amoÌ„ge all grene trees Therfore dyd the LORDE his God delyuer him in to the hande of the kynge of Syria so that they smote him and caryed awaye a greate multitude of his men presoners and broughte them to Damascon He was geuen also vnder the hande of the kynge of Israel so y t he dyd a greate slaughter vpon him For Pecah the sonne of Romelia smote in Iuda an hundreth twentye thousande in one daye which all were valeaunt men eueÌ„ because they had forsaken y e LORDE God of their fathers And Sichri a mightie maÌ„ of Ephraim slewe Maeseia y e kinges sonne Asriâ—am the prynce of the house Elâ—ana the nexte vnto the kynge And the children of Israel caried of their brethren presoners two hundreth thousande wemen sonnes and doughters and toke a greate spoyle from them and broughte the spoyle vnto Samaria But eueÌ„ there was there a prophet of y e LORDE whose name was Obed which weÌ„te out to mete y e hoost that came to Samaria and sayde vnto them Beholde because the LORDE God of youre fathers is wroth at Iuda therfore hath he geuen them ouer in to youre handes but ye haue slayne them so abhominably that it is come vnto heaueÌ„ Now thinke ye to subdue the children of Iuda and Ierusalem to be bondmen and bond maydens vnto you Is not this a trespace then w t you agaynst the LORDE yo r God Herken now vnto me and sende y e presoners hence agayne whom
bullockes and ten thousande shepe And many of the prestes sanctified them selues And the whole congregacion of Iuda reioysed the prestes and Leuites and all the congregacion that came out of Israel and the straungers that were come out of the londe of Israel and they that dwelt in Iuda and greate ioye was there at Ierusalem for sence the tyme of Salomon the sonne of Dauid the kynge of Israel was there no soch ioye at IerusaleÌ„ And the prestes and Leuites stode vp and blessed the people and their voyce was herde and their prayer came in to his holy habitacion in heauen The XXXI Chapter ANd whan all this was fynished all the Israelites that were founde in y e cities of Iuda wente out and brake the pilers and hewed downe the groues and brake downe the hye places and altares out of all Iuda Ben Iamin Ephraim and Manasses tyll they had destroyed theÌ„ And all the children of Israel wente agayne euery one to his possession vnto their cities But Ezechias set the prestes and Leuites in their ordinaunces euery one after his office both the prestes and Leuites for the burntsacrifices and thank offerynges to mynister to geue thankes and prayse in the gates of the hoost of the LORDE And the kynge gaue his porcion of his substauÌ„ce for the burnt offerynges in the mornynge and euenynge and for the burnt offerynges of the Sabbath and of the newmone and of the feastes as it is wrytten in the lawe of the LORDE And he spake vnto y e people which dwelt at Ierusalem that they shulde geue porcioÌ„s vnto the prestes and Leuites y t they mighte the more stedfastly endure in the lawe of the LORDE And whaÌ„ y e worde came forth the childreÌ„ of Israel gaue many fyrst frutes of corne wyne oyle hony and allmaner increace of the felde and broughte in moch of all maner tithes And the children of Israel and Iuda which dwelt in the cities of Iuda broughte the tithes also of oxen and shepe and the tithes of soch thinges as were sanctifyed which they had halowed vnto the LORDE their God and made here an heape and there an heape In the thirde moneth begaÌ„ne they to laye vpon heapes and in the seuenth moneth dyd they fynishe it And whaÌ„ Ezechias with the rulers wente in and sawe the heapes they praysed the LORDE and his people of Israel And Ezechiâ—s axed the prestes and Leuites concernynge the heapes And Asaria the prest the chefe in the house of Sadoc sayde vnto him Sence the tyme that they beganne to brynge the Heue offerynges in to y e house of the LORDE we haue eaten and are satisfied and yet is there lefte ouer for the LORDE hath blessed his people therfore is this heape lefte ouer Then commaunded the kynge that they shulde prepare chestes in the house of the LORDE And they prepared them â–ª and put in the Heue offerynges and tithes and that which was halowed faithfully And the ouersighte of the same had Chanania the Leuite and Simei his brother the seconde and Iehiel Asasia Naglath Asahel Ierimoth Iosabad Eliel Iesmachia Mahath and Benaia ordeyned of the hande off Chanania and Simei his brother acordinge to the commaundement of kynge Ezechias But Asaria was prynce in the house of God And Core y e sonne of Iemna the Leuite the power of the Eastgate was ouer the frewyllinge giftes of God which were geuen for Heue offerynges vnto the LORDE and ouer the Most holy And vnder his hande were Eden Miniamin Iesua Semaia Amaria and Sachania in the cities of the prestes vpon credence that they shulde geue vnto their brethreÌ„ acordinge to their courses to the leest as to the greatest And vnto them that were counted for men childreÌ„ from thre yeare olde and aboue amonge all theÌ„ that weÌ„te in to the house of the LORDE euery one vpoÌ„ his daye to their office in their attendaunces after their courses And they that were rekened for prestes in the house of their fathers and the Leuites from twentye yeare and aboue in their attendaunces after their courses And they that were rekened amonge their children wyues sonnes and doughters amoÌ„ge the whole congregacion for that which was halowed sanctifyed they vpon credence There were men also named by name amonge Aarons children the prestes vpon the feldes of the suburbes in all y e cities that they shulde geue porcions vnto all the men children amoÌ„ge the prestes and to all them that were nombred amonge the Leuites Thus dyd Ezechias in all Iuda and dyd that which was good righte and true in the sighte of the LORDE his God And in all the busynes that he toke in haÌ„de concernynge the seruyce of the house of God acordinge to the lawe and commaundement to seke his God that dyd he with all his hert and therfore prospered he well The XXXII Chapter AFter these actes and faithfulnes came Sennacharib the kynge of Assur and wente in to Iuda and pitched before the stroÌ„ge cities and thoughte to plucke them vnto him And whan Ezechias sawe that Sennacherib came and that his face stode to fighte agaynst Ierusalem he deuysed with his rulers and mightie men to couer the waters of the welles that were without the cite and they helped him and there gathered together a greate people and couered all y e welles and water brokes in the myddes of the londe and sayde Lest the kynges of Assur fynde moch water whaÌ„ they come And he toke a corage vnto him and buylded all the walles where they were in decaye and made towres theron and buylded yet another wall without and strengthed Millo in the cite of Dauid And made moch ordinaunce and shyldes and set captaynes of warre ouer the people And gathered them vnto him vpon the brode strete by the gate of the cite and spake hertely vnto them and sayde Be stronge and bolde feare not and be not afrayed for the kynge of Assur ner all y e multitude that is with him for there is one greater with vs then with him With him is a fleshly arme but with vs is the LORDE oure God to helpe vs and to fighte for vs. And y e people trusted vnto the wordes of Ezechias kynge of Iuda Afterwarde sent Sennacherib the kynge of Assur his seruauntes vnto Ierusalem for he laye before Lachis all his hoost w t him to Ezechias y e kinge of Iuda to all Iuda that was at IerusaleÌ„ sayenge Thus sayeth Sennacherib y e kynge of Assur Wherin put ye youre trust ye that dwell in the beseged Ierusalem Ezechias disceaueth you that he maye delyuer you vnto death hoÌ„ger and thyrst and sayeth The LORDE oure God shal delyuer vs from the hande of the kynge of Assur Is it not Ezechias that hath put awaye his hye places and altares and sayde vnto Iuda and Ierusalem Before one altare shal ye worshippe and burne incense theron Knowe ye not what I and my fathers haue done to all y e people in the londes Haue the
grounde And Iesua Bani Serebia Iamin Acub Sabthai Hodaia Maescia Celita Asaria Iosabad Hanam Plaia and the Leuites caused y e people to geue hede vnto the lawe the people stode in their place And they red in the boke of the lawe of God distinctly and planely so that men vnderstode the thinge that was red And Nehemias which is Hathirsatha and Esdras the prest and scrybe and the Leuites y t caused the people to take hede sayde vnto all the people This daye is holy vnto the LORDE youre God be not ye sory therfore wepe not For all y e people wepte whaÌ„ they herde the wordes of the lawe Therfore sayde he vnto them * Go youre waye and eate the fat and drynke the swete and sende parte vnto them also that haue not prepared themselues for this daye is holy vnto oure LORDE be not ye sory therfore for the ioye of the LORDE is youre strength And the Leuites stylled all the people and sayde Holde youre peace for the daye is holy vexe not ye youre selues And all the people wente their waye to eate and drinke and to sende paâ—te vnto other and to make greate myrth for they had vnderstonde the wordes that were declared vnto them And on the nexte daye were gathered together the chefe fathers amonge all the people and the prestes and Leuites vnto Esdras the scrybe that he shulde teach them y e wordes of the lawe And they founde written in the lawe how that the LORDE had commaunded by Moses that the childreÌ„ of Israel shulde dwell in bothes in the feast of the seuenth moneth And so they caused it be declared and proclamed in all their cities at Ierusalem sayenge Go vp vnto y e mouÌ„t and fetch Olyue braunches Pynebraunches Myrtbraunches Palmebraunches braunches of thicketrees to make bothes as it is wrytten And y e people wente vp and fetched theÌ„ and made them bothes euery one vpon the rofe of his house and in their courtes and in the courtes of the house of God and in the strete by the Watergate and in the strete by Ephraims porte And all the congregacion of them that were come agayne out of the captyuite made bothes and dwelt therin for sence the tyme of Iosua the sonne of NuÌ„ vnto this daye had not the children of Israel done so and there was very greate gladnesse And euery daye from the first daie vnto the last red he in the boke of the lawe of God And seuen dayes helde they the feast on the eight daye the gatherynge together acordynge vnto the maner The IX Chapter IN the foure and twentieth daye of this moneth came the children of Israel together with fastinge and sack clothes and earth vpon them and separated the sede of Israel from all the straunge children and stode and knowleged their synnes and the wyckednesses of their fathers and stode vp in their place and red in the boke of the lawe of the LORDE their God foure tymes on the daye and they knowleged and worshipped the LORDE their God foure tymes on the daye And the Leuites stode on hye namely Iesua Bani Cadmiel Sebania Buni Serebia Bani and Chenani and cryed loude vnto the LORDE their God And the Leuites Iesua Cadmiel Bani Hasabenia Serebia Hodia Sebania Pethahia sayde Stonde vp prayse the LORDE oure God for euer and let thankes be geueÌ„ vnto the name of thy glorye which excelleth all thankesgeuynge and prayse LORDE thou art alone thou hast made heauen and the heauen of all heauens with all their hoost the earth and all that therin is the See and all that is therin thou geuest life vnto all and y e hoost of heauen bowe themselues vnto the. Thou art the LORDE God that hast chosen AbraÌ„ and broughte him out of Vr in Chaldea called him Abraham and founde his hert faithfull before the and madest a couenauÌ„t with him to geue vnto his sede the londe of the Cananites Hethites Amorites Pheresites Iebusites and Girgosites and hast made good thy wordes for thou art righteous And hast considered the mysery of oure fathers in Egipte and herde their complainte by the reed See and shewed tokeÌ„s and wonders vpoÌ„ Pharao and on all his seruauÌ„tes and on all his people of his londe for thou knewest y t they were presumptuous cruell against them so madest thou the a name as it is this daie And the reed See partedst thou in sunder before them so that they weÌ„te thorow the myddes of the See drye shod their persecuters threwest thou in to the depe as a stone in the mightie waters and leddest them on the daye tyme in a cloudy pyler and on the nighte season in a piler of fyre to shewe them lighte in the waye y t they wente Thou camest downe also vpoÌ„ mount Sinai and spakest vnto them from heauen and gauest them righte iudgmentes true lawes good commaundementes and statutes and declared vnto them thy holy Sabbath and commaunded them preceptes ordinaunces and lawes by Moses thy seruaunt and gauest them bred from heauen whan they were hongrye and broughte forth water for them out of the rock whan they were thyrstye and promysed them that they shulde go in and take possession of the londe where ouer thou haddest lyfte vp thine hande for to geue them Neuertheles oure fathers were proude and hardnecked so that they folowed not y e coÌ„maundementes and refused to heare and were not myndefull of the wonders y t thou dyddest for them but became obstynate and heady in so moch that they turned back to their bondage in their dishobedience But thou my God forgauest and wast gracious mercifull pacient and of greate goodnesse and forsokest them not And though they made a molten calfe and sayde This is thy God that broughte the out of the londe of Egipte and dyd greate blasphemies yet for sokest thou them not in the wyldernes acordinge to thy greate mercy And y e cloudy piler departed not from them on y e daye tyme to lede them the waye nether the piler of fyre in the night season to shewe them lighte in the waye that they wente And thou gauest them thy good sprete to enfourme them and withheldest not thy Manna from their mouth and gauest theÌ„ water whaÌ„ they were thirstie Fortye yeares longe madest thou prouysion for them in the wyldernesse so that they wanted nothinge their clothes waxed not olde and their fete swelled not And thou gauest theÌ„ kiÌ„gdomes nacions partedst theÌ„ acordinge to their porcions so that they possessed the londe of Sihon kynge of Heszbon the londe of Og y e kynge of Basan And their childreÌ„ multiplyedst thou as the starres of heauen and broughtest theÌ„ in to the londe wherof thou haddest spoken vnto their fathers that they shulde go in to it and haue it in possession And y e children wente in and possessed the londe and thou subdudest before theÌ„ the
the Sanctuary the prestes y t mynister and the porters syngers y t we forsake not the house of oure God The XI Chapter ANd the rulers of the people dwelt at Ierusalem But the other people cast lottes therfore so that amōge ten one parte wente to Ierusalem in to the holy cite to dwell and nyne partes in the cities And y e people thanked all the men that were willinge to dwell at Ierusalem These are the heades of the londe that dwelt at Ierusalem In the cities dwelt Iuda euery one in his possession y t was in their cities namely Israel the prestes Leuites y e Nethinims and the children of Salomons seruauntes And at Ierusalē dwelt certayne of the children of Iuda of Ben Iamin Of the children of Iuda Athaia the sonne of Vsia y e sonne of Zachary the sonne of Amaria the sonne of Sephatia the sonne of Mahelaleel of the children of Phares And Maeseia the sonne of Baruch the sonne of Chal Hose the sonne of Hasaia the sonne of Adaia the sonne of Ioiarib the sonne of Zachary the sonne of Siloni All the childrē of Phares that dwelt at Ierusalem were foure C. and eight thre score valeaunt men These are the childrē of Ben Iamin Sallu the sonne of Mesullam y e sonne of Ioed the sonne of Pedaia the sonne of Colaia y e sonne of Maeseia the sonne of Ithiel y e sonne of Iesaia And after him Sabai Sallai nyne hundreth and eight and twentye And Ioel the sonne of Sichri had the ouersight of them and Iuda y e sonne of Hasnua ouer the seconde parte of the cite Of the prestes there dwelt Iedaia y e sonne of Ioiarib Iachin Seraia the sonne of Helchias y e sonne of Mesullam the sonne of Sadoc the sonne of Meraioth the sonne of Achitob was prynce in the house of God his brethrē that perfourmed the worke in y e house of whom there were viij C. and xxij And Adaia the sonne of Ieroham the sonne of Plalia the sonne of Amzi the sonne of Zachary the sonne of Pashur his brethrē chefe amōge the fathers of whom there were two hundreth and two and fortye And Amassai the sonne of Asariel the sonne of Ahusai the sonne of Mesillemoth the sonne of Immer and his brethren were valeaunt men of whom there were an hundreth and eight and twentye And their ouerseer was Sabdaiel the sonne of Gedolim Of the Leuites Semaia the sonne of Hasub the sonne of Asrikam the sonne of Hasabia the sonne of Bunni And Sabthai and Iosabad of the chefe of the Leuites in the outwarde busynes of y e house of God And Mathania the sonne of Micha the sonne of Sabdi the sonne of Assaph which was the pryncipall to begynne the thankesgeuynge vnto prayer And bacbuchia y e seconde amōge his brethren and Abda the sonne of Sammua the sonne of Galal the sonne of Iedithun All the Leuites in the holy cite were two hundreth and foure foure score And y e porters Acub and Talman and their brethren y t kepte the portes were an hundreth and two and seuentye As for the residue of Israel the prestes and Leuites they were in all the cities of Iuda euery one in his inheritaunce And the Nethinims dwelt in Ophel and Zipha and Gispa belonged vnto the Nethinims The ouerseer of the Leuites at Ierusalem was Vsi the sonne of Bani the sonne of Hasabia the sonne of Mathania the sonne of Micha Of the children of Assaph there were syngers aboute y e busynes in the house of God for it was the kynges commaundement cōcernynge them that y e syngers shulde deale faithfully euery daye as acordinge was And Pethaia the sonne of Mesesabeel of the childrē of Serah the sonne of Iuda nexte the kynge in all matters concernynge the people And the children of Iuda that were without in the townes of their londe dwelt some at Kiriath Arba and in the vyllages therof at Dibon and in the vyllages therof and at Cabzeel and in y e vyllages therof and at Iesua Molada Bethphalet Hazarsual Berseba and in their vyllages at Siclag and Mochona and in their vyllages And at Enrimmon Zarega Ieremuth Sanoah Adullam and in their vyllages At Lachis and in the feldes therof At Aseka and in the vyllages therof and dwelt from Berseba vnto the valley of Hinnom The children of Ben Iamin of Gaba dwelt at Michmas Aia Bethel and in their vyllages And at Anathoth Nob Anania Hazor Rama Githaim Hadid Ziboim Neballat Lod Ono in the Carpēters valley And certayne of the Leuites y t had porcions in Iuda dwelt in Ben Iamin The XII Chapter THese are y e prestes and Leuites that wente vp with Zorobabel y e sonne of Saalthiel and with Iesua Seraia Ieremy Esdras Amaria Malluch Hattus Sechania Rehum Meremoth Iddo Ginthoi Abia Meiamin Maadia Bilga Semaia Ioiarib Iedaia Sallu Amok Helchias Iedaia These were the heades amōge the prestes and their brethren in the tyme of Iesua The Leuites were these Iesua Bēnui Cadmiel Serebia Iuda and Mathania ouer the office of thankesgeuynge they their brethrē Bacbuchia Vnni and their brethrē were aboute them in the watches Iesua begat Ioachim Ioachim begat Eliasib Eliasib begat Ioiada Ioiada begat Ionathan Ionathan begat Iaddua And in the tyme of Ioachim were these the chefe fathers amonge the prestes namely of Seraia was Meraia of Ieremy was Hanania of Eszdras was Mesullam of Amaria was Iohanan of Malluch was Ionathan of Sebania was Ioseph of Harim was Adna of Meraioth was Helcai of Iddo was Zachary of Ginthon was Mesullā of Abia was Sichri of Miniamin Moadia was Piltai of Bilga was Sammua of Semaia was Ionathan of Ioiarib was Mathnai of Iedaia was Vsi of Sallai was Callai of Amok was Eber of Helchias was Hasabia of Gedaia was Nethaneel And in the tyme of Eliasib Ioiada Iohanan and Iaddua were the chefe fathers amonge the Leuites and the prestes wryttē vnder the reigne of Darius y e Persian The children of Leui the pryncipall fathers were wrytten in the Cronicles vntyll the tyme of Iohanan the sonne of Eliasib And these were the chefe amōge the Leuites Hasabia Serebia and Iesua the sonne of Cadmiel their brethren ouer agaynst them to geue prayse and thankes acordinge as Dauid y e mā of God had ordeyned it one watch ouer agaynst another Mathania Bacbuchia Obadia Mesullam Talmon and Acub were porters in the watch at the thresholdes of the gates These were in the tyme of Ioiachim the sonne of Iesua the sonne of Iosedec and in the tyme of Nehemias the Debyte and of the prest Eszdras the scrybe And in the dedicacion of the wall at Ierusalem were the Leuites soughte out of all their places that they mighte be broughte to Ierusalem to kepe y e dedicacion in gladnesse with thankesgeuynges with synginge with Cymbales Psalteries and harpes And the children of the syngers gathered thē selues together from the playne countre
aboute Ierusalem and from the vyllages of Nethophathi and from the house of Gilgal out of the feldes of Gibea Asmaueth for y e syngers had buylded them vyllages aboute Ierusalem And y e prestes and Leuites purified them selues and clensed the people the gates and the wall And I caused the prynces to go vp vpon the wall and appoynted two greate queres of thankesgeuynge which weÌ„te on the righte hande of the wall towarde the Donggate and after them weÌ„te Hosaia and halfe of the prynces of Iuda Asaria Eszdras Mesullam Iuda Ben Iamin Semaia and Ieremy and certayne of the prestes childreÌ„ w t trompettes namely Zachary y e sonne of Ionathan the sonne of Semaia the sonne of Mathania the sonne of Michaia the sonne of Sachur the sonne of Assaph and his brethren Semaia Asareel Milalai Gilalai Maai Nathaneel and Iuda and Hanani with the musicall instrumentes of Dauid y e man of God And Eszdras y e scrybe before theÌ„ towarde the Wellgate and they wente vp ouer agaynst them vpon the steppes of the cite of Dauid at the goynge vp of the wall to the house of Dauid vnto the Watergate Eastwarde The other quere of thankesgeuynge wente ouer against them and I after them and the halfe parte of the people vpon y e wall towarde y e Fornacegate vpwarde vntyll y e brode wall and to y e porte of Ephraim and to the Oldgate and to y e Fyshgate and to the tower of Hananeel and to the tower of Meah vntyll the Shepegate And in y e presongate stode they styll and so stode the two queres of thankesgeuynge of the house of God and I and the halfe of the rulers with me and the prestes namely Eliachim Maeseia Miniamin Michaia Elioenai Zachary Hanania with troÌ„pettes and Maeseia Semaia Eleasar Vsi Iohanan Malchia Elam and Aser And the syngers songe loude and Iesrahia was the ouerseer And the same daye were there greate sacrifices offred they reioysed for God had geueÌ„ them greate gladnesse so that both the wyues and children were ioyfull the myrth of Ierusalem was herde farre of At the same tyme were there men appoynted ouer the treasure chestes wherin were y e Heue offerynges the firstlinges and the tithes that they shulde gather them out of y e feldes aboute the cities to destribute theÌ„ vnto the prestes and Leuites acordinge to the lawe for Iuda was glad of the prestes and Leuites that they stode and wayted vpon the office of their God and the office of the purificacion And the syngers porters stode after the commaundemeÌ„t of Dauid of Salomon his sonne for in the tyme of Dauid and Assaph were the chefe syngers founded and the songes of prayse and thankesgeuynge vnto God In the tyme of Zorobabel and Nehemias dyd all Israel geue porcioÌ„s vnto the syngers and porters euery daye his porcion and they gaue thinges halowed vnto the Leuites and the Leuites gaue thinges that were sanctified vnto the childreÌ„ of Aaron The XIII Chapter ANd what tyme as the boke of Moses was red in y e eares of the people there was founde wrytten therin y t the Ammonites and Moabites shulde neuer come in to the congregacion of God because they mett not the children of Israel w t bred and water and hyred Balaam against theÌ„ that he shulde curse them neuertheles oure God turned y e curse in to a blessynge Now whan they herde the lawe they separated from Israel euery one that had myxte him selfe therin And before this had the prest Eliasib delyuered the chest of y e house of oure God vnto his kynsman Tobia for he had made him a greate chest and there had they aforetyme layed the meat offerynges frankencense vessell and the tithes of corne wyne and oyle acordinge to the commaundement geuen to the Leuites syngers and porters and the Heue offerynges of the prestes But in all this was not I at Ierusalem for in y e two and thirtieth yeare of Artaxerses kynge of Babilon came I vnto the kynge and after certayne dayes optayned I lycence of the kynge to come to IerusaleÌ„ And I gat knowlege of y e euell that Eliasib dyd vnto Tobia in that he had made him a chest in the courte of the house of God and it greued me sore and I cast forth all the vessels of Tobias house out of the chest and commauÌ„ded them to clense the chest And thither broughte I agayne the vessels of the house of God the meat offerynge and the incense And I perceaued that the porcions of y e Leuites were not geuen them for the which cause the Leuites and syngers were fled euery one to his londe for to worke Then reproued I the rulers and sayde Why forsake we the house of God But I gathered them together and set them in their place Then brought all Iuda the tithes of corne wyne and oyle vnto the treasure And I made treasurers ouer y e treasure euen Selemia y e prest and Sadoc the scrybe of the Leuites Pedaia and vnder their hande Hanan the sonne of Sachur the sonne of Mathania for they were counted faithfull and their office was to destribute vnto their brethren Thynke vpon me O my God here in wype not out my mercy that I haue shewed on y e house of my God on the offices therof At the same tyme sawe I some tredinge wyne presses on the Sabbath and brynginge in clusters and asses laden wyth wyne grapes fygges and brynginge all maner of burthens vnto Ierusalem vpon the Sabbath daye And I rebuked them earnestly y e same daye that they solde y e vytayles There dwelt meÌ„ of Tyre also therin which broughte fysh and all maner of ware and solde on the Sabbath vnto the childreÌ„ of Iuda and Ierusalem Then reproued I the rulers in Iuda and saide vnto them What euell thinge is this that ye do and breake the Sabbath daye Dyd not oure fathers euen thus and oure God broughte all this plage vpon vs vpon this cite And ye make the wrath more yet vpon Israel in that ye breake the Sabbath And whan the portes of Ierusalem were â—â—awen vp before the Sabbath I commauÌ„ded to shutt the gates and charged that they shulde not be opened tyll after the Sabbath and some of my seruauntes set I at the gates y t there shulde no burtheÌ„ be broughte in on the Sabbath daye Then remayned the chapmen and marchauntes once or twyce ouer nighte without Ierusalem with all maner of wares Then reproued I them sore sayde vnto them Why tary ye all night aboute the wall Yf ye do it once agayne I wil laye handes vpon you From that tyme forth came they nomore on the Sabbath And I sayde vnto the Leuites which were cleane that they shulde come and kepe the gates to halowe the Sabbath daye Thynke vpoÌ„ me O my God coÌ„cernynge this also spare me acordynge to thy greate mercy And at the same tyme sawe I Iewes
was ioye myrth prosperite and good dayes amonge the Iewes in so moch that many of the people in the londe became of the Iewes beleue for the feare of the Iewes came vpon them The IX Chapter IN the twolueth moneth that is the moneth Adar vpon the thyrtenth daye which the kinges worde and cōmaundement had appoynted that it shulde be done euē vpon y e same daie y t the enemies shulde haue destroyed the Iewes to haue oppressed them it turned contrary wise euen y t the Iewes shulde subdue their enemies Then gathered the Iewes together in their cities within all y e londes of kynge Ahasuerus to laye honde on soch as wolde do thē euell no man coulde withstonde them for y e feare of thē was come ouer all people And all the rulers in the londes and prynces and Debities and officers of the kinge promoted the Iewes for the feare of Mardocheus came vpō thē For Mardocheus was greate in the kynges house the reporte of him was noised in all lōdes how he increased grewe Thus the Iewes smote all their enemies with a sore slaughter and slewe and destroyed dyd after their wyll vnto soch as were their aduersaries And at y e castell of Susan slewe the Iewes and destroied fyue hūdreth men slewe Parsandatha Dalphon Aspatha Poratha Adalia Aridatha Parmastha Arissai Aridai Vaiesatha the ten sonnes of Aman y e sonne of Amadathi y e enemie of the Iewes but on his goodes they layed no handes At the same tyme was the kynge certified of the nombre of those that were slaine at the castell of Susan And the kynge sayde vnto quene Hester The Iewes haue slayne and destroyed fyue hūdreth men at y e castell of Susan and the ten sonnes of Amā What shal they do in the other londes of y e kynge What is thy peticion that it maye be geuen the what requirest thou more to be done Hester sayde Yf it please the kynge let him suffre the Iewes tomorow also to do acordinge vnto this dayes commaundement that they maye hange Amans ten sonnes vpō y e tre And the kynge charged to do so and the commaundement was deuysed at Susan Amans ten sonnes were hanged And the Iewes gathered thē selues together at Susan vpon the fourtenth daye of the moneth Adar and slewe thre hundreth men at Susan but on their goodes they laied no hādes As for the other Iewes in the kynges lōdes they came together stode for their lyues gatt rest frō their enemies and slewe of their enemies fyue and seuentye thousande howbeit they layed no hondes on their goodes This was done on the thirtēth daie of the moneth Adar and on the fourtenth daye of the same moneth rested they which daye they ordeyned to be a daye of feastinge and gladnesse But the Iewes at Susan were come together both on the thyrtenth daye and on the fourtenth and on the fyftenth daye they rested and the same daye ordeyned they to be a daye of feastinge gladnes Therfore the Iewes that dwelt in the vyllages and vnwalled townes ordeyned y e fourtenth daye of the moneth Adar to be a daye of feastinge and gladnes and one sent giftes vnto another And Mardocheus wrote these actes and sent the writinges vnto all the Iewes y t were in all y e londes of kynge Ahasuerus both nye and farre that they shulde yearly receaue and holde the fourtenth and fiftenth daie of the moneth Adar as the daies wherin y e Iewes came to rest from their enemies as a moneth wherin their payne was turned to ioye and their sorowe in to prosperite that they shulde obserue the same as dayes of wealth and gladnes and one to sende giftes vnto another to distribute vnto the poore And the Iewes receaued it that they had begonne to do and that Mardocheus wrote vnto them how that Aman the sonne of Amadathai all y e Iewes enemye had deuysed to destroye all the Iewes and caused the lot to be cast for to put them in feare and to brynge them to naughte and how Hester wente and spake to the kynge that thorow letters his wicked deuyce which he ymagyned agaynst the Iewes might be turned vpon his awne heade and how he and his sonnes were hanged on the tre For the which cause they called this daye Purim after the name of the lot acordynge to all y e wordes of this wrytinge and what they thē selues had sene and what ha◠happened vnto them And the Iewes set it vp and toke it vpon them and their sede and vpon all soch as ioyned themselues vnto them that they wolde not mysse to obserue these two dayes yearly acordynge as they were wryttē and appoynted how y t these dayes are not to be forgotten but to be kepte of childers children amōge all kynreds in all londes and cities They are the dayes of Purim which are not to be ouerslipte amonge the Iewes and the memoriall of them oughte not to perishe from their sede And quene Hester the daughter of Abihail and Mardocheus the Iewe wrote with all auctorite to confirme this seconde wrytinge of Purim and sent the letters vnto all the Iewes in the hundreth and seuen and twentye londes of y e empyre of Ahasuerus with frendly and faithfull wordes to confirme these dayes of Purim in their tyme appoynted acordynges as Mardocheus the Iewe and Hester the quene had ordeined cōcernynge them lyke as they vpon their soule and vpon their sede had cōfirmed the actes of the fastinges and of hir cōplainte And Hester cōmaunded to stablish these actes of this Purim and to wryte them in a boke The X. Chapter ANd the kynge Ahasuerus layed tribute vpon the londe and vpon the Iles of the See As for all y e worke of his power and auctoryte and y e greate worshippe of Mardocheus which the kynge gaue him beholde it is wrytten in the Cronicles of the kynges of Media Persia For Mardocheus the Iewe was the seconde nexte vnto kynge Ahasuerus and greate amonge y e Iewes and accepted amonge the multitude of his brethren as one y t seketh the welth of his people and speaketh the best for all his sede The ende of the seconde parte of the Olde Testament The boke of Iob. What this boke conteyneth Chap. I.II. The prosperite of Iob and how God geueth Satan power ouer his body ād goodes which he is content withall Chap. III. The flesh can not suffre and here is described the vnpacient man that grudgeth agaynst the iudgment of God Chap. IIII. Iobs frendes comforte him and geue his synnes the blame of his punyshmēt Chap. V. That no man is without synne A prayse off the allmightynesse and louynge kyndnesse of God Chap. VI. Iob excuseth his owne vnpacience layeth ypocrysie to his frēdes charge ād sayeth they are but dyssemblers Chap. VII A frendly contencion that Iob maketh with God shewinge the myserable life and trauayle of man Chap. VIII Baldad
kepe them from colde So that when the showers in the mountaynes haue rayned vpon them they be all wett they haue none other sucoure but to kepe them amonge the rockes They spoyle the suckinge fatherlesse children and put the poore in preson In so moch that they let them go naked without clothinge and yet the 〈◊〉 beare the sheeues The poore are 〈◊〉 to laboure in their oyle mylles yee 〈…〉 treade in their wyne presses and yet 〈…〉 thyrst The whole cite crieth vnto tâ—e LORDE with sighinge the soules of the â—layne make their complaynte But God destroyeth them not for all this where as they not w t stoÌ„dinge are rebellious and disobedient enemies which seke not his light and waye ner turne agayne in to his path Tymely in the mornynge do they aryse to murthur the symple and poore in the night they go a stealinge The eye of the vngodly is like the aduouterer that wayteth for the darcknesse and sayeth thus in him self Tush there shal no maÌ„ se me so he disgyseth his face In the night season they search the houses and hyde them selues in the daye tyme but wil not knowe y e light For as soone as the daye breaketh the shadowe of death commeth vpoÌ„ them and they go in horrible darcknesse The vngodly is very swyft O y t his porcioÌ„ also vpoÌ„ earth were swyfter then y e runnynge water which suffreth not y e shipmaÌ„ to beholde the fayre pleasauÌ„t vyniardes O y t they for the wickednesse which they haue done were drawen to the hell sooner theÌ„ snowe melteth at the heate O y t all coÌ„passion vpon theÌ„ were forgotteÌ„ y t their daynties were wormes that they were clene put out of remembraunce vtterly heweÌ„ downe like an vnfrutefull tre For they manteyne the baren make them y t they can not beare vnto wyddowes they do no good They plucke downe the mightie w t their power when they them selues are gotten vp they are neuer without feare as longe as they liue And though they might be safe yet they wil not receaue it for their eyes loke vpon their owne wayes They are exalted for a litle but shortly are they gone brought to extreme pouerte takeÌ„ out of the waye yeâ— vtterly plucte of as the eares of corne Is it not so Who wil theÌ„ reproue me as a lyar saye y t my wordes are nothinge worth The XXV Chapter THen answered Baldad the Suhite sayde Power feare is with him aboue that maketh peace sittinge in his hynesse whose men of warre are innumerable and whose light aryseth ouer all But how maye a man coÌ„pared vnto God be iustified Or how can he be clene that is borne of a woman Beholde the Moone shyneth nothinge in comparison to him the starres are vnclene in his sight How moch more theÌ„ maÌ„ that is but corrupcion and the sonne of man which is but a worme The XXVI Chapter IOb answered and sayde O how helpest thou the weake what comforte geuest thou vnto him that hath no streÌ„gth Where is y e couÌ„cell y t thou shuldest geue him which hath no wyszdome Wilt thou so shewe thine excellent rightuousnes Before whom hast thou spoken those wordes Who made the breth to come out of y e mouth The giauntes worthies y t are slayne lye vnder y e worlde w t their coÌ„panions yee all they which dwell beneth in the hell are not hyd froÌ„ him the very destruccion it self caÌ„ not be kepte out of his sight He stretcheth out y e north ouer the emptie haÌ„geth y e earth vpoÌ„ nothinge He byndeth y e water in his cloudes that they fall not downe together He holdeth back his stole that it caÌ„not be sene and spredeth his cloudes before it He hath coÌ„pased the waters w t certayne boundes vntill the daye night come to an ende The very pilers of heaueÌ„ treÌ„ble quake at his reprofe He stilleth the see with his power thorow his wyszdome hath he set forth y e worlde With his sprete hath he garnished the heaueÌ„s with his hande hath he wounded the rebellious serpeÌ„t This is now a shorte summe of his doynges But who is able sufficiently to rehearce his workes Who can perceaue and vnderstonde y e thondre of his power The XXVII Chapter IOb also proceaded and weÌ„te forth in his communicacion sayeÌ„ge As truly as God lyueth which hath taken awaye my power fro me the Allmightie that hath vexed my mynde My lippes shall talke of no vanite and my tonge shal speake no disceate whyle my breth is in me and as longe as the wynde that God hath geuen me is in my nostrels God forbydde that I shulde graunte youre cause to be right As for me vntill myne ende come wil I neuer go fro myne innocency My rightuous dealynge wil I kepe fast not forsake it For my conscience reproueth me not in all my conuersacion Therfore myne enemy shal be founde as the vngodly he y t taketh parte agaynst me as the vnrightuous What hope hath y e Ypocrite though he haue greate good and though God geue him riches after his hertes desyre Doth God heare him the sooner wheÌ„ he crieth vnto him in his necessite Hath he soch pleasure delyte in the Allmightie that he darre allwaye call vpon God I wil teach you in the name of God the thinge that I haue of y e Allmightie wil I not kepe from you Beholde ye stonde in yo r owne conceate as though ye knew all thinges Wherfore then do ye go aboute w t soch vayne wordes sayeÌ„ge This is the porcion that the wicked shall haue of God the heretage that Tyrauntes shal receaue of y e Allmightie Yf he get many childreÌ„ they shal perish w t the swearde his posterite shall haue scarcenesse of bred Loke whom he leaueth behinde him they shal dye be buried no man shall haue pite of his wyddowes Though he haue as moch money as the dust of the earth raymeÌ„t as ready as the claye he maye well prepare it but the godly shal put it vpon him and the innoceÌ„t shal deale out the money His house shal endure as the moth as a bothe that the watch man maketh When the rich man dyeth he carieth nothinge with him he is gone in y e twincklynge of an eye Destruccion taketh holde vpoÌ„ him as a water floude y e teÌ„pest stealeth him awaye in the night season A vehement wynde carieth him hence departeth a storme plucketh him out of his place It ruszsheth in vpon him and spareth him not he maye not escape from the power therof Than clappe meÌ„ their hoÌ„des at him yee and ieast of him wheÌ„ they loke vpon his place The XXVIII Chapter THere are places where syluer is molteÌ„ where golde is tryed where yron is dygged out of the grounde stones resolued to metall
thou hast made Oh what is man y t thou art so myndfull of him ether the sonne of maÌ„ that thou visitest him After thou haddest for a season made him lower theÌ„ the angels thou crownedest him with hono r glory Thou hast set him aboue the workes off thy hondes thou hast put all thinges in subieccion vnder his fete All shepe and oxen yee and the beastes of the felde The foules of the ayre the fysh of the see and what â—o walketh thorow the wayes of the see O LORDE oure gouernoure how wonderfull is thy name in all the worlde The IX A psalme of Dauid I Wil geue thaÌ„kes vnto the o LORDE with my whole herte I wil speake of all thy maruelous workes I wil be glad reioyse in the yee my songes wil I make of thy name o thou most hyest Because thou hast dryueÌ„ myne enemies abacke they were discoÌ„fited perished at thy presence For thou hast manteyned my right and my cause thou syttest in the Trone that art the true iudge Thou rebukest the Heithen and destroyest the vngodly thou puttest out their name for euer and euer The enemies swerdes are come to an ende thou hast ouerthrowen their cities their memoriall is perished with theÌ„ But y e LORDE endureth for euer he hath prepared his seate vnto iudgmeÌ„t He gouerneth y e worlde with rightuousnes ministreth true iudgmeÌ„t vnto the people The LORDE is a defence for the poore a defence in the tyme of trouble Therfore they y t knowe thy name put their trust in y e for thou LORDE neuer faylest theÌ„ that seke the. O prayse the LORDE which dwelleth in Sion shewe y e people of his doinges And why he maketh inquysicion for their bloude and remembreth them he forgetteth not the complaynte of the poore Haue mercy vpoÌ„ me o LORDE considre the trouble that I am in amoÌ„ge myne enemies thou that liftest me vp from y e gates of death That I maye she we all thy prayses within the portes off the doughter Sion and reioyse in thy sauynge healâ—h As for the Heithen the are sunckeÌ„ doâ—ne in the pytte that they made in the same nette which they spred out priuely is their owne fote takeÌ„ Thus y e LORDE is knowne to execute true iudgment wheÌ„ the vngodly is trapped in the workes of his owne handes Sela. The wicked must be turned vnto hell and all the Heithen y t forget God But the poore shal not allwaye be out of remembraunce the pacieÌ„t abydinge of soch as be in trouble shall not perish for euer Vp LORDE let not man haue the vpper haÌ„de let the HeitheÌ„ be coÌ„demned before the. O LORDE set a scolemaster ouer theÌ„ that the HeitheÌ„ maye knowe them selues to be but meÌ„ Sela Here the Hebrues begynne the x. psalme WHy art thou gone so farre of o LORDE wilt thou hyde thyselff in tyme of trouble Whyle y e vngodly hath the ouer hande the poore must suffre persecucion O that they were taken in the ymaginacions which they go aboute For the vn godly maketh boost of his owne hertes desyre the cuvetous blesseth him self and blasphemeth the LORDE The vngodly is so proude and full of indignacioÌ„ that he careth not nether is God before his eyes His wayes are allwaye filthie thy iudgmentes are farre out of his sight he defyeth all his enemies For he sayeth in his herte Tush I shal neuer be cast downe there shal no harme happeÌ„ vnto me His mouth is full of cursynge fraude and disceate vnder his toÌ„ge is trauayle sorow He sytteth lurkynge in the gardens that he maye pryuely murthur the innocent his eyes are set vpoÌ„ the poore He lyeth way â—inge secretly as it were a lyon in his denne He lurketh that he maye rauysh the poore yee to rauish the poore when he hath gotten him in to his nett Then smyteth he then oppresseth he casteth downe the poore with his auctorite For he sayeth in his herte Tush God hath forgotten he hath turned a waye his face so y t he will neuer se it Aryse o LORDE God lift vp thine honde and forget not the poore Wherfore shulde the wicked blaspheme God and saye in his herte Tush he careth not for it This thou seist for thou considrest the mysery and sorowe The poore geueth himselff ouer in to thy hande and committeth him vnto the for thou art the helper of the frendlesse Breake thou y e arme off the vngodly and malycious search out the wickednesse which he hath done that he maye perish The LORDE is kynge for euer ye Heithen shal perish out off his londe LORDE thou hearest the desyrous longinge off the poore their herte is sure that thine eare herkeneth therto Helpe the fatherlesse and poore vnto their right that the vngodly be nomore exalted vpon earth The X. A psalme of Dauid IN the LORDE put I my trust how will ye then saye to my soule that she shulde fle as a byrde vpon youre hill For â—o the vngodly haue beÌ„t their bowe and made redy their arowes in the quyuer that they maye priuely shute at them which are true of herte The very foundacion haue they cast downe what caÌ„ the rightuous theÌ„ do withall But the LORDE is in his holy temple the LORDES seate is in heauen He coÌ„sidereth it with his eyes his eye lyddes beholde the children of men The LORDE seith both the rightuous and vngodly but who so deliteth in wickednes him his soule abhorreth Vpon the vngodly he shal rayne snares fyre brymstone storme and tempest this rewarde shal they haue to drynke For the LORDE is rightuous aÌ„d he loueth rightuousnes his countenaunce beholdeth the thiÌ„ge y t is iust The XI A psalme of Dauid HElpe LORDE for there is not one saynte more very fewe faithfull are there amonge the children off men Euery man telleth lyes to his neghbo r they do but flater with their lippes and dissemble in their herte O that the LORDE wolde rote out all disceatfull lippes aÌ„d the tonge that speaketh proude thinges Which saye Oure toÌ„ge shulde preuayle we are they that ought to speake who is lorde ouer vs Now for the troubles sake off the oppressed because of the complaynte of the poore I wil vp sayeth the LORDE I wil helpe theÌ„ and set theÌ„ at rest The wordes of the LORDE are pure wordes eueÌ„ as y e syluer which from earth is tried and purified vij tymes in the fyre Kepe theÌ„ therfore o LORDE and preserue vs froÌ„ this generacion for euer And why when vanite and ydylnes getteth the ouer hande amonge the children of men all are full of y e vngodly The XII A psalme of Dauid HOw longe wilt thou forget me o LORDE for euer how longe wilt thou hyde thy face fro me Oh how loÌ„ge shall I seke councell in my soule how longe shall I be so vexed in my herte how longe shal myne enemie triumphe ouer me Considre aÌ„d heare me o LORDE
