things which have been set forth by vow for the temple of the Lord at Jerusalem 8 ¶ Then the chief of the families of Judea and of the tribes of Benjamin stood up the priests also and the Levites and all they whose minde the Lord had moved to go up and to build an house for the Lord at Jerusalem 9 And they that dwelt round about them and helped them in all things with silver and gold with †Heb. substance Ezra 1.6 horses and cattel and with very many free gifts of a great number whose minds were stirred up thereto 10 King Cyrus also brought forth the holy vessels which Nebuchodonosor had carried away from Jerusalem and had set up in his temple of idols 11 Now when Cyrus kâ—ng of the Persians had brought them forth he delivered them to Mithridates his treasurer 12 And by him they were delivered to †Gr. Shashbazar the first part of the word is acrruptly joynes to the word going before Ezra 1.8 Sanabassar the governour of Judea 13 And this was the number of them A thousand golden cups and a thousand of silver †Heb. knioâ—â— Ezra 1.9 censers of silver twenty nine vials of gold thirty and of silver * Ezr. 1.10 but four hundred and ten two thousand four hundred and ten and a thousand other vessels 14 So all the vessels of gold and of silver which were carried away were * Ezr. 1.11 but five thousand four hundred five thousand four hundred threescore and nine 15 These were brought back by Sanabassar together with them of the captivity from Babylon to Jerusalem 16 * Ezra 4.7 But in the time of Artaxerxes king of the Persians Belemus and Mithridates and Tabellius and †Babumus and the name which followeth is but an epithete to the former Ezra 4.9 Rathumus Beeltethmus and †Shimshai Ezra 4.8 Semellius the secretary with others that were in commission with them dwelling in Samaria and other places wrote unto him against them that dwelt in Judea and Jerusalem these letters following 17 To king Artaxerxes our lord thy servants Rathumus the story-writer and Semellius the scribe and the rest of their counsel and the judges that are in Celosyria and Phenice 18 Be it now known to the lord the king that the Jews that are come up from you to us being come into Jerusalem that rebellious and wicked city do build the market-places and repair the walls of it and do lay the foundation of the temple 19 Now if this city and the walls thereof be made up again they will not onely refuse to give tribute but also rebel against kings 20 And forasmuch as the things pertaining to the temple are now in hand we think it meet not to neglect such a matter 21 But to speak unto our lord the king to the intent that if it be thy pleasure it may be sought out in the books of thy fathers 22 And thou shalt finde in the chronicles what is written concerning these things and shalt understand that that city was rebellious troubling both kings and cities 23 And that the Jews were rebellious and raised always wars therein for the which cause even this city was made desolate 24 Wherefore now we do declare unto thee O lord the king that if this city be built again and the walls thereof set up anew thou shalt from henceforth have no passage into Celosyria and Phenice 25 Then the king wrote back again to Rathumus the story-writer to Beeltethmus to Semellius the scribe and to the rest that were in commission and dwellers in Samaria and Syria and Phenice after this manner 26 I have read the epistle which ye have sent unto me therefore I commanded to make diligent search and it hath been found that that city was from the beginning practising against kings 27 And the men therein were given to rebellion and war and that mighty kings and fierce were in Jerusalem who reigned and exacted tributes in Celosyria and Phenice 28 Now therefore I have commanded to hinder those men from building the city and heed to be taken that there be no more done in it 29 And that those wicked workers proceed no further to the annoyance of kings 30 Then king Artaxerxes his letters being read Rathumus and Semellius the scribe and the rest that were in commission with them removing in haste towards Jerusalem with a troup of hors-men and ‖ Or a great number of souldiers a multitude of people in battel aray began to hinder the builders and the building of the temple in Jerusalem ceased until the second year of the reign of Darius king of the Persians CHAP. III. 4. Three strive to excel each other in wise speeches 9 They refer themselves to the judgement of the king 18 The first declareth the strength of wine NOw when Darius reigned he made a great feast unto all his subjects and unto all his houshold and unto all the princes of Media and Persia 2 And to all the governours and captains and lieutenants that were under him from India unto Ethiopia of an hundred twenty and seven provinces 3 And when they had eaten and drunken and being satisfied were gone home then Darius the king went into his bed-chamber and stept and soon after awaked 4 Then three young men that were of the guard that kept the kings body spake one to another 5 Let every one of us speak a sentence he that shall overcome and whole sentence shall seem wiser then the others unto him shall the king Darius give great gifts and great things in token of victory 6 As to be clothed in purple to drink in gold and to sleep upon gold and a chariot with bridles of gold and an head-tire of fine linen and a chain about his neck 7 And he shall sit next to Darius because of his wisdom and shall be called Darius his cousin 8 And then every one wrote his sentence sealed it and laid it under king Darius his pillow 9 And said that when the king is risen some will give him the writings and of whose side the king and the three princes of Persia shall judge that his sentence is the wisest to him shall the victory be given as was appointed 10 The first wrote Wine is the strongest 11 The second wrote The king is the strongest 12 The third wrote Women are strongest but above all things truth beareth away the victory 13 ¶ Now when the king was risen up they took their writings and delivered them unto him and so he read them 14 And sending forth he called all the princes of Persia and Media and the governours and the captains and the lieutenants and the chief officers 15 And sat him down in the ‖ Or counsel royal seat of judgement and the writings were read before them 16 And he said Call the young men and they shall declare their own sentences So they were called and came in 17 And he said unto them Declare
loved her 4 For she is ‖ Or â—uther privy to the mysteries of the knowledge of God and a ‖ Or choosâ—â— lover of his works 5 If riches be a possession to be desired in this life what is richer then wisdom that worketh all things 6 And if * Exod. 31.3 6. prudence work who of all that are is a more cunning workman then she 7 And if a man love righteousness her labours are vertues for she teacheth temperance and prudence justice and fortitude which are such things as men can have nothing more profitable in their life 8 If a man desire much experience she knoweth things of old and conjectureth aright what is to come she knoweth the subtilties of speeches and can expound dark sentences she foreseeth signs and wonders and the events of seasons and times 9 Therefore I purposed to take her to me to live with me knowing that she †Gr. will would be a counsellour of good things and a comfort in cares and grief 10 For her sake I shall have estimation among the multitude and honour with the elders though I be young 11 I shall be found of a quick conceit in judgement and shall be admired in the sight of great men 12 * Job 29.8 9 10. When I hold my tongue they shall bide my leisure and when I speak they shall give good ear unto me if I talk much they shall lay their hands upon their moâ—th 13 Moreover by the means of her I shall obtain immortality and leave behinde me an everlasting memorial to them that come after me 14 I shall ‖ Or govern set the people in order and the nations shall be subject unto me 15 Horrible tyrants shall be afraid when they do but hear of me I shall ‖ Or appear be found good among the multitude and valiant in war 16 ‖ Or being entred into mine house After I am come into mine house I will repose my self with her for her conversation hath no bitterness and to live with her hath no sorrow but mirth and joy 17 Now when I considered these things in my self and * Prov. 7.3 pondered them in my heart how that to be allied unto wisdom is immortality 18 And great pleasure it is to have her friendship and in the works of her hands are infinite riches and in the exercise of conference with her prudence and in talking with her a ‖ Or fame good report I went about seeking how to ‖ Or marry her take her to me 19 For I was a witty childe and had a good spirit 20 Yea rather being good I came into a body undefiled 21 Nevertheless when I perceived that I could not otherwise obtain her except God gave her me and that was a point of wisdom also to know whose gift she was I ‖ Or went prayed unto the Lord and besought him and with my whole heart I said CHAP. IX 1 A prayer unto God for his wisdom 6 without which the best man is nothing worth 13 neither can he tell how to please God O God of my fathers and Lord of mercy who hast made all things with thy word 2 And ordained man through thy wisdom that he should * Gen. 1.28 have dominion over the creatures which thou hast made 3 And order the world according to equity and righteousness and execute judgement with an upright heart 4 Give * 1 King 3.9 me wisdom that sitteth by thy throne and reject me not from among thy children 5 For I * Ps 116.16 thy servant and son of thine hand-maid am a feeble person and of a short time and too young for the understanding of judgement and laws 6 For though a man be never so perfect among the children of men yet if thy wisdom be not with him he shall be nothing regarded 7 Thou hast chosen me to be a * 1 Chr. 28.5 2 Chr. 1.9 king of thy people and a judge of thy sons and daughters 8 Thou hast commanded me to build a temple upon thy holy mount and an altar in the city wherein thou dwellest a resemblance of the holy tabernacle which thou hast prepared from the beginning 9 And * Pro. 8.22 Joh. 1.2 3 10. wisdom was with thee which knoweth thy works and was present when thou madest the world and knew what was acceptable in thy sight and right in thy commandments 10 O send her out of thy holy heavens and from the throne of thy glory that being present she may labour with me that I may know what is pleasing unto thee 11 For she knoweth and understandeth all things and she shall lead me soberly in my doings and preserve me ‖ Or by her power or glory in her power 12 So shall my works be acceptable and then shall I judge thy people righteously and be worthy to sit in my fathers seat 13 For * Is 40.13 Rom. 11.34 1 Cor. 2.16 what man is he that can know the counsel of God or who can think what the will of the Lord is 14 For the thoughts of mortal men are ‖ Or fearful miserable and our devices are but uncertain 15 For the corruptible body presseth down the soul and the earthy tabernacle weigheth down the minde that museth upon many things 16 And hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth and with labour do we finde the things that are †Gr. at hand before us but the things that are in heaven who hath searched out 17 And thy counsel who hath known except thou give wisdom and send thy holy spirit from above 18 For so the ways of them which lived on the earth were reformed and men were taught the things that are pleasing unto thee and were saved through wisdom CHAP. X. 1 What wisdom did for Adam 4 Noe 5 Abraham 6 Lot and against the five cities 10 for Jacob 12 Joseph 16 Moses 17 and the Israelites SHe preserved the first-formed father of the world that was created alone and brought him out of his fall 2 And * Gen. 1.28 gave him power to rule all things 3 * Gen. 4.8 But when the unrighteous went away from her in his anger he perished also in the sury wherewith he murdered his brother 4 For whose cause the * Gen. 7 2â— earth being drowned with the floud wisdom again preserved it and directed the course of the righteous in a piece of wood of small value 5 Moreover * Gen. 11.9 the nations in their wicked conspiracy being confounded she found out the righteous and preserved him blameless unto God and * Gen. 22.10 kept him strong ‖ Or in against his tender compassion toward his son 6 * Gen. 19.16 When the ungodly perished she delivered the righteous man who fled from the fire which fell down upon †Gr. Pentapoâ—â—â— the five cities 7 Of whose wickedness even to this day the waste land that smoketh
man of understanding get thee betimes unto him and let thy foot wear the steps of his door 37 Let thy minde be upon the ordinances of the Lord and * Psal 1.2 meditate continually in his commandments he shall establish thine heart and give thee wisdom at thine own desire CHAP. VII 1 We are deborted from sin 4 from ambition 8 presumption 10 and fainting in prayer 12 from lying and backbiting 18 How to esteem a friend 19 a good wife 20 a servant 22 our cattel 23 our children and parents 31 the Lord and his priests 32 the poor and those that mourn DO no evil so shall no harm come unto thee 2 Depart from the unjust and iniquity shall turn away from thee 3 My son sowe not upon the furrows of unrighteousness and thou shalt not reap them seven-fold 4 Seek not of the Lord preeminence neither of the king the seat of honour 5 * Job 9.10 Ps 142.2 Eccl. 7.16 Luke 18.11 Justify not thy self before the Lord and boast not of thy wisdom before the king 6 Seek not to be judge being not able to take away iniquity lest at any time thou sear the person of the mighty and lay a stumbling-block in the way of thy uprightness 7 Offend not against the multitude of a city and then thou shalt not cast thy self down among the people 8 Binde not one sin upon another for in one thou shalt not be unpunished 9 Say not God will look upon the multitude of my oblations and when I offer to the most high God he will accept it 10 Be not faint-hearted when thou makest thy prayer and neglect not to give aims 11 Laugh no man to scorn in the bitterness of his soul for there is one which humbleth and exalteth 12 †Gr. plow not Devise not a lie against thy brother neither do the like to thy friend 13 Use not to make any manner of lie for the custom thereof is not good 14 Use not many words in a multitude of elders * Matth. 6.5 â— and make not ‖ Or vanâ— repetition much babâ—ling when thou prayest 15 Hate not laborious worâ— neither husbandry which the most High hath †Gr. created ordained 16 Number not thy self among the multitude of sinners but remember that wrath will not tarry long 17 Humble thy soul greatly for the vengeance of the ungodly is fire and worms 18 Change not a friend for any good by no means neither a faithful brother for the gold of Ophir 19 Forgo not a wise and good woman for her grace is above gold 20 * Lev. 19.13 Whereas thy servant worketh truly entreat him not evil nor the hireling that bestoweth himself wholly for thee 21 Let thy soul love a good servant and defraud him not of liberty 22 * Deut. 25.4 Hast thou cattel have an eye to them and if they be for thy profit keep them with thee 23 Hast thou children instruct them and bow down their neck from their youth 24 Hast thou daughters have a care of their body and shew not thy sell cheerful toward them 25 Marry thy daughter and so shalt thou have performed a weighty matter but give her to a man of understanding 26 Hast thou a wife after thy minde forsake her not but give not thy self over to a ‖ Or hateful light woman 27 Honour thy father with thy whole heart and forget not the sorrows of thy mother 28 Remember that thou wast begot of them and how canst thou recompenâ—e them the things that they have done for thee 29 Fear the Lord with all thy soul and reverence his priests 30 Love him that made thee with all thy strength and forsake not his ministers 31 Fear the Lord and honour the priest and give him his portion as it is commanded thee the first fruits and the trespass-offering and the gift of the shoulders and the sacrifice of sanctification and the first-fruits of the holy things 32 * Deut. 15.10 And stretch thine hand unto the poor that ‖ Or thy liberality thy blessing may be perfected 33 A gift hath grace in the sight of every man living and for the dead detain it not 34 Fail not to be with them that weep and mourn with them that mourn 35 Be not slow to visit the sick for that shall make thee to be beloved 36 Whatsoever thou takest in hand remember the end and thou shalt never do amiss CHAP. VIII 1 Whom we may not strive with 8 nor despise 10 nor provoke 15 nor have to do with STrive not with a mighty man lest thou fall into his hands 2 * Mat. 5.25 Be not at variance with a rich man lest he overweigh thee for gold * Ch. 31.6 hath destroyed many and perverted the hearts of kings 3 Strive not with a man that is ‖ Or of an evil tongue full of tongue and heap not wood upon his fire 4 Jest not with a rude man lest thy ancestours be disgraced 5 * 1 