I was in heuynesse I thought vpoÌ„ God wheÌ„ my hert was vexed then dyd I speake Sela. Thou heldest myne eyes waâ—â—â—ge I was so feble that I coude not speake Then remembred I the tymes of olde the yeares that were past I called to remembraunce my songe in the night I commoned with myne owne herte and sought out my spâ—ete Wil the LORDE cast out for euer Wil he be nomore intreated Is his mercy cleane gone Is his promyse come vtterly to an ende for euermore Hath the LORDE forgotten to be gracious Or hath he shut vp his louynge kyndnesse in displeasure Sela. At the last I came to this poynte that I thought O why art thou so foolish the right honde of the most hyest can chaunge all Therfore wil I remembre the workes of the LORDE and call to mynde thy wonders of olde tyme. I wil speake of all thy workes and my talkynge shal be of thy doinges Thy waye o God is holy who is so greate mightie as God Thou art the God that doth wonders thou hast declared thy power amonge the people Thou with thine arme hast delyuered thy people euen the sonnes of Iacob and Ioseph Sela. The waters sawe y e o God y e waters sawe y e were afrayed y e depthes were moued The thicke cloudes poured out water y e cloudes thoÌ„dered and thy arowes wente abrode Thy thonder was herde rounde aboute the lighteninges shone vpon the grounde the earth was moued and shoke withall Thy waye was in the see and thy pathes in the greate waters yet coude no man knowe thy fotesteppes Thou leddest thy people like a flocke of shepe by the honde of Moses and Aaron The LXXVII A psalme of Asaph HEare my lawe o my people encline yo r eares vnto y e wordes of my mouth I wil open my mouth in parables and speake of thinges of olde Which we haue herde and knowne and soch as oure fathers haue tolde vs. That we shulde not hyde them from the children of the generacions to come but to shewe the honoure of the LORDE his might and wonderfull workes that he hath done He made a couenaunt with Iacob and gaue Israel a lawe which he coÌ„maunded oure forefathers to teach their children That their posterite might knowe it and the children which were yet vnborne To the intent y t when they came vp they might shewe their children the same That they also might put their trust in God not to forget what he had done but to kepe his coÌ„maundementes And not to be as their forefathers a frowarde and ouerthwarte generacion a generacion that set not their herte a right and whose sprete was not true towarde God Like as the children of Ephraim which beynge harnessed and carienge bowes turned them selues backe in the tyme of battayll They kepte not the couenauÌ„t of God wolde not walke in his lawe They forgat what he had done and the wonderfull workes that he had shewed for them Maruelous thinges dyd he in the sight of their fathers in the londe of Egipte euen in the felde of Zoan He deuyded the see and let them go thorow it and made the waters to stonde like a wall In the daye tyme he led them with a cloude and all the nâ—ght thorow with a light of fyre He cloaue the hard rockes in the wildernesse and gaue them drynke therof as it had bene out of the greate dâ—â—pth He brought waters out of the 〈◊〉 rocke so that they gushed out like 〈…〉 Yet for all this they synned agaynst him and prouoked the most hyest in the wildernesse They tempted God in their hertes and requyred meate for their lust For they spake agaynst God and sayde Yee yee God shal prepare a table in the wyldernesse shall he Lo he smote the stony rocke that the watery streames gushed out and the streames flowed withall but how can he geue bred and prouyde flesh for his people When the LORDE herde this he was wroth so the fyre was kyndled in Iacob and heuy displeasure agaynst Israel Because theâ— beleued not in God and put not their trust in his helpe So he commauÌ„ded the cloudes aboue and opened the dores of heauen He rayned downe Manna vpoÌ„ them for to eate and gaue them bred from heauen Then ate they angels fode for he sent them meate ynough He caused the east wynde to blowe vnder the heauen and thorow his power he brought in the south wynde He made flesh to rayne vpon them as thicke as dust and fethered foules like the sonde of y e see He let it fall amoÌ„ge their teÌ„tes rouÌ„de aboute their habitacioÌ„s So they ate were fylled for he gaue them their owne desyre They were not dispoynted of their lust But whyle y e meate was yet in theyr mouthes The heuy wrath of God came vpoÌ„ theÌ„ slewe y e welthiest of theÌ„ smote downe y e chosen men of Israel But for all this they synned yet more and beleued not his woÌ„derous workes Therfore their dayes were consumed in vanite and sodenly their yeares were gone When he slewe them they sought him and turned them â—arly vnto God They thought then that God was their socoure and that the hye God was their redemer Neuerthelesse they dyd but flater him in their mouthes and dissembled with him in their tonges For their herte was not whole with him nether continued they in his couenaunt But he was so mercifull that he forgaue their mysdedes and destroyed them not Yee many a tyme turned he his wrath awaye and wolde not suffre his whole displeasure to aryse For he considered y t they were but flesh euen a wynde that passeth awaye and commeth not agayne O how oft haue they greued him in the wildernesse How many a tyme haue they prouoked him in the deserte They turned backe tempted God and moued the holy one in Israel They thought not of his haÌ„de in y e daye when he delyuered them from the hande of y e enemie How he had wrought his miracles in Egipte and his woÌ„ders in the londe of Zoan How he turned their waters in to bloude so that they might not drynke of the ryuers How he sent lyse amonge them to eate them vp and frogges to destroye them How he gaue their frutes vnto the catirpiller and their laboure vnto the greshopper How he bett downe their vynyardes with hayle stones and their Molbery trees with the frost How he smote their catell with haylestones and their flockes with hote thoÌ„der boltes How he sent vpon them y e furiousnesse of his wrath anger displeasure with trouble and fallinge in of euel angels When he made a waye to his fearfull indignacioÌ„ and spared not their soules from death yee and gaue their catell ouer to the pestilence When he smote all the firstborne in Egipte the most principall and mightiest in y e dwellinges of Ham. But as for his owne people
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
e thinges that are set before y e Measure thine appetite and yf thou wilt rule thine owne self be not ouer gredy of his meate for meate begyleth and disceaueth Take not ouer greate trauayle and labo r to be riche bewarre of soch a purpose Why wilt thou set thine eye vpon y e thinge which sodenly vanisheth awaye For riches make them selues wynges and take their flight like an Aegle in to y e ayre Eate not thou w t y e envyous and desyre no his meate for he hath a maruelous herte He sayeth vnto y e eate and drynke where as his herte is not w t ye. Yee y e morsels that thou hast eaten shalt thou perbreake and lese those swete wordes Tel nothinge in to y e eares of a foole for he wyl despyse the wyszdome of thy wordes Remoue not y e olde lande marke and come not within y e felde of the fatherlesse For he y t deliuereth them is mightie euen he shal defende their cause agaynst the. Applie thine herte vnto lernynge and thine eare to the wordes of knowlege Witholde not correccion from y e childe for yf thou beatest him w t the rodde he shal not dye therof Thou smytest him w t the rodde but thou delyuerest his soule from hell My sonne yf y e herte receaue wyszdome my herte also shal reioyce yee myreynes shal be very glad yf y e lyppes speake the thinge y t is right Let not thine herte be gelous to folowe synners but kepe y e still in the feare of the LORDE all the daye lōge for the ende is not yet come and thy pacient abydinge shal not be in vayne My sonne ne eare be wyse so shal thine hert prospere in the waye Kepe no company w t wyne bebbers and ryotous eaters of flesh for soch as be dronckardes and ryotous shal come to pouerte he that is geuen to moch slepe shal go w t a ragged cote Geue eare vnto thy father that begat the and despyse not thy mother whan she is olde Labo r for to get y e treuth sell not awaye wyszdome nourt o r vnderstōdinge for a righteous father is maruelous glad of a wyse sonne delyteth in hī so shal thy father be glad and thy mother that bare the shal reioyse My sonne geue me thyne herte and let thine eyes haue pleasure in my wayes For an whore is a depe graue and an harlot is a narow pytt She lurketh like a thefe and those that be not awarre she brīgeth vnto her Where is wo where is sorow where is strife where is braulynge where are woundes without cause where be reed eyes Euen amonge those that be euer at the wyne and seke out where the best is Loke not thou vpon the wyne how reed it is and what a colo r it geueth in the glasse It goeth downe softly but at the last it byteth like a serpēt and styngeth as an Adder So shal thine eyes loke vnto straunge women thine herte shal muse vpon frowarde thinges Yee thou shalt be as though thou slepte in y e myddest of y e see or vpō y e toppe of the mast They wounded me shalt thou saie but it hath not hurte me they smote me but I felt it not Whē I am wel wakened I wil go to y e drynke agayne The XXIIII Chapter BE not thou gelous ouer wicked mē desyre not thou to be amonge them For their herte ymagineth to do hurte their lippes talke of myschefe Thorow wyszdome an house shal be buylded w t vnderstondinge it shal be set vp Thorow discrecion shal y e chābers be fylled w t all costly pleasaunt riches ▪ A wyse mā is strōge yee a mā of vnderstōdinge is better thē he y t is mightie of strēgth For with discrecion must warres be takē in honde and where as are many y t can geue councell there is y e victory Wyszdome is an hie thinge yee euē to y e foole for he darre not opē his mouth in y e gate He y t ymagineth myschefe maye wel be called an vngracious personne The thoughte of y e foolish is synne y e scornefull is an abhominacion vnto mē Yf thou be ouersene necligēt in tyme of nede thē is thy strēgth but small Delyuer thē y t go vnto death are led awaie to be slaine be not necligēt therin Yf thou wilt saye I knewe not of it Thynkest thou y t he which made y e hertes doth not cōsidre it y t he which regardeth y e soule seith it not Shal not he recōpence euery man acordinge to his workes My sonne thou eatest hony y e swete hony cōbe because it is good swete in thy mouth Euen so shall y e knowlege of wysdome be vnto y e soule as soone as thou hast gottē it And there is good hope yee y e hope shal not be in vayne Laye no preuy waite wickedly vpon y e house of y e rightuous disquiete not his restinge place For a iust mā falleth seuen tymes ryseth vp agayne but y e vngodly fall in to wickednes Reioyce not thou at y e fall of thine enemie and let not thine herte be glad whan he stombleth Lest y e LORDE when he seyth it be angrie turne his wrath from him vnto the. Let not y e wrath gelousy moue y e to foolow y e wicked and vngodly And why y e wicked hath nothinge to hope for y e cādle of the vngodly shall be put out My sonne feare thou y e LRODE y e kinge kepe no cōpany w t y e slaunderous for their destruccion shal come sodenly who knoweth y e fall of thē both These are also y e saiēges of y e wyse It is not good to haue respecte of any personne in iudgmēt He y t saieth to y e vngodly thou art rightuous him shall the people curse yee y e comōtie shal abhorre him But they y t rebuke y e vngodly shal be cōmended a riche blessinge shal come vpō thē He maketh him self to be well loued that geueth a good answere First make vp y e worke y t is w t out loke well vnto y t which thou hast in y e felde thē buylde thine house Be no false wytnesse agaynst y e neghbo r hurte him not w t y e lyppes Saye not I wil hādle him euē as he hath dealte w t me wil rewarde euery mā acordinge to his dedes I wente by y e felde of y e slouthfull by y e vynyarde of the foolish mā And lo it was all couered w t nettels stode full of thistles y e stone wall was brokē downe This I sawe cōsidered it wel I loked vpō it toke it for a warnynge Yee slepe on still a litle slōbre a litle folde thine hōdes together yet
wil not be the better for wordes for though he vnderstonde yet wil he not regarde them Yf thou seyst a man that is haistie to speake vnaduysed thou mayest trust a foole more then him He that delicately bryngeth vp his seruaunt from a childe shal make him his master at length An angrie man stereth vp strife and he that beareth euell wyll in his mynde doth moch euell After pryde commeth a fall but a lowly sprete bryngeth greate worshipe Who so kepeth company w t a thefe hateth his owne soule he heareth blasphemies telleth it not forth He that feareth men shal haue a fall but who so putteth his trust in the LORDE shal come to honor. Many there be that seke y e prynces fauoure but euery mans iudgment commeth from the LORDE The rightuous abhorre the vngodly but as for those that be in y e right waye y e wicked hate them The XXX Chapter The wordes of Agur the sonne of Iake THe prophecie of a true faithfull man whō God hath helped whom God hath cōforted norished For though I am y e leest of all haue no mās vnderstōdīge for I neuer lerned wiszdome yet haue I vnderstōdinge am wel enfourmed in godly thinges Who hath clymmed vp ī to heauen Who hath come downe from thence Who hath holden y e wynde fast in his hāde Who hath cōprehended y e waters in a garment Who hath set all the endes of y e worlde What is his name or his sonnes name Canst thou tell All the wordes of God are pure cleane for he is a shylde vnto all them that put their trust in him Put thou nothinge therfore vnto his wordes lest he reproue the and thou be founde as a lyar Two thinges I requyre of the that thou wilt not denye me before I dye Remoue fro me vanite and lyes geue me nether pouerte ner riches only graunte me a necessary lyuynge Lest yf I be to full I denye y e saye what felowe is y e LORDE And lest I beinge constrayned thorow pouerte fall vnto stealinge and forsweare the name of my God Accuse not a seruaunt vnto his master lest he speake euell of the also and thou be hurte He that bryngeth vp an euell reporte vpō the generacion of his father and mother is not worthy to be commended The generacion that thynke them selues cleane shal not be clensed from their fylthynesse There are people y t haue a proude loke and cast vp their eye lyddes This peoples tethe are swerdes and with their chaft bones they consume and deuoure the symple of the earth and the poore from amonge mē This generacion which is like an horsleche hath two doughters y e one is called fetch hither the other brynge hither There be thre thinges that are neuer satisfied and the fourth saieth neuer hoo The hell a womans wombe and the earth hath neuer water ynough As for fyre it sayeth neuer hoo Who so laugheth his father to scorne and setteth his mothers commaūdement at naught the rauens pycke out his eyes in the valley and deuoured be he of the yongle Aegles There be thre thinges to hye for me and as for the fourth it passeth my knowlege The waye of an Aegle in y e ayre y e waye of a serpent ouer y e stone y e waye of a shippe in y e see y e waye of a mā w t a yonge womā Soch is the waye also of a wyfe y t breaketh wedlocke which wypeth hir mouth like as whā she hath eatē sayeth As for me I haue done no harme Thorow thre thinges the earth is disquieted the fourth maye it not beare Thorow a seruaūt y t beareth rule thorow a foole y t hath greate riches thorow an ydle houswife thorow an handmayden y t is heyre to hir mastres There be foure thinges in the earth the which are very litle but in wyszdome they exceade the wyse The Emmettes are but a weake people yet gather they their meate together in y e haruest The conyes are but a feble folke yet make they their couches amonge the rockes The greshoppers haue not a gyde yet go they forth together by heapes The spyder laboureth w t hir hādes y t in y e kynges palace There be thre thinges y t go stiftly but the goinge of the fourth is the goodliest of all A Lyon which is kynge of beastes geueth place to no man A cock ready to fight A rāme And a kynge y t goeth forth w t his people Yf thou be so foolish to magnifie y e self or medlest w t eny soch thinge thē laye thine hāde vpon y e mouth Who so chyrneth mylck maketh butter he that rubbeth his nose maketh it blede and he that causeth wrath bryngeth forth strife The XXXI Chapter THese are the wordes of Kynge Lamuel y e lesson y t his mother taught him My sonne thou sonne of my body O my deare beloued sonne geue not ouer thy substaunce mynde vnto women which are the destrucciō euē of kynges O Lamuel geue kinges no wyne geue kynges prynces no stronge drynke lest they beinge dronken forget the lawe regarde not y e cause of the poore of all soch as be in aduersite Geue stronge drynke vnto soch as are condempned to death wyne vnto those y t mourne that they maye drynke it forget their misery aduersite Be thou an aduocate stonde in iudgment thyself to speake for all soch as be dōme sucourles With y e mouth defende y e thinge y t is laufull and right and y e cause of y e poore and helplesse Who so fyndeth an honest faithful womā she is moch more worth thē perles The herte of hir husbande maye safely trust in her so that he shal haue no nede of spoyles She wil do him good not euel all y e dayes of hir life She occupieth woll flax laboureth gladly w t hir handes She is likē a marchauntes shippe that bryngeth hir vytayles from farre She is vp in y e night season to prouyde meate for hir housholde foode for hir maydens She considreth lōde byeth it and w t the frute of hir handes she planteth a vynyarde She gyrdeth hir loynes with strength and courageth hir armes And yf she perceaue that hir houswifrie doth good hir candle goeth not out by night She layeth hir fyngers to the spyndle hir hande taketh holde of y e rocke She openeth hir hande to y e poore yee she stretcheth forth hir hādes to soch as haue nede She feareth not y t the colde of wynter shal hurte hir house for all hir housholde folkes are duble clothed She maketh hir self fayre ornamētes hir clothīge is whyte sylke purple Hir huszbāde is moch set by in y e gates whē he sytteth amonge y e rulers of y e londe She maketh cloth of sylke selleth it and delyuereth a gyrdle vnto y e
me Herken vnto me o Iacob Israel whō I haue called I am euen he that is I am y e first and the last My honde is the foundacion of the earth my right honde spanneth ouer the heauens As soone as I called thē they were there Gather you all together ād herken Which of yonder goddes hath declared this that the LORDE wil do by the kinge of Babilon whom he loueth fauoureth and by the Caldees his arme ▪ I my self alone haue tolde you this before Yee I shal call him and bringe him forth geue him a prosperous iourneye Come nye heare this haue I spokē eny thīge darckly sence the begynnynge whē a thīge begynneth I am there Wherfore the LORDE God with his sprete hath sent me And thus saieth the LORDE thine avenger the holyone of Israel I am y e LORDE thy God which teach the profitable thinges and lede y e the waye that thou shuldest go Yf thou wilt now regarde my cōmaundement thy welthynes shal be as the water streame thy rightuousnes as the wawes flowinge in the see Thysede shal be like as the sonde in the see the frute of thy body like the grauel stones therof Thy name shal not be roted out nor destroyed before me Ye shal go awaye from Babilon and escape the Caldees with a mery voyce This shal be spoken of declared abrode go forth vnto the ende of the worlde so that it shal be sayde The LORDE hath defended his seruaunte Iacob that they suffred no thurste whē they trauayled in the wildernesse He claue the rockes a sonder and the water gusshed out As for the vngodly they haue no peace saieth the LORDE MESSIAS The xlix Chapter HErken vnto me ye Iles and take hede ye people from farre The LORDE hath called me fro my byrth and made mēcion of my name fro my mothers wōbe he hath made my mouth like a sharpe swerde vnder y e shadowe of his honde hath he defended me and hyd me in his quyuer as a good arowe and sayde vnto me Thou art my seruaunt Israel I wil be honoured in the. Then answerde I I shal lese my laboure I shal spende my strength in vayne Neuertheles I wil commytte my cause and my worke vnto the LORDE my God And now saieth the LORDE euē he that fashioned me fro my mothers wombe to be his seruaūte that I maye bringe Iacob agayne vnto him howbeit Israel will not be gathered vnto hī agayne In whose sight I am greate which also is my LORDE my God and my strēgth Let it be but a smal thinge that thou art my seruaunt to set vp the kinreddes of Iacob to restore the destructiō of Israel yf I make the not also the light of the Gentiles that thou mayest be my health vnto the ende of the worlde Morouer thus saieth the LORDE the avēger and holy one of Israel because of the abhorringe and despisinge amonge the Gentiles concernynge the seruaunt of all them y t beare rule Kynges and prynces shal se and arise and worshipe because of the LORDE that he is faithfull and because of the holy one of Israel which hath chosen the. And thus saieth the LORDE In the tyme apoynted wil I be present with the. And in the houre of health wil I helpe the delyuer the. I wil make the a pledge for y e people so y t thou shalt helpe vp the earth agayne and chalenge agayne the scatred heretages That thou mayest saye to y e presoners go forth to them that are in darknesse come in to the light that they maye fede in the hie wayes get their lyuynge in all places There shal nether hunger ner thirste heate nor Sonne hurte them For he that fauoureth them shal lede them and geue them drīke of the springe welles I will make wayes vpon all my mountaynes and my fote pathes shal be exalted And beholde they shal come from farre lo seme from the north and west some from the south Reioyse ye heauens and synge prayses thou earth Talke of ioye ye hilles for God wil cōforte his people haue mercy vpon his y t be in trouble Then shal Sion saye God hath forsaken me and the LORDE hath forgottē me Doth a wife forget the childe of hir wombe ād the sonne whō she hath borne And though she do forget yet wil not I forget the. Beholde I haue written the vp vpon my hondes thy walles are euer in my sight They that haue broken the downe shal make haist to buylde the vp agayne and they that made the waist shal dwell in the. Lift vp thine eyes and loke aboute the all these shal gather them together and come to the. As truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE thou shalt put them all vpō the as an apparell and gyrde thē to the as a bryde doth hir Iewels As for thy londe that lieth desolate waisted destroyed it shal be to narow for thē that shal dwell in it And they y t wolde deuoure the shal be farre a waye Then the childe whō y e barē shall bringe forth vnto y e shal saye in thine eare this place is to narow syt nye together y t I maye haue rowme Then shalt thou thinke by thy self Who hath begottē me these seinge I am barē alōe a captyue an outcast And who hath norished thē vp for me I am desolate alone but frō whēce come these And therfore thus saieth the LORDE God Beholde I will stretch out myne honde to the Gentiles and set vp my token to the people They shal bringe the thy sonnes in their lappes carie thy doughters vnto y e vpon their shulders For kinges shal be thy noursinge fathers and Quenes shal be thy noursinge mothers They shal fall before the w t their faces flat vpon the earth and lick vp the dust of thy fete that thou mayest knowe how that I am the LORDE And who so putteth his trust in me shal not be confounded Who spoyleth the giaunte of his pray or who taketh the presoner from the mightie And therfore thus saieth the LORDE The prisoners shal be taken from the giaunte and the spoyle delyuered from the violēte for I wil maynteyne thy cause agaynst thine aduersaries and saue thy sonnes And wil fede thine enemies with their owne fleshe and make thē drinke of their owne bloude as of swete wyne And all flesh shal knowe o Iacob that I am the LORDE thy Sauioure and stronge auenger Chap. I. THus saieth the LORDE Where is the bill of yo r mothers deuorcemēt that I sent vnto her or who is the vsurer to whō I solde you Beholde for youre owne offēces are ye solde because of youre transgression is youre mother forsakē For why wolde no mā receaue me when I came when I called no man gaue me answere Was my hōde clene smytē of that it
a man goeth forth wrothfully to recōpence his enemies to be avenged of his aduersaries Namely that he might recompence and rewarde the I lōdes wherthorow the name of the LORDE might be feared from the risynge of the Sōne and his magesty vnto the goinge downe of the same For he shal come as a violent waterstreame which the wynde of the LORDE hath moued But vnto Sion there shal come a redemer and vnto them in Iacob that turne from wickednesse saieth the LORDE I will make this conuenaunt with them sayeth y e LORDE My sprete that is come vpon the the wordes which I haue put in y t mouth shal neuer go out of thy mouth nor out of y e mouth of thy childrē no ner out of y e mouth of thy childers childrē from this tyme forth for euer more The lx Chapter ANd therfore get the vp by tymes for thy light cometh the glory of y e LORDE shal ryse vp vpō ye. For lo while y e darknesse cloude couereth the earth the people the LORDE shal shewe the light his glory shal be sene in the. The Gentiles shal come to thy light kynges to the brightnes y t springeth forth vpō ye. Lift vp thine eyes loke rounde aboute the All these gather thē selues come to the. Sonnes shal come vnto y e from farre doughters shal gather thē selues to the on euery side When thou seist this thou shalt maruel exceadingly and thine hert shal be opened when the power of the see shal be cōuerted vnto the that is whē the strength of the Gentiles shal come vnto the. The multitude of Camels shal couer y e the Dromedaries of Madiā and Epha All they of Saba shal come bringinge golde incense shewinge the prayse of the LORDE All the catel of Cedar shal be gathered vnto y e the rāmes of Nabaioth shal serue the to be offred vpō myne aulter which I haue chosen in the house of my glory which I haue garnished But what are these that fle here like the cloudes and as the doues flienge to their wyndowes The Iles also shal gather thē vnto me and specially the shippes of y e see that they maye bringe the sonnes from farre and their syluer and their golde with them vnto the name of the LORDE thy God vnto the holy one of Israel that hath glorified the. Straūgers shal buylde vp thy walles and their kīges shal do the seruyce For when I am angrie I smyte the and when it pleaseth me I pardon the. Thy gates shal stonde open still both daye and night and neuer be shut that the hooste of the Gentiles maye come and that their kinges maye be brought vnto the. For euery people kingdome that serueth not the shal perish and be distroyed w t the swerde The glory of libanus shal come vnto the The Fyrre trees Boxes Cedres together to garnish the place of my Sanctuary for I wil glorifie the place of my fete Morouer those shal come knelinge vnto the y t haue vexed the all they that despised y e shal fall downe at y e fote Thou shalt be called the cite of the LORDE the holy Sion of Israel Because thou hast bene forsakē and hated so that noman went thorow the I wil make the glorious for euer and euer ād ioyful thorow out all posterities Thou shalt sucke the mylck of the Gentiles and kinges brestes shal fede the. And thou shalt knowe that I the LORDE am thy Sauioure and defender the mighty one of Iacob For brasse wil I geue the golde and for yron syluer for wod brasse and for stones yron I wil make peace thy ruler and rightuousnes thyne officer Violence and robbery shal neuer be herde of in thy londe nether harme and destruction with in thy borders Thy walles shal be called health thy gates the prayse of God The Sonne shal neuer by thy daye light ād the light of the Moone shal neuer shyne vnto the but y e LORDE himself shal be thy euerlastinge light thy God shal be thy glory Thy Sonne shal neuer go downe thy Moone shal not be taken awaye for the LORDE himself shal be thy euerlastinge light ād thy sorouful dayes shal be rewarded ye. Thy people shal be all godly possesse the londe for euer the floure of my plantinge the worke of my hondes wherof I wil reioyce The yongest leest shal growe in to a thousande the symplest in to a stronge people I the LORDE shal shortly bringe this thinge to passe in his tyme. The lxj Chapter THe sprete of the LORDE God is w t me for y e LORDE hath anoynted me sent me to preach good tydīges vnto the poore y t I might bynde vp y e wounded hertes y t I might preach delyueraunce to y e captyue open the preson to thē that are bounde y t I might declare y e acceptable yeare of y e LORDE the daye of y e avēgeaunce of oure God that I might comforte all them that are in heuynesse that I might geue vnto them y t mourne in Sion bewty in the steade of asshes ioyful oyntmēt for sighinge pleasaunt raymēt for an heuy mīde That they might be called excellent in rightuousnesse a plātinge of the LORDE for him to reioyce in They shal buylde the lōge rough wildernes set vp y e olde deserte They shal repayre the waist places soch as haue bene voyde thorow out many generaciōs Straūgers shal stōde fede yo r catel the Aleauntes shal be yo r plowmē reapers But ye shal be named the prestes of the LORDE mē shall call you the seruaūtes of oure God Ye shall enioye the goodes of y e Gētiles tryūphe in their substaūce For yo r greate reprofe shame shal they haue ioye y t ye maye haue parte w t thē For they shal haue dubble possession ī their lōde euerlastinge ioye shal be w t them For I the LORDE which loue right ād hate robbery though it were offred me shal make their workes ful of faithfulnes make an euerlastinge couenaunt with them Their sede also and their generacion shal be knowne amōge the Gentiles and amōge the people All they that se them shall knowe that they are the hie blessed sede of y e LORDE And therfore I am ioyful in the LORDE my soule reioyseth in my God For he shall put vpon me the garmēt of health couer me with the mātle of rightuousnes He shal decke me like a brydegrome as a bryde that hath hir apparell vpō her For like as y e grounde bringeth forth frute as the gardē shuteth forth sede So shal the LORDE God cause rightuousnes and the feare of God to florish forth before all the Heithen The lij Chapter FOr Sions sake therfore wil I not holde my tūge
their offences are many and their departinge awaye is greate Shulde I then for all this haue mercy vpon the Thy children haue forsaken me and sworne by them that are no goddes And albeit they were bounde to me in mariage yet they fell to aduoutrie and haunted harlottes houses In the desyre of vnclenly lust they are become like the stoned horse euery man neyeth at his neghbours wife Shulde I not correcke this saieth the LORDE Shulde I not be avenged of euery people that is like vnto this Clymme vp vpon their walles beate them downe but destroye them not vtterly cut of their braunches because they are not the LORDES For vnfaithfully hath the house of Israel and Iuda forsaken me saieth the LORDE They haue denied the LORDE and sayde it is not he Tush there shall no miszfortune come vpon vs we shall se nether swearde ner honger As for the warnynge of the prophetes they take it but for wynde yee there is none of these which will tell them that soch thinges shal happen vnto them Wherfore thus saieth the LORDE God of hoostes because ye speake soch wordes beholde The wordes that are in thy mouth will I turne to fyre and make the people to be wod that it maye consume them Lo I will bringe a people vpoÌ„ you from farre o house of Israel saieth the LORDE a mightie people an olde people a people whose speach thou knowest not nether vnderstoÌ„dest what they saye Their arowes are sodane death yee they them selues be very giauntes This people shal eate vp thy frute thy meate yee they shal deuoure thy sonnes and thy doughters thy shepe and thy bullockes They shall eate vp thy grapes fyges As for thy stronge and well fensed cities wherin thou didest trust they shal destroye them with the swearde Neuertheles I will not then haue done with you saieth the LORDE But yf they saye wherfore doth the LORDE oure God all this vnto vs Then answere them because that like as ye haue forsakeÌ„ me and serued straunge goddes in youre owne londe euen so shall ye serue other goddes also in a straunge londe Preach this vnto the house of Iacob crie it out in Iuda and saye thus Heare this thou folish and vndiscrete people Ye haue eyes but ye se not eares haue ye but ye heare not Feare ye not me saieth the LORDE Are ye not ashamed to loke me in the face which bynde the see with the sonde so that it can not passe his boundes For though it rage yet can it do nothinge and though the wawes therof do swell yet maye they not go ouer But this people hath a false and an obstinate herte they are departed and gone awaye fro me They thinke not in their hartes O let vs feare the LORDE oure God that geueth vs rayne early and late when nede is which kepeth euer still the haruest for vs yearly Neuertheles youre miszdedes haue turned these from you youre synnes haue robbed you herof For amonge my people are founde wicked personnes that priuely laye snares and waite for men to take them and destroye them And like as a net is full of byrdes so are their houses full of that which they haue gotten with falsede and disceate Herof coÌ„meth their greate substaunce and riches her of are they fat and welthy and are runne awaye fro me with shamefull blasphemies They ministre not the lawe they make no ende of the fatherlesses cause they iudge not the poore acordinge to equite Shulde I not punysh these thinges saieth the LORDE Shulde I not be avenged of all soch people as these be Horrible and greuous thinges are done in the londe The prophetes teach falsely and the prestes folowe them and my people hath pleasure therin What will come therof at the last The VI. Chapter COme out of Ierusalem ye stronge childreÌ„ of Ben Iamin blowe vp the trompettes ye Tecuites set vp a token vnto Bethacarem for a plage and a greate misery pepeth out from the North. I will licken the doughter Sion to a fayre and tendre woman and to her shall come the shepherdes with their flockes Their tentes shal they pitch rounde aboute her and euery one shal fede with his honde Make batell agaynst her shal they saye Arise let vs go vp while it is yet daye Alas the daye goeth awaye the night shadowes fall downe Arise let vs go vp by night and destroye hir stronge holdes for thus hath the LORDE of hoostes commaunded Hew downe hir trees and set vp bulworkes agaynst IerusaleÌ„ This is the cite that must be punished for in her is all maliciousnes Like as a coÌ„dyte aboundeth in water eueÌ„ so this citie abouÌ„deth in wickednes Robbery and vnrightuousnesse is herde in her sorow woundes are euer there in my sight AmeÌ„de the o Ierusalem lest I with drawe my herte from the and make the desolate thy londe also y t no man dwel in it For thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes The residue of Israel shal be gathered as the remnaunt of grapes And therfore turne thine honde agayne in to the baszket like the grape gatherer But vnto whom shal I speake whom shal I warne that he maye take hede Their eares are so vncircumcised that they maye not heare Beholde they take the worde of God but for a scorne and haue no lust therto And therfore I am so full of thy indignacion o LORDE that I maye suffre no longer Shed out thy wrath vpon the children that are without and vpon all yonge men Yee the man must be taken presoner with the wife and the aged with the crepel Then â—â—uses with their londes and wiues shal be turned vnto straungers wheÌ„ I stretchout myne hoÌ„de vpon the inhabitours of this londe saieth the LORDE For from the leest vnto the most they hange all vpon covetousnes and from the prophet vnto the prest they go all aboute with falsede and lyes And besyde that they heale the hurte of my people with swete wordes sayenge peace peace when there is no peace at all Therfore they must be ashamed for they haue coÌ„mitted abhominacion But how shulde they be ashamed when they knowe nothinge nether of shame ner good nurture And therfore they shal fall amonge the slayne and in the houre when I shall viset them they shal be brought downe saieth the LORDE Thus saieth the LORDE go in to the stretes considre and make inquisicion for the olde waye and yf it be the good and right waye then go therin that ye maye fynde rest for youre soules But they saye we will not walke therin and I will set watchmen ouer you and therfore take hede vnto the voyce of the trompet But they saye we will not take hede Heare therfore ye Gentiles and thou congregacion shalt knowe what I haue deuysed for them Heare thou earth also beholde I will cause a plage come vpon this
serued straunge goddes as their fathers taught them Therfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Beholde I will fede this people with wormwod and geue thē gall to drynke I will scatre them also amonge the Heithen whom nether they ner their fathers haue knowne and I will sende a swearde amonge them to persecute them vntill I bringe them to naught Morouer thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes loke that ye call for mournynge wyues and sende for wise women that they come shortly and singe a mournynge songe of you that the teares maye fall out of oure eyes and that oure eye lyddes maye guszhe out of water For there is a lamentable noyse herde of Sion O how are we so sore destroyed O how are we so piteously confounded We must forsake oure owne naturall countre and we are shot out of oure owne lodgīges Yet heare the worde of the LORDE o ye women and set youre eares regarde the wordes of his mouth that ye maye lerne youre doughters to mourne and that euery one maye teach hir neghbouresse to make lamentacion Namely thus Deeth is clymmē vp in at oure wyndowes he is come in to oure houses to destroye the childe before the dore y e yonge man in the strete But tell thou planely thus saieth y e LORDE The deed bodies of men shal lye apon y e grounde as the donge vpon the felde and as the hay after the mower and there shal be no man to take them vp Morouer thus saieth the LORDE Let not the wise man reioyse in his wisdome ner the stronge man in his strength nether the rich man in his riches But who so wil reioyse let him reioyse in this that he vnderstōdeth and knoweth me for I am the LORDE which do mercie equite and rightuousnes vpon earth Therfore haue I pleasure in soch thinges saieth y e LORDE Beholde the tyme cōmeth saieth the LORDE that I wil vyset all them whose foreskynne is vncircumciscd The Egipcians the Iewes the Edomites the Ammonites the Moabites and the shauen Madianites that dwel in the wildernes For all y e Gentiles are vncircumcised in the flesh but all the house of Israel are vncircumcised in the herte The x. Chapter HEare the worde of the LORDE y t he speaketh vnto the o thou house of Israel Thus saieth the LORDE Ye shal not lerne after the maner of the Heithē and ye shal not be afrayed for the tokens of heauen for the Heithen are afrayed of soch Yee all the customes and lawes of the Gētiles are nothinge but vanite They hewe downe a tre in the wod with the hondes of the worke man and fashion it with the axe they couer it ouer with golde or syluer they fasten it w t nales and hammers that it moue not It stōdeth as stiff as the palme tre it can nether speake ner go but must be borne Be not ye afrayed of soch for they cā do nether good ner euel But there is none like vnto y e o LORDE thou art greate and greate is the name of y i power Who wolde not feare the ▪ or what kīge of the Gentiles wolde not obeye the For amonge all the wysemen of the Gentiles and in all their kingdomes there is none that maye be lickened vnto the. They are alltogether vnlerned and vnwise All their connynge is but vanite namely wod syluer which is brought out of Tharsis and beatē to plates and golde from Ophir a worke y t is made with the honde of the craftesman the caster clothed with yalow sylck and scarlet euen so is the worke of their wyse men all together But the LORDE is a true God a lyuinge God and an euerlastinge kinge Yf he be wroth the earth shaketh all the Gētiles maye not abyde his indignacion As for their goddes it maye well be sayde of thē they are goddes that made nether heauē ner earth therfore shal they perish frō the earth and from all thinges vnder heauen But as for oure God he made the earth with his power and with his wisdome hath he fynished the whole compasse of the worlde with his discrecion hath he spred out the heauens At his voyce the waters gather together in the ayre he draweth vp y e cloudes from the vttemost partes of y e earth he turneth lighteninge to rayne and brīgeth forth the wyndes out of their treasuries His wisdome maketh all men fooles And confunded be all casters of ymages for that they cast is but a vayne thinge and hath no life The vayne craftes men with their workes that they in their vanite haue made shall perish one with another in the tyme of visitacion ▪ Neuertheles Iacobs porciō is not soch but it is he that hath made all thinges and Israel is the rodd of his inheritaūce The LORDE of hoostes is his name Put awaye thy vnclennesse out of the londe thou that art in the stronge cities For thus saieth the LORDE Beholde I wil now thrust out the inhatours of this londe a greate waye off and trouble them of soch a fashiō that they shal no more be founde Alas how am I hurte Alas how panefull are my scourges vnto me For I cōsidre this sorow by my self I must suffre it My tabernacle is destroyed and all my coardes are broken My children are gone fro me ād can no where be founde Now haue I none to sprede out my tente or to set vp my hanginges For the hyrdmen haue done folishly that they haue not sought the LORDE Therfore haue they dealt vnwisely with their catell all are scatred abrode Beholde the noyse is harde at honde and greate sediciō out of the north to make the cities of Iuda a wyldernesse and a dwellinge place for Dragons Now I knowe o LORDE that is not in mās power to ordre his owne waies or to rule his owne steppes goinges Therfore chastē thou vs o LORDE but with fauoure and not in thy wrath bringe vs not vtterly to naught Poure out thy indignacion rather vpon the Gētiles that knowe y e not and vpon the people that call not on thy name And that because they haue consumed deuoured and destroyed Iacob and haue roted out his glory The XI Chapter THis is another Sermon which the LORDE commaunded Ieremy for to preach sayenge Heare the wordes of the couenant and speake vnto all Iuda and to all them that dwel at Ierusalem And saye thou vnto thē Thus saieth the LORDE God of Israel Cursed be euery one that is not obedient vnto y e wordes of this couenaūt which I commaunded vnto youre fathers what tyme as I brought them out of Egipte from the yron fornace sayenge Be obedient vnto my voyce and do accordinge to all that I commaunde you so shal ye be my people and I wil be youre God and will kepe my promyse y t I haue sworne vnto youre fathers