Cor. 2.6 Gal. 6.2 Reproach not a man that turneth from sin but remember that we are all worthy of punishment 6 * Lev. 19.31 Dishonour not a man in his old age for even some of us wax old 7 Rejoyce not over thy greatest enemy being dead but remember that we die all 8 Despise not the discourse of the wise but acquaint thy self with their proverbs for of them thou shalt learn instruction and how to serve great men with ease 9 Miss not the discourse of the elders for they also learned of their fathers and of them thou shalt learn understanding and to give answer as need requireth 10 Kindle not the coals of a sinner lest thou be burnt with the flame of his fire 11 Rise not up in anger at the presence of an injurious person lest he lie in wait ‖ Or fâ—â— thy â—â—â—th to entrap thee in thy words 12 Lend not unto him that is mightier then thy self for if thou sendest him count it but lost 13 Be not surety above thy power for if thou be surely take care to pay it 14 Go not to law with a judge for they will judge for him according to his ‖ Or opinion honour 15 * Gen. 4.8 Travel not by the way with a hold fellow lest he become grievous unto thee for he will do according to his own will and thou shalt perish with him through his folly 16 * Prov. â—2 24 Strive not with an angry man and go not with him into a solitary place for bloud is as nothing in his sight and where there is no help he will overthrow thee 17 Consult not with a fool for he cannot keep counsel 18 Do no secret thing before a stranger for thou knowest not what he will bring forth 19 Open not thine heart to every man lest he requite thee with a shrewd turn CHAP. IX 1 We are advised how to use our wives 3 What women to avoid 10
And not to change an old friend 13 Not to be familiar with men in authority 14 But to know our neighbours 15 And to converse with wise men BE not jealous over the wise of thy bosom and teach her not an evil lesson against thy self 2 Give not thy soul unto a woman to let her foot upon thy substance 3 Meet not with an harlot lest thou fall into her snares 4 Use not much the company of a woman that ‖ Or playeth upon instruments is a singer lest thou be taken with her attempts 5 Gaze not on a maid that thou fall not by those things that are precious in her 6 Give not thy soul unto harlots that thou lose not thine inheritance 7 Look not round about thee in the streets of the city neither wander thou in the solitary places thereof 8 * Gen. 34.2 2 Sam. 11.2 Judith 10 1◠Turn away thine eye from a beautiful woman and look not upon anothers beauty for many have been deceived by the beauty of a woman for herewith love is kindled as a fire 9 Sit not at all with another mans wife nor sit down with her in thine arms and spend not thy money with her at the wine lest thine heart incline unto her and so through thy desire thou fall into destruction 10 Forsake not an old friend for the new is not comparable to him a new friend is as new wine when it is old thou shalt drink it with pleasure 11 Envy not the glory of a sinner for thou knowest not what shall be his end 12 Delight not in the thing that the ungodly have pleasure in but remember they shall not go unpunished unto their grave 13 Keep thee far from the man that hath power to kill so shalt thou not doubt the fear of death and if thou come unto him make no fault lest he take away thy life presently remember that thou goest in the midst of snares and that thou walkest upon the battlements of the city 14 As near as thou canst guess at thy neighbour and consult with the wise 15 Let thy talk be with the wise and all thy communication in the law of the most High 16 And let just men eat and drink with thee and let thy glorying be in the fear of the Lord. 17 For the hand of the artificer the work shall be commended and the wise ruler of the people for his speech 18 A man of an ill tongue is dangerous in his city and he that is rash in his talk shall be hated CHAP. X. 1 The commodities of a wise ruler 4 God setteth him up 7 The inconveniences of pride injustice and covetousness 14 What God hath done to the proud 19 Who shall be honoured 29 and who not A Wife judge will instruct his people and the government of a prudent man is well ordered 2 * Prov. 29.12 As the judge of the people is himself so are his officers and what manner of man the ruler of the city is such are all they that dwell therein 3 An unwise king destroyeth his people but through the prudence of them which are in authority the city shall be inhabited 4 The power of the earth is in the hand of the Lord and in due time he will set over it one that is profitable 5 In the hand of God is the prosperity of man and upon the ‖ Or face person of the scribe shall he lay his honour 6 * Lev. 19.17 Bear not hatred to thy neighbour for every wrong and do nothing at all by injurious practices 7 Pride is hateful before God and man and by both doth one commit iniquity 8 Because of unrighteous dealings injuries and riches got by deceit the kingdom is translated from one people to another 9 Why is earth and ashes proud There is not a more wicked thing then a covetous man for such an one setteth his own soul to sale because while he liveth he casteth away his bowels 10 The physician cutteth off a long disease and he that is to day a king to morrow shall die 11 For when a man is dead he shall inherit creeping things beasts and worms 12 The beginning of pride is when one departeth from God and his heart is turned away from his maker 13 For pride is the beginning of sin and he that hath it shall pour out abomination and therefore the Lord brought upon them strange calamities and overthrew them utterly 14 The Lord hath cast down the thrones of proud princes and set up the meek in their stead 15 The Lord hath plucked up the roots of the proud nations and planted the lowly in their place 16 The Lord overthrew countreys of the heathen and destroyed them to the foundations of the earth 17 He took some of them away and destroyed them and hath made their memorial to cease from the earth 18 Pride was not made for men nor furious anger for them that are born of a woman 19 They that fear the Lord are a sure seed and they that love him an honourable plant they that regard not the law are a dishonourable seed they that transgress the commandments are a ‖ Or unstable generation deceiveable seed 20 Among brethren he that is chief is honourable so are they that fear the Lord in his eyes 21 The fear of the Lord goeth before ‖ Or principality the obtaining of authority but roughness and pride is the losing thereof 22 Whether he be rich noble or poor their glory is the fear of the Lord. 23 It is not meet to despise the poor man that hath understanding neither is it convenient to magnifie a sinful man 24 Great men and judges and potentates shall be honoured yet is there none of them greater then he that feareth the Lord. 25 * Prov. 17.2 Unto the servant that is wise shall they that are free do service and he that hath knowledge * 2 Sam. 12.13 will not grudge when he is reformed 26 Be not overwise in doing thy business and boast not thy self in the time of thy distress 27 * Prov. 12.9 Better is he that laboureth and aboundeth in all things then he that boasteth himself and wanteth bread 28 My son glorifie thy soul in meekness and give it honour according to the dignity thereof 29 Who will justifie him that sinneth against his own soul and who will honour him that dishonoureth his own life 30 The poor man is honoured for his skill and the rich man is honoured for his riches 31 He that is honoured in poverty how much more in riches and he that is dishonourable in riches how much more in poverty CHAP. XI 4 We may not vaunt nor set forth our selves 8 nor answer rashly 10 nor meddle with many matters 14 Wealth and all things else are from God 24 Brag not of thy wealth 29 nor bring every man into thy house WIsdom lifteth up the head ‖ Or of the lowly of him that