Iamin from the playne feldes from the mountaynes and from the wildernesse which shall bringe burnt offringes sacrifices oblacions and incense and offre vp thankesgeuynge in the house of the LORDE But yff ye will not be obedient vnto me to halowe the Sabbath so that ye will beare youre burthens thorow the gates off Ierusalem vpon the Sabbath Then shall I set fyre vpon the gates off Ierusalem ād it shal burne vp the houses off Ierusalem and no man shal be able to quench it The XVIII Chapter This is another communicacion that God had with Ieremy sayenge ARise and go downe in to the Potters house and there shall I tell the more off my mynde Now when I came to the Potters house I founde him makinge his worke vpon a whele The vessel that the Potter made off claye brake amonge his hōdes So he beganne a new and made a nother vessell acordinge to his mynde Then sayde the LORDE thus vnto me Maye not I do w t you as this Potter doth O ye house off Israel saieth the LORDE Beholde ye house off Israel ye are in my honde euen as the claye in the Potters honde When I take in honde to rote out to destroye or to waist awaye eny people or kīgdome yff that people agaynst whom I haue thus deuysed cōuerte from their wickednes Immediatly I repente off the plage that I deuysed to bringe vpon thē Agayne Whē I take in honde to buylde or to plante a people or a kingdome yff the same people do euell before me and heare not my voyce Immediatly I repente of the good that I deuysed to do for them Speake now therfore vnto whole Iuda and to them that dwell at Ierusalem Thus saieth the LORDE Beholde I am deuysinge a plage for you and am takinge a thinge in honde agaynst you Therfore let euery man turne from his euell waye take vpon you the thinge that is good and do right But they saye No more of this we will folowe oure owne ymaginacions and do euery mā acordinge to the wilfulnesse of his owne mynde Therfore thus saieth the LORDE Axe amonge the Heithen yf eny man hath herde soch horrible thinges as the doughter of Sion hath done Shal not y e snowe y t melteth vpon the stony rockes of Libanus moysture the feldes Or maye the springes off waters be so grauen awaye that they runne no more geue moystnesse ner make frutefull But my people hath so forgotten me y t they haue made sacrifice vnto vayne goddes And whyle they folowed their owne wayes they are come out of the hie strete and gone in to a fote waye not vsed to be troden Where thorow they haue brought their londe in to an euerlastinge wildernesse and scorne So y t who so euer trauayleth ther by shal be abashed and wagge their heades With an East wynde will I scatre thē before their enemies And when their destruction cōmeth I will turne my backe vpō them but not my face Then sayde they come let vs ymagin somthinge agaynst this Ieremy Yee this dyd euen the prestes to whom y e lawe was commytted the Senatours y t were the wyfest and the prophetes which wanted not y e worde off God Come sayde they let vs cut out his tūge and let vs not regarde his wordes Considre me o LORDE and heare the voyce of myne enemies Do they not recompence euell for good when they dygg a pyt for my soule Remembre how that I stode before the to speake for thē ād to turne awaye thy wrath from them Therfore let their childrē dye of hunger and let them be oppressed with the swearde Let their wyues be robbed of their childrē and be come wyddowes let their huszbōdes be slayne let their yonge men be kylled with the swearde in the felde Let the noyse be herde out of their houses when the murtherer cōmeth sodenly vpon them For they haue digged a pit to take me and layed snares for my fete Yet LORDE thou knowest all their coūcell that they haue deuysed to slaye me And therfore forgeue them not their wickednes and let not their synne be put out of thy sight but let them be iudged before the as the giltie This shalt thou do vnto thē in y e tyme of thy indignacion The XIX Chapter MOrouer thus saide the LORDE vnto Ieremy Go thy waye and bye the an erthen pytcher and bringe forth the Senatours and chefe prestes in to the valley of the children off Ennon which lieth before the porte that is made of brick shewe them there the wordes that I shall tell the and saye thus vnto them Heare the worde of the LORDE ye kinges of Iuda ād ye citesyns of Ierusalem Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Beholde I will bringe soch a plage vpon this place that y e eares of all that heare it shal glowe And that because they haue forsakē me and vnhalowed this place and haue offred in it vnto straunge goddes whō nether they their fathers ner the kinges off Iuda haue knowne They haue filled this place also w t the bloude of innocentes for they haue set vp an aulter vnto Baal to burne their children for a burnt offringe vnto Baal which I nether commaunded ner charged them nether thought once there vpon Beholde therfore y e tyme cōmeth saieth the LORDE y t this place shal nomore be called Tophet ner y e valley of y e childrē of Ennō but y e valley of slaughter For in this place wil I slaye the Senatours of Iuda Ierusalē kill thē downe w t the swearde in y e sight of their enemies ād of them that seke their lyues And their deed carcases wil I geue to be meate for the foules of the ayre and beestes of the felde And I wil make this cite so desolate ād despysed that who so goeth there by shal be abaszhed geast vpon her because of all hir plages I will fede them also w t the flesh of their sonnes their doughters Yee euery one shal eate vp another in the beseginge straytnesse wher w t their enemies y t seke their lyues shal kepe thē in And the pitcher shalt thou breake in the sight of the mē y t shal be w t the and saye vnto thē Thus saieth the LORDE off hoostes Euē so wil I destroye this people cite as a Potter breaketh a vessel that can not be made whole agayne In Tophet shal they be buried for they shal haue none other place Thus wil I do vnto this place also saieth the LORDE and to thē y t dwell there in yee I wil do to this cite as vnto Tophet For the houses of Ierusalē the houses of the kinges of Iuda are defyled like as Tophet because off all the houses in whose parlers they dyd sacrifice vnto all the hooste of heauē and poured out drynke offringes
led you awaye hath you yet in remembrauÌ„ce and like as ye haue bene mynded to swarne from yo r God so shal ye now endeuoure youre selues x. tymes more to turne agayne and to seke him For he that hath brought these plages vpoÌ„ you shal brynge you euerlastinge ioye agayne with youre health Take a good herte vnto the o IerusaleÌ„ for he which gaue y e that name exorteth the so to do The wicked doers that now put the to trouble shall perish and soch as haue reioysed at thy fall shal be punyshed The cities whom thy children serue and that haue caried awaye thy sonnes shal be correcte For like as they be now glad of y i decaye so shal they mourne in their owne destruccion The ioye off their multitude shal be taken awaye aÌ„d their cheare shal be turned to sorowe For a fyre shal fall vpon them from the euerlastinge God longe to endure and it shal be inhabited of deuels for a greate season The V. Chapter O Ierusalem loke aboute the towarde the east and beholde the ioye that commeth vnto the from God For lo thy sonnes whom thou hast forsakeÌ„ and that were scatred abrode come gathered together from the east and west reioysinge in the worde of the holy one vnto the honoure off God Put of thy mournynge clothes o Ierusalem and thy sorow and decke the with the worshipe and honoure that commeth vnto the from God with euerlastinge glory God shal put the cloake off rightuousnesse vpon the and set a crowne off euerlastinge worshipe vpon thine heade for vpon the will God declare his brightnes that is vnder the heauen Yee an euerlastinge name shal be geuen the of God with peace of rightuousnesse y e honoure of Gods feare Arise o Ierusalem stoÌ„de vp on hye loke aboute the towarde the east and beholde thy children gathered from the east vnto the west which reioyce in the holy worde hauynge God in remembraunce They departed from the on fote and were led awaye of their enemies but now shal the LORDE bringe them caried with honoure as children off y e kyngdome For God is purposed to brynge downe all stoute mouÌ„taynes yee and all hye rockes to fyll the valleys so to make them eauen with the grounde y t Israel maye be diligeÌ„t to lyue vnto y e honoure of God The woddes all pleasauÌ„t trees shal ouershadowe Israel at the coÌ„maundement of God For hyther shal God brynge Israel with ioyfull myrth and in the light of his magesty with the mercy and rightuousnesse that coÌ„meth of himselff A copie off the epistle that Ieremy the prophet did sende vnto the Iewes which were led awaye presoners by the kynge of BabiloÌ„ Wherin he certifieth them of the thinge that was coÌ„maunded him of God The VI. Chapter BEcause of the synnes that ye haue done agaynst God ye shal be led awaye captyue vnto Babilon euen off Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon So when ye be come in to Babilon ye shall remayne there many yeares and for a longe season namely vij generacions after that wil I bringe you awaye peaceably from theÌ„ce Now shal ye se in BabiloÌ„ goddes of golde of syluer of wodd and of stone borne vpon mens shulders to cast out a fearfulnes before the Heithen But loke that ye do not as the other be not ye afrayed and let not the feare of them ouercome you Therfore when ye se the multitude of people worshippinge them behinde before saye ye in youre hertes O LORDE it is thou that oughtest only to be worshipped Myne angel also shal be with you and I myself wil care for youre soules As for the tymbre of those goddes y e carpeÌ„ter hath polisshed them yee gylted be they layed ouer with syluer yet are they but vayne thinges can not speake Like as a wench y t loueth peramours is trymly deckte euen so are these made hanged w t golde Crownes of golde verely haue their goddes vpon their heades so the prestes themselues take the golde and syluer from them put it to their owne vses yee they geue of the same vnto harlottes aÌ„d trymme their whores withall Agayne they take it from the whores and decke their goddes therwith Yet can not these goddes delyuer them selues from rust and mothes WheÌ„ they haue couered them with clothynge off purple they wype their faces for the dust of the temple wherof their is moch amoÌ„ge theÌ„ One hath a sceptre in his honde as though he were iudge of the countre yet can he not slaye soch as offende him Another hath a swearde or an axe in his honde for all that is he nether able to defende him selfe from batayll ner fâ—o murtherers By this ye maye vnderstonde that they be no goddes therfore se y t ye nether worshipe them ner feare them For like as a vessel y t a man vseth is nothinge worth when it is broken euen so is it with their goddes When they be set vp in the temple their eyes be full of dust thorow the fete of those that come in And like as y e dores are shut in rouÌ„de aboute vpoÌ„ him y t hath offended the kinge Or as it were a deed body kepte besyde the graue Euen so the prestes kepte the dores with barres and lockes lest their goddes be spoyled with robbers They set vp caÌ„dels before theÌ„ yee verely and y t many wherof they can not se one but euen as blockes so stonde they in the temple It is sayde y t the serpentes and wormes which come off the earth gnawe out their hertes eatinge them their clothes also and yet they fele it not Their faces are blacke thorow the smoke y t is in the temple The oules swalowes byrdes fle vpon them yee and the cattes runne ouer their heades By this ye maye be sure that they are not goddes therfore feare them not The golde that they haue is to make them beutifull for all that excepte some body dight off their rust they wil geue no shyne and when they were cast into a fourme they felt it not They are bought for money and haue no breth off life within them They must be borne vpon mens shulders as those that haue no fete wherby they declare vnto men that they be nothynge worth Confounded be they then that worshipe them For yf they fall to the grounde they can not ryse vp agayne of theÌ„selues Yee though one helpe them vp and set them right yet are they not able to stonde alone but must haue proppes set vnder them like deed men As for the thinge that is offred vnto them their prestes sell it aÌ„d abuse it yee the prestes wyues take therof but vnto the sicke and poore they geue nothinge of it the women with childe the meÌ„struous laye hondes of their offerynges By this ye maye be sure that they are not goddes therfore be not ye afrayde of them From whence coÌ„meth it theÌ„
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
Therfore beare thine owne shame thou that in synne hast ouercome thy sisters seinge thou hast done so abhominably that they were better then thou Be ashamed therfore I saye and beare thine owne confucion thou that makest thy sisters good women As for their captiuyte namely the captiuyte of Sodoma and hir dougters the captiuyte of Samaria and hir doughters I wil bringe them agayne so will I also bringe agayne thy captiuyte amōge them that thou mayest take thine owne confucion vpon the and be ashamed of all that thou hast done and to comforte them Thus thy sisters namely Sodoma and hir doughters Samaria and hir doughters with y e self thy doughters shal be brought agayne to youre olde estate Whē thou wast in thy pryde and before thy wickednesse came to light thou woldest not heare speake of thy sister Sodoma vntill the tyme that the Sirians with all their townes and the Philistynes with all that lye rounde aboute them brought the to shame and confucion that thou mightest beare thine owne fylthynes and abhominacion saieth the LORDE For thus saieth the LORDE God I shulde by right deale with the as thou hast done Thou hast despysed the ooth and broken the couenaunte Neuertheles I wil remembre the couenaunt that I made with them thy youth in so moch that it shall be an euerlastinge couenaunt So that thou also remembre thy wayes and be ashamed of thē then shalt thou receaue of me thy elder and yonger sisters whom I wil make thy doughters and that besyde thy couenaunt And so I wil renue my couenaunt with the y t thou mayest knowe that I am the LORDE that thou mayest thincke vpō it be ashamed and excuse thine owne confucion nomore when I haue forgeuen the all that thou hast done saieth the LORDE God The XVII Chapter THe worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne of man put forth a darcke speakynge and a parable vnto the house of Israel and saye Thus saieth the LORDE God There came a greate Aegle with greate wynges yee w t mightie longe wynges and full of fethers of dyuerse colours vpon the mount of Libanus and toke a braunch from a Cedre tre and brake of the toppe of his twygge and caried it in to the londe of Canaan and set it in a cite of marchauntes He toke also a braunch of the londe and planted it in a frutefull grounde he brought it vnto greate waters set it as a will ye tre therby Then dyd it growe and was a greate wyne stocke but lowe by the grounde thus there came of it a vyne and it brought forth blossomes spred out braunches But there was another Aegle a greate one which had greate wynges and many fethers and beholde y e rotes of this vyne had an hūger after him and spred out his braunches towarde him to water his frutes Neuertheles it was plāted vpon a good grounde besyde greate waters so that by reason it shulde haue brought out braunches and frute and haue bene a goodly vyne Speake thou therfore thus saieth the LORDE God Shal this vyne prospere shal not his rotes be pluckte out his frute broken of his grene braunches wythereed and fade awaye yee without ether stronge arme or many people shal it be plucked vp by the rotes Beholde it was planted shall it prospere therfore Shall it not be dryed vp and withered yee euen in the shutinge out of his blossomes as soone as y e east wynde bloweth Morouer the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Speake to that frauwarde housholde knowe ye not what these thinges do signifie Tell them Beholde the kinge of Babilon came to Ierusalem and toke the kinge his prynces and ledde them to Babilon He toke of the kinges sede and made a couenaunt with him and toke an ooth of him The prynces of the londe toke he with him also that the londe might be holden in subieccion and not to rebelle but kepe the couenaunt and fulfill it But he fell from him sent his Embassitours in to Egipte that he might haue horses moch people Shulde that prospere Shulde he be kepte safe that doth soch thinges Or shulde he escape that breaketh his couenaunt As truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE God He shal dye at Babilon in y e place where the kinge dwelleth that made him kinge whose ooth he hath despised and whose couenaunt he hat broken Nether shall Pharao with his greate hoost and multitude of people maynteyne him in the warre when they cast vp diches and set vp bulworkes to destroye moch people For seinge he hath despysed the ooth and broken the couenaunt where as he yet gaue his honde thervpon and done all these thinges he shall not escape Therfore thus saieth the LORDE God As truly as I lyue I will bringe myne ooth that he hath despysed and my couenaunt that he hath broken vpon his owne heade I wil cast my net aboute him and catch him in my yarne To Babilon will I cary him there will I punysh him because of the greate offence that he made me As for those y t fle from him out of y e hoost they shal be slayne with the swearde The residue shal be scatred towarde all the wyndes and ye shal knowe that I the LORDE haue spoken it Thus saieth the LORDE God I will also take a braunch from an hie Cedre tre and will set it and take the vppermost twygge that yet is but tendre and plante it vpon an hie hill Namely vpon the hie hill of Sion will I plante it that it maye bringe forth twygges and geue frute and be a greate Cedre tre so that all maner of foules maye byde in it and make their nestes vnder the shadowe of his braunches And all the trees of the felde shall knowe that I the LORDE haue brought downe the hie tre and set the lowe tre vp that I haue dryed vp the grene tre and made the drye tre to florish Euen I the LORDE y t spake it haue also brought it to passe The XVIII Chapter THe worde of the LORDE came vnto me on this maner what meane ye by this comon prouerbe that ye vse in the londe of Israel sayenge The fathers haue eaten soure grapes and the childrēs teth are set on edge As truly as I lyue saieth y e LORDE God ye shal vse this by worde nomore in Israel Beholde all soules are myne Like as the father is myne so is y e sonne myne also The soule that synneth shal dye Yf a man be godly and do the thinge that is equall right he eateth not vpon the hilles he lifteth not his eyes vp to the Idols of Israel he defyleth not his neghbours wife he medleth w t no menstruous woman he greueth no body he geueth his detter his pledge agayne he taketh none other mans good by violēce he parteth his mete with the hongrie he clotheth the naked he lendeth
their strēgth are layed by them that were slayne with the swearde yee amonge the vncircumcised and them which are gone downe in to the pytte Morouer there be all the prynces of the north with all the Sidoniās which are gone downe to the slayne With their feare and strength they are come to confucion and lye there vncircumcised amonge those that be slayne with the swearde and beare their owne shame with them that be gone downe to y e pytte Now when Pharao seyth this he shal be comforted ouer all his people that is slayne with the swearde both Pharao all his hoost saieth y e LORDE God For I haue geuē my feare in the lōde of the lyuynge But Pharao all his people shall ye amōge the vncircumcised and amonge them that be slayne with the swearde saieth the LORDE God The XXXIII Chapter AGayne the worde off the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Thou sonne off man Speake to the childrē of thy people and tell them When I sende a swearde vpon a londe yf the people off the londe take a man off their countre and set him to be their watchman y e same man whā he seyth the swearde come vpon the londe shall blowe the trompet and warne the people Yff a man now heare the noyse off the trompet will not be warned and the swearde come ād take him awaye his bloude shall be vpō his owne heade For he herde the soūde of the trompet and wolde not take hede therfore his bloude be vpon him But yff he will receaue warnynge he shal saue his life Agayne yf the watch man se the swerde come and shewe it not with the trompet so y t the people is not warned yff the swearde come then and take eny man from amōge thē the same shall be taken awaye in his owne synne but his bloude will I requyre off the watchmans honde And now O thou sonne of man I haue made the a watchman vnto the house of Israel that where as thou hearest eny thinge out of my mouth thou mayest warne them on my behalfe Yff I saye vnto the wicked thou wicked thou shalt surely dye and thou geuest him not warnynge that he maye bewarre off his vngodly waye then shall the wicked dye in his owne synne but his bloude will I requyre of thy honde Neuertheles yf thou warne the wicked off his waye to turne from it where as he yet wil not be turned from it then shal he dye because off his synne but thou hast delyuered thy soule Therfore O thou sonne off man speake vnto the house off Israel Ye saye thus Oure offences and synnes lye vpon vs and webe corrupte in them how shulde we then be restored vnto life Tell them As truly as I lyue saieth the LORDE God I haue no pleasure in the death off the wicked but moch rather that the wicked turne from his waye and lyue Turne you turne you from yo r vngodly wayes o ye off the house off Israel Oh wherfore will ye dye Thou sonne off man tell the children off thy people The rightuousnes of the rightuous shall not saue him whan so euer he turneth awaye vnfaithfully Agayne the wickednesse of the wicked shal not hurte him whan so euer he conuerteth from his vngodlynesse And y e rightuousnesse of the rightuous shal not saue his life when so euer he synneth Yff I saye vnto the rightuous that he shall surely lyue and so he trust to his owne rightuousnesse and do synne then shall his rightuousnesse be nomore thought vpon but in the wickednesse that he hath done he shall dye Agayne yff I saye to the wicked thou shalt surely dye and so he turne frō his synnes and do the thinge that is laufull and right In so moch that the same wicked mā geueth the pledge agayne restoreth that he had taken awaye by robbery walketh in the cōmaundementes off life and doth no wrōge Then shall he surely lyue and not dye Yee the synnes that he had done shal neuer be thought vpon For in so moch as he doth now the thynge that is laufull and right he shall lyue And yet the children off thy people saye Tush the waye of the LORDE is not right where as their owne waye is rather vnright When the rightuous turneth from his rightuousnesse and doeth the thynge that is wicked he shall dye therfore But yf the wicked turne from his wickednesse doinge the thinge that is laufull and right he shall lyue therfore Yet ye saye ▪ he waye of y e LORDE is not equall O ye house of Israel I wil iudge euery one of you after his wayes In the xij yeare the v. daye of the x. Moneth of oure captyuyte it happened that one which was fled out of Ierusalem came vnto me and sayde y e cite is destroyed Now the honde of the LORDE had bene vpon me the euenynge afore this man which was escaped came vnto me and had opened my mouth vntyll the mornynge that he came to me Yee he opened my mouth so y t I was nomore domme Then came the worde of y e LORDE vnto me and sayde Thou sonne off man these that dwell in the waisted londe of Israel saye Abraham was but one man ād he had the londe in possessiō now are we many and the londe is geuen vs to possesse also And therfore tell them Thus saieth the LORDE In the bloude haue ye eaten youre eyes haue ye lift vp to Idols and haue shed bloude shal ye then haue the londe in possession Ye leane vpon youre sweardes ye worke abhominacions euery one defyleth his neghbours wife and shal ye then possesse the londe Saye thou these wordes vnto thē Thus saieth the LORDE God As truly as I lyue all ye that dwell in this wildernesse shall be slayne w t the swearde what so is vpon the felde will I geue vnto the beestes to be deuoured those that be in stronge holdes and dennes shall dye off the pestilēce For I wil make the londe desolate and waist and y e pōpe off hir strength shall come to an ende The mountaynes in Israel shal be so waiste that no man shall trauayle therby Then shall they lerne to knowe that I am the LORDE whē I make the lōde waist and desolate because off all their abhominacions that they haue wrought And thou sonne off man the children off thy people y t talke of the by the walles ād in the dores of their houses sayenge one to another come let vs heare what worde is gone forth from the LORDE These come vnto the after y e maner of a greate people yee my people syt downe before the and heare thy wordes but they do not therafter For in their mouthes they shewe themselues as though they were feruent but their herte goeth after their owne couetous lucre And as a balet y t hath a swete tune ād is pleasaūt to synge so shalt thou be vnto
statute namely that who so desyreth eny peticion ether of eny god or man with in this xxx dayes excepte it be only off the O kynge the same person maye be cast into the Lyons denne Wherfore o kynge confirme thou this stature and make a writynge that the thynge which the Medes and Perses haue ordened be not altered ner broken So Darius made the wrytynge and confirmed it Now when Daniel vnderstode that the wrytynge was made he wente in to his house and the wyndowes of his hall towarde Ierusalem stode open There kneled he downe vpon his knees thre tymes a daye there he made his peticion and praysed his God like as his maner was to do afore tyme. Then these men made searche and founde Daniel makynge his peticion and prayenge vnto his God So they came to the kynge and spake before him concernynge his commaundement sayenge O kynge hast thou not subscribed the statute that within xxx dayes who so requyreth his peticion off eny god or man but only of thy self o kynge he shal be cast in to the denne of the Lyons The kynge answered aÌ„d sayde yee it is true It must be as a lawe of y e Medes and Perses that maye not be broken Then answered they and sayde vnto the kynge Daniel one of the presoners of Iuda O kynge regardeth nether the ner thy statute that thou hast made but maketh his peticion thre tymes a daye When the kynge herde these wordes he was sore greued and wolde haue excused Daniel to delyuer him and put off the matter vnto the Sonne weÌ„te downe to the intent that he might saue him These men perceauynge the kynges mynde sayde vnto him knowe this o kynge that the lawe off the Medes and Perses is that the commaundement and statute which the kynge maketh maye not be altered Then the kynge bad them brynge Daniel and they cast him into the Lyons denne The kynge also spake vnto Daniel aÌ„d sayde Thy God whom thou allwaye seruest euen he shall defende the. And there was brought a stone and layed vpon the hole of the denne this the kynge sealed with his owne rynge and with y e signet of his prynces that the kynges commaundement concernynge Daniel shulde not be broken So the kynge wente in to his palace and kepte him sober all night so that there was no table spred before him nether coude he take eny slepe But be tymes in the mornynge at the breake off the daye the kynge arose and wente in all haist vnto the denne off the Lyons Now as he came nyâ— vnto y e deÌ„ne he cried w t a piteous voyce vnto Daniel Yee y e kiÌ„ge spake and sayde vnto Daniel O Daniel thou seruaunt off the lyuynge God Is not thy God whom thou allwaye seruest able to delyuer the from the lyons Daniel sayde vnto the kynge O kynge God saue thy life for euer My God hath sent his angel which hath shut the lyons mouthes so that they might not hurte me For why myne vngiltynesse is founde out before him And as for the o kynge I neuer offended the. Then was the kynge exceadinge glad aÌ„d commaunded to take Daniel out off the denne So Daniel was brought out of the deÌ„ne and no maner of hurte was founde vpoÌ„ him For he put his trust in his God And as for those men which had accused Daniel the kiÌ„ge commaunded to bringe them and to cast them in the lyons denne them their children and their wyues So the lyons had the mastry of them and brake all their bones a sonder or euer they came at the grounde After this wrote kynge Darius vnto all people kynreddes and tunges that dwelt in all londes peace be multiplied with you My commaundement is in all my dominioÌ„ and kyngdome that men feare and stonde in awe off Daniels God For he is the lyuinge God which abydeth euer his kyngdome shall not fayle and his power is euerlastynge It is he that delyuereth and saueth he doth wonders and maruelous workes in heauen and in earth he hath preserued Daniel from the power of the lyons This Daniel prospered in the raigne off Darius and Cirus of Persia. The VII Chapter IN the first yeare off Balthasar kynge off Babilon sawe Daniel a dreame and a vision was in his heade vpon his bedde Which dreame he wrote and the summe of the matter is this Daniel spake and sayde I sawe in my vision by nyght and beholde the foure wyndes of y e heauen stroue vpon the see and foure greate beestes came vp from the see one vnlike another The first was as a lyon and yet had he Aegles wynges I sawe that his wynges were plucte from him and he taken awaye from the earth that he stode vpon his fete as a man and that there was geuen him a mans herte Beholde the seconde beest was like a Beer and stode vpon the one syde Amonge his teth in his mouth he had iij greate loÌ„ge teth and it was sayde vnto him Arise eate vp moch flesh Then I loked beholde there was another like vnto a Leoparde this had wynges as a foule euen foure vpon the backe This beest had foure heades aÌ„d there was power geuen him After this I sawe in a vision by night beholde the fourth beest was grymme and horrible and maruelous stronge It had greate yron teth it deuoured and destroyed and stamped the residue vnder fete It was farre vnlike the other beestes that weâ—â— before it for it had ten hornes wheroff I toke good hede And beholde there came vp amonge theÌ„ another like horne before whom there were thre of the first hornes pluckte awaye Beholde this horne had eyes like a maÌ„ a mouth speakynge presumptuous thinges I loked till the seates were prepared aÌ„d till the olde aged sat him downe His clothinge was as white as snowe and the hayres of his heade like the pure woll His trone was like the firie flame and his wheles as the burnynge fyre There drew forth a firie streame wente out from him A thousand tymes a thousande serued him x. M. tymes ten thousande stode before him The iudgmeÌ„t was set and the bokes opened Then toke I hede there vnto because of the voyce of the proude wordes which that horne spake I behelde till the beest was slayne and his body destroyed geuen ouer to be brent in the fyre As for the power of the other beestes also it was taken awaye but their lyues were prolonged for a tyme and season I sawe in a vision by night and beholde there came one in the cloudes of heauen like the sonne of a man which wente vnto the olde aged before whom they brought him Then gaue he him power aÌ„d dignite regall that all people trybes and tunges shulde serue him His power is an euerlastinge power which shal neuer be put downe his kyngdome endureth vncorrupte My herte was vexed I Daniel had a troubled
alonge season but se that thou playest not the harlot and loke thou medle with none other man then wil I kepe my self for the. Thus the childreÌ„ of Israel shal syt a greate whyle without kinge and prynce without offerynge and aulter without prest and reuelacion But afterwarde shal the children of Israel conuerte and seke the LORDE their God and Dauid their kinge and in y e latter dayes they shal worshipe the LORDE and his louynge kyndnesse The IIII. Chapter HEare y e worde of the LORDE o ye children of Israel For the LORDE must punysh theÌ„ y t dwel in the londe And why There is no faith fulnesse there is no mercy there is no knowlege of God in the loÌ„de but swearinge lyeÌ„ge maÌ„slaughter the ft and aduoutry haue gotten the ouerhande one bloud giltynesse foloweth another Therfore shal the londe be in a miserable case and all they that dwell therin shal mourne The beastes in the felde the foules in y e ayre and the fishes in the see shall dye Yet is there none that wil chasteÌ„ nor reproue another The prestes which shulde refourme other meÌ„ are become like the people Therfore stomblest thou in y e daye tyme â–ª the prophet with the in the night I wil bringe thy mother to sylence why my people perish because they haue no knowlege Seinge then that thou hast refused vnderstondinge therfore wil I refuse y e also so that then shalt nomore be my prest And for so moch as thou hast forgotten the lawe of thy God I wil also forget thy childreÌ„ The more they increased in multitude the more they synned agaynst me therfore wil I chaurge their honoure in to shame They eate vp the synnes of my people corage them in their wickednesse Thus the prest is become like the people Wherfore I will punysh them for their wicked wayes rewarde them acordinge to their owne ymaginacions â–ª They shal eate not haue ynough They haue vsed whordome therfore shall they not prospere why they haue forsaken the LORDE not regarded him Whordome wyne and dronckennesse take the herte awaye My people axe councel at their stockes their staffe must tell them For an whorish mynde hath disceaued them so y t they coÌ„mitte fornicacion agaynst their God They make sacrifice vpon the hie mountaynes burne their incense vpon the hilles yee amonge the okes groues buszshes for there are good shadowes Therfore yo r doughters are become harlottes and youre spouses haue brokeÌ„ their wedlocke I wil not punish yo r doughters for beinge defyled yo r brydes that became whores seinge the fathers themselues haue medled with harlottes and offered with vnthriftes but the people that wil not vnderstonde must be punyshed Though thou Israel art disposed to playe y e harlot yet shuldest not thou haue offended o Iuda thou shuldest not haue runne to Galgala ner haue gone vp to BethaueÌ„ nor haue sworne the LORDE lyueth For Israel is gone backe like a waÌ„ton cowe The LORDE therfore shal make hir fede as y e laÌ„be y t goâ—eth astraye And where as Ephraim is become partaker of Idols wel let him go Their dronckeÌ„nesse hath put theÌ„ backe brought them to whordome Their rulers loue rewardes brynge saye they to their owne shame A wynde shall take holde of their fethers they shal be coÌ„founded in their offeringes The V. Chapter HEare this o ye prestes take hede o thou housholde of Israel geue eare o thou kingly house for this punyshment wil come vpon you that are become a snare vnto Myspa and a spred net vnto the mount of Thabor They kyll sacrifices by heapes to begyle the people therwith therfore wil I punysh them all I knowe Ephraim well ynough Israel is not hyd fro me for Ephraim is become an harlot and Israel is defyled They are not mynded to turne vnto their God for they haue an whorish herte so y t they can not knowe the LORDE But the pryde of Israel wil be rewarded him in his face yee both Israel and Ephraim shal fall for their wickednesse and Iuda with them also They shall come with their shepe bullockes to seke y e LORDE but they shal not fynde him for he is gone from them As for the LORDE they haue refused him and brought vp bastarde children a moneth therfore shall deuoure them with their porcions Blowe with the shawmes at Gabea and with the trumpet in Rama crie out at Bethauen vpon the yonside of Ben Iamin In the tyme of y e plage shal Ephraim be layed waist therfore dyd I faithfully warne the trybes of Israel Yet are the prynces of Iuda become like them that remoue the londemarckes therfore wil I poure out my wrath vpon them like water Ephraim is oppressed and can haue no right of the lawe for why they folowe y e doctrynes of men Therfore will I be vnto Ephraim as a moth to the house of Iuda as a caterpiller When Ephraim sawe his sicknesse and Iuda his disease Ephraim wente vnto Assur and sent vnto kinge Iareb yet coude not he helpe you ner ease you of youre payne I am vnto Ephraim as a lyon and as a lyons whelpe to the house of Iuda Euen I I wil spoyle them go my waye I wil take them with me and no man shal rescue them I wil go and returne to my place till they waxe faynt and seke me The VI. Chapter IN their aduersite they shall seke me and saye come let vs turne agayne to the LORDE for he hath smytten vs and he shal heale vs He hath wounded vs he shal bynde vs vp agayne after two dayes shal be quycken vs in the thirde daye he shal rase vs vp so that we shal lyue in his sight Then shal we haue vnderstondinge endeuoure oure selues to knowe the LORDE He shal go forth as the sprynge of the daye and come vnto vs as the euenynge and mornynge rayne vpon the earth O Ephraim what shal I do vnto the O Iuda how shal I intreate the seynge youre loue is like a mornynge cloude like a dew y t goeth early awaye Therfore haue I cut downe the prophetes letten them be slayne for my wordes sake so that thy punyshment shal come to light For I haue pleasure in louynge kyndnesse and not in offerynge Yee in the knowlege of God more then in burnt sacrifice But euen like as Adam dyd so haue they broken my couenaunt and set me at naught Galaad is a cite of wicked doers of malicious people and bloudshedders The multitude of the prestes is like an heape of theues murtherers bloud thurstie for they haue wrought abhominacion Horrible thinges haue I sene in the house of Israel there playeth Ephraim the harlot and Israel is defyled but Iuda shall haue an haruest for himself when I returne the captiuyte of my people The VII
and more of their syluer they make them molten ymages like the Idols of the Heithen and yet all is nothinge but the worke of the craftesman Not withstōdinge they preach of the same who so wil kysse the calues offreth to men Therfore they shal be as the mornynge cloude and as the dew that early passeth awaye and like as dust that y e wynde taketh awaye from the floore and as smoke that goeth out of y e chymney I am the LORDE thy God which brought the out of the londe of Egipte that thou shuldest knowe no God but me only that thou shuldest haue no Sauioure but only me I toke diligent hede of the in the wildernesse that drye londe But when they were wel fedde and had ynough they waxed proude and forgat me Therfore will I be vnto them as a lyon and as a leoparde in y e waye to the Assirians I wil come vpon them as a she beer that is robbed of hir welpes and I wil breake that stubburne herte of theirs There wil I deuoure them as a lyon yee the wylde beastes shal teare them O Israel thou doest but destroye thy self In me only is thy helpe Where are thy kinges now that shulde helpe the in all thy cities Yee and thy iudges of whom thou saydest geue me a kinge and prynces well I gaue the a kinge in my wrath and in my displeasure will I take him from the agayne The wickednesse of Ephraim is bounde together his synne lieth hyd Therfore shall sorowes come vpon him as vpon a woman that traualeth An vndiscrete sonne is he for he considreth not that he shulde not haue bene able to haue endured in the tyme of his byrth had not I defended him from the graue and delyuered him from death O death I wil be thy death o hell I wil be thy stynge Yet can I se no comforth for when he is now the goodliest amonge the brethren the east wynde euen the wynde of the LORDE shal come downe from the wildernesse and drye vp his condytes and drynke vp his welles he shal spoyle the treasure of all pleasaunt vessels As for Samaria they shal be made waist why they are disobedient vnto their God They shal perish with the swearde their children shal be slayne and their women bygg with childe shal be rypte vp The XIIII Chapter TVrne the now o Israel vnto y e LORDE thy God for thou hast taken a greate fall thorow thy wickednesse Take these wordes with you when ye turne to the LORDE saye vnto him O forgeue vs all oure synnes receaue vs graciously then wil we offre y e bullockes of oure lyppes vnto the. Assur shal be no more oure helper nether will we ryde vpon horses eny more As for the workes of oure hondes we wil nomore call vpon them For it is thou that art oure God thou shewest euer mercy vnto the fatherlesse O yf they wolde do this I shulde heale their sores yee with all my herte wolde I loue them so y t my wrath shulde clene be turned awaye from them Yee I wolde be vnto Israel as the dewe and he shulde growe as y e lylie his rote shulde breake out as Libanus His braunches shulde sprede out abrode be as fayre as the olyue tre smel as Libanus They that dwel vnder his shadowe shulde come agayne growe vp as the corne florish as the vyne he shulde haue as good a name as the wyne of Libanus O Ephraim what haue I to do with Idols eny more I wil graciously heare him lede him forth I wil be vnto the as a grene Fyrre tre vpon me shalt thou fynde thy frute Who so is wyse shal vnderstonde this he y t is right enstructe wil regarde it For y e wayes of the LORDE are rightuous soch as be godly wil walke in them As for the wicked they wil stomble therin The ende of the prophet Oseas The Prophet Ioel. What Ioel conteyneth Chap. I. He sheweth Israel that all their glory and outwarde ceremonies shal be put downe and ceasse Chap. II. The plages are greate wherfore he wolde haue them to mourne yet yf they will amende they maye hope for grace Chap. III. How the people are brought agayne and their enemies punished The first Chapter THis is the worde of the LORDE that came vnto Ioel the sonne of Phatuel Heare o ye elders pōdre this wel all ye that dwell in the lōde yf euer there happened soch a thinge in youre dayes or in y e dayes of youre fathers Tell youre children of it let them shewe it vnto their children so they to certifie their posterite therof Loke what the caterpiller hath lefte y t hath the greshopper eaten vp what the greshopper lefte that hath the locuste eaten vp what the locuste hath lefte that hath the blastinge consumed Wake vp ye dronckardes wepe mourne all ye wyne suppers because of youre swete wyne for it shal be taken awaye from youre mouth Yee a mightie an innumerable people shall come vp in to my londe these haue teth like the teth of lyons chaftbones like the lyones ses They shal make my vinyarde waist they shal pyll of the barckes of my fygetrees strype them bare cast them awaye and make the braunches whyte Make y e mone as a virgin doth y t gyrdeth her selfe with sacke because of hir bryde grome For the meate drynkofferynge shal be taken awaye from the house of the LORDE the prestes y e LORDES ministers shal mourne The felde shal be waisted the londe shal be in a miserable case for the corne shal be destroyed the swete wyne shal come to confucion the oyle vtterly desolate The huszbōde men the wyne gardeners shal loke piteously make lamentacion for the wheate wyne barley because the haruest vpon the felde is so clene destroyed The grape gatherers shal make greate mone when the vynyarde fygetrees be so vtterly waisted Yee all the pomgarnettes palmtrees apletrees the other trees of the felde shall wyther awaye Thus the mery cheare of the children of men shal come to confucion Gyrde you make yo r mone o ye prestes mourne ye ministres of the aulter go youre waye in slepe in sack cloth o ye officers of my God for the meat drynkofferynge shal be taken awaye from the house of yo r God Proclame a fastynge call the cōgregacion gather the elders all the inhabiters of the londe together into the house of the LORDE yo r God crie vnto the LORDE alas alas for this daye And why the daye of the LORDE is at honde and commeth as a destroyer from the Allmightie Shal not y e meates be taken awaye before oure eyes the myrth also ioye from the house of oure God The sede shal perish in the grounde the garners shall lye waist the floores shal be
appoynted in the wrytinge and I shal geue it the for thou art founde wyser then thy companyons thou shalt sytt nexteme and be my kynsman Then sayde he vnto the kynge Remembre thy promyse and vowe which thou hast vowed and promysed in the daye whan thou camest to the kyngdome to buylde vp Ierusalem and to sende againe all the vessels and Iewels that were taken awaye out of Ierusalem which Cyrus separated whan he offred in Babilon and wolde sende them agayne And thy minde was to buylde vp the temple which the Edomites breÌ„t whan Ierusalem was destroyed by the Caldees This onely O kynge is the thinge that I requyre this is y e maiesty which I desyre axe of the that thou perfourme the vowe which thou with thine owne mouth hast made vnto the kynge of heauen Then Darius the kynge stode vp and kyssed him and wrote a letter vnto all the debytes and shreues to all y e lordes and nobles y t they shulde conveye him forth all them y t wolde go vp with him He wrote a letter also vnto all y e shreues y t were in Celosyria Phenices vnto Libanus y t they shulde harle cedre trees from Libanus vnto Ierusalem to buylde y e cite withall Morouer he wrote vnto all y e Iewes that were gone out of his realme in to Iewry because of the fredome y t no officer no ruler ner shreue shulde come to their dores and that all their londe â–ª which they had conquered shulde be fre and not tributary And that the Edomytes shulde geue ouer the cities and vyllagies of the Iewes which they had taken in yee that they shulde yearly geue xx taleÌ„tes to y e buyldinge of the temple vntill the tyme that it were fynished and to the daylie halowinge of the brent offeringes as it is commaunded ten talentes yearly also And y t all they which come from Babilon to buylde the cite shulde haue fre lybertie they their children and all the prestes He wrote the greatnesse also commaunded that the holy garment shulde be geuen theÌ„ wherin they ministred and wrote that commaundementes shulde be geuen to the Leuites vntill the daye that the house were fynished and Ierusalem buylded vp and coÌ„maunded that all they that watched the cite shulde haue their porcions and wagies He gaue ouer also all the vessell y t Cyrus had separated from Babilon all y t Cyrus had geueÌ„ in coÌ„maundement y e same charged he also y t it shulde be done sent vnto Ierusalem Now whan this yonge maÌ„ was gone forth he turned his face towarde IerusaleÌ„ praysed y e kinge of heaueÌ„ sayde Of y e coÌ„meth victory of the coÌ„meth wyszdome clearnesse I am thy seruaunt Blessed art thou which hast geuen me wyszdome the wyll I prayse O LORDE thou God of oure fathers And so he toke the letters wente vnto Babilon And whan he came there he tolde this vnto all his brethreÌ„ y t were at BabiloÌ„ they praysed y e God of their fathers y t he had geueÌ„ them refreszshinge lyberte to go vp to buylde IerusaleÌ„ the temple which is there called after the name of the LORDE and they reioysed with instrumentes gladnesse seuen dayes longe The V. Chapter AFter this were the prynciall meÌ„ of all y e vyllagies chosen in the trybes kinreddes that they shulde go vp with their wiues and children with their seruauntes and maydens with all their catell substaunce And Darius the kynge sent with them a thousande horsmen to conveye them safely vnto Ierusalem and their brethreÌ„ were glad playenge vpon instrumeÌ„tes and synginge And these are the names of the meÌ„ which wente vp out of the vyllagies acordinge to the trybes Of the prestes the sonne of Phineas the sonne of Aaron Iesus the sonne of Iosedec Ioachim the sonne of Zorobabel the sonne of Salathiel of the kynred of Dauid out of the kynred of Phares of the trybe of Iuda which spake wonderfull thinges vnder Darius the kynge of Persia in y e seconde yeare of his raigne in the first moneth of Nisan These also are they of Iewry which came vp and turned Agayne vnto Ierusalem out of the captiuyte that Nabuchodonosor y e kynge of Babilon had brought vnto Babilon And euery man sought his porcion agayne in Iewry his cite they that came w t Zorobabel and with Iesus Nehemias Saraias Raelaias Elimeus Emmanius Mardocheus Beelserus Mechpsa Rochor Oliorus Emonias one of their prynces And the noÌ„bre of theÌ„ acordinge to their kynreddes rulers was The childreÌ„ of Phares two thousande an hundreth lxxij The children of Ares iij. M. an C. and lvij The children of Femo an C. and xlij In the sonnes of Iesus and Ioabes a M.iij C. and two The sonnes of Beniu ij M.iiij C. and lxx The sonnes of Choroba ij C. and v. The sonnes of Banica an C. and lxviij The sonnes of Rebech iiij C. and thre The sonnes of Archad iiij C. and xxvij The sonnes of Cham xxxvij The sonne of Zoroar ij M. and lxvij The sonnes of Adinu iiij C. and lxj The sonnes of Adarectis an C. and viij The sonnes of Ciaso and Zelas an C. and vij The sonnes of Azorec iiij C. and xxxix The sonnes of Iedarbone an C. and xxxij The sonnes of Hananias an C. and xxx The sonnes of Asoni xc The sonnes of Marsar iiij C. and xxij The sonnes of Zabarus xcv The sonnes of Sepholemon an C. and xxiij The sonnes of Nepopas lv The sonnes of Hechanatus an C. and lviij The sonnes of Zebethanus an C. and xxxij The sonnes of Crearpatros which is called also Enohadies and Modias iiij C. and xxiij Of them of Gramos and Gabea an C. and xxj Of them of Besselon and Câ—agge lxv Of them of Bastharus an C. and xxij Of them of Bechenobes lv Of the sonnes of Liptis there were an C. and lv Of the sonnes of Labonnus iij. C. and lvij Of the sonnes of Sichem iij. C. and lxx Of the sonnes of Suadon and Elimon iij. C. and lxxviij Of the sonnes of Ericus ij M. an C. and xlv The sonnes of Anaas thre hundreth and lxx The prestes The sonnes of Ieddus The sonnes of Euther The sonnes of El Iasib iij. C. and lxxij The sonnes of Emerus ij C. and lij The sonnes of Fasurius iij. C. lvij The sonnes of Carea ij C. xxvij The Leuites The sonnes of Iesus in Caduhel and Banus and Serebias and Edeas seuentie and foure The whole nombre of these from xij yeares was iij. M.iiij C. and lxij â–ª Of the sonnes daughters and wyues the whole summe was iiij M.ij. C. and xlij The sonnes of the prestes that praysed God in the temple The sonnes of Asaph of whom there were an C. and xxviij But the dore kepers were The children of Esmenus The children of Aser The children of Amon The children of Acuba Topa The children of Tobi an C. and
was oure house fynished vnto the xxiij daye of the moneth Addar in y e vj. yeare of kynge Darius And the children of Israel the prestes the Leuites the other that were come out of captiuyte soch as were ioyned vnto them dyd acordinge as it is wrytten in the boke of Moses And in the dedicacion of the temple they offred an hundreth oxen an C. rammes iiij C. lambes xij goates for the synnes of all the people of Israel after y e nombre of the trybes of Israel The prestes also the Leuites stode arayed in the prestly garmētes after y e trybes ouer all y e workes of the LORDE God of Israel acordinge to y e boke of Moses and the porters by all the dores And the children of Israel w t those y t were come out of captiuyte helde the Passeouer the xiiij daye of the first moneth whan the prestes and the Leuites were sanctified They that came out of captiuyte were not all sanctified together but the Leuites were all sanctified together And so all they that came out of captiuyte kylled the easter lambe for their brethrē for the prestes for them selues And the childrē of Israel y t came out of captiuyte escaped frō all y e abhominacions of the Heithē sought the LORDE and kepte the feast of vnleuended bred vij daies longe eatinge drynkynge were mery before the LORDE y t the LORDE had turned the deuyce of the kynge of Assiria comforted their handes to the workes of y e LORDE God of Israel The VIII Chapter ANd after him whan Artaxerses the kynge of y e Persiās raigned there wēte vnto him Eszdras the sonne of Saraias the sonne of Azarias the sonne of Helchia y e sonne of Sallū the sonne of Sadoc y e sonne of Achitob the sonne of Amarias y e sonne of Azarias the sonne of Boccus y e sonne of Abisu y e sonne of Phineas the sonne of Eleazar y e sonne of Aaron y e first prest This Eszdras wēte vp from Babilon for he had good vnderstondinge in y e lawe of Moses y t was geuē of the LORDE God of Israel to be taught done in dede And y e kinge fauoured him dyd him greate worshipe and honoure after all his desyres There wente vp with him also certayne of y e children of Israel of the prestes of y e Leuites of the syngers porters and mynisters of y e temple at Ierusalem In the vij yeare of the raigne of kynge Artaxerses in the v. moneth y t is in the vij yeare of the raigne they wente from Babilon in the newmoone of the v. moneth came the hye waye to Ierusalē after his commaundement like as the LORDE had prospered their iourney For in these Eszdras gat greate instruccion y t he shulde leaue none of y e thinges behynde which were in y e lawe cōmaundementes of God And he taught whole Israel all righteousnes iudgment Then came the Secretaries of kynge Artaxerses delyuered y e wrytinges y t were come frō Artaxerses the kynge to Eszdras the prest reder of the lawe of the LORDE And this is y e copye of y e letter Kynge Artaxerses sendeth his gretinge vnto Eszdras the prest reder of the lawe of y e LORDE Of frendshipe good will I haue ordeyned and charged yf there be eny of the Iewes of y e prestes Leuites in my realme which desyreth is contēt to go w t the vnto Ierusalē y t he maye do it Therfore yf eny be mynded to beare the cōpany let thē come together go w t the like as I am contēt my vij frendes my coūcelers to se what they do at Ierusalē in Iewry kepe y e thinges acordinge as thou hast in y e lawe of the LORDE to bringe the giftes vnto God the LORDE of Israel y t I my frendes haue promysed to Ierusalē all the syluer golde y t is in y e countre of Babilon vnto y e LORDE to Ierusalē w t the thinge y t is geuē for the people in the LORDES temple at Ierusalem Yee that the same syluer golde maye be gathered and oxen rammes shepe goates and other that belōge to these thinges and that they maye offer sacrifices vnto the LORDE vpon the aulter of their LORDE which is at Ierusalem And what so euer thou thy brethrē wyl do w t the syluer golde y t do after y e mynde after the cōmaundement of the LORDE thy God like wyse w t all the holy vessels y t are geuē the for the seruyce of the house of the LORDE thy God other thinges what soeuer is necessary for the to the worke of the temple y t shal be geuē the of the kynges treasure loke what thou with thy brethrē wilt do with the golde and syluer that do after y e wil of the LORDE And I kynge Artaxerses haue commaunded the kepers of y e treasures in Syria and Phenices that what soeuer Eszdras the prest and reder of the lawe of the LORDE doth wryte it shal be geue◠him tyll an C. talentes of syluer and of golde in lyke maner Of corne also an C. measures and tyll an hūdreth vessels of wyne and other plenteous thinges without nombre Let all thinges be done after the lawe of y e hyest God that the wrath of God aryse not in the realme of the kynge and of his sonnes I commaunde you also that ye requyne no taxinge ner tribute of the prestes Leuites syngers and mynisters of the temple ner of the wryters and that no man haue auctorite to medle eny thinge against them As for the O Eszdras set thou iudges and arbitrers in the whole lande of Syria and Phenices after the wyszdome of God and lerne all soch as are ignoraunt in the lawe of God thy LORDE and let all them that offende agaynst the lawe be punyshed whether it be with death with payne to be condemned in money or to be banyshed Then sayde Eszdras y e wryter Blessed be y e God of oure fathers that hath geuen so good a mynde and wyll in to the hert of the kynge to magnifie his house y t is at Ierusalem and hath made me to be accepted in the sight of y e kynge of his councell of his frēdes and of his nobles And so I was stedfast in my mynde acordinge as the LORDE my God helped me and I chose out men of Israel to go vp with me And these are the heades after their kynreds houses of their fathers that wente vp with me from Babilon out of the kyngdome of Artaxerses Of the sonnes of Phares Gersonius Of y e sonnes of Siemarith Amenus Of the sonnes of Dauid Accus the sonne of Cecilia Of the sonnes of Phares Zachary and with him there turned agayne an hundreth and fiftie men Of the sonnes of the captayne of Moabilon Zaraei
geuē of y e LORDE God of Israel So Eszdras the hie prest brought the lawe vnto the whole multitude to man and woman to all prestes y t they might heare the lawe in the new moone of the seuenth moneth And he red in y e floore y t is before y e holy porte of y e tēple from the mornynge early vntill the euenynge before men wemen And they applied their mynde all vnto the lawe And Eszdras the prest reder of y e lawe stode vp vpon a scaffolde of wodd which was made therfore vpon his right hande there stode by him Mathathias Samus Ananias Azarias Vrias Ozechias Balsamus Vpon his lefte hāde stode Faldeus Misael Malachias Abuschas Sabus Nabadias Zachary Then toke Eszdras y e boke before the whole multitude for he was y e pryncipall and had in most hono r of thē all And whā he had red out y e lawe they stode all straight vp vpon their fete So Eszdras praysed the LORDE the most hye God the Allmightie God of hoostes And all y e people answered Amen helde vp their hādes fell downe flat vpon the earth praysed y e LORDE Iesus Beneas Sarebias Iaddimus Accubus Sabbatheus Calithes Azarias Ioradus Ananias Philias the Leuites which taught the lawe of the LORDE red the lawe of the LORDE in the cōgregacion euery man sett those before y t vnderstode the lawe Then spake Atharathes vnto Eszdras the hye prest reder to the Leuites y t taught the multitude sayenge This daye is holy vnto the LORDE all they y t had herde the lawe wepte ▪ So Eszdras sayde Departe yo r waye then eate the best drynke the swetest sende giftes vnto them y t haue nothinge for this daye is holy vnto the LORDE and be not ye sory Then wente they their waye euerychone ate and dronke and were mery sent rewardes vnto thē y t had nothinge y t they also might eate with gladnesse for they were exceadingly reioysed thorow the wordes that were red vnto them in the lawe And so they were all gathered together at Ierusalem to holde the feast acordinge to the couenaunt of y e LORDE God of Israel The ende of the thirde boke of Eszdras The IIII boke of Eszdras What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. God reproueth the people for their vnthankfulnes and rehearseth vnto them his owne louynge mercy that he maye bringe thē agayne yf they wyl not amende he wil chose another people Chap. II. The Synagoge cōplayneth vpō hir children ▪ The callynge of the Heithen Chap. III. Eszdras sheweth of the excellent workes of God done vnto the people and hath a frendly contencion with God because he suffreth the Babilonians to haue the dominion ouer them where as they yet are sinners also Chap. IIII. The angel rebuketh Eszdras for takinge in hāde to seke out the grounde of Gods iudgment and instructeth him with fayre symilitudes Chap. V. A communicaciō of Eszdras and the angel together Chap. VI. The angel enfourmeth Eszdras and answereth him to his questions Chap. VII The angel sheweth Eszdras many secrete matters and thinges for to come Chap. VIII Eszdras prayeth for the people that God wyll rather loke vpon his owne louynge mercy and the godlynes of few thē vpon the wycked synnes of many Chap. IX Tokens of the tyme and punyshment for to come Visions are shewed vnto Eszdras Chap. X. A communicacion betwixte Eszdras and the woman that appeared vnto him Chap. XI XII.XIII Of certayne visions and the interpretacions therof Chap. XIIII God appeareth vnto Eszdras in the bush talketh with him and cōmaundeth him what he shal doo Chap. XV. God sheweth Eszdras the punyshmēt that he wyl sende vpon the synfull people and commaundeth him to tell them the same Chap. XVI Punyshment vpon the Heithen and how the people of God shal behaue them selues therin The first Chapter THe seconde boke of y e prophet Eszdras y e sonne of Saraias the sonne of Azarias y e sonne of Helchia y e sonne of Sallū the sonne of Sadoc the sonne of Achitob the sonne of Amerias the sonne of Azarias the sonne of Maraioth the sonne of Sarahias the sonne of Vzi the sonne of Boccus the sonne of Abisu the sonne of Phineas the sonne of Eleazar the sonne of Aaron of the trybe of Leui which was presoner in the lande of the Meedes in the raigne of Artaxerses kynge of Persia. And the worde of the LORDE came vnto me sayenge Go thy waye shew my people their synfull dedes their children their wickednesses which they haue done against me that they maye tell their childers childrē the same for the synnes of their fathers are increased in them And why they haue forgotten me haue offred vnto straunge goddes Am not I euen he that brought them out of the lande of Egipte from the house of bondage But they haue prouoked me vnto wrath despysed my councels Pull thou out then the hayre of thy heade and cast all euell ouer them for they haue not bene obedient vnto my lawe It is a people without lernynge nourtoure How longe shal I forbeare them vnto whom I haue done so moch good Many kynges haue I destroyed for their sakes Pharao w t his seruaūtes and all his power haue I smytten downe and slayne All y e nacions haue I destroyed and roted out before them and in y e east haue I brought two landes and people to naught euen Tyre Sydon and haue slayne all their enemies Speake thou therfore vnto them sayenge Thus sayeth the LORDE I led you thorow the see and haue geuen you sure stretes sence the begynnynge I gaue you Moses to be youre captayne and Aaron to be the prest I gaue you light in a piler of fyre greate wōders haue I done amōge you yet haue ye forgotten me sayeth the LORDE Thus sayeth the allmightie LORDE I gaue you quales to eate and tentes for youre sucoure Neuertheles ye murmured and ascrybed not y e victory of youre enemies vnto my name yee this same daie do ye yet murmoure Where are the benefites that I haue done for you Whan ye were hongrie in the wildernes dyd ye not crie vnto me Why hast thou brought vs in to this wildernes to kill vs It had bene better for vs to haue serued y e Egipcians then to dye in this wildernesse Thē had I pitie vpon youre mourninges and gaue you Manna to eate Ye ate angels foode Whā ye were thyrstie dyd not I hew y e hardstone caused water ynough to flowe thereout For the heate I couered you with y e leaues of the trees A good pleasaunt fatt londe gaue I you I cast out the Cananites the Pheresites and Philistynes before you What shal I do more for you saieth the LORDE Thus sayeth the Allmightie LORDE Whan ye were in the wildernes in the water of the Amorites beynge a
SO the kynges prynces of all cities londes sent their Embassitours namely they of Syria and Mesopotamia Syria Sobal Lybia Celicia which came to Holofernes sayde Let thy wrath ceasse towarde vs It is better for vs to serue the greate kynge Nabuchodonosor with oure lyues and to be subiecte vnto the then that we shulde dye and be slayne and receaue greater hurte All oure cities and possessions all mountaynes and hilles all feldes greate and small catell shepe goates horses and camels all oure goodes and housholdes be in thy power vnder thy subieccion be it alltogether We oure selues also and oure children wylbe thyne owne come vnto vs a peceable lorde and vse oure seruyce at thy pleasure Then came Holofernes downe from the mountaynes with horsemeÌ„ greate power and conquered all stronge fensed cities and all that dwelt in the londe And out of all cities he toke stronge men soch as were mere for y e warre to helpe him There came soch a feare also vpon those countrees that the in dwellers of all the cities the prynces and rulers the people together weÌ„te forth to mete him as he came receaued him honorably with garlandes torches with daunses tabrettes and pipes Neuertheles though they dyd this yet might they not swage his rigorous stomak but he destroyed their cities hewed downe their woddes For Nabuchodonosor the kynge had commaunded him that he shulde rote out all the goddes of the londe to y e intent that he onely might be called and taken for God of the nacions which Holofernes with his power brought vnder him So wente he thorow Syria Sobal and thorow all Appamia and all Mesopotamia came to the Idumeans in the loÌ„de of Gabaa and Septopoli and toke their cities and remayned there thirtie dayes wherin he caused all the whole multitude of his hoost to be gathered together The IIII. Chapter WHan the children of Israel y t dwelt in Iewry herde this they were sore afrayed of him There came soch tremblinge also and feare vpon them that they sorowed he shulde do vnto the cite of Ierusalem and the temple of the LORDE as he had done to other cities their temples So they sent in to all Samaria rouÌ„de aboute vnto Iericho toke in and occupied all the toppes of the mountaynes made fast the townes with walles and prepared corne for them agaynst the battayll Eliachim also y e prest wrote vnto all theÌ„ that dwelt towarde Eszdrelon which lyeth ouer agaynst y e greate felde by Dotha Im vnto all those by whom men might haue passage vnto them that they shulde take in the wayes of the mountaynes wherby there might be eny waye and passage to Ierusalem y t they shulde holde diligent watch where eny strate waye was betwixte y e mouÌ„taynes And the children of Israel dyd as Eliachim the prest of the LORDE had commaunded them And all the people cried earnestly and humbled their soules with fastinges and prayers they and their wyues The prestes put on hayrie clothes and layed the yonge babes before the temple of the LORDE and couered the aulter of the LORDE with an hayrie clothe And with one acorde cried they vnto the LORDE God of Israel that their children shulde not be geuen in to a pray and their wyues in to a spoyle y t their cities shulde not be layed waist y t their Sanctuary shulde not be vnhalowed and so they to be a shame and rebuke vnto the Heithen Then Eliachim the hye prest of the LORDE wente rounde aboute all Israel and spake vnto them sayenge Be ye sure y t the LORDE wil heare youre peticions yf ye coÌ„tynue stedfast in fastinges and prayers in y e sight of the LORDE Remembre Moses the seruaunte of the LORDE which ouerthrew y e Amalechites that trusted in their might power in their hoost in their shildes in their charettes horsmen not with weapens but with holy prayers Euen so shal all the enemies of Israel be yf ye contynue in this worke that ye haue begonne So vpon this exortacion they contynued in prayer before the LORDE In so moch that they which offred brent sacrifices vnto the LORDE â—ffred the offringes vnto y e LORDE beynge arayed in hayrie clothes and had aszshes vpon their heades And they all besought God from their whole hert y t he wolde vyset his people of Israel The V. Chapter ANd worde came to Holofernes the prynce of the warres of the AssyriaÌ„s y t the childreÌ„ of Israel prepared them selues to make resistaunce â–ª how they had stopped the waâ—es betwixte the mountaynes Then was he exceadinge wroth â–ª called all the prynces of Moab the captaines of Ammon sayde vnto them Tell me what people is this y t kepeth in the mouÌ„taynes Or what maner of cities are they What is their power Or what maner of hoost haue they Who is their captayne And why do they despyse vs more then all those that dwell in the east and come not forth to mete vs y t they might receaue vs with peace Then Achior the captayne of all the Ammonites answered and sayde Syr yf it please the to heare me I wil tell the trueth before the concernynge this people that dwell in the mountaynes and there shal no lye go out of my mouth This people is of the generacion of the Caldees they dwelt first in Mesopotamia for they wolde not folowe y e goddes of their fathers that were in the londe of the Caldees so forsoke they the customes of their forefathers which had many goddes and worshipped one God that made heaueÌ„ and earth which also commaunded them that they shulde go from thence and dwell at Haran Now whan there came a derth in to y e whole londe they wente downe to Egipte there they dwelt foure hundreth yeares in y e which they multiplied so greatly that their hoost might not be nombred And whan the kynge of Egipte oppressed them and subdued theÌ„ in buyldinge of his cities with makynge of claye brick they cried vnto God their LORDE which punyshed the whole londe of Egipte with dyuerse plages Now whan the kynge of Egipte let theÌ„ go their waye the plage ceassed then folowed after theÌ„ to take theÌ„ to brynge theÌ„ agayne in to his seruyce whyle they were flyenge awaye the God of heaueÌ„ opened y e see so y t the waters stode fast vpon both the sydes as a wall these wente thorow the botome of the see drye shod In the which place whaÌ„ an innumerable people of the Egipcians folowed vpon them they were so ouerwhelmed with the waters that there remayned not one to tell theÌ„ that came after how it happened So whan this people was passed thorow the reed see they came in to the wildernes of the mount Synai where neuer man might dwell afore where the sonne of maÌ„ had neuer rested There were y e bytter
waters made swete for theÌ„ that they might drynke xl yeares had they meate from heaueÌ„ Where so euer they wente without bowe arowe without bukler or swerde their God fought for theÌ„ caused theÌ„ to haue the victory Yee no man was able to hurte this people excepte it were so y t they departed vnfaithfully from y e worshippinge of the LORDE their God But as oft as they worshipped eny other besyde their God he gaue them ouer to be spoyled to be slayne to be put to confucion Neuertheles as oft as they were sory for departynge from the worshipe of their God the same God of heauen gaue them power streÌ„gth to withstoÌ„de their enemies Morouer they slew the kynge of the Cananites Iebusites Pherezites Ethites Euâ—tes Amorites all y e mightie in Hesebon toke their loÌ„des cities in possession and so longe as they synned not in y e sight of their God it weÌ„te well with them for their God hateth vnrighteousnesse For in tymes past whan they wente out of y e waye which God had geuen them y t they shulde walke in it they were destroyed in dyuerse battayles of many nacions many of them were caried awaye presoners into a strauÌ„ge couÌ„tre But now lately they haue turned theÌ„selues agayne vnto the LORDE their God are come together agayne out of the countrees where they were scatred abrode and thus haue they coÌ„quered these mountaynes dwell therin as for Ierusalem where their Sanctuary is they haue it againe in possession And therfore my lorde make diligeÌ„t inquisicion yf this people haue done wickednesse in the sight of their God then let vs go vp agaynst them for doutles their God shal delyuer them in to thy handes subdue them vnto y t power But yf this people haue not displeased their God we shal not be able to withstande them for their God shal defende theÌ„ so shall we be a shame to all y e worlde Now whan Achior had spoken out these wordes all the prynces of Holofernes were wroth thought to slaye him sayde one to another what is he this which darre saie y t y e childreÌ„ of Israel are able to withstoÌ„de Nabuchodonosor the kynge his hoost where as they are an vnwapened people without streÌ„gth or vnderstoÌ„dinge of y e fettes of warre That Achior therfore maye knowe y t he hath disceaued vs we wil go vp in to y e mouÌ„taynes whan the mightie men of theÌ„ are taken he also shal be stickte with the swerde y t all people maye knowe that Nabuchodonosor is the God of the earth and that there is none other without him The VI. Chapter SO whan they had left of speakinge Holofernes toke sore indignacion sayde vnto Achior For so moch as thou hast prophecied vnto vs sayenge that the people of Israel shal be defended of their God I will shew the that there is no God but Nabuchodonosor Yee whan we slaye them all as one man thou also shalt perish with them thorow the swerde of the Assirians all Israel shal be destroyed with the theÌ„ shalt thou fele that Nabuchodonosor is the LORDE of the whole earth TheÌ„ shal the swerde of my knyghthode go thorow y e sydes thou shalt fall downe stickte amonge the wounded of Israel shalt not come to thy self agayne but be vtterly destroyed with theÌ„ But yf thou thynkest thy prophecy to be true why dost thou then chaunge thy coloure why art thou afrayed Thynkest thou that my wordes are not able to be perfourmed But that thou mayest knowe that thou shalt fele these thinges with theÌ„ beholde from this houre forth wyll I sende the vnto yonder people that whan the punyshment of my swerde which they haue worthely deserued falleth vpon them thou mayest be punyshed with them So Holofernes coÌ„maunded his seruauntes to take Achior to cary him vnto Bethulia and to delyuer him in to the handes of the children of Israel Then Holofernes seruauÌ„tes toke him weÌ„te thorow the playne felde But whan they drew nye vnto the mountaynes the slynge casters came out agaynst them Neuertheles they gat them awaye by the syde of the mountayne bounde Achior hand fote to a tre so left him bounde with wythies turned agayne vnto their lorde NotwithstoÌ„dinge the children of Israel wente downe froÌ„ Bethulia came vnto him lowsed him brought him to Bethulia set him in the myddest of the people and axed him what the matter was that the AssiriaÌ„s had left him bounde Osias the sonne of Micha of the trybe of Symeon Charmim which is also called Gothoniel were the pryncipall rulers at the same tyme. Now whan Achior stode in the myddest of the Senatours before theÌ„ all he tolde them what answere he gaue Holofernes to the thinge that he axed him and how Holofernes people wolde haue slayne him for so sayenge how Holofernes himself was wroth coÌ„maunded him for the same cause to be delyuered vnto y e Israelites that whan he ouer came the childreÌ„ of Israel he might commaunde Achior also to be put to death with dyuerse tormentes because he sayde the God of heauen is their defender And whaÌ„ Achior had playnely tolde out all these thinges all the people fell downe vpon their faces praysinge the LORDE and poured out their prayers together vnto the LORDE with a generall complaynte wepynge sayde O LORDE God of heauen earth beholde their pryde loke vpon oure lowlynes coÌ„sidre how it standeth with thy sayntes make it to be knowne y t thou forsakest not those which holde them fast by the how y t thou bringest theÌ„ lowe y t presume of theÌ„ selues make their boast in their owne strength So whan the wepinge and prayer of the people which they had made the whole daye longe was ended they coÌ„forted Achior sayeÌ„ge the God of oure fathers whose power strength thou hast praysed shall so rewarde the y t thou shalt rather se their destruccion Whan y e LORDE o r God then shall geue his seruauntes this liberte God be with the also amonge vs so y t yf it please y t thou w t thyne mayest dwell w t vs. Now whan Osias had ended the councell he toke him in to his house and made a greate supper called all the elders to it so they refreszshed them selues after the fastinge And afterwarde was all the people called together which made their prayers all the night longe in the congregacion and be sought the God of Israel for helpe The VII Chapter THe next daye Holofernes commaunded his hoost to go vp agaynst Bethulia There were an C. xx thousande fightinge men on fote two twentie thousande horsmeÌ„ besyde the preparynge of them y t were wonne came to them on euery syde out of the countrees cities which he had takeÌ„ All these prepared them selues
of the LORDE is the rote of wyszdome and hir braunches are longe life In the treasures of wyszdome is vnderstondinge and deuocion of knowlege but wyszdome is abhorred of synners The feare of the LORDE dryueth out synne for he that is without feare can not be made righteous his wilfull boldnes is his owne destruccion A paciēt man wyl suffre vnto the tyme and thē shal he haue y e rewarde of ioye A good vnderstōdinge wil hyde his wordes for a tyme and many mēs lippes shal speake of his wyszdome In the treasures of wyszdome is the declaracion of doctrine but the synner abhorreth the worshipe of God My sonne yf thou desyre wiszdome kepe the commaundement and God shal geue her vnto the for the feare of the LORDE is wyszdome nurtoure he hath pleasure in faith and louynge mekenesse and he shal fyll the treasures therof Be not obstinate and vnfaithfull to the feare of the LORDE and come not vnto him with a duble hert Be not an ypocrite in the sight of men and take good hede what thou speakest Marck well these thinges lest thou happen to fall and brynge thy soule to dishonoure and so God discouer thy secretes and cast the downe in the myddest of the congregacion because thou woldest not receaue the feare of God and because thy hert is full of faynednes and disceate The II. Chapter MY sonne yf thou wilt come in to y e seruyce of God stonde fast in rightousnes and feare arme thy soule to tentacion sattle thine hert and be paciēt bowe downe thine eare receaue the wordes of vnderstondinge and shrencke not awaye whan thou art entysed Holde the fast vpon God ioyne thy self vnto him suffre that thy life maye encreace at the last What so euer happeneth vnto the receaue it suffre in heuynesse and be pacient in thy trouble For like as golde and syluer are tryed in the fyre euen so are acceptable men in the fornace of aduersite Beleue in God and he shal helpe the ordre thy waie a right and put thy trust in him Holde fast his feare and growe therin ▪ O ye y t feare the LORDE take sure holde of his mercy shrencke not awaye frō him that ye fall not O ye that feare y e LORDE beleue him and youre rewarde shall not be emptye O ye that feare y e LORDE put youre trust in him mercy shal come vnto you for pleasure O ye y t feare y e LORDE set yo r loue vpō him yo r hertes shal be lightened Considre the olde generacions of men o ye children and marck them well was there euer eny one confounded that put his trust in the LORDE Who euer contynued in his feare and was forsaken Or whom dyd he euer despyse that called faithfully vpō him For God is gracious and mercifull he forgeueth synnes in y e tyme of trouble and is a defender for all them y t seke him in y e trueth Wo be vnto him that hath a dubble hert wicked lippes and euell occupied handes to the synner y t goeth two maner of waies Wo be vnto them that are lowse of hert which put not their trust in God and therfore shal they not be defended of him Wo be vnto them that haue lost pacience forsaken the right wayes and are turned back in to frowarde wayes What wyl they do whan the LORDE shal begynne to vyset thē They that feare y e LORDE wil not mystrust his worde and they that loue him wyl kepe his commaundement They that feare the LORDE wyl seke out y e thinges that are pleasaunt vnto him and they that loue him shal fulfill his lawe They that feare y e LORDE wil prepare their hertes and hūble their soules in his sight They that feare the LORDE kepe his commaundementes and wil be pacient tyll they se himself sayenge better it is for vs to fall in to the handes of y e LORDE then in to the hādes of men for his mercy is as greate as him self The III. Chapter THe children of wyszdome are a cōgregacion of the righteous and their exercise is obedience and loue Heare me youre father o my deare children and do there after that ye maie be safe For the LORDE wil haue the father honoured of the children and loke what a mother commaūdeth hir children to do he wil haue it kepte Who so honoureth his father his synnes shall be forgeuē him and he that honoureth his mother is like one that gathereth treasure together Who so honoureth his father shal haue ioye of his owne children whan he maketh his prayer he shal be herde He that honoureth his father shall haue a longe life he that is obedient for y e LORDES sake his mother shal haue ioye of him He that feareth the LORDE honoureth his father and mother and doth them seruyce as it were vnto the LORDE himself Honoure thy father in dede in worde and in all pacience that thou mayest haue his blessinge for the blessinge of y e father buyldeth vp the houses of the children but the mothers curse roteth out the foundacions Reioyse not whan thy father is reproued for it is no honoure vnto the but a shame For the worshipe of a mans father is his awne worshipe and where the father is without honoure it is the dishonesty of the sonne My sonne make moch of thy father in his age and greue him not as longe as he lyueth And yf his vnderstandinge fayle haue pacience w t him despyse him not in thy strength For the good dede that thou shewest vnto thy father shall not be forgotten and whan thou thy self wantest it shall be rewarded the and for thy mothers offence thou shalt be recompensed with good yee it shal be founded for the in righteousnes and in the daye of trouble thou shalt be remembred thy synnes also shall melt awaye like as the yse in y e fayre warme wether He y t forsaketh his father shall come to shame he that defyeth his mother is cursed of God My sonne perfourme y e workes w t louynge mekenesse so shalt thou be loued aboue other men The greater thou art the more hūble thy self in all thinges and thou shalt fynde fauo r in the sight of God For greate power belongeth onely vnto God he is honoured of the lowly Seke not out the thinges that are aboue thy capacite and search not the grounde of soch thinges as are to mightie for the but loke what God hath commaunded the thinke vpō that allwaye and be not curious in many of his workes For it is not nedefull for the to se w t thine eyes y e thinges y t are secrete Make not thou to moch search in superfluous thinges and be not curious in many of his workes for many thinges are shewed vnto the allready which be aboue y e capacite of men The medlinge with soch hath begyled