Is any thing too hard for the LORD At the time appointed will I return unto thee according to the time of life Sarah shall have a son 15 Then Sarah denied saying I laughed not for she was afraid And he said Nay but thou didst laugh 16 ¶ And the men rose up from thence and looked toward Sodom and Abraham went with them to bring them on the way 17 And the LORD said Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do 18 Seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation and all the nations of the earth shall be * Ch. 12.3 22.18 Acts 3.25 Gal. 3.8 blessed in him 19 For I know him that he will command his children and his houshold after him and they shall keep the way of the LORD to do justice and judgement that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him 20 And the LORD said Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great and because their sin is very grievous 21 I will go down now and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it which is come unto me and if not I will know 22 And the men turned their faces from thence and went toward Sodom but Abraham stood yet before the LORD 23 ¶ And Abraham drew near and said Wilt thou also destroy the righteous with the wicked 24 Peradventure there be fifty righteous within the city wilt thou also destroy and not spare the place for the fifty righteous that are therein 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner to slay the righteous with the wicked and that the righteous should be as the wicked that be far from thee Shall not the Judge of all the earth do right 26 And the LORD said If I finde in Sodom fifty righteous within the city then I will spare all the place for their sakes 27 And Abraham answered and said Behold now I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord which am but dust and ashes 28 Peradventure there shall lack five of the fifty righteous wilt thou destroy all the city for lack of five And he said If I finde there fourty and five I will not destroy it 29 And he spake unto him yet again and said Peradventure there shall be fourty found there And he said I will not do it for fourties sake 30 And he said unto him O let not the Lord be angry and I will speak Peradventure there shall thirty be found there And he said I will not do it if I finde thirty there 31 And he said Behold now I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord Peradventure there shall be twenty found there And he said I will not destroy it for twenties sake 32 And he said O let not the Lord be angry and I will speak yet but this once Peradventure ten shall be found there And he said I will not destroy it for tens sâ—ke 33 And the LORD went his way assoon as he had left communing with Abraham and Abraham returnâ—d unto his place CHAP. XIX 1 Lot entertaineth two angels 4 The viâ—ious Sodomites are stricken with … ss 12 Lot is 〈◊〉 for safety into the mountains 18 He obtaineth leave to â—o into 〈◊〉 24 Sodom and Gomorrah are destroyed 26 Lots wife is a pâ—llar of salt 30 Lot dwelleth in a cave 31 The incestuous original of Moab and Ammon ANd there came two angels to Sodom at even and Lot sat in the gate of Sodom and Lot seeing them rose up to meet them and he bowed himself with his face toward the ground 2 And the said Behold now my lords turn in I pray you into your servants house and tarry all night and * Chap. 18.4 wash your feet and ye shall rise up early and go on your ways And they said Nay but we will abide in the street all night 3 And he pressed upon them greatly and they turned in unto hiâ— and entred into his hoâ—se and he made them a 〈◊〉 and did bake unleavened bread and thâ—â— did eat 4 ¶ But before they say down the men of the city even the men of Sodom compassed the house round both old and young all the people from every quarter 5 And they called unto Lot and said unto him Where are the men which came in to thee this night bring them out unto us that we may know them 6 And Lot went out at the door unto them shut the door after him 7 And said I pray you or brethren do not so wickedâ—y 8 Behold now I have two daughters which have not known man let 〈◊〉 I pray you bring them out unto you and do ye to them as is good in 〈…〉 onely unto these men do nothing for therefore came they under the the 〈◊〉 of my 〈◊〉 9 And they said Stand â—â—â—k And they said again This one feâ—â—ow came in to sojourn and he will needs be a judge Now will we deal worse with thee then with them And they pressed sore upon the man even Lot and came near to break the door 10 But the men put forth their hand and pulled Lot into the house to them and shut to the door 11 And they smote the men * Wisd 19.17 that were at the door of the house with blindness both small and great so that they wearied themselves to finde the door 12 ¶ And the men said unto Lot Hast thou here any besides son in law and thy sons and thy daughters and whatsoever thou hast in the city bring them out of this place 13 For we will destroy this place because the * Chap. 18.20 cry of them is waxen great before the face of the LORD the LORD hath sent us to destroy it 14 And Lot went out and spake unto his sons in law which married his daughters and said Up get ye out of this place for the LORD will destroy this city but he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law 15 ¶ And when the morning arose then the angels hastned Lot saying Arise take thy wife and thy two daughters which †Heb. are found are here lest thou be consumed in the ‖ Or punishment iniquity of the city 16 And * Wisd 10.6 while he lingred the men laid hold upon his hand and upon the hand of his wife and upon the hand of his two daughters the LORD being merciful unto him and they brought him forth and set him without the city 17 And it came to pass when they had brought them forth abroad that he said Escape for thy life look not behinde thee neither stay thou in all the plain escape to the mountain lest thou be consumed 18 And Lot said unto them Oh not so my Lord. 19 Behold now thy servant hath found grace in thy sight and thou hast magnified thy mercy which thou hast shewed unto me in saving my life and I cannot escape to the mountain lest
10 How to use the cities that accept or refuse the proclamation of peace 16 What cities must be devoted 19 Trees of mans meat must not be destroyed in this siege WHen thou goest out to battel against thine enemies and seest horses and chariots and a people more then thou be not afraid of them for the LORD thy God is with thee which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt 2 And it shall be when ye are come nigh unto the battel that the priest shall approach and speak unto the people 3 And shall say unto them Hear O Israel you approach this day unto battel against your enemies let not your hearts †Heb. be tender faint fear not and do not †Heb. make haste tremble neither be ye terrified because of them 4 For the LORD your God is he that goeth with you to fight for you against your enemies to save you 5 ¶ And the officers shall speak unto the people saying What man is there that hath built a new house and hath not dedicated it let him go and return unto his house lest he die in the battel and another man dedicate it 6 And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard and hath not yet †Heb. made it common See Levit. 19.23 eaten of it let him also go and return unto his house lest he die in the battel and another man eat of it 7 * Chap. 24.5 And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife and hath not taken her let him go and return unto his house lest he die in battel and another man take her 8 And the officers shall speak further unto the people and they shall say * Judg. 7.3 What man is there that is fearful and faint-hearted let him go and return unto his house lest his brethrens heart †Heb. melt faint as well as his heart 9 And it shall be when the officers have made an end of speaking unto the people that they shall make captains of the armies †Heb. to be in the head of the people to lead the people 10 ¶ When thou comest nigh unto a city to fight against it then proclaim peace unto it 11 And it shall be if it make thee answer of peace and open unto thee then it shall be that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee and they shall serve thee 12 And if it will make no peace with thee but will make war against thee then thou shalt besiege it 13 And when the LORD thy God hath delivered it into thine hands thou shalt smite every male thereof with the edge of the sword 14 But the women and the little ones and * Josh 8.2 the cattel and all that is in the city even all the spoil thereof shalt thou †Heb. spoil take unto thy self and thou shalt eat the spoil of thine enemies which the LORD thy God hath given thee 15 Thus shalt thou do unto the cities which are very far off from thee which are not of the cities of these nations 16 But of the cities of these people which the LORD thy God doth give thee for an inheritance thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth 17 But thou shalt utterly destroy them namely the Hittites and the Amorites the Canaanites and the Perizzites the Hivites and the Jebusites