vnto death for the rewarde of God endureth for euer Before thou prayest prepare thy soule and be not as one y t tempteth God Thynke vpon the wrathfull indignacion that shal be at the ende and the houre of vēgeaunce whā HE shal turne awaie his face Whan thou hast ynough remembre the tyme of honger and whan thou art rych thynke vpon the tyme of pouerte and scarcenesse From the mornynge vntyll the euenynge the tyme is chaunged and all soch thynges are soone done in y e sight of God A wyse man feareth God in all thinges and in the dayes of transgression he kepeth him self from synne A discrete man hath pleasure in wyszdome and he that fyndeth her maketh moch of her They that haue had vnderstandinge haue dealt wysely in wordes haue vnderstonde the trueth and righteousnes and haue sought out wyse sentēces and iudgmentes Folowe not thy lustes but turne y e from thine owne will For yf thou geuest thy soule hir desyres it shal make thine enemies to laugh the to scorne Take not thy pleasure in greate volupteousnes medle not to moch withall Make not to greate cheare of the thinge that thou hast wonne by avauntage lest thou fall in to pouerte and haue nothinge in thy purse The XIX Chapter A Labourynge man that is geuen vnto dronckennes shall not be riche and he that maketh not moch of small thynges shal fall by litle and litle Wyne and women make wyse men rēnagates and put men of vnderstādinge to reprofe and he that accompanieth aduouterers shal become a wicked man Mothes and wormes shall haue him to heretage yee he shall be sett vp to a greater example and his soule shal be roted out of the nombre He that is haistie to geue credence is light mynded and doth agaynst himself Who so reioyseth in wickednes shal be punished he that hateth to be refourmed his life shal be shortened and he that abhorreth bablinge of wordes quencheth wickednes He that offendeth agaynst his owne soule shal repent it and he that reioyseth in wickednes shal be punyshed Rehearse not a wicked and churlish worde twyse and thou shalt not be hyndered Shew thy secretes nether to frende ner foo yf thou hast offended tell it not out For he shal herken vnto the and marck the and whan he fyndeth oportunyte he shall hate the. Yf thou hast herde a worde agaynst y e neghboure lett it be deed within the and be sure thou shalt haue no harme therby A foole trauaileth with a worde like as a woman that is payned with bearinge of childe Like as an arowe shott in a dogges thye so is a worde in a fooles hert Tell thy frende his faute lest he be ignoraunt and saye I haue not done it or yf he haue done it that he do it nomore Reproue thy neghboure that he kepe his tonge and yf he haue spokē that he saye it nomore Tell thy neghboure his faute for oft tymes an offence is made and geue not credēce to euery worde A man falleth somtyme with his tonge but not with his will For what is he y t hath not offended in his tonge Geue thy neghboure warnynge before thou threaten him and geue place vnto the lawe of the LORDE The feare of God is all wyszdome he that is a right wyse man kepeth the lawe As for the doctrine of wickednes it is no wyszdome and the prudence of synners is no good vnderstondinge it is but wickednesse and abhominacion a blasphemynge of wyszdome A symple man of small vnderstandinge that feareth God is better then one that hath moch wyszdome and transgresseth the lawe of the Hyest A craftye sotell man can be wyse but he is vnrighteous and with giftes he wraysteth the open and manyfest lawe A wicked man can behaue himself humbly and can douke with his heade and yet is he but a disceauer within He hydeth his face and disguyseth it because he shulde not be knowne he preuenteth the. And though he be so weake that he can do the no harme yet whan he maye fynde oportunyte he shall do some euell A man maye be knowne by his face and one that hath vnderstondinge maye be perceaued by the loke of his countenaunce A mans garment laughter goynge declare what he is The XX. Chapter SOme man reproueth his neghbo oft tymes but not in due season Agayne some man holdeth his tonge and he is wyse and discrete It is moch better to geue warnynge and to reproue then to beare euell will for he that knowlegeth him self openly shal be preserued from hurt and destruccion Like as whan a chamberlayne thorow desyre and lust defyleth a mayden euen so is it with him that vseth violence and vnrighteousnes in y e lawe O how good a thinge is it a man y t is reproued to shewe openly his repentaunce for so shalt thou escape wylfull synne Some man kepeth sylence and is founde wyse but he that is not ashamed what he sayeth is hatefull Some man holdeth his tonge because he hath not the vnderstandinge of the language and some man kepeth sylence waytinge a conuenyent tyme. A wyse man wyll holde his tonge tyll he se oportunyte but a wanten and an vndiscrete body shal regarde no tyme. He that vseth many wordes shal hurte his owne soule and he that taketh auctorite vpō him vnrighteously shal be hated Some man hath oft tymes prosperite in wicked thinges Agayne some man getteth moch and hath harme and losse There is some gift that is nothinge worth Againe there is some gift whose rewarde is dubble Some man getteth a fall for beynge to proude and some commeth to worshipe from lowe estate Some man bieth moch for a litle pryce and must paye for it seuen folde A wyse man with his wordes maketh him self to be loued but the fauours of fooles shal be poured out The gift of the vnwyse shal do the no good for his eyes are seuen folde He shal geue litle saye he gaue moch he openeth his mouth and crieth out as it were one that crieth out wyne To daye he lendeth tomorow he axeth it agayne and soch a man is to be hated The foole sayeth I haue no frende I haue no thanke for all my good dedes yee euen they that eate my bred speake no good of me O how oft and of how many shal he be laughed to scorne He taketh a more perlous fall by soch wordes then yf he fell vpon the grounde euen so shal the falles of wicked men come haistely In the mouth of him that is vntaught are many vnconuenient and vnmete wordes A wyse sentence shall not be alowed at the mouth of the foole for he speaketh it not in due season Some man synneth not because he hath not wherwithall and in his rest he shall be stynged Some man there is that destroyeth his owne soule with shame and for an vnwyse bodyes sake destroieth he it and with
thou ashamed and accepte no personne to offende Namely of these thinges be not ashamed Of the lawe of God of the couenaunt of iudgmeÌ„t to brynge the vngodly from his vngodlines vnto righteousnes and to make him a good man to deale faithfully w t neghbo companyon to distribute the heretage vnto y e frendes to be diligent to kepe true measure and weight to be content whether thou gettest moch or litle to deale truly w t temporall goodes in byenge and sellynge to brynge vp children with diligence to correcke an euell seruaunt to kepe that thine is froÌ„ an euell wife to set a lock where many handes are what thou delyuerest and geuest out to be kepte to tell it and to weye it to wryte vp all the out geuynge and receauynge to enfourme y e vnlerned and vnwyse Of the aged that are iudged of the yonge Yf thou be diligeÌ„t in these thinges truly thou shalt be lerned and wyse and accepted of all men The daughter maketh y e father to watch secretly and the carefulnes that he hath for her taketh awaye his slepe yee in the youth lest she shulde ouergrowe him And whan she hath an huszbande lest she shulde be hated lest she shulde be defyled or rauyshed in hir virginyte or gotten with childe in hir fathers house Or whan she commeth to the man lest she behaue herself not right or coÌ„contynue vnfrutefull Yf thy daughter be wanton kepe her strately lest she cause thine enemies laugh the to scorne the whole cite to geue y t an euell reporte and so â—hou be fayne to heare thy shame of euery man and be confounded before all y e people Beholde not euery bodies bewtye haue not moch dwellynge amonge wemen For like as the worme and moth commeth out of clothinge so doth wickednes come of wemen It is better to be with an euell man then w t a frendly wife y t putteth one to shame and rebuke I wyl remembre the workes of the LORDE and declare the thinge y t I haue sene In y e wordes of y e LORDE are his workes The SoÌ„ne ouerloketh all thiÌ„ges w t his shine all his workes are full of y e clearnes therof Hath not the LORDE brought to passe that his sayntes shulde tell out all his woÌ„derous workes which the allmightie LORDE hath stablyshed All thinges endure in his glory He seketh out the grounde of the depe and the hert and he knoweth all their ymaginacion wyszdome For y e LORDE knoweth all scyence and he loketh in to y e token of the time He declareth the thinges y t are past and for to come discloseth thinges that are secrete No thought maye escape him nether maye eny worde be hyd from him He hath garnyshed the hye excellent workes of his wyszdome and he is froÌ„ euerlastinge to euerlastinge Vnto him maye nothinge be added nether can he be mynished he hath no nede also of eny councell O how amiable are all his workes as a sparke to loke vpon They lyue all and endure for euer and whan so euer nede is they are all obedient vnto him They are all dubble one agaynst another he hath made nothinge that hath faute or blemysh He hath stablyshed the goodes of euerychone and who maye be satisfied with his glory whan he seith it The XLIII Chapter THe glory of the heyth is the fayre and cleare firmament the bewtye of the heauen in his glorious clearnes The sonne whan it appeareth declareth the daye in y e goinge out of it a maruelous worke of the Hyest At noone it burneth y e earth and who maye abyde for the heate therof Who so kepeth an ouen whan it is hote thre tymes more doth the Sonne burne vpon y e mountaynes whan it bretheth out the fyrie beames and shyneth with the brightnes of it it blyndeth the eyes Greate is the LORDE that made it and in his commaundement he causeth it to renne haistely The Moone also is in all and at conuenient season it sheweth the tymes and is a token of the tyme. The token of the solempne feast is taken of the Moone a light that mynisheth and increaseth againe The Moneth is called after the Moone it groweth wonderously in hir chaunginge The armye of heauen also is in the Heith in the firmament of heauen it geueth a cleare and glorious shyne This is the clearnes of the starres the bewtifull apparell of heauen the apparell that the LORDE lighteneth in the heyth In his holy worke they continue in their ordre and not one of them fayleth in his watch Loke vpon y e rayne bowe and prayse him that made it very bewtifull is it in his shyne He compaseth the heauen aboute with his clearnes glory the handes of the Hyest haue beÌ„ded it Thorow his commaundement he maketh the snowe to fall the thonder of his iudgment to smyte hastely Thorow his commaundement the treasures are opened and the cloudes fle as the foules In his power hath he strengthened the cloudes and brokeÌ„ the hayle stones The mountaynes melt at y e sight of him the wynde bloweth accordinge to his wyll The sounde of his thonder beateth y e earth and so doth the storme of the north the whirle wynde also lighteth downe as a fethered foule casteth out and spredeth the snow abrode and as the greshoppers that destroye all so falleth it downe The eie marueleth at y e bewtye of the whytenesse therof and the hert is afraied at the raine of it He poureth out the frost vpon earth like salt and whan it is frosen it is as sharpe as the prycke of a thistle Whan the colde northwynde bloweth harde Christall commeth of the water He lighteth downe vpon all the gatheringes together of water and putteth on y e waters as a brest plate He deuoureth the mountaynes and burneth the wyldernesses and loke what is grene he putteth it out like fyre The medycine of all these is whan a cloude commeth hastely and whan a dew commeth vpon the heate it shal be refreszshed agayne In his worde he stylleth the wynde In his councell he setteth the depe and the LORDE Iesus planted it They that sayle ouer the see tell of his parels and harmes and whan we heare it with oure eares we maruell therat For there be strauÌ„ge wonderous workes dyuerse maner of nyce beestes and whall fishes Thorow him are all thinges set in good ordre and perfourmed in his worde all thinges endure I speake moch but I can not sufficiently attayne vnto it for he himself onely is the perfeccion of all wordes We shulde prayse the LORDE after all o power for he is greate in all his workes The LORDE is to be feared yee very greate is he and maruelous is his power Prayse the LORDE and magnifie him as moch as ye maye yet doth he farre farre exceade all prayse O magnifie him w t all youre power and laboure earnestly
kyndled Like as an whole ornament of pure golde set with all maner of precious stones and as an olyue tre that is frutefull as a Cypres tre which groweth vp an hye Whan he put on the garment of honoure was clothed withall bewtye whan he wente to the holy altare to garnysh the couerynge of the Sanctuary whan he toke y e porcions out of the prestes hande he himself stode by the herth of the altare and his brethren rounde aboute in ordre As the braunches of Cedre tre vpon the mount Libanus so stode they rounde aboute him And as the braunches of the olyue tre so stode all y e sonnes of Aaron in their glory And y t he might sufficiently perfourme his seruyce vpon the altare garnysh the offrynge of the hyest God he stretched out his hande and toke of the drynk offerynge poured in of the wyne so he poured vpon the botome of the aulter a good smell vnto the hyest prynce Then beganne y e sonnes of Aaron to synge and to blowe with trompettes to make a greate noyse for a remembraūce prayse vnto the LORDE Then were the people afrayed fell downe to the earth vpō their faces to worshipe the LORDE their God to geue thankes to Allmightie God They sunge goodly also with their voyces so that there was a pleasaunt noyse in y e greate house of the LORDE And the people in their prayer besought the LORDE the Hyest that he wolde be mercyfull tyll the honoure of y e LORDE were perfourmed Thus ended they their mynistracion and seruyce Then wente he downe and stretched out his handes ouer the whole multitude of the people of Israel that they shulde geue praise thankes out of their lippes vnto y e LORDE and to reioyse in his name He beganne yet once also to praye that he might openly shew the thankesgeuynge before the Hyest namely thus O geue prayse thankes ye all vnto the LORDE oure God which hath euer done noble and greate thinges which hath increased oure dayes from o r mothers wombe and dealt with vs acordinge to his mercy that he wyl geue vs the ioyfulnes of hert peace for oure tymes in Israel Which faithfully kepeth his mercy for vs euermore allwaye delyuereth vs in due season There be two maner of people that I abhorre fro my hert as for the thirde whom I hate it is no people They that syt vpon the mountayne of Samaria the Philistynes the foolish people that dwell in Sichimis I Iesus the sonne of Sirac Eleazarus of Ierusalem haue tokened vp these informacions and documētes of wyszdome and vnderstādinge in this boke and poured out the wyszdome out of my hert Blessed is he that exerciseth him self therin and who so taketh soch to hert shal be wyse Yf he do these thinges he shal be stronge in all For the light of the LORDE ledeth him The LI. Chapter A prayer of Iesus the sonne of Sirac I Thanke the O LORDE and kynge and praise the O God my Sauioure I wil yelde prayse vnto y e name for thou art my defender and helper hast preserued my body from destruccion from y e snare of traytorous tōges and from the lippes that are occupied with leyes Thou hast bene my helper from soch as stode vp agaynst me and hast delyuered me after the multitude of thy mercy and for thy holy names sake Thou hast delyuered me from the roaringe of them that prepared them selues to deuoure me out of y e handes of soch as sought after my life from the multitude of them y t troubled me wente aboute to set fyre vpon me on euery syde so y t I am not brent in the myddest of the fyre From the depe of hell from an vncleane tōge from lyenge wordes from the wicked kynge and from an vnrighteous tonge My soule shal prayse y e LORDE vnto death for my life drew nye vnto hell They cōpased me rounde aboute on euery syde there was no mā to helpe me I loked aboute me yf there were eny man that wolde socoure me but there was none Then thought I vpon thy mercy O LORDE and vpon thy actes that thou hast done euer of olde namely y t thou delyuerest soch as putt their trust in the and ryddest them out of y e handes of the Heithen Thus lift I vp my prayer from the earth and prayed for delyueraunce from death I called vpon the LORDE my father that he wolde not leaue me w t out helpe in the daye of my trouble in the tyme of the proude I praysed thy name contynually yeldinge honoure and thākes vnto it and so my prayer was herde Thou sauedest me from destruccion and delyueredest me frō y e vnrighteous tyme. Therfore wil I aknowlege and praise the and magnifie y e name of the LORDE Whā I was yet but yonge or euer I wēte astraye I desyred wyszdome openly in my prayer I came therfore before the temple sought her vnto the last Then florished she vnto me as a grape that is soone rype My hert reioysed in her then wente my fote the right waye yee from youth vp sought I after her I bowed downe myne eare and receaued her I founde me moch wyszdome and prospered greatly in her Therfore wyll Iascrybe the glory vnto him that geueth me wyszdome for I am aduysed to do therafter I will be gelous to cleue vnto the thinge y t is good so shal I not be cōfounded My soule hath wrestled with her and I haue bene diligent to be occupied in her I lift vp myne handes an hye then was my soule lightened thorow wiszdome that I knowleged my foolishnes I ordred my soule after her she I were one hert from the begynninge and I founde her in clennesse And therfore shal I not be forsaken My hert longed after her and I gat a good treasure Thorow her y e LORDE hath geuen me a new tonge wherwith I wil praise him O come vnto me ye vnlerned dwell in y e house of wyszdome withdrawe not youre selues from her but talke comon of these thinges for youre soules are very thirstie I opened my mouth and spake O come bye wyszdome without money bowe downe youre neck vnder hir yock and youre soule shall receaue wyszdome She is harde at hande is content to be founde Beholde with youre eyes how that I haue had but litle laboure and yet haue founde moch rest O receaue wyszdome and ye shall haue plenteousnes of syluer and golde in possession Let youre mynde reioyse in his mercy be not ashamed of his prayse Wyrke his worke by tymes he shal geue you youre rewarde in due tyme. The ende of Ecclesiasticus other wyse called Iesus the sonne of Syrac The prayer of Azarias and the songe of y e thre children after Theodotios translacion which wordes are wryten in y e thirde chapter of Daniel after the olde text in Latyn
y t they haue borne false wytnes agaynst me beholde I must dye where as I neuer dyd eny soch thinges as these men haue maliciously inuented agaynst me And y e LORDE herde hir voyce For whē she was led forth to death y e LORDE raised vp y e sprete of a yōge childe whose name was Daniel which cried w t a loude voice I am clene frō this bloude Thē all y e people turned thē towarde him saide What meane these wordes y t thou hast spokē ▪ Daniel stode in y e myddest of thē sayde Are ye soch fooles O ye childrē of Israel y t ye cā not discerne Ye haue here condēned a daughter of Israel vnto death and knowe not the trueth wherfore Go syt on iudgment agayne for they haue spoken false witnesse agaynst her Wherfore the people turned agayne in all the haist And the elders that is the principall heades sayde vnto him come sit downe here amonge vs and shewe vs this matter seynge God hath geuen the as greate honoure as an elder And Daniel sayde vnto them Put these two asyde one from another and then shal I heare them When they were put a sunder one from another he called one of them and sayd vnto him O thou olde canckerde carle that hast vsed thy wickednesse so longe thine vngracious dedes which thou hast done afore are now come to light For thou hast geuen false iudgmentes thou hast oppressed the innocent and letten the giltie go fre where as yet the LORDE saieth The innocent and righteous se thou slaye not Wel than yf thou hast sene her tel me vnder what tre sawest thou them talkynge together He answered Vnder a Molbery tre And Daniel sayde very wel Now thou leist euen vpon thine heade Lo the messaunger of the LORDE hath receaued the sentence of him to cut y e in two Then put he him asyde and called for the other and sayde vnto him O thou sede of Canaan but not of Iuda Fayrnesse hath disceaued the and lust hath subuerted thine herte Thus dealte ye afore with the daughters of Israel and they for feare consented vnto you but the daughter of Iuda wolde not abyde youre wickednesse Now tell me than vnder what tre didest thou take them speakinge together He answered vnder a pomgranate tre Then sayde Daniel vnto him very wel now thou leyst also euen vpō thine heade The messaunger of the LORDE stondeth waytinge with the swerde to cut the in two and to slaye you both With that all the whole multitude gaue a greate shoute and praysed God which allwaye delyuereth them y t put their trust in him And they came vpon the two elders whom Daniel had conuicte with their owne mouth that they had geuen false witnesse and dealte with them euen likewyse as they wolde haue done with their neghbouresse Yee they dyd acordinge to the lawe of Moses and put them to death Thus the innocent bloude was saued the same daye Thē Helchias his wife praysed God for their daughter Susanna with Ioachim hir huszbonde and all y e kinrede that there was no dishoneste founde in her From that daye forth was Daniel had in greate reputaciō in the sight of y e people The ende of the story of Susanna The story of Bel which is the xiiij Chapter of Daniel after the Latin THere was at Babilon an ymage called Bel and there were spent vpon him euery daye xij cakes xl shepe and sixe greate pottes of wine Him dyd the kynge worshipe himself and wente daylie to hono r him but Daniel worshiped his owne God And the kynge sayde vnto him Why dost not thou worshipe Bel he answered and sayde Because I maye not worshipe thinges that be made w t hondes but the lyuynge God which made heauen and earth and hath power vpon all flesh The kynge sayde vnto him thinkest thou not y t Bel is a lyuynge God Or seist thou not how moch he eateth and drynketh euery daye Daniel smyled and sayde O kynge disceaue not thyselfe This is but made of claye within and of metall without nether eateth he euer eny thinge Then the kynge was wroth and called for his prestes and sayde vnto them Yf ye tell me not who this is that eateth vp these expenses ye shal dye But yf ye can certifie me that Bel eateth them then Daniel shall dye for he hath spoken blasphemy agaynst Bel. And Daniel sayde vnto the kynge let it so be acordinge as thou hast sayde The prestes of Bel were lxx besyde their wyues and children And the kynge wente with Daniel in to the temple of Bel. So Bels prestes sayde Lo we wil go out set thou y e meate there O kynge poure in the wyne then shutt the dore fast and seale it with thine owne signet and tomorow when thou commest in yf thou fyndest not that Bel hath eaten vp all we wil suffre death or els daniel that hath lyed vpon vs. The prestes thought them selues sure ynough for vnder y e altare they had made a preuy intraunce there wente they in euer and ate vp what there was So when they were gone forth the kynge set meates before Bel. Now Daniel had cōmaunded his seruauntes to bringe aszshes and these he siffted thorow out all the temple that the kynge might se. Then wente they out sparre the dore sealinge it with y e kynges signet and so departed In y e night came the prestes with their wyues and children as they were wonte to do and ate and dronke vp all In the mornynge be tymes at the breake of the daye the kynge arose Daniel with him And the kynge sayde Daniel are the seales whole yet He answered Yee o kynge they be whole Now as soone as he had opened the dore the kinge loked vnto y e altare and cried with a loude voyce Great◠art thou o Bel and with the is no disceate Then laughed Daniel and helde the kynge that he shulde not go in and sayde Beholde the pauement marcke well whose fotesteppes are these The kynge sayde I se the fotesteppes of men women and children Therfore the kynge was angrie and toke the prestes with their wyues and childrē they shewed him y e preuy dores where they came in ate vp soch thinges as were vpon y e altare For the which cause y e kynge slewe them delyuered Bel in to Daniels power which destroyed him and his temple And in that same place there was a greate dragon which they of Babilon worshipped And y e kynge sayde vnto Daniel sayest thou y t this is but a god of metall also lo he liueth he eateth drinketh so y t thou cāst not saye that he is no lyuinge God therfore worshipe him Daniel sayde vnto y e kinge I wil worshipe the LORDE my God he is y e truelyuynge God as for this he is not the God of life But geue me leaue o kynge
with the consente of both and what so euer they adde then vnto them or take from them it shall stonde fast And as touchinge the euell that Demetrius hath done vnto the Iewes we haue wrytten vnto him sayenge Wherfore layest thou thy heuy yocke vpon the Iewes oure frendes and louers Yf they make eny complaynte of the agayne vnto vs we shall defende them and fight with the by see and by londe The IX Chapter IN y e meane season when Demetrius herde that Nicanor his hoost was slayne in the felde he proceded further to sende Bachides and Alcimus againe in to Iewry and those that were in the right wynge of his hoost with them So they wēte forth by the waye that ledeth vnto Galgala and pitched their tentes before Mesaloth which is in Arbellis and wanne the cite and slewe moch people In y e first moneth of the Clij yeare they brought their hoost to Ierusalem and rose vp and came to Berea with xx M. fote men and ij M. horsmen Now Iudas had pitched his tente at Laisa with thre thousande chosen men And when they sawe the multitude of the other army y t it was so greate they were sore afrayed many conveyed them selues out of the hoost In so moch y t there abode no mo of them but viij C. men When Iudas sawe that his hoost fayled him and that he must nedes fight it brake his herte y t he had no tyme to gather them together wherfore the man was in extreme trouble Neuerthelesse he sayde vnto them y t remayned with him Vp let vs go agaynst oure enemies peraduanture we shal be able to fight with them But they wolde haue stopped him sayenge we shall not be able therfore let vs now saue oure lyues and turne agayne to o r brethren and then wil we fight agaynst thē for we are here but fewe And Iudas sayde God forbyd that we shulde fle from them Wherfore yf oure tyme be come let vs dye manfully for oure brethren and let vs not stayne oure honoure Then the hoost remoued out of the tentes stode agaynst them The horsmen were deuyded in two partes the slynge casters and the archers wente before the hoost and all the mightie men were formest in the felde Bachides himself was in the right wynge of the batell the hoost drewe nye in two partes and blewe the trompettes They of Iudas syde blewe y e trompettes also the earth shoke at the noyse of the hoostes and they stroke a felde from the morow till night And when Iudas sawe y t Bachides hoost was strongest of the right syde he toke with him all the hardy mē and brake the right wynge of their ordre and folowed vpon them vnto the mount Azot Now when they which were of the lefte wynge sawe that the right side was discomfited they persecuted Iudas and them that were w t him Then was there a sore battayll for many were slayne and wounded of both the parties Iudas also himself was kylled and the remnaunt fled So Ionathas and Symō toke Iudas their brother and buried him in his fathers sepulcre in the cite of Modin And all the people of Israel made greate lamentacion for him and mourned longe sayenge Alas that this worthy shulde be slayne which delyuered y e people of Israel As for other thinges pertayninge to y e battayls of Iudas the nobles actes that he did and of his worthynesse they are not writtē for they were very many And after the death of Iudas wicked mē came vp in all the coastes of Israel and there arose all soch as worke vngodlynesse In those dayes was there a greate derth in the londe and all the countre gaue ouer them selues theirs vnto Bachides So Bachides those wicked men and made them lordes in the londe These sought out and made search for Iudas frendes and brought them vnto Bachides which auenged himself vpon thē with greate despite And there came so greate trouble in Israel as was not sens the time that no prophet was sene there Then came all Iudas frendes together and sayde vnto Ionathas For so moch as thy brother Iudas is deed there is none like him to go forth agaynst o r enemies agaynst Bachides and soch as are aduersaries vnto oure people Wherfore this daye we chose the for him to be oure prynce and captayne to ordre oure batell And Ionathas toke the gouernaunce vpon him at the same tyme and ruled in steade of his brother Iudas When Bachides gat knowlege therof he sought for to slaye him But Ionathas and Symon his brother perceauynge that fled in to y e wildernesse of Thecua with all their company and pitched their tētes by the water pole of Asphar Which when Bachides vnderstode he came ouer Iordane with all his hoost vpon y e Sabbath daye Now had Ionathas sent his brother Ihon a captayne of the people to praye his frendes the Nabuthites y t they wolde lende them their ordinaunce for they had moch So the children of Iambry came out of Madaba toke Ihon all y t he had wente their waye withall Then came worde vnto Ionathas Symon his brother y t the children of Iambri made a greate mariage brought y e bryde from Madaba with greate pompe for she was doughter to one of the noblest prynces of Canaan Wherfore they remembred the bloude of Ihon their brother and wente vp and hyd them selues vnder the shadowe of the mountayne So they lift vp their eyes and loked and beholde there was moch a doo greate repayre for the brydegrome came forth his frēdes and his brethren met them with tympanys instrumentes of musick and many weapēs Then Ionathas and they that were with him rose out of their skoukinge places agaynst them and slewe many of them As for the remnaunt they fled in to y e mountaynes and they toke all their substaunce Thus the mariage was turned to mournynge and y e noyse of their melody in to lamentacion And so when they had auenged the bloude of their brother they turned agayne vnto Iordane Bachides hearinge this came vnto y e very border of Iordane with a greate power vpon the Sabbath daye And Ionathas sayde to his company let vs get vp fyght agaynst oure enemies for it stondeth not with vs to daye as in tymes past Beholde o r enemies are in oure waye y e water of Iordane vpon the one syde of vs with banckes fennes and woddes of y e other syde so y t there is no place for vs to departe vnto Wherfore crie now vnto heauen that ye maye be delyuered from the power of youre enemies So they stroke the batell And Ionathas stretched out his honde to smyte Bachides but he fled bacwarde Then Ionathas and they y t were with him leapte in to Iordane swymmed ouer Iordane vnto him there were slayne of Bachides syde that daye a thousande men Therfore Bachides w t his
and what maner of troubles we haue sene thorow occasion wherof all my brethren are slayne for Israels sake and I am left alone And now let not me spare myne owne life in eny maner of trouble for I am no better then my brethren but wil avenge my people and the Sanctuary oure children and oure wyues for all the Heithen are gathered together to destroye vs of very malice At these wordes the hartes of the people were kyndled together so that they cried with a loude voyce sayenge Thou shalt be o captayne in steade of Iudas Ionathas thy brethren ordre thou oure batell what so euer thou commaundest vs we shall do it So he gathered all the men of warre makinge haist to fynish all the walles of Ierusalem which he made stronge rounde aboute Then sent he Ionathas the sonne of Absalomus w t a fresh hoost vnto Ioppa which droue them out y t were in the castell and remayned there himself Triphon also remoued from Ptolomais with a greate armye to come in to the londe of Iuda and Ionathas with him in warde And Simon pitched his tentes at Addus before the playne felde But when Triphon knewe that Symon stode vp in steade of his brother Ionathas and that he wolde warre agaynst him he sent messaungers vnto him sayenge Where as we haue kepte Ionathas thy brother it is for money that he is owynge in the kynges accompte concernynge the busynesse y t he had in honde Wherfore sende now an C. talētes of syluer and his two sonnes for suertie that when he is lettē forth he shal not forsake vs and we shal sende him agayne Neuerthelesse Symon knewe that he dyssembled in his wordes yet commaunded he the money children to be delyuered vnto him lest he shulde be the greater enemye agaynst y e people of Israel and saye because he sent him not the money and the children therfore is Ionathas deed So Symon sent him the children and an hundreth talentes but he dyssembled wolde not let Ionathas go Afterwarde came Triphon in to the londe to destroye it and wente rounde aboute by the waye y t ledeth vnto Ador. But where so euer they wente thither wente Symon and his hoost also Now they that were in the castell sent messaungers vnto Triphon that he shulde make haist to come by the wyldernesse and to sende them vytales And Triphon made ready all his horsmen to come that same night Neuerthelesse it was a very greate snowe so that he came not in Galaadithim And whē he drewe nye Baschama he slewe Ionathas and his sonnes there and then turned for to go home in to his owne londe Thē sente Symon for to fet his brothers deed coarse and buried it in Modin his fathers cite So all Israel bewayled him with greate lamentacion and mourned for him very longe And Symon made vpon the sepulcre of his father and his brethrē a buyldynge hye to loke vnto of fre stone behynde and before and set vp seuen pylers one agaynst another for his father his mother and foure brethren and set greate pilers roūde aboute with armes vpon them for a perpetuall memory and carued shippes besyde the armes y t they might be sene of mē saylinge in the see This sepulcre which he made at Modin stondeth yet vnto this daye Now as Triphō wente forth to walke w t y e yōge kynge Antiochus he slewe him trayterously and raigned in his steade crowned himself kynge of Asia and dyd moch euell in the londe Symon also buylte vp the castels in Iewry makynge them stronge with hye towres greate walles portes and lockes and layed vp vytales in the stronge holdes And Symon chose certayne men and sente them to kynge Demetrius to desyre him y t he wolde discharge the londe from all bondage for Triphon had spoyled it very sore Where vpon Demetrius the kynge answered him wrote vnto him after this maner Demetrius y e kīge sendeth gretinge vnto Symon the hye prest his frende with the elders and people of the Iewes The golden crowne and precious stone y t ye sente vnto vs haue we receaued and are ready to make a stedfast peace with you yee and to wryte vnto oure officers for to release you concernynge the thinges wherin we made you fre and the appoyntment y t we make with you shal be firme and stable The stronge holdes which ye haue buylded shal be youre owne As for eny ouer sight or fawte committed vnto this daye we forgeue it and the crowne taxe that ye ought vs also And where as was eny other tribute in Ierusalem it shal now be no tribute and loke who are mete amonge you to be in oure courte let them be written vp that there maye be peace betwixte vs. Thus the yock of the Heithen was taken from Israel in the hundreth and seuentie yeare And the peple of the Iewes beganne to write in their lettres and actes on this maner In y e first yeare of Symon the hye prest and prynce of the Iewes In those dayes wente Symon vnto Gaza and beseged it rounde aboute where he set vp ordinaunce of warre And wanne a towre which he toke So they that gat in to the towre leapte into the cite which was in a greate feare In so moch that the people of the cite rente their clothes and clymmed vp vpon the walles with their wyues and children besekynge Symon to be at one with them sayenge O rewarde vs not after o wickednes but be gracious vnto vs and we shal do y e seruyce Then Symon for very pite wolde fight nomore agaynst them but put them out of the cite and caused the houses wherin the ymages were to be clensed and so entred the cite with Psalmes of prayse geuinge thankes vnto the LORDE So when he had cast all abhominaciōs out of the cite he set soch men in it as kepte the lawe of God and made the cite stronge and builded a dwellinge place for himself Now when they in the castell at Ierusalem were kepte so strately that they coude not come forth ner in to countre and might nether bye ner sell they were very hungrie and many of them famished to death In so moch that they besought Symon to be at one with them which he graunted them So he put them out from thence and clensed the castell from fylthynesse And vpon the xxiij daye of the seconde moneth in the Clxxj. yeare they entred in to it with thankesgeuynge and braunches of palme trees with harpes crowdes cymbals and lutes synginge psalmes and songes of prayse vnto God for that the greate enemy of Israel was ouer come And Symon ordened that the same daye shulde be kepte euery yeare in gladnesse and made stronge the hyll of the temple that was besyde the castell where he dwelt him self with his company Symon also perceauynge that Ihon his sonne was a mightie man of armes made him captayne of all the hoostes and caused him to
Iewes And when they helde the thankesgeuyng ▪ at Ierusalem for the victory they brent those that had set fyre on the portes of the temple namely Calisthenes which was fled in to an house and so they gat a worthy rewarde for their wickednesse As for that most vngracious Nicanor which had brought a thousande marchaūtes to bye the Iewes he was thorow y e helpe of the LORDE brought downe euen of them whom he regarded not in so moch that he put of his glorious raymēt fled by see and came alone to Antioche w t greate shame dishono r which he gat thorow the destruccion of his hoost Thus he y t promysed the Romaynes to paye thē their tribute when he toke Ierusalem beganne now to saye planely that God was y e defender of the Iewes therfore not possible to wounde them because they folowed y e lawes which God had made The IX Chapter AT the same tyme came Antiochus agayne with dishonoure out of Persis For when he came to Persepolis and vndertoke to robbe the temple and to subdue the cite the people ranne together and defended them selues in so moch y t he and his were fayne to fle with shame And so after that flight it happened that Antiochus came agayne with dishonoure But when he came to Egbathana he gat knowlege what was happened vnto Nicanor Timotheus Now as he was auauncinge himself in his wrath he thought he was able to avenge the iniury that was done to them vpon the Iewes and therfore commaunded to make ready his charet haistinge on his iourney without ceassinge the iudgmēt of God prouokynge him because he had spokē so proudly that he wolde come to Ierusalem and make it a graue of the Iewes But the LORDE God of Israel that seith all thinges smote him with an invisible plage which no man coude heale For as soone as he had spoken these wordes there came vpon him an horrible payne of his bowels a sore grefe of the tharmes And y t was but right for he had martired other mens bowels with dyuerse and straūge tormentes how be it he wolde in no wyse ceasse from his malice Yee he was yet the prouder and more malicious agaynst the Iewes But whyle he was commaundinge to make haist in the matter it happened y t he fell downe violently from the charet so y t it brussed his body dyd him greate payne And so he that thought he might commaunde y e floudes of the see so proude was he beyonde the condiciō of man and to weye the hye mountaynes in a payre of scoales was now brought downe to the grounde caried vpon an horszlytter knowlegynge y e manyfest power of God vpon him so that y t wicked body of his was full of wormes which in his payne fell quyck out of his flesh In so moch y t his hoost was greued with the smell and styncke of him Thus he that a litle afore thought he might reach to the starres of heauen him might no man now abyde ner beare for the vehemence of styncke Therfore he beynge brought from his greate pryde begāne for to come to y e knowlege of him self for the punyshment of God warned him his payne increased euer more more And when he him self might not abyde his owne styncke he sayde these wordes It is reason to be obedient vnto God that a man desyre not to be like vnto him This wicked personne prayed also vnto the LORDE of whom he shulde haue optained no mercy And as for the cite that he came vnto so haistely to brynge it downe to the grounde to make it a graue for deed men now he desyreth to delyuer it fre And as touchinge y e Iewes whom he had iudged not worthy to be buried but wolde haue cast thē out for to be deuoured of the foules and wylde beastes sayenge that he wolde haue destroyed both olde and yonge Now he promiseth to make thē like y e citesyns of Athens And where as he had spoyled the holy temple afore now he maketh promyse to garnish it with greate giftes to increase the holy ornamētes and of his owne rentes to beare the costes and charges belonginge to the offerynges yee and that he wolde also become a Iewe him self to go thorow euery place of the worlde and to preach the power of God But when his paynes wolde not ceasse for the righteous iudgmet of God was come vpon him out of a very despayre he wrote vnto the Iewes a lettre of intercession cōteyninge these wordes The kynge and prynce Antiochus wysheth vnto the vertuous citesyns of the Iewes moch health and good prosperite Yf ye and youre children fare well and yf all thinges go after youre mynde we geue greate thankes In my sicknesse also do I remembre you louyngly for as I came out of Persia and was taken with sore disease I thought it necessary to care for the comon wealth Nether despare I in my self but haue a good hope to escape this sicknes But considerynge that my father led an hoost some tyme in y e hyer places shewed who shulde raigne after him that yf there happened eny cōtrouersy or eny harde thinge were declared they in the londe might knowe their chefe lorde y t there shulde be no insurreccion Agayne when I pondre by my self how that all y e mightie men and neghbours rounde aboute are layēge waite and loke but for oportunyte to do harme I haue ordened that my sonne Antiochus shall raigne after me whom I oft commended to many of you when I was in the hyer kyngdomes and haue wrytten vnto him as it foloweth herafter Therfore I praye you and requyre you to remembre the benefites that I haue done vnto you generally and in especiall For I hope that he shall be of sober louynge behauoure and yf he folowe my deuyce he shal be indifferent vnto you Thus that murthurer and blasphemer of God was sore smyttē and like as he had intreated other men so he dyed a myserable death in a straunge countre vpon a mountayne And his body dyd Philippe that wēte with him cary awaye which fearynge the sonne of Antiochus wente in to Egipte to Ptolomy Philometor The X. Chapter MAchabeus now his company thorow the helpe of the LORDE wanne the temple and the cite agayne destroyed the aulters and chapels that the Heithē had buylded thorow the stretes clensed the temple made another aulter of bricke stone and after ij yeares they offered sacrifices set forth the incense the lightes and shewe bred When that was done they fell downe flat vpon the grounde and besought the LORDE that they might come nomore in to soch trouble but yf they synned eny more agaynst him he him self to chasten them with mercy and not to come in the hondes of those aleauntes and blasphemous men Now vpon the same daye that y e straungers poluted the temple it happened that
for to arme them selues and to perfourme the kynges busynesse Notwithstondinge he might not haue his purpose Nicanor had deuysed with greate pryde to ouercome Iudas and to brynge awaye y e victory But Machabeus had euer a fast confideÌ„ce and a parfecte hope in God that he wolde helpe him and exorted his people not to be afrayed at the commynge of the Heithen but allwaye to remembre the helpe that had bene shewed vnto them from heauen yee and to be sure now also y t Allmightie God wolde geue them the victory He spake vnto them out of the lawe and prophetes puttinge them in remembraunce of the battayls that they had striken afore made them to be of a good corage So when their hartes were plucte vp he shewed them also the disceatfulnesse of the Heithen and how they wolde kepe no couenaunt ner ooth Thus he weapened theÌ„ not with the armoure of shylde and speare but with wholsome wordes and exortacions He shewed them a dreame also wherthorow he made them all glad which was this He thought that he sawe Onias which had bene hye prest a vertuous louynge man sad and of honest conuersacion well spoken and nee that had bene exercised in godlynes froÌ„ a childe holdinge vp his hoÌ„des towarde heauen and prayenge for his people After this there apeared vnto him another maÌ„ which was aged honorable and glorious And Onias sayde This is a louer of the brethren and of the people of Israel This is he that prayeth moch for the people and for all the holy cite Ieremy the prophet of God He thought also y t Ieremy helde out his right hoÌ„de and gaue him namely vnto Iudas a swearde of golde sayenge Take this holy swearde a gifte from God wherwith thou shalt smyte downe the enemies of the people of Israel And so they were wel conforted thorow the wordes of Iudas and toke corage vnto theÌ„ so that the yonge men were determed in their myndes to fight to byde styfly at it In so moch that in the thinges which they toke in honde their boldnesse shewed the same because the holy cite and the temple were in parell for the which they toke more care then for their wyues children brethreÌ„ and kynsfolkes Agayne they that were in the cite were most carefull for those which were to fight Now when they were all in a hope that the iudgment of the matter was at hoÌ„de and the enemies drew nye the hoost beynge set in araye the Elephantes and horsmeÌ„ euery one stondinge in his place Machabeus considered the commynge of the multitude the ordinaunce of dyuerse weapens the cruelnesse of the beestes and helde vp his hondes towarde heauen callinge vpon the LORDE that doth wonders which geueth not the victory after the multitude of weapens and power of the hoost but â—o them that please him acordinge to his owne will Therfore in his prayer he sayde these wordes O LORDE thou that diddest sende thine angell in the tyme of Ezechias kynge of Iuda and in the hoost of Sennacherib slewest an hundreth and fyue and foure score thousande sende now also thy good angell before vs o LORDE of heauens in the fearfulnesse and drede of thy mightie arme that they which come agaynst thy holy people to blaspheme them maye be afrayed And so he made an ende of his wordes Then Nicanor and they that were with him drew nye with shawmes and songes but Iudas and his company with prayer and callinge vpon God With their hondes they smote but with their hertes they prayed vnto the LORDE and slewe no lesse then xxxv M. meÌ„ For thorow the present helpe of God they were gloriously conforted Now when they left of and were turninge agayne with ioye they vnderstode that Nicanor himself was slayne with the other Then they gaue a greate shoute and a crie praysinge the allmighty LORDE with a loude voyce And Iudas which was euer ready to spende his body and life for his citesyns commaunded to smyte of Nicanors heade with his arme and honde and to be brought to Ierusalem When he came there he called all the people and the prestes at the aulter with those that were in y e castell and shewed them Nicanors heade and his wicked honde which he had presumptuously holden vp agaynst the temple of God He caused y e tonge also of that vngodly Nicanor to be cut in litle peces and to be cast to the foules and the cruell mans honde to be hanged vp before the temple So euery man gaue thankes vnto y e LORDE saienge blessed be he that hath kepte his place vndefyled As fo Nicanors heade he hanged it vp vpoÌ„ the hye castell for an euydent and playne token of the helpe of God And so they agreed all together to kepe that daye holy namely y e xiij daye of y e moneth Adar which in y e SyriaÌ„s laÌ„guage is called y e nexte daye before Mardocheus daye Thus was Nicanor slayne and from that tyme forth the Iewes had the cite in possession And here wil I now make an ende The endâ— of the seconde boke of the Machabees The new testament The gospell of S Mathew The gospell of S. Marke The gospell of S. Luke The gospell of S. Ihon. The Actes of the Apostles The epistles of S. Paul The epistle vnto the Romaynes The first and seconde epistle to the Corinthians The epistle to the Galathians The epistle to the Ephesians The epistle to the Philippians The epistle to the Colossians The first and secoÌ„de epistle to the Tessalonians The first and seconde epistle vnto Tymothy The epistle vnto Titus The epistle vnto Philemon The first and seconde epistle of S. Peter The thre epistles of S. Ihon. The epistle vnto the Hebrues The epistle of S. Iames. The epistle of S. Iude. The Reuelacion of S. Ihon. The gospell of S. Mathew What S. Mathew conteyneth Chap. I. The genealogy of Christ and mariage of his mother Mary The angell satisfieth Iosephs mynde Chap. II. The tyme place of Christes byrth The wyse men ofre their presentes Christ flyeth in to Egipte the yonge childern are slayne Christ turneth in to Galilee Chap. III. The baptyme preachinge and office of Ihon and how Christ was baptysed of him in Iordan Chap. IIII. Christ fasteth and is tempted he calleth Peter Andrew Iames and Ihon healeth all the sicke Chap. V. In this Chapter and in the two next folowinge is conteyned the most excelleÌ„t and louynge Sermon of Christ in the mount Which sermon is the very keye that openeth the vnderstondinge in to the lawe In this fifth chapter specially he preacheth of the VIII beatitudes or blessinges of manslaughter wrath and anger of aduoutrie of swearinge of suffringe wronge and of loue euen towarde a mans enemies Chap. VI. Of Almes prayer and fastinge He forbyddeth the carefull sekynge of wordly thinges Chap. VII He forbyddeth fooliszh and temerarious iudgment reproueth ypocrisie exorteth vnto prayer warneth to bewarre of false prophetes
And whosoeuer euer geueth you a cuppe of water to drynke in my name because ye belonge vnto Christ verely I saye vnto you he shal not lose his rewarde And who so offendeth one of these litle ones that beleue in me it were better for him that a mylstone were hāged aboute his neck and he cast in to the see Yf thy hāde offende the cut him of Better it is for the to entre in to life lame thē hauynge two hondes to go in to hell in to the euerlastinge fyre where their worme dyeth not and their fyre goeth not out Yf thy fote offende the cut him of Better it is for the to entre into life crepell thē hauynge two fete to be cast into hell in the fyre euerlastynge where their worme dyeth not and their fyre goeth not out Yf thine eye offende the cast him from the. Better it is for the to entre in to y e kyngdome of God with one eye then hauynge two eyes to be cast in to the fyre of hell where their worme dyeth not and their fyre goeth not out For euery mā must be salted w t fyre euery offerynge shal be seasoned w t salt The salt is good but yf y e salt be vnsauery wherwith all shal it be salted Haue salt in you peace amonge yo selues one with another The X. Chapter ANd he rose vp and came from thence in to the places of Iewry beyonde Iordan And the people wēte agayne vnto him by heapes and as his maner was he taught them agayne And the Pharises came vnto him and axed him yf it were laufull for a man to put awaye his wife and tempted him withall But he answered and sayde What hath Moses cōmaunded you They sayde Moses suffred to wryte a testimoniall of deuorcemēt and to put her awaye Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Because of y e hardnesse of yo hert dyd Moses wryte you this commaundement But from the first creacion God made thē man and woman For this cause shal a man leaue his father mother and cleue vnto his wife and they two shal be one flesh Now are they not twayne thē but one flesh Let not man therfore put asunder that which God hath coupled together And at home his disciples axed him agayne of y e same And he sayde vnto thē Whoso euer putteth awaye his wife marieth another breaketh wedlocke to her warde And yf a womā forsake hir huszbande be maried to another she cōmitteth aduoutrie And they brought childrē vnto him that he might touch them But the disciples reproued those that brought thē Neuertheles whan Iesus sawe it he was displeased and sayde vnto them Suffre the children to come vnto me and forbyd them not for of soch is the kyngdome of God Verely I saye vnto you Who so euer receaueth not the kyngdome of God as a childe he shal not entre therin And he toke them vp in his armes and layed his handes vpon them and blessed them And whan he was gone forth vpon the waye there came one runninge and kneled vnto him axed him Good Master what shal I do that I maye inheret euerlastinge life But Iesus saide vnto him Why callest thou me good There is no man good but God onely Thou knowest the commaundementes Thou shalt not breake wedlocke thou shalt not kyll thou shalt not steale thou shalt beare no false wytnesse thou shalt begyle no man Honoure thy father and mother But he answered and sayde vnto him Master all these haue I kepte fro my youth vp And Iesus behelde him and loued him sayde vnto him Thou wantest one thinge Go thy waye and sell all that thou hast and geue it vnto y e poore so shalt thou haue a treasure in heauen and come folowe me and take the crosse vpon ye. And he was disconforted at the sayenge wente awaye sory for he had greate possessions And Iesus loked aboute him and sayde vnto his disciples O how hardly shal the ryche come into y e kyngdome of God And the disciples were astonnyed at his wordes But Iesus answered agayne and sayde vnto them Deare children how harde is it for them that trust in riches to come in to the kyngdome of God It is easier for a Camell to go thorow the eye of a nedle then for a rich man to entre in to y e kyngdome of God Yet were they astonnyed y e more and sayde amonge thē selues Who can thē be saued But Iesus behelde them and sayde With men it is vnpossyble but not with God for with God all thinges are possyble Then sayde Peter vnto him Beholde we haue forsaken all and folowed the. Iesus answered sayde Verely I saye vnto you There is no man that forsaketh house or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or londes for my sake and the gospels that shal not receaue an hundreth folde now in this tyme houses and brethrē and sisters and mothers and children and londes with persecucions and in the worlde to come euerlastinge life But many that are the first shal be the last and the last the first They were in the waye goinge vp to Ierusalem and Iesus wente before them And they were astonnyed and folowed him and were afrayed And Iesus toke the twolue agayne and tolde them what shulde happē vnto him Beholde we go vp to Ierusalem and the sonne of man shal be delyuered vnto the hye prestes and scrybes and they shal condemne him to death and delyuer him vnto the Heythē And they shal mocke hī and scourge him and spyt vpon him and put him to death and on the thirde daye shal he ryse agayne Then wēte vnto him Iames and Ihon y e sonnes of Zebede and sayde Master We desyre that whatsoeuer we axe of the thou wilt do it for vs. He sayde vnto thē What desyre ye that I shal do to you They sayde vnto him Graunte vs that we maye syt one at thy right hande and one at thy left hande in thy glory But Iesus sayde vnto thē Ye wote not what ye axe Maye ye drynke the cuppe y t I shal drynke and be baptysed with the baptyme that I shal be baptysed withall They sayde vnto him Yee y t we maye Iesus sayde vnto them The cuppe that I drynke shal ye drynke in dede and be baptysed with the baptyme that I shall be baptysed withall Neuertheles to syt at my right hande and at my left is not myne to geue you but vnto them for whom it is prepared And whā the ten herde that they disdayned at Iames and Ihon. But Iesus called them and sayde vnto them Ye knowe that the prynces of y e worlde haue domynacion of the people and y e mightie exercise auctorite amonge them So shal it not be amonge you but who so euer wil be greate amōge you shal be youre mynister and who
for vnto you this daye is borne y e Sauioure euē Christ y e LORDE in the cite of Dauid And take this for a token Ye shal fynde the babe swadled and layed in a maunger And straight waye there was by the angell a multitude of heauenly hoostes which praysed God and sayde Glory be vnto God an hye peace vpon earth and vnto men a good wyll And it fortuned whā the angels were gone from thē in to heauē the shepherdes sayde one to another let vs go now euen vnto Bethleem and se this thinge that is happened which y e LORDE hath shewed vnto vs. And they came w t haist founde both Mary and Ioseph the babe layed in y e maunger And whan they had sene it they published abrode the sayenge y t was tolde thē of this childe And all they that herde it wondred at the wordes which the shepherdes had tolde them But Mary kepte all these sayenges and pondred them in hir hert And the shepherdes returned praysinge and laudinge God for all that they had herde and sene euen as it was tolde them And whan eight dayes were ended that the childe shulde be circumcysed his name was called Iesus which was named of y e angell before he was conceaued in his mothers wombe And whā the dayes of their purificacion after the lawe of Moses were come they brought him to Ierusalē that they might present him vnto the LORDE As it is wrytten in the lawe of the LORDE Euery māchilde that first openeth the Matrix shal be called holy vnto y e LORDE and that they might geue the offerynge as it is wryttē in the lawe of the LORDE namely a payre of turtle doues or two yonge pigeons And beholde there was a man at Ierusalē whose name was Symeon and the same mā was iust and feared God and lōged for the consolacion of Israel and the holy goost was in him And an answere was geuē him of the holy goost that he shulde not se death before he had sene y e LORDES Christ. And he came by inspiracion into the tēple And whan the elders brought the childe Iesus into the temple to do for him after y e custome of the lawe then toke he him vp in his armes and praysed God and sayde LORDE now lettest thou thy seruaūt departe in peace acordinge to thy promesse For myne eyes haue sene thy Sauioure whō thou hast prepared before all people A light for the lightenynge of the Heythē for the prayse of y e people of Israel And his father and mother marueyled at the thinges that were spokē of him And Symeon blessed them and sayde vnto Mary his mother Beholde this childe shal be set to a fall and to an vprysinge agayne of many in Israel and for a token which shal be spokē agaynst And the swerde shal pearse thy soule that the thoughtes of many hertes maye be opened And there was a prophetisse one Anna the doughter of Phanuel of the trybe of Aser which was of a greate age and had lyued seuen yeares with hir huszbāde from hir virginite had now bene a wedowe aboute foure score foure yeares which came neuer frō the tēple seruynge God w t fastynge and prayenge daye and night the same came forth also the same houre and praysed the LORDE and spake of him vnto all that loked for the redempcion at Ierusalem And whan they had perfourmed all acordinge to the lawe of the LORDE thy returned īto Galile to their owne cite Nazareth And the childe grewe and wexed stronge in sprete full of wyszdome the grace of God was with him And his elders wente to Ierusalem euery yeare at the feast of Easter And whan he was twolue yeare olde they wente vp to Ierusalem after the custome of the feast And whan they had fulfilled the dayes and were gone home agayne the childe Iesus abode styll at Ierusalem And his elders knewe it not but thought he had bene in the company and they came a dayes iourney and sought hī amōge their kynszfolkes acquātaunce And whā they founde him not they wēte agayne to Ierusalē and sought him And it fortuned after thre dayes y t they founde him in the temple syttinge amonge the teachers hearynge thē and opposynge them And all they that herde him wōdred at his vnderstondynge and answeres And whan they sawe him they were astonnyed And his mother sayde vnto him My sonne why hast thou done this vnto vs Beholde thy father and I haue sought the sorowynge And he sayde vnto them What is it that ye haue sought me Wyst ye not y t I must go aboute my fathers busynes And they vnderstode not the sayenge y t he spake vnto them And he wente downe with thē and came to Nazareth and was obediēt vnto them And his mother kepte all these wordes in hir hert And Iesus increased in wyszdome age and fauoure with God and men The III. Chapter IN the fiftenth yeare of the raigne of Tiberius the Emperoure whā Pontius Pilate was leftenaūt in Iewry and Herode one of the foure princes in Galile and his brother Philippe one of the foure prynces in Iturea in the coastes of Traconites and Lysanias one of the foure princes of Abilene when Hannas and Caiphas were hye prestes thē came y e worde of God vnto Ihon the sonne of Zachary in the wyldernes And he came into all y e coastes aboute Iordan and preached the baptyme of repētaunce for the remyssion of synnes As it is wryttē in y e boke of y e sayenges of Esaye the prophet which sayeth The voyce of a cryer in the wyldernes prepare the waye of the LORDE and make his pathes straight Euery valley shal be fylled and euery mountayne hyll shal be brought lowe And what so is croked shal be made straight and what rough is shal be made smooth and all flesh shal se the Sauioure of God Then sayde he vnto the people y t wente out to be baptysed of him Ye generacion of vipers who hath certified you that ye shal escape y e wrath to come Take hede brynge forth due frutes of repētaūce begynne not to saye We haue Abrahā to o r father For I saye vnto you God is able of these stones to rayse vp children vnto Abraham The axe is put vnto the tre allready so that euery tre which bryngeth not forth good frute shal be hewen downe and cast into the fyre And the people axed him and sayde What shal we do then He answered sayde vnto thē He that hath two coates let him parte w t him y t hath none and he that hath meate let him do likewyse The publicans came also to be baptysed and sayde vnto him Master what shal we do He sayde vnto them Requyre nomore then is appoynted you Then y e soudyours axed him likewyse and sayde What shal we do then And he
whyle this voyce came to passe they founde Iesus alone And they kepte it close and tolde no mā in those dayes eny of the thinges which they had sene And it chaunsed on the nexte daye after whan they came downe from the mount moch people met him and beholde a man amonge the people cryed out and sayde Master I beseke the loke vpon my sonne for he is my onely sonne beholde the sprete taketh him and sodenly he crieth and he teareth him that he fometh and with payne departeth he from him whan he hath rente him And I besought thy disciples to cast him out and they coulde not Then answered Iesus and sayde Oh thou vnfaithfull and croked generacion how longe shal I be with you suffre you Brynge hither thy sonne And whan he came to him the deuell rente him and tare him But Iesus rebuked the foule sprete and healed the chylde and delyuered him vnto his father agayne And they were all amased at the mighty power of God And whyle they wondred euery one at all thinges which he dyd he sayde vnto his disciples Comprehende these sayenges in youre eares For the sonne of man must be delyuered in to the hādes of men But they wyst not what that worde meaned and it was hyd from them that they vnderstode it not And they were afrayed to axe him of that worde There came a thought also amonge them which of them shulde be the greatest But whā Iesus sawe the thoughtes of their hert he toke a childe set him harde by him and sayde vnto them Whosoeuer receaueth this childe in my name receaueth me and who so euer receaueth me receaueth him that sent me But who so is leest amōge you all y e same shal be greate Then answered Ihō and sayde Master we sawe one dryue out deuels in thy name and we forbad him for he folowed the not with vs. And Iesus saide vnto him For byd him not for he that is not agaynst vs is for vs. And it fortuned whan the tyme was fulfylled that he shulde be receaued vp from hence he turned his face to go straight to Ierusalem and before him he sent messaungers which wente their waye and came in to a towne of the Samaritans to prepare lodginge for him And they wolde not receaue him because he had turned his face to go to Ierusalē But whan his disciples Iames and Ihon sawe that they sayde LORDE wilt thou that we commaunde that fyre fall downe from heauen and consume them as Elias dyd Neuertheles Iesus turned him aboute and rebuked them and sayde Knowe ye not what maner of sprete ye are of The sonne of man is not come to destroye mens soules but to saue them And they wente in to another towne And it fortuned as they went by the waye one sayde vnto him I wil folowe the whyther so euer thou go And Iesus sayde vnto him The foxes haue holes and the byrdes vnder the heauē haue nestes but the sonne of man hath not wheron to laye his heade And he sayde vnto another Folowe me He sayde Syr geue me leue first to go and burye my father But Iesus sayde vnto him Let the deed burye their deed But go thou thy waye and preach the kyngdome of God And another sayde Syr I will folowe the but geue me leue first to go byd them farwele which are at home in my house Iesus sayde vnto him Who so putteth his hāde to the plowe and loketh backe is not mete for the kingdome of God The X. Chapter AFterwarde the LORDE appoynted out other seuentie and sent them two and two before him in to euery cite and place whither he himself wolde come and sayde vnto them The haruest is greate but the labourers are fewe Praye therfore the LORDE of the haruest to sende forth labourers in to his haruest Go youre waye beholde I sende you forth as the lābes amonge y e wolues Beare nether wallet ner scryppe ner shues and salute no mā by the waye In to what so euer house ye entre first saye Peace be in this house And yf the childe of peace be there youre peace shal rest vpon him Yf no then shal youre peace turne to you agayne But tary ye still in the same house eatinge and drynkinge soch as they haue For the labourer is worthy of his rewarde Go not from house to house And in to what so euer cite ye entre and they receaue you eate soch thinges as are set before you And heale the sicke that are there and saye vnto them The kyngdome of God is come nye vnto you But in to what so euer cite ye come and they receaue you not go youre waye out in to the stretes of the same and saye Euen the very dust which cleaueth vpon vs of youre cite wype we of vpon you But of this ye shal be sure that the kyngdome of God was come nye vnto you I saye vnto you It shal be easyer for Sodome in that daye then for that cite Wo vnto the Chorazin wo vnto the Bethsaida for yf the miracles which haue bene done amonge you had bene done at Tyre and Sidon they had done pennaunce longe agoo syttinge in sack cloth and in asshes Neuertheles it shal be easyer for Tyre and Sidon at the iudgment then for you And thou Capernaum which art exalted vnto the heauen shalt be thrust downe vnto hell He that heareth you heareth me and he that despyseth you despyseth me but who so despyseth me despyseth him y t sent me The seuētye came agayne with ioye and sayde LORDE the deuels also are subdued vnto vs in thy name But he sayde vnto them I sawe Sathan fall downe from heauen as a lightenynge Beholde I haue geuen you power to treade vpon serpētes and scorpions and ouer all power of the enemye and nothinge shall hurte you Neuertheles reioyce not ye in this that the spretes are subdued vnto you but reioyse that youre names are wrytten in heauen At the same houre reioysed Iesus in sprete and sayde I prayse the O father and LORDE of heauen and earth that thou hast hyd these thinges from the wyse and prudent and hast opened them vnto babes Euen so father for so it pleased the. All thinges are geuen ouer vnto me of my father and no man knoweth who the sonne is but onely the father nether who the father is saue onely the sonne and he to whō the sonne wil open it And he turned him vnto his disciples and sayde in especiall Blessed are the eyes which se that ye se. For I saye vnto you Many prophetes and kynges wolde haue sene the thynges that ye se and haue not sene them and to haue herde the thynges that ye heare and haue not herde them And beholde there stode vp a scrybe and tempted him and sayde Master what must I do to inheret euerlastinge life
that they rebuked them Neuertheles Iesus called them vnto him and sayde Suffre childrē to come vnto me and forbyd thē not for of soch is y e kyngdome of God Verely I saye vnto you Whosoeuer receaueth not y e kyngdome of God as a childe shal not enter therin And a certayne ruler axed him and sayde Good master what must I do that I maye enheret euerlastinge life But Iesus sayde vnto him Why callest thou me good There is no man good but God onely Thou knowest the cōmaundementes Thou shalt not breake wedlocke Thou shalt not kyll Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt not beare false wytnesse Honoure thy father and y e mother But he sayde All these haue I kepte fro my youth vp Whā Iesus herde that he sayde vnto him Yet lackest thou one thinge sell all that thou hast and geue it vnto y e poore and thou shalt haue a treasure in heauen and come folowe me Whan he herde that he was sory for he was very riche Whan Iesus sawe that he was sory he sayde How hardly shal the riche come in to the kyngdome of God It is easyer for a Camell to go thorow the eye of a nedle thē for a rich man to entre in to the kyngdome of God Then sayde they y t herde that Who can then be saued But he sayde loke what is vnpossible with mē is possible with God Then sayde Peter Beholde we haue forsakē all and folowed the. He sayde vnto thē Verely I saye vnto you There is no mā y t forsaketh house or elders or brethren or wife or children for the kyngdome of Gods sake which shal not receaue moch more in this tyme and euerlastinge life in the worlde to come He toke vnto him the twolue and sayde vnto them Beholde we go vp to Ierusalē and it shal all be fulfilled that is wrytten by the prophetes of the sonne of man For he shal be delyuered vnto y e Heythen and shal be mocked and despytefully intreated and spitted vpon and whan they haue scourged him they shal put him to death and vpon the thirde daye shal he aryse agayne And they vnderstode nothinge of these thinges And this sayenge was hyd from them and they perceaued not the thinges that were spoken And it came to passe whan he came nye vnto Iericho there sat one blynde by the waye and begged And whan he herde the people passe by he axed what it was Then sayde they vnto him that Iesus of Nazareth passed by And he cryed and sayde Iesu thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon me But the people that wente before rebuked him that he shulde holde his tunge Neuertheles he cried moch more Thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpō me Iesus stode styl cōmaunded hī to be brought vnto hī And whan he was come neare he axed him and sayde What wilt thou that I do vnto the He sayde LORDE that I maye receaue my sight And Iesus sayde vnto him Receaue thy sight thy faith hath saued the. And immediatly he sawe and folowed him praysed God And all the people that sawe it gaue God the prayse The XIX Chapter ANd he entred in and wente thorow Iericho beholde there was a man named Zacheus which was a ruler of the publicans and was riche and desyred to se Iesus what he shulde be and he coulde not for the people for he was lowe of stature And he ranne before and clymmed vp in to a wylde fygge tre that he might se him for he shulde come y t waye And whan Iesus came to the same place he loked vp and sawe him and sayde vnto him Zache come downe haistely for todaye must I turne in to thy house And he came downe hastely and receaued him with ioye Whan they sawe that they murmured all and sayde y t he was gone in to a synner But Zacheus stode forth and sayde vnto the LORDE Beholde LORDE the half of my goodes geue I to the poore and yf I haue defrauded eny man I restore him foure folde Iesus sayde vnto him This daye is health happened vnto this house for so moch as he also is Abrahams sonne For the sonne of mā is come to seke and to saue that which was lost Now whyle they herkened he tolde a symilitude also because he was nye vnto Ierusalem and because they thought that the kyngdome of God shulde appeare immediatly And he sayde A certayn◠noble mā wēte in to a farre countre to receaue hī a kyngdome and then to come agayne This man called ten of his seruauntes and delyuered them ten pounde and sayde vnto them Occupye tyll I come agayne But his citesyns hated him and sent a message after him and sayde We wil not haue this man to raigne ouer vs. And it fortuned whan he came agayne after that he had receaued the kyngdome he bade call for the seruauntes vnto whom he had geuē his money y t he might knowe what euery one had done Then came the first and sayde Syr thy pounde hath wonne ten pounde And he sayde vnto him Well thou good seruaūt for so moch as thou hast bene faithfull in the least thou shalt haue auctorite ouer ten cities The seconde came also and sayde Syr thy pounde hath wonne fyue pounde And to him he sayde And thou shalt be ouer fyue cities And y e thirde came and sayde Lo syr here is thy pounde which I haue kepte in a napkyn I was afrayed of the for thou art an harde man thou takest vp y t thou hast not layed downe and reapest that thou hast not sowne He sayde vnto him Of thine awne mouth iudge I the thou euell seruaunt Knewest thou thou that I am an harde man takynge vp that I layde not downe and reapynge that I dyd not sowe Wherfore then hast thou not delyuered my money to the exchaunge banke And at my commynge might I haue requyred myne awne with vauntage And he sayde vnto them that stode by Take y e pounde from him and geue it vnto him that hath ten pounde And they sayde vnto him Syr he hath ten pounde already But I saye vnto you Whosoeuer hath vnto him shal be geuē but from him that hath not shal be taken awaye euen that he hath As for those myne enemies which wolde not that I shulde raigne ouer them bringe them hither and slaye them before me And whan he had thus sayde he wēte on forwarde and toke his iourney vp to Ierusalem And it fortuned whan he came nye to Bethphage and Bethany vnto mount Oliuete he sent two of his disciples and sayde Go in to the towne that lyeth ouer agaynst you and assone as ye are come in ye shal fynde a foale tyed wheron yet neuer man satt lowse it and brynge it hither And yf eny mā axe you wherfore ye lowse it saye thus vnto him The LORDE hath nede therof And they that were sent wēte their waye and
founde euen as he had sayde But whā they lowsed y e foale the owners therof sayde vnto thē Why lowse ye the foale They sayde The LORDE hath nede therof And they brought it vnto Iesus and cast their clothes vpō the foale and set Iesus theron Now as he wente they spred their garmentes in the waye And whan he wēte downe fro mount Oliuete y e whole multitude of his disciples begāne ioyfully to prayse God with loude voyce ouer all the miracles that they had sene and sayde Blessed be he that cōmeth a kynge in the name of the LORDE Peace be in heauen and prayse in the height And some of the Pharises amonge the people sayde vnto him Master rebuke thy disciples And he answered and sayde vnto them I tell you yf these holde their peace yet shal the stones crye And whan he was come neare he behelde the cite and wepte vpō it and sayde Yf thou knewest what were for y e peace thou shuldest remēbre it euen in this present daye of thine But now is it hyd from thine eyes For the tyme shal come vpon the that thine enimies shal cast vp a bāke aboute the and aboute thy children with the and besege y e and kepe the in on euery syde and make the eauen with the grounde and shal not leaue in the one stone vpon another because thou hast not knowne y e tyme wherin thou hast bene visited And he wente in to the temple and begāne to dryue out them that bought and solde therin and sayde vnto them It is wrytten My house is an house of prayer but ye haue made it a denne of murthurers And he taught daylie in the tēple But the hye prestes and the scrybes and the chefest of y e people wente aboute to destroye him and founde not what to do vnto him For all the people stacke by him and gaue him audience The XX. Chapter ANd it fortuned one of those dayes whan he taught the people in the tēple and preached the Gospell the hye prestes and scrybes came to him with the Elders and spake vnto him and sayde Tell vs by what auctorite doest thou these thinges Or who gaue the this auctorite But he answered sayde vnto thē I wil axe you a worde also tell it me The baptyme of Ihō was it from heauen or of men But they thought in them selues and sayde Yf we saye from heauen then shal he saye Why dyd ye not thē beleue him But yf we saye of men then shal all the people stone vs for they be persuaded that Ihon is a prophet And they answered that they coulde not tell whence it was And Iesus sayde vnto them Nether tell I you by what auctorite I do these thinges And he beganne to tell the people this symilitude A certayne man planted a vynyarde and let it out vnto huszbādmen and wente himself in to a straunge countre for a greate season And whan his tyme was come he sent a seruaūt to the huszbādmen that they might geue him of the frute of the vynyarde But the huszbandmen bet him and sent him awaye emptye And agayne he sent yet another seruaūt but they bet him also and intreated him shamefully sent him awaye emptye And besydes this he sent the thirde but they wounded him also and thrust him out Then sayde the lorde of the vynyarde What shal I do I wil sende my deare sonne peraduenture they wil stonde in awe of him whan they se him But whan the huszbande men sawe the sonne they thought in thē selues and sayde This is the heyre come let vs kyll him y t the inheritaunce maye be oures And they thrust him out of y e vynyarde and slew him What shal now the lorde of the vynyarde do vnto them He shal come and destroye those huszbandmen and let out his vynyarde vnto other Whan they herde that they sayde God forbyd But he behelde thē and sayde What is this then that is wrytten The same stone which the buylders refused is become the head corner stone Who so euer falleth vpon this stone shal be broken in sunder but vpō whō so euer he falleth he shall grynde him to poulder And the hye prestes and scrybes wente aboute to laye handes vpon him the same houre and they feared the people for they perceaued that he had spokē this symilitude agaynst them And they watched hī sent forth spyes which shulde fayne thē selues perfecte that they might take him in his wordes to delyuer him vnto the power and auctorite of y e debite And they axed him sayde Master we knowe that thou sayest teachest right and regardest the outwarde appearaūce of no man but teachest the waye of God truly Is it laufull that we geue tribute vnto the Emperoure or not But he perceaued their craftynes and sayde vnto them Why tēpte ye me Shewe me the peny Whose ymage and superscripcion hath it They answered and sayde The Emperours Then sayde he vnto them Geue thē vnto the Emperoure that which is the Emperours vnto God that which is Gods And they coude not reproue his worde before the people and marueyled at his answere and helde their peace Then came vnto him certayne of the Saduces which holde that there is no resurreccion and axed him and sayde Master Moses wrote vnto vs yf eny mans brother dye hauynge a wife and dyeth without childrē then shal his brother take his wife and rayse vp sede vnto his brother Now were there seuē brethrē the first toke a wife and dyed childlesse and the seconde toke the wife and deyed without children also and the thirde toke her likewyse all the seuē and left no children behynde thē and dyed At the last after them all the woman dyed also Now in the resurreccion whose wife shal she be of them For seuen had her to wife And Iesus answered and saide vnto them The childrē of this worlde mary are maried but they y t shal be worthy to enioye that worlde and the resurreccion from the deed shal nether mary ner be maried for they can dye nomore For they are like vnto the angels and are the children of God in so moch as they are children of the resurreccion But that the deed ryse agayne hath Moses also signified besydes the bush when he called the LORDE the God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob But God is not a God of the deed but of the lyuynge for they lyue all vnto him Then answered certayne of the scrybes and sayde Master thou haist sayde well And from that tyme forth they durst axe him no mo questions But he sayde vnto them How saye they that Christ is Dauids sonne And Dauid himself sayeth in the boke of the Psalmes The LORDE sayde vnto my LORDE Syt thou on my right honde tyll I make thine enemies thy fote stole Dauid calleth him LORDE how
on the sonne hath euerlastinge life he that beleueth not the sonne shal not se the life but y e wrath of God abydeth vpon him The IIII. Chapter NOw whan Iesus had knowlege y t it was come to the eares of the Pharises that Iesus made and baptised mo disciples thē Ihon howbeit Iesus himself baptysed not but his disciples he left the londe of Iewry and departed agayne in to Galile But he must nedes go thorow Samaria Then came he in to a cite of Samaria called Sichar nye vnto y e pece of lōde y t Iacob gaue vnto Ioseph his sonne And there was Iacobs well Now whan Iesus was weerye of his iourney he satt hī downe so vpō the well And it was aboute the sixte houre Then came there a woman of Samaria to drawe water Iesus sayde vnto her Geue me drynke For his disciples were gone their waye in to y e cite to bye meate So the woman of Samaria sayde vnto him How is it that thou axest drynke of me seynge thou art a Iewe and I a woman of Samaria For the Iewes medle not with the Samaritans Iesus answered and sayde vnto her Yf thou knewest the gift of God and who it is that sayeth vnto the geue me drynke thou woldest axe of him and he wolde geue the the water of life The woman sayde vnto him Syr thou hast nothinge to drawe withall and the well is depe from whence hast thou then that water of life Art thou greater then oure father Iacob which gaue vs this well And he himself dranke therof and his children and his catell Iesus answered and sayde vnto her Who so euer drynketh of this water shal thyrst agayne But whosoeuer shal drynke of the water that I shal geue him shal neuer be more a thyrst but the water that I shal geue him shal be in him a well of water which spryngeth vp in to euerlastinge life The woman sayde vnto him Syr geue me that same water that I thyrst not nether nede to come hither to drawe Iesus sayde vnto her Go call they huszbande and come hither The woman answered and sayde vnto him I haue no huszbande Iesus sayde vnto her Thou hast sayde well I haue no huszbande for thou hast had fyue huszbandes and he whom thou hast now is not thine huszbande there saydest thou right The womā sayde vnto him Syr I se that thou art a prophet Oure father 's worshipped vpon this mountayne and ye saye that at Ierusalem is the place where men ought to worshippe Iesus sayde vnto her Woman beleue me the tyme commeth that ye shal nether vpon this mountayne ner at Ierusalem worshippe the father Ye wote not what ye worshippe but we knowe what we worshippe for Saluacion commeth of the Iewes But the tyme commeth and is now allready that the true worshippers shal worshippe the father in sprete and in the trueth For the father wil haue soch so to worshippe him God is a sprete and they that worshippe him must worshippe in sprete and in the trueth The womā sayde vnto him I wote that Messias shal come which is called Christ. Whan he commeth he shal tell vs all thinges Iesus sayde vnto her I that speake vnto the am he And in the meane season came his disciples and they marueyled that he talked with the woman Yet sayde no man What axest thou or what talkest thou with her Then the woman let hir pot stonde and wente in to the cite and sayde vnto the people Come se a man which hath tolde me all that euer ▪ I dyd Is not he Christ Then wente they out of the cite and came vnto him In the meane whyle his disciples prayed him and sayde Master eate But he sayde vnto them I haue meate to eate that ye knowe not of Then sayde the disciples amōge them selues Hath eny man brought him meate Iesus sayde vnto thē My meate is this that I do the wyll of him that sent me and to fynish his worke Saye not ye youre selues There are yet foure monethes and then commeth the haruest Beholde I saye vnto you lift vp youre eyes and loke vpon the felde for it is whyte allready vnto the haruest And he that reapeth receaueth rewarde and gathereth frute to euerlastinge life that both he that soweth and he that reapeth maye reioyse together For herin is the prouerbe true One soweth another reapeth I haue sent you to reape that wheron ye bestowed no laboure Other haue laboured and ye are come in to their laboures Many Samaritans of the same cite beleued on him for the sayenge of the woman which testified He hath tolde me all that euer I dyd Now whan the Samaritans came to him they besought him that he wolde tary with them And he abode there two dayes and many mo beleued because of his worde and sayde vnto the woman We beleue now hence forth not because of thy sayenge we haue herde him oureselues and knowe that this of a trueth is Christ the Sauioure of the worlde After two dayes he departed thence and wente in to Galile For Iesus himself testified that a prophet is nothinge set by at home Now whā he came in to Galile the Galileās receaued him which had sene all that he dyd at Ierusalem in the feast for they also were come thither in the feast And Iesus came agayne vnto Cana in Galile where he turned the water vnto wyne And there was a certayne ruler whose sonne laye sicke at Capernaum This herde that Iesus came out of Iewry in to Galile and wente vnto him and besought him that he wolde come downe and helpe his sonne for he laye deed sicke And Iesus sayde vnto him Excepte ye se tokens and wonders ye beleue not The ruler sayde vnto him Come downe Syr or euer my childe dye Iesus sayde vnto him Go thy waye thy sonne lyueth The man beleued the worde that Iesus sayde vnto him and wente his waye And as he was goinge downe his seruauntes mett him and tolde him and sayde Thy childe lyueth Then enquyred he of them the houre wherin he beganne to amende And they sayde vnto him Yesterdaye aboute the seuēth houre the feuer left him Then the father perceaued that it was aboute the same houre wherin Iesus sayde vnto him Thy sonne lyueth And he beleued with his whole house This is now the seconde token that Iesus dyd whan he came from Iewry in to Galile The V. Chapter AFterwarde there was a feast of the Iewes and Iesus wente vp to Ierusalem There is at Ierusalem by the slaughter house a pole which in Hebrue is called Bethseda hath fyue porches wherin laye many sicke blynde lame wythred which wayted whan the water shulde moue For the angell wente downe at his tyme in to the pole and stered the water Who so euer now wente downe first after that the water was stered y e same was made whole what soeuer disease he had And