as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee 18 That they teach you not to do after all their abominations which they have done unto their gods so should ye sin against the the LORD your God 19 ¶ When thou shalt besiege a city a long time in making war against it to take it thou shalt not destroy the trees thereof by forcing an ax against them for thou mayest eat of them and thou shalt not cut them down ‖ Or for O man the tree of the field is to be employed in the siege for the tree of the field is mans life †Heb. to go from before thee to employ them in the siege 20 Onely the trees which thou knowest that they be not trees for meat thou shalt destroy and cut them down and thou shalt build bulwarks against the city that maketh war with thee until †Heb. it come down it be subdued CHAP. XXI 1 The expiation of an uncertain murder 10 The usage of a captive taken to wife 15 The first-born is not to be â—â—inherited upon private affection 18 A stubborn son is to be stoned to death 22 The maâ—â—factor must not hang all night on a tree IF one be found slain in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it lying in the field it be not known who hath slain him 2 Then thy elders and thy judges shall come forth and they shall measure unto the cities which are found about him that is slain 3 And it shall be that the city which is next unto the slain man even the elders of that city shall take an heifer which hath not been wrought with and which hath not drawn in the yoke 4 And the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a rough valley which is neither eared nor sown and shall strike off the the heifers neck there in the valley 5 And the priests the sons of Levi shall come near for them the LORD thy God hath chosen to minister unto him and to bless in the name of the LORD and by their †Heb. mouth word shall every controversie and every stroke be tried 6 And all the elders of that city that are next unto the slain man shall wash their hands over the heifer that is beheaded in the valley 7 And they shall answer and say Our hands have not shed this bloud neither have our eyes seen it 8 Be merciful O LORD unto thy people Israel whom thou hast redeemed and lay not innocent bloud †Heb. in the midst unto thy people of Israels charge And the bloud shall be forgiven them 9 So shalt thou put away the guilt of innocent bloud from among you when thou shalt do that which is right in the sight of the LORD 10 ¶ When thou goest forth to war against thine enemies and the LORD thy God hath delivered them into thine hands and thou hast taken them captive 11 And seed among the captives a beautiful woman and hast a desire unto her that thou wouldest have her to thy wife 12 Then thou shalt bring her home to thine house and she shall shave her head and ‖ Or suffer to gâ—â—n †Heb. make or dress pare her nails 13 And she shall put the raiment of her captivity from off her and shâ—â—â— remain in thine house and bewail her father and her mother a full moneth and after that thou shalt go in unto her and be her husband and she shall be thy wise 14 And it shall be if thou have no delight in her then thou shalt let her
entring in of the gate of Samaria and all the prophets prophesied before them 10 And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah had made him horns of iron and said Thus saith the LORD With these thou shalt push Syria until †Heb. thou consume them they be consumed 11 And all the prophets prophesied so saying Go up to Ramoth-gilead and prosper for the LORD shall deliver it into the hand of the king 12 And the messenger that went to call Micaiah spake to him saying Behold the words of the prophets declare good to the king †Heb. with onâ— mouth with one assent let thy word therefore I pray thee be like one of theirs and speak thou good 13 And Micaiah said As the LORD liveth even what my God saith that will I speak 14 And when he was come to the king the king said unto him Micaiah shall we go to Ramoth-gilead to battel or shall I forhear And he said Go ye up prosper they shall be delivered into your hand 15 And the king said to him How many times shall I adjure thee that thou say nothing but the truth to me in the name of the LORD 16 Then he said I did see all Israel scattered upon the mountains as sheep that have no shepherd and the LORD said These have no master let them return therefore every man to his house in peace 17 And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat Did I not tell thee that he would not prophesie good unto me ‖ Or but for evil but evil 18 Again he said Therefore hear the word of the LORD I saw the LORD sitting upon his throne and all the host of heaven standing on his right hand and on his left 19 And the LORD said Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead And one spake saying after this manner and another saying after that manner 20 Then there came out a * Job 1.6 spirit and stood before the LORD and said I will entice him And the LORD said unto him Wherewith 21 And he said I will go out and be a lying spirit in the mouth of all his prophets And the LORD said Thou shalt entice him and thou shalt also prevail go out and do even so 22 Now therefore behold the LORD hath put a lying spirit in the mouth of these thy prophets and the LORD hath spoken evil against thee 23 Then Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah came near and smote Micaiah upon the cheek and said Which way went the spirit of the LORD from me to speak unto thee 24 And Micaiah said Behold thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go ‖ Or from chamber to chamber into †Heb. a chamber in a chamber an inner chamber to hide thy self 25 Then the king of Israel said Take ye Micaiah and carry him back to Amon the governour of the city and to Joash the kings son 26 And say Thus saith the king Put this fellow in the prison and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction until I return in peace 27 And Micaiah said If thou certainly return in peace then hath not the LORD spoken by me And he said Hearken all ye people 28 So the king of Israel and Jehoshaphat the king of Judah went up to Ramoth-gilead 29 And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat I will disguise my self and will go to the battel but put thou on thy robes So the king of Israel disguised himself and they went to the battel 30 Now the king of Syria had commanded the captains of the chariots that were with him saying Fight ye not with small or great save onely with the king of Israel 31 And it came to pass when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat that they said It is the king of Israel therefore they compassed about him to sight but Jehoshaphat cried out and the LORD helped him and God moved them to depart from him 32 For it came to pass that when the captains of the chariots perceived that it was not the king of Israel they turned back again †Heb. from after him from pursuing him 33 And a certain man drew a bowe †Heb. in his simplicity at a venture and smore the king of Israel †Heb. between the joynts and between the bâ—â—aâ—-plate between the joynts of the harness therefore he said to his chariot-man Turn thine hand that thou mayest carry me out of the host for I am †Heb. waâ—e sick wounded 34 And the battel increased that day howbeit the king of Israel stayed himself up in his chariot against the Syrians until the even and about the time of the sun going down he died CHAP. XIX 1 Jehoshaphat reproved by Jehu visiteth his kingdom 5 His instructions to the judges 8 to the priests and Levites ANd Jehoshaphat the King of Judah returned to his house in peace to Jerusalem 2 And Jehu the son of Hanani the seer went out to meet him and said to king Jehoshaphat Shouldest thou help the ungodly and love them that hate the LORD therefore is wrath upon thee from before the LORD 3 Nevertheless there are * Chap. 17.1 6. good things found in thee in that thou hast taken away the groves out of the land and hast prepared thine heart to seek God 4 And Jehoshaphat dwelt at Jerusalem and †Heb. he returned and went out he went out again through the people from Beer-sheba to mount Ephraim and brought them back unto the LORD God of their fathers 5 ¶ And he set judges in the land throughout all the fenced cities of Judah city by city 6 And said to the judges Take heed what ye do for ye judge not for man but for the LORD who is with you †Heb. in the matter of judgement in the judgement 7 Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you take heed and do it for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God nor * Deu. 10.17 Job 34.19 Act. 10.34 Rom. 2.11 Eph. 6.9 Col. 3.25 1 â—ct 1.17 respect of persons nor taking of gifts 8 ¶ Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites and of the priests and of the chief of the fathers of Israel for the judgement of the LORD and for controversies when they returned to Jerusalem 9 And he charged them saying Thus shall ye do in the fear of the LORD faithfully and with a perfect heart 10 And what cause soever shall come to you of your brethren that dwell in their cities between bloud and bloud between law and commandment statutes and judgements ye shall even warn them that they trespass not against the LORD and so wrath come upon you and upon your brethren this do and ye shall not trespass 11 And behold Amariah the chief priest is over you in all matters of the LORD and Zebadiah the son of Ishmael the ruler of the house