I and the father that hath sent me It is wrytten also in youre lawe that the testimony of two men is true I am one that beare wytnesse of my self And the father that sent me beareth wytnes of me also Then sayde they vnto him Where is thy father Iesus answered Ye nether knowe me ner yet my father Yf ye knewe me ye shulde knowe my father also These wordes spake Iesus vpon the Gods chest as he taught in the tēple And noman toke him for his houre was not yet come Then sayde Iesus agayne vnto them I go my waye and ye shal seke me and shal dye in youre synnes whither I go thither can not ye come Then sayde y e Iewes Wyl he kyll him self then that he sayeth whither I go thither can not ye come And he sayde vnto them Ye are from beneth I am from aboue Ye are of this worlde I am not of this worlde Therfore haue I sayde vnto you that ye shal dye in youre synnes For yf ye beleue not that I am he ye shal dye in youre synnes Then sayde they vnto him Who art thou then And Iesus sayde vnto thē Euē the very same thinge that I saye vnto you I haue many thinges to saye and to iudge of you But he that sent me is true and loke what I haue herde of him that speake I before the worlde Howbeit they vnderstode not that he spake of the father Then sayde Iesus vnto them Whan ye haue lift vp an hye the sonne of man then shal ye knowe that I am he and that I do nothinge of my self but as my father hath taught me euen so I speake And he that sent me is with me The father leaueth me not alone for I do alwaie that pleaseth him Whan he thus spake many beleued on him Then sayde Iesus vnto the Iewes that beleued on him Yf ye contynue in my worde then are ye my very disciples and ye shall knowe the trueth and the trueth shal make you fre Then answered they him We are Abrahams sede we were neuer bonde to eny man how sayest thou then Ye shal be fre Iesus answered them and sayde Verely verely I saye vnto you Who so euer doth synne is the seruaunt of synne As for the seruaunt he abydeth not in the house for euer but the sonne abydeth euer Yf the sonne therfore make you fre then are ye fre in dede I knowe that ye are Abrahams sede but ye seke to kyll me For my worde taketh not amonge you I speake that I haue sene of my father ye do that ye haue sene of youre father They answered and sayde vnto him Abraham is oure father Iesus sayde vnto them Yf ye were Abrahams children ye wolde do the dedes of Abraham But now ye go aboute to kyll me a man that haue tolde you the trueth which I haue herde of God this dyd not Abraham Ye do the dedes of youre father Then sayde they vnto him We are not borne of fornicacion we haue one father euen God Iesus sayde vnto them Yf God were youre father then wolde ye loue me For I am proceaded forth and come from God For I am not come of my self but he hath sent me Why knowe ye not thē my speach Euē because ye can not abyde the hearinge of my worde Ye are of the father the deuell and after the lustes of youre father wyl ye do The same was a murthurer from the begynnynge and abode not in the trueth for the trueth is not in him Whan he speaketh a lye then speaketh he of his awne for he is a lyar and a father of the same But because I saye the trueth ye beleue me not Which of you can rebuke me of one synne Yf I saye the trueth why do ye not beleue me He that is of God heareth Gods worde Therfore heare ye not because ye are not of God Then answered the Iewes and sayde vnto him Saye we not right that thou art a Samaritane and hast the deuell Iesus answered I haue no deuell but I honoure my father and ye haue dishonoured me I seke not myne awne prayse but there is one that seketh it and iudgeth Verely verely I saye vnto you Yf eny man kepe my worde he shal neuer se death Then sayde the Iewes vnto him Now knowe me that thou hast the deuell Abraham is deed and the prophetes and thou sayest Yf eny mā kepe my worde he shal neuer taist of death Art thou greater then oure father Abraham which is deed and the prophetes are deed Whō makest thou thy self Iesus answered Yf I prayse my self then is my prayse nothinge But it is my father that prayseth me which ye saye is youre God and ye knowe hī not but I knowe him And yf I shulde saye I knowe him not ▪ I shulde be a lyar like vnto you But I knowe him and kepe his worde Abraham youre father was glad that he shulde se my daye And he sawe it and reioysed Then sayde the Iewes vnto him Thou art not yet fiftie yeare olde and hast thou sene Abraham Iesus sayde vnto thē Verely verely I saye vnto you Or euer Abraham was I am Then toke they vp stones to cast at him But Iesus hyd himself and wente out of the temple The IX Chapter ANd Iesus passed by and sawe a man that was borne blynde And his disciples axed him sayde Master Who hath synned this or his elders that he was borne blynde Iesus answered Nether hath this synned ner his elders but that y e workes of God shulde be shewed on him I must worke the workes of him that hath sent me whyle it is daye The night commeth whan no man can worke As longe as I am in the worlde I am the light of the worlde Whan he had thus sayde he spat on the grounde and made claye of the spetle and rubbed the claye on the eyes of the blynde and sayde vnto him Go thy waye to the pole of Syloha which is interpretated sent and wash the. Then wēte he his waye and waszhed him and came seynge The neghbours and they that had sene him before that he was a begger sayde Is not this he that sat and begged Some sayde It is he Other sayde he is like him But he himself sayde I am euen he Then sayde they vnto him How are thine eyes opened He answered and sayde The mā that is called Iesus made claye and anoynted myne eyes and sayde Go thy waye to the pole of Siloha and wash the. I wente my waye washed me and receaued my sight Then sayde they vnto him Where is he He sayde I can not tell Then brought they vnto the pharises him that a litle before was blynde It was the Sabbath whan Iesus made the claye and opened his eyes Then agayne the Pharises also axed him how he had receaued his sight He sayde vnto thē
whan he sayde vnto Abrahā Thorow y e sede shal all y e naciōs of y e earth be blessed First vnto you hath God raysed vp his childe Iesus sent hī vnto you to blesse you y t euery one shulde turne frō his wickednesse The IIII. Chapter BVt as they spake to y e people there came vnto thē the prestes and the rulers of the tēple and the Saduces whō it greued y t they taught the people preached in Iesu y e resurreccion frō the deed and they layed handes vpon them and put thē in holde tyll the morow for it was now euentyde Howbeit many of thē which herde the worde beleued and the nombre of y e men was aboute fyue thousande And it chaunced on y e morow that their rulers and Elders and scrybes as Annas y e hye prest and Caiphas and Ihon Alexander and as many as were of the hye prestes kynred gathered them selues together at Ierusalem and set them before them and axed them By what auctorite Or in what name haue ye done this Peter full of the holy goost sayde vnto them Ye rulers of the people and ye Elders of Israel Yf we this daye be examyned concernynge this good dede vpon the sicke mā by what meanes he is made whole be it knowne then vnto you and to all the people of Israel that in y e name of Iesus Christ of Nazareth whom ye crucified whō God hath raysed vp from the deed stōdeth this man here before you whole This is the stone refused of you buylders which is become the heade corner stone nether is there saluacion in eny other Ner yet also is there geuē vnto mē eny other name wherin we must be saued They sawe the boldnesse of Peter Ihon and marueyled for they were sure y t they were vnlerned men and laye people And they knewe thē also that they were w t Iesu. As for the man y t was made whole they sawe hī stōdinge by thē coulde not saye agaynst it Then cōmaunded they thē to stōde asyde out of y e councell cōmened amōge thēselues saide What shal we do to these mē for a manyfest token is done by them and is openly knowne vnto thē that dwell at Ierusalem and we can not denye it But that it breake out no farther amōge the people let vs threatē them earnestly that hence forth they speake of this name vnto noman And they called them and cōmaunded thē that in eny wyse they shulde not speake ner teache in the name of Iesu. But Peter Ihon answered and sayde vnto thē Iudge ye youre selues whether it be right before God that we shulde be more obedient vnto you then vnto God We can not chose but speake that we haue sene herde But they threatened them and let them go and founde nothinge how to punyshe them because of y e people for they all praysed God because of that which was done For the man vpon whom this token of health was done was aboue fourtye yeare olde And whan they were let go they came to their folowes and tolde them what y e hye prestes and Elders sayde vnto them Whā they herde that they lifte vp their voyce w t one acorde vnto God and sayde LORDE thou that art the God which made heauen and earth and the see and all that therin is thou that by the mouth of Dauid thy seruaūt hast sayde Why do the Heythē rage and y e people ymagin vayne thinges The kynges of the earth stonde vp and the prynces haue gathered them selues together agaynst y e LORDE and agaynst his Christ. Of a trueth agaynst thy holy childe Iesus whom thou hast anoynted both Herode Pontius Pilate with the Heythen and people of Israel haue gathered thēselues together to do what soeuer thy hande and thy councell determyned before to be done And now LORDE beholde their threatenynges and graunte vnto thy seruauntes with all stedfast boldnesse to speake thy worde and stretch out thine hande that healinge and tokēs and wonders maye be done by the name of thy holy childe Iesus And whā they had prayed the place moued where they were gathered together they were all fylled with y e holy goost spake the worde of God boldly The multitude of them that beleued were of one hert and of one soule Also none of them sayde of his goodes that they were his awne but had all thinges cōmen And with greate power gaue the Apostles witnesse of the resurreccion of the LORDE Iesu and greate grace was with them all Nether was there eny amonge them that lacked For as many as were possessers of londes or houses solde thē and brought y e money of the goodes that were solde and layed it at the Apostles fete And distribucion was made vnto euery mā acordinge as he had nede Ioses which was also called of y e Apostles Barnabas that is to saye the sonne of consolacion a Leuite of the countre of Cypers had londe and solde it brought the money and layed it at the Apostles fete The V. Chapter BVt a certayne man named Ananias with Saphira his wife solde his possession and kepte awaye parte of the money his wife knowinge of it and broughte one parte layed it at the Apostles fete But Peter sayde Ananias Wherfore hath Sathan fylled thine hert that thou shuldest lye vnto the holy goost and withdrawe awaye parte of the money of the lyuelod Mightest thou not haue kepte it whan thou haddest it And whan it was solde the money was also in thy power Why hast thou then conceaued this thinge in thine hert Thou hast not lyed vnto mē but vnto God Whan Ananias herde these wordes he fell downe gaue vp the goost And there came a greate feare vpon all thē that herde of this The yonge men rose vp and put him asyde and caried him out and buried him And it fortuned as it were aboute y e space of thre houres after his wife came in and knewe not what was done But Peter answered vnto her Tell me solde ye the londe for somoch She sayde Yee for so moch Peter sayde vnto her Why haue ye agreed together to tempte the sprete of the LORDE Beholde the fete of thē which haue buried thy huszbande are at the dore shal carye the out And immediatly she fell downe at his fete and gaue vp the goost Then came in the yonge men and founde her deed and caried her out and buried her by hir huszbāde And there came a greate feare ouer the whole congregacion and ouer all thē that herde it Many tokens and wonders were done amonge the people by the hādes of the Apostles and they were all together with one acorde in Salomons porche but of other there durst no man ioyne him self vnto thē neuertheles the people helde moch of them The multitude of the men and wemen that beleued in the LORDE
grewe more and more In so moch that they brought out the sycke in to the stretes and layed them vpon beddes and barowes that at the leest waye the shadowe of Peter whan he came by might ouershadowe some of theÌ„ There came many also out of y e cities rounde aboute vnto Ierusalem and brought the sicke and theÌ„ that were vexed with vncleane spretes and they were healed euery one But the hye prest rose vp and all they y t were with him which is the secte of the Saduces and were full of indignacion layed handes on the Apostles and put them in the comon preson But the angell of y e LORDE by night opened the preson dores and brought theÌ„ out and sayde Go youre waye and steppe vp and speake in the temple to the people all the wordes of this life Whan they herde that they entred in to the temple early in the mornynge and taught But the hye prest came and they y t were with him and called the councell together all y e Elders of the children of Israel and sent to the preson to fet them The mynisters came and founde them not in the preson â—ame agayne and tolde and sayde The preson founde we shut with all diligence and the kepers stondinge without before the dores but whaÌ„ we had opened we founde noman therin Whan the hye prest and the rulers of the temple and the other hye prestes herde these wordes they douted of them whervnto this wolde growe Then came there one which tolde them Beholde the men that ye put in preson are in the temple stondinge and teachinge the people Then weÌ„te y e rulers with their mynisters and fetched them without violence for they feared the people lest they shulde haue bene stoned And whan they had brought them they set theÌ„ before the councell And the hye prest axed them and sayde Dyd not we coÌ„maunde you strately that ye shulde not teache in this name And beholde ye haue fylled Ierusalem with youre doctryne and ye inteÌ„de to brynge this mans bloude vpon vs. But Peter and the Apostles answered and sayde We ought more to obeye God then men The God of oure fathers hath raysed vp Iesus whoÌ„ ye slewe and hanged on tre Him hath the righte hande of God exalted to be a prynce and Sauioure to geue repentaunce and forgeuenesse of synnes vnto Israel And we are his recordes of these wordes and the holy goost whoÌ„ God hath geuen vnto theÌ„ that obeye him WhaÌ„ they herde that it wente thorow the hertes of them and they thoughte to slaye them Then stode there vp in y e councell a pharyse named Gamaliel a scribe had in greate reputacion before all y e people and bad put the Apostles asyde a litle and sayde vnto them Ye men of Israel take hede to youre selues what ye do as touchinge these men Before these dayes rose vp one Theudas boostinge himself And there cleued vnto him a noÌ„bre of meÌ„ aboute a foure hundreth which was slayne and all they y t enclyned vnto him were scatred abrode and brought to naught After this stode vp Iudas of Galile in y e dayes of trybute and drewe awaye moch people after him he also perished all they that enclyned vnto him are scatred abrode And now I saye vnto you refrayne yo selues froÌ„ these men and let theÌ„ go Yf this councell or worke be of meÌ„ it wil come to naught but yf it be of God ye are not able to destroye it lest ye be founde to be the men that wil stryue agaynst God Then they agreed vnto him and called the Apostles and bet them and commaunded them that they shulde speake nothinge in the name of Iesu and let them go But they departed from the presence of the councell reioysinge that they were worthy to suffre rebuke for his names sake And daylie in the temple and in euery house they ceassed not to teache and to preache the Gospell of Iesus Christ. The VI. Chapter IN those dayes whan the nombre of the disciples increased there arose a grudge amoÌ„ge the Grekes agaynst the Hebrues because their wyddowes were not loked vpon in the daylie handreachinge Then the twolue called the multitude of the disciples together and sayde It is not mete that we shulde leaue the worde of God and to serue at the tables Wherfore brethren loke out amonge you seueÌ„ men that are of honeste reporte and full of the holy goost and wyszdome whom we maye appoynte to this nedefull busynes But we wil geue oure selues vnto prayer and to the mynistracion of the worde of God And the sayenge pleased the whole multitude And they chose Steuen a man full of fayth and of the holy goost and Philippe and Procorus and Nicanor and Thimon and Parmenas and Nicolas the Proselite of Antioche These they set before y e Apostles and they prayed and layed their handes vpon them And the worde of God increased and the nombre of the disciples multiplied greatly at Ierusalem And there were many prestes also obedient vnto the fayth Steuen full of faith and power dyd wonders and greate tokens amonge the people Then arose there certayne of the synagoge which is called the synagoge of y e Libertynes of the Cyrenites and of the AlexaÌ„drines and of theÌ„ y t were of Celicia and Asia disputed with SteueÌ„ and they coulde not resiste the wyszdome and the sprete out of the which he spake Then sent they in certayne men that sayde We haue herde him speake blasphemous wordes agaynst Moses and agaynst God And they moued the people and the Elders and the scrybes and came vpon him caught him and brought him before the councell and set false witnesses there which sayde This man ceasseth not to speake blasphemous wordes agaynst this holy place and the lawe For we herde him saye Iesus of Nazareth shall destroye this place and chaunge the ordinaunces which Moses gaue vs. And all they that sat in the councell loked vpoÌ„ him and sawe his face as the face of an angell The VII Chapter Then sayde the hye prest Is it eueÌ„ so He sayde Deare brethren and fathers herken to The God of glorye appeared vnto o father AbrahaÌ„ whyle he was yet in Mesopotamia before he dwelt in Haran and sayde vnto him Get y t out of thy couÌ„tre and froÌ„ thy kynred and come in to a londe which I wil shewe ye. TheÌ„ wente he out of the lande of the Caldees and dwelt in Haran And from theÌ„ce whan his father was deed he brought him ouer in to this londe where ye dwell now and gaue him no enheritauÌ„ce therin no not y e bredth of a fote and promysed him that he wolde geue it him to possesse and to his sede after him whan as yet he had no childe But thus sayde God vnto him Thy sede shal be a straunger in a straunge londe and they shal
make bonde men of them and intreate thē euell foure hundreth yeares and y e people whom they shal serue wil Iiudge sayde God And after that shal they go forth and serue me in this place And he gaue him the couenaūt of circūcision And he begat Isaac and circūcised him the eight daye And Isaac begat Iacob and Iacob begat the twolue Patriarkes And the Patriarkes had indignacion at Ioseph and solde hī in to Egipte And God was with him and delyuered him out of all his troubles and gaue him fauoure ād wyszdome ī the sight of Pharao kynge of Egipte which made him prynce ouer Egipte and ouer all his house But there came a derth ouer all the londe of Egipte and Canaan and a greate trouble and oure fathers founde no sustenaunce But Iacob herde that there was corne in Egipte and sent oure fathers out the first tyme. And at the seconde tyme was Ioseph knowne of his brethren and Iosephs kynred was made knowne vnto Pharao But Ioseph sent out and caused his father and all his kynred to be broughte euē thre score and fyftene soules And Iacob wente downe in to Egipte and dyed both he and oure fathers and were brought ouer vnto Sichē and layed in the sepulcre that Abraham boughte for money of the children of Hemor at Sichem Now whā the tyme of the promes druenye which God had sworne vnto Abrahā the people grewe and multiplied in Egipte tyll there rose another kynge which knewe not of Ioseph The same dealte suttely w t oure kynred and intreated oure fathers euell and made them to cast out the yonge children that they shulde not remayne alyue At the same tyme was Moses borne and was a proper childe before God and was norished thre monethes in his fathers house But whan he was cast out Pharaos doughter toke him vp and norished him vp for hir awne sonne And Moses was learned in all maner wyszdome of the Egipcians and was mightie in dedes wordes But whan he was fourtye yeare olde it came in to his mynde to vyset his brethren the children of Israel And whan he sawe one of them suffre wrōge he helped him and delyuered him that had the harme done vnto him and slewe the Egipcian But he thoughte that his brethren shulde haue vnderstonde how that God by his hande shulde saue thē howbeit they vnderstode it not And on the nexte daye he shewed himself vnto them as they stroue together and wolde haue set them at one agayne and sayde Syrs ye are brethren why hurte ye one another But he that dyd his neghboure wronge thrust him awaye and sayde Who made the a ruler and iudge ouer vs Wilt thou slaye me also as thou slewest the Egipcian yesterdaye But Moses fled at that sayenge and was a straunger in the lande of Madian where he begat two sonnes And after fourtye yeares the angell of y e LORDE appeared vnto him vpon mount Sina in a flamme of fyre in a buszhe Whā Moses sawe it he wondred at the sighte But as he drue nye to beholde y e voyce of y e LORDE came vnto him I am the God of thy fathers the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob How beit Moses trēbled and durst not beholde But y e LORDE sayde vnto hī Put of thy shues from thy fete for y e place where thou stondest is an holy grounde I haue well sene the trouble of my people in Egipte and haue herde their gronynge and am come downe to delyuer them And now come I wil sende the in to Egipte This Moses whom they refused and sayde Who made y e a ruler and iudge ouer vs him had God sent to be a ruler delyuerer by the hande of the angell that appeared vnto him in the buszhe The same broughte them out and dyd wonders and tokens in Egipte and in the reed see and in y e wyldernesse fourtye yeares This is that Moses which sayde vnto the children of Israel A prophet shal the LORDE youre God rayse vp vnto you euen from amonge youre brethren like vnto me Him shal ye heare This is he that was in the congregacion in the wyldernesse with the angell which talked with him vpō mount Sina and with oure fathers This man receaued the worde of life to geue vnto vs vnto whom oure fathers wolde not be obediēt but thrust him frō thē and in their hertes turned backe agayne in to Egipte and sayde vnto Aaron Make vs goddes to go before vs for we can not tell what is become of this Moses y t broughte vs out of the lande of Egipte And they made a calfe at the same tyme and offred sacrifice vnto the ymage and reioysed in the workes of their awne handes But God turned himselfe gaue them vp so that they worshipped the hooste of heauē as it is wrytten in the boke of the prophetes O ye house of Israel gaue ye me sacrifices and catel those fortye yeares in the wyldernesse And ye toke vnto you y e tabernacle of Moloch and the starre of youre god Remphan ymages which ye youre selues made to worshippe thē And I wil cast you out beyonde Babilon Oure fathers had the tabernacle of witnesse in y e wyldernesse like as he appoynted them whan he spake vnto Moses that he shulde make it acordinge to the patrone y t he had sene which oure fathers also receaued and brought it with Iosue into the londe that the Heythē had in possession whom God droue out before the face of oure fathers vntyll the tyme of Dauid which founde fauoure with God and desyred that he might fynde a tabernacle for the God of Iacob But Salomon buylte hī an house Howbeit y e Hyest of all dwelleth not in temples that are made with handes As he sayeth by the prophete Heauē is my seate and the earth is my fote stole What house then wilye buylde vnto me sayeth the LORDE Or which is the place of my rest Hath not my hande made all these thinges Ye styffnecked of vncircumcysed hertes and eares ye allwaye resiste the holy goost Euē as yo fathers dyd so do ye also Which of the prophetes haue not yo fathers persecuted And they slewe thē which tolde before of the cōmynge of y t righteous whose traytours and murthurers ye are now become Ye receaued the lawe by the mynistracion of angels and haue not kepte it Whan they herde this it wente thorow y e hertes of thē and they gnaszhed vpō him with their tethe But he beynge full of the holy goost loked vp towarde heauen and sawe the glorye of God and Iesus stōdinge on the righte hande of God and sayde Beholde I se the heauens open and the sonne of mā stondinge on y e righte honde of God But they cried out with a loude voyce stopped their eares
sawe the grace of God he was glad and exorted them all that with purpose of hert they wolde contynue in the LORDE For he was a good man full of the holy goost and faith And there was a greate multitude of people added vnto the LORDE But Barnabas departed vnto Tharsus to seke Saul And whaÌ„ he had fouÌ„de hiÌ„ he brought hiÌ„ to Anthioche It chauÌ„ced that a whole yeare they were there coÌ„uersaunte together in the coÌ„gregacioÌ„ taughte moch people so that the disciples at Antioche were first called Christen In those dayes came there prophetes froÌ„ Ierusalem vnto Antioche And one of them whose name was Agabus stode vp and declared by the sprete a greate derth that shulde come ouer the whole compasse of the earth which came to passe vnder the Emperoure Claudius But the disciples coÌ„cluded euery one acordinge to his abylite to sende an handreachinge vnto y e brethren that were in Iewry which thinge they also dyd and sent it by the handes of Barnabas and Saul The XII Chapter AT the same tyme layed kynge Herode handes vpon certayne of the congregacion to vexe them As for Iames the brother of Ihon him he slewe with the swerde And whan he sawe that it pleased the Iewes he proceaded farther to take Peter also But it was Easter Now whan he had taken him he put him in preson and delyuered him vnto foure quaternions of soudyers to kepe him and thought after Easter to bringe him forth to the people And Peter was kepte in the preson But prayer was made without ceassinge of the congregacion vnto God for him And whan Herode wolde haue broughte him out vnto the people in the same nighte slepte Peter betwene two soudiers bounde with two cheynes And the kepers before the dore kepte the preson And beholde the angell of the LORDE was there presente and a lighte shyned in the habitacion and he smote Peter on the syde and waked him vp and sayde Aryse vp quyckly And the cheynes fell of from his hondes And the angell sayde vnto him Gyrde the and put on thy shues And he dyd so And he sayde vnto him Cast thy mantle aboute the and folowe me And he wente out and folowed him and wyst not that it was trueth that was done by y e angell but thoughte he had sene a vision Neuertheles they wente thorow the first and seconde watch and came to the yron gate that ledeth vnto the cite which opened to theÌ„ by his awne acorde And they wente out and passed thorow one strete and immediatly the angell departed from him And whan Peter was come to himself he sayde Now I knowe of a trueth that y e LORDE hath sent his angell and delyuered me out of the honde of Herode and from all the waytinge for of the people of the Iewes And as he considered the thinge he came to the house of Mary the mother of one Ihon which after his syrname was called Marke where many were gathered together and prayed As Peter knocked at the entry dore there came forth a damsell to herken named Rhoda And whan she knewe Peters voyce she opened not the entrye for gladnes but raÌ„ne in and tolde that Peter stode before y e entrye But they sayde vnto her Thou art mad Neuertheles she abode by it that is was so They sayde it is his angell But Peter contynued knockinge Whan they opened the dore they sawe him and were astonnyed But he beckened vnto them with the hande to holde their peace tolde them how the LORDE had broughte him out of the preson And he sayde Shewe this vnto Iames and to the brethren And he departed and weÌ„te in to another place Whan it was daye there was not a litle a doo amoÌ„ge the soudyers what was become of Peter Whan Herode had called for him and founde him not he caused the kepers to be examyned and commaunded theÌ„ to be caried awaye and he wente downe froÌ„ Iewry vnto Cesarea and there abode But he was displeased with theÌ„ of Tyre and SidoÌ„ Neuertheles they came vnto him with one accorde and made intercession to Blastus the kynges chamberlayne and desyred peace because their countre was norished by the kynges londe But vpon a daye appoynted Herode put on y e kyngly apparell sat him downe vpon the iudgment seate and made an oracion vnto them As for the people they cried therto This is a voyce of God and not of a man Immediatly the angell of the LORDE smote him because he gaue not God the honoure And he was eaten vp of wormes and gaue vp the goost But the worde of God grewe and multiplyed As for Barnabas and Saul they came agayne to Ierusalem and delyuered the handreachinge and toke with them Ihon whose syrname was Marke The XIII Chapter THere were at Antioche in the congregacion prophetes and teachers as Barnabas and Simon called Niger and Lucius of Cyren and Manahen Herodes the Tetrachas norsfelowe and Saul As they serued y e LORDE and fasted the holy goost sayde Separate me out Barnabas and Saul for the worke where vnto I haue called them Then fasted they and prayed and layed the handes on them and let them go And they beynge sent of the holy goost came vnto Seleucia from thence they sayled vnto Cypers And whan they were come in to the cite Salamin they shewed the worde of God in the synagoges of y e Iewes And they had Ihon to their mynister And whan they had gone thorow out the yle vnto the cyte of Paphos they founde a certayne Sorcerer and false prophete a Iewe whose name was Bariesu which was with Sergius Paulus the ruler of the countre a maÌ„ of vnderstondinge The same called Barnabas and Saul vnto him and desyred to heare y e worde of God Then the Sorcerer Elimas for so was his name by interpretacion withstode theÌ„ and soughte to turne awaye the ruler froÌ„ the faith But Saul which is also called Paul beynge full of the holy goost loked vpon him and sayde O thou childe of the deuell full of all suttylâ—ie and all disceatfulnesse and enemye of all righteousnes thou ceassest not to peruerte the straight wayes of y e LORDE And now beholde the haÌ„de of the LORDE commeth vpon the and thou shalt be blynde and not se the Sonne for a season And immediatly there fell on him a myst and darknesse and he wente aboute and soughte them that shulde lede him by the hande Whan the ruler sawe what was done he beleued and woÌ„dred at the doctryne of the LORDE Whan Paul and they that were with him were departed by shippe froÌ„ Paphos they came to Perga in the londe of Pamphilia But Ihon departed from them and wente agayne to Ierusalem Neuertheles they wandred thorow from Perga and came to Antioche in the londe of Pisidia and weÌ„te in to the synagoge vpon the Sabbath daye and sat downe But after the lecture of the lawe and
of the prophetes the rulers of the synagoge sent vnto them sayenge Good brethren yf ye haue eny sermon to exorte the people saye on Then stode Paul vp and beckened with the hande that they shulde holde their peace and sayde Yemen of Israel and ye that feare God herkeÌ„ to The God of this people chose oure fathers and exalted the people whan they were straungers in the loÌ„de of Egipte and with a mightie arme broughte he them out of it And by the space of fortye yeares suffred he their maners in the wyldernesse and destroyed seuen nacions in the lande of Canaan and parted their londe amonge them by lott After that gaue he them iudges by the space of foure hundreth and fiftye yeares vnto the prophet Samuel And after that they desyred a kynge and God gaue vnto them Saul the sonne of Cis a man of the trybe of Ben Iamin fortye yeares longe And whan he had put him downe he set vp Dauid to be their kynge of whom he reported sayenge I haue founde Dauid the sonne of Iesse a man after my hert he shal fulfyll all my wyll Of this mans sede hath God acordinge to the promesse broughte forth vnto the people of Israel y e Sauioure Iesus whan Ihon had first preached before his coÌ„mynge the baptyme of repentaunce vnto Israel But whan Ihon had fulfylled his course he sayde I am not he that ye take me for But beholde there commeth one after me whose shues of his fete I am not worthy to lowse Ye men and brethren ye children of the generacion of Abraham and they that feare God amonge you vnto you is y e worde of this saluacion sent For the inhabiters of Ierusalem and their rulers for somoch as they knewe him not ner yet the voyces of the prophetes which are red euery Sabbath haue fulfylled them in condemnynge him And though they founde no cause of death in him yet desyred they Pilate to kyll him And whan they had fulfylled all that was wrytten of him they toke him downe from the tre and layed him in a sepulcre But on y e thirde daye God raysed him vp from the deed and he appeared many dayes vnto theÌ„ that wente vp with him from Galile vnto Ierusalem which are his witnesses vnto the people And we also declare vnto you y e promes which was made vnto oure fathers how that God hath fulfylled the same vnto vs their children in y t he raysed vp Iesus agayne As it is wrytten in the seconde Psalme Thou art my sonne this daye haue I begotten the. But that he hath raysed him vp froÌ„ the deed now nomore to returne to corrupcion he sayde on this wyse The grace promysed to Dauid wyl I faithfully kepe vnto you Therfore sayeth he also in another place Thou shalt not suffre thy Holy tose corrupcion For Dauid whan he in his tyme had serued the wyll of God he fell a slepe and was layed by his fathers sawe corrupcion But he whoÌ„ God raysed vp agayne sawe no corrupcion Be it knowne vnto you therfore ye men and brethreÌ„ y t thorow this man is preached vnto you y e forgeuenesse of synnes and froÌ„ all y e thinges wherby ye mighte not be iustifyed in the lawe of Moses But whosoeuer beleueth on this man is iustifyed Bewarre therfore that it come not vpon you which is spoken in the prophetes Beholde ye despysers and wonder at it and perishe for I do a worke in youre tyme which ye shal not beleue yf eny man tell it you Whan the Iewes were gone out of the synagoge the Heythen besoughte them y t they wolde speake y e worde vnto them betwene the Sabbath dayes And whaÌ„ the coÌ„gregacion of the synagoge was broken vp many Iewes and Proselites y t serued God folowed Paul and Barnabas which spake to them and exorted them that they shulde contynue in the grace of God On y e Sabbath folowinge came almost the whole cite together to heare the worde of God But whan the Iewes sawe the people they were full of indignacion and spake agaynst that which was spoken of Paul speakinge agaynst it blasphemynge But Paul and Barnabas waxed bolde and sayde It behoued first the worde of God to be spoken vnto you but now that ye thrust it froÌ„ you and counte youre selues vnworthy of euerlastinge life lo we turne to the Gentyles For so hath the LORDE coÌ„maunded vs I haue set the to be a lighte vnto y e Gentyles y t thou be y e Saluacion vnto the ende of the earth Whan the Gentyles herde that they were glad and praysed the worde of the LORDE and beleued eueÌ„ as many as were ordeyned to euerlastinge life And the worde of y e LORDE was spred abrode thorow out all the region Howbeit the Iewes moued the deuoute and honorable wemen and the chefemen of the citie and raysed vp a persecucion agaynst Paul and Barnabas and expelled them out of their coastes But they shoke of the dust of their fete agaynst them and came to Iconium And the disciples were fylled with ioye and with the holy goost The XIIII Chapter IT fortuned at Iconium that they weÌ„te both together in to the synagoge of the Iewes and spake so that a greate multitude of the Iewes of the Grekes beleued But the vnbeleuynge Iewes moued and disquyeted the soules of the HeytheÌ„ agaynst the brethreÌ„ So they had their beynge there a loÌ„ge season and quyte themselues boldly in the LORDE which gaue testimony vnto the worde of his grace and caused tokens and wonders to be done by their handes Howbeyt the multitude of the cite was deuyded some helde w t the Iewes and some with the Apostles But whan there rose vp an insurreccion of the HeytheÌ„ and of y e Iewes and of their rulers to put them to shame and to stone theÌ„ they perceaued it and fled vnto lystra and Derba cities of y e countre of Licaoniâ—â— and vnto y e region that lyeth rounde aboute and there they preached the Gospell And amonge them of Lystra there was a man which sat beynge impotent of his fete and was crepell froÌ„ his mothers wombâ— and had neuer walked the same herde Paul speake And whan he behelde him and perceaued that he had faith to be made whole he sayde w t a loude voyce Stonde vprighte on thy fete And he sprange vp and walked But whan the people sawe what Paul had done they lifte vp their voyce and sayde in y e speache of Lycaonia The goddes are become like vnto men and are come downe vnto vs. And they called Barnabas Iupiter and Paul Mercurius because he was the preacher But Iupiters prest which dwelâ— before their cite broughte oxen and garlandes before the gate and wolde haue done sacrifice with the people Whan y e Apostles Barnabas and Paul herde that they rent their clothes and
that do I. Yf I do now that I wil not then is it not I that do it but synne that dwelleth in me Thus fynde I now by the lawe y t whan I wyl do good euell is present with me For I delite in the lawe of God after the inwarde man but I se another lawe in my membres which stryueth agaynst y e lawe of my mynde and taketh me presoner in y e lawe of synne which is in my membres O wretched man that I am who shal delyuer me from the body of this death I thanke God thorow Iesus Christ oure LORDE So then w t the mynde I serue y e lawe of God but with the flesh the lawe of synne The VIII Chapter THen is there now no damnacion vnto theÌ„ that are in Christ Iesu which walke not after the flesh but after y e sprete For y e lawe of y e sprete y t bryngeth life iÌ„ Christ Iesu hath made me fre froÌ„ the lawe of synne death For what vnpossible was vnto y e lawe in as moch as it was weake because of the flesh y t perfourmed God sent his sonne in y e similitude of synfull flesh by synne daÌ„ned synne in y e flesh that the righteousnes requyred of the lawe mighte be fulfylled in vs which walke not after the flesh but after the sprete For they that are fleshly are fleshly mynded but they that are goostly are goostly mynded To be fleshly mynded is death but to be goostly mynded is life and peace For to be fleshly mynded is enemyte agaynst God syth it is not subdued vnto y e lawe of God for it can not also As for theÌ„ that are fleshlye they can not please God Howbeit ye are not fleshly but goostly yf so be that the sprete of God dwell in you But who so hath not the sprete of Christ the same is not his Neuertheles yf Christ be in you then is the body deed because of synne But the sprete is life for righteousnes sake Wherfore yf the sprete of him that raysed vp Iesus from the deed dwell in you then shal euen he also that raysed vp Christ from the deed quyckeÌ„ youre mortal bodies because y t his sprete dwelleth in you Therfore brethreÌ„ we are now detters not to the flesh to lyue after the flesh for yf ye lyue after y e fleshe ye must dye but yf ye mortyfye the dedes of the body thorow the sprete ye shal lyue For who so euer are led by the sprete of God are Gods childreÌ„ for ye haue not receaued the sprete of bondage to feare eny more but ye haue receaued y e sprete of adopcion wherby we crye Abba deare father The same sprete certifieth oure sprete that we are the childreÌ„ of God Yf we be childreÌ„ then are we heyres also namely the heyres of God and heyres annexed with Christ yf so be that we suffer together that we maye be also glorified together For I suppose that the affliccions off this tyme are not worthy of y e glorye which shal be shewed vpon vs. For the feruent loÌ„ginge of y e creature loketh for the appearinge of the children of God because the creature is subdued vnto vanyte agaynst hir will but for his wyll that hath subdued her vpon hope For the creature also shal be fre from the bondage of corrupcion vnto the glorious libertye of the childreÌ„ of God For we knowe that euery creature groneth and trauayleth with vs in payne vnto the same tyme. Not they only but we oure selues also which haue the first frutes of the sprete grone within in oure selues for the childshippe and loke for y e delyueraunce of oure bodye For we are sâ—ued iÌ„ dede howbeit iÌ„ hope but y e hope that is sene is no hope for how can a man hope for that which he seyeth But yf we hope for that which we se not theÌ„ do we thorow pacience abyde for it Likewyse the sprete also helpeth oure weaknesse for we knowe not what we shulde desyre as we oughte neuertheles y e sprete it selfe maketh intercession mightely for vs with vnoutspeakable gronynges Howbeit he y t searcheth the hert knoweth what the mynde of the sprete is for he maketh intercession for the sayntes acordinge to the pleasure of God But sure we are that all thinges serue for the best vnto them that loue of God which are called of purpose For those whom he knewe before hath he ordeyned also before y t they shulde be like fashioned vnto y e shappe of his sonne y t he mighte be the first begotteÌ„ amoÌ„ge many brethreÌ„ As for those whom he hath ordeyned before them hath he called also and whom he hath called theÌ„ hath he also made righteous and whom he hath made righteous them hath he glorified also What shal we saye then vnto these thinges Yff God be on oure syde who can be agaynst vs. Which spared not his owne sonne but hath geuen him for vs all how shal he not with him geue vs all thinges also Who wyl laye enythinge to y e charge of Gods chosen Here is God that maketh righteous who wil then condemne Here is Christ that is deed yee rather which is raysed vp agayne which is also on y e righte hande of God and maketh intercession for vs. Who will separate vs from the loue of God Trouble or anguysh or persecucioÌ„ or honger or nakednesse or parell or swerde As it is wrytten For thy sake are we kylled all the daye longe we are counted as shepe appoynted to be slayne Neuerthelesse in all these thinges we ouercome farre for his sake that loued vs. For sure I am that nether death ner life nether angell ner rule nether power nether thinges present nether thinges to come nether heyth ner loweth nether eny other creature shal be able to separate vs from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesu oure LORDE The IX Chapter I Saye the trueth in Christ and lye not wherof my conscience beareth me witnesse in the holy goost that I haue greate heuynesse contynuall sorowe in my hert I haue wyszhed my selfe to be cursed from Christ for my brethren that are my kynsmen after the flesh which are off Israel vnto whom pertayneth the childshippe and the glory and the couenauntes and lawe and the seruyce of God and the promyses whose are also the fathers off whom after the flesh commeth Christ which is God ouer all blessed for euer Amē· But I speake not these thinges as though the worde of God were of none effecte for they are not all Israelites which are of Israel nether are they all children because they are the sede of Abraham but in Isaac shal the sede be called vnto the that is They which are children after the flesh are not the children of God but the children of the promes are counted for the sede For this is a worde of the promes