Ch. 59.3 †Heb. blouds bloud 16 ¶ Wash ye make you clean put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes * 1 Pet. 3.11 cease to do evil 17 Learn to do well seek judgement ‖ Or rightâ—â—â— relieve the oppressed judge the fatherless plead for the widow 18 Come now and let us reason together saith the LORD though your sins be as scarlet they shall be as white as snow though they be red like crimson they shall be as wool 19 If ye be willing and obedient ye shall eat the good of the land 20 But if ye refuse and rebel ye shall be devoured with the sword for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it 21 ¶ How is the faithful city become an harlot it was full of judgement righteousness lodged in it but now murderers 22 Thy silver is become dross thy wine mixt with water 23 Thy princes are rebellious and companions of theeves every one loveth gifts and followeth after rewards they * Jer. 5.28 Zech. 7 1â— judge not the fatherless neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them 24 Therefore saith the Lord the LORD of hosts the mighty One of Israel Ah I will ease me of mine adversaries and avenge me of mine enemies 25 ¶ And I will turn my hand upon thee and †Heb. according to pureness purely purge away thy dross and take away all thy tin 26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first and thy counsellours as at the beginning afterward thou shalt be called The city of righteousnes the faithful city 27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgement and ‖ Or they that return of her her converts with righteousness 28 ¶ And the * Job 31.3 Ps 1.6 5.6 73.27 92.9 and 104.35 †Heb. breaking destruction of the transgressours and of the sinners shall be together and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed 29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen 30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth and as a garden that hath no water 31 And the strong shall be as tow ‖ Or and his work and the maker of it as a spark and they shall both burn together and none shall quench them CHAP. II. 1 Isaiah prophesieth the coming of Christs kingdom â— Wickedness is the cause of Gods forsaking 10 He exhorteth to fear because of the powerful effect of Gods majesty THe word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem 2 And * Mic. 4 â— c. it shall come to pass in the last days that the mountain of the LORD house shall be ‖ Or prepared established in the top of the mountains and shall be exalted above the hills and all nations shall flow unto it 3 And many people shall go and say Come ye and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD to the house of the God of Jacob and he will teach us of his ways and we will walk in his paths for out of Zion shall go forth the law and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem 4 And he shall judge among the nations and shall rebuke many people and they shall beat their swords into plow-shares and their spears into ‖ Or sithes pruning-hooks nation shall not lift up sword against nation neither shall they learn war any more 5 O house of Jacob come ye and let us walk in the light of the LORD 6 Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob because they be replenished ‖ Or more then the east from the east and are sooth-sayers like the Philistines and they ‖ Or abound with the children c. please themselves in the children of strangers 7 Their land also is full of silver and gold neither is there any end of their treasures their land is also full of horses neither is there any end of their chariots 8 Their land also is full of idols they worship the work of their own hands that which their own fingers have made 9 And the mean man boweth down and the great man humbleth himself therefore forgive them not 10 ¶ Enter into the rock and hide thee in the dust for fear of the LORD and for the glory of his majesty 11 The * Chap. 5.15 lofty looks of man shall be humbled and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day 12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty and upon every one that is lifted up and he shall be brought low 13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up and upon all the oaks of Bashan 14 And upon all the high mountains and upon all the hills that are lifted up 15 And upon every high towre and upon every senced wall 16 And upon all the ships of Tarthish and upâ—n all †Heb. pictures of dâ—sire pleasant pictures 17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down and the haughtiness of men shall be made low and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day 18 And ‖ Or the idols shall utterly pass away the idols he shall utterly abolish 19 And they shall go into the * Hoâ— 10.8 Lu. 23.30 Rev. 6.16 9.6 holes of the rocks and into the caves of †Heb. the â—ust the earth for fear of the LORD and for the glory of his majesty when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth 20 In that day a man shall cast †Heb. the idols of his silvâ—r c. his idols of silver and his idols of gold ‖ Or which they made for him which they made each one for himself to worship to the moles and to the bats 21 To go into the clefts of the rocks and into the tops of the ragged rocks for fear of the LORD and for the glory of his majesty when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth 22 Cease ye from man whose breath is in his nostrils for wherein is he to be accounted of CHAP. III. 1 The great confusion which cometh by sin 9 The impudeney of the people 12 The oppression and covetousâ—â—es of the culers 16 The judgements which shall be joy the pride of the women FOr behold the LORD the LORD of hosts doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff the whole stay of bread and the whole stay of water 2 The mighty man and the man of war the judge and the prophet and the prudent and the ancient 3 The captain of fifty and †Heb. amâ—â— emiâ—eâ—t in counterance the honourable man and the counsellour and the cunning artificer and ‖ Or skilful of speâ—ck the eloquent oratour 4 And I will give * â—â—â—â—es 1â— 16 children to be their
difficulty which they finde that desire to look into the narrations of the story for the variety of the matter 25 We have been careful that they that will read might have delight and that they that are desirous to commit to memory might have ease and that all into whose hands it comes might have profit 26 Therefore to us that have taken upon us this painful labour of abridging it was not easie but a matter of sweat and watching 27 Even as it is no ease unto him that prepareth a banquet and seeketh the benefit of others yet ‖ Or to deserve well of many for the pleasuring of many we will undertake gladly this great pains 28 Leaving to the authour the exact handling of every particular and labouring to follow the rules of an abridgement 29 For as the master-builder of a new house must care for the whole building but he that undertaketh to set it out and paint it must seek out fit things for the adorning thereof even so I think it is with us 30 To stand upon every point and go over things at large and to be curious in particulars belongeth to the first authour of the story 31 But to use brevity and avoid much labouring of the work is to be granted to him that will make an abridgement 32 Here then will we begin the story onely adding thus much to that which hath been said That it is a foolish thing to make a long prologue and to be short in the story it self CHAP. III. 1 Of the honour done to the temple by the kings of the Gentiles 4 Simon uttereth what treasures are in the temple 7 Heliodorus