where he sayeth Aboute this tyme wyl I come and Sara shal haue a sonne Howbeit it is not so with this onely but also whan Rebecca was with childe by one namely by oure father Isaac or euer the childrē were borne had done nether good ner bad that the purpose of God might stōde acordinge to the eleccion not by the deseruynge of workes but by the grace of the caller it was sayde thus vnto her The greater shal serue the lesse As it is wrytten Iacob haue I loued but Esau haue I hated What shal we saye then Is God then vnrighteous God forbyd For he sayeth vnto Moses I shewe mercy to whom I shewe mercy and haue cōpassion on whō I haue compassion So lyeth it not then in eny mans wyll or runnynge but in the mercy of God For the scripture sayeth vnto Pharao For this cause haue I stered the vp euen to shewe my power on the that my name mighte be declared in all lōdes Thus hath he mercy on whom he wyl and whom he wyl he hardeneth Thou wilt saye then vnto me Why blameth he vs yet For who can resiste his will O thou man who art thou that disputest with God Sayeth the worke to his workman Why hast thou made me on this fashion Hath not the potter power out of one lompe of claye to make one vessell vnto honoure and another vnto dishonoure Therfore whan God wolde shewe wrath and to make his power knowne he broughte forth with greate pacience the vessels off wrath which are ordeyned to damnacion that he mighte declare the riches off his glorye on y e vessels of mercy which he hath prepared vnto glorye whom he hath called namely vs not onely of the Iewes but also of the Gentyles As he sayeth also by Osee I wil call that my people which is not my people and my beloued which is not y e beloued And it shal come to passe in y e place where it was sayde vnto them Ye are not my people there shal they be called the children of the lyuynge God But Esay crieth ouer Israel Though the nombre of the children of Israel be as the sonde of the see yet shal there but a remnaunt be saued For there is the worde that fynisheth and shorteneth in righteousnes for a shorte worde shal God make vpon earth And as Esay sayde before Excepte the LORDE of Sabbaoth had lefte vs fede we shulde haue bene as Sodoma and like vnto Gomorra What shal we saye then This wil we saye The Heythen which folowed not righteousnes haue ouertaken righteousnes but I speake of the righteousnes that commeth of faith Agayne Israel folowed the lawe of righteousnes and attayned not vnto the lawe of righteousnes Why so Euen because they soughte it not out of faith but as it were out of the deseruynge of workes For they haue stombled at the stomblinge stone As it is wrytten Beholde I laye in Sion a stone to stōble at and a rocke to be offended at and who so euer beleueth on him shal not be confounded The X. Chapter BRethren my hertes desyre prayer vnto God for Israel is that they might be saued For I beare them recorde that they are zelous for Gods cause but not w t vnderstondinge For they knowe not the righteousnes which auayleth before God and go aboute to manteyne their awne righteousnes and thus they are not subdued vnto the righteousnes that is off value before God For Christ is the ende of the lawe vnto righteousnes for euery one y t beleueth Moses wryteth of y e righteousnes which commeth of the lawe that the man which doth y e same shal lyue therin But y e righteousnes which cōmeth of faith speaketh on this wyse Saye not in thine hert Who wil go vp in to heauē that is nothinge els then to fetch Christ downe Or who wyl go downe in to y e depe that is nothinge els thē to fetch vp Christ from the deed But what sayeth the scripture The worde is nye the euen in thy mouth and in thine hert This is y e worde of faith y t we preach For yf thou knowlegest Iesus with thy mouth that he is the LORDE and beleuest in thine hert that God hath raysed him vp from the deed thou shalt be saued For yf a man beleue from the hert he shal be made righteous and yf a mā knowlege with the mouth he shal be saued For the scripture sayeth Who so euer beleueth on him shal not be confounded Here is no difference nether of the Iewe ner of the Gentyle For one is LORDE of all which is riche vnto all y t call vpō him * For who so euer shal call vpon the name of the LORDE shal be saued But how shal they call vpō him on whō they beleue not How shal they beleue on him of whō they haue not herde How shal they heare without a preacher But how shal they preach excepte they be sent As it is wryttē How beutyfull are the fete of thē y t preach peace y t brynge good tidinges But they are not all obedient vnto the Gospell For Esaye sayeth LORDE who beleueth oure preachinge So thē faith cōmeth by hearynge but hearinge cōmeth by the worde of God But I saye Haue they not herde No doute their sounde wēte out in to all londes and their wordes in to the endes of the worlde But I saye Hath not Israel knowne First Moses sayeth I wil prouoke you to enuye by them that are not my people by a foolish nacion wyl I anger you Esaye after him is bolde and sayeth I am founde of them that sought me not haue appeared vnto them that axed not after me But vnto Israel he sayeth All the daye lōge haue I stretched forth my handes vnto a people y t beleueth not but speaketh agaynst me The XI Chapter I Saye then Hath God thrust out his people God forbyd for I also am an Israelite of the sede of Abraham out of the trybe of Ben Iamin God hath not thrust out his people whom he knewe before Or wote ye not what the scripture sayeth of Elias how he maketh intercession vnto God agaynst Israel and sayeth LORDE they haue slayne thy prophetes dydged downe thine altares and I am lefte ouer onely and they seke my life But what sayeth the answere of God vnto him I haue reserued vnto me seuen thousande men which haue not bowed their knee before Baal Euē so goeth it now at this tyme also w t this remnaunt after y e eleccion of grace Yf it be done of grace thē is it not of deseruynge els were grace no grace But yf it be of deseruynge then is grace nothinge els were deseruynge no deseruynge What thē Israel hath not optayned y t which he soughte but the eleccion hath optayned it As for y e other they are blynded As
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
roaringe cursed speakynge be farre froÌ„ you with all maliciousnes But be ye curteous one to another mercifull and forgeue one another eueÌ„ as God hath forgeuen you in Christ. The V. Chapter BE ye the folowers therfore of God as deare children and walke in loue euen as Christ loued vs and gaue him selfe for vs an offerynge and sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto God As for whordome and all vnclennes or couetousnes let it not be named amoÌ„ge you as it becommeth sayntes nether fylthines ner folish talkynge ner ieastynge which are not comly but rather geuynge of thaÌ„kes For be sure that no whore monger or vncleane person or couetous person which is a worshipper off ymages hath inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christ and of God Let no man disceaue you with vayne wordes for because of these commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of vnbeleue Be not ye therfore companions with them For sometyme ye were darknesse but now are ye lighte in the LORDE Walke as the children of lighte 〈◊〉 the frute of the sprete is all maner of goodnes and righteousnes and truâ—th and proue what is pleasinge vnto the LORDE and haue no fellishippe with y e vnfrutefull workes of darknes but rather rebuke theÌ„ For it is shame euen to name those thinges which are done of them in secrete But all thinges are manifest whan they are rebuked of the lighte For what so euer is manifest that same is lighte Therfore sayeth he Awake thou that slepest and stonde vp froÌ„ the deed and Christ shal geue the lighte Take hede therfore how ye walke circumspectly not as the vnwyse but as y e wyse and redeme the tyme for it is a miserable tyme. Wherfore be not ye vnwyse but vnderstonde what the wil of the LORDE is and be not dronken with wyne wherin is excesse but be full of the sprete and talke amoÌ„ge youre selues of Psalmes and ymnes and spirituall songes synginge and makynge melody vnto the LORDE in youre hertes geuynge thankes alwayes for all thinges vnto God the father in the name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ submyttinge youreselues one to another in the feare of God Let the wemen submytte them selues vnto their huszbandes as vnto the LORDE For the huszbande is the wyues heade eueÌ„ as Christ also is the heade of the congregacion and he is the Sauioure of his body Therfore as the congregacion is in subieccion to Christ likewyse let the wyues be in subieccion to their huszbandes in all thinges Ye huszbandes loue youre wyues even as Christ loued the congregacion and gaue himselfe for it to sanctifye it and clensed it in the fountayne of water by the worde to make it vnto himselfe a glorious congregacion hauynge no spot ner wrynkle ner eny soch thinge but that it shulde be holy and without blame So oughte men also to loue their wyues euen as their awne bodyes He that loueth his wife loueth himselfe For no maÌ„ euer yet hated his awne fleszhe but norisheth and cheriszheth it euen as the LORDE doth also the congregacion For we are membres of his body of his flesh and of his bones For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother and cleue vnto his wife and they two shal be one flesh This is a greate secrete but I speake of Christ and the congregacion Neuertheles do ye so that euery one of you loue his wife euen as himselfe but let the 〈…〉 huszbande The VI. Chapter YE children obey youre elders in the LORDE for that is righte Honoure thy father and thy mother That is the first commaundement that hath eny promes that thou mayest prospere and lyuelonge vpon earth And ye fathers prouoke not youre children vnto wrath but brynge theÌ„ vp in the nourtoure and informacion of the LORDE Ye seruauntes obey youre bodely masters with feare and tremblynge in synglenes of youre hert euen as vnto Christ not with seruyce onely in the eye sighte as men pleasers but as the seruauntes off Christ doynge the wyll off God from the hert with good wyll Thynke that ye serue the LORDE and not meÌ„ and be sure that what good soeuer a man doth he shal receaue it agayne of the LORDE whether he be bonde or fre And ye masters do euen the same vnto theÌ„ puttynge awaye threatenynges and knowe that euen youre master also is in heauen nether is there eny respecte of personnes with him Fynally my brethren be stronge in the LORDE and in the power of his mighte put on the armo of God that ye maye stonde stedfast agaynst the craftie assautes off the deuell For we wrestle not agaynst flesh and bloude but agaynst rule agaynst power namely agaynst the rulers of the worlde of the darknesse of this worlde agaynst y e spretes of wickednes vnder the heauen For this cause take ye the armoure of God y t ye maye be able to resiste in the euell daye and stonde perfecte in all thinges Stonde therfore and youre loynes gyrde aboute with the trueth hauynge on the brest plate of righteousnes and shod vpoÌ„ yo fete with the gospell of peace that ye maye be prepared Aboue all thinges take holde of the shylde of faith wherwith ye maye quenche all the fyrie dartes of the wicked And take the helmet of saluacion the swerde of the sprete which is the worde of God And praye allwayes with all maner of prayer and supplicacion in the sprete and watch there vnto with all instaunce and supplicacion for all sayntes and for me that the worde maye be geuen me that I maye open my mouth boldly to vtter the secretes of the Gospell wherof I am a messaunger in bondes that I maye speake therin frely as it becommeth me to speake But that ye maye also knowe what case I am in and what I do Tichicus my deare brother and faithfull mynister in the LORDE shal shewe you all whom I haue sent vnto you for the same cause that ye mighte knowe what case I stonde in and that he mighte comforte youre hertes Peace be vnto the brethreÌ„ and loue with faith from God the father from the LORDE Iesu Christ. Grace be with all them that loue oure LORDE Iesus Christ vnfaynedly Amen Sent from Rome vnto the Ephesians by Tichicus The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Philippians The summe of this epistle Chap. I. He exhorteth them to increace in loue in knowlege and experience of godly thinges maketh mencion of his presonment at Rome is glad to heare Christ preached is coÌ„tent ether to dye or lyue and prayeth them to lede a godly conuersacion to be of one mynde and to feare no persecucion Chap. II. He exhorteth them to vnite and brotherly loue and to bewarre of strife and vayne glory And for a sure ensample he layeth Christ before them Chap. III. He warneth theÌ„ to bewarre of false teachers
a shyne of wyszdome thorow chosen spiritualtie and humblenes and in that they spare not the body and do the flesh no worshipe vnto his nede The III. Chapter YF ye be rysen now with Christ seke those thinges then which are aboue where Christ is syttinge on the righte hande of God Set youre mynde on the thinges which are aboue not on y e thingeâ— that are vpon earth For ye are deed * 〈◊〉 youre life is hyd with Christ in God * 〈◊〉 whan Christ o r life shal shewe himselfe theÌ„ shal ye also appeare with him in glory Mortifye therfore youre meÌ„bres which are vpon earth whordome vnclennes vnnaturall lust euell concupisceÌ„ce and couetousnes which is a worshippynge of Idols for which thinges sakes the wrath of God commeth vpon the children of vnbeleue in the which thinges ye walked some tyme whan ye lyued in them But now put all awaye froÌ„ you wrath fearcenesse maliciousnes cursed speakynge fylthie wordes out of youre mouth Lye not one to another Put of y e olde maÌ„ with his workes and put on y e newe which is renued in knowlege after y e ymage of him that made him where there is no Greke Iewe circumcision vncircumcision Barbarous Sithian boÌ„de fre but Christ is all and in all Now therfore as the electe of God holy and beloued put on tender mercye kyndnes humblenes of mynde mekenesse longe sufferynge forbearinge one another and forgenynge one another yf eny man haue a quarell agaynst another Like as Christ hath forgeuen you euen so do ye also But aboue all thinges put on loue which is the bonde of perfectnesse And the peace of God rule in youre hertes to the which peace ye are called also in one body and se y t ye be thanfull Let y e worde of Christ dwell in you plenteously in all wyszdome Teach and exhorte youre awne selues with psalmes and ymnes and spirituall songes which haue fauoure with them synginge in youre hertes to the LORDE And what soeuer ye do in worde or worke do all in the name of the LORDE Iesu and geue thankes vnto God the father by him Ye wyues submytte youre selues vnto youre huszbandes as it is comly in the LORDE Ye huszbandes loue youre wyues and be not bytter vnto them Ye children obeye youre elders in all thinges for that is well pleasynge vnto the LORDE Ye fathers rate not yo r children lest they be of a desperate mynde Ye seruauntes be obedient vnto youre bodely masters in all thinges not with eye seruyce as men pleasers but in synglenes of â—ert fearinge God What so euer ye do do it â—â—rtely euen as vnto the LORDE and not 〈…〉 And be sure that of the LORDE 〈…〉 the rewarde of y e enheritaunâ—◠〈…〉 LORDE Christ. But he that doth 〈◊〉 shal receaue for the wronge that he hath done for there is no respecte of persons with God Ye masters do vnto youre seruauntes that which is iust and equall and knowe y t ye also haue a master in heauen The IIII. Chapter COntynue in prayer and watch in the same with thankesgeuynge and praye also together for vs that God open vnto vs the dore of the worde to speake the mystery of Christ wherfore I am also in boÌ„des that I maye vtter y e same as it becommeth me to speake Walke wysely towarde them that are without and redeme y e tyme. Let youre speach be allwaye fauorable seasoned with salt that ye maye knowe how to answere euery man Tichicus the deare brother and faithfull mynister felowe seruauÌ„t in y e LORDE shal tell you what case I am in Whom I haue sent vnto you for the same purpose that he mighte knowe how ye do that he mighte comforte youre hertes with one Onesimus a faithfull and beloued brother which is one of you they shal shewe you of all thinges which are adoynge here Aristarchus my preson felowe saluteth you and Marcus Barnabasses sisters sonne touchinge whom ye receaued commaundementes Yf he come vnto you receaue him and Iesus which is called Iustus which are of the circumcision These onely are my helpers in the kyngdome of God which were to my consolacion Epaphras a seruaunt of Christ which is one of you saluteth you allwaye laboureth feruently for you in prayers y t ye maye stonde perfecte and full in all that is the wil of God I beare him recorde that he hath a feruent mynde for you and for theÌ„ at Laodicea and at Hierapolis Deare Lucas the Phisician saluteth you and so doth Demas Salute the brethreÌ„ which are at Laodicea and salute Nymphas and the coÌ„gregacion which is in his house And whan the epistle is red of you cause it to be red also in the coÌ„gregacioÌ„ at Laodicea that ye likewyse reade the epistle of Laodicea And saye to Archippus Take hede to the office which thou hast receaued in the LORDE that thou fulfyll it My salutacion with the hnade of me Paul Remembre my boÌ„des Grace be with you Amen Sent from Rome by Tichicus and Onesimus The first Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Tessalonians The summe of this Epistle Chap. I. He thanketh God for them that they are so stedfast in faith and good workes and receaue the gospell with soch earnest Chap. II. He putteth them in mynde of the godly conuersacion that he led amonge them when he preached the gospell vnto them thanketh God that they receaue his worde so frutefully and excuseth his absence Chap. III. He sheweth how greatly he was reioysed whaÌ„ Timothy tolde him of their faith and loue Chap. IIII. He exhorteth them to stedfastnesse to kepe them selues from synne and vnclenly coÌ„uersacion to loue one another rebuketh ydilnesse and speaketh of the resurreccion Chap. V. He enfourmeth them of the daye of dome and coÌ„mynge of the LORDE exhorteth them to watch and to regarde soch as preach Gods worde amonge them The first Chapter PAVL and Siluanus and Timotheus Vnto the coÌ„gregacion of the Tessalonyans in God the father and in the LORDE Iesus Christ. Grace be with you and peace from God oure father and from the LORDE Iesus Christ. We geue thankes vnto God allwaye for you all makynge meÌ„sion of you in o r prayers without ceassynge and call to remembraunce youre worke in the faith and youre laboure in loue youre pacience in hope which is oure LORDE Iesus Christ before God oure father Because we knowe brethren beloued of God how that ye are electe for oure Gospell hath not bene with you in worde onely but both in power and in the holy goost and in moch certayntie as ye knowe after what maner we were amonge you for youre sakes And ye became the folowers of vs and of the LORDE and receaued the worde in moch affliccion with ioye of the holy goost so that ye were an example to all that beleued in Macedonia and
Achaia For froÌ„ you was the worde of the LORDE noysed out not onely in Macedonia Achaia but iÌ„ all quarters also is yo r faith iÌ„ God spred abrode so that it nedeth not vs to speake eny thinge at all For they them selues shewe of you what maner of entrynge in we had vnto you and how ye are turned vnto God from ymages for to serue the lyuynge and true God and to loke for his sonne from heaueÌ„ whom he raysed vp from the deed euen Iesus which hath delyuered vs froÌ„ the wrath to come The II. Chapter FOr ye youre selues brethren knowe of oure intrauÌ„ce vnto you how that it was not in vayne but as we had suffred afore were shamefully intreated at Philippos as ye knowe we were bolde in oure God to speake vnto you y e Gospel of God with moch stryuynge For oure exhortacion was not to brynge you to erroure ner yet to vnclennes nether was it with gyle but as we are alowed of God that the Gospell shulde be commytted vnto vs to preache euen so we speake not as though we wolde please meÌ„ but God which tryeth oure hertes For we haue not gone aboute with flateringe wordes as ye knowe ner wayted for oure owne profit God is recorde nether soughte we prayse of men nether of you ner of eny other whan we mighte haue bene chargeable vnto you as the Apostles off Christ but we were tender amonge you Like as a norsse cherisheth hir children euen so had we hartely affeccion towarde you and wolde with good wyl haue dealte vnto you not onely the Gospell of God but oure lyues also because ye were deare vnto vs. Ye remembre brethren oure laboure and trauayle For daye and nighte wroughte we because we wolde not be chargeable vnto eny of you and preached the Gospell of God amonge you Ye are witnesses and so is God how holyly and iustly and vnblameable we behaued oure selues amoÌ„ge you thaâ— beleue as ye knowe how that as a 〈…〉 his children euen so exhorte 〈…〉 and besoughte euery one 〈…〉 wolde walke worthely before God 〈…〉 hath called you vnto his kyngdome 〈…〉 For this cause thanke we God without ceassynge because that whaÌ„ ye receaued of vs the worde of the preachinge of God ye receaued it not as y e worde of men but eueÌ„ as it is of a trueth the worde of God which worketh in you that beleue For ye brethren are become the folowers off the congregacions off God which in Iewry are in Christ Iesu so that ye haue suffred euen like thinges of youre kynsmen as they haue suffred of the Iewes Which as they put the LORDE Iesus to death and their awne prophetes euen so haue they persecuted vs also and please not God and are coÌ„trary to all men forbyddinge vs to speake vnto the Heythen that they mighte be saued to fulfill their synnes allwaye for the wrath is come vpon them allready vnto y e vttemost But we brethren for as moch as we haue bene kepte from you for a season as concernynge the bodely presence but not in the hert we haue haisted the more with greate desyre to se you personally Therfore wolde we haue come vnto you I Paul two tymes but Sathan withstode vs. For who is oure hope or ioye or crowne of reioysinge are not ye it in y e sighte of oure LORDE Iesus Christ at his commynge Yes ye are oure prayse and ioye The III. Chapter WHerfore sence we coulde no longer forbeare we thoughte it good to remayne at Athens alone sent Timotheus oure brother and mynister of God and oure helper in y e gospell of Christ to stablysh you and to comforte you in youre faith that noman shulde be moued in these troubles for ye youre selues knowe that we are euen appoynted there vnto And whan we were with you we tolde you before that we shulde suffre tribulacion euen as it is come to passe as ye knowe For this cause seynge I coulde no longer forbeare I sent that I mighte haue knowlege of youre faith lest happly the tempter had tempted you and lest oure laboure had bene in vayne But now that Timotheus is come froÌ„ you vnto vs and hath shewed vs of youre faith and loue how that ye haue allwaye good remembraunce of vs desyringe to se vs 〈…〉 to se you therfore brethren 〈…〉 in you in all oure 〈…〉 thorow youre faith For 〈…〉 yf ye stonde stedfast in y e â—ORDE For what thankes can we recompeÌ„ce to God agayne for you because of this ioye that we haue concernynge you before oure God We praye exceadingly daye and nighte that we mighte se you presently and fulfill that which is lackynge in yo r faith God himselfe o r father o r LORDE Iesus Christ gyde oure iourney vnto you But the LORDE increace you make you flowe ouer in loue one towarde another and towarde all men euen as we do towarde you that yo r hertes maye be stable and vnblameable in holynes before God oure father at the commynge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ with all his sayntes The IIII. Chapter FVrthermore we beseke you brethren and exhorte you in the LORDE Iesus that ye increace more and more euen as ye haue receaued of vs how ye oughte to walke and to please God For ye knowe what commaundementes we gaâ—ue you by oure LORDE Iesus Christ. For this is the will of God euen youre sanctifienge that ye shulde absteyne from whordome y t euery one of you shulde knowe how to kepe his vessell in holynes and honoure not in the lust of concupiscence as the Heythen which knowe not God And that no man go to farre ner defraude his brother in bargayninge For the LORDE is the auenger of all soch thinges as we haue sayde testified vnto you afore tyme. For God hath not called vs to vnclennesse but vnto holynes He therfore that despyseth despyseth not man but God which hath geuen his holy sprete in to you But as touchinge brotherly loue ye nede not that I wryte vnto you for ye youre selues are taught of God to loue one another yee and that thinge ye do vnto all the brethreÌ„ which are thorow out all Macedonia But we beseke you brethren that ye increace yet more and more and that ye study to be quyete and to medle with youre awne busynesse and to worke with youre awne haÌ„des as we commaunded you that ye maye walke honestly towarde theÌ„ that are without and that nothinge be lackynge vnto you We wolde not brethren that ye shulde be ignoraunt concernynge them which are fallen a slepe that ye sorowe not as other do which haue no hope For yf we beleue that Iesus dyed and rose agayne euen so theÌ„ also which slepe by Iesus shal God brynge with him For this we saye vnto you in the worde of the LORDE that we which lyue and are remaynynge
honestie For that is good and accepted in y e sighte of God oure Sauioure which wil haue all men saued and to come vnto the knowlege of y e trueth For there is one God and one mediatour betwene God and men namely the man Christ Iesus which gaue him selfe a raunsome for all men that at his tyme it shulde be preached wherevnto I am ordeyned a preacher an Apostle I tell y e trueth in Christ and lye not a teacher of the Heythē in faith and in the trueth I wil therfore that men praye in all places liftinge vp pure hādes without wrath or dowtynge Likewyse also the wemen that they araye them selues in comly apparell with shamfastnes and discrete behaueo r not with broyded heer or golde or perles or costly araye but with soch as it becommeth wemē that professe godlynes thorow good workes Let the woman lerne in sylēce with all subieccion I suffre not a womā to teach ner to haue auctorite ouer the man but for to be in sylence For Adam was first formed and thē Eue Adam also was not disceaued but the woman was disceaued and hath brought in the trāsgression Notwitstondynge thorow bearynge of children she shal be saued yf she contynue in faith and in loue in the sanctifyenge with discrecion The III. Chapter THis is a true sayēge Yf a mā covet y e office of a Biszhoppe he desyreth a good worke But a Biszhoppe must be blamelesse the huszbāde of one wife sober discrete manerly harberous apte to teach Not geuen to moch wyne no fighter not geuen to filthy lucre but gentle abhorrynge stryfe abhorrynge couetousnes one that ruleth his awne house honestly hauynge obedient children with all honestye But yf a man can not rule his owne house how shal he care for the congregacion of God He maye not be a yōge scolar left he be puft vp and fall in to the iudgment of y e euell speaker He must also haue a good reporte of them which are without lest he fall in to the rebuke and snare of the euell speaker Likewyse must the mynisters be honest not double tonged not geuen to moch wyne nether vnto fylthie lucre but hauynge the mystery of faith in pure conscience And let them first be proued and then let them mynister yf they be blamelesse Euen so must their wyues be honest not euell speakers but sober and faithfull in all thinges Let the mynisters be euery one the huszbāde of one wyfe and soch as rule their children well and their owne housholdes For they that mynister well get them selues a good degree and greate libertye in the faith which is in Christ Iesu. These thinges wryte I vnto the trustinge shortly to come vnto the but yf I tary lōge that then thou mayest yet haue knowlege how thou oughtest to behaue thy selfe in Gods house which is the congregacion of the lyuynge God the piler and grounde of trueth and without naye greate is that mystery of godlynes God was shewed in the flesh was iustified in the sprete was sene of angels was preached vnto the Heythen was beleued on in the worlde was receaued vp in glory The IIII. Chapter THe sprete speaketh euydently that in y e latter tymes some shal departe from the faith and shal geue hede vnto spretes of erroure and deuelish doctrynes of them which speake false thorow ypocrysie and haue their cōscience marked with an whote yron forbyddinge to mary and cōmaundynge to abstayne frō the meates which God hath created to be receaued w t geuynge thankes of them which beleue and knowe the trueth For euery creature off God is good and nothinge to be refused y t is receaued with thankesgeuynge for it is sanctifyed by the worde of God and prayer Yf thou shalt put the brethren in remembraunce of these thinges thou shalt be a good mynister of Iesu Christ which hast bene norished vp in the wordes of faith and of good doctryne which thou hast folowed hither to As for vngoostly and olde wyuesh fables cast them awaye but exercyse thy selfe vnto godlynes For bodely exercyse profyteth litle but godlynes is profytable vnto all thinges as a thinge which hath promyses of the life that is now and of the life for to come This is a sure sayenge of all partes worthy to be receaued For therfore we laboure and suffre rebuke because we hope in the lyuynge God which is the Sauioure of all men but specially of those that beleue Soch thinges commaunde thou and teach Let no man despyse y e youth but be thou vnto them that beleue an ensample in worde in cōuersacion in loue in y e sprete in faith in purenesse Geue attendaunce to readynge to exhortacion to doctryne vntyll I come Be not necligent in the gifte that is geuen the thorow prophecye with layēge on of the handes of the Elders These thinges exercyse and geue thy selfe vnto them that thine increace maye be manifest vnto euery man Take hede vnto thy selfe and to learnynge cōtynue in these thinges For yf thou so do thou shalt saue thy selfe and them that hearethe The V. Chapter EEbuke not an Elder but exhorte him as a father and the yōger men as brethren the elder wemen as mothers the yonger as sisters with all purenes Hono r wedowes which are true wedowes Yf eny wedowe haue children or neves let them lerne first to rule their awne houses godly and to recompence their elders For y t is good acceptable before God But she that is a right wedowe desolate putteth hir trust in God cōtynueth in prayer and supplicacion nighte and daye But she that lyueth in pleasures is deed euen yet a lyne And these thinges commaunde that they maye be without blame But yf there be eny man that prouydeth not for his awne and specially for them of his houszholde the same hath denyed the faith and is worse then an infydele Let no wedowe be chosen vnder thre score yeare olde and soch one as was y e wife of one man and well reported of in good workes yf she haue brought vp children well yf she haue bene harberous yf she haue wasshed the sayntes fete yf she haue mynistred vnto thē which were in aduersite yf she were continually geuen to all maner of good workes But y e yonger wedowes refuse For whan they haue begonne to waxe wanton agaynst Christ then wil they mary hauynge their damnacion because they haue brokē y e first faith Besydes this they are ydell and lerne to runne aboute frō house to house Not onely are they ydell but also tryflinge busy bodies speakynge thinges which are not comly I wil therfore that the yonger wemen mary beare children gyde the house to geue y e aduersary no occasion to speake euell For some are turned back allready after Sathā Yf eny man or woman that beleueth
that nothinâ—â— be lackynge vnto them And let oures 〈…〉 â—â—cell in good workes as farre 〈…〉 that they be not 〈…〉 〈…〉 with me salute the. Grete them that loue vs in the faith Grace be with you all Amen Wrytten from Nicopolis in Macedonia The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul vnto Philemon The summe of this Epistle He reioyseth to heare of the faith and loue of Philemon whom he desyreth to forgeue his seruauÌ„t Onesimus and louyngly to receaue him agayne PAul the presoner of Iesu Christ and brother Timotheus Vnto Philemon the beloued and oure helper and to the beloued Appia and to Archippus o r felowe soudyer and to the congregacion in thy house Grace be with you and peace from God oure father and from the LORDE Iesus Christ. I thanke my God makynge mencion all wayes of the in my prayers for so moch as I heare of thy loue and faith which thou hast on the LORDE Iesu and towarde all sayntes that oure comen faith maye be frutefull in the thorow knowlege of all y e good that ye haue in Christ Iesu. Greate ioye and consolacion haue I in thy loue For by the brother the sayntes are hertely refreshed Wherfore though I haue great boldnes in Christ to commaunde the that which becommeth the yet for loues sake I rather beseke y e though I be as I am eueÌ„ Paul aged and now a presoner also of Iesu Christ. I beseke the for my sonne Onesimus whom I haue begotten in my bondes which in tyme past was to the vnprofitable but now profitable both to the and me Whom I haue sent agayne but receaue thou him that is euen myne awne hert For I wolde haue kepte him styll with me that in thy steade he might haue mynistred vnto me in y e bondes of y e Gospell Neuertheles without thy mynde wolde I do nothinge that y e good which thou doest shulde not be of compulsion but wyllingly Happly he therfore departed for a season that thou shuldest receaue him for euer not now as a seruaunt but aboue a seruaunt euen a brother beloued specially to me but how moch more vnto y e both in y e flesh and in the LORDE Yf thou holde me for thy companyon receaue him then euen as my selfe But yf he haue hurte the or oweth the oughte that laye to my charge I Paul haue wrytten it with myne awne hande I wil recompence it so that I do not saye vnto y e how tâ—at thou owest vnto me euen thine owne selfe Euen so brother let me enioye the in the LORDE refresh thou my hert in the LORDE Trustinge in thine obedieÌ„ce I haue wrytten vnto the for I knowe that thou wilt do more then I saye Morouer prepare me lodginge for I hope that thorow youre prayers I shal be geuen vnto you There saluteth the Epaphras my felowe presoner in Christ Iesu Marcus Aristarchus Demas Lucas my helpers The grace of oure LORDE Iesu Christ be with youre sprete Amen Sent from Rome by Onesimus a seruaunt The first Epistle of the Apostle S. Peter The summe of this Epistle Chap. I. He sheweth that thorow the abundaunt mercy of God we are begotten agayne to a lyuely hope and how faith must be trâ—ed how the saluacion in Christ is no newes but a thinge prophecied of olde He exhorteth them to a godly conuersacion for so moch as they are now borne a new by the worde of God Chap. II. He exhorteth men to laye asyde all vyce sheweth that Christ is the foundacion wher vpon they be buylt prayeth them to absteyne froÌ„ fleshly lustes and to obeye worldly rulers How seruauntes shulde behaue them selues towarde their masters He exhorteth to suffre after the ensample of Christ. Chap. III. How wyues ought to ordre them selues towarde their huszbandes and in their apparell The dutye of meÌ„ towarde their wyues He exorteth all men to vnite and loue and paciently to suffre trouble Of true baptyme Chap. IIII. He exhorteth men to ceasse from synne to spende no more tyme in vyce to be sober and apte to prayer to loue ech other to be pacient in trouble and to bewarre that no man suffre as an euell doer but as a Cristen man and not to be ashamed Chap. V. A speciall exhortacion for all bisshoppes or prestes to fede the flocke of Christ and what their dutie is and what rewarde they shal haue yf they be diligeÌ„t He exhorteth yonge personnes to submytt theÌ„ selues to the elder euery one to loue another to be sober to watch that they maye resist the enemye The first Epistle of the Apostle S. Peter The first Chapter PETER an Apostle of Iesu Christ to theÌ„ that dwell here and there as straungers thorow out Pontus Galacia Capadocia Asia and Bithinia electe acordinge to the foreknowlege of God the father thorow sanctifienge of the sprete vnto obedience and sprenklynge of the bloude of Iesus Christ. Grace and peace be multiplied with you Blessed be God and the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ which acordinge to his greate mercy hath begotten vs agayne vnto a lyuely hope by the resurreccion of Iesus Christ from the deed to an vncorruptible and vndefyled inheritaunce which neuer shal fade awaye but is reserued in heauen for you that are kepte by the power of God thorow faith to saluacion which is prepared all ready to be shewed in the last tyme in the which ye shal reioyse though now for a litle season yff nede requyre ye are in heuynes thorow manyfolde temptacions that youre faith once tryed beynge moch more precious then the corruptible golde that is tryed thorow the fyre might be founde vnto laude glory and honoure at the appearynge of Iesus Christ whom ye haue not sene and yet loue him in whom now ye beleue â–ª though ye se him not Euen so shal ye reioyce also with vnoutspeakable and glorious ioye receauynge the endâ— of youre faith euen the saluacion of yourâ— soules Of which saluacion the prophetes haue enquyred and searched which prophecied off the grace that shulde come vpoâ— you searchinge whan or at what tyme thâ— sprete off Christ that was in them shuldâ— signifye which sprete testified before thâ— passions that shulde come vnto Christ anâ— the glory that shulde folowe after Vntâ— the which prophetes it was declared thâ—â— not vnto them selues but vnto vs thâ—â— shulde mynister the thinges which are noâ— shewed vnto you by them which thorow holy goost sent downe from heauen haâ—â— preached vnto you the thinges which 〈◊〉 angels delyte to beholde Wherfore gyrde op the 〈…〉 youre mynde be sober and trust 〈…〉 on the grace that is brought vnto you by the declarynge of Iesus Christ as obedient childreÌ„ not faszhionynge youre selues to yo r olde lustes of ignoraunce but as he which hath called you is holy eueÌ„ so be ye holy also in all youre conuersacion for it it wrytteÌ„ Be ye holy for I am holy And yf so be that ye call on
seyth not And this coÌ„maundement haue we of him that he which loueth God shulde loue his brother also The V. Chapter WHo so euer beleueth that Iesus is Christ is borne of God And who soeuer loueth him that begat loueth him also which was begotten of him By this we knowe that we loue Gods children whan we loue God and kepe his commaundementes For this is the loue of God that we kepe his commaundementes and his commaundemeÌ„tes are not greuous For all that is borne of God ouer commeth the worlde and this is the victory that ouercommeth the worlde eueÌ„ oure faith Who is it y t ouercommeth the worlde but he which beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God This is he that coÌ„meth with water and bloude euen Iesus Christ not with water onely but with water and bloude And it is the sprete that beareth wytnes for the sprete is the trueth For there are thre which beare recorde in heauen the father the worde and the holy goost these thre are one And there are thre which beare recorde in earth the sprete water and bloude and these thre are one Yf we receaue the witnesse of men the witnesse of God is greater for this is the wytnesse of God which he testifyed of his sonne He that beleueth on y e sonne of God hath the wytnes in him selfe He that beleueth not God hath made him a lyar And this is that recorde euen y t God hath geueÌ„ vs euerlastinge life And this life is in his sonne He that hath the sonne of God hath life He that hath not the sonne of God hath not life These thinges haue I wrytteÌ„ vnto you which beleue on the name of the sonne of God that ye maye knowe how that ye haue eternall life and that ye maye beleue on y e name of the sonne of God And this is the fre boldnesse which we haue towarde him that yf we axe eny thinge acordinge to his wyll he heareth vs. And yf we knowe that he heareth vs what so euer we axe then are we sure that we haue y e peticions which we haue desyred of him Yf eny man se his brother synne a synne not vnto death let him axe and he shal geue him life for theÌ„ y t synne not vnto death There is a synne vnto death for the which saye I not that a man shulde praye All vnrighteousnes is synne and there is synne not vnto death We knowe that whosoeuer is borne off God synneth not but he that is begotteÌ„ of God kepeth himselfe y t wicked toucheth him not We knowe that we are of God the worlde is set alltogether on wickednes But we knowe that the sonne of God is come and hath geuen vs a mynde to knowe him which is true and we are in him y t is true in his sonne Iesu Christ. This is the true God and euer lastinge life Babes kepe youre selues from ymage The seconde Epistle of S. Ihon. The summe of this epistle He wryteth vnto a certayne lady reioyseth that her children walke in the trueth exhorteth theÌ„ vnto loue warneth them to bewarre of soch disceauers as denye that Iesus Christ came in the flesh prayeth them to contynue in the doctryne of Christ and to haue nothinge to do with them that bringe not this lernynge THE Elder To y e electe lady and hir childreÌ„ whom I loue in the trueth not I onely but all they also that haue knowne the trueth for the truthes sake which dwelleth in vs and shal be with vs for euer Grace mercy and peace be with you froÌ„ the LORDE Iesus Christ y e sonne of the father in the trueth and in loue I am greatly reioysed that I haue founde amonge thy children them that walke in y e trueth as we haue receaued a commaundement of the father And now lady I beseke the not as though I wrote a new commaundement vnto the but the same which we haue had from the begynnynge that we loue one another And this is the loue that we walke after his commaundementes This is the commaundement as ye haue herde froÌ„ the begynnynge that we shulde walke therin For many disceauers are come in to the worlde which confesse not y t Iesus Christ is come in the flesh this is a disceauer and an Antechrist Take hede to youre selues that we lose not that which we haue wrought but that we maye receaue a full rewarde Who so euer transgresseth and abydeth not in the doctryne of Christ hath not God he that abydeth in y e doctryne of Christ hath both the father and the sonne Yf eny man come vnto you and brynge not this doctryne receaue him not in to the house nether salute him for he that saluteth him is partaker of his euell dedes I had 〈◊〉 any thinges to wryte vnto you neuertheâ—â—â—â— I wolde not wryte w t papyre and ynke 〈…〉 to come vnto you and to 〈…〉 mouth that oure ioye 〈…〉 â—hildren of thy electe sister The thirde Epistle of S. Ihon. The summe of this epistle He is glad of Gaius that he walketh in the trueth exhorteth him to be louynge vnto the poore christen in their persecucion sheweth the vnkynde dealynge of Diotrephes and the good reporte of Demetrius THE Elder To the beloued Gaius whom I loue in the trueth My beloued I wysshe in all thinges that thou prospere and fare well euen as thy soule prospereth I reioysed greatly whan the brethren came and testified of the trueth that is in y e how thou walkest in the trueth I haue no greater ioye theÌ„ to heare that my childreÌ„ walke in the trueth My beloued thou doest faithfully what so euer thou doest to the brethren and to strauÌ„gers which haue borne witnesse of thy loue before the congregacion and thou hast done well that thou dyddest brynge them forwarde on their iourney worthely before God For because of his names sake they wente forth and toke nothinge of the Heythen We therfore oughte to receaue soch that we mighte be helpers vnto the trueth I wrote to the congregacion but Diotriphes which loueth to haue the preemynence amonge them receaued vs not Wherfore yf I come I wil declare his dedes which he doeth ieastinge vpoÌ„ vs with malicious wordes nether is he therwith coÌ„tent Not onely he himselfe receaueth not the brethreÌ„ but also he forbyddeth them that wolde and thrusteth them out of the congregacion My beloued folowe not y t which is euell but that which is good He that doeth well is of God but he that doeth euell seyth not God Demetrius hath good reporte of all men and of the trueth yee and we oure selues also beare recorde and ye knowe that oure recorde is true I had many thinges to wryte but I wolde not with ynke and pen wryte vnto the. But I trust shortly to se the and so wyl we speake together mouth to mouth Peace be with the. The louers salute the. Grete the louers