is sent to take them away 24 He is stricken of God and healed at the prayer of Onias NOw when the holy city was inhabited with all peace and the laws were kept very well because of the godliness of Onias the high priest and his hatred of wickedness 2 It came to pass that even the kings themselves did honour the place and magnifie the temple with their best gifts 3 Insomuch that Seleucus king of Asia of his own revenues bare all the costs belonging to the service of the sacrifices 4 But one Simon of the tribe of Benjamin who was made governour of the temple fell out with the high priest about disorder in the city 5 And when he could not overcome Onias he gat him to Arollonius the son of Thraseas who then was governour of Celosyria and Phenice 6 And told him that the treasury in Jerusalem was full of infinite sums of money so that the multitude of their riches which did not pertain to the account of the sacrifices was innumerable and that it was possible to bring all into the kings hand 7 Now when Apollonius came to the king had shewed him of the the money whereof he was told the king chose out Heliodorus his treasurer and sent him with a commandment to bring him the foresaid money 8 So forthwith Heliodorus took his journey under a colour of visiting the cities of Celosyria and Pâ—â—nice but indeed to fulfil the kings purpose 9 And when he was come to Jerusalem and had been courteously received of the high priest of the city he told him what intelligence was given of the money and declared wherefore he came and asked if these things were so indeed 10 Then the high priest told him that there was such money laid up for the relief of widows and fatherless children 11 And that some of it belonged to Hircanus son of Tobias a man of great digâ—ity and not as that wicked Simon had misinformed the sum whereof in all was four hundred talents of silver and two hundred of gold 12 And that it was altogether impossible that such wrongs should be done unto them that had committed it to the holiness of the place and to the majesty and inviolable sanctity of the temple honoured over all the world 13 But Heliodorus because of the kings commandment given him said That in any wise it must be brought into the kings treasury 14 So at the day which he appointed he entred in to order this matter wherefore there was no smaâ—l agony throughout the whole city 15 But the priests prostrating themselves before the altar in their priests vestments called unto heaven upon him that made a law concerning things given to bâ— kept that they should safety be preserved for such as had committed them to be kept 16 Then whoso had looked the high priest in the face it would have wounded his heart for his countenance and the changing of his colour declared the inward agony of his minde 17 For the man was so compassed with fear and horrour of the body that it was manifest to them that looked upon him what sorrow he had now in his heart 18 Others ran flocking out of their houses ‖ Or to make general supplication to the general supplication because the place was like to come into contempt 19 And the women girt with sackcloth under their breasts abounded in the streets and the virgins that were kept in ran some to the gates and some to the walls and others looked out of the windows 20 And all holding their hands towards heaven made supplication 21 Then it would have pitied a man to see the falling down of the multitude of all sorts and the †Gr. expectation fear of the high priest being in such an agony 22 They then called upon the almighty Lord to keep the tâ—ings committed of trust safe and sure for those that had committed them 23 Nevertheless Heliodorus executed that which was decreed 24 Now as he was there present himself with his guard about the treasury the ‖ Or Lord of our fathers Lord of spirits and the prince of all power caused a great appatition so that all that presumed to come in with him were astonished at the power of God and fainted and were sore afraid 25 For there appeared unto them an horse with a terrible rider upon him and adorned with a very fair covering and he ran fiercely and smote at Heliodorus with his forefeet and it seemed that he that sat upon the horse had complete harness of gold 26 Moreover two other young men appeared before him notable in strength excellent in beauty and comely in apparel who stood by him on either side and scourged him continually and gave him many sore stripes 27 And Heliodorus fell suddenly unto the ground and was compassed with great darkness but they that were with him took him up and put him into a litter 28 Thus him that lately came with a great train and with all his guard into the said treasury they carried out being unable to help himself with his weapons and manifestly they acknowledged the power of God 29 For he by the hand of God was cast down and lay speechless without all hope of life 30 But they praised the Lord that had miraculously honoured his own place for the temple
turn again to thee saying I repent thou shalt forgive him 5 And the apostles said unto the Lord Increase our faith 6 * Matth. 1â— â—0 And the Lord said If ye had faith as a grain of mustard-seed ye might say unto this sycamine-tree Be thou plucked up by the root and be thou planted in the sea and it should obey you 7 But which of you having a servant plowing or feeding cattle will lay unto him by and by when he is come from the field Go and sit down to meat 8 And will not rather say unto him Make ready wherewith I may sup and gird thy self and serve me till I have eaten and drunken and afterward thou shalt eat and drink 9 Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him I trow not 10 So likewise ye when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you say We are unprofitable servants we have done that which was our duty to do 11 ¶ And it came to pass as he went to Jerusalem that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee 12 And as he entred into a certain village there met him ten men that were lepers which stood afar off 13 And they lifted up their voices and said Jesus Master have mercy on us 14 And when he saw them he said unto them * Levit 14.2 Go shew your selves unto the priests And it came to pass that as they went they were cleansed 15 And one of them when he saw that he was healed turned back and with a loud voice glorified God 16 And fell down on his face at his feet giving him thanks and he was a Samaritan 17 And Jesus answering said Were there not ten cleansed but where are the nine 18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God save this stranger 19 And he said unto him Arise go thy way thy faith hath made thee whole 20 ¶ And when he was demanded of the Pharisees when the kingdom of God should come he answered them and said The kingdom of God cometh not ‖ Or with outward soew with observation 21 Neither shall they say Lo here or lo there for behold the kingdom of God is ‖ Or among you within you 22 And he said unto his disciples The days will come when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man and ye shall not see it 23 * Matth. 24.23 And they shall say to you See here or see there go not after them nor follow them 24 For as the lightning that lightneth out of the one part under heaven shineth unto the other part under heaven so shall also the Son of man be in his day 25 But first must he suffer many things and be rejected of this generation 26 * Gen. 7. And as it was in the days of Noe so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man 27 They did eat they drank they married wives they were given in marriage until the day that Noe entred into the ark and the floud came and destroyed them all 28 * Gen. 19. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot they did eat they drank they bought they sold they planted they builded 29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all 30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed 31 In that day he which shall be upon the house-top and his stull in the house let him not come down to take it away and he that is in the field let him likewise not return back 32 * Gen. 19. â—6 Remember Lots wife 33 * Matth. 16.25 Whosoever shall seek to save his lise shall lose it and whosoever shall lofe his life shall preserve it 34 * Matth. 24.40 I tell you in that night there shall be two men in one bed the one shall be taken and the other shall be left 35 Two women shall be grinding together the one shall be taken and the other left 36 ‖ This 35 verse is wanting in most of the Greek Copies Two men shall be in the field the one shall be taken and the other left 37 And they answered and said unto him * Matth. 24.28 Where Lord And he said unto them Wheresoever the body is thither will the eagles be gathered together CHAP. XVIII 3 Of the importunate widow 9 Of the Pharisee and the publican 15 Children brought to Christ 18 A ruler that would follow Christ but is bindred by his riches 28 The reward of them that leave all for his sake 31 He foresheweth â—is death 35 and restoreth a blinde man to his sight ANd he spake a parable unto them to this end that men onght * 1 Thes 5.17 always to pray and not to saint 2 Saying There was in a city a judge which feared not God neither regarded man 3 And there was a widow in that city and she came unto him saying Avenge me of mine adversary 4 And he would not for a while but afterward he said within himself Though I fear not God nor regard man 5 Yet because this widow troubleth me I will avenge her lest by her continual coming the weary me 6 And the Lord said Hear what the unjust judge saith 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect which cry day and night unto him though he bear long with them 8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh shall he finde faith on the earth 9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves ‖ Or as being righteous that they were righteous and despised others 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray the one a Pharisee and the other a publican 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself God I thank thee that I am not as other men are extortioners unjust adulterers or even as this publican 12 I fast twice in the week I give tithes of all that I possess 13 And the publican standing afar off would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven but smote upon his breast saying God be merciful to me a sinner 14 I tell you this man went down to his house justified rather then the other * Matth. 23.12 for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted 15 And they brought unto him also infants that he would touch them but when his disciples saw it they rebuked them 16 But Jesus called them unto him and said Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not for of such is the kingdom of God 17 Verily I say unto you Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little childe shall in no wise enter therein 18 * Matth. 19. â—â— And a certain ruler
and war yet ye have not because ye ask not 3 Ye ask and receive not because ye ask amiss that ye may consume it upon your ‖ Or pleasures lusts 4 Ye adultâ—rers and adulteresses know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God 5 Do ye think that the scripture saith in vain The spirit that dwelleth in us suffeth ‖ Or â—aviously to envy 6 But he giveth more grace wherefore he saith * Pr. 3.34 1 Pet. 5.5 God resisteth the proud but giveth grace unto the humble 7 Submit yourselves therefore to God * Eph. 4.27 resist the devil and he will flee from you 8 Draw nigh to God and he will draw nigh to you cleanse you hands yesinners and purifie your hearts ye double-minded 9 Be afflicted and mourn and weep set your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to heaviness 10 * 1 Pet. 5.6 Humble your selves in the sight of the Lord and he shall lift you up 11 Speak not evil one of another brethren He that speaketh evil of his brother and judgeth his brother speaketh evil of the law and judgeth the law but if thou judge the law thou art not a doer of the law but a judge 12 There is one law giver who is able to save and to destroy * Rom. 14.4 who art thou that judgest another 13 * Pr. 27.1 Go to now ye that say To day or to morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year and buy and sell and get gain 14 Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow For what is your life ‖ Or for it is It is even a vapour that appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away 15 For that ye ought to say * 1 Cor. 4.13 If the Lord will we shall live and do this or that 16 But now ye rejoye in your boastings all such rejoycing is evil 17 Therefore to him that knoweth to do good and doeth it not to him it is sin CHAP. V. 1 Wicked rich men are to fear Gods vengeance 7 We ought to be patient in afflictions after the example of the prophets and Job 12 to forbear swearing 13 to pray in adversity to sing in prosperity 16 to acknowledge mutually our several faults to pray one for another 19 and to reduce a straying brother to the truth GO to now ye rich men weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you 2 Your â—iches are corrupted and your garments are moth-eaten 3 Your gold and silver is cankered and the rust of them shall be a witness against you and shall eat your flesh as it were fire ye have heaped treasure together for the last days 4 Behold the hire of the labourers which have reaped down your fields which is of you kept back by fraud crieth and the cries of them which have reaped are entred into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth 5 Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth and been wanton ye have nourished your hearts as in a day of slaughter 6 Ye have condemned and killed the just and he doth not resist you 7 ‖ Or be long patient or suffer with long patience Be patient therefore brethren unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth and hath long patience for it until he receive the early and latter rain 8 Be ye also patient stablish your hearts for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh 9 ‖ Or groan or grieve not Grudge not one against another brethren lest ye be condemned behold the judge standeth before the door 10 Take my brethren the prophets who have spoken in the name of the Lord for an example of suffering affliction and of patience 11 Behold we count them happy which endure Ye have heard of the patience of Job and have seen the end of the Lord that the Lord is very pitiful and of tender mercy 12 But above all things my brethren * Mat. 5.34 swear not neither by heaven neither by the earth neither by any other oath but let your yea be yea and your nay nay lest ye fall into condemnation 13 Is any among you afflicted let him pray Is any merry let him sing psalms 14 Is any sick among you let him call for the elders of the church and let them pray over him * Mar. 6 1â— anointing him with oyl in the name of the Lord 15 And the prayer of faith shall save the sick and the Lord shall raise him up and if he have committed sins they shall be forgiven him 16 Confess your faults one to another and pray one for another that ye may be healed The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much 17 Elias was a man subject to like passions as we are and * 1 Kin. 17.1 he prayed ‖ Or. in his prayer earnestly that it might not rain and it rained not on the earth by the space of three years and six moneths 18 And * 1 Kin. 18.42 45. he prayed again and the heaven gave rain and the earth brought forth her fruit 19 Brethren * Mat. 18.15 if any of you do err from the truth one convert him 20 Let him know the he which converteth the sinner from the errour of his way shall save a soul from death and shall hide a multitude of sins ¶ The first epistle general of S. PETER CHAP. I. 1 He blesseth God for his manifold spiritual graces 10 shewing that the salvation in Christ is no news but a thing prophesied of old 13 and exhorteth them accordingly to a godly conversation forasmuch as they are now born anew by the word of God PEter an apostle of Jesus Christ to the strangers scattered throughout Pontus Galatia Cappadocia Asia and Bithynia 2 Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father through sanctification of the Spirit unto obedience †Heb. 12.24 sprinkling of the bloud of Jesus Christ Grace unto you peace be multiplied 3 * 2 Cor. 1.3 Eph. 1.3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ which according to his †Gr. math abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead 4 To an inheritance in corruptible and undefiled and that fadeth not away reserved in heaven ‖ Or for us for you 5 Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time 6 Wherein ye greatly rejoyce though now for a season if need be ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations 7 That the trial of your faith being much more precious then of gold that perisheth though it be tried with fire might be found unto praise and honour and-glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ 8 